The ninth and twenty-first chapter vows to the mountains
Five days later, Feather City held a review meeting again. At this time, Feather City had been taken over by the Sanada Clan of Sanada Nobushige.
Not only the Umino clan, but also the local Nezu clan, Mochizuki clan, and almost all the Shino clans from Azuma County were present at the meeting.
Sanada Nobushige took the chief position without hesitation, and Umino Totsuna, the general leader of the Shino clan, could only take the second place.
Hanao Yukiyo looked embarrassed, and Kamahara Yukishige's face was not much better. The two of them had been fighting for half their lives, but they didn't expect that this girl Sanada Nobushige would be kicked to the ground with brute force.
But people had to bow their heads under the eaves. In the past few days, several well-established Ziye tribesmen had raised objections, and then they were massacred and burned to death together with the villagers.
They also saw that Sanada Nobushige had never thought about negotiating terms with everyone. She took everyone out to fight for their future, which was the greatest gift. Anyone who disagreed could just die.
After slaughtering several families and using their blood to sign declarations of surrender for everyone, Sanada Nobushige became the leader of the Shino clan in Azuma County.
Yukiyuki Sanada was sitting in the distance, watching his sister dominate the scene, with a complicated expression. The two had only been separated for more than half a year, and Nobushige Sanada was a completely different person.
In the eyes of others, Sanada Nobushige is still the same noisy little girl. But Sanada Yukiyuki, the sister who grew up together, feels differently.
When my sister grew up, she was no longer fooling around, but became a crazy gambler. Because she didn't have enough chips, she put all her bets on every hand, just to get the maximum return.
What was she worried about when she was gambling so irritably and uneasily? It was as if there was an invisible whip behind her urging her to run forward with all her strength.
Yukiyuki Sanada has not said a word in the past few days, but just silently watched her sister do things. The Sanada family can sit aside and express their support for Sanada Nobunaga, but they cannot speak casually.
Among the three Shino clans of Toshin, the two clans of Nezu and Mochizuki have long since knelt down and worked as dogs for the Takeda family. Yukitaka Sanada, who represented the Umino clan, came back late, but he made the most meritorious service and climbed the highest.
The Takeda family has no intention of conquering Nishi Ueno for the time being, and the Shino clan of Toshin does not have much intention to contact the same clan in Azuma County. There is contact between the two parties, but there is no interest and the relationship is not close.
But Sanada Nobushige's move this time was to connect the Shino clans in the two places through the Sanada family, which gave Yukitaka Sanada something to look forward to.
However, this is not a good thing for Yukiyuki Sanada personally.
She watched her sister's growth with cold eyes, and felt that the figure of the wild girl who was following her and getting close to her was gradually dimming.
Instead, there is a pair of ambitious and decisive leaders of the Sanada clan.
My grandmother, Yukitaka Sanada, is very old, and my mother, Masayuki Sanada, is still in her prime, so she will definitely be able to stabilize the family business.
But who should be given the third generation of the Sanada family? Yukiyuki Sanada? Or Nobushige Sanada?
Sanada Nobushige didn't know what his sister was thinking off the court. The most important thing for her now was to seize the opportunity and capture Iwaki Castle.
In five days, the Shino clan of Azuma County had reached a consensus with the iron and blood efforts of Sanada Nobushige.
She said solemnly.
"Please come forward, all household governors!"
The governors of each family of the Shiye clan came forward and sat in a circle.
Sanada Nobushige pulled out the ribs and cut his thumb, then everyone pulled out the ribs and cut their thumbs together, and taped everyone's wounds together.
Sanada Nobushige took the lead, and everyone followed him.
"There are spirits in the mountains, and the descendants of the Shiye clan once again swear a blood oath and form a sisterhood. They support each other in life and death, help each other in good and bad times. We depend on each other for blessings and misfortunes, and support each other in adversity!"
Sanada Nobushige said sharply.
"Umino Riichi! Bring up the oath!"
"Hi!"
Umino Toshi pressed the white paper on which the oath was written on the floor with both hands. The leaders of the Shino family, headed by Sanada Nobushige, stepped forward one after another and pressed the blood mark with the wound of their thumb.
After the ladies finished, Sanada Nobushige said.
"Liu Niang, keep the oath. Wait until we take Songshan City and burn it to the mountain spirits in Songshan Mountain."
"Hi!"
Iwaki Castle blocks the passage out of Naganohara Town to the east and is a mountain fortress that is difficult to break through.
After passing Iwaki Castle, there is Mount Haruna to the south and Mount Komochi to the east, which opens the official road from the Shinano Mountains into Nishi Ueno.
Southeast of Iwaki Castle is the Azuma River coastal plain of Higashi Azuma Town, and going northeast is the Nakanojo Basin where Nakanojo Town is located.
Songshan Mountain in the center of Zhongzhitiao Basin is not towering, but it is the sacred mountain of mountain belief in this area. Songshan City, built on Songshan Mountain, is a branch city of Yanshi City.
Iwaki Castle was originally the territory of the Agatsuma family during the Kamakura shogunate period. During the chaos during the Kamakura Muromachi shogunate transition, the Azuma family declined and relied on the Saito family for revival, so the Miao name was changed to Saito.
After the Kanto system of the Kamakura Ashikaga family, the Saito family of Iwakiku Castle managed Iwakiku Castle as an official of the Yamauchi Uesugi family.
The Shangguan of her family is from the Shirai Nagao family, and he was also the head of the Yamauchi Uesugi family from a distinguished family.
Shirai Castle is located to the south of Shiromochi Mountain and to the east of Haruna Mountain, guarding the coastal plain where the Azuma River flows southeast. Therefore, Iwaki Castle also regards its value as a branch of Shirai Castle and continues to this day.
by the way.
If you walk northeast from Iwaki Castle and pass through Takayama Village along the northern foot of Mt. Shimochi, you will find Numata Castle where Numata County is located.
The famous Walnut Castle stuck at the northern foot of Mount Shimochi is a branch of Numata Castle.
Numata Castle and Shirai Castle are important towns in the northern part of Ueno Country, connecting the entrances and exits of Echigo Country and Shinano Country, and are very important for the Echigo army moving south.
Sanada Nobushige hoped to capture Iwakaku Castle, named Walnut Castle, because these two cities were branch castles of Shirai Castle and Numata Castle respectively, and could be used as a direct deterrent from the side and rear.
As long as these two cities are captured, the value of the Sanada people represented by Sanada Nobunaga in the heart of Shiba Yoshigan will be completely different.
Even if she dies, she must seize this opportunity. Let the imperial office look at her with admiration!
After the oath, the expressions of the concubines relaxed a lot.
The mountains and mountains are the unique belief of the mountain people. Compared with the capriciousness of the martial arts outside the mountains who tear up the covenant like a piece of paper, the binding force of the Shiye clan's oath to the mountains is still very strong.
After completing the oath, the families in Azuma County no longer have to worry about Sanada Nobushige turning against him and killing them, and Sanada Nobushige no longer doubts the sincerity of his fellow clansmen in Azuma County to follow him.
Sanada Nobushige asked the ladies.
"The Saito family of Rock Cabinet City probably don't know yet that we are planning to take advantage of her family.
Are there any of our tribesmen in Yangui City? Is it possible to help us open the city gate?"
Iwaki Castle is a mountain fortress that has been built for more than two hundred years. It has been repaired and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If there was a way to steal the city, Sanada Nobushige would not want to bite the bullet.
Kamara Yukishige said.
"The Saito family of Iwaki City is not a good person. This generation of family governor Saito Norihiro is already trying to get our idea. She has been wooing people and wants to take over my Kamahara Castle."
After saying that, she glanced at Yuwei Yukiyo and sneered.