At the intersection of the noon, the main force of Takeda Nobuta finally evacuated Shinano smoothly, and the mission of Jingzhen and Takeda Shingen's palace army was also accomplished. Next, it's time for the two to fight for their goals.

"With our mere three hundred, no, four hundred men, can we really capture this city of the mouth of the sea, which has crushed thousands of our elites?"

Looking at the silhouette of the castle looming in the distance, Takeda Shingen asked worriedly again.

"When the old man is here, it will not be successful. But now that it's gone, it's not like there's no room for manoeuvre. Based on historical facts and military analysis, Jingzhen is quite confident, at least on the surface.

"According to the intelligence heard by the ninja army of the main family, in addition to the main force of the Iwamura Oi clan, the defenders in the city also have seven or eight wealthy families such as the three Shino families."

"As the old saying goes, woe arises within the walls. Although these large and small forces nominally form a loose offensive and defensive alliance, they are inevitably indispensable in their daily lives over borders, water sources, in-laws, and other disputes and filth, but they are forced by the name of your old man's 'Jiafei Tiger' (Note 1) to abandon their previous suspicions and reluctantly gather together to resist in order to keep their family name and territory. ”

"Now that the old man is gone, there is no external pressure, and the internal trouble will be difficult to eliminate, and we will have an opportunity to take advantage of it!"

After that, Jingzhen ordered someone to take a pen and paper, and handed it to Takeda Shingen after handwriting a letter on the spot, and said with a smile:

"The strategy to break the enemy is here!"

Takeda Shingen carefully read the contents of the letter, looked up and said suspiciously:

"This letter is addressed to His Highness Umino, the wise general in the city, right? But in addition to touting a little insensitive, which may arouse the jealousy of others, it doesn't seem inappropriate, right? It's still far from breaking the city, right? ”

"Haha, in addition to the timing of the letter, the letter is the key, and the content on the paper is not the most important."

Seeing Takeda Shingen looking back and forth at the letter, he never grasped the trick, and Jingzhen opened his mouth to remind:

"You boast that you are familiar with Hanshu, and you have never known Han Suiye in the past Wei Wu Moshu in person?"

Takeda Shingen suddenly realized.

It turned out that Wei Wu Cao Cao tried to fight with Han Sui and Ma Chao of Xiliang in Tongguan, and when he fought for a long time, the military advisor Jia Xu offered a counter-plan.

According to Jia Xu's plan, Cao Cao set up a pontoon bridge and put on a posture of retreating, and on the other hand, he used the friendship of his former colleagues as a gimmick to invite Han Sui to meet with him alone. Han Sui didn't know the depth and went in a daze, but was stopped by Cao Cao and talked about the old past for an hour, but he didn't actually talk about half of the military affairs.

After the meeting, Han Sui truthfully informed Ma Chao, which immediately aroused the suspicion of the other party: "You and others have been talking secretly for an hour, which can really be described as a hot love affair, but now you tell me that you only talk about old feelings and do not talk about military affairs?" Do you think I am stupid? ”

Then, Cao Cao wrote a handwritten letter to Han Sui, in which the hazy words and key points were smeared and corrected, and then deliberately sent more followers and sent it to Han Sui with great fanfare, so that Ma Chao knew it.

Sure enough, Ma Chaosuo, who was already suspicious, came to see that all the important places above had been changed, but he guessed that Han Sui had concealed the confidential matters between him and Cao Cao, so he changed them himself. Combined with the suspicion of the previous solo riding meeting, there was finally no trust between the two and they were angry with each other, as a result, Han Sui surrendered, Ma Chao fled, and Cao Cao quelled the Xiliang Rebellion without any effort.

Seeing Takeda Shinxuan's suddenness, Jing Zhen smiled and said: "Now, how similar is our situation to Cao Gong in the past, and that His Royal Highness Yuan Xin and the Haiye clan kid are not just like Ma Chaozhi to Han Suihu?" ”

"In the face of our step-by-step pressing, they can still cooperate sincerely; But as soon as we retreat, the heart of slackness and striving for merit will rise. The Shinano generals felt that the catastrophe had passed, and they only wanted to boast and play. And Umino Yuitsuna suspects that we are cheating, and he must admonish and implore the Shinano people to mention and stick to it. In this way, contradictions arise on their own. ”

"Pinghe Cheng Laigui is the general in chief, when the battle situation is critical, in order to keep his own fortress, he can also be a corporal of Lixian, and he is willing to put down his authority and obey the words of a hairy boy. Now that the situation has eased, can he still wish the foreign boy to share the power in his hands and take the lead in defending the city? ”

At that time, for the sake of his own life, he was naturally willing to bow down to a yellow-mouthed child and let it be driven. Now, are they willing to listen to him and continue to run with their tired bodies? ”

"Therefore, there is no need for us to be divided, the situation of Yutsuna Umino is already quite sinister. If such a letter were to be written again, the heroes of Umiguchi Castle would become street rats that everyone shouted and beaten, and they would either be imprisoned or expelled! ”

"And get rid of this think tank, and the remaining brainless rats can break their ears with their hands! As the saying goes, if you can't break the other party's strategy, you will get rid of the designer! ”

Takeda Shingen listened to the plan completely, and naturally accepted it all while being impressed.

After the two made up their minds, Jingzhen sealed the letter, summoned the ninjas under his command, and carefully explained the key points of the submission to them, and then led 400 people with Takeda Shingen, and slowly withdrew from the area of Umi no Kou Castle and marched towards the outside of Sakushi's mouth.

On the other side, inside the castle tower of Uminoguchi Castle. As soon as the news of the Takeda Army's squad came out, it was immediately full of voices.

"Wan Sheng! It's ridiculous that Kai Takeda is known as a strong army in the world, and it is not that he has lost his armor under the leadership of His Royal Highness Yuan Xin! ”

"Haha, I defeated the tiger of Kai in a dignified manner, His Royal Highness Genshin should be regarded as the first general of Kamishinano!"

"His Highness Genshin is truly our protector!"

Unlike in wartime, when Yukitsuna acted entirely by the eyes of Umino Yukitsuna, as the sword of Damocles hanging over his head fell, everyone seemed to suddenly remember who was the real leader of the coalition and the general of the castle, and they all flattered Hiraga Nariyori for his good command.

People are terrible, and the three of them become tigers. As everyone took turns to praise him, Hiraga Chengyori, who was still a little blushing and feverish, gradually became calm, and he actually believed all these words.

"Maybe you're really so much stronger than that stupid tiger of Kai? It seems that the title of Shinano's first general does not need to be humble! That kid from the Umino clan has only made some insignificant achievements under my wise leadership! ”

"If you want me to say, watching His Highness Yuanxin defend the city is just a pleasure, and it depends on His Highness Haiye to really learn the technique!"

"Yes, His Highness Haiye is resourceful, he is the iron brave soul of the mouth of the sea!"

Just as Pinghe Chenglai was fluttering about immortals, a few incompatible discussions suddenly broke into his ears.

"Humph!"

At the time of crisis, it was clear that he had long been accustomed to the ugliness of the group of bottomless Chinese people and wealthy families who pursued Umino Yuitsuna, but at this moment, Hiraga Chenglai suddenly found that these words were particularly harsh.

Rather unhappily swept past the few small wealthy families who had no eyes and couldn't even distinguish between meritorious priorities, Hiraga Nariyori still tried to maintain the bearing that "Shinano's No. 1 General" should have, and said to Umino Yuitsuna modestly:

"Alas, this time Xinggang's nephew has indeed contributed a lot, and he is worthy of being a hero and a young man. I intend to give up the merits of this battle to His Highness Umino, and I believe you won't have any opinions, right? ”

Seeing that this time there was a "His Royal Highness Yuanxin is really hiding his fame, his house is benevolent, and he is carrying young people" Yunyun, and there was no more stunned young man who didn't open his eyes and jumped out to spoil the scenery, Hiraga Chengyori couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and immediately wrote down his feelings with a pen, and personally awarded it to Umino Yuzuna and others.

After the recounting, Pinghe Chenglai immediately announced that there would be no curfew and no restrictions on banquets and drinks tonight, and took the initiative to order people to move out of the Allure City to enjoy the wine and food with everyone, and the atmosphere of the audience reached the climax in an instant.

In the midst of their happiness, some homesick little wealthy families asked to take the first step, and they were immediately agreed by Pinghe Chenglai; Some drunkards who had been strictly ordered by Umino Yuzuna for many days also began to drink on the spot, and they were also scolded by Hiraga Nariyori.

However, there are always straight people in the world who don't understand the amorous feelings, and Yukitsuna Umino happens to be one of them. With the last of his senses in the castle tower, he suddenly said:

"Your Highness Genshin, my lords! At present, the enemy situation is not clear, the battlefield has not yet been cleaned, and it is too early to celebrate! I also ask you to continue to uphold military discipline for a day and night, and it is not too late to have fun after it is fully confirmed that the Takeda Army has withdrawn from Shinano! ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the wine glass he picked up stopped in mid-air, and the words of farewell were stuck in his throat, like a cheerful tune suddenly pressed the pause button. But in the next second, as if recovering from the stutter just now, all the pictures continued to play smoothly, and the banquet and farewell were as usual, only the gaze that everyone inadvertently swept towards Yukitsuna Umino faintly changed.

"Some people, shaking their fans at the head of the city and dragging a few words of strategy, think that they are the best in the world. Now, he can't satisfy his appetite with all his efforts, and everyone has to work hard to accompany him at home! ”

Or was his right shoulder pierced by a shot by Jingzhen and wrapped into a zongzi, and Youzu Nobumasa, who had just won the "Second Shot" consolation prize, spoke his heart for everyone.

Since the beginning of the military discussion, Yuzu Nobumasa has been struggling to suppress his jealousy for Yukitsuna Umino beside him.

Since the Battle of the Sea Mouth, although it has been the first to take the lead in every battle and has won many times, it is naturally not the same as Umino Yuzuna's contribution to the overall situation, and Chiyo Mochizuki, who is willing to perfunctory himself on weekdays, is completely too lazy to take care of himself.

In addition, he was overturned by the enemy's unknown young general last night, and neither the general's head nor the enemy's horse seal were half fished, resulting in the originally scheduled gun being snatched away by another lucky person who had gained a lot, which made his mentality completely unbalanced.

At this moment, Youjin Nobumasa was trying to get drunk and leave this sad place early, but unexpectedly, the hateful dwarf next to him who had just gained some merit and was not satisfied actually persuaded everyone to stick to it and make contributions to it! Hearing this, he finally ignored Chiyo Mochizuki's previous warning, and denounced Umino Yuzuna in a strange manner.

The sour words of the "rhythm king" Nobumasa Yuzu have once again achieved remarkable results. But in the face of the siege of everyone, Hiraga Chengyori did not speak out for Umino Yutsunade as usual to relieve the siege, but waited for the gossip to circulate in the air for a long time, and then said unhurriedly:

"Xinggang's nephew has always been young and old, this is also a serious statement!"

"Your Highness Mochizuki, I don't know how your ninjas are monitoring the Takeda Army, and whether all of them have been evacuated?"

"According to the results of the surveillance, the Takeda Army Brigade has all been evacuated, and the remaining troops of the palace have also passed through Sakuguchi an hour ago." Chiyo Mochizuki reported according to the truth, but based on the relationship between the three branches and the same qi, he still added a sentence at the end, which can be regarded as pulling Umino Yuzuna.

"However, in this battle, the ninja army has also suffered heavy losses, and the reconnaissance force is limited, and the lurking enemy cannot be completely ruled out."

After all, he is guarding his own city, how much AC does Hiraga Chenglai still have in his heart, after listening to Chiyo Mochizuki's words, he thought for a moment and said:

"Well, in this way, it is not unreasonable for Xinggang's nephew to be worried. In that case, then His Royal Highness Razomasuke (Youzu Nobumasa) will lead the warriors of the three tribes of Shino, continue to hold on, and rotate again at this time tomorrow. After all, His Royal Highness Zuo Masuke is also a young hero who is on a par with Yuzuna's nephew, and he is more qualified for this great task than our old age! ”

"Bastard!" Seeing that the pot provoked by Yuzuna Umino actually flew around and finally smashed into his head, Yuzu Nobumasa endured and endured it before holding back the dirty words on his lips.

Obviously, it was the damn dwarf who provoked the incident, but as a result, he only had to move his mouth to continue to sit in the high pavilion with the beauty on his side, but he had to roll down the castle tower and drink the northwest wind, which was simply a naked humiliation!

But the situation is stronger than people, no matter how much you secretly greet the relatives of Hiraga Nariyori and Umino Yuzuna, he didn't dare to pose in person, and finally obediently put on the small shoes that Hiraga Naruyori deliberately handed to the Shino Sanjia, and went downstairs in disgrace, but he made up his mind to touch the fish. After all, the Takeda army has retreated, can it really make a comeback?

Although Yukitsuna Umino achieved his goal and succeeded in convincing Hiraga Nariyori to strengthen his garrison, his worries increased a little. Hiraga Nariyori's defense and jealousy of himself, and it is obvious that the generals have abandoned him like a shoehorn and have no cooperation. At present, although the advice is superficially adopted, it is really difficult to say how much they have really listened to it.

Outside the city, the Takeda army seemed to be far away, but it was defeated several times without defeat, which is enough to show that there are no less strategists behind it than themselves, and it is only after suffering the loss of a strong attack on the city that they are outbeaten by themselves. Now that the other party is really willing to give up and return to Kaifei obediently, will he notice his flaws and turn around and bite back?

Looking at the laughter in front of him, Umino Yuzuna became more and more depressed in his heart, and simply claimed that he was unwell and left the table early, got up and returned to his room. As he walked out of the castle tower, he couldn't help but stop listening to the noise that had become more lively because he had left. However, after standing for a long time, it did not turn around, and finally sighed and left in a hobbling manner.

Back in the room, a restless Umino Yukitsuna walked to the desk, and was about to take out a Chinese book to study and relieve the sorrow in his heart.

Suddenly, a dark figure rolled out from under the bed beside him and threw an open letter onto the table! Then, caught him off guard, he grabbed out of the window, threw his claws, and climbed the city wall away.

It was only then that Yukitsuna Umino came back to his senses and realized that this person should be an enemy ninja, recalling that he was hiding under his bed, and if he broke out, he would be a cold corpse at this time, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

On the other hand, the ninja brother's flamboyant actions and a series of sounds had already attracted the attention of the Mochizuki ninjas who were wandering nearby, and they continued to chase the enemy and reported the news to the castle tower.

After a while, before Umino Yuzuna could make a move, Hiraga Nariyori led everyone to come uninvited.

"Nephew Yukitsuna is frightened! According to His Highness Mochizuki, the person just now should be the Koga ninja recruited by the Takeda Army. Its body shape is exquisite, not only can it avoid all the way to the checkpoint and sneak into the city, but it has also escaped the tracking of the Mochizuki ninjas, and it must be the best in the Takeda army. The fact that such a master actually came to assassinate His Highness in person really makes us feel uneasy! ”

After entering the door, Hiraga Nariyori glanced around the room and lingered on the desk for a moment, then quickly looked away and looked at Yukitsuna Umino with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, but the ninja didn't assassinate me, but just dropped a letter and grabbed the window, and I'm confused!"

Seeing that there was no trace of a fight in the arena and a letter dangling on the table, Umino Yuitsuna naturally couldn't dig a hole for himself according to Hiraga Nariyori's words, and could only truthfully describe the scene just now.

"I see, in the next transgression, I still hope to ask for a letter, and I hope that my nephew will not mind."

Hiraga Nariyoshi became more and more suspicious in his heart, and without waiting for Umino Yutsuna's answer, he went straight forward to take the letter, and saw that the cover on the face of the letter had been rudely torn open, and one corner had even been burned with scorch marks, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

I took out the letter and looked at it, it seemed that it only wrote a word of praise and solicitation for the commander of Umino Yuzuna, but there were many words to change the key points, and the inscription was actually a new generation of famous generals of the Takeda clan, who successively broke the Giant Mogun Niko Jingzhen of Imai and Fukushima. Hiraga Nariyoshi was full of doubts in his heart, but he still put on a nonchalant look, and asked Umino Yuzuna:

"Virtuous nephew, how is this letter all confused?"

Before Umino Yuitsuna could get the letter to read it, this series of changes happened, and inexplicably heard Hiraga Nariyori mention the alteration, where to find out the mind, so he could only continue to be honest: "The original book is like this, somehow." ”

Hiraga Chenglai's face suddenly changed, and he sneered: "How can you send a draft to someone?" It must be that the virtuous nephew is afraid that we will know the details, so let's change it first? Then he sighed with regret on his face, "I and my virtuous nephew worked together to kill the thief, but why did I suddenly have a different heart?" ”

Seeing that Hiraga Chengyori's face changed, Umino Yuitsuna realized that there was a cat in the letter, and couldn't help but beg Hiraga Nariyori to look at him from a distance. Seeing the blurred and burnt letter horns full of alterations, he suddenly realized that he had been tricked, and beat his chest and said:

"I didn't check it for a while, but I fell for the plan of the Jingzhen Xiao'er to wipe the book, and I hope that His Royal Highness Yuanxin will see it, and he is still innocent!"

After listening to Haiye Yuzuna's detailed story of Cao Cao's separation between Ma Chao and Han Sui in the past, everyone was also undecided, and they all looked at Pinghe Chenglai. Hiraga Nariyori pondered for a while, and finally sighed, and said to Umino Yuzuna in harmony:

"Reasonably, we are naturally willing to believe in the innocence of the virtuous nephew. But at very moments, please don't leave the room these days, and someone will naturally take care of the food and drink, so as not to fall into a melon field. When the situation is clear, I will be the master of the virtuous nephew and return your innocence! ”

After that, he didn't wait for Umino Yuzuna to reflect, so he left with everyone. Yukitsuna Umino was about to chase out his defense, but he was immediately blocked by the guards outside the door and couldn't enter or leave.

"Chiyo-san!"

Hearing the shout of Yukitsuna Umino, Chiyo Mochizuki, who was walking at the end, had a complicated look in his eyes. He had the intention to defend his companions, but thinking about the vague targeting of him in the castle tower and the change in his attitude, he finally moved his lips and turned away without saying a word.