Samurai of the Takeda Family

Shinano, Kawanaka Island.

In July, Shingen Takeda led an army from the Tsugazakikan to join the Hida Expeditionary Army of Masakei Yama Prefecture, Katsuyoshi Takeda, Masato Naito’s Ueno Army, and met at Shiosaki Castle, south of Kawasaki Island, at Uesugi. Kenshin's Echigo Army confronted.

Since the confrontation between the two armies, there have been no major battles, but there have been secret frictions and many small-scale battles. Both sides have their own victories.

In August, Kenshin Uesugi ordered the Satake family to send troops to the Kanto family to contain the Takeda family ally, the Hojo family.

The governor of the Satake family, Yoshiaki Satake, is known as the hero of the 6th period. He was a powerful name in the Kanto period during the Warring States Period.

In the four years of Yongluo, Kenshin Uesugi led one hundred thousand Kanto coalition forces to besiege Odawara, and the Satake family contributed a lot.

Satake Yoshiaki has always pursued the diplomatic policy of attaching to the Sugi family and ally with the Utsunomiya family to fight the Hojo family.

At the beginning of this year, Kanto Kanto fought against the Hojo clan, but he was defeated by the Hojo clan in the second Kokufu-Taiwan battle, and his influence in the Kanto plummeted.

On the other hand, the other heroes of the Kanto, the Satake family, Uesugi, and Utsunomiya’s three coalition forces, defeated the Oda family, the biggest rival in the Chang 6 country, and laid the foundation for the future unification of the Chang 6 countries.

Although he is the leader of Kanto, Kenshin Uesugi is far behind Echigo, and he often feels beyond reach for the Hojo clan’s offensive in Kanto. The Satomi clan has already suffered severe damage this time under the attack of the Hojo clan, so the Satake clan It became the Uesugi family's greatest help to contain the Hojo family in Kanto.

At this time, Yoshiaki Satake has retired. The governor of the house has just been ascended to the throne by the 17-year-old Yoshishige Satake. This young house governor, who will be called'Ghost Yoshige,' at the beginning of his ascension, revealed the future hegemony. momentum.

In his first battle, he and Soma Shengyin battled in the original war. In this battle, Yoshijo won a complete victory and won the rank of seven enemy generals in a row.

The alliance between the Satake family and the Uesugi family has taken effect, and it has restrained the momentum of the Hojo family's advancement towards Kanto.

At the same time that the Uesugi family and the Takeda family faced off on Kawanakajima for the fifth time, the Satake family and the Hojo family also started a contest in Kanto.

In Hida, the game between the Uesugi family and the Takeda family is continuing.

In Etchu, the castle lord Saito Niki, under the instruction of Uesugi Kenshin, attacked the Takeda family’s only stronghold in Hida, Kamioka Castle, with the intention of driving the Takeda family’s forces out of Hida completely.

In addition to his family’s five hundred feet, Saito Niche also has five hundred troops supported by the chief priest of Jinbao, with a total force of one thousand troops.

The intelligence network that Li Xiao has established in Viet Central is under construction, and Saito Niche's dispatch of troops is fast.

So when Li Xiao heard the news of Saito Niche’s dispatch of troops from Yokotani, the opponent’s generals had already summoned the army, and he was expected to dispatch troops to Kamoka City in the afternoon of the next day.

So Li Xiao called the general meeting overnight to discuss how to deal with the attack on Saito's house.

As a result of military discussions and discussions, Li Xiao’s family members separated into two factions. One faction suggested defending the city and the other suggested field battles.

The suggestion to defend the city is undoubtedly a serious plan. With the defense of Li Xiao’s newly built Shengang City, five hundred standings, and the power of the defense weapon iron cannon, there is no problem in resisting the attack of the Saito family.

However, there is also a problem in defending the city, which is the rations. There is no autumn harvest in Shengang territory this year, and the rations in the city are obviously insufficient. If you want to stick to it, the rations in the city can only last for ten days at most.

In addition, the defensive castle has another drawback, that is, the construction and production of the inner circle. Now the construction of the town of Kamioka has been roughly completed, and the autumn harvest in the inner circle is about to proceed.

If Li Xiao chooses to stick to the city, then if Saito’s family wants to force Li Xiao to go to war, they will set fire to the town, or send people to help Li Xiao volunteer agriculture for free, and harvest all the farmland in Li Xiao’s collar. .

At that time, Li Xiaoruo did not go out of the city to fight against Saito's family. In the past six months, Li Xiao's hard work in the town of Kamioka was in vain, and all his income this year was in vain.

However, compared to defending the city, there was a louder voice in the retainer group against going out of the city.

The defenders resolutely opposed the reasons. First, there was a huge difference in military strength. Li Xiao had only 500 standing personnel, but the other party had 1,000 men, and the strength ratio was one to two.

The second is that the so-called Western phalanx that Li Xiao calls has been completed. It hasn't been practiced yet, and it is not enough to form a battle.

Thirdly, out of the expectation of Jiangma family’s reinforcements, Li Xiao is still according to his previous promises, giving half of the Jiangma family’s previous income from Shengang Yinshan to Jiangma Fraser.

Of course, Li Xiao's current income from Shengang Yinshan has long been several times the previous income of Jiangma's family on Shengang Yinshan.

However, Li Xiao also kept his promise, so now Li Xiao’s family and Jiangma’s family have joint ownership of Shengang Yinshan. Now that the Saito family is attacking, how can Jiangma’s family also need to protect Shengang Yinshan for the purpose of protecting Shengang Yinshan. Send troops to help.

What's more, Jiang Ma Fraser still belongs to the Takeda family and has the responsibility to support Li Xiao, and his brother Jiang Ma Xinsheng, with the support of a group of veterans and Hongan Temple, is always trying to regain the position of Jiang Ma’s family governor.

If Li Xiao falls, who will help him to secure the position of governor of the Jiangma family in the future.

Therefore, Jiangma’s family and Li Xiao’s family are still in a ‘very iron’ alliance because of the combination of interests. If Li Xiao is attacked by Saito’s family, Jiangma Fraser will undoubtedly send troops to reinforce it.

However, the Saito family’s army will arrive tomorrow. If a joint battle takes place, Jiangma Fraser will lead the mobilization of the inner peasant soldiers and the distance of the troops together, and they will definitely not be able to keep up with the joint battle.

And if you defend the city, you can expect to get reinforcements from the Jiangma family at least two days later.

At that time, Li Xiao could choose to go out of the city, Li Ying Waihe and Saito family for a decisive battle. This method is undoubtedly the choice of defending the city and going out of the city to fight in the field, both of which are quite recognized choices.

At present, most members of the retainer regiment have changed their positions one after another, tending to wait for the Jiangma Fraser reinforcements to arrive before the two parties decide to fight.

While everyone was discussing, the new retainer, Bendo, who had been silent, spoke up.

His opinion is that there is no need to wait for Jiangma’s reinforcements, and they will send troops for a decisive battle tomorrow.

Bendo Masahiro said something amazing, and Li Xiao's retainers were all impressed by the one-month-old Mikawa Samurai.

Masanobu Honda has recently arrived, and is now appointed by Li Xiao as the sheriff of the town of Kamioka, responsible for maintaining the daily order of the castle town, as well as some cases of civil disputes.

The reason why it is so influential is that Masanobu Honda has shown outstanding handling skills in the management of the castle town.

Over the past six months, the town of Kamioka has been exhibiting very quickly, so the forces from all sides have entered, and the situation has become a bit mixed.

For example, Hida Carpentry, Salt House Merchants, Hida locals, wild samurai, craftsmen, craftsmen, and foreign merchants. Various forces are intertwined and conflicts in their interests, so disputes often arise.

In May and June, there were only three fights involving more than 20 people born in Kamioka-no-machi.

In the past, the Great Zang Changan was both the Shinobu Ginzan and Kamiokamachi, and both sides were very busy. Therefore, the security of the castle town was not well grasped accordingly.

Therefore, Li Xiao sent Masanobu Honda as the sheriff of the town of Kamioka, and assisted Dazang Changan in governing the town of Kamioka.

As soon as Masanobu Honda took office, the various forces in the town of Kamioka were governed by his wrists, making them obedient, and the law and order of the town of Kamioka was very good for only one month.

Therefore, the samurai of Kamoka Castle left a deep impression on the samurai who came from Mikawa to Hida and came to the Takeda family.

Of course, in Li Xiao's eyes, sending Bendo Masahiro to work as the director of the local police station is quite useful.

But this is Li Xiao’s way of employing people. It cannot be promoted too much. Otherwise, it will be too easy to get it, which will make Ponto believers lose their upward enterprising spirit. At the same time, they will be left to other retainers. Influence.

Bendo believed this opening, but no one rebutted all his retainers for a while, and wanted to listen to how he said why.

Bendu Zhengxin saw that Li Xiao and all his retainers were ready to listen to his opinions, and said in a deep voice: "I wonder if you have paid attention to it. I think that all the strategies that have been thought of by the five people in the military can only be thrown away, because your enemy must have also thought of it."

As soon as Ponto believed this, Li Xiao nodded, while Shima Katsue meditated for a while and said: "My Lord Bendo's words are reasonable."

At this time, Da Zang Chang'an asked aloud: "Excuse me, Lord Bendo, you said that the strategy that everyone has thought of must not be adopted, but how can the Saito family stop the Jiangma family’s reinforcement of my Shengang City? If it is because Considering the enemy's next move, and making a wrong judgment, is this not even more misguided? Perhaps the Saito family would not have seen this at all."

Li Xiao looked at the Tibetan Chang'an and also looked at Ponto Masao. He had heard that the two had conflicting views on the way the police dealt with the castle town before, so they had a dispute, so the relationship between the two was quite disagreeable.

Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a sense of ridicule. Historically, Ponto Masanori and Dazang Changan have been at odds.

During the Edo period, the two factions of Masanobu Honda and Okubo Changan had been fighting openly and secretly in the shogunate, and there was quite a bit of partisanship in the court.

The famous Okubo Chang'an incident in the Edo period. Okubo Chang'an was ruined after his death due to the corruption incident. It is said that this is the black hand of Masao Honda.

And in this time and space, when the Great Zang Chang'an and Ponto Masashin were transferred from the Tokugawa family to the Li Xiao family, should they have to pinch each other?

Masanobu Honda laughed ironically about the question of Chang'an in Tibet, revealing a wise man's unique attitude, and said: "Master Da Zang, do you think the Saito family will adopt such an attitude of inaction? You are wrong. Pin the hope of victory on The enemy's mistakes will undoubtedly be defeated in such a battle."

Dazang Changan was blocked by Bendo Masabe's words, and was suddenly choked with anger.

Masanobu Honda looked around and said: "If I am the Saito Niche, I will use the alliance relationship between the Saito family and the sister Koru family to let the sister Koru family pretend to be a soldier, and the military will operate on the border of the Jiangma family. A posture of attacking Suwa City on the plateau of the Jiangma family’s main city. By then, Jiangma Fraser will not send troops because of the military strength of the sister Xiaolu family."

Xiaoxian Xiaoba vocally echoed his words: "Yes, so the Xiaolu family, as long as they did not send troops to attack the Jiangma family, they would not violate the previous truce agreement with my Takeda family~www.wuxiamtl.com~ If Jiangma Fraser really sent troops, The sister Koru family took the opportunity to seize the plateau Suwa Castle and unified Hida in one fell swoop. At that time, they also had the confidence to compete with my Takeda family."

"Exactly," Honda Zhengxin continued, "In my estimation, Jiangma Fraser will definitely not commit the danger of losing the city, and will send troops to rescue his family, so he will definitely not send troops. And when that time comes Ranwen Novel Network , Our army waits for reinforcements and loses the determination to go out of the city for a decisive battle. Morale will inevitably plummet. If we continue to make a decisive battle, there will be no chance of victory."

As soon as Ponto’s Zhengxin’s voice fell, the retainers set off a new round of competition. There were supporters and opponents of Ponto’s Zhengxin, and the two sides were at odds with each other.

And at this moment, the secret report sent by Li Xiao’s ninjas stated that the sister Xiaolu’s family had made a small-scale mobilization in the collar today, and now an unknown number of troops have been deployed on the border of Jiangma’s family. Activity.

In addition, the inner island family also issued a mobilization order in the inner circle.

This information just confirmed Bendo's conjecture, and for a while, all the servants had a new understanding of the ingenuity of this Samurai Samurai. . ..

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