The sea breeze blew, blowing Li Xiao's Wu costume to the ground.

He watched his son galloping on the beach on horseback for a long time, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips, and then he came back to his senses.

He took the codex written by Takeda Katsuyori to himself, handed it to the chief military advisor behind him, Honda Masanobu, and asked, "Masanobu, what do you think about this?" ”

Honda Masanobu took the codex, read it carefully, and then thought for a moment and said: "My lord, in the opinion of my subordinates, the time is not yet ripe to enter the center. ”

After Honda Masatin finished speaking, Li Xiao stopped, turned to look at the other party, and asked, "Tell me your reason." ”

Honda Masanobu lowered his head and said, "There are two main reasons why Your Majesty thinks that the lord cannot enter the center. ”

"First of all, the reason why it can't be is that within the family, in the past ten years, the lord has jumped above all the retainers of the family with his own strength, and ranked second among the retainers with his own strength. In fact, this has been the envy of many retainers. It can be said that no matter Yamayama, Baba, Naito, Takasaka, and Akiyama Nobuyo, these genealogical ministers under the lord have a sense of jealousy towards the lord in their hearts. ”

Li Xiao listened and nodded, the last time Kaji Tiancheng was attacked by Nobunaga's army, in the face of Li Xiao's request for help, Akiyama Nobuyo refused to send troops. It can be seen that within his family, he has been worried by the old ministers of the Kai family.

"So even if the lord enters the center, it is impossible to suppress such important ministers as Shan County and Machang. Not only that, but because the lord became the center, it was tantamount to passing on the dissatisfaction of these old ministers with the hall owner, and instead recruited him. In short, even though the lord has outstanding achievements in his family, he is not from Jiafei, so his prestige is insufficient, and he cannot suppress these old ministers on behalf of the pavilion master. ”

Worthy of being the first army division, Honda Masanobu has a good understanding of the situation in his family.

Li Xiao thought so in his heart, so he asked with a smile: "What about the second reason?" ”

"That's the young master," Honda said, "the young lord is only twelve years old, he is too young, please speak boldly, if you want to inherit the family governor at this age, replace the lord, and take charge of the four countries of Echichu Neng, the land of Hida Sado, and subdue many wealthy families, the ability is still insufficient." This is likely to cause territorial instability, you must know that the family is attacked on three sides, and the two daimyo of Oda Uesugi are both the lords of the world, and they are not the power of the lord, so they are not enough to sit here. ”

"In addition, please forgive your Excellency for making bold guesses, if the lord leaves Yuezhong, some people are afraid that they will take advantage of this gap and have the heart to replace the lord, you must know that the person who is currently plotting to take the position of the chief general of the Yuezhong Legion is not the only one."

Listening to Honda's words, Li Xiao rolled his eyes and couldn't help but say: "What a righteous letter!" ”

Li Xiao knew in his heart who the person Honda was confident was referring to who was plotting to kill the commander of the Echichu Army.

At the beginning, Takeda Shingen arranged, Takenaka Shigeji, and Baba Nobubo as their own and strength, which can be described as a secret move.

It's okay to have a racecourse letter, but Takenaka Shigeji made Li Xiao dare not underestimate it, this wise general who captured Inabayama Castle with seventeen people, has been a posture of not caring about himself in the past few years.

Who knows if this is the case, is it Taoguang Yangyang, paralyzing Li Xiao, in case Li Xiao leaves, there is a vacancy in the position of the general of the Yuezhong Hida Legion, this half-soldier guard in Takenaka will take the opportunity to jump out and pick peaches.

Li Xiao listened to Benduo's righteous words, and the other party could be said to be very conscientious about the task of a military advisor.

Li Xiao smiled, said to Honda Zhengxin, "Zhengxin, I heard that my wife and children are still in Sanhe, right?" ”

Honda Masanobu was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Xiaozhi's words, and then showed a longing expression on his face, and said: "Yes, I heard that after I was chased and released from Sanhe back then, Uchiko gave birth to a boy for me, and he is almost ten years old this year." The mother and son must have suffered a lot in the Tokugawa family. ”…,

(Under the gossip, in the rebellion of Mikawa Ichi, Honda Masanobu left the Tokugawa family for the sixth year of Eiroku, and Honda Masanobu's eldest son, Honda Masatsu, was born in the eighth year of Eiroku, who knows what happened?) ）

Li Xiao said after hearing this: "That's not true, I heard that they have been taking care of Okubo Tadashi, so life has been very good." ”

Honda Masanobu couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "How does the lord know about the affairs of his minister's wife and children?" ”

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Zhengxin, I was about to tell you good news for someone, and soon after, your family can be reunited." ”

Honda Masanobu looked surprised and delighted when he heard this, and asked, "My lord, why are you right?" ”

Li Xiao patted Honda Masanshin's shoulder and said, "Before, I had secretly discussed with the Sanhe Palace, and exchanged the two hostages of the Oping family held by the family for your wife and children. ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Honda Masanobu, who has always been indifferent, is almost excited at the moment.

Li Xiao was also happy to show such a look.

Honda Masanobu is the number one military advisor under his command, and Li Xiao is of course worried about his appearance in Cao Ying's heart in Han.

When Okuhira Nobumasa rebelled against the Tokugawa family, the Takeda family was going to kill the hostages of the Okuhei family, but because Li Xiao needed it, he stopped.

Li Xiao also used the hostages of the Okuhei family to exchange for Honda Masanobu's wife and children.

In this way, he can cut off the chance of being betrayed by the Tokugawa family, and at the same time, it can further contain the heart of this subordinate.

"But if I return to the center and take up two positions, if I shirk it, I will definitely hurt the heart of the hall master." Li Xiao said with emotion.

It is true that he doesn't want to jump into this fire pit at the moment, and the two positions vacated by Changjing in Shan County are not easy for him to sit on.

But I don't want to see Katsuyori Takeda and deal with the current situation.

Li Xiao can have today, and he is absolutely inseparable from Shenglai's support for himself, and Li Xiao has always kept this kindness in his heart.

Honda said, "My lord, you must not be emotional. Everything should be done in Echichu Hida. ”

Li Xiao nodded and said, "I understand, I won't refuse the Pavilion Master head-on in this matter, but there is also a way not to return to the Tsugasaki Pavilion." As long as I deliberately leaked this news ahead of time. ”

Honda Zhengxin listened to Li Xiao's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "The lord is wise. ”

Li Xiao's meaning is very simple, that is, to spread the news that he is going to return to his family to take over the two positions in advance.

In such a mountainous county, once Machang and others heard about it, they would inevitably oppose it fiercely, and then they could use their mouths to justifiably shirk the matter to Shenglai.

Li Xiao glanced at Honda Masatin and said: "I am doing this, not for my Li family, but also for the sake of the hall owner, right now my five standing guards have been in Chengsheng City, expanding and reorganizing training, in preparation for the decisive battle between the Takeda family and the Oda family in the coming year, at this moment, I can't leave Yuezhong." ”

"Otherwise, if my Takeda family loses the decisive battle with the Oda family, Nobunaga can sweep the world in one go, and at that time, not only will my family be unable to escape the fate of destruction, but I, Li Xiao, will not want to live!"

"The decisive battle between the Takeda family and the Oda family," Honda Masanobu's face changed after hearing this, and he asked, "My lord, is this battle just around the corner?" ”

Li Xiao nodded and said: "In the battle of High Heavenly God City, Oda Tokugawa and the hall owner confronted each other, and the reason why the two sides failed to fight a decisive battle was not because of the gains and losses of High Heavenly God, but because Nobunaga did not have enough chances of winning. At present, Asakura, Asai, Ashikaga, Matsunaga, and Miyoshi were all destroyed by Nobunaga. ”

"There are many people in the world, such as the Maori family, although they are powerful, but it is difficult to forge ahead, but they are the dogs of the household, and the only person Nobunaga really cares about at the moment is Honganji Temple, Takeda. Since the Echizen War, Kaga Honganji only survived for a long time, as long as Nobunaga razed Nagashima Honganji Temple again, at that time, Nogao was already like a monolith, Honganji was not enough to trouble, and the time was ripe for the use of troops to the Kanto region. I believe that this day will never be too late. ”…,

Honda Zhengxin listened to Li Xiao's words, and his face showed a solemn expression.

At this time, under the blue sky, the weather is clear, and the fishing boats dotted on the sea are fully loaded and are returning home.

It's a great view.

Li Xiao looked at Honda Masanobu and said: "Masanobu, here today, I confess to you, I admit that I am an ambitious person, and I have always had the idea of taking the opportunity to become independent from my family after the defeat of the decisive battle with Oda!" ”

Honda Zhengxin listened to Li Xiao's words, and suddenly felt sweating profusely, he didn't know whether to stay here at this moment, listen to Li Xiao's heartfelt words, or leave immediately.

But Li Xiao said to himself: "But when things really come to this moment, I find that it is not so easy to make this decision." In the more than ten years since I came to the Takeda family, I have been deeply influenced by the trust of the Xuan Gong and the great grace of the Victory Father. I think if I believe that Xuan Gong has a spirit in heaven, I don't want to see the day when Takeda falls. And Sheng Lai Gong, who I watched, grew up step by step from a teenager who didn't know anything, and finally took over the position of family governor. ”

"Therefore, I will never sit idly by and watch Takeda perish at the hands of Oda, even if my hard work for more than ten years is ruined. This is a decision I have thought about for a long time and will never regret it! ”

After hearing this, Honda Masanobu knelt on the sand again and said, "My lord, no matter what you decide, your subordinates will swear to help!" ”

Li Xiao helped Honda Masatin up, and when he saw his henchman, his eyes were slightly red, and he looked at himself with respect.

Li Xiao's words are indeed from the bottom of his heart.

He also understands that the way of the king is not only about the three words of magic power, but also about righteousness, cohesion, and people's hearts.

Oda Nobunaga didn't understand the same truth, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu did.

If in the future, he saw that the main family was defeated by Oda in a decisive battle, but he did not send a single soldier and treated it indifferently.

At that time, what would their own retainers think of themselves, how would the retainers of the Takeda family see themselves, and how would the people of the world see themselves.

How can a person who is mean and unkind and ignores love and righteousness be worthy of the loyalty of his retainers, the respect of the daimyo, and the admiration of the people of the world.

It is true that he can get the gratitude of the other party by reuniting the Honda Masanobu family, but after Li Xiao said this, he can really get the respect of the other party.

This is not something that can be obtained by means of power.

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