The next day, Sanada Yutaka went to Yoneyama Castle, the home city of Takanaga Totada, and Yoneyama Castle and Toishi Castle were the overall defense system.

When Sanada Yutaka took Takamasa Kawahara and others to Yoneyama Castle, he was slowly entered into the castle by the samurai of the Tsuneta family and Ashigaru with swords and guns.

When he entered, he was greeted by a deep well, and the deep well was the original fine work in the Sanada family, and Sanada Yutaka really used the deep well to yin a handful of Murakami Yoshikiyo.

The Fukai family is a genealogy retainer of the Sanada family, and when he saw his lord, he was ashamed and said, "Quickly step down, this is the lord's brother!" ”

Sanada Yutaka looked at Fukai and said, "Fukai, I don't blame you, in such an era, sometimes the choice is very helpless. You just stay by Takanaga's side. ”

Fukai looked at Takanaga Tsunada, the guilt in his heart dissipated, and he was heartily happy for Yutaka Sanada's relief.

Fukai immediately took Sanada Yutaka to see Takanaga Tsuneta.

In the big wide room, Takanaga Tsuneta and Yutaka Sanada looked at each other, and Takanaga Tsukida had anger and nostalgia in his eyes.

Sanada Yutaka saw some clues and said, "Takanaga, the day has come for the rise of the Kaizu family!" ”

"Oh? Is it? Takashi Tsuneta replied unably, "Is what my brother said is that Ueda Nobukata wants to defeat the family in the next place?" Can he?

By the way, brother, you defected to Takeda Harunobu at the beginning, and now you are on Ueda Nobukata's side? What kind of person is Ueda Nobukata, a little person who rose quickly from Ashigaru.

Hehe, I used to think that my brother was the smartest person in the Haijin family, and I was very envious at the time, but now, brother, I think I was wrong. ”

Sanada Yutaka replied: "Takanaga, the lord is not the next Keshang, Murakami Yoshikiyoshi went to unite with Takeda Harunobu, just like he did with the Kaizu family." ”

Tsuneta Takanaga smiled: "Hehe, then I should help the lord eliminate Ueda Nobukata!" Do you want to die with Ueda Nobukata?

Now there are only a few of us left in the Haijin family, and I will never allow it to be like before! ”

Sanada Yutaka continued: "No, the lord is ready, and the envoy of the Ogasawara family who bathed returned to Echigo with evidence of Murakami's injustice.

Echigo's Nagao Den will help Ogasawara to send troops to Shinano, and with the wealthy families of North Shinano, the Murakami family will definitely be defeated.

And my lord already knows that Murakami Yoshikiyo is going to send troops to fight, and as long as you nod from Toishi Castle, you can take it tonight.

Takanaga, as long as our army occupies Toishi Castle, it will be sooner or later that Murakami Yoshikiyoshi will be defeated.

You also know that my lord defeated the 6,000 troops of the Takeda family with only 4,000 troops, and Iitomi and Huchang were all defeated generals.

In addition, Toishi Castle, the Takeda family will not be able to defeat us at all, and when the time comes, as soon as Takeda Harunobu retreats, the lord will give me back Sanada Township.

Takanaga, the time has come to restore the Kaijin family! ”

Takamasa Kawara, who had been following Sanada Yutaka without speaking, said: "Tsuneta Matsuki, it's true, this is an opportunity to revitalize the Kaizu family, and we all came back from Azuma County to help Yukitaka!" ”

Takanaga Tsuneta looked at Sanada Yutaka and Kawahara Takamasa and others, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, as long as Toishi Castle falls, I will take refuge in Ueda!" ”

Sanada Yutaka's face was overjoyed and he said, "Takanaga, a word is a certainty!" ”

After making an agreement with Takanaga Tsunada, Yutaka Sanada only sent someone back to tell Nobukata Ueda that he was staying on Takanaga's side.

Night soon fell, and in Toishi Castle, Azuma Kiyotsuna led hundreds of Sakuzu people to the walls of Toishi Castle.

It was Yamada Kunimasa's people who were defending the castle, and before Azuma Kiyotsuna and the others approached, the samurai who defended the castle saw the people and shouted, "Whoever is coming, stop?" ”

My wife Kiyotsuna pulled up her bow and arrow and shot an arrow directly, shouting, "Kill it, open the city gate!" ”

The warrior was hit by an arrow and cried out bitterly, "Enemy attack! ”

Although the ashigaru people sounded the alarm, there were too many people on Azuma Kiyotsuna's side, and the gate was quickly opened, and Youzu Katsunao rushed into Toishi Castle with his people.

The castle lord, Kunimasa Yamada, was awakened in the confusion, and the battle was already approaching the castle tower.

Kunimasa Yamada exclaimed urgently, "What happened? ”

A retainer ran to pull Yamada Kunimasa and ran outside, and said, "The Sakushi people in the castle have rebelled, and Ueda Nobukata has entered. ”

Yamada Kunimasa had received a letter from Murakami Yoshikiyo before to raise his vigilance, but unfortunately it was too late now, and Yamada Kunimasa saw that he was about to kill the castle tower, so he immediately asked his retainers to run away with him.

As soon as Yamada Kunimasa ran away, Toishi Castle's resistance completely collapsed, and Yuzu Katsunao quickly pacified Toishi Castle.

Soon two envoys ran out of Toishi Castle, one to tell Ueda Nobukata, and the other to Yoneyama Castle.

Yoneyama Castle Takanaga Tsuneta and Sanada Yutaka saw a large amount of fire on the side of Toishi Castle at the bottom of the mountain, and they also heard the sound of fighting, but they didn't know what the result was.

After about half an hour, the movement in Toishi Castle was gone.

Soon, a samurai came in with a samurai with the Tian family flag on his back.

As soon as the samurai saw Sanada Yutaka, he said, "Kaiyu Sanada, Toishi Castle has been taken by our army, and the castle lord Yamada Kunimasa has taken advantage of the chaos. ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "I know, you have worked hard." ”

The samurai paused, then turned and left.

Sanada Yutaka looked at Takanaga Tsuneta and said, "Takanaga, see it, the Kaizu family is about to rise." ”

Indeed, as soon as Toishi Castle was taken, Ueda Nobukata's troops aimed directly at Katsumi Castle and Sakaki Castle in the center, directly threatening the hinterland of Murakami Yoshikiyo.

To the east of Toishi Castle is Sanada Township, and with Toishi Castle as a guarantee, the danger of Sanada Township comes from the south and east.

Takanaga Tsuneta smiled at this time and said, "Brother, the younger brother depends on you!" ”

"Hahaha!"

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and Takamasa Kawahara and the others were also overjoyed.

The next day, Sanada Yutaka took Takanaga Tsuneta to Matsuo Castle to meet Ueda Nobukata.

In the Ohiroma, Ueda Nobukata accepted Takanaga Totada's allegiance and made Takanaga Tsunada a retainer of Sanada Yutakata.

He said: "Kotaka, this time you have made a great contribution, the ability of the right bank of the Kamigawa River, Ohinata , Sanada, Yokozawa, Yokoo, Kami, Nakahara and Shimohara villages have a total of 5,600 stones, these territories are all rewards for you!" ”

This time it was not only Sanada Yutaka who was excited, but even Takanaga Tsuneta, Takamasa Kawahara and others were overjoyed, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

It was in the tenth year of the Astronomical Decade (1541), and the Kita-Shinano-no-O Murakami clan was based on Katsuo Castle in the Sakajo region of Kita-Shinano Sakashina-gun, and had been extending their power along the Pongyogawa River and controlling the four counties of Kita-Shinano. During the Astronomical period, Toishi Castle was built at the foot of Mt. Totaro, and after several renovations, Toishi Castle became a large-scale castle that suppressed the entire area of small prefectures.

In the Kotaka generation, the Murakami clan united with the Suwa clan in the Saku region, and the Kai Takeda clan and the three clans, who had an alliance with the Suwa clan, formed an alliance and finally defeated many local tyrants in the small prefecture and county, and as a result, the Murakami clan dominated the whole county.

At that time, it was the end of the family internal strife, and the unification of Kai, Takeda Nobutora, began a war of foreign expansion, and Shinano became his main target as early as after forming an alliance with Imagawa.

At that time, the Shino clan of Saku-gun, Shinano Province, and the small prefecture were dominated by the Uesugi clan of Yamauchi, the Kanto governor, and the area was an important passage connecting Echigo and Kanto.

Shintora, who was opposed to Uesugi, worked to expel Uesugi's forces from Shinano. Among the three clans, the Takeda Army attacked from Saku-gun, the Murakami Army from Toishi Castle, and the Suwa Army from Wadaguchi, and surrounded Umino Taira.

The Umino clan urgently appealed to the main family, Uesugi, for help, but the Uesugi army, which had received an invitation for reinforcements, arrived late until a month after the battle.

The isolated Shino clan fell apart after the defeat, and with the exception of the Umino clan (Totsuna, Kotaka, etc.) who fled across the torii gate to the neighboring Ueno Province, Azuma-gun, and most of the other local tyrants surrendered to save their lives.

It's been ten years since this year, and it's a great joy that the once broken Umino family is reunited.

Sanada Yutaka bowed down and said: "The minister is very grateful for the reward of the lord, and the minister will do his best to serve the lord and make the family's martial arts luck last!" ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled: "Hahaha, Kotaka, this is all you deserve, but for the time being, I can't let you go back to manage, and then you need to face the joint invasion of Murakami and Takeda." ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled: "Lord, the Murakami family is no longer afraid, as long as the lord quickly defeats Murakami Yoshikiyo, Takeda Harunobu will definitely not act rashly." ”

Ueda Nobukata thought about it carefully, and it was also the same reason, without Murakami Yoshikiyo's response, Takeda Harunobu Harunobu would definitely not act rashly.

He immediately said: "Okay, let's spread the news of Changtian's transfer, hahaha!" ”

Sanada Yutaka asked, "My lord, what is the fine work hidden in the Murakami family?" ”

Ueda Nobukata shook his head and said: "Don't worry, Toishi Castle is already in my hands, plus Tsuneta defected to the Murakami family, when my army is pressing, there will always be two ends of the first rat." ”

As Ueda Nobukata said, Yamada Kunimasa fled back to Katsuo Castle after dawn, and when he saw the embarrassed Yamada Kunimasa, everyone knew something bad.

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi couldn't believe it, and asked, "Toishi Castle is gone?" ”

Yamada Kunimasa cried: "Last night, my wife Kiyotsuna in the city and Sakuda betrayed the family, and the ministers didn't notice it for a while, but fortunately the retainers helped them escape. ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo was so angry, he stood up and walked in front of Kunimasa Yamada with a kick: "You still have the face to say that you ran out!"

Toishi Castle is gone, and that traitor from Ueda Nobukata directly put the knife on my neck!

Dispatch troops! We must take Toishi Castle back, or we will lose!" ”

Most of the retainers responded to Murakami's call and led their troops to follow Murakami Yoshikiyo to Ishijo.

But among them, Kiyono Nobuhide, Yashiro Masakuni and others have different minds.

Kiyono Nobuhide said to Yashiro Masakuni: "Yadai Masaka, this stone castle was not captured by the Takeda family, and it was guarded by Ueda Nobukata at that time.

The lord is afraid that it will be difficult to capture, and now that the matter is revealed, it is a matter of time before the lord is defeated, so you and I should defect to the Takeda family as soon as possible. ”

Yashiro Masakuni nodded approvingly, and immediately sent an envoy to contact Takeda Harunobu privately.

Under Toishi Castle, Murakami Yoshikiyo made up 4,000 troops, facing the 1,200 troops of Ueda Nobukata in Toishi Castle.

Murakami was angry, he personally drove his horse to a stone's throw away and shouted: "Ueda Nobukata, why do you want to be a traitor!" ”

Ueda Nobukata was at the head of the city, and immediately replied: "Lord, if it's not the minister, it's the lord who has done something wrong."

The minister worked hard to take Saku County, and the lord did not have a single reward, but listened to the words of traitorous ministers such as Kiyono Nobuhide, and the minister was not angry!

What the minister didn't expect was that the lord actually went to contact the Takeda family, which was the enemy of the world, where did the lord put the minister in this move? ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo found that he couldn't win at all by playing tricks, so he could only threaten: "Ueda Nobukata, you'd better surrender now, and I'll let you apologize for your seppuku and die a happy death."

If I break it, I will definitely make your life worse than death! ”

Ueda Nobu was happy, and he said in a weird manner: "Lord, the city that Takeda Harunobu can't break, do you think you can?" ”

"Siege!"