After Ueda Nobukata left, Yamada Kunimasa complained to his wife, Kiyotsuna, "Doesn't he have a castle in Ueda?" You want to borrow my place to do things? ”

Ueda Nobukata explained to my wife Kiyotsuna yesterday, and my wife Kiyotsuna explained: "Ueda Matsune also has a hard time, and now the Takeda family doesn't know that Matsuo Castle has fallen into the hands of the family, and Ueda doesn't want others to know. ”

Yamada Kunimasa was a little envious, and pouted: "This person will be a little clever." He was actually complaining that Ueda Nobukata didn't go to see him.

My wife Kiyotsuna nodded slightly apologetically to Yamada Kunimasa, and then said, "Yesterday, Ueda saw that Yamada Hall was busy, so he didn't dare to disturb, but he left a gift. ”

My wife Kiyotsuna also saw the face of the souvenirs given by Ueda Nobukata, and gave a part to Yamada Kunimasa, which made Yamada Kunimasa feel better.

Ueda Nobukata, who had returned to Matsuo Castle, had long forgotten about it, and in his opinion, Yamada Kunimasa was just a dry bone in a grave with no value to be wooed.

Since the death of Yazawa Zongzhong, those Sakuya people have not listened to the command of the Murakami family very much, and Ueda Nobukata has gathered a large number of Sakudai people, so Ueda Nobukata is still the three hundred Sakushi people in the hot Toshi Castle.

Compared to the Sakushi under his command, he was more familiar with the three hundred Sakushi in Toishi Castle.

Among the three hundred Saku, the one who already has the heart to leave is Kamizu Kenra, who is a retainer of Kasahara Kiyoshige, the lord of Sakushiga Shiga Castle, and the reason why he took refuge in Murakami is because of Murakami's hostile relationship with Takeda.

But Yamada Kunimasa's conduct disappointed Kamizu Kenrya, and he looked down on Yamada Kunimasa compared to Ueda Nobukata, who was both civil and military.

Now he had heard from his wife Kiyotsuna that Ueda Nobukata was interested in attacking Saku-gun, and as a Saku-gun who had a deep hatred for Takeda, he couldn't bear his thoughts anymore.

He found his former minister from Kasawara Kiyoshiro and said, "Everyone, I'm going to take refuge in Ueda!" ”

A samurai named Yamauchi asked, "Kenra, why did you go to Ueda?" ”

Kamizu Kenra said, "I heard from Azuma that Ueda will attack Saku-gun next year, and he has already gathered a group of Saku-gun.

There are the Oi family, the Taguchi family, and the former ministers of the Uehara family, the lord died tragically at the hands of Takeda Harunobu, and even Mrs. Miru was bought by Koyamada Nobuyu Twenty Kan! ”

Speaking of which, everyone in the house is gritting their teeth, and there are also their wives and daughters who have been sold.

Shenjin Xianliang's eyes were red and he said, "This is the shame of the lord, and it is also our shame!" Now the time has come to wash away the shame we have carried, and who of you will go with it? ”

The people in the room immediately said, "How can such a thing be done only for the virtuous to be beautiful?" I must go to Yamanouchi. ”

"I will also go with you in the next place!"

"Defeat the Takeda family and wash away our shame!"

Kamizu was overjoyed and said, "Without further ado, let's go to Matsuo Castle now!" ”

The more than 30 people did not hesitate, left a letter and left.

When Yamada Kunimasa learned the news, he was very indignant, and after reading the letter, he scolded even more.

Yamada Kunimasa said angrily: "Ueda's erector bullied me too much, I will definitely not let him go, just wait and see!" ”

The relationship between Azuma Kiyotsuna and Yamada Kunimasu was not good, so I privately sent someone to send news to Matsuo Castle.

When Ueda Nobukata learned that Kamizu had brought more than 30 people to take refuge, he was overjoyed and entertained them with delicious food and drink that day.

Ueda Nobukata patted his chest and assured Kamizu Kenra and others that he would attack Saku-gun next year and definitely drive out Takeda Harunobu.

Kamizu Kenra was greatly moved, and directly asked Ueda Nobukata to make him the pioneer of the strategy Saku.

Ueda Nobukata is very happy that this Kamizu Kenra has lost his lord, but he can be accepted as a retainer, and he does not have Sakuto under his hands.

However, the matter of accepting retainers is still in a hurry, and after that, Oi and others are set aside, and then reuse Kamizu Xianliang.

The guests between Ueda Nobukata and Kamizu Kenliang were happy, but the news sent by my wife Kiyotsuna later gave Ueda Nobukata a headache.

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi was able to hand over Toishi Castle to Yamada Kunimasa to garrison, which shows that Murakami Yoshikiyo still values Yamada Kunimasa very much.

Ueda Nobukata had no choice but to send Motoren to Toishi Castle to inquire about the news.

The next day, news came, and Kunimasa Yamada filed a complaint with Yoshikiyo Murakami. Ueda Nobukata has a headache, and he is going to run from Matsuo Castle to Katsuo Castle on this snowy day to defend himself to Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Sure enough, Murakami Yoshikiyo sent an envoy to ask Ueda Nobukata to go to Katsura Castle to defend himself.

Kamizu Kenra didn't expect that he would bring such a big trouble to Ueda Nobukata, so he immediately said to Ueda Nobukata: "Ueda, this is all a trouble caused by Xia, so let me go down." ”

Ueda Nobukata immediately said awe-inspiringly: "Xianliang, I understand your feelings about returning to your hometown and seeking revenge from Takeda.

For such sincere feelings for you, I am very moved, at most I was scolded by the lord, I just paid a small price, but it will be enough to let you return to Saku. ”

Kamizu Kenliang immediately bowed and said: "Ueda's kindness is really unrepayable in the next place, and when I help the Kasawara family restore the family name, I will serve under Ueda Maki to repay the kindness!" ”

Ueda Nobukata was a little caught off guard, he just pushed the boat to act, he didn't expect such a big reaction from Kamizu Kenra, and the other Sakushi were also very moved, well, he felt that he had made a lot of money in this wave.

Ueda Nobukata took a few people and left Matsuo Castle with a group of Sakushi reluctant farewells, and went to Katsuo Castle to defend Yoshikiyoshi Murakami about Kamizu Kenrashi's departure from Toishi Castle.

Why do you have to defend it, the main reason is that the old boy Yamada Kunimasu is not kind, he directly pushed the pot to Ueda Nobukata and said that he was going to rebel.

He bluntly said that Ueda Nobukata's subordinates gathered a large number of Saku, and it was clear that they wanted to capture Saku-gun and become independent of the Murakami family.

Murakami Yoshikiyo sent an envoy in doubt.

When Ueda Nobukata arrived at Katsumi Castle, he immediately ran to Murakami Yoshikiyo to defend himself, bluntly saying that Sakushi heard that he was going to fight Saku-gun.

Murakami Yoshikiyo thought of the hatred between Sakuzhong and Takeda, so he believed Ueda Nobukata's defense, and instructed him to be careful that Sakuzhong turned his face and did not recognize people.

These words made Ueda Nobukata happy, this Murakami Yoshikiyo gave him a chance to cry poor.

Ueda Nobukata directly cried poor, he had too few materials in his hands to recruit manpower, and as a result, he deducted 500 stone of grain and dozens of pieces of cloth from Murakami Yoshikiyo, which could be regarded as a harvest.

In this way, Ueda Nobukata returned to Matsuo Castle with a full load, and when he passed by Toishi Castle, Yamada Kunishi was angry to death.

After that, the snow was so heavy that the road was impassable, and Shinano was completely quiet.

Until the arrival of the 20th year of Astronomy (1551), in February, the weather gradually warmed up, the snow was melting, and Ueda Nobukata was undergoing final training to prepare for his Saku invasion.