Since the beginning of August, the Takeda family has put down the rebellion in Saku-gun, which directly threatens the safety of the small prefecture, and many places have rebelled and left the Murakami family.

Kiyohide Kiyono, who fled back to Kiyono Castle in Sakina County, suffered a lot of losses, and was very angry with Koheijiro who proposed the strategy of supporting Saku-gun, that is, Ueda Nobukata.

So he took this opportunity to blame Ueda Nobukata at a meeting at home, and at the same time, Yashiro Masakuni also helped on the sidelines, saying that Ueda Nobukata's strategy of contacting Takanashi Masayori was useless.

With the two big guys talking, plus Ueda Nobukata was just a small samurai, the other retainers were also very interested in keeping silent.

Murakami Yoshikiyo's face was a little unbearable, he supported these strategies at the beginning, and you criticized Ueda Nobukata for making him apologize, which was to slap him in the face of Murakami Yoshikiyo.

His expression was a little stiff, and he said: "Nobukata's strategy is supported by me, and the direction was not wrong at the beginning, Ogasawara was too arrogant when that guy lost to Takeda Harunobu."

As for Takanashi Masayori, he was afraid that Takeda Harunobu would be too strong, and as soon as Takeda Harunobu took Saku-gun, he didn't make any moves.

As for the matter of Saku-gun, it was all Takeda Harunobu's intrigues and intrigues too much, and Nobugata was still a young man, so it was normal to compare. ”

Kiyoshi Kiyoshi Kiyoshi Kiyoshi saw that Murakami Yoshikiyo was about to take off Ueda Nobukata's guilt in a few words, so he said: "My lord, because of his strategy, the minister has lost a lot, isn't there a little punishment?" ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo thought for a moment and said, "Go and call Ueda Nobukata." ”

Outside the house, Yazaki Heizou immediately got up and ran out to Iwashita Village.

Ueda Nobukata was dealing with the iron cannon when he suddenly saw Yazaki Heizou and said that Murakami Yoshikiyoshi called him to go to the residence.

Yazaki Heizou said: "Kiyono and Yayo have both put the blame on you, and now the lord doesn't want to punish you, but the other two are under a lot of pressure. ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded, waved his hand and said, "Oh, I know about this, Yazaki don't worry, nothing will happen." ”

Ueda Nobukata didn't lie, Kiyohide Kiyono and Masakuni Yashiro really sent pillows when he was dozing.

He immediately put down what he was doing and followed Yazaki Heizou to the residence to meet Murakami Yoshikiyo.

When they arrived at the residence, only Murakami Yoshikiyo, the three major bosses, and a few important ministers were left in the room.

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi said: "Nobukata, the few strategies you proposed at the beginning have all failed now, of course, your opponent is Takeda Harunobu, and it is normal for him to fail." ”

"Lord!" Kiyono Kiyohide said loudly, "Ueda Nobukata's strategy has failed, and he must be punished!" ”

Ueda Nobukata lowered his head and laughed, and shouted loudly: "Lord, my subordinates are ashamed, in order to make up for the mistakes of my subordinates, my subordinates are willing to go to Stone City!"

It is the most important branch of Katsumao Castle, and the Takeda family will definitely choose this place to attack the main family, and the subordinates are willing to stay here to defend the Takeda army. ”

Kiyono Kiyohide and the others were a little surprised, they didn't expect Ueda Nobukata to be so decisive in carrying this pot.

Murakami Yoshikiyo is very pleased, this is really a good little brother, in order not to make him uncomfortable with the three big guys, he has all the pain on his back.

Kiyono Kiyohide wanted to stop this, but it was the punishment they asked for, and it was a punishment to stick to a city that was attacked by the enemy.

Kiyohide Kiyono also didn't think that Ueda Nobukata could hold Toishi Castle.

Murakami nodded and said, "Okay!" Letter, the old man will temporarily appoint you as the guardian of the city of Stone City. ”

Originally, this was defended by Yamada Kunimasa, Azuma Kiyotsuna, and Yazawa Soshige together, and then Yazawa Soshige also murdered Yamada Kunimasa because of the uneven distribution of the twenty iron cannons captured by Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Ueda Nobukata was overjoyed, and hurriedly paused: "Ha! The subordinates are very grateful to the lord for giving him a chance to make amends! ”

He left Murakami Yoshikiyo's residence with a heavy expression on his face, but when he returned to Iwashita Village, he couldn't help laughing out loud, although it was a castle now, but after the collapse of Toishi, he would definitely be able to mix with a middle-level samurai who knew how to do it.

Ueda Nobukata immediately called Iwasita Middle School, after all, he has a very close relationship with the Iwashita family, and calling Iwashita Middle School for such a thing is also to add a little help in the future.

He has a weak foundation in the Murakami's family, so he needs a few hardcore allies, of course, he can't marry Ah Ju as his wife, only his own status has gone up, and he marries Ah Ju as a concubine to win over the relationship.

The Iwashita family is his first target, and the second target is Yazaki Heizo, a young man who is very fond of Murakami Yoshikiyo.

And the next thing that will happen is related to the Yazaki family, so he wants to take this opportunity to win over Yazaki Heizou and become his second hardcore ally.

But he had to talk to Iwasita first.

Iwasita Naka was relieved to see that Ueda Nobukata was safe and sound, and asked, "Nobukata, what did the lord call you to do in the past?" ”

Ueda Nobukata said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, the three big guys want to hold me accountable for some reason, and the lord stopped me, but I don't want to make it difficult for the lord, so I asked Ying to go to Toishi City to resist the Takeda family." ”

Iwashita's brows that had just been loosened furrowed again, and said: "There is a lot of bad luck there, Matsuo Castle opposite Toishi Castle, the lord of the city is Sanada Yutaka, he is the descendant of the Umino family, one of the three Shino families, and he has the help of the Aiki family of Minamisaku County, so it is dangerous." ”

Ueda Nobukata didn't care, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, Uncle Iwashita, I have already thought about this matter, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to Toishi City."

Uncle Iwashita, I'm sure it's a great credit to go to Toishi Castle, and if my uncle trusts my nephew, I can go to my lord and ask to go with him. ”

Iwasita was old, his eyes were a little erratic, and he only said: "Let's talk about this matter, when the Takeda Army attacks Toishi City, I will definitely bring troops to help you!" ”

Ueda Nobukata is not impatient, just have an attitude in Iwashita.

After sending away Iwasita Middle School, Ueda Nobukata went to find Yazaki Jugoro again, and the reason for finding Yazaki Jugoro was very simple, Yazaki Jugoro wanted to strengthen the Yazaki family, and Yazaki Heizou loved his wife very much and respected Yazaki Jugoro.

Therefore, as long as what Ueda Nobukata asked for did not endanger the Murakami family and the Yazaki family, Yazaki Heizou would be a big help.

Ueda Nobukata went to the Yazaki family in Oyama Prefecture and visited Yazaki Jugoro.

Yazaki Jugoro heard about Ueda Nobukata, Shinano evil ghosts, offended the three bigwigs, and so on. However, he did not refuse a visit from Nobukata Ueda.

Yazaki Jugoro looked at the polite Ueda Nobukata in front of him and asked, "I wonder what Ueda is looking for?" ”

Ueda Nobukata hurriedly said: "Yazaki is polite, Heizo is saving his next life in Shiojiri, this time I am not only thankful, but also one more thing to ask Yazaki Maki, this time the credit is enough for Yazaki to go further!" ”