The arrival of Umino Totsuna brought a glimmer of vitality to this dead castle. The food that was urgently needed in the city, as well as cooked chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, and muttons, were delivered by his small team. At this juncture,
No one cares whether it is a violation of the precepts or not. First, filling the stomach that has been hungry for half a year is the right thing to do.
A grand luncheon was held in Toishi Castle Honmaru. The protagonist of the banquet was Umino Totsuna, who returned to Shinano. This old man was not only the grandfather of Yukitaka Sanada, but he was also the ruler of Komei County and Saku County, Yukitaka Sanada.
His grandson is one of his retainers, and he is also the pillar of the Umino family who has been carefully cultivated.
A luncheon turned into a meeting to reminisce about the past. The samurai of the Sanada family began to collectively reminisce about the past and the prosperous years of the Umino family in Shinano. Nearly twenty years later, the young man at that time has entered middle age.
, the governor of his hometown at that time was even more than seventy years old, and the samurai of the Sanada family looked at Umino Totsuna with eyes full of admiration.
"Yukitaka! Let me take a closer look at you!" The old man grabbed Sanada Yukitaka's hand, looked at it carefully for a long time and said with tears in his eyes: "You have suffered so much these years! I remember when we fled our hometown and wandered to Ueno alone.
More than ten years have passed since the establishment of the country! Everything is fine now. The town government has defeated the rebel Takeda family, Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara have surrendered. My child! Listen to me! Surrender as soon as possible!"
Sanada Yukitaka smiled bitterly and didn't answer. He just held his head and supported the old man and slowly walked up to the castle tower. He had long expected that it would turn out like this. He turned back and gave Yazawa Yoritsuna a look, as if to tell him that he knew his worries.
As expected, the latter could only respond with a helpless expression.
After all, Umino Totsuna was over ninety years old, so he couldn't help but talk non-stop. After a while, he talked about the past events: "Your father passed away early. It's very difficult for you brothers to be left behind. I pity you so much."
The life of a little kid was too hard, so I took you to Taiheiji Castle. Thirty-five years have passed, and the little kid has become a famous first-class samurai in Shinano. I have suffered all these years.
It’s all worth it!”
Looking at his old grandfather, Yukitaka Sanada couldn't help but said excitedly: "I Yukitaka's achievements today are all due to my grandfather's cultivation. Without my grandfather's hard work in raising me, our brothers would have starved to death in Sanada Township long ago."
I remember that my grandfather raised me, Xingtaka, as the heir to the governor back then, and I even had a big quarrel with my uncle, but that was more than twenty years ago."
Umino Totsuna sighed: "Yes! Back then, your uncle was very angry and had a long quarrel with me. In the end, I convinced him with the facts. I, the Umino clan, are not an ordinary martial artist. What I carry on my shoulders is not just the Umino clan's family business."
, as well as the inheritance passed down by my Shino clan for hundreds of years, and the hope of tens of thousands of Shinano and Ueno clans. Your uncle is just a reckless warrior, and you are the ideal successor to my Umino family.
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"..." Sanada Yukitaka didn't know how to put it. Whether it was the Sanada clan established by his father Sanada Yorimasa, or the Yazawa clan, they all came from the tributaries of the Umino, Mochizuki, and Nezu clans. These three families spread across half of Shinano.
The direct descendants of most of the people in Ueno, this family is called the Shino clan.
The so-called Shino clan is not a standard name. Their ancestors, the Shino courtiers, had an extraordinary background. They were created by Prince Sadao, the son of Emperor Seiwa. However, they were not able to enjoy the glory of the Seiwa Genji because of their humble status in the imperial family. , can only survive as Shino courtiers. Their ancestors did not cultivate prominent figures during the Heian period. They just relied on perseverance and the strategy of grouping together among the clan to survive and multiply in Shinano and Ueno. .
The record of the Shino clan's first appearance as a samurai is the first time that the name Uno (Umino) appears among the Genji samurai led by Minamoto Yoshitomo, the sixth generation pillar of the Kawachi Genji clan in the "Hogen Monogatari" in the early Genpei period. , as the Lang Party under the white banner of Kawachi Genji, he personally participated in the Hoyuan Rebellion that spread throughout the world, and witnessed with his own eyes the process of Kawachi Genji going from prosperity to decline after experiencing the Heiji Rebellion.
Decades later, when Nioh raised his troops, another leader of the Minamoto family, Yoshinaka, raised his troops in Shinano. The most powerful samurai in Higashi Shinano were Nei Yukiuchi of Saku County, Umino Yukiuchi, Umino Yukihiro and his son. Two, in fact, Umino Yukiuchi and Nei Yukiuchi are actually brothers. In military records, they are often recorded as Shino Yukiuchi and Shino Yukiuchi. This shows that the Shino clan has become a very important family in Shinano Kingdom during the Genpei era. power.
With the demise of Minamoto Yoshinaka, the Shino clan did not decline. "The Rise and Fall of Genpei" records an important achievement of the Umino clan. Umino Yukihiro was in the battle of Bichu Mizushima, and he and the Ashikaga family's concubine Yada Yoshikiyo also served as the Kawachi Genji. The vanguard general, and in the ensuing battle, he fought fiercely with the most powerful general of the Ise Taira clan, Taira Kyouzu, and finally died in the battle.
After all, this family has contributed to the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate. Subsequently, the achievements of the Umino family were deservedly promoted by the Kamakura shogunate. Umino Yuki's second son Umino Yuki also wanted to become a great archer and horse general. The important thing is that his character is one of the very few loyal and courageous representatives in the unscrupulous samurai society of the Genpei era.
When Umino Yuki was a boy, he was sent to Kamakura as a hostage as the companion of Minamoto Yoshitaka, the son of Minamoto Yoshinaka. With the demise of Minamoto Yoshinaka, Minamoto Yoshiko took advantage of the chaos and escaped from Kamakura, while Umino Yuki pretended to be a young man. Minamoto Yoshitaka attracted the attention of the guards. As Umino Yukiuchi and his eldest brother Umino Yukihiro joined Minamoto Yoritomo, he was promoted by Minamoto Yoritomo because of his loyal and brave performance.
In the third year of Kashen's reign (1237), Hojo Taitoki held a Yabusame riding and archery competition at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine. Yabusame warriors from all over the world gathered together to compete for the title of "Gumama Sect". Eight of them In the end, Yuki Umino won unanimous praise from all samurai with his outstanding archery and horsemanship, and was jointly known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Archery and Horsemanship" along with Takeda Nobumitsu, Ogasawara Nagakiyo, and Mochizuki Shigetaka.
These Four Heavenly Kings, Umino Yuki and Mochizuki Shigetaka, all came from the Shino clan, Takeda Nobumitsu, and Ogasawara Nagakiyo happened to be from the first-class direct descendants of the Kai Gen clan. At that time, the samurai level of Kai Shinano represented the basic level of the Kamakura samurai. Until the Mongol invasion in the late Kamakura period.
There are too many illustrious stories of their clan that are memorable, so Umino Futsuna's chatter was particularly long. Gradually, he talked about what happened in the past twenty years. Umino Futsuna's mood suddenly became excited: "I think back then, The homeland of my Shino clan was captured by Takeda Nobutora, Murakami Yoshikiyo, and Suwa Yorishige together. Your uncle Umino Yukiyoshi died in the Battle of Kamikawa. Jiro Saburo! Have you forgotten all these hatreds? Have you forgotten your uncle? Have you loved you so much before? Have you forgotten the impact of your mother crying uncontrollably when she learned the news of Xingyi's death? Tell me!"
"I...have not forgotten! I will never forget the shame of the Battle of Uminohira! Never!" Sanada Yukitaka finally couldn't help but shed tears. Yazawa Yoritsuna and Kawara Takamasa also quietly wiped away their tears. The Shino clan was like
The Shimazu clan of Satsuma Kingdom, from the family governor to the low-level samurai, all come from the same clan.
This complex kinship composition created the current situation of the Shiye clan being scattered, and at the same time provided them with extremely high morale and combat power. At that time, the Shiye clan, with its relatives and gang members, fought fiercely for several months with the three-way army, until they ran out of food and support before finally
It is a pity to fail. It is impossible to say that the samurai here do not hate these three families.
Sanada Yukitaka's childhood was very miserable. His father passed away in a hurry when he was just ten years old. The child who lacked father's love since childhood relied on his grandfather and uncle to raise him through hardships. Not only that, they also trained his body, shaped his character and habits, and gave him the best
A comprehensive education freed him from the stereotype of a country warrior.
Without the vigorous cultivation of two relatives, there would be no such thing as Gotansei. Although Yukitaka Sanada once had some misunderstandings with his uncle Umino Yukiyoshi due to the issue of inheritance, these things have long since disappeared with the uncle's relief, and the uncle and nephew have reunited.
When they were united and determined to work together to run the family business, they encountered a major blow in the Battle of Uminohira. Shortly after his uncle died, his grandfather took his brothers and his mother to flee to Ueno Country. Soon after, his mother passed away and gave him
Leave a huge regret.
The Shino clan suffered from the carve-up of the Takeda, Murakami, and Suwa clans. Many members of the clan died tragically in the sword wars of the three clans. There were his childhood playmates, young best friends, and the woman he once liked.
It was because of this painful memory that he continued to inspire him, and he gradually transformed from that smart and witty young man into a generational tycoon who controlled the general trend of Shinano.
"Do you still remember that one month after the Battle of Uminohira, Takeda Nobutora was exiled by his legitimate son and family retainers on his way to Suruga? That day we were running around Ueno Country telling each other like it was a Chinese New Year, and I went to Kanto to take charge of the administration at all costs.
After obtaining a decree from the Kensei Palace, I followed His Highness Nagano Shinano Moriyamasa to fight back to Saku County. That day, you also followed me as the sixth formation to participate in the battle.
Our enemies that day were the Oi clan, Hiraga clan, Uchiyama clan, Shiga clan and other people from Takeda and Suwa respectively in Saku County. The battle was very fierce and lasted for half a month from day to night.
, in the end, the Uesugi army was superior, the Nagano Shinano guardian and the Suwa Yorishige reached a peace, the Suwa family gave up the territory they had occupied in Kozun County, and I, the Umino clan, finally regained part of the lost territory!
But then Murakami Yoshikiyo and Takeda Harunobu attacked from both sides, and I was forced to leave my homeland once again and flee to Ueno country. This is the suffering of the exiled samurai. It is that Takeda and Murakami forced us to have a home and find it difficult to return. Doesn’t Jiro Saburo hate them?
The person who helped us was not our enemies, the Takeda family, but His Highness Kenmasa Uesugi, the Kanto Governor. Our Shinano samurai must avenge our grudges, Jiro Saburo! Have you forgotten this kindness? Have you forgotten this hatred? Have you ever thought about it?
Do you want to repay a favor and take revenge?" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better novels and faster updates!
