A dark cloud pushed in the northern sky.

In September, the autumn breeze cools down day by day, and recently, it has rained in Shinano Province in the central part of Honshu Island.

The autumn rain that lasted for several days was really disturbing.

After the defeat at the Battle of Kawanakajima, the Takeda clan's troops retreated from Shinano, and not only did Kaizu Castle fall and the trusted general Takasaka Masanobu was killed, but even Katsuo Castle fell within a day.

Katsuo Castle was originally a fortress in Kita-Shinano, and even in the face of the siege of thousands of troops, it could hold out for several months.

"In vain, the ancestor trusted Sanada Yutaka so much, this guy betrayed us and did such an ungrateful act!"

Yoshinobu Takeda spat with resentment on his face, although he has now succeeded as the governor of the family in danger, his irascible and irritable temperament is still the same as before.

"The Sanada clan originally came to defect for the sake of Sanada's old leader, and now that our army is newly defeated, with Yutaka's person, he must have been in contact with Uesugi for a long time...... It's just ......"

The tall samurai who walked beside Yoshinobu muttered to himself.

"But what? Uncle, what are you worried about? ”

Yoshishin asked.

"It's just that Sanada Yukitaka, who was deeply favored by the ancestors, betrayed, so the people of other countries, such as Muroga, Deura, Umino and others, will also fall to the wind...... In this way, the general trend of Kita-Shinano has gone, and the people loyal to Takeda will no longer be invalid. ”

Speaking of this, Takeda Nobushihiro only felt that his breathing seemed to have stagnated a little, and Kita Shinano had gained and lost, which meant that in the past ten years, he and his brother Takeda Shingen, and all the retainers had worked hard to expand the territory.

After this battle, the Takeda family returned to ten years ago.

"Why should my uncle grow up with others and destroy his own ambition. Even if there is no North Shinano, we still have South Shinano, and even if the Uesugi clan takes away South Shinano, we still have Kai! As long as I, Yoshinobu Takeda, are alive for one day, I will definitely fight to protect the Takeda family! I don't believe it, Uesugi Terutora and Sasa Naruma dare to come to Kai to go wild! ”

Yixin kicked the horse's belly vigorously, and the horse ran forward in pain, but was pulled by Yixin's force, and could only move slowly under the escort of the samurai on horseback.

It is also impossible to believe that this is the case, although he said wildly, but at this time, it is indeed Takeda's decline, and they are on the way to retreat.

Although Yoshinobu is much more confident than his father in terms of personal martial arts, after experiencing Takeda Shingen being charged into battle by Sasa Seimasa and seriously injured, even if he is unwilling, he can't take risks. Therefore, after retreating from Kawanaka Island, Yoshinobu was always surrounded by many samurai.

Behind Yoshinobu and the generals were a group of ashigaru men dressed in red armor and looking tired. After the fall of Kaijin Castle and Katsuo Castle, the young family governor was determined to hold this elite reserve in the palm of his hand so that he could respond to the contingency and enter the battlefield at any time.

In the middle of the akabi ashigaru, there was a tattered cart pulled by two horses, and instead of grain and grass and weapons, there was a man on the cart.

A burly samurai who was tightly tied with hemp rope.

The warrior's armor had long been tattered, and his body was also scarred, and the wounds could not heal for a long time under the rain, and there were still traces of blood oozing from it.

His brows were almost furrowed, and his eyes were closed as if he were in great pain.

"This guy is really hard, it's been so many days, and he hasn't died yet."

Next to the captive was a young Ashishigaru Road.

"Shhhh Be quiet, have you forgotten...... Before this guy was captured, he killed thirty-five samurai! ”

A slightly older Ashigaru quickly nudged the young man, motioning for him to speak less.

"What about killing thirty-five samurai, it's not tied here like a zongzi now, are you still afraid that he will wake up and kill you with one sword?"

The young man was quite bold and scoffed at the caution of his predecessors.

As he spoke, he reached out and tapped on the captive's body.

"Look...... It's all like this, I guess I won't survive, and if I'm fast, I'll die tonight! ”

The elder Ashigaru had to persuade again, and a look of horror suddenly appeared on his face.

"What do you see?"

He ...... He's awake! ”

Following the other party's guidance, the young ashigaru turned his head to look over, and saw that the burly and unusual captive slowly opened his eyes.

He glared at the ashigaru in front of him.

Although there was no movement, no words, the captive just looked at him, and scared the timid people into trembling, and the bold young Ashigaru, although he forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart, was as heavy as carrying a mountain.

Seriously injured and feverish, the captive's life had been struggling on the line between life and death for several days, and everyone thought that his life was short, but they did not expect that he would still be so powerful when he was dying.

Suddenly, everyone only felt that their bodies were loose, and the captives had slowly closed their eyes.

"See? Be careful! ”

The elder ashiki scolded in a low voice, and everyone walked with their heads bowed, and there was no intention of despising the captive.

Later, they learned that this burly captive was Maeda Keiji, who was famous in Echigo and even Kanpachishu.

A few days later, Keiji Maeda's astonishing move at Kai Kai allowed his fame to spread throughout Kai.

At the same time, Sasa Narumasa, who was withdrawn from the North Shinano battlefield, is also facing a major crisis in his life at this moment.

Before the decisive battle of Kawanakajima, the ninjas sent by the Takeda clan set a fire to Sakado Castle, almost burning Sakado Castle's Honmaru coefficient to ashes.

Of course, Sasa Narumasa was furious about this.

The ninjas of the Takeda family not only burned down Sakado Castle, but also directly caused Naotora Ii to be frightened in the chaos and give birth prematurely......

Fortunately, Naohu and the child's mother and son were safe, and after the fire, they were closely protected by the retainers who stayed behind.

Cheng Zheng rushed back as soon as possible and accompanied Zhihu through the most dangerous days, and now he finally settled down and wanted to find a bed to sleep, but was slapped by a little girl.

With the power of Sasa Naruma now, there are too few people who dare to slap him, and there are very few girls who dare to slap him, even Nobunaga's sister Aichi does not dare to do so.

But the girl who just slapped Cheng Zheng is not as good as Ah Shi, because her father's family has long been removed, and she herself is at most the identity of the cousin of the Maeda Toshi family.

Yes, she is Maeda Matsu.

Sazuo Chengzheng himself didn't expect that Ah Song, who has always been gentle and docile, would have a hot temper.

"What did you do to Keiji-sama! Why did I hear someone say he was dead! ”

In addition to being angry, Ah Song was more sad, she had heard the news that Maeda Keiji was killed on the battlefield of Kawanakama in order to cover Sasa Narumasa's retreat, and she waited for a few days, and she didn't see Sasa Narumasa come forward to explain one or two, and she couldn't help but strengthen the guess in her heart.

Sazuo Chengzheng was stunned, and he was also worried...... What happened to Keiji Maeda, he didn't know.

"Keiji he ......"

Cheng Zheng couldn't help but swallow his spit.

"It's been so long, I haven't heard the news of him dying in battle, I think he's still alive."

"It's not going to be wrong, a super stupid guy like Keiji won't die so easily!"

Sasa Naruma muttered to himself with a maniacal look on his face.

A few days later, a banquet will be held in the Kai Country Hesitation Hall.

This celebration banquet was naturally to celebrate the victory of the Takeda clan in the battle of Kawanakajima. Although the war was defeated, but the face can not be bowed, for the young governor Takeda Yoshinobu, taking this opportunity to reunite the hearts of the people is the most important thing.

And a key move to reunite people's hearts lies in this small courtyard in the hesitation hall.

In this courtyard, there is a prisoner.

A small surname hurriedly came out of Honmaru, came to this remote place, gently pulled open the sliding door, and said respectfully:

"Maeda-sama, the owner of the museum, please."