"Hate! Of course hate! Crying made the mood feel a lot better, Sanada Yutaka sighed and said resentfully: "When you are famous, you don't have a high hall to support, I am lucky to hate!" It's hard to go back home, and I hate it even more! It is precisely because of this that we have to work harder! For the hope of the Shino clan! And even more to reclaim our lost land! I haven't forgotten the help of the Commander's Palace, and I will always remember it! ”

"Just remember! Just remember! The old man was a little out of breath when he was excited, and he rested for a long time before he said slowly: "But now it's different!" Suwa Yorishige was killed by Takeda Harunobu, Murakami Yoshikiyo was beaten by Takeda Harunobu and fled to Echigo, and now the town government has defeated Takeda Harunobu again, all our enemies have failed, feng shui turns now it is my turn to have the opportunity to revive the Umino clan again, this is a good opportunity to rebuild my Umino clan, why does Jiro Saburo still hold on to a dead city and stubbornly hold on? ”

Sanada Yukitaka's eyebrows furrowed tightly, but he couldn't imagine that his maternal grandfather had such a keen mind at such an age, his questioning really hit the nail on the head, he couldn't say anything loyal to the Takeda family in front of his grandfather and adoptive father, he was worried that this sentence might really anger the old man, Sanada Yukitaka knew very well what a strong person his maternal grandfather was, and he resolutely opposed him to join Takeda Harunobu at the beginning, and he did not hesitate to sever his kinship as a threat for this, if he really said something that he didn't like, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After all, Umino Totsuna is an experienced family governor, and he has seen too many talents in the course of more than 70 years of ups and downs, and he knows very well that his eldest grandson is thinking about some reasons why he doesn't want to hear it, and the old man's head sighed and said, "The old man knows that two dolls of your family died on Hachimangahara. It's not just your family with two children. When the Mochizuki of the Mochizuki family was in its prime. The Youzu Masato of the Youzu family also got in, but the governor of the three dignified Shino families was a loyal servant of the enemy and died for them, I don't know what kind of mood the father of the two of them would be when he was informed under the spring......

Jiro Saburo! The old man knows that you are a good boy, and the old man also knows that you have done a lot of things in Shinano in the past ten years, if it weren't for the fact that Echigo became a town government, the old man would have acquiesced in your behavior of serving the Takeda family, then Takeda Harunobu is not a benevolent lord but does not dare to move your foundation at will, and he will be careful if the old man is in Ueno for a day. Even if the old man is not there one day, he will use your position to attack Nishiueno!

But now it's different, the appearance of the town government to resolve the discord between our grandfathers, look at Murakami Yoshikiyo, Ogasawara Nagasaki, Takanashi Masayori and others which is not a generation of heroes in Shinano, but converted to worship under the banner of the town government, do you know that the town government represents not the lord of a country, but on behalf of the Ashikaga shogun's family to conquer the Kanto? If it weren't for the old eyes and dizziness, you could see that this town government is the world's first-class hero, and his future achievements are limitless! If you still have a foolish and loyal mind, you will only bury the foundation of my Shino clan for 600 years. Are you going to be this sinner who has been cut off from the lineage? ”

"......" Sanada Yutaka's expression changed, knowing that his grandfather still had great expectations for him in his words. The old man's experience was very bumpy, he had experienced the loss of his father at an early age, the widowhood in middle age, the loss of a son in his later years, and the pain and suffering of being robbed of his family business and being killed by his clansmen, and the pressure on his heart was far greater than that of his two sons.

Umino Totsuna's expectation now is only him, and he is the only samurai who can inherit the Shino clan's ancestral lineage, this expectation far exceeds his grandfather's expectations for his grandson, and exceeds his adoptive father's expectations for his adopted son, he represents the expectations of thousands of people who are struggling in Shinano and Ueno, and if they lose this Suori family, they will also lose the last hope of the Shino clan, and they can only follow the chaotic times with the tide, hoping to survive in this chaos.

The knot that has accumulated for many years is gradually untied with the earnest teachings of his grandfather Umino Totsuna, speaking of which his military strategy and wisdom are all learned from his grandfather bit by bit, Sanada Yutaka is sincere respect and awe for his grandfather, this strong old man has not been defeated by failure, and he is still actively running for the revival of the Shino clan in his old age, and he is not known how many times noble compared to the soft Mochizuki clan and the Yuzu clan.

But Sanada Yutaka is still a little unwilling, he is not unwilling to cherish the feathers of loyalty, he has fought to this point, he is also consciously worthy of Takeda Harunobu's kindness, but he is still angry about the killing of his two sons-in-law, he has a total of five sons, the two oldest died on the battlefield, and the remaining three are still locked up in the Kai Hesaki Pavilion, in case his three children are killed by the Takeda family, wouldn't the Sanada clan be extinct?

He is already forty-six years old, and it is very difficult for him to have children with his old wife at his age, and the only way is to take a few more concubines to continue the ancestry, which will toss his years of mental strength to the end, he really can't imagine that he is still struggling to cultivate the heir of the family governor at the age of sixty, what if he can't give birth to a son? What should I do if I give birth to a son who is not as good as a few dead brothers? And he is also very worried about Ji Liangyi's attitude, afraid that his soft bones will be despised a little, and there are always small bumps in his heart.

Seeing that Sanada Yutaka was still hesitating, Umino Dongzuna thought for a moment and suddenly thought of an important piece of news, covered his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Look at the old man's memory, he actually forgot such an important news, the older he gets, the more useless he becomes...... Old man, there is an important news here, your main room Gongyunin and your two boys Gengoro, Genjiro, and Genzaburo are waiting for you in Isesaki Castle under the mountain, these three little dolls are a special order issued by the town government to order the ninja army to be rescued from Kai, and the son-in-law of the Shinano family was also rescued, and the thirty lang of the Gennosuke family was also rescued, do you have any other doubts? ”

Sanada Yutaka suddenly stood up and said without hesitation: "This is true! ”

Umino Dongzuna glared at him, and his snow-white beard curled up angrily: "Jiro Saburo suspects that the old man has deceived you, and the old man can't do the thing of tricking you down to the city to detain you and force you to submit, how can the old man ever play a slang in his life, the old man taught you military strategy and resourcefulness but never taught you to deceive the samurai, so many samurai you have harmed over the years are not the means that the old man taught you, don't think that the old man is also the kind of person Takeda Harunobu!" ”

"Kotaka made a mistake. Kotaka was wrong. Don't be angry! Sanada Yutaka held back the excitement in his heart and paced back and forth in the castle tower. Pacing is a big habit of his, and once he gets excited, he will walk around, and on this day the Sanada retainers and Umino Totsuna are well aware.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly stopped, Sanada Yukitaka turned around and said: "I just don't know what treatment the town government is willing to give me, it's not that I'm greedy, I've been fighting hard for more than ten years in order to keep the foundation of the two counties of Kobi and Saku, as long as the town government is willing to give me and other Shino clans, I'm willing to be a pawn of the Ashikaga family!" ”

"Huh...... The old man is here for this purpose. The town government has issued a special letter for this purpose, and two copies are here! Let Gennosuke have a thought! Umino Totsuna smiled and took out two papers, took out one and handed it to Yoritsuna Yazawa, who was standing aside.

Respectfully taking the document with both hands and opening it carefully, Yazawa Yoritsuna tried to calm down his excitement, took a deep breath and said slowly: "Shangshu Town Mansion Gonghua Monogram, Saku County, Xiaoyi County up and down the territory, the Shino people are the ones above the local area, there can be no contradiction, but the first judgment is divided, and all can be knowledged." Mi can be drawn to the festival of the liver to also, still as a piece. On May 10 of the first year of Eiroku, the flower of the Umino Shinanoden was obittain. ”

"Bring the pen, the family wants to sign the monogram!" Sanada Yutaka sat up straight, quickly signed two monograms, and then Masasei announced: "The Great Bodhisattva of Hachiman is above, and I, the Sanada clan, am willing to serve the Ashikaga family for eternity!" If you break your oath, the gods and Buddhas will reject it! ”

Sanada Yukitaka's surrender marked the complete elimination of Shinano's last hidden danger, and those Shinano people who were lucky to see Sanada Yukitaka join the Kira family also gave up resistance, and for a time the government decree of the Saku-gun and Ko-gun rebellion was reached, which saved a lot of trouble for Murakami Yoshikiyo and Miyabe Jijun.

What's even more interesting is that the people of Nakashineno were frightened when they heard that Sanada Yutaka surrendered, and many people gave up their minds of resolute resistance and turned to the Kira family, and for a time half of Chikuma County defected, and the sporadic rebellions in Azumi County suddenly disappeared, and Ogasawara's long-term army momentum rolled like a snowball from 3,000 to 6,000, and further to 8,000 people, killing Fukashi Castle with an unstoppable momentum.

Kai Tsukizakikan was really shocked three times a day, and Takeda Shingen had no choice but to order Sone Masashi to urgently reinforce Fukashi Castle with 3,000 troops, so as to force the Ogasawara army in its prime to retreat, and the two sides confronted each other between Inugan Castle and Fukashi Castle.

Sanada Yukitaka's contribution made Kira Yoshitoki overjoyed, and specially invited their family to Kasuga Mountain Castle to meet them, Kira Yoshitoki was very happy to meet them, greatly praised Sanada Yutaka for his strategy and the ability of demons and gods, and praised his three sons Zhong Lingyuxiu, expressing regret for the loss of his two excellent sons.

Hearing that the new lord did not mean to be half contemptuous of himself, Sanada Yutaka could finally put his mind at ease and serve the public with peace of mind, and he proposed to leave his heir in Kasuga Mountain Castle to be trained, Kira Yoshitoki thought about it and readily agreed, and told him not to be burdened, his three sons will serve as his little surname to receive the best training, and in the future will become the samurai of the Kamiyamaga family.

Later, it was announced that Sanada Yutaka was promoted to the head of the Higashi Shinano banner, and the Ashikaga family tree was the elder, and the status was even above Watanabe Takatsuna and Naito Masari, and he was ordered to go to Shinano to serve as the general of the Shinano in the raiders, and assist Ogasawara to seize the entire territory of Shinano as soon as possible, and Murakami Yoshikiyoshi and Miyabe Jijun will give corresponding cooperation.

Sanada Yukitaka even if he was optimistic but did not expect to be vigorously promoted and reused by the new master, excited with a family of five on the spot to swear never betray the betrayal, and then happily rushed to Koji County with a military order, he must gather three thousand troops within a month to attack the Shinano army, fortunately he has a deep foundation in Shinano's ancestors, Murakami Yoshikiyo, Miyabe Jijun made the immovable people listen to his command, in the blink of an eye three thousand soldiers and horses gathered together, Sanada Yukitaka became a pivotal member of Shinano's domestic general.

At the beginning of June, Murakami Yoshikiyo led 6,000 troops to cross the Hofukuji Pass to raid Kirihara Castle, and the defenders of the castle were taken prisoner without any reaction.

Inugan Castle, less than a mile northwest of Fukashi Castle, the Ogasawara family guarded 8,000 troops, and the Ping Domain Forest Castle, Kirihara Castle, and Hanahara Castle southeast of Fukashi Castle were occupied by Sanada Yutaka and Murakami Yoshikiyo with a total of 9,000 troops. The people of Shinano who were familiar with it decisively sold their former masters.

The time is gone, the location has been lost, and people are falling apart. Baba Nobuharu and Sone Masayo, who were guarding Fukashi Castle, were powerless to return to the sky even if they had three heads and six arms. After a little discussion, it was decided to retreat to Suwa Prefecture to defend again, both of them were action-oriented, and they received the news of the fall of three mountain castles in the morning, and in the afternoon they heard that the people of Chikuma County had rebelled, and in the evening they pulled 6,000 troops back to Suwa Prefecture, so that Ogasawara did not react for a long time, and he did not catch anyone until he had time to chase after him for a long time.

Fortunately, with the withdrawal of the Takeda Army, the remaining Tsukuma people all gave up resistance. Ogasawara chased all the way to Kumai Castle in front of Shiojiri Pass for a long time before stopping, Shiojiri Pass has a very important significance to him, ten years ago it was in this place that he led 5,000 troops to be caught off guard by Takeda Harunobu, not only was more than 1,000 people captured, but also was burned down by the pursuing Takeda Army, this battle was the battle of Shiojiri Pass that brought him endless humiliation.

Ten years later, when he led the army to Shiojiri Pass again, Takeda Shingen only dared to hide in the Hirugasaki Pavilion and did not dare to go out of the mountain, he could be sure that he had really found the right lord, and he had not been so proud for many years. It's worth it to grovel to yourself, and then see the trembling expressions of the old friends of the retainers ten years ago. The evil aura that had been accumulated in the chest for ten years dissipated.

Ogasawara led the army to show off his might in Chikuma County for a long time, and it was to tell the old ministers that he had found a big backer this time, and that the family was returning to his hometown in a proper manner, and the people of Shinano were just as afraid of the powerful military strength of the Takeda Army as they were ten years ago and surrendered without a fight, but this time they surrendered because of the advance of the Kira Army, and I don't know if Takeda Harunobu will know the news and will be as angry as he was back then.

In Fukashi Castle, Sanada Yutaka and Murakami Yoshikiyo walked side by side, the samurai on both sides were either tense or cold, and the bitter hatred was far from being as easy to dissipate as imagined, Murakami Yoshikiyo naturally knew all this, and said to Sanada Yutaka with a wry smile: "Do you still remember the hatred of the past?" ”

Sanada Yutaka twitched his eyebrows, and Masashi responded: "Of course, my Shinano Koro will take revenge, and the old incident of my uncle Umino Yukiyoshi dying in the Kamigawa War, I don't dare to forget it at any time, and I dare not forget the memory of my Umino clan leaving home!" ”

Since the Takeda family has been freed from the trappings, he doesn't care about military exploits, knows how to increase the seal, and doesn't think about keeping his power from falling, Sanada Yutaka can really live for himself and for the Shino clan, and when he sees Murakami Yoshikiyo again, he can't help but be a hot scene of needles against Maimang, who called Murakami Yoshikiyo was the most active person who participated in the battle of Umino Ping and killed the most ruthless people of the Shino clan.

Murakami Yoshikiyo disagreed with his attitude, shook his head and said with a smile: "Didn't I also suffer from you?" Stone City was snatched away by you, Gewei City was broken by you, my clan was beaten in pieces, and I had to go far away to avoid trouble, speaking of which, we should also be evened out! ”

Sanada Yutaka hesitated and said, "My two sons, Genta, Tokujiro died in last year's Battle of Kawanakajima......"

"It turned out to be a dead son...... Can you be more miserable than me? Murakami Yoshikiyo's face showed a sad color, now this Shinano general is nearly sixty years old, his gray hair and tired expression look particularly tired, he sighed and said: "I have a total of five sons, Gentaro Yoshikatsu died in the battle of Ueda Hara, Genjiro Yoshiri died in the Takeda invasion battle, Genzaburo Yoshiteru and Genshiro Yoshikuni also died in this Kaizu cage battle, only Gengoro stayed in Kasuga Mountain Castle and escaped by luck, if you think about it carefully, three of my four dead sons have something to do with Danzheng!" If this revenge continues, should we draw our swords and fight together to be avenged? ”

"This ......" Sanada Yutaka never expected to bring so many tragic stories to this Shinano hero, and bowed apologetically: "Habayaden, I'm sorry!" I didn't expect to cause you so much damage, I'm really ......"

Murakami Yoshikiyo smiled, "I don't blame the main hall, you and I have a great enmity of life and death, and it's no wonder that we can't play the main hall if we are both masters...... As the years passed, my ambition had long since faded with the wind, but it only suffered these children, but who called them samurai? To be a samurai is to always be ready to die, I just want to keep my youngest son and train him to inherit the name of the Murakami family, as for the rest, do your best! ”

"I also have this intention in the next, we have worked hard for the family business for decades and are old, working for the town government to earn some family names and pass on the family business to young people." The two old enemies looked at each other and smiled, and the former blood feud melted away.

Ogasawara didn't know what happened to the two of them for a long time. Just now, they were still glaring at each other. It's like making friends for a while. He patted his head inexplicably and laughed: "Yulin and Danzheng can see the people in Tsukumo County!" What a disappointing bunch of samurai! My reputation was bad in their hands for a long time, and a bunch of mud couldn't support the wall......"

Sanada Yutaka shook his head with a smile, and said slowly: "Noshu's mood is understandable, but now is not the time to relax, the edict issued by the lord is to unify Shinano, I don't know what the two of you think of the remaining two counties, how should I take Suwa and Ina Counties with more than 17,000 troops?" ”

Ogasawara's brows furrowed deeply for a long time, and he said after a while, "This ...... I'm afraid it's not easy. Unless the Lord personally leads the army to attack Shinano, my heavenly army will inevitably easily recover the two counties as soon as it arrives, but in this way, it will be inevitable to kill chickens with a knife, and the agreement between the Lord and Imagawa Jibu Hall is not to get into nail fei for the time being, if I wait for the slow attack to take some time. ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo nodded in agreement and said: "I am not very familiar with the two counties of Suwa and I, and I can't say anything, but I, Yoshikiyo, still remember that Suwa County was taken by Takeda Shingen as soon as he ascended the throne, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to imprison his sister You and brother-in-law Suwa Yorishige, the family business of the Suwa family, the largest force in Suwa County, was inherited by Takeda Shingen's fourth son, Suwa Katsuyori, and the people of Suwa are very united. I'm afraid it's not easy to attack. ”

"I'm not familiar with the specific situation of Nakashinano and Minami Shinano, since it's not so simple to say that Ogasawara Noshu Hall. Let's take a long-term view! Take this opportunity to appease the people in Chikuma County and rectify the military situation, so that I can't wait for the newly formed Shinano Army to be too scattered! "Sanada Yutaka made up his mind.

The Shinano reserve of the Kira family has been stationed in Kaizu Castle and did not follow the strategy, and the 17,000 members of the newly formed Shinano army are all from the local people of Shinano, and nearly half of them are new members of the renegade who have defected to the Kira family.

It was such a newly formed Shinano army, with the full cooperation of Sanada Yukitaka, Murakami Yoshikiyo, and Ogasawara Nagasa, who successfully took Chikuma County, and the brilliant achievements of the Kira family shocked the Shinano people, and the people of Minami Shinano were shaken again, Kiso Yoshiyasu's attitude in Fukushima Castle in Kiso Valley became more and more ambiguous, and Akiyama Nobuyo's efforts to suppress it had little effect.

The Takeda family has been operating in Suwa Prefecture for more than ten years, and the Suwa Prefecture has absorbed more than 6,000 defenders who have retreated and Shinano people who have fled south one after another, plus the total number of troops in Suwa Prefecture is more than 10,000, and there are sufficient reinforcements behind Kai, if the Takeda Army is determined to hold on, it will not be easy to break through Suwa Prefecture.

The state of Ogasawara Nagasagawa and others is an inappropriate adjective, that is, the dog bites this and has no way to eat, and Suwa-gun is a hedgehog full of barbs, and it doesn't take a lot of effort to eat it.

The Shinano army was not invulnerable, there were almost no reinforcements behind them, and the nearest distance had to be transferred from Kaizu Castle on Kawanaka Island, or from the mountain castle of Saku County across a mountain range, and the logistics pressure of this 17,000-strong army was very great, and the grain and grass used by the army were collected from Shinano in three points, but the seven points were transported by several mountains across Shinano, which not only pulled the logistics supply very long, but also added an unstable factor to the logistics transportation.

Ogasawara has been putting forward his opinion for a long time, and he thinks that he can stop and recuperate for a year and a half before making a decision, but the order from Kasuga Yamashiro is very clear that it must be pushed forward with all its might, and if necessary, Saku-gun must be eaten at any cost, and there will be key tasks for next year next year, and how far the Shinano army can go depends on the decision and skill of the three generals.

Kira Yoshitoki was Shinano's guardian, but he neither set up a castle in Shinano nor planned to reside in Shinano, which sent a strong signal to the Shinano people that the lord of the country attached no importance to Shinano Province to this point, and his goal was obviously not to appease the stability of Shinano but to have more ambitious ambitions, and if the Shinano people could not actively cooperate with the strategy of the country, it might have an unimaginable impact on themselves.

There is still a certain difference in Kira's attitude towards the people of Shinano, and the security of the people of North Shinano is basically guaranteed, while the situation of the people of Naka-Shinano is more complicated, and the people who are newly attached to Kira are some slippery speculators in the eyes of the Kira family, and it is not so easy for them to get security from the Kira family.

Many of these speculators were staunch anti-Kira factions, and now the situation has become very bad, and the Kira family is in a good situation and more daring to suppress the people, Ogasawara has written to say that he will not give Andu how or buy people's hearts, Kira Yoshishi's reply to this is a sentence: "It's okay, let them make trouble, Yu is to let the world know the price of fighting Yu, and the people of the two counties of Nakasinno must be exchanged for their blood and loyalty." ”

Kira Yoshitoki is the shogunate appointed by the shogunate to protect the genuine Shinano, with tens of thousands of strong soldiers and strong horses, the ability to intervene in Shinano's Takeda family was beaten up and shrunk Kai out, the people who defected to Takeda in the past lost the reliance on insisting on resistance, and if they did not take refuge in the Kira family, there was only one way to stand on their own, and it was needless to say what a tragic result would be against the daimyo who held the Three Kingdoms, not everyone had the ability and luck like Sanada Yutaka, and the Cage City Rebellion only used the family to exterminate a dead end.

The old road of pretending to take refuge in Zaiyang Fengyin has long been impassable, you don't see the people of Saku County Yang Fengyin disobey the order, but the county Daimiyabe Jirun took the opportunity to search for and slaughter nearly half of the people in Saku County in the name of collaborating with the enemy, Tsukumo County was once the most resolute area against Jira, and the repeated wars in recent years have made the county have been in a state of blood loss.

When everyone thought that the Kira family would use the kind treatment of the surrendered people of the Nakashino country, just like the means that Takeda Harushi had trusted, the result was much beyond the expectations of the Nakashino people, the security order did not fall from the sky but had to be earned with their lives, and it was necessary to test the loyalty and bravery of the Shinano people with practical actions, and it was a waste of land for the cowardly and war-fearing to give land, and the disgruntled people could raise the flag again, and they could try whether the Kira family's sword was sharp.

The so-called merit is not as good as making a mistake, and it is better to use a person with merit than to use a person who has made a mistake, and the meritorious person always feels that he will inevitably be proud of his great merit, and the samurai who make mistakes will only become more and more cautious.

The sovereign has the idea of the sovereign, and the generals in front also have the concerns of the front, no matter how much the sovereign has a bad feeling towards the people of the county, for the sake of the generals, he must always appease the newly attached people in the county in front, at least the etiquette of the face must be in place, according to the order of Kasuga Yamashiro, I hope that they will try their best to take the Nakasinono people as the vanguard in the war, and the meritorious reward will be reduced, and try their best to eliminate this group of rat-like people.

Murakami Yoshikiyo and Sanada Yukitaka didn't know much about Sinono, so they wanted to take advantage of this peaceful confrontation period to make some preparations, such as Echigo's standard armor weapons and abundant food, and a variety of rewards for military exploits to motivate the enthusiasm of the people, and strive to build this army into a main army that can fight well in two to three months. (To be continued......)