The beacon tower built by Shingen in Kita-Shinano in those years, as well as the stick road.

They were all set up in case Uesugi Kenshin went out to Shinano.

From near and far, it takes only one day to get from Kasuga Yamajo Castle to Kawanakajima, but it takes several days to get from Kushigasakikan to Kawanakajima.

It only takes less than an hour to build a beacon to transmit the news of the invasion of the Vietnamese army to Kofu.

From the setting of the beacon tower, the Tsukizaki Pavilion uses the way the beacon burns black smoke to understand the approximate strength of the Vietnamese army in Shinano.

And this time, the black smoke on the beacon tower was like a straight dragon, rolling straight into the sky, leading people to shock.

Seeing the black smoke of the beacon tower, the taiko drum and the drum sound on the Washigasaki Pavilion sounded.

The elders of the family who lived in the castle town of Yashiki, and the retainers above the rank of general, all rode fast horses along the horse path of the Tsushigasakikan and entered the Honmaru directly.

On the horse road, Takeda Nobuyoshi looked at the black smoke rising from the beacon tower, and couldn't help but stop the war horse, staring at it for a while, and then showing a solemn look on his face.

Takeda Nobuyoru gritted his teeth and whipped his whip hard, and then galloped towards Honmaru.

After coming to the main gate of Honmaru, Takeda Nobuyoru Huo Ran jumped off the war horse, guarded the ashigaru guarding the gate, and then stepped forward to lead the horse over.

After that, Takeda Nobutoyo, Yuan Changyin, and Mieda Moritomo, the three generals of the Takeda family, all stood in the corridor.

After discovering that Takeda Nobuyoshi was coming, the three of them came to Takeda Nobuyoshi together, and Takeda Nobutoshi pointed to the black smoke on the beacon and said, "Your Highness the Criminal Department, look! ”

Takeda Nobuyoru nodded and said, "I have already seen it, since the Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima, this beacon fire has not been lit for more than ten years. ”

"Judging from the scale of the black smoke, Uesugi Kenshin must be going all out to send Shinano this time!"

Mieda Mamoru responded, "Over the past few years, Kenshin has been attacking Mutsu. For the family, it's just containment. And this time it's back. It seems that it is still going to Luo! ”

Takeda Nobuyoru nodded and said, "Yes, Kenshin Gong is a person with great ambitions, and this time he is making a comeback." The momentum is unprecedented, and we need to be careful to deal with it. Where is the brother? ”

Takeda Nobutoyo replied, "Father, I am accompanying the owner of the pavilion to discuss the military situation. ”

Nobuyoru Takeda nodded. Wave your hand. Yan said: "Then let's go and meet the hall master together, as the so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the humble and honest public will invade Shinano again, and we can only fight to the death!" ”

Hearing Takeda Nobuyoshi say this, Takeda Nobutoyo and his wife all agreed.

All the retainers walked into the main hall together.

Takeda Nobuyoshi walked into the main hall, under the eye-catching Takeda Ryoshi family pattern. There is a large map.

Takeda Nobuyoshi is in front of the map, with Takeda Nobukatsu, who has just been served. Talking about the direction of Uesugi Kenshin's troops this time.

Takeda Nobukatsu, who has inherited the family governor, is only a child of more than ten years old, but in order to inherit the family business, he had to serve early.

But his body is still thin and weak, not to mention wielding a knife to kill the enemy, and he can't even wear a Suwa helmet.

Now wearing a monk's robe, Takeda Nobushihiro was holding a horsewhip on the map, and explained to Takeda Nobukatsu with a serious face: "Judging from the message of the beacon tower, the direction of Kenshin's battle this time should be the direction of Qianguo Street, judging from the current mobilization of the Uesugi family's military service, the total mobilization force of the Uesugi family Echigo is about 30,000, and if you look at the scale of the battle, it is about 20,000. ”

Beside him, Takeda Nobukatsu suddenly said: "Uncle, I only have 400,000 Echigo Ishigao, why does the Uesugi family have 30,000 mobilization." ”

Takeda explains, "This is because Echigo has the support of gold and silver mines, and because of the large amount of income from the annual trade of green ramie to Kyoto, which is why Echigo's mobilization power is so amazing. ”…,

After hearing this, Takeda Nobukatsu suddenly realized.

Takeda Nobushihiro continued: "The Senkoku Kaido where Uesugi Kenshin is now in battle, the first line of Makinoshima Castle, Kinobune Castle, and Koiwa Prison Castle are the important towns of Kita-Shinano Azumi-gun, and they are responsible for the passage connecting Shinano Hida, and if this place is lost, then the connection between the main family and Hida will be severed. ”

After that, Uesugi Kenshin had the option of bypassing the front line of Kaizu Castle and going directly into the hinterland of Shinano. In my opinion, this is only the first step of Kenshin Uesugi, and I am more worried that he has formed some kind of tacit understanding with Oda Tokugawa, and when he breaks through to Shinano, the Oda family can attack the Nakasendo and the Tokugawa family in the direction of Tokaido! ”

Just as Takeda Nobufan was talking, Takeda Nobuyoshi, Takeda Nobuhiro and others all reached the main hall.

After they met with Takeda Nobukatsu, Takeda Nobuyoru asked Takeda Nobuhiro, "Brother, is there any response in the direction of Nakasendo and Tokaido at present?" ”

Takeda Nobuhiro shook his head and said, "Akiyama Boqi, the two adults of Baba Mino, there is no news yet, and the samurai have just been sent to contact on horseback. ”

Just as Takeda Nobushi and Takeda Nobuyoshi were discussing, a samurai rushed into the main hall at this time, knelt down in front of Takeda Nobukatsu and Takeda Nobushihiro, and said: "Tell the lord of the hall, Tsuki Gong, Sanada Yasubo from Ueno Minowa Castle to send news from Ueno Minowa Castle that the Uesugi family is in Dewa, and the army of the two countries has been led by Uesugi Kenshin's son Uesugi Keitora three days ago and marched to Echigo. ”

"Even Izuha, the military strength of the Mutsu Kingdom has been mobilized, and Uesugi Kenshin is going to fight a decisive battle with his family."

Nobuyoru Takeda said in shock.

Takeda Nobuyoshi immediately said to the samurai, "You immediately report to Lord Abomori, and let him do everything possible to delay the advance of this army." ”

Hearing that the Uesugi family had mobilized the Mutsu and Dewa armies, all the generals were worried.

Takeda Nobu thought for a moment and said, "Order the Hida Echichu Army to cut off, and the sea from Echigo to Kyoto will not allow a single ship to cross the border." ”

Hearing Takeda Nobuyoshi say this, Takeda Nobutoyo hesitated and said, "But my father, we have lost contact with Hida Echichu now, how can we inform them?" ”

Takeda Shin said: "Rely on the ninjas, rely on the merchants, in short, all means, even if the news is intercepted by Echigo, it doesn't matter, it must be delivered." ”

Then Takeda Nobuyori decisively made several decisions, and everyone complied with them one by one.

In the main hall, candles were lit all over the place.

In the main hall, the retainers of the Takeda family gathered and discussed the military situation on the front line all night, and before they knew it, it was dawn.

The rest of the people were all worried and not sleepy, except for Takeda Nobukatsu, who was younger and fell asleep unconsciously.

Just as the day was about to dawn, a series of hurried horses' hooves sounded one after another.

A samurai rushed into the main hall, knelt down with a puff, and said loudly, "Lord of the Pavilion, Tsugetsu Gong, His Highness the Criminal Department, the Oda family has sent troops from Gifu Castle. ”

"Oda Nobutada personally went into battle!"

At this time, another samurai rushed into the main hall and said, "Lord of the Newspaper Hall, in the direction of Tokaido, Tokugawa Ieyasu is out of Noda Castle!" ”

"Oda, Uesugi, and Tokugawa join forces to attack!"

Nobuyoshi Takeda and the others all took a step back.

Takeda Shin said: "How is the war between the Hojo family and Satake, Unomiya, and Yuuki going?" ”

Hewa faithfully shook his head and said: "There is no way, the prince of the clan is still leading the army in Changlu, fighting fiercely with these three families, and he can't pull his hand for a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to reinforce my family." ”

Hearing Kawawa Toshishi say this, the generals of the Takeda family suddenly had some realization, this time the Uesugi family, Oda, and Tokugawa families came to attack, and it had been arranged and premeditated. …,

Takeda Nobulian said: "At present, the situation has not deteriorated, in the direction of Hokuriku Province, there is Li Zheng, Baba Masabo is there to resist the Shibata Army, Nakasendo, Tokaido, there are also Akiyama, Baba two adults to guard, at the moment just can't call on the help of these three legions." ”

"Yes, Oda and Tokugawa are all petty fights, the intention is only to contain the forces of the family, and now the top priority is to defeat Uesugi Kenshin who invaded Shinano, so Oda, the Tokugawa family retreats, otherwise it will be a situation where the three families divide up the family." Nobutoyo Takeda judged the situation.

"Yes, it's to repel Kenshin Uesugi who invaded Shinano." Takeda Nobu broke the horsewhip, except for Ueno, Uesugi Kenshin is equivalent to mobilizing all the forces of Ueno, Mutsu, and Dewa, and Uesugi Kenshin is the main attack on the Takeda family this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the consistent tactic of Kenshin Uesugi to personally lead superior forces, face the enemy country, and finally press forward step by step, forcing the other side to engage in a decisive battle in his favor, and a decisive military battle." Takeda Shin said.

As Nobuyhiro Takeda said, it is a very risky thing to engage in a decisive joint battle with the strength of the whole country.

For example, in the fourth Kawanakajima and Nagashino battles, both sides suffered heavy casualties, not only their subordinates, but even the general was beheaded by the enemy in the battle.

But such a tactical decisive battle may be a difficult problem for other main generals.

But for the specialty of the world's No. 1 general Uesugi Kenshin, he was almost undefeated in all battles in his life, and even Shingen was almost defeated in his hands.

As a Takeda Katsuraito, Oyamada Nobushige said: "No, I am afraid of Uesugi Kenshin, but now that the two generations of lords are gone, the family wants to find an opponent who can fight with Uesugi Kenshin on the battlefield, I'm afraid it will be ...... Even after Nobunaga's death, no one else is invincible. ”

Listening to what Koyamada Nobushige said, all the generals were silent, and the Takeda family was not without famous generals, such as Baba Nobubo, Akiyama Nobuyo, and the rising star Sanada Masayuki, who was known as not inferior to his father, were all famous generals of the moment, and he was victorious when he served as a corps general, and Takeda Nobuyori was even older and stronger, and was praised by Shingen as a figure who could serve as a deputy general.

And looking at the world, Shibata Katsuya, wise Mitsuhide, the four kings of Oda, also have their own strengths, and their reputation is for a while.

However, even if these people are powerful, what are the chances of winning against the incarnation of Shangbi Shamen Tian, Sugi Kenshin?

At the moment, all the generals are silent, as Nobushige Oyamada said, who in the family can fight Uesugi Kenshin?

Just when the generals were silent, Takeda Nobukatsu said on the side: "Lord Oyamada, what you said is not right, there is still one person in this family who can match Kenshin Gong." ”