Night.

Jiangma Frasers was sitting in the tent.

Right now, his favorite little surname is now holding a cup of sake and pouring it for him.

After Jiang Ma Fraser stared at the full wine, he picked up Huo Ran and drank it dry, and then gasped heavily to relieve the boredom in his heart.

The little surname on the side saw that Jiangma Huisheng was upset, although he wanted to try his best to show off a little posture and please the lord, but he had no choice but Jiangma Huisheng's mood was too bad and he didn't see it at all.

Immediately, Jiangma Huisheng was stunned and went out alone, and now it is said that the Jiangma family was seriously damaged in the first war, and most of the samurai in the family were killed in battle, which made him feel very bad at the moment.

At this moment, a person outside the tent reported and said, "Lord of the family, my sister Xiaolu Guardian Menzo asks to see me." ”

Sister Lu Laigang, what did he do so late?

Jiangma Huisheng rolled his eyes, sneered, and then guessed the other party's intentions by seven or eight points, and said, "Let my sister Xiaolu come in." ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang slowly walked into the tent, and after greeting Jiang Ma Huisheng, they sat down separately.

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang was the first to speak: "I heard that today is a war, Lord Jiangma fought hard to establish martial arts, but the department suffered a lot of losses, so I came to visit to see if my sister Xiaolu's family can have anything to help." ”

Jiangma Huisheng glanced at Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang and said lightly: "Sister Xiaolu-sama, I remember that at this time two years ago, it was my father who led the army of Sister Xiaolu to surround my Suwa Highland Castle. I'm sorry, but it's always been nice to have a last name below. ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang sighed and said: "Lord Jiangma, in the past, the Jiangma family and the sister Xiaolu family were hostile to each other, so it is natural that everyone is estranged. But at the moment, both of us are vassals of the Takeda family, so this previous battle of will is not necessary now. But right now, I'm here with sincerity and for the sake of Master Jiangma. ”

Jiangma Huisheng knew that his sister Xiaolu Lai Gang had something to say, waved his hand to signal the little surname to withdraw from the camp, and then said: "Sister Xiaolu, please speak up." ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang said directly: "Lord Jiangma, the result of this battle, you have also seen that the Jiangma army was driven by the Takeda army to fight, and the result was heavy losses, but Li Xiao took advantage of Your Excellency's momentum to achieve prestige, do you think that for a long time, do you want to continue to belong to the Takeda family and serve them?" ”

Jiangma Huisheng's eyes flashed, and he said unexpectedly: "Sister Xiaolu, I have suffered a lot of losses in this battle, but you think that if you want to use this to provoke my relationship with the Takeda family and Li Xiaozhi, then you are wrong." ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang laughed and said directly: "Lord Jiangma, you are wrong, why should I provoke, is Lord Jiangma just a person who is at the tail of the Takeda family and is willing to be a retainer?" I'm here just to conspire with my sister's path and the future of the Jiangma family. ”

Jiangma Huisheng smiled slightly, but did not answer.

Seeing this, Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang continued to speak: "Lord Edama, although the Hida Country is small, it is only our sister Xiaolu, Jiangma, and Uchijima three families co-located, although there are occasional battles with each other, but it is always an internal matter for us Hida Country. Takeda Shingen Kai Daimyō,Encroachment on Shinano is still insufficient.,And want to insert it in.,Nationalize my Hida.,Last year, Yamayama Yama Changjing came out of Hida.,If it weren't for the management of the Lord to send troops to Kawanakajima.,My Hida has been completely reduced to the Takeda family.。 ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang talked about it, but Jiangma Huisheng sneered and said: "In this troubled era of the Warring States, the weak eat the strong, the Takeda family is as strong as a tiger, and my Hida country is just a rabbit in the eyes of Xinxuan." Shingen's desire to annex my Hida is not excessive. ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang listened to Jiangma Huisheng say this, but in his words, he called Takeda Shingen's name, obviously disrespectful to him.

When Sister Lu Lai Gang heard this, he had a little more confidence in persuading Jiangma Huisheng.

He came here to impress Eima Fraser with his words, to make him stand on his side, and then form an alliance of the three Hida countries against Takeda.

In the military tent of Honganji Temple.

Li Xiao smiled faintly in the face of Xianrongzhi's inquiry.

This is a simple question that must be considered from the point of view that best aligns with one's own interests.

Shimoma Yorizhao wants to integrate Yuezhong, Kaga Yixiangzong, and put it under his control, which is already known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart.

If Echichu and Kaga Ichishozong are successfully integrated by the Shimoma family, then Li Xiao will face a more powerful Honganji force than when Xuanzong was there.

This is something Li Xiao never wants to see.

For Li Xiao now, his diplomatic strategy, as suggested by Honda Masanshin and himself before, is to link Honganji Temple to the west and reject the Uesugi family to the east.

This premise must be under the weakness of Honganji and the strength of the Uesugi family.

If Honganji is powerful, Li Xiao will be nothing in his eyes, but his power is weak, so Honganji can focus on himself.

Li Xiaocai was able to get the largest capital from it, and followed the route of Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms, annexed the Yuezhong Shenbao, the Shiina family, and seized the field, before there was the Uesugi family, the foundation of the three-legged establishment of Honganji Temple.

Therefore, the Yuezhong Yizong must not be annexed by the Shioma family, so the decisive battle with the Uesugi family must not be allowed to take place in Li Xiao's eyes.

Li Xiao looked at Xianrong and said, "Master Xianrong and Master Xiama, both of them are very reasonable, and their insights have benefited you a lot. ”

Seeing that Li Xiao was modest, Honganji Xianrong hurriedly said: "But the poor monk admires the military strategy of Lord Ma Shou, please speak out, and there is no need to have any scruples." ”

He also thought that Li Xiao was unwilling to take the risk of offending the lower world and showing glory to any party, so he didn't want to express his opinion.

Shimoma Lai Zhao's face was also slightly softened, and he said: "But Lord Ma Shou, just say it directly." ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "I don't have much insight in the next place, but I just received a news from the ninja of the family before, the general of the Uesugi family, the lord of Akata Castle, Saito Shimono Asanobu, and the lord of Fudoyama Castle, Yamamoto Temple Iyo Dingchang, have already gone out to Echichu, and they can arrive without saying anything." ”

As soon as Li Xiao said this, everyone's faces changed, there was no shadow of Kaga's Yizong disciples mobilizing, and the rear of the Echigo army was already rushing to Yuezhong.

Lai Zhao's face was slightly unhappy, he naturally heard what Li Xiao meant, and asked, "Can this news be confirmed?" ”

Li Xiao nodded and said, "There is absolutely no suspicion." ”

In fact, the news that Saito Asanobu and Yamamoto Temple Dingchang came out of the battle is also true, but Li Xiao learned the news from Yokotani Yukishige's Echigo Intelligence Network first.

Xianrong listened to Li Xiao's words and said directly: "In this way, we can't continue to fight with the Uesugi army, and we must negotiate peace immediately?" ”

"Peace? Uesugi Terutora gets reinforcements, is it okay? Lai Zhao asked rhetorically.

Xianrong was speechless for a while, Li Xiaojian had appeared on the stage, he couldn't let Xianrong be suppressed like this all the time, this person was an important ally of Li Xiao and Yuezhong Yizong in the future.

Li Xiao spoke out to relieve the siege for Xianrong, and said: "Master Shimoma, please forgive me for saying bluntly, even if the Echigo army does not have the help of reinforcements, it is clear that if we fight with Echigo again, the result will be undoubted." Uesugi Huihu's generals, in addition to the lord below, the generals who can compete with the world are not second people. ”

Okay, Li Xiao admitted that when he said this, he was a bit of a background, but Li Xiao also had to remind them in such a tactful tone that there was actually someone behind his brother.

I, Li Xiao, am not fighting alone, and there is the mountain of Takeda Shingen behind me.

"So there is no other way but to negotiate peace."

Shimoma Lai Zhao already understood Li Xiaozhi's position, and said: "Then how can you guarantee that Uesugi Huihu will definitely agree to the peace conditions?" ”

Li Xiao glanced at Lai Zhao in the lower room, turned to the middle of the field, and said: "This is not difficult, the two key points of Echigo at the moment are in the hands of my Takeda family, Lord Takasaka Masanobu of Haijin City, and the thousands of troops under his command can resist the mountain castle in the spring in just one day." And there is a lot of dissatisfaction with the voice of Uesugi Teruhu within the Shimoetsu Yangbei people, and my Takeda family can also connect with the Ashina family and send troops from Nishiueno to go down to Vietnam. ”

"As long as there are these two containments, Uesugi Teruhu will never dare to stay in Yuezhong for a long time, so he will definitely make peace."

Li Xiao said halfway, Honda Masanobu spoke, and said: "Masters, although Uesugi Huihu has a military strategy and is unparalleled in the world, but what we lost on the battlefield, we are not unable to take it back from the peace negotiations. ”

Shimoma Lai Zhao didn't know Honda Masanobu, thinking that he was just a mere nobody, and he dared to speak out here.

Shimoma Lai Zhao immediately sneered and said: "It's easy to say, how to take it back?" ”

Honda Masanobu said unhurriedly: "It's very simple, just ask the head of the Kingo Hatakeyama family who Noto, Yoshitsuna, to come forward." ”

As soon as Honda Masatin finished speaking, Shimoma Yorizhao's body shook slightly, and it was only at this moment that he knew that he had underestimated this young man from Mikawa.

And Li Xiao looked at Honda Masanobu, and almost slapped his leg and shouted that this move was powerful, Honda Masanobu grasped the weakness of Uesugi Kenshin.

The Hatakeyama family, after the opening of the Ashikaga clan, one of the three leaders of the shogunate, the three leaders are all Ashikaga clans, attacked from generation to generation, and it is the only position in the samurai that is in the shogun's service.

And the Uesugi family attacked by Uesugi Kenshin, although it is not among the three leaders, but it is not bad, and its family is from the Fujiwara North family, which belongs to the public family.

The biggest reason why the Uesugi clan was able to become the leader of the Kanto region and leave the town of Kanto was that his family had an outstanding female surname Uesugi Kiyoko, and Kamisugi Kiyoko's other identity was the mother of the Ashikaga clan.

Therefore, in terms of family character, the Hatakeyama family is not inferior to the Uesugi family, and the two sides can sit on an equal footing.

The Echigoku family was originally the hereditary guardian daimyo of the Hatakeyama family, and the three guardian generations of the Echichu family, the Jibo, the Shiina family, and the Yusa family were just a retainer of the Hatakeyama family.

The Uesugi family's Kanto Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of the Kanto Prefecture and the ten kingdoms of Kai and Izu, so the affairs of the Vietze-Central Empire were not something that Uesugi Kenshin could interfere in.

In terms of righteousness, Uesugi Kenshin's behavior of sending troops to Vietnam this time is a crossing of the line.

Therefore, the meaning of Honda Masanobu is that Noto Guardian Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, who is now able to climb Nanao Castle, intermediates and makes peace between Honganji Temple and the Uesugi family.

Although the Noto Hatakeyama family is not a clan, Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna can also represent one or two, and he will come forward to negotiate with Uesugi Kenshin, and Uesugi Kenshin will succumb to his position and will also agree to negotiate peace.

And this matter is not without precedent, in the fifth year of Eiroku, the Jimbo Choshi rebelled against the Uesugi family, and when Uesugi Kenshin went out to fight in Echichu, the Jimbo Choshi was defeated and took refuge in Masuyama Castle, and finally through the intermediary of the Noto Hatakeyama family, not only escaped the fate of the family's name, but also the territory under his name was still retained.

Therefore, the terrible thing about Honda Masanobu's strategy is that he accurately calculates Uesugi Kenshin's surname that follows righteousness.

In other words, in this troubled era of the Warring States, even the shogun Ashikaga family has a meal but not a meal, who cares about what Kango Hatakeyama.

The Hatakeyama family has long since declined, and even Noto guards Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, now it depends on the faces of several retainers called the Hatakeyama Seven, and Jimbo, Shiina and other former retainers of Echichu have long since broken away from self-reliance and do not take Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna in their eyes.

I'm afraid that at the moment, Uesugi Kenshin is the only one who still takes Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna seriously.

At this time, Li Xiao opened his mouth and said: "Regardless of whether Uesugi Terutora is a person who abides by righteousness or not, but he leads the ten countries of Kanto as the country of Echigo, and what he holds is not strength, but the righteousness of the Kanto Governor. Therefore, it is impossible for him to do something contrary to the righteousness of his name, otherwise no one in the Kanto wealthy clan will obey him. ”

After Li Xiao, Honda is believing this, and everyone in Honganji Temple knows it. There was a lot of discussion among the people, and they were already inclined to support peace.

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Lai Zhao and asked, "What does Master Xiama think?" ”

Lai Zhao looked at Honda Masanobu and then at Li Xiao, and said in a deep voice: "But Lord Ma Shou's military division is really a genius in the world, and I admire it." ”

After speaking, Lai Zhao in the next room is equivalent to admitting that he has failed, and his sleeve robe will be re-seated for a while, and he will never speak again.

The next time, Honganji Temple sent someone to negotiate peace with the Uesugi family, and on the other hand, he sent someone to ask the Daimyo Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, who was the guardian of Notokoku, to come to the abbot of the matter.

Sure enough, Uesugi Kenshin was forced by the pressure of the Takeda family in the rear, and for the sake of Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, he agreed to the peace.

As a result of the peace negotiations between the two sides, the situation between Vietnam and China remained unchanged and remained the same, and Honganji, the Jimboo family, the Shiina family, and the Takeda family each held their own places.

After reaching the results of the agreement, Uesugi Kenshin took the initiative to return to Echigo with his troops.

So the battle of Zengshan Castle came to an end.

Although Uesugi Kenshin won a big victory, he did not achieve full success, and the casualties of the headquarters were not small, so he needed to rejuvenate the mountain castle to recuperate.

Yuezhong Yixiangzong was defeated, Xuanzong died in battle, and the power was no longer the same as before, but fortunately, the foundation was preserved.

The Jimbo family suffered a lot of losses, and the Shiina family and other wealthy clans in Vietnam and China were also damaged.

After this battle, Li Xiao and Shengxing Temple, Ruiquan Temple Yuezhong Yizong re-concluded an alliance.

This alliance was different from that of Xuanzong at that time, and after the battle of Zengshan City, Lianqin had regarded Li Xiao as a force that was on a par with him.

It's completely different from the previous alliance surname.

With the support of the two royal mountains of the Sect of the First Sect, Li Xiao finally gained a firm foothold in Yuezhong, and now that the two families of Shenbao and Shiina join forces to attack, the other party also needs to take into account the condition that Honganji will attack and defend Li Xiao's alliance.

After concluding an alliance with Honda Masanori, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and the intrigue with Uesugi and Honganji Temple could finally come to an end.

At present, Li Xiao can return to Chengsheng City, rectify the territory, train the army, and prepare to seize Yuezhong.

But on the other hand, the anti-Li Xiao alliance contacted by Sister Lu Lai Gang is also quietly going on.

(To be continued)