A banquet spread Nobukata's fame, especially Uesugi Keitora personally praised Ogasawara Nobukata as a famous general.

Uesugi Keitora's reputation was a golden sign in Echigo, so the samurai of Echigo also considered Ogasawara Nobukata to be a famous general.

This famous general, who was recognized out of Shinano Province, has a much higher gold content than the four major Shinano generals.

The four great generals of Shinano, Murakami Yoshikiyo and Suwa Yorishige were dead, Ogasawara had been in exile for a long time, and Kiso Yoshizai had already died of old age.

Don't underestimate this reputation, the ancients paid the most attention to a person's reputation, after all, it was inconvenient to communicate at that time, you want to know which name is the master, either go and see it in person, or just inquire about his reputation.

With Uesugi Keitora's endorsement, Ogasawara Nobukata will become the choice of some wandering samurai.

Nobukata showed his strength on Uesugi Kenmasa's side, and Uesugi Kenmasa also strongly invited Nobuya to participate in his crusade against the Kanto region.

Uesugi Kenmasa is an old politician, so he naturally knows that he can't afford to be profitable early, so he asked Ogasawara to talk for a long time.

When Ogasawara saw that the Kanto governor had sent an envoy to look for him, he had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to meet him.

After the two met, Uesugi Kenmasa said: "For a long time, you and I can be regarded as sympathetic. But I envy you very much, your son-in-law Nobukata is really a brave soldier.

If I have such a brave general, why not stop there? Both of my sons are in the hands of enemies, which is really a great tragedy in life. As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Ogasawara also knew about the tragic situation of Uesugi Kenmai for a long time, especially since the person in front of him once commanded an army of 100,000, which can be ten times more powerful for himself.

At the same time, he was also a little glad that at least his family had not been ruined and his wife had been separated.

Uesugi Kenmasa said again: "I heard that if the believer inherits the position of guardian, he can reward Chihimaka with 5,000 stone Zhixingdi?" That's a good thing. ”

When Ogasawara heard this, his face stiffened slightly, and he said, "Uesugi Temple, in the lower one..."

Uesugi Kenmasa waved his hand and said, "For a long time, think about it, what's the use of having a guardianship?" The letter is already a guardian, so let him become a guardian as soon as possible and recover Shinano.

Now that the letter has a lack of trustworthy retainers, think about it. ”

Ogasawara listened to it for a long time, calmed down, and thought of the Nobukata family, part of which were Sanada people, part of them were former ministers of Murakami, part of North Shinano, and part of Yakumo-gun.

Only a small number of them are the most trusted ministers of the Shin side, including the Youzu family.

Ogasawara paused for a long time and said, "Thank you Uesugi for your advice." ”

Uesugi Kenmasa smiled, "In this case, I will send an envoy to Kyoto with your envoy, so that the letter side can become a guardian as soon as possible." ”

Ogasawara agreed for a long time, and immediately after returning home, he wrote a recital.

Uesugi Kenmasa, on the other hand, went to Nobukata, who told him that under his persuasion, Ogasawara had promised to send an envoy to Kyoto so that he could take over the role of guardian.

Nobukata was stunned for a moment, and Uesugi Kenmasa thought that Nobuyuma was a little excited, but as everyone knows, Nobukata just felt that this Uesugi Kenmasa was really borrowing flowers to offer Buddha.

However, he understood Uesugi Kenmasa's intentions and immediately expressed his gratitude, and then Uesugi Kenmasa strongly asked Shinkata to join him in his crusade against Kanto.

The letter side said that after the suppression of Shinano, he would definitely crusade against the Hojo family.

Uesugi Kenmasa was very happy, and he said, "Nobukata, don't worry, I have a thin face in front of His Royal Highness the Imperial Court and the Imperial Court, and I will definitely get you a higher position." ”

Once the Nobugata becomes the Shinano Guardian, it is the Shinano Guardian from the five positions, and the Daizen Doctor on the five positions is on the same level as Takeda Harunobu.

And Uesugi Jinghu is the guardian of Echigo, and next year he will get the official position of Zheng Shaobi, which is one level lower than the letter side.

If the letter party is promoted, the official position must be selected from the bottom of the four.

For official positions, that's also the icing on the cake, but the guardian position is very important, and the righteous name, this thing seems to be unimportant, but it's actually very important.

Even people as strong as Uesugi Jinghu need to rely on righteousness to control the people in the country.

This visit was very rewarding for Nobukata, who had not only reached a military alliance with Uesugi Keigoro in Echigo, but also had a trade relationship.

In particular, the seaport of Echigo can be used, so that Tennojiya does not need to come by land, but by sea.

Echigo has a navy, which can also be said to be a pirate, after all, Echigo is also a big maritime trade country, especially the Honma clan on Sado Island is subservient to Echigo, and the Honma clan's navy is also extremely strong.

Therefore, taking Echigo's large ships to trade back and forth can reduce the cost of the letter side a lot.

This time, the envoys of the Ogasawara family and the Kanto Prefecture took a boat to Kyoto.

Nobukata, who had stayed in Echigo for a few days, returned to Shinano with his team.

This time, he offered Uesugi Kenmasa 2,000 kan, the imperial court 1,500 kan, and the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru 1,500 kan.

However, there are also many gains, and some political capital is difficult to measure in terms of money.

When Nobukata returned to Katsumao Castle, he told Sanada Yukitaka about what had happened recently, and Sanada Yukitaka's eyebrows fluttered: "In this way, the day when the lord will unify Shinano is not far off, and then he can go to other countries!" ”

The letter frowned and said: "I have an alliance with Jinghu Gong, and Jinghu Gong hates others innocently invading other countries the most, if I invade the surrounding countries, Jinghu Gong will definitely blame me, I am afraid that I will turn against him." ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled: "In this way, the lord will have to find a way to subdue the Kiso family, the Kiso family is not only in Shinano, but also in Mino and Hida.

As long as the Kiso family is subdued and they come up with excuses, the lord can justifiably send troops, so Uesugi Hall is irrefutable. ”

When the letter heard this, he was overjoyed and asked, "How can there be such a thing?" Can Kotaka know more? ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "I don't know too much about the specific ministers, but I only heard that the ancestor of the Kiso family was Genji Yoshinaka." ”

Nobugata patted his head and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a famous military general at the end of the Heian period, Genki Zeng left horse head Yoshinaka, born in the famous Hanoi Genji, the second son of Gen Yoshigen, and a cousin of Minamoto Yoritomo and Minamoto Yoshitsune. ”

Kiso Yoshinaka defeated the powerful Taira clan in the Battle of Genpei, and was known as "General Asahi (or Asahi General)", and once had the potential to reign over the world.

However, due to his youthful vigor and rough character, he rebelled and left his relatives and quickly died. His short 30-year life is full of legends, and the process of rise and fall is like a magnificent tragedy, and he is one of the tragic heroes of traditional Japan.

At this time, Nobukata was a little excited, he thought that after he unified Shinano, he would not be able to expand outward, but as a result, the Kiso family still had a big gift here.