The current Takayama Army is indeed the weakest since it became an army, but although they are slightly inferior to the elite of the Uesugi family, they are far superior to the forces of Utsunomiya and the Hojo Clan, so early the next morning, even if the Uesugi Keitora side sent enough troops, they were still beaten back, and there was no possibility of breaking through or defeating the enemy army.

Although this time the Takayama coalition army said that it was to surround Kasugayama Castle, but the scale of Kasugayama Castle was not small, and more than 30,000 troops wanted to surround it, although it could be done, but once the enemy went out of the city to fight, then because the battle line was too long, it was impossible to surround the enemy in the city, so this time Honda Masanobu only arranged the military force near the only three city gates, Uesugi Keikatsu was in charge of one, and the Takayama family was in charge of two. Therefore, this line of defense can be said to be impregnable, and the only drawback is that once the troops of the two city gates go to help, there will definitely be people in the city who will flee from these two places, which is also a matter of no choice.

As for whether the other side will use the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and escape from this city, Honda Masanobu is not worried about this, first, if one side of the army can withstand the opponent's attack, then the other two armies will only stand still, unless they can't stand it, they will go, so that the Takayama Army or the Uesugi elite can not withstand the offensive in a defensive state, the number of the opponent must be at least more than doubled, and as time goes by, after the fortifications outside the city are more and more complete, the three armies no longer need to rescue each other. This is absolutely devastating for the military situation in the city.

Five days have passed, and Uesugi Jinghu and his retainers are no longer as confident as they were a few days ago, looking at the newly built small bars two or three hundred meters outside the city. As well as the wooden fence they already know. At this moment, even gather all the forces in the city. There is also no possibility of a breakthrough.

And Utsunomiya Kunitsuna and the heads of those wealthy families are even more panicked, they are already afraid of the Takayama army, and now they are trapped in this city, they can't get out, they can't fight, they can't run, and the most important thing is that the grain and grass in the city are only enough to support about half a month, so they can't even do it in the cage city. Now there is only one thought among them, and that is to surrender quickly, and they have no consciousness to accompany the Uesugi family to the funeral.

They thought so, and they also said the same, and several of the most powerful and qualified heads of the wealthy families who were qualified to attend the military conference made this suggestion to Uesugi Jinghu after unanimizing their opinions, but what they received was an extremely firm refusal.

Of course, now Uesugi Jinghu also knows that this is not the time to turn against them, after all, they are not under his command, and if they surrender, he really can't do anything to them. And at present, he is still pointing to them to help himself defend, once they all surrender. He is not far from defeat.

Therefore, although Uesugi Keitora rejected their proposal, he proposed a compromise solution, that is, to send someone to immediately ask for help from the Hojo family, and then whether the Hojo family came directly or attacked Kai, the current predicament could be solved. And Utsunomiya Kunuzuna, the commander of the Hojo Army in the city, also felt that this method was much stronger than surrendering, after all, he had just surrendered to Hojo, and if he returned to Takayama now, wouldn't he have become a repeated villain in the eyes of the world. And the most important thing is that once you leave such an impression, then even if you take refuge in the Gaoshan family, the Gaoshan clan will definitely not be at ease with you, so now you have only one way to go to the dark.

Since the Takayama coalition army only blocked the three city gates, it was very easy to sneak out of the city to report to the Hojo family, so it was discussed, Uesugi Keihu immediately sent someone to Sagami, and there was another person sent to Ueno, Sagami is a long way away after all, and he only has half a month, who knows if the Hojo army can come to help before the grain and grass are cut off, so it is safer to ask for help from Kasahara Yasukatsu in Ueno, although the other party only has 8,000 troops, but these 8,000 people are the elite of the Hojo family, once they come, In addition to the current strength of more than 20,000 troops in the city, under the attack from inside and outside, he did not believe that the mountain army was undefeated.

And during the time when Uesugi Jinghu asked for help, he also learned to be obedient, and did not go out to defeat the Takayama army outside the city, but took the cage city, as long as the other party did not attack, he was waiting for reinforcements in the city, so suddenly, the originally war-torn Kasuga Mountain Castle suddenly became calm, but everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.

As soon as Honda Masanobu saw the enemy retreating into the castle, he knew what the other party was thinking, if he really waited for the Hojo family's army to come, then it would be impossible for him to annihilate the enemy in the city with only these troops under his command, and it was even possible that the enemy would be combined with the outside, resulting in the total annihilation of his own army. He is not afraid of the eight thousand white preparations in Ueno, especially Kasahara Yasukatsu is brave and resourceful, as long as he uses a little trick, he can make it retreat, but the other four preparations of the Hojo family are not so easy to deal with, so after calculating the thoughts of the enemy in the city, Honda Masanobu immediately sent someone back to Kai, reported the current situation to the lord, and hoped that the lord could send someone to Sakuma's house to contain Sagami's Hojo family, as long as Hojo no longer sent reinforcements from Sagami, then this time, Victory will definitely belong to our side.

After receiving the situation in front of the battle, the clan did not hesitate to immediately send someone to Sunfu Castle to explain the situation to his father-in-law, and asked him to Chen soldiers at the border to contain Hojo, Sakuma Nobumori of course had no reason to refuse, and immediately sent 15,000 troops to the border to deter Hojo.

Although the Hojo clan knows the importance of Echigo to the family, but compared with Echigo, the safety of the family is more important, but Echigo can't be cheap to the Takayama family, after the entanglement, he had to mobilize the Satomi clan who was far away in Anbo to lead the army to Echigo, after all, although the Hojo family still has four military forces, but one is to defend Hitachi Satake, one is to defend against Takayama, and the other two are not only to defend Odawara, but also to confront the Sakuma family, don't look at the Hojo family's army is a lot, but the territory is also large, this is scattered, There are no more available troops at hand, which also strengthens the determination of the Hojo clan, this time he is not just as simple as weakening the wealthy clans in the territory, he already wants to eliminate them all, so that he can free up a large number of troops to prevent these wealthy clans from participating in the war, and after gaining more land under his jurisdiction, he can also recruit more troops.

However, the Satomi clan that just joined the Hojo family is miserable, and the order given by the Hojo clan to Satomi Yoshihiro is to ask him to send at least 5,000 troops, and rush to Kasuga Mountain Castle within nine days, you must know that the Anfang where the Satomi clan is located is in the southernmost point, and Kasuga Mountain Castle is in the northernmost point, although the land in Japan is small, but this south and north are enough for the Satomi family army to drink a pot, and for this rescue, the Satomi clan is not very optimistic, after the army under his command runs wild for seven days, even if he arrives at Kasuga Mountain Castle, how much combat power can be left, Moreover, there is no way to do more than 20,000 troops in the city in the spring, even if there are more of their own 5,000 tired troops, it is estimated that it is impossible to achieve victory, so they suddenly have a feeling of being abandoned.

And this is also the idea of the Hojo clan, for him, Echigo and the forces in the territory are the two major events facing the Hojo family at present, of course, it is best to be able to win Echigo, if it really doesn't work, then you can also use the hands of the Takayama family to wipe out those wealthy clans in the general, and then he will be in charge of the Kanto region, with 100,000 male soldiers, even if Echigo falls to the Takayama clan, he can still compete with it.

So although he gave a strict order to the Satomi family, but it will not be the case with Ueno's Kasawara Yasukatsu, the five-color preparation is the foundation of the Hojo family, and there is no room for mistakes, so he just let Kasawara Yasukatsu see the opportunity, if he can help Uesugi Jinghu, if not, then return to Ueno to attack this place, and bring it into the control of the Hojo family as soon as possible, after all, Ueno has more than 400,000 stone of stone Shigao, once all are controlled by the family, then the strength of the family will be further enhanced, of course he will not give up such a good thing.

But it's a pity that Kasahara Yasukatsu received a request for help from Uesugi Keitora in Kasuga Castle first, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to go to the rescue, after all, this time the lord gave him an order to help Uesugi Keiho capture the Uesugi family governor and completely eliminate Uesugi Keikatsu, he really couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

And those who belong to Takayama in the same Ueno country, the wealthy clans of the Uesugi family finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the Hojo family go north, this time the invasion of the Hojo family brought a devastating blow to these wealthy clans, especially the wealthy clans who just belonged to the Takayama family, they have just changed from the peasant and military system to the full army system, so although the ashigaru people have worn simple armor, and the bamboo guns and wooden sticks in their hands have also been replaced with long spears of different lengths and broken pieces, but this not only did not make their combat power any improved, On the contrary, it has dropped a lot, after all, compared to raising peasant soldiers, raising a light foot is too expensive, the equipment is better than the original, but the number has dropped a lot, especially those who only have a few hundred stones, if the peasants are urgently mobilized, then at least one hundred and eighty people can be dispatched, all the men in the village can run as long as they can move, the number is more, and the courage is enough, although it is impossible to win, but after swarming, it is still possible to kill a few Hojo elites, but now, due to the implementation of the separation of soldiers and farmers, With their income, the strength of the army under their command immediately shrank to about ten people, not to mention the losses caused to the Hojo army, and now they don't even have the courage to charge. (To be continued.) )