As soon as Takeda Shingen heard that it was Hida's matter, his face became gloomy, and the last thing he wanted to hear now was that there was any friction between the family and the Uesugi family, and once there was a war with the Uesugi family, then the strategy of the family Kamirako would be completely disrupted, so he had to listen to what news the messenger had brought.

I only heard Takeda Shingen immediately ordered: "Zhilu Dao, immediately order him to come and see him." ”

It didn't take long to see the messenger sent by Changjing in Yama County come to the assessment room, and after saluting again, I only heard him speak: "Report to the main hall, Gu my lord has been relieved, the old Takayama clan of the Oda family has led three thousand troops to invade Hida more than ten days ago, and defeated the Uesugi army, but after the battle between the two armies, suddenly joined forces, and at present, the Uesugi army and the Takayama army are repairing in Matsukura Castle, as for what prompted the two armies to shake hands, it has not been explored, and my lord ordered his command to report the current situation of Hida to the main hall to know, And ask the lord about the next move. ”

Uesugi Kenshin didn't pay much attention to the Takayama clan, but Takeda Shingen, who had always made it his mission to dominate the world with Shangluo, still put a lot of effort into the potential enemies of the Oda family.

As the first wise general under Oda Nobunaga, how could the Takayama clan fall, when he heard what this junior samurai said, he immediately thought that the reason why the Takayama army and the Uesugi army stopped making peace was probably because Murakami Yoshikiyoshi knew the goal of the Takayama clan to attack Hida, so that the Uesugi family really had no reason to go to war.

Moreover, Takeda Shingen also expected that within ten days, the Uesugi army would withdraw from Hida.

Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang killed the Takayama clan sect back then, not only Takeda Shingen knew it, because he said it at the evaluation meeting. Therefore, many of the retainers present also thought of the reason for the withdrawal of the two armies.

And Anayama Nobuyan was one of them, and when he listened to the report, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, my subordinates have thought of a way, now that my family has 3,500 troops in Hida Country, if we make an appointment with the forces around Oda to attack Oda." The lord can order the lord of the prefecture to fight against the Takayama army in Hida, so that not only can he save his family's reputation. It can also strengthen the confidence of the people's strength, and the army can also recharge and wait for the best time to attack. This is the foolish opinion of his subordinates, and I ask the Lord to decide. ”

"The lord, the subordinates basically agree with the opinion of the Cave Mountain, Hida is the place where the family must fight, once this place is captured, then the lord can divide the army into two ways when he goes to Luo, the army takes the Tokaido Road, and the Oda army fights a decisive battle, and the other way out of Hida directly takes Gifu Castle, if this road can capture Gifu Castle. The morale of our army will inevitably rise sharply, and the morale of the Oda army will inevitably drop greatly when the main city is taken. ”

After Akiyama Nobuyo said yes, but the conversation changed again. He said worriedly, "However, my subordinates think that if Hida only has 3,500 spears from the Lord of Yamaguchi, it will not be easy to seize this place.

The Takayama clan led an army of 3,000 this time, although it was less than the main family in terms of numbers, but it had to be admitted. The overall combat power of the Takayama army is higher than that of the main gun, and if the family and the Takayama family go to war, it is impossible to bargain for anything, so the subordinates think that they should immediately send troops to Hidaga, and if the lord agrees, then the subordinates are willing to lead the army. ”

"My lord, my subordinates think that we can't send troops into Hida anymore, if the family's army here is only more than 3,000 people, it shouldn't alarm the Oda family, but once the family sends more troops into Hida and becomes an overwhelming advantage, then Oda Nobunaga will definitely send troops to support the Takayama clan for the safety of the flanks, if that's the case, then it will be contrary to the original intention, and please think twice." I only heard Nobushige Koyamada hurriedly say. …,

Takeda Shingen couldn't help but smile after hearing this, and only heard him speak: "What the three of you said makes sense, Hida must be taken, and reinforcements must be sent, but I don't plan to send my own army to go." ”

After hearing these words, the retainers couldn't help but be puzzled, if they don't send their own army to go, then who is willing to fight for their own family? Could it be those wealthy families who depend on their own family? But even they are branded with the Takeda family, which is no different from sending the elite directly under the main family.

Takeda Shingen looked at the retainers who couldn't think of the meaning of his words, and couldn't help asking, "I heard that the fifth-generation Wind Demon Kotaro has a big opinion on the Hojo family." ”

Wind Demon is located in Sagami Ashigara County, has been working for the Hojo family for a hundred years, because the fifth generation of the leader of the Wind Demon Kotaro is not only strong in ninjutsu, but also quite intelligent, so under his leadership, Wind Demon is flourishing, after more than ten years of painstaking management, now has basically controlled the land of Ashigara County, and the number of ninjas under his command has reached 3,000.

And back then, in order to be able to hold this inconspicuous force tightly in his hands, so he once promised the wind demon Kojiro that he would be the samurai of the Hojo family, and the wind demon Kojiro has been loyal to the Hojo family for this promise, but the promise that Hojo Shiyasu did not fulfill was passed away last year.

When Hojo Shikang was alive, he got along well with the Wind Demon, but after the Hojo clan succeeded to the governor, the honeymoon period with the Wind Demon was also close, he not only refused to recruit the Wind Demon Kojiro as the Hojo family samurai, but also stopped all aid to it, although the Wind Demon now has tens of thousands of stones, but there are also 3,000 ninjas to raise, and suddenly cut off the aid, which makes him continue to maintain the current scale, so now he is looking for a way out while hating the Hojo clan.

And as soon as Takeda Shingen mentioned the Wind Demon Kojiro now, the retainers immediately knew where the army to help Hida came from.

didn't wait for the retainers to speak, only to hear Takeda Shingen continue: "This power in the Wind Demon is not powerful, if it is willing to be used by me, isn't it a samurai identity, just give it to him." ”

"The lord is wise, if you can let the wind demon Kojiro lead the ninja army to support the Lord of Yamayama, then Hida will have no worries."

"Quick move, Duan Zang close-up." I only heard Takeda Shingen immediately commanded.

Although Kato Duanzo has obtained the status of a samurai as the leader of the Takeda family ninja, he is only the lowest-level samurai, not even a light head, and he is really not qualified to discuss matters in his capacity, and because of his low status, the place where he lives is far away from the castle tower.

After a long time, when Takeda Shingen had already given all the orders to Anayama Shinjun to contact the surrounding forces of the Oda family, he was late, and saw that although Kato Duanzang's waist was straight, his face was already full of wrinkles, and his hair was gray, although he was not young, but he did not dare to slack off in front of Takeda Shingen.

After seeing him come to the assessment room, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Subordinate Kato Duanzang see the lord." ”

"Well, I ordered you to go to Sagami Wind Demon to recruit Wind Demon Kojiro for your family, you go and tell him that as long as he is willing to lead the ninja army under his command and help his family capture Hida, then I will recruit him as a samurai and let him continue to lead Wind Demon."

Because this matter requires precise cooperation, then Takeda Shingen had to briefly talk about the plan for the next part of the family with Kato Duanzo, including the time to go out of the army and so on.

And after Kato Duanzo understood, he immediately set off to go to the Wind Demon, because they are all famous shinobi in the world, so as soon as he arrived in the Wind Demon, it didn't take much trouble to meet the Wind Demon Kojiro. …,

When he explained his intentions, Wind Demon Kojiro fell into deep thought, and now the Takeda family sent Kato Duanzo to recruit Wind Demon, which can be described as a relief in the snow, so just a moment later, Wind Demon Kojiro agreed to play for the Takeda family.

Although with the attitude of the Takayama clan towards ninjas, the last thing he wants is to be an enemy of the Takayama family, but this is also a helpless thing.

Sagami is not close to the place where the Takayama family is, but after so many years, how the Takayama clan treats ninjas, he has heard about it some, and even the status of the lower ninja in the Takayama family is the same as that of the flag, if you can be loyal to the Takayama clan, then it is definitely a beautiful thing.

But the land in the hands of the Takayama family is not as much as his own, even if he is ruthless to go to the defection, he can't afford to raise it at all, so he has to retreat and contribute to the Takeda family, although the treatment is definitely impossible to talk to the Takayama family, but for the sake of his three thousand brothers, he has no better way.

Eventually, he negotiated with Kato Duanzo, and two months later, he personally led 2,000 ninja troops to Hida, and when the matter was completed, he would not only be able to obtain the status of a samurai, but also the assistance of the Takeda family in the Wind Demon.

Not to mention that the Takeda family was preparing a large-scale attack on Hida, but on the third day after the capture of Matsukura Castle, the Takayama clan immediately ordered Maeda Toshiya and Tanaka Katsusuke to lead the headquarters to seize Masuda Castle, and Maeda Keiji led 500 new writers under his command to capture Takayama Castle.

Although the head of the Takayama clan wanted to take it himself, the clan sect had more important matters to discuss with him, so he did not agree.

Due to the escape of Ji Xiaolu Yorizuna, Matsukura Castle was occupied by the Takayama family, and in the previous battle, Ji Koji Yoritsuna drew a large number of troops from various cities, so there were not many defenders in Masuda Castle and Takayama Castle at all, so when they saw that the Takayama army was coming, there was no resistance at all, so they opened the city gate and surrendered.

In less than three days, the land that originally belonged to Ji Xiaolu's family has been occupied by the Takayama family, and now the stone height controlled by the Takayama clan has reached more than 35,000 stones, but in addition to the ten thousand stones of Hachiman Castle in the county, although there are more than 20,000 stones in the newly obtained Hida land, nearly 10,000 stones are in the hands of local wealthy families.

How can the clan accept such a situation, the clan has already looked down on these wavering wealthy clans, and now it is hard to wait for this opportunity, how can the clan let it go easily. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )