After the departure of Chiba Yinfu and Koyama Takatosa, Uesugi Masatoshi remained at the Kamakura Yamauchi Pavilion (the birthplace of the Yamauchi Uesugi family) for a few more days, due to the controversy over the selection of the next Furukawa Prince.

It turned out that although Odawara Castle could not be captured, the Kwantung coalition army captured a castle like the Furukawa Imperial Palace, and then the puppet of the Hojo family, "Kasaiden", Ashikaga Yoshiji, was expelled.

However, Uesugi Masatoshi and the Echigo people knew very well that the Furukawa Gongfang could not be abolished, because it was still necessary to rely on the Furukawa Gongfang to maintain the hearts of the people in the Kanto region, especially the hearts of Hitachi, Boso, Shimono and other countries.

However, the turmoil happened in the Yamauchi Pavilion because of this problem.,Uesugi Masato's candidate,It's the imperial court Sekihaku Konoe Maehisa.,This was born in the Fujiwara family.,It's quite a bit of a heroic man.,He and Uesugi Masako became righteous brothers.,Her sister Jehome and Uesugi Masako have an inexplicable fate (Uesugi Masaho has three women who have had a deep influence on him in his life.,The first is his sister Aya-Gozen.,Aya Gozen not only married Nagao Masakai in order to stabilize his brother's family business., He also gave his second son, Uesugi Keikatsu, to his younger brother as his heir; The second woman is Isehime, this woman is the daughter of Chiba Sainu, the lord of Hirai Castle in Ueno Province, who was originally sent to the Uesugi family as a hostage, and fell in love with Uesugi Masahu at first sight, but later due to the hostility between the Uesugi family and the Chiba family, the relationship between the two was forced to break, and the desperate Isehime shaved his head and lived in seclusion; The third woman is Jehohime.,She's the daughter of the Konoe family.、Konoe maehisa's sister.,Uesugi Masato has agreed on a marriage with him.,But it's a pity.。 Uesugi Masatora originally wanted to go to Kyoto to marry after the Kanto battle. But Jeji died of illness. At this time, Uesugi Masato didn't know that he would be separated from his loved one forever, and it is estimated that it was because he encountered two tragic loves in a row that he would never mention marrying a wife), as for Konoe Maehisa himself, he left Kyoto directly and came to the killing Kanto to support his brother Uesugi Masato.

However, although Konoe was expensive for a long time, few people in Kanto would buy his face. The important minister of the public side, Harushi Shida, promoted the election, and it was Ashikaga Fujimasa (the elder brother of the Ashikaga Yoshishi and the son of Harusuke Shida's sister); And Koyama Hidetsuna (the son of Koyama Takatosa) elected the Ashikaga Fuji clan who was abolished by the Hojo family (this is also the son of Kirita Harusuke's sister, and is older than Fujimasa and Yoshiji). A group of people had their own thoughts, and the Kanto generals stood in their own lines, making noise in the Yamauchi Pavilion.

In this way, time and food gradually faded away in this noisy day and night. At this time, the Kanto region was already suffering from a disaster year. The current expedition to Odawara has made the economic situation of the territories of the lords even worse. At the end of April, Satake, Oda, and Utsunomiya also left. The Hojo family was not only Odawara, but also other important castles such as Kawagoe, Tamaki, and Takiyama were also preserved under the offensive of the Kwantung coalition army, and the Hojo family was not hurt by this.

On the other hand, while the Hojo family was preparing for a defensive counterattack, Kai's Takeda Shingen also took the opportunity to start a big move against the Kita-Shinano area, which made it even more difficult for Uesugi Masatora to sleep. Just as the Echigo army poured out of the nest and was stranded under Odawara Castle, Takeda Shingen's Hokushin offensive took advantage of the inflated speed, and in May, the Takeda army captured the isolated and helpless Castle of Tsugaku, and then Kaitsu Castle was also completed with the efforts of the Takeda family.

After learning of the fall of Kisatake Castle, Uesugi Masatora could no longer sit still, and he had to end the war in Kanto and return to the Kita-Shinano region to make a break with the Takeda family.

Why can't Uesugi Masatora sit still? Because, if the completion of Kaizu Castle means the establishment of the Takeda family's domination of Kita-Shinano, then the fall of the Takedake Castle shows that the dagger of the Takeda family can pierce the heart of Echigo Uesugi at any time!

Located in Suinai-gun, the height is close to 800 meters, with Iiyama and Toyota to the east, Kashiwabara to the west, Sansui to the south, and more importantly, to the north.

In the past, the Uesugi family could use Iiyama Castle as a gateway to stifle the invasion of the Takeda family, but now the Takeda army is based on the highland city of Katatake Castle, and can also line up to fight the base of Uesugi Masatoka. It would be extremely foolish to hope for Takeda Shingen's passive inaction now, but the change of hands of Yue Castle proves very clearly: Takeda Shingen's goal is not only the Shinano region, but also the Echigo country, because the Echigo country has a rich sea, white gold-salt, a monopoly on the country's green roots, smooth streets, rivers and fertile land, and this is not enough for the allure of Takeda Shingen in the mountains? What's more, Takeda Shingen is an insatiable daimyo.

And Takeda Shingen is indeed a man who will do it when he thinks of it, and it is also in May of the fourth year of Eiroku, under the lure of Koshu Jin, the Honganji Temple in Vietnam China was the first to swarm, and these Pure Land Shinshu disciples tore up the previous no-war agreement with Uesugi Masato, and Uesugi Masato's "peaceful backyard" no longer exists. In addition, Ueda Asanoo of Matsuyama Castle in Musashi Province, who had penetrated into the rear of Sagami's Uesugi army, also accepted bribes from Takeda Shingen and Hojo Shiyasu and raised the banner to rebel. What's even worse is that after receiving reinforcements from the Takeda family and the Suruga Imagawa family, the Hojo family also pursued from the turtle shell Odawara Castle.

This is very fatal, first of all, that Ueda Asakoi has always been known as the "retreat crusher", when he defected for the first time, so that Tai-Tian Zimasa had no way to retreat, so he had to surrender to the Hojo family, this time he defected for the second time, he was familiar with the road, and his ambition was greater, and he wanted to cut off the retreat of the new Kanto Governor. And the pursuit of the Hojo family, the Takeda family, and the Suruga Imagawa family also gave Uesugi Masatora a headache.

Uesugi Masatora had already failed at this time, and he had no choice but to leave Ashikaga Fuji and Konoe Maehisa (who was bold enough) to stay at the Furukawa Imperial Palace, and he led the Echigo army to slowly retreat in the direction of Ueno Province from May, and captured Matsuyama Castle by the way, and the "retreat crusher" Ueda Asaha was "crushed" and fled. In June, Uesugi Masata safely retreated to the castle of Stables, and the Kwantung Coalition was effectively disbanded, ending the Kanto Expedition, which had lasted for more than a year.

Although Uesugi Masato's Kanto expedition took a long time, the real attack on Odawara Castle was only a little more than ten days, and it was declared a failure. The direct cause is the sturdiness of Odawara Castle. But the deep-seated reason is that the reason why Uesugi Masahu was able to go deep into the territory of the Hojo family to show off his might was because he was subordinate to many daimyo and wealthy families in Kanto, but "Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He", it was precisely because of the unprincipled Chao Qin and Twilight Chu of the Kanto gang and the lack of control of Uesugi Masahu that led to the final collapse of Uesugi Masato's dream.

Speaking of which, although Uesugi Masato is the governor of the Kanto region, the title of shogunate does have considerable appeal, but the Warring States has long been an era of authoritarian smashing, and the situation of the Kanto Warring States Daimyo has been formed, and the Hojo family and the outsider "Shin Echigo Uesugi" are just a relatively powerful part of it, but Satake, Satomi, and Utsunomiya are not weak, and even Nagano, Nasu, and Koyama are all divided into one side. How can the vertical and horizontal indulations and subtle checks and balances between these forces be integrated and unified by the power of Uesugi Masato?

Of course, from a tactical point of view, Uesugi Masatora, who conquered the city and once sealed the Hojo clan in Odawara Castle, was undoubtedly the victor. However, from a strategic point of view, most of the castles guarded by the most important clans of the Hojo family did not fall, and there was no major loss in the strength of the direct subordinates.

And because of this, after Uesugi Masata retreated to Echigo, the Hojo family immediately launched a large-scale counteroffensive, and the wall grass of Musashi Province and Ueno Province were re-listed on the "Odawara Single-hand Service Accounts": the Sakai family, the Tai-Tian family, the Ueda family, the Takagi family and other wealthy families surrendered, while the Mita family, who refused to oppose the water, was directly attacked and destroyed by the Hojo clan.

As a result, the Hojo family's sphere of influence bounced back like a spring, and Musashi Province, Ueno Province, and Bosoku Province became a tug-of-war for power back and forth (and later the Takeda family intervened again). However, this also had an unexpected effect: later in history, this group of people who fell back and forth, Uesugi Masatoshi rushed over to kill a group, Hojo Shiyasu came back and slaughtered a group, and Takeda Shingen inserted and destroyed another group, and they withered back and forth.

In history, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi Odawara conquered, most of the people in the Kanto region were either gone, or became the official retainers of the Hojo family, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was later transferred to this place, used the same gentle means to treat the remnants of Kai Takeda, and easily accepted these people into his account, which was the backbone of the so-called "Tokugawa Shogunate 80,000 Banners", which became the most fundamental capital for Tokugawa Ieyasu to seek the world.

In this way, after Uesugi Masatora returned to Echigo Province and began to spend energy dealing with those betrayers, and the Hojo family also began a full-scale counteroffensive, it was lively from Echigo Province to the Kanto region for a while.

The time lasted until August of the fourth year of Eiroku, when the autumn sun was shining brightly, and in the spring mountain castle, Uesugi Masatora made a wish to win to Bishamonten, walked out of the hall and issued an order to march to Kita-Shinano in front of 18,000 Echigo soldiers. After resolving the internal problems, Uesugi Masa Tiger is ready to take revenge on Kai Tiger.

On August 15, the Echigo army arrived at Zenko-ji Temple, and the furious Uesugi Masatora, in order to avenge the betrayal of Zenko-ji Temple, ordered the Buddha statues and temple treasures to be swept away and transported back to Echigo, aiming to destroy the previous Takeda Shingen's ambition to use Zenko-ji Temple to religiously strengthen his domination of the Shinano region, and then, Uesugi Masatoshi had 5,000 men and horses stationed at Zenko-ji Temple to guard the baggage and be responsible for the smooth retreat of his army. He led the remaining 13,000 main forces across the Rhino River and the Chikuma River, aiming directly at Haijin Castle.

The people of the Takeda family in Kaizu Castle immediately panicked, and they hurriedly lit the beacon fire that could lead to the Kai Hesaki Pavilion. (To be continued......)