Li Xiao listened to Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, smiled, and said: "Your Highness Mikawa, your words are serious, you can be small and weak, how can you help Your Excellency?" ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Li Xiao and said: "Yagata Gong, Oda's 100,000 army is in front, and there are no eggs under the nest, and it is difficult to stand alone if you face it alone, and now you and I need to be in the same boat." There is no pop-up window on the net, and the update is fast //"

Li Xiao looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu and carefully identified the expression on the other party's face.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu's slightly dark face revealed a bit of sincerity, and his eyes looked at Li Xiao for a moment, showing that his heart was open.

Li Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Sanhe Palace, what do you think?" ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu was about to speak, when suddenly, outside the curtain, a close man shouted, "Report to the lord, His Royal Highness Satake is coming with an army." ”

Li Xiao listened and said with a smile: "It turns out that the ghost righteousness has arrived, His Royal Highness Sanhe, it is better for you and me to go out to greet you." ”

When Tokugawa Ieyasu heard this, he nodded and said, "That's exactly the case. ”

Let's say, Li Xiao and Tokugawa Ieyasu both rode their horses to the distance, only to see a large army coming not far away.

Li Xiao raised the whip in his hand, pointed to the army, and said: "The ghost is righteous and brave to crown the Kanto, and the Banto samurai under his command are also the heroes of the Kanto, and the majesty of his military strength can be seen. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu listened to Li Xiao's words, and immediately said from the bottom of his heart: "Yes, the righteousness of ghosts is heroic. ”

Soon after, under the imprint of several flags, Satake Yoshishige was a group of samurai who had galloped in front of Li Xiao.

The men on both sides dismounted.

Li Xiao looked at this Kanto hero carefully. I saw that Satake Yoshishige had a high forehead and a wide face, prominent cheekbones, and bright eyes, and at a glance I understood that this person was an extremely individual, assertive man, who made a decision and was not easy to change.

And the same Satake Yoshishige is also looking, Li Xiao and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

However, Li Xiao and Tokugawa Ieyasu, one is tall and burly, and the other is slightly short and fat, so it is easy to distinguish clearly.

Satake Yoshishiko shook his horse and said, "I can see Yagata Gong here." Ieyasu Gong is really fortunate to be in the next. ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and also opened his mouth with Tokugawa Ieyasu for a while.

Not long after, Satake Yoshishige obviously couldn't bear to be polite, and said directly: "Yagata Gong, now the main army of the Takeda family is delayed, and the 100,000 troops of the Oda family are on the side, and they have been assembled. If we strike with all our might, we will not be able to resist it. ”

"At present, there needs to be someone to come forward to take responsibility, turn the tide, and convince Yagata to be a human being, and I am willing to follow him and fight side by side."

Yoshishige Satake is an independent daimyo of a family. Saying such things to Li Xiao thought that he was quite lowered.

Li Xiao is not accepting, nor is refusal.

And Tokugawa Ieyasu also said: "Yagata Gong, it is true that at this point, I will expect the Hazuki Gong to lead a large army." It's also to no avail, and I'm willing to lead the Mikawa warriors together to advance and retreat with Yagata Gong. ”

Li Xiao listened to the words of these two people and understood immediately.

Yoshishige Satake, Tokugawa Ieyasu spoke and acted, but he also did not show a drop of water.

their decision. It is to advance and retreat together with Li Xiao, or to open the binding mode.

Li Xiao now has two choices, reluctantly fighting, then stick to the northern city, if he retreats, give up the northern city, then this responsibility, in the future, Takeda Shinfan will be held accountable. This black pot Li Xiao, Satake Yoshishige, and Tokugawa Ieyasu carried it together.

This strategy is deeply rooted in the essence of Chinese culture, which is the so-called collective responsibility system, in other words, the collective non-responsibility system.

Okay, you, Takeda Nobuyoshige, are going to turn their faces in the future, and you have the ability to serve all of us in one pot.

Li Xiaoyan said: "I am deeply entrusted by the master's family, and I will definitely decide to defend the northern city, and the two of you are really willing to advance and retreat with me." ”…,

was thought by Li Xiao that if he said this, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Satake Yoshishige would hesitate.

Unexpectedly, Satake Yoshishige and Tokugawa Ieyasu also said categorically: "Of course, I am willing to fight to the death with Yagata Gong and achieve the name of eternity." ”

Well, these two old foxes kicked the ball back to themselves again.

Li Xiao scolded in his heart.

September 17th.

This day and night in the northern city was the most difficult.

Ogaki Castle, very close to the northern castle, Li Xiao, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Satake Yoshishige in between, all sent their respective ninjas, Hosaku, and Monomi, and the main movement of the other Oda's army, to conduct reconnaissance.

And this night, the news finally came back from the front.

The main force of the Oda Army, 1120,000 troops, has finally completed the assembly, and there are faint signs of pressing towards the northern city with all its might.

And now in the northern city, Li Xiao brought 20,000 troops from Kaga Echichu, Tokugawa Ieyasu 10,000, Satake Yoshishige 5,000, Shimakatsu Takemino 2,000, Ando Mamoru 1,000, and less than 40,000 troops.

The northern city is small, and it is not enough to garrison troops.

Therefore, as soon as the Oda family's 1120,000 army arrives, if Li Xiao does not retreat, the two sides will have a decisive battle in the field.

If a decisive battle is held, the disparity in the strength of each other is too great.

That night, Li Xiao, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Satake Yoshishige were all in the Takeda Army's main formation.

All three of them were sitting on top of the mazar with their hands on their knees, and they had not slept all night.

When it was dawn, the three of them did not feel sleepy.

Just when the morning light of the rising sun on the horizon gradually broke through the thick fog.

As soon as I came galloping on a fast horse, I heard the sound of someone rolling off the horse, and from outside the curtain came the words, I have military information to meet the lord.

Hearing this, Li Xiao, Satake Yoshishige, and Tokugawa Ieyasu all glanced at each other, and their hearts were whether the main force of the Oda Army was out of battle.

Soon after, the other party passed the cross-examination and entered the formation.

"Report to the lord, the Suruga Legion, and the Ueno Legion have arrived overnight!"

The warrior said loudly to Li Xiaoyan.

Hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been frowning all night, stood up from the maza with joy, and his palms wrapped in leather gloves closed heavily, making a muffled sound.

Tokugawa Ieyasu exclaimed, "What a wonderful sound bird for good news!" ”

Li Xiao smiled and put the horsewhip under his armpit, looked at Satake Yoshishige, only to see the other party nodding slowly, and a long white breath came out of his mouth.

The three of them walked side by side to the hill, and when they saw the autumn harvest, it was obvious that on a wide thick tail plain, the two armies were like pythons, crawling forward.

The long neighing of the war horse, the clanging of the blades of the lotus armor, and the popping of the banner of the six coins in the wind.

Baba Nobuyo, who had white hair but still looked energetic, and Sanada Masayuki, the youngest general of the Takeda family, rode up the mountain together.

The five of them met together on the mountain, Li Xiao looked at everyone, and couldn't help laughing at himself, he didn't expect that this was the battle that would determine the situation in the world.

It's really a lot thinner than expected.