Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 297: Gift of Salt and the Enemy

Just as Li Xiao appointed Tsuchiya Masahiro as the general of the riding team, a horseback warrior with a centipede flag on his back was galloping down the mountain.

Li Xiao looked terrified at this.

On the side, Tsuchiya Masahiro said in surprise, "Isn't this the centipede ride of Gokan-sama? Why did Hida come here?"

While talking, after dismounting from the horse, the centipede biography drove straight up the mountain and came to Li Xiao's five feet away, and was stopped by the two Li Xiao's sides.

The Chuanqi stopped, supported the ground with his right hand, knelt down on one knee and said, "Master Tajima Shou, this is a secret letter from the lord."

After speaking, he forwarded a letter with lacquer to Li Xiao by approaching him.

Li Xiao uncovered the paint and looked at the tail of the letter, which was stamped with a dragon-red seal, and Takeda Shingen's autograph. This confirmed that it was Takeda Shingen's letter.

After reading the letter quickly, Li Xiao showed a hint of embarrassment, thought for a while, and said to the envoy: "You report to the lord, saying that Li Xiao must do everything possible."

With a grimace, he said: "So the lord is relieved, I will go back and report."

After the Centipede passed away, Li Xiao said to one side: "Immediately go to Shengang City, order the Tibetan Chang'an, Masuda Changsheng, and the salt house Qiuzhen, and they will come to Yingdong City together."

It turns out that Takeda Shingen's letter said that the relationship between the Takeda family and Hojo Imakawa has reached a critical point.

Not long ago, the Imagawa clan used the Takeda and Oda alliance as an excuse to criticize the Takeda family, and together with Hojo clan Yasushi, he formally cut salt from Kai.

Kai and Shinano rely on Imagawa for salt, and Hojo supplies it. At the moment, the salt is cut off, and the Takeda family has no salt to buy, and they are in trouble.

Therefore, Shingen Takeda sent a letter and ordered Li Xiao to quickly adjust the salt from Hida and transport it to Kai.

At the same time, Li Xiao should be kept secret, and this unfavorable news should not be leaked to avoid further panic.

However, the problem facing Li Xiao is that Hida Salt is barely able to maintain his country. Although the winter snow has melted, it will take some time to adjust the salt from Yuezhong.

Moreover, if the salt is adjusted on a large scale, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Jinbao family, and even Hida's salt road will be affected by that time.

Now that Shingen Takeda has given the order, at this moment of crisis in this family, Li Xiao has only the word of loyalty to take the lead. If he can overcome this difficulty, Shingen's trust in Li Xiao should be improved.

However, Li Xiao's delivery of salt from Hida can only support the Takeda family for a while. Without the transportation of salt from Hojo Imagawa, the price of Kai's salt would rise further.

At this time, Li Xiaoyi suddenly remembered a person, Uesugi Kenshin.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled slightly, whether this matter will develop as it did in history.

Echigo, Kasuga Mountain Castle.

Kenshin Uesugi himself held a bamboo battle in his hand and looked at the large-scale Jiayue situation map on the wall.

On the map, Echigo Yuezhong is like a large dragon lying on its back, with its back against the sea.

In the easternmost part of Echigo Etsuchu is Yixiangzong. The Honganji powers entrenched in the Kaga country, as well as the Shengxing Temple and Zuizen Temple in Viet Central, firmly controlled the Hokuriku Road and Uesugi Kenshin's Shangluo Road.

Although Hongan Temple was repeatedly defeated by the Echigo Army, Uesugi Kenshin also knew that with the Uesugi family's power, it was impossible to destroy Hongan Temple.

On the front of Echigo and Echigo, Shingen Takeda set up three legions in line with Echigo's strategy.

The Hida on the left is the Hida led by Li Xiao, the Viet-Chong Corps, the Shinano in the middle is the North Shinano Corps led by Masanobu Takasaka, and the Nishi Ueno on the right is the Nishi-Ueno Corps temporarily replaced by Masatada Kanri. .

Now the whole Echichu and half of Echigo are under the cover of the three major groups of Takeda family.

In addition to the three first-line legions, there are second-line legions such as Takeda Nobuya and Akiyama Nobuya, which can attack at any time.

Now Takeda Shingen has recovered his vitality since the last time he captured Minowa Castle. If he hadn't taken care of Imakawa and Hojo behind him, he had already raised troops from Kai, ordered the three major legions, and joined Honganji to attack Echichu and Echigo in four directions.

Even Hojo can set off from Ueno Stable Bridge Castle and join forces with Takeda to attack Echigo.

Not to mention peeping into the Ashina family in the area of ​​Echigo Yangbei for a long time.

Uesugi Kenshin had always been fearless, and his face changed slightly when he saw this situation.

Uesugi Kenshin thought at this time that after the **** battle on Kawanakajima in the four years of Yonglu, Takeda Shingen had built the Echigo encirclement net with his own hands for five years. .

"Xin Xuan Zhen is a terrible enemy, my Hui Hu's lifelong enemy." Kenshin Uesugi exclaimed.

At the moment, there is a vague voice from the powerful family within the Uesugi family, saying that the Uesugi family is fighting on the three fronts of Honganji, Takeda, and Hojo at the same time, so even if the Echigo samurai is good at fighting, it will not be able to support it.

Now Uesugi has basically lost control of Kanto, so the three powers can keep pace with the Uesugi family.

And Shingen Takeda and Yasushi Hojo are also the heroes of the world, and neither of them is inferior to Uesugi Kenshin.

Uesugi Kenshin once again looked at Hida, Shinano, and Ueno. The three major groups of Takeda lined up with a solemn look appeared on their faces.

Just at this moment, Naoe Jingzuna rushed into the main hall eagerly.

Holding a letter in his hand, he said to Ken Uesugi: "Master, good news, the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Takeda, Hojo and Imagawa will soon disappear."

Ken Shini Uesugi cried out and asked, "Can you confirm?"

Keizuna Naoe nodded and told the truth about Hojo Imagawa's joint ban on salt from the Takeda family.

Keizuna Naoe added a sentence of his own judgment, saying: "Master, it is so difficult for Shingen, and we can take this opportunity to attack Takeda."

Kenshin Uesugi heard what Naoe Keizuna said, and asked without hesitation: "Do you think Shingen will get into trouble because of the lack of salt?".

Keizuna Naoe pondered for a while, and said: "Maybe it has little effect on Shingen Takeda, but no matter how you say it, the people in the Takeda family will panic because of this. Lord, this is really a good opportunity."

Kenshin Uesugi shook his head and said: "You are wrong. The good or bad of martial arts is determined by heaven. As a samurai, it is enough to win a battle on the battlefield. If you win by cutting salt, you will not win. Takeshi Teruho is not true of Imagawa and Yasushi of Hojo. I disdain such tricks."

"Lord, you won't." Naoe Jingzuna was suddenly surprised.

Kenshin Uesugi nodded and said: "Jingzuna and Jiayue have been fighting for more than ten years, and countless soldiers have been buried in the wilderness. It is time to recuperate, not to rush to use troops."

Keizuna Naoe nodded and said, "Master, you are right."

In the ten years of Yongluo, Hojo Imagawa jointly cut salt from the Takeda family.

Uesugi Kenshin, who was the enemy of Takeda Shingen, generously gave salt out of justice.

Kennobu Uesugi ordered his imperial merchant Kuroda Gorozaemon to transport salt to Shinano Shinshi's market for sale. UU read www.uukanshu.com to relieve the urgent need for salt shortage in the Takeda family.

Uesugi Teruhu also wrote a letter by himself, and ordered it to be given to Shingen Takeda: "As much as you need, just come and get it."

This period of giving salt to the enemy became a good story between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.

Takeda Shingen also admired Uesugi Kenshin's courage. In this situation, even ungrateful people would not face to advance to Echigo.

Between Jiayue and Vietnam, a temporary harmony was thus reached.

The news reached Hida shortly after, and Li Xiao couldn't help but smile when he heard it, thinking that Kenshin Uesugi would really do business, not only to fulfill his reputation, but also to make a fortune by taking advantage of the lack of salt in the Takeda family.

Fortunately, this year Li Xiao set his goal to march on Mino, otherwise he would not be able to attack Yuezhong under moral constraints.

Chapter 297: Gift of Salt and the Enemy

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