At the same time as the start of the Sakamoto War, Suruga Kunitoku-Zentoku-ji Temple in Tokaido was as quiet and peaceful as ever, and the decline of the Imagawa family and the rise of the Takeda family did not break the peace of the Buddhist temple, but at this moment, this temple that witnessed the rise and fall of the Triple Alliance of Koshojun was holding a special prisoner, his name was Takeda Nobuyoshi.

For Takeda Nobuyoshi, claustrophobia is a familiar and unfamiliar word, just a few years ago in the scene of the acquaintance of Forty Cheng, the nephew Takeda Taro Yoshinobu who grew up watching was charged with rebellion in the claustrophobic Buddhist temple, this samurai with great prospects persisted not long before he died depressed, but he did not expect that after a few years, it was his turn to be claustrophobic.

At the other corner of the courtyard came a young warrior, bowed down and said, "Pawn Stable Hall!" Excuse me. ”

Takeda Nobuyoshi, who was sitting under the porch, suddenly opened his eyes and said slowly, "Is it the Mieda Investigation Yuzaemon Captain's Hall?" ”

"Yes! In this ......" Sanzhi Shouyou slowly walked into the courtyard, walked a few steps in front of him and stopped, and said quietly: "This time I am on the order of the lord to bring something to the stable hall." ”

"Something?"

"Yes." Sanzhi Shouyou took out a handful of ribs and put them on the floor and gently pushed them over, and then bowed again.

"This is the ......" Takeda Nobuhiro grabbed the handle of the knife and slowly pulled it out, gradually revealing the bright blade, "This is my brother's rib cha to Guojun, when my father gave this rib to my brother, I have always been loved by my brother for decades and never left my side, my brother gave me this rib this time in the hope that I ......"

"Yes! The lord hopes that the stable hall will use this rib to complete the last trip. Mieda Mamoru bowed down and said, "I'm sorry, although this request will make it very difficult for the Stable Palace, but for the sake of my Takeda family." Let's ask the stable hall to sacrifice once! ”

"Hehehe...... I believe in seppuku and suicide. Can it save the Takeda family's business from decay? Takeda Nobuyhiro shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you can." I'd rather die on Kawanakajima and accompany the sons and daughters who died in vain to go to the Yellow Springs than live in the world, but can my death really save the Takeda family? ”

Sanzhi Shouyou hung his head in shame and continued to persuade: "...... In any case, please accept the orders of the lord, and I really don't want to use force against you. ”

"I understand, I understand very well. You can't be blamed for this, you're just acting on orders......" Takeda Nobuhiro shook his head with a bitter smile, held it in both hands and gently stroked the scabbard, and exclaimed: "Kamakura's Seiko casting, it takes more than a year to get a famous knife, the knife is not only for self-defense, but also for the last reliance on self-harm, my brother prepared this famous knife for me as the last period, I must have put a lot of thought into it!" ”

Sanzhi Shouyou hung his head and didn't dare to raise his head to respond. He was really afraid to look at Takeda Nobuyoshi, afraid of those eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate everything in the world. With a calm gaze full of wisdom and determination, as bright as a lighthouse in the night, Takeda Nobuyoshi was very popular in the Takeda family, and many samurai were taken care of by him, and Mieda Mamoru was no exception.

"You don't have to carry a burden, you don't have to be sad, birth, old age, sickness and death are the way of heaven, people always have to come to this point, it's just the difference between a little earlier or a little later." Takeda Nobuya smiled freely, relieving the pressure of the three branches of the guard, there are few samurai in the Takeda family who are not favored by him, those people are either old stubborn or Takeda Shingen's hardcore henchmen, the three branches of the guard are also one of the hardcores, but it is still worse than Takasaka Masanobu and the like.

"What's the situation out there?"

"Very good......

Takeda Nobuyhiro shook his head and said: "Don't lie to me, I know my brother's character better than anyone else, he won't touch me unless he has to, what is the situation outside?" ”

"It's bad...... Very bad! The Lord Justice is in a huge crisis, so the Lord has specially explained that he is here, and at this moment he feels that he is here to see off the pawn hall. Sanzhi Shouyou was silent for a while, then raised his head and said firmly: "Please set off in the Pawn Stable Palace!" If you don't dislike my friend's rudeness, please allow me to make a mistake for the stable. ”

Takeda Nobuhiro nodded quite understandingly: "Still unwilling to tell me the truth?" What a selfish man my brother is! Sure enough, it's still the brother I know well, the brother who hasn't changed in twenty, thirty, or even more years! ”

Sanzhi's face suddenly changed, and he said in a cold voice: "Please set off in the Pawn Stable Palace!" I don't want to do it to you! ”

"If you don't want to say it, the old man will come to say it for you!" An old voice suddenly came from the Buddhist hall behind Takeda Nobuyoshi, and then a tall and burly old man walked out, with a beard and beard, white hair but still majestic, a pair of tiger eyes and murderous spirit, even if he was over seventy years old, he still had a thrilling sense of oppression, one can imagine what a majestic samurai he would be when he was young.

Sanzhi Shouyou trembled in surprise and said in a panic: "You are ......"

"The old man is a mountain and wild horseman of Kai, an old and decrepit samurai! You little doll must have never seen me! ”

"......" Sanzhi Shouyu swallowed his saliva and was nervously overwhelmed.

And this majestic old man walked to Takeda Nobuyoshige's side, his face was expressionless and he didn't know joy and sorrow, he glanced at Sanzhi Shouyou, and said: "At the beginning, the old man just saw that Taro, this kid is smart on the surface and selfish inside, and the Takeda family will fall into the abyss of no return sooner or later, but you don't listen to my old man's nonsense, and the most surprising thing for the old man is that you stupid boy betrayed the old man, quietly defected to Taro's bastard boy, and finally exiled the old man to the ...... Suruga."

Takeda Nobuyhiro suddenly said, "Father! I don't think I made the wrong choice! You were too impatient, the child didn't dare to persuade you back then, he could only prove himself with his actions, my brother was not good enough, but my Takeda family's territory has been expanding, and it is several times stronger than when my father was in power! ”

"What can you do even if you are strong for a while! Relying on betraying allies, killing blood relatives, exiling one's own father, framing one's son-in-law, and repeatedly treacherously obtained territory, can it make the countrymen confidant? Can it convince the world? The strength of the Takeda family lies in unity and bravery, not in obtaining land by despicability and shamelessness, do you know what the old man hates about Taro the most? The old man hates his self-righteous temperament the most!

He thought that after reading a few military books and war strategies, he would be invincible all over the world, but he didn't know that without the assistance of the genealogy retainers created by the old man, he couldn't do anything! Rely on the back alliance to lay down half of the Shinano country. will also be beaten by Murakami Yoshikiyo and discarded armor. If the old man personally commands the troops to fight. And how could you make such a stupid mistake! ”

This old man is the former governor Takeda Shinto, even if he has lived in seclusion for many years, he has been in exile for ten thousand years, but his temper has not diminished back then, and the powerful aura makes Sanzhi Shouyu not even have the slightest desire to resist, Takeda Shintora has accumulated a powerful influence over the years is far stronger than imagined, even if Saneda Shouyu has never seen this veteran when he was young.

Takeda Shinhu said angrily: "The old man doesn't like treacherous samurai, he hates treacherous and shameless people, and the old man deliberately changed his power for the sake of Kai's future. I believe that Imagawa Hikogoro Yoshimoto's treacherous boy, but I didn't expect this little bastard of the Imagawa family to contact Taro's bastard boy and exile the old man! It was because of his bad mind that he died in the narrow barrel, and there was no corpse in his life! ”

"Father-sama's words are unfair, Imagawa Jibu is a very good samurai......" Takeda Shinshihiro shook his head.

Takeda Shintora snorted coldly: "Excellent samurai? So he betrayed his uncle Hojo Tsuna, and his cousin Hojo Yasu? The old man watched from the sidelines of Junfu and manipulated the chaos in Hedong, and almost destroyed the persecution of the Hojo family, and once took the old man hostage several times to blackmail Taro's kid to make concessions. Compared to shamelessness, you can go neck and neck with Taro's kid! It's all a bunch of bastards. ”

"Okay...... Father is right, tell me about the situation outside! "Takeda Nobuhiro picked up the ribs and came to Kunijun. said lightly: "I'm curious, how far does my brother manage the situation, and he has to kill me to be at ease?" ”

Takeda Shinhu sneered: "The Right General Hall has raised troops, 230,000 horsemen roared out, the East Sea Road is in chaos, Junyuan is in chaos, Jiafei is attacked, and the Takeda family is attacked on all sides, so your good brother thinks of you again, and you can't let the Right General Hall catch you, so the Takeda family can retreat." ”

"A way out? What retreat? Hmm, I probably understand...... Takeda Nobuyhiro sighed: "If I die, the descendants of the Takeda family will not perish, on the contrary, if I don't die, the descendants of the Takeda family will change hands, and I am afraid that it will not be good if my brother and the right general hall have repeatedly done against each other." ”

At the beginning of the Tsuruoka Hachimangu Army, the White Flag Rebellion kicked off with a huge momentum, Minamoto Yoshitoki served as the commander-in-chief and personally sat in Kamakura Prefecture, and his sister-in-law Ashikaga Yoshiyasu served as the deputy general to participate in military affairs, and then quickly formed the Northern Army Regiment and the Higashiyama Army Corps as flanks, and he himself led the strategy of Tokaido.

Uesugi Kenshin, the general of the Northern Army Regiment, had 60,000 troops under his command, with Numata Yumitsu as the general of the special forces, and went south along the Hida River from Hida Province, directly attacking the Oda territory of Higashi Mino and Central Mino, Uesugi Kenshin himself led 50,000 horsemen out of Kaga Province, and Sugiura Genren, who was born as a powerful samurai in Kaga Province, as the vanguard general, led 5,000 troops to attack the heart of Kaga Province.

Sanada Yukitaka, the general of the Higashiyama Army, had 50,000 troops under his command, and ordered Ogasawara to lead 10,000 troops out of Minami Shinano to attack Mikawa Province, and ordered Miyabe Jijun to lead 10,000 troops out of Minami Shinano to attack Enoe Province, and he himself led 30,000 troops to attack the Takeda family in Suwa Prefecture, the last point in Shinano Province.

The so-called Higashiyama Army is simply a special force attacking the flank of the Takeda family, and the courage to take out 50,000 elites as a special force is not something that ordinary people can do, but I'm sorry that Genyoshi can do it, even if the Takeda family's full mobilization force is counted together, there are only more than 40,000 people, and it still can't change his firm determination to take Kai Country in a short time.

At the same time as the two army armies went out, the 120,000-strong army led by Genyoshitoki went out of Ashizaka and attacked Suruga Province in a big way, and Takeda Shingen's left and right support was helpless The army was too small, and it still needed to be scattered in large territories such as Kai, Suruga, Enoe, and Mikawa, and there was no way to fight against an army several times larger than his own.

Even if the situation is difficult, Takeda Shingen did not give up, he chose to personally lead 20,000 troops to block the Satai Pass in an attempt to do a backwater battle, the courage is commendable, the judgment is not bad, but the absolute difference of 20,000 people against 120,000 people, this six-fold absolute difference is enough to grind all the advantages of the time and place, not to mention that the Takeda family soldiers are few and panicked, and the Kwantung Army happens to be a large number of generals and morale, and this battle does not have to fight to know how tragic the outcome is.

The cunning Genyoshi did not attack immediately, but when he learned that Mikawa, Enoe, and the western part of Suruga were in chaos, he sent ninjas to walk around Satado Pass to spread the news of the chaos in Sanshu. forced the Takeda family's military morale to plummet and their morale declined. Then take advantage of the darkness of the night to attack Sata's pass.

Even if it is due to the absolute superiority in terms of strength and general situation. Gen Yoshishi also didn't give the Takeda family any chance to turn the tables at all, 120,000 people attacked 20,000 people at night was simply terrifying, even if Takeda Shingen had already been mentally tightened and prepared for the night attack, he couldn't resist the Kwantung Army that couldn't turn into a strong attack at night.

After a massive defeat, Takeda Shingen was forced to flee back to Sunpu Castle, and when he gathered forces inside the castle the next day, his headquarters had been reduced from 20,000 troops to less than 8,000 men. and captured Kai samurai Masayo Sone and Masanao Komai.

It is very dangerous for the nest to be lost, forcing Takeda Shingen to make a choice between Suruga Province and Kai Province, whether to stay in Suruga and continue to hold on or withdraw Kai to expel Sanada Yutaka's invading army and then make plans, at this most critical moment, Takeda Shingen made a fatal mistake, and he began to hesitate.

Under the tremendous pressure of choosing interests, the wise and wise Takeda Shingen will also fall into confusion and confusion, and it will be very difficult for him to make a choice at that time, and choosing to stay in Suruga means that great danger is imminent. Failure to stop Genyi means that the entire army is wiped out and destroyed, and choosing to withdraw to Kai means giving up the territory that has been fought hard for many years. Even if he resisted the blow of Genyoshitoki's army, it was useless, and the biggest possibility was that he would be abandoned again by the angry retainers of the spectrum.

After hesitating for a day and a night, the precious time disappeared, and soon a series of bad information discouraged his plans to stay in Suruga, Ogasawara suddenly crossed the border to invade Higashimikawa, under the guidance of the banner of Genyitoki, the people of Mikawa were all looking at the wind, and in an instant, the people of the three parties of the mountain family changed their banners, and Higashimikawa became the territory of Minamoto in a blink of an eye, and the head of the Mikawa banner of the Takeda family, the fierce bull Akiyama Nobuyo became a prisoner in such a daze.

Then Miyabe Jijun invaded Enoe Province, and saw that Fujo was in the Banhori Echirokuro clan, the lord of Inoma Castle, Iio Toyozen Shouryū, the lord of Inui Castle, Amano Miuchi Uemon Keiguan, the lord of Sasupe Castle, Amano Yasuki Shouhukei, and Sena Nobuki and other people of the country successively broke away from the Takeda family, and the three people of Iitani, who fled to Edo, Kondo Yasuyo, Suganuma Tadahisa, and Suzuki Shigetoki, returned to their respective territories to mobilize the old army to respond, and Takasaka Masanobu, the head of the Toie banner, was surrounded by a large army, so he had to flee back to Sunfu Castle in a panic.

In just a few days, Enoe and Mikawa fell into the hands of the Kwantung Army successively, and Takeda Shingen's years of painstaking management were all gone, and he couldn't even imagine that the Junyuan San Domination System, which he was once proud of, had so many loopholes hidden after years of careful construction, even if he realized early on that the internal instability was still wishful thinking that he could control it.

The loophole is so big that it pierces the sky, and what is worse is that the Suruga ancestors suddenly disappeared, and they don't have to think about it to know that they must have defected to the enemy, and staying in Sunfu is simply putting themselves in the wolf's den, and that night Takeda Shingen left Suruga Province with the army, and before leaving, he untied his ribs and handed them over to Mieda Mori, so that this servant who had followed him for many years could understand his dear brother Takeda Shinshiori.

"It's really a touching story, my brother can still think of me, an ordinary person who is claustrophobic in the monastery, on the night of his defeat and escape, it's really touching! But ......" Takeda Nobuhiro narrowed his eyes, stared at Sanzhi Shouyou silently, and after a long time, he suddenly said: "However, I choose to refuse!" ”

"Refusal? Is the Pawn Hall forcing me to do it? All right! Then let it be difficult for him to end the life of the stable hall! The three guards stood up with a blue face and was about to stride, when he suddenly found two arms stretched out behind him, and dozens of black-clothed ninjas appeared around him.

The ninja at the head untied his mask to reveal a bland face, turned to Takeda Shinshihiro and said, "I'm sorry! I'm late! ”

"Nope! Hattoriden came at the right time. Takeda Nobuyhiro stood up and walked up to Mieda Shouyou with his hands in his hands, and said softly: "Please take this rib back from Saemon Captain's Hall and return it to my good brother, and bring a sentence to say that I don't need him in this life, compared to my brother, I need it more, take it and don't lose it." ”

Sanzhi Shouyou's whole body trembled, and the anger in his chest was like a flame that was difficult to contain, but when he saw Takeda Nobuyoshi's calm and firm eyes, he seemed to be splashed with a bucket of ice water from head to toe, and sighed: "It turns out that the Stable Hall has expected it, it seems that the lord has miscalculated you......"

Takeda Nobuyhiro said firmly: "You are wrong, my brother did not miscalculate me!" The miscalculation is that the elder brother neglected the resourcefulness and layout of the right general's hall, he is too confident and even conceited! There have been many times when he has almost been able to detect hidden dangers inside Kai, but because of his self-confidence, he thinks that he can control the overall situation, and misses the best time to eliminate hidden dangers, and it is already difficult to return at this moment. ”

"I see! The message of the temple of the stables will surely be conveyed in the same way. ”

"Also, tell my brother...... Farewell! Takeda Shinhiro slowly turned around and helped his father, Takeda Shintoru, to disappear at the end of the corridor. (To be continued......)