Those wealthy clans who escaped by luck, although they returned to the territory, and the territory was safe and sound, but the sense of panic did not decrease much, after all, the 20,000 army was defeated by the high mountain army, if the high mountain army invaded North Shinano, then with only their own strength, it is impossible to block it, even if they unite with other wealthy clans, there is no possibility of being able to block it, so what should I do.

Now that the Takeda family can't be counted on at all, if you still want to keep your territory and family name, then there is only one way, and that is to take refuge in the Uesugi family in the north, and ask the lord to send an army to defeat the Takayama army. This is not a person's idea, it can be said that the heads of the wealthy families who fled back all thought of going together.

After all, the wealthy families of Shinano have been oscillating between the two major forces of Takeda and Uesugi, Takeda Qiang has taken refuge in Takeda, and Uesugi Qiang has taken refuge in Uesugi, and for decades even they themselves don't remember how many times they have changed, so they will think of this method in the first place.

And they are completely sure that Uesugi Kenshin will definitely not sit idly by, after all, his words about upholding the righteousness of the world are not casual words.

Since it was not the first time, after these wealthy families arranged it again, they went straight to the mountain town of Kasuga in Echigo. I have to say that the luck of these wealthy families is really good, after the Uesugi family received the news of the Takayama family's attack on Shinano, in order to ensure that the interests of the family in Shinano are not infringed, so they have already begun to assemble troops a few days ago, and when the wealthy family arrives, the army has just been assembled.

This time, the Uesugi family only gathered three thousand ashigaru, but Uesugi Kenshin was not worried at all, because he knew the way. The Takayama clan is not ready for an all-out war with the family. So going to the army yourself is just an attitude. After seeing his family's moves, he would definitely order the high mountain army to retreat. Of course, he only sent 3,000 people Another consideration is that the Uesugi family is not ready for a full-scale war with the Oda family at present, and 3,000 people is not more or less, it is just right, one is to let the Takayama clan know his attitude, and the other is to tell the other party that he has no intention of fighting with him, if there are too many troops, once the Takayama clan feels threatened. I'm afraid it will be self-defeating, which is not what Kenshin Uesugi wants to see at all.

It's just that this time the plan has changed slightly, not only to ensure the safety of Takai-gun, which is controlled by the Yamanashi family, but also to protect the safety of those wealthy families who have come to take refuge this time. However, the territories of these wealthy clans were relatively scattered, so Uesugi Kenshin had to let these 3,000 troops go to the territory of these wealthy clans first, and gathered another 2,000 troops to enter Takai-gun to defend the Takayama family.

The news of the Uesugi family's troops soon spread to Takayama Castle, and after the clan received the information, he couldn't help but be furious, Uesugi Kenshin This-stirring stick is really everywhere, and he made it clear that he was going to the Takeda family this time. The Takai-gun under his control has no idea at all for the time being, and not only is it not satisfied. On the contrary, he also sent troops to help those small tycoons, which was obviously against himself.

The reason why the clan is so angry is entirely because if the Uesugi family had sent out the army at the beginning of the war, the clan would have accepted it, but now that victory is in sight, it is the time to pick the fruits of victory, but it suddenly inserts a pole, this is not clearly with himself, if he just admits it, then who else will take the Takayama family seriously in the future.

Thinking of this, he listened to the clan sect immediately ordered: "Immediately recruit two military advisors to come to discuss the matter." ”

It didn't take long to see Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki walking in quickly. Seeing that the lord was already waiting here, they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted and said, "Subordinates see the lord." ”

"Well, the reason why the two military advisors were urgently recruited today is entirely because I just got the news that the Uesugi family, with Saito Asanobu as the main general, has gathered 5,000 troops to enter Shinano and come to protect those small wealthy families. So I decided to immediately assemble an army to attack Kita-Shinano, this time not only to take the land of the Takeda family, but also to Takai-gun, I don't know what the two military advisors think? "The reason why the clan made such a decision, although there are some hot-headed reasons, but more because if you can't win the North Shinano this time, then once the Uesugi family has a firm foothold in the North Shinano, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to have a chance, unless it is when the Uesugi family goes to Luo, but the Oda family is much more powerful than in history today, and Uesugi is just in charge of Echigo and the surrounding fragmentary territory, whether it still has the guts to go to Luo, especially after his death, Maybe the Uesugi family will be obedient, and by then they will all be ministers of the Oda family, and they won't be able to go more, as for the Honnoji Temple or something, whether it will happen is now unknown, and even if it can happen, then it will be too late to go by then, after all, by then, everyone has already accumulated strength, if they don't have enough strength at that time, then they can only be cannon fodder's life, it can be said that everything the clan is doing now is for the sake of the Honnoji Temple.

Hearing that the lord was going to start a war with the Uesugi family, Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki were both taken aback, why is the family fighting against the Uesugi family now? Fighting the Takeda clan because it has declined, can do it, but the Uesugi family, now is the heyday, its military strength is not only much more than the family, but also less elite than the family, once the war is started, the family will be defeated, at that time, not only Minami Shinano can not be saved, I am afraid that this Hida country is also in danger, if you look for the main hall for help, then the lord's face, and the prestige of the family will be ruined, so the lord must be stopped.

Thinking of this, I only heard Honda Masanobu take the lead and said: "The lord must not, at present, with the strength of the family, he is not the opponent of the Uesugi family at all, and please think twice." ”

"My lord, as Honda-sama said, not only is the current strength of the family limited, but also the family has just captured Minami Shinano, and this place has not yet stabilized, if you rashly fight with Uesugi at this time, maybe Minami Shinano's power will resurge, if this is the case, then this place will definitely not be protected, and Hida is also in danger, so the lord must think twice."

"Hmph, then is it possible to watch Kita-Shinano be taken away by the Uesugi family like this, the family has fought many battles, spent countless times, and the army has been damaged, but the Uesugi family has picked up the cheap, how can I sit idly by. Besides, even if the family does not attack with an army, Kenshin Uesugi will attack the family under the banner of helping the Shinano clan restore their territory, so it is better to fight happily than to fight happily. ”

After the clan finished speaking, the two military advisors didn't speak, they didn't have nothing to say, but they were thinking about the strategy, how to take away the land of the Kitashinano Takeda family, and not start a war with the Uesugi family, so they quickly calmed down, both of them were resourceful people, and after this calmed down, the strategy also came to mind.

After a while, I only heard Sanada Masayuki speak: "My lord, just now you said that the head of the Uesugi family this time will be Saito Asanobu, but the news is wrong?" ”

"This is information sent by Mizuse Uemon himself, how can it be wrong." The clan didn't know why he asked, but he began to speak.

"In that case, the subordinates understand that Uesugi Kenshin has no intention of starting a full-scale war with his own family, and even does not want to contact his own family at all this time."

The clan was in a state of anger at the moment, so he didn't bother to think about it, and asked directly: "The military advisor has something to say." ”

"It's the lord.,The subordinates think that this time,Uesugi Ken trusts Saito Asanobu as the main general.,It's to show the family a new idea.,As far as his subordinates know,Although this Saito Asanobu has followed Uesugi Kenshin for many years.,There have also been battles.,But it's good at internal affairs.,But there is no outstanding record for the conquest.,Doesn't this still explain Uesugi Kenshin's intentions.,If he really wants to start a war with his family.,Then he won't not appoint a general like Honjo Fancho."

"Well, there is some truth in what you said, but even if he doesn't want to fight with his family, but he has seriously infringed on the interests of his family, and his family can't help but fight with him."

"My lord, I wonder if I can let my subordinates see the information sent by Lord Mizuse?" Honda Masanobu did not say what he thought in his heart, but planned to confirm his conjecture first.

"Hikoemon, go and get the codex of this information."

"It's the lord."

It didn't take long for Hikoemon to take the codex and hand it over to Honda Masanobu, who read it carefully word for word before handing over this information to Sanada Masayuki.

After both of them finished reading, they only listened to Honda Masanobu and then spoke: "My lord, judging from the intelligence, the Uesugi army is only stationed in a few territories that have gone to ask for help, so there are so many other borderless lands, even if the family takes them, it is not indispensable. ”

Although he was talking about the Borderlands, it was just to distinguish them, after all, although the heads of the families were killed, they still had children, but no one was more serious about him at this time.

"You mean to say that if the family only takes those borderless lands, Uesugi will not send troops to intervene?" I heard the clan sect hurriedly asked, if this is the case, then the clan is still acceptable, after all, there is not much left of the wealthy clan of North Shinano after this battle, and they are all small wealthy clans, and their territory together is only about ten thousand stones, this loss is nothing compared to the harvest, even if you buy the Uesugi family to save face, what if you give it to them.

"This is not the meaning of subordinates, but the meaning of Uesugi Kenshin, the lord, please see, the intelligence is clear, in addition to the five thousand Uesugi troops stationed in Takai-gun, the rest are stationed in the territory of the wealthy families who went to ask for help, and did not help other wealthy families, which is enough to explain Uesugi Kenshin's attitude, the meaning is very clear, protect the wealthy families who went to ask for help, that is for the face of the Uesugi family, and its oath to uphold righteousness, as for the other northern Shinano land, it is no longer within its scope of protection, and it will be attacked with the lord."

"I understand, thanks to the two military advisors who solved the confusion of the clan sect, we avoided a war with the Uesugi family, if it is indeed as the two military advisors said, there will be a heavy reward after this battle."

"This is a matter of subordination, and the lord does not have to be like this." (To be continued......)

PS: Another million words, although a bit longer