Ueda Nobukata took the letter, and after reading it, he immediately found Sanada Yutaka, and Sanada Yukitaka could only hurriedly arrange some sweeping tasks for his subordinates to come to meet Sanada Yukitaka.

Ueda Nobukata handed out the letter and said, "Kotaka, look, Mochizuki Castle has fallen, and now Satomi is waiting for my instructions in Mochizuki Castle. ”

After reading the letter, Sanada Yutaka said, "What does the lord mean?" ”

Ueda Nobukata said: "According to my meaning, Mochizuki Castle was temporarily abandoned, and now the castle tower of Mochizuki Castle was destroyed in the war, and many places in the castle were on fire, almost completely destroyed, and there is no need to garrison it."

Moreover, it is not advisable for our army to divide troops into more stations, and only the former mountain city is the focus of our army's defense. What do you think? ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "What the lord said is very true, and he thinks so too. ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine, then let Satomi and them loot, and then immediately withdraw the army and assemble with us."

However, the Takeda family has lost Mochizuki Castle, and there will definitely be a big move, and our army should speed up the operation to recover Kitasaku. What do you think? ”

Sanada Yutaka took out the map and said, "Mochizuki Castle is very close to Nagawa Castle, and it is the front line of the attack on Toishi Castle, so it must not be lost.

My lord, now that the number of our army is too small, it is better to withdraw to Matsuo Castle and wait for the follow-up. ”

Ueda Nobukata looked at the map, and was a little reluctant to give up the territory he had captured, because of his own series of operations, the entire Kitasaku County was already within reach.

However, if you face the Takeda family's strategy, Maeyama Castle may also have to pay a huge price.

Ueda Nobukata was a little puzzled: "I have already negotiated the law with the people of Maeyama Castle, and if I leave now, the popular will that I have just built will be gone."

There are also Komoro Oi, Iwao Oi and other countrymen and wealthy families will also be disappointed in me, so if I retreat, it will be difficult to come back next time. ”

Sanada Yutaka frowned and said, "Well, that's true, we can't go back." Then we can only count on the Murakami Hall and the Ogasawara Guardian Hall to put pressure on the Takeda family in Chikuma-gun. ”

Ueda Nobukata hurriedly asked, "Kotaka, what should I do?" ”

Sanada Yutaka said: "Now that the entire Kitasaku is empty, it is better for the lord to plunder the castle of Kitasaku and concentrate on defending the former mountain castle.

At the same time, he asked the Murakami Hall and the Ogasawara Guardian Hall to put pressure on the Takeda family in Chikumo-gun, so that they could survive the first year.

Moreover, the minister can also send someone to Ueno to ask Kawahara for help, he must be willing to help. "The Takashi Kawahara mentioned by Sanada Yutaka is the elder brother of his wife, and he is also a retainer of the Kaizu family, and now a retainer of Nagano Yoshimasa.

Nagano had a bad relationship with the Takeda family, mainly because of the Battle of Oda Ihara in 1547.

After being defeated by the Hojo family in the night battle of Kawagoe, the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa intended to develop westward, just in time for Takeda Harunobu to invade Sakushiga Castle.

Kasawara Kiyoshi asked for help from the Kanto governor, and Uesugi Kenmasa sent 3,000 troops despite Nagano Yoshimasa's obstruction, and was defeated by Takeda Harunobu.

And when Sanada Yutaka defected to Takeda Harunobu from Nagano Yoshimasa, he used the excuse to run away secretly, but Nagano Yoshimasa knew Sanada Yukitaka's plan, and instead sent horses for Sanada Yukitaka to defect to Takeda Harunobu.

That's why Sanada Yutaka proposed that asking for help from Ueno is also a way.

Ueda Nobukata raised his concerns and said, "I'm afraid that the Kanto Command Hall will not support us, after all, when Oda Ihara fought together, the 3,000 heads under Shiga Castle made the main hall afraid. ”

Sanada Yutaka said, "The minister can personally go to Minowa Castle and ask Nagano Hall to come to support." ”

Ueda Nobukata thought for a while and said, "We can divide the army into three routes, one is to collect materials, strengthen the former mountain city, and prepare for the cage city."

Second, it is to send a messenger to contact Ueno and ask for reinforcements! Third, it is to make the lord become the commander of Saku, so that the lord will definitely not give up Saku, and he will definitely send troops to support our army. ”

Sanada Yutaka frowned and said, "Lord, if Murakami Hall becomes the county secretary, then how can the lord be sure that Murakami Hall will make you a county leader?" ”

Ueda Nobukata said with a smile: "Now that Saku is the land of the four wars, if you want to face the invasion of the Takeda family, the fiasco of Kiyono Kiyohide is just around the corner, how can those old ministers in the family take action easily?" ”

Sanada Yutaka suddenly realized: "I see, it seems that this county generation is in the hands of the lord." But what the lord wanted to seek before was the position of the county secretary. ”

Ueda Nobukata shook his head and said, "I've already thought about it, the position of the lord is just the position of the county secretary, how can I take the position of the county secretary, the time is not right." Let's wait until I have a firm foothold in the two counties of Saku. ”

In the final analysis, Ogasawara was Shinano's guardian for a long time, which was appointed by the imperial court and the shogunate, and Ogasawara was the great righteousness for a long time.

Ueda Nobukata asked Murakami Yoshikiyo to allocate a part of his forces to help him, just to make it impossible for Murakami Yoshikiyo to help Ogasawara Chotoki.

Ogasawara lost his territory for a long time and wandered around, even if he was sent by Kenshin Uesugi to regain his territory.

At this time, Ueda Nobukata can win over Ogasawara for a long time and seek righteousness from him.

After Ueda Nobukata and Sanada Yutaka agreed, only some of the men were left to loot the loot, and the rest of the men quickly attacked, pretending to be the Takeda family to deceive the city gate.

Sometimes it is recognized, or the army that supports Mochizuki Castle returns, and Ueda Nobukata can only attack it.

Of course, there were only more than 300 people when Ueda Nobukata came out, but a day later, Yuzu Satomi took people to Oi Castle, and after Ueda Nobukata searched the plains and other three cities, he made peace with Youzu Satomi.

Then he went south to attack Heiga Castle and other castles, so that within two days, he broke through six castles such as Pinghe Castle and Uchiyama Castle.

In this way, only the Soki family and other territories in the south of Saku County were not attacked by Ueda Nobukata.

With such a big move, Takeda Harunobu, who was far away in Kai, also knew the news, and he also knew the news that Sanada Yutaka had surrendered to the enemy.

After receiving the information, Takeda Harunobu was furious, and he couldn't believe it, he was going to reuse Sanada Yukitaka, and promised to give Sanada Township to him, but he didn't expect Sanada Yutaka to defect. It's just a winter of the past.

Takeda Harunobu asked the envoy who delivered the news: "Why did Sanada Dan Masatuda defect, is it a rumor of the enemy!" ”

The envoy replied: "Lord Kai, Sanada Danmasa Tadashi had no choice but to send his family away from Matsuo Castle under the onslaught of the enemy general Ueda Nobukata, but it was known by Ueda Nobukata and robbed halfway, and Sanada Danmasa Tadashi had no choice but to surrender. ”

Takeda Harunobu squeezed the paper tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "This Ueda Nobukata, I must kill him!" ”