In recent times, the Shibo National Stone has a height of 210,000 koku, and the Echigo National Stone is about 400,000 koku.
Teruhora Uesugi invited Yoshihiro Shiba to invade Kanto at the cost of nearly half of his territory. He was extremely confident.
The territory of the Wu family is a forbidden area that cannot be touched by outsiders. It is not only the private property of the master, but also the property of the entire retainer group.
Teruhora Uesugi dared to do this.
First, he is confident that he is good enough to fight, and it is useless for the retainers to object.
Anyway, the samurai of Echigo Kingdom were used to rebelling, so if they objected, they would suppress them.
The second is that he is confident that he can conquer Kanto and expand his territory, and does not care about the gains or losses in Echigo.
As long as there are enough benefits to bribe her, even if there is a temporary rift, the retainers will unite around her again after receiving enough benefits.
The third is that he is confident that Shiba Yiyin is as ambitious as himself and will choose to let go of the nearby territories and go to Kanto to make a big gamble.
Finally, he proposed a 50-50 distribution plan. This is no longer self-confidence, but neurosis.
Not to mention that Echigo Kingdom was attacked on several sides, it would be difficult to realize the Kanto strategy.
Even if it really succeeds, how will the territory of the Shiba family and the Uesugi family be divided? Half for each country? How intertwined are the countries?
If Shiba Yiyin refuses to marry the master, then the two families will inevitably divide the territory and fight against each other.
How can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch?
The master comes to the door with such a weird proposal, and I, Naoe Kanetsugu, will be blind if I don't beat Yoshigami Shiba with a stick.
From now on, we'll join each other with shirts on and we'll have sex. I'll take off all my clothes and help push my butt from behind.
I use my actions to repent that I was short-sighted and failed to see you two wise and mighty men clearly!
The master is so arrogant that he is possessed by demons. How could Shiba Yiyin, a modern man like you, be as sick as you?
Seeing Terutora Uesugi raising his glass happily again, Naoe Kanetsugu shook his head.
It doesn’t matter if we don’t talk about it today, the master drank too much and it’s all drunken talk.
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Kaiguo Tsubasakikan.
The Takeda family is also a member of the Minamoto family, and there was a serious rift with the Ashikaga family in history, so they were left to fend for themselves in the Kofu Mountains.
Her family is not willing to be left alone, and calls itself the pillar of the Kai samurai family. It sounds fine, but it is indeed the head of the Kai country.
Taste it carefully and it will kill your heart.
The current governor of the household is Takeda Harunobu, known as the Tiger of Kai, who lives in the castle at Uzakikan.
Kai is a mountainous area, and the Uzakizakikan was built among the mountains. It was built on a hill, leaning against the mountains, so it was called Uzakizakikan.
Takeda Harunobu loved hot springs and built a hot spring pavilion in the mountains as a place for self-cultivation.
The Kanto region is bitterly cold, and the mountain winds in winter are even more unbearable. The Tiger of Kai has been soaking in the hot springs for many days.
At this time, a group of knights on horseback hurriedly entered the pavilion, and it was her sister Takeda Nobushige who came to see them.
She was Takeda Harunobu's most trusted person. She went straight to the hot springs and turned a blind eye when approaching Hatamoto along the way.
Opening the last push door, the courtyard is filled with smoke, and the rocks in the atrium are piled up, surrounding a soaking pool.
The mountain wind cannot move the barrier made of rocks, and a faint smell of sulfur wafts out.
In the mist, a silhouette is sitting by the pool, with a straight back and legs soaked in the pool.
Hearing the sound of the door being opened behind him, the man raised his legs and turned around, revealing half of his front body, and looked behind him.
Her slender waist and plump buttocks were half-hidden in the mist, making her back look extremely beautiful.
She lifted her hair and used a tie to make a high ponytail.
"Xinfan is here, let's have a bubble together?"
Takeda Nobushige felt a feeling of chest tightness.
"My good sister, you still have the heart to have fun here. News came from Echigo that Nagao Kagetora has been missing all winter!"
Takeda Harunobu stood up from the edge of the pool and wrapped himself in a bath towel.
She is tall and well proportioned, with long legs from the chest down.
Her face was flushed from the heat of the bath just now, and her mature and pretty face in her twenties exuded a wise look.
"Isn't it just taking advantage of the heavy snow to seal the mountains to go to Luo? There's nothing to make a fuss about."
Takeda Nobushige was also angry. She was as anxious as a headless fly, but this one was as stable as a mountain.
"Uesugi Kensei is in Echigo. If she transfers the name of the Uesugi family and the position of Kanto governor to Nagao Kagetora, she must go to Kyoto to have the general recognize her.
The Kamakura Crown Prince under the control of the Hojo family would not approve the Uesugi family's adoption of Nagao Kagetora, so this was the only way she could go.
Once she successfully goes to Luo, it will be very detrimental to our strategy of Shinano."
Ignoring his sister's eagerness, Takeda Harunobu walked to the low table aside, raised the pot and poured wine into two small glasses.
Drink one cup for yourself and pass one cup to your sister.
"What's the rush? It's useful to be hasty?
Before the settlement of Northern Shinano, we had no border with Echigo, so we could only watch and watch many things.
The shogunate is disgusted with my Takeda family. If my family goes out to Kai and fights against Shinano, sooner or later Lord Kokata will know about it and send people to stop it.
Isn't it the same with the Hojo family? They have to look forward to Shu, take over the Kamakura Palace, and also covet the Kanto Plain, so the shogunate's intervention is inevitable.
Nagao Kagetora is willing to get on the shogunate's chariot and become our enemy, so let's give her a try.
The land of Kanto doesn't care about the shogunate in Kyoto. If you want to interfere with my Takeda family, just speak with iron and blood."
Takeda Nobushige looked at his sister who was holding the pearl of wisdom, glanced at the wine glass in his hand, and drank it all, his heart was burning.
My sister is always so confident and wise. She is like a mountain, unshakable, and people can only look up to her.
During the reign of the sisters' mother, Nobutora Takeda, the Takeda family engaged in military violence and was almost destroyed by civil strife.
At that time, in order to conquer Minami-Shinano, Takeda Nobutora tried his best to squeeze the territory, and the tax even reached the jaw-dropping Hachiko and Nimin.
Not only was it unbearable for the people, but also the retainers couldn't bear it.
According to the rules of the Wu family, if the governor is dissatisfied, he should first approach the young master. The young master will not hesitate to draw his sword to rebel.
After being strongly dissatisfied with Takeda Nobutora, the retainers group chose to move closer to the young master Takeda Harunobu.
Takeda Nobutora wanted to change Nobushige to be the young master and suppress Harunobu, who was supported by the retainers.
Unexpectedly, Nobushige failed to live up to her expectations. The two sisters teamed up to expel their mother, and Harunobu succeeded her as governor of the Takeda family.
After that, Harunobu built water conservancy internally to appease his retainers and the people, and worked diplomatically with the Imagawa and Hojo families to form a three-family alliance, which solved their worries.
After defeating two offensives from Minami-Shinano, her prestige grew.
The Minami Shinano family was divided through various means such as estrangement, marriage, trading, and wooing.
In the end, the Ogasawara family was expelled and Minami Shinano was swallowed up, completing the goal that her mother Nobutora failed to achieve even though she conquered and extorted money.
Glancing at his sister who calmed down, Takeda Harunobu continued.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War says: The first is to attack the enemy, then the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and then the third is to attack the city.
Naturally, my family cannot watch Nagao Kagetora return to Echigo comfortably, so we should take some action.
The mountains in Kanto are covered by heavy snow, so it is impossible to use weapons. But it is still easy to mobilize a few messengers to create a stumbling block for her."
Takeda Nobushige cheered up and listened to his sister's plan.