Mino, Kajida Castle.

Li Xiao summoned more than ten retainers such as Shima Katsuto, Honda Masanobu, Fujido Takatora, and Usami Nami for a military discussion.

Li Xiao held a piece of letter paper covered with the dragon seal, and said to all the retainers: "The lord has an order, let me fly to the Yuezhong Army, temporarily stop the attack, and focus on guarding Mino." What do you guys think? ”

As the chief military advisor, Honda Masanobu shook his fan lightly and said, "This is very strange, it stands to reason that the order of Lord Gokan is to let me do my best to open up contact with Shinano, and then merge with the Akiyama army to attack Owari from Higashimino." And now, the order of the Lord of the Imperial Pavilion is to guard Mino. ”

"In addition, the main army of the Lord of the Imperial Palace, but besieged Noda Castle, in my opinion, Noda Castle is not an important strategic city, the defenders are only 500 people below Suganuma Dingying, and it is enough to divide an army to besiege it, and it is not necessary for 30,000 main forces to gather under the castle, and at this time, the family should use troops to Nishimikawa, in order to attack Owari as soon as possible."

Hearing the name of Suganuma Dingying in Honda's mouth, Li Xiao and Shima Katsutoshi couldn't help but smile at each other.

Li Xiao and Shima Shengmeng first met, precisely because Li Xiao saved Suganuma Dingying's son Suganuma Dingyi.

Fujido Takatora said: "This matter is indeed strange, could it be that Lord Gokan did not want to attack Owari and fight a decisive battle with the Oda family, but wanted to induce Nobunaga to come to the aid of Mikawa, and then break it again in one fell swoop." ”

Honda Masanobu nodded and said, "It's really possible. At present, the criminal department where the main army of the main family is stationed is only three miles away from Hamamatsu Castle, and it is possible to return to the division to attack Hamamatsu, and in addition, it can also attack Yoshida Castle, an important town in Higashimikawa, and capture Yoshida Castle, which can completely sever the connection between Mikawa and Enoe, and cut the Tokugawa family's territory into two sections. ”

"Of course, stationed in the criminal department, our army's supply line is the shortest, and it is not as great as going deep into Owari, and at the same time, it does not enter the enemy's geographical advantage, and it can also avoid repeating the mistake of Yoshimoto Gong in the past, but Nobunaga must be fooled, if Nobunaga does not arrive, do you still have to stay in Mikawa."

"From the dispatch of troops in October last year to the present, the 30,000 Shangluo army has consumed a huge amount of military food, even if it is very difficult to support with the strength of our own family, we can't delay the war any longer."

Honda Masanobu's insight can be said to be from a high position in this era, Li Xiao deeply agreed, to put it simply, to fight war is to fight logistics, which one to fight with money.

In the case of Li Xiao, the 8,000 troops who are now stationed in Yiliu City and Jiazhi Tiancheng are a considerable number per day, and according to the previous grain and grass, they have long been insufficient.

If it weren't for the capture of Kajitian City, Li Xiao would have raised grain from the granary in the northern part of the Nonwei Plain, otherwise the army would have gone hungry.

The battle of Takeda Shingen Kamiraku has been going on for more than three months, and the siege of Futamatata Castle alone took nearly two months.

The grain and grass that had been hoarded for Kamirako had already been almost consumed, and if it went deeper into Owari, it would be difficult for the supply to keep up.

The 30,000-strong army of Shangluo is the largest dispatch of Shingen so far, and it is difficult for the Takeda family of 1.2 million stone to support it for a long time, not to mention the consumption of military food, the agricultural time is coming soon, and if the war drags on, the Takeda family, which is dominated by peasants and soldiers, will be greatly affected this year's economy.

In addition, I heard that in order to support this Shangluo war, the little reserves of the family that had been mining Jinshan for many years had long been exhausted.

Now the excavation of Kurokawa Kanaya is nearing completion, and now Takeda has only acquired Fuji Kanzan, which originally belonged to the Imagawa family after the capture of Suruga, and Abe Kanayama is still operating, but the output of these two Kanayama is not as good as it was ten years ago.

Xinxuan's seizure of these two gold mountains can be regarded as a victory.

However, after Li Xiao captured Matsukura Castle, he directly dedicated the Matsukura Gold Mountain, which originally belonged to the Shiina family, to Shingen. …,

This point can be said to be a relief for the depleted finances.

And Li Xiao also used this in exchange to get Xinxuan to approve his request to attack Sado.

At the same time, because of this move, Li Xiao's suspicion of self-respect in the Takeda Army was much lessened, and for Li Xiao, although Matsukura Jinshan was good, it was less than one-tenth of Sado Jinshan.

"In any case, the overall situation is now in favor of the family," Honda Masanobu set the tone with certainty, and said, "Today, there are more and more people coming in and out of the criminal department, and I heard that it is the Lord of the Imperial Palace who has conveyed to the forces of Asakura, Asai, Matsunaga, and Honganji about the tripartite original destruction of the Oda Tokugawa coalition army. ”

"Presumably, news will spread in all directions soon, and due to the impact of Mikatahara's great victory, more daimyo will join the siege of Nobunaga."

Honda is convinced. Let all the retainers nod their heads one after another, it is true that the situation of the fourth year of the Yuan Turtle is really good for the Takeda family, and the big victory of the tripartite original battle has made more forces optimistic about the battle of Shangluo in Takeda.

Li Xiao can't disagree at this moment, if the situation continues to develop like this, Takeda has a good chance of winning.

Pity......

Li Xiao shook his head, as a time-traveler's understanding of history, as well as the ninja's information from Kai, he could guess that Shin Xuan's lifespan was about to come to an end.

In fortune telling, just as a person's luck is extremely prosperous, if it can't go further, then there is a premature death from the middle way, and then go all the way downhill, and it is difficult to reach the previous height.

And historically, the fate of the Takeda family has also been the same.

The battle of Shangluo, which the world is looking forward to, was due to Shingen's illness, and the middle way was abolished, and the general trend of Takeda, which gathered in all directions, dispersed at once, and then Takeda Katsuyori wanted to be like Shingen back then, and it was very difficult to reproduce the trend of the Takeda family in Shangluo.

Nobunaga, on the other hand, will not die this time, and will ...... in the future

Li Xiao thought of this, and smiled slightly, these are not his considerations at the moment, it is true that if Takeda takes the world now, he can do it once and for all, but if he wants to stand out in the Warring States, it is not impossible, but it is more difficult.

It's the so-called one disadvantage and one pro.

Li Xiao opened his mouth at this time and said: "How can I say it, now the actions of the legion must obey the arrangement of the lord, but although it cannot be a large-scale battle, it cannot relax the infiltration of Dongminon. ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, all the retainers knew what was going on.

Last time, when Nobunaga sent troops from Gifu Castle to attack Kajida Castle, Li Xiao asked Akiyama Nobuyo for help twice, but was rejected both times.

Especially for the second time, Li Xiaoji sincerely sent five large cylinders to Akiyama, but was returned by Akiyama Nobuyo.

The other party actually claimed that the matter of firearms was of no benefit to the samurai.

Li Xiao secretly sneered after hearing this, Akiyama Nobuyo is indeed an excellent general in this era, but he can't escape the constraints of his vision, despising the power of the big tube, he won't even inquire about what important role the big tube has played in Li Xiao's previous battles.

As a result, after refusing Li Xiao's support, Akiyama Nobutomo has not captured Miao Castle until now.

Li Xiao also did not have a good temper for Akiyama Nobuyo's rude refusal, if it were not for Shingen's great victory in Sankahara, which threatened the hinterland of Owari and influenced Nobunaga's final choice to retreat.

Then the main force of the Oda family, Li Xiao had to temporarily give up Kajida City, a city that had been captured with great difficulty.

So since Akiyama Nobuyo is not kind, don't blame Li Xiao for breaking the rules.

In the past, Takeda Shingen assigned Higashimino to Akiyama Nobuyo's one-person strategy, and promised in advance that if Akiyama Nobuyo completed the occupation of Higashimino, he could use this place as his place of knowledge in the future.

Under this encouragement, Akiyama Nobutomo can be said to have made a big deal in the battle of Dongminon.

But after Li Xiao and Akiyama Nobutomo turned their faces, they decided to intervene in Higashimino to get a piece of the pie. …,

Now Li Xiao has contacted five or six wealthy families of Higashi Mino through Mitsuyoshi Oshima, and with very favorable conditions, they have come to Li Xiao instead of Akiyama Nobuyo.

This can be described as a means of secretly digging into the corners of the wall, Li Xiao is deeply looking forward to what kind of mood it will be when Akiyama Nobuyo wakes up one night and finds that Dong Mino, who was originally regarded as something in his bag, has been taken a quarter by Li Xiao.

According to common sense, Li Xiao would never do this to cross the line, but this time Akiyama Nobuyo offended himself first, if he didn't have this evil breath, it would be difficult for him to sleep peacefully.

Of course, Akiyama Nobuyo reported this matter to Shingen and sued Li Xiao.

However, according to Li Xiao's current estimate, Takeda Shingen is sick and bedridden, and I am afraid that he is powerless to intervene, and it is very difficult to adjudicate the dispute between Akiyama Shinyu and Li Xiao.

As for the future of Katsuyori's ascension, hmph, let him go to Katsuyori to sue himself in front of him.

Just as Li Xiao and the retainers were discussing the military discussion, there was urgent news from the envoy at this time, according to Li Xiao's detailed report in the Uesugi family, Uesugi Kenshin was invited by the Oda family and decided to march in February and launch an offensive on the front line of Matsukura Castle and Tenjin Mountain Castle.

Although there was already news that the Uesugi army was preparing to attack Yuezhong, Li Xiao still couldn't help mentioning it in his heart when he heard about it.

As far as Li Xiao knows, Kenshin and Nobunaga fell in love last year and reached an alliance in November.

After the two alliances were completed, Nobunaga was extremely kind to Kenshin, and constantly sent people to take the sea route, and sent foreign gifts such as gold, war horses, iron cannons, and Nanban screens to Kenshin to curry favor with Kenshin.

Nobunaga's purpose to curry favor with Kenshin was mainly to hope that Kenshin, the old enemy of Takeda Shingen, could send troops when Shingen went to Luo, attack Echichu, Shinano, and drag Shingen's hind legs from behind.

In addition, he also hopes that Uesugi Kenshin will use his influence to put pressure on the Asakura family.

As we all know, in order to fight against the common enemy of Hokuriku Ichijomune, Uesugi Kenshin, the Asakura family was once friendly with each other.

After winning Kenshin into the same front, Uesugi Kenshin continued to write to Asakura Yoshikei, hoping that he would stop using troops against Nobunaga.

Therefore, Asakura's withdrawal from the encirclement network this time was also part of Nobunaga's diplomatic offensive.

"My lord, with Kinoshita and Takenaka, the two adults are here, and with the defense of the fortified castle, no matter how powerful Kenshin is, he will not be able to break through the defense line of our army in Matsukura Castle." Fujitang Gaohu said to Li Xiaoyan.

Li Xiao waved his hand and said, "I expected Qianxin to send troops this time, but from now on, the situation of this army will fall into a situation of fighting on two fronts against Oda Uesugi, which is what I don't want to see." ”