It seems that Shankeyan's words are becoming more and more reliable.

On the second day of the first month of August, when the troops were gathered in Kyoto to prepare for the conquest of Takeda, the imperial court brought a proclamation to promote the tie to the position of Quan Zhongyan, so that the Lieutenant General of the Left Guards remained the same, and the rank was still in the fourth place.

This greatly boosted the morale of the army.

It is quite precious to bypass the shogunate and obtain the name of righteousness directly from the imperial court. The lower-class soldiers may not feel the difference, or only vaguely feel it, but the upper-class samurai probably understand the weight.

In short, it makes people think about it and look forward to the infinite prospects.

At this time, he heard the news that Echigo Uesugi Kenshin, under the repeated urging of Takeda Katsuyori, sent a detachment of about five or six thousand people to put pressure along the Hokuriku Province.

Then, with a wave of his hand, Hite, announced that Wakasa Takeda Motoaki, Kita Omi Kyogoku Takayoshi, Noto Island Kiyoko, and Echichu Honda Tadakatsu would not participate in the conquest of Takeda, but would deal with Uesugi under the command of Echizen Kawada Nagakin, and asked Kagaichi to provide the necessary support to the sect disciples.

This formation, if it is properly commanded, it is not impossible to push back to Echigo, but if you stick to it, it is more than enough, and I don't know how to lose.

With the steady and meticulous Kawada Nagakin, and fierce people like Honda Tadakatsu and Shima Kiyoko, even if Uesugi Kenshin is in person, he may not be able to get benefits.

Not to mention not.

The Hojo clan received the official appointment of the "Kanto Governor" from the Muromachi Shogunate, and then decisively issued a mobilization order, declaring that he would mobilize 30,000 troops to cross the river and cross the castle in Musashi, and after the autumn harvest, he would attack Nishi-Ueno and take the hinterland of Echigo. He even actively contacted Ashina in Aizu, Honjo and Shinbata in Yangbei.

Therefore, Uesugi Kenshin would never dare to leave Kasuga Mountain Castle at this time.

Correspondingly, Takeda Katsuyori did not receive any assistance.

Hojo Clan took a neutral stance and half-truthfully suggested that he return the land of Mino, Mikawa, and Enoe in order to negotiate peace.

This is obviously unacceptable.

Even if Katsuyori Takeda could accept it, the retainers categorically couldn't. When the time comes, it will be difficult for the Tsugasaki Pavilion to come up with a drama of "abolishing the faint monarch and establishing a new master", wouldn't it be equivalent to the whole family exploding on the spot.

Then, the Hojo clan can also make a gesture of peace of mind - as a long-time ally and a former in-law (since Shingen attacked Suruga Imagawa, he has been divorced and is no longer a family), I have proposed a solution, and you refuse to adopt it, so I can't be blamed at all.

If you don't carve up the letter with the Tiete clan, you can be considered kind.

Therefore, no matter how aggrieved Takeda Katsuyori is, he can only swallow his anger, endure the humiliation, and hold it in his heart, not to say anything, at most secretly curse "cold lips and cold teeth" and the like.

Otherwise, if the Hojo clan really divided 10,000 or 20,000 people to backstab in the rear, it would be a lot of fun.

Now facing a single front, it looks like there is still a fight to be made.

Whether it was out of his heart or forced to be helpless, Takeda Katsuyori's posture was that Higashimino, Okusanhe, and Kita-Enoe were all unwilling to give up.

Akiyama Nobuyo, Yama County Changjing, and Baba Nobubo respectively served as the commanders of the corps, each leading thousands of people and guarding one side alone.

Masanobu Takasaka stayed behind to prevent accidents.

Takeda Katsuyori gathered the troops of Kai, Shinano, Suruga, Nishi-Ueno, and Minami Hida and stationed them at Iida Castle, ready to support the front line in the three directions.

Since the tie has gradually achieved the "separation of the farmers", it can be played in time before the autumn harvest.

The Takeda family could only order the peasants in the territory. The rice was harvested as early as possible.

This will certainly have a significant impact on agricultural income.

There's no way, the pressure in front of me is too much, and I can't take care of it so much.

During the whole process, Takeda Katsuyori only heard the news of the mobilization of the Tieshou Hohide pledge, and immediately arranged the defensive line, and did not have the idea of leaving the country to meet the enemy, or to attack instead of defending.

The retainers didn't see anything wrong either.

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The army of Hirate Hagahide had only traveled for three days, and when they reached the border between Omi and Owari, they had already learned about the arrangement of the Takeda family.

In fact, before that, the war in the economic field had already begun.

As early as May, the merchants who received the instructions deliberately bought on a large scale to inflate the price of grain in Tokaido, and fried the rice from 600 bun per stone to about 300 bun as usual.

This is unbearable bad news for the Takeda family, whose gold mines are shrinking and their finances are weak.

It was the time when he needed to buy supplies and prepare to defend the city, but he encountered a vicious off-the-board move.

Desperately, the cost of this work is not very large. 's grain is already more expensive, around eight or nine hundred bun.

Selling rice from Tooe and Mikawa to Kai Town, Ishiyama, Kishiwada Castle and other places by sea can still be guaranteed at the normal price, including the distribution costs.

Even after the continuous speculation, the price of grain in Tokaido became higher and higher, and the price of became lower and lower, and the loss was not too excessive, and by mid-August, 700,000 kan of money had been spent on the purchase and transportation of 730,000 koku. Of these, 550,000 koku were sold in the Seto Inland Sea one after another, earning 410,000 koku to return, and the remaining 180,000 koku was just enough to be used as rations for the army.

With such a big spend, other daimyo really can't learn it.

During the time that the public commissioner was in charge of this matter, Ishida Sakichi was said to have performed relatively well.

President Konishi's various friendships are not to be believed. But Ji Yin's words are very convincing: "Sakichi is a person who has both the planning and deployment of Ina Zhongji Hall and the measurement and arithmetic of Changshu Zhengjia Palace, and he is indeed above everyone, and he is square and rigorous, knowledgeable and courteous, without favoritism and omission, and everyone is full of praise for him." ”

Therefore, this person changed his name to "Ishida Sansei", and was officially included in the door wall, and was awarded the "Houroku" of 300 stones.

When the army arrived at Nagashima, there were 1,500 guards around him, 10,000 Kimoto, 2,000 Yamashiro, 3,600 Minami Omi, 4,000 Minami Kii, 3,500 Kawachi, 4,300 Yamato, 1,500 Yamato Tsutsui, 3,000 Shikoku Ten River Army, 5,000 Settsu Araki Army, 3,200 Koga Mikumo Army, and 8,000 Ise Allies, totaling 49,700 soldiers.

Oda and Tokugawa mobilized as much as they could, and both said they would dispatch more than 15,000 in an attempt to recover the lost territory.

The total combat power will be between 80,000 and 90,000.

With such a large scale, it is certainly impossible to put it in the same area.

The tie didn't want to play any tricks, and the strategy was very simple - since Takeda Katsuyori was holding on to the front three places, and the main force was reinforcing Shinano at any time, then I would also use the corresponding formation.

The more scattered the battle lines are, the more numerical superiority can be reflected.

Oda Nobutada's concentration was in charge of Higashimino, Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked Kita-Enoe with all his might, and Hirate Hideyoshi commanded 17,000 troops in Yamato, Ise, and Koga to take Okumikawa.

In each direction, the defenders had only 3,000 to 5,000 men, while the attacking side had 15,000 to 20,000 men, maintaining a numerical superiority of more than four times.

Then the Hirate Honshu can also bring 32,000 people to the Okazaki area, ready to help.

Since Takeda Katsuyori still had to keep the garrisons of Suruga and Kai, his main force in Minami Shinano, no matter how much he mobilized, it may be difficult to exceed 20,000, and it is about two days to support the tripartite battlefield.

And if Hitezu is in Okazaki, the distance from the front lines will not exceed three days.

In other words, no matter which direction Takeda Katsuyori goes to reinforce against, Hisho Honshu can send troops to meet the battle in time, as long as he keeps an eye on it carefully. There will be no chance of any partial break with more or less each.

In fact, even if Takeda Katsuyori goes all out on a certain front, his numerical advantage will not be too big, at best it will be a ratio of ten to seven.