And his idea like this is in the arms of Uesugi Jinghu, since all the people present support him, then in the next place, what kind of chaos the adults are called, so he wanted to find a reason, let these people recognize the Lord as soon as possible, so as not to have another incident, but he didn't expect this Kawada Shigejin to put it forward first, which was the best result for him, and when the other party finished speaking, Uesugi Jinghu did not have the same appreciative gaze as he cast.

And since the other people support Jinghu, it is also a matter of time before they recognize the master, although these people are planning to wait for Jinghu to control the Spring Mountain and eliminate Jingsheng, it will be justified, but now that someone has proposed it first, they can only admit it, because they have no resistance to the emotion, so they also followed: "Subordinates and others see the lord." ”

"I can get your help, and great things can be done." Uesugi Jinghu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the most critical step had been taken, but he who had been disguised in the Uesugi family for many years did not show any excited expression, but just said with a solemn expression.

After the retainers were modest, they only heard Uesugi Jinghu continue: "Since this battle is inevitable, then I have decided to launch an attack on Jingshengfang tonight, and inform the whole world that before my father dies, I will leave a last word that I will succeed as the head of the Uesugi family. ”

After the conspiracy of Tianjinghu and the others was agreed, everyone immediately went back to prepare, and launched a surprise attack on the retainers who supported Uesugi Keikatsu that night.

And because of the constant friction in the past few days, Jing Shengfang has already guessed that the other party may be the first to attack, so the defense has been strengthened in the past few days, so that the army of Jinghu has not been able to directly eliminate the other party. Although the first battle was a draw, after all, this was the territory of the Yamamoto Temple Commander, and just after the war, Yamamoto Temple Commander immediately cut off the other party's supply. After there was no grain and grass, it was only a matter of time before Jing Shengfang was defeated.

Higuchi and Rokuro are undoubtedly the hardcore of Uesugi Keikatsu, the two have studied and lived together since childhood, and the relationship between the two is absolutely speechless. When he saw that his own grain and grass were cut off, he did not fight to the death with the other party. Instead, he took advantage of the chaotic battle between the two sides and immediately rushed towards the direction of Kasuga Mountain City, he knew that he had to let Jingsheng know the situation here as soon as possible, otherwise once the other party won, it would be difficult for Jingsheng to achieve the final victory without preparation.

Sure enough, as he thought, only two days after he left, Jing Shengfang was defeated by the opponent's army due to the chaos caused by the lack of food. Naoe Nobutsuna, Yoshie Sonobu and several other generals were killed.

And Uesugi Keikatsu, who was far away in Kasuga Mountain Castle, was a little overwhelmed after receiving the news, and just stared at the ceiling blankly, not knowing what he was thinking. And at the moment, the important ministers of the Uesugi family who support him are all in Fudo Mountain Castle, and there is not even a person around him who can come up with ideas, which can make Higuchi and Rokuro anxious, and it is not enough to just look at the ceiling. The opposing army is coming, if that's the case. Then the Uesugi family is really going to be controlled by Jinghu.

Thinking of this, he didn't care about his identity, and said directly: "My lord, at this moment, we must work together to resist the attack of Uesugi Jinghu. If you want to achieve this goal, the first thing to do is to drive out all the forces of Jinghu in Kasugayama Castle, and then rely on this castle to strengthen and defend it. Only then can there be hope. ”

Seeing that someone had an idea, Jing Sheng's eyes finally moved away from the ceiling, but there was still a look of hesitation in his eyes, and he only heard him speak: "Isn't it a little inappropriate to do this, although you are the enemy of Jinghu at the moment, but ...... But those samurai in the castle are still the retainers of the Uesugi family after all, and if they are expelled, then how can I explain to the retainers of the Uesugi family? ”

Hearing this, Higuchi and Rokuro almost felt like they were going to collapse, when was this, he was still thinking about these things, he knew that now he had to let Uesugi Keikatsu face up to this matter, otherwise everything was an extravagant hope.

So I only heard him open his mouth and say: "My lord, if you really think about your own family, then you think that you should do it even more, don't you know who Uesugi Jinghu is?" This person is the adopted son of Hojo to the lord, and once the Uesugi family is controlled by him, then he will definitely throw himself into Hojo, and even become a vassal of Hojo, is this what the adults want to see? ”

Although Uesugi Keikatsu's ability is slightly poor, but he is not a fool, hearing this, he finally turned a corner, as Higuchi and Rokuro said, Jinghu's ascension to the throne must be the moment of the destruction of the family, after all, if the general trend has been controlled by the Oda family today, there are only a few forces that are still struggling, once the Uesugi family and Hojo are tied together, under the attack of the Oda family's army, it is really not far from extinction.

Uesugi Keikatsu had the intention of giving up Hojo to be friends with the Oda family, and once proposed this idea with Uesugi Kenshin, but was vetoed by him, otherwise in this war, Uesugi Kenshin only took Jinghu and left him in Kasugayama. But despite this, he still did not change this idea, he firmly believed that instead of being destroyed, it was better to give up part of the benefits, so as to obtain the family name and live forever, and be hostile to the Oda family? When the time comes, even the Uesugi family will be destroyed, so what will there be to resist.

Although in front of his father, he and Jinghu seem to have a good relationship, but in fact, the two are on the same page because of their disagreements.

Higuchi and Rokuro's words can be regarded as talking about Jingsheng's psychology, so no matter how hesitant he is, he must make this decision, only to hear Uesugi Jingsheng speak: "What you said is reasonable, for the sake of my family, I must not let Jinghu control Echigo, and this matter will be handled by you." ”

After Jingsheng made a decision, Higuchi and Rokuro didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately led Jingsheng's army and began to clean up those retainers who supported Jinghu in Kasuga Mountain Castle, of course, all this was not so smooth, after all, the other party was a retainer of the Uesugi family, and how could he be willing to quit like this, so the two sides broke out in Kasuga Mountain Castle, but because the army of Jinghu was too scattered, in less than half a day, it was broken by the army led by Higuchi and Rokuro, and those retainers of Jinghu Fang still had a way to live, But now they are all paying for their lives because of the wrong choice.

On June 1, 1576, three days after Keikatsu cleared the castle of Jinghu's forces, Uesugi Keitora personally led an army of 10,000 men to appear outside Kasugayama Castle. And with the arrival of important ministers, Uesugi Keikatsu also succeeded as the governor of Kasuga Mountain Castle with the support of these retainers, and issued an order to counter the rebellion.

Since most of the Uesugi family still supported Keikatsu, after this order was issued, the retainers who were defending in various parts of Echigo immediately led their troops to Kasugayama Castle. In the blink of an eye, the strength of Uesugi Jingsheng and Jinghu has changed, originally the military strength of Uesugi Jinghu's side has a great advantage, but with the arrival of the military forces supporting Jingsheng from all over the country, the two sides have been equal in terms of military strength, and this is not counting, because Jingsheng occupies the fortified city of Kasuga Mountain City, it is also at an absolute disadvantage in terms of geography. After several attacks, not only did they fail to attack Kasugayama Castle, but they also caused a lot of losses, and at this time, the Jinghu army also encountered the problem of insufficient food and grass, and finally had to retreat to Uesugi Kenmasa's residence Midate Castle to rectify the army.

However, the retainers who supported Jinghu did not give up because the attack did not go well, because they knew that it would be best if they could succeed, but if they could not succeed, it would not affect the general trend, after all, the real backer of the lord was the Hojo family, especially the Hojo family's army had expanded to 70,000 people, and once the reinforcements arrived, then Jingsheng would be defeated. And Uesugi Keitora did exactly that, and after confirming that he could not capture Kasugayama Castle, he immediately sent someone to the Hojo family to ask for help.

The Hojo family's plan this year is to eliminate the Utsunomiya family and a large number of wealthy families in the domain, and as early as a few months ago, they sent troops to attack Shimono, and what makes people stumble is that the Utsunomiya family saw that the alliance between the Satake family and the Takayama family failed, and knew that it would be difficult for their two families to resist Hojo's attack alone, so before the Hojo army attacked, they chose to return to Shun first.

And Satake Yoshishige didn't even feel angry after knowing that he was abandoned by his allies again, he was now only thinking about how to keep his family's name, and in desperation, he had to send Wada Akiwei to Kai to meet the Takayama clan again, he was ready to agree to the Takayama family's request, although once he accepted it, it would definitely be a serious blow to the family, but it was better than being wiped out.

After the bloodless occupation of the Hojo army, although the Hojo clan was satisfied with this result, but it only achieved one goal, as for those wavering wealthy clans, they still failed to weaken them, which he could not accept, because it was just the middle of the year, and it was still far from winter, so he immediately gave birth to the idea of destroying Satake, he knew that the Satake family would definitely not return, so if you want to weaken those wealthy clans, attacking the Satake family is definitely a good way.

However, when he just wanted to give the order to his troops to attack Changlu, he suddenly came to report, saying that Uesugi Jinghu sent an envoy to ask for help, and after the meeting, he knew that he could only let go of the Satake family for the time being, after all, the conditions proposed by Uesugi Jinghu were too tempting, if he could help him win the position of the governor of the Uesugi family, the Uesugi family would not only fall to him in an all-round way, but also be willing to hand over Ueno to the family, such a good thing, how could he miss it.

Therefore, the Hojo clan immediately ordered the troops still stationed in Shimono to immediately march towards Echigo. (To be continued.) )