Chapter 308: Plotting to Conquer China
Yonglu is ten years, and it is almost the end of the year.
The most sensational event of the year was the success of the Oda family in capturing Inabayama Castle and entering the leadership of Mino.
After Oda Nobunaga captured Mino, he made a new move, first destroying Inuyama Castle, and then relocating the main castle to Inabayama Castle for the second time.
Oda Nobunaga broke the rope of the original Inabayama Castle and rebuilt the castle on Mt. Inaba, deciding to use it as the starting point of the Bubu world, and following the example of King Wen of Zhou, Fengming Qishan, and renamed Inabayama Castle Gifu.
In terms of the 66 countries of Japan, Mino-kuni is the place of hegemony that leans on the mountains and looks down on the world, and it can also be said to be a place where the army is victorious.
Therefore, there has always been a saying that those who take over the beauty and the world will be seized.
The terrain of Mino is high in the east and low in the west, sheltered by mountains in the east and north, which can be defended, and in the west is the Plain River, which is rich in grain and rice for military use, and the southern Owari is like an undulating artery, giving a center and providing strong commercial and economic support.
And the land of Meinong, you can try to compare it to, the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan in the Qin and Han dynasties, in the words of historical records, is the terrain is convenient, and its soldiers are under the princes, such as building water on high houses.
Therefore, the Oda family seized Mino and the major names in the world, such as Kyushu Otomo, Shimazu, Nishikuni Mori, Shikoku Chosune Ibe, and Kantobu Tojo, all looked at this new and rapidly rising daimyo with various moods.
The Oda family raised the slogan of Bubu to the world in Gifu Castle to show the world its determination to forge ahead.
Just when everyone thought that the ten years of Yonglu were going to pass like this, ushering in the eleventh year of Yonglu full of variables and countless possibilities.
At the end of the year, another major event occurred, and although it was not as remarkable as the Oda family's accession to Mino, it was enough to affect the general trend of the Kanto region and even the whole world in the eyes of those who saw it.
This incident caused a stirring in the world, and the ten years of Yonglu, which were about to pass, became lively at the end of the year.
And the origin of this event comes from Kai, Suruga, which is close to Mino.
Takeda Imagawa broke the alliance, the largest military alliance in the world, and the Triple Alliance of the Shogami broke down.
The Takeda family and the Imagawa family did not accumulate evil for a day or two, in fact, after Takeda Yoshinobu abolished the heir, the relationship between the two families has been deteriorating.
Later, the Takeda family turned to an alliance with the Oda family, the sworn enemies of the Imagawa family, and this move completely pushed the relationship between the two families to the brink.
Immediately, the Imagawa family took revenge, united with the Hojo family, and banned salt from the Takeda family.
Takeda Shingen immediately received a generous act of salt from Kenshin Uesugi to the enemy, and diplomatic relations between Ko-Vietnam eased in this general environment.
In response to such hostile actions of the Imagawa family, Takeda Shingen immediately ordered a total of 237 generals of the leading country to submit a petition for the destruction of the Suruga River, and enshrined it at the Ishimashima Shrine on Ikushima.
The Takeda family's actions officially showed the world that they were hostile to the Imagawa family.
At this time, only two months after the Oda family seized Mt. Inaba, the former concubine of the Takeda family, the candidate for the governor of the family, Takeda Yoshinobu, who was imprisoned in Tokoji Temple, died of illness in the madness on October 19 at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.
At the same time, Takeda Shingen ordered Akiyama Nobuyo to be an envoy to the Oda family, and officially confirmed the marriage between Matsuhime and Marvel Maru, and the Takeda family and the Oda family further deepened their alliance, and Takeda Shingen finally had no worries.
Given the pain of the death of his eldest son, Takeda Shingen immediately made up his mind to repatriate Takeda Yoshinobu's wife, Matsuryin, and Yoshinobu's two twin granddaughters, to Suruga in November.
This move represented the formal severance of diplomatic relations between the Takeda family and the Imagawa family, and the collapse of the Triple Alliance.
All of a sudden, rumors that Takeda Shingen was preparing to send troops to Suruga to attack the Imagawa family were boiling.
In addition to actively moving closer to the Hojo family, they also began to ask for help from Uesugi Kenshin, north of the Takeda family.
The eleventh year of Yonglu, the first month.
Vietnam, the city is born.
After ending the battle in the south against Minong, and Ming Dao Katsumeng stayed in the town, Li Xiao returned to Yuezhong and sat in it.
Now Chengsheng City, in addition to being used as Li Xiao's own city, is also the base camp for Li Xiao to attack Yuezhong in the future.
With the strategic direction of the Takeda family, the shift from north to south has made Li Xiao's life even more difficult now. …,
The reason is simple, after the Imagawa family's clash, Takeda Shingen shifted his strategic focus to the Suruga side, although the three major northern sides faced Echichu, and the army suppressed by Echigo did not move.
However, as the second line, Akiyama Nobuyomo, Takeda Nobuyoshi and other corps could no longer support the north and had to turn to the south for defense.
Without reserve support, Takeda Shingen gave the Kita-Shinano Corps, and the order of the Nishi-Ueno Corps was only the word garrison.
So Takasaka Masanobu and Ganli Nobutada had to shrink their forces to suppress Echigo, and put all their attention on the defense of a few key cities.
The Takeda family's strategic shift to the south suddenly made Uesugi Kenshin breathe a sigh of relief, so that the Uesugi family, who were in the encirclement network, could finally twist their bodies a little and stretch their hands and feet.
The strategic change of the Takeda family had nothing to do with Li Xiao, although he could not take this opportunity to make another move to Yuezhong and expand his territory, but concentrating on guarding the territory was not too much of a problem for Li Xiao.
With this year, Li Xiao can focus on internal affairs and training, and when his power is further strengthened, it will not be a problem at all to forge ahead and Vietnam.
However, in the eleventh year of Yongroku, the task given to Li Xiao by Takeda Shingen was not easy.
Li Xiao received the strategy instructions given by Takeda Shinxuan, and immediately stared at him, unable to speak for a long time.
It turned out that Takeda Shingen ordered Li Xiao to attack Yuezhong on a large scale, and his purpose was to occupy the territory secondary, and the real purpose was to contain the forces of the Uesugi family.
For Li Xiao, this is simply difficult for a strong man, and its difficulty is only a little lower than asking Li Xiao to lead his men and horses to directly attack the Kasuga Mountain Castle, the main city of the Uesugi family.
According to Li Xiao's estimate, with his current strength, he can still win it by going head-to-head with the Shenbao family, and at the same time facing the two major forces of Shenbao and Shiina, self-protection is barely unhindered.
But at the same time, fighting with the three families of Uesugi, Jimbo, and Shiina, there is only one dead word.
The above conditions are still in the case of Uesugi Kenshin who only drew one hand to fight in Vietnam.
However, Takeda Shingen gave Li Xiao the death order, after the capture of Minowa Castle, the Takeda family recuperated for more than two years, and the land of Ueno has been completely digested, and now in order to attack the Imagawa family, the whole body is like a clockwork machine, running at full speed.
In order to be able to go all out to the south, you must first solve your worries about the Uesugi family.
Therefore, Li Xiao's containment of the Uesugi family is indispensable.
At present, the most favorable condition for Li Xiao is Hida, and Mino's situation has stabilized, avoiding his dilemma of fighting on multiple fronts.
Li Xiao can now draw his hand and gather the three standing reserves under the city, and only use the south to defeat the enemy.
At the same time, Li Xiao also began to ponder all the conditions that could be used.
And Takeda Shingen is not a subordinate, a bad boss who blindly does things and lets them go.
Takeda Shinxuan found two very strong players for Li Xiao's attack on Yuezhong this time
These two people are not the ...... of the Honjo of Echigo Yangbei,