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The first year of the Motoki, June.

The Oda family, which is in full swing, is facing its biggest challenge.

In Minami-Omi, the father and son of Rokkaku Yoshiken, who had been dormant in Iga for a long time, reappeared in Minami-Omi and surrounded Nagakoji Castle, where Shibata Katsuie and Sakuma Nobumori were stationed.

Due to the cut off of the water supply, the defenders reached the point of running out of oil and lamps, and the garrison Shibata Katsuie put all the water in the city into a bottle and shared it with all the samurai, and when he was halfway through drinking, Shibata Katsuie suddenly smashed all the water bottles with his sword, and shouted, "You can choose one of the two paths of dying of thirst or dying in battle." ”

Shibata Katsuya launched a counterattack with the momentum of a battle against the water, and the Rokkaku Army was defeated, and 780 people under the Rokkaku family's old Mikumo and Motohara Iga Mamoru were captured.

Shibata Katsuya became famous all over the world because of this battle, and was called "Oni Shibata" or "Bottle Cutting Shibata".

The hard work of the Shibata Katsuya stabilized the situation in Minami-Omi for the Oda family.

Nobunaga relieved himself and led a large army from Gifu Castle in mid-June to attack Kotani Castle, the main castle of the Kita-Omi family.

Nobunaga led a large army to surround Yokoyama Castle, a branch of Otani Castle, and immediately heard the news of Oda's attack on Asai, and the Asakura family led 10,000 troops with Asakura Keiken as the general to support them.

At the same time, Nobunaga was also supported by less than 6,000 soldiers and horses from Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The two armies crossed each other across a sister river for a decisive battle, which is the famous sister river battle in history.

The outcome of this pivotal battle was the defeat of the Asai Asakura coalition at Sister River by the Oda Tokugawa coalition army.

The Oda Tokugawa coalition lost more than 800 casualties, while Asai Asakura lost 1,800 casualties, and the casualties were innumerable.

After the Oda family captured Yokoyama Castle, Nobunaga appointed Kinoshita Hideyoshi as the castle representative, leaving the town guard to monitor the Asai family, and he himself returned to Kyoto to meet Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was anxious when he saw that the Oda family reversed the defeat at the Battle of Kanesaki and defeated the Rokkaku family first in Minami Omi and then the Asai Asakura coalition in North Omi.

Yoshiaki immediately wrote another secret letter, urging Takeda Shingen to speed up the matter of Shangluo.

And the Takeda family is allied with the Hojo family, and Yijing is reopened.

The Hojo family exiled the Imagawa clan from Izu and relinquished possession of Suruga, and the Takeda family alienated the Satake family, the Satomi family, who had been close to the Hojo family.

The Hojo clan regained the remains of his wife, Huangmeiin, and buried them in the Hojo family's Bodhi Temple.

In less than two years since the Takeda Hojo Jiā War, although the two alliances have now recovered, it is natural for the Hojo clan to lose his beloved wife, and Takeda Shingen has also lost his love.

In addition, Mrs. Sanjo of Takeda Shingen's main room, since the death of Ai Nv last year, has been very sad, and must be sick, and now it is also dying.

Takeda Shingen saw that after seeing that the main room who had been with him for many years was also about to leave his love, he couldn't help but feel even more pain, and the symptoms of lung disease were even worse.

And at this time, Takeda Shingen received a letter from Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

In the main hall of the Hesakikan, Takeda Shingen held the letter in his hand, read it for a long time, and suddenly smiled coldly, and said to the two generals of Yama County and Racecourse: "Your Royal Highness, it's really ridiculous, now Nobunaga has just won a big victory in the battle of Sister River, and he wants my Takeda family to come out on this occasion and fight to the death with the Oda family. ”

Baba Nobubo said: "My lord, the Gongfang Hall does have its own calculations, but honestly speaking, there is no one else to rely on in the Gongfang Hall except for the main family, the Avatar, and the Honganji. Speaking of Huilai, the Oda family did fight beautifully, and Shibata who fought in Minami Omi is also one of the few famous generals in the world, if Oda is allowed to continue to be strong, the road to Luo in the future will definitely be more and more difficult. ”

"I understand," Takeda Shingen folded the letter in his hand, looked into the distance and said lightly, "Nobunaga, it is really a terrible opponent, the same Tokugawa of Mikawa, is not weak, this joint battle actually with less than 6,000 men, the front of the Asakura family Jīng Rui's 10,000 army. Everyone said that the warriors of the three rivers are brave and good at fighting, and it seems that it is true, and they will be the fierce rivals of their family on the road to Luo in the future. ”

Shan County Changjing said: "Yes, my lord, if my family wants to take the East China Sea Road to Shangluo, they must pass through the Three Rivers and the Yuanjiang River. Therefore, there must be a battle to the death with the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa family seemed to be aware of their intentions and began to prepare for it, and not long ago, Ieyasu moved the castle from Okazaki Castle in Mikawa to Toe Province Hikima, and renamed the castle Hamamatsu. ”…,

"Ieyasu himself sat here, apparently to be wary of his family's raids on the Enoe Kingdom, while Okazaki Castle was in charge of his sister-in-law, Nobuyasu."

Baba Nobubo also said on the side: "My lord, in Echigo, there is also news that there are envoys from the Tokugawa family in Hiyama Castle, and I heard that Ieyasu is preparing to break the alliance with the family, and Kenshin has secretly reached an alliance. ”

"What is Ieyasu, the last time the family invaded Suruga, he had a secret discussion with the Hojo family to attack our army in Hachimanwara, and I haven't pursued this matter yet, and this time I actually want to join forces with Echigo." ”

Yamaguchi Masakai put his knees together, took a step forward, and said, "My lord, I propose to use this as an excuse to crusade against the Tokugawa family and attack Mikawa and Enoe, and at the same time test the attitude of the Oda family to see if Nobunaga will take into account his position with the main family and abandon the alliance with the Tokugawa." ”

Takeda Shingen's eyes flashed, and he said: "It's not okay to attack in a big way, this family must focus all its strength on the Uesugi family this year." However, it is necessary to beat the Tokugawa family, and at the same time, it is also given to His Royal Highness the next jiā, and the matter of Yama Prefecture will be handled by you. ”

Shan County Changjing agreed.

Baba Nobubo asked, "My lord, Your Majesty and the elders of the Lian Judgment Clan have discussed it, and everyone has suggested that the date of this year's decisive battle with the Uesugi family be set in August. ”

Takeda Shinxuan nodded and said, "That's right, after such an autumn harvest, is Li Xiao's army ready?" I heard that this time Uesugi Kenshin attacked Echichu, which caused him a lot of losses. This time, the family attacked Echigo in three directions, and his legion was crucial to the overall strategy. ”

Racecourse Nobubo replied: "There is a certain loss, but Li Xiao said that this attack on Echigo, no matter what the cost, he will go all out." ”

"Very well," Takeda Shingen nodded, and said, "Let Kita Shinano and the Nishi-Ueno Army also start to prepare." In this decisive battle against the Uesugi family, except for the Suruga Army in Yama Prefecture and the Minami Shinano Army in Akiyama, all the retainers, wealthy clans, and countrymen of the family must be ready to fight. ”

Speaking of this, Takeda Shingen said slowly: "Now, the fierce battle between me and Kenshin for many years should also decide the winner. ”

Yue Chugo, Toyama Castle.

In the vast room of the castle tower, Li Xiao held a retainer group assessment.

This time, the retainers group assessed that it was the largest number of retainers gathered since Li Xiao seized Yuezhong.

On the assessment seat, it was full.

More than 50 retainers of the Li Xiao family sat on it.

Li Xiao sat on the main seat, looking left and right, he hadn't seen him for a year, and his retainers were so huge and unprecedented.

Well, take the game Taiko as an example, there are card characters in Li Xiao's retainers: Shima Katsutake, Takenaka Shigeharu, Honda Masanobu, Kinoshita Hidenaga, Daizo Chang'an, Shioka Kazuha, Fujido Takatora, Masuda Nagamori, Tsuchiya Masatsune, and Jimbo Nagatori.

Even the two generals of the new water army, Masatsuna Mukai and Chiga Sun Bei also have cards, not including the ninja leader Yokotani Yushige who was absent from the assessment.

As for Shioya Akisada, Kano Hideji, Baba Masabo, Mizugoe Morishige, Terashima Tojo, Uchijima Clanri, Yamamoto Kanzo and other retainers, they are also not well-known, but they have left a place in history.

In addition, Usami Katsuyuki, his brother-in-law Jimbo Nagaken, as well as the general of the big team Rui Costa, and the deputy general of the snake tail Bei, Ariyama Torada, they all changed the trajectory of their lives because of their own appearance, from the original unknown little people.

At present, these retainers, celebrities in history, are all sitting on top of the stacked seats, holding their breath and waiting for themselves to speak.

After Li Xiao glanced at the retainers, he said loudly: "Although we have suffered small losses in the attack of Uesugi Kenshin's army this time, on the whole, you have done a good job, and you have worked together to defend the foundation of Yuezhong. ”

Hearing Li Xiao say this, all the retainers breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, when Li Xiao was not in Yuezhong this time, Shenbao Nagaken, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and they all behaved in the battle with the Uesugi army, but when Li Xiao didn't blame them, all the retainers were also impressed.

Li Xiao continued: "The intention of convening everyone to hold the evaluation this time is to announce the strategic decision of the Imperial Pavilion, and the decision has been passed by the judgment seat of the family, and in mid-August this year, a large army will be poured into a decisive battle with the Uesugi family."

After Li Xiaozhi finished speaking, all the retainers were shocked, such as Zhu Zhong and the others who had learned the news earlier, of course, they looked calm.

And the expressions on the faces of Shima Katsu Takeshi, Jibo Nagaken, Kinoshita Hidecho and others were shocked.

Then Li Xiaoyan said: "At that time, the Lord of the Imperial Pavilion will lead the main army from the Heshigasakikan to attack the front line of the North Shinano Kawanakajima, Naito and Sanada, the two adults, from the West Ueno, to attack the territory of the Uesugi family in the east of the Uesugi family, and the task of my Hida Echichu Army is to do everything possible to attack Echigo, attack the belly and back of the Ūn Hiyama Castle, and form the main army with the Lord of the Imperial Palace, and attack the situation of Uesugi Kenshin in front and back. ”

"At that time, for this battle, I, the Hida Legion, will concentrate all our efforts and mobilize 10,000 troops. In order to prepare for this battle, you must make the greatest mobilization according to the military service book, whether it is the gungami, Hida, sè water, or retainers from all over the country, you must participate in the war, and you must not have any reservations. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao paused and asked, "Do you have any objections to this?" ”

The retainers present also felt Li Xiao's determination to fight this time, and immediately bowed down and said: "I am willing to do my best for my family." ”