The Takayama clan is very depressed now, because these news were all put in front of him at the same time, originally after Asai Nagamasa completely fell to himself, he was still very optimistic about the situation in the eastern country, after all, although the Hojo family is strong, but it is surrounded by hostile forces, so don't look at its large army, but it must be divided into a large number of troops to garrison the territory around, if a full-scale war starts, the army it can mobilize will never exceed 40,000, but now it is different, not only the Satomi family is obedient, even Utsunomiya is also obedient, This not only made the strength of the Hojo family grow a lot, but more importantly, in addition to Satake, the Hojo family has no worries, once the family starts a war with it, then its mobilized military strength will also rise from the previous 40,000 to 60,000, or even more, after all, the Utsunomiya family also has a lot of military strength.

Although the clan felt a little tricky about this news, the Hojo family was a lot stronger, and he also had the help of the Asai family, so he still had the advantage of his own family in terms of strength, but if the clan could still accept this news, then Hojo's intervention in the affairs of the Uesugi family was unacceptable to him no matter what. Because he knew that once the Uesugi family was controlled by Uesugi Jinghu, then Uesugi Hojo would be connected and form a semi-encirclement of the main family, and the main family at that time was the previous Hojo, and once the war started, it would be impossible for the main family to use all their strength. At least the Shibata family needs to contain Uesugi, then the family will be at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and the Hojo family has a favorable location, not to mention eliminating Hojo in a few years, even if it is more than ten years, it may not be possible.

So in any case, the Hojo family's support for Uesugi Keitora cannot be allowed to succeed, but if you want to stop it, it is easier said than done. The Hojo Army received an invitation from Uesugi Jinghu anyway, and there was a place to settle it when he went, so he didn't have to worry about food, grass, military funds, or anything.

But as for himself, although the army has been expanded. But the training has just begun, and even the cavalry's war horses and the iron cannons of the iron artillery team are not all in place, so let these troops fight against the Hojo family, and the clan has no bottom in his heart. Not only that, but it was justified for the Hojo Army to go. And if he sends troops to go, he may be flanked by Jinghu, Jingsheng and Hojo, after all, he has just fought with the Uesugi family, whether it is Jingsheng or Jinghu, and even the Hojo family are enemies.

The clan didn't come up with any good solution, so he found the three military advisors, but after learning about it, the three military advisors competed with each other. But there is also no way, they have put forward several plans, but because the military situation of their own family is being integrated, they cannot be implemented at all, and the clan can only let them go back and slowly think of a way.

When he was sleepy, someone sent a pillow like that, sometimes it was unavoidable, but this time he let the clan encounter it, just when he didn't know how to intervene in the civil strife of the Uesugi family. Suddenly, the new attendant outside the door, Nakagawa Hidecheng, spoke: "Report, lord." Naoe, a retainer of the Uesugi family, asked for a meeting outside the city, and discussed important matters with the lord, and asked the lord to decide. ”

The clan sect, which was originally worried, couldn't help but stand up abruptly after hearing it, if it weren't for the fact that there were still people in the field at this moment. He would surely laugh a few times to vent the hardships of the past few days. However, although he didn't laugh, from his voice, you could still hear the excitement in his heart, that is, Nakagawa Kiyohide had not long become a close attendant. If it is replaced by Sanada Nobuyuki, Honda Masamune and others, you can definitely hear it.

"Okay, you immediately bring the Uesugi family envoy to the assessment room and wait, and I'll go later." Although the clan can't wait to see Naoe Kanesuke right now, as the head of the Takayama family, if he is too eager, it will affect the benefits that the family will get from the Uesugi family, so he can only hold back. It is estimated that the time is almost there, and the clan sect has straightened his clothes and walked out of the inner room.

"In the Shimouesugi family, Naoe continues to see Takayama-sama." After seeing the clan, he only heard him salute immediately.

And the state of the clan has already adjusted to the best along the way, and although he has decided to help Uesugi Keikatsu at this moment, he has even more to cut a piece of meat from the Uesugi family from this negotiation. So I saw him say calmly: "Well, you came here this time, I don't know what you are talking about?" ”

"Back to Lord Takayama, this time I was ordered by the lord to ask for help from the Takayama family." Speaking of this, I only heard him continue: "My lord is afraid that he already knows that the ancestor has passed away two months ago, and Uesugi Keitora has launched a rebellion regardless of the stability of his family, and after the defeat, he is now gathering Hojo to attack my lord, once he succeeds, then the situation in the eastern country will change again, and my lord has always had a good impression of the Takayama family, so I also hope that Takayama-sama can send troops to help, so that the situation in the eastern country will not deteriorate to the point of being out of control." ”

"Hmph, it's nice to say, it's easy to help you, but my Takayama family is an enemy of the Uesugi family, and I help you tide over the difficulties at this moment, is it to wait until you recover, and then be my enemy." For the other party's remarks, the clan had to fight back, and now he had to let Naoe Kanesuke know that at this moment, Uesugi Keikatsu no longer had the right to talk to him on an equal footing, so he only listened to what he said.

Although Naoe Kanesu said this, he was ready to be refuted for a long time, after all, the Takayama family is not obliged to send troops for his family, not only that, but it is already good that he can not take advantage of the fire at this time, and if he wants to invite him to send troops, then it is impossible not to open conditions, so it is just to test it and see how much of the increase is appropriate.

Therefore, Naoe's face did not change much, and he still said without humility or arrogance: "Takayama-sama's words are very much agreed with below, so this time, before coming here, my lord has already explained clearly, if the lord is willing to send the army to help, then once the rebellion is assessed, then the family is willing to send Ueno as a reward to Takayama-sama." I wonder what adults think? ”

After hearing this, the clan did not speak, but just smiled and shook his head, it was obvious that such conditions were difficult for him to satisfy.

At present, the Hojo army has crossed the lower field, and will soon be able to reach Kasuga Mountain Castle, the clan can not be in a hurry, but Naoe Kanesuo can not be in a hurry, at first he also hoped to exchange the minimum price for the reinforcements of the Takayama family, after all, he has carefully analyzed it along the way, and from the perspective of the Takayama clan, he also thought about it, he thinks that once the Takayama clan asks for help, then only need to pay some small price, in exchange for reinforcements, after all, in addition to the retainers on the lord's side, Jinghu does not want Jinghu to win, I'm afraid that Takayama-sama doesn't want this to happen, after all, once the lord is defeated, then it is inevitable that the Uesugi family and the Hojo family will join forces, which is definitely an unacceptable fact for the Takayama family.

So he gave Ueno's increase seems not low, but at present, the part of Ueno that belongs to the Uesugi family has long been occupied by Jinghu Fang, and borders on the Hojo family, even if it is still in his hands at that time, it is difficult to hold, rather than this, it is better to use it as a bargaining chip, so that not only is the army more concentrated and easy to command, but also can greatly reduce the threat of the Hojo family in the south, so for the Uesugi family, giving up Ueno is more valuable than controlling it in his hands.

But what he didn't expect was that Takayama-sama didn't seem to be very interested in the land of Ueno Bankoku, and he refused directly without even talking about it, so that all the rhetoric he thought about before was in vain, but fortunately this time Uesugi Keikatsu gave him the right to deal with it with carte blanche wouldn't have to, otherwise he really didn't know how to talk about it, and he thought that he couldn't open conditions anymore, otherwise the family would be very passive.

Thinking of this, Naoe Kanesui stabilized his emotions for a while, and asked directly: "Since Takayama-sama has no intention of Ueno, then I don't know what Takayama-sama needs." ”

Seeing that the other party had put the right to speak in his own hands, the clan sect said: "Lord Naoe really underestimated my Takayama family's intelligence gathering ability, do you think I don't know that now Ueno half of the country has been controlled by Uesugi Jinghu, and the Hojo family has 10,000 troops stationed here, in order to prevent the family from going north to aid you, etc., this place has now fallen into the hands of the Hojo family, I took this place from the Hojo family, what is the matter with the Sugi family?" So what you said about Ueno, it can't be counted as a condition in exchange for reinforcements at all, I have three conditions, if your lord can accept it, then the army of my family will soon march to Echigo, if you don't agree, then I have the ability to destroy all the resistance forces in the eastern country. After fully analyzing the current situation, the clan said this, he just wanted to gamble, he knew that Uesugi Jingsheng could not refuse at all, because Uesugi Jingsheng did not bet on himself at all, after all, if he lost the bet, the decision was more difficult when carrying out the Kanto strategy, but it was not impossible to complete, and if the other party refused, then everything would be gone, so the clan was definitely in an invincible position.

"But......" Naoe Kanesu still wanted to speak, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by the clan.

I only heard the clan say: "Don't mention the situation in the Kanto region with me, I know this better than you, but what can I do, even if Uesugi Keihu wins Echigo and fully falls to Hojo, but with the strength of my Takayama family and the Dongkuni Oda family, it is only a matter of time before I want to eliminate the Hojo and Uesugi families, so the general trend you said is not a big deal for me at all." Now all you can do is listen to me and make a choice. ”

"In that case, please speak up." I only heard Naoe Kaneji stubbornly said, Lord Takayama's words, he will definitely not take it as a child's play, since the other party said that he would fight the eastern kingdom alone, then once he refuses, then the other party is really likely to do this, the other party can gamble, but the family can't bet, so now whether the words of the Takayama clan are true or not, he can only listen to them seriously. (To be continued.) )