It just so happened that at this time, several men who looked like traveling merchants hurriedly ran towards Tsugawa Soji and others, and Tsugawa Soji stopped a few people for a moment of curiosity, "I'm tired of asking, where are you going in such a hurry?" ”

The traveling merchant who was standing on the side panting heavily looked at the appearance of Tsugawa Soji and the others, and then said with a smile, "I see that you are a big businessman from other places, and it doesn't hurt to tell you." （）”

"Kai Guardian Takeda-sama has already come out of the Hegasakikan, and it seems that the target is Shiga Castle in Shinano, and we are preparing to ship some medicinal herbs to sell!"

"I won't tell you yet, the battle has been going on for two days, and if you don't arrive, I'm afraid someone else will take the lead!"

"That's right!" The traveling merchant had already walked out and retreated two steps, "You should be going to Shinano in the direction you are traveling, right?" If you want to go to Shinano, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble, but now that Kai and Shinano are under martial law, you should take a detour to avoid trouble! With that, the traveling merchant followed in the footsteps of his companion in front of him without looking back.

"What should I do, my lord, that person just said that Shinano and Kai have been blocked, do we still want to continue to Shinano?" Yajima Tadabei came to Tsugawa Soji's side and asked in a low voice.

Soji Tsugawa shook his head, "Since a war has broken out here, it's better for us not to act rashly." ”

"Takigawa Kazuki! Takigawa Yoshige! The two of you go to the nearby villages and cities to find out the specific news, and the rest of you will rest in place! ”

"Pu Sheng Jiuqing, take your people on guard, and the others eat something first!"

"Hah!"

......

In March of the 16th year of Astronomy, Takeda Harunobu led an army to besiege Shiga Castle, which belonged to the Uesugi family in Shinano Province, and the lord of the castle, Kasawara Kiyoshige, hurriedly asked for help from the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa. However, it was obvious that the Uesugi family's forces would not be able to reach Shinano anytime soon, so Kasawara Kiyoshige could only face the attack of the Takeda family alone in Shiga Castle.

The head of the Takeda family, Takeda Harunobu, gave Shinano, the "virgin land" to be developed, and did not give Kasawara Kiyoshi a chance to wait for reinforcements, and commanded the Takeda family's troops to launch a strong attack for several days, and the casualties on both sides were relatively large.

Soji Tsugawa stayed near Ueno Castle for another two days, and he also felt helpless after learning the news reported by Takigawa Kazuyi and others.

There are two ways to go north to Shinano, one is to go directly to Echigo in the direction of the small prefecture to the east, and the other is to pass by Suwa Castle and then pass through the territory of the Ogasawara family before turning to Echigo.

But with the Takeda family's raid on Shinano, both roads were blocked.

If it is a traveling merchant in the past, it is okay to say, and Tsugawa Soji and others are a group of one or two hundred people, if they rashly pass through these intricate mansions of the wealthy family, it is inevitable that something will happen.

Soji Tsugawa has always been a person who is afraid of death, although he really wants to see Takeda Harunobu on the battlefield, but at this time, it is obviously a small life. So, Soji Tsugawa decided to take a detour!

After a long journey of several days from Ueno Castle east through Mt. Tenmu and Mt. Takiko, we finally reached Musashi Province in the Kanto Plain. Since the Battle of Kawa-goe, Musashi Province has basically fallen into the sphere of influence of the Hojo family, but the Hojo family has obviously not had time to digest it, and Musashi Country is still full of wealthy families and is very chaotic.

In fact, the Hojo family seems to have digested the Kanto region for decades, and it was not digested until the later Toyotomi Hideyoshi Odawara expedition. Otherwise, with the Hojo family's decades of business in the Kanto region, they won't be able to survive the "three moves" under the hands of the monkeys!

Arriving in Musashi, Soji Tsugawa and others walked along the sparsely populated mountains in the western part of Musashi Province, avoiding the castle of the Hojo family as much as possible, and after more than ten days of trekking, they finally arrived in Ueno Province.

At this time, Ueno Province was still the territory of Uesugi Kenmasa, the Kanto Governor, and Uesugi Kenmasa's residence was in Hirai Castle, which was located at the junction of Musashi and Ueno countries.

"Oh yes, I've heard the name of the right guard general hall for a long time, but I didn't expect to suddenly arrive in the territory of my family, and I lost my welcome, and I lost my welcome!" Uesugi Kenmasa has a mustache, and his slender body is only 150CM tall, but he is still enthusiastic about Tsugawa Soji.

"The military department Shaofu Hall, I came in a hurry, and I was originally going to return to Dewa after going north from Shinano. However, Kai guardian Takeda Harunobu led troops to surround Shiga Castle, and Kai and Shinano provinces both blocked their territories, so they could only turn to Musashi and come to the military department to eat here casually! ”

"I just don't know if the young assistant hall of the military department is welcome?"

"The right guard general said that he laughed, and please go into the city to talk about it!"

With that, Uesugi Kenmasa beckoned Tsugawa Soji and his entourage into Hirai Castle.

Unlike the imaginary situation of Tsugawa Soji, there was no sign of war in the Uesugi family's domain, "Shinano's Shiga Castle is surrounded by Takeda Harunobu, why is Uesugi-sama still not moving?" ”

"Tsugawa Hall refers to the family, why haven't you mobilized the troops in the collar to go to the rescue?" Uesugi Kenmasa sighed, and then said, "Alas, since the Battle of Kawagoe Castle, my family has suffered heavy casualties, and its reputation in the Kanto region has also plummeted! ”

"I don't have the energy to deal with the Hojo family at the moment, so how can I have the spare energy to care about Shinano!" Uesugi Kenmasa told the truth.

Of course, the rescue from Shiga Castle must be saved, but Uesugi Kenmasa is not ready yet. Most of the people in Ueno don't like him much, and the mobilization order has been issued for several days, and there is nothing to be done about it.

Tsugawa Soji is not interested in the broken things of the Uesugi family at all, and the reason why he came to Uesugi Kenmasa to blow NB is completely to meet the needs of some audiences. After all, when you return to Dewa, you won't have such a good chance, will you?

"You are the famous Izuwa Hokutoshi Tsugawa family head Tsugawa Soji?" At this time, an elderly samurai wearing a big bag and red armor suddenly rushed out of the crowd of onlookers, and Tsugawa Soji was so frightened that he almost drew his sword.

The voice was a little too loud.

"Well, this family is Tsugawa Soji, and I haven't asked Your Excellency yet?"

"In Shimo-Rinwa Castle, the lord of Nagano Yesamasa, Ueno is far away from Dewa, but the reputation of Lord Tsugawa has spread here early! In the next year, half of my life has passed, and I have never heard of a samurai like Tsugawa-sama! ”

"Please bow down next!" Saying that, Nagano Ye was facing Tsugawa Soji is solemn salute, which made Tsugawa Soji directly get B.

"Tsugawa-sama, do you remember being here?" At this time, another voice sounded in the ears of Tsugawa Soji, and when he saw the owner of the voice clearly, Tsugawa Soji only felt a little familiar, but he didn't remember the name very much.

"Tsukawa-sama, do you remember a few years ago when a young man from the Sanada family came to Dewa?"

"Yikes! Sanada Nobukatsu! I didn't expect to see you here! As soon as he heard the word Sanada, Tsugawa Soji immediately reacted, this product had been a few years ago, and the Tsugawa family was just a wealthy family at that time.

Wait, Sanada? I vaguely remember that Sanada Nobutaka seemed to be in Ueno at this time!

Sanada Nobutaka? I rub it, and I get excited just thinking about it!