different warring states of japan

Chapter 915 Sanada's Expansion

Nobushige Sanada seems dissatisfied with the status quo.

She has a thousand stone territory and the Sanada Group.It is more capable of tossing than before, and it can also make greater movements.

She dared to target Yangui City, or even the entire Agatsuma River Basin, and wanted to use this to get involved in the chaos in the Kanto region. She was so daringly courageous.

Hearing his daughter Sanada Masayuki complaining, Sanada Yutaka smiled slightly.She knew that her daughter might not really complain, but just used it to test her own mind.

Sanada Yutaka sent Nobushige Sanada to the Kanto Chamber in the first place because he saw Yoshihiro Shiba's character and left a way out for the Sanada family.

Now it seems that whether it is Shiba Yoshigin or Sanada Nobushige, I have underestimated their tolerance.

Yoshihiro Shiba tried his best to promote Nobushige Sanada in order to attract the Shino clan and help him infiltrate into the circle of the Kanto samurai family.

And Nobushige Sanada was not reconciled to being a thousand-god lander, and wanted to achieve his own career by taking advantage of the general trend of the Echigo Kanto Raiders.

Sanada Yutaka couldn't help being moved by it, and saw the opportunity for the Sanada family to become a powerful daimyo.

As for her daughter Masayuki Sanada, she is more worried about the future of her two daughters.A family with two businesses, who will be big and who will be small in the future?What if Xiao Qiang is in trouble, can they kill each other?
Yukitaka Sanada is well aware of her daughter's worries, but she can only pretend not to know.The world is in chaos, and I don't know whether my family can survive the chaos, so I don't care about dividing the size of the family.

Whoever has the ability should try his best to make the family business bigger.The most important thing is not to let the whole family die in troubled times.

And Nobushige Sanada's ambition for Nishi Ueno is a golden opportunity.

Echigo's Kanto strategy is on the line. Sanada Yutaka, who has experienced the Battle of Kawanakajima, believes that the Hojo family cannot stop the Echigo army.

Not to mention Uesugi Terutora, who is well versed in military strategy and powerful in force.Just the shot of Shiba Yoshigin, a strange man in the world, is enough to stumble the Hojo family.

Sanada Nobushige followed Shiba Yoshigin closely, maybe Hojo could really fall and Sanada was full.Taking the opportunity to open up a family business in Nishi Ueno, he found a new path for the Sanada family's predicament.

Sanada Kotaka said.

"Since Xinfan sent a letter asking for help, we will give her a push. Don't miss this opportunity. If I miss the east wind of this Kanto Raiders, I'm afraid I will regret it later."

Dongfeng is not always there. It is easy to find pigs all over the place, but it is difficult to find a suitable outlet.

Echigo's Kanto strategy is considered the best outlet for the Sanada family to develop upwards. It would be a pity for Sanada Yukitaka not to let Nobushige Sanada go to the cusp of the storm.

Sanada Masayuki frowned.

"Concentrate resources to support Nobushige, so should we slow down the construction of Ueda Castle?"

Yukitaka Sanada glanced at his daughter and knew what she wanted to ask.The construction of Ueda Castle was the most important task that the Sanada family originally decided to carry out this year, and it was handed over to the eldest granddaughter Yukiyuki Sanada.

Since the Takeda family gave up going north, the situation in Beixin has eased, and the development of the Sanada family has also fallen into a bottleneck.

The Kawanakajima Plain was divided into two after the war, with the northern part belonging to the Murakami and Ogasawara families, and the southern part to the Takeda family.

And the Matsushiro area in the east, together with Kaijin Castle, was handed over to Shiba Yoshigin as a buffer zone to keep the two sides from having any disputes.

The Chikuma River does not reach the upper reaches of Mt. Tsuna. On the way to Toshin in the south, the most important stronghold is Toishi Castle, which is entrenched on Mt. Taro, which is the current residence of Yukitaka Sanada.

Hushi City, looking east to the Sanada Basin where Sanada Township is located, and facing south to the Ueda Basin, is the most important stronghold between Beixin and Dongxin.

Sanada Township and Toishi Castle were given to Sanada Kotaka by Takeda Haru's envelope, which is the base for the revival of the Sanada family.

In the deepest part of the valley to the north of the Sanada Basin, there is Matsuo Ancient Castle, which is too remote as the residence of the Sanada family.Hushi City is a mountain city, and it is not suitable for long-term development.

If the Sanada family wants to continue to develop, they need to establish a new stronghold in the south of Sanada Township, echoing Hushi Castle from north to south.And this new stronghold is the Ueda Castle which is under construction.

Ueda Castle is located in the northern part of the Ueda Basin. It forms a triangular defense with Toishi Castle in the northwest and Sanada Township in the northeast. It is an important barrier to stabilize the territory of Sanada Honke, so it must be built as soon as possible.

The location of the Sanada family is actually very awkward. The southern part of Kawanaka Island is the territory of the Takeda family, and Yantian Castle in the southern part of the Ueda Basin is also the territory of the Takeda family. The enfeoffed Sanada collar is sandwiched between the two.

However, the samurai families in the East believers did not really admire the Sanada family.The Sanada family has been away from Dongshin for too long, and Sanada Kotaka is just the leader of Dongshin who was promoted by Takeda Harunobu to the Takeda family.

The Sanada family was blocked between Dongxin and Beixin, and had no chance of development.The Takeda family turned around and went south to the Suruga country, and the expansion of the Sanada family also came to a standstill.

Sanada Kotaka was not satisfied with this.

There are two roads connecting Nishi Ueno to Shinano, one is Azuma River in the north, and the other is Usui Pass in the south.

It is impossible for Yukitaka Sanada to attack Nishi Ueno from Usui Pass for two reasons.

First, there is no local samurai support.

The area around Usui Pass belongs to the southern part of Mt. Haruna, where the Nishi Ueno samurai family has a weak relationship with the Shino clan.Without the local leading party, force alone may not make the mountain people bow their heads here.

Second, the Takeda family will not allow it.

Sanada Yutaka is the predecessor of the Takeda family. Without Takeda Harunobu's order, how could the Higashishin clan be willing to conquer Nishi Ueno with her?Even the road leading to Usui Pass will not be open to her.

The Takeda family is attacking the Tōkaidō in the south, and has no intention of participating in the Kanto War, let alone agreeing to the expansion of the Sanada family's power, so as not to breed tigers.

However, Nobushige Sanada's expansion from Agatsumagawa on the northern line to Nishi Ueno was due to the right time, place and people.

In the Matsushiro area, you can go to Kusatsu in West Ueno by walking Fushi Iiyama.Going north from Sanada Township, you can also enter Osa in Nishi Ueno.

Kusatsu and Osa both lead to Yuo Castle, and through Yuo Castle, the two Sanada collars can be connected.

And the Yuwei family in Yuwei City is the shelter of the Unino family after they escaped from Shinano, and they are also the relatives of the Unino family who covet the name of the Unino family.

Sanada Nobushige entered Nishi Ueno in the name of the Kanto Chamberlain. Sanada Yutaka didn't need to show up at all, as long as he hid behind and secretly supported it, the Takeda family couldn't say anything.

After Nobushige Sanada cleans up the Yuo family, takes down Yuo Castle and connects Sanada Township, and then plans to guard the Iwakai Castle on the border and open the gate to West Ueno.

It was inconvenient for Sanada Yutaka to act rashly, and the strategic deadlock of being trapped in Dongxin was completely solved.

Along the banks of the Agatsuma River are the relative branches of the Shino clan. If the Agatsuma River basin can be captured, the Sanada family can peek at Numata Castle from the east, and deter Minawa Castle from the south.

Sanada Yukiro smiled slightly.

When this step is reached, no matter whether it can swallow the entire West Ueno or not, the value of the Sanada family to the Takeda family, the Uesugi family, and the Kanto servants will be far greater than it is now.

The Sanada family also has the capital to make profits among the various families.

(End of this chapter)