Kyoto, Nijo Imperial Palace.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki took out a piece of letter paper and said with a smile to the close ministers: "Nobunaga is at the end of the road, Takeda Daizen won a great victory in Mikatahara, broke the Oda Tokugawa coalition army, and killed more than 2,000 people. ”

The close ministers, led by Keitomo Yamaoka and Shinemon Isobe, heard the news and looked refreshed and congratulated Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Shan Gang Jingyou, that is, the monk Siem Qing, is now commonly used in the name of Shan Gang Jingyou.

Yamaoka Keiyu said with a smile: "After the great victory of Mikatahara, Tokugawa was no longer able to block the Takeda army's road to Shangluo, and now he can destroy Oda in one fell swoop just by waiting for Shingengong to attack Owari." So ......"

"Not necessarily!"

Hearing someone interrupt him, Yamaoka Jingyou did not show the slightest annoyance, but turned around and said respectfully to the person who interrupted him: "Lord Zuojing, please advise." ”

This Sakyo Lord is none other than Takeda Shintora.

Takeda Shintora said directly: "At present, the Asakura family is retreating, and the Asai family is difficult to support alone, and the siege network to the west of Nobunaga is already in vain. At this time, if you enter Owari, you will not have enough chances of winning a decisive battle with Nobunaga. ”

Another close minister, Isobe Shinemon, said, "However, Takeda Daishan still has two armies, Li Danma Mamori and Akiyama Boqi, who can contain Nobunaga from the north. ”

Listening to Isobe Shinemon's words, Takeda Shintora turned his eyes across the other party.

Seeing Shinhu's murderous gaze, Xiangdao couldn't help but lower his gaze and said no more.

Takeda Nobuta said directly to Ashikaga Yoshihiro: "I, the Takeda family, was invited by His Royal Highness the Princess, Asakura, and Asai to eradicate the enemy of Buddhism, Oda Nobunaga, even if the Asakura family was treacherous, we still fought with one family, and the Oda Tokugawa family won a great victory in Mikatahara." ”

"Danshi's 30,000 army spends more and more grain and grass, where 10,000 troops gather, the people who transport grain are twice as large as the army, at present, the army of food and grass is still reliable Yuanjiang Sanhe Hao clan supply, but if it goes deep into Owari, the cost is several times, in case Nobunaga guards the strong wall, when our army runs out of food, and then lead the army to attack it, the whole army will be destroyed."

Takeda Nobutora, who was in the Kai Kanto region in the past, has knowledge and qualifications in the art of war, and no one can refute his opinion.

"What Takeda Daizen lacks is reinforcements all the way to share Nobunaga's military strength." Ashikaga Yoshiaki stood up and spoke.

Takeda Nobuhu nodded and said, "Just as the Gongfang Hall said. Where is Danshi going to get reinforcements now? ”

"In that case, I'll lead the troops myself." Ashikaga Yoshiaki's words were loud.

Takeda Nobuta was slightly surprised when he heard this, and looked up at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, as if he had reacquainted himself with a person.

Before, Takeda Nobuta thought that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was a person who lacked courage, compared to the former general Ashikaga Yoshiteru, when the Miyoshi trio faced his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru knew that he was invincible, but he still resisted bravely.

In contrast, Ashikaga Yoshiaki continued to endure under Nobunaga's constraints, and even issued the extremely harsh "Imperial Throne of the Palace", and maintained a harmonious relationship with Nobunaga.

Who knew that this Ashikaga Yoshiaki was actually a fox hidden in the cave, and he had been patient with the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity, and now when Nobunaga was most embarrassed, he jumped out and decided to eliminate Nobunaga, rebuild the power of the shogunate, and help the world.

Takeda Nobuta thought for a moment, folded his hands, bowed his head to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and said, "If the Gongfang Palace sends troops, Nobunaga will definitely bow down." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki saw Takeda Nobutora seeing his awe-inspiring face, and couldn't help but smile, and said secretly in his heart: It seems that in the end, the world will be determined, and the only person entrusted is my Ashikaga family!

In the fourth year of Motokame, in February, on the occasion of the siege of Noda Castle by the Takeda Army.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's retainers Yamaoka Keitomo and Isobe Shinemon, together with Koga and Kaga's ninjas, led troops to garrison Imata-jo and Ishiyama Castle in Omi. …,

With the break between Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Nobunaga, the public of the shogunate under his command also became divided.

First of all, Hosokawa Fujitaka believed that the power of the world lay on Nobunaga's side, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki's move was self-defeating, although he broke away from the Ashikaga family and switched to Nobunaga's side.

In addition, Akechi Mitsuhide, who had been under Nobunaga's curtain, also chose a position and abandoned Ashikaga Shogun and became Nobunaga's subordinate.

And Ashikaga Yoshiaki was not affected by this at all, and with the support of his retainers Kiyonobu Ueno and Hidei Mibuchi, he officially broke with Nobunaga.

The turn between Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Nobunaga means that Nobunaga's original moral superiority in righteousness is gone, and he officially falls into the same situation as the Miyoshi family, becoming a traitor, and everyone in the world can attack him.

Under the pressure of Takeda and Ashikaga, Nobunaga had to send troops on the one hand, sending Shibata Katsuie, Akechi Mitsuhide, Niwa Nagahide, and Beeya Yoritaka to form a joint army to Omi, and on the other hand, Shimada Hidemitsu and Matsui Tomokan were sent as envoys to the Nijo Imperial Palace.

Nobunaga offered to exchange hostages in order to achieve peace.

However, now Nobunaga's move, in Ashikaga Yoshiaki's view, the other party is at the end of the road, so he bent his knees to sue for peace, so he didn't look at his eyes, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was still determined to go on the road of confrontation with Nobunaga.

In addition to possessing the strength of Yamashiro and Tanba, he was convinced that under his call, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, Matsunaga Shu, Ikeda Katsumasa, Hosokawa Fujiken, Yusa Nobukyo, Itami Keikin, and Wada Yuinaga would respond to his rebellion and attack Nobunaga together.

However, although Ashikaga Yoshiaki had the determination to revive the shogunate, he had no choice but to manipulate the situation of the war, and it was less than a month after the army was raised, and the present Kanada Castle and Ishiyama Castle were broken by the Oda army led by Akechi Mitsuhide, and the retainer Yamaoka Keitomo and the last governor of the Rokkaku family, Rokkaku Yoshiken, were subdued.

The former Sengoku daimyo of Minami Omi, the Rokkaku family officially perished at this moment.

For a time, the daimyo Oda army was shocked by the battle power and fell into a wait-and-see situation, and the result of the Oda family's victory also foresaw Hosokawa Fujitaka's foresight.

Then Nobunaga sent someone to Ashikaga Yoshiaki again to negotiate peace, Ashikaga Yoshiaki flatly refused, he summoned the wealthy clans of various countries Kamira, and sent several waves of envoys to Mikawa, Xiwang Takeda Shingen immediately led a large army into Owari and attacked Oda Nobunaga with him.

And who knew that at this moment, the army of the Takeda family was stationed under Noda Castle and did not advance.

The Takeda family, Noda Castle, has been besieged for a month.

In fact, against a small city of 500 people, the Takeda army with an army of 30,000 could take it in two or three days.

However, the tactics adopted by the Takeda army were unexpected, and after besieging the city for a month, the Takeda army did not take a large-scale siege except for sending a small attack by the general Yuan Changyin.

On the contrary, after several days of siege, the Takeda Army diggers dug up Noda Castle.

At night, outside Noda Castle.

The soldiers of the Takeda Army, who were resting, heard the melodious sound of flutes coming from the city.

Since the Battle of Noda Castle, the lord of the castle, Suganuma Dingying, must play the flute every night, so in the Takeda siege army that has nothing to talk about, listening to Suganuma playing the flute at night has become the only pastime for the sergeants.

"The water source of Noda Castle has been cut off, but the sound of Suganuma Oribe's flute is not chaotic at all, which shows that he is a general with a strong temperament, and he is not affected by the water cut off in the slightest."

Chengxia Racecourse Xinfang said.

In addition to Yama Prefecture Masakei, Naito Masato, there is also Takeda Shinrin who wears Takeda Shingen armor and serves as the opponent's shadow samurai.

In order to conceal the news that Shingen is seriously ill, the Takeda Army now uses the similar-looking Takeda Shinryo to continue to replace Shingen's position in order to calm the army's mind.

As for Masanobu Takasaka, one of the four ministers, after learning that Kenshin Uesugi was going to use troops, he had already returned to Kaizu Castle with his headquarters. …,

"So what? No matter how well Suganuma Oribe's flute sounds, it can't change the situation of the fall of Noda Castle," Yamasana Masakai said with a long sigh, "Just as our army fought hard to capture Mikawa, but in the end it had to return to Kofu, and all the hard work was in vain. ”

Listening to the words of Yama County Changjing, Baba Nobubo, Naito Masathiro and other generals were silent, and could only look at Noda Castle helplessly.

"My brother has decided that I will return to Kofu in three days."

Nobuyoshi Takeda, who served as the shadow takeko, spoke.

"The lord finally agreed." Racecourse letter said.

Everyone knows that due to the advice of the doctor, Takeda Shingen, who is seriously ill, must be relocated to Kofu to recuperate.

Previously, the generals had persuaded Shingen to return to Kofu several times, but Shingen always insisted on Shangluo as the purpose and refused to return to Kofu.

As Danshi dragged on, Shingen's condition continued to deteriorate, and now he finally gave up on holding on.

"Moving to Kofu, can the lord recover?" Shan County Changjing asked.

Takeda Shinren shook his head and said, "Doctor Yijing said that if you want your lord to recover from his illness, unless there is a miracle. ”

Hearing this news, everyone in the mountain county and the horse farm hung their heads, if it weren't for Xinxuan, they would not be where they are today.

On Noda Castle, the sound of Suganuma's flute had ended, but suddenly there was a sudden sound of iron cannons on the castle.

Noda Castle somehow shot at the Takeda Army position under the castle, Danshi was blind in this black light, and it would be strange if it hit.

After the slightest commotion in the Takeda Army's position, it immediately calmed down.

"Suganuma Dingying is here to join in the fun, can't you be quiet?"

Impatient Racecourse Xinfang waved his horsewhip and said fiercely.

February 16.

Because the water source was cut off, the castle lord Suganuma Dingying led the city soldiers to surrender to the Takeda army.

The fall of Noda Castle meant that the Takeda family's control over Mikawa had increased one step further.

Tokugawa Ieyasu had to increase the number of troops defending Yoshida Castle, and Nobunaga, who was in Kiyoshu Castle, also kept a close eye on the next move of the Takeda army.

The morale of the lower-ranking officers of the Takeda Army was also boosted, and they hoped that one day they could storm Kyoto in one go.

And now only Takeda Nobuyo, Yama Yama Masashi and other generals in the Takeda Army understand that the road to Shangluo of the Takeda Army has ended here, and with Shingen's serious illness, the army will soon return to Kai.

In the Daienji Temple of the Takeda Army stationed in the Criminal Division.

Takeda Shingen summoned Takeda Nobuyoru, Takeda Katsuyori, and the generals of the spectrum for the last time, and handed over his will to the generals.

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