The Takayama army had no intention of capturing the fortified cities, and even bypassed these cities far away, so the Southern Shinano coalition army came to these cities safely without encountering any attacks, but although people came, their hearts were not placed here at all.

After more than ten Xiaohao clan heads led their men and horses to leave Kiso-Fukushima Castle, they did not separate immediately, but stopped their troops shortly after leaving the city and began to discuss, after all, their military strength was too small, let alone acting separately, even if they were together, they were not the opponents of the Takayama family.

As for the proposal to let the other family heads lead the army to save themselves first, no one present mentioned it again, because they all knew very well in their hearts that this was absolutely impossible. So I had to think of something else.

I only heard one of them propose: "Ladies and gentlemen, the family has only a few hundred stones, and the army is less than a hundred, so if you want to regain the territory, I am afraid that the only way to regain the territory is to go to Kai and sincerely return to Lord Takeda." "This little lord had only returned to Takeda before, but he had not been allegiance, so he said so.

However, I'm afraid his words are just self-deception, who doesn't know that Takeda Katsuyori has long wanted to completely master Minami Shinano, and if he goes, he will definitely fall into the net. And everyone can see that the current Takeda family is no longer the Takeda family in the Shingen era, and it can be said that it is in danger of being destroyed at any time.

When he finished speaking, seeing that everyone did not respond, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Looking down, it's better to go to the Takayama family than to go to Takeda."

Oshima Sadatsugu is the strongest among these people, and the land under his rule has reached 5,000 koku, he said the suggestion. There is no reason why everyone does not pay attention to it.

"I'm afraid that's all it can be." Katagiri Toshimasa, who had had this idea for a long time, echoed.

"It's without further ado. Otherwise, don't talk about territory. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for my family to be saved. I'll go to Hida now. ”

"My lord, according to the report from the ninjas under my command, the enemy led more than 2,000 people to attack Hida, and now the army is only more than fifty miles away from Fangka City, please make a decision quickly." Although the clan did not interfere with the battle of Maeda Toshiya and others, they had already sent a large number of ninjas, and Nan Shinano's every move was not to be hidden from the clan.

After listening to Mizuse's return, the clan was angry and happy. This is really special, there is a way in heaven that they don't go, and there is no door to hell, they can come to it.

Do they think that Lao Tzu has no more soldiers except for these 5,000 troops?

"I know that I have said, and I ordered Yamauchi Kazutoyo to stick to the room card, and then ordered Katsusuke Tanaka, and the head of the Takayama clan led a thousand new writing groups to support."

"It's the lord."

After Yamauchi Kazutoyo and the other three received the order, they felt extremely excited, they thought that they would have no chance to show their faces in this battle, but who would have thought that the group of wealthy clans in Minami Shinano would not know whether they were alive or dead, and they would dare to lead the army to attack. This shows that he is here to give himself military exploits.

In addition to the Takayama clan chief, who was already defending Fangka City, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Tanaka Katsusuke immediately gathered troops and prepared to go without any delay. I'm afraid that the enemy can't help but beat him. Before he went, he was already killed.

Since the new group has the important task of defending the territory, it is scattered everywhere, and it is not so easy to mobilize quickly, and the most rear, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Tanaka Katsusuke combined, simply led the five hundred troops in Takayama Castle to help. In their minds, there are three hundred people stationed in Fangka City, plus their own five hundred, which is completely enough to resist the strength of the two thousand Hao clans.

However, when the two of them led their troops to Fangka City, they were all dumbfounded, not only did the battle not happen, but even the more than 2,000 troops were dismissed.

"Two lords, the lord got the wrong news, these two thousand troops are not here to attack their own family, but to defect. I was about to take all the family heads to Gaoshan City to ask the lord to decide, and the defense of this Fangka City could only be temporarily entrusted to the two adults. ”

I see, after listening to this, the two of them couldn't get excited at all, and it seemed that they were excited in vain.

Takayama Castle Tower, the heads of the Minami Shinano clan who came to vote have been waiting here for half an hour, but the Takayama clan still hasn't appeared, which makes them all feel a little uneasy. After all, now that the army under his command has been dismissed, and he is trapped in Gaoshan City, it can be said that his life and death are between the thoughts of the Gaoshan Clan.

And at this moment, the Takayama clan is discussing with Honda Masanobu, Sanada Masayuki and other left-behind retainers how to deal with these wealthy clans, according to the meaning of the clan, these people might as well be killed, one is that he doesn't treat the wealthy clan very well, these people can be said to be more than successful and more than defeated, and there is no benefit to governing the territory, and even drag themselves back.

"Lord, at present, the army is fighting in Nanshinano, once these wealthy clans are killed, then the remaining wealthy clans in Nanshinano will inevitably fight to the death, so it will be more difficult for the family to seize this place, so the subordinates think that not only can they not be killed, but they must be appeased." The Uchijima clan, who is also from a wealthy family, was the first to speak.

I only heard the clan retort: "This time I went to fight in Nanshinano, the original purpose is to uproot the wealthy clan here, otherwise these shameless people occupy a lot of land, and where should the soldiers of this family be sealed when they are born and die?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates think that although the heads of the wealthy families who come to vote are numerous, their strength is very weak, and according to the calculations of their subordinates, the land controlled by these people is only 350,000 stones, which is really nothing to Nan Shinano, who has a stone height of 200,000 stones." After Qinghai Guangxian calculated clearly, he couldn't help but speak.

"Although this is a good statement, once Shinano takes it, then these 350,000 koku are indeed nothing, but have you ever thought about what if the family agrees to their request, and everyone in South Shinano and even North Shinano follows suit? This is a common trick of the wealthy family, you will not be unaware. ”

"This ......"

Seeing that Karumi Mitsu had nothing to say, the clan clan set his sights on Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki.

"The subordinates have the same idea as the lord, too many Nanshinano clans will definitely affect the stability of this place, and they are not sincere to vote, but the situation is forced, once the lord accepts these people, then it is necessary to draw troops to be on guard at all times, it is really unnecessary. But the sword of the Gao Shan family can't kill the people who come to vote, so it's better to let them go. ”

"Yes, if the lord does not abolish the new policy, it is not impossible to accept them. But it's better not to accept it now. ”

"Okay. I don't want to worry about that anymore. Let them go, and if their families are still informing the army, let them go. After speaking, I saw the clan stand up and walk quickly towards the inner room.

After learning of this result, the wealthy people in the city felt helpless and very glad at the same time, not only did they not die, but if their families were still there, they would not be slaughtered, and this result was still acceptable to them. But since the Takayama family doesn't want to. Then they had no choice but to go to Kai.

And before these people arrived at Kai, Takeda Katsuyori met the samurai sent by Kiso Yoshimasa to ask for help.

After learning about the strategy of the Takayama family, Takeda Katsuyori was really anxious, and this time the crisis faced by the Takeda family was absolutely unprecedented, so he hurriedly convened his retainers to discuss.

And that's not all, this time he didn't let go of even a few old ministers in the family who had retired.

After all, once Minami Shinano is lost, not only will Kai face the Takayama family directly, but I'm afraid that Kita Shinano won't be able to keep it, if so. The family is not far from destruction.

After the old ministers such as Baba Nobubo succeeded from Katsuyori as the family governor, they basically faded out of the sight of the Takeda family. And after Takeda Katsuyori ordered Nagasaka Nagashi to be the commander of Chibei, he was too lazy to discuss with these old ministers.

This time after receiving the call of the lord, although these old ministers didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about, they knew that Lu Dao must not be a good thing, and it was still a big deal.

In line with the idea of standing at the end of the shift, they finally put down the flower fertilizer and hoes, tea bowls and folding fans in their hands, and rushed towards the castle tower one after another, and even Sanada Yukitaka, who had been completely marginalized, was also not forgotten by Takeda Katsuyori.

Due to the arrival of the retainers from all sides, several days had passed by the time the assessment meeting was held.

This time, Takeda Katsuyori didn't make the retainers wait too long, and as soon as the retainers arrived, he walked out quickly.

As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "I'm afraid you all know about the crisis that this family is facing, I don't know who has a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

However, the result made him very dissatisfied, and when he finished speaking, there was not even a response, which made Takeda Katsuyori even more anxious.

"You are all ministers of your own family, and at this moment, your family has reached a moment of crisis, do you really have nothing to do?"

The old ministers present were not helpless, but they were angry, and the practice of the lord and the villain and forgetting the virtuous ministers made them really dissatisfied, and they just wanted to let the lord know who the capable ministers of the Takeda family were through this.

The old ministers saw that the fire was almost over, and if it dragged on and the lord made an unwise decision in anger, then the Takeda family might be really finished.

I only heard the horse farm letter room speak: "Lord, there is a plan to retreat to the mountain." ”

Takeda Katsuyori asked in a loud voice as if he was grasping a life-saving grass: "Please also ask my uncle to make it clear that if he can retreat from the mountain army, his uncle will be the first to take credit." ”

For Takeda Katsuyori's posture, Baba Nobubo was very satisfied. I only heard him speak: "As far as his subordinates know, Kiso Yoshimasa gave up the small castle and defended it, although it seems ruthless, but this is also the best strategy.

This won enough time for the lord, and the lord could send someone to contact Hojo to prevent the Tokugawa, so that the south was worry-free, and the family could do its best to go to Minami Shinano, although the Takayama army was elite, but the number was small, and after a few battles, it was bound to retreat, which was a subordinate policy, and asked the lord to decide. ”

Takeda Katsuyori couldn't help but be enlightened after hearing this, but just as he was about to make a decision, he heard Nagasaka Nagashi say: "The lord must not, leading the Hojo family to come is like luring a wolf into the house, and then the family army will be exhausted, once the Hojo army changes, the lord's family business will not be guaranteed." "Nagasaka Nagashi said this completely because his current identity is different, obviously, once the army of the family goes to Minami Shinano, then the commander of Chibei must be the main force, let himself face the Takayama army? Don't even think about it.

"My lord, please let me go, the Hojo family will never betray their trust in this battle, after all, once the family is destroyed, the Hojo family will directly face Oda."

"There is no need to say this policy anymore, the family has not yet fallen to the point where you need to gamble on the family business." Speaking of this, I saw Takeda Katsuyori looking down. "I wonder who has a plan to retreat from the mountain?" (To be continued......)