"Sister Xiaolu's family has withdrawn."

After Jiang Ma Shisheng said this, he breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no joy on his face, because he looked at the fluttering Takeda Ling Banner on the other side of the city, as well as the flag mark with the moon double pattern, and his eyes revealed a fierce color.

"I didn't expect the Takeda Army to be so strong." Jiang Ma Shisheng said lightly.

After the defeat of the Heren army on the river, the more than 1,000 troops of the sister Xiaolu family under the city were slowly retreating, and they did not show the slightest haste.

Obviously, Sister Xiaolu Lianglai is also a good general who commands the army, and after arranging enough military strength for His Royal Highness, the army of this formation slowly retreated. And with Jiang Ma Shisheng's remnants, he had no ability to pursue at all.

Compared with his father's expression, Jiang Ma Huisheng's eyes were a little bright, but his expression was introverted, and his face did not show the slightest discoloration.

"Father, why didn't the Takeda Army take advantage of the victory to attack the rear army of the Sister Xiaolu family, with the momentum of victory in the current battle, the Takeda Army is at least sure to defeat the rear army of the Sister Xiaolu family." Jiangma Fassing asked.

Jiangma Shisheng snorted coldly and said: "This is the good idea of the Takeda family, Sister Xiaolu Lianglai is not a mediocre talent, whether the pursuit can win or not is two words, but as long as the Hida country has a sister Xiaolu family, my Jiangma family has to listen to Takeda Shingen." ”

"Presumably Takeda Shingen is even more grateful to his sister Xiaolu's family, if they hadn't invaded my Jiangma family, would he have been able to meddle in Hida so easily, and now, my Jiangma family has to borrow the Takeda family everywhere and listen to the other party's mercy, so this is the value of the existence of the sister Xiaolu family."

Jiangma Huisheng was stunned, he always felt that his father was cowardly, indecisive, and had no decisive spirit, especially when he was about to break the city, the appearance of the six gods and no owner, he was really ashamed of being the lord of a city, and at this moment, he found that his father had settled down and did have a far-sighted side.

Jiangma Shisheng glanced at Jiangma Huisheng and said: "Huisheng, I already knew about your little caution and the plot against my family, but I didn't say it, but I can understand what you did." Right now, the Takeda family has been forced to the land of my Jiangma family. Now everything is important for the survival of the family, so you have to put away any plans, and only passing on the name of my Jiangma family is the key. ”

Jiangma Huisheng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back, it turned out that he had a relationship with Li Xiaonei of the Takeda family, Jiangma Shisheng had always known, but he didn't say anything.

At that moment, Jiangma Huisheng hurriedly knelt down and bowed, and said: "Father, everything is my fault, the desire for profit is consumed, and everything will be based on my family in the future." ”

Jiangma Shisheng nodded and said: "It's good that you can think like this, as long as my Jiangma family's father and son work together, if Takeda Shingen wants to annex my Jiangma family, where is it so easy." ”

At this moment, the Takeda army slowly approached Suwa Castle in the highlands, and sent a request to the defenders of the castle to enter the castle.

Hearing this news, Jiangma's father and son's faces changed, this is the action of the Takeda Army to test the Jiangma family, how to say that the other party is also an ally to rescue the Jiangma family, it would be too rude to keep them out, but if the other party has any other intentions, to seize the city in one fell swoop, at this time when the Jiangma family is the weakest, how to destroy the Jiangma family.

Jiangma Shisheng's eyes flashed, obviously he was in pain, worrying and struggling, and Jiangma Huisheng was also sweating in his palms at the moment.

At this time, a samurai rushed to the head of the castle, "Report to your lord, the army of the Kamiyo family and the Yoshimura family appears on the flank of the city. ”

"Oh?" Jiang Ma Shisheng's face was a little surprised, but there was a hint of joy on his face.

He, Efa Frasei, and several samurai of the Eima family, rushed to the other side of the Honmaru Qulun together, and sure enough, they saw that there were two armies here, under the banner of the Kamiyo family and the Yoshimura family, and they were heading towards Suwa Castle on the plateau.

A samurai of the Jiangma family was indignant, and said sarcastically in a cold voice: "The Kamishiro family and the Yoshimura family came really 'just right', the sister Xiaolu family retreated, and they just arrived, did they come to collect the corpses for us?" ”

"It's better to come than not to come," Eima Shisheng said indifferently, but his expression was refreshed, and he said to everyone, "The Kamidai family, the Yoshimura family, how to say it, is also a wealthy family of my Hida country, and a retainer of my Eima family, a hundred times better than a wolf ambition guy like the Takeda family, with their military strength, at least when facing the Takeda family, we can have a little more confidence." ”

"Oh!" The generals all agreed, and Jiangma Shisheng's meaning was very clear, for them, the Takeda family was an outsider, and it was inevitable that they would have a sense of rejection.

"Open the city gate and let the Takeda army enter the city. And when I see the god generation, the head of the two Yoshimura families, you can't be rude at all, understand? Right now, they are the biggest helpers of my Jiangma family against the Takeda family. Then Jiangma Shisheng took the head pocket from his subordinates, put it back on, and regained his self-confidence, the majesty of a wealthy family, "Let's go, let's meet Li Xiao of the Takeda family for a while, you show your spirit, but don't let the Takeda family underestimate my warriors of Bei Hida." ”

"Oh!" The generals agreed.

Li Xiao, Shima Katsu Meng, Shioka Kazuha at the foot of Suwa Castle on the plateau, looking at this towering mountain castle.

Kogen Suwa Castle was built by the previous head of the Efma family, Edama Tokikei.

After Jiangma Shijing, the operation of Jiangma Shisheng father and son two generations of family governors has been very strong, and the whole city is made of mountain stones, obviously in a place like Hida, it is not easy to find such a large mountain stone.

And the hunting fluttering above the castle is the family crest of the Hojo family of the Taira clan.

Li Xiao had already seen the Kamiyo family, and the army of the Yoshimura family was slowly moving towards the city, and at this time, the city soldiers on the side of Takahara Suwa Castle sent Li Xiao an invitation to enter the city.

Li Xiao signaled to Dao Shengmeng that the general would stay outside the city, and that he and Shigang Yiyu could enter the city.

Dao Sheng was worried about Li Xiao's safety and asked him if he wanted to bring more attendants, but Li Xiao didn't care, the Jiangma family would never dare to turn against the Takeda family at this time.

You must know that in this battle, although the sister Xiaolu family retreated, in fact, the loss of troops was not large, and on the other hand, the Jiangma family suffered heavy losses, and the four ministers had gone to the second, and the remaining two families also began to secretly have a gap with the main family.

If you guess correctly, the Uchijima family in Guiyun City will make further moves next, whether they will continue to support the sister Xiaolu family, or take this opportunity to jump out and stage the Romance of the Three Kingdoms of Hida Country, it is unknown.

Therefore, the Uchijima family should be regarded as a variable that affects Hida Country.

Li Xiao can only pull the tiger skin of the Takeda family now, and get rid of it in the Hida country, but in fact, from the grand strategy of the Takeda family, before next year, Takeda Shingen is not at all powerless, and he withdrew from the battlefield in Nishiueno and sent troops to support Li Xiao.

This point has been made very clear by Takeda Shingen in a letter to Li Xiao before, so all the strategies of the Hida Kingdom now can only be grasped by Li Xiao alone.

Li Xiao and Shigang rode a horse and galloped on the road in the city.

Before arriving at Honmaru, Eima Shisheng, Eima Huisheng father and son, and a series of samurai from the Eima family were waiting there.

Li Xiao handed the whip to Shigang Yiyu, jumped off the horse and saluted the Jiangma.

Jiangma Shisheng and the generals of the Jiangma family originally thought that this Li Xiao was a brave general and should be very rude, but now he looks like a very polite young man in addition to being taller than them.

Jiang Ma Shisheng's surprise was only revealed, and then he said: "For the Takeda family's help, Jiang Ma Shisheng is very grateful here. ”

Li Xiao smiled very heartily and said: "It's just a trivial matter, with the relationship between the Takeda family and the Jiangma family, it's too polite to say this." ”

Jiangma Shisheng nodded and said: "Lord Li Xiao, it's not polite, I'll reiterate it below, according to the previous agreement, the Takeda family and the Jiangma family are only allies, not vassals. ”

Li Xiao glanced at Jiang Ma Shi Sheng and asked, "Master Jiang Ma is still too outside, so it is so clear, it is okay, this is Your Excellency's decision, everything is in accordance with it." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng smiled slightly, seeing that he had a slight upper hand in face, and his heart was a little balanced.

Next, Jiangma Shisheng received Li Xiao in the castle tower, and the two sides sat down separately after entering.

Li Xiao asked Shigang Yiyu to take out a document and said: "Lord Jiangma, this is the agreement proposed by our side before, and it has been slightly modified, if you have no objection, you can sign the flower charge." ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, a warrior of the Jiangma family took Li Xiao's Chinese book and handed it to Jiangma Shisheng.

After Jiang Ma Shisheng took the paperwork, his face changed after reading a few lines, and he threw the document heavily on the ground, shouting: "Your Excellency is doing this, it's too much, I promised you the Takeda family to rescue you before, and the reward territory is a total of three thousand stone high, when will it become five thousand stone high." ”

Li Xiao said quietly: "Master Jiangma, it's too hasty, why don't you wait to read the paperwork." ”

"No need, Your Excellency has no sincerity in the alliance, I refuse here, Your Excellency, please, change your name or let Gonggong Xinxuan come to Hida for a trip, so that the negotiation party appears sincere." Jiangma Shisheng's face sank, and he said no at once, and his tone was calm, and he actually put on a send-off appearance and asked Li Xiaoshi Gang Yiyu to go back.

Suddenly, the atmosphere on the scene became tense.

And Shioka Kazuha was suddenly furious and asked Takeda Army to go home? The Takeda Army saved the Jiangma family after a bloody battle, and Jiangma Shisheng did this undoubtedly by crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

Hearing only a sound of the ground, Shigang Yiyu couldn't help it, and he wanted to draw his sword on the spot.

And at this time, the samurai of the Jiangma family also changed color, and they all stood up and stretched out their hands to press the knife.

For a while, the assessment room was filled with the smell of gunpowder, showing a tense tense.

Jiang Ma Shisheng sneered and said, "Lord Li Xiao, you want to use force here, isn't it too unwise?" ”

I saw Jiangma Shisheng's palms closed, the paper sliding doors on both sides of the assessment room were broken, and more than 20 warriors of the Jiangma family, who were armed with knives and guns, surrounded Li Xiao and Shigang on the left and right.

At this moment, Jiang Ma Shisheng sat down calmly, looking like Lao Tzu had already prepared.

Li Xiao stretched out his hand and pressed down, stopped Shigang Yiyu's action of drawing his sword, glanced at Jiangma Shisheng, and said, "Lord Jiangma, with this person, can you stop the two of us?" What Shiraneyama and Uesugi Kenshin's 8,000 troops can't do, you think that a few hundred remnants of the city of Suwa on this plateau can do it. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao pointed his hand at Jiang Ma Shi Sheng's nose and said sharply: "Lord Jiang Ma, since the two of us dare to come alone, we are sure enough to leave here. ”

As soon as Li Xiao said this, Jiang Ma Shisheng only felt a cold air penetrating in, and his face suddenly changed drastically.

If others say this, he will definitely scoff at it, but Li Xiao and his subordinates, the bravery of these two, he has seen it with his own eyes in the city just now.

Within a few minutes, everyone is the enemy country, although Jiangma Shisheng's Hanwen skills are not very good, but he also knows that this is Li Xiao's intention to threaten himself, if he tears his face, he will do Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin.

Eima Shisheng only felt that his vest was soaked with cold sweat, he waved his hand, and the samurai on the left and right bowed to him lightly, and then retreated together.

Jiang Ma Shisheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Li Xiao, it's your subordinate who is too impulsive, if Your Excellency doesn't have any other ideas, of course we don't want to have trouble with the Takeda family." ”

Li Xiao saw that the samurai around him had retreated, and said, "Your Excellency thinks that you will not do evil to my Takeda family in this way?" ”

Jiang Ma Shi said angrily: "I didn't break the contract, but you temporarily added conditions, originally I agreed with Your Excellency's secret envoy that if the siege is lifted, you can reward the Takeda family for the land of 3,000 stone high, but now Your Excellency has suddenly increased to 5,000 stone high, is this the performance of your Takeda family's commitment to keep its promise?" ”

Li Xiao sneered and said: "But before, when I promised to come to relieve the siege, Your Excellency only said that it would be good for me to repel the army of Sister Xiaolu's family, but he didn't say that in addition to the army of Sister Xiaolu's family, there are also the army forces of the two families of Heshang and Heren?" ”

Under Li Xiao's cross-examination, Jiang Ma Shisheng was speechless for a while.

Jiang Ma Shi was so angry that his beard straightened, and then pointed at Li Xiaoyan with trembling fingers and said, "Your Excellency, this is a strong word. ”

Hearing this, Li Xiao snorted coldly and said: "Whether it is strong words or not, I don't know, but since Your Excellency has no sincerity to talk in detail, then I think maybe the sister Xiaolu family or the Inner Island family, they are more interested in listening to my strong words." ”

Jiangma Huisheng saw Li Xiao and his father, and they were at a stalemate with each other, so they hurriedly came out to play a round.

Jiangma Huisheng stepped forward, picked up the paperwork on the ground, and said, "Father, Lord Li Xiao, please calm your anger, there is no result in such a discussion." ”

At this time, a warrior of the Jiangma family suddenly spoke up: "Lord Li Xiao, does Your Excellency have any explanation for this additional territory of two thousand stone stones?" ”

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, this extra two thousand stone is exactly my Takeda family's sincerity to the Jiangma family alliance, first reveal a news, Lord Takeda will send more than 5,000 troops next year to march into Hida." ”

"Five thousand?"

All the generals were taken aback when they heard this, if the five thousand troops of the Takeda family really entered Hida, it would be the strength of all the wealthy clans in the entire Hida country combined, and they would not be opponents.

At that time, it will really reach the point where those who follow Takeda will prosper and those who oppose Takeda will die.

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Lord Takeda, I have explained before, what my Takeda Army really seeks is to eliminate Echigo Kaesugi Kenshin, so the acquisition of the territory of the Hida Country is not important, but my Takeda family values the alliance with the various wealthy clans of Hida." ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, all the generals of the Jiangma family secretly scoffed when they heard it, it is not like this to deceive a three-year-old child, and he has no territorial ambitions for the Hida country? Joke.

Li Xiao continued to say with a straight face: "Sister Xiaolu's family was rebellious and reckless, not to mention attacking the original national division, but also stealing his family name to claim it, and deceived the imperial court, and obtained the official position. Such a famous family is really not worthy of domination, this Hida is a country, so the meaning of the lord of Xin Xuan is to let me discuss the alliance with the Jiangma family, and then destroy the sister Xiaolu family, and the two families will divide their territory equally, and these two thousand stone high are the guarantee that your Jiangma family gave me the Takeda family. ”

When the generals of the Jiangma family heard Li Xiao's words, they were all shocked, the Takeda family and the Jiangma family shared the territory of the sister Xiaolu family equally, and the temptation was too great.

The stone height of the sister Xiaolu family is as high as 16,000 stones, and the two families share it equally, that is, the Jiangma family can get 8,000 stone high. Suddenly, at this moment, even Jiang Ma Shisheng heard Li Xiao's proposal, and he was also moved.

He carefully picked up the document and read it again, and it really had a treaty written on it that the Takeda family and the Ema family shared the territory of the sister Xiaolu family equally.

And Li Xiao looked at the reaction of the sisters and the people of the Xiaolu family at this moment, and secretly sneered in his heart.

There is also a reason why he raised the original promise of 3,000 stone to 5,000 stone in one breath.

Before leaving the Hida country, Li Xiao had written a letter to Takeda Shingen to complain, saying that the Hida country was small and barren, and the people were fierce, so he asked Takeda Shingen for money and food.

And Takeda Shingen saw this and wrote back to Li Xiao, saying that the Takeda family's strategy was all inclined to Nishiueno, so there was no money for soldiers, and there was no food.

However, Takeda Shingen also threw out one, for Li Xiao, a big bait, if he can capture how much territory in Hida Country by himself, he will give it all to Li Xiao as a place of knowledge.

So now it is understandable why Li Xiao risked turning his face with the Jiangma family, and raised the original 3,000-stone-high territory from Jiangma's mouth to 5,000 stone-high at once.

Because these are really Li Xiao's own territory in the future.

And now Li Xiao looked at the Jiang Ma family and the others, waiting with bated breath for the final answer they discussed.

(To be continued)