Yes, this is exactly the counter-strategy used by Li Xiao.

He ordered Hashiba Hidecho to write a letter of rebellion to Hashiba Hideyoshi, and the letter clearly stated when Hashiba Hideyoshi would return to Takeda and turn against and Kyoto.

And the person who Li Xiao deliberately ordered to deliver the letter happened to fall into the hands of the Oda family.

After this person was captured, Oda Nobutada immediately knew the fact that Li Xiao and Yushiba Hideyoshi had a secret relationship.

In fact, this matter is also a half-truth, Li Xiao and Yuchai Hideyoshi were indeed secretly communicating with each other before.

After Takigawa Kazuyi committed suicide, Hashiba Hideyoshi himself also had the intention of tempting the Takeda family, but at the last moment, Hashiba Hideyoshi weighed and chose the Oda family's side.

However, Li Xiao truthfully stated Yushiba Hideyoshi's previous hesitation in the letter, and under the cover of these layers of truth, it was impossible not to make Oda Nobutaka suspicious.

Of course, it is impossible for the people of the Oda family not to suspect that this is a counter-plot deliberately used by Li Xiao.

But at this time, who dares to risk the main force in a decisive battle in the front, but the rear is in the risk of stabbing someone, Li Xiaoyu Wakasa, Tanba's Kano Hideji, and Naito Ruan's 10,000 troops are not false.

Therefore, the Oda family made a decision to divide the Settsu situation into two, and ordered Ikeda Tsuneko and Takayama Tomoteru to lead 10,000 troops to return to Settsu, and set up a second line after Harima Province to monitor Harima Province, and at the same time prevent the Hida Etsuchu Army from advancing into.

And Nakagawa Kiyohide led 5,000 people and continued to stay in Ogaki Castle.

This division of troops, for Li Xiao, not only reduced the total strength of the Oda army in the future decisive battle, but also delayed the time for the Oda army to attack in the direction of the northern city.

But Li Xiao understands that there is not much time to gain from this.

However, just when Li Xiao was waiting for Takeda Shinfan to lead the main force of the Takeda family to arrive from the Nakasendo.

At this time, Li Xiao received a letter from Takeda Nobushi, telling him that it was because of the heavy rain. The main army could not quickly pass through the Nakasendo.

And Takeda Shinfan turned to give an order to Li Xiao to defend the northern city.

And Yoshishige Satake. The reinforcements of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Baba Nobubo, and Sanada Masayuki were already rushing halfway non-stop.

Li Xiao finished reading Takeda Shinshi's letter. I couldn't help but scold my mother at the moment.

Takeda Nobushi's action seems to be a plan to protect the main force of the Takeda family, and to make them, the retainers of the Outer Family, as well as the daimyo of other countries, conflict on the front line.

So it's not for Li Xiao to do it. Do you use it as cannon fodder?

However, Takeda Nobuyoshige's reason is not excessive, and it is true that there is no heavy rain on the Nakasendo, and in such weather, it is obvious that the time to cross the Nakasendo will be delayed by one or two days.

This is indeed well known to everyone.

At that moment, Li Xiao thought about it for a while, and continued to garrison the main force of the legion in Kajitian City. While inquiring, he began to inquire about Takeda Nobuyoshi. The speed at which reinforcements are sent.

After Li Xiao clarifies all aspects and information.

To his surprise, he was hurrying to the nearest place to the northern city, not the one who had already reached the Nowei Plain, the Racecourse Letterhouse. Sanada Masayuki Legion.

Rather, it was Tokugawa Ieyasu's Mikawa Army, as well as Satake's Army.

Li Xiaowen it. After this group of Sanhe brute cattle arrived, their hearts were settled. So he ordered Otani Yoshitsugu to lead Kamioka to rush to the northern city for reinforcements.

Because he was worried that Otani Yoshiji would intercept him halfway, Li Xiao also sent Fujido Gaohu to lead 2,000 troops as a second formation and enter Ghana City as a support.

Mino Province, near Gifu Castle, the rain does not stop in the middle of the night.

The flags and fingers of the ashigaru are all wet.

The hard-working soldiers of Sanhe tread the muddy road with straw sandals, and in the dark night, they carried torches and braved the rain to advance.

A fast horse galloped from behind and came to a flag of the Maruno Hon. …,

The warrior on the horse said to a general in thick armor, with antlers on his head and a spear in his hand, "My lord, the main hall has an order, and we must rush to the northern city within tomorrow." ”

Under the banner of Maru's main flag, this horse warrior is the first fierce general of the Tokugawa family, Honda Tadatsu.

I saw Honda Tadakatsu holding the famous spear Dragonfly Cut in his hand, straddle the famous horse Sangokuro, and said impatiently: "I know, I know, the lord is too hard for the Takeda family." ”

On the side of Honda Tadakatsu, the retainers all built Xiugang and said: "Yes, now the reinforcements from all walks of life who have come to rescue the northern city belong to us Mikawa people, rushing to the front." When the time comes, it will be a hard battle with the Oda family. ”

"The Kai people don't want to rush to the front, and they want us Sanhe people to die, where is this reason."

Honda Tadakatsu cut the dragonfly in his hand and said loudly: "I am most annoyed by this set of intrigues and calculations, no matter how many tens of thousands of troops the Oda family has, I just need to see the way forward and obey the will of the lord." ”

At that moment, Honda Tadakatsu waved his spear and said loudly: "The warriors of Mikawa, with a little more strength, you can fight the Oda army tomorrow!" ”

Hearing Honda Tadakatsu say this, everyone sighed.

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the line of Tsugi Castle, where the wise clan was located back then, and quickly entered the Nobi Plain along the mountain road.

Most of the troops along the road of the Oda family had been requisitioned, and there was no power to stop the Tokugawa army that had crossed the mountains.

In the face of the Three Rivers Legion advancing in the rain, at a speed that no one expected the other, approached the northern city.

Honda Tadakatsu led an army of 500 troops, and he rushed headlong into the front.

Call! Call!

An Monomi with a small flag running quickly from the dense forest immediately reported to Honda Tadashi Katsutsu, saying, "My lord, ahead is the army of the Oda family, and there are too many to count. ”

After hearing this, Honda Tadashi opened his eyes, and immediately cut the dragonfly in his hand and danced, and said: "It's right that there are many people, pass the order down and go out to fight!" ”

After hearing Honda's words of loyalty, the Mikawa soldiers, who had only rested for less than a moment, decided to go into battle in high spirits at the moment.

At that time, when Honda Center rode Mikuni Black and stood on the mountain, he finally understood what his subordinates meant, and the words described by the Oda Army were too many to count.

Seeing the lineup of the Oda Army, at this moment, even the several old Sanhe samurai who have been on the battlefield for a long time can't help but foam in their mouths.

"Oh my God, this Oda Army has more sand than the Tenryu River!"

Honda Tadakatsu waved the dragonfly and said, "Very good, since you can't count it, then don't count it." This must be the main force of the Oda army, rushing to the northern city, if we can intercept it on the spot, what a great credit. ”

If this sentence is changed to someone else, it must have changed color at once when I heard it.

With the strength of 500 troops, the main force of the Oda family is crossed, what courage this is, no, it is not self-sufficient.

In other military situations, it may be that as soon as the main general is proposed, his subordinates will flee cleanly, or the main general will be killed and rebel.

There are only Sanhe people, in this case, just scolding a few words, it is nothing more than a Fei people, too unkind and so on.

At the moment, the five hundred and three rivers were light, obeying the orders of Honda Tadakatsu, and launched an attack on the Oda army under the mountain.

Although Honda Tadakatsu's move seems reckless, in fact, the other party is a meticulous person.

Honda Tadakatsu commanded his 503 river soldiers, and when he saw the Oda army and was about to cross a rapid river, he suddenly killed him.

"Yikes! Yikes! Yikes! ”

Honda Tadashi was unstoppable and unstoppable, and the Oda army rushed to block the samurai of the cavalry team, and no one was his enemy.

"I'm Heihachiro Honda, who dares to fight me!" …,

Honda Tadakatsu said loudly.

The Oda army is full of rumors of the prestige of the first fierce general of the Tokugawa family, Sister River, Ichikosaka, and Nagashino, this brave general is famous.

The Oda Army, as an ally, had a profound impact, but now as an adversary, everyone knew that Honda Tadashi was even more terrifying.

On the side of the river, the soldiers of the Oda Army, who were waiting to cross the river, watched as Honda Tadakatsu rode alone in the Oda Army formation, killing three people back and forth.

The dragonfly cut like the scythe of death, it was like being killed and wounded.

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Oda Army on the edge of the river beach were killed alive by Honda's 500 troops.

Many people did not dare to fight in the first battle of the Three Rivers Army, and swam directly back to the opposite bank, but the result was washed away by the rapids.

After killing the Oda army on the bank of the river, the Mikawa soldiers immediately set up their iron cannons and fired at the Oda army crossing the riverbank.

Suddenly, Oda's army was frustrated in crossing the river.

In the military tent, Akechi Mitsuhide sat on the maza, rubbing his eyebrows left and right with his hands.

Now Akechi Mitsuhide is tired, and the most tiring thing is not how to plan the battle situation for many days, but how to carefully persuade and state his inner strategic intentions to these stupid pig-like colleagues.

On this, a lot of wise Mitsuhide's lips and tongues were wasted.

And just when Akechi Mitsuhide was finally resting for a while, Akechi Suman hurriedly entered the military tent and whispered a few words in Akechi Mitsuhide's ear.

Akechi Mitsuhide was immediately angry, and said: "Oda Nobuo, that stupid man, the 40,000 army was actually blocked by 503 river soldiers and stopped by the river for half a day before crossing the river. ”

"Even if the other party is Honda Tadashikatsu, it won't work, I will remove him from the position of army commander."

Akechi Mitsuhide immediately became angry, flicked his sleeves, and walked to the main camp to find Oda Nobutada.

Oda Nobutada was also puzzled when he heard Akechi Mitsuhide's words, and said, "But what Nobuo said to me was not so, but because of the heavy rain, the river swelled, so the crossing of the river was delayed, which is a very normal thing. ”

Akechi Mitsuhide was so angry that he couldn't speak at the moment, Oda Nobuo was such a simple lie, couldn't Oda Nobutada also see it.

Akechi Mitsuhide said a few more words to Oda Nobutada to punish Oda Nobuo, but the other party did not listen to him.

But as Akechi Mitsuhide's voice intensified, Oda Nobutada's face became a little worse, and his doubts became a little heavier.

"Hinata-sama, why do you have to send Nobuo to death?"

Akechi Mitsuhide felt a sigh in his heart, looking at Oda Nobutada's suspicious gaze, and suddenly felt a little guilty of being a thief in his heart. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )