different warring states of japan

Chapter 916

She said.

"Ueda Castle can be built slowly, there is no rush. Nobushige deserves more investment, this is for the future of the Sanada family."

Sanada Masayuki nodded, she understood what her mother meant.

"Then Ueda City's work will be done slowly. I will call Xingzhi back and ask her to help my sister."

Yukitaka Sanada glanced at his daughter and said.

"It's okay to help, but don't show it on the surface. We are the servants of the Takeda family, and we cannot be caught by people and say that we are plotting wrongdoing.

Remember, all participants are in the name of the same clan of the Shino clan, spontaneously helping the oppressed clan of the Agatsuma County, and have nothing to do with the Sanada family. "

"Hi!"

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Yukitaka Sanada is old-hearted, he wasted years until his hair became silvery before he got this opportunity, how could he let it go easily.

Just when she mobilized all the forces of the Sanada family to support Nobushige Sanada's Azumagawa strategy, Uesugi Terotora from Echigo came to the palace with a solemn expression, begging to see Yoshigin Shiba.

Yiyin found it strange that the summer harvest season had come, and the strategy of the Kanto strategy was also complicated.The two want to join, and the girls are so busy, what is Uesugi Terotora doing at this time?
Terutor Uesugi came to see him in the side hall first, and said hastily after saluting.

"Kenshin-kun, something happened.

The Numata family was in civil turmoil, and Numata Kenyasu fled to Echigo Kingdom overnight with his third daughter, Numata Kuniken. "

Yiyin narrowed his eyes and asked.

"What's going on? Didn't she swear before that she could control the situation at home?"

Uesugi Terutora also gritted his teeth with hatred.

"This idiot.

She killed her eldest daughter, Liwei, in order to deter the retainers who lived in the family and were close to the Hojo faction.As a result, the second daughter, who had just become the heir, also had a heart for Hojo.

Her second daughter secretly contacted her husband's family, and the Nagano family sent troops to help, trying to force Numata Xiantai to abdicate.After Numata Xiantai found out, he directly tricked his second daughter into the city and killed her.

Killing his heirs twice in a row with violent means, Numata Xiantai's behavior completely angered the retainers.

She couldn't stop the retainers who raised troops and made trouble, so she could only flee with her three daughters and join me, hoping that I would send troops to help her regain her family property. "

Yiyin is also disappointed.

Tiger poison doesn't eat women, so Numata Kenyasu killed two daughters in a frenzy, no wonder the retainers couldn't stand her.

Although the samurai are brutal, they attach great importance to etiquette.In other words, extremely hypocritical.

You kill and set fire to hate your daughter, you can either expel her or even assassinate her, and you are still a good mother.

Just don't put it on the table!
So disregarding decency, the crazy governor who tried to scare the retainers with blood.The two daughters will kill as soon as they say, and other people still have no sense of security at all, so they will definitely choose to overthrow you.

"I remember that she only had three daughters. Now that two of them died and one fled, what is the end of Numata's vassal group? Will they set up another branch?"

Uesugi Terutora sneered with grinning teeth.

"These bastards are so hotheaded that they even sent someone to beg Hojo Ujiyasu to prepare to welcome her son into the Numata family."

Shiba Yoshigin looked at Uesugi Terutora in astonishment, and murmured.

"How stupid."

If the Numata family can remain neutral, Terotora Uesugi may not be able to make up his mind to send troops to intervene, but to use diplomatic means to coerce the Numata retainers to make concessions.

Although Xiantai Numata's approach was radical, she has always stood firmly in her position, which is to firmly support Terutor Uesugi.

But the Numata family is obviously coerced by the pro-Hojo retainers. If they want to completely fall to the Hojo family, then don't blame Uesugi Terotora for being cruel.

Numata County of Ueno Country is close to the Echigo Mountains, which is the only way for the Echigo Army to enter Ueno Country.Numata Castle controls the upper reaches of the Tone River and is the logistics hub for the army going south.

The towering Echigo Mountains block the cold current from the ocean, resulting in heavy snowfall on the Echigo Plain in winter.The passage between Echigo and Ueno is closed every year due to wind and snow.

Therefore, Echigo's conquest of the Kanto Plain was inherently flawed.That is during the period of winter and spring when the mountains are closed, Terotora Uesugi was unable to respond in time to the changes in the Kanto Plain.

Therefore, Numata County is of special importance to Echigo.With the bridgehead in Numata County, even if something happens in winter, Echigo can still send troops to deal with it after the snow melts in spring.

But if the Numata family voted for the Hojo family, the foothold of the Echigo side in the Kanto Plain would be tantamount to being pulled out, and they could only re-enter the Kanto Plain from the other side of the Echigo Mountains.

Yi Yin shook his head and said.

"The Kanto strategy will be advanced, and troops must be dispatched after the summer harvest. Before the Numata family welcomes back the Hojo family's heir as the governor, enter Numata County and take down Numata City."

Uesugi Terutora nodded.

"That's what I mean too, the scheme of Numata's retainers cannot be allowed to succeed.

Now that the Numata family is in chaos, Kenyasu Numata and his cronies can help us quickly take down Numata Castle by cooperating with the outside world.

But if the Hojo family were to take control of the Numata family after the autumn harvest, it would be too late to send troops. "

Yi Yin sighed.

Originally thinking of sending troops after the autumn harvest, when the grain purchase plan was completed, the Echigo army was mobilized comfortably and neatly, and attacked southward from Numata County.

But the Hojo family is not a fool. Of course, they know how to seize the opportunity to deploy and continue to create obstacles for the Echigo army to go south.

Uesugi Terutora said bitterly.

"The Numata retainers are also stupid.

I am close to them, but the Hojo family is far away in Sagami Musashi.They dared to vote for Hojo's family, they really didn't know what to do. "

Yoshigin glanced at the angry Uesugi Terutora, and said calmly.

"Okuma Asohide's enforcement office has already given the answer. Don't underestimate Hojo Shiyasu, she has put in a lot of effort.

Her attack on the Kanto Plain was not only a conquest by force, but also a series of internal affairs strategies.

If you are head-on head-on, you will crash into the Kanto Plain.Even if he gained the upper hand for a while, he couldn't really defeat her. "

Uesugi Terutora hummed in disbelief.

"The samurai family doesn't need to use force to solve it. They think about those crooked ways all day long. Takeda Harunobu and Hojo Ujiyasu are all embarrassing to the name of the samurai family.

It's no wonder that the Kanto families don't like Hojo Shiyasu. Before I dispatched troops, they have already started to join forces in private to show the Hojo family a good look. "

Yiyin gave her a helpless glance.

"Just talking about military affairs, of course they can't beat you, you are the most capable warrior I have ever seen.

But fighting is not just about using swords and guns, but also using diplomacy, tricks, money, food, and people's hearts to gain an advantage.

The Kanto Wu family moved closer to you because you are more in line with the Wu family's actions?Nonsense, because the Hojo family hurt their interests.

Hojo Ujiyasu persecuted the upper class and wanted to take over their territory.The servants of the lower classes are solicited in every possible way, four people and six people, reducing or exempting other money, and hanging money.

She is going to break the foundation that the famous families in Kanto have relied on for hundreds of years. Can those famous families not fight with the Hojo family in the future?
This is our opportunity, but the future will also be our trouble.The Hojo family did not go wrong. These old and corrupt rules really need to be cleaned up and reformed. "

(End of this chapter)