Chapter 325: The Lord-level Daimyo

Eleventh year of Yonglu, December.

Viet-Central Wooden Boat City.

Although the winter in Vietnam is not as cold as that of Hida, it is also freezing and cold.

The cold wind blew the goose-feather-like snow and scattered it all over the sky.

And the ground is already covered with frost, and if you step on it, the snow can reach your legs.

In the midst of a snowstorm, Li Xiaoqin led the snake tail and the two major reserves of the flag to surround the wooden boat city.

In the military tent, a pot of lit coals slightly dispelled the cold of winter.

Li Xiao stood in the military tent with his hands in his hands, wearing a thick coat, and stared at the wooden boat city in the wind and snow.

Such weather was a very severe challenge for the Takeda army on the besieging side.

In the military tent, Masuda Nagamori reported to Li Xiaoyu: "My lord, the charcoal for heating in the army at the moment is obviously not enough, even if we continue to send people to cut it nearby, but in terms of current use, the speed of our cutting is far less than the amount consumed. ”

"If this continues, our army can only reduce the use of charcoal fires at night, then it is very likely that there will be frostbite and freezing to death."

Masuda Nagamori had just finished speaking, and Shigang Kazuha on the other side also said: "In addition to the lord, our army's military rations are also insufficient, and the expedition to Yuezhong has lasted for nearly half a year, and many soldiers are tired, and they don't want to plan to attack the city again. ”

"Do you want to quit?" Li Xiao frowned and asked.

In the face of Li Xiaozhi's questioning, all the generals lowered their heads and remained silent.

At present, Li Xiao's power is getting heavier and heavier, and he has made great achievements, so except for a few retainers, few of them dare to question him and only decide.

Everyone looked left and right, and now the island is victorious, Honda Masanobu, and the old retainers of Dazang Chang'an are all gone, and the only one who can hold up the scene is Kinoshita Koichiro.

Since Shima Katsu was taken by the official Mino, Kinoshita Koichiro has now been the chief general among Li Xiao's direct retainers, and he has also changed his name and called his name Kinoshita Hidenaga.

Kinoshita Hidecho has been under Li Xiao for nearly seven years, and his years of combat experience have also made this person more mature and stable.

Among Li Xiaozhong's retainers, if you talk about aggression like fire and attacking the city, of course, it is the first to push the island to win the fierce, but if you talk about it, who can rest assured that it is not Kinoshita Hidecho who can entrust the queen with the responsibility of the queen.

Moreover, Kinoshita Hidecho has always been kind and honest, so he is very trusted.

Especially in this attack on Vietnam, his personal strength has been recognized by all the retainers.

Faced with the expectations of the retainers, Kinoshita Hidecho thought for a moment, and he said, "I agree with the suggestion of the lord to continue the siege. ”

Kinoshita's words immediately attracted everyone's surprise, and the snake tail under his command was also one of the besieging troops, and he was naturally very clear as a leading general, but he supported the continuation of the siege.

Li Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Kinoshita's words, if all the retainers opposed the proposal to besiege the city, even if he insisted, it would be a little difficult to do.

"Kinoshita-sama, why do you insist on continuing the siege?" Fujido Takatora asked puzzled.

Kinoshita Hide's long words: "Of course, it is for the great cause of the lord, so no matter how hard you work, you must continue to support it." ”

Seeing that Kinoshita Hidecho could think about himself from the overall situation, Li Xiao couldn't help but nodded, and he said loudly: "Everyone, at present, we have completed the suppression of the entire territory of the Yuezhong Women's Negative County, and in Shesui County, except for the current Muzhou City Ishiguro Tsunari who refuses to surrender, the rest of the forces have been subdued. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao pointed to the map of Yuezhong and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the last month, our army divided into strategies, and at present, Kohata Xiaoxian's Kamioka Bei, as well as the Uchijima clan, a total of 1,000 troops, forced down Asai Castle and Akamaru Castle, Mizukoshi's 500 troops captured Imaishi Castle, Baba Mashobo, and Terashima Itojo 1,000 troops captured Genji Peak Castle and Anrakuji Castle. ”

Everyone walked to the map and looked at what Li Xiao was pointing at.

The lord of Asai Castle was Nakayama Kunimatsu, and the lord of Akamaru Castle was his younger brother Nakayama Jiro Guard, and the two participated in the battle of Fire Palace Castle against Li Xiao, but the losses were not large.

Later, under the onslaught of the army led by Kohata Xiaoxian and the Uchijima clan, he finally surrendered.

In general, Asai Castle and Akamaru Castle are important passes of the Yamane Road in the old Hokuriku Province, guarding the way to enter and exit Kaga in Etchonka.

Li Xiao ordered Kohata Xiaoxian and Uchijima Clan to bypass Muzhou Castle and not attack, and to seize these two cities first, it was to block the gate and prevent Kaga Ichikozong from interfering in the affairs of Vietnam.

Now Shidong City is the junction of the border between Vietnam and China, and Li Xiao ordered Shui Yuesheng to attack this city, and it was also a step ahead of the forces of the Noeng side to keep out of the gate of Vietnam. ,

As for Genji Peak Castle and Anrakuji Castle, it is adjacent to Mt. Ryikara, which was the ancient battlefield where Kiso Yoshinaka defeated the 100,000 Taira clan crusade army.

Among them, Mt. Maitreya, where Anrakuji Castle is located, was led by a thousand horsemen led by Kiso Yoshinaka's Himemushi Ba Gozen in the Battle of Kurikara.

Genji Peak Castle, the second castle of Anrakuji Castle, is also another important street that enters Echichu from Kaga-dori, and an important checkpoint of Hokuriku Province Branch Road Waki Street.

After Li Xiao occupied these five cities, he was equivalent to taking the entire Yuezhong Sheshui County in his hands.

But despite this, Li Xiao has not really fully controlled Sheshui County.

As the key point of Sheshui County, as long as Muzhou City is not taken for a day, for Li Xiao, it is like a thorn in the throat, and it is impossible to truly unify Sheshui County in a sense.

As for Li Xiao, after completing the suppression of the two counties of Women's Negative County and Sheshui County, he has already collected two of the four counties of Yuezhong, and completed the strategy of Takeda Shinxuan to give him a country in Vietnam, half of the set goal.

The Hida Echichu Legion led the stone high general more than 200,000 stone.

The foundation of the Takeda family, the stone height of the Kai country, is only 225,000 stones.

Li Xiao has reached the strength of a country to protect the daimyo from Shi Gao.

This means that Li Xiao's power will officially go from a 100,000-level daimyo to a national-level lord-level daimyo.

After completing the occupation of the two counties of women's defeat and shooting, for Li Xiao, in addition to the lack of a name and righteousness to protect the daimyo, he can almost be on an equal footing with the lord of the country.

In this way, Li Xiao also has the confidence to fight with Uesugi Kenshin, otherwise he can only hit the stone with an egg.

However, before facing Uesugi Kenshin's Vietnamese-Chinese crusading army, Li Xiao would never allow such variables to exist in the rear wooden boat city.

Otherwise, a fire broke out in the backyard when Li Xiao faced Uesugi Kenshin, and this result was ten times more serious than the Uesugi family's Honjo Shigencho Rebellion.

Therefore, although it is not conducive to attacking the city in winter, Li Xiao also has to fight under the wooden boat city.

After Li Xiao explained to the generals, everyone understood Li Xiao's determination to capture Muzhou City.

Seeing that Li Xiao could not be convinced, the retainers had no choice but to find another way to support the long siege in Muzhou City.

Li Xiao said to Masuda Changsheng: "If you want to increase charcoal fire, you can continue to send more people to cut charcoal in the mountains and forests, and you can also use military funds to buy it from nearby villagers." ”

"If it is really insufficient, let the whole army be reduced, whether it is up and down, including me, to reduce the use of charcoal fires as appropriate."

"As for the matter of military rations, it is up to you to do it with all your might, no matter how much it costs, it must be completed by purchasing it from the people, and I will be able to ask Yanya Qiuzhen for help in this matter, his salt house merchants have a lot of power in Vietnam, and they can let him help solve the problem of charcoal and military rations."

Seeing that Li Xiao was handling things one by one, the retainers suddenly had the certainty of continuing to besiege the city in Muzhou City.

Then the retainers began to discuss the continuation of the siege of the city.

The siege of a city in winter is already very difficult now, and in this day and age, frostbite is almost like losing half of your life.

Therefore, Li Xiao can only take a long-term siege and make such a decision.

And Ishiguro Chengzuna was also very stubborn, as if he wanted to resist the Takeda army to the end, and even killed the envoy sent by Li Xiao to persuade him to surrender.

Li Xiaozhi was furious when he heard this, and gave up his plan to persuade him to surrender, he decided to make an example of him and capture the city, and by the way, he deterred the wealthy clans in Vietnam.

Li Xiao also found out through the ninjas that the food in the city was not large, so he decided to continue to die with Ishiguro Chengzuna.

This result can only be seen who is consumed by the other party first.

Just when Li Xiao was discussing the siege of the city.

An envoy rushed into the city and shouted, "My lord, this is an urgent letter from Lord Gokan. ”

Li Xiao was slightly surprised when he heard this, and wondered if Takeda Shingen had given him some instructions on the strategy of Vietnam.

Li Xiao took a look at the letter, although this matter was somewhat expected, but he was still taken aback, it turned out that Takeda Shingen said in the letter that the Takeda family had officially sent troops to Suruga and began to attack the Imagawa family.

On December 6, 25,000 men of Ueno, Shinano, and Kai entered Suruga to the west and attacked the Imagawa family.

When the Takeda family mobilized and attacked with all their might, the Imagawa clan was really furious, asking for help from the Hojo family on the one hand, and mobilizing troops to meet the battle on the other.

At this time, although the Imagawa family was in decline, it was still gathering the armies of various wealthy clans known as the Imagawa Eighteen to face the battle.

The head of the Imagawa family, Imagawa Clan, ordered the general Anhara Tadashi to lead the Imagawa army to meet the attack first.

On December 12, Anhara Tadashi led an army of 15,000 troops to meet the Takeda army on the Hachiman Plain of Mt. Sakuya.

And Imagawa Shin led the rest of the army to deploy at Kiyomi Temple.

The scale of this battle of tens of thousands of people was unprecedented, and it was unprecedented in the eastern country.

However, although the two parties invested a lot, this battle between the two parties was like a big production, a blockbuster with heavy investment, but it finally achieved the effect of a super bad movie.

The classic duel that everyone was looking forward to, a conference battle, finally turned into a farce.

Before the start of the war, Takeda Shingenko rebelled against 21 people, including Yorina Nobuyuki, Asahina Masasa, Miura Yoshikagami, and Katsuyama Clanmoto, who were powerful retainers of the Imagawa family.

When the Takeda army attacked the Imagawa army a little, these Imagawa families should take the opportunity to flee halfway, set fires, and rumors.

Rumors such as the fact that Sunfu Castle had been breached spread all over Kiyomiji Temple, the main camp of the Imagawa army.

As a result, the entire Imagawa army collapsed.

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