In the military camp of the Takeda family, an uninvited guest came, and this person was talking about something.

"Kiso-sama, this family sincerely invites you." After speaking, the person who came to salute was none other than the Uchijima clan, and the purpose of his visit was to plot against Kiso Yoshimasa.

"Humph! Do you think that just by touching your mouth, you can make me betray the Takeda family! Dream! Kiso Yoshimasa snorted coldly, this time he brought 1,600 reinforcements, plus 600 from the Eima family, which could completely stop the Hosokawa family's invasion.

Kiso Yoshimasa was the son of Kiso Yoshiyasu, a wealthy Shinano clan, and together with Murakami Yoshikiyo, Ogasawara Tadada, and Suwa Yoritada, he was called the four major generals of Shinano, and was forced to surrender under the onslaught of Takeda Shingen.

Because the Kiso Valley, the territory of the Kiso family, is located in the upper reaches of the Kiso River, close to the borders of Mino Province and Hida Province, it is both a national gate and a springboard for foreign attacks. As a result, Takeda Shingen decided to adopt a policy of harmony, allowing Yoshimasa to marry Shingen's third daughter, Marihime, and holding her mother hostage, making the Kiso family effectively a vassal of the Takeda clan.

Later, Takeda Shingen was still not at ease, and successively took Yoshimasa's eldest daughter Iwahime and sister-in-law Chitaro hostage, and sent his cronies Akiyama Nobuyo to be in charge of surveillance in the neighboring area.

"Kiso-sama's words are wrong, the Takeda family does not practice benevolent government, causing the people to starve, and sooner or later it will surely perish. And my Hosokawa family cultivates benevolence and virtue inside, and there is no way to cut outside, and its strength is unmatched, and sooner or later it will dominate the world. Why doesn't Kiso-sama conform to the will of the people and the general trend..."Uchijima Clan persuaded with confidence, the reason why he was so confident was based on two reasons.

First, after the death of Takeda Shingen in the Battle of Tsukamori, the Mino expeditionary force Akiyama Nobutomo was isolated at Iwamura Castle in Mino Province, and the Takeda family was delayed in sending reinforcements, and was later attacked by Ikeda Tsuneko, preparing to retreat to Kai. As a result, due to the heavy snowfall, he was stranded in Mino, and then was attacked by Oda Nobutada at night, and Takeda's generals were killed in a total of 21 and lost thousands of soldiers. Therefore, Akiyama Nobutomo decided to surrender in desperation, but the tyrannical Oda Nobunaga had Nobuyo and his wife executed, but Nobunaga's wife was Nobunaga's aunt.

Kiso Yoshimasa was the one who delayed the arrival of reinforcements, and refused Takeda Katsuyori's support order on the grounds of financial constraints, which indirectly led to the fall of Iwamura Castle, a stronghold on the western front, and the death of Nobuyo and his wife, as well as the generals such as Kiyoshi Zakoji and Oshima Sainosuke. This naturally aroused Takeda's disgust with him.

Second, after the death of Takeda Shingen, the Takeda clan began to weaken, and the successor Takeda Katsuyori began to levy heavy taxes and recruit a large number of workers to build his new residence, Shinfu Castle, which made the Kiso family very dissatisfied.

Based on all this, Kiso Yoshimasa and Takeda Katsuyori can be said to be noses and eyes, and they can't deal with each other.

Soon, under the offensive of the Uchijima clan, Kiso Yoshimasa gradually relented.

"That's... After attaching to your family, do you need your family to offer hostages? Kiso Yoshimasa asked what he was most concerned about.

"No, you just need your family's help to take the plateau and visit the city." Unejima Shiri stretched out a finger, as long as he has this vote, coupled with the bad relationship between Kiso Yoshimasa and Takeda Katsuyori, he doesn't worry that he will not sincerely fall to the Hosokawa family.

Highland Castle, located on the plateau mountains in the northern part of Hida Province, is the era residence of the Eima family. Due to the early construction of the castle, it was still in the form of an earthen fortress structure, and the current head of the family, Eima Huisheng, built a branch city with stone barriers at the foot of the mountain: Kamioka Castle, which is called the Hida Three Castles together with Guiyun Castle and Takayama Castle.

At this time, Jiangma Huisheng was standing outside the city, rubbing his hands, anxiously waiting for something.

Suddenly! A large group of people emerged from a distance, and the banner was a Takeda diamond pattern gilded on a red background.

"It's coming! It's finally here! Eima Fraser greeted him excitedly, and the reinforcements from the Takeda family finally came, giving him more confidence to fight against the Hosokawa family.

"Jiangma Hall! Long time no see! Kiso Yoshimasa rode on a horse, looking down on the Eima Frasgene, and as a close neighbor, he naturally recognized it.

"Uh... Yes, yes, it's been a long time, Kiso-sama! Jiangma Huisheng bowed a little embarrassed, a little annoyed in his heart, he was the head of the Jiangma family, although the person in front of him was brave and famous, but he was not the head of the Kiso family! In terms of name, he is higher than him, if he hadn't asked for him, he wouldn't have been so low with a smile.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Kiso Yoshimasa was still on the horse, and he didn't mean to get off the horse at all.

"Where... Where. At this time, Jiangma Huisheng's face was already a little unhappy, what's the matter? Do you want me to lead you? Hum! It's unreasonable! When this crisis passes, I'd better switch to the Uesugi family.

"What do you think about in the Jiangma Palace?" Kiso Yoshimasa still had no intention of moving forward, and the two sides stayed on the side of the road in embarrassment.

"Uh... It's nothing, it's just a thank you for your help. Jiangma Fraser felt more and more that the atmosphere was a little weird.

"That's good, that's good." Saying that, Kiso Yoshimasa finally turned over and dismounted, and Jiangma Huisheng also breathed a sigh of relief, this kind of talking with his neck up is not pleasant.

"Then I won't talk nonsense, since the Jiangma Hall can come out to greet you, it just saves a lot of effort." Kiso Yoshimasa looked at Jiangma Huisheng coldly, and looked at the other party's heart.

"Uh... It should be, it should be. Not only that, but also prepared food for the army. As... Let's continue talking? "Jiangma Huisheng made an invitation to give Kiso Yoshimasa's face.

But Kiso Yoshimasa waved his hand impatiently and said, "Cheng, I won't go in, I'll be in a hurry, borrow something from the Jiangma Hall and go." ”

"In a hurry? Borrowing something? "Jiangma Frasers was confused when he heard it, didn't he come to support his family? How did it turn into a borrowing thing?

"Dare to ask Kiso-sama, what did you borrow? As long as your army can help the family repel the invasion of the Hosokawa family, as long as the family has it, you can take it! Jiangma Fraser asked in a low voice at first, but in the end, he couldn't help patting his chest and promising loudly.

"Good! Jiangma Hall is happy! In that case, then I will borrow your head for the next item! At this time, Kiso Yoshimasa finally showed his hideous face.

"Well said... Good... What did you say! You! ”

Burst! "Uhh

Before Eima Fraser could react, Kiso Yoshimasa stabbed him in the stomach.

"You... You're so vicious... Uh..."With a plop, Jiangma Huisheng fell to the ground, and the men behind him suddenly became a mess.

"Kill! Take the highland and visit the city! A gift to the Hosokawa family! Kiso Yoshimasa pointed at the sword in his hand, and all his subordinates pounced on the highland castle like wolves...