Just as Li Xiao appointed Tsuchiya Masahiro as the general of the horseback team, at this time, a horseback warrior with a hundred-legged centipede flag on his back galloped down the mountain.

Li Xiao's face turned pale when he saw this.

And Tsuchiya Masatsune on the side was even more surprised: "Isn't this the centipede ride of Lord Yukan?" Why did you come to Hida? ”

While speaking, after the centipede passed off the horse, he drove straight up the mountain, came to Li Xiao's five zhang away, and stopped the two Li Xiao's side approach.

The herald stopped, propped his right hand on the ground, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord Mamori, this is the secret letter of the lord. ”

After speaking, he handed over a letter printed with fire paint to Li Xiao through the side.

Li Xiao uncovered the fire paint and looked at the end of the letter covered with the dragon seal, as well as Takeda Shingen's autographed monogram, which confirmed that it was Takeda Shingen's autographed letter.

After Li Xiao quickly read the letter, there was a trace of embarrassment on his face, he thought for a while, and said to the envoy: "You go back to the lord, saying that Li Xiao will do his best." ”

With a sigh of relief, his face was happy, and he said: "So the lord will rest assured, and I will go back." ”

After the centipede rode away, Li Xiao said to a close man: "Go to Shengang City immediately, and order Dazang Chang'an, Masuda Nagamori, and Shioya Qiuzhen, they will come to Sakura Cave City together." ”

It turns out that as Takeda Shingenshin said, the relationship between the Takeda family and Imagawa Hojo has reached a very critical point.

Not long ago, the Imagawa clan blamed the Takeda family on the grounds that Takeda was allied with Oda, and together with the Hojo clan, he officially cut off the salt to Kai.

Kai and Shinano salt all relied on Imagawa and Hojo to supply, and now that the salt was cut off, there was no salt to buy in the Takeda family for a while, and they suddenly fell into a predicament.

Therefore, Takeda Shinxuan wrote a letter and ordered Li Xiao to quickly transfer salt from Hida and transport it to the inside of Kai to solve the urgent need first.

At the same time, Li Xiao was also asked to keep it secret, and not to leak the slightest unfavorable news, so as not to cause further panic.

But the problem in front of Li Xiao is that Hida salt is also barely sustaining the country, and although the winter snow has melted, it will take some time to transfer salt from Vietnam.

Moreover, if it is a large-scale salt transfer, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Jimbo family, and even the salt road of Hida will be affected.

Now that Takeda Shingen has given an order, at this time of crisis for his family, Li Xiao can only be loyal and work hard, if he can get through this difficulty, Shinxuan's trust in Li Xiao should be improved.

However, Li Xiao sent salt from Hida, which could only support the Takeda family for a while, and if there was no salt transportation from Hojo Imagawa, the price of this Kai salt would have risen further, and it would not be possible to hide it at that time.

At this time, Li Xiaoyi suddenly remembered a person, that is, Uesugi Kenshin.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled slightly, will this matter develop as in history?

Echigo, Kasuga Mountain Castle.

Uesugi Kenshin himself held a bamboo pole in one hand and looked at the large map of the Kotsu situation on the wall.

On the map, Yuehou Yuezhong is like a big dragon lying horizontally, with its back to the sea.

In the easternmost part of Echigo Echichu, there is the Ichijang sect. The Honganji forces entrenched in Kaga Province, as well as Katsukoji Temple and Zuizumenji Temple in Echichu, firmly controlled the Hokuriku Province, Uesugi Kenshin's Kamirako Road.

Although Honganji Temple was repeatedly defeated by the Echigo army, Uesugi Kenshin also knew that with the power of the Uesugi family, he was unable to destroy Honganji.

And in the front of Echigo, Takeda Shingen set up three major legions for the Echigo strategy, lined up.

The Hida on the left is the Hida led by Li Xiao, the Echichu Army, the Shinano in the middle is the North Shinano Army led by Takasaka Danmasa Masanasanobu, and the Nishi-Ueno on the right is the Nishi-Ueno Army temporarily replaced by Ganli Masataka.

Now the entire Echichu, as well as half of Echigo, are under the shadow of the three major legions of the Takeda family.

In addition to the three major armies of the first line, there are also second-line corps such as Takeda Nobuyoshi and Akiyama Nobuyomo, which can attack at any time.

Now that Takeda Shingen has recovered from the last capture of Minowa Castle, if it weren't for the Imagawa and Hojo behind him, he would have raised troops from Kai and ordered the three major armies, together with Honganji, to attack Echichu and Echigo in four ways.

Even Hojo could set out from Ueno Stable Bridge Castle and join forces with Takeda to attack Echigo.

Not to mention the Ashina family that has been peeking into the Yangbei area of Echigo for a long time.

Rao is Uesugi Kenshin has always been fearless, and when he saw this situation, his face also changed slightly.

At this time, Uesugi Kenshin thought that after the bloody battle of Kawanakajima in the fourth year of Eiroku, Takeda Shingen's five years of hard work, the Echigo encirclement network established by himself, the three-way combined attack, covered Echigo like an iron cover. …,

"Xin Xuanzhen is a terrible enemy, my lifelong enemy of Huihu." Kenshin Uesugi sighed.

At present, there is a faint voice among the wealthy families within the Uesugi family, saying that the Uesugi family is fighting on the three fronts of Honganji, Takeda, and Hojo at the same time, so that even if the Echigo samurai are good at fighting, they will not be able to support it.

Now Uesugi has basically lost control of the Kanto region, so the power of these three families can be on a par with the Uesugi family.

And Takeda Shingen and Hojo Yasu are also the heroes of the world, and none of them are inferior to Uesugi Kenshin.

Uesugi Kenshin looked at Hida, Shinano, and Ueno again, and the three major Takeda legions lined up in this line, with a solemn look on his face.

At this moment, Naoe Jinggang rushed into the main hall with great interest.

He held a letter in his hand and said to Uesugi Kenshin: "My lord, good news, the Takeda Hojo Imagawa Triple Alliance is about to disappear. ”

Uesugi Ken sighed and asked, "Can you confirm it?" ”

Naoe Keixuna nodded, and told the truth about the salt ban on the Takeda family by uniting Hojo Imagawa.

Naoe Jinggang added his own judgment and said: "My lord, it is difficult to believe in Xuan so much, and we can take this opportunity to crusade against Takeda." ”

Uesugi Kenshin listened to Naoe Keixuna's words, and asked rhetorically without hesitation, "Do you think Shingen will be in trouble because of this lack of salt?" ”。

Naoe Jinggang pondered for a while and said: "Maybe it won't have much impact on Takeda Shingen, but no matter what, the people within the Takeda family will panic because of this, my lord, this is really a good opportunity." ”

Uesugi Kenshin shook his head and said: "You are wrong, the good or bad of martial luck is determined by heaven, as a samurai, just decide the winner on the battlefield, if you win by the method of cutting salt, the victory is not Wu Huihu, not Imagawa Shin, Hojo Clanyasu, such a means of subordination, I disdain." ”

"Lord, you won't." Naoe Jinggang was suddenly surprised.

Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said, "Jing Gang, the battle between Jiayue has been going on for more than ten years, and countless soldiers are buried in the wilderness. Now is the time to recuperate, not to rush to use troops. ”

Naoe Jinggang nodded and said, "Lord, you are right. ”

In the tenth year of Eiroku, it was when Hojo Imagawa united to cut off salt to the Takeda family.

Uesugi Kenshin, who was the great enemy of Takeda Shingen, generously donated salt out of righteousness.

Uesugi Kenshin ordered his royal merchant, Kurada Gorouzaemon, to transport salt to Shinano Fukashi's bazaar to sell it to relieve the Takeda family's urgent need for salt.

Uesugi Terutora also wrote a letter with his own hands and ordered someone to send it to Takeda Shingen: "Just come and get as much salt as you need." ”

This section of salt donation and the enemy became a good story between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.

Takeda Shingen also admired Uesugi Kenshin's courage, and in this situation, even the ungrateful people had no shame to march on Echigo.

As a result, a temporary peace was reached between the Jiayue and Vietnamese.

Soon after this news reached Hida, Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh when he heard it, thinking that Uesugi Kenshin would really be able to do business, which not only made him famous, but also took advantage of the lack of salt in the Takeda family to make a lot of money.

Fortunately, Li Xiao set his goal on marching against Meinong this year, otherwise he would not be able to attack the ...... of Yuezhong under moral constraints.