After using clever tricks to scare the Takeda family's army back, everyone in Okazaki Castle quickly rested. The retainers of the Tokugawa family returned to the city, and finally, when the ingenious Tadashi Okubo returned, the food was finally distributed, and each of them was given a bowl of hot sake.

After picking up the wine, all the retainers drank it silently, and they couldn't help but shed tears. In the eyes of them, who came and went between life and death, only Tokugawa Ieyasu was still so tall, like a giant peak. Doesn't he know fear?

Torii Mototada unconsciously raised his glass: "If you think about it carefully, we have won this battle." Congratulations should be given. But his voice barked like a dog.

"How can we lose? Didn't we repel the tens of thousands of troops of the Takeda family with thousands of soldiers and horses? Tadashi Okubo responded.

Tokugawa Ieyasu spoke: "Don't kid yourself. We did lose. Although he was defeated, he did not lose his integrity. ”

"Yes. Although he lost, he did not lose his integrity...... Right! We failed! Congratulations, sir. A retainer immediately said. Then, these retainers staggered to their feet, and even danced occasionally.

In this way, the bonfire burned until dawn, and the soldiers gradually fell asleep around the fire.

After daybreak, the snow stopped and turned into a light rain, and by this time, the nerves of both sides of the war were slightly relaxed.

The Takeda family discussed the military situation at Higashi-Mikawa and Rakuhara. Takeda Katsuyori, Yamaguchi, and Oyamada all advocated taking Okazaki Castle, the Tokugawa family's residence, but Takeda Shingen disagreed. Considering that there might be reinforcements from Oda on the way to Beijing, there was no way to waste food and grass at Okazaki Castle. Huge army, the most taboo to move slowly, besides. The Imagawa family, which had not moved before, also made Takeda Shingen uneasy. So Takeda Shingen decided to stop the attack.

And very quickly. Tokugawa Ieyasu also learned of the Takeda Army's decision to armistice the war.

Okazaki Castle only began to collect the corpses of his own people after getting the exact movement of the Takeda Army. Immediately, a large number of burial mounds were added inside and outside Okazaki Castle, and they were covered with frost pillars.

In this clash between the two families, the Takeda army lost about 400 men, while the Tokugawa side lost 1,180 casualties with the loss of Oda reinforcements.

In this way, between the confrontations with each other, the five years of Yonglu that were covered with gloomy clouds finally passed. Soon ushered in the first month of the sixth year of Eiroku (1563). Takeda Shingen also arrived in the Iiya area of Enoe Province at the beginning of the year, and although he wanted to take the opportunity to defeat the Tokugawa clan completely, the Imagawa clan in the flank position was too strange before this, and all Takeda Shingen decided to march into Enoe Province to ensure the safety of the flanks before continuing the road to Kamiraku.

And the location of one of the Enoe countries that the Takeda family attacked was the Iiya who entered the gateway to Enoe Province. This location was the territory of the Ii family, and with the attack of the Takeda family's army, the Ii family quickly abandoned Tazawa Castle at the front, and instead concentrated all their forces and resources on Ii Valley Castle, the home city of the Ii family.

In this case, the Takeda family thought that it was up. It is estimated that these local wealthy clans of the Enoe Province will gradually retreat as the Takeda family's army continues to approach, just as the Takeda family invaded the Imagawa family in the Higashi-Mikawa region before.

But. When they arrived at the castle of Ii Valley, after several attacks were repulsed, they realized that they had been wrong, and it seemed that the Ii family really planned to use this castle to completely stop the infiltration of the Takeda family's army into the Ene Province region.

In this way, the two sides are attacking and defending, and before they know it, the spring is getting stronger. The white plums that dot the banks of the river have already spit out yellow buds that are about to be obscured by the cherry blossoms.

As the general of this attack on the Ii family, Takeda Katsuyori did not expect that this expedition would make them fall into a stalemate, and they didn't expect that this small city would take them so long. From his tent, he looked up at Iiya Castle, which was a jungle city with a dense bamboo forest at its back.

You know, before that, even his father, Takeda Shingen, who had always been cautious, said, "It turns out that this is Iiya Castle." If we had known it was so small, we could have destroyed it on the way to the march. ”

Compared to the sturdy and tall Nagashino Castle, which was previously occupied by the Takeda family, it is terrifying, and it is actually a fortress. The small town of Noda in front of you gives the impression of being small, and it feels like it can be conquered in a day.

What made Takeda Katsuyori even more ashamed was that the lord of the castle in front of him was only a woman who was only a little ten years old (it was the new head of the Ii family, Ii Naotoka). And his fourth son, Takeda Suwa Shiro Katsuyori, who was the dignified Kai Tiger, was resisted by such a woman, which made him sigh:

"It's been almost forty days, and they really have some means."

Seeing that it could not be captured in one fell swoop, the Takeda family began to make long-term plans. Takeda Katsuyori began to turn his attention to Okazaki Castle of the Tokugawa family in Mikawa, and began to plan how to disrupt the interior of Okazaki Castle, the next target of the attack, hoping to enter Okazaki without bloodshed, while Takeda Shingen was considering a more far-reaching strategy.

In fact, on the second day of the Shirakubara victory, Takeda Shingen sent the head of the Oda family's old minister, Heite Supervisor Nagamasa, to Oda Nobunaga. This move was actually a threat to the Oda family. The implication is: I have defeated the ungrateful Tokugawa Ieyasu, and what is the benefit of the alliance between you and Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Of course, in addition to intimidating the Oda family, Takeda Shingen also sent an envoy to propose an alliance to the Oda family.

Oda Nobunaga was also busy continuing to attack the Ise region at this time, and it was not known whether he understood Takeda Shingen's intentions or implied other conspiracy, but soon after, Oda Nobunaga also sent someone to repeatedly state to the Takeda family that he would not send reinforcements to support Tokugawa Ieyasu.

And by this time, Takeda's strategy in Okazaki Castle seemed to have worked, and good news came from time to time. Takeda Shingen then sent the last messenger to the Tokugawa family to persuade him to surrender.

"It's not in vain, Saburo Guard." Katsuyori Takeda said with a smile on his face. Shan County Changjing behind him laughed.

"Tokugawa Ieyasu will feel a sense of pain in our strength this time." Katsuyori Takeda smiled and returned to the side of the bed and sat down, and Yama Yama Masaki smiled again.

"Saburo Guard, why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing, people think so similarly, how can it not make people laugh?"

"Similar?"

While Tokugawa Ieyasu tried to avoid the decisive battle, he anxiously waited for Oda Nobunaga's reinforcements to arrive, and the lord was also waiting for Oda Nobunaga to give up reinforcements for Tokugawa Ieyasu out of fear...... All they considered was reinforcements. ”

"Haha...... I see. Takeda Katsuyori nodded heavily, and took out a thin fragrant wood from his waist pocket, "Saburo Guard, light this." We smelled the incense while waiting for the messenger to arrive. I'd like to see if the messenger sent by my father can persuade the Tokugawa family to surrender. ”

"Yes." Yama Prefecture Masakai put the incense wood on the fire that was about to be extinguished, "What choice will Oda Nobunaga make?" How did the young master anticipate this? ”

(I'm sorry.,I've got a fever.,I'm very weak.,My head is a little foggy.,So it may affect the speed of the recent update and the wonderful process of the plot.,I'll try to make sure it's updated.。 (To be continued......)