A few years later in history, because of the rebellion of Yoshinobu, Iitomi Huchang was ordered to commit suicide by Takeda Shingen.

In fact, after the death of Itagaki Nobukata and Ganli Hutai's two members of the Takeda family in the Uedawara War, Iitomi Torama has always played the role of the first core among the retainers under Takeda Shingen. Because of its courage and good fighting, it is known as the tiger of Jiashan.

If the incident of Yoshinobu's rebellion did not happen, then the four ministers of the Takeda family would have been renamed the five ministers of the Takeda family, and with the military strategy, merits, qualifications, and military strength of the Red Reserve Cavalry Corps, the comprehensive strength of the Takeda family retainers would definitely rank first among the Takeda family retainers, which cannot be compared with the Kimino Baba Nobubo who is good at fighting, Takasaka Masanobu who has the first mobilization power of the Takeda retainers, and his younger brother Yama Prefecture Masaka.

Therefore, the first of the five ministers, the pen head among the retainers of the genealogy, is none other than Fan Fuhu Chang.

And now Iitomi Torasaki, as the successor of Takeda Yoshinobu, is definitely his biggest helper, and it is also one of the biggest obstacles to Takeda Katsuyori's ascension to the throne in the future.

Either you can always overpower him, or you can find a way to get rid of him. Li Xiao shifted his gaze to other places, secretly thinking of it in his heart.

After everyone had a tea meal at noon, the other Takeda elders said goodbye one after another. Takeda Shingen set up a tea party in the afternoon to entertain Takeda Yoshinobu, Takeda Katsuyori, Iifu Huchang, and Li Xiao.

In the presence of Takeda Yoshinobu and Iitomi Huchang, Li could only hold back in his stomach how to suggest Takeda Shingen to attack Nishi-Ueno Province, thinking about how to find an opportunity to state to Takeda Shingen.

After the tea party, taking the opportunity to eat snacks, Takeda Shingen began to ask some people for the opinions of the Takeda family's military strategy, domestic affairs, and foreign affairs.

Yoshinobu Takeda, who was asked first, had no strengths in military strategy, and even needed a hint from Iitomi Huchang. However, in recent years, Takeda Yoshinobu has handled government affairs for Takeda Shingen, and he has responded appropriately in domestic affairs and people's livelihood, and as for the diplomatic point of view, he focuses on the Triple Alliance based on Hojo and Imagawa, and on this basis, he will fight to the death with Echigo Uesugi Kenshin.

This is also the current direction of diplomacy and strategy of the Takeda family, nothing new, and for Takeda Yoshinobu, the relationship between the Imagawa family and the Takeda family is very important to Takeda Yoshinobu, and his wife is the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the former daimyo of the Imagawa family. His marriage was also a symbol of the alliance between the Takeda family and the Imagawa family.

If the relationship between the Imagawa family and the Takeda family breaks down, Takeda Yoshinobu will lose the arm of the Imagawa family, and his position in the Takeda family will be greatly shaken.

When Takeda Katsuyori answered Takeda Shingen's question, Katsuyori's strength was obviously in military strategy, and there was a slight lack in other aspects, Takeda Shingen smiled slightly, he also knew the strengths and weaknesses of this son, and Wen Yan asked him to learn more about internal affairs, diplomacy and other matters in the future.

Obviously, Takeda Shingen summoned these two sons not without purpose, and he is now also considering the abilities of the two.

After the two sons asked, it was the turn of Takeda Shingen to take the school Li Xiao, and Fan Fu Huchang was the two assistant ministers.

Iitomi Huchang not only knows the situation in Koshin well, but also has an understanding of the overall situation in the vicinity. First of all, he expressed some concern about the Cheongshu alliance between the Oda family of Owari and the Tokugawa family of Nishimikawa, and felt that it was likely to become another great enemy of the family after Echigo.

Oda Nobunaga, the special Owari son, after breaking the Imagawa family in the Battle of Barrel Sasama, showed his courage to stand alone in the world, and actively attacked the Mino side. Iitomi Toramasa was worried that Oda Nobunaga would become the biggest enemy of the Takeda family's Kamiraku Road if he realized the border with the Takeda family's Shinano Province in the territory if he acquired Mino.

"My lord, it is rumored that those who have obtained Mino can gain the world, but I think it is better to negotiate peace with Echigo, and then wave his troops westward to capture Mino."

If Takeda Shingen wants to achieve Joraku and achieve the great cause of the shogun, he must choose three routes, namely Tokaido, Nakasendo, and Hokuriku.

It is the best route on the Tokaido, with good conditions, beautiful scenery on the way, and you can feel the sea breeze blowing from the East China Sea, which makes people feel refreshed, and more importantly, there are abundant products along the road, which is easy to replenish. This is the original route of Imagawa Yoshimoto Kamiraku, if the Takeda family wants to take this route, then it is bound to borrow the route from the Imagawa family, and then fight with the Tokugawa family in Nishimikawa, and the Oda family behind it.

Not to mention that Takeda Shingen had to face the powerful rival of the Cheongju Alliance, with his surname, it would never be possible to hand over the back road to the Imagawa family for safekeeping.

And Hokuriku Province, the climate is cold, and the road will be closed by heavy snow for nearly a third of the time, not to mention, what's worse, the dragon of Echigo, Uesugi Kenshin is entrenched here, will he let his lifelong rival Takeda Shingen be able to go to Luo with confidence and boldness?

As for the final Nakasendo Road, although the road conditions are a little worse, the road is full of mountains, the trek is difficult, and it is not easy for the army to carry out, but if you can capture Mino, which is rich in rice, it will undoubtedly become a bridgehead on the way to the Takeda family's Kamiraku.

Takeda Shingen shook his head when he heard what Itomi Huchang said, and said, "There is a giant man in Minong, and Mino is not so easy to attack." After speaking, it is equivalent to vetoing Fan Fu Huchang's opinion.

Mino giant refers to Saito Yoshiryu, this person is even the father's famous pit viper Saito Michizo to clean up the character, Yoshilong is not only brave and good at fighting, but also scheming no less than his father, and there are Mino six people under his hands, such a powerful retainer assistance, naturally a strong opponent.

Therefore, Takeda Shingen expected that there must be Saito Yoshiryu, and Oda Nobunaga was not so easy to attack Mino.

And Li Xiao on the side, listening to Fan Fu Huchang, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, familiar with Li Xiao's history, naturally knew that this person's judgment of the future situation was like a backhand, extremely accurate.

Takeda Shingen could not have imagined that the mighty giant Saito Ryuko would fall ill and collapse three months later.

The successor Saito Ryuko was incompetent, and the Mino Six were also killed in battle, and they were co-opted by the Oda family, and finally the Saito family was destroyed. Oda Nobunaga picked up a big bargain in this way, annexed Mino, changed Inabayama Castle to Gifu, followed the story of King Wen of Zhou, and began the road of the world's Buwu at one moment.

Such an opportunity slipped in front of Takeda Shingen's eyes so quietly that Takeda Shingen had to use ten times his strength to carry out his great cause of Shangluo.

And Li Xiao didn't have the slightest intention of correcting, first of all, his status as a courtier, has limited influence on the general direction of the Takeda family's strategy, or the central decision-making, he can't jump out like a stick and say to Takeda Shingen that Saito Yoshiryu will die in three months, and his successor Saito Ryuxing is an idiot plus three levels.

Li Xiao has a great advantage, that is, the ability of the traverser to predict the general historical direction, if he does not have enough strength, or before the big enough interests, rashly change the Takeda family's strategy, it will make his advantage disappear.

In the future, it is likely that the Takeda family will have to rely on the Imagawa family in order to attack Mino, so that the Kai Suruga Alliance will be further consolidated, and the position of Takeda Yoshinobu's son-in-law will be as stable as Mount Tai.

This is definitely what Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao don't want to see now.

Although Fang Cai Iifu Huchang's words were vetoed by Takeda Shinxuan, his military strategy and judgment made Takeda Shingen and Li Xiao greatly impressed. Li Xiao's jealousy of Iifu Huchang is also deeper, although Takeda Yoshinobu is not a master, but with Iifu Huchang is so powerful and loyal to the side to assist, Li Xiao is afraid that it will not be easy to bring them down.

After the rice is rich, it is Li Xiao's answer. Because of the fear of the relationship between Fan Fu and Huchang, Li Xiao did not dare to show his edge, and answered decently, there was nothing wonderful or wrong. Anyway, even if Yoshinobu Takeda and Iitomi Huchang misunderstood themselves, it would be best to be just a fierce general with empty courage.

The next answer of the trace of Katsuzi is also not outstanding.

However, when asked about Sanada Masayuki at the end, Takeda Shingen was obviously very interested in him.

Sanada Masayuki was very calm in the face of Takeda Shingen's inquiries, answering fluently, and thinking about some meanings uniquely, not from the people of the general stream, which is very rare at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

Hearing Takeda Shingen nodding his head in agreement, it was obvious that Sanada Masayuki's words were also very inspiring to him. Seeing Sanada Masayuki who was gradually showing his edge, Li Xiao smiled slightly, and saw that even the opposite rice Fuhu Chang was a little vigilant about Sanada Masayuki.

"Very good, Saburo of the Sanada family, your wisdom will not be inferior to your father Ichitokusai in the future, I am very pleased."

Takeda Shingen laughed, and then shook the folding fan in his hand, obviously very satisfied with Sanada Masayuki.

At this time, it was time for Takeda Yoshinobu and Takeda Katsuyori to say goodbye.

At the end, Takeda Shingen suddenly said: "Li Xiao, you stay for a trip, I have something to say to you." ”