Ueda Nobukata, who had been debauched for a few days, recovered from this profligate state because of a piece of news.

Kansuke Yamamoto has returned to Takeda's house.

Ueda Nobukata suddenly felt a little urgent, and as soon as Yamamoto Kansuke returned to the Takeda family, it would probably not be long before the Takeda family would make a move.

As soon as the Takeda family moves, those Shinano people who want to join the Takeda family will also be active.

Ueda Nobukata immediately ordered to give Ura Kiyoshi and asked him to lead all the ninjas of the Iizuna people to mobilize, and closely monitor the situation in various places, especially the Akanuma Shimazu family, the Zenkoji Bedang Kurita family, the Yakotsu Leader family, as well as the Nanjo Right Masuke and Takai Suda families.

Ueda Nobukata asked Katsunao and Iwasita Kiyoshi to manage Katsuo Castle, and he himself went to Matsuo Castle with his Bannermoto troops.

When he arrived at Toishi Castle, he let only Yazaki Heizou be the castle generation, and then took Sanada Yutaka to Matsuo Castle.

Today, Matsuo Castle has assembled a large number of craftsmen, some of whom are making paper and the other are making iron cannons.

Ueda Nobukata found one of the leading craftsmen, and he was one of the four craftsmen who followed Ueda Nobukata in the first place.

Miki came to Ueda Shin with trepidation, and said with a pause: "Meet the master." ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "Miki, I came to give you something, it's very important, if you can make it, I will be greatly rewarded!" ”

Miki hurriedly bowed down and said, "The master just commands, and the villain must work hard to do it." ”

In fact, Ueda Nobukata doesn't know how to build a cannon, he's seen a model of this, he hasn't played with it, and he doesn't remember much about the theory.

He had no choice but to say: "I want to make a big iron cannon that is more powerful than an iron cannon, and his barrel is several times larger than this iron cannon, and the length is two feet." It weighs about thirty-six pounds and is made of wrought iron. ”

Ueda Nobukata is talking about the specifications of a tiger squat cannon used by the Qi family's army, which is a light artillery, and the firing principle is similar to that of mortars, and it can be used to defend the city and attack the city in field battles.

After listening to Ueda Nobukata's narration, Miki was a little puzzled: "Master, is there a sample of this weapon?" ”

Ueda Nobukata was a little embarrassed and said: "No, this is what I came up with, in fact, this big iron cannon is also the same as an iron cannon, so you can build it first." Even if it's wrong at first, it's fine. ”

Miki breathed a sigh of relief, and he immediately retired to Ueda Nobukata, and then took his own group of personnel to build the big iron cannon in Ueda Nobukata's mouth.

Sanada Yutaka was a little puzzled and said, "My lord, does such a big iron cannon have any other purpose?" ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled: "Of course, the iron power of this big iron cannon is dozens of times that of the iron cannon, and that big iron cannon can beat a person to pieces at once."

A few clicks can blast open the wooden gate of a castle, and the only earth and stone can suspend its power, which will surely surprise the people of the Takeda family at that time! ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled: "The lord suddenly became diligent, which really surprised the minister." ”

Ueda Nobukata coughed, and the recent big sleep was known by Sanada Yutaka? This Satomi of Youzu really says anything outside.

He hurriedly said: "This hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, and it is normal for people to be greedy for a gentle township for a while."

Kansuke Yamamoto was released back by Nagao Keitora Gong, and the Takeda family will soon have movement, am I a person who does not care about the importance of the matter? ”

Sanada Yutaka raised his eyes slightly and said, "Oh? Unexpectedly, Jing Hugong did not kill Kansuke. ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said: "Actually, I admire Jing Hugong very much, in this troubled era where everyone is fighting, only he keeps his heart and does not have the mind to take other people's territory as his own."

Although the justice he guards in his heart seems a little ridiculous to us, his mind is really admirable. ”

Sanada Yutaka also nodded and said: "What the lord said is very right, Jinghu Gong obviously knows that Kansuke is the person sent by Qingxin Gong to spy on his news, and he still has such courage to send Kansuke back." Isn't he afraid that Kansuke will tell him all his strengths and weaknesses to Qingxingong? ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled slightly, afraid? For Long-tailed Jinghu, no matter who you are, just come, I, Long-tailed Jinghu, are here, as long as you can't kill me, I can kill you.

Five battles of Kawanakajima, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen were entangled here for ten years, and after that, the two who were no longer entangled each fought with Oda Nobunaga.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, whom Takeda Shingen fought in the first battle of Mikatahara, is a real fart. If it weren't for Takeda Shingen's death halfway, Oda Nobunaga probably wouldn't have risen so quickly, and I'm afraid that it wouldn't have collapsed halfway.

After that, Uesugi Kenshin sent troops from Echichu to Echizen, which also made Oda Nobunaga have to be cautious, but unfortunately, Uesugi Kenshin was also suddenly gone.

The strength is strong, and he lost in luck, Oda Nobunaga is worthy of being the son of luck, or it may be that he ran out of luck in his life and was roasted by Akechi Mitsuhide in Honnoji Temple.

Ueda Nobukata said: "Kotaka, look at it, if Takeda Harunobu underestimates Jinghu Gong, he will definitely suffer a big loss."

We can't offend Jing Hugong, he is very strong, ridiculously strong, and we are not opponents. ”

Sanada Yutaka saw Ueda Nobukata's solemn expression, and instantly became very curious about that strange long-tailed Jinghu.

While Ueda Nobukata was preparing to build the artillery, Osuka Kubei and others returned.

Osuka Kubei came to Matsuo Castle to meet Ueda Nobukata and said: "Lord, His Royal Highness Ogasawara has backed down, and Sadaji will no longer inherit the Murakami family, and the inheritance of the Murakami family will be inherited by the child born by the princess." ”

Ueda Nobukata raised his eyebrows, thinking in his heart that this Ogasawara had been fond of some small tricks for a long time.

What if his son inherits it, and is it not under his control? When the time comes, it will only be enough to give him the higher level county and the Zhike county, but it will only be twenty or thirty thousand stones, what is the big deal.

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "Okay, not bad, go back and tell Jiyoshi to them, go back to your own territory and do things well." ”

Osuka Kubei replied and left.

One day later, Miki came with a large iron ** paper of his own design, and Ueda Nobukata was dumbfounded when he saw it.

On the drawing, the big iron cannon is really a big iron cannon, and this model is still the same as an iron cannon, but the caliber is very large, already two inches wide, about seven or eight centimeters.

It is several times larger than those large iron cannons with a caliber of one or two centimeters.

Ueda Nobukata looked at the drawings and said helplessly: "This big iron cannon... No, it's artillery, and its internal structure is similar to that of an iron cannon.

But he has a large caliber, puts a lot of gunpowder in it, has a lot of power, and shoots farther. So, it doesn't need to be carried, he needs to carry it, that is, the one who shoots the gun below doesn't need it.

As for the arquebus, it is artificially lit, so do you understand where to put this arquebus? ”

When Miki heard this, he added a stroke to the big iron ** paper, and Ueda Nobukata looked at it, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay, yes, that's it." ”

Miki asked, "My lord, if you let the Ashigaru carry the shot, I'm afraid it will hurt Ashigaru." ”

Ueda Nobukata frowned and said, "Then you can make something to support it, just make two iron pillars in front of it." ”

Miki nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "The lord is really wise, the villain will go and build a big iron cannon." ”

Sanada Yutaka has been accompanying him, and he said with some joy in his heart: "If such a sharp weapon is created, it will definitely surprise the Takeda family." ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said, "The nearest defense must be tightened, and Kansuke Yamamoto is very good at finding out news." ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "Ha, Kansuke is indeed good at finding out the news, and the minister has already asked Nobumasa and Ye Yue to take the hosaku to watch near Matsuo Castle." ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, here in Matsuo Castle, I'll leave it to you." ”

Ueda Nobukata then returned to Katsuo Castle under the protection of the Flag Chief.

After returning to the city, he summoned all the former retainers of the Murakami family, which were divided into three factions, one was the active submission faction led by Osuka Kubei, and the other was led by Ochiai Jiyoshi, which only nominally belonged to the Ueda family, and the other faction was led by Nanjo Right Masuke, who may have defected to the Takeda family.

As for the Rakuyanji Hikari clan, they have all moved to Fuyin Castle in Buyinshan, Saku-gun.

Regardless of their faction, Ueda Nobukata directly told them that war with the Takeda family was inevitable this fall.

"In three or four months," he said, "war will come, and everybody will keep an eye on their territory, and all the crops in the fields will be harvested."

Leave a part for the people to make rations, and spend all the rest to buy, and it must not fall into the hands of the Takeda family!

Once the Takeda family launches an attack, everyone gathers in Toishi City, and if anyone doesn't come, it will be regarded as colluding with the Takeda family, and when the time comes to destroy the clan, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

In the big room, all the retainers bowed their heads one after another, not daring to refute.

After shocking these retainers, Ueda Nobukata liquidated the entire territory, excluding the retainers' Zhixing, and in his hands it was only about 80,000 koku.

According to the system of separating soldiers and peasants, he had 400 standing guards of 10,000 stones, and 80,000 stones was 3,200, of which the number of samurai should be more than 300.

Most of these samurai were low-level samurai, that is, the head of the group, or the samurai of the ground, or ordinary samurai of dozens of stones, and when it came to wartime, they temporarily managed dozens or more than ten people.

In fact, it was these low-ranking samurai who suffered the most casualties in battle, they were the backbone of the army, and once they suffered too many casualties, the battle was lost.

They are not only the main combat force, but also the morale of the army, and they will urge Ashigaru to fight with the miscellaneous soldiers, and then fight in front.

In other words, in a general war, the two sides fight to see whose ranks of lower-ranking samurai collapse first, which is the general situation.

If the Lord is going to be killed or fleeing, it is not counted.

When Ueda Nobukata learned that he could only recruit 3,200 standing ashigaru, his brows tightened, so how could he fight with the Takeda family, which had tens of thousands of troops.

His army in Saku-gun, a small prefecture, is currently being trained on standing ashiba, and it is all about borrowing money to fight.

Although it took down the Murakami family to make up some blood, Ogasawara Nagasawara sent a lot of money there, and the Echigo Nagao family also sent money.

Ueda Nobukata thought about it, even if these retainers were united, they would have an army in their early 2,000s, and the people of Kita-Shinano were probably like that.

Ueda Nobukata decided to recruit another 1,000 ashigaru, and then temporarily recruit another 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers to support the field.

At that time, there were 10,000 people out of the battle, at least it could give the younger brothers a little more security, and then let the long-tailed Jinghu support some cavalry, this scale was enough for Takeda Harunobu to weigh and weigh, and he didn't dare to act rashly.

Ueda Nobukata is very enthusiastic about the cavalry troops, and it will take another year to build a cavalry iron artillery unit, and he can't catch up.

He left the room in frustration and went to find his wives and concubines.

When he arrived in the backyard, he found only Bai Hua alone, and he stepped forward and asked, "What about Qiuyue and Satomi?" ”

Bai Hua didn't dare to answer, and Ueda Nobukata pretended to be stern and said, "Say it quickly!" ”

Bai Hua was so frightened that tears came out, and she hurriedly said, "Sister Qiuyue and Sister Satomi have gone horseback riding." ”

When Ueda Nobukata heard this, he suddenly remembered that his father-in-law, Ogasawara, had an excellent family education for a long time.

Since the ancestor Changqing, the Ogasawara family has produced many talents, and created the famous bow and horse house of "Ogasawara Art of War", which integrates "bow method", "horse method" and "practice method"!