It is rumored that "whoever wins Mino can win the world" []

And Li Xiao knew that Oda Nobunaga started the great cause of the world's martial arts after capturing Mino, and in the year after the capture of Mino, Shangluo succeeded, and took a solid step from a local daimyo to the overlord of the world

And the plot flow from Owari to Minong, and then to Luo, when Li Xiao first played Taige, he was already very familiar

However, after Li Xiao learned about the recent war between Oda and the Saito family through the merchants who traveled to and from Mino in Mino, he knew that in the middle of this year, Oda Nobunaga's offensive against Mino had not been smooth

After the failure of Sakuma Nobumori and the two members of the Shibata Katsu family, the Oda family general, to build a castle in Sumamata, Oda Nobunaga sent troops to Mino again at the end of August

However, Nobunaga was attacked by the Saito family's flooded tactics on the banks of the Kiso River, and the Oda family was defeated

The Oda army was defended by the Saito general, Ando, and Hineno Hiroshi pursued him, and the soldiers lost two-thirds before returning to Owari

This battle can be called an unprecedented defeat for the Oda family after Oda Nobuhide's defeat of Mino

However, Nobunaga often had great luck after the defeat, and in mid-September, Kinoshita Toyoshiro, a little-known retainer of the Oda family, succeeded in building a castle in Sumata only overnight, using the raft released from the upper reaches as a material

After the Sumamata Night Castle, the situation has reversed since the Oda family finally had a foothold on the banks of the Nagara River

And on September 15, Nobunaga officially appointed Kinoshita Toyoshiro as the jo representative of Sumamata Castle

After listening to the description of the merchants, Li Xiao sighed, and sure enough, as in history, Kinoshita Toyoshiro stepped into the front of history because of his exploits in the Ink Mata Night City

Thinking of the failure to pay for the wind demons to assassinate Kinoshita Toyoshiro last time, Li Xiaobu secretly sighed that the professional level of this group of ninjas was low, and they couldn't even kill Kinoshita Toyoshiro

Just because of the role of the castle in history, the Oda family had a foothold on the banks of the Nagara River, and under the spirit of Oda Nobunaga's repeated defeats and battles, the Oda family gritted their teeth and continued to attack Mino

On the other hand, under the great victory of the Saito family, the internal quietly fell apart, Saito Ryuxing and Nishimino three people Ando Shou, the relationship between the family Naomoto and Inaba Ittetsu became increasingly estranged, and finally the dissent of the Nishimino wealthy family continued to grow, and finally completely fell to Oda Nobunaga, Saito Yoshiryu was betrayed by everyone

Li Xiao calculated that in history, Oda Nobunaga was in August of the tenth year of Eiroku, when Rose fell into the main city of the Saito family, Inabayama Castle, and officially captured Mino from then on

It is now October of the ninth year of Eiroku, and it is less than ten months before Oda Nobunaga captures Mino

In other words, there are less than ten months left for Li Xiao

If Nobunaga captures Mino, not to mention the power of Li Xiao, it is not wise to start a war with Oda Nobunaga, the million-stone daimyo at that time

Even with the alliance treaty between Takeda and Oda, Li Xiao would never be able to attack the Oda family

Therefore, if Li Xiao wants to capture Gujo Hachiman Castle, he must capture this castle before Oda Nobunaga officially captures Mino, and after the fait accompli, Oda Nobunaga does not want to get back Gujo Hachiman Castle from Li Xiao's hands

Anyway, the stone of Mino is fifty-seven stones high, and the land of 20,000 stones in the county, for Nobunaga, who is determined to seize the world and stares at the land of, he may not necessarily risk breaking the alliance with the Takeda family, so he turned his face and started a war with Li Xiao

Therefore, before Shingen Shangluo, when the Oda family and the Takeda family had not yet turned their faces, in the past five or six years, Li Xiao could safely hold the Gujo Hachiman Castle in the palm of his hand

Compared with Nobunaga, the capture of Hachiman Castle in the county is very important to Li Xiao and the Takeda family, which is not just as simple as completely eradicating the hidden danger of the sister Koji family

In history, Endo Qinglong, who was named the county domain, knew 27,000 stones, which is for Li Xiao, who is currently 40,000 stones, after embezzlement, he is definitely strong

This is also a bridgehead that Li Xiaocheng quietly stretched out to Meinong, where you can get a glimpse of the situation in the world

In the Muromachi period, the center of gravity of Japan was first in Gyeonggi, followed by Kanto

Since Kamakura, Kanto has existed only as a samurai capital, while Gyeonggi has been the seat of emperors, shoguns, and ministers

In, there is the most prosperous commercial center in Japan, the Buddhist capital Nara, which is mainly densely populated and is the most elite place, and the capture of this place is equivalent to the strength to exert influence and appeal to the world

And has always been subject to the Kanto, Hokuriku Sengoku daimyō, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, and worked hard with a lifelong ambition

Li Xiaoruo captured the county, the goal that Xuan had been trying to seek all his life

The Hojo clan Yasuji is Kamiraku, which is equivalent to the closest to Takeda Shingun, and here will be the Takeda family, the closest place to the heart of, and from here as long as you pass Omi Province, it is Yamashina, Kyoto is in sight,

And to get the county of Hachiman Castle, there is also a big back hand exists

As far as Li Xiao knows, in the third year of the Yuan Gui (1572) in history, Takeda Shingen was in the westward battle of Shangluo

Takeda Nobugen's Suruga Army of Yama Prefecture Masakai attacked the Mikawa Tokugawa family, Akiyama Nobuyo's Minami Shinano Army took the Nakasendo Road to attack Higashi Mino, and Takeda Nobuyenkin led the main army to attack the Tokugawa family with Yamaprefecture Shokei

At that time, if Li Xiao had gained a foothold in the county, he could have sent troops here, leading the Flying Echichu Army and the Akiyama Nobutomo Minami Shinano Army, which was marching to Mino Iwamura Castle in the east, to form a situation in which the Oda family's main castle, Gifu Castle, was attacked from the east and west, which is now under the castle of Inabayama Castle

So Oda Nobunaga is in big trouble

Therefore, it must be that before Nobunaga unified Mino, he first captured Gujo Hachiman Castle and obtained a first move before the decisive battle of the Takeda Oda family in the future

The idea is so, that's right, now Li Xiao is beginning to find out the pretense of the name of the eight castles in Bingjun, and how to persuade Takeda Shingen to change his strategic goal from the north to the south, and promise to march into Mino

Convincing Takeda Shingen is not a big problem for Li Xiao

At present, the Jimbo family should live for a long time, and Terashima Ichicho is suspected of being in contact with the Takeda family, and is suspected by Uesugi Kenshin, and now he has been monitored, and if he attacks the Jimbo family now, he will definitely not get the actual support of the other party

If there is no help from these two people, let Li Xiao fly now, the strength of the Yuezhong Army, and fight against the Yuezhong Shenbao family and the Shiina family, there is not much chance of winning, not to mention that Uesugi Kenshin will never let it go, and Li Xiao will gain the ground in Yuezhong

Therefore, in the case that the Vietnamese-Chinese offensive cannot progress, it is definitely a good way out to shift the target to My Nong and capture Gushang

As a long-term vision, Takeda Shingen, who is determined to go to Luo, will never fail to see that this move seems useless now, but it is a wonderful move with a far-reaching layout

As for the attack on the Endo family, this is also indispensable, in this era of extreme emphasis on righteousness and extreme lack of attention to righteousness

There are tramplers like Oda Nobunaga, and die-hard loyalists like Kenshin Uesugi

So no matter what, the righteous name can attract a group of supporters, and the dispatch of troops must be justified, in other words, this pretense must be played well, it must be loud, and it must be justified

In the battle of Tianshen Mountain City, Endo Qinglong sent troops to help his sister Xiaolu's family, which had already offended the Takeda family, and now he supported and sheltered him, and his sister Xiaolu Lai Gang wreaked havoc in the territory of Feiyi, so it is not to say whether Li Xiao has the intention of aggressive in the county, it is not tolerable, and it is absolutely necessary to teach a lesson

What's more, Li Xiao also found another excuse to attack the Endo family

That night, Li Xiao stayed in Sakura Cave City, and wrote letters to Takeda Shingen and Uchijima Clan overnight, and after writing the letters, he ordered the reliable samurai around him to deliver the two letters to these two people overnight

The next day, Li Xiao summoned the ninja leader Yokotani Yukishige in Sakurato Castle and ordered him to send people to infiltrate Mino, collect intelligence, and find out the alliance of the local wealthy clans

At the same time, in order to attack the gun, Li Xiao also planned to temporarily move the castle from Josheng Castle to Sakurato Castle, because Sakurato Castle was close to Mino, which could be used as the basis for attacking Gujo Hachiman Castle

And now that most of the Sakura Cave City has been destroyed, it is just right for Li Xiaotun to be soldiers, and to hoard grain and grass, the best cover, and then it can be given to Endo Qinglong, and his sister Xiaolu Lai Gang is caught off guard

In Li Xiao's prediction, after the spring flowers bloom next year, the military conditions for capturing Gujo Hachiman Castle are ripe, but the real conditions are ripe, and they must wait for the chaos in Nishimino and the three of Mino to leave the anti-Saito family and move closer to Oda Nobunaga

At that time, no one expected that Li Xiao would insert a knife, and at that time, whether it was the Saito family or the Mino trio, their own future was bleak, and they would not care about the life or death of Endo Qinglong, and they would not have to worry about them coming to rescue the Endo army

Therefore, when Maba Changfang learned that Li Xiao personally led Qi Benbei to temporarily stationed in Sakura Cave City, he couldn't help but be embarrassed

The last time his sister Xiaolu Lai Gang attacked the city, he was hit by an arrow in the knee and was still recuperating after being wounded

Seeing Li Xiao stationed in person now, he couldn't help but be ashamed, pleaded guilty to Li Xiao, and took the responsibility for the defeat in this battle on his head

Li Xiao just smiled at this, the current plan to capture Hachiman Castle in the county is still in his personal calculations, and the specific situation depends on the reaction of the Uchijima clan, so he did not tell the truth to Baba Masabo, nor did he reveal it to any of his retainers

After all, this is a matter of change in strategic direction, and the stakes are very high, Li Xiao wants to be a little sure, and then announce and discuss with the retainers, and then make a final decision.

Soon, the Uchijima clan was invited by Li Xiaozhi to resist Sakurato Castle, and at the same time returned a mysterious guest with him

After Li Xiao learned about it, he met with the Uchijima clan and this guest in the castle tower, and all other unrelated people were not allowed to hear about it

In the castle tower

Li Xiaoan sat on the main seat, in the candlelight of the candlestick, his eyes couldn't help but look at the people who bowed down to the head of the Uchijima clan

The other party was a warrior in his thirties, and his attitude towards Li Xiao was very humble and respectful

The other party whispered: "In Shimochiba, Shimono Shou Changyao, meet Tajima Mamoru Lord"

Li Xiao sighed and asked, "Your Excellency calls himself Qianye, why don't you call it the original Miao character?" ”

This person said: "Because I was afraid of the retaliation of the Endo family, I didn't dare to show the Miao character, and my Dong clan was also from the lower general Ganye family, and then migrated to the lower general Dongzhuang, so I changed the Miao character 4'

Li Xiao nodded, it turned out that this Dong clan was from the lower general name clan, one of the eight houses in Kanto

The Dong clan was once a famous clan at the beginning, famous as East Evergreen, who lived in the shogunate to serve the public, and was the originator of ancient and modern waka teaching, and the instructor of shogunate waka for a while

As for the grandson of East Evergreen, Higashi Tsunekei, he was the daimyo of Mino Prefecture, and he once fought against Asakura Yoshikei, but in the second year of Eiroku, the Daimyo of the prefecture was rebelled by his retainer Endo Morishu

Endo Morishu united with the Daimyo sister Yoshiyori Koji and set up a formation at Mt. Hachiman, besieging Higashijokei Main Castle and Todenyama Castle

Later, the mountain city of the east hall was breached, and the son escaped

The Endo family succeeded in getting down and won the gun

Dong Changqing died in battle, and only one usurped the owner's family business, and Dong Changyao in front of Li Xiao was the only son of Dong Changqing who escaped, and then fled to Feiyi and took refuge under the Uchijima clan

In history, the ending of Dong Changyao was to hide in the Uchijima family for the rest of his life, doing nothing, and in the Tianzheng earthquake, the Uchijima clan and the Uchijima family were annihilated in the earthquake together with Guiyun City

And now Li Xiao knows that after this person sees him, the trajectory of his life has completely reversed

(To be continued)