Chapter 329 Who belongs to Yuezhong

Mt. Sagar Hachimangahara.

The tens of thousands of troops of the Hojo and Takeda families have been facing each other for nearly 100 days.

During this period, the two armies sent small forces to attack tentatively.

In February, Takeda Shingen ordered Anayama Nobuyo-kun and the Katsuyama clan Moto, a wealthy Suruga clan who had just been subordinate to the Takeda family, to attack Taimiya Castle on the border of Kojun.

However, the offensive of the two was resolutely resisted by the lord of Taimiya Castle, Fuji Nobutada, who was reinforced by the Hojo family, and Anayama Nobuyojun was defeated.

The Hojo family guards Taimiya Castle and faintly threatens the Takeda family's grain route.

On the frontal battlefield, without the certainty of a decisive victory, Xinxuan and Shikang had a tacit understanding with each other and did not launch a decisive battle.

This long stalemate is quite similar to the five duels between Shingen and Kenshin on Kawanakajima.

On the surface, there is no turmoil, but both are secretly plotting.

Due to the harmony between the Uesugi family and the Hojo family, the original Kanto Alliance, the Uesugi family's lower head country, the Uesugi family, the Hitachi family, and the Anbo Kunisato family, turned to the Takeda family.

At present, these three families are invited by Takeda Shingen to send troops to the back of the Hojo family to contain the Hojo family.

However, Hojo Shiyasu is not an easy man, and he is also good at playing conspiracy.

Hojo clan secretly attacked the Tokugawa family with the Takeda family, and secretly reached an agreement to flank the Takeda family.

Tokugawa Ieyasu also had his reasons for turning his back on his alliance with the Takeda family.

At the beginning, the Tokugawa Takeda family agreed to divide the Imagawa family equally with the Oi River as the boundary.

However, the Takeda family Akiyama Nobutomo Minami Shinano's army, which was responsible for the attack from Ina Prefecture to Enoe, obviously crossed the line, and after Tokugawa Ieyasu protested to Takeda Shingen, the Minami Shinano army was somewhat restrained, but this move caused a rift between the two alliances.

April.

Hojo Shiyasu's secret contact with the Tokugawa family was transmitted to Takeda Shingen's ears through secret agents.

Suddenly, Takeda Shingen realized that he might be attacked by Hojo Tokugawa from the east and west, and Takeda Shingen also faced a problem, and the army was also in danger of running out of military rations.

Takeda Shingen held a military meeting overnight to discuss with Naito Masatyo, Baba Nobubo and other generals.

In the end, Takeda Shingen resolutely made a decision to abandon the Suruga invasion, except for leaving troops to garrison several key castles in Suruga, such as Yokoyama Castle, Kuno Castle, and Ejiri Castle, and the whole army returned to Kai.

Seeing that the Takeda army retreated to Kai, and was taken by Takeda Shingen, Hojo Shiyasu did not pursue it, but recovered the land of the Imagawa family.

After that, the agreement between Hojo and Tokugawa Ieyasu was successful, and the Tokugawa family withdrew from the Suruga Offensive.

The governor of the Imagawa family, Imagawa Clan, moved to Tokura Castle in Izu Province to live, and at the same time adopted King Maru, the son of the Hojo clan, as an adopted son.

Since the Imagawa clan really has no descendants, this is formally equivalent to handing over the Imagawa family's Suruga and Enoe guards to the Hojo family.

In essence, at this moment, the Imagawa family, which had been entrenched in Suruga for nearly two hundred years and was known as the famous family among the famous families, perished and officially withdrew from the ranks of the Sengoku Daimyo.

After this battle, Hojo Shiyasu made a preemptive move, plotting and then acting, forcing the Takeda family to have to return to Kai from the territory of the Imagawa family, which was equivalent to formally annexing Suruga and Enoe in one fell swoop.

Therefore, it can be said that Hojo Yasusu won the battle first.

However, Takeda Shingen returned with all his troops, and he was not damaged, and he could make a comeback at any time.

May.

Echichu, Toyama Castle.

Li Xiao had already heard the news, and Uesugi Kenshin officially issued an order to the whole country to go out of battle against Vietnam and China in the name of Echigo's guardian.

The Uesugi family officially sent troops to Vietnam.

Hearing this news, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel sorry.

Historically, it was also at this moment that after Uesugi Kenshin and Hojo Yasushi reached the peace of harmony, they ceased to be in Kanto, Shinano enterprising, and only maintained a defensive position on the side of Ueno Province, and turned to the west to Echichu, Noto, Hida, and Kaga to open up the Hokuriku Province Kamiraku.

In fact, since the Battle of Kawanakajima.

In the past 20 years, Uesugi Kenshin has only obtained half of Ueno in the wars between Shinano, Kanto, Takeda, and Hojo, which can only be regarded as the legacy of Uesugi Kenmasa, but after going all out to the west, in just seven years, he has captured three and a half kingdoms in a row.

First of all, after Takeda Shingen's illness and death, Uesugi Kenshin completed the reunification of Vietnam and China.

In the same year, Hida Daimyo turned to Eima Frasei, and his sister Koji Yoritsuna surrendered to Kenshin Uesugi.

Hida country pacification.

Two years later, in the fourth year of Tensho, Uesugi Kenshin Seven Tails City strategy was successful, here Kenshin made the famous poem of the thirteenth night, the frost is full of military camps, the autumn air is clear, several lines through the wild goose moon three watches, over the mountains and can state scenery, covering Mo's hometown to remember the expedition.

Noto country suppressed success. ,

In the fifth year of Tensho, Uesugi Kenshin Kamiraku defeated the Hokuriku Army led by the Oda family Shibata Katsuie at Tetori River in Kaga Province, and Kenshin died of illness a few months later.

This is the largest territory in the history of the Uesugi family.

And now Li Xiao is sitting in Yuezhong, blocking Qianxin's road to Shangluo.

And Uesugi Kenshin continues to follow the historical route and open up the Hokuriku Province to Shangluo, then there will inevitably be a death battle with Li Xiao.

Either as the historical trajectory of Uesugi Kenshin seized Yuezhong and opened up the Hokuriku Province Shangluo, or Li Xiao blocked Uesugi Kenshin Shangluo and gained a firm foothold in Yuezhong, there are only these two results, and there is no third choice.

In the middle of the great wide room.

Hearing the news of Kenshin's march into Echichu, all the retainers of Toyama Castle had arrived and gathered neatly in the Honmaru castle tower.

In the face of the world's first general, Bishamen Tianhua was a man of Shanqianxin, and personally led the army, Rao is all the generals present followed Li Xiao, fought all over Hida, Minong, and Yuezhong, and the battle-hardened generals of Yuezhong couldn't help but feel apprehensive at this moment.

Yokotani Yukiyokiyo, who was collecting information this time, said: "The Uesugi family's front line is led by Uesugi Keikatsu and Yoshie Shiken, and they have crossed the border between China and Echigo, and they are now resting, and they are waiting for the main force of the Echigo army led by Uesugi Teruto. ”

Hearing Uesugi Keikatsu's name, Usami Minami, who was sitting among the retainers, frowned slightly.

Kamishi Keikatsu is the adopted son of Kenshin Uesugi, and his biological father is none other than Nagao Masaki, who was drowned in Nojiri Pond by his father Usami.

The world has changed, if it weren't for the beginning, I would have married into the Nagao family and become a wife.

Usami was slightly distracted.

At this time, Fujido Takatora, who was sitting beside her, asked, "The Uesugi army has been standing still, and I don't know where the next target is?" ”

"In Matsukura Castle" Usami Nami said without hesitation: "Uesugi Kenshin wants to capture Echichu, and the Shiina family will inevitably bear the brunt, and Matsukura Castle is the key to Echichigo, the foundation of the Shiina family, and it is the largest city west of the Kamitsugawa River, so Uesugi Terutora will take this city." ”

Li Xiao crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked out the window, listening to Usami Nami's words, and then turned around.

Seeing Usami Nami's appearance at the moment, Li Xiao knew it in his heart, and said: "Shengxing, you have been in the Uesugi family for many years, and you know a little about the situation in Echigo, and the Uesugi family army, so this military discussion is dominated by you, you might as well speak up." ”

Seeing Li Xiao's eyes looking directly at her, Usami Nami was relieved, and immediately nodded with a straight face.

So during the military discussion, Li Xiao's retainers used tactics against the Uesugi army, and the personality characteristics of the Uesugi generals asked Usami Minami one by one.

And Usami Minami also changed her usual passive attitude of slacking off work when she was under Li Xiao, who only took a salary and did not work, and truthfully told everything she knew about the Uesugi family.

In her words, Usami relatively objectively truthfully stated the advantages and disadvantages of the Uesugi army, without exaggerating or belittling it.

After hearing this, the general nodded his head and obviously benefited a lot.

Li Xiao thought for a while and asked Usami Minami: "Katsuyuki, according to your estimate, if there is no cooperation of our army, how long can the Shiina family resist the Uesugi family based on Matsukura Castle?" ”

Usami said without hesitation: "I am not optimistic about Shiina at all, no more than three months at most. ”

As soon as Usami Nami's words came out, everyone was surprised, but among the retainers, such as Jimbo Nagaju, Terashima Job, and Mizugoe Shengzhong, these retainers of the original Shinho family all showed their approval.

Everyone knows that Matsukura Castle is one of the three major mountain cities in Vietnam, with cliffs on three sides, and the inner and outer five Guo can be defended. There are also a series of branch castles in the surrounding area, such as Yuzu Castle, Mizuo Castle, Kitayama Castle, Kosuganuma Castle, Shengfang Castle, Tsubno Castle, and Tenjinyama Castle, which can be supported.

With the power of the 100,000 stone-level masters of the Shiina family, plus the Matsukura Gold Mountain, the maximum military mobilization force is also between 4,000 and 5,000, so it can't stop the Uesugi family's army for three months.

Although everyone was surprised, they all agreed with Usami in the end.

Hearing the conclusion, everyone's faces couldn't help but have a trace of sadness on their faces.

As soon as the Shiina family perished, it was Li Xiao's turn to face Uesugi Kenshin's Echigo army head-on, and if he was unlucky, the Takeda army's defense line in Vietaka would be difficult to support even this year.

Li Xiao clapped his palms together and said, "Since the Shiina family can't support the Uesugi army independently, then we can't sit idly by and watch the Shiina family perish." Although I don't like Yasuin Shiina very much, I have to say at this moment that he has the luck of Uesugi Teruto, otherwise I will definitely die and not be saved. ”,

Hearing Li Xiao say this, all the generals showed a look of anger on their faces.

"In that case, all the generals should go down and prepare for battle, and in the near future, I will issue a mobilization order, and then you will lead the troops to meet at Toyama Castle according to the military service certificate."

"Oh"

Hearing Li Xiao say this, all the generals retreated together, but their faces still showed worries about the future war with the Uesugi family.

After everyone left, Usami Nami stayed, looked at Li Xiao in contemplation, and asked, "Lord Lord, are you sure?" Uesugi Terutora is determined to win this time, if we are not sure, we might as well return to Hida, he will ...... in the future."

Li Xiao heard Usami Nami say this, smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said, "You don't have to worry too much, I already have a plan to deal with it." ”

Hearing that Li Xiao seemed to be confident, Usami Nami had a slight look of relief on her face, and immediately retreated.

After Usami Nami left, Li Xiao pondered for a while, and then ordered to take out a paper and pen closely.

Immediately, Li Xiao buried his head in writing a letter to Takeda Shinxuan.

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