Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter One Hundred Forty-Nine

In the castle tower of Iwatake Castle.

Li Xiao and Jiangma Fraser looked at each other.

In fact, Li Xiao and Jiangma Fraser were not first acquaintances. As early as two months ago, the two had already contacted each other.

The reason for this situation must be revisited.

Since Takeda Shingen confirmed Hida at Iwaju Castle, Ueno has both attacked Echigo's grand strategy together. In the following six months, the implementation was a serious strategy of emphasizing east and west.

In the Ueno country, Takeda Katsuyoshi and Takeda Katsuyoshi were accompanied by Sanada Kotaka, Hakata Nobuyuki, Takeda Nobutoyo and Naito Masaotoyo's combination, and his army had more than 5,000 troops.

And this time in the battle of Musashi Matsuyama Castle, Takeda Shingen personally led the army to support the battle from the Kugazakikan.

For the Takeda family, Nishi-Ueno must win. Before that, Shingen Takeda had made six appearances in Minowa Castle, which shows his determination.

It is impossible for the Takeda family to clenched two fists to beat people at the same time, so they must lean towards it strategically.

So on the other hand, Hida had a cup and a cup. For more than half a year, Li Xiao hadn't even seen the ghost shadow of the army commander's horse farm letter room.

In fact, Baba Nobubu has been walking around with Takeda Shingen around Sakikan, and even this time when he went out to Matsuyama Castle, Takeda Shingen took this important minister with him.

It is not surprising that in history, Masanobu Takasaka has always felt jealous for the close relationship between Takeda Shingen and Baba Nobubu.

If the general commander’s horse farm is not available, the offensive of the Hida country cannot be carried out. With the fact that Li Xiao’s troops and the same horse stationed at the horse farm Changfang, the two men's army will not be able to survive the death of more than three hundred.

It is a joke to attack the Hida country. It would be nice to be able to complete the territorial defense.

The location of Azushima-gun is also not safe. Although Masanobu Takasaka of Haijin Castle supports it, there is also a Senkoku Street directly connected to Echigo.

Fortunately, in history, Kenshin Uesugi sent troops to Shinano and never took this route.

However, at this time, Li Xiao heard the news from the ninja in Hida country from Yokotani Yukiyasu, that the situation in Hida country has been unstable.

Hida's sister Lu Liangra is close to achieving the goal of unifying Hida. Since the official recognition of Hida Kuniji from the imperial court last year, he inherited the name of his sister Lu's family.

Except for the Jiangma Shisheng in the North Hida, the great families of the Hida Kingdom expressed their surrender.

If his sister Lu Lianglai is allowed to take the Jiangma family again, then he will complete the great cause of reunification of Feida country.

When the time comes, the entire Hida country of Ranwen Novel will be like a rock, and if the Takeda family wants to attack it again, it will be ten times more difficult than before.

So Li Xiao hurriedly wrote to Shingen Takeda to inform him of this situation. At that time, Shingen Takeda had promised Hojo to go out to Musashi Matsuyama Castle and would not send troops to support Li Xiao.

So Shingen Takeda wrote a letter to appoint Li Xiao to act as the letter house of Baba temporarily, and temporarily take charge of the strategic affairs of Hida country.

Li Xiao only smiled bitterly when he got the letter. He was in charge of the strategy of the Hida country. What kind of joke was he and the three hundred men and horses of Machang Changfang, who was the strategy.

So Li Xiao thought about it, and the only way was to ask the Kiso family, the largest family in Nan Shinano, for help.

The current owner of the Kiso family, Yoshiyasu Kiso, controls the area in Kiso Valley, Tsukuma County. The Kiso family is prominent, and its ancestor was the Genpei who defeated the Ping clan in the battle of Genpei, and almost ruled over the world, Genyinaka.

When he was young, Gen Yoshinaka was adopted by the Shinano Kisoya tycoon Nakahara Kanto in order to avoid misfortune, so later generations will call him Kiso Yoshinaka.

The Kiso clan of Shinano Kisoya is generally said to be the fourth son of Kiso Yoshinaka, Kiso Keizong, and his mother is said to be Hime Samurai Ba Gozen, who was then Yuuma Musou.

The Kiso family's vein grew stronger and stronger in this place where Kiso Yoshinaka avoided disaster.

In the first year of Yongzheng, the 16th generation of the Kiso family was headed by Kiso Yoshimoto, and he was killed in battle with Hida Country Miki Shigerai (sister Ryorai).

After Kiso Yoshimoto's death in the battle, although the Kiso family declined for a while, Kiso Yoshimoto's son, Kiso Yoshihide, revived.

Kiso Yoshihide was rebuilding Kiso Fukushima Castle as a residence, and controlled the Zhongshan Road Commercial Road, set up a post in the Tsumago to the new washing room, and commercialized Kiso's wood. In his hands, the Kiso family business reached its peak.

At that time, the Kiso family in Chikuma county, the Murakami family in Yanke county, the Kasahara family in Azushima county, and the Suwa family in Suwa county were called the four great generals of Shinano.

Later, Shingen Takeda carried out the Shinano invasion, and even if it was Kiso Yoshihisa, the lord of ZTE, he lost to the military of the Takeda family. The Kiso family surrendered in 1555 in the first year of Hongzhi, and Kiso Yoshitaka died of illness three years later.

The family business of the Kiso family was inherited by the current head of Yoshizai's son Yoshiyasu Kiso.

At that time, Shingen Takeda regarded the Kiso family and the Takeda family as the same Genji family, so after the war, they did not punish them, confiscated their territories, etc., instead married his three daughters, Marihime, to Kiso Yoshihime's son, Kiso Yoshihime.

Therefore, the Kiso family was regarded as half a group by the Takeda family.

In the fourth Kawasaki-jima battle, there was such a rumor that the Takeda family’s surprise attack on Wife and Daughter Mountain failed, which led to the final attack on this line. It was because some of the Shinano predecessors of the Wife and Daughter Mountain Rangers deliberately leaked the news. For Uesugi Kenshin's sake, the purpose is to avoid losses when he attacked the wife and daughter mountain, and at the same time, to put Takeda Shingen's main formation into desperation.

In the Wife and Daughter Mountain Rangers at the time, the only generals who were not from Kai family were Kiso Yoshiyasu, Sanada Kotaka, and Hakata Kenshige.

In any case, if Li Xiao wants to send troops to Feida, the best way is to send Yoshikang Kizeng to send troops.

When Shingen Takeda formed the Hida Front Army, he put Yoshiyasu Kiso under the command of the Nobaba, so he was also responsible for sending troops to Hida.

At that time, the Kiso family was the first wealthy family in Southern Shinano. With the military strength of its powerful family, the army could be adjusted for more than two thousand. Moreover, Kiso Yoshiyasu's grandfather, Kiso Yoshimoto, died at the hands of his sister Ryorai and father Miki Shigeyori. superior.

The Mu Zeng family and the sister Lu's family are hated by the country and the family. Li Xiao thought that even if the Mu Zeng family did not send troops directly, it would not be a problem to borrow a few hundred people.

So two months ago, Li Xiao braved the heavy snow to visit Kiso Yoshiyasu in person at Kiso Fukushima Castle.

However, it turned out to be closed doors. The reason for the Kiso family was that Lord Kiso Yoshiyasu was sick and could not see guests.

But when Li Xiao stayed in the castle town of Kiso Fukushima that night, he clearly heard the Noh and drum beats from the castle tower in the castle.

Li Xiao was so angry that he yelled at him, your uncle, you are sick, and you can still watch Noh dramas. You are crying for fun.

Perhaps this Kiso Yoshiyasu thought he was a descendant of Gen Yoshinaka, and he was qualified to put his score in front of anyone. He regarded his family as an expensive man, and for a time even the Takeda family did not care about it.

Now that he is surrendered to the Takeda family, Takeda Shingen will also put him under the command of Baba Nobubu. Although Baba Nobubu is a powerful general in his hand, he is at best not a vassal of Takeda Shingen.

Now the Kiso family is served by the retainers of the Takeda family. This is how Kiso Yoshiyasu swallowed this breath.

But there is another possibility that Li Xiaoxin knew that Yoshikang Kiso also used this method to indicate that he did not intend to send troops to the Hida country at all.

The Kiso family of Kiso Valley has always been very independent, and can even be called the leader of the Takeda family. If he does not send troops, unless Li Xiao can move Takeda Shingen to come out in person, he has nothing to do.

Although it was a closed door, for Li Xiao, it was not nothing.

When Ye Li Xiao was strolling around the town, he happened to meet Jiangma Fraser, who also came to Kiso's house.

So the two connected their heads like this.

Although Hida country is surrounded by mountains, the news is not blocked. When Jiangma Fraser heard of Li Xiao's name, he was immediately shocked, knowing that this was the Takeda fighter who had contended Uesugi Kenshin twice.

And Li Xiao was very surprised when he saw Jiangma Fraser at that time. What did Jiangma Fraser do for the purpose of coming to Kuzeng's house? It is absolutely impossible to conduct a friendly state visit, and there must be some mystery in it.

Li Xiao knew the situation of the Hida country very well from the ninjas. He thought that the next step of the sister road family would definitely be to unify the entire Hida area, which meant that he was about to launch an offensive against the Jiangma family.

With the current strength of the Jiangma family, it is not an opponent of the sister road family at all.

Therefore, if the Jiangma family wants to survive, they must find a big force to rely on to resist the sister road family.

Jiangma’s family selection must be from the Takeda family, but Li Xiao never heard the news that Jiangma’s family had contact with the main family. Instead, in Kiso Fukushima City, Li Xiao met the emissary from Jiangma’s family to Kiso’s family.

After thinking about it, the biggest possibility is that the Jiangma family is worried that after they find the Takeda family, they will be driven into the tiger one day.

The Jiangma clan feared that the forces in Kitahida would be taken over by the Takeda clan, so he dared not take the initiative to find Takeda Shingen. On the contrary, although the Kiso clan was a retainer of the Takeda clan, it could also be regarded as a region because of its high independence. Treated by a big name.

Moreover, the power of the Kiso family is just right for the Jiangma family. The gap between the two is not big, and it can help, and there is no need to worry about who will embezzle whom, just to meet the conditions of an equal alliance.

And Jiangma family obviously also considered that the Kuzeng family had a feud relationship with Zilu, and sent troops in this name to convince them that they might be bigger.

In an alliance with the Kiso family, the Jiangma family only needs to make a little profit sacrifice. In contrast, if Jiangma's family seeks Takeda Shingen, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape the fate of surrendering to his subjects and taking hostages.

After guessing this point ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Li Xiao looked into Jiangma Fraser's eyes, and suddenly he felt a little bright in his eyes, as if he had dug a big gold mine.

Obviously, Jiangma Fraser also had the intention to contact Li Xiao, so the two of them had their own thoughts and got together all night to talk in detail.

Under Li Xiao's deliberate testing, it was even more certain that Jiangma's family had the intention of wooing the Kiso family.

Immediately, Li Xiao broke the Jiang Ma family's intentions in a straightforward manner.

At that time, Jiangma Fraser was shocked, and apparently realized that the Takeda clan fighter in front of him was not only good at martial arts.

So Jiangma Fraser stated the purpose of this trip truthfully, Jiangma family really sought the Kiso family to fight together against the sister Lu family, who is growing in Hida country.

Li Xiao smiled slightly at the time, and the subsequent results are easy to guess. If they succeed, Li Xiao and Jiangma Fraser will not have to squat under Kiso Fukushima together to eat this fragrant closed door.

But for Li Xiao, the Mu Zeng family’s rejection of the Jiang Ma family gave Li Xiaojian a chance to make a contribution.