"Suggesting" the Imagawa clan of Suruga that the other side attack on Suruga is a plan to lead the water to the east, and with history as a reference, the probability of success of this strategy is quite high. Pen ~ fun ~ kaku www.biquge.info after all, Higashimino is a mountainous area with low productivity, where can it compare to Suruga Province, which has developed commerce and gold mountains? This principle is well known to everyone, and there is no need to explain it at all.

However, the renunciation of an in-law ally is a major event, and it is impossible to reveal it at this level of diplomacy. What's more, there is also a situation where opinions within Koshin are not unified, and although Akiyama Nobuyo is bold, he is not a person without political sensitivity.

In the past, when Takeda Shingen exiled his father to usurp power, in order to gain widespread support, he changed his father's arbitrary style of power and gave great respect to his old ministers, which allowed him to quickly stabilize the situation at that time. However, the disadvantage of the retainers' excessive power to speak is also retained, and if the monarch forcibly changes the major policy, I am afraid that it will be unstable.

Arbitrarily acting alone like a demon king, in the decision to move to Komaki Mountain City, it is still inevitable to use some fraudulent "tricks", let alone other families? There are not a few people within Takeda who are close to Imagawa, and his heir is even Imagawa Yoshimoto's son-in-law.

So Hirate immediately kept silent about it, and then simply relayed the admiration of the Oda family, especially Nobunaga himself, for the Takeda clan, which was not nonsense, but was mostly a slight exaggeration.

After such a delay of three days, the words of praise have been exhausted, so we cannot help but talk about the current situation.

"Echigo's Uesugi Danmasa, although the army is known to be invincible, but it has not advanced an inch for several years, so it must be transferred to other offensive directions, right?" Honhide made a gesture that he was very aware of the situation around the Takeda family.

"Uesugi Danmasa does live up to the title of 'Echigo Dragon', and the family has a superior force and has been fighting for ten years but suddenly loses troops, which is enough for an opponent." Speaking of this person, there was no lack of reverence on Akiyama's face, but the last sentence couldn't help but reveal a little arrogance. Uesugi is a good enough opponent, and by implication, Oda seems to be out of the question, which is actually good news for Owari.

I just don't know if this is a deliberate gesture, or if my guard is gradually loosening. Perhaps the latter is more likely, after all, he is also a typical Eastern samurai, and it is really difficult to hide his scheming for a long time in front of more cunning opponents.

"According to the contemptible people, Uesugi Dan should be diverted west to take Echichu and Kaga, or south to defeat the Hojo clan." Honshu still talks to himself, as if he completely ignores Akiyama's contempt for Oda.

"Ah, but Hojo Sakyo in Kanto is not easy to match."

"Yes, I think the Uesugi clan or westward expansion is the best policy."

Relying on the insights of hundreds of years later, knowing the things of the ancients and discussing the wrongs of the ancients, although what they said is not unreasonable, it is impossible for the parties concerned to listen to it.

"Prisoner-sama, you really know the situation in Kanto very well." Akiyama means something.

"There are some of the strongest daimyo in the world, and I really don't dare to think about it too much. The Takeda clan, in particular, was always worried about the attack from the Nakasendo. ”

"Then it looks like you're going to have to worry about it for a while."

"Alas, Dongmino is all mountainous, and it is inconvenient to transport baggage, and it can only accommodate three or five thousand soldiers at most, so it is really not a place to use soldiers."

Then he said another sentence as if unintentionally:

"However, if your family is interested, the family can contact the Matsudaira clan and attack Suruga from the east and west."

Trying to persuade the other side to attack other forces is another way to show weakness.

"However, the Imagawa clan is an ally of Takeda, so this is not an option."

Nobuyo Akiyama's attitude seems to have changed, but his tone is still tight.

Fan Xiu smiled silently.

Whether it is to cause trouble or show weakness, it is expressed according to the current cognition, and this is what I can do, and I can already say goodbye.

At this time, the sky in the mountains began to snow.

"If the snow is heavy, I'm afraid it will be delayed here for a while." Fan Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly, he had no plans to spend the New Year in this mountain temple.

"However, it's a good time for winter hunting!" Akiyama was interested.

Isn't this guy married...... He should be at least thirty years old, and he shouldn't have a wife. Could it be that Qin Se is out of tune, so he doesn't want to go home and would rather hunt outside? There is no shortage of malicious guesses.

……

Heavy snow covered the ground, the mountains and fields are cold and lonely, most of the poisonous snakes and beasts are stinging in winter, while the pheasants and hares have left distinct footprints on the white vast land, which is indeed a good time for winter hunting.

Nobuyo Akiyama, with a longbow on his back, with a few retainers and a guide, walked briskly ahead, as if he was already itching. And the flat hand that followed behind looked a little sluggish. Asano Nagayoshi was interested, but he didn't dare to spoil the "atmosphere", and Ii Naotora still stood coldly with a knife, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.

As for Monk Zongyi...... "The poor monk is a person in the precepts, how can he move the idea of killing?" That's how he refused. Because they didn't come out to fight, they didn't wear enough clothes, and most of the more than ten people in the group were armed with bows and arrows and threats, but if they wanted to come to this isolated mountain forest, there should be no danger.

It is impossible for a class of bowed horses not to like hunting, and the domestication of falcons was a group hobby of the daimyo of this era, such as Oda Nobunaga, who was almost crazy about it, and lived in captivity for dozens of eagles in the city for a long time. The tie has always been uninterested in this bloody game, which is often referred to by him as a symbol of "elegance" and "benevolence", but whether this is the case is known only to the person concerned.

Along the way, Akiyama Nobutomo neither used falcon hounds nor let soldiers surround them, but simply pursued them at his own discretion. Even so, he repeatedly bent his bow and arrows and harvested three pheasants and a hare, so he became more and more interested. And Fan Xiu didn't want to compete with it, and he was absent-minded when he occasionally shot two arrows, so he naturally didn't have any accuracy. However, after walking all the way, I found that there were no wolverines and other fierce beasts in the vicinity for more than ten miles, which was a reassuring thing.

This is not only a matter of nature, but to some extent even a diplomatic strategy.

I wandered around for hours, and then I came to a forest that I had never entered. At this time, the sky was still bright in the light of the snow, but it was also obvious that it was approaching sunset. Fan Xiu looked at Akiyama, who was still not happy in front of him, and couldn't help but speak:

"Bo Qishou, if it's night, I'm afraid it won't be so convenient to go back. In addition, many of the beasts in the forest also travel at night. ”

"Oh......" Nobutomo Akiyama turned around, a look of disdain flashing across his face, "Lord Prison is right. In that case, we'd better go back sooner......"

Before the words fell, a continuous trembling sound suddenly came from the forest on the side, and there was no north wind at the moment. Most of the people present are people who have worked hard in the industry for many years, and they are naturally extremely sensitive to these wind and grass.

This was followed by a gasping "grunt".

What is it?

Nobuyo Akiyama stepped forward and pulled out his knife to remove the branches that blocked his view.

Faintly, several gray-black figures could be seen rushing towards this side. He was about five feet long and three feet tall, with a muscular physique, stubby limbs but a powerful run, and a thick mane that could be distinguished from the protruding mane, the arched nose at the tip, and two fangs that turned upward...... This creature is commonly known as wild boar, and in Fuso country, where tigers and lions are almost nowhere to be seen, they are the hegemons of the mountains and forests.

"There are five, draw your swords and line up!"

The soldiers of the Akiyama family immediately threw down their bows and picked up their short knives, standing in a zigzag formation that staggered back and forth. With the tools used to hunt pheasant rabbits, it is difficult to cause fatal injuries to the flesh and skin of wild boars.

And the first reaction of the tie was "Can you make a fire?" ”

The guide who worked in the temple was already trembling with fear: "That...... My lord, because I didn't ...... Didn't intend to spend the night outside so ......"

After a lot of effort, the group of beasts had already approached, and Fan Xiu could only ignore him and turn around and draw his saber.

Normally, regionally aware creatures like wild boars don't attack unless they're hungry to a certain extent – and hungry beasts are obviously more terrifying.

However, the Akiyama family's attendants are obviously also well-trained, both tactically and in terms of personal force.

Since someone is so kind to stand in the way, why don't you act more afraid of death? Fan Xiu asked the guards to go up to help, but he didn't draw his sword, but tried to snipe at the front door of these beasts with bows and arrows from a distance of more than ten meters.

However, just as he had drawn his bow, the Akiyama soldier in front of him suddenly stepped on the fluffy snowdrift and fell to the ground, leaving a void just in time for a wild boar to rush over.

This girl didn't mean it, did it?

Fan Xiu immediately threw away his bow, curled up, stretched out his left arm to block his chest, and drew his knife with his right hand.

At most, you'll bite this arm!

"Your Highness beware!"

With a coquettish shout, the Ji warrior on the right almost swept his sword and pounced on him, blocking in front of Fan Xiu.

The long knife was plunged into the thick fur, and her shoulder was bitten into a long, narrow wound, and the blood flowed profusely. Jing Yi Naohu only had a soft muffled snort.

Before he had time to hesitate, Fan Xiu let out a loud shout, took advantage of the momentum, stretched his body, concentrated his whole body on one point, and stabbed the wakicha straight between the beast's eyes, and half of the blade of one foot and five inches entered the flesh.

With a scream, the wild boar struggled a few times and gradually lost its breath.

Turning around, the Hime-warrior seemed to be trying to cover the wound, but his right arm was completely immobile.

Fan Xiu jumped forward, first untied her belt to wrap around the wound, and then hugged her waist.

"Bo Qishou, it seems that the contemptible person can only retire." Even at this time, Fan Xiu didn't forget to give a bow calmly.

"Oh, that's right, please go back first!"

As for the little resistance expressed by the woman in her arms, it was obviously ignored, and Fan Xiu asked the guide for directions, and without waiting for him to lead the way, he ran away.

Fortunately, the direction of the hunt is around the mountain temple, and the distance in a straight line is not far, and there is nothing difficult to distinguish in the forest.

Nobuyo Akiyama slashed the last beast with a swing of his sword, and then watched as he hurried his steps, a strange smile on his lips - this was probably the first time in a few days that the other party had shown a flustered side.

……

"Monk, is there any medicine for wounds?"

"Yes, yes, but ......"

"Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, why are you hesitating?"

"Our Rinzai sect is a Qing cultivator, there are no female dependents in the temple, and your Ji samurai is injured in that kind of place......"

"Just give me the medicine."

"Oh? Oh...... I see, Zi said, the great desire of men and women to eat and drink......"

"You, a thief monk, aren't you afraid of going into the hell of pulling out your tongue?"

"Amitabha, the Buddha is benevolent and won't blame me."

Hu Zai Zongyi took the medicine and put it in Fan Xiu's hand, but the latter didn't have the heart to joke with him, and turned around and entered the house.

……

"Your Highness...... Don't ......"

"If you are in a hurry, don't think about it"

"Ahh

"You endure a little pain......"

The woman's moaning tickled the little novice outside the room. When Monk Zongyi saw it, he slapped the little monk's bald head, and he didn't see anger, but just shook his head slightly, turned around and recited the Buddha's words, and he was quite a monk.

"Uncle Shi, I was wrong, ......" (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )