The Shiina family, who was bent on submission, did not see the messenger of the Jimbo family and drove him away, and Shiina Natsune, in order to express his determination, put on white clothes and carried thorns on his back at Matsukura Castle and went to Shinano on foot.

When the Jimbo Nagashi learned that the envoy he sent out had been driven back by Shiina Chotsune, he was furious, and at the same time knew that the Shiina family was going to take refuge in Ogasawara Yoshinaga.

He decided right away that he would kill the Shiina family first, anyway, when Ogasawara Yoshicho was on his back, the Shiina family would be the enemy, so he would eat the Shiina family first, unify Yuezhong, and then take refuge in the Ichijo sect to compete with Ogasawara Yoshinaga.

However, it is now the busy stage of farming, and if you want to gather enough troops, you will have to wait until the end of September.

The chief of the god decided to send an envoy to Noto to find the Yusa clan of Noto, and the Naga clan to discuss cooperation.

Shiina Nagatsune, who carried thorns on his back, walked on foot for several days under the care of his clansmen, from Hida to Mino and into Shinano.

Soon the news spread that the Shiina family had pleaded guilty to the Ogasawara family.

Owari also got the news.

Oda Nobunaga got the news and was silent for a long time, and then danced Taira Atsumori.

When he finished jumping, all of his retainers had sad looks on their faces.

Oda Nobunaga said indifferently: "What are you in a hurry?" ”

Shibata Katsuie hurriedly said: "My lord, when Shinano really stabilizes the two northern countries, then he can devote himself to attacking the main family and Mikawa." ”

Sasa Narumasa spoke: "Shibata Matsuki, as you said, it should be Daisuke Imagawa Jibe who should be impatient.

Imagawa Osabe Daisuke has been attacking Mikawa since the time of the first lord, and has fought with the first lord, and now he is even intervening in our Owari.

If Shinano Mamoru had focused on Owari and Mikawa, Daisuke Imagawa would not have sat idly by, and the family would have been able to wait for the opportunity to move at that time. ”

Oda Nobunaga clapped his hands with a fan and said, "Yes, that's it, the family doesn't need to worry about the problem of Shinano Mamoru, and now my two sisters are still by Shinano Mamoru's side."

Do your own thing with peace of mind, and don't think about it anymore. Alright, let's get away. ”

When the retainers retreated, Oda Nobunaga found Niwa Nagahide and Sasa Narumasa.

The three met in a tea room, which was Oda Nobunaga's habit.

Oda Nobunaga made a bowl of tea with his own hands, and the three of them drank and commented before getting to the point.

Oda Nobunaga said: "Actually, the family is still worried about Shinano Mamoru's behavior, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru and Imagawa Jibe Daisuke are two tigers, and the family is caught in the middle of it, and it is not necessarily possible to fish in troubled waters.

Judging from Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru Heiding Hishu, he has a zero-tolerance attitude towards traitors, so once the family falls to Imagawa, he will not hesitate to sell it and destroy the family. What do you think? ”

Niwa Nagahide nodded and said, "The previous way no longer works, and Ogasawara Shinano will definitely recruit his own family to send troops when he attacks Imagawa Jibu Daisuke."

If you refuse, I'm afraid you'll give Ogasawara Shinano an excuse, so the family is now tied to Ogasawara Shinano's side. ”

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng said suddenly: "My lord, I think that there is no need for the family to rush out, and the most important thing now is to take the lower four counties in your hands first."

As for the upper four prefectures, it will not matter for the time being, Isemori (Oda Nobuyan) will definitely not be willing to hand over the territory to the guardian of the Spo Temple, and when the time comes, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru and Imagawa Jibu Daisuke will fight, and Isemori may raise troops to aid Imagawa.

At that time, the main family can use this as an excuse to confront Mamoru Ise, and there is no need to help Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru attack the Imagawa family. ”

Oda Nobunaga nodded and said, "Okay, that's exactly the reason, then the family's plan in the near future is to unify the four counties!" ”

Oda Nobunaga sent off two of his retainers, and then summoned Hidetaka Kawajiri, who was his most trusted retainer and instructed Hidetaka Kawajiri to assassinate Oda Nobuyuki.

Kawajiri Hidetaka came to pay a visit, and Nobunaga walked up to Kawajiri Hidetaka, squatted down and said, "Jinyoshi, I have something very important for you to do.

The Guardian Yoshitomo told me that Oda Nobutomo had planned a plan to assassinate me, and you secretly revealed this to Oda Nobutomo. ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri nodded and said, "Ha, Your Majesty will do it." ”

Looking at the back of Hidetaka Kawajiri leaving, Oda Nobunaga once again danced Taira Atsumori.

He was borrowing a knife to kill someone, and once Oda Nobuyo knew that Spo Yoshitomo had revealed the assassination plan to him, the furious Oda Nobuyo would definitely send someone to kill Spo's family.

When the time comes, he will also add fuel to the fire, secretly ambush people, and help Oda Nobuyo kill the Spo family, so that he has an excuse to kill Oda Nobuyomo and let the Guardian Spo family die.

Then he can plot to take over the four counties, but before that, he still hopes that his sister Inu can remember what he said, pajama Ogasawara Yoshicho, and let him be the guardian of Owari.

At the same time, in the Imagawa Pavilion, Imagawa Yoshimoto is discussing things with Taiyuan Yukisai and Shouguini.

Now that he knew that Yoshinaga had taken Hida, even Echichu had surrendered halfway, and there was only one Jiboya left.

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned and said, "Yukisai, this year the family is going to war with the Ogasawara family, right?" Are you sure of winning? ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai nodded and said: "If you plan properly, you may win, and if you take it step by step, your family will not lose."

In the eyes of the poor monks, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru has fallen into a dilemma, and the position of the chief of the god will not be easily surrendered, and he will definitely rebel against Ogasawara.

The poor monk felt that if the Jimbo Nagashi attacked the Shiina family, unified Echichu, and united the forces of Noto, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru would have to go north.

Then the family can go west at this time, or eat Owari, or join forces with Owari to capture Mino and enter Shinano. ”

Shou Gui Ni wondered, "The question is, would that Divine Protector think of this?" ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai shook his head and said: "This poor monk doesn't know, you have to send someone to Yuezhong to have a look." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and said, "Well, it's time to send someone to Echichu, this is a good plan, so that Ogasawara Yoshinaga doesn't care about each other."

Send someone to Kai and tell Takeda Harunobu to prepare for it, how can he be alone in this situation. ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai said with a smile: "If Ogasawara is defeated by this family, then Kai can no longer be kept, and no longer can raise tigers." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and said: "I understand, hehehe, this time it depends on how Ogasawara Yoshinaga responds, his old friend Uesugi Masato is also difficult to protect himself this time!" ”

......

Shiina Natsune went through a lot of hardships and finally arrived at Ueda Castle in Shinano and came to meet Yoshinaga.

Naturally, Yoshicho couldn't be too harsh on him, so he had to be harsh on Shiina Chang and then let him become a monk.

At the same time, the guardian generation of the Shiina family was cut off, and only let them serve as the county secretary of Shinkawa County, and all the excess territories were confiscated and temporarily placed under the management of Ogasawara.

Shiina Nagatsune is a thousand thanks, but at the same time, it also feels like the rest of his life.

However, the day after Shiina Nagatsune arrived at Ueda Castle, the Shiina family sent a new emissary.

The envoy visited Yoshicho overnight, and it turned out that it was Shiina Yasuyin who found out that the chief of the jimbo was in contact with the people of Noto, and Noto's guardian Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna was dissatisfied with Onkai Shosada's manipulation, so he revealed the news to Shiina Yasuin.

Shiina Yasuyin was very vigilant and knew that the chief of the jimbo was not necessarily to beat the Ogasawara family in the end, but it was definitely to beat him Shiina family, so he stepped up and sent a messenger to report the news.

When Yoshicho learned the news, he suddenly lost the heart to sleep, and found Sanada Yutaka overnight.

Yoshicho took the map and said, "If the contact between the chief of the god is successful, the Shiina family will definitely be in danger, and the Masatoko still needs to face the anti-Uesugi forces in the Kanto region, and there is no spare strength to rescue."

If the family goes north, the giant of Tokaido, Imagawa Yoshimoto may send troops to threaten Owari Mino. What do you think the family should do? ”

Sanada Yutaka looked at the map and said: "Kai's Takeda is still allied with Imagawa, presumably Imagawa will not let Takeda sit idly by when he sends troops, and Shinano's skills will also be threatened at that time."

For the family, defense is a good choice, but this will make the other party taste the sweetness, and in the long run, those who have a child in their hearts will betray the family. ”

Yoshicho frowned and said, "Mino and Hida are both new places of the family, and the hearts of the people have not yet been attached, and they are now subjugated to the command of the family because of the force of the family."

As the old saying goes, its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden. The rise of this family has only been three or four years this year, and the foundation is insufficient. Kotaka, what can be done? ”

Sanada Yutaka thought about it and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have any good ideas for the time being. ”

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and could only bow their heads and think silently.

The half-guard of Takenaka on the side said, "Your Highness, please let me say a word." ”

Yoshicho became interested and smiled, "Oh? Half-guards, if you have any ideas, just say it. ”

Takenaka Hanbei nodded and said, "Hey, I just listened to the words of His Highness and Sanada Mazuki, and I have a little idea in my heart."

Since Sanada said that the defense is only slowly defeated, but if it is an offense, the main family can't do it for the time being, so why don't you defeat the weak north first and buy time? ”

Sanada Yutaka paused: "What the half-soldier said is very right, defeat one place first, so as not to ignore the head and tail of the family." ”

Yoshida smiled and said: "Okay, good, the half-soldier is really smart, he really deserves to be my favorite son-in-law, hahaha, I can sleep well tonight."

Then Hanbei, you came up with this idea, and it's up to you to make a detailed plan. ”

Because it was the first time for the young Takenaka Hanbei to take on such a heavy responsibility, his face was flushed with excitement, and he immediately bowed down forty-five degrees and shouted: "Ha! ”

The reason why Takenaka Hanbei made this suggestion was because he found out that the Ogasawara family paid the most attention to the standing ashigaru army during these days of the Ogasawara family.

He had found great advantages to such a unit from recent military operations, the first of which was that it could be sent to fight at any time and would not be constrained by the problem of farming.

Secondly, the standing ashigaru unit often participates in training, and if such a unit is well-trained, and if it has rich combat experience, it is an elite army.

He could see it from the previous ambush of the army when they entered Hida.

He knew that the current Ogasawara family had 4,000 standing troops in Ueda Castle, of which 500 were newly recruited, another 1,000 in Hida Province, of which 500 were newly recruited, and Mino had nearly 5,000 standing troops, adding up to 10,000.

Among them, there are 4,000 war-hardened elites, Mino's troops have only been trained for a month, and the remaining 1,000 are newly recruited and still need training, except for Ueda Castle, which has to leave 1,000 standing defenses, and those who can send troops are 8,000.

Of course, Mino had to leave some troops behind, and the number of troops that could be sent in the end would not exceed seven thousand.

Now it's time to race against Imagawa Takeda, to defeat the Echichu Jiboya before they react, and to deter Noto.

Takenaka Hanbei felt that Shinano sent 2,500 men from Kita-Shinano to enter Echigo and then enter Echichu's Shiina family, and attacked the Jimbo family.

On the other side, Mino's standing troops quickly marched into Hida Country, providing support at any time, and even sweeping the territory of the Jimbo family everywhere to divide the forces within the Jimbo family.

The next day, Takenaka Hanbei told Yoshinaga and Sanada Yukitaka about the plan he had come up with, and Sanada Yutaka praised, "Hanbei is really smart." ”

Yoshicho also smiled: "Hahaha, yes, this plan is very good, so let's do it."

What is the trouble of this god protector, I just rested for a few days, and I have to lead the troops to go out, hmph, when the time comes, I will find him to vent his anger in person. ”

Yoshicho prepares to send troops in three days, and three days later it will be mid-September, which is the time to harvest crops, and the Jimboha family will definitely not have many troops to gather, so that the purpose of the surprise attack can be achieved.

During Yoshinaga's time off, Ogasawara Akizuki, Murakami Hakuhana, Satomi Yuzu, and Oda Inu all became pregnant.

Yichang is still thin, if he has many sons, he can directly destroy the family, and let his son inherit the family.

Now there is one eldest son, and one wants to inherit the Murakami family, which is not enough at all.

Yoshicho suddenly felt that he should marry a few more girls...

Three days later, Yoshinaga led his troops again, this time Sanada Nobutsuna stayed in Hida, and the vanguard was the Kamizu Kenryo team.

Kamizu's conscience was overjoyed, because Sanada Nobutsuna, who was the pioneer, was now able to manage a country because of his merits, although this realm was only thirty or forty thousand koku.

But that's an honor, like Shimizu Yasuei, it's only been a long time since they took refuge here, and now they are managing the Mino country in place of the lord, and he feels that this is not far from the time when he is in charge of a country.

When Yoshicho's army was about to enter Echigo, he first sent someone to tell Uesugi Masato, who waved his hand and told the messenger bluntly: "Please tell Yoshinaga, don't be so polite, the retainers of this family will not show hostility when they see the banner of the Ogasawara family." ”

According to the above Sugi Masato, Ogasawara Yoshinaga can lead the army to come and go on Uesugi Masatora's territory at will.

The retainers of the Uesugi family are used to this, and they know that their lord is naïve, but the lord is amazing, what can you do? Perhaps this is Uesugi Masato's confidence in indulging others.

That's it, I, Masaho, indulged you because I could win you, and that's the case with Hojo Takahiro in the future, rebelled twice, was hanged twice, but was forgiven by Uesugi Masato.