When Akechi Guangxiu proposed the decisive battle of Li Xiao's army, the voice fell.

All the retainers of the Oda family present all showed a solemn look in their eyes.

If it was changed before the Nagashino battle, there was only a Hida Echichu legion, and he was placed in the eyes of the Oda family.

But at present, Li Xiao is already a million stones in Kaga, and even the most brave and warlike general of the Oda family, Shibata Katsuya, was defeated in the hands of Li Xiao.

Akechi Mitsuhide's Army may be on par with Li Xiao's Army in terms of strength, but it is not possible to talk about victory.

Although Wise Guangxiu is resourceful, he may not necessarily win against Li Xiao.

In other words, with the current Oda family's legion forces, they will definitely not be able to suppress Li Xiao's legion.

You must know that under the city of Beizhizhuang, there are 50,000 troops.

So what is Akechi Mitsuhide's plan?

At this time, the commander of the Sanyang San'in (Harmony) Dao Legion, Hashiba Hideyoshi, who had been silent, spoke up: "Lord Hinatamoru, as far as I know, the Legion is still suppressing and encircling Honganji Temple, as well as the strategy of the Hatano family of Tanba Province, so Your Excellency proposes a decisive battle with Li Xiao's army, how much army can the Legion withdraw?" ”

Akechi Mitsuhide turned his head to look at Hashiba Hideyoshi, secretly angry in his heart, and at the same time admired the shrewdness of this short and low-born Owari monkey.

Hearing what Yushiba Hideyoshi said, all the retainers also understood, now that the Army Hatano and the Honganji two families have not been pacified, they will definitely not be able to draw too many troops to participate in the war against Li Xiao's army.

Then there is no doubt that this thankless drudgery will have to be borne by others.

Therefore, Wise Mitsuhide's move, in the eyes of everyone, became, 'Brothers, don't be afraid of death, rush me.' I give you the way of the queen of the palace.

The corners of Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes flew over, and he saw Oda Nobutada's expression under his eyes, and at this time he stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty thousand troops, no problem." ”

With the wisdom of the light show the current situation. That's the limit for him.

Even Oda Nobutada nodded and said, "Hinata Mamoru, Honganji Temple is the top priority of, and you can't be careless. ”

Akechi Mitsuhide bowed his head to Oda Nobutada and said, "Please rest assured. Stone Hill will not have a problem. ”

In fact, Akechi Mitsuhide has been lobbying and persuading Ishiyama Honganji Temple to surrender through his court connections.

Honganji Temple seems to have been loosened as if it was surrounded by the blockade of the Oda army, and such a difficult situation both internally and externally.

After receiving Oda Nobutada's approval, Akechi Mitsuhide raised his head and looked at Hideyoshi Hashiba. He asked, "Chikuzen-sama, what do you think?" ”

As far as Akechi Mitsuhide knew, the situation of Hideyoshi Hashiba was not easy, and he had to support Miki Castle on the one hand. The Uki family, which was invaded by the Mori family.

Yushiba Hideyoshi laughed, showed the yellowed teeth of the door, clenched his right hand into a fist, and said with great confidence: "This legion can send 10,000 troops to help the great cause of the lord." ”

Listen to what Hideyoshi Hashiba said. Akechi Mitsuhide was surprised.

Oda Nobutaka laughed and said, "Hinata Mamoru and Chikuzen Mamoru are worthy of being loyal servants of the family." ”

Speaking of which. Oda Nobutada's face sank, and he said, "Everyone, what I want is the whole world, not the gains and losses of just one legion. If Takeda is defeated, the world of the family is just around the corner, and if the family is defeated. The trunk of the tree is gone, and the branches and leaves are there. ”

Oda Nobutada said. There are many local wealthy daimyo who are not from the Oda family, but they have different views in their hearts.

But all of them knelt down to Oda Nobutada in harmony and showed their obedience.

Oda Nobutada looked at it, everyone surrendered in front of him, and he couldn't help but be complacent, and said in his heart: Father, have you seen it in the spirit of heaven? I am faithful to your legacy, and I will eventually conquer the world.

Just as Oda Nobutada was full of ambition, a samurai hurried into the hall and shouted, "Report to the lord, Lord Takigawa has made a seppuku in the residence!" ”…,

"What?"

"What?"

The retainers of the Oda family present all turned their heads suddenly, and discerned the authenticity of the news from the samurai's face.

But Oda Nobutada was stunned and froze in place.

"Iyomoru Lord." Yushiba Hideyoshi said silently, but his eyes were a little colder.

Takigawa Kazuyi's death is just an episode.

Oda Nobutada seemed to realize his mistake and treated the Takigawa clan favorably, in order to reward Takigawa Kazuyi for his contribution to the Oda family's southern and northern wars, and at the same time to win people's hearts.

After the assessment of Azuchi Castle is over.

All the retainers returned to the territory and served as soldiers.

In February of the seventh year of Tensho, when the spring is warm and snowy, it rises from Harima Province in the west, the coast of Ise in the south, and Owari and Mino in the east.

Countless soldiers and horses gathered from all directions to Azuchi Castle.

And the news that Oda Nobutada was preparing to personally lead the army out of Echizen had been sent to Li Xiao as soon as possible through various channels.

Echizen, Kitanosho Castle.

In February of the seventh year of Tensho, the siege of Kitanoso also entered the fifth month.

The 50,000 troops besieging Kitanosho Castle spent the winter in Echizen.

In the military tent, Li Xiao took out the letter paper against the charcoal brazier, and looked at the military report from Antu City.

In addition to the Higashiyama Road Corps Kawajiri Hidetaka, Tokugawa Ieyasu who monitored the direction of Mikawa, and part of the garrison corps.

The main forces of the four major corps, including the Oda Nobutada's Legion, the Legion, the Sanyosan (Harmony) Legion, the Ise and Shima Legions, assembled in the direction of Azuchi Castle.

Li Xiao closed the letter, put his hands next to the brazier to warm up, and said in his heart, this is the maximum force that the Oda family can use now, and Oda Nobutaka really thinks highly of me.

Kitanozhuang Castle has not yet been captured, and the Oda family is heavily armed, so how to deal with it now.

Li Xiao picked up a glass of sake and poured himself a drink while pondering.

Do you want to retire? The previous efforts are all lost, and the achievements are in vain.

Oda Nobutada is not incompetent.

The timing of Oda Nobutada's coming to fight this time was indeed a little just right.

When Li Xiao's army surrounded Kitanozhuang Castle, Oda Nobutada could hold back and not come to the rescue.

Now in the fifth month of the siege, Li Xiao has made countless efforts to the city of Beizhizhuang. The consumption of military rations alone is an astronomical amount.

Li Xiao's granaries in Yuezhong, Noto, and Kaga can now run away with mice.

A little bit of possessions that I have been saving for the past ten years. It's going to be consumed.

And seeing that in the castle of Kitanozhuang, the grain and grass of the Shibata army were exhausted and were about to be exhausted, and the Maeda Toshiya rebelled against several Shibata generals in the city. When it grows stronger.

At this moment, Oda Nobutada poured the main army of the Oda family and came to relieve the siege.

If he wants to capture Beizhizhuang City, then Li Xiao must leave part of the siege army and lead the main force to fight a decisive battle with Oda's four elite legions.

If it is based on Li Xiao's current strength. can win, then it will have to wait for Takeda Nobuyoshi to clean up what the Hojo family does, and directly lead the army to Luo, and Buwu the world.

However, if the siege is removed, the shogun will retreat to Kaga. Is Li Xiao willing?

Just as Li Xiao was pondering, an urgent report came from Kanto.

Looking at the outside of the military tent, the tired and muddy appearance of the samurai delivering the letter was obviously a hundred thousand urgent reports.

Li Xiao pinched his eyebrows with his thumb and index finger. Spread out the stationery.

This is a handwritten letter from Takeda Nobuyhiro to Li Xiao.

The letter was one piece of good news, as well as two pieces of bad news.

The good news is that after Takeda Nobuyoshi promised to suppress the Hojo family. On the condition of being paid the Kanto governor of the Date family, he finally got the Date family governor Date Terumune, and he made up his mind to put the bet down with all his strength and fully support the Takeda family.

Seeing the Ida family at both ends of the snake and rat, Li Xiao finally made a decision, and Li Xiao couldn't help but be shocked at the moment. …,

But immediately next. Takeda Nobuyoshi wrote that the daimyo of the Idewa family is now Chinese New Year's Eve three-year-old Yoshimitsu Mogami. Joined the camp of the Hojo family.

The governor of the family, Mogami Yoshimitsu, led 6,000 troops from Kurokawa Castle to attack the Daimyo Daihoji family, which belonged to the Date family.

Li Xiao couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this news, he remembered that Yoshimitsu Mogami, who had inherited the family governor for only a few years.

He is currently rebelling to quell the most important retainers in the territory, and he looks anxious, how can it be possible at this time to have the spare energy to get involved in other people's affairs.

However, Li Xiao quickly figured out the reason.

For the first half of the life of the Daimyo Mogami Yoshimitsu, it can be described as a difficult survival, he was the first successor of the Tagami family, but he was disgusted by his father Mogami Yoshimori, and wanted to change the second son as the governor of the family.

Yoshimitsu was easy to sit on the throne of the governor with the help of his retainers, but Yoshimitsu Mogami's ass was not yet hot.

Known as the Mogami Hachimi, the eight ministers of the Mogami family, and the son-in-law of Mogami Yoshimori, Date Terumune, jointly raised troops to oust Mogami Yoshimitsu from the position of family governor.

At this point, Mogami Yoshimitsu began a long journey to pacify the wealthy clans in the territory.

In the pacification of the Mogami Eight Pillars, the Date family interfered in the affairs of the Mogami family several times, so the two sides had deep grievances, and the Dabaoji family also coveted the territory of the Mogami family.

So this time, Mogami Yoshimitsu took this opportunity to join the Hojo camp and officially start a war against the Daihoji family and the Date family.

After Li Xiao understood all this, he understood that this was another confused account.

The complicated situation in the Kanto region, as well as the centuries-old grudges between the various daimyos, led to the two sides joining their camps.

I heard that even Mutsu's Soma family has the possibility of joining the team.

According to this, if one day, the Sakazaki family in Hokkaido also inserts a leg here, Li Xiao will not feel strange at all.

This life-and-death battle in which Takeda suppressed Hojo was simply Sarajevo of World War I, where the powder keg was pierced, and various wealthy families joined the camp of both sides because of their personal grudges.

The current Date family, like a boy who has stripped off a woman's pants but has not been able to complete the last step, is still lingering at the entrance of the cave.

From Takeda Nobushi's letter, Li Xiao learned that the personal grudge between the Mogami family and the Date family successfully dragged the Date family back.

In all fairness, from the perspective of his own family's interests, Mogami Yoshimitsu's choice was not wrong and very correct, but for the Takeda family, who was also shot while lying down, it was a great loss.

Date Terumune, a gentle and indecisive man, was once again lost on the way.

And the fact that the Date family cannot participate in the war is directly related to the final result of the showdown between Takeda and Hojo.

The next bad news that Takeda Nobuyoshi gave Li Xiao was the battle situation in Kanto, which seemed to be unable to end for the time being.

At this critical moment, Major General Konoe, no matter what, must support it and hold off the main force of the Oda Army in Hokuriku.

Takeda Nobuyhiro analyzed at the end of the letter that the key to the battle situation was in the Kanto region, but it was Li Xiao in Hokuriku Province who affected the winner and loser.

If Li Xiao can't support the retreat, the Oda family's 100,000 troops will inevitably attack Shinano from the Nakasendo Road, so the Takeda family will not say defeat Hojo, and the destruction will only be in the blink of an eye.

Li Xiao understood the helpless tone at the end of Takeda Shin's letter that was pushed by fate and struggled with his own struggle.

At this point in the war, the Takeda family will be able to rule the world if they take a step forward, and if they take a step back, the country will be destroyed and the clan will perish.

Sometimes, the king is defeated and defeated, and it is only between such an advance and a retreat.

The situation has reached a point where there is no advance or retreat for the Takeda family.

Takeda Shinfan was already in an extremely pleading tone, asking Li Xiao to continue to lead the army to camp in Hokuriku.

Li Xiao didn't understand, Takeda Nobuyoshi looked at the situation of his face at the moment, if Kanto won and suppressed Hojo successfully, Takeda Nobuyoshi could lead the Takeda family in one fell swoop, and Shangluo would seize the world and achieve hegemony. …,

And if Li Xiaoruo retired from Hokuriku Province, the Takeda family perished, and he became a great sinner.

Li Xiao unceremoniously crumpled up Takeda Xinfan's handwritten letter and threw it into the brazier.

What is this, a thankless strategy task, if Hojo is suppressed to win, Takeda Shin will prosper unlimitedly, and who will see Li Xiao in the future, and now pay silently.

It's like a big drama, I only see the infinite scenery of the female number one, but where can I see the tears of the junior, everything is for the ratings.

It's just that, I can only play a supporting role for a while, so bear with me.

Li Xiao shook his head, although he slandered Takeda Shinfan countless times, but this strategy was also what he strongly supported at the beginning.

If you implement it, you can't take care of everything, compared to the entire battle situation, no matter how powerful Li Xiao is, he is just a chess piece at present, and he must do his own thing at present.

Li Xiao immediately ordered: "Immediately convene the generals for a military discussion." ”

In the military tent.

Li Xiao did not conceal the current situation of the legion and truthfully told the generals.

Let them know that now the main force of the Oda family has arrived, and Kitanosho Castle has not yet been conquered.

At this time, facing the main force of the Oda Legion, and retreating to Kaga to preserve the strength of the legion, the two roads were placed in front of the generals.

The retainers knew that these two paths were difficult and not easy.

At this time, the retainers who were not deeply involved with the Takeda family, such as Fujido Takatora and Kano Hideji, began to express their opinions euphemistically at the military meeting.

It is nothing more than this legion, which is now the master's family, and it is enough to do its best to this extent, and it has done its duty as a subordinate legion very well.

It is not a shame to preserve the power of an invincible opponent and retreat from the enemy right now.

The retainers also have an opinion, in troubled times, strength is king.

If the main force is defeated and the power is lost, even if the family succeeds in Shangluo in the future, it will be difficult to gain a foothold.

And if the military strength is preserved, then even if the family is destroyed, the Hida Echichu Legion can be unique, and at worst it will be a prince all the way in the future.

When Li Xiao heard this, he shook his head and said, "If you don't have a better opinion, then I have decided that I will launch a general attack on the North Zhuang City in the near future!" ”