Shinano, Aoyagi Castle.

Surrounded by a banner of bizi, the cage battle of the Uesugi army is continuing.

Around the main maru, the roar of iron cannons rang out one after another, and countless arrows with flames flew into the castle tower from the far end.

The thatch at the top of the roofs in the city was lit and black smoke was rising.

As the offensive continued, the shouts of killing in the city became weaker and weaker.

On the castle tower of Aoyagi Castle, there was a rumbling sound of collapse, followed by the first loud bang.

Near the castle town, under the dragon flag that moves on the hunt.

Forty-eight-year-old Kenshin Uesugi rode on a war horse with a whip in his hand.

His monk's robes rattled in the wind.

At this time, an object with a small flag rushed from the city gate to the place of the main camp, knelt down in front of Uesugi Kenshin and said: "Report to the lord, the lord of Aoyagi Castle, Aoyagi Light Chief, detonated ** in the castle tower, committed suicide, and now the city has fallen." ”

When Uesugi Kenshin heard this, he turned the rosary in his hand and said in a compassionate tone, "Why bother? Today's Takeda family is not worthy of this person's life, do you say? Hi Heiji. ”

Seeing Kenshin Uesugi calling his name, as the commander of the Ueda clan in command, Kamishi Keikatsu said: "Father, I don't think so, as a samurai to keep his family business and not submit to foreign enemies, this is his own martial arts, and it has nothing to do with loyalty to the Takeda family. ”

"Your own martial arts," Uesugi Kenshin nodded when he heard Kamishi Jingsheng's words, and said, "You are very right, you can not blindly follow others, and have your own opinions." You can follow your own martial arts. ”

Speaking of this, Uesugi Kenshin changed his words. He said, "Hi Pingji." Knowing this, I have nothing to teach you. ”

Kamishi Jingsheng was very happy to hear Uesugi Kenshin's praise, and said: "Father, right now, Aoyagi Castle." Mori Castle and others have all fallen, and the combat power of the Takeda family seems to be far inferior to that of when Shin Xuan Gong was alive. Now that the streets of Qianguo have been opened, what is the next move of our army? Do you go straight to Fukashi Castle? ”

Uesugi Kenshin smiled slightly and said, "You underestimate the Takeda family too much. This time, our army can easily get it in the streets of a thousand countries. The unprecedented results of the battle were all due to the death of the head of the Nishina family, Nishina Morinobu, who was in charge of this place the year before last. Without this person's presiding, that's why it was easy for me to take advantage of it, otherwise it wouldn't have progressed so quickly. ”

"Xi Pingci, the so-called siege of the city. Conquering the city and taking Fukashi Castle directly is not my Uesugi family's tactics. My strategy is to stay here, wait for the main force of the Takeda family, and come to the field for a decisive battle. The battle has always been a tacit understanding between the two main generals, and the Takeda Army will never allow it, and the family will annex Azumi-gun. When the time comes, the Takeda Army in Azumi Prefecture will enter my preset battlefield and be forced to fight a decisive battle with me. ”

Hearing Uesugi Kenshin say this, Kamishi Jingsheng and other generals were all overjoyed.

Uesugi Kenshin pointed to the burning castle tower of Aoyagi Castle and said, "The Takeda family is confident in Xuan, and after Katsuyori's death, there is no one with wisdom and knowledge, and it is simply foolish to be jealous of talents and self-destruct their pillars!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time I, the Uesugi family, have gathered more than 40,000 troops, and with the cooperation of the Oda and Tokugawa families, it is easy to destroy Takeda, and the hegemony of Shangluo, the act of helping the world, and the righteousness in the world are just around the corner, please work hard."

"I am willing to die for the Lord!"

The Uesugi generals agreed with a look of great ambition.

When the Uesugi family was gathering troops to conquer the country, and under the leadership of Uesugi Kenshin, they were marching towards Shinano. …,

In the Atsugasaki Pavilion, the retainers of the Takeda family are still worried about resisting the attack of Uesugi Kenshin, who has been fighting with Shingen for more than ten years.

When Takeda Nobukatsu's slightly childish voice echoed in the main hall.

All the generals were slightly stunned, the person Takeda Nobukatsu was referring to, everyone didn't have to think about it at all, and the name of this person directly surfaced in their minds.

Takeda Nobutoshi first said: "Lord Pavilion, what you said is good, if this person comes out, he will definitely be able to turn the tide and rival Uesugi Kenshin, Father, what do you think?" ”

Listening to Takeda Nobutoyo's words, Takeda Nobuhiro's face showed a look of remembrance, and said with a smile: "It is said that since this person came out of his own family, there have been countless battles with Kenshin Gong, and when I was in Kawanaka Island, if it wasn't for him, maybe my brother and I would have died in this battle." ”

"That's right," Takeda Nobuyoru nodded, and said: "Kawanakajima, Shirane Mountain, Iwabu Castle, this person fights Qian Xingong, and back then, Qian Xingong also called him an invincible person in Guanbazhou. ”

At this time, Nobushige Koyamada was on the side and said: "But the two adults, this person has already lived in seclusion, saying that he doesn't ask, if he comes back, there may be some turmoil in the family." ”

On the side, the superintendent of the trace department said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I never think that one person and one general can do it, so please think twice." ”

Traces of Katsuzi is saying in his heart, it is easy to suppress the other party because of the matter of Anayama Xinjun, if this person comes back, it will be out of control, and he and he are already incompatible. Therefore, at this moment, the trace of the department is absolutely unwilling to see the other party out of the mountain.

Takeda Nobuyhiro listened to the words of Katsushi of the Trace, waved his hand and said, "Lord Trace, I know that you have a personal grudge with him, but right now the family is in danger. This time, the Uesugi family has concentrated heavy troops, and no matter what plan the family takes, his opinion is very important. ”

Takeda Nobukatsu also obeyed Takeda Nobuyoshi, and said immediately: "Since this is the case, immediately send someone to invite him to the main hall to discuss matters." ”

The samurai who was waiting to be handed down walked out of the main hall of the Takeda Pavilion, and the retainers of the Takeda family present were all uncertain, showing a look of worry or joy.

Tokoji Temple, Monzen Town.

Li Xiao felt that he had slept for a long time, and just got up, he found that he was already wearing a thin shirt.

When I looked at it in a blink of an eye, I saw that under the candlelight on the side, Yumi Kohata and Yusada Kohata and their sisters were talking in a low voice with a smile on their faces.

When they saw Li Xiao wake up, the two sisters got up and sat down in front of Li Xiao.

Yumi Kohata said in a preface: "Your Highness, you have slept all day, and we dare not call you after the meal time." ”

Yuzhen Kohata immediately walked to the door and said, "Hurry up and prepare a Kumbra noodle." ”

"Yes."

Outside the door, the maid's voice of consent was heard.

Li Xiao saw that his two wives cared so much about him. At that moment, he also took the hands of the two sisters, and said with a slight smile: "Ah Ju and Yun'er." Are you all asleep? ”

Yumi Kohata listened to Li Xiao's inquiry. With a sparkle on his face, he said, "Because I can't wait for His Highness to eat, I just fell asleep." ”

Li Xiao's mansion has always followed his old rules and eats three meals, so it is not like this era. It's all two meals, so there's also one dinner.

Li Xiao listened to Yumi Kohata's words. patted her hand and said, "After Aju gave birth, her health has not been very good. You need to take good care of it. As for Yun'er. ”

Li Xiao thought of his grandson, who had just turned one year old. I couldn't help laughing at myself in my heart, it has only been sixteen years since I traveled to Japan's Warring States, and now there is a third generation.

When Kikuhime gave birth to this child, it caused a certain sensation among the retainers of the Takeda family, and at present, the third generation of the Takeda family. That is, there are not many people in Takeda Nobukatsu's generation. …,

The first is the widow of Shingen's eldest son, Yoshinobu Takeda, who is a twin daughter. In terms of gender and status, they all don't matter in the family.

The second son, Nobukin Umino, was blind and although he was a member of the family, he never attended any of the family's military meetings, so because his father was like this, his son was not competitive.

The third son died young, so Shiro Katsuyori's son Takeda Nobukatsu inherited the family governor.

As for the fifth son, Renko Shengxin, needless to mention, he died in a failed battle with Nobukatsu for the governor of the family, and his son was not yet four years old, and because of his father, he also lost his influence.

The last sixth son, Nobutada Katsuyama, has not yet given birth to a child.

And Shingen's other two daughters, married to Hojo and the Anayama family, have lost their influence in the family.

Therefore, Li Zheng's son Li Yun turned out to be the highest-ranking person in the third generation of the family, except for Takeda Nobukatsu.

The retainers of the Takeda family also paid great attention to Li Yun's birth.

Li Yun's birth is also very consolidated for Li Zheng's position in the retainers' group, after all, the inheritance of a family governor is the most critical, with children and grandchildren, the family business will be guaranteed, and allegiance will have a direction.

What's more, Li Yun's background goes without saying, in addition to Li Xiao's bloodline, he also has the inheritance of Kai Genji and Ping, which is also a heavy weight for some retainers who value their origins.

If Li Yun inherits the family business of the Li family, then the Li family will be the real royal family.

And Li Xiao's sense of identity in the Takeda family has been further enhanced with Li Yun's background.

Just as Li Xiao was talking with his two wives, the voice of his own intelligence director, Yokotani Yukiyo, came from outside the door.

"My lord, my brother has sent a secret message, and there are 100,000 urgent matters."

When Li Xiao heard this, he immediately said, "Give me the letter." ”

After hearing this, Yumi Kohata and Yuzhen Kohata both stepped aside, knowing that when Li Xiao was dealing with big things, they didn't like someone to interfere with them.

After Li Xiao took the letter from Yokotani Yukiyo, he took out the letter paper and read it carefully, and his expression suddenly changed slightly.

In fact, for Uesugi and Oda to join forces to attack this time, Yokotani Yukishige had previously provided an early warning to Li Xiao through the intelligence network in Shinano and Echigo.

After Li Xiao knew about it, he also planned to take advantage of the opportunity of Uesugi and Oda to join forces this time to take the opportunity to go out of the mountain again.

But to his surprise, there were two points, one was that Uesugi Kenshin did not go to Kawanakajima this time, but went out of the streets of Senkoku, cutting off his access from Shinano to Hida.

Another point is that the scale of the Uesugi family's troops this time far exceeded his expectations.

When Li Xiao retired before, the Uesugi family came to attack Yuezhong, but Uesugi Kenshin did not go out in person, but only sent a general to replace him.

But this time, Uesugi Kenshin personally went out and mobilized a large army, obviously to decide the outcome with Takeda in a battle and determine the situation.

Even though it is really a long time to plan and plan, there will always be a little unexpected change in the world.

Li Xiao looked at the map in the house, and couldn't help but think that Uesugi Kenshin went out to fight in the streets of Qianguo, in addition to threatening the hinterland of the Takeda family, and could also disrupt the previous arrangement of the Hida Echichu Army.

Uesugi Kenshin can send a general from Shinano to Hida to attack Li Xiao's confidant, and cut off the connection between Mino Island Katsutoshi and Echichu.

This move made Kinoshita Hidecho and the five standing guards, in Matsukura Castle, the first line of Tenjin Mountain Castle heavily armed, a fictitious move.

This move is really a good calculation in the art of war.

Uesugi Kenshin took a step that he didn't expect, a clever move. …,

Li Xiao pondered for a while, thinking that Li Zheng, who was currently in charge of the Hida Echichu Army, should be extremely worried about this, after all, the front line faced the 35,000 troops of the Shibata Army, and there was an attack from the Uesugi family behind him, this was by no means an easy situation to deal with.

But the most pressing thing is the main family, Uesugi, Oda, and Tokugawa attacked from three sides, which was a situation that Shingen and Katsuyori could not calmly resolve when they were in power.

Takeda Nobukatsu, Takeda Nobushihiro, they should be frowning at the moment.

Uesugi Kenshin has been dormant for three years, and this move is really earth-shattering.

But no matter how strong Uesugi Kenshin is, it doesn't mean that he is afraid of the other party, and Li Xiao has been fighting with him for more than ten years since Kawanakajima.

Although it is a dangerous situation every time, there is an atmosphere of luck, and it turns auspicious.

For Li Xiao, it can really be said that Jin Linglin is a thing in the pool, and he will turn into a dragon when he meets Shangshan.

And this time, Li Xiaozheng could, justifiably obey Uesugi Kenshin, and complete his battle out of the mountain, thinking that since the Battle of Nagashino, he has been dormant for a long time, and this time he returned to the battlefield.

Li Xiao's chest is also surging, after all, for him, competing for his own stage in the world, in the past two years of retirement life, although he has accompanied his family and is warm, but after all, he still has to go out of the mountain again and re-enter the battlefield, otherwise he will not live up to this ambition and ambition.

Yumi Kohata and Yuzhen Kohata watched the two, Li Xiao paced in the room, his eyes showed a sharp color, he glanced at each other, and couldn't help but sigh silently.

The two knew that Uesugi Kenshin's large-scale deployment of troops was arousing the ambition of the husband who was unwilling to be lonely.

In fact, although he has retired in the past two years, when has he let go of the world in his heart.

It's just that Li Xiao made a comeback again, and they could only see each other for many years, thinking of this reunion for two years, for the two sisters and Li Xiao, it was the happiest moment in their lives.

For a woman, the most important thing is naturally her relatives, parents, children and husbands, but for men, especially men like Li Xiao, in addition to family affection, there are too many things to carry.

Now that Li Xiao is going out of the mountain, it is impossible for them to stop him, and at this moment, as a wife, they can only support him.

The three people in the room didn't say a word, but they all understood each other's decisions.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the house, and soon after, a samurai came from outside, and hurriedly told Li Xiaoyu: "My lord, Xinfan, Xinlian, and Xinlian, please go to the Kusaki Pavilion." ”