Samurai of the Takeda Family

The more China, the city is born.

The warm daylight of early spring broke the snow-covered winter of Hokuriku.

The head of the Shenbao family, who had entered the Taoist law named Zongchang, was looking at the flag finger objects with the sun and the moon on the city, with a smile on his face.

On the main formation of the Shenbao Army, the curtains were covered with two vertical strips of cloth.

Amidst the formation, the chief priest of the gods took his gaze back from the head of the city, turned his head and sat on the horse at the long table.

The chief priest was dressed in a monk's robe, with a bald head of the monk, holding a folding fan, and said to the guards of the Shenbao family on both sides of the long table: "My ancestor of the Shenbao family is a descendant of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty. Traveling to Japan and taking roots here, it is said that I and Li Xiao, the general of Ming Guo, are not outsiders to each other."

After finishing talking about the presidency, the retainers on both sides looked up and laughed.

PS: Shenbao's original surname is Weizong courtier. Weizong is a descendant of Emperor Qin Shihuang, and descendants of Fujian of the former Qin Dynasty. The Shimadzu family and the Nagami family are all from this branch.

The old man of the Shenbao family, Xiaodao Zhizhen laughed: "The lord praises this Li Xiao too much. The lord is after the first emperor, and Li Xiao has never said where he came from. I heard that he was just a one in Ming. Nothing is more famous than generals at the general level. There is nothing to talk about alongside the lord."

The chief priest raised his hand to stop Kojima’s words, saying: “Kojima, don’t underestimate this opponent because of this. According to my work at Takeda’s house, I told you that this person is the most important person by Shingen. Even though his majesty takes him seriously, he regards him as the opponent of the Takeda family that he most fears after Duke Shingen. Therefore, he must not underestimate his enemies."

At this time, a young warrior with a shaved half-moon head at the end of the retainer's seat said loudly: "Grandfather, this time we are attacking Chengshengcheng, please let me, Xinli, attack the city gate as a series of battles in return for Li Xiao's death. The hatred, the hatred of my Saito family’s foundation."

This samurai who had just recently taken his prime minister was the son of Saito Riki, the lord of the original castle town, Shinri Saito.

After Chengshengcheng was captured by Li Xiao six months ago, he fled to the asylum of his grandfather, the chief guard, under the protection of a group of loyal Saito clan retainers.

Saito Shinri is more famous in history than his father. In the Hokuriku strategy of the Oda family, the Saito family fell to the Oda family and as its pioneer, attacked the Uesugi family.

The chief priest looked at his grandson and hesitated. This time he sent troops to the city to live the city, not to restore the name of the Saito family, but this banner and call must be defeated. After all, there are still two in the army under his command. One hundred Saito family'recovery' army.

Occasionally, the status still needs to be used as a fig leaf, so the Jinbao family must rely on their power. The head of the priest thought so.

The chief minister smiled and said: "Truly, you have this brave heart, so I am very proud of your father who died for you, but this battle is your first battle, how to learn from the generals? Dao is the key, understand?"

Fuji Shinri's face was calm, and he didn't feel discouraged after being rejected.

This scene was in the eyes of the chief priest, and he glanced at Saito Norii unconsciously, then he turned to look at the first military commander on the right hand side of the long wooden table, and asked: "Terashima, how is the siege going on? NS?"

Terashima, another important member of the Jinbo family, said: "My lord, many tasks have been completed to attack Soemaru. As reported by the Uesugi family ninjas before, the opponent has a lot of iron cannons to defend the castle. In the process, our army was lightly fired by the opponent's iron cannons."

"But fortunately, we filled the plan of excavation and cutting. It was just a feint. In fact, I have secretly dispatched my subordinates and dug two tunnels from the ground to the inside of Sotomarunou. Taken it."

The chief priest nodded and asked: "Since you are digging underground, you must not take it lightly because you are close to the city. You need to beware of the enemy generals."

Terashima's position said with a smile: "Please don't worry, the lord, the island of the generals of the Takeda army, who is the most jealous of us, is now in Kamioka Castle. If this person is in the city, because of his long battles, and He is so brave that he dare not rush to use the digging strategy, but now Koichiro Kinoshita who is stationed in the castle castle, according to the information, is only from Owari Kunizu, not even a samurai. Li Xiao let such an inexperienced general lead him. It is absolutely a misstep to guard the city."

Xiaodao Township also said: "Lord, besides, according to intelligence, Li Xiao, the snake-tailed equipment stationed in Chengsheng City, was newly recruited. Prepare the team, so we will focus more on how to attack the city instead of worrying about the opponent coming out of the city to attack."

Xiaodao Zhizhen, Temple Island Zhiding, these two people are known as the heads of the two walls of the Shenbao family. You can analyze the general military situation of Chengshengcheng with one word and one word.

Surprisingly, the Jinbao family knew very well about the situation in Chengshengcheng.

This shows that in the intelligence work, the outstanding spying ability of the Uesugi family Xuanyuan, and the reverse osmosis work of Yokotani against the enemy ninja were not implemented in place.

As a group of Xuanyuan people who have been based in Yuezhong and Yuehou for many years, they are still better than the ninjas that Li Xiao established soon.

Just when the vassals of the Jinbao family were discussing how to attack the city.

Suddenly, one Zuqing came to report and said: "My lord, there is an abnormal situation on the top of the city."

The generals at the rank of chief priest listened, and hurriedly stepped out of the battlefield and walked to a high ground to take a look.

Standing on the highest piece of rock, the chief priest raised the folding fan to block the direct sunlight and looked over the city.

Seeing the light on the top of the city, the chief minister of the gods only felt dazzling. Suddenly, his body shook and he took a step back slightly.

The chief minister turned around and looked towards Xiaodao Township, pointed the folding fan at the head of the city, and asked displeasedly: "You tell me, what's going on?"

Xiaodao Zhizhen showed a somewhat puzzled look. When he carefully looked at the scene above the city head, he was also taken aback and said loudly, "How is this possible?"

"Given that there are at least a hundred warriors on the top of the city, how can you say that they are all mobs?" The chief priest yelled at Kojima.

Xiaodao Township bowed down and said: "My lord, it's an oversight by his subordinates."

"Since there is an error in the judgment, we must be cautious," the chief minister of the gods looked at the city head of the city again, and said, "I will immediately re-investigate the information in the city. After confirming it, we will report it again. It is not allowed until the information in the city is detailed. Attack the city at will."

All the guards of the Bao family agreed together.

Above the head of the city.

Koichiro Kinoshita stood on the arrow scull and looked at the position of the Jinbao family under the castle. There was a worrisome expression on the face filled with two flags and two flags.

At this moment, he also saw the retainers of the Jinbao family who were standing in a row under the castle.

Kinoshita Koichiro felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he glanced at the top of the castle again, thinking that he hoped that this strategy could be concealed from the other party.

"Master Kinoshita, is this idea you came up with feasible?" Xiaoxian Xiaoba also came to the arrow scull at this moment.

In his eyes, he looked at the Chengsheng Cheng Chengdai appointed by his brother-in-law himself.

To be honest, he is still a little bit unconvinced about Li Xiao's appointment at this moment.

This thin, small, rural man was actually worthy of being a samurai, and was entrusted by his brother-in-law with the responsibility of defending one city.

And the most unwilling is that Li Xiaolin told him before leaving, all things should be followed by Kinoshita Koichiro, and for major decisions, the three of them must be unanimously approved by Kinoshita Koichiro and Yamatoruto before they can be implemented.

This makes Xiaoken, who came from a serious samurai family, feels uneasy. In his eyes, he can't be inferior to Koichiro Kinoshita.

However, in the six months since Li Xiao left, when Koichiro Kinoshita served as the city lord of the castle, although he did not have outstanding political achievements, he was safe in everything, and no one could see that there was too much difference.

This point in Xiaoxian Xiaoban's eyes shows that the other party still has some ability.

When Koichiro Kinoshita faced Akori Oba's question, he remained as humble and sincere as before, and said: "Master Oba, what the results are, I'll know in a while."

Xiaoxian Oba shook his head and looked at the head of Chengshengcheng. That piece of golden light was the sunlight reflected by a large piece of iron on the armor, which was dazzling.

The armor on the head of this city, the armor, the feet, the belly, including the old-fashioned big armor, and the various headbands with strange shapes, such as Tang head, sky upright, upright, and antlers are different.

Is this what Koichiro Kinoshita came up with?

Let the Snake-tailed footmen who have been recruited for a few months put them in the storeroom. When the sword hunting order was executed last time, the full and large armors collected from the locals were used to pretend to be elite warriors to deceive the Jinbao family. , So that they dare not attack the city at will.

Is this feasible?

Xiaoxian Oba just hit this big question mark.

I heard Koichiro Kinoshita whisper: "It's done."

Xiaoxian Oba turned his head and looked down the city, and saw that the Jinbao Army, which had surrounded the city with three levels of inside and outside, had begun to retreat slowly, loosening the circle of encirclement.

Xiaoken Oba could not help being surprised when he turned his head to look at Koichiro Kinoshita. His little tricks could deceive the samurai of the Jinbao family and win more time for the castle.

Thinking of this, Xiaoxian Xiaoba again reviewed Kinoshita Koichiro, and now he is making a new estimate.

And when Koichiro Kinoshita saw that his strategy had succeeded, he was not at all complacent, and said in a low voice: "Although the strategy is successful, it won't buy much time like this. The Jinbao family spends some time investigating and can find out the truth. It's a pity that the heavy snow closed the mountain, and Master Dao Shengmeng couldn't lead his troops to help. Hey, if the lord was here, it would be fine."

A thunderstorm fell on Kai.

The rumbling thunder kept ringing.

Black forged horseshoes stepped in the mud, Li Xiao, Shioka Kazuha, Honda Masanobu, and Tsuchiya Masahiro, who was newly recruited by his new writer and minister, and several others were riding horses in the dirt road in the rain. .

The rain continued to wash away the clothes and horseback on his body. As the whip was swung, the samurai tried their best to urge the horse underneath.

Li Xiao's face was stern, looking at the blurred street in front of him, which was covered by heavy rain, but in the bottom of his heart he thought of the scene that had just come out of the Kusuzaki Hall.

Wenzhicheng Shengcheng was attacked, Li Xiao rushed back to Tsuzakikan overnight and reported to Takeda Shingen that the Jinbao family had attacked his territory.

Although Shingen Takeda was ill, he paid great attention to the matter and summoned Li Xiao overnight.

However, Shingen Takeda frankly confessed to Li Xiao that the turmoil of Yoshinobu had just passed and the Takeda family had not yet settled. Before the attitude of the Imagawa family was unknown, they were unable to send troops to support Li Xiao in the fight.

Li Xiao understood this. He came to Takeda Shingen, but he had no intention of borrowing troops from him.

"It's raining too much, and the sky is getting dark, so there will be no way to see the road." Li Xiao suddenly stopped the horse and said to his men.

"But the main city is over there in Shengcheng." Someone among his subordinates suggested.

Li Xiao swiped his whip and said: "It's not bad for this meeting."

Li Xiao and the others walked randomly to live in an abandoned house.

This house has been abandoned for a long time now, and the roof of the house is leaking water ticking.

The accompanying samurai immediately led their horses to feed the water and graze, and picked up the brushes to clean the wet mud splashed on the horses.

Li Xiao looked at the heavy rain outside the thatched roof, showing a thoughtful look.

"Master, Master Gokan this time, how can I deploy reinforcements to enter Hida? The Snake Tail has not yet formed combat power. We must know that our current military strength is not enough to resist. ." Ben Duo Zhengxin said to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao nodded and said: "I know, but the lord did not deploy reinforcements to follow me into the Hida. But this is not difficult for me, don't forget, I am the temporary general of the Yuezhong Hida Army. "

Bendo Zhengxin immediately grasped Li Xiao's meaning and said: "Lord, what you mean is to use the identity of the general general to order the mobilization of troops to the Jiangma family, the Neijima family, and the sister Xiaolu family."

Well, Li Xiao nodded.

"But they probably won't agree to be so refreshing, especially from the standpoint of the sister Xiaolu family and the inner island family, they should be even more hopeful that our army will lose in Vietnam."

"Yes," Li Xiao smiled slightly and said, "That's why this time I deliberately abducted to the Tsuzakikan, and asked the lord to ask for the seal of order for the three companies to send troops, and directly issued the order to them in the identity of the lord. , Let them lend me soldiers."

"Not only that, I led the Hida Hao's army to the middle of the battle, which is likely to cause Uesugi's prying eyes. In order to guard against the possibility of Uesugi Huihu going to the middle of the battle, I also asked the lord to ask the lord of the rock to reject the city. The castle lord Masanobu Takasaka sent troops to check Echigo, and the lord has already agreed to my request."

Masamoto Honda could not help but smile, saying: "Lord, you are really clever, Sister Koji Yoshirai, no matter how stubborn Uchijima Shiri, he will not violate Gokan-sama's meaning, otherwise my Takeda family will have enough excuses to be straightforward. Crusade against these two forces. Moreover, with the restraint of the two adults, Takasaka and Big Bear, Uesugi Teruto dare not leave Kasuga Mountain City easily."

Li Xiao nodded and said, "But the lord will not print the verdict to help me every time. Since then, the lord has granted me the power of a country of Vietnam and China to gain its own right. Without the help of the master, do you think that given my current strength, how many years would it take to win Vietnam and China?"

Masanobu Honda frowned, shook his head and said: "Lord, from the heart, Etchu Jinbo, Shiina family is not as powerful as the Uesugi family, but after all, it was appointed by Kingohatayama himself and Yu Yu Zujia, together for the three guardian generations of Vietnam and China."

"In terms of righteousness, the local big and small families, who have served in Jimbo for generations, and the Shiina family, are also accustomed to the rule of the two. If you are impatient, it will be difficult for the forces of my Takeda family to enter Vietzhong."

Li Xiao sighed and said: "Zhengxin, you are right. My momentum is not enough. If we follow the previous plan, the strategy of one city and one city will inevitably be resolutely resisted by the rich. In my opinion, it will take ten years. It’s still not enough for me to calm down half a Vietnamese middle school, so the time has been delayed."

"So we can't get caught up in the battle with Jinbo and Shiina family for territory. We must concentrate our forces to force them to fight together, and after several victories, destroy the morale of the Chinese people, and finally use various means to force them. The more Chinese people surrender to me."

Li Xiao's decision was to conduct a one-off battle to determine the outcome.

Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin had their fourth battle on Kawa Nakajima. After winning or losing, he turned to avoid a one-time tactical decisive battle of luck, and instead relied on territorial strategy and a three-way aggressive strategy to suppress the Uesugi family.

Using the method of capturing territory, steadily attacking, slowly eroding the Uesugi family, and finally accumulating small victories into big victories, winning with strategy and tactics.

Such a stable style of play is most suitable for a strategic master like Takeda Shingen. Shinano's first good at that year, Murakami Yoshikiyo, after giving Takeda Shingen Uedahara and Toishi two defeats, Takeda Shingen changed his strategy and used various adjustments. Add all kinds of small-scale battles, and finally kill Murakami Yoshiki slowly.

However, its disadvantage is that it takes too long. The three-way strategy of attacking the post-Yuezhong has been implemented for more than two years, and even West Ueno has not been able to capture it for more than two years.

And Li Xiao can’t wait now. There is a tick on his head. The timetable is always walking, like a sharp sword hanging upside down~www.wuxiamtl.com~ He must be in the Takeda family before the Oda family is strong enough. Before the battle, Chang Xiaohe, the key battle of the Tian family, made himself strong enough to turn the tide of the battle and became a turning point in changing this historical event.

So Li Xiao can't waste any time now, and must strengthen his power as quickly as possible.

Hearing that Li Xiao was preparing to fight with the Jinbao family and Shiina family to determine the outcome, Bendo Masanobu was taken aback, but as a retainer, he felt that he still had to speak out.

"My lord, please forgive me. Although my family’s Western tactics won a big battle with the Saito family last time, the drills of the two teams of Kamoka and Snake Tail are immature, and relying on this is not enough to make up for it. The gap in military strength between our army and the Jimbo and Shiina clan."

"I understand. In fact, it is not only Jimbo and Shiina family, the target of the decisive battle, but also the Echigo Uesugi family. After defeating Jimbo and Shiina family, I must also completely expel Uesugi family's power from Echigo."

When Honda Zhengxin heard that Li Xiao was even preparing to fight with the military **** Uesugi Teruho, he was stunned at this moment, unable to speak.