Return to Cloud City, in the castle tower.

The head of the Uchijima family, Uchijima Clan, and his son, Uchijima Clan, are sitting on the throne.

They all held back the anger in their hearts and stared at the two members of the Takeda delegation sitting down on their left.

As the sovereign, Uchijima naturally can't be angry casually to show his emotions.

Therefore, the lord of Muto Castle, who was sitting at the bottom of his right, Kawajiri Beizhong Shoshinobu, directly shouted: "Is there no one in the Takeda family? I even sent children and Nanban people to my inner island family. ”

Fujido Gaohu was the first envoy of the retainer, and he was inevitably a little apprehensive in his heart, and when he saw the other party's old Kawajiri clan letter so fiercely asked, he immediately felt a little weak.

On the contrary, Rui Costa, who sat at the foot of the high tiger in the vine hall, was not afraid.

In the exotic tone peculiar to the Franco, he said, "My lord, we are here to represent the goodwill of the Takeda family, not to fight, but to find a way for the two sides to discuss. As for the Nanban and the child, there is no difference, God said, everyone is equal before God, so the Nanban, the child, and the samurai are all the same......"

"Enough"

Uchijima's son, Uchijima Ri, couldn't help but interrupt Rui Costa's inconsequential words at first, and his tone was basically not understood by anyone anyway.

With a wave of his hand, Uchijima stopped his son's actions, and instead put on the appearance of the head of the family, and said: "In the past half a year, your lord Li Xiao has sent people to negotiate with me several times, but no matter how many times we come, our reply is still the same. The Uchijima family will never offer hostages. If you still have the same opinion this time, just hurry up and don't waste my time. ”

On the contrary, Fujido Takatora was interrupted by Rui Costa, which made all the previous fears gone, and immediately said to the Uchijima clan: "Uchijima Hyogo-sama, this opinion is different from the last time, this is the document that the lord entrusted me to transfer to you, there will be detailed content in it, please check it." ”

The letter that Fujido Takatora took from his waist was forwarded to Uchijima by the samurai of the Uchijima family.

Uchijima picked up the letter and looked at it carefully, and Fujido Takatora observed the words, and the more he saw it, the more he realized that the situation was not good.

I saw that Uchijima's face was flushed, and a few green tendons on his forehead quietly burst out, and the corners of his mouth were trembling slightly.

Fujido Gaohu secretly screamed badly, after reading the letter, Uchijima Shiri took a deep breath, grabbed the letter paper in his hand and stood up, and stared at Fujido Gaohu between his eyes, in this scene in Fujitang Gaohu's opinion, it was like two cold lights shooting towards him.

Uchijima Clan was now angry and laughed, and said, "Your lord is sick, do you think he is Takeda Daizen?" ”。

"Do you think he's the Kanto Governor?".

"Do you think he's Lord Gongfang?"

Uchijima rubbed the letter that Li Xiao wrote to him, sneered a few times, tore it to shreds and shouted: "Let me commit suicide and give up the position of the governor of the family, who does he think he is?" He's just a dog next to Shingen Takeda. ”

Uchijima was so angry that the retainers on both sides stood up together and drew their swords to their waists.

With a bang, the katana at the waist of the retainers was half exposed, and after Uchijima's words, he pulled out his sword and cut the two of them into the meat sauce.

Fujitang Gaohu was already sweating at the moment, and Rui Costa sat on the ground with a puff, and then said very smoothly: "My lord, the two countries will not fight each other."

Uchijima sneered, pressed his hand, motioned to his retainers to put away their swords, and said, "A child who has not yet served the Yuan, and a Southern Barbarian, I still don't bother to kill you." In vain, people in the world will laugh at me, Uchijima. ”

Fujitang Gaohu breathed a sigh of relief, but still said: "Lord Uchijima, please consider my lord's opinion, otherwise the two families will fight and there will be a river of blood, which is the result we don't want to see, can you have something to discuss." ”…,

It is not easy for Fujitang Gaohu to try not to be arrogant or humble in his words.

"It's a good thing to say that blood is flowing", Uchijima Clan laughed and said, "But this scene will be the scene of your Takeda family running into a wall under Guiyun City." It's not that I'm ashamed to say it, if you talk about field warfare in this world, Huihu Gong is the first in the world, and in terms of strategy, Xinxuan Gong is the first in the world, but if you talk about defending the city, I am the first in the world in the inner island clan."

Uchijima waved his robe, pointed his finger at Fujido Gaohu, and said: "I won't kill you, keep my life and go back, tell Li Xiao what I said, even if Takeda Shingen himself led an army of 8,000 to the city, I am also the same sentence, if you can attack, then attack and see."

As soon as Uchijima's voice fell, all the retainers on the side bowed down.

Fujido Takatora and Rui Costa looked at each other.

In the end, Fujido Takahu said, "Yes, then I will convey the words of Uchijima-sama to the lord-sama." ”

The Uchijima clan snorted, and said to the chief family elder Kawajiri clan's letter: "Kawajiri, you will take the two envoys of the Takeda family and travel around the city, so that you can make a reference for the siege of the city in the near future." ”

After speaking, Uchijima's sleeve robe waved and strode away.

The retainers of the Uchijima family on the side also bowed and sent the Uchijima clan to him.

Soon after, the Kawajiri clan Shin, who was full of meat, stood in front of Fujido Takatora and Rui Costa, glared at him and said, "Since the lord said it, you two can go with me, and don't be scared to the point that your legs will go weak." ”

Vietnam, the city is born.

In the large room of the castle tower, Fujido Takatora and Rui Costa, who had returned to their lives, were bowing in front of Li Xiao and reporting to Li Xiaoyu about the situation of this mission to the inner island.

Li Xiao held the receipt given to him by the Uchijima family in his hand, and couldn't help but laugh on his face.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "If you can attack, then attack and see, I didn't expect the Uchijima clan to be really good, no matter how you look at this line, only the protagonist can say it." ”

Fujido Gao Hu said: "The Uchijima clan is only the light of the fireflies, and it can compete with the light of the sun and the moon of the lord." It's just a dying throe. ”

As soon as Fujitang Gaohu said this, Li Xiao was even more surprised, this person was only eleven or twelve years old, and he was able to make such a connotative sycophant, he was really a genius.

Fujido Takatora paused and said: "But my lord, I once traveled around Cloud City with a samurai named Kawajiri of the Uchijima family, and the terrain of this city is really very steep, I stood on the head of the city and looked at the clouds under the mountain, floating towards the city head in waves, and I was very scared in my heart. ”

"It's the letter of the Kawajiri clan, the elder of the Uchijima family, he really showed you this city."

Li Xiao smiled, thinking that the trajectory of this matter was the same as in history, when the envoy of the Takeda family returned to Cloud City, the scene was exactly the same as today.

After Uchijima released the bold saying, 'If you can attack, then attack and see', he ordered his retainers to take the envoys of the Takeda family around the city to watch.

But in this way, it fell into my calculations.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, looked at Rui Costa and asked, "Have you seen the terrain of Guiyun City clearly?" ”。

"Back to my lord, I have taken a closer look, this city is like the city of heaven mentioned in the Bible, as if it was built on the clouds, but in my ......"

"Okay, I see." Li Xiao interrupted Rui Costa's words and motioned for the other party to keep it secret.

Li Xiao looked at Fujitang Gaohu, and Rui Costa said: "I am very satisfied with your performance this time, and now I will promote the two of you to officially become the samurai of the family, and serve the public well."

Fujitang Gaohu and Rui Costa were both overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately bowed down and said, "Thank you, lord." ”

It didn't take long for the negotiation between the Uchijima family and the Takeda family to break down, and the ninja who heard the news returned to the ears of the heads of the major powers in Hida Echichu. …,

So the families paid close attention to the movements of the Takeda family to see what Li Xiao planned.

In March, the head of the Uchijima family, Uchijima Clanri, and his son, Uchijima Clantoshi, led Kawajiri, Yamashita, Ogami and other retainers to Shirakawa no Hachiman Shrine.

In front of the god of the Genji clan, Yawata Daimeijin, he broke the oath of subduing the Takeda family, and all the retainers signed a petition to declare their allegiance to the Uchijima family and prepare for the Takeda family to fight to the death.

The first action of the Uchijima family shocked Hida and Echichu for a while.

The Uchijima family tore up the oath of belonging to the Takeda family, which was tantamount to officially declaring war on the Takeda family.

Although the Uchijima family can mobilize few troops, they are well known to Hida Etchu about the solidity of Guiyun City.

How should Takeda Shingen react, and whether he will take advantage of the power of the capture of Minowa Castle to personally lead his troops out of Hida Province.

However, on the third day of the Uchijima family's announcement of their separation from the Takeda family, Li Xiaomeijima Katsutoshi led his retainers to visit the Josheng Joshimota Shrine, presented a sword and copper coins to the shrine, and presented an invitation to attack the Uchijima family.

Immediately, Li Xiao issued a document to the wealthy families of Hida, claiming that the Uchijima family had abandoned its subordination, which was really a rebellious move, and asked all the forces to come out and crusade against the Uchijima family together.

Hearing that Li Xiao wanted to attack this city and subdue the inner island family, it shocked all the forces.

The Guiyun City of the Uchijima family did not dare to crusade against the city when the famous general of the Takeda family, Yama Yama Changjing, came out of the Hida battle, and now Li Xiao also dared to make a move against Guiyun City with this little force.

The reactions of the various forces in Hida were mixed for a while.

At this moment, everyone looked at the sister Koji family, the first force of Hida, to see how the sister Koji family, which was both an alliance of the Uchijima family and subordinate to the Takeda family, decided.

Sakura Cave Castle, the main city of the sister road.

Sister Koji Yoyori, his son sister Koji Yoritsuna, and Kojima Castle Lord Kojima Time are all in secret discussions in the castle tower.

"Li Danma Shou really wants to send troops back to Cloud City, which is a bit unexpected by me." Sister Xiaolu, the head of the family, said loudly.

"Lord Nayan, why do you say this?" Kojima Time asked.

Sister Xiaolu Lianglai put his hands on his chest, looked at the cherry blossoms in full bloom outside the courtyard, and said: "Guiyun City, it is the fortified city of Hida Echichu, I once went to the top of the city to see it when I was young, this city is like a golden wheel built in the sky, not human can attack. ”

"That's why since then, I've decided on a strategy to ally with the Uchijima family and concentrate on conquering the other wealthy clans of Hida, so that I have the status of the sister Koji family as the overlord of Hida today. But if I were to attack Cloud City, it would be unimaginable in my life. ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang nodded and said: "Father, that's right, Guiyun City is a strong city, with Li Xiaozhi's wisdom, it is impossible not to know, but why did he rashly make the decision to attack this city?" Unless he's sure of anything? ”

After a pause, Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang said: "In my opinion, there are only two ways to capture Guiyun City, one is to collude with the inner city in the city, and the other is to lead the army to besiege it, and wait for the grain and grass in the city to run out naturally, in addition, there is no other way, if you want to attack, even if the 5,000 army does not want to capture this city." ”

Sister Xiaolu Lianglai glanced at her son, nodded and said, "Your consideration is very insightful, and I think so too. But I would rather believe that Li Xiao is arrogant enough to attack Guiyun City, than believe that in the Neidao family, which has been operating in Guiyun City for more than a hundred years, there will be retainers who will communicate with Li Xiao and buy them from the other party, which is absolutely impossible. ”

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang said: "Father, what you said is extremely true, then there is only one possibility, Li Xiao is ready to lead the army to surround Guiyun City and starve the inner island family." ”

Kojima said, "What the two adults said is true, in that case, what should we do? ”

"It's very simple, just wait" Sister Xiaolu Lianglai waved his sleeve robe and said loudly: "Whether Li Xiao attacks Guiyun City or besieges Guiyun City, the longer he passes, the more flaws he will expose, and the more favorable the situation will be for us." ”…,

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang said: "Father, when the Takeda military division is tired, our army suddenly attacked, and a battle can be taken, so after Li Xiao is destroyed, Hida will be the world of my sister Xiaolu's family again." ”

After Sister Xiaolu Lianglai made a decision, he said: "Immediately send a letter to the Uchijima family, expressing the position of my sister Xiaolu family, and claiming that if Li Xiao dares to attack Guiyun City, I will not sit idly by, and will definitely send troops to rescue." ”

Speaking of this, Sister Xiaolu Lianglai snorted coldly and said, "Actually, I hope that Li Xiao can fight with the Uchijima family to lose both." The Uchijima clan returned to Yunjian City on its own, and no one in Hida Echiko could do anything about it, so he was arrogant for a long time. It's okay to let Li Xiao teach him a lesson, and when they both lose, that's when I come forward to clean up the mess. ”

The next day, when Li Xiao's envoy arrived at Sister Xiaolu's house, he ate a closed door. Sister Xiaolu Lianglai can't help her illness on the surface, but in fact, she secretly colludes with the Uchijima family.

And Hida's other big name, Jiangma Huisheng, also received a hint from his sister Xiaolu Lianglai, and sent an envoy to Chengshengcheng to express some moral support to Li Xiao, but he did not take any practical action and did not send a single soldier to support.

In addition to the sister Xiaolu family and the Jiangma family, the rest of the Hida Xiaohao family, the Nabeyama family, and the Hirose family all expressed their willingness to go out with the army.

On March 20, Li Xiao issued a mobilization order, ordering the major wealthy clans to lead the army to Daye County and attack Yuncheng together.

The next day, after Li Xiao left the snake tail to garrison Chengshengcheng, he led the banner to prepare 700 troops.

Three days later, Li Xiao's army resisted Kamioka Castle, and two days later arrived in the territory of the Uchijima family.

Li Xiao's wealthy family and Hirose family all sent out a hundred people to wait here, and Shioya Qiuzhen, who had just been promoted to the city lord of Ape Cangcheng, also led two hundred people to rush here.

After the rendezvous, this army of more than 1,000 people returned to the city of Yuncheng.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Li Xiao looked at the misty Guiyun City in Guiyun Mountain, and couldn't help sneering, What is the first strong city of Hida Guiyun City, under my mortar cannon are all floating clouds ......,