Chapter eight hundred and ninetieth Ueno mother-in-law party
Before Umino Toshio finished speaking, the document had already been chopped with the palm of Sanada Nobunaga's hand and made a loud noise.
"Impossible! I will definitely capture the corner of Nishi Ueno and stabilize the position of Ueno Country where the imperial palace is located!
Teruhora Uesugi, please stop dreaming about her! As long as I’m here, she can’t succeed!”
Umino Toshiichi quietly encouraged Sanada Nobushige's fighting spirit, but the practical difficulties still existed.
Sanada Nobunaga touched his head and sighed.
"But the Nagano family of Minawa Castle is really not easy to mess with. The old woman Nagano Yamasa is too powerful."
The two northern counties of Ueno Province are Agatsuma 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, which blocks the north-south passage from Shinano to Ueno.
In addition, Mount Haruna is located high up, monitoring the Tone River to the east. This river runs through Ueno and Musashi, and is the most important waterway controlling both countries.
Since ancient times, logistics has been the most important factor in fighting. Logistics transportation can use waterways, which is much cheaper than land routes. The Wu family is poor and cannot afford to fight rich wars, so they rely more on waterways 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 branch of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, and Echigo protected the family.
As a retainer of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family, the Minawa Castle Nagano family sided with Uesugi Terutora'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 suppress the rebellion, and finally the Yamauchi family was destroyed at the hands of the Hojo family.
The last family governor, Kenmasa Uesugi, had to go to Echigo and give all the family titles to Terutora Uesugi, hoping that she could avenge the Uesugi family in Yamauchi.
Through 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 just powerful, because the Nishi Ueno Minawa clan headed 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 Yasumasa also has a fearsome ability, she is especially able to give 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 had a very good vision, and all the wives she found for her sons were excellent Hime warriors.
Nagano Yasumasa was a good person and had a good relationship with her twelve wives. With the help of the Minawa clan and the twelve wives, who were mainly in-laws from Nagano, she occupied Nishi Ueno and almost no one dared to offend her.
Umino Riichi now wants Sanada Nobushige to go to Nishi Ueno to pry the corner of Ueno's strongest mother-in-law. Sanada Nobushige's scalp is numb and he really doesn'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 is barren and almost unprofitable except along the Azuma River, so Nagano Yipumasa has little interest there.
The Minawa clan's attention 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 junction of Echigo and Ueno Provinces.
The Tone River flows southward, but has a western tributary, the Azuma River.
There is an important castle in the alluvial plain at the intersection, called Numata Castle. This is the foundation of the Numata family and a logistical point that Echigo's army must capture when moving south.
The Azuma River runs along the north of Haruna Mountain and leads westward to the Shinano Mountains. To the east is the branch town of Numata Castle, named Kurumi Castle, and to the west is Iwakaku Castle.
Because the north of Mount Haruna was barren, the Nagano family gradually developed Minawa Castle and Umbashi Castle to the south, and the banks of the Azuma River were not the Nagano family's goals.
Iwagoku Castle is managed by the Saito family, a vassal sent by the Yamauchi-Uesugi family. The Yamauchi-Uesugi family has been in decline for many years. The Iwagoku Saito family relies on the help of the local samurai family to manage the place, and is 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 Mingwalnut 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 Castle 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 family in Numata County is connected to Kurumi Castle, 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 discovered something with his keen intuition.
Umino Riichi still looked cold and just answered in an indifferent tone.
"Yukizen Hao has formally made a request to the family governor. The Hao family intends to inherit the name of Umino Nae, and the family governor has agreed."
Sanada Nobushige narrowed his eyes.
The current governor of the Umino family, Totsuna, is very old, and her daughter was killed in the battle of Toshin in her early years. The whole family was driven by the Takeda family to Nishi Ueno and took refuge with the Hao family, and there was no successor established.
As the Sanada family defected to the Takeda family and returned to their homeland of Toshin, the hope of the Umino family's revival became 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 Umino.
Sanada Nobushige asked.
"You want me to help you get revenge?"
A flash of anger flashed across Umino Lee'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 own wisdom to seek personal gain or undermine your overall situation, so please rest assured."
Sanada Nobunshige smiled awkwardly. He had 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 Ri returned the favor, the cold look in his eyes softened a lot.