After the departure of the two military divisions, the clan immediately sent someone to convey the order, in addition to leaving 1,000 new writers to stabilize Minami Shinano, the remaining 6,000 troops immediately launched an attack on the territory of the Hao clan where the Uesugi army was not garrisoned in North Shinano, and ordered Mizuse Uemon to pay close attention to the movements of the Uesugi army, and if there was any change, report immediately.

The wealthy clans who lost their heads of the family in North Shinano, united and not the opponent of the Takayama army, are now scattered, and it is even more impossible to resist the attack of the Takayama army, after they received the news of the death of the head of the family, they put all their energy on supporting the heart of the master, completely forgetting that the war is not over, of course, this is not to blame them, these wealthy families all think that even if the Takayama family wins the South Shinano, it will take a lot of time to maintain its stability, after all, the number of the South Shinano family is much more than that of the North Shinano, If you want to be in full control, you can't do it in a year or two.

But they didn't know what to do, the Takayama clan did not leave those wealthy clans, all the wealthy clans that could be wiped out in this battle were wiped out, and those who could not be eliminated also rushed to the Takeda family, even if there were some fish caught in the net, they would not do anything.

So when the Takayama Army has arrived at their territory, these people suddenly feel that they don't know what to do, of course, the first thing they think of is to express their submission to the Takayama family, which is also the way they have always been, but this time it doesn't work, the Takayama Army will tell them directly, refuse to accept, now there are only two ways for them to choose, the first is to leave with the family, whether it is to cast the sugi or to the Takeda, anyway, they are absolutely not allowed to control these territories, and there is one way that is a dead end, if you don't leave. Then there is only a World War.

Although then they thought of asking for help from the Lu Uesugi family. But it was too late. In the end, under the strong pressure of the Takayama army, he had to leave with his family and the samurai under his command. Of course, there are still those who choose to resist, but they are all slaughtered without exception.

And sure enough, as Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki thought, the Uesugi army only protected the territories of the wealthy clans that had come to take refuge in the Takayama Army's attack on Kita-Shinano, and as for those who had already captured the territory and then asked for reinforcements, they did not agree.

At first, the Takayama army was afraid that the Uesugi army would make a move, so they acted cautiously, but after a few days, they saw that the other party did not move. He also let go of his hands and feet, and quickly occupied other territories except those controlled by the Uesugi family. A month later, in addition to Takai-gun and the territory of the wealthy clan with about 10,000 koku garrisoned by the Uesugi army, the land of 330,000 koku in the nine counties of Shinano has all fallen into the hands of the Takayama clan, and the land controlled by the Takayama family has also soared to 400,000 koku, which can definitely be regarded as a force that cannot be ignored in this world, with the capture of Shinano, the five-month Shinano raid has ended, but it will take at least a year to fully control this place. After all, there are still a large number of peasants in the territory who have entered the mountains under the defeat of the samurai and become bandits, as well as those wealthy clans who are trying to restore their territory. These are all hidden dangers for the Gao Shan family, so they must be eradicated.

The Takayama family won a big victory, so there must be a relative one that will inevitably be defeated, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the Takeda family as gloomy at this moment.

When Takeda Katsuyori heard the news, he couldn't help but burst into a rage, and even though he ordered a large army to recapture Shinano, when the retainers learned the news, they all rushed to the castle tower to advise the lord. Although Takeda Katsuyori has an atmosphere and a reckless personality, he is still qualified as the head of the family, but he does not use the family name as a bet. After the persuasion of the retainers, the matter was finally settled, and although Shinano wanted to take it back, the Takeda family was also incapable. He was even afraid that the Takayama Army would come to capture Kai after capturing Shinano, so the army was still being gathered, but not for battle but for defense, lest the Takayama Army launch a surprise attack.

And after learning about the actions of the Takeda family, the Takayama clan couldn't help sneering, he was not laughing at Takeda Katsuyori, but laughing at Tokugawa Ieyasu, this Tokugawa Ieyasu can really bear it, now that Shinano has been captured by his own family, he is still calm and does not take an offensive against Kai, so how can he take advantage of the situation?

The idea of the clan is very simple, although the current Takeda family has been down, but the real combat power has not lost much, especially Chibei, although it is less than three thousand, but two thousand are still there, in addition to thousands of banners, the total army is still seven or eight thousand people, if you fight hard, even if you win, it is a residual victory, which is definitely not in the interests of the family, so the best way is to let it fight with the Tokugawa family, so this is the best time to win Kai.

And Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't cooperate at all, so the clan could only increase the pressure on him, old turtle, didn't you stand still, then Lao Tzu is not welcome, although the clan did not plan to collide with Takeda, but it did not prevent him from letting the army under his command put on an offensive posture. I came here to see if Tokugawa Ieyasu was still holding back.

Thinking of this, the clan immediately ordered the appointment of Maeda Toshiya as the main general, Watanabe Moritsuna as the deputy general, Yamanaka Kanosuke, Omiya Keiren and others as the leading generals, and sent Honda Masanobu as the military division of the army, transferred all the military forces except the ninja army, the new group, and Chen Bing Xinjia border, ready to attack at any time.

Although the Takayama family only mobilized 3,000 troops, neither the Takeda family nor the Tokugawa family underestimated it. After the Takeda family saw that the 3,000 troops of the Takayama family were stationed at Uehara Castle, which was only less than half a day's journey away from Kai, they also immediately mobilized 1,500 elite soldiers, and the 3,000 banners were deployed on the line from Tando to Tsuo, which was the only way to invade Kai.

If it were according to Takeda Katsuyori's temperament, then I am afraid that he would have led the army to attack the past, but this time Nagasaka Nagakan finally said a good word to dispel the idea of Takeda Katsuyori attacking.

The reason why Nagasaka Nagakan advised the lord not to go out to the army was entirely because he was the commander of Chibei, and once he attacked, then the lord would inevitably order himself to lead Chibei to engage the Takayama army, if so, his life might not be guaranteed.

The Takayama army did not move, and the Takeda army did not move, but there was someone who couldn't sit still, and this person was none other than Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was in the castle of Suruga Kunijun at the moment.

In order to be able to understand the movements of the Takeda family in a timely manner, Tokugawa Ieyasu had already made Sunfu Castle a residence at the beginning of this year.

Tokugawa Ieyasu began to suffer from gains and losses when he received the Takayama Army's dispatch to Shinano, and he regretted it a little, if he had agreed to join forces with the Takayama Army to attack Takeda, then under the attack of the two armies, maybe Kai could really be captured by himself, even if he could not capture them all, but he could establish a stronghold to prepare for the next attack, but he failed to seize it, and let the opportunity float by in front of him.

Then when the Takayama Army has captured Shinano, Tokugawa Ieyasu began to entangle again, since the Takeda family lost Shinano, although its real elite did not lose, but it was demoralized, and depending on its meaning, it would rather lose Shinano than ask for help from Hojo, which is enough to show that it is also afraid that Hojo will take advantage of the chaos to capture Kai, and at this time, if he can send troops, maybe when his morale is low, he can really take Kai, but Tokugawa Ieyasu is afraid that he will fight with the Takeda family, and the Takayama Army suddenly marches, In this case, then this Kai clan will probably be cheap, even if it can't be captured all, but as long as the Kai Yamanashi County and the northern part of the county are under control, then it will still cut off the road of the family. The Takayama clan could definitely do such a thing, so after hesitation, Tokugawa Ieyasu gave up on going out again.

And just when Tokugawa Ieyasu sighed repeatedly, suddenly Naomasa I, a nearby servant, came to the door and reported: "Report to the lord, Lord Takuzhi asked for a meeting outside the city, saying that there is something important to report to the lord, and ask the lord to decide." ”

"Zhilu said, let him come here to see me." As soon as he heard that Sannojo was coming, Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't dare to slack off, after all, the important news that could be reported by him in person was probably the movements of the Takeda family or the Takayama family, and the movements of these two families were crucial to the next move of the family.

"Report to the lord, according to the news that the Takayama clan has appointed Maeda Toshiya as the main general, and led three thousand elite banners to arrive at Uehara Castle in a few days, and the Takeda family After receiving the news, Takeda Katsuyori immediately led 1,500 Chibei and 3,000 elite Ashigaru to Tanido in Jumo County. Please also ask the Lord to decide. ”

"What, you said that the Takayama Army is going to attack Kai?" After Takuzhi Sannojo finished speaking, he only heard Tokugawa Ieyasu ask in disbelief.

"Returning to the lord, judging from the arrangement of the Gao Shan Army, there is indeed such a plan."

"Okay, I've got it." After speaking, he said to the attendants beside him: "Quickly recruit the important ministers of the family to come to discuss the matter." ”

Since the important ministers of the Tokugawa family basically came to Suruga with the lord this time, it was not long, and I saw that more than ten important ministers of the Tokugawa family had all arrived.

After everyone sat down, Tokugawa Ieyasu first asked the attendants around him to tell the latest information to the ministers, and gave the retainers nearly a stick of incense time to think, and then, only to hear Tokugawa Ieyasu ask: "I thought that the Takayama clan only wanted to win Shinano, but I didn't expect that now it not only won Shinano, but also eyeing Kai, now the Takayama army has been assembled in Uehara City, the war is about to break out, once the Takayama family wins, then the family will be completely trapped in the Three Kingdoms, I don't know what you have to solve it now?" ”

I only heard Sakai Tadaji be the first to speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that we should take advantage of the fact that the Takeda family has no time to look south at this moment, and immediately send out the army, so that the family can take advantage of the emptiness of Kai to seize this place, and at that time, although Takeda Katsuyori has thousands of elites in his hands, there is no place for it." ”

When he finished speaking, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not speak, but looked at the other important ministers below him, waiting for them to continue speaking. (To be continued......)