Before Umino Riichi could finish his words, the document had already been chopped with the palm of Sanada Nobunaga's hand and made a loud noise.
"Impossible! I will definitely take the corner of Nishi Ueno and stabilize the position of Ueno Country where the Odai is located!
Teruhora Uesugi, please stop daydreaming about her! As long as I'm here, she can't succeed! "
Umino Riichi quietly encouraged Sanada Nobushige's fighting spirit, but the practical difficulties still existed.
Sanada Nobushige touched his head and sighed.
"But the Nagano family of Minawa City is really not easy to mess with. The old woman Nagano Yamasa is too powerful."
The two northern counties of Ueno Province are Azuma County in the west and Numata County in the east. Geographically connected to the Shinano Mountains and the Echigo Mountains, there are many mountains, barren land, and strong folk customs.
Ueno Country in the south is part of the Kanto Plain, with abundant water conservancy and numerous plains.
The Nagano family in Nishi Ueno originated from Azuma County and was a retainer of the Yamauchi Uesugi family.
With the rise of the Nagano family, her family gradually began to covet the wealthy south, and successively built two cities with strategic value, Minawa Castle and Umbashi Castle.
Minawa Castle is located in Haruna Mountain, with the Azuma River waterway to the north and the Usui Pass to the south, blocking the north-south passage from Shinano to Ueno.
In addition, Mount Haruna overlooks the Tone River to the east. This river runs through Ueno and Musashi Ryogoku and is the most important waterway controlling both countries.
Since ancient times, logistics has been the most important part of the battle. Logistics transportation can use waterways, which is far cheaper than land routes. The Wu family was poor and could not afford to fight for prosperity, so they relied more on water transportation to transport supplies.
The person who formed an alliance with Teru Uesugi was Nagano Yamasa, the governor of the Nagano family of Minawa Castle.
At the beginning, Echigo's Fuchu Nagao family defeated the superiors and killed the branches of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, and Echigo protected the family.
As a retainer of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family, the Minawa Castle Nagano family sided with Uesugi Teruhora's mother, which made the Yamauchi-Uesugi family very angry.
It's a pity that the Yamauchi Uesugi family continued to decline, and the Nagao family and the Minawa Nagano family in the house were unable to stop the rebellion. In the end, he was also destroyed at the hands of the Hojo family.
The last family governor, Uesugi Kenmasa, had to run to Echigo and gave all the family titles to Uesugi Terutora, hoping that she could avenge the Yamauchi Uesugi family.
From this glimpse, we know that the relationship between the Ueno samurai family is complicated and is basically a bad deal.
Sanada Nobushige said that Nagano Yap is very powerful, because the Nishi Ueno Minawa clan led by Nagano Yasumasa is the most troublesome among the samurai group, similar to the marriage alliance of the Ou Date family.
The Nagano family has been in Nishi Ueno for many years and has many relatives. Nagano Yamasa has another fearsome ability, she is especially good at giving birth to sons.
This leader of the Minawa clan gave birth to a total of twelve sons, who were married to wealthy families from various places in Ueno Musashi. Moreover, she has great discernment, and all the wives she finds for her son are excellent Ji warriors.
Nagano Yemasa is good at life and has a good relationship with his twelve wives. Relying on the Minawa clan and the Twelve Wife clan, which were mainly in-laws from Nagano, she dominated Nishi Ueno and almost no one dared to offend her.
Umino Riichi now wants Sanada Nobushige to go to Nishi Ueno to take advantage of the strongest mother-in-law in Ueno. Sanada Nobushige's scalp was numb and he really didn't know what to do.
Umino Riichi shook his head and said.
“It’s actually not as difficult as you think.
The mountainous area north of Mount Haruna was barren and almost unprofitable except along the Azuma River, and Nagano Yoshimasa had little interest there.
The Minawa clan's gaze is towards the Kanto Plain in the south. What we have to do is to integrate the Shino clan families north of Mount Haruna and take control of the Azuma River.
As long as the Azuma River is in our hands, we can share the pressure on the Imperial Palace and prevent the Uesugi family from overpowering the Kanto Imperial Palace. "
Sanada Nobushige thought for a while and understood Umino Riichi's intention.
The most important river in Ueno Musashi and Ueno is the Tone River, which originates from Mount Omizu in the Echigo Mountains at the border of Echigo and Ueno Provinces.
The Tone River flows southward, but has a western tributary, the Azuma River.
There is an important castle called Numata Castle in the alluvial plain at the intersection. This is the foundation of the Numata family, and it is also a logistical point that the Echigo army must capture when moving south.
The Azuma River runs along the north side of Mount Haruna and leads westward to the Shinano Mountains. To the east is the branch city of Numata Castle, named Walnut Castle, and to the west is Iwaki Castle.
Because the north of Haruna Mountain was barren, the Nagano family gradually developed Minawa Castle, Umbashi Castle, and the Azuma River coast to the south, which was not the Nagano family's goal.
Iwakiku Castle was managed by the Saito family, a vassal sent by the Yamauchi-Uesugi family. The Yamauchi-Uesugi family had been in decline for many years. The Iwakiku Saito family relied on the local samurai to help manage the place, and was not strong.
Sanada Nobushige said.
"Do you want me to take over Rock Cabinet City?"
Umino Riichi shook his head.
"It's not enough. We must control both sides of the Azuma River from Iwaki Castle to Naiwalnut Castle, but the first target is indeed Iwaki Castle."
Sanada Nobushige murmured.
"This is going to offend a lot of people."
The Shino Tribes migrated from Toshin to Nishi Ueno, and most of the clansmen migrated and multiplied along the Azuma River.
Nowadays, the largest force in Iwaki City is the Shino clan, among which the strongest Habio family and Kamahara family are both related to the Umino family.
These two families have been fighting openly and secretly around Yangui City for many years, and no one wants to see an outsider reach out.
The Numata Castle is connected to the Numata family in Numata County, and the situation is even more complicated. As long as Sanada Nobushige dares to reach out, the Numata family's reaction will be fierce.
"Lianniang, did the Yuwei family attack the Umino family?"
Sanada Nobushige suddenly looked at Umino Riichi, and his intuition was so keen that he discovered something.
Umino Riichi still looked cold and just answered in a calm tone.
"Yukizen Hao has formally made a request to the family governor. The Hao family intends to inherit the name Umino, and the family governor has agreed."
Sanada Nobushige narrowed his eyes.
Today's Umino family governor Totsuna is very old, and her daughter was killed in Toshin early in her life. The whole family was driven by the Takeda family to Nishi Ueno and joined the Habio family, and there was no successor established.
As the Sanada family defected to the Takeda family, they returned to their hometown of Toshin. The hope of the Umino family's revival is becoming increasingly slim.
The Hao family coveted the Umino family's family status, and finally couldn't help but make a request. Sanada Nobushige was not surprised.
She used the reason why the Umino family was plotting against the Umino family when she first tried to seduce him.
Sanada Nobushige asked.
"You want me to help you get revenge?"
A flash of anger flashed across Umino's eyes, and his tone became colder.
"When I work for you, I will put your interests first. Even if I have selfish motives, you promised to give the Umino family a future.
I will not use my wisdom to seek personal gain or undermine your overall situation, please rest assured. "
Sanada Nobunshige smiled awkwardly. He just had a thought, but was knocked back by Umino Riichi's words at the beginning.
She bowed and apologized sincerely.
"I'm very sorry. I underestimated your character. Please forgive me."
After Umino returned the greeting, the cold look in his eyes softened a lot.
