As the temperature rises, rain begins to fall in various parts of Shinano, and the climate here is characterized by a mostly inland climate, except for the northern part of the country, which has a Sea of Japan climate, which has a lot of snowfall.

The inland climate inside Shinano is also a highland inland climate.

The annual sunshine time is about 2,000 hours, and the sunshine required for rice planting is very sufficient, with an average annual temperature of about 12 degrees and an average annual temperature difference of about 10 degrees between day and night.

This means that it is often a little cold in the morning and foggy, and when the sun gradually rises, the temperature will gradually increase.

The average annual precipitation is 940 mm, with abundant precipitation, low humidity, and a fresh and cool climate.

The coldest month is about zero degrees in January, and the hottest month is about 25 degrees in July and August, and the average temperature in these two months is 30 degrees, which is really hot in the era when there are no air conditioning fans.

Shinano has a high terrain, so the average temperature is also low, the weather is drier, and the temperature difference is also very large, especially in the long terrain from north to south, the north is close to the Echigo-Echichu border, and in winter there is more than three meters of snow even on flat land, and there are some places in the south near the Pacific side that are warmer.

Snow usually starts to fall around late autumn until around early April.

Due to the topography of the mountains and basins, the temperature varies considerably, and it is the place where snowfall is earlier and more frequent on Honshu Island (second only to Hokkaido). The timing of spring is also affected by the topography, and some areas will be significantly earlier, such as Minami Shinano.

As the weather changed, the training of the Liudi Horse team was not as frequent as before, and the progress was okay, and Nobukata was not as impatient as before, so he returned to Katsura Castle first.

In fact, most of the retainers, especially those who were not really loyal to him, were jealous and longed for his wife and concubine to become pregnant.

After all, if Ogasawara Nobukata had any accidents, he wouldn't even have a son who would inherit his position.

It just so happened that Nobukata returned to Katsura Castle and began his plan to create a man.

The hard work paid off, and with his very hard work, Ogasawara Akizuki, Murakami Hakuka and Yuzu Satomi were all pregnant.

For this reason, the letter side also breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his waist by the way, and couldn't help but say: "My waist is about to break, I can finally rest for a while." ”

Ever since his wife and concubine became pregnant, the retainers who got the news came to give gifts and visits, especially Ochiai Ojiyoshi, who treated Shiraka more than Shinkata.

It happened that the letter side also received them, and he told everyone that they must prepare their troops, and when August or September comes, war will start at any time.

At that time, the peasants were preparing to harvest their crops, and whether it was a war or the development of the country, they needed food, and the Nobuya was sure that Takeda Harunobu would play a trick.

The Takeda family had a golden mountain in Suwa and Kai had Kurokawa gold mountain, and Sanada Yutaka had recently told him that the Takeda family was much gentler towards the people of Shinano and had launched a money offensive.

Therefore, he concluded that the Takeda family might send people to buy grain from the peasants at a high price, and then fight an economic war.

This is extremely fatal to the weak family of Nobukata, so he can only ask the ninjas to spread the word about the past sins of the Takeda family recently, and promise to buy the surplus food of the people at the market price.

Of course, some of the servants, especially those close to Suwa, will inevitably not be in disobedience.

As time went on, the temperature in Shinano got warmer and hottest months soon came, July and August.

Although Nobukata knew that saltpeter was made of ice, he would use these processed ice cubes and put them in a wooden refrigerator and then shake them by the maid's hand, so that he would feel the coldness and let his hot mood dissipate.

Of course, this can't be used often, as a samurai, he not only has to endure the cold winter, but also the scorching heat, and it also costs a lot of money, and what he lacks is money.

Sanada Yutaka also admonished the Shin side about this at first, but the Shin side excused himself on the grounds that his wife and concubine were pregnant.

Nobugata felt the coolness for a moment, his head resting on Qiuyue's lap, and he closed his eyes to recuperate.

"Teng Teng Teng..."

There was a sound of footsteps in the hallway outside the door, which caused the letter to wake up and look out the door.

It was Nobukatsu Higashino who came.

He stepped forward and said, "My lord, a small part of the Takeda family is buying the surplus food of the people. ”

Nobugata frowned and said, "The Takeda family has started to move, and the war is coming!" Nobukatsu, do you think the Wandering Horses can play? ”

Higashino Nobukatsu hurriedly paused and said, "Please give the Lord an order!" ”

Nobugata smiled, "Okay, I'll give you a chance to take the Ryuza team to expel these rats and let them see the power of our Shinano samurai's bow horses!" ”

"Hah!" Higashino Nobukatsu answered, and then got up and left with the token given by the letter.

Higashino Nobukatsu returned to Toishi Castle in the afternoon, and he found Sanada Nobutsuna, who was wiping water on the horses to cool down, and said, "Nobutsuna, the lord ordered us to expel the Kai people who crossed the border. ”

Sanada Nobutsuna said excitedly: "Okay! It's finally time to go into battle! ”

The rest of the Roguema samurai were also very excited.

They immediately went back to tidy up their weapons and armor, repaired the horses, and fed them excellent food.

Early the next morning, the Ryutama team quickly assembled and left Toishi Castle under the leadership of Nobukatsu Higashino and Nobutsuna Sanada.

The Takeda family, who was monitoring the movements of Toishi Castle in the surrounding area, immediately rushed to Suwa-gun.

In a village near Wada, Kore-gun, Ariga Senbei and a few samurai ashigaru are buying crops harvested by the common people for a few pennies more than in the market.

Many peasants came to sell, and even the land servants who managed the village took out their own stored old grain and sold it.

While everyone was in full swing of sales, a voice was heard in the distance.

As soon as Senbei Ariga heard it, he knew that it was the sound of nearly a hundred horses running.

He hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Get on your horse and leave with your things!" ”

He hurriedly turned on his horse, grabbed his spear, and headed towards the entrance of the village.

Soon he saw the Ogasawara family's family crest banner appear in the distance.

He glanced at it, turned around and walked back into the village.

As soon as he turned around, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his throat, followed by a fishy sweetness in his mouth, and then fell to the ground in anger.

"Shin Tsuna's Divine Shoot! It's going to take fifty steps! Higashino Nobukatsu saw the samurai of the Takeda family at the entrance of the village in the distance fall to the ground, and hurriedly praised.

Sanada Nobutsuna smiled: "He's not moving there, everyone can shoot, Shinkatsu, you can take someone to the other exit of the village." ”

Higashino Nobukatsu nodded, and immediately called out to the half-flowing horse samurai to follow him.

Soon, the small village was surrounded, and all the Takeda cavalry who rushed out had been shot, and there were only a few carts left in the village.

Seeing that they couldn't run out of this battle, the ashigaru hurriedly threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground and surrendered.

Higashino Nobukatsu and Sanada Nobutsuna went into the village and searched the village, taking away all the money and grain from the Takeda family, and at the same time, they took the money from the Takeda family and took away the surplus grain from the village at the market price.

They cleaned up one village and quickly rushed to the next.

The Takeda family also learned about the actions of the letter side, and immediately asked people to take it back.

But both sides know that this is not the end, and that this is all just the beginning.

Takeda Harunobu immediately asked the soldiers and horses from all over the country to start gathering, and the war was about to break out.