Samurai of the Takeda Family

Li Xiao nodded after hearing the envoy's report.

Nobuhiro Takeda really took advantage of the autumn harvest to complete, and he also entered the army in the overall situation.

Compared with the Hida Yuezhong Corps, the Takeda family's economy is more dependent on agriculture. Therefore, after the autumn harvest and before the spring ploughing, it is time to use soldiers.

This time Takeda Nobuhira was mobilized for a long time, and this time before Li Xiaofei drove the Yuezhong Army forward, part of it was Li Xiao’s outpost in the Battle of Kinki, and the other part was Takeda Shinshige's mobilization of Li Xiao’s army in the name of the house governor’s hindsight. Echizen's purpose was the smoke released by this family's attack on the Hojo family.

Obviously, Takeda Nobuhiro's goal was to make the Hida Etsuzhong Corps attack the Kinki in an offensive instead of defensive manner, in order to attract the attention of the Oda family.

In order to prevent the Oda family from being there, the Takeda family was fully prepared to fight with Hojo this time, attacking from Nakayama Road, and stabbing itself in the back.

So Nobuhiro Takeda's order came and suppressed Li Xiao's previous plan.

At the time when Huzai Zongyi and Bendo believe in the dispute, Li Xiao originally wanted to divide the fifty thousand troops gathered under the northern village into two waves, half besieged under the city, and half returned to their home.

In the second year, when the spring blossoms, two waves of soldiers will be replaced.

Then use the tactics of long-term siege to capture Beizhizhuang City.

After all, Li Xiao's mobilization of the country this time, his current economy is also a huge burden, and the 50,000 army's daily rations under the city of Beizhizhuang can be piled up into a big mountain.

Fortunately, after Li Xiaoshui army captured the Three Kingdoms. Opened the water channel.

Li Xiao can use Kaga Honyoshi to transport grain from the sea to the three countries of Echizen. To the three countries, the grain ship can also travel upstream along the mouth of the Jiulongtou River.

Honyoshi Minato and Mikuni Minato are all one of the seven towns of Sanminato, and both are great ports.

With Li Xiao's support from the Northland Navy, this section of the grain road can ensure safety and error, and it saves time and effort to transport grain by water.

But for Li Xiao, the rations of the fifty thousand army. In fact, it is still a heavy burden. Even now that Li Xiao has Sado Jinshan and has received a good harvest of grain and grass in the past few years, he cannot withstand such a large consumption.

This is a loss-making battle, and it is the wealth that Li Xiao has accumulated over the past few years.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Li Xiao gave up his plan to make half of the army and return to his country. Instead, they continued to encircle Beizhizhuang City with an army of fifty thousand.

After Li Xiao reported his decision to the retainers, everyone did not understand it.

When they took the initiative to ask the general to fight, they did not understand why Li Xiao cared about his military strength and did not engage in a tough battle.

Bendo believes in his eyes, and also wonders why Li Xiao doesn't take the opportunity to divide his troops. Raiders Echizen, near the river.

The salt house Qiuzhen, who was pursuing as a military ration, secretly calculated that the food and grass used for the siege came, and his face showed a painful look.

The look of Li Xiaojiang generals. In his eyes, he knew everyone's thoughts very clearly.

However, as a general of the legion, you must think differently. Li Xiao's current position must be the overall strategic direction, not the gains and losses of his own legion.

Because this battle matters. Can the Takeda family seize the world?

As long as Li Xiao maintains the pressure of the fifty thousand army, the day before Echi, it will be like a sharp sword hanging above the head of Oda's house, making Oda Shintada have no choice but to move lightly in Azuchi Castle and Gifu Castle.

If Oda Nobuya dared to march on Zhongshan Road and attack the hinterland of the Takeda family.

Then in a few days, the Hida Etsuzhong Corps and the Tokugawa family. They will send troops from Kita Omi and Owari, like a vise, to wipe out the Oda family's Kinki.

And as everyone will consider, it is not undesirable to fight the fortified city of North Zhuangcheng at any cost.

Li Xiao also understands that the principle of breaking and breaking should not be lost for a small amount of time.

However, if Li Xiao violently attacked the northern city of Zhuang, he paid a huge price and still did not break the city. Seeing that Li Xiao was exhausted, Oda Nobukawa would come to assist Hokuriku.

In this way, Li Xiaonei had to face the counterattack of Kita no Sho, Shibata Katsura, to block Oda Shinta's reinforcements, it was easy to advance and retreat.

This will result in the end of the German army in the battle of Stalingrad.

As for the division of troops proposed by Honda Masanori, and Li Xiao's previous plan to dismiss the army by half, it is also not feasible.

If Li Xiao disperses his forces, the pressure on Oda's Azuchi is not enough.

After Oda Nobuyuki completes, he can let Hashiba Hideyoshi Corps or Takigawa Kazuyoshi Corps, any way he stops in Hokuriku, he will lead the main force of Oda Corps into Nakayama Road.

Under the premise that Li Xiao divided his troops, there was another northern Sho Castle that had not been captured, and it was impossible to simultaneously defeat the Shibata Legion, as well as the combination of any Legion between Hashiba and Takikawa.

Therefore, even if Li Xiao struggles to consume food and grass, and the national power is exhausted, he will have to deploy 50,000 troops here to contain Oda Nobuya, just to ensure that Takeda Nobuhiro can attack the Hojo clan with the troops of the country, and avoid Oda. The situation in which the two lines of Beijiao went to war with their backs on their backs avoided the worries of the future.

At the same time, this was also a death order from Takeda Nobuhiro to Li Xiao.

Of course, with Li Xiao's status today, it is absolutely necessary not to buy Takeda Nobuhira's account, not to mention that he had a private grievance with Takeda Nobuhira before.

However, Li Xiao understands that in the overall situation, one should not consider the thinking of the army itself. For now, help his family Shangluo succeed, fulfill the lifelong wish of Takeda Shingen and Takeda Katsura, and then support Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Kyoto. Re-opening.

Under this overall situation, it is most conducive to the future development of the Li family.

This is the calculation that Li Xiao has planned for many years since the battle with Chang Xiao, for which all his sacrifices are worthwhile.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao repeatedly looked at the northern village, the layers of the city wall, if the northern village can be defeated in one battle, then all the current troubles will disappear.

But where does everything go as desired.

After staring at the walls of the North Zhuangcheng for a long time, Li Xiao turned around and asked Rui Costa, "If you are not in a hurry to attack the city, what can you do?"

Rui Costa thought for a moment and said: "Lord, you can build turrets on all sides of the city, build turrets, and bombard the city from a high level. This will work."

"anything else?"

Rui Costa said again: "I've seen it. It's raining less now and the river flow is getting less. You can also try to divert the two rivers outside the city by digging, so as to reduce the resistance to the city."

Yu Chai Xiu said long: "Master, we can also use the earth-dragon attack method to dig a secret tunnel under the city to the city from a place where there is no river."

Rui Costa nodded at Hashiba Hidenaga's words, and said: "Yes, you can also use the underground passage to bury the ** under the city wall for blasting."

"Piling up dirt and mountains, diverting rivers, and attacking by dragons and dragons are all time-consuming and manpower, but time and manpower are not a problem for me now."

Li Xiao nodded and said: "If this is the case, I will leave the matter to you. In addition, when the city is besieged, the generals can face harassment by sending troops. It is not about breaking the city, but about making the defenders tired."

After hearing what Li Xiao said, the generals suddenly agreed.

After the generals left, Li Xiao suddenly said: "Master Maeda, stay here for now."

In the military account, only Maeda Toshiya and Li Xiao remained.

Li Xiao looked at the newly surrendered general of the Oda clan, and said: "Maeda-sama, I left your meaning, you should be very clear. You have been in the Hokuriku Army for a long time, can you live in the Shibata Army from the city? A familiar general will serve me."

"Of course, if you still have old feelings for the master, you can refuse me. I will never force it."

After hearing Li Xiaozhi's words, Maeda Toshiya was taken aback for a moment, but lowered his head, still struggling in his heart.

Seeing this, Li Xiao smiled slightly and said: "It seems that your Excellency has decided. I already understand it. It's okay. I will never force it."

In fact, Li Xiao understood that the current appearance of the Tian Li family's flag in the army camp was the best blow to the morale of the Shibata army.

For such a warrior with upright temperament, Li Xiao can't be strong, but should be gentle and generous.

But at this time Maeda Toshiya raised his head and said: "The lord and his subordinates have already surrendered to Takeda, so I will never think of the old lord again. Today's affairs are all my own choices. Although the subordinates do not know whether it is right or wrong, but the body As a samurai, you should understand that, in any case, it is your own choice."

Li Xiao nodded, and said, "Maeda-sama, it would be great to be able to do this. You are not Guan Yunchang, and I certainly won't learn from Cao Mengde."

Hearing what Li Xiao meant, Maeda's body shook, and he vaguely remembered the allusion of Guan Yun who rode solo for thousands of miles in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Hearing this, Maeda Toshiya retired after saluting Li Xiao again.

In the sixth year of Tianzheng, in October, Li Xiao surrounded the North Zhuangcheng regiment with the main force of the Feida Yuezhong regiment of more than 50,000 troops.

The Tokugawa of Mikawa also deployed 10,000 troops to line up with Mikawa Owari border.

Upon hearing this, in Azuchi Castle, Oda Nobuya called the generals of the legions to discuss the battle.

Seeing that Li Xiao’s army is strong, Li Xiao himself is the strongest general of the Takeda family, and all army generals are opposed to it. At this moment, when the morale of Li Xiao's army is booming~www.wuxiamtl.com~, we will reinforce Shibata Masajia.

When the Oda Army was discussing whether to go out of Hokuriku, Takeda Shinshige was merciless and launched a full-scale attack on the Hojo clan.

Takeda Shinshige sacrificed Takeda Shingen, the killer of the three-way attack, and attacked Hojo in a big way.

The Central Army Corps is the main force of Takeda Nobuhiro's pro-autonomous member Kita Shinano, Echigo, Shinano, and Kai.

Machang Xinfang led an army of 10,000 troops out of Sunfu Castle.

Masao Sanada led ten thousand troops out of Minowa Castle.

It is said that the whole army of the Takeda family was dispatched, and more than 100,000 troops were assembled, and the east and west sides were out at the same time.

The three families of Kanto, Satake, Utsunomiya, and Yuki, raised their flags and dispatched 30,000 coalition forces to brazenly declare war on the Hojo family, preparing to conquer the lost ground.

And in the same month, at the request of Takeda Nobuhiro, the Date family also sent generals Date Mizuki, Oni Tie Zuo Yue, and led 12,000 troops to participate in the war as an allied force.