In the eyes of outsiders, such as Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kennobu, capturing a 15,000-stone-high Sado country is insignificant, but it is absolutely undesirable to send troops to defend this island, wasting manpower.

For example, Uesugi Kenshin unified Echigo for many years, and would rather use troops in the bloody war of Kanto and Shinano, but he did not think of sending a soldier to Sado, where the bird does not.

But now for the fall of Sado, Li Xiao's mood can only be described as overjoyed.

This is not inferior to the joy of conquering a country.

Since its discovery, Sado Kanzan was an important source of wealth for the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period, and during the Keicho to Kanei periods, Sado Kanzan was at its peak, producing 400 kilograms of gold and 40 tons of silver.

Silver alone is a complete defeat of the same period in Settsu (up to 7 tons of silver per year) and Tada Ginzan (up to 10 tons of silver per year).

Only Ishimi Ginzan, Japan's first silver mountain, with a constant annual output of 38 tons of silver, can beat Sado Kanayama at a time, and the world's silver production at that time is estimated to be only 200 tons a year.

As for gold production, during the Edo period, Japan was only able to match the redevelopment of Kurokawa Kanayama, which at that time produced about 100 kan (375 kilograms).

By the middle of the Edo period, production of Sado Kaneyama had declined slightly, but it was still the largest Kaneyama in Japan and one of only a handful of silver mines.

At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate was responsible for forging the gold and silver produced by Sado Gold Mine, and the Edo Ginza Ginza was responsible for forging it as a money supply for Keichaga's gold and silver, and exchanged a large amount of raw silk from China.

After the Meiji Restoration, Sado Kanayama was returned to the Imperial Family, and in the 29th year of the Meiji era (18@96), Mitsubishi Kaisha officially took over Sado Kanzan, and it was not until 198@9 that Sado Kanayama dried up.

So in other words, Li Xiao owned Sado Gold Mountain, and quite at the same time owned Iwami Silver Mountain and Kurokawa Gold Mountain, the two largest gold and silver mines in Japan at that time.

This is not counting the Shengang Silver Mountain, which was mined by the Mitsui chaebol in history, with a total silver output of 130 years and an output of 7,500 tons.

However, since the development of Kamioka Ginzan was late, and the mining technology at that time was more sophisticated than in the Warring States period 200 years ago, it is not surprising that the annual output was high, so it was not so famous.

After obtaining Sado Jinshan, Li Xiao already had a general idea.

Sado Kanayama is absolutely to be kept secret, whether it is Uesugi Kenshin, Li Dan led by the Ming maritime merchants, and the Takeda family must be hidden.

If they learned of the existence of Sado Jinshan, it would definitely be a big trouble for Li Xiao.

Uesugi Kenshin would not allow such a huge amount of gold and silver trade to be in the hands of enemy countries.

As for Li Dan and these Ming maritime merchants, they are definitely greedy people, not to mention Sado Jinshan, even if it is Shengang Yinshan, Li Xiao also guesses that they are also very interested in this.

And the most worried is the whole family, once the secret of Sado Jinshan is revealed, even if Takeda Katsuyori trusts Li Xiao again, he will definitely take back Sado Jinshan, even if Katsuyori doesn't take it, the retainers of the Takeda family will definitely have outpouring opinions.

Unless Li Xiao wants to stand on his own feet and make trouble now, the secret of Sado Jinshan must be kept inside and outside.

Therefore, he decided to close the Sado Gold Mine on the spot, and all boats were prohibited from entering and leaving the island, even the Sado fishermen were asked to stop going to sea.

If someone does not obey this, Li Xiao can only take an iron fist, killing people will not be, the mining of Sado Jinshan needs at least more than 1,500 people, this gap, Li Xiao still has to fill.

As for the explanation of the outside world, it is claimed that Sado was used as an exile for sinners, so it was closed inside and out. …,

Of course, Li Xiao did have this plan, and he decided that all the wealthy families in the general who had committed capital crimes or had other dissenting intentions would be assigned to Sado to open mines for themselves.

As for the output of Sado Kanayama, he has already made arrangements.

He was ready to continue to let the two major forces of Portugal and Ming maritime merchants transport the silver goods produced by Sado Jinshan to the Ming Kingdom for him in exchange for raw silk and copper coins.

Li Xiaoling was already rich in silver production in Shengang Yinshan, so that Portugal and Ming maritime merchants benefited a lot from it, and now they are taking a step forward to increase silver production, and the other party may have some doubts while being happy to make money, but it can also explain the past.

As for the gold, Li Xiao was ready to digest it from the inside, and directly through the passage of Shioya Qiuzhen, the goods were destined for the interior of Japan.

However, it is not rushed, it must take some time, and Li Xiao predicts that after the arrival of Chang'an in Sadu, Sado Jinshan will start operating and the output will not be until the end of the year at the earliest.

The best estimate is that it will take three to five years to reach the peak of mining in the Edo period.

Compared with the speed of the Oda family sweeping the world like a raging wind, this is really a bit of a sense of time for Li Xiao now.

And at the moment, it is quite imminent to be able to get on the strategy.

"Report to the lord, Master Zhihong, who sent the envoy to Noto, has returned."

Li Xiao was worried about Sado's affairs, and when he heard that Zhihong was back, he met him immediately.

Although he knew that Nobunaga was able to attack Echizen, after the success of Kita-Omi, he could not agree to the condition of subduing the Takeda family.

But when Li Xiao saw Zhihong, who was beaten like a pig's head, he was still furious.

The Hatakeyama family treats their envoys like this, and they have declared war nakedly.

Soon after, Li Xiao received news that the Noto forces were preparing for war, and the head of the Noto family, Hatakeyama Yoshikei, gave him the position of director of the Nagashiren and decided to fight the Takeda family.

The strategy of Noto is mainly based on the garrison of the country, with the Jiancheng Seven Tails Castle as the center, the three powerful retainers, Chang Lian sits in the Datekou of the Seven Tails Castle, Onjing Jinglong sits in the Gufu Valley, and You Zuo Xuguang sits in the Keluokou.

The rest of the retainers entered the Kumaki Castle, Furai Castle, Neyama Castle, Awayu Castle, and Yoneyama Castle, which were garrisoned by the Shichio Castle branch group.

In order to resist the invasion of the Takeda army, Noto Kuni actually mobilized 15,000 troops for the final decisive battle.

ps: In the two battles of Nanao Castle in history, Noto Kuni also mobilized a military force of this scale to fight against Uesugi Kenshin's 20,000 Echigo forces.

Compared with the all-out preparations of the Noto Kingdom, in terms of the Takeda Army, Li Xiao also only had 6,000 troops in Suesen City and Muzhou City, as well as 500 people from the Noto Hao clan who had just rebelled.

After summarizing the news from all sides, the Takeda Army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and none of Li Xiao's retainers were optimistic about the Nengden strategy this time, hoping that Li Xiao could temporarily withdraw from the army.

However, Li Xiaoli disagreed, and he insisted that the discord among the various forces within Nengden was just a plate of scattered sand, which was not enough to pose too much threat to himself.

On the one hand, Li Xiao continued to cut off the communication link between Noto and the sea and land, and on the other hand, he began to fight against Noto.

On July 25, Li Xiao led the main force from Muzhou Castle and arrived at Suemori Castle, where he met with Kano Hideji and Tohi Shin.

Then Li Xiao divided his troops into two routes, led 3,000 men and horses to send troops, and surrounded Toyama Castle in Yuza County, and ordered the general Kano Hideji and Yamamoto Kanzo to lead 2,000 men and horses to monitor the castle root mountain castle a few miles away.

On July 27, Li Xiao transferred three Furlong machine guns and began to bombard Toyama Castle.

Under the shelling, the outer walls of Toyama Castle crumbled like a pile of mud and sand.

During the siege, the Hatakeyama family's general, Kai's own family, sent troops to reinforce Toyama Castle, which was being attacked by Li Xiao.

However, the reinforcements of Kai's in-laws were blocked by Li Xiaojun's Uchijima clan, and at the same time, the defenders of Neyama Castle and the raid on Hideji Kano by Shichiro, the lord of Awayu Castle, were all missed. …,

However, under the repulsion of reinforcements and the shelling of the Takeda army, the morale of the defenders collapsed, and they only insisted that the castle surrender in the middle of the day.

After the capture of Toyama Castle, Li Xiao immediately threw all his troops into defeating the reinforcements of Jiafei's family.

During the period when Toyama Castle was breached and the reinforcements of Kai's family were severely damaged, the eldest son of Nagatsuna Company and the third son of Nagaren Ryu led 5,000 troops, but they were stationed on Shidong Mountain as a wall watcher, and sat back and watched the Hatakeyama army being chased and killed by the Takeda army for several miles away.

After the battle was over, the army of the Chang family returned to Seven Tails Castle without losing a single soldier.

For a while, Chang Lian's act of sitting back and watching the loss of his family's combat power was regarded as a move to preserve his strength, or a move with other intentions, which made the retainers of the Hatakeyama family feel cold.

After capturing Toyama Castle, Li Xiao turned his head to surround Neyama Castle, and after bombarding the city gate with artillery, Genyama Castle was captured by the Takeda Army in one fell swoop after a fierce battle for half a day.

In just three days, Toyama Castle, Neyama Castle, and the two eastern barriers of Shichio Castle were all captured by the Takeda Army.

Shidong Mountain, located about a mile south of Nanao Castle, has been a major spiritual mountain for the cultivation of the road since ancient times.

In the Middle Ages, it was the place of persuasion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Hokuriku, with a total of more than 360 courtyards and more than 3,000 disciples.

After capturing Toyama Castle and the second castle of Genshan Castle, Li Xiao led his army to move the main formation to Omiyafang, one of the more than 360 courtyards.

Li Xiao led the side down from Shidong Mountain and peeked at Qiwei City in front of the enemy formation.

Shrouded in lead clouds, the shadows of dots of islands loom in the vast sea of Nanao Bay in the distance, and the Kashimazu sea boats are like swimming fish shuttling through the sea, and looking to the right, you can see the coastline of Toyama Bay that stretches like a bow. This is followed by the snow-capped Tateyama Mountains.

Such a majestic view is a moment of relaxation.

It was not in vain that Uesugi Kenshin made the famous poem written in the night of September 13 under the castle.

Usaminami, who was beside him, said to Li Xiaoyan: "My lord, if you want to attack Noto, with our current strength, it is not in a hurry, and Nanao Castle is a fortified city that is side by side with Kasuga Mountain Castle in the world, even if we have a big tube to help, we can't attack it for a while." ”

"Therefore, His Majesty suggested that the lord attack Noto should be based on the attack, and the attitude of the former long company worried about the strength of the army and refused to fight with our army has made the people within the Hatakeyama family panic, and the retainers are centrifuged, and we can station troops here to deter the Hatakeyama family on the one hand, and send people to the cities of Noto to persuade the guards to rebel, I believe that as long as one person takes the lead, then there will inevitably be many city lords who will respond to us. In this way, there is only an empty city left in the Qiwei City District, so how can we be helpless. ”

Li Xiao listened to Usami Minami's suggestion, nodded, and said, "Yes, this is a battle method of cutting down its branches and leaves first, and then cutting its trunk, so do it according to your wishes." ”

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