On the afternoon of August 29, Harunobu Takeda sat on a horse in the shade of a tree, still hesitating about whether to attack Mt. Tsuma-me-sama.

It was a godsend that the Uesugi army surrounded Mt. Tsumeme from the south, northeast, and northwest.

The Uesugi army had only 13,000 men, and its total strength was more than 20,000.

If the soldiers are twice as large as the enemy, they can attack them.

For days, this thought had been lingering in Takeda's mind, and it was a complete temptation.

The retainers who followed him out of the battle asked for battle, they didn't have much thought, and felt that since the army was superior and the location was advantageous, one word:

Beat!

In their opinion, the Uesugi Army and Sister Uesugi stationed in Mt. Tsunamo are like delicate girls surrounded by three obscene men, borrowing a poem from the Tang Kingdom, called "When the flower can be folded, it must be folded".

But...... Two people don't think so.

The first one, of course, is the supreme commander of the Takeda Army, Kai Guardian, Takeda Daizen Doctor Harunobu, and the second one...... That is, the military advisor that Harunobu relied on the most, the one-eyed dragon, and the flax Modo chopped the chicken to death.

…… Although people only have one eye, they can be regarded as having traveled to many countries (self-proclaimed), experienced dozens of battles (being a mercenary), and also went out on their own (this is also a self-proclaimed person), Yamamoto Kansuke may not be outstanding in resourcefulness, but in Harunobu's opinion, this retainer is obedient, understands his own mind, and is comfortable to use.

Although his teacher, Itagaki Nobukata, is also a resourceful figure who is both military and political, Nobukata will not be afraid of his status as a lord, and has repeatedly spoken out and admonished, which makes him very faceless.

As the two wise men in the Takeda army, Takeda Harunobu and Yamamoto Kansuke, although they intuitively thought that they could not act rashly, they knew what it was and did not know why, and they could not estimate Uesugi Sister's plan at all.

I sat in the shade of the tree for a long time, and thought about it for a long time, until I was tired and my stomach rumbled twice, and I wanted to eat.

At this time, Xiao surnamed came over and whispered a few words in his ear, and Qingxin's two shallow eyebrows shook slightly.

"Bring him."

"Hay."

After a while, Takeda Nobuyoshi came to Harumobu and bowed down.

"Sit down."

Harunobu pointed to Maza next to him and motioned for Shin Fan to take a seat.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Xin Fan sat down immediately, and did not give in, as if his brother asked him to sit, and he sat down, which was a matter of course.

Harunobu exhaled, tried to get out of the momentum he should have as a monarch, cleared his throat and said:

"Yajiro said you guessed Uesugi Teruto's plan, let's hear it."

"Hay! In fact, I don't dare to confirm it, the following words are just my guesses, if something is not in line with the lord's wishes, please don't care, don't be disturbed by me. ”

“…… Well. ”

"The lord should know that Uesugi Terutora has mobilized nearly 40,000 troops in order to crusade against our Takeda family, including the vassal forces of Shonai and Aizu, if it weren't for the Kamino mutiny, I'm afraid that even Nagano Yoshimasa would have to lead a large army to invade Shinano from the small castles."

"I know...... But what does all this have to do with Uesugi Teruto's plan? ”

"Does the lord know...... Why did Uesugi Terutora gather nearly 40,000 troops, but only 16,000 men went into battle? ”

"Why......" Harunobu frowned as he twisted the mustache on his lips.

Why did Uesugi Terutora gather 40,000 men, but only brought less than half of them to the expedition?

Seeing that Qingxin still didn't understand, Xin Fan asked again:

"The lord knows...... How many days does it take to get from Kasuga Yamajo to Kawanakajima? ”

Yes!

A word woke up the dreamer, Takeda Harunobu only felt a lightning illuminated sea of knowledge, and immediately understood Uesugi Teruto's conspiracy.

The Okushinano area centered on Kawanaka Island is very close to Kasuga Mountain Castle, and the reason why Sister Uesugi can't tolerate Takeda Harunobu encroaching on the entire territory of Kita-Shinano is that in addition to the so-called "great righteousness", more factors are that she doesn't want Kasuga Mountain Castle to receive the threat of the Takeda clan.

Because Kasuga Mountain Castle is located from Kawanaka Island, it is a maximum of two days away!

Half a month ago, the Uesugi army arrived at Zenko-ji Temple in the afternoon of the second day after setting out from Kasuga Mountain Castle, and if it was a hurried march, I was afraid that it would have been there in the daytime.

Takeda Nobushiro asked Harunobu Kasuga Yamajo how many days away from Kawanaka Island was, and for Harunobu it was tantamount to a slap in the face.

"If our army were to encircle the Uesugi army at Mt. Tsuma-me, with 20,000 men against 13,000 men, we would not be able to win in two or three days...... The Wife and Daughter Mountain also occupies a favorable location, even if we are familiar with the terrain, I am afraid that we will not be able to take advantage of anything. Once our army is pinned down at Mt. Tsuma-nu, Naoe Keixuna can lead the remaining 20,000 Uesugi troops south and surround our Takeda army! It is not us who really occupies the advantage of troops, it is precisely Uesugi Teruto! ”

The more Harunobu continued, the more incredible he felt...... If Uesugi Teruhu really planned like this, and the Takeda army really besieged Mt. Tsuna, I believe that the 20,000 Takeda army that went out this time will definitely go and never return!

"Cimata! Immediately pull out the camp and head to Haijin City! ”

"The lord is wise!"

As a result, the Takeda Army, which was stationed at Chajiu Mountain, immediately set out for camp and arrived at Haijin Castle in the evening of the same day.

When the news reached the Uesugi army in Mt. Tsune-Nu, Sister Uesugi was so angry that she threw the folding fan on Sasa Naimasa's face.

"Unexpectedly...... Unexpectedly...... What a bastard! ”

She had already scolded Takeda Harunobu ten thousand times in her heart, thinking that this plan had not even been told to Yaga Chengzheng, how did Takeda Harunobu know?

But scolding and scolding, Sister Uesugi, who had failed in her plan, was very disappointed, and after the anger passed, she returned to the big tent sullenly.

Because the siege of the Takeda Army has been lifted, the generals under his command are also at ease, and hurriedly come to give advice to Sister Uesugi and say how to ...... Most of them demanded that the army retreat a little.

"Mt. Tsunau is too deep into the territory of the Takeda clan, so it is not weak to retreat a little later and camp on both sides of the Rhino River."

-- Most of these gunless Echigo generals have this idea.

Uesugi sister's approach is the same as before, not to mention, let alone talking.

You're going to come and drink and sing with me, no problem, you're welcome, and you want to point out the war? I'm not interested, get out.

She has such an attitude that the generals have no way to do it.

But Sasa Narimasa, who often drinks and sings with Sister Uesugi, can see that she is panicking.

Although he still drank and sang poetry as before, Narimasa found that Sister Uesugi was no longer the demeanor of Zhizhu in her hands, but her eyes wandered, and she didn't even pay much attention.

Takeda Harunobu actually saw through her plan, it is really not to be underestimated......

Although Uesugi still repeatedly claims that "the mountain people have their own tricks, you just wait and see", but Narumasa knows...... This was the truth before, but now...... It also deceives idiots.

As a result, the Uesugi army did not retreat north as Takeda Harunobu had expected, and the forces of Kasugayama Castle to the north were not mobilized.

The stalemate between the two armies continued until 10 days later, on 8 September.

On the night of the 8th, the turmoil sent out by the one-eyed dragon Yamamoto Kansuke returned.

"Did it work?"

"Hay!"

"Hmm...... Come with me to the Lord and I will take credit for you! ”

"Aligado!"