Takeda Shingen and Li Xiao talked about Sanada Yukitaka, and said: "At that time, Sanada Yutaka was under the umbrella of Nagano Patriarch Noye Masa. At that time, Kansuke Yamamoto recommended him to me, saying that he was a prodigy. That's why I met him, and Sanada Yutaka was always eager to restore his territory in Shinano Prefecture, so I was deeply impressed by that sight. ”

Takeda Shingen still hasn't said half a sentence to Li Xiao, the current Sanada Yutaka is old, and the undisguised ** at the beginning has retreated and is even deeper. On the contrary, it was his third son, Sanada Masayuki, who made him feel that there was that aggressive ambition to usurp everything in his father.

Speaking of this, Takeda Shingen looked at Li Xiao and said, "In your eyes, I also saw Sanada Yutaka twenty years ago."

Li Xiao laughed and said, "The lord said that he was laughing, is it just one look?" ”

Takeda Shingen smiled slightly and said: "This is my instinct at the time, of course I will not judge one-sidedly, but with your performance in Takeda's house for the past three and a half years, I have silently watched it, and I am more sure of my previous judgment." Besides, when Yamamoto Kansuke was a priest, he told me that you are a person with great ambitions, and I believe in Kengen's vision, and I also believe in Kansuke's vision. Li Xiao is a person with talent and ambition in my Takeda family. ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly, noncommittal, he didn't want to hide his ambitions, and he couldn't hide it in the eyes of a hero like Takeda Shinxuan.

In the troubled times and the Warring States, there was no shortage of careerists.

The people who have left their names on the long river of history, from emperors to military generals, who said that there is no driving force of ambition behind them.

If those who say that they go with the flow and have no intention of fame and fortune, but they can eventually become superior.

It's just a matter of writing in a novel, if it really appears next to you, will you believe it?

But as for ambition or ambition, there is a world of difference between one word, depending on what Takeda Shingen thinks.

Takeda Shingen smiled at Li Xiao and said: "I remember Yamamoto Kansuke mentioned that you once said that when a person waves his hand on the mountain, others can see him, not because he is tall, but because this person takes advantage of the power of the mountain. And you just want to stand on this mountain, see the general trend of the world, and let everyone in the world see yourself. ”

"Li Xiao, I believe that Xuan has always admired your ambition, and even more appreciated that you are undisguised, which is rare. I am also very grateful to you for choosing our Takeda family as this mountain and contributing to my Takeda family. ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "Your lord, you have a good reputation. It is an honor for your subordinates to serve the Takeda family. If it hadn't been taken in by the lord at the beginning, I am afraid that he would have died of starvation in the mountains of Jiafei. ”

Takeda Xinxuan nodded and said, "Li Xiao, I Xinxuan admires you very much, so I entrusted the Vietnamese and Chinese side with their strategies." I need him to sit in the center and plan a strategy against Nishiueno, so it is impossible to send him to Echichu. So I decided that in the future assessment of the elderly, you will temporarily take over the Ministry of Horse Farm and serve as the general of the Hida Echichu Legion of your family. ”

Li Xiao was stunned when he heard this, the general of the legion, this is equivalent to the general of the town side, Takeda Shinxuan's trust in himself is extraordinary.

The military system that the Takeda family is now practicing is the system of sending relatives and sending children.

The so-called system of sending relatives and sending children is a top-down military management mechanism based on geographical division and important cities as the core.

In the case of the Takeda family's current Takeda family's Takasaka Masanobu Army, who is in charge of Kita-Shinano.

As the lord of Kaizu Castle, Takasaka Masanobu was in charge of commanding the military forces of the four prefectures of Takeda and Kita-Shinano.

In the military system, the rank of Masanobu Takasaka is called 'castle lord', "one-handed service", and "great guide".

Below Takasaka Masanobu, there are Ashigaru generals directly under the main family, such as Kohata Masamori, Terao family, and Amamiya family, or middle-level retainers such as local national leaders, and this level is called "foster" and "guide".

The lowest level is the local samurai, and the ordinary level samurai such as the ground servant, this level is called 'Jizi', 'being guided'.

When it was time to be mobilized in wartime, Takasaka Masanobu issued a mobilization order to the senior general at the level of the host family according to the fortune of each person in the military service account.

After receiving the mobilization order, the general of the Jiqin level will issue a mobilization order to the local samurai, that is, the 'Jizi' level, and so on.

Historically, the Takeda family also followed this military system, and successively organized the Minami Shinano Akiyama Nobuyo Regiment, which was responsible for Mikawa and Nakasendo strategies, Naito Masatoyo was organized into the Nishi-Ueno Army, and Yama Prefecture Masakai was organized into the Suruga Army.

In the Warring States Takeda family, the military system of sending relatives and sending children was adopted, and the same was true of the Imagawa family and the Hojo family.

This military system was later emulated by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Historically, after the Komakiyama Nagaku-hand battle, the general Ishikawa Shumasa defected to Hideyoshi Hashiba.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was worried that all military secrets would be known to Hideyoshi Hashiba, so he reformed the military system of the Tokugawa family in imitation of the Koshu-ryu of the Takeda family.

Tokugawa Ieyasu organized the Tokugawa family's forces into five major armies, namely Sakai Tadaji, Osuga Yasutaka, Honda Tadatsu, and Kamihara Yasumasa, as well as the Ii Naomasa Army formed by Akabei.

There is also a subtle coincidence between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Takeda Shingen, in the establishment of the army commander, Takeda Shingen is Takeda's four ministers Kaakiyama Nobuyo, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings Kasuga Yasutaka.

Both of them were established as a legion in the form of genealogy plus local people + sending horses.

Therefore, when he heard that Takeda Shingen had appointed himself as the general of the army in charge of attacking the Echichu Hida Side, the shock in his heart was indescribable.

In the past, this position was promoted by Takeda Shingen, not to mention the four ministers such as Baba and Takasaka, and Akiyama Shintomo was also promoted by Takeda Shingen.

Li Xiaoneng was awarded this important task by Takeda Shingen, which shows his appreciation for himself.

Although it is a temporary generation, as long as Li Xiaoyue performs well in the future, the word "temporary generation" can be removed and officially turned into a regular.

In this way, you can be on an equal footing with Iitomi Toramasa, Takasaka Masanobu, Takeda Katsuyori, and Baba Nobubo.

Takeda Shingen was able to appoint Li Xiao as the acting commander of the legion in this way, and Li Xiao knew that in addition to the fact that he had become a member of his family, there was also Takeda Shingen's trust in him.

At that moment, Li Xiao said solemnly: "Thank you for the grace of the lord, Li Xiao is willing to do his best for his family." ”

Three days later, the Takeda family's elder assessment.

Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao, Sanada Yutaka, and Takeda Nobutoshi all participated.

Sanada Yutaka and Takeda Nobutoyo are now relatives under the command of Takeda Katsuyori's army, and they belong to the power allocated by Takeda Shingen. However, they were all old retainers of the Takeda family, so they were also eligible to participate in the assessment of family elders.

As for Kohata Kenshige, Big Bear Ashide, and Hoshina Integrity, they can't be among them.

Above the main hall of the Tsukizaki Pavilion.

Under Takeda Ling's family crest, Takeda Shingen is sitting solemnly on the stacked mat, and on his side is the foot he said he often wears in battle, and on top of the foot is a head pocket with a white bear hair and a ghost face.

On the other side, there are the flag seal of Takeda Shingen, the wind forest volcano flag, and the Suwa Daming flag.

Takeda Shingen left, on the side of his hand, according to the rank, sat in turn Takeda Nobuyobu, Takeda Yoshinobu, Takeda Katsuyori more than ten veteran retainers of the Takeda family.

Because Li Zheng has not yet married Ju Ji, although Li Xiao has been recognized by everyone, he is still not considered to have entered the category of his own family, and he ranks relatively low among the old retainers in the family.

Li Xiao was dressed in formal clothes, and after sitting in his position, he was sitting on the cushion, looking left and right.

Now he is around these more than ten old retainers of the family, and they are the assessors of the Takeda family.

However, when the Takeda family deliberates on important matters, the decision made by the assessors is the final decision of the Takeda family after it is approved by the family governor, and no one may violate it.

Of course, this is the truth, but in fact, it mainly depends on the prestige of the lord and the governor himself.

If the lord is strong and the minister is weak, then the will of the governor is basically judged that everyone will not dare to disobey, and there will be a situation like the Oda family, and Oda Nobunaga alone will be the one.

If the lord is weak and the minister is strong, then the governor will be set aside, and a few powerful ministers can completely ignore the opinions of the governor and make their own decisions.

This example is the best for today's shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiteru is basically overhead, and the affairs of the shogunate are all decided by Miyoshi Nagakei, who is known as the 'half-king'.

General Miyoshi Changqing is in charge of the world, so he can be regarded as half of the world.

Before Miyoshi Chokei, it was played by the shogunate, the half-general Hosokawa Masamoto, and the Miyoshi family was only a retainer of Hosokawa at that time.

In Takeda's family, with the death of Ban Heng Nobu Fang and the elder of the Ganli Hutai family, Takeda Shingen's authority is heavy, and his decision has gradually influenced the results of the evaluation.

However, the judges also maintain a certain reading power, and if Takeda Shingen insists on making some decisions, the judges will also refute it.

Compared to the other side where the assessors were sitting, Li Xiao raised his head and looked, only to see that under the steps that had descended one block, there were densely seated generals below the old level of the family, and the retainers of the ashigaru generals.

These people will sit collectively at the lower end of the hall and will listen carefully to the results decided by the appraisal meeting.

At this level, they have no right to speak, and can only sit on the sidelines and listen.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiao not only remembered that when he first entered the Takeda family, it was also a similar scene.

At that time, he was in Kaizu Castle, and his seat was sitting under the steps, listening to Iitomi Toramasa, Baba Nobubo, and Yamamoto Kansuke to conduct the military discussion before the Fourth Kawanakajima War.

The one-eyed lame Yamamoto Kansuke proposed the woodpecker tactic in the hall, and this scene is still fresh in his memory.

Three and a half years, floating away from his eyes, Li Xiao is now sitting in the position of the old seat.

If three years ago, he could have expressed his opinion at the military meeting at that time, then the fourth battle of Kawanakajima might have been a different ending.

Now Li Xiao finally has the power to influence the decisions of the Takeda family.

(To be continued)