In the castle tower, the tea stove is boiling water.

But at this moment, neither of them is in the mood to drink tea.

Honda Masanobu narrowed his eyes and put the folding fan up, figuring out the meaning of Huiqiong's words in Ankokuji Temple.

The other party is worthy of a character like Oda Nobunaga, and he has fought against people, so between words, you don't have to grasp his content, but guess the motive behind the other party's words.

Ankokuji Huiqiong just spoke, and mentioned three meanings, first, the Maori family's naval army is very strong and can suppress the Takeda family on the sea.

Second, the Maori family has a heart for Wakasa and is very indignant at the Li family's involvement.

Third, despite this, the Maori family felt that the Li family could communicate and negotiate and obtain a way to negotiate.

In this case, it seems that the strong attitude adopted by Anguosi Huiqiong at the beginning is naturally not that this person is stupid, in order to show the domineering spirit of the Maori family's current overlords of Shanyin and Shanyang, as well as the strength of the Maori army, he is so condescending and looks down on the arrogance of the Takeda family.

The other party is not so stupid, pragmatic people will not have this vanity at all, and the real purpose of the other party is to see Honda Masa's reaction, to test whether the Li family has any expectations, and whether they have the ambition to gain a foothold in Wakasa. That's the key.

Then, with the attitude of trying to Honda Masashinobu, he saw that if the Li family had the strength to open up the Wakasa front, then from the content of Ankokuji Huiqiong's words, it was seen that the Maori family must have the next means to get the help of the Li family in some directions.

The capture of a small Tase mountain castle actually caused the active subordination of the Tamba Naito family and the initiative of the Mori family, and it seems that the stationing in Wakasa erected the banner of the prestige of the family in, and then connected the entire global forces.

That's right. Those who do not seek the overall situation cannot seek a city. Reminiscent of the current direction of the Maori family's strategy. Honda Masanobu had a slight smile on his face.

Thinking of all this, Honda Masanobu shook the folding fan slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Master Huiqiong, you are here to envoy to this family this time. Is it the decision of the head of the Maori family, Yasuki, or the opinion of Yoshikawa Jibu Shaosuke? ”

Anguo Temple Huiqiong was originally tidying up clothes. But after listening to Honda Masanobu's words, he was slightly stunned, and the two of them were at such a stalemate.

At this time, there was a popping and boiling sound from the tea stove, and Honda Masanobu calmly removed the tea stove from the wind stove.

Anguo Temple Huiqiong smiled suddenly. Pointing to Honda Masanobu. With an expression that everyone understood, he said: "In fact, the decision made by An Yun's right horse head and Yoshikawa Jibu Shaosuke, so to speak, does Honda-sama understand?" ”

Yoshikawa Jibu Shaosuke, that is, Yoshikawa Motoharu. One of the two rivers of Maori, the Maori family has been since Maori. The strongest general, who has fought dozens of battles together, has been undefeated so far, and is famous in the western country.

Kai, Tsugasaki Pavilion.

At the time of Honda Masanobu and Ankokuji Huiqiong.

A military discussion related to the life and death of the Takeda family is going on in the museum.

In the face of the Takeda encirclement network organized by Oda, Tokugawa, and Uesugi, all the retainers were solemn, and this military discussion will determine the direction of the family's response.

In this crucial battle, if you are not careful, it will be the end of the Takeda family.

Takeda Xinfan, Takeda Xinlian, and Li Xiao looked at each other, although they were unhappy with each other before, but after such a toss, everyone had put down the knot.

The three of them put aside all these unpleasant things, and Takeda Nobuyoru immediately invited Li Xiao to take a seat.

Li Xiao is now a Noto guard, and he was awarded the rank of major general of the guards by the imperial court, and he has a house number.

So at the moment, even if he is not a retainer of the pen, no one in the Takeda family is above him except for Takeda Shinkatsu, and it is impossible for a family to be trustworthy and honest. …,

At that moment, after Li Xiao saw Takeda Nobukatsu, he sat on the second seat.

Seeing this, Katsuzi and others were all angry, and the Hewa Nobushi, who had not gone to Li Xiao's mansion before, and Nobushige Koyamada and others were also silent when they saw this.

Above the main hall of the Tsukizaki Pavilion.

The military discussion continued.

When everyone left just now, they didn't hear the deployment of the Oda family's troops on the Nakasendo and Tokaido roads.

When Takeda Nobuyoru repeated the story, and when the retainers learned that there were more than 110,000 troops marching from three directions to attack Takeda's house, everyone was disgraced.

This is the treatment that only had when Nobunaga was in full swing after the success of the Oda family, and today it is the turn of the Takeda family.

After Takeda Nobuyoru finished talking about all these situations, he looked at Li Xiao, who was sitting under Takeda Nobukatsu.

In fact, the retainers present all looked at Li Xiao and wanted to hear the opinion of this strongest military strategist in Takeda, who was known as a self-confident Xuan, and after victory.

At this time, Takeda Nobuyoshi also spoke: "Yagata Gong, how do you think the family should deal with the encirclement of the Uesugi family, Tokugawa, and Oda in this situation?" ”

Although Takeda Nobushi's tone was indifferent, he was already asking for advice.

Li Xiao looked at everyone's gaze and said in his heart, did he have such a long-awaited return.

Li Xiao immediately replied to Takeda Shinfan, and said: "Chaoyue Gong, I can't talk about how to deal with it, just tell the truth, please forgive me for saying that with the current strength of this family, there is no chance of winning if you want to deal with the offensive of the Uesugi, Tokugawa, and Oda families at the same time." ”

As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, the trace of the trace in the audience sneered and said: "If it is Yagata Gong, there is only such an opinion, so there is no need to say it." ”

Li Xiao looked at the trace of Shengzi, and secretly sneered in his heart, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he said gently: "Lord Trace, if you have any advice, you might as well say it directly, I will listen to it." ”

Under the unpleasant gaze of Takeda Shinfan, his face turned cold, and he lowered his head stupidly at the moment.

Li Xiao ignored the traces of the Katsuzi at the moment, looked at the retainers, and said: "Yes, at the same time, dealing with the three families of Uesugi, Tokugawa, and Oda, any of the world's great masters does not have this power, even if it is the source of Yoshitsune, Kiso Yoshinaka can't be resurrected." ”

"So the strategy that this family has to deal with is to break each one!"

After listening to Li Xiaozhi's words, all the retainers nodded silently, although it was not an earth-shattering or unexpected opinion, but it was also regarded as the direction below, and a clue was sorted out.

At this time, a Shinlong spoke: "Yagata Gong." Breaking through each is the way of using soldiers. It's just a matter of priority. Which of these three should we be better against? ”

Li Xiao looked at a letter dragon and said, "Lord Uemon, what you said is good. There are priorities. ”

"This time, the three families are coming in four ways, in Hokuriku. The Shibata Corps held each other for our Hida Etsuchu Corps, and the two sides were evenly matched. On the Nakasendo Road, Oda Nobutada's 20,000-strong army attacked Iwamura Castle. At present, Iwamura Castle is guarded by Akiyama-sama. The terrain of Higashimino is tortuous, and it is not easy to deploy troops, and Iwamura Castle is a fortified city, so it should be able to hold on for several months. These two roads can be regarded as slow for the time being. ”

"And Tokaido, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Takigawa Ichiyi's 20,000 troops came, and the Suruga Army of Baba-sama was slightly inferior. The Suruga Army was heavily damaged during the Nagashino War, and it was really difficult to resist this way, so it could be regarded as an emergency. ”

"In the north, the Sugi family sent 40,000 troops, the strongest of all the troops, and penetrated deep into the hinterland of my Shinano, captured Azumi-gun, and cut off the connection between the main family and Hida, so the situation is the most dangerous, and it is the most urgent."

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Takeda Nobuyo said tentatively: "Then the opinion of Yagata Gong, among the four roads, the Uesugi family is the most powerful, and it is the most dangerous to the root of the family's Shinano, right?" ”…,

Li Xiao nodded and said, "So to speak." ”

"It seems that there is only one battle." Nobuyo Takeda sighed.

Takeda Nobuyoshi said this, which made all the retainers silent for a while, the situation that Li Xiao said before, they all understood, at the previous military meeting, everyone also discussed, Uesugi Kenshin is the strongest of the four roads, if he can defeat the Uesugi family and make them retreat, then the other three roads will retreat without a fight.

But facing Uesugi Kenshin, although there is such a chance of victory, even when Shingen and the two lords are there, they will also suffer a lot.

Now in a decisive battle with the Uesugi family, does the Takeda family have this chance of winning?

At this time, Takeda Nobuyoshi stood up from behind Takeda Nobukatsu and said loudly, "The Uesugi army is 40,000, if the family mobilizes with all their might, plus the two corps of Kita Shinano and Nishi Ueno, you can send out about 30,000 troops, so it can almost be the foundation of a duel with Uesugi Kenshin." At the moment, the only thing that is lacking is a general. ”

Speaking of this, Takeda Nobuhiro sighed, looked at Li Xiaoyan and said: "Yagata Gong, I am already old, and I no longer have the courage to fight with Uesugi when I was in Kawanakajima, and now among my family, you are the only general who can fight with Uesugi Kenshin and match it." ”

"So the matter of the decisive battle with the Uesugi family, please leave it to Your Excellency."

After hearing what Takeda Nobuyoshi said, all the retainers knew that in fact, they would fight with Uesugi Kenshin, and the army under the command of the Takeda family would be handed over to him.

Generally speaking, such a strategic decisive battle is performed by the governor as the general general.

But Takeda Nobukatsu is still young, and he definitely doesn't have this qualification, so only Li Xiao is responsible.

Or Takeda Nobukatsu served as the nominal general general, and Li Xiao served as the military officer, or the post of deputy general was under his command.

This is unprecedented power, and this time it fell on Li Xiao.

Immediately, a look of envy, jealousy and hatred looked at Li Xiao.

Regarding Takeda Nobuyoshi's decision, some of the retainers moved their lips slightly, as if they wanted to oppose it, but in the end, no one stood up.

Li Xiao looked at Takeda Shinfan's expression, but he didn't agree to accept this power.

He turned his head to look at the wind forest volcano and the banner of the Suwa Daimyojin, and immediately said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't mean a decisive battle with Uesugi Kenshin. ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, the generals were in an uproar.

Now even Takeda Nobuyhiro thinks that since Li Xiao put forward this opinion, then he is going to be on the job and take on the role of this general.

After that, he paved the way for Li Xiao's official comeback.

Li Xiao admits that he also has this ambition to enhance his prestige in the Takeda family, but in fact he does not allow it.

However, even if Li Xiao is now in a foggy mind and feels that he can defeat Uesugi Kenshin in military strategy, can his prestige in the Takeda Army be compared with Shingen and Shenglai, the two pavilion masters? If he dispatches, will the retainers of the Takeda family listen to him?

In this way, a decisive battle with Uesugi Kenshin can have a few percent chance of victory, if it is a big defeat, the martial arts that he has worked hard to build for more than ten years can only be used as a paving stone for Uesugi Kenshin, and the retainers of the Takeda family will also blame Li Xiao for the reason, and they will never be able to turn over again.

Takeda Shin said, "Yagata Gong, why do you say that? ”

Li Xiao replied: "This time, the three families of Uesugi, Oda, and Tokugawa came to attack, and they shot at the same time, there must have been a tacit understanding between them, and there was a layout first. Otherwise, Satake and other forces would not be dispatched to drag down the means of the Hojo family, an ally of the family. ”

Well.

All the retainers nodded.

"So since the enemy army is well planned. Then all the reactions of the family should be coped. is also in the other party's routine. These four ways to fight, Uesugi Kenshin all the way out of the army, all the way to fight, the intention is already very obvious. It is an attempt to engage in a strategic decisive battle with our army, if the family is as expected by the enemy. He also sent the main force out to fight a decisive battle with Uesugi, so as to meet the expectations of the enemy. ”…,

"And in the art of war, everything the enemy expects. That's exactly what we're going to do! ”

Li Xiao said. For example, in chess, the opponent takes the lead and lays out the layout on the board, and if the opponent attacks, you deal with it. Then fall into the enemy's routine and follow suit. And this time. It is necessary to interfere with the opponent's move and attack the pawn in a place that the enemy is not familiar with, so that the opponent's prepared back move cannot be played.

Just as Shingen's three attacks on the Hojo family at the beginning, each attack route was beyond the judgment and expectation of the Hojo family in advance, so it won a complete victory, and the Sagami lion had no temper at all.

"How to do the opposite, isn't there a better way to deal with it than a decisive battle with the Uesugi family?" Nobuyoru Takeda asked at the moment.

"Could it be that His Royal Highness the Princess, please come forward to negotiate peace for the family and persuade the Uesugi family to withdraw from the army." Speaking is a river depression faithfulness.

Takeda Nobuyoshi slowly shook his head and said: "This is impossible, although Uesugi Kenshin has always obeyed the righteousness of the name, but this time he has been planning for a long time, and he will not easily agree." Today, unlike in the past, the Gongfang Palace ordered the 40,000 troops of the Uesugi family to retreat with a word, even if Uesugi Kenshin agreed, the wealthy people under his command would not agree. Let's listen to Major General Konoe's opinion. ”

Li Xiao nodded and said: "His Royal Highness Hewa, what he said is not unreasonable, it is better to have this layer of suppression of righteousness than nothing, but if we hold our expectations here, it is a big mistake." ”

"Strength is the means to force the Uesugi family to retreat, although the Uesugi Kenshin field is unparalleled in the world, but the siege is slightly inferior, our top priority is to hold the hinterland of Shinano and not let it have a chance to break through, and then clear the field, and wait for the 40,000 troops of the Uesugi army to run out."

"In this way, I expect that Uesugi Kenshin will not give up this opportunity to attack his own family, and will definitely die in Shinano, and then Shinano's lost ground, I am also ready to sacrifice at present, and even dispatch elite troops all the way to attack Hida, cut off the Hida Echichu Army, and the connection between Mino and Echichu, which must be taken into account."

When the generals of the Takeda family heard Li Xiao say this, they obviously planned for the worst for Uesugi Kenshin's attack on Shinano, not only did Shinano lose his land, but he was even prepared for the Li family's foundation, Hida Country.

Li Xiaodu said so, so the retainers of the Takeda family had no objection, and the next Shinlong said murderously: "Since we have abandoned the offensive of the Uesugi family, what should we do?" ”

Li Xiao nodded when he heard this, waved his hand, and said categorically: "What we want to do is to concentrate on fighting Tokaido first, and the Tokugawa family all the way!" ”

Li Xiao then explained why he wanted to attack the Tokugawa family, which was very simple.

The Tokugawa family is between the two major forces of Takeda and Oda, and there is no territorial contact with other forces, and the only way to survive and make progress is to destroy the Takeda family.

Therefore, in the eyes of Tokugawa Ieyasu, there was already a plan to take one of the two strong, with Takeda and without Tokugawa, and with Tokugawa and without Takeda.

In the Tokugawa and Oda periods, the Oda family could expand their territory in the direction of, the South China Sea, and the Western Kingdom, and did not have to fight with Takeda, but the Tokugawa was very different.

The Tokugawa family is the most resolute in the heart of Takeda's destruction, and there is no second way to buffer.

Therefore, the retainers of the Takeda family may fantasize that Ashikaga Yoshiaki will come forward to let the Uesugi family withdraw from the army, but they will not have any expectations for the Tokugawa family at all, and they will fight to the death.

For the Tokugawa family, the generals of the Takeda family still have always had a psychological advantage, although the Mikawa soldiers have always fought in the war, in the previous joint battles, like a hard walnut, the Takeda army was full of blood.

However, whether it is Nagashino or Mikatahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu can only face the fate of Takeda Ling's banner and finally retreat and flee. …,

Moreover, among the three families in this raid, the Tokugawa family is the weakest.

First of all, in terms of strategic situation, the loss of Nagashino, Noda Castle, and the key point of Higashi Mikawa Yoshida Castle has been opened, if the territory of the Tokugawa family is compared to a giant snake, then Yoshida Castle is the seven inches of the snake, cutting off the fate of the Tokugawa family here by Mikawa and Toe and the two countries.

Secondly, in terms of strength, the Tokugawa family is only 500,000 stones, and the mobilization of troops is only more than 10,000 people.

And Li Xiao's strategy is also to beat the Tokugawa family, regardless of Uesugi Kenshin's onslaught on North Shinano, Oda Nobutada's attack on Iwamura Castle, and the Tokugawa family must be beaten down for me first.

For example, it is like a person who is blocked in the corner by a group of thugs and is about to be beaten.

At this time, he is Bruce Lee, it is impossible for him to pick all of them alone, so if he doesn't want to kneel down and beg for mercy, or hug his head and be beaten, the only way is to target the weakest and most arrogant person on the other side, and catch the other party and beat him to death.

No matter how others beat you, they just stare at a target and don't let go, and as a result, while letting you go to the hospital, the other party will also accompany you to the hospital.

This statement may be a bit rogue, but Li Xiao's strategy, in other words, even if the North Shinano is lost, and even the entire Shinano is lost, but if the Mikawa family can be captured and the Tokugawa family can be killed, then the Takeda family will not suffer in this battle.