Because of the suppression of the three bosses, Ueda Nobukata had to reconsider his position in the Murakami family, as long as the Murakami family is dominant in Shinano, his life will definitely be difficult.

No matter how principled Murakami Yoshikiyo is, he can only protect him from being forced to death by the three big guys, but there is no way to suppress his future.

Therefore, if he wants to have a way out in this troubled world, he must climb up, especially after experiencing this life and death, he is even more eager to climb high.

If the Murakami family had stabilized the situation in Saku-gun, then the Toshishi (Toishi) collapse would not exist, and Ueda Nobukata would have wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take a credit.

Now in charge of Saku-gun's side is Kiyono Kiyohide, and he has to find a way to stop Kiyono Kiyohide from uniting the people of Saku-gun.

The best thing to do is for the ninja to spread the rumors, but he has to find an excuse on his side.

There are also ninjas in the Murakami family, and they are the Iizuna people who live at Iizuna Shrine.

"Iizuna" is a small demon fox, which is said to be small enough to drill in and out of a bamboo tube, so it is also called a pipe fox.

This is the stunt of the Iizuna people, a skill that even the Togakushi people of Togakure Mountain don't have.

Mt. Togakushi is the largest ninja settlement in Kita-Shinano, with a long history dating back to the Kiso Yoshinaka period.

The more famous of the Tokumi people is the retainer of the Sanada Yutaka family, Deura Morikiyo.

So Ueda Nobukata has to think of a better excuse, otherwise his betrayal of Murakami's family will soon be revealed.

Thinking about it, there is only one excuse to protect the blacksmith shop.

Of course, the person Ueda Nobukata is going to find is the Tokumi people, and the Iizuna people are serving the Murakami family, and it is very likely that he will tell Murakami Yoshikiyo about his behavior, and he is not at ease.

The Togakushi mountain he was going to was to the west of Mizuuchi-gun, and to the southeast of Togakushi Mountain was Mt. Iizuna.

Ueda Nobukata traveled for a day to reach Togakushiyama.

He found the hermit and paid to recruit several ninjas, all of whom were small in stature and had a very ordinary appearance, just like the farmers in the village.

Hiring a low-level ninja monthly salary is six guan money, the middle ninja needs twelve kan, and the upper ninja annual salary needs four or five hundred kan.

Kohei Jiro didn't have a stable income, so he had to hire a few shinobi.

After recruiting ninjas, he hurried back to Iwashita Village with his people.

Before he had time to rest, he assigned the task of ninjas, and was summoned by Iwashita Middle School.

Ueda Nobukata hurriedly asked, "Uncle Iwashita, what's going on?" ”

Iwashita frowned and said, "The Takanashi family has sent troops, and the lord is very angry with the behavior of the Takanashi family, and is gathering troops to prepare to attack the Takanashi family. ”

Ueda Nobukata frowned, he didn't expect the Takanashi family to rebel, it stands to reason that the Takeda family fought in Shiojiri, although it didn't win a big victory, but it didn't lose the standard.

The Takanashi family should continue to support Murakami Yoshikiyo at this time, why did they suddenly tear up the contract?

Ueda Nobukata thought about it carefully, then lowered his head and smiled, he estimated that the Takeda family sent someone to omit the Takanashi family.

This is interesting, the behavior of the Takeda family just helped him, Murakami Yoshikiyo wants to transfer troops to the north, and Saku-gun in the south can't take care of it.

Without the support of the Murakami family, the people of Saku-gun are nothing, and they are simply vulnerable in front of the Takeda family.

Ueda Nobukata immediately asked, "What about Saku-gun?" ”

Iwashita replied, "That Kiyono is still in Saku-gun, and he will continue to support the people of Saku-gun against the Takeda family over there." ”

Ueda Nobukata frowned slightly, nodded and said, "I know, my uncle can go to Katsumi City first, and then come later." ”

After Iwasita left, Ueda Nobukata immediately said to several ninjas around him, "Now is the time for you to repay me."

I need to leave someone here to keep an eye on the blacksmith's shop, it's an easy task, who wants to? ”

The shortest ninja Saemon spoke, "My lord, the little one is willing to keep an eye on the blacksmith shop. ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded, looked at the other ninjas and said, "I have a very important thing to do here, and if you do it well, you will be rewarded!"

You are going to the Takeda family to contact Youzu Motonao, and tell him that I will marry Youzu Satomi as a concubine, and that I have a way to restore him to his old domain.

If you don't agree, then I can only spread rumors at Takeda's house, saying that you have the heart of rebellion, once or twice, no one believes it, but after three or four times, will Takeda Harunobu doubt it in his heart?

Bring these words to Youjin Yuannao, and say that his son-in-law sincerely hopes that his father-in-law will help him. ”

Ueda Nobukata took out a letter and said, "I will only show him the letter when you ask for Satomi to be my wife, after you have initially agreed." ”

After dealing with this matter, Ueda Nobukata put on his hooded armor, took his weapon and followed Iwashita Naka to Katsuo Castle to assemble.

This time, the Takanashi family is menacing, and the army has already been deployed in the area of Nakagawa Island.

And one of the three big guys, the Yayo family, is near Nakagawa Island, and every time Murakami Yoshikiyo attacks the Takanashi family, the Yayo family's military strength will be the vanguard.

Of course, this battle is inconclusive, the two sides have been attacking each other for decades, and it has always been like this, although the Takanashi family only has half of Takai-gun, but they have the cash cow of Zenko-ji.

Even if the Takanashi family lost their territory many times, they would run away with the Buddha statues in Zenko-ji Temple, and then rely on these Buddha statues to make a comeback.

So Murakami Yoshikiyo against Takanashi Masayori was not as easy as imagined.

The Murakami army was in Asahiko Castle, while the Takanashi family was in Zenko-ji Temple.

In the early morning of the 23rd, the two sides set up their respective positions.

As the pioneer, Yashiro Masakuni transferred Iwasita Naka to the forward attack unit, and Ueda Nobukata was among them, and although he was promoted to samurai, he still worked under Iwasita Naka.

As for the post of the Foreign Affairs Minister, it is only temporary and has been abolished.

And the first warrior on the Takanashi family's side is Yamada Hida Mamoru , who is a retainer of Takanashi Masayori.

The troops invested by both sides are each a reserve unit, which is not a small number, and the total number is only more than 600 people.

The more than 600 people were divided into dozens of small phalanxes.

To the left and right of the front line, troops were also arranged, and when the front line was almost decided, these troops would press in.

Murakami Yoshikiyo, who was sitting in the main formation, saw that the military formation on his side had been arranged, so he waved his military equipment and ordered the first troops to attack.

Yadai Masakuni immediately let Yadai Manzheng lead his troops to attack.

As the first of the vanguard troops, Ueda Nobukata was the first to engage the enemy, and he swung the ten-character gun, which was extremely ferocious, killing several ashigaru in one engagement.

A samurai from the Takanashi family jumped out and shouted, "I'm Asano Shuji, an old Yamada Hida Mamoru of the Takanashi family, and I'm here to ask for advice!" ”

Ueda Nobukata is overjoyed, this person has never heard of it, and it is estimated that he is a gift.