Ohno County, Guiyun Jinshan.

Li Xiao is now listening to the latest round of exploration reports from Chang'an, the Great Treasure, on Guiyun Jinshan.

This is the second exploration of Guiyun Jinshan.

Last time, the Kurokawa Kanayama people sent by Takeda Shingen came to Hida to explore Guiyun Jinshan.

The two explorers in charge of this matter are Yajuro Tanba and Hyakumon Momokawa. Both of them were Kai's famous miners.

The results of the exploration were not satisfactory, and it was concluded that the Uchijima family had already excavated most of the mineral deposits in Guiyun Jinshan, and there was not much remaining power.

Since the two of them have come to a conclusion, it is the final result, and they have now returned to Kai to report to Shingen.

This was somewhat surprising to Li Xiaozhi.

Therefore, soon after, he brought in the original Jinshan of the Uchijima family and inquired in detail about his return to Yunjinshan, and confirmed that the results of the exploration were the same as those of the two prospectors.

But Li Xiao was not reconciled, this was something he had to take from the Uchijima family with great effort.

At that time, after he finished his strategy against his sister Koji's family, he led his army back to the territory of the Uchijima family, and ordered Ōzo Chang'an to come to Ono County from Kamioka Castle.

It took five full days for Chang'an to travel almost all over Guiyun Mountain, and finally found a mineral deposit in a hidden place.

This deposit is very hidden and has few reserves, but fortunately it is a shallow mine and is not very difficult to mine.

Based on the estimation of Chang'an, plus this mineral deposit, the entire Guiyun Jinshan can almost reach 9,000 yuan for Li Xiaonian.

In other words, after deducting the 2,000 guan that was given to Honganji Temple and handed over to the family, Li Xiao could benefit 7,000 guan every year.

This money can definitely fill the extra vacancy that Li Xiao created when he created the flag base.

Although the Great Treasury Chang'an said that the 9,000 guan mining volume can only last for five years, for Li Xiao, this is very sufficient.

The 20,000 yuan that the Uchijima clan handed over to Li Xiao at the beginning had been paid smoothly, and Li Xiao had already squandered the money.

First of all, Li Xiao first gave Honganji Xianrong 3,000 guan, thanked Honganji for its support this time when Li Xiao was out of the inner island family, and hoped that Shengxing Temple would continue to maintain pressure on the Jimbo family, so that he could not let go of Li Xiao's attack on Chengsheng City, the base camp in Yuezhong, in Li Xiao's attack on Hida.

After receiving the money, Honganji Xianei was very satisfied, and promised Li Xiao that when he went out to Hida, he would not let the Jimbo family attack his back road.

Later, Li Xiao showed his glory through Honganji Temple and purchased a hundred of the latest iron cannons from the Genlai.

At this time, the iron cannon has been implemented in the Warring States for a period of time, and in the increasingly fierce war, the level of the cottage iron cannon in various parts of the Warring States period in Japan has improved rapidly, although it is not as good as the arquebus in Europe, but the price has been greatly reduced.

However, the iron cannon was still too expensive for Li Xiao, and the tens of thousands of dollars were spent like flowing water all at once.

After that, Li Xiao equipped the flag with the goods and equipment, the flag fingers, and the array, and in this way, the equipment of the flag was finally at the same level as the Kamioka and the snake tail.

At that time, when the Tibetan Chang'an heard that Li Xiao had spent a lot of money like this, he couldn't help but look extremely distressed, and he didn't eat for almost a day.

But Li Xiao is not finished, he will be brilliant in the battle of Guiyun City this time, organized into a large team under the subordinate banner.

The number of the large barrel team was one hundred and fifty men, and with the exception of the gunners who operated the large barrels as necessary, the rest of the men were almost all responsible for the handling of the large barrels.

Due to the addition of the Iron Artillery Team and the Big Barrel Team, Li Xiao's banner was expanded to 950 people in one fell swoop.

After the expansion of the banner, Li Xiao was ready to re-train and integrate it, preparing to crusade against the sister Xiaolu family for the second time this year, capture Sakura Cave City in one fell swoop, and destroy the sister Xiaolu family, the number one enemy in front of him.

However, at this time, Takeda Shingen ordered someone to send a letter, the purpose of which was to ask Li Xiao to shift the direction of his strategic strategy from Hida to Vietnam, and attack the Jimboh family before August this year. …,

After reading the letter, Li Xiao fell into deep thought, which was obviously the opposite of the strategy against Hida that he was now preparing to execute.

However, Takeda Shin's tone in Xuanxin is unquestionable, which makes Li Xiao very difficult.

For a while, Li Xiao was in a dilemma when he continued to attack Hida or executed Takeda Shingen's order to attack Vietnam.

Immediately, Li Xiao immediately summoned all the retainers to discuss in Kamioka Castle, and Kinoshita Koichiro of Josheng Castle, Ariyama Huding and other directly subordinate retainers were all present.

Most of the retainers heard that Takeda Shingen was ready to let Li Xiao attack Yuezhong, and they had very opinions.

Yuezhong's Shenbao family is a fierce rival, and its strength is far above that of Sister Xiaolu's family, and it is also above Li Xiao's current strength.

Not to mention that there is also the Uesugi family peeping on the side next to Echichu, and Uesugi Kenshin can go out of Echichu from Kasuga Mountain Castle at any time to support the Jimboh family.

With Li Xiao's current military strength, even with the support of Shengxing Temple, in the face of the Uesugi family's military situation, he can only flee to the extent of looking at the wind.

Therefore, if you attack the Jinbao family, if you fail to mention everything, you will succeed, and under the pressure of the Uesugi family, you must also be ready to run away at any time.

And attacking Sister Xiaolu's house, you don't have to worry so much.

This is also the opinion of the majority of retainers.

Shima Katsutoshi first said: "This year, the family's strategy in Hida is very smooth, the Uchijima family has been subdued, and the sister Xiaolu family has been frustrated and has greatly reduced its prestige. In contrast, the prestige of the lord is in full swing in Hida, and now is the time when we are taking the power of victory and sweeping Hida, and we must not be distracted at this time. ”

As soon as Shima Katsumo's words came out, he was immediately echoed by most of the retainers.

The retainers spoke one after another:

"Yes, my lord, my sister Xiaolu's family has invaded several times and provoked my family, which is really hateful, and my subordinates have been holding this breath for a long time."

"Sister Xiaolu Lianglai is like a poisonous snake of Hida, lying between the side collapses, so that there is no sleep for a day, and it must be eradicated first, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

"Lord, this time the strategy of Sister Xiaolu's family has weakened its power for a month, if you can't continue to attack, when Sister Xiaolu's family recovers, it is equivalent to giving up all your previous efforts."

At this time, Honda Masanobu poured a scoop of cold water on the side and said: "What Lord Shimakatsu said is good, but the order of Lord Gokan is not something we can easily disobey. Midate-sama, in his letter, he made it very clear that we must go to Echichu before August. This is a command that must not be disobeyed. ”

After a pause, Honda said in confidence: "The current situation of the Lord of the Imperial Pavilion is also very difficult. All the outlets to the sea are maintained by Imagawa, Hojo, and Uesugi, so I hope that we can open up the road to Vietnam. The lord, the minister's opinion, is actually for the sake of the lord, if the lord disobeys the order of the lord of the palace, his anger is also unbearable. ”

Seeing that Honda said this, all the retainers were unwilling, but there was no other way.

Dao Shengmeng turned around and asked Li Xiao, "Lord, can't you fight for it from Lord Yuguan?" ”。

Li Xiao listened to Dao Shengmeng's words, and said solemnly: "If you don't die by a snake, you will be bitten by a snake, I will never do such a stupid thing." Sister Xiaolu Lianglai is a strong enemy that I Li Xiao must first eradicate if I want to dominate Hida, and we must not tolerate both, for such enemies must be cut down and eradicated, either Sister Xiaolu Lianglai dies, or I Li Xiao dies."

Speaking of this, Li Xiao stood up and said in a deep voice: "So there is no need to look ahead and backwards, I have decided to go out and destroy my sister Xiaolu's family before August."

When everyone heard Li Xiao's decision to attack Sister Xiaolu's family, they were all overjoyed, and they bowed down and said together: "We are all willing to fight to the death with the lord." ”……，