In addition to the Nagano family, the most powerful samurai family in the Tone River basin in the central and northern part of Ueno country were the two Nagao families of the Shirai Headquarters.
Shirai Headquarters was originally two families from the same family. This Nagao family has controlled the Yamauchi Uesugi family chief for a long time, and its power temporarily surpassed Nagao's lineage, the Ashikaga Castle Nagao family.
Unfortunately, there were many wars in Kanto afterwards, and the power of the two families was greatly reduced. In the end, even the identity of the head of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi was taken back by the Nagao family of Ashikaga Castle.
It wasn't until Kensei Uesugi was defeated and the Yamauchi Uesugi family was destroyed, and the internal fighting between the three Nagaos for the head of the Yamauchi Uesugi family ended.
At this time, the two Nagao families of the Shirai Headquarters, although their decline was not as good as before, still controlled their core territories, Shirai Castle and Sosha Castle.
After the Azuma River and Tone River meet in the southern part of Mt. Komochi, they flow southward. Shirai Castle is on the north bank of the intersection.
The Tone River continues to flow south, reaching Sosha Castle in the middle of Ueno, and further south to reach Umbashi Castle.
The Tone River will then join the Karasugawa River in the southern part of Ueno and turn southeast to flow out of Ueno Country. After joining the Arakawa River, it goes straight down to Edo and out to the sea, becoming the dividing line between Musashi Province and Shimotsou Province.
For Terutora Uesugi, the Haruna Mountains, Shimochi Mountains, and Akagi Mountains in the north of Ueno, as well as the Tone River and its tributaries between the three mountains, are his main rear area in the south and cannot be lost.
The mountains are powerful in attack and defense, the rivers are smooth in transportation, the two long tails, and the two Naganos are the powerful local warriors she has been wooing.
Sanada Nobushige took Agatsuma County and destroyed the Saito family of Iwaki Castle. Her methods of eradicating the roots are too violent and will seriously damage the trust of the four Ueno forces in Uesugi Teruhu.
Although the Nagano family of Minawa Castle is an ally of Terutora Uesugi, the Nagano family of Umebashi Castle is helping the Hojo family. Her family secretly assists the Numata retainers group in overthrowing Numata Kenyasu's rule, and their attitude is ambiguous.
The Obata family of Kunmine Castle, which controls the southern part of Nishi Ueno, and is an in-law of the Nagano family of Minawa Castle, is actively persuading Nagano Yamasa to remain neutral.
In order to win over Nagano Yasumasa, Uesugi Teruhu has promised a lot of benefits, and Nagano Yasumasa has also made it clear that he will side with Uesugi Teruhu.
At this time, the Saito family of Iwaki City was killed, and the Shirai Nagao family already felt a direct threat from the direction of Azuma County.
This kind of thing would happen especially when the Nagao family, the two members of Shirai Headquarters, clearly voted for Echigo.
How can Terutora Uesugi guarantee that Nobushige Sanada will not attack again? How can the Shirai Nagao family believe it?
The northern part of Haruna Mountain changed hands, and Nagano Yasumasa in the southern part could trust Terutora Uesugi, but was she willing to trust Yoshigan Shiba's Kanto Agency?
Sanada Nobushige was Shiba Yoshigan's dog, but not Uesugi Teruatora's dog. Even if Uesugi Teruatora wanted to reassure them, he would feel scared.
What if Sanada Nobunari is obsessed with profit, gets addicted to stealing from the city, and attacks the Shirai Nagao family?
Teruhora Uesugi became angrier as he thought about it. He glanced at Yoshigoshi Shiba beside him and said angrily.
"What a restless little girl!"
Teruhora Uesugi cursed, but Yoshigan Shiba hid his excitement and silently gave Nobushige Sanada a thumbs up.
When Kawanakajima joined the war and negotiated peace, he took advantage of Sanada Nobunaga's life-saving grace and gave her super high treatment in return, hoping that one day she could be of use to the Shino clan.
The Kanto Secretariat established by Shiba Yoshigan is an extremely embarrassing existence. The organization that claims to rule the imperial family in Kanto does not exist in the core area of Kanto or the eight states of Kanto in the narrow sense.
In other words, he has no influence on the Guandong Plain, the land of eight states. The main body of the so-called Kanto Palace was the fringe samurai families of Nakashagotsu who were excluded by the Uesugi retainers in Echigo.
If there is a fig leaf, it is Hokushin's Ogasawara Nagatoki, who is considered a descendant of the declining Shinano family.
In order to establish his first foothold in the Kanto Plain, Shiba Yoshigan showed great favor to Sanada Nobunige and protected him in every possible way. There were also doubts within the Kanto Palace.
This time, Sanada Nobushige borrowed the power of the Shino clan in Nishi Ueno to occupy Iwaki Castle and capture Azuma County, which really helped him gain face.
Sanada Nobushige is stuck in the northwest corner of Ueno. How many stone heights can be obtained are all small details.
The pressure she put on the Numata family, the Shirai Nagao family, and the Minawa Nagano family gave Yoshigashi Shiba the confidence to speak to the Ueno samurai family, which was a great strategic gain.
Shiba Yiyin needs a fulcrum to leverage the entire Kanto Plain. The Kanto Palace is his crowbar, and Sanada Nobushige is his fulcrum.
Terutora Uesugi was unhappy because she was used to being arrogant and dictatorial and could not tolerate disobedience from others, thus destroying his military strategy.
Although Kanto Strategy is a collaboration between Uesugi and Shiba, Uesugi Teruhora has always been in a dominant position, because Yoshihiro Shiba has a shallow foundation in Kanto and has no confidence to say no.
Although the truth is embarrassing, in fact, Yoshigan Shiba's influence on Teruhora Uesugi mainly lies in the temptation of beauty.
If it weren't for Uesugi Teru's lustful look that made him faint, he would spend a lot of money chasing men. With the strength of both parties in Kanto, this cooperation is actually very unbalanced.
The mere Hokurikudo trade route was by no means important enough to allow Yoshigan Shiba and Terutora Uesugi, the great daimyo of Echigo, to be on an equal footing in the importance of the Kanto strategy.
The land soldiers belong to Uesugi Teruhu, and the relationship network with the Kanto samurai family also belongs to Uesugi Teruhu. The food, soldiers, and people needed for the war all came from Uesugi Teruhu. Spo Yiyin contributed some money and it was a p.
But now, with the stability of the Kanto Palace and Sanada Nobushige's successful attack on Azuma County, Uesugi Teruhora has subconsciously felt uneasy.
In response to this, Yiyin Shiba said, you have today! Of course he wants to kill Sanada Nobuhige, a useful chess piece, to expand his influence.
"Although Sanada Nobushige is reckless, being able to capture Azuma County will still be beneficial to the Kanto strategy."
Shiba Yoshigan was certain about this matter, Uesugi Teruhu glanced at him and hummed.
"The location of Iwaki Castle is too important. It is the sharp knife behind Shirai Castle and Numata Castle, which can easily cause unrest among the local samurai.
Even Nagano Yamasa of Minawa Castle will be afraid of Sanada Nobushige, which is not conducive to my strategy of recruiting them to form a coalition.
The army is about to move south, and all parties are already willing to surrender. If they hesitated because of Sanada Nobunaga's reckless move, wouldn't they be doing something wrong?
I don’t think it’s worth it for a remote place like Azuma County to affect our plan to unite the Ueno samurai family. "
Shiba Yiyin retorted.
“The Kanto Plain has been war-torn for hundreds of years, and all the Ueno people are retainers of Uesugi Yamauchi.
I dare to ask His Highness Uesugi, when did these people ever think about fulfilling their duties loyally to their Lord? Does uniting them do more good than harm, or does more harm than good?
I do agree with Hojo Ujiyasu's approach. These people should be eliminated through territorial nationalization in order to restore peace to the Kanto Plain.
If we confront the Hojo family and start a tug-of-war, they will definitely play tricks on both sides and change the King's flag on the city wall.
These people have long forgotten the loyalty and principles of the Wu family. They can only use them and not have too many illusions. "
