Kiso Valley, Kiso-Fukushima Castle.

In the current Kiso Valley, there is smoke and fire burning on all sides.

In the dry autumn season, countless felled trees were piled up under the outer walls of Kiso-Fukushima Castle and burned by the Takeda Army.

On top of the mountains of wood, flames several meters high were ignited, and the heat of the flames seemed to scorch the air.

Black smoke billowed and smoke rose straight into the sky, obscuring half of the sky for a moment.

On the hillside near Fukushima Castle, Hoshina sat upright on a mazah, holding his military equipment and watching the fire under Kiso-Fukushima Castle.

The current Hoshina Masanao temporarily acts as the general of the Takeda family's Minami Shinano Army, and this time he was ordered to go to the Kiso Valley to attack Kiso Yoshimasa, who rebelled against the Takeda family.

Takeda Nobuyoshi has not yet announced the official Shangluo to the world, but everyone knows that this is an outpost battle, and its purpose is to prepare for the opening of the Higashiyama Road.

Therefore, this battle is related to whether the Shangluo army can enter the Dongshan Road and attack the hinterland of Mino, so it is very important.

The scorching heat has blown over the formation.

The powder carried by the black smoke in the sky fell from the sky.

The flags of the Takeda Army's main formation are all dyed with a layer of black.

Even the chief general, Baoke Zhengcheng himself, was not spared, and his face was also dark.

However, despite the suffering of smoke, Hoshina Masashi knew that Kiso Fukushima Castle, Kiso Yoshimasa's mood was ten times worse than him.

The Kiso Valley has always been rich in forests. But now it is being used by Hoshina to burn the castle to burn Kiso-Fukushima Castle.

Now the soldiers of the Kiso family are probably in the steamer.

While Hoshina was staring at the fire at Kiso-Fukushima Castle, he was looking not far off the hillside.

In the direction of Higashiyama Road, reinforcements sent by the Oda Army to Kiso-Fukushima Castle have arrived.

The reinforcements were the 300 troops of Toyama Yuzhong, the lord of Miaomu City, among the wealthy clans of Higashiminong.

These 300 troops, facing the 2,000 troops of the Takeda Army's Minami Shinano Army besieging the city, felt quite alone and lonely.

Toyama Tomataka looked at the fire under Kiso-Fukushima Castle from afar, but he was just helpless to the side. Sit back and watch.

The fire at Kiso-Fukushima Castle burned for a day and a night.

Bao Ke looked straight at the smoky city, and saw that all the outer kingdoms had been burned down.

Although the Kiso army dug a fire barrier between Wai Guo and Honmaru, half of the houses in the castle were already burned down.

Kiso-Fukushima Castle is not a big city, only a double structure, such a fire, for the castle. It's deadly.

Seeing this, Bao Ke was right, and the general was matched with a press at the moment, so he set out with the powerful Hao army.

Shinano Murotoshi Castle Lord Yashiro Mitsumasa, Shinano Aiki Castle Lord Soki Tsunebayashi, and generals such as Ryo Sakanishi Oribe and Mamoru Kohata led their troops to attack Kiso-Fukushima Castle.

The sound of fierce fighting. It sounded at the head of Kiso-Fukushima Castle.

Hoshina stood up from the Maza and looked at Kiso-Fukushima Castle with confidence.

And despite being on the sidelines, reinforcements from the Oda Army have arrived one after another.

Toyama Tomotada's side. With the support of the loyal army of the general regiment under Hidetaka Kawajiri, he had confidence for a while.

After the two armies merged, they slowly reinforced in a dense formation in the direction of Kiso-Fukushima Castle.

Baoke Masachi just smiled when he saw it.

Seeing that the Takeda Army under the castle was about to fall into a situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy, in the direction of the rear of the Oda Army's reinforcements, the rear road of the Oda Army was cut off by the army.

The soldiers of the Oda Army saw the banner of this powerful general. Everyone is frightened.

It was in the battle of Nagashino that the other party sought Oda Nobunaga's Baba Masabo.

In the middle of Kiso-Fukushima Castle, Kiso Yoshimasa stood on the castle tower, watching the soldiers of the Kiso army around him, gradually being overwhelmed by the attacking Takeda army, and the reinforcements who pinned high hopes on him were killed and fled in all directions after the army of Baba Masabo appeared. …,

Suddenly. Kiso Yoshimasa was completely desperate, and the last trace of hope in his heart was also cut off.

Kiso Yoshimasa raised the sword, staggered to the back room, and muttered to himself, "Although I have been defeated, the family business of the ancestor Yoshinaka cannot be destroyed because of me. Someone will send his wife and Iwamatsu Maru out of the city together, they have the blood of the Takeda family on them, and they will definitely be fine. ”

Speaking of this, Kiso Yoshimasa tore his throat and shouted to the two retainers, "Did you listen? Hurry up, or it'll be too late. ”

After hearing this, the two retainers glanced at each other and immediately ran away.

A heavy rain has fallen, Oyama Castle.

This is exactly the typhoon at the end of summer, and the rain that swept in and reached the direction of Hokriku Province in Japan.

The sky above the Honmaru Imperial Palace is already stormy.

The dark clouds were rolling, and the heavy rain was pouring down continuously, making Li Xiao's ears loud and loud.

The wind and clouds were colorful, Li Xiao pinched his chin with his hand, but he was slightly thoughtful.

Just as Li Xiao was pondering, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

Li Xiao looked sideways, and a warrior with a small flag passed through the rain curtain and entered the palace.

After Li Xiao's recent search and identification, the warrior walked through the corridor and came to the foot of the steps in front of Li Xiao, and bowed to Li Xiao with a bang.

"Report to the lord, Lord Hoshina of the Minami Shinano Army, with the cooperation of Lord Baba, has captured Kiso-Fukushima Castle, and rebelled against Kiso Yoshimasa in the castle tower."

The rain of powder hit the samurai's armor with a thin sound. The other party's voice resounded clearly in the palace.

After Li Xiao heard this, he snorted lightly and said, "Is Kiso Yoshimasa dead?" ”

Li Xiao has always had no good impression of this person, and has always regarded him as a traitor in the Takeda family.

After a pause, Li Xiaoyan said: "It's not a pity that Kiso Yoshimasa died, but his wife is the princess of the family, oh, I remember that she just gave birth to a boy for the Kiso family, can they suffer the disaster of breaking the city?" ”

The samurai immediately buried his head and said in a hesitant voice, "This ...... This one. ”

Li Xiao snorted at the moment.

The samurai immediately said in fear: "Returning to my lordship, it is like this, before Kiso Yoshimasa broke the castle, he ordered two retainers to take his wife and his sister-in-law out of the city, but the two of them were on the way to the Tsuyosakikan, and the baby suddenly died violently!" ”

Li Xiao's eyes narrowed and he shouted, "Is there anything inside this?" ”

The warrior buried his head and said, "I heard that before the baby died violently, the Duke of Chaoyue sent a messenger here, my lord, this is just the speculation of his subordinates. ”

After Li Xiao heard this, he waved his hand to signal the other party to retreat, but he paced in the palace.

If there is really Takeda Nobuyoshige's instruction behind this incident, then what is the reason?

At the same time as Li Xiao was speculating, the sound of knocking footsteps sounded again.

In front of the corridor, his retainer Maeda Toshiya and Yushiba Hidecho came on foot.

They were each followed by two or three attendants, holding umbrellas for them, but the rain was so heavy that they were already wet.

At this time, Li Xiao knew that these two people must be in a hurry.

Maeda Toshiya, Yushiba Hidecho handed over the Tai Dao he was carrying, and after handing over the rib difference to Li Xiao, he left his attendants outside the corridor.

The two entered together to meet Li Xiao.

Li Xiao immediately ordered a brazier to be placed on the palace, thinking that the two of them would expel the moisture on their bodies.

The meeting place was transferred to the palace, Li Xiao sat on the stacked seat of the main seat, and behind him was his flag seal Li Zi, as well as the armor he wore when he went out on weekdays.

Maeda Toshiya, Yushiba Hidecho was on the lower side of Li Xiao's right hand, and gave Li Xiao the etiquette of his subordinates. …,

Immediately, Maeda Toshiya said: "Lord, Yushiba Xiu Guitar has clearly refused, and he has returned to his family." ”

Hashiba Hidenaga, the head of the Maeda Toshi family, also said: "I'm sorry, lord, although my brother is very tactful on weekdays, but he also has a stubborn side, he wrote back to me and said that Nobunaga had the grace of knowing him back then, so he must repay him with death, so no matter what conditions come out of the family, he will not be attached." ”

Li Xiao nodded when he heard this, and said, "I know, the two of you have worked hard." ”

The matter of reversing a legion general is originally an attitude of revenge and a try for him, and if it doesn't work, there is no pity.

It's just that the current situation in the world has secretly tilted to Takeda's side, but Yushiba Hideyoshi is so ignorant of current affairs, which makes Li Xiao's understanding of him a little biased.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao looked at Yuchai Xiuchang, smiled slightly, and said, "When your brother brought you to see me, that scene is still clearly visible. Your Excellency's brother is a talented man in the world, and in many ways, I, Li Xiao, are inferior to him. ”

"Tell your brother that the general trend of the world cannot be reversed by personal strength, so heroes must follow the trend in order to have some achievements. At any time, as long as he has figured it out, he can subdue my Takeda family, and my promise to him will always be valid, and I hope he can do it himself. ”

Yushiba Hidecho sighed at the moment, and said with a little emotion: "Thank you for the lord's kindness to his minister's brother, and the brother also said in the letter that in addition to Nobunaga in the world, the one he admires the most is the major general of the guard." ”

"I hope that I can serve the lord well, and in the future, the two of us brothers will meet each other in battle, no matter who wins or loses, the family name of the Yuchai family will always be glorious and passed on."

Speaking of this, Yuchai Xiuchang couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and he couldn't restrain himself, and his eyes turned slightly red.

And Maeda Toshiya was also emotional.

Li Xiao nodded silently and said, "Very good, since your brother values me Li Xiao so much, I will defeat him with the greatest strength so that he has no regrets." ”

"Immediately write a letter to contact the Maori family, hoping that they can attack the Yushiba Hideyoshi army from two directions, Tajima, Bichu, and I will order Kano Hideji, Naito Ruyasu, and Muto Tomoyoshi to lead 10,000 troops to insert from behind and contain the reinforcements from the Oda family's side."

Oh!

Maeda Toshi's family and Yushiba Hidecho both agreed. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )