Late at night, a ninja appeared near Maeyama Castle, his body was very thin, and his whole body blended into the night, but there were bonfires around Maeyama Castle, and Ashigaru was on duty, so he could only find another place to enter.

The ninja walked around the front mountain castle for most of the time, and found that the defenses in the front and back were very tight, and there was no trace of negligence in defense, and the ninja was unwilling to step forward.

"Toot!"

A stone hit the trunk of a tree next to him, and the ninja was so surprised that he quickly stepped back, quickly took out a piece of cloth, blended in with his surroundings, and quickly disappeared into the night.

The ninja of the Takeda family ran out of the woods and returned to Nozawa Castle, knowing that he must also be a ninja who had just found him, and ordinary ashigaru could not see movement in the dark at night.

But ninjas are different, they have home remedies, and although they don't know how night blindness appears, there are also people who accidentally find that they have eaten something and are blind.

When the ninja returned to Nozawa Castle, he said that Maeyama Castle was heavily guarded, and Oyamada Shinyu didn't expect Maeyama Castle to be so heavily guarded.

It's a little difficult to adjust Sanada Yutaka's affairs, and if the letter can't be delivered, it's not easy for Soki Masatomo to make adjustments.

Early the next morning, Shinyu Oyamada told Iitomi Genshiro about it, and Iitomi Genshiro could only say, "Let's besiege it for the time being." ”

Oyamada Nobuyu shook his head and said: "The lord also intends to put pressure on the Murakami family in Saku-gun, but I didn't expect that Ueda Nobukata had so many preparations in less than a month, so let's tell the lord about the situation here first." ”

Genichiro Iitomi didn't refuse, the situation here was indeed beyond their imagination.

As for Ueda Nobukata's side, they saw that the Takeda family had not launched an attack, and they felt a little proud in their hearts, and even Sakudai shouted to go out to fight the Takeda army.

Ueda Nobukata just asked them to wait, but he was very disgusted by this kind of voice in his heart, he didn't really want to go out to fight, wouldn't it be nice to wait for work in the city by himself?

He dismissed most of his retainers, and only recruited five men: Sanada Yukitaka, Iwashita Ryu, Yazaki Heizou, Yuzu Motonao, and Kamizu Kenra.

Ueda Nobukata sat on the main seat and said, "The Takeda army is standing still in Nozawa Castle, and there are already some Sakushi who can't help but send troops, which is exactly the strategy of the Takeda family.

But I had to take care of Saku's thoughts, and defeating the Takeda army head-on would also establish the Ueda family's prestige in Saku-gun. Tell me, what should I do? ”

Kamizu Kenryo was the first to say: "My lord, my subordinates think that if we wait for another month, the morale of the Takeda army will be low, but our army has endured for a month, and the morale will be high at that time, and such a big victory can be expected!" ”

Yuzu Motozhi said, "A month? There are too many changes in this, and the main force of the Takeda family is fighting against the Ogasawara Guardian Hall and the Murakami Hall in Chikuma County, and if there is an accident there, our army will fall into a two-sided attack. ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "Father-in-law is right, a month's time, long nights and many dreams, we can't wait for the results to come out first in Tsukumo-gun." ”

Sanada Yutaka stood up and said, "My lord, let the minister come forward and go to Ueno Azuma County, where there are former ministers of the Umino family, and the ministers can also ask for help from Nagano Hall in Minowa Castle!" ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "That's the only way, ask for help from Ueno, if you can, you can also ask for help from Echigo's Nagaoden!" ”

Sanada Yutaka quickly left with a few guards, and on the way to Ueno, they met a monk.

The monk blocked Sanada Yutaka's way, and Sanada Yukitaka had to stop and shouted, "Why are you in the way? ”

The walking monk took out a letter and said with a smile: "There is an old man in Sajiu who asked the poor monk to send a letter to Sanada, hoping that Sanada will see him after reading the letter." ”

Next to him, Captain Sanada Gentazaemon stepped forward and took the letter and handed it to Sanada Yutaka, he opened the letter and looked at it, and found that it was a letter written to him by Soki Masato.

After reading it, he pondered for a while and said, "I'll think about it, you get out of the way." ”

The monk didn't say anything and got out of the way, and Sanada Yutaka and his party quickly left.

The Foot Monk glanced at it, and then quickly returned to Nozawa Castle.

He reported to Shinari Oyamada: "The villain met Sanada on the road to Kamishu in Saku-gun, and it seems that Ueda Nobu asked for help from Kamishu. ”

Oyamada Nobuyu waved his hand to let the foot monk withdraw from the shogunate, he sat on the main seat, and said, "Ueda Nobukata sent Sanada Yutaka to Joshu, which shows that he wants to take advantage of Sanada's relationship in Kamishu.

The Umino family and most of the former retainers are in Azuma-gun, and Nagano Yemasa of Minowa Castle is also a rival to be reckoned with, and as for the Kanto Governor's Hall in Hirai Castle, it is just a piece of meat in the mouth of the Hojo family.

If Shangzhou sends reinforcements, it will still be a bad thing for my family. ”

I'm afraid that the only people who can provide support to Ueda Nobukata are the former retainers of the Umino family in Azuma Prefecture and Nagano Yoshimasa with limited help.

After the crushing defeat in the night battle of Kawagoe and the defeat in the battle of Odaiwara, it can be said that the strength of the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa has been exhausted.

Most of the retainers around Uesugi Kenmasa had already defected and surrendered to the Hojo family, especially the Isesaki Naba clan, who was active as the front line of Hojo and clashed with the surrounding Uesugi Sei (Ashikaga Nagao, Yokose, Kiryu clan, Mabashi Nagano clan, and Ota clan).

Genshiro Iitomi suggested that Ueno did not provide much support, and that the one who should be most vigilant should be Echigo's Nagao Keitora.

He said: "Since the military division entered Echigo, there has been no news, and it is estimated that he was captured by the Nagao family. If Ueda Nobukata sent someone to Echigo to ask for help from the Echigo Nagao family, maybe he would really be able to ask for reinforcements. ”

Nobuyari Oyamada groped his chin and said, "Echigo, what's going on there?" What the hell is Kansuke doing? Let's send some people along Ueno to reconnoiter first. ”

It was April of the 20th year of Astronomy, and Nagao Keitora was working to unify Echigo, and in February of the 19th year of Tenmon, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru admitted that Nagao Keitora had the right to use the white umbrella bag and felt saddle cover. In this way, the long-tailed Jinghu's actual national dominance was certified.

In December of the 19th year of Astronomy (1550), Nagao Masakai (Ueda Nagao family), the lord of Sakado Castle of the clan, was dissatisfied with Nagao Keitora inheriting the family governor and launched a rebellion.

The reason for the dissatisfaction was that Nagao Keitora became the de facto lord of Echigo, and the position of Nagao Masaki, who recommended Nagao Harukage, became very embarrassing. Then the Koshi Nagao family, who had been opposed to the Ueda Nagao family for many years, increased their voice because they had always supported Nagao Jinghu.

In January of the 20th year of Tenmon (1551), Nagao Keitora attacked Itaki Castle, the residence of Nagao Masakeika's Fachi Nagayoshi, and won the victory.

Soon, Nagao Keitora will attack Sakado Castle on Nagao Masaki's side and completely suppress Nagao Masaki's rebellion.