The arrival of Umino Tsunitsuna brought a touch of vitality to this dead castle, and the food urgently needed in the city sent by his small pack caravan, as well as all kinds of meat such as cooked chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and sheep, no one did not care whether they broke the precepts or not, and it was the right thing to fill the stomach that had been hungry for half a year first.

A grand luncheon is held in Honmaru in Ishishijo, and the protagonist of the banquet is the return of Shinano Totsuna, this old man is not only Sanada Yukitaka's maternal grandfather, but also the ruler of Kono-gun and Saku-gun, Sanada Yukitaka's grandson is one of his retainers, and he is also the pillar of the Umino family's careful training.

A luncheon turned into a reminiscence, and the samurai of the Sanada family began to collectively reminisce about the bittersweet and bitter years, recalling the prosperous years of the Umino family in Shinano, nearly 20 years have passed, the hairy young man of the year has entered middle age, and the old governor of the year is even more old, and the samurai of the Sanada family look at the eyes of Umino Tsuyotsuna full of admiration.

"Kotaka! Let the old man take a closer look at you! The old man grabbed Sanada Yutaka's hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, and said with tears in his eyes: "I have really suffered you all these years!" I think it's been more than ten years since we fled from our hometown and wandered to Ueno Country alone! Now everything is fine, the town government has defeated the traitor Takeda family, and Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara have surrendered for a long time, child! Listen to the old man! Submit early! ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled bitterly and didn't answer, just held the old man with his head and slowly walked up to the castle tower, he had long expected it to become like this, and turned around and handed a look at Yazawa Yoritsuna, as if to tell him that his worries were fulfilled, and the latter could only reply with a helpless expression.

After all, Umino Tsutsuna is over ninety years old, and he can't help but talk non-stop. After a while, he talked about the old things: "Your father died early. It's hard to leave your brothers behind. The old man took pity on you little dolls for being too hard, so he took you to the Taiping Temple City, and thirty-five years have passed, but the little dolls of that year have become the first-class samurai of the famous Shinano, and the sins that the old man has endured over the years are also worth it! ”

Looking at his old grandfather, Sanada Yukitaka couldn't help but say excitedly: "My Yutaka can have today's achievements thanks to the cultivation of my grandfather, without the hard work of my grandfather, our brothers would have starved to death in Sanada Township." I still remember that my grandfather used to train me as the heir of the family governor, and he had a big quarrel with my uncle, but it was an old thing more than 20 years ago. ”

Umino Totsuna sighed, "Yes! Back then, your uncle was very angry and quarreled with the old man for a long time, and finally the old man persuaded him with facts that my Umino clan is not an ordinary samurai, and the old man is not only carrying the family business of the Umino clan on his shoulders, but also the inheritance that my Shino clan has passed down for hundreds of years, as well as the hopes of tens of thousands of clansmen in Shinano and Ueno, your uncle is just a reckless martial artist, and you are the ideal heir of my Umino family! ”

"......" Sanada Yutaka didn't know what to say. Whether it is the Sanada clan established by his father Sanada Yorimasa, or the Yasawa clan, they all come from the tributaries of the three clans of Umino, Mochizuki, and Youzu. These three families are the descendants of the Yaryō clan that spread over half Shinano and half of Ueno, and this family is called the Shino clan.

The so-called Shino clan is a non-standard title, their ancestor Shino courtiers are also from an extraordinary background, but the son of Emperor Seiwa Prince Sadaho created one, only because of their humble status in the imperial family and failed to enjoy the glory of the Seiwa Genji, can only be preserved as Shino courtiers, their ancestors did not cultivate prominent figures in the Heian period, but with perseverance and the strategy of holding together in the clan, they simply took root in Shinano and Ueno to survive and reproduce.

The Shino clan made its first appearance as a samurai, and in the "Tale of Homoto" at the beginning of the Genpei period, the name of the Uno (Umino) clan appeared for the first time among the Genji samurai led by the six generations of the Genji dynasty, the head of the Kawachi Genji clan.

When Gentoyo Yoshinaka, another pillar of the Samurai clan raised troops in Shinano a few decades later, the most powerful samurai in Higashi Shinano were Nei Yukiko of Saku-gun and Umino Yukiko, Umino Yukihiro and his son, in fact, Umino Yukiko and Nei Yukiko were actually brothers, and he was often recorded in military records as Shino Yukiko and Shino Yukiko, which shows that the Shino clan had become a major force in Shinano Province during the Genpei period.

With the demise of Minamoto Yoshinaka, the Shino clan did not decline, and the "Genpei Prosperity and Decline Record" records an important achievement of the Umino clan, Umino Yukihiro in the Mizushima no Bichu, and Yada Yoshikiyo, the concubine of the Ashikaga family, served as the vanguard general of the Kawachi Genji at the same time, and in the ensuing battle, he fought fiercely with the first fierce general of the Isehira clan, and finally died in battle.

How to say that this family can also be regarded as a credit for the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, and then the merits of the Umino clan were deservedly promoted by the Kamakura shogunate, and the second son of Umino Yukiko, Umino Yuki, is also a bow and horse general, and the most important thing is that his conduct is a very small representative of loyalty and courage in the undisciplined samurai society of the Genhei era.

Umino Yuki's youth was sent to Kamakura as a hostage as the companion of Gen Yoshitaka's son, Gen Yoshitaka, and with the demise of Gen Yoshinaka, Gen Yoshitaka took advantage of the chaos to escape from Kamakura, and Umino Yuki pretended to be the young master Gen Yoshitaka to attract the attention of the guards, and as Umino Yuki and his eldest brother Umino Yukihiro joined Minamoto Yorito, he was also repromoted by Minamoto Yoritomo because of his loyal and brave performance.

In the third year of the reign of Kayu (1237), Hojo Yasutoki held a contest of riding and archery skills at Hachimangu Shrine in Saruoka, and the samurai from all over the country gathered together to compete for the title of "Bow Horse Clan", among which eight samurai stood out, and finally Umino Yukishi won the unanimous praise of all the samurai for his excellent bow and horse skills, and was called the "Four Heavenly Kings of Bow Horse" in Takeda Nobumitsu, Ogasawara Nagakiyo, and Mochizuki Shigetaka.

The four heavenly kings of the Satomino Yuki, Mochizuki Shigetaka were all from the Shino clan, and Takeda Nobumitsu and Ogasawara Nagakiyo happened to be from the first-class descendants of the Kai Gen clan, and in that era, the level of the samurai of Kai Shinano represented the basic level of the Kamakura samurai until the late Kamakura Mongol invasion.

There are too many illustrious stories in their clan to recall, so Umino Totsuna's nagging is extraordinarily long, and gradually talking about what has happened in the past twenty years, Umino Totsuna's emotions suddenly became excited: "I think that at the beginning, the homeland of my Shino clan was seized by Takeda Shintora, Murakami Yoshikiyoshi, and Suwa Yorishige, and your uncle Umino Yukiyoshi died in the Kamigawa battle, Jiro Saburo!" Have you forgotten all this hatred? Have you forgotten how much your uncle loved you before? Have you forgotten the effects of your mother's weeping when she learned of Koyoshi's death? Tell the old man! ”

"I ...... Didn't forget! I will never forget the shame of the Battle of Umino Taira! When hell freezes over! Sanada Yutaka finally couldn't hold back his tears, Yazawa Yoritsuna and Kawahara Takamasa also quietly wiped their tears, the Shino clan is like the Shimazu clan in Satsuma Province, from the family governor to the low-level samurai.

This complex composition of the clan created the status quo of the Shino clan in a scattered sand, and at the same time provided them with extremely high morale and combat power, when the Shino clan with their relatives Lang Party stubbornly carried the three-way army to fight viciously for several months, until the food aid was exhausted before the final defeat is really a pity, it is impossible to say that the samurai here have no hatred for these three families.

Sanada Yutaka's childhood was very miserable, his father died in a hurry when he was just ten years old, and the child who lacked father's love since childhood relied on his grandfather and uncle to pull him up, not only that, but also exercised his physique, shaped his character and habits, and gave him the most comprehensive education to get him out of the trap of a country warrior.

Without the vigorous cultivation of the two relatives, there is no existence of attacking bombs, although Sanada Yutaka once had some misunderstandings with his uncle Umino Yukiyoshi because of the issue of inheritance, but these things have long disappeared with the uncle's relief, and the uncle and nephew reunited and were determined to work together to run the family business when they ushered in a major blow to the battle of Umino Taira, shortly after his uncle's death, his grandfather fled to Ueno Province with their brother and his mother, and soon his mother's death left him with great regret.

The Shino clan suffered from the division of the Takeda clan, the Murakami clan, and the Suwa clan, and how many clansmen died tragically in the sword war of the three clans, where there were his childhood friends, his best friends when he was young, and the woman he once liked, it was precisely because of this painful memory that he continued to inspire him, from that smart and witty young man, gradually transformed into a generation of heroes who influenced the general trend of Shinano.

"Remember a month after the Battle of Uminodaira, Takeda Shintora was exiled by his son-in-law and his retainers on the way to Suruga? On that day, we were running around in Ueno Province to tell each other as if it was a New Year, and the old man showed his old face and went to the Kanto Governor's Constitutional Hall to ask for a will, so he followed His Royal Highness Nagano Shinano Moriye Masato back to Saku-gun, and you also followed the old man to participate in the battle as the sixth battle that day.

Our enemies that day were the Oi clan, the Hiraga clan, the Uchiyama clan, the Shiga clan and other people in Saku Prefecture who were subordinate to Takeda and Suwa respectively, and the battle was very fierce, fighting fiercely from day to evening for half a month, and in the end it was the Uesugi army that was superior, Nagano Shinano Shouden and Suwa Yorishige reached a peace, and the Suwa family gave up the territory occupied in Kowa County, and my Umino clan finally recovered some of the lost territory!

But then Murakami Yoshikiyo and Takeda Harunobu attacked on two ways, and the old man was forced to leave his homeland again and flee to Ueno Country, this is the suffering of the exiled samurai, that is, Takeda and Murakami forced us to have a home and it was difficult to return, didn't Jiro Saburo hate them? It is not our enemy Takeda family who is helping us, it is His Royal Highness Uesugi Kenmasa, the Kanto Governor, and our Shinano samurai will take revenge, Jiro Saburo! Have you forgotten this kindness? Have you forgotten this hatred? Have you ever thought about revenge? (To be continued......)