Li Xiao extinguished the flames in the fire pit, looked at Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro and said: "Thank you Kinoshita-sama for your gift, I have a saying in Mingguo that 'courtesy must be asked for by people', whether it is a gift or etiquette, or ask Kinoshita to explain the intention, and collect this Changsa burn in the next place, so that it can be steady." ”

Kinoshita Tojiro laughed and said, "Adults are too good at laughing. During my last visit, I knew that my lord was a man of deep righteousness, but now I dare not persuade you to join my Oda family. ”

After a pause, Kinoshita Toyoshiro said with a straight face: "But Lord Mamori, this time His Royal Highness Yoshinobu rebelled, and the Imagawa family actually intervened in the internal affairs of the Takeda family and helped His Royal Highness Yoshinobu to seize the position of the head of the Takeda family. Therefore, the intention of the lord is to ask the Takeda and Oda families to form an alliance and jointly destroy the Imagawa family. ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "This matter is decided by the lord, and it seems that Kinoshita-sama is in the wrong place." ”

Kinoshita Toyoshiro shook his big head and said, "But Lord Mamori, it's not that I'm in the wrong place, as far as I know, His Royal Highness Katsuyori also wanted to ally with the Oda family at the beginning, so as to use the power of Oda to compete with the Imagawa family behind His Royal Highness Yoshinobu." ”

Li Xiao nodded and said, "Kinoshita-sama, that's right, His Royal Highness Katsuyori had this plan in the first place. ”

Seeing Li Xiao's admission, Kinoshita Toyoshiro slapped his palms, took a step forward on his knees, and said: "Lord Li Xiao, now the elder of the Takeda family, and as the first trusted person of His Royal Highness Katsuyori, he definitely has enough strength to push the Takeda family to accept the alliance with Oda. ”

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of saying it, it is not my opinion, now there are other retainers who have suggested to His Royal Highness Katsuyori that when His Royal Highness Yoshinobu was here before, His Royal Highness Katsuyori needed the help of the Oda family in order to fight against His Royal Highness Yoshinobu and maintain a balance of power with the Imagawa family, and now His Royal Highness Yoshinobu has lost power." There is no need for His Highness Katsurai. To be honest, at this time, His Royal Highness Katsuyori, if he marries the Hojo family, it is indeed a better choice. ”

Wasuka Masakatsu on the side listened to Li Xiao's words, and immediately became furious, and said, "You guys are going back on your word. ”

Li Xiaozheng said with a smile: "Lord Beesuka, in the troubled times of the Warring States, everything is oriented towards interests, if righteousness is pursued, I think the Oda family and the Uesugi family should talk a little closer." ”

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, he was calm, and his face remained unchanged.

Li Xiao believed that he understood the meaning of his words, before Takeda Yoshinobu rebelled, it was Takeda Katsuyori who begged for an alliance with the Oda family, and now, Takeda Katsuyori no longer has that absolute need.

Anyway, it is impossible for the other party to take charge of the position of the governor of the Takeda family anymore, so in this case, who can't Takeda Katsuyori marry, so he has to find the Oda family?

The Hojo family is indeed quite suitable.

What's more, now that the Jiajun Alliance is on the verge of breaking, then the Jiajun Alliance is the last reliance of the Takeda family.

Although the main room of the current head of the Hojo family, the Hojo clan, is the daughter of Takeda Shingen, it is also a good choice to have another marriage and deepen the relationship between them.

Presumably, Shingen Takeda also has this in mind.

Kinoshita Tojiro avoided this topic and said, "Lord Li Xiao, the alliance between the Takeda family and the Hojo family is indeed beneficial, if the Takeda family wants to develop in the direction of Suruga in the future, it will inevitably have a conflict with the Hojo family. If that's the case, the Takeda family may need the help of the Oda family even more. ”

Li Xiao's eyes narrowed, Kinoshita Toyoshiro was indeed right, if the Takeda family wanted to enter Suruga, it would be tantamount to violating the bottom line allowed by the Hojo family, and it would be difficult for the two families to continue to maintain an alliance at that time.

In this way, if they could not ally with Oda Tokugawa, then after the capture of Suruga, the Takeda family would be in a two-front battle.

But that's not enough.

Li Xiao smiled slightly when he heard this, and did not answer silently.

Seeing this, Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro took another kneeling step, took a step closer to Li Xiao, and said with a flickering eye: "Have you ever thought about it, His Royal Highness Yoshinobu's rebellion has been pacified for several days, and at this moment, although Lord Taishan has imprisoned His Royal Highness Yoshinobu, he has not been able to make a final decision. ”

Hearing Kinoshita Toyoshiro say this, Li Xiao didn't think it at first, and only then did he grasp the key, and at this moment he was finally moved by Kinoshita Toyoshiro's words.

Li Xiao took a deep breath, he had to admit that he had indeed missed this point, and at that moment he said to Kinoshita Tojiro with admiration: "Your Excellency's grasp of people's hearts is really terrifying. ”

Kinoshita Tojiro smiled and said, "Whatever decision is made by the two parties is beneficial to each other, right?" ”

Li Xiao smiled and said: "Lord Kinoshita is eloquent, I admire it, I understand, I will report this matter to His Royal Highness, and promote the alliance between the Takeda family and the Oda family as soon as possible." ”

When Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro heard Li Xiao say this, he immediately said with great joy: "Thank you Lord Li Xiao for waiting for good news." ”

Then the three of them discussed a few more words, and Li Xiao sent Kinoshita Tojiro out of the museum.

Under the drizzle, Li Xiao looked at the other party's short figure in front of the pavilion, thinking that if the Oda family and the Takeda family competed for the world in the future, it would be really an unpleasant thing to have an opponent like Kinoshita Toyoshiro.

Yoshinobu Takeda must die!

This is the meaning behind Kinoshita Toyoshiro's words.

The reason why Takeda Shingen is unable to dispose of Takeda Yoshinobu for a long time is because of the Imagawa family.

At the moment, the Takeda family and the Uesugi family to the north are at war, and the two sides are fighting each other.

If the Imagawa family is at this time, then the Takeda family will face the danger of being attacked by the two major forces from the north and south, in case the Hojo family becomes a fire and robbed at this time, then the Takeda family, which is based on hundreds of Kai, will only be destroyed.

So Takeda Shingen is thinking about whether to put up with the incident of the Imagawa family's dispatch of troops.

Perhaps the Imagawa family can give a reasonable explanation and make some compensation, so that at least on the surface, Takeda Shingen is willing to go down the stairs and continue to maintain the alliance of the Imagawa family.

At least maintain the superficial harmony, this account Takeda Shingen will definitely be left for later to calculate slowly.

But if this is the case, Takeda Shingen takes into account the relationship with the Imagawa family, and Takeda Yoshinobu's surname must be saved, how to say that he is also the son-in-law of the head of the Imagawa family.

For Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao is a situation that must not be tolerated.

As far as politics is concerned, it is necessary to eradicate the roots, or not to step on it, or to step on it, it must be stepped on to death, but it cannot give the opponent a chance to resurrect the ashes.

Therefore, Yoshinobu Takeda must die.

If an alliance is reached with the Oda family, which is hostile to the Imagawa family, it means that the alliance between the Takeda family and the Imagawa family is completely severed.

In this way, Takeda Shingen can let the allies Oda and Tokugawa come to contain the Imagawa family behind him, and continue to fight Echigo himself.

Once the important surname of the Imagawa family is lost, Takeda Yoshinobu will have little use value for the Takeda family.

And Kinoshita Tojiro's words can be said to hit Li Xiao's psychology in one fell swoop.

Watching Kinoshita Tojiro's back disappear into the rain, Li Xiao secretly made a decision in his heart.

I must kill him before he is strong, I should find an opportunity to send a ninja to assassinate him, so as to relieve my troubles.

"Yiyu, hurry up and prepare the horse, I want to go out, first go to His Royal Highness Shenglai's pavilion." Li Xiao said to Shigang Yiyu behind him.

Two days later, Takeda Shingen convened a meeting of the elders of the Takeda family and the retainers above the rank of general, and announced that the Takeda family would marry the Oda family.

(To be continued)