Iwaki Castle Castle Tower.

This castle tower was built by the Saito family, and although it is not as good as the main hall of the Takesakikan, it is still no problem to accommodate the retainers of the Takeda family, but it is slightly crowded.

At the moment, the Takeda family will gather in it, Takeda Shingen is on the main seat, and two small surnames are kneeling behind him, one holding his Taidao, and the other holding the head pocket of the Suwa surname.

On the left side of Takeda Shingen are more than 20 retainers such as Takeda Nobuyo, Baba Nobubo, Takasaka Masanobu, Naito Masatoyo, Oyamada Nobushige, and Anayama Nobujun.

Takeda Nobuyo, as the head of the pen in the retainers' group, occupies the position of Takeda Shingen, that is, the top position on the left.

And on the right is Takeda Katsuyori, with his retainers.

This is of course a way for Takeda Shingen to show off Takeda Katsuyori's retainers, regardless of fame, status, or official position, there is a big gap between the retainers under Takeda Katsuyori and the retainers on Takeda Shingen's left. However, because of their outstanding performance in this battle of Iwaki Castle, they were specially arranged here by Takeda Shingen, alongside his direct retainers.

Takeda Katsuyori naturally sits at the top of the right, and the second place in Takeda Katsuyori is Li Xiao, after the death of Yamamoto Kansuke and Hoshina Masatoshi, Li Xiao has deservedly become the head of the Takeda Katsuyori family retainers.

In the face of the oppression of the momentum of the more than 20 famous generals of the Takeda family in front of him, Dakuma Asahi was a little better, while Sanada Masayuki and generals like Masabo Baba couldn't stand it, and it was somewhat unnatural. Others such as the Hoshina brothers, Masata Kibe, Akiyama kinhisa, Takeuchi and Gozaemon, Abe Sosada, etc., not to mention, look restless.

As a member of the traversal crowd, Li Xiao naturally will not lose the face of modern people, and he does not have too many concepts of dignity and inferiority in this era in his mind. Li Xiao put on a look of having seen a big scene, and he looked calm.

When Takeda Shingen saw that all the generals had arrived, he first praised Takeda Katsuyori and others for their exploits in capturing Azuma-gun in this joint battle.

Takeda Nobuyoshi first opened his mouth and said: "My lord, this victory can be called the most outstanding performance, if it were not for his hard work, our army's strategy in the past two years in the west will have no effect." ”

The generals of the Takeda family nodded one after another, and all the generals deeply admired Takeda's outstanding performance in this battle. There is no doubt about this, with his performance today, in the Takeda family, Takeda Katsuyori's good fighting is second to none, and even Takeda Nobuyoru is under him.

Takeda Shingen nodded and said, "Yes, Taro's performance really disappointed me, but Shiro gave me too many surprises, rare, rare." ”

Compared with Takeda Yoshinobu who lost his troops under Kuragano Castle, he was defeated by Uesugi Kenshin. Takeda's performance has fully proved which of the two is superior and which is inferior.

At this time, the important ministers of the spectrum, Nobuaki of the trace department, said loudly: "The lord, His Royal Highness Yixin, is good at internal affairs, and is not good at military strategy. And His Royal Highness Katsuyori can be a fierce general of my Takeda family, and he will fight outside. These two brothers are inside and outside, which is really the honor of my Takeda family. ”

After listening to Nobuaki's speech, Li Xiao suddenly scolded in his heart: You old slut said it well, Shenma is inside and outside, isn't this clearly blame for Takeda Yoshinobu's failure? In his words, he alluded to the fact that Takeda Katsuyori was just a general, and his ability was not enough to control the country, balance their respective forces, and have shortcomings in domestic affairs, which was not as good as Takeda Yoshinobu.

Nobuaki's words were not without a market, and as soon as he spoke, two-thirds of the Takeda family members echoed his words. These people are all generals of the Takeda family, and their opinions can be said to be very important.

It can be seen that Takeda Yoshinobu still has a high reputation among the retainers, and Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao quietly glanced at each other, both unhappy with each other. However, Li Xiao noticed that Baba Nobubo's face stiffened at this moment, but he didn't say a word, according to the past, he was on Takeda Yoshinobu's side.

At this time, Takeda Shingen said loudly: "If you have merit, you must be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you must be punished, otherwise it is not enough to clarify the discipline." ”

The retainers listened and obeyed.

Takeda Shingen glanced at Takeda Katsuyori, and then said, "Katsuyori, but before rewarding you, I must ask you for someone. ”

Takeda Katsuyori was stunned.

Immediately, Takeda Shinxuan looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, you have been by Shenglai's side for a year, and you have assisted Shenglai for a year, and his growth is seen by everyone." I am deeply grateful to him. ”

Li Xiao didn't expect Takeda Shingen to say this, and hurriedly said: "All this is thanks to His Royal Highness's own efforts, and His Majesty does not dare to take credit." ”

Takeda Shinxuan nodded and said: "Li Xiao, you don't have to be modest, my Xinxuan knows your talent, so this time I am determined to transfer you back from Shenglai's side and be a direct minister of my Takeda family, and I am ready to entrust it to reuse." ”

What's the horse?

Takeda Shenglai and Li Xiao were taken aback.

Takeda Katsuyori now sees Li Xiaoru as his right-hand man, and he can't leave him for a moment, what does it mean that Takeda Shingen transferred Li Xiao away from Takeda Katsuyori, is this a reward for Takeda Katsuyori's merits?

Li Xiao secretly calculated in his heart that Takeda Shingen was not a person without a target, and there must be a deep meaning behind his move, but what was it? Don't......

Li Xiao finally guessed a reason.

At this time, Takeda Katsuyori took the risk of confronting Takeda Shingen, and said: "Lord Yuguan, Your Majesty is still inseparable from Li Xiao in many places, please ......"

Takeda Shingen smiled and said: "Katsuyori, you have grown up, whether it is in Shirane Mountain or in Iwaki Castle, you have proven your ability, I believe that even if Li Xiao is not by your side, you can also do well." ”

On the side, the generals of the Takeda family saw that Takeda Katsuyori valued Li Xiao so much, and couldn't help but look at the chief general under Takeda Katsuyori, and couldn't help but make a reassessment.

Takeda Katsuyori wanted to say more, but was stopped by Li Xiao, the meaning of Takeda Shinxuan's words was already very clear, and it was issued by the order of the sovereign, and there was no point in arguing any longer.

Li Xiao immediately said: "Thank you Lord for your appreciation, your subordinates will serve my Takeda family." ”

Takeda Shingen laughed and said: "Very good, Li Xiao, since the island of Kawanakajima, I Shingen has always valued you, and the loyalty you showed to my Takeda family under Takeda Katsuyori, as well as the great military exploits, I believe that Shingen will remember it in my heart." ”

After a pause, Takeda Shinxuan said with a smile: "Li Xiao, I have now relieved Takeda Katsurai from the position of spear master, and appointed you as the former public of my Takeda family Shinano Azumi County, and concurrently serve as the head of the local ronin, and will be qualified as a general, a thousand years old, and receive a direct salary directly from my family." ”

Azumi-gun's former public? Ronin head?

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, the former is the local acting official who manages the territory directly under the Takeda family, and he is the direct official, and the direct jurisdiction is also known as the imperial material land, and there is an imperial material office responsible for local management and taxes, and the imperial material office is generally directly managed by the former public.

The ronin head, as the leader of the local ronin, can recruit troops from it, and it belongs to the military position.

Takeda Shingen's move is tantamount to giving most of the power of the civil and military positions of Azumi County to Li Xiao.

You must know that the county generation of the Takeda family's Azumi County is the lord of Makinoshima Castle, Baba Nobubo, but the Baba Nobubo is all around Takeda Shingen in the Tsukizaki Pavilion, and he is basically unable to govern local affairs.

The largest local wealthy clan in Azumi Prefecture was the Nishina family, a vassal of the former Shinano clan who guarded the Ogasawara clan, and was wiped out during the invasion of Takeda Shingen Shinano. Later, although he surrendered to Takeda Shingen, his vitality was greatly damaged, and now Takeda Shingen let his five men, as the head of the Nishina family, inherit the name of the Nishina family, which is the later Nishina Shengxin.

Now Nishina Morinobu is only five years old, so Azumi is basically managed as a direct jurisdiction of the Takeda family, and he is not able to meddle in local affairs.

Therefore, although Li Xiao's two official positions are not big, he actually holds most of the real power in Azumi County, but the real jurisdiction of Azumi County, as well as the mobilization power of local peasants and soldiers, is managed by Takaban Masanobu, the lord of Haijin Castle who is in charge of the defense of Kita-Shinano, for the Baba Nobu.

And the increase from 600 to 1,000 is also a sign that Li Xiao has taken a heavy responsibility, according to the military service account of the Takeda family, Yu Lu is a general of 1,000 guan, and he has to undertake more than 100 cavalry military service. These 100 horsemen, including samurai ashigaru, as well as samurai on horseback and ashigaru on foot, are all included.

Li Xiao thought in his heart, but why did Takeda Shingen want me to seal it in Azumi County?

Azumi Prefecture is adjacent to Hida Country, could it be that Takeda Shingen's next step is really to carry out the Hida Country Raider?

Li Xiao's thoughts were racing in his mind, but he still sighed to express his gratitude to Takeda Shingen for his reward.

Takeda Shingen Li Xiao agreed, expressing satisfaction.

Then Takeda Shingen transferred Takeda Katsuyori to another horse riding field, Masafu, and also transferred him back to his family as a direct minister. Suddenly, Takeda Katsuyori's two generals, Li Xiao and Maba Changfang, were all transferred away by Takeda Shingen.

And Baba Masabo was promoted to the rank of general by Takeda Shingen, and he was also sealed in Azumi-gun.

Seeing Takeda Shinxuan deal with it like this, Li Xiao was even more convinced of the suspicion in his heart.

Next, Takeda Shingen solemnly said to the ministers of the Takeda family: "Today, I, Takeda Shingen, want to announce to you the future strategy of the Takeda family here. You need to know that the only way that hinders me from believing in Gen Shangluo in the whole world is Echigo's Uesugi Teruto. He is also a lifelong enemy of Shingen Takeda. Therefore, the future strategic direction of the Takeda family is to attack Echigo and eradicate the Uesugi family. ”

As soon as Takeda Shingen's voice fell, the Takeda family was stunned, holding their breath.

And Li Xiao was also stunned in his heart, and said secretly, it finally started.