Kaga, Takao Castle. 1——

Takao Castle was a castle where Kaga guarded Fujian and was a self-harming city because Kaga had always been here.

Time has passed, and the city has long been uninhabited.

The sun is setting and the twilight is heavy.

Wind and sand swept the ground in the distance.

In front of the ruins of Takao Castle, the sound of roaring footsteps sounded.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The stirring sound of the taiko drum sounded in the distance.

The sound of the drums on one side, ten sides, and dozens of sides beat in unison, converging into an earth-shattering loud bang!

As the sun sets over the sea of Kaga, Shibata Katsuie's Majiwa Gold Coin rises and follows the Gold Coin in an endless stream of people.

The golden banner of the double geese swayed in the wind, and the main lineup of the Shibata Army appeared on the plain.

In the distance, smoke and dust billowed from all directions, and the cavalry regiment and the ashigaru regiment were mixed together, side by side, and the momentum was terrifying.

Under Takao Castle.

More than a dozen Ashigaru stepped forward to clean the corpses of the Ichijo sect believers lying across the ground.

After that, the horse seal of the gold coin was erected here.

Immediately, Shibata Katsuie, Sasa Narumasa, Tokuyama Norihide, Mao Katsu and others rode to the place of the main camp.

From Takao Castle, the walls of Oyama Gobo stand tall, and the fortresses of the Takeda Hida Echichu Legion stand all over the place.

Shibata Katsuie said: "Pass the order, order the Maeda Toshiya team, do not break the light management team, and immediately attack the front line of the Takeda army!" ”

Hearing Shibata Katsuya like this, Sasa Narimasa, who was already a leg of the slope, immediately said: "Lord Repair, we have just arrived, and we are exhausted, and the Takeda family has been in battle for a long time, and they are waiting for work, and now they are attacking, is it too hasty." ”

Shibata Katsuya smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically, "In a hurry? It should be the Takeda Army in a hurry. ”

Speaking of this, Shibata Katsuya held the cinnabar animal hair in his hand high, and the animal hair fell straight down.

Suddenly, Shibata Katsuya pressed the distribution downward.

In front of the front army.

Shibata Katsuie's general, the fierce general Maeda Toshiie, who has a gun and left, rides on a war horse, dressed in black and full, and puts the big gun across the horse.

After receiving Shibata Katsuie's order, Maeda Toshiie's eyes were awe-inspiring, and he dropped the big gun in his hand heavily, pointed forward, and shouted: "Out of battle!" ”

"Oh!"

The Ashigaru phalanx of the Maeda team erupted into a tsunami-like shout.

The spears in the front row lay their spears in the air, and then began to advance in a queue.

And the bow foot is light, and the iron cannon foot light is also standing in a row in front of them, slowly moving forward.

Maeda Toshiie, the Bupo Koji team received the order and immediately attacked the Takeda army.

Suddenly, there was a clamor on the battlefield, and smoke and dust rolled up.

On the side, the Mitsuji team cooperated with the Maeda Toshiya team to launch an offensive against the Takeda Army's front formation, the Jinbao Chogen.

Maeda Toshiya has always had a reputation for bravery in the Oda family, and he is also the most brave and warlike general under the command of Shibata Katsuie, so his appearance attracted the attention of many generals of the Shibata Army on the mountain.

Looking from under Takao Castle, there were two iron streams on the battlefield, one left and one right, and attacked the Takeda army's formation.

On the contrary, the Takeda army did not move at all, allowing the Shibata army to approach, neither reinforcing nor retreating.

And when this happens, boom, boom.

It's like thunder in the clouds on a winter day.

In the formation of the Takeda Army, a sudden fire flickered, and then several long black smoke came out.

Seeing the Takeda Army's might, the generals beside Shibata Katsuya all changed their faces when they saw this.

On the contrary, Shibata Katsuya showed a smile that was almost invisible on his face.

The bombardment of the Takeda Army's large barrel disrupted the dense defense line of the Shibata Army, making the Ashigaru formation a little embarrassed.

Then the two sides were armed with guns and bombarded.

"Alright, collect the troops!"

Shibata Katsuya threw the match to the small surname and turned around and walked to Maza. …,

The generals didn't know why, and the retainers worshiped the village and asked Shibata Katsuya at the moment: "Lord, why don't you attack?" ”

After listening to the horn of the conch to collect the troops.

Shibata Katsuya untied his head pocket, and then on his stubble lips, a smile burst out, and said: "Because of Li Xiao's death, the Takeda army's heart has been in turmoil. ”

Hearing Shibata's words, all the generals looked at each other.

"Repair sir, how can you see it?" Among the three people in the house, Sasa Chengzheng, who was the only one present, asked out loud.

Sasa Narumasa is a man with both men and arms, and he is also a first-class talent in the Oda army, but his only flaw is that he was lame by Li Xiao, so he had to ride a horse every time he went to battle.

"Just now, our army has not entered the best position for artillery bombardment, and the Takeda Army hastened to carry out artillery bombardment, which seems that the general of the Takeda Army can no longer hold his breath."

Sasa Chengzheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Xiu, this reason is too far-fetched, it's really unconvincing." ”

Katsu Shibata slammed his left chest with his right fist, and this action appeared to be in his chest.

After that, he swept over everyone with a pair of tiger eyes and said: "Everyone can believe in me Shibata, I have made up my mind, and I will fight the Takeda army in three days!" ”

Hearing what the other party said, all the generals looked at Shibata Katsuie.

I saw the fire in Shibata's eyes, and I only heard him say loudly: "You have all followed me for many years, and I Shibata's determination, you all know, to unify Hokuriku Province, become the first major domain of my Oda family, and have enough power to speak in my family, which is the ambition of my Shibata Gonrokuro." ”

"And the realization of my Shibata's ambition is the realization of your ambition. Li Xiao is dead, in this world, I, Shibata, no one can be feared, so we must take advantage of the turmoil of the Takeda Army, to give the Hida Echichu Army a hard blow, and lay the foundation for the basic family to unify the Hokuriku Province, and the decisive battle will be three days later! ”

"I wish to die for the Lord (Lord Repair)!"

The armor of all the generals under the command of the Shibata Legion sounded, and they all knelt on the ground.

Shibata Katsuya shook the big behind him, put his hands on his chest, looked in the direction of the Oyama Imperial Workshop, and said: "Three days later, I want the Oyama Imperial Workshop to bleed!" ”

Oyama Gobo.

Under the banner of the sun and the moon, the place surrounding the Takeda army's main camp is heavily guarded.

At this time, in a monk's room, an angry shout suddenly sounded: "Go back, tell Shibata Katsuya, I will fly to the Etsuchu Army, I will never surrender, Shibata wants to fight, I will fight, and I will see in three days." ”

With a shout, a Oda samurai was kicked out of the monk's room in embarrassment.

This man is also a brave warrior, and he still does not give in even when his arms are tied by the left and right of the two samurai of the Takeda Army.

The other party shouted: "But His Royal Highness Ma Shou, there is no need to be far-fetched, the matter of Ling Zun is already known to my lord." He said that Major General Konoe was a famous general in the world, and as a general, he regretted that he could not fight with the other side on the field. However, His Royal Highness Ma Shou, although he is young and cheering up, he is far inferior to Lingzun in terms of the army's strategic battle formation, and he is not his opponent! ”

"Therefore, the lord earnestly advises His Royal Highness to surrender quickly, and in the future, my Oda family will seize the world, and Your Excellency will be the lord of a country, if you are obsessed, then ...... Hmph, hum, hum, the next good words are over. ”

In response to this person, a knife was poked out of the room and directly cut off the other person's bun.

Li Zheng shouted angrily in the room, and said: "Don't think that if the two countries don't fight each other, they can be presumptuous and beat me out." ”

"Go back and tell Shibata that if he is defeated in three days, he will prepare to wrap himself in a cloth!"

The envoy of the Shibata family did not expect that Li Zhengtang, a famous country, would make such obscene remarks, and he was dumbfounded at the moment. …,

After comprehending the breadth and profundity of the Ming Chinese language and culture, the Shibata family envoy snorted twice, a hint of an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he was dragged down by Li Zheng's side approach, and then it was a stick greeting.

The messenger was also stubborn, and he still laughed out loud in this situation.

At the moment, in the monk's room.

Shigeharu Takenaka held a folding fan in his hand, slowly walked out of the room, stood behind Li Zheng, and said with a smile: "Young master, this play is really good." ”

Li Zheng listened to Shigeji Takenaka's words, turned his head at the moment, and said with an uncertain breath: "Lord Takenaka, I may not be acting, Shibata Katsuya bullied me when I was young, but this is true." ”

"Otherwise, I won't hear from my father, so I can't wait to find a decisive battle with our army."

Li Zheng shook his five fingers after speaking.

Shigeharu Takenaka nodded, closed the folding fan, and said, "The young master's majesty and strategy are not something that Shibata can conclude by himself. ”

Li Zheng laughed when he heard this, and said: "I understand, Shibata deliberately sent an envoy to ridicule me this time, but he was actually worried that I would retreat from the army. used the method of agitation to force me out of the battle, so that I could fight a decisive battle with him, and his wishful thinking was naturally to go down to the North Continent in a battle. ”

Shigeji Takenaka snorted and said, "Yes, so the young master is wise and wise, and he is discerning, so that his subordinates are worried about it in vain." ”

Li Zheng waved his head and asked, "The matter of the decisive battle, I will talk about it later, my father, whether I am safe and sound now, this is what I am most concerned about." ”

Shigeharu Takenaka nodded, and said with a smile: "The young master is really a heart of filial piety, and he was about to report to the young master, and he just received a ninja flying report, although the lord had some small troubles on the road before, but he has arrived safely at Kajida Castle and has been received by Shima Katsuto. ”

Li Zheng was relieved when he heard this, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shigeharu Takenaka said with a smile: "Young master, in fact, there is no need to worry so much, the lord has his own destiny, and it is impossible to easily calculate it." ”

Li Zheng listened to Takenaka's words, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Thank you Takenaka-sama for your words." ”

Speaking of this, both of them looked at each other and smiled.

Hida Country, Kamioka Castle.

Li Xiao and more than thirty others rode fast horses and arrived under the city.

Shengang City is Li Xiao's first residential city, and it is also the first city built in his life, looking at the majestic city walls and the towering castle tower, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart at this moment.

At this time, Li Xiao's side Shigang Yiyu came up from the side and said to Li Xiaoyan: "My lord, if the road is smooth, we can reach Matsukura City in two days on a fast horse, and then we can contact Lord Kinoshita and flank the back of the Uesugi Army Legion." ”

Listening to Shigang Yiyu's words, Li Xiao smiled, raised the horsewhip, and said, "Who said that I was going to attack Uesugi Kenshin's back?" ”

Shigang Yiyu was stunned and asked, "My lord, didn't you say so in the evaluation of the retainers of this family?" Otherwise, why did he risk returning to Echichu, the purpose of which was not to lead the army to attack behind Uesugi Kenshin, so as to alleviate the crisis of Shinano, force the Uesugi family to withdraw their troops, and then contact the danger of the three-way siege of the main family. ”

Li Xiao glanced at Shigang Yiyu after hearing this, and then said indifferently: "I'm lying." ”

"Liar?"

Shigang Kazuha was surprised.

Li Xiao smiled, patted Shigang Yiyu on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so surprised, Yiyu, if I don't say so, how can Xin Lian Gong, Xin Fan Gong be so good at talking, let me go back to Yuezhong." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao rode forward.

At this time, the city of Shengang City was guarded, and Li Xiao and his party had been seen.

Immediately, the castle generation of Kamioka Castle, with the castle town, the former Tibetan people, the ronin head, and nearly 100 people guarded by Ashigaru all came out of the city from afar, standing on the side of the road to greet Li Xiao.

"Meet the Lord!" …,

When Li Xiao's mount came closer, they all knelt down together on the side of the road to greet them.

Li Xiaozai nodded slightly on the horse, and said to the city: "You don't have to salute, count the number of people immediately, Lord Dao Shengmeng has already rushed to the rear with a large team, and then immediately meet them, I will go first." ”

The city generation's jaw dropped in surprise when he heard this, and he asked Li Xiao, "Lord, is this city not guarded?" ”

Li Xiao smiled: "You don't have to guard, and you don't have to leave a single soldier, obey my orders." ”

Hearing Li Xiao like this, Cheng Dai did not hesitate to say that he was obedient.

Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction, and then rode over, and then the people of Shengang Town also heard the news, and they all came out, and then saw Li Xiao himself, all of them saw it on the side of the road.

"Meet Yagata Gong!"

"Meet Yagata Gong!"

Li Xiao turned his head when he saw this scene, and said to Shigang Yiyu: "It is good to know that it is good to be thousands of miles away from home, although I have been in Kaifei for the past two years, I always feel that my heart is not steady, just like living in someone else's house." Therefore, I want to be extravagant and extravagant, so that Xin Fangong, Xin Lian Gong and others think that I have no different aspirations. ”

"But in reality," Li Xiao suddenly slashed his horsewhip and said in high spirits, "This is the foundation of my Li Xiao, the place where I have been operating for more than ten years." This time, flying in the middle of the war, it is like a dragon returning to the sea, a tiger running to the mountains, and no one in this world can stop me. ”

Shigang Kazuha heard that Li Xiao was so full of ambition, and he was sincerely happy for him, and said: "Congratulations to the lord, it's just that the lord has mobilized Hida and Mino's army, and he is not ready to face the Uesugi family, what do you want?" ”

Li Xiao said categorically: "Of course I went to Kaga, Shibata Quanroku, this horseman, in the past two years, I actually took advantage of my absence, six times to invade my family, this account cannot be counted, this time I want to teach how to behave." ”

"To Kaga?"

"Yes, go to Kaga!"

"I'm afraid it's too late, I'm afraid the Shibata army is about to fight a decisive battle with my main army." Shioka Yiyu hurriedly spoke.

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, so I was about to hurry up, day and night, I had already ordered Kinoshita Hidecho to lead and the five standing reserves to rush to Kaga for reinforcements, and now I want to speed up this step again and personally command and defeat Shibata on the battlefield!" ”

Shioka Kazuha was stunned and said: "Even Lord Kinoshita has been mobilized, plus Lord Shimakatsu Takeshi, then the strength of the garrison on all sides of the family is empty, or Uesugi, how about Oda to attack?" ”

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uesugi, Oda's current goal is not mine." I'm going to take a risk this time, first after Kaga defeats Shibata, and then I join forces with the nation's army to attack Echigo, and force Uesugi Kenshin to fight me in a decisive battle under Kasuga Mountain Castle! ”