After his subordinates took Maeda Toshi's family down, Li Xiao no longer examined his exploits.

In this battle, the Battle of Tetorigawa, Shibata's army was defeated, Maeda Toshiya was captured, and Mao Shou Shengzhao was captured.

Of the 35,000 Shibata regiments that had been sent out from Echizen, more than 8,500 were captured.

And the number of people who were asked for before the battle reached more than 1,300.

Not counting the people who were swept away by the Tetori River rapids, after the battle of the Shibata Army, their vitality was exhausted, and they no longer competed with Li Xiao for the strength of Hokuriku.

So after Li Xiao ordered his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, he just thought about how to subdue Maeda Toshiya, and at the moment he retreated left and right, slowly pacing and groaning.

After half a ring, Li Xiao took the decision and said in a deep voice: "Immediately order Yokoya Xingqing to come." ”

Soon after, Yokotani Yukishige entered the formation and saw Li Xiao.

Li Xiaoyan said: "You immediately created rumors in Echizen, just say that the Maeda Toshiya has subdued my Takeda family, and you will still ...... like this."

Li Xiao whispered a few words to Yokoya Yukiyo, and after Yokoya Yukiyoshi listened, he said: "Lord, treat the Maeda Toshiya like this, I am worried that even if he is willing to surrender, he will secretly have a grudge against the lord. ”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "It's okay, I only need Maeda Li's family, as for whether he is in Cao Ying's heart and Han, I don't care about him." ”

In the face of Li Xiao's approach, I can't get your heart, but I also want to get your people, although Yokotani Yukiyoshi looks very incomprehensible, but the ninja is only about obedience, and the discussion above morality is only the responsibility of the samurai.

So Yokotani Yukiyoshi immediately decided to do so.

Li Xiao said again: "This matter, leave it to Da Mu Fu and the two of you, and go together, don't go out on a business trip." ”

"Oh!" Yokotani Yukiyoshi agreed loudly.

After this was done, at this time, Monomi came to report and said: "My lord, the army brought by the young master from the Oyama Imperial Workshop has arrived. ”

Li Xiao listened and nodded. He said, "Got it." ”

Besides, Li Zheng led an army of 10,000 troops from the Oyama Imperial Workshop, and after fierce battles along the way, he destroyed several broken tail troops arranged by Shibata Katsuya.

Therefore, although the distance is relatively close. But on the contrary, he arrived on the bank of the Tetori River more than half a day later than his father Li Xiao.

Li Zheng was dressed in armor and rode on top of the war horse. Looking at the defeated army of Shibata Katsuya escorted along the way, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

He led 17,000 troops, as well as the allied forces of Ichimune, and fought fiercely against Shibata Katsuie at Oyama Gobo.

didn't expect Li Xiao to come back. Before the striker arrived, Shibata Katsuya retreated without a fight. As a result, he was still on the bank of the handtori River, and was caught up by Li Xiao's army and suffered a crushing defeat.

Come to think of it. Li Zheng was in a very complicated mood.

Compared to his father Li Xiao. He has the assistance of the three major military divisions of Takenaka Shigeji, Honda Masanobu, and Toraya Sob, and the cooperation of his uncle Jinbao Nagaken, as well as brave generals such as Fujido Takahu and Baba Mashobo.

But compared to Li Xiao. Shibata Katsuya is an attitude of not taking him seriously, which makes his heart become a little unbalanced.

At this time, Tiger Zai Zongyi whispered on the side. He said: "Your Highness, the Duke of Yagata personally led the army to greet you. ”

Li Zheng came back to his senses at this time, only to see that under the hill, Li Xiao's army was ready, and Shengang was ready to greet him.

Under the huge fluttering flag of Li Zi, Li Xiao and the general Shima Katsumeng, and Kinoshita Hidecho were both sitting on horses.

Li Zheng was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately grabbed two whips in a row, and rode the horse forward, and the generals such as Takenaka Shigeji, Maba Changfang, and Fujitang Gaohu did not dare to slack off, and they also rode horses to follow.

"Meet my father!"

The generals dismounted and bowed down violently, Li Xiao laughed, put down the horsewhip, got off the horse and personally helped Li Zheng up, and said to the generals: "Everyone, don't be polite." ”

Li Xiao looked at Li Zheng carefully, he hadn't seen him for two years. …,

Li Zheng does look very different, his lips have begun to have a cyan scum, his personality is not as high as before, but faintly a little steady, obviously in the past two years for himself to be in charge of the Hida Yuezhong Army, its pressure is also a lot, urging it to mature a lot.

Li Xiao nodded slightly, and said: "In the past two years, you have been in charge of the Li family, and you have done a very good job, I am very pleased, you are really the Li family's thousand-mile horse." ”

Li Zheng was so appreciated by Li Xiao, he was overjoyed at the moment, lowered his head and said, "Thank you for your father's praise, I still have a lot to learn." ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, his two generals, Shima Shengmeng, and Kinoshita Hidecho also stepped forward to meet Li Zheng.

And Li Yong, the second son next to Li Xiao, also stepped forward and said: "Li Yong visits his brother. ”

The Li family is not prosperous, and Li Xiao only has these two sons, so for him, Li Zheng and Li Yong can be described as the back of the palm.

For him, in the future, Li Yong will be an important vassal of the family, and his position in the family will be even higher than that of Shenbao Changxian.

Speaking of this, there is a bit of cronyism, and the family business is even inevitably a little bit of uncontrollable worries.

But in this Warring States Period, where blood kinship is stronger than everything, this is the law of all things.

Before the return of the Great Administration, there was no civil service system in Japan, and the people who relied on it were a clan or a family retainer to manage the region.

Therefore, as a vassal state, a vassal domain of many sects is, of course, more reliable than a retainer.

This example can be compared with the later Tokugawa shogunate.

Therefore, in the retainers of the Li family, except for Honda Masanobu and Shima Katsutoshi, etc., the retainers who have obtained fiefs.

It is the three branches of the son of the god Bao Nagaken, Li Yong, and the son of the son of the Kohata family who will inherit the name of the Kohata family in the future, as a major feudal clan of the public.

A family of relatives, plus the direct leadership of the head of the family, as long as it can maintain a proportional advantage over the power of the retainers and the local wealthy families.

Like a joint-stock company, the chairman's shares do not need to account for 100 percent, but they must ensure that the dominant power is in hand.

However, these two brothers, one has been a hostage in Jiafei since childhood, and the other has grown up with Li Xiao in Yuezhong since childhood, and their personalities are also different.

Li Zheng has quite an assertive personality and has been trained by Li Xiao as a writer since he was a child.

Li Yong is by Li Xiao's side, inheriting a few points from Li Xiao in martial arts, and he is brave and brave, and he is also a brave general in time, and he will be a good helper for his brother to fight the world in the future.

Li Xiao saw that the two sons were estranged when they met, but they were all blood relatives, and they got along with each other for a long time, and they would also be brothers and sisters.

After everyone saw it, they came to Li Xiao's array at the moment.

All the generals under Li Xiao's command were present and appeared neatly, and the main force of the Hida Echichu Army was 20,000 here, not counting the 7,000 men and horses in the Weishan Imperial Fang, which can be described as a gathering of elite soldiers and strong generals.

After the defeat of the Shibata Katsuya Army, the Oda family's power in Echizen was empty.

Thinking of the passive situation of being pressed and beaten by Shibata Katsuya in the past two years, it was swept away with a big victory today, so everyone present was full of energy.

And now all the generals are gathered in the array, and there is only one thing to discuss, that is, whether the Li family's army gathered here will go south or north?

Li Xiao was in the main position listening to the discussion of the generals under his command, and Li Zheng was sitting on Li Xiao's side.

Generals such as Jimbo Nagaken, Honda Masanobu, and Shima Katsutoshi all expressed their views.

Contrary to Li Xiao's previous plan, the generals' intentions were mostly to take advantage of the opportunity of this decisive victory with the Shibata Katsu family, and make peace with Uesugi Kenshin in the attitude of a winner, and then the main force went south to attack Echizen, in order to open up the Hokuriku Road as soon as possible and go straight to the heart of the Oda family.

Kyoto, is the general direction of the family's strategy, why bother to return to the teacher and Uesugi Kenshin to bite each other to the death. …,

Between the generals' conversations, it was also mentioned that Uesugi Kenshin was the god of the army, the first general in the world, and the Echigo army under his command was a strong general, not to mention, its strength was above the Hida Echichu Army.

Therefore, instead of fighting with Uesugi Kenshin with a bloody face, it is better to strike down with lightning speed under the premise of Echizen's emptiness, and first lay down the situation in the world.

Li Xiao analyzed the audience and nodded, these are all golden words, and they are reasonable.

Of course, there is still a little Jiujiu in their hearts, but they didn't say it, but Li Xiao understood it thoroughly.

The Echizen National Stone is 790,000 stone high, which is equivalent to two Echigo Stone Heights, and Tsuruga Port is a large port with prosperous trade.

From the Asakura family and the Shibata Army, it can be known that only with such financial and population support can they have the scale of 30,000 troops at every turn to compete with other daimyos.

After conquering Echizen, the forces on Li Xiaoming's face can be doubled, and with such a big cake as Echizen, it can be taken for granted that the generals can share the benefits from it.

At present, among the generals of the family, there are still many who do not know how to act, and if they have knowledge and action, they still want to be able to change it to Echizen, which is a little warmer, and even rely on their military exploits to add Zhixing, which is also very envious.

This is the intention that the generals of this family did not say in their hearts.

Therefore, Li Xiao did not say the words of a decisive battle with Uesugi Kenshin on the surface, but let the retainers discuss it.

To be a good governor is not to only take care of your own thoughts, but to find common ground between yourself and the interests of your retainers.

Forcibly intervening is the opposite, and with Li Xiao's current prestige among the Hida Echichu Legion, it is not impossible, but it will make the retainers resentful.

But Li Xiao didn't plan to change his previous decision, just thinking about a way to make his decision support from all the retainers.

Just as Li Xiao was about to speak, Baba Masafu, who had been silent, spoke, and said: "Everyone, you are only thinking about how much knowledge and action you can gain by attacking Echizen, but have you ever thought that the current master is still being besieged by Uesugi, Oda, and Tokugawa. ”

The anachronism of the racecourse Changfang is like a bucket of cold water poured down.

Ignoring the side glances of the generals, Maba Changfang looked at Li Xiao and said: "Yagata Gong, this time Your Excellency was ordered to return to Echizen under the trust of Lord Yuguan, Xinlian Gong, and Xinfangong, and rightly turned the tide. My horse farm Changfang is not a rare place, but in the next can have today, all of them are given by the Lord's family, and I can't help but think about how to repay them. ”

Maba Changfang's words are a bit strange, but everyone can hear it, and replace the subject of Fangcai's Maba Changfang with Li Xiao, and this sentence can be explained.