The morning sun shines obliquely on the mountains, and the trees are punctuated by the chirping of birds and the sound of flapping their wings and flying by.

In the midst of the tranquility of the mountains and forests, this is the middle of the mountains of Azuma-gun, Ueno Province, with a hot spring hot spring on the hillside, a fence to prevent wild boars, and a simple wooden house. There is a path from the bottom of the hill that leads to it.

And now, many soldiers with Takeda Lingqi fingers on their backs are lying here reclining to rest with a very tired look.

Deura Shengqing wore a strip covering his ears tied horizontally on his head, a white cloth tied under his forehead, and he was wearing shorts and leggings tied around his legs, dressed as an ordinary country peasant. At this moment, he is like an ape, moving dexterously through the mountains and forests, running up the mountain. If someone who is proficient in ninjutsu sees it, they can recognize that his body is the flying bird technique of Togakushi ninjutsu.

Deura Morikiyo was born in Shinano Province and was a Togakure ninja who belonged to the Takeda family, although he is only seventeen years old now, but he has been working for the Takeda family for many years, and at the age of twelve, he assisted Sanada Yutaka to capture Nishika Castle and made great contributions, and then was ordered by Takeda Shingen to serve under Sanada Yutaka and was responsible for the intelligence investigation of Ueno Province.

This time, Takeda Katsuyori captured Iwaki Castle in Azuma County, and it was he who infiltrated the heavily defended Iwaki Castle, contacted Umino Yukimitsu and Umino Teruyuki of the same clan for Sanada Masayuki, and finally plotted against Saito Norimi, a retainer of the Saito family, so that he captured Iwaki Castle.

At the same time, Izuura Shengqing ninjutsu is also one of the best masters in Togakure, and has reached the rank of being exempted from all passes, and is now serving as a middle ninja among the Togakure ninjas.

Deura Morikiyo passed the samurai's notification and went directly into the wooden house of the hot spring bath.

Deura Morikiyo walked into the house and saw Sanada Masayuki sitting in the house with a pair of armor, his eyes were red, obviously he had been on a journey all night without rest. At the same time, I also saw another burly samurai sitting next to Sanada Masayuki, and from the moment he entered the house, this person had always closed his eyes and recuperated, and he didn't even open his eyes.

As a ninja, you must know as much detailed information as possible, although Deura Morikiyoshi saw this person for the first time, he immediately guessed that this person was Li Xiao, another general under Takeda Katsuyori, he and Sanada Masayuki are both literate and martial, and now they are all Takeda Katsuyori's right-hand man.

At the same time, this man's martial arts are also very amazing, and legend has it that he also challenged the Nagano family's Umiizumi Hidetsuna.

Deura Shengqing naturally knew how powerful Hidetsuna Kamiizumi was, and this person could actually fight to a draw with him. Although it is impossible to confirm whether this rumor is true or not, Izuura Morikiyoshi would rather believe that Hidetsuna Kamiizumi was surrounded by a large army and besieged to death than that someone could challenge him to a draw.

As soon as Sanada Masayuki saw Ideura Morikiyo, he asked, "Murakami, where are you now?" ”

For a day and two nights, the Takeda Army, which had withdrawn from around Yuwei Castle, had been running around Murakami's Yoshikiyo Army, running around behind their buttocks, and under the overnight march, the troops were now very tired.

For Sanada Masayuki's resourcefulness, Izuura Morikiyo has always admired it, although the two are about the same age, he is still willing to belong to his command.

Deura Morikiyoshi said respectfully: "Back to Lord Sanada, Murakami Yoshikiyo has chased down a mountain road less than a mile away from our army (one Benli is about four kilometers). ”

"It's really tight to chase, our army can't get rid of it if it's so fast," Sanada Masayuki thought for a moment and asked, "Do you see if there is a way to ambush their vanguard." ”

"I'm sorry sir," Izuura Morikiyo said loudly, "Yesterday the Iinea Ninja had arrived, and the Iinera Ninja were good at reconnaissance, tracking, and stealth, and if they were ambushed, they wouldn't be able to hide it, and last night our Togakushi also fought with the Iijina Ninja, and one was killed and one wounded in the lower ninja, and now if you want to infiltrate it again, it will be difficult to grasp the movements of the Murakami army." ”

The Isaso Ninja is a Shinano ninja who is subordinate to the Murakami family. Mt. Iena, which is located only 10 kilometers away from the Togakushi ninjas, is one of the five peaks of Kita-Shinano.

At the same time, the "rice rope" is also a small demon fox in the legend.

Later, after the Murakami family lost Shinano's territory, the Iinerope ninja turned to Uesugi Kenshin. Of course, the Isaaki Ninja are just a small ninja force, and what the Uesugi family really relies on is the famous Xuanyuan Ninja.

The name of the Xuanyuan Ninja is said to come from the ancient Chinese Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan.

In the four battles of Kawanakajima, in addition to the military battles between the Takeda and Uesugi families, Togakure, the Hato Ninja and the Regulus Ninja who were subordinate to the Takeda and Uesugi families, infiltrated each other's behind-enemy lines, conducted intelligence reconnaissance, assassinated envoys, set fire to castle towns, and spread rumors.

And the two ninjas have also secretly fought many times, and there have been casualties on both sides.

In particular, in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, Kenshin Uesugi led his army to attack the Takeda Army's Hachimanhara Formation from Mt. Tsumime at night, and his ninjas killed a total of 17 scouts sent by the Takeda family. made Takeda Shingen lose his eyes and ears, and was caught off guard in the face of the surprise attack of the Echigo army.

After Sanada Masayuki learned that Murakami Yoshikiyo had the assistance of the Rice Rope Ninjas, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "Damn, Murakami Yoshikiyo is tightly biting behind our army, if we can't get rid of it, how can we go to Iwaki Castle to relieve the siege and reinforce His Highness Katsuyori." ”

At this time, Li Xiao, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes and said: "Sanada-sama, I also think that I don't have much time at the moment, and I am delayed on the road, rather than being pursued by Murakami Yoshikiyo, it is better to turn back and fight with them." ”

Sanada Masayuki hesitated and said: "But our army is tired now, and the strength is only half of Murakami's army, if we fight with Murakami Yoshikiyo now, the odds of victory are very low." ”

Li Xiao smiled, turned to look at Izuku Shengqing, who was lying on the ground, and said, "Do you know this person Yokotani Yuishige?" ”

Izupo Shengqing glanced at Li Xiao, and the shock in his heart was incomprehensible, but the look of surprise on his face was only a flash, he did not recklessly ask Li Xiao why he knew about this, and decided to answer honestly: "Lord Hui, I know you below." ”

Li Xiao nodded, it was really the same as what was said in history.

Compared with most of the Sanada Ten Warriors who were adapted or invented by later novelists, Izuura Morikiyo and Yokotani Yukishige were the leaders of the famous Sanada ninja army at the end of the Warring States period, and they were indeed characters in history.

Their Sanada ninja army followed Sanada Masayuki to participate in the siege of Odawara, the Battle of Ueda Castle and other battles, and performed well, it can be said that the fame of the Sanada Ten Warriors was also partly earned by these two people.

"Who is Yushige Yokotani?" Sanada Masayuki was obviously surprised why Li Xiao knew about this character, but he also wisely chose not to ask Li Xiao directly.

Deura Morikiyoshi said, "Yokotani Yukishige is a local wealthy family in Azuma County, and he is also proficient in ninjutsu. Lord Ichitokusai, when we asked the hermit people to plan for Azuma-gun, we traded a lot of information from him. ”

Li Xiao nodded and said, "Very good, then you try your best to contact him and let him assist us." At the same time, we will contact several mountain families and people in Kamizuma County, and hire them to assist in the battle in the form of our payment. ”

The Yamagata people are bandits, but they are also a type of local people in Azuma County, and they are organized by the villagers themselves and have armed forces to defend themselves.

Most of their leaders are not retainers or nobles who are appointed by the national secretary, guardian, or daimyo, but are similar to the village chief elected by the village itself. In peacetime, he farmed the fields, and when the daimyo was fighting, he also went to help, and occasionally engaged in the promising side business of blocking the road and robbing.

The most famous during the Warring States period belonged to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who assisted Toyotomi Hideyoshi in achieving great causes, and the leader of the Sichuan people, Wasuka Koroku. The Namigawa people were the water thieves who were engaged in transportation and looting in the Kiso River and the Nagara River.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Izupu Shengqing thought for a while and said, "I understand, please hand over this matter to your subordinates." ”