After Sanada Yutaka and his brother-in-law Takamasa Kawahara released their suspicions, Takamasa Kawahara took Sanada Yutaka to see Nagano Yoshimasa the next day, and Sanada Yukitaka explained his intention to Nagano Yoshimasa and also told him what happened recently.

Nagano Yoshimasa didn't accuse anything, but apologized for not being able to send troops, but there was no way, the situation of Uesugi Kenmasa, the Kanto governor, was very critical.

Sanada Yutaka did not go to Hirai Castle under the persuasion of Nagano Yoshimasa, and went directly to Echigo.

Kasuga Mountain Castle is completely attached to Kasugayama, and the Honmaru is located on the top of Kasugayama, and the castle tower has a panoramic view of the castle.

The road to Honmaru is a winding staircase that leads to the Honmaru Gate.

It was difficult to meet Nagao Keitora as Sanada Yutaka, so Nagano Yemasa went to Uesugi Kenmasa to ask for a handwritten letter.

When Uesugi Kenmasa heard that he was asking for reinforcements to fight Takeda Harunobu, he wrote a letter without saying a word.

Sanada Yutaka took the letter and soon met Nagao Jinghu. When he saw the long-tailed Jinghu, he was greatly surprised, but fortunately he lowered his head in time.

If it weren't for the fact that he had heard a lot of Nagao Jinghu's deeds from Nagano Yesamasa and Kawahara Takamasa, he would almost think that the Nagao Jinghu in front of him was a woman.

Although this long-tailed Jinghu is wearing the costume of the minister, the long-tailed Jinghu is no longer a guardian, but a guardian of the echigo, so the long-tailed Jinghu usually wears the costume of the minister.

What do you say about the appearance of the long-tailed Jinghu? That's one word, beauty! She is as beautiful as a woman, her skin is as white and tender as snow, and her eyebrows and eyes are affectionate.

But if you look closely, this beauty does not have the femininity of women, but the masculinity of men.

Nagao Keihu's voice was very neutral, but his tone was calm, and he said, "I have already taken care of the letter of the palace, and I have also understood the requirements of you, so how many reinforcements does Ueda plan to ask?" ”

Sanada Yutaka was greatly surprised, this long-tailed Jinghu didn't shirk at all, and directly said how many troops he sent, he hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Thank you for the help of the Guardian Palace, our army needs two thousand reinforcements, so it is evenly matched with the enemy." ”

Nagao Keihu asked, "Is there a cavalry in the Takeda army?" ”

"Yes, about six hundred riders."

Nagao Keitora nodded and said, "Echigo is a little far from Shinano, where will you get to Shinano then?" ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "There is a handwritten letter from the head of the palace in charge of this matter, and reinforcements can enter Shinano from Ueno!" ”

The long-tailed Jinghu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Okay, in this case, I will send a thousand cavalry to help you, can you?" ”

Sanada Yutaka suddenly raised his head and said, "A thousand rides!" With this reinforcement, our lord will definitely be able to defeat the enemy!

However, I am very puzzled, why did the Guardian Hall agree to help us so directly? ”

Nagao Jinghu said very seriously: "Takeda Harunobu is a big rebel, Ueda can stand up against such an unkind person, I appreciate it very much, and I am willing to help him deal with the unkind person."

And Takeda Harunobu is still a person who encroaches on the territory of other countries, such a person must be stopped, and now I can't deal with Takeda Harunobu because of domestic affairs, so I should help Ueda even more. ”

When Sanada Yutaka heard Nagao Jinghu say such a thing in person, he still felt incredible, there was such a strange man in the world.

He paused and said, "In this way, I will thank the guardian temple for my lord and the people of Saku!" ”

At this time, the retainer next to him, Kakizaki Jingjia, said: "My lord, in the second half of this year, our army still needs to attack Nagao Zheng Jingjiao, and at this time, it is not appropriate to go to the rescue of other countries?" ”

Okuma Ashideki also said: "That is, my country has not yet stabilized, and I have to send a thousand cavalry across Ueno to Shinano, and this money still needs to be borne by my family, which is very inappropriate." ”

Nagao Jinghu was not angry, he said: "Zhengjing is no longer afraid, as long as I send troops, he will be defeated!"

However, aiding Shinano to defeat Takeda is a righteous act, and in this turbulent world, I will hold high the banner of justice! Do you understand? ”

Sanada Yutaka was still excited because of the support of a thousand cavalry, and after hearing the opposition of the big bear Chaoxiu, he woke up like a dream and hurriedly said: "I don't think we will let your army go in vain, money and food, our army should bear it." ”

Big Bear Chaoxiu snorted coldly and stopped talking, and as for Kakizaki Jingjia, he didn't say much when he saw Nagao Jinghu so confident.

Kakizaki Keijia is the fierce general of the Nagao family, his real name is Yajiro, and his father is Kakizaki Toshi. Known for his bravery, he led his people to join the anti-Jingpai and oppose the rule of the Weijingpai, and launched the "Battle of Kawanakajima" with the Uesugi clan, which was made into a Japanese Warring States movie.

Kakizaki Keike himself attached great importance to culture and education, and created the culture of Kakisaki Town, which laid the foundation for the flourishing of culture in the Edo period.

He is a fierce general recognized by Nagao Harukei, and no one in the Seven Counties of Echigo is his opponent.

As for Okuma Ashide, he is the important minister of Echigo's guardian of the Uesugi clan and the son of Okuma Masahide.

His father's generation has begun to be responsible for collecting money for the Uesugi family, and Asahi has also taken on important positions such as the Uesugi family's money manager.

Before and after the demise of the Echigo guardian Uesugi clan, he began to protect the Nagao clan, and then did his best to support Nagao Keitor, so he became his important minister.

Later, due to the confrontation between his retainers, he rebelled, and raised troops when Uesugi Kenshin fled to Koyasan. After the defeat, he fled to Kai and took refuge in Shingen.

He was active in the Battle of Minowa Castle and later served as Toe Koyama Castle. After the Battle of Nagashino, many of his retainers betrayed the Takeda family, but remained loyal to Takeda Katsuyori, and was eventually killed in battle when the Tokugawa-Oda coalition attacked Mt. Tenmo.

Once in the battle of Minowa Castle, he rode against the "Sword Saint" Nobutsuna Imizumi, and won or lost.

Sanada Yutaka doesn't know the identities of the two bigwigs, but the attitude he should show still has to be shown.

After he said that he was going to bear the money and food, he also expressed his willingness to support Echigo, a total of two sums of money, one for the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and it was also sentenced to 50 gold, which was called serving the shogunate.

Another sum of money has a 20 gold sentence, which is a hardship fee for Echigo, but it is actually a gift money.

Sanada Yutaka has already done this, and no one has come out to oppose it.

When Nagao Keihu was about to get up, Sanada Yutaka suddenly asked, "Guardian Temple, I'm very sorry, there is another thing to ask below, this is... In the next private matter, there is a friend about the next. ”

Hearing this, Long-tailed Jinghu sat down again and said, "Please speak." ”

Sanada Yutaka said: "My friend under him, blind in one eye, lame in one leg, he entered the Takeda family, I heard last year that he came to Echigo, and then there was no news, I don't know if the guardian hall has seen his friend in the next place?" ”

Nagao Jinghu slapped his fan and said, "Oh, I have a fine work here, he claims to be Dao'an, an iron cannon merchant, but unfortunately the hundred iron cannons he promised did not arrive, and I plan to kill him." ”