After Takeda Harunobu swept the northern Shinano, he personally led 22,000 troops to sit on Mt. Chausu, cutting off the road of the Nagao Keihoo army that intended to return to Echigo, and Nagao Keiho slowed down the march due to the defeat of the Murakami family along the way, which was caught up by Takeda Harunobu, but the legion power has expanded to 12,000 people, especially the joining of Murakami Yoshikiyoshi himself makes the combat effectiveness of this army even more not to be underestimated. Nagao Keitora placed the main camp on Mt. Tsumi-n-Nyo, and confronted Takeda Harunobu across the Chikuma River.

Although he really wanted to leave both Nagao Jinghu and Murakami Yoshikiyoshi behind, but Takeda Harunobu was also quite jealous of the combat effectiveness of the Nagao Jinghu Army at this time, Nagao Jinghu brought out from Echigo this time were all elite samurai Ashigaru, and there was no peasant soldier, and the Murakami army that had just been driven out of Kitashinano by himself was also bitter and bitter, and its combat effectiveness was not necessarily bad, and if he wanted to defeat such an army, the price he had to pay could not be small. In particular, the relationship between the long-tailed Jinghu and Tsukahara Molong is extraordinary, and if the long-tailed Jinghu is really moved, it is difficult to say what Tsukahara Molong will do. But Takeda Harunobu faintly felt: this may be his best and last chance, if he misses it, it will be almost impossible for him to kill the strong neighbor of Nagawei Jinghu in the future! Once Nagao Keitora settles down Echigo, then he is likely to fall into the embarrassing situation of being surrounded on three sides in the north and southeast, which is intolerable to Harunobu Takeda, who has ambitions in the world.

In order to solve this thorny problem, Takeda Harunobu held an evaluation in the hope of hearing the opinions of his retainers. As soon as he came up, Iitomi Huchang, the first general of the Takeda family, made a generous statement: "Our army has an advantage in terms of strength and military arrangement, and if we are afraid of the combat power of the long-tailed Jinghu and do not attack, we will be ridiculed by the retainers, so I advocate that the war be started immediately!" ”

Sanada Yutaka, who was listening on the sidelines, kept his head down, but his eyelids couldn't help jumping, Iitomi Huchang had something to say, Takeda Harunobu had just captured the land of North Shinano with his help, and the new North Shinano wealthy families who joined the Takeda family may not have much sense of belonging to the Takeda family, and Iitomi Huchang planned to integrate these North Shinano nobles into the collective of the Takeda Army through this battle, although this process was the loss of countless lives......

The Takeda family has a lot of pen heads, and the number two person in the Takeda family, Takeda Nobuyoshi also nodded and said: "The goal of this family is Murakami Yoshikiyo, as long as Nagao Jinghu can hand over Murakami, then the family can also withdraw from the army, otherwise, there will only be a war!" ”

Sanada Yutaka glanced at the gentle and elegant Takeda Shinshi, but in his heart he reassessed him, although he was gentle and low-key on weekdays, but this person was talented, I am afraid that he was not under Takeda Harunobu, and he used to underestimate him. Although Echigo is in turmoil, Nagao Keitora has a strong personality, and she will undoubtedly be rejected if she takes the initiative to hand over Murakami Yoshikiyo to keep him safe, so the family will have a reason to go to war, even if Tsukahara Molong will pursue it in the future, the Takeda family will also have a reason.

Kansuke Yamamoto also spoke: "Our army has discovered a hidden path to Mt. Tsuma-me, and I heard that Kawanaka Island has a special climate, and it will be foggy tonight!" If you start marching from the time of the child, it is expected that you can attack Mt. Tsumeme with an army of more than 10,000 people. "Unlike the statements of Iitomi Torama and Takeda Nobuyoshi, Yamamoto Kansuke even thought about the offensive route, and even the night fog, which is quite rare in summer, was detected.

"Yo Si! It looks like everyone agrees with the attack on the long-tailed Jinghu! Takeda Haru's confidence was very good, and he was just about to give an order, when Takeda Yoshinobu, who was sitting at the bottom, suddenly said, "Please wait a minute!" ”

Seeing that the young master suddenly spoke, the people below naturally didn't dare to say anything, and Takeda Harunobu's face became very ugly, "Taro, do you have any plans?" ”

Ignoring Iitomi Huchang's eyes that frequently hinted at him not to speak, Takeda Yoshinobu got up and said, "I just have a little doubt, and I want to ask you to clarify your doubts." ”

"Young master, please speak." Kansuke Yamamoto said slowly.

"I wonder how Molonggong's strategy in Kanto is going?" Yoshinobu Takeda spoke amazingly, and a single question made everyone silent. Most people are still unaware of the situation in the Kanto region, but Kunimine Castle has fallen into the hands of Tsukahara Moryū, and this matter is still known. If he and the others launched an attack on Nagao Keihu, which angered Tsukahara Moryū, and made him lead his army from Kunimine Castle to attack Kita-Shinano, then he and the others would face the embarrassing situation of being caught between the north and the south.

Yamamoto Kansuke said with an expected smile: "The young lord can rest assured, the Hojo clan took advantage of the opportunity of Tsukahara Molong to go north, and once again attacked Edo City, but the Edo Castle guard general Ota Senior Minister is not in the city, I think that now the main force of Tsukahara Molong should still be rushing to the national capital, in the short term, there is no strength to attack the family in a big way!" ”

"So...... Very good......" Takeda Yoshinobu seemed to be relieved when he heard this, but his expression was a little dark, and he sat down, "I have no objection......

"Good! Then adopt the strategy of Kansuke, divide 13,000 troops, led by Huchang you, tonight take advantage of the fog cover, surprise attack on the Wife and Daughter Mountain, I led the army to block the retreat of the long-tailed Jinghu, and when they think that the way back has been opened, and retreat from the mountain in a hurry, we will attack back and forth, and break it in a battle! After this war, the north of the family will be invincible for a long time! ”

"Hah!" The crowd responded.

As Sanada Yutaka expected, most of the wealthy families of Kita-Shinano were assigned to the Tsume-Mt. Rangers, although it was a surprise attack, but in the face of famous generals like Nagao Keitor, in the face of strong soldiers like the Echigo army, if they wanted to drive them down the mountain, the casualties would never be small...... And most of the Takeda Harunobu people stayed behind to surround Nagao Jinghu's defeated army. As for the Sanada family, who made great contributions to the North Shinano offensive, of course, it is the loyal ministers who will do it to the end, and obediently go to the Wife and Daughter Mountain to make a surprise attack! Of course, considering that the Sanada family and Tsukahara Molong have a close relationship, the Sanada family's military situation was monitored as soon as possible, and they should not want to contact the outside world before going to die.

Nagao Jinghu, who was arrayed on the Wife and Daughter Mountain, looked at the military camp of the Takeda Army under the mountain with a cold face, but Murakami Yoshikiyo on the side was a little anxious, and he was quite helpless about Nagao Jinghu's strange thoughts. In the previous battle with the Takeda Army, the two sides were evenly matched, if the long-tailed Jinghu participated in the war, it was likely that Takeda Harunobu would be able to defeat Takeda Harunobu before the Hao clan defected, but now he was cut off by Takeda Harunobu to return home, what could he do? The key is to look at the appearance of the long-tailed Jinghu, there is no rush at all, as if he came out to go green.

"Lord Longtail, is there a way to break the enemy?" Murakami Yoshikiyo finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Nagao Jinghu glanced at Murakami Yoshikiyo lightly, "Although Takeda Harunobu is a bastard, he is very good at using soldiers, and in my opinion, he has no weaknesses in the formation, so we have to wait." ”

"Wait?" Murakami Yoshikiyoshi laughed angrily, "We don't have much food and grass anymore, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it for too long." ”

The Echigo generals saw that Murakami Yoshikiyo was so rude, and they all glared angrily, but what Murakami Yoshikiyo said was the truth, and even the Echigo generals had this worry in their hearts, but they didn't say it out of trust in Nagao Jinghu.

Instead, Nagao Jinghu stretched his waist, revealing a lazy appearance that can only be shown in front of his sister Aya, "Don't worry, although there are many soldiers in Takeda, they are about to clash head-on, and the victory or defeat with us is only five or five, I'll go back and sleep first." ”

In the jaw-dropping gaze of everyone, Nagao Jinghu went back like this, and even Kakizaki Jingjia couldn't help but poke Usami Dingmi: "How do I think that the lord seems to have changed since he saw Tsukahara Molong?" ”

Usami Dingmi's face was already gloomy, and when he heard Kakizaki Jingjia say this, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he scolded in a low voice: "We are retainers, don't guess the master's mind!" ”