Samurai of the Takeda Family

As soon as Li Xiao walked into the castle tower, he saw Takeda Katsurai rushing down the stairs.

Takeda Katsura saw Li Xiao and was stunned for a while.

"See Your Highness."

Li Xiao took the lead and said that he saw Takeda Katsuyai is more mature than before, his lips began to grow scum, and his eyes were much stronger than before.

Takeda Katsurai walked up to Li Xiao, nodded slightly, and said: "It's fine when you come back, let's go, we are going to get drunk today."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, when it comes to drinking, it can be burned anytime. I heard Qiu Shan said for a long time that my Royal Highness has an annoyance right now. I don't know if Li Xiao can help. of."

Takeda Katsurai was taken aback, nodded, and then said: "Okay, I'm having a problem right now, and I need your help."

After Li Xiao, Takeda Katsurai walked into the town lord's assessment room, and he saw Masano Sanada, two people with integrity, and an elderly man.

This old man with a slightly rickety back was described as ordinary. Li Xiao had a relationship with several sides and had a lot of dealings in secret. He knew that it was the Takeda family's "attack the bullet", the founder of the three generations of Sanada in history, Sanada Kotaka.

Bao Ke is upright, and Sanada is already Takeda’s confidant at the moment, and is included in his team.

"This is Masada Sanada, right?"

Yukitaka Sanada smiled harmlessly and nodded: "It is here, Lord Ma Shou, since serving His Royal Highness, he has heard of your bravery and resourcefulness many times, but he has never had the opportunity to talk in depth. I hope I can give you more advice today. ."

Li Xiao knew that this was an old fox who cannibalize people without spitting out bones, so he dared to teach him no matter where he said, "Master Danzheng is polite."

Then Masao Sanada and Masako Masako both bowed to Li Xiao.

Masao Sanada saw Li Xiao showing a complex expression, and Li Xiao didn't understand why the other party had such an expression.

But then Sanada was aware of his gaffe, and immediately exasperated, put on a respectful look, and said: "Master Li Xiao, use a lone army to build 20,000 stones for my Takeda family in Vietnam. Changxing really admires him for his bravery."

Li Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Master Sanada, I'm overwhelmed. I also heard that you have made outstanding achievements in the Nish Ueno campaign. You were promoted to the rank of Attendant and became the lord of Yuwei Castle.

Masao Sanada shook his head and said, "Compared to Master Li Xiao, I'm far behind."

Li Xiao laughed and said modestly: "I am a few years older than you. If you take time, your achievements will never be below mine."

Instead, Li Xiao looked at Baoke's integrity and said: "Integrity, now it's time to call you Baoke's integrity."

After Baoke Masatsu's death in battle, Baoke honestly inherited the family business of Baoke and inherited the official position of his impeachment. However, his younger brother Masatsu Naito adopted the Naito family and became the adopted son of four ministers Naito Masaoto.

In the history of the battle of Nagasao, Naito Masao was killed in battle, and Masatsu Poko inherited the Naito family business.

Bao Ke Zheng met Li Xiao, remembering his father's death in Azuma County, and he couldn't help showing a sad expression on his face.

Li Xiao stretched out his hand and patted Baoke's upright shoulder to express his relief. His spear technique was originally guided by Li Xiao.

Therefore, the relationship between the two of them in Takeda Katsura's retainers was not normal.

After a few people were seated, Takeda Katsurai nodded to Li Xiao and said: "Li Xiao, I am annoyed by this, my father, I want to deprive me of the position of the commander of the West Ueno Army, and order someone else, and I also need to take back my Yuri Sanada-sama, Kobata Kenshige, and Takeda Shintoyo."

Oh, Li Xiao was also shocked when he heard it. Takeda Shingen's move did not make Takeda Katsurai return to the pre-liberation overnight.

This is equivalent to taking back the results of the two battles between Kenshin Uesugi and Katsuyori Takeda and his soldiers.

Then Takeda Katsuyoshi recounted the events during this period in detail. He had no concealment from Li Xiao and put his heart to his heart, and Masao Sanada also added some of his own judgments and opinions.

Only Yukatsu Sanada sat aside, the old **** was there, he kept silent, shook the folding fan in his hand, as if dozing off, occasionally opened his eyes slightly to see Li Xiao's reaction.

Li Xiao listened for more than half an hour, and then he understood the situation and details of Takeda's victory over the past two years.

To be honest, before that, Takeda Yoshinobu, Iitomi Tomasa, and Akobe Nobuaki had been using their influence within the Takeda family to frequently use their influence on Takeda Katsuyoshi.

But fortunately, under the wrist of the old and cunning Sanada Kotaka, everything was calm and there was room for resolution.

Here, Li Xiao secretly admires Sanada's old and calm handling methods. This is the mastery of craftsmanship.

Instead, it is to deal with it on his own. In terms of wrist and subtle handling, it is definitely not as good as Sanada.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao glanced up at the seemingly old-fashioned, half-hanging Sanada Yukaka.

Masayuki Sanada began to say: "Now, His Highness Yoshinobu has obtained the support of Imagawa, Hojo, and the husband, and the external situation has overwhelmed His Highness. And the current method, in order to counter the advantages of His Highness, is really only like his father. What the adults said is that I only asked the Takeda family to choose the Oda family as their alliance."

Bao Kezheng said: "Compared with the rising Oda Matsudaira family, the Imagawa family is already in decline, and it is far from the power of Yoshimoto Shangluo. Matsudaira Ieyasu has almost completed the reunification of the Three Rivers. In Ota, this year Matsui clan, the lord of Nimatata Castle, and Iio Renryu, lord of Hiking Horse Castle, was rebelled by Matsudaira Ie Yasushi and raised his flag to rebel. Imagawa’s fortunate minister Miura Shigetoshi went to crusade, and the result was a big defeat. The lord Miura Shigetoshi died. Now Imagawa’s family is far away. The people of several countries in Jiang’s country can’t deal with it, not to mention quelling the turmoil in the entire Yuanjiang country.”

Masayuki Sanada nodded in agreement with Hoko’s upright opinion, saying: “The Oda family and the Imagawa family are enemies. Choosing an alliance with one of them is equivalent to choosing to be hostile to the other family. In the long run, the head of the Imagawa family, Imagawa’s Dim and weak, the prestige of the Patriarch is lost, the people of the country are centrifugal, and there is only one country left in the Three Kingdoms. If this continues, if there is no great turning point, it will be difficult for the Imagawa family to gain a foothold in Suruga."

"As far as the family is concerned, the battle with Kenshin Uesugi for more than ten years is undivided. If you turn to attack the rich Suruga, you can not only occupy a land in a country, but also gain access to the sea, so for the lord, there is The root of Shangluo. At this point, he must have already seen that, instead of keeping the promise of the alliance with Imagawa in vain, it is better to confess the alliance at this time and turn to the alliance with the Oda Matsudaira family. You can take down the Imagawa family in one fell swoop."

After Masayuki Sanada finished speaking, Katsuyuki Takeda nodded silently.

For Takeda Yoshinobu, the biggest support is the Imagawa family. If Imagawa Yoshimoto does not die, even if Takeda Katsuyori works hard, it will be difficult to turn around. Now the decline of Imagawa is exactly Takeda Yoshinobu’s death. .

As soon as the Takeda family decides to attack the Imagawa family, for now, Takeda Yoshinobu's protagonist will be abolished in seven or eight.

That’s why Takeda Yoshinobu took advantage of Imagawa’s support when he can still breathe, and Imagawa’s family also hopes that Takeda Yoshinobu can hold on. If the Tokugawa Oda army is crushing in the future, he can drag the Takeda’s family into the water. Let him send soldiers to resist for a while.

Faced with Sanada's analysis, Li Xiao nodded. His view is consistent with them, and this is one of the important reasons for Takeda Yoshinobu's true defeat in history.

Seeing that Li Xiao had been thinking, Takeda Katsuyori said: "Li Xiao, this is probably the situation, how do you say I should respond?"

Listening to Takeda Katsuyoshi's words, Li Xiao raised his head, turned his head and looked around at the crowd. Masayuki Sanada looked at him with bated breath.

Obviously, he is their last hope right now, even Sanada Yukatsu stopped shaking his folding fan at this moment, his eyes half drooping, and he looked at him obliquely.

Facing everyone's expectations, Li Xiao looked at Sanada's Kotaka and calmly said: "For Sanada-sama, uniting the Oda clan to fight against the Imagawa clan behind His Highness Yoshinobu, I, Li Xiao, approve of this strategy."

"But for this decision, Gokan-sama must make a decision to break the alliance with the Imagawa family, and abandon the Gap Sang-soon Three Kingdoms alliance that Zentoku-ji made at that time. The Gokan-sama did not have enough certainty to decide this fatal blow. Before, I would not act rashly. Moreover, for the Takeda family, the importance of the Imagawa family is still greater than that of the Oda family. Therefore, the Gokan-sama chose to support Yoshinobu this time as the head of the Takeda family. The inevitable consideration belongs to reason."

According to Li Xiao's analysis, it was said that Takeda Katsuyoshi, Sanada Masayuki, and Hoko Masaru nodded one after another, and Sanada's eyes slightly narrowed, looking thoughtful.

Then Li Xiao smiled confidently and said: "So the problem is very simple, and now the danger of your Highness is that my Takeda family has not yet reached an alliance with the Oda family, and the Imagawa family has taken the lead in facing the lord’s side, so we We must postpone this period of time that is most unfavorable to us, temporarily keep our current strength, and then wait for the development of the situation to watch the changes."

Takeda Katsuyori slapped his thigh and said, "Yes. If the situation develops, if the Imagawa family continues to behave like this, the importance of the Imagawa family will be greatly reduced in the eyes of my father."

Masayuki Sanada asked: "Then Li Xiao-sama, how will your Highness delay this period of time? After ten days, it will be the assessment day. At that time, Gokan-sama will call all his servants to announce the dismissal. His Royal Highness Nishi Ueno’s position. At this time, if it’s time to explain to Master Gokan, will it be too late."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "You don't need to argue, the more you argue, the more you will show your own guilty conscience. Ten days is enough for us. It is very easy for your Highness to tide over this difficulty temporarily. . It’s just eight words, fish in troubled waters, retreat as progress."

As soon as Li Xiao's words fell, Sanada Masuko went on to ask: "How to fish in troubled waters and retreat as progress."

Li Xiao explained carefully: "This time I support His Highness Yixin’s superiority, they are the husband, the Hojo family, and the Imagawa family. The reasons for the three support are different. The husband does not want to see his family fall into danger. Decided to support His Highness Yixin. But I don't need to say more about the reasons for the Imagawa family."

"As for the Hojo family, I guess what Hojo's Yasushi didn't want to see is that the brave and combative His Royal Highness inherited the position of Patriarch. Now what we need to do is to clarify this point."

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Takeda Katsurai and others were still wondering, but Sanada's body was shocked. When he looked towards Li Xiao with a slightly muddy gaze, he revealed a gleam.

Ten days later, Katsuyori Takeda went to the Tsuzakikan to participate in the assessment of the Takeda family elders.

In the castle town, they were assassinated by a ninja. Three of them died in close combat, and Akiyama was wounded close to the pen. Katsuyori Takeda himself shot an arrow in the back. The arrow was smeared with poison, and his life was immediately dying.

Hearing the news of Takeda Katsuyai's assassination, Shingen Takeda, who had just returned from Shima Hot Springs to Tsuzakikan, was furious and ordered the Baba Shinbo to investigate the matter thoroughly and arrest the murderer.

After Takeda Katsuyato was assassinated on the street, rumors arose in Kai.

Rumor has it that Kenshin Uesugi himself decided to send troops from Echigo to Nishi-Ueno to fight a decisive battle with the Takeda army.

Someone contacted the assassination of Takeda Katsuyori, and immediately thought of whether Takeda Katsuyori was assassinated because Uesugi Kenshin secretly signaled to assassinate the Takeda family who has caused him many troubles, in order to prepare himself for going into battle.

However, among the retainers and samurai who understood the internal situation of the Takeda family, there was another speculation.

The spread of a saying is that Takeda Yoshinobu sent someone to assassinate his half-brother Takeda Katsuyori in order to eradicate his rivals.

This statement immediately spread to the ears of most of the retainers of the Takeda family. Some of them were believers, some were unbelievers, and others were half-believing.

Under such rumors, a day was even worse. Takeda Yoshinobu finally couldn't sit still, and personally came to explain to Takeda Shingen.

Takeda Shingen was relieved by Takeda Yoshinobu to show his trust.

So Takeda Yoshinobu was a little relieved.

However, the subsequent rumors have not been calmed down, and there are various theories, and for a while, everyone can't figure out the truth of Takeda Katsura's assassination.

On the contrary, when Ranwen Novel.com, a confirmed message spread to Takeda's family, the Nagano family of Minowa Castle, suddenly sent troops to continuously attack several small and powerful families in Ueno who had already subjugated the Takeda family.

Masaho Naito, who served as the representative of Takeda Katsuyoshi in Nishiueno, resisted the Nagano family's offensive, and sent someone to report the situation to Takeda Shingen.

A few days later, two assassins in the assassination of Takeda Katsuraei were discovered, one was killed and the other was wounded and committed suicide.

As soon as the two assassins died, the clue was interrupted when Takeda Katsurai was assassinated.

After that, Baba Nobubo reported to Takeda Shingen about the investigation. Although there was not enough evidence, all the clues showed that all the spearheads were directed at the Hojo family that no one had expected before.

After that, Katsuya Takeda was treated by the well-known doctor Nagata Tokumoto, known as "Koshu Tokumoto", and he recovered from his injury ~ www.wuxiamtl.com~ After he recovered from his illness, Takeda Katsuya immediately went to Takeda Shingen, who was living in the museum, to cry.

He was already discouraged by claiming that he had suffered this change, and decided to release all his military power, exchange all fiefs and knowledge, and went to Huilin Temple to follow Takeda Nobuhan's family, and retired from the world.

Takeda Shingen was also caught off guard by Takeda Katsuyoshi's move, and he could only express comfort.

A few days later, Takeda Shingen re-convened his retainers for assessment.

At the assessment meeting, Shingen Takeda clarified the uproar of the past few days and expressed his trust in Takeda Yoshinobu, so that everyone should stop speculating about this matter.

In the end, Shingen Takeda ordered Takeda Katsuyai to recover from his illness and returned to the defense of Nishi Ueno and continued to be responsible for the offensive against the Nagano family's Minowa Castle.

At this time, the crisis of Takeda Katsura came to an end, and the assassination of Takeda Katsura was also a headless case.

Only a few behind the scenes watched the incident with cold eyes. . ..