Not only did Takeda Katsuyori disagree with this proposal, but even several old ministers present also disagreed with what Baba Nobubo said, they had fought with Takeda Shingen for most of their lives, and their arrogant mentality was not so easy to change.

"There is another strategy under the lord, the lord can order the wealthy clans of North Shinano to enter South Shinano to fight. Northern Shinano can send an army of 20,000 people, once it goes south, and cooperates with the Southern Shinano family, it is impossible for the Takayama Army to do anything. Naito said.

"Naito-sama seems to have forgotten about Kaga's Asai and Echigo Uesugi, so what if he takes advantage of the emptiness of Kita-Shinano to lead his army to attack?"

"Although the Asai family has become the master of Echizen Kaga, the current territory is not yet stable, and even if he wants to go to the army, he is powerless, and Uesugi has always talked about righteousness, but he doesn't say it casually, as an old opponent for decades, isn't Akiyama-sama still unclear?"

Naito Masato's rhetorical question, Akiyama Nobutomo really stopped talking. Uesugi Kenshin's character is still very strong in his heart.

"Not only that, if the family can defeat the mountain army without the help of external forces, then it can be used to reinvigorate its prestige and deter Xiaoxiao." You don't need to ask to know that this so-called Xiaoxiao must refer to the Tokugawa family.

Said unintentionally, the listener was intentional, on the surface, this is indeed a good word, but the old ministers present couldn't help but smile bitterly in their hearts, the Gao Shan family can only be regarded as a small daimyo as far as Shi Gao is concerned, and the total army is only thousands, but it is such a powerful force, it will stir up the family is not peaceful, and the family now needs to use the defeat of such a small daimyo to restore its prestige, the ancestor has only been dead for a few years, and the family has ended up in such a field. Even if we can survive this crisis. It can't last long.

And at this time, Nagasaka Nagashi suddenly said: "The lord's subordinates think." Instead of letting the North Shinano coalition army go south, it is better to let them directly attack the territory of the Takayama family, and now the Takayama family army is exhausted, although there are still more than a thousand defenders, but how is it the opponent of the 20,000 people of the family, I don't know what the lord thinks? ”

Takeda Katsuyori's eyes lit up after hearing this, this is really a good way, once he wins Hida, then not only the crisis will be resolved. And it also adds territory, which is really a way to kill two birds with one stone. Even if it can't, then it will be enough to force the Takayama army to retreat.

However, when he was about to make a decision, he only heard Baba Nobubo say: "The lord must not, if the Hida family is closed, the lord forgets that although the Takayama army fights independently, the Takayama clan is still a minister of Oda, and once the lord attacks his place, the Takayama clan is very likely to ask Oda Nobunaga to merge with Oda Nobunaga's character." Then the family must be in a catastrophe this time, so the subordinates think. It's better not to stimulate the Takayama clan too much, and only drive the Takayama army out of Minami Shinano. ”

Takeda Katsuyori couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after hearing this, the Oda family is not something that he can provoke, so it's better to plan according to the original plan. He was a reckless man, but now that he had a countermeasure and no one objected, he immediately decided.

"My lord, Sanada-sama is considered to be highly respected and resourceful in Kita-Shinano, and his sons are all fierce generals in the world, if Sanada-sama is in charge of this matter, the lord can sit back and relax." When Takeda Katsuyori decided on the policy, he listened to Nobushige Koyamada.

Takeda Katsuyori just wanted to agree, but after thinking about it, his son Masayuki is currently under the command of Takayama, and is very popular, this matter is handed over to him, it is really difficult to reassure, thinking of this, only to hear Takeda Katsuyori said: "Bullet is like this year is high, so you don't have to worry about this matter." After speaking, I heard him say again: "What is the strength of the traces." ”

"The subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord."

"I'll be in charge of this matter, and don't let me down."

"Lord, this time I have to face the elite of the Takayama family, and Lord Jibu has never led the army to fight independently, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete." Before he could wait for the trace department to receive the order, he only heard Naito Masatyo take the first step.

Don't say that Katsushi doesn't like to hear this, even Katsuyori Takeda can't listen to it. "Needless to say, who will lead the battle as soon as they come up? Besides, in this battle, the army of the family has gathered more than 35,000 people, and the mountain army is only a few thousand, so it is possible to take this opportunity to make the ministers of the family grow rapidly. I have made up my mind and adjourn the meeting. ”

Sanada Yutaka looked at the back of Takeda Katsuyori leaving, and couldn't help but sneer, with this sneer, his heart had become cold. I saw that he didn't have any nostalgia and returned directly to Toishi Castle.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a month since the Takayama Army set out on the expedition, and under the blow of the Takayama Army, in addition to controlling less than ten fortified cities, the other large areas of land have been basically swept by the Takayama Army.

Seeing that the enemy did not pursue, the Takayama army could only return to the original point in the end. However, this siege battle was much easier than half a month ago, and since the enemy's more than 12,000 troops were distributed among seven or eight cities, it was still possible to pull out these fortified cities.

Half a month later, Kiso-Fukushima Castle, the frontier, fell. Chopping wood Zeng Yichang in the city.

The good news was sent back to Hida, and in order to keep it silent and reduce the combat strength of the army, the Takayama clan quickly ordered Tanaka Katsusuke to lead 500 troops to Kiso-Fukushima to defend the town, and sent the Uonejima clan to Anmin with him.

Ten days later, in the castle tower of Shishen Castle, the lord of the castle, Ogasawara Hidemasa, hurriedly hurried his retainers and the lords of the wealthy families who came to assist in the defense to discuss the matter. There is no other reason, but because the city is not well prepared, now the grain and grass in the city is only enough for the army for three days, and at this moment, the mountain army has arrived outside the city, and it is obviously impossible to go out of the city to replenish.

Although the final result of the negotiation is frustrating, it can only be so. That night, while the Takayama army was resting, Ogasawara Hidemasa opened the castle gate and led an army of 3,000 to Takashima Castle, and the Takayama army took the castle without blood on the second day.

With the fall of Shibuka Castle, Tsukuma Prefecture, which covers the largest area in Shinano Province, has all fallen into the control of the Takayama family. However, after taking full control of Chikuma County, Maeda Toshiya and others did not immediately lead the army to attack other fortified castles, and while repairing, they suppressed the rebellion in the county.

Besides, after receiving the order from the Takeda clan, although they were reluctant, they did not dare to disobey, so they had to start the whole army and prepare to join forces to the south.

The coalition army is from a family, so it is difficult to assemble, and the wealthy families are not sincere, so it slows down even more. It wasn't until two months later that an army of 12,000 men was slowly and leisurely assembled, which was far from the 20,000 expected by Takeda Katsuyori.

The Commander-in-Chief of the matter, Katsuzi of the Trace, repeatedly asked the wealthy clans to gather more troops, but they refused, not because they did not deliberately disobey the order, but because they simply did not have the ability to recruit more troops. Unlike Minami Shinano, they fought locally, so they spent very little on military expenses, while the people in Kita-Shinano had to go out to fight, and the money was like running water.

Since the beginning of the Takeda Shingen era, the Takeda clan has been constantly squeezing these wealthy clans, restricting the development of these wealthy clans, and in addition to the continuous wars of the Takeda family, the original Shinano was very powerful The wealthy clans have now been consumed, and they can gather more than 10,000 troops, which has exceeded their limit.

After knowing the cause and effect of the road, Katsuzi also felt helpless, so he had to lead this army towards Nanshinano, and the only thing that made him feel relieved was that although the army was less, there was no shortage of generals in this army. In addition to Yamayama Masamitsu, Nishina Morinobu, Sanada Nobutsuna, and the Masahui brothers even tried their best to meet the orders of thousands of people from Ishishi, which fully satisfied his vanity.

Although the army is not as elite as the Takayama family in this operation, it is not lost to the other side in terms of generals, and once the southern Shinano army is united, then the Takayama army is no matter how elite it is, what can it do. With such a beautiful wish, Katsushi Shibe embarked on the road of death.

In the training center of the castle tower of Takayama City, only the shouts and cheers continued, and now the Takayama army has poured out, in addition to the new groups guarding various places, I am afraid that there is only this 500 army recruited by Takayama Nobukatsu in the territory.

It can be said that the current pressure on Takayama Shinsheng is very great, at the beginning, the retainers felt very admired for the young master, but as time slowly passed, now the war has been going on for nearly two months, the young lord is still just bored to practice, many retainers think that the young master is not afraid to fight, although he does not say it, and still respects, but in his heart he has already looked down on the young master, and all this Shinsheng is very clear.

Although his eyes stopped on the five hundred ashigaru who were training, Takayama Nobukatsu's mind was no longer here.

"Genzaburo, you continue to train the army, I'll go out for a while." After speaking, without waiting for Sanada Nobuyuki's answer, he walked quickly towards the office.

"I don't know what happened when the young master came?" Mirose Uemon hurriedly stood up and said.

"Uncle Mizuse, I wonder how the battle is going now?"

Speaking of the battle situation, Mizuse Uemon couldn't help frowning, although it is said that the family has completely controlled Tsukuma County, but the situation is becoming more and more unoptimistic. "Young master, as far as I know, at present, Kita-Shinano has gathered 12,000 troops, with Katsuzi of the Trace Department as the main general, Yamayama Masamitsu, Nishina Morinobu, Sanada Nobutsuna, Sanada Masatsumi and others as the leading generals to march towards Minami Shinano, I am afraid that it will be possible to reach Tsukuma County in less than three days, the lord has urgently sent Yamauchi Kazutoyo-sama to lead an army of 500 to support, although the family has sent a total of 6,000 troops this time, but the result is really unpredictable."

"Uncle Mizuse, what's the situation in Kita-Shinano now? Did the Uesugi family have any idea of seizing this place, I know that the Uesugi family has always wanted to control Kita-Shinano. I only heard Takayama Nobukatsu ask again.

"The young master doesn't know, although Uesugi has wanted to take North Shinano for a long time, and now he can easily take it, but Uesugi's character will never take advantage of others, so the Uesugi family has no action."

"Oh? I wonder how empty Kita Shinano has been? ”

"I'm afraid that the wealthy clans of North Shinano have only left two percent of their troops to defend their territory."

"Thank you Uncle Minase for telling me, and Nobukatsu won't bother anymore." (To be continued......)