The sun was setting in the west, and Hu Ji woke up from his nap and blinked his eyes a few times before finding a reason to let him go back first, this empathetic Hu Yutai knew that he had to accompany the other two pregnant women, and every time he pretended not to need this figure pillow to drive him away, but he didn't know that her acting skills were really poor, and every time she reluctantly watched him leave.

Accompanied Sandalwood for a walk in the garden, and took her to visit his two baby adopted daughters Guangji and Mingji, Sandalwood was only three months pregnant and her lower abdomen had not yet gone out of shape, looking at the two babies who were about to turn one year old in the cradle, Sandalwood's face was full of maternal love and envy, and she played with the two children for a while, and the two slowly left the nursery room.

Perhaps it was because of the touching scene, Sandalwood leaned on his shoulder and said softly: "Your Highness, if Sandalwood gives birth to a bunch of twins, what will you do?" ”

Kira Yoshitoki stopped Sandalwood's back and said with a smile: "Of course it's a good adult, Yu doesn't care about the legends of those gods, and there are folk legends that Yu killed Shura in the Yuzawa Imperial Palace, do you believe it?" ”

"Sandalwood believes it! His Royal Highness is the most powerful man in the world, and if he kills Shura, he will definitely be able to do it! Well! Sandalwood looked at him stupidly, which made Ji Liang Yoshishi laugh.

"Little fool, I've never killed Shura, there's no such thing in the world......"

Sandalwood stood on tiptoe gently, reached out and pressed lightly on his lips, and said very seriously: "Your Highness, you are not allowed to talk nonsense, we mortals can't talk nonsense about the affairs of gods and Buddhas!" Bad things will happen when the gods and Buddhas hear about it. ”

"Good! Yu won't talk nonsense, but no matter how many children you give birth to, Yu will raise them as adults. You can rest assured. Little fools! ”

There are also three pairs of more than three months of pregnancy. Pregnant with a child a little earlier than sandalwood, her temperament was already a little stuffy, after pregnancy, in addition to taking a walk every day, she sewed some baby clothes in her own room, and every day there was always a maid in her room busy making some clothes.

Zhihu's room is covered with all kinds of baby clothes, there are no less than dozens of them, and the colorful colors are dizzying, so I heard her point to these small clothes and say, "This is for Sister Tiger Ji's child." This is for Sister Sandalwood's child, and this is for our child, does Your Highness think it looks good? ”

Yoshitoki Kira encouraged, "Well, it's good-looking! It's so pretty! I didn't expect Xiao Ahu not only to go into battle to kill the enemy, but also to have an excellent female celebrity! Let's ask Xiao Ahu to talk about these clothes. ”

"Well, Your Highness looks at this little clothes, children also have to wear small clothes when they are young, and the concubine has tried a variety of materials and is not satisfied, but she is in a piece of high-quality cotton fabric of the Ming Kingdom, and the cotton shirt is soft and warm. Not only can the kids wear it, but so can we. The concubine is thinking about knitting a close-fitting coat for His Royal Highness in the future. The corners of Zhihu's mouth are always filled with a faint smile, and his temperament seems to be more cheerful and atmospheric after pregnancy, I don't know if it's his delusion.

"Thank you for your hard work, these guys are left to the maids to do, don't tire your body out, it's not worth it."

Zhihu's soft voice said coquettishly: "The concubine knows the severity, she only knits for a short time every day, and she has been getting more and more sleepy recently, and she can't be busy for long!" Your Highness should also take good care of yourself! ”

"Mmmm, Yu knows that my little Ah Hu is the most well-behaved."

“…… If you need it, come to your little Ah Hu, the concubine has been working hard to practice the art of swallowing guns! Naohu blushed and didn't dare to raise his head, obviously she was already a pregnant woman but she was squirming like a little girl, but Kira Yoshishi liked her kind of temperament, she was always so simple and cute and gentle and kind.

Serving his daughter-in-law was a chore, and serving three daughters-in-law was even more tiring, and he could have learned from those macho samurai, and regarded the main room and side room as fertility machines, and he did not know how to pity or comfort them afterwards when he had sex, but probably regarded them as an activity to vent his remaining energy, and he was not the kind of person who had no conscience.

Taking care of the three ladies to sleep peacefully, Kira Yoshitoki was finally liberated, and several ladies were pregnant and not suitable for staying overnight, all of which were closely watched by female officials, so that Kira Yoshitoki could only resume his single life, but fortunately, he also wanted to go back to his room and continue to think about the problems of the day: "On the one hand, Oda Nobunaga, who has known each other for nine years without grievances, on the other hand, is Imagawa Yoshimoto, who brought danger to the family but gave him greater opportunities, and the fragile paper-like alliance, barrel narrow, bucket narrow, let Yu choose which side to support?" Yu really didn't know how to choose. ”

In the past, he didn't have the spare power to meddle in the affairs of other countries, because his strength was limited, and he still had insufficient self-protection, so he couldn't talk about meddling in the affairs of other countries, but now he has defeated the two great enemies of Shinano and Ueno, and his mind and eyes will inevitably zoom in a circle, and he will unconsciously set his sights on Tokaido, which he has never paid attention to.

Imagawa Yoshimoto's prestige in the Three Kingdoms cannot be underestimated, Oda Nobunaga's potential and future influence are even more unpredictable, belonging to the kind of person who can burst out with brilliance if he is given a little chance, and he is more inclined to Oda Nobunaga in terms of personal emotion, Imagawa Yoshimoto caused him to leave his homeland, and this grudge is not good to remember.

But intellectually, he felt that Oda Nobunaga should be contained, knowing that he was so strong and indulging his rise, it would not do him any good but would increase greater uncertainty, but in this way, he would have a contradiction, once Oda Nobunaga's surprise attack failed or even killed as a result, it would cause a series of unimaginable changes.

Then let Imagawa Yoshimoto successfully seize Owari Province, then the momentum of the Imagawa family will not be able to be contained, with Imagawa Yoshimoto's strong hand, it may stir up a bigger storm, and when the death of the Great Demon King will instigate a hurricane of the seventeenth or eighteenth level, he doesn't know what to do to resist without the advantage of foresight.

"Thinking about it this way, there is also a certain reason why Imagawa Yoshimoto is determined to go to Luo, because my appearance has caused unexpected changes in Mikawa Country, if I guess correctly, the Kira family should have been wiped out by the Imagawa family early, my hapless brother may really be imprisoned in Suruga and die alone, the Genealogy of the Mikawa Yoshira family is full of hatred for the Imagawa family, although the Imagawa family can be subdued, but it can hinder the Imagawa family's attempt to strengthen its rule, so the Imagawa family will slow down in Mikawa until the third year of Eiroku before going to Luo.

Because of my appearance and departure, the country of Mikawa surrendered without a fight, and then a large number of samurai were drawn from Mikawa. This made it easier for Imagawa Yoshimoto to strengthen his rule over the Mikawa Province. My brother becoming Imagawa Yoshimoto's son-in-law would also contribute to the Imagawa family's rule over Mikawa Province. In this way, the integration process of Junyuan will be completed two years earlier than in history, so will he go to Luo ahead of schedule? Maybe that's it! ”

The more he thought about it, the more energetic he became, and the long-standing problems were also solved, and his appearance was like a little butterfly that did not belong to this era, fanning a huge storm that affected the world, and as his influence grew, the uncertainty brought by this storm also increased more and more, which made him a little shrunk. If he really kills the demon king, I don't know if it will cause something terrible.

Kira Yoshitoki touched his nose and said depressedly, "Don't let me hang up because of this, right?" That's impossible...... It shouldn't be possible! Anyway, it's a difficult thing to deal with! ”

The biggest difference when entering Yongroku to Kira Yoshishi still comes from the subtle changes in psychology, as if someone is desperately urging him behind his back, asking him to act faster and faster, it can be seen from Shinano's strategy that he is really anxious, and he has no spare time to slowly grind the Takeda family to death with terrazzo perseverance.

I was even more anxious when I saw this information today, and I couldn't make a decision after thinking about it in the middle of the night, so I simply didn't care about him, no matter how the Imagawa family and the Oda family made trouble, it was the right thing to run their own family business first. As a result, a different way of thinking made the blocked thinking much easier in an instant.

"I'm so stupid, what does the Imagawa family or the Oda family have to do with me? They do what they like. No matter whether the bucket is dead or alive, how much benefit can it bring to me? Let's put it another way, this Imagawa Yoshimoto dared to threaten me to go up to the Ashikaga family not to invade Kai Province, otherwise the Triple Alliance will lead a large army to support Kai, isn't it still talking about the actions of the Suruga Imagawa family? If the Sagami Hojo family wasn't afraid of the nest being ended, maybe they would think about it, but at the moment, would he dare? This Imagawa Yoshimoto is getting bolder and bigger, and he dares to argue with me with a territory of 700,000 koku, and it is better for him to die as soon as possible! Hum! "The more Yoshitoki Kira thinks, the more angry he becomes, and the more angry he becomes, the more lazy he is to help the Imagawa family.

Thinking about it carefully, the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto is beneficial and harmless to him, and it is said that the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto will cause a fatal imbalance in the Triple Alliance, and the death of one of the three giants of Imagawa will give Takeda Shingen the opportunity to covet Suruga, and Takeda Shingen's move just contributed to the complete rupture of the Shoshogun Alliance.

In the final analysis, Hojo and Imagawa generations of in-laws, Hojo Sakumo as the general of the Imagawa family with the Izu country, the first year of Bunkame (1501) Hojo Sakumo also as the general of the Imagawa family to attack Mikawa, and finally the division veteran was exhausted to the Mikawa tyrant Matsudaira Nagakin, until 20 years later Hojo Sakumo died, the successor of the family governor Hojo clan was recorded for the first time in the relevant documents with "Hojo" as the Miao character, which shows that before this was as the general of the Imagawa family in the Kanto region.

As long as the Takeda family dares to make a move against the Imagawa family, the Triple Alliance of the Shogun is bound to break the alliance, thinking of this Kira Yoshishi's thoughts diverged, and gradually the corners of his mouth showed a familiar smile: "It's a good thing to have a barrel Sasama, Yu not only has to support Oda Nobunaga, but also find ways to help him, I hope Oda Nobunaga can be as brilliant as in history, and Yu will cheer for you in Kasuga Mountain Castle." ”

Pass or pass, is the low shallow place between the two mountains on the ridge resembles a saddle, the shortest distance between the Liangshan mountains, thus forming an important passage of the mountain, so it is also called a mountain pass or pass, some passes near the slope is relatively gentle and often called a ridge, Shiojiri Pass is a gentle slope between the Suwa Basin and the Matsumoto Basin, on which you can overlook the two basins, so it can also be called Shiojiri Ridge.

In the middle of summer in July, the mountains of Shinano are still cool and pleasant, and in the early morning, a cool mountain breeze blows through the armor to remove the dryness from the body, and the mountain road leading to Chikumo-gun is full of wild flowers, clusters of branches pulled out wantonly, and the colorful colors render the blue sky and white clouds purple and red.

This is the best time for those who walk in Shinano all year round, and there must have been an endless stream of porters and merchants who traveled between the two basins at this time of year, leading pack horses along the road to sell salt from Suruga, miso from Mikawa and Echigo's clothes, from the woodworking furniture purchased at home to the smallest stitches and threads.

Takeda Nobuyoshi stood at the foot of the mountain, looking out at the reckless mountains in the distance, the undulating mountains lying like a cyan dragon lying across the land of Shinano. The mountain range winds its way southwest to Minami Shinano. It's a rare sunny day. The blue sky was only a few pale white clouds, like a fluffy ball of cotton.

Recalling that a few months ago he was still in Echigo's prison waiting for the verdict, Takeda Nobuyoshi suddenly had a feeling of being in a different world, behind him were five thousand Kai Rui, they were neatly arranged in several columns and stood quietly between the mountain roads, the red flag fluttering gently against the mountain wind, the golden Takeda Shiktori Ling shining in the sun, the flag representing the glory of Kai Genji. It carries the glorious history of more than 10 generations of the Takeda clan for hundreds of years.

Three days ago, in the Kai Mansion Nakatsu Uzaki Pavilion, Takeda Harunobu said to him with anxiety: "The glory of my Kai Genji cannot be disgraced, and the humiliation we have suffered will be washed away with the blood of the enemy, Jiro! I'll leave the Takeda clan's foundation in Shinano to you! ”

He couldn't remember how he responded at the time, and with a hint of relief and relief, he said goodbye to his wife, and rushed to the battlefield with his eldest son, Takeda Yoshikatsu, who was only fifteen years old. ”

Takeda Nobuyhiro squinted his eyes and replied lightly: "Raid, evening action." ”

It was getting dark. Kumai Castle, which was not very wide, also fell silent, and Dr. Saburo Yajima was the representative of Kumai Castle. Their family was originally from the Nishisuwa country, and when they began to follow Ogasawara Naga more than ten years ago, the last battle of Shiojiri Pass was defeated by Takeda Nobushigeru in the first round as the vanguard of the Ogasawara army, so they followed Ogasawara to retreat to Nakashinano for a long time.

Then go to Echigo, this time is more than ten years without going home, seeing that the hometown is close in front of the inevitable homesickness adds a little sorrow, these days always dream of more than ten years for the wife and children to see the long-awaited, in previous years only the first month of the first day will remember the relatives but let him worry, can not eat and sleep, can only drink a little wine at night to help sleep.

In the evening of this day, he drank a few more glasses of wine, and lay down to rest with the strength of the wine, and after not knowing how long he slept he heard a commotion in the city, and after a while, several henchmen Qiben broke in and shouted: "The lord is not good, the Takeda army has entered the city!" ”

"Nani!" Dr. Saburo Yajima was shocked and angry when he heard the bad news, and he jumped up and shouted, "What are you talking about! How could there be a Takeda Army to take the initiative to attack! You ......"

Several genealogy retainers also hurriedly ran in and reported back: "Your Excellency carefully identified that the flag is the flag seal of the Takeda stable, presumably the main force of the Takeda Army has attacked, whether to defend or retreat, please make a decision quickly!" ”

Although they said "whether to defend or retreat", their attitude made it clear that there was only one way to "retreat", not that they were too timid, but that this small city could still resist the siege of the army when it was prepared, and it would be impossible to defend it if it was easily broken like this, not to mention that the besieger was the former strong enemy Takeda Shinshihiro.

When Dr. Saburo Yajima heard the news, he couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Is it really the Takeda Stable Hall?" Could it be that the Takeda Stable is the Yellow Banner Star of the family's destiny! ”

Taking advantage of this moment, the shouting and killing sound in the city is getting closer and closer, and several genealogy retainers are anxious like ants on a hot pot, and they don't want to pull him to flee immediately. Make a decision! We won't be able to escape any later! ”

"Yes, yes! Flee immediately, we need to flee faster and report to Shinano Shouden! Dr. Saburo Yajima hurriedly retreated for a ridiculous reason, and the five hundred defenders in the city also ran away with their lives when they saw the lord retreating, and the maids had long since disappeared to hide, and in the blink of an eye, there was not a single figure left in the small city.

Takeda Nobuyoshi ordered to stop the drive and let them leave calmly, Takeda Nobuyoshi is not Tada Mitsuri, this master of night warfare, it may be okay to take advantage of the evening raid, let him fight the night pursuit battle or forget it, now that it is getting late, it is very likely to crash into the main formation of the Shinano army with blind pursuit, and it is definitely a stupid choice to use the 5,000 soldiers in his hands to meet the 17,000 army gathered by famous generals.

The news of the destruction of Kumai Castle soon reached the ears of Ogasawara Nagashi, and when he heard that it was Takeda Nobuyori who personally led five thousand elite sieges to attack the city, he forgave Dr. Yajima Saburo for fleeing without a fight, and he naturally knew how much his old subordinates were afraid of Takeda Nobuyoshi, and when he fought with the Kira Army in the past few years, he felt that the Takeda family was like a piece of paper paste and broke in a single hit, but it really made them stand up to the main force of the Takeda Army, and then they became paper paste.

Learned of the new moves of the Takeda Army. Ogasawara didn't dare to specialize for a long time. Immediately notify Sanada Yutaka of Hayashijo and Yoshikiyo Murakami of Hayahara Castle. The three armies were divided into three places and were horns of each other, which could effectively prevent accidents, and in ancient times, there were only a few ways to prevent unnecessary risks.

"If I'm right as expected, the Takeda Warden must have arrived with reinforcements, and there won't be many reinforcements." Sanada Yutaka said very firmly: "Because Kai is now only 6,000 elites, with the character of Takeda Daizen, there will inevitably be an elite left to make a fool of everything, and the number of troops left for the Takeda Warden is limited, and with my understanding of the Takeda family, this reinforcement is about 2,000 to 3,000." And the main force must be the Wuchuan people. ”

Ogasawara said worriedly: "Since Danmasa said so, it should be undoubted, but in this way, the Takeda Army has at least 12,000 troops, and we only have more than 17,000 nationalist troops who have been hastily reorganized, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable!" It's not that I want to win and I'm afraid of losing, but I'm really worried that I'm going to make a business trip and the big thing on the Lord will not be good. ”

Unlike Ogasawara's long-term pessimism, Murakami Yoshikiyo has no fear of Takeda Shinshihiro, he is the general Shinano who defeated Takeda Shingen twice, except for the army led by Takeda Shingen, only Sanada Yukitaka can make him jealous.

Right now, Sanada Yutaka was sitting beside him. Naturally, he had nothing to worry about, so he said confidently: "Shinano is too worried!" In my opinion. If the fierceness of the Takeda army makes it impossible for us to maintain the confrontation, we only need to guard a few important castles in Chikumo-gun, and the lord will definitely lead a large army to come to the rescue, and then it will not be possible for Suwa Prefecture to explain the past. ”

After capturing Kumai Castle, Sone Masayo and Baba Nobuharu led their troops to this city as soon as possible, but this small city was too small, and it could only accommodate 3,000 soldiers, which was not enough for a huge army of 13,000 people.

The Takeda army is trying to make a contribution and dare not attack, and it is a little unwilling not to attack, and the Kira family on the other side is similar to the Shinano army, climbing the mountain and attacking Shiojiri Pass is definitely not a pleasant thing, but it is not possible not to capture Kumai Castle, the strategic significance of Shiojiri Pass is very clear to both sides, and allowing the Takeda family to gain the initiative in Shiojiri Pass is equivalent to nailing the activity of the Shinano Army to Chikuma County, and perhaps the slightest accident The military momentum of Suwa County will break into Chikuma County and rampage to bring endless trouble to their side.

Ogasawara was anxious for a long time, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Murakami's disapproving appearance, and said eagerly: "But I don't want the Takeda Army to act so quickly and decisively, and they will build a big fortress on Shiojiri Pass, if we can't hold Shiojiri Pass, it will lead to big trouble, but it is not easy to attack, and if you don't attack the Lord, you can't explain it, how can this be good?" ”

"Huh! Shinano is wrong to keep this, will the Lord care about the gain or loss of a mountain? Why can't you explain it! The appointment of us as the head of Shinano to exercise military and political power is the Lord's trust in us, and it is also a test for us, and if we survive this hurdle, we will have the hope of becoming the ...... of the family of the Genealogy Family" As he spoke, Murakami Yoshikiyo swept his gaze to Sanada Yutaka, who had been smiling and silent.

Compared with the merits, Murakami Yoshikiyo has made a lot of achievements over the years, but because he was always unwilling to bow to the Kira family because of his wrong judgment in the past, so that many credits were nullified in vain, but with his merits in the Battle of Kawanakajima to hold Kaizu Castle, he caught the North Shinano banner, which has the largest military strength among the Shinano people, and led the Lang Party that he was most familiar with was a reward, but he did not give him the most desired genealogy family Laoge, but just encouraged him to make persistent efforts to achieve greater achievements.

He knows very well that it is difficult to get the family elder, but this guy in front of him can easily get the coveted family elder as a new senator, even if the vast majority of samurai are afraid of the majesty of the family governor and dare not say anything, but jealousy in private is inevitable, what things did you Sanada Yutaka do in Shinano have long been copied by the Kira ninja, to say that this feat is indeed a bit terrifying, but can you continue this magic forever? Since you also want to perform to stabilize your new genealogy family, shouldn't you show more real skills?

Murakami Yoshikiyo's utilitarianism is not so strong, and the samurai of his age are more concerned about the family heirs, but from the current point of view, his youngest son Gengoro does not have the qualifications of his deceased elder brothers, so he will inevitably have to think more, and become a genealogy retainer one day earlier, the higher the identity and status of his family boy in the future, there is no trivial matter about the problem of the family governor, and he can't be blamed for being a little careful in his words.

Sanada Yutaka smiled mildly and said: "Don't worry, I have a plan in my heart, the Takeda army on Shiojiri Pass thinks that he has a plan, but he doesn't know that he has fallen into a desperate situation, presumably the Takeda Warden will soon figure out the trick, if he is allowed to demolish Kumai Castle or even burn it down, it will be a big disadvantage, but we can't let him realize it so early, we have to act quickly." ”

The two of them suddenly came to their senses: "Action? How to act. ”

"The Takeda Warden must think that our army has scruples and does not dare to attack, and there is still a certainty of confrontation in a short time, if my expectations are good, the Takeda Army must be thinking about the confrontation until after the autumn harvest before making plans, do you two know what the opposite is? That is, you think I don't dare to attack the city, and I will just attack the city to show you, not only to attack the city, but also to use the tactics used by Takeda Warre, night attack! ”

Three days later, the Shinano army marched to the Omiya Hachiman Shrine not far from Akagi Castle to offer prayers and pray for Shinano's pacification, and then set up a curtain outside the Omiya Hachiman Palace, and the three generals invited Ashikaga two flags to hang in front of the Hachiman Palace, Murakami Yoshikiyo took a deep breath and shouted: "Hachiman Great Bodhisattva is above, please bless me with a long time of Genji's martial arts, and bless me with a victory!" ”

"Victory! Win! Win! "17,000 people burst into enthusiastic cheers, more than a dozen military drums clamor in unison to boost morale, the ancient use of soldiers is the first priority, whether the soldiers can fight must first look at morale, whether the elite still depends on morale, no morale is a soulless mud puppet, the flood will collapse as soon as it comes.

The Shinano army marched again, targeting Kumai Castle on Shiojiri Pass, but their mighty army stopped advancing when they arrived at Jokoji Temple, which was a mile away from Kumai Castle, and then the people were busy cutting wood and boiling water to set up tents and make a long-term garrison posture, and Sone Masayo on Kumai Castle breathed a sigh of relief and grinned: "This Shinano army is nothing more than that!" Who is this scaring to make such a big formation in Omiya Hachimangu Palace, but actually stop after only walking a mile? ”

The samurai of the Takeda family laughed, and the dull pressure that had been heavy for many days dissipated a lot, and Yonekura Dango Mori Shigetsugu also joked on the side: "I heard that the defender of Kumai Castle is still the defeated general of the Diandian Hall ten years ago, and when he saw the banner of the Diandian Palace, he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to resist and ran away, such people are also worthy of being samurai?" What a laugh off people's big teeth! (To be continued......)