Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 341 Victory over Lai

After the Takeda Army defeated the Hojo Army during the battle of Mizotoge Pass on October 6 last year.

Just one month later, in November, Shingen Takeda once again led his army out of Kai.

In the last two battles, the Hojo clan thought that Shingen Takeda was lost to the Suruga that he had just captured, but was occupied by the Hojo clan, so he would definitely return to the Hojo clan to fight for Suruga's ownership.

Therefore, the Hojo family has been hoarding heavy soldiers in Suruga as a defense.

However, Shingen Takeda did the opposite. He did not send troops to Suruga to fight this ambition with the Hojo clan. Instead, he attacked the emptiness of the Hojo clan.

Invading Izu once and Odawara Castle once from Musashi was like entering an uninhabited state.

After seeing Shingen's power, in order to strengthen the defense of these two places, the Hojo clan had to transfer the army that was prepared to attack in Suruga and One back to their ability to defend. This time, it caused the emptiness of Suruga's defense.

This time, Shingen Takeda really chose to attack Suruga and retake Suruga, the original land of Imagawa's family.

Along the way, Shingen broke through Hengshan City, Kambara City, and Fukasawa City. The Hojo Army was insufficient in Suruga, so it was in a sweeping trend.

On December 7, Takeda Shingen led an army to besiege Sunfu Castle.

On December 13th, Masazu Okabe, the lord of Sunfu Castle, surrendered to the Takeda family.

After that, Shingen Takeda ordered Masakei, Yama Prefecture to fall, the main route to the west of Suruga, Hanazawa Castle, the city of Toku.

After the fall of the two cities, the Takeda family completed the suppression of the entire Suruga country.

It took a year for the Takeda family to fight against the Hojo family in several battles since they came out of Suruga country in December last year and defeated the Imagawa family.

After Suruga Kingdom entered the Takeda family, Takeda Shingen also officially became one of the million stone names.

In the world at present, besides the Takeda family, there are only four families in the world: Oda, Hojo, and Mori.

Thirteen years of Yonglu.

It is also the first month of the year 1570 AD.

At this time, the Takeda family was in a very prosperous state. To celebrate the suppression of Suruga, a large-scale Noh drama and dance performances were held at the shrine near Tsuzakikan.

Under the darkness of night, a brazier was lit all around, lighting the surrounding fields bright red.

The Takeda army armed with a vermilion lacquer spear stood tall, guarding the shrine tightly from all sides.

In the shrine, a dance is being held on a high platform.

On both sides of the high platform, more than forty Takeda family servants and Admiral-level retainers, all with bare heads, hands on knees, sitting on straw mats.

On the front of the elevated platform, this is the best position.

Takeda Shingen is dressed in hunting clothes, wearing a black hat, and sitting on a horse in a formal suit, with a relaxed expression.

Behind him, there are more than a dozen old retainers of the Takeda family, such as Takeda Katsuyoshi, Takeda Shinren, Yamagata Masaki, Takasaka Masanobu, Baba Nobubo, Naito Masaoto, and more than a dozen old retainers of the Takeda family, and Li, who has just returned from Etchu Akatsuki is also sitting beside Takeda Katsurai.

Now everyone is attentive, watching this scene.

On the high platform, dancers wearing dragon head dance faces and crimson robes holding golden small scorpions are showing gestures with their hands and performing dance music.

This dancer performed the Japanese court gaga, the tune of the king of Lanling,

The King of Lanling's Entrance Song originated in the Northern Qi Dynasty of China, and was later introduced to Japan.

It is said that the king of Lanling, because of his face is too soft and less than the enemy of Weihe, so he must wear a hideous mask in battle.

Later, in order to demonstrate King Lanling’s great victory in Mangshan, this dance was performed solo by a dancer wearing a mask to show the heroic posture of Lanling King’s finger and stabbing.

The lively performances of the dancers, as well as the tragic, vigorous and vigorous music, the uncommon momentum, and the simplicity and melodiousness, made the hearts of those present feel a little heart-stirring.

Sitting by the side, Li Xiao also felt the momentum of the Lanling King’s **** battle on the battlefield. It is said that the modern song has long been lost in China, but it is still in Japan because of its secret collection method, which has been preserved from generation to generation. Kind of archaic.

It's a bit regretful to think about it.

But right now, this song of wishing victory is to show the Takeda family's joy of winning Suruga country this time, and the triumph of Mimasu Toge.

As the music became more and more exciting, all the retainers of the Takeda family looked excited.

Finished a dance.

Everyone is in a state of unfinished thoughts.

Shingen Takeda got up and stood up, took the Taito from the hand, and slowly walked up to the high platform.

Everyone knew that Xinxuan had something to say, so they waited silently for Xinxuan's words and sat down to listen.

Shingen glanced at his retainers and said: "King Lanling was a famous general in the Northern Dynasties. He was young and handsome. He was a figure I admired when Shingen was young. Therefore, I invited Kabuki from Kyoto to show this song."

After a pause, Shingen Takeda said again: "The King of Lanling Wuxun was outstanding, but he died of the jealousy of the emperor and ministers when he was less than 30 years old. I thought I would die on the battlefield, but fortunately Yawata Daimyoji blessed me and I am still there today, but now it’s time to think about what's behind me."

After hearing Xinxuan's words, the audience was all in awe.

The generals of Shanxian, Machang, Naito, Takasaka, and Akiyama who have been following Shingen for a long time, hearing Shingen's words, are full of tears, and a few people even stretch their hands to wipe them in their eyes.

Takeda Shingen continued to say: "The eldest son, righteous faith, rebellious father-killing, unrighteous and unbelief, has been abolished by me as a prostitute, and is now dead. And Shiro Katsurai, loyal and benevolent, outstanding Wuxun, even Uesugi Kenshin also I lost in his hands and made great contributions to the capture of Nishi-Ueno for the family. It is the person I entrusted to believe in Xuanyi. I think I can inherit the inheritance of the Takeda family in the future. Do you have any objections?"

Since Takeda Yoshinobu's death, Takeda Katsuyori has become the most likely successor to the future governor of the Takeda family.

After these five years, Shingen Takeda and all his vassals have been tested, and Shenglai has been very decent.

And when I heard Takeda Shingen said so, among the family members, Li Xiao, Sanada Kotaka, and Takeda Shinfeng were the three who were most pleased.

As for the integrity of Baike sitting below, Obata Nobuada, and Daxiong Chaoxiu are also happy.

At present, most people in the Takeda family have acquiesced that Shenglai will be the candidate for the future Takeda family governor. Even if a small number of people are not reconciled, they can only admit it at this moment.

When Takeda Shingen said so, it was tantamount to piercing the last layer of window paper, and no one would be at this moment to discourage everyone.

So as soon as Takeda Shingen's voice fell, all his retainers said: "I am waiting for the Lord's order."

Seeing the loyalists collectively express their opinions, Takeda Shingen nodded slowly and said: "Since everyone has no objections. After three years, I Shingen will officially retire and cede the position of house governor, letting Katsurai officially become my Takeda family. The twentieth generation of Patriarch. Sheng Lai, you need to have the consciousness to take on the family business."

Katsuyori Takeda knelt under the high platform and said to Shingen Takeda: "Shiro will definitely live up to the entrustment of his father and his servants."

After that, the Takeda clan held a small ceremony. Takeda Shingen officially gave his Shinano guardian service to Takeda Katsuyoshi, and Takeda Shingen still had Kai guardian, the service that the Takeda clan's governor had attacked for generations.

In the end, Takeda Katsurai also changed the Miao character from Suwa back to Takeda, and took the position of the son of Takeda's family.

After taking the seat as the son of Takeda Katsuyoshi, Takeda Shingen gathered in the main hall of the Kusakikan once again to discuss matters.

The discussion this time is more important than the succession of Takeda Katsuyori's heir.

This time, there were more than 300 retainers in the gathering, and all the elders and the servants were all present.

Here, Shingen Takeda will decide the ancestor of the Takeda family.

This time family elders are different from ordinary family elders. After being selected, they can become the hereditary family members of the Takeda family.

Become a family elder of the genealogy, with the writer Masakei Yamagata, Oni Mino Baba Nobubo, Nishi-Ueno Army General Naito Masanobu, Kita Shinano Army Takasaka Masanobu, Etchu Hida Army Li Xiao, Attack Masao Sanada Kotaka, South Shinano Akiyama Nobuyuki, Koyamada Nobuhiro, Anyama Shin-kun, Kiso Yoshihisa.

A total of ten people constituted the Supreme Council of the Takeda family.

As one of the consecutive judges, the Takeda family guarantees their hereditary seats in the family. For example, after Li Xiao retires in the future, Li Zheng will succeed the family superintendent and can replace Li Xiao into the consecutive judges.

Even the judges have quite a lot of power, and with the approval of all members, they can even refute and influence the opinions of the owner of the family.

And even the conviction that all members of the public sign the document is also equivalent to the order of the owner of the family.

After hearing that he was selected for consecutive sentences, Li Xiao was very surprised. This was a treatment he had never thought of, and the establishment of consecutive sentences for Takeda Shingen to delegate power was nothing in history.

But after being shocked, Li Xiao immediately thought that the so-called even judges were just a mere vain name. It is simply impossible for all members to pass the decision to change the owner of a ten-person sentence.

As long as there is one person working with the Patriarch, this is a joke in vain.

However, this way of convicting the public is very useful to win over foreign retainers like Li Xiao and Yutaka Sanada and give them an identity treatment.

At the same time, the genealogical identity also added another layer of protection to Li Xiao's current territory.

And Li Xiao’s seat in even the judges was much higher than he expected. UU reading www.uukanshu.com Machang Letter Room, Naito Masaoto and other family elders are inferior to him, even holding a heavy hand. Shingen's good friend Masanobu Takasaka is also under him.

Li Xiao's seat is second only to Shanxian Changjing, and besides a crowd, he ranks second among all the elders of the Takeda family.

In this regard, Li Xiao inevitably expressed ‘sincere fear’ and even hypocritically asked Xinxuan to resign.

Of course, Xin Xuan also refused naturally, indicating that Li Xiao is absolutely competent.

In fact, including Shingen, and everyone in the Takeda family knows that with Li Xiao’s current Yuezhong Hida family background of 25 or 6 stones, and the tens of thousands of troops that can be mobilized at any time, they have become the first in the Takeda family. Terrible combat power.

Its strength definitely ranks first among the retainers of the Takeda family.

If Shingen Takeda doesn't help Li Xiao here, Li Xiao will also feel dissatisfied with his current position.

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