From their mouths, they learned that the Takayama ninjas had infiltrated Echigo, and wantonly destroyed the territories of these retainers or wealthy clans, because these people went out with the army to fight, so the military strength left in the territory was not much, and this time the Takayama ninjas did not directly attack the castle, but sneaked in, either to burn fire and food, or to create rumors to cause chaos in the territory, or to steal a lot of property when people were unprepared, anyway, in addition to frontal attacks, they did everything, and it was too difficult to eliminate them, These ninjas or one or two, or three or five people, no matter whether they succeed or not, once they see that things are not good, they will immediately retreat, if the family army is chasing them, then well, when they come back, ensure that the city is already a sea of fire, so up to now, the defenders in the territory do not have a very good way, can only strengthen the defense, if so and the Takayama family is successful, then you can only blame yourself for bad luck.

At first, because there were not too many retainers who came to report to him, he didn't attract the attention of Uesugi Kenshin, he only thought that this was just the anger of the Takayama clan after the defeat, as long as there were no problems in the several important towns of Echigo, then waiting to capture Echichu, after Noto, after returning to the territory, then the Takayama ninja would no longer have a way, and judging from the current situation, he could return to the army in two months at most, but as more and more retainers came, Uesugi Kenshin had to start paying attention, although he knew, As long as the important town is not lost, with the current strength of the Gao Shan family, it is impossible to send troops to Echigo, but those retainers don't think so, the territory is their own, if the losses are heavy, who still has the heart to fight abroad. Even if you reluctantly accept it. Then I won't be doing as hard as I used to. If you can't do it quickly. Once Oda mobilizes reinforcements, it will be a fierce battle, and although Uesugi Kenshin firmly believes that the final victory must be won by the main family, but if the main family loses a lot as a result, how to face the next attack of the other party. Therefore, if you want to resist the attack of the Oda family's reinforcements, then the first step must be to control the Echichu Noto, as long as you can gain a firm foothold in these two countries. Then everything is not a problem.

But now, it seems that the strategic goal can no longer be achieved, and before he led the army to the expedition, he had fully considered that the Takayama family would take advantage of the emptiness of Echigo and send troops to attack, so important towns such as Kasugayama, Keiguan, and Hando were heavily defended. But who knew that the Gaoshan Clan Sect would disregard his face and sneak attack the territory of his retainers, and he once again overestimated the lower limit of the Gaoshan Clan. How else did a samurai do such a shameless thing?

Seeing that victory is in sight, do you just give up? The more I thought about it, the more angry I became. The angrier you get, the more you want to drink.

"Someone, bring wine!" Uesugi Kenshin smashed the empty altar in his hand to the ground and spoke. No matter how good his cultivation is, he can't help the Gaoshan Clan Sect tossing behind his back like this. But he has already made a decision, tomorrow he will gather his retainers and wealthy clans, as long as they can win the two countries, then their losses will be borne by their own family, not only that, but also give enough benefits, no matter what, he will never return to the army, otherwise I am afraid that in his lifetime, it will be impossible to enter the Yuezhong again, and he will not be able to ascend, so he will never give up until the last resort.

The clan still underestimated Uesugi Kenshin's determination to take away the two countries, he himself thought that once his body was unstable, even if Uesugi Kenshin still wanted to seize the two countries, but without the cooperation of his retainers, he would not succeed, but he didn't expect that Uesugi Kenshin would rather give up his own interests than give up, if it wasn't for Hosokawa Fujitaka Shinyan pulling the Asai family into the water, then the clan would really lose very completely this time.

"Lord...... Lord, this is already the second altar. Although Higuchi and Rokuro didn't dare to persuade directly, as a close attendant, it was what he had to do to remind the lord at all times.

"Needless to say, bring the wine."

"Yes!" Seeing that persuasion was hopeless, Higuchi and Rokuro had no choice but to go straight to order.

Before he could go out, he saw a close attendant walking in quickly, only to hear him hurriedly say: "Report, lord, Asai Changzheng led an army of 25,000 into Yuezhong, because the army of the family is too scattered, more than ten cities such as Gaogang, Dadao, wooden boat, and Zengshan were all taken by the Asai family. After he took the castle, he handed over the castle to the Shibata family defenders to arrange defenses, while the Asai army came straight to Toyama Castle, and now it has reached Tomizaki Castle, which is less than 100 miles away from this castle, and I ask the lord to decide. ”

"What!" When Uesugi Kenshin heard the news, he only felt a splitting headache, as if a needle had pierced his brain, and after holding on for less than three breaths, he couldn't hold on any longer, only to feel that his eyes were getting more and more blurry, and finally replaced by a white light, and then he didn't know anything.

When Uesugi Kenshin was finally sober, he had only one thought in his heart, that is, he had lost and completely lost to the Takayama clan.

Yes, although the Uesugi family won the battle, but lost the whole, Asai Nagamasa's variable was something Uesugi Kenshin never expected, after all, the grievances between the Asai and Shibata families, even the Uesugi family in Echigo knew very clearly, so everyone in the Uesugi family was full of confidence that as long as there was no order from Oda Nobunaga, then Asai Nagamasa would definitely not send troops to help, and even if there was Nobunaga's order, the Asai family would never send troops at the first time, and this time and again, plus the time to prepare, It's enough for the family to seize Vietnam and China, and to get to the two countries, not to mention Asai Nagamasa, even if Oda Nobunaga comes in person, the family is not afraid.

But the problem is that it's not too early or too late, but it came when the Takayama family sneaked up on Echigo, it's not the right time to come, how much is not the time, if it comes early, then it's just right, you can even wipe out the Asai family, it doesn't matter if you come later, the family has already won the two countries, and he can't take it again. But at this time, it is the most critical time, so the Uesugi family has only one choice, that is, to retreat immediately and give up all the land they have taken, otherwise, only with these retainers and wealthy families who only want to return, they don't need to think about it, they will definitely not be able to defeat Asai.

So the reason why Uesugi Kenshin suddenly fell was because of excessive drinking, and secondly, this incident hit him too hard, he originally thought that everything was under his control, and after defeating the Shibata Takayama coalition army, this idea took root in his heart even more unswervingly, but suddenly, it was just a short moment to become out of his control, how could he accept it for a while......

"Lord!" Higuchi and Rokuro rushed to Uesugi Kenshin in three steps and two steps, anxiously subdued the lord, and shouted loudly, but to no avail, the lord still did not wake up.

After the other attendant came to his senses, he immediately rushed out and informed the important ministers of the family in Toyama Castle.

The lord's coma cast a shadow on the hearts of the Uesugi family's retainers, and now they already know the situation, plus the attack on the territory, everyone has no heart to continue to stay here at this moment, but the lord's situation is unknown now, and they dare not overstep their bounds, after all, the lord has just given the order not to retreat and continue to attack before the coma. If you retreat by yourself, then once the lord wakes up, he will inevitably blame, so no one can make up this decision, but Amaterasu seems to have sensed the dilemma of these people, so that night, he summoned Uesugi Kenshin to the heavenly kingdom to meet, so although the Uesugi family was very sad, but did not inherit Uesugi Kenshin's will because of this, and finally immediately retreated to Echigo.

On May 23, 1576, a generation of military gods Uesugi Kenshin fell in the castle of Toyama in Echichu, with the death of Uesugi Kenshin, the entire Honshu Island, the ability to seize the world of the older generation of heroes have fallen one after another, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Miyoshi Chokei, Mori Motosa, Takeda Shingen, Hojo Shiyasu, and then to the current Uesugi Kenshin. And they all have a common characteristic, that is, once these heroes fall, then their families will not be able to escape the fate of decline. Although the reasons are different, the result is the same, and the Uesugi family is no exception.

Although the Uesugi army had chosen to retreat as soon as Uesugi Kenshin died, Oda Nobunaga, who was far away in Azuchi Castle at the moment, did not know about it.

Due to the lack of proximity between the two places, Nobunaga's information was still in Shibata, and the Takayama coalition was defeated, and the Uesugi army had already broken through Toyama Castle and swept through Echichu with lightning speed. After Nobunaga learned the news, although he felt extremely angry, but the Shibata Katsu family was an important minister of the family, so he couldn't help it, the Takayama clan couldn't count on it, and in this battle, the loss of the Takayama family was not less than that of the Shibata family, and it also needed to guard against Hojo, so it was powerless to rescue at all, and the other retainers were either too far away, or their strength was not enough, even if they were sent there, it would have no effect.

But soon he thought of Asai Nagamasa, for Asai Nagamasa's betrayal Nobunaga has always had a grudge in his heart, and this estrangement has become stronger and stronger with Nobunaga, and it has become deeper and deeper, but since the relocation of Asai Nagamasa's territory, the other party's performance has been impeccable, and there is no chance for Nobunaga to make a move, and now the opportunity has finally been waited for by him.

And such an idea came out of his life, and he was out of control, and what he was thinking about now was very simple, that is, to order Asai Nagamasa to send troops to Echichu, not only to resist the attack of the Uesugi family, but also to turn defeat into victory, if such an order is issued, then it is certain that Asai Nagamasa has absolutely no possibility of completion, first of all, the other party does not have such strength at all, and even the alliance of the Takayama clan and the Shibata Katsu family has failed, and it is Asai Nagamasa. Moreover, he knew that the Shibata Katsu family and the Asai Nagamasa were in the same situation, even if Asai Nagamasa wanted to complete the task, he would be constrained by the Shibata family everywhere, after all, this battle was to be fought in Vietnam, and without the cooperation of the Shibata army, then the Asai army would not be able to exert itself no matter how elite it was. (To be continued.) )