Due to the long transportation lines of the coalition forces, it was already very difficult for the coalition forces to supply food. If the stomach is not full, people's hearts will definitely fluctuate.

Fortunately, the wealthy clans of Ueno Province and Musashi Province have been threatened by the Hojo family for a long time, so their will to defeat the Hojo family is quite resolute, and most of them still support continuing to wage a cage war against Odawara Chen.

But Satake, Nasu, these distant daimyo families have a lot of opinions, and they were already reluctant when they were invited by Nagao Jinghu to come, and then they were even more dissatisfied in the face of the food crisis, and finally the issue of "withdrawing troops" was put on the table.

In order to save the morale of the army, Nagao Jinghu also had to put on a solo show, he personally came to the lotus pond gate of Odawara Castle, on his left was Kakizaki Keijia, on his right was Naoe Minorusuna, he himself was not wearing armor, sitting on the bed, and the Hojo family's curly wheel can be said to be close at hand, but he was drinking tea and eating balls among the bows and arrows flying stones.

Upon learning of this, Hojo was almost angry, which was a complete humiliation for the Hojo family, so he immediately selected ten "special marksmen", came to the lotus pond gate, and ordered these archers and iron gunners to take turns firing bows and arrows and iron cannons at the eye-catching long-tailed Jinghu.

As a result, the trees and arrays around Nagao Jinghu were full of arrows and bullet marks, and his attendants were frightened, but Nagao Jinghu was still talking and laughing (At this time, the range and accuracy of the iron cannon of the Warring States period were also tragic, and three hundred years later, several guns were set up. The long-tailed Jinghu must have been blasted into slag; And if you replace it with a Roche tube that is unique to the Roche family. It's also very likely that a few holes will be opened in the long-tailed Jinghu).

Long-tailed Jinghu is such a risky approach. The purpose is also very simple, that is, to say to the coalition people: "See? As long as you are sincere and determined, Bishamen Heaven will bless you, iron cannons and bows and arrows will go around us, and Odawara Castle will be captured by us sooner or later. As for the withdrawal of troops, it is better to talk about it. ”

However, what Long-tailed Jinghu didn't know was that everyone in the Kwantung Coalition Army was secretly shaking their heads: "I don't even care for my own life." Can you still take care of us? ”

So although under the strong oppression of the long-tailed Jinghu, everyone has not yet made up their minds to withdraw the army, but the complaints in the hearts of many people have long been getting bigger and bigger.

At this time, even worse news came, it turned out that in late March, the Takeda family, which had been asking for help from the Hojo family, finally made a move, and Takeda Shingen sent hundreds of reinforcements, and at this time the Takeda family's cutting rhomin banner had arrived in the Yoshida area of the border country between Kai and Sagami. At the same time, the Imagawa family of Suruga Province also sent an army of nearly 1,000 people to officially set out from Sunpu Castle and began to arrive at Odawara Castle.

Although both the Takeda and Imagawa clans had limited reinforcements. But it still caused a lot of concern within the Kwantung coalition army, which at least suggests. The Triple Alliance of Kai, Sagami, and Suruga is not a dead letter, and it will not sit idly by and watch their allies perish.

Seeing this, Nagao Jinghu made another move, and he suddenly asked all the generals of the Kwantung Coalition Army to attend the inauguration ceremony of his Kwantung Commander. It turned out that although he had accepted the position of leader before, Nagao Keihu had not held a formal inauguration ceremony, and the purpose of Nagao Keiho's appearance at this time was the same as the original "Imperial Sword no No. 2", while boosting the morale of the coalition forces, it also said that the people of Kanto need to take him as the core, gather people's hearts, and build a new order in Kanto that is loyal to the new Uesugi.

The inauguration ceremony was held at the Kamakura Hachimangu Shrine, which was close to Odawara Castle and was also the seat of samurai authority that the Hojo clan held in great esteem, and now Nagao Keitora took office here to express his rule over the Kanto region and his contempt for his enemy, Hojo Shiyasu. In addition, the inauguration ceremony of the Kanto governors of the past dynasties was also held at the Tsurunet Hachimangu Palace, and this time, while basically all the non-hostile Kanto princes were present, the inauguration ceremony was held here, which was also a way to reflect the authority of Nagao Keitora.

On this day, the 500-year-old scenery of Tsurunet Hachimangu Shrine welcomed its new guests. The avenue leading to Hachimangu Shrine is lined with cherry blossoms, as they are 500 years ago and 500 years later, and when the spring breeze passes in April in the fourth year of Eiroku, the cherry blossoms dance all over the road.

At this time, a guard of honor carrying the Uesugi family crest, the sword Hachishamon Heavenly King flag, the Kunzi flag, and the Ranlong flag walked at the front to open the way, followed by 36 taiken men holding the taidao that symbolized the glory of the samurai and the submission of Echigo and Kanto.

And the long-tailed Jinghu, who has been renamed Uesugi Masato, also made an official appearance in a black hunting suit. Looking from afar, the tall black horn hat was worn on his head, a little less brave, but a little more noble. The black lacquer given by the general himself was also under him, surrounded by ministers close to him, and the holy grail and holy sword given by the emperor himself were also among them.

So when the Kwantung princes and Echigo generals on both sides saw Uesugi Masata coming, they immediately bowed their heads and bowed down on both sides of this cherry blossom avenue.

However, there are people in this world who don't open their eyes. When Uesugi Masahu was halfway through, when he looked from afar, he found that everyone else was kneeling, but there was a person who was still riding on the horse loudly, neither dismounting nor saluting, but only nodded slightly to Uesugi Masahu on the horse, which was regarded as greeting Uesugi Masako. Among the princes who knelt on the ground on both sides, not to mention standing out from the crowd, it can be regarded as a red apricot out of the wall.

Uesugi Masahu immediately drank the order to stop the banner, and then fixed his eyes and found that this person was the lord of Ninja City, Narita Shita Chief Keeper Nagata Tai. Originally, Narita Changtai was a two-five boy, an anti-bone boy, a wall-riding faction, with zero loyalty, and a guy with full ambition. Uesugi Masahu has long been a little dissatisfied with this guy, and now he sees that this guy doesn't get off the horse, doesn't bow his head, just nods slightly, this is simply rude!

"Where is this courtier greeting the lord? The Kwantung princes greet the Kwantung governor? It is clearly the host greeting the guests. Still holding a shelf. ”

So Uesugi Masatoka, who followed the order and yearned for etiquette, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and then he immediately hit the folding fan in his hand without thinking.

Narita Nagata suddenly saw Uesugi Masako attacking him with a folding fan, and hurriedly began to dodge, but although he was not hit in the nose by the folding fan, he was hit by the folding fan in the face, so a big bag immediately bulged out on his face. The black black cap on his head also fell to the ground.

Suddenly attacked, Narita Nagata Nagatai was also immediately like earth, and he didn't have presbyopia, he immediately looked up, but he saw that Uesugi Masato, who was about to take up the post of Kanto Governor, just jumped off the black lacquer ride, Uesugi Masatoshi did not wear shoes on his feet, but he snatched the whip from the hand of a horse riding samurai on the side, and ran in front of him in a few steps:

"Bastard! Bastard! Are you despising me? ”

Narita Nagatai, who hadn't reacted yet, only saw Uesugi Masatora, who had walked in front of him a few steps, scolding him.

For a moment, Narita Nagata was stunned and didn't dare to answer.

"Extremely rude!"

The more Uesugi Masatoshi spoke, the more angry he became, so he simply grabbed Narita Narita Nagatai who was riding on a horse, pulled him down and threw it to the ground. Narita Nagata is also in his fifties, although he has been trained well in battle for a long time, but now such a fall is indeed enough for him. But before he could react, Uesugi Masata hit him again.

Finally, after a meal of sea flats, Uesugi Masatora finished his work, picked up the fan he had just used to hit Narita Nagatai, calmed down his mentality, and felt much better, before continuing to ride the black lacquer and march towards Hachimangu Shrine.

At this time, everyone present reacted, and then a burst of laughter broke out among the people, and they all felt ridiculous for seeing such a farce. And Narita Nagatai, who was suddenly humiliated and beaten violently, even had the heart to commit suicide by seppuku at this time.

Being humiliated like this, Narita Nagatayasu naturally couldn't swallow this breath, so he took his troops that night, left the coalition army, and went back to Ninja City, and at the same time sent someone to revoke the oath of allegiance to the Hojo clan, creating a rebellion against Uesugi Masato.

Afterwards, Uesugi Masahu learned that there was an allusion to Narita Nagatai not getting off the horse, on the one hand, the Narita family and the Uesugi family were also born in the Fujiwara North family, and they had the same family personality; On the other hand, due to his noble birth, the ancestors of the Narita family once received the permission of the "pillar of the samurai family" Hachiman Taro Minamoto Yoshiya, and no one met in Hachiman Palace, so he didn't have to dismount.

Narita Nagatayasu, who is the leader of the Musashi people, is the opposite, and half of Musashi has returned to the camp of the Hojo family. And starting with the departure of Narita Nagatai, another important national member of Musashi, Oishengen Saemon, also broke away from the coalition front (this is also inseparable from the Uesugi family, and the Oishi family has long welcomed the Hojo clan, the son of the Hojo clan, as an adopted son).

And the matter is not over there, at the later banquet, the general guardian of Chiba Yinfu and the Shimono clan Koyama Takachao, for the sake of the seat, fought again!

The Chiba family is a satellite of the Hojo family, but it is also the direct descendant of the original Heitaka Wangwang, looking at his family's common word "Yin", you can understand that this family has always been glorified by blood; However, the Koyama family is not simple, his family is a descendant of Fujiwara Hidego, the ancestor of the oldest samurai of the Warring States period (many famous clans in the Kanto region are descendants), and has always regarded himself as a high gate in the Shimono Province region.

The two families made a fuss, but Uesugi Masatoshi handled it a little simply and negligently, he scolded the two of them for fifty boards each, and then forcibly arranged new seats for each of them.

The result was also very sad, Chiba Yinfu was dissatisfied, and Koyama Takatomo was not convinced, so the two left the Kwantung Coalition Army one after another, and Chiba re-logged in "Odawara One Hands Servant Accounts" and re-became a supporter of the Hojo family; And the Koyama High Dynasty returned to their own territory with the wealthy clans such as Isshiki, Yuuki, Soma, and Mibu. As a result, the power of the Kwantung coalition appeared to be even weaker.

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