30, bleak rain Tianmu Mountain (below)
"Goo, goo, goo......" The miso soup on the fire made a sound as it tumbled, and the lid of the pot was closed one by one by the heat. Most of the people in the room didn't pay attention, though, and the news they just got was shocking.
"It's finally over!" I let out a long sigh in my heart, in a sense that my heart is very soft.
I remember when I was a teenager, I had an unknown secret, that is, I never read movies and novels with tragic endings, although it seemed a little shallow, but the happy ending was my favorite. I remember watching the movie "The Overlord of Western Chu" by chance, but I finally insisted on returning home, and I felt uncomfortable lying in bed for a long time. Although I have known this result for a long time, I still feel a lot of emotion in my heart when I see the foundation established by Takeda Shingen and many of his famous generals dissipate with the wind. It is emotional but not sad, it can be seen that my psychological quality has been significantly enhanced since I came to this world.
"......" When I came to my senses, I saw Sakurai Sakichi kneeling there waiting for my instructions, his eyes flashing with excitement, and his Adam's apple squirming up and down. Ying and Ah Xue fell into deep thought for a while, and even forgot to be vigilant. Only the old man still looked the same, if we hadn't just talked, we would have thought he was already Alzheimer's!
"Pap, papa" I tapped twice on the table with my knuckles, and then said to Xue with a smile, "Hey, my miso soup is ready!" ”
"Ahh Ah Xue exclaimed in surprise before she reacted, and hurriedly opened the lid of the pot and filled a bowl for me. Because I accidentally forgot to dial the small flame, my fingers were burned. "Your Highness, please use it!" She respectfully held a bowl in both hands and placed it in front of me.
"Don't be careful!" I grabbed her hot hand, put it to my mouth and blew it gently. As a military general, she naturally has a reverence for Takeda Shingen, so I can completely understand her mood at the moment.
"Your Highness......" Ah Xue blushed and withdrew her hand.
I took a sip and it tasted pretty good. "Let's serve a bowl for this old man, too!" I pointed to the old man who was sitting there silent.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" As a result, the old man thanked me for the bowl that Ah Xue handed me, respectfully but not gratefully, and there are not many things that can really be excited at his age.
"Tell me how it is!" I took another sip and my spirits improved, so I said to Sakurai Sakichi, who had been waiting there.
"Oh yes!" Sakurai Sakichi was a little stunned, probably not understanding why I was so calm. This is the destruction of the Takeda family, so I have to be shocked! Takeda Katsuyori received an invitation from Nobuyoshi Oyamada and Masayuki Sanada when he was in Shinfu, and after some consideration, he decided...... "As a lord, I have incomprehensible privileges, and he can only adapt carefully as a retainer.
As I listened while drinking the soup, there was not much difference between what had happened and what I had known before. Takeda Katsuyori made the wrong choice at a critical moment, and died a tragic but heroic death in Mt. Tianmu with his son and wife, and with his death, the official legal system of the Takeda clan was considered severe, and even the wealthy families who were still loyal to the Takeda family until the last moment no longer took responsibility at this moment and began to find their own way out. Of course, there will be some dead-eyed people at any time, not to mention in this honest and honest country of Jiaxin Mountain. Some of the Takeda retainers who had been broken up in the war had taken refuge in the mountains, actively linking up and reportedly searching for the nearest heir to the Takeda lineage.
"Go down!" I waved Sakurai away, and I already knew most of what I should know. It is impossible to know so much with temporary battlefield monitoring alone, and the long-dormant intelligence network has played a huge role. "The Takeda family has perished, what do you think about this?" After the door was closed from the outside, I asked the old man.
"Back to Your Highness!" The old man had already finished drinking the soup in his bowl, and I motioned for Ah Xue to pour him another bowl. "I'm just an old and useless person who doesn't even know a word, so how can I help you, Your Highness?"
"I have a lot of literate people, but there are very few experienced people like you!" When I said this, I suddenly remembered Nagano Yoshimasa, and I don't know what happened to his illness at this time. "You're from Kai, and you've spent a lot of time in and other places. Now that the Takeda family, which is inextricably linked to you, no longer exists, you don't necessarily have any scruples! But if you really have any unavoidable bitterness in your heart, I can understand if you don't say anything. ”
"Since Your Highness trusts, then I'm welcome!" The old man put down his hand and said to me solemnly, although there were no elegant words in his mouth, but the simple words were equally important. "The Takeda family is dead, but I don't think there's anything to be sorry for. Although I have followed His Royal Highness Xinhu all my life and have a deep relationship with him, I still have to say: In his hands, Jia Fei will not have a chance to dominate the world! Although His Royal Highness Xinxuan failed to succeed, but he died on the road to success, without him, Jia Fei could not have shocked the world, and there may not be today's misery, right and wrong is not something that people like me can say clearly! ”
"Then in your opinion, will the Takeda family be revived?" I gently turned the bowl in my hand, and there was only one bottom left in the miso soup inside.
Takeda Shingen to the daimyos, the shock to this world is too great, although now Takeda Shingen is dead, Kai Takeda family is also destroyed, but in the future for a period of time this "ghost" will still wander around, at least I can't completely put my mind at ease.
"Hmm...... Maybe! "The old man doesn't seem to have thought about it." But even if it's revived, it's no longer the original Takeda family, and I don't think it's in Kai! ”
"Why?" This was one of the most surprising answers I've ever received, and if I had been in a bit of a trance I would have thought it was talking to a famous general.
"You should know this better than I do!" The old man smiled innocently, he was still the old soldier who had retired from the service. "In the current situation, it is impossible for the Takeda family to revive on its own, so the great princes who support it must have their own purposes. But how could he still put the heir of the Takeda family back to Kai, and produce another invincible 'Chibei' in the world, and another 'Kai Tiger' who looks down on the world? ”
"Oh......" I froze, and I couldn't do it.
The Takeda family is gone, but the remaining shells can still be used, and thousands of samurai groups can still be used. Oda Nobunaga may not care about this, but others will definitely not let it go, Tokugawa Ieyasu will soon recruit these people to rebuild Akabei, and Uesugi Keikatsu is Takeda Shingen's son-in-law! I seem a little too much to do with them, but just let this opportunity go? If you want to use it, how can you use it? Even if some kind of opportunity suddenly arises for me, will I be able to handle it?
"What do you think...... How many of the samurai of the Takeda family would be willing to change their doors to serve others? This question lingered in my heart like a devil, and I finally couldn't help but ask it.
"Most people can, after all, even the most loyal samurai still have to eat!" The old man lowered his head and answered me calmly, but I felt that he had read through my mind. “…… But I must warn you: such a powerful retainer group has been extremely unstable for quite some time! His Royal Highness Takeda Shingen has given them too much honor, and this belief is not so easy to change, so once someone raises the banner of 'Takeda Ling' again, it is very likely to cause a crushing pass. There is no particular good way to deal with this situation, only to wait for the years to erase this trace! ”
"Thank you for your outspokenness, let me toast you again!" I picked up the bowl in my hand, and my mood suddenly became cheerful. A few simple words are a "golden key" to me. "Cook some more miso soup and something to satisfy my hunger, and now my appetite is so good!" At this time, I noticed that not only was my bowl bottoming out, but even the small pot was almost dry, so I instructed Ah Xue and Ying, who were about to clean up.
"Yes!" Even though I couldn't understand how I was able to regain my energy all at once, they immediately changed the course of their work.
"If you're not very tired, I'd like to ask more about Kai and Shinano!" I said to the old man.
"It's an honor to ...... next"
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I walked out of the cabin at dawn the next day, and although I hadn't slept all night, I was still in good spirits. After a conversation in the middle of the night, I left the old man with 100 gold sentences, but the things I bought were far more than they were worth.
"It's not good to stay up all night, even if it's the end of the war, there are still a lot of things!" Seeing the Takenaka half-guards coming from the side of the troops that had already been lined up, I took off one of the feet that had already stepped on the stirrup.
"I think I went to sleep, but I woke up earlier!" Although Takenaka Hanbei said so, it was not difficult to guess how early it was by looking at his bright red eyes.
"Just like you, I'm afraid that we will have to camp earlier after the 'sneak attack' today!" I'm telling jokes and I'm telling the truth, and I don't care if I have already violated the order again.
"Lord!" At this time, Ishikawa Sadayou ran over quickly, he had just gone to see the situation of the front army. "The ninja has just informed the front army that a force is coming towards us, and it can already be seen on the mountain!"
"Where are the troops, how many are there?" I asked, a little surprised.
"More than two hundred people, it's a wealthy family of Shinano!"
"This can also be considered a force, you can really talk!" I didn't reprimand Ishikawa Sadatomo because I was in a good mood, and then turned my head to Takenaka Hanbei and said, "Look, don't we have another reason to camp earlier!" ”
"Back to my lord!" Before the half-guards in Takenaka could speak, Ishikawa Sadatomo added, "Although they are armed but not wearing armor, it seems that they are not here to fight us!" ”