After a day of traveling, Sanada Yutaka arrived in Ueno Azuma-gun, which is next to Shinano, and after coming out of Maezamayama Castle, walking back, that is, taking the small prefecture, passing by Matsuo Castle to the north, passing through Sanada Township, and hearing about the torii gate, you can enter Ueno.

After he arrived in Azuma-gun, he found Takamasa Kawahara, who was living in Azuma-gun, and now a group of stubborn retained vassals of the Umino family who did not submit to the Takeda family are headed by Takamasa Kawahara.

Takamasa Kawara was actually quite happy when he heard that Sanada Yutaka had come to visit, but when he thought that Sanada Yukitaka had taken refuge in Takeda Harunobu, he couldn't suppress his anger in his heart, and he suddenly didn't want to see Sanada Yukitaka.

Later, it was Captain Sanada Gentazaemon who entered the courtyard and asked to meet, and Takamasa Kawahara reluctantly agreed to meet.

As soon as Takamasa Kawahara saw Sanada Yutaka, he sneered: "It's really unlucky today, there are crows chirping in the morning, and it's very unlucky, I didn't expect to see a person who turned his back on the family at this time." What are you doing here! ”

Sanada Yutaka spit on his face, and said with a pause: "Brother, now he has become a subordinate of the Murakami Palace. ”

Takamasa Kawahara was not happy, but scolded angrily: "Look at you, what has become of you, actually working under a reckless man like Murakami Yoshikiyo? Sooner or later, he will be defeated by Harunobu Takeda!

This reckless man, in order to deal with us, actually let Takeda Shintora enter Shinano, and now it seems that he is luring the wolf into the house, and now he is asking for hardship, happy, hahaha! ”

Sanada Yutaka was not annoyed and continued: "Now there are some changes, and it took less than ten days for the lord of the lower lord, Ueda Nobukata, to take Kitasaku.

Now he is leading 3,000 troops in the former mountain castle cage city, and confronts the Takeda family's Koyamada Dewa Shouden and the general Iitomi Genshiro. ”

Takamasa Kawahara was stunned and surprised: "There is such a person? It looks much more powerful than the reckless man of Murakami Yoshikiyo. So what is the reason why you came? ”

Sanada Yutaka said very seriously: "Brother, the time has come to revive the Umino family, and the lord promised that he would give me Sanada Township, and this is when the Umino family will rise." ”

Takamasa Kawahara frowned and said, "You, the lord, suddenly rose, can he give you Sanada Township?" ”

Sanada Yutaka shook his head and said: "It will take a few years, but soon, this time to defeat the Takeda army, the lord will have a firm foothold in Saku-gun." ”

Takashi Kawahara looked at Yutaka Sanada and said, "I understand, you asked us to support you, right?" ”

Sanada Yutaka said first: "Yes, brother, this is the Sanada family, and it is also the last hope of the Umino family!" ”

Takamasa Kawahara suddenly asked, "You said that Harunobu Takeda would help restore the Umino family, why did you suddenly change your mind?" ”

Sanada Yutaka didn't hide anything, and directly talked about his forced surrender.

After listening to this, Takamasa Kawahara pondered for a while and said, "It's the first time I've seen you lose to someone else in military strategy, since you are not under the command of the Takeda family, and you are still an enemy of him, then we are still a family."

However, you also know that the Umino family has been in decay for many years, and the others are barely alive in Azuma County, and there are not many reinforcements who can help you, only two or three hundred. ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "I also plan to ask for reinforcements from Nagano Temple, and if I can, I also want to find the Leader of the Palace." ”

Takamasa Kawahara said, "The situation of the Guanling Hall has not been very good recently, and I don't think it is possible for both Nagano Hall and Guanling Hall to send troops to support you. ”

Sanada Yutaka wondered, "What happened?" ”

Takamasa Kawahara sighed and said: "At the beginning of the night battle of Kawagoe, three thousand elite soldiers were killed in the stewardship of the palace, and many retainers were killed, and many retainers took refuge in the Hojo family, and now there are also many retainers in Ueno who have taken refuge in Hojo.

If nothing else, in two years at most, the Hojo family will send troops to the north, and I see that the stewards will either be arrested or escape. ”

Sanada Yutaka didn't expect that the situation of Uesugi Kenmasa, the Kanto governor, would be so bad, and he was once a big man who commanded 100,000 soldiers and horses.

He paused and said, "Brother, I still want to try, please introduce me." ”

Takamasa Kawahara nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I'll arrange it for you as soon as possible, you can wait here for a few more days." Actually, Nagano still values you very much. ”

Sanada Yutaka sighed and said, "I can only live up to Naganoden's love, I just want to restore the Umino family."

Oh, by the way, does my brother know what kind of character Echigo's Nagao Keitora is like? ”

"Long-tailed Jinghu?" Takamasa Kawahara was stunned for a moment, although he didn't know what Sanada Yutaka wanted to do, but he still said: "I heard from the people in Echichi, he is a very good person, a very upright person.

A few years ago, when he was not the lord of Echigo, the guardian of Echigo was still his elder brother Nagao Harukei, who was born frail and sickly, so the family rebelled.

These rebellions were all quelled by Nagaoden, and as a result, his prestige in Echigo was high, which worried his brother, so Harukei Nagao decided to kill his brother.

This matter was known to Jinghu Gong's retainers, and the retainers told Jing Hugong, but Jinghu Gong didn't believe it until Nagao Harujing led some of his retainers to attack Jinghu Gong's residence.

In such a situation, Jing Hu Gong won more with less and defeated the army of Nagao Harujing, but Jing Hu Gong did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and finally asked Echigo to guard the upper shirt hall to arbitrate.

Jing Hu Gong inherited the position of family governor as the adopted son of Nagao Qingjing, Jing Hu Gong is a devout believer in Bishamen Tian, and he is a rare good person. ”

After hearing this, Sanada Yutaka was also very surprised, after all, in such a troubled world, if Sanada Yutaka, as a long-tailed Jinghu, heard that his brother was going to kill him, he would have raised troops as soon as possible.

He admired the long-tailed Jinghu a little, he was really a rare person in troubled times. No wonder the lord said that if he went to Echigo to ask for reinforcements, there was a high probability that he would succeed.

He suddenly felt that this trip must have been very rewarding.

In the evening, Takamasa Kawahara entertained Sanada Yutaka with great hospitality, and he also asked about the situation of Shinobu Ya, he hadn't seen his sister for several years, and he missed it very much.

Hearing Sanada Yutaka mention of Gengoro, when the Sanada family left Azuma County, Gengoro had not yet been born, and Takamasa Kawahara was very happy because of this, and asked a few more questions.

Takamasa Kawahara sighed with emotion: "It's been a long time since we've chatted together like this, and I really hope that the Umino family can be revived as soon as possible, so that everyone can be together again." ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said: "Such a day will not be too far away, as long as I can ask for reinforcements and defeat the Takeda army in Saku-gun, it won't take a few years for the Umino family to be revived!" ”

"Hmmm! It's up to you, Kotaka, work hard! ”