Sanada Nobushige seems not satisfied with the status quo.
She has a thousand koku territory and the Sanada Group. She is more able to do things than before, and she can also make more noise.
She dared to target Iwaki Castle, or even the entire Azuma River Basin, in order to get involved in the Kanto chaos. Her courage was really frightening.
Hearing that her daughter Masayuki Sanada complained, Yukitaka Sanada smiled slightly. She knew that her daughter might not really complain, but she was just testing her own mind.
When Yukitaka Sanada sent Nobushige Sanada to the Kanto Palace, he had an eye on Shiba Yoshigan's character and left a way out for the Sanada family.
Now it seems that whether it is Yoshigan Shiba or Nobushige Sanada, he has underestimated their magnanimity.
Yoshigan Shiba promoted Sanada Nobushige in order to win over the Shino clan and help him infiltrate into the circle of the Kanto samurai family.
And Sanada Nobushige was not willing to be a humble person, and wanted to achieve his own career by taking advantage of the general trend of the Echigo Kanto Strategy.
Yukitaka Sanada couldn't help but be moved by it, seeing in it the opportunity for the Sanada family to become a powerful name.
As for her daughter Masayuki Sanada, she is even more worried about the future of her two daughters. With two businesses in the family, who will be older and who will be younger in the future? What if misfortune breaks out and Xiao Qiang kills each other?
Yukitaka Sanada was well aware of her daughter's worries, but she could only pretend not to know. The world was in chaos, and she didn't know whether her family could survive the troubled times, so she couldn't care less about dividing up the family.
Whoever has the ability should try his best to expand the family business quickly. The most important thing is not to let the whole family die in troubled times.
Sanada Nobushige's ambition for Nishi Ueno was a golden opportunity.
Echigo's plan to conquer Kanto was imminent. Yukitaka Sanada, who had experienced the Battle of Kawanakajima, determined that the Hojo family could not stop Echigo's army.
Not to mention Terutora Uesugi, who is well versed in military strategy and possesses powerful force. Just the action of Yoshigan Shiba, an extraordinary man in the world, is enough to stun the Hojo family.
With Sanada Nobushige closely following Shiba Yoshigan, maybe Hojo will fall and Sanada will be full. He will take the opportunity to open up a family business in Nishi Ueno and find a new way out of the predicament of the Sanada family.
Yukitaka Sanada said.
"Since Nobunaga wrote for help, we gave her a push. We can't miss this opportunity. I'm afraid I will regret it in the future if I miss this opportunity to conquer the Kanto region."
The east wind does not always come, and pigs are easy to find everywhere, but it is difficult to choose a suitable wind outlet.
Echigo's Kanto Strategy is considered to be the best outlet for the Sanada family to develop upwards. It would be a pity for Sanada Yukitaka himself not to let Nobushige Sanada take advantage of it.
Sanada Masayuki frowned.
"If resources are concentrated to support Nobushige, then the construction of Ueda Castle should be slowed down?"
Yukitaka Sanada glanced at his daughter and knew what she wanted to ask. The construction of Ueda Castle was the most important matter that the Sanada family originally decided to carry out this year, and it was left to the eldest granddaughter Yukiyuki Sanada.
Since the Takeda family gave up moving north, the situation in Hokushin has eased, and the development of the Sanada family has also hit a bottleneck.
The Kawanakajima Plain was divided into two after the war, with the north belonging to the Murakami family and the Ogasawara family, and the south belonging to the Takeda family.
The Matsushiro area to the east, together with Kaizu Castle, was handed over to Yoshiba Shiba as a buffer zone, so that there would be no more disputes between the two parties.
The Chikuma River does not reach the upper reaches of Mt. Tsumame. Along the way to Toshin in the south, the most important stronghold is Toishi Castle entrenched in Mount Taro, which is the current residence of Yukitaka Sanada.
Toishi Castle, looking east to the Sanada Basin where Sanada Township is located, and south to the Ueda Basin, is the most important stronghold between the North and the East.
Sanada Township and Toishi Castle were given to Yukitaka Sanada in an envelope by Takeda Haru, and this was the base for the revival of the Sanada family.
The deepest valley to the north of the Sanada Basin contains Matsuo Ancient Castle, which is too remote as the home of the Sanada family. Toishi Castle is a mountain castle and is not suitable for long-term development.
If the Sanada family wants to continue to develop, they need to establish a new stronghold south of Sanada Township, echoing Toishi Castle from the north to the south. And this new stronghold that is favored is the Ueda Castle that is being built.
Ueda Castle is located in the northern part of the Ueda Basin, forming a defense triangle with Toishi Castle in the northwest and Sanada Township in the northeast. It is an important barrier to stabilize the territory of the Sanada clan, so it must be built as soon as possible.
The location of the Sanada family is actually very awkward. The southern part of Kawanaka Island is the territory of the Takeda family, and Yantian City in the southern part of the Ueda Basin is also the territory of the Takeda family. The enfeoffed Sanada collar is sandwiched between the two.
The samurai families of the Toshin clan in the east are not really convinced by the Sanada family. The Sanada family has been away from Toshin for too long, and Sanada Yukitaka was only promoted by Takeda Harunobu to be the leader of the Toshin clan of the Takeda clan.
The Sanada family was blocked between Toshin and Hokushin, with no opportunity for development. The Takeda family turned around and headed south to Suruga Country, and the Sanada family's expansion also came to a standstill.
Yukitaka Sanada was not satisfied with this.
There are two roads connecting Nishi Ueno to Shinano, one is the Azuma River in the north, and the other is the Usui Pass in the south.
It was impossible for Yukitaka Sanada to invade Nishi Ueno from Usui Pass for two reasons.
First, there is no support from the local martial arts family.
The Usui Pass area belongs to the southern part of Haruna Mountain, and the relationship between the Nishi Ueno samurai family and the Shino clan here is weak. Without a local leading party, force alone may not be able to make the mountain people here bow their heads.
Second, the Takeda family will not allow it.
Yukitaka Sanada was a member of the Shobo clan under the Takeda family. Without Takeda Harunobu's order, how could the Toshin clan be willing to conquer Nishi Ueno with her? Even the road to Usui Pass would not be open to her.
The Takeda family is conquering the Tokaido in the south and has no intention of participating in the Kanto War, and will not agree to the expansion of the Sanada family's power to avoid the danger of raising tigers.
However, Sanada Nobushige's expansion from the Azuma River on the northern line to Nishi Ueno was the right time, place and people.
From the Matsushiro area, you can go to Kusatsu in Nishi-Ueno by walking on Fushi-Iiyama. If you go north from Sanada-go, you can also go to Otsusa in Nishi-Ueno.
Both Kusatsu and Otsusa lead to Haobi Castle, and through Haobi Castle, the two Sanada territories can be connected.
The Umio family of Feather City was the host of the Umino family after they escaped from Shinano, and they were also the Umino family members who coveted the name of the Umino family.
Sanada Nobushige entered Nishi Ueno in the name of Kanto Palace. Sanada Yukitaka didn't need to come forward at all. He only had to hide behind and secretly support him, and the Takeda family couldn't say anything.
After Sanada Nobushige cleans up the Hanao family and takes Hanao Castle to connect to Sanada Township, he will then plan to guard Iwaki Castle on the border and open the gate to Nishi Ueno.
It was inconvenient for Yukitaka Sanada to act rashly and the strategic deadlock of being trapped in Dongshin was completely solved.
Along the Azuma River are all branches of the Shino clan. If the Azuma River basin can be captured, the Sanada family can peek at Numata Castle to the east and threaten Minawa Castle to the south.
Yukitaka Sanada smiled slightly.
When we get to this point, no matter whether we can swallow the entire Nishi Ueno or not, the value of the Sanada family to the Takeda family, the Uesugi family, and the Kanto Palace will be far greater than it is now.
The Sanada family also has the capital to make profits among various families.