Li Xiao's words were like a shock, and Shenglai's body was suddenly shocked. Takeda Katsuyori suddenly blushed, and a thought that had been suppressed by him for a long time came out of his heart. Takeda Katsuyori buried his head low, his hands like chicken claws, clutching his two knees tightly, obviously engaged in a fierce ideological struggle.

Li Xiao smiled slightly when he saw it, and said, "Shenglai Gongzi, you don't have to answer me in such a hurry, wait until you think clearly." ”

"No," Takeda Katsuyori raised his head, looked directly into Li Xiao's eyes and said, "My eldest brother Takeda Yoshinobu is not strong enough to take charge of the Takeda family, if the Takeda family is in his hands, it is very likely that he will be defeated." There will always be a time when I will prove to my father and all the retainers that I am the one who is more suitable to inherit the Takeda family than Yoshinobu. So please be sure to help me. ”

Li Xiao laughed, stood up from the quilt, and said solemnly in his underwear: "Very good, if you twist and pinch and say anything about brotherhood and the like, I will immediately kick you out of this camp, and it will be rare to ignore you again." What era are we living in now? Incomparably chaotic, under the gram on the age! If you still have a woman's heart and dare not trample on ethics and morality, then you are not worthy to compete for this world! ”

Takeda Katsuyori's eyes glowed and he nodded heavily. It was his ambition to take charge of the Takeda family, but it had always been deeply suppressed, and his parents and retainers only told him how to make peace with his brother and be a courtier. So he never dared to tell anyone about this idea, including his uncle, his personal attendant.

But this time, he finally confided in his heart, faced his purpose, and suddenly felt extremely comfortable.

When Takeda Katsuyori walked out of Li Xiao's tent and impressed a talent that was highly valued by his father and two uncles, his self-confidence suddenly skyrocketed, and he walked with a high-spirited attitude, as if the world was in the palm of his hand and at his fingertips.

In the camp tent, Li Xiao was wearing clothes, looking at the night sky outside the camp tent, and suddenly had a lot of thoughts.

In history, Takeda Shingen's heir is not Takeda Yoshinobu, who is now favored by Shingen himself and the retainers, but the current Takeda Shingen's fourth son, Takeda Katsuyori.

Perhaps this time is a political investment for Li Xiao for future success.

In the fourth year of Yonglu, 1561 A.D., August 29, Kawanaka Island.

The Takeda Army withdrew from the Chausuyama Main Camp, and the whole army crossed the Chikuma River and formed a formation near Kaizu Castle. In the face of the crisis of the back road being cut off, the Echigo army still stood still, and the main general, Uesugi Kenshin, seemed to be waiting for an opportunity.

Time was consumed day by day, and the calm performance of the Echigo army made the Takeda army unable to sit still, and another ten days later, on the ninth day of September, Takeda Shingen convened a military meeting of all his retainers in Haijin Castle to decide whether to fight a decisive battle with the Echigo army.

Nearly fifty retainers of the Takeda family participated in this military meeting, and these people were all absolute ministers of the Takeda family, and Li Xiao was actually designated by Takeda Shinxuan to get the opportunity to participate in the military conference.

The meeting was held at the residence of Masanobu Takasaka, the lord of Kaijin Castle, and was a standard garden, surrounded by cherry blossom trees.

The lord Takeda Shingen, dressed in armor and dressed as a military general, sat on a tatami mat in the middle of the room, with two servants, one holding his sword and the other holding his headband.

On the right-hand side of Takeda Shingen are the long-standing Kai retainers such as Saka Masanobu, the lord of Takaizu Castle, Baba Nobubo, Iitomi Toramasa, and Oyamada Nobushige, while on the left hand side are Takeda Nobuyoshi, Takeda Nobuyo, Takeda Yoshinobu, Ichijo Nobuturyu, Anayama Nobujun and other immediate family members or sons-in-law.

Striking after them were the Shinano retainers who had not been subjugated to the Takeda clan for too long, and these people were called the 'Shokashi'. Its representatives include Sanada Yutaka, the lord of Matsuo Castle, Kiso, Yoshiyasu Kiso, the lord of Fukushima Castle, and so on.

When others mentioned Sanada Yutaka, Li Xiaoduo glanced at this person, because he was sitting far away and didn't look carefully, he only vaguely saw this famous figure in later generations, but he looked like a little old man who was not good-looking.

But Li Xiao thought of the actions of his sons and grandsons, looked at it horizontally and vertically, and also looked at the shaper of the Sanada family who looked like a careerist.

And Kiso Yoshiyasu, who was known as the Shinano wealthy clan with Murakami Yoshikiyo and others in the past, was later subjugated under the invasion of Takeda Shingen. Although this person's ability is mediocre, but his family background is very prominent, his ancestor is a military general in the history of this book, and his fame is second only to Kiso Yoshinaka of Gen Yoshitsune.

These dozen or so people were all senior ministers of the Takeda family, and they were able to sit in the house, sitting on a mat paved with rush, knees together, and hips on their heels, in a posture called 'sitting'. This sitting posture was very popular before the Tang Dynasty in China.

And Li Xiao and other generals of the Takeda family could only kneel outside the courtyard, with a small cushion spread under him.

The sliding doors and partitions around the room have been removed, leaving only four pillars, and this rather open design is to facilitate the generals in the courtyard to hear all the processes of the military discussion in the room.

At the scene, the famous retainers of the Takeda family were all present, such as many of the four ministers of Takeda, among the twenty-four generals of Takeda, Li Xiao, who is a madman for collecting military generals at this moment, can't wait to take a camera and take a group photo in the form of a graduation photo.

After the retainers sat down, the first to speak was the master of the eldest man, Takeda Yoshinobu, and Takeda Shingen's confidant, Iitomi Torama.

This person's face is solemn, he looks like he is not smiling, and he is not close to anyone, and under the two thick eyebrows, there is a compelling gaze in his eyes, which makes people feel that this person's surname is brave and rude, and there is a bit of rigidity and self-use.

Iitomi Torama was under the command of the Takeda family, and at the same time commanded the 'Red Reserve Cavalry', which was known as the strongest army of the Takeda family.

Iitomi Huchang opened his mouth and said: "My lord, our army is superior to the Echigo army in terms of strength and military distribution, and if you are afraid of Qianxin's strategy and do not take the main attack, you will be ridiculed by the retainers, so you should take the initiative to attack the Echigo army in a quarter of an hour." ”

As soon as Fan Fu Huchang finished speaking, another important minister next to him and an old acquaintance of Li Xiao, Machang Xinfang also echoed: "A long confrontation will affect the morale of the sergeants, and the supply lines and reinforcements in the later part will reach the enemy camp, so we should fight quickly and boost the morale of the army." ”

The views of these two people unanimously represent the opinions of the Kai clan Takeda family's important ministers, and the lord of Kaizu Castle, Takasaka Masanobu, and the fierce general Hara Huyin, who is known as 'Ghost Mino', also expressed their agreement.

Then the ministers talked a lot, but they unanimously decided to fight the Echigo army.

After the retainers had finished their discussions, Takeda Shingen solemnly made a final decision: "The purpose of this campaign is to make the Uesugi family dare not peep into our Shinano Province again, in other words, we must annihilate this Echigo army here, so I ordered a decisive battle with the Echigo army." ”

Then Takeda Shingen waved his hand, raised the military in his hand and said: "But if you win or lose a battle, more than 50% is the top, more than 70% is the middle, and 10% is the bottom." Why is that? Because fifty percent of the odds of winning can encourage the soldiers to forge ahead, seventy percent is paralyzing careless, and ten percent will produce pride. Therefore, we can only think that our army will have many Vietnamese troops and underestimate the enemy, Uesugi Kenshin is a famous general in the world, and he has not lost a battle so far. The whole army must go all out as if there was only a 50% chance of victory, you know? ”

"Oh."

The congregations will bow down collectively to show their obedience.

At this time, a retainer who claimed to be Kansuke Yamamoto was waiting outside the house to be interviewed.

When Li Xiao heard the other party's name, his heart couldn't help but move, and he sat up straight and looked out of the gate.