In the living room, a map of Hokuriku was placed in front of Takeda Shingen and Li Xiao.

Takeda Shingen sat on the edge of the map, pointed to Minowa Castle on the map with a folding fan, and then drew eastward, and said to Li Xiaoyan: "Although my Shingen's ambition is in Kamiluo, it also needs to maintain enough influence in Kanto, so the focus of this year's strategy is still on the side of Nishiueno, what do you think?" ”

Li Xiao thought for a while, and said: "Shangzhou is an important place in the eight states, the soldiers are brave, the land is fertile, and it is rich in war horses, and it is also important for the family to attack the Uesugi family, even if you can't make progress, you have to take it down to protect yourself, so you must control it." From the perspective of the overall situation, if Kamishu loses, Uesugi Terutora can once again go out of Shinano, confront our Takeda army on the line of Kawanakajima, and then order the Nagano family to enter Shinano from Minowa Castle and through Usui Ice Pass, flank the rear of our army, and under the front and rear attacks, so that the front army of our army will fall into a situation from which it will never recover. ”

Regarding Li Xiao's analysis, Takeda Shingen nodded, obviously Li Xiao's judgment coincided with his.

Li Xiao continued: "The key to Shangzhou lies in the two cities of Minnowa City and Stable Bridge City. If you don't capture these two cities, you won't be able to go to the state, and even if you capture them, you won't be able to defend them. If Minowa Castle is captured, the defense of the main family in Nishi-Ueno will be strengthened, and the fortified castle will be maintained, and at the same time, it will be able to echo with Iwabu Castle, and threaten Uesugi Kenshin's stronghold in the Kanto region from the rear, Stablebridge Castle. ”

Li Xiao pointed to the location of the stable bridge city on the map, and said: "Shangshu is the only hub connecting Echigo and Kanto, and it is also the only passage for Uesugi Huihu to go out of Kanto. ”

Takeda Shingen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: "Li Xiao, what you said is good, but if Uesugi Teruhu is unable to go out of the Kanto, I am afraid that Kanto will be annexed by Hojo sooner or later. ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly, but turned to say, "I think the lord has already decided on this." ”

Takeda Shingen nodded, and said: "You said yes, the strategy of the family in Ueno, just capture Minowa Castle, leave the stable bridge castle to Uesugi Teruto, keep his passage out of the Kanto region, and let him continue to contain the Hojo family for us." ”

Li Xiaoxin said that what Takeda Shingen said, sure enough, the situation is exactly the same as the development in history.

After a pause, Takeda Shingen said to Li Xiaoyan: "This year, the family will focus on the West Ueno strategy, everything is first, in the direction of Yuezhong and Hida, it is impossible to send Yama Prefecture and Kiso to the battlefield like last year, so I can't give you more military and financial assistance, everything depends on you." ”

Li Xiao's face changed when he heard this, and Takeda Shingen said this, which was equivalent to letting him fight against the war alone in Vietnam, and at the same time facing the pressure of the Jimbo family and the Shiina family.

Although Li Xiao felt that with his current military strength, although the attack was not enough, it was still possible for Reading Power to protect himself in the face of the attack of either Jimbo or Shiina, but if he wanted to do it together, Li Xiao would be in danger.

What's more, the situation in Hida has not calmed down now, if Takeda Shingen retreats his aid to Hida this year.

Then Li Xiao can only shrink in Shengang this year, and the city will be a turtle with a shrunken head in two cities.

So Li Xiao went to Takeda Shingen's side and put on a look, 'I'm in trouble, I need help'.

If it weren't for the image of the samurai, Li Xiao would almost be rolling all over the place, and he would have asked for money.

Li Xiao still said: "My lord, if the Shenbao family and the Shiina family come to attack, it will be very difficult for me to face any of these big names, and if there are a little more unexpected changes, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Takeda Shingen waved his hand and said, "I have passed the Sanjo family, and I am about to reach an agreement with Honganji, and the two families will form an alliance at that time. The Venerable Master of Honganji Temple has promised to support your actions in Vietnam. If Uesugi Kenshin comes to attack the strategy, you can ask Honganji for the support that has always been strong, and besides, I think the Jiboshi family and the Shiina family are feuds with each other, and it is impossible to fight against each other. ”

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "That being said, I only have two castles stationed in Hida-Echi, Shijosei Castle and Kamioka Castle, and the Hida domestic sister Koji family, the Uchijima family is subservient on the outside, but they are ready to move on the inside, if they contact one of the two of the two families, the Jimbo family or the Shiina family, to attack." I'm in danger in Vietnam. ”

When Takeda Shingen heard Li Xiao say this, he was also quite embarrassed for a while, and asked rhetorically: "Then do you need any help from your own family?" ”

Li Xiao pondered for a while, and said to Takeda Shinxuan: "I want to ask my family for help with 10,000 Guan Army funds. ”

"Ten thousand." Takeda Shingen gasped and said, "It's not that I can't take out so much money, but right now you also know that the Kurokawa Golden Mountain has almost dried up, and the Nishiueno army also needs a lot of military funds. Ten thousand can't be allocated to you at all. ”

Takeda Shinxuan thought for a while and said, "Li Xiao, I can't give you the money." However, I give you the same strategy as the last Hida Raider, and this time the Yuezhong Raider is the decision of Li Xiao and you to cut it freely. ”

"Own cut?" Li Xiao's body was shocked, that is, Yuezhong was left to him to deal with, if Li Xiao could capture as much as he could, it would be considered Li Xiao's Shigao, there was such a good thing.

Takeda Shingen nodded and said: "Yes, the Echichu stone is 400,000 high, in addition to the Uesugi family and Honganji Temple each occupy a part, the Jimbo and Shiina two stone are more than 200,000 high. Li Xiao, as long as your strength is enough, how much of this more than 200,000 stone high will be counted for you. ”

Li Xiao knew that this was not the special preferential treatment given to Li Xiao by Takeda Shingen, in history, Takeda Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori also gave the Sanada family the same power.

In history, the Sanada family did not ask the Takeda family for any soldiers, but with the help of Sanada Yutaka and Sanada Masayuki, the two generations of family governors worked together, and the territory of the Sanada family went all the way from Shinano Prefecture to Ueno Azuma County, and directly expanded the family's territory to Numata Castle.

By the end of the Takeda family, the Sanada family's stone height had reached nearly 70,000 koku.

However, although Takeda Shingen's words are simple, they are similar to writing blank checks, which is equivalent to the boss of the company saying to the employees, if you don't need any resources from the company to help, you can earn 1 million, I will give you 800,000.

Li Xiao thought about it, although he didn't get any help and inclination from his family in terms of Hida in Vietnam, but it was not bad to be able to get Takeda Shinxuan's promise.

In the end, Li Xiao replied: "I will do my best to defend the passage of Hida and Yuezhong for my family." ”

Takeda Shinxuan smiled and said to Li Xiaoyan: "Very good, Li Xiao, you let everything go." ”

After a pause, Takeda Shinxuan said to Li Xiao in a casual tone: "Do you know why I believe that you can gain a foothold in Vietnam on your own? ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "I think it's the lord's appreciation of me and the feeling that I have this strength." ”

Takeda Shinxuan shook his head and said: "I don't know that's the case, Li Xiao, you are an ambitious person, and I am not wrong about this." ”

When Li Xiao heard Takeda Shingen say this, his heart was shocked, and he asked rhetorically: "Ambition? ”

Takeda Shingen put the folding fan in his hand and shook it gently, looked at Li Xiaoyan with an all-perceptive gaze and said, "Li Xiao, as far as I know, you have formed two standing armies in Yuezhong, and you have a thousand troops, right?" ”

Li Xiaoshen said: "Exactly. ”

Then Takeda Shinxuan seemed to change his questioning tone and asked: "Li Xiao, with your current 20,000 stone height, you can actually maintain a standing reserve of 1,000, and if you are someone else, with 20,000 stone high, I am afraid it will be difficult to mobilize even a thousand peasant soldiers." I want to ask this money, where did you get it from? ”

Could it be that Takeda Shingen knew about my Shengang Silver Mountain, and Li Xiao's first thought in his heart was this.

Li Xiao knew that now he would honestly confess and hand over the Shengang Silver Mountain, although he would not be blamed by Takeda Shingen, but this concealment of the master's hiding would inevitably leave a bad impression on Takeda Shingen.

However, Li Xiao is not unprepared, and he has a record to deal with this matter.

So Li Xiao calmly replied: "Everything can't be hidden from the lord, yes, the subordinates have maintained a standing army of 1,000 troops, and they are also equipped with a lot of iron cannons, and the money spent comes from the surplus income of the Ming Kingdom Ramen Restaurant opened in Xia before." ”

Hearing Li Xiaozhi's words, a smile suddenly escaped on Takeda Shinxuan's calm face, and he said: "Sure enough, it is as good as I expected, if other generals in this family had an industry with an annual surplus of thousands of yuan like the Ming Kingdom Ramen Restaurant, they might have used it to buy tea utensils, famous swords, war horses, singers or other luxury goods, but you can put them into armament." ”

Li Xiao exhaled lightly, it seems that Takeda Shingen really didn't know the news of his Shengang Silver Mountain, so it would be easy to do.

"It's rare that a young man at your age can not cherish money and not be greedy for pleasure, which is very rare, but it also shows that you have more ambitious plans."

But Takeda Shinxuan's next sentence made Li Xiaoxin mention it again.

Li Xiao hurriedly explained: "Lord, it's not that you don't care about money, but you have always lived like this, and I heard that when the Hojo family was in charge of the world, they were also honest and frugal, so I want to follow suit." ”

Takeda Shingen pointed at Li Xiao with the handle of his fan, and said with a smile: "Follow the example of the Hojo family's ruling Kamakura? Could it be that you, a Ming countryman, also have the ambition to usurp the world in a foreign country? ”

Li Xiao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has no intention of ruling the world, but I am eager to get ahead and be above the people, if there is, this is a little ambition of Your Majesty." ”

Sure enough, Takeda Shingen smiled and said, "Li Xiao, when I recruited you as a warrior of my family, I could see that your eyes flashed with ambition and ambition. I believe that Xuan never looks at people, you know? When I saw you for the first time, I saw in you twenty years ago, after Kansuke's introduction, Sanada Ittokusai came to join me. ”

"Sanada Ittokusai-sama?" Li Xiao was suddenly surprised.

Shingen Takeda actually compared himself to Yutaka Sanada.

(To be continued)