When Suwa fell, Harunobu Takeda was still struggling with whether to support or not, but before they could finish their discussion, news of Suwa came.

Takeda Harunobu took the letter from the hands of the hundred-legged people, quickly opened it, and learned that Suwa had been captured, Yamamoto Kansuke was killed, and the whereabouts of Yabuhime were unknown, and his eyes immediately turned red.

At the same time, he frowned, pursed his mouth, clenched his teeth, and his expression was very angry.

When many of the retainers in the hall saw Qingxin's expression, they suddenly felt that something was wrong in their hearts, and they also anxiously shouted "Lord Gong", "Pavilion Master" and "Imperial Palace".

Takeda Harunobu heard the retainers shouting at him, so he restrained some of his sad emotions and said: "The new news from the front, Suwa-gun has been captured by the Ogasawara family, and the Suwa Manchu neighbors have betrayed their family!" Kansuke is dead.

As for Shiro's mother's whereabouts unknown, she is probably dead. ”

Yuan Changyin said angrily: "Damn! Lord, we want to avenge Yamamoto! ”

Yuan Huyin also shouted: "You must not just watch the people of the Ogasawara family show off their might!" ”

However, Komai Takahakusai looked at Takeda Harunobu and frowned: "My lord, now that my family is not suitable to fight anymore, without Suwa, there is no need for Ina County and Minami Saku County to defend."

What needs to be done now is to ensure that the Ogasawara army and the Uesugi army will not attack Kai! ”

Komai Takahakusai's words calmed down Takeda Harunobu a lot, and now that the Takeda family is short of troops and needs to recuperate, he has no certainty of victory in the face of the powerful Ogasawara Uesugi coalition army.

Even if he held off the enemy forces from the west, but what about the east? If Uesugi Masata allowed the armies of the Eight Kwantung Nations to advance from the unsuspecting east, Kaiko would be finished.

Maybe the Imagawa family can resist it, but will the Imagawa family make excessive conditions? Harunobu Takeda didn't dare to bet.

He looked up at the retainers under the hall, and from their expressions, it could be seen that it was Yuan Changyin, Yuan Huyin, Ganli Masaka and a few other people who wanted to fight with angry expressions, and the rest of the retainers were thinking about what Komai Takahakusai said.

Gan Li Changzhong is the eldest son of Gan Li Hutai, after the death of his father, he inherited the family governor at the age of fifteen, and became a general at a young age.

The son of Yonekura Shigetsugi in the fifth year of Eiroku, as his subordinate Hikojiro was shot by an iron cannon in the battle with the Hojo clan, Hikojiro thought that drinking the manure water that was beneficial to the gunshot wound would damage the name of the martial arts, and Masadada drank the dung water as an example in order to persuade him, so Hikojiro drank the dung water, the pain became softer, and finally saved his life.

Shin Hyun also heard about this and promoted Changzhong. It is said that he later fell off his horse and died.

He, who inherited the governor of the Ganley family, and Itagaki Shinken, are called "two positions". He was active as the diplomatic successor of Harunobu Takeda, serving as the Shinano Kiso family in the Shinano attack, and the chief general of the Urano family and the Kawara family in the Nishi-Ueno invasion, and also participated in the invasion of Mino Province and the Missile Country.

In particular, the Nishi-Ueno strategy played the role of the main force of the army, and was also responsible for the construction of front-line strongholds and the post-war handling of the attack area. Trusted by Harunobu Takeda.

As for Itagaki Nobukata's son, Sakagaki Nobuken (xian), after the death of Itagaki Nobukata, he succeeded the family governor of the Itagaki family and became the Suwa Castle Dynasty. The 200 horsemen led the officials in the position of two positions.

Unlike his father, Nobugata Itagaki, he was incapable and was alienated by Harunobu Takeda. In 1552, the 21st year of Astronomy, Harunobu Takeda filed a seven-article petition of question, relieving him of his position as a joshiro for his past misdeeds and imprisoning him at Chozenji Temple in Kofu.

In the 22nd year of Astronomy, only Quyuan Yoshikei, who kept straw sandals for Itagaki Nobukata, followed Chozenji Temple. Taking advantage of the gap between Qu Yuan's Yoshikei departure, Hongo Hachiro Saemon murdered Itagaki Shinken.

However, now the family does not know that Sakagaki Shinken is dead, and everyone thinks that he has escaped, so the Sakagaki family is in a state of disconnection.

Later, in the fourth year of Koji (the first year of Eiroku) (1558), Nobuyasu Tsuzen, the son-in-law of Nobukata Itagaki inherited the family name and rebuilt the Itagaki family by order of Harunobu Takeda.

In the tenth year of Eiroku (1567), it was already called the surname Itagaki in the oath. As a member of the Takeda family, there are one hundred and twenty horsemen.

After Naito's death, he served as the castle representative during the period before Naito Masatsuki took office as Ueno Kuni'Minowa Castle.

In the fifteenth year of Eiroku (1572), he served as the lord of Tanaka Castle in Suruga Province, and was called "Tanaka Itagaki Hall".

At present, there are not many retainers in the Takeda family who are big enough to influence family discussions, so the final decision depends on which side of the retainers are more for and against.

Harunobu Takeda already knew when he saw the performance of his retainers that the retainers were still inclined to defensively.

He looked at Komai and asked, "Komai, tell me what you think." ”

Komai Takahakusai breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to Takeda Harunobu: "At this time, the family can only ask Imagawa Hall to mediate the conflict between the two families.

Of course, instead of directly asking the Ogasawara family to stop the fighting, they went to Uesugi to lead the palace, and the lord also needed to write to the imperial court, admit his mistakes, and ask the court for forgiveness, and this document could be handed over to Uesugi to be handed over. ”

After listening to Komai Takahakusai's words, Takeda Harunobu began to think about the pros and cons of implementing such a plan for the family.

However, a few main battle factions couldn't bear it.

Yuan Huyin glared and said angrily: "Why do you want to let your family admit your mistakes to the court, what else can the court do!" ”

This can't help but be annoyed by Yuan Huyin, after all, his daughter has been married to Yamamoto Kansuke for a few years, and now they are left with orphans and widows, Yuan Huyin is angry when he thinks about it.

Yamamoto Kansuke's son's name is Yamamoto Nobu, commonly known as Kanzo.

Like his father Haruyuki Yamamoto, he served Takeda Harunobu and Takeda Katsuyori.

In 1575, during the Battle of Nagashino, he and Takasaka Masumi and others prepared along the Kankagawa River as a monitoring team for Nagashino Castle, but Takeda Katsuyori ordered them to assemble at Shirakuhara.

By the time he joined Shirakuhara, the Takeda family had completely collapsed. Therefore, with the goal of riding alone into the Matsudaira Motoyasu main camp, he was also stopped by Watanabe Moritsuna and was defeated.

Takeda Harunobu knew why Yuan Huyin was so angry, why wasn't he like this? But the situation is urgent, he must make a choice, and for the continuation of the Takeda family, he must wronged some people.

He looked at Yuan Huyin and said: "Yuan Meinong, I know that you feel uncomfortable, but as the head of the family, I am also uncomfortable, I have been friends with Kanzhu for many years, and now he is dead, and this grief is like a knife in my heart."

However, as the governor of the Takeda family, I have to think about the entire Takeda family, and the family no longer has the strength to fight the Ogasawara family. ”

Yuan Huyin gasped and asked, "Is that it?" ”

Komai Gao Baizhai looked at Yuan Huyin, and said bitterly: "Now is not a good time, when the family recuperates for a few years and recovers, it is natural to take revenge." ”

Yuan Huyin felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but he finally sighed and said, "Please decide!" ”

Takeda Harunobu naturally agreed to Komai Takahakusai's plan, but he still said with a very sad expression: "Now is the most difficult time for the Takeda family, I hope you will not be discouraged and work hard with me!" ”

"Oh!"

After the meeting ended, Harunobu Takeda summoned Komai Takahakusai alone.

In the room, Takeda Harunobu's face was even more ugly than before, after all, he had run Shinano for many years, and as a result, in less than four years, the territory was about to be completely lost.

Since he drove out his father Xinhu, this was his biggest defeat.

But fortunately, Takeda Harunobu is a strong-willed man, and he quickly got back from his frustration.

He looked at Komai Gao Baizhai and said with a smile: "Komai, it's all up to your advice, otherwise I'll be confused, now the family needs to preserve its strength, and it shouldn't be a war anymore."

If you go to Suruga, don't look for Imagawa Yoshimoto first, go to Taiyuan Xuezhai first, and let him make peace from it, and the price paid by the family will be smaller.

Imagawa Yoshimoto can't wait to annex the family at this time, but in this case, commanding the cheap Ogasawara family, Taiyuan Yukisai will definitely know this truth, so he will definitely help the family. ”

A smile appeared on Komai Takahakusai's face, and he smiled: "Don't worry, your lord, your subordinates will definitely live up to your lord's expectations." ”

After Komai Takahakusai came out of Takeda Harunobu's room, he was in a much happier mood, he was really afraid that Takeda Harunobu would fall on his head and fight to the death with the Ogasawara family, and now everything is moving in a good direction.

He did not delay much and soon set off for Suruga, where he first found Taiyuan Xuezhai and explained the purpose of his trip.

Taiyuan Xuesai learned about the current situation of the Takeda family, and immediately felt bad, of course he didn't want any accidents in the Takeda family, since he came back last year, on the plane this year's Kanto incident.

He told Imagawa Yoshimoto that he must support Takeda and let the Takeda family serve as a barrier to the north of the Imagawa family, and temporarily serve as a buffer zone between Imagawa and Ogasawara.

Taiyuan Xuezhai recited a Buddha name and said with a smile: "This matter is exactly what the family should do, please rest assured, the poor monk will go and explain this matter to the lord." ”

Taiyuan Yuizai soon arrived at the Imagawa Pavilion and told Imagawa Yoshimoto about it.

Imagawa Yoshimoto sneered: "Hehehe, I didn't expect Takeda Harumobu to reach such a point, why don't you return Shinho?" ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai shook his head and said: "The current Takeda family can't stand the toss, and this family also needs the Takeda family to guard the Ogasawara family in the north." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto was a little bored, nodded and said, "Then I can help him reluctantly." ”

Soon, Imagawa Yoshimoto sent someone to Echigo with his own letter and a letter from Harunobu Takeda admitting his mistake to the imperial court.

Usami received this, and he suggested that Masata Uesugi take this opportunity to make a truce between the Ogasawara family and the Takeda family, and conclude a peace treaty.

Uesugi Masatora felt that he still had to ask Yoshicho about this.

Yoshicho just wanted to make a good impression on Uesugi Masato, so he immediately wrote back to tell Uesugi Masatora that at this time, King Kamirakin was a big deal, and the matter between his Ogasawara family and the Takeda family was just a personal feud.

How can a small matter like a personal feud compare to a big thing like King Qin?

Yoshicho readily agreed to conclude a peace treaty with the Takeda family, but the Takeda family contributed a lot of money, and at the same time, all his own forces withdrew from Shinano.

Yoshicho received an indemnity of 10,000 gold, and instead of swallowing the indemnity alone, he took out two-thirds and handed it over to Uesugi Masatori to support King Kamirakin.

Uesugi Masatoshi wrote a letter of thanks to Yoshicho very solemnly.

With the 7,000 gold provided by Yoshinaga, Uesugi Masata mobilized the troops of the Eight Kwantung Kingdoms a little faster, and finally in mid-May, Uesugi Masata gathered 35,000 troops and headed for Shinano.

Yoshinaga was appointed as the first general, leading more than 10,000 troops to enter Mino in advance.

Yoshicho immediately raised the banner of King Qin and sent an envoy into Mino Inabayama Castle.

Saito Michizo thought that Ogasawara Yoshicho had sent someone to declare war, so he didn't pay attention to it personally, but just let Akechi Mitsuhide receive it.

The messenger took out the letter and handed it to Akechi Mitsuhide, saying, "This is a letter from His Royal Highness Uesugi to Saito-den, please reply as soon as possible." ”

As soon as Akechi Mitsuhide heard that it was the Kanto leader, he didn't dare to slack off easily, so he hurriedly ran to find Saito Michizo with his calves quickly upside down.

Akechi Mitsuhide quickly ran in front of Saito Michizo and shouted excitedly, "My lord, this is a letter from His Royal Highness Uesugi in Kanto Prefecture. ”

"Kanto Governor?" Saito Michizo felt a little confused, what does the Kanto Kanto Leader have to do with him Mino? He opened the letter with a puzzled look.

Looking at the letter, Saito Michizo was surprised at first, then angry, and finally with a solemn face, which made Akechi Mitsuhide a little flustered.

Akechi Mitsuhide finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Lord, is something serious?" ”

Michizo Saito threw the letter to him and said, "It's really a big deal, bastard, you actually stuck your hand in my Mino!" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide saw that Saito Michizo was angry, he quickly picked up the letter and looked at it, there were three things written on it, the first thing was that the Kanto governor had gathered more than 50,000 troops, and at the request of the general, he needed to go to King Luoqin, and he needed to pass through Mino.

The second thing is to hope that Saito Michizo will immediately hand over the position of guardian to the Toki family.

The third is that he Kanto has received Mino, and if Saito Michizo, as a courtier, still occupies Mino, then he Uesugi Masatoshi will do justice and attack him Saito Michizo.

Wise Guangxiu's scalp was numb, and the 50,000-strong army went to King Luoqin, which was an earth-shattering feat.

But it's not a good thing for the Saito family.

Saito Michizo, who was sitting at the top, gritted his teeth and said: "The old man has worked hard for more than ten years to get to where he is today, how can he easily give it up now!"

Since he is going to be the king of Luoqin, he must be the enemy of the Miyoshi family who dominates Gyeonggi, hmph, Shibei, immediately send the news to the Miyoshi family, and at the same time ask them to come to Mino to support.

By the way, the old man also has a son-in-law, let him also come to support the old man, hehe, it is really a pipe dream to let the old man retreat with a letter. ”

Akechi Mitsuhide was a little embarrassed: "Lord, the affairs of the Oda Hall have not been settled yet, and the teacher of the Oda Hall committed suicide by Hita. ”