Sanada Nobutsuna and others led Akabei to the outside of the city first, but when everyone saw that the gates of Hamamatsu Castle were wide open, and the drums were bursting, they were afraid that there would be an ambush in the enemy's city, so they couldn't help but quickly pull the reins and urgently report to Takeda Shingen.

"My lord, the enemy dares to open the city gate, it must be that an ambush has been laid in the city, so my subordinates think that it is better not to attack Hamamatsu City for the time being, and after the city is found to be arranged, it is not too late to launch an attack on the city, and please ask the lord to decide." When I heard the report, I only heard Naito Masatyo speak.

And when he finished speaking, he saw Takeda Shingen smile slightly, and said: "Before that, I thought that Tokugawa Ieyasu was also a character, but now I don't see it that way, it is ridiculous that he wants to use such a small skill to scare off the army of his family." ”

"My lord, although the Tokugawa army is not to be feared, maybe the Oda family reinforcements have arrived, and if so, the victory or defeat is unknown."

"If the Oda family's reinforcements came, they had already appeared just now, so why wait in the city?" I only heard Takeda Shingen say confidently.

"What the lord said is reasonable, but his subordinates are not thoughtful."

"The order was given to the entire army to abandon the attack on Hamamatsu Castle and regroup and march towards Noda Castle."

Everyone present thought that the lord would order his troops to attack Hamamatsu Castle in a big way after seeing through Tokugawa Ieyasu's strategy, but now, instead of attacking, they heard the order to retreat, so they couldn't help but be stunned.

The lord couldn't have said something wrong, but he just heard Koyamada Nobushige, who was eager to save face, remind: "Lord, you mean to lead the army to leave?" ”

"That's right. Execute the command immediately. ”

It's not that Takeda Shingen doesn't want to attack Hamamatsu Castle, it's just that although the other party opens the city gate, there will inevitably be an ambush, and if he orders his army to attack the city, in terms of the width of the city gate, once the enemy ambushes the army, the loss of the family will inevitably be not small.

The main enemy of the main family is the Oda family. Every time one more Ashigaru participates in the battle, the certainty of victory increases by one point, and besides, the Tokugawa family has been crippled by himself. There's no need to waste time and troops on it, and if you want to eradicate it, you'll have to wait until you destroy the Oda family. It will be much easier.

And there is another reason for Takeda Shingen to make this decision, that is, he has just learned the bravery of the Tokugawa samurai, if the other party is determined to fight to the death, then the price paid by the family is absolutely unacceptable to him, anyway, after the battle just now, Tokugawa Ieyasu has learned the power of the Takeda army, and it will definitely not lead the army to attack, since this is the case, then it is better not to give the other party a chance to fight the trapped beast.

And the leading samurai of the Takeda family in front were quite puzzled after hearing the lord's order. However, they did not dare to disobey, so they had to lead their army away.

Everyone in the city was relieved to see that the Takeda army was really "frightened" and retreated, but no one suggested that the lord pursue it again, although the Takeda family retreated. But how can you be defenseless, a fiasco like the one just now, it is enough to experience it once, and there is no need to experience it a second time.

Since Tokugawa Ieyasu had already gathered most of his forces at Hamamatsu Castle, the Takeda army did not encounter any decent resistance as it advanced.

In Noda Castle, Shingen Takeda and his retainers are discussing their next moves. At this moment, I saw a junior samurai walking in quickly, and he was still holding a wooden box in his hand.

"Report to the lord, when his subordinates were patrolling the city, they found this thing at the city gate, and there was a letter with the words "the lord's own opening" written on it, and asked the lord to read it."

After hearing this, Takeda Shingen frowned and said, "Open the wooden box first." ”

When the wooden box was opened, a bloody human head appeared in front of everyone. …,

"Ahh It is the head of the Yama Prefecture adult! "I heard a samurai shouting.

"How so...... Bring the epistle quickly. Takeda Shingen was grief-stricken when he saw that Ai was about to die, but he didn't lose his cool because of this, and he just heard him speak quickly.

The letter is only one page, and the number of words on it is not very large, so you don't need to ask to know that this letter was written by the Takayama clan.

The letter written by the clan to Takeda Shingen, from between the lines, you can easily see his intention to show off, it is very simple that the clan wants to anger Takeda Shingen through this letter and the head of Changjing in Yama County, if he can be angry to death, it will be the most in line with his mind, if not, there is no loss anyway.

After Takeda Shingen read it, he used all his strength to tear this thin page of paper into pieces, and gritted his teeth and said: "Damn, I am inseparable from you in the Takayama Clan!" ”

Speaking of this, I only heard him open his mouth and order: "Akiyama Nobuyo, I order you to immediately lead 5,000 troops to attack Hida again, I will not only destroy the Takayama family, but I will also exterminate the clan." ”

Speaking of this, he only listened to his continued order: "Naito Masato, you led 3,000 troops to rebel back to Kai, and the Wind Demon has now returned to the high mountains, if the remaining ninjas in the Wind Demon have not left the ninja, you will lead the army to kill them all, and if they have approached the army in the direction of Hida, then I will destroy them." ”

"Lord, although there are 35,000 people in the Shangluo army, only 20,000 of them are the banner and the strength is light, if 8,000 are withdrawn from it, in the decisive battle with the Oda army, the combat power of the family will be insufficient, although there are still 15,000 peasant soldiers, but in the elite battle, they can't play much role at all, so please also ask the lord to take a break from the anger of the thunder, and think about it in the long run."

"What Lord Yuan Changyin said is reasonable, my lord, the wind demon has to be prepared, but there is no extra military strength to deal with the Takayama family, of course, this is only temporary, as long as the Oda family is defeated, it will not be easy to destroy the Takayama family, please think twice."

After hearing this, Takeda Shingen also felt that he was a little excited just now, the retainers were right, it is indeed not easy to divide the army to attack Hida now, as for guarding against the wind demon, it is necessary to start at the beginning, thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Just let the Takayama clan live a little longer, but now the territory is empty, in order to prevent the wind demon ninja army from sneaking attack, Naito Masaho you not only have to lead three thousand troops back to the territory, but also notify the wealthy clan in the territory to be prepared, although there are not many thousand ninjas, but they are good at sneak attacks, Even if you can't kill them all, you can't let them take advantage of anything. You go now. ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will lead the army back." Naito Masatoyo replied very reluctantly, stood up and walked out of the door, if compared with the battle with the Oda family, even if he can kill all the ninjas in the wind demon, there is not much credit, and once the family Shangluo succeeds, then it is basically equivalent to winning the world, and I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities for the future war, I don't know how many samurai who are not as good as themselves after this war, will surpass themselves, with such regrets, he reluctantly retreated from the assessment room. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )