。 Yoshishige Satake, who is only thirty-two years old this year, but in the name of being brave and good at fighting, he is already a powerful Kanto.

This time, in the battle between Takeda and the Kanto heroes against the Hojo family, the Satake family captured Sakura Castle of the Hojo family, which was a great contribution to the Kwantung coalition army.

In terms of origin, Satake is the closest to the Takeda family.

The first generation of the Satake family was Minamoto Yoshiye, the eldest son of Minamoto Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu and inherited the Silla Saburo family business in Hitachi.

At that time, Minamoto Yoshimitsu's forces controlled the seven prefectures of Ritsu Oku, as well as the northern part of Hitachi.

The pioneer of Kai Takeda first-class, is the second son of the source of Yoshimitsu, sealed in Takeda Township, Naka County, Hitachi Province, so with Takeda as the seedling character, and later broke away from the clan, came to Kai Kai to create the Takeda first-class, became the head of Kai Genji.

So this time, the Takeda family announced Kamiraku, and Yoshishige Satake, as the overlord of Hitachi, was also the first to respond.

Yoshishige Satake led 5,000 elite soldiers of the Hitachi Kingdom to Kai to join the battle, becoming the earliest and largest number of troops among the Kanto daimyos.

Satake Yoshishige immediately said to Takeda Shinshige: "Chaoyue Gong, I have been in Kanto for a long time, and I have long wanted to see the strength of the Oda Army, and now I will take my department as the vanguard of Tokaido." ”

Hearing Satake Yoshishige say this, Takeda Nobuhiro smiled and said, "From the ghost Yoshishige to the horse, I have made up my mind about Tokaido." In that case, let's let Lord Baba and His Royal Highness Satake go to Tokaido. ”

After Yoshishige Satake and Baba Nobubo retreated, Takeda Nobuyoshi looked at Hoshina Masachi and said, "How is the Nakasendo strategy going?" ”

Hoshina said bluntly, "Our army has captured Kiso-Fukushima Castle. The lost territory was recovered, but the general of the Oda family's Nakasendo Army, Hidetaka Kawajiri, led the army to hold on to Iwamura Castle and other dangerous places, hindering the advance of our army. ”

Takeda Nobuyoshi nodded and said: "The Akiyama-sama of the family is folded in the hands of Kawajiri Hidetaka, who is the vanguard of the family's army, and as soon as possible to break through Kawajiri Hidetaka and break through the Nakasendo." ”

The generals looked and saw Sanada Masayuki standing up and saying, "I, the Ueno Army, am willing to give it a try." ”

Nobuyhiro Takeda nodded. Yan said: "Iwamura Castle is a natural danger, but Lord Ling Zun was known as attacking bombs back then, and he was the first general in his family who was good at attacking cities, so it seems that you can only entrust this matter to Your Excellency, and Lord Baoke will assist you." ”

Sanada Masayuki and Baoke were all upright, and said, "Lord Mikan, Chaoyue Gong." Your Majesty will do everything in his power. ”

With the arrangement of Takeda Nobushige, the sequence of this dispatch has been decided.

Li Xiao led the 20,000 troops of the Hida Echichu Army and marched out from Hokurikudo.

On the Tokaido side, the 5,000 troops of Kiyoshishige and Satake Yoshishige were in the vanguard, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's Mikawa Army was in the vanguard. The Racecourse Nobubo Suruga Regiment each had 10,000 troops and drove behind.

And Takeda Nobukatsu, the main army of Takeda Nobushi, will climb over the mountains and go straight to the hinterland of Mino from the Nakasendo.

Its lineup is Masayuki Sanada and Masatsuki Naito. Nobusada Kohata 8,000 Ueno.

Baoke is upright 2,000 Minami Shinano people, as a pioneer.

Takasaka Masashi Shinhoku's Shinano Army 10,000 troops.

Okusa Ashide's leading Echigo is 10,000.

Takeda Nobuyoshi's own team has 10,000 troops.

After that, it was time for the military forces of the major Kanto daimyos.

The Hojo family sent out the old Matsuda Kenhide, with 3,000 troops.

The army of the Date family is led by the veteran Oniting Zuoyue, and it is also a 3,000 army.

Mogami Yoshimitsu dispatched 2,000 troops.

The Utsunomiya family and the Yuki family each dispatched 2,000 troops.

Mogami, Utsunomiya. The Yuki family sent troops, although there were not many troops, but they were all led by the family governor himself, so there were many banner-based samurai in the array, but the combat power should not be underestimated.

Behind the palace is the newly formed Musashi Legion.

Since Musashi had just been pacified, Takeda Shintoyo himself was still stationed in Musashi and was in the Kanto region. …,

So the Musashi Legion. Led by the corps adjutant general Masayuki Oyamada, the force was eight thousand.

The main army that walked the Nakasendo attacked 60,000 together.

And here, in order to echo the Takeda family's Shangluo, the Maori family, the overlord of San'in Sanyang Road, also poured a domestic army.

Mori Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakei personally led an army of 50,000 land and water, attacked Bizen from Sanyo Road, and fought against Bizen Daimyo Ukita Naoya.

And Yoshikawa Motoharu, the number one general of the Mori family, and Toyokuni, the daimyo of Tajima Province, led a coalition of 30,000 troops to attack Harima Province from the direction of Tajima Province and attack Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Li Xiao's generals Hideji Kano, Yu Zuo Xuguang, Naito Ruan, and Muto Tomoyi also led 10,000 troops to set up a formation in Tanba country.

On the one hand, he threatened the flank of Harima Province, and on the other hand, he monitored the movements of the Oda Army.

The Murakami naval army, which belonged to the Mori family, also blocked the entire Seto Inland Sea.

All of a sudden, from Takeda, Mori, and the Kwantung coalition army, 200,000 troops, from the east and west, came from the east and west to attack the Oda family.

Kita-Omi, Azuchi Castle.

Autumn rain pours on Lake Biwa.

Dark clouds hung low, pressing down on the castle tower.

The blue-gray castle walls and the pink and white castle tower were bathed in heavy rain and were extremely haggard.

The news of Takeda Nobushi's army going to Luo has reached Azuchi Castle.

The Oda family can be described as a surprise overnight.

On top of the castle tower, Oda Nobutada summoned his retainers for a military meeting, and it was already a day and a night.

"Hmph, can Takeda Chaoyue be stronger than Imagawa Yoshimoto back then?"

"Back then, my Oda family was only half of Owari, and the right house was stabbed overnight, and today Takeda Chaoyue is just repeating the mistakes of the past."

"Today, I Oda has nearly half of the world, and it can be regarded as a clown who is not a jumping beam."

"The Maori family is nothing but a rabble, so there is no need to be afraid."

"The Nakasendo is a natural danger and can be guarded!"

Above the military discussion, several young retainers spoke impassionedly, their voices were very loud and full of energy.

But in the Great Hiroma, most of the retainers who had followed the Oda family for a long time did not say a word.

In the center, Oda Nobutada, with a mustache, crossed his legs and knees, holding a folding fan and pressing his other hand in front of him, leaned forward, his eyes scanning the faces of the retainers.

Oda Nobutada's action is very similar to Nobunaga's back then.

However, the retainers did not regard this governor as the Oda Nobunaga of the year, and the Oda Nobunaga who broke Imagawa Yoshimoto in the narrow room.

Oda Nobutada waved his hand, and several retainers did not speak.

"Hinata Mamoru Mamoru what do you think of the battle situation?"

Oda Nobutada immediately looked at Akechi Mitsuhide, the chief of the retainers.

In the face of Oda Nobutada's inquiry, Akechi Mitsuhide bowed down slightly, and then replied in a deep voice: "It is enough for Lord Hashiba Chikuzen to deal with the Mori family alone, I think the strategy of this family can concentrate forces to fight a decisive battle with the Takeda family, and then the world will be decided in a battle!" ”

Oda Nobutada listened to Akechi Mitsuhide's words, his spirit was shocked, and he said, "Oh! Is it a decisive battle? ”

Wise Mitsuhide nodded and said, "The decisive battle is where the tacit understanding between the two lords and generals lies......"

Before Akechi Mitsuhide finished speaking, Oda Nobuo, the general of the Ise Legion, questioned and asked: "Lord Hyugamo, I think that the Takeda family is advancing in three ways, and the Nakasendo is a natural danger, so you can order Kawajiri-sama to hold it, and the main force of our army can use various strategies to defeat Hokuriku Province and Tokaido one by one, and finally fight with the main force of the Takeda family of Nakasendo, so the chance of victory is not greater!" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and said, "You are wrong, the Takeda family is not a three-way, but a one-way. ”

Oda Nobuo was surprised: "How can it be all the way, it is obvious that Li Xiao is in Hokuriku Province and Tokugawa Ieyasu is ...... Tokaido"...,

Akechi Mitsuhide shouted in a deep voice: "Don't be stupid, how could Takeda Chaoyue make such a low-level mistake and let our army break through each one." Get the map! ”

Oyama Castle, castle tower.

Yumi Kohata and Yuzhen Kohata are serving Li Xiao and wearing armor together.

For the samurai, it has become the norm for husbands to go on expeditions, and it is also the right thing for wives to wear armor for their husbands before going into battle.

And seeing that Li Xiao was about to go into battle, the two Xiaohata sisters naturally had endless words to say, and told them again and again.

In addition to letting Li Xiao take care of himself, the two sisters also told Li Xiao to take care of Li Zheng, and Li Yong.

Even Li Xiao's son-in-law, Sanada Nobuyuki, also asked Li Xiao to take care of him together.

Although Li Xiao felt slightly amused when he heard it, since the battlefield is changing rapidly, sometimes even as a general himself, he may not be protected, this matter of life and death only lies in the destiny of heaven.

But it was all his wife's thoughts, and he could only smile and nod in agreement.

After dressing, Li Xiao nodded slowly and was about to speak, when the Xiaowan sisters threw themselves in front of Li Xiao left and right, and the two sisters shed tears together.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, rubbed each person's shoulders with both hands, and coaxed over the words.

Li Xiaoxin said that if he let his retainers and tens of thousands of soldiers see his appearance, he will definitely lose face.

Just as the two Xiaowan sisters were lying on Li Xiao's shoulders, footsteps came from outside the room.

The Kohata sisters also straightened up and wiped their tears with their handkerchiefs.

Immediately, the paper door was pushed open with a bang, and Li Zheng and Li Yong were both holding their heads.

Li Zhengyan said: "Father, the army has been gathered, and it is ready to go into battle." ”

However, as soon as Li Zheng and Li Yong entered the house, the Xiaowan sisters stepped forward, pulled the two of them, and told them again and again.

Li Zheng is now also the governor of the Li family, and at that time, in front of Yumi Kohata, he was still like a child, and he was ordered by a pair of ears.

Li Yong didn't need to say much, because Xiao Wan Yuzhen rubbed Li Yong and cried again.

Li Xiao shook his head slightly, and said to Xiao Wan Yuzhen: "Forget it, when I come back from this battle, I will find a suitable woman for Yong'er, so that after you have a family, you can be distracted by him." ”

Kohata Yuzhen looked at Li Xiao after hearing this, wiped her tears and said, "It should have been like this a long time ago." ”

The five members of this family only separated after saying something again.

The father and son walked down the castle tower together, and behind Li Xiao, Li Yongyan said: "Father, the main family has conquered Oda on three routes this time, and the army of this family is the closest to Azuchi Castle. ”

Listening to Li Yong's words, Li Xiao smiled slightly and did not answer silently. (To be continued)