An unknown small city in the West.

The town is located on a beautiful hillside with a view of the lake in the background.

On the top of the hills, you can overlook the layers of Senmei fields at the foot of the mountain, and at a glance, you can see that the shed fields are scattered and the scenery is beautiful.

On top of the thousand fields, the rice is full of pressure, revealing the golden joy of the harvest.

At the edge of the hill, three tall spruces rise to the sky, and the huge canopy covers them, looking at them like a canopy.

The breeze blows, the spruce trees sway gently and rustle, and it is a good place to rest like an idyllic hermit.

Under the shade of a spruce tree, a middle-aged man with a bowl on his head writes with a pen on top of the table.

And this middle-aged man, with a simple face and a solemn expression, can be seen to be a strict person who usually does not smile.

Even if it is just writing, the other party is sitting upright, not moving, only the sleeves are gently shaking.

Not far away, the sound of trampling on dead branches and breaking them sounded.

At the foot of the mountain, a kind-eyed monk was leading the way to the spruce tree under the guidance of two samurai dressed in ordinary Wu clothes.

The eye-catching place of the Wu costume on the side of the two people is impressively painted with a three-star family crest imprint.

Seeing the middle-aged man writing from a distance, the monk smiled slightly, pressed his hand, and motioned for the two warriors to stay here.

Then the monk walked up to the man alone, and waited until he was less than two rooms away.

The middle-aged man didn't raise his head, stretched out his right hand and pointed ahead, and said, "Master, please wait." ”

After saying that, the man still bowed his head and wrote.

The monk bowed slightly, and from the angle from which he was standing, he could clearly see the man. On a blank piece of paper, there are a few big words written on it.

And there is a stack of papers on the other side. It's all written in the same big characters

After writing the last bit of the heart word. The man put down his pen, spread out the paper and examined it, then handed it to the side behind him, and commanded, "This pair of words is the best." Framed and handed to Jiro. ”

"Oh!"

The man who approached him took the paper and walked back into the city.

After the matter is dealt with. The man picked up a towel and wiped his hands, then raised his head, looked at the monk and said, "Master Huiqiong." I'm sorry. The expedition to Tanba is imminent, so there are some things I want to say to Jiro, and when I think about it, there are only a few words of a million hearts, which is the soul of my Maori family. ”

This monk was naturally the diplomatic monk of the Mori family, Ankokuji Keikun, who had already returned to the western country after Tase Yamajo reached an agreement with Honda Masanobu.

And the man sitting in front of Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple. It is the two rivers of the Maori family, and the first general of the western country, Yoshikawa Motoharu, who has not been defeated in dozens of battles.

Anguosi Huiqiong smiled. Yan said: "The young assistant of the Ministry of Governance, he is really serious, he refuses to fake others for such a trivial matter, and he must write a whole stack before he picks out one pair." His Royal Highness's rigor in handling things and his own experience have taught Huiqiong a lot. ”

Listening to the words of Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, Yoshikawa Motoharu nodded and said: "If you have an overreputation, how can you fake others." The Maori family started from Weihao, and his father went through more than 200 battles to have today's hegemony. ”

"It's not easy to start a business, and it's even more difficult to keep a business, before my father was sick, he warned my three brothers to work together with the training of three arrows. I dare not forget his instructions. ”

Huiqiong of Anguo Temple nodded after hearing this, and said, "I have been taught." ”

At this time, Yoshikawa Motoharu spoke: "Master Huiqiong, this time to envoy Takeda, it has been hard, I don't know if Li Danma Shou agreed?" ”

Anguo Temple Huiqiong bowed down and said: "Returning to the Shaofu of the Zhibu, although I didn't see Li Danma Shou, but I reached an agreement with the old Benda Masanobu of the Takeda family, which can be regarded as a blessing. ”

After listening to the report of Huiqiong of Anguoji Temple, Yoshikawa Motoharu frowned slightly, but stared at the other party.

Anguosi Huiqiong did not dare to slack off at the moment, and went through the details of this envoy to the Takeda family. …,

After listening to Anguoji Huiqiong tell the truth, Yoshikawa Motoharu's solemn expression was soothed, and then he nodded slightly, and said: "Very well done, reaching an agreement with the Hida Echichu Legion is extremely helpful to the family's strategy of Tango." ”

Anguosi Huiqiong nodded, and said: "It's not just that, when I returned to my home, I just heard the news that Li Xiao came back and broke the Shibata Katsuya on the bank of the Tetori River, and now Li Xiao has taken advantage of this great victory, and has led the main force of the army back to Yuezhong, preparing for a decisive battle with the Uesugi family, which will determine who can dominate Hokuriku." ”

"Unification of Hokuriku Province?" Yoshikawa Motoharu's eyes flickered.

Ankokuji Huiqiong said: "I didn't expect the situation to come to this point, Li Xiao led the soldiers of Hida Echichu to march lightly, and caught up with Shibata Katsuya on the bank of the Tetori River, and the Oda family's Hokuriku Army was defeated. Shibata, who broke the bottle, has now become the laughing stock of Oda's family. ”

Speaking of this, Ankokuji Huiqiong sighed and said: "But I am sorry for Shibata, I can't talk about victory or defeat for a while, Shibata Shengjia, I know his art of war and strategy, he is the world's first-class general, not so much that he is weak, but that his opponent is too strong." ”

Speaking of this, Anguosi Huiqiong smiled slightly and said: "Now Li Xiao is fighting against Uesugi Kenshin, in terms of military strength, the Uesugi army is one of the winners, I don't know Lord Shaofu, who do you think can win and finally dominate the Hokuriku?" ”

Hearing what Ankokuji Huiqiong said, Yoshikawa Motoharu shook his head slowly, and then stood up and stood with his hands in his hands.

Ankokuji Huiqiong looked up, Yoshikawa Motoharu stood under the spruce, his body was as tall as a gun, and asked rhetorically: "Lord Huiqiong, what do you think?" ”

"It's hard to say," Anguosi Huiqiong said truthfully, "Lord Shaofu, I haven't tasted a defeat since I ruled the army, and since I am also a famous general, I should judge it more accurately than me." ”

Yoshikawa Yuanchun said: "Master Huiqiong has a good reputation, I, Yoshikawa Yuanchun, have not tasted defeat, but I am just lucky not to serve Li Xiao and Qianxingong." ”

Listening to Yoshikawa Motoharuyuki's words, Ankokuji Huiqiong's body was shocked, he didn't expect that Yoshikawa Motoharu, who has always been high-minded, actually admitted that he was not as good as Li Xiao and Uesugi Kenshin.

I only listened to Yoshikawa Motoharu and said carefully: "Needless to say, the bravery of the Kenshin Gong, and although Li Xiao became famous late, he did not fall behind in the previous confrontations with the Uesugi family, and the Nagashino Battle was a battle to kill Nobunaga, so he was famous all over the world, if there is a person in the world, he can compete with the field battle against the Kenshin Gong, and after the father is gone, after the Xin Xuan Gong, there is only Li Xiao." ”

Speaking of this, Yoshikawa Motoharu paused and said: "To be honest, I don't dare to judge who wins and who loses in this battle between Li Xiao and Qian Xingong. ”

Hearing this, Huiqiong of Anguoji Temple pondered for a while, and said: "Lord Shaofu, this battle is very important, and it is also the opportunity for the family and the Takeda family to join forces. Li Xiao's victor has one more opponent who competes for world domination, and the loser must face the dragon of Echigo and intervene in, and he must be conscious. ”

"I want to come to Li Xiao this time to ask me to attack Oda, not to contain the Oda family's power in, so that Oda Nobutada's main force does not dare to use troops against Takeda easily, so as to achieve the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. Thinking about it, the other party has been premeditated for a long time, whether it is Takeda or Oda, they are both powerful opponents of my Maori family to enter. ”

Yoshikawa Motoharu said, "There is no doubt that must have been the first of my Maori family. Now that you have reached an agreement with Li Xiao, then you should quickly return to your own house and tell your lord, so that he can go out to Harima Country with the main force of his own family, attack Shangyue City, and contain the power of the Oda family. ”

"After that, I will lead, march from the mountain, and then take the Tanba country from the Danba country, if Li Xiao wins this battle, then share the Dango equally, if defeated, then I will take the entire territory of Tango, and take advantage of the situation to annex the Wakasa country, as a foothold for my family to attack."

Hearing what Yoshikawa Motoharu said, Ankokuji Huiqiong knelt down at the moment, and said with a straight face: "Oh, everything is done according to the will of Lord Shaofu, and I will go to the mountain castle of Yoshida County and report to the lord." ”…,

Yoshikawa Motoharu waved his hand when he heard this, and immediately Anguo Temple Huiqiong quickly retreated.

And Yoshikawa Motoharu stood under the spruce, looked at the east for a long time, and said: "It is not easy to become a king and defeat a king." It's a shame that I can't fight against such an opponent, but it's also a blessing for the Maori family. Let me wait and see who will be the number one general in the world, I'm really looking forward to it. ”

After speaking, Yoshikawa Motoharu flicked his sleeves and walked towards the mountain.

In September of the fifth year of Tensho, the Mori family officially declared war on the Oda family and marched eastward.

The Mori army was divided into three routes, and the Mori Governor Mori Terumoto led the army of the headquarters, as well as the wealthy families of various countries, and the subordinate Uki family, a total of 60,000 troops from the mountain castle of Yoshida County, marched along the Sanyo Road, and approached the upper moon castle on the border of Harima Province.

At this moment, the general of Shangyue City, it is the governor of the Nizi family, Niko Katsuhisa, who is determined to revive the Nizi family's Yamanaka Yusheng, and when he hears the news, the Yamanaka Yushengi and the Nizi family are determined to live and die with this city.

On the other hand, Yoshikawa Motoharu led an army of 30,000 people to secretly go out from the mountain, with the help of the cover of the main army of Shanyang Road, and secretly crossed Chencang with the Ming plank road, and used the road to attack the Dango country.

The last way is Kobayakawa Takakei, one of the two rivers of Maori, who leads a naval army to attack Awa and Sanuki Province, which have been subordinate to the Oda family and the Miyoshi family.

The three-way army totaled more than 100,000 people, which was a rare all-out mobilization of the Warring States.

Hanshiba Hideyoshi of the Harima Province front line could not even resist on his own, and immediately sent messengers to Akechi Mitsuhide of and Oda Nobutada of Gifu Castle for help.

Soon after, Oda Nobutada heard the news and ordered Akechi Mitsuhide to support Harima Province, and he himself led a large army from Gifu Castle as a follow-up reinforcement.

The army of the Oda family turns to a decisive battle with the Mori family!

Just as Oda, the Mori family, and the daimyo clans under their command gathered nearly 200,000 troops to prepare for a great war in the western country.

In Hokuriku, another decisive battle attracted everyone's attention even more.

Li Xiao led the Hida Echichu Army along the Hokuriku Province to prepare for a decisive battle with Uesugi Kenshin under Matsukura Castle.