The 293rd chapter goes to war

Rumor has it that ‘the one who wins Mino can gain the world’.

And Li Xiao knew that Oda Nobunaga started the great cause of fighting the world after he captured Mino, and in the following year after he captured Mino, Shangluo succeeded and made a leap from a local name to the overlord of the world. Take a solid step.

From Owari to Mino and then to Luo, Li Xiao was already very familiar when he played Taige.

However, after Li Xiao learned of the recent battle between Oda and Saito's family through Hida's merchants in Mino, he knew that Oda Nobunaga's offensive against Mino had not been smooth this year.

In Sakuma Nobunori, the two generals of Shibata Katsumi, the Oda family, failed to build a castle in Sumata, and Oda Nobunaga sent troops to Mino again at the end of August.

However, Nobunaga was attacked by the Saito family's flooding tactics on the banks of the Kiso River, and the Oda family was defeated.

The Oda army was guarded by Saito's general Ando, ​​and Hinenohiro pursued it. The soldiers lost two-thirds before returning to Owari.

This battle can be regarded as an unprecedented defeat for the Oda family after Oda Nobuhide defeated Mino.

But Nobunaga often reversed the fortune after the big defeat. Just after this battle, in mid-September, the little-known Oda family vassal Kinoshita Tokichiro built a castle in Sumata overnight, using a raft that was released upstream. success.

After Sumata One Night City, since the Oda family finally had a foothold on the banks of the Nagara River, the situation has reversed.

On September 15th, Nobunaga officially appointed Kinoshita Tokichiro as the city representative of Sumata Castle.

After listening to the merchant’s description, Li Xiao sighed. As expected, it was still the same as in history. Therefore, Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro's achievements in Sumata One Night City came to the forefront of history.

Thinking of the last time that the wind demon was hired to assassinate Kinoshita Tokichiro, Li Xiao couldn't secretly sigh that this group of ninjas was low in professionalism, and even Kinoshita Tokichiro couldn't kill a small group of ninjas.

Just like the historical role of this city, the Oda family has a foothold on the banks of the Nagara River, and under Oda Nobunaga's undaunted spirit of repeated defeats, the Oda family gritted their teeth and continued to attack Mino.

On the other hand, under the victory of the Saito family, the interior has quietly fallen apart. Saito Ryoko and Nishimino three people and Ando guard, the family Naomoto, the relationship between Inaba and Ichitsu are getting more and more alienated, and finally the Nishimeno family Zhi Yixin continued to grow, and finally fell completely to Oda Nobunaga, and Saito Yoshiyuki was betrayed by the people.

Li Xiao calculated that in history, Oda Nobunaga captured the Saito family's main castle Inabayama Castle in August of the tenth year of Yongluo, and since then officially captured Mino.

It is now in October of the 9th year of Yongluo, and it has been less than ten months since Oda Nobunaga seized Mino.

In other words, the time left for Li Xiao is less than ten months.

If Nobunaga seizes Mino, is it unwise to fight against the million-stone master Oda Nobunaga with the power of Li Xiao? Even with the alliance treaty between Takeda and Oda, Li Xiao was absolutely unable to attack the Oda family.

Therefore, if Li Xiao wants to capture Gujo Hachiman Castle, he must conquer the city before Oda Nobunaga officially captures Mino. After a fait accompli, Oda Nobunaga does not want to recover Gujo Hachiman Castle from Li Xiao's hands.

Anyway, Mino Ichigoku is 57 shi high, and the county is a land of 20,000 shi. For Nobunaga, who aims to capture the world and stares at the land of Kinki, will not necessarily risk breaking the alliance with the Takeda family. , So turned his face to fight with Li Xiao.

So before Shingen went to Luo, before the Oda family and the Takeda family had their faces turned, Li Xiao could comfortably hold Gujo Hachiman Castle in his palm during these five or six years.

Compared to Nobunaga, the capture of Gujo Hachiman Castle was of great importance to Li Xiao and the Takeda family. It was not just about eradicating the hidden dangers of the sister Koru family.

In history, Endo Keilong was entrusted to the prefectural feudal clan and knew about 27,000 stones. For Li Xiao, who is currently 40,000 stones, he is definitely strong after embezzling.

This is also a bridgehead that Li Xiao will quietly extend to Meinong in the future, where you can get a glimpse of the situation in the world.

As far as the Muromachi era is concerned, the center of gravity of Japan's sixty-six countries is first in Gyeonggi and second in Kanto.

Since Kamakura, Kanto has only existed as the capital of samurai, while Gyeonggi is the seat of the emperor, generals, and officials.

In Kinki, there is the most prosperous business center in Japan, Nara, the capital of Buddha. This is a densely populated area, and it is the most elite place. To seize this place is equivalent to exerting influence and calling on the world.

But the Sengoku daimyos who have been subject to Kanto and Hokuriku, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Hojo clan Yasuo are all working hard for life's ambitions.

Li Xiaoruo's capture of Gunjo is equivalent to the closest goal that Shingen Takeda has sought in his entire life.

Gujo will be the closest place to the heart of Kinki as the Takeda family. As long as you pass the Omi country from here, you will be Yamashina, and Kyoto is in sight.

And to obtain Gujo Hachiman Castle, there is still a big back player.

According to Li Xiao's knowledge, in history, in the third year of Yuangui (1572), Takeda Shingen Shangluo was fighting on the west.

Takeda Shingen ordered the Suruga Corps of Changjing in Yama Prefecture, attacked Mikawa Tokugawa's family, and the Minami Shinano Corps of Akiyama Shinyou, took the Zhongshan Road and attacked Higashi Mino, and Takeda Shingen led the main army to attack Tokugawa with Yama Prefecture Masakei. Family.

If Li Xiao gained a foothold in the county at that time, he could send troops here, leading the Hida Echizo Corps and marching towards the Higashi Mino Iwamura Castle, the Akiyama Shinto Minami Shinano Corps, forming a joint attack on Oda Iamoto from the east and the west. Gifu Castle is the current situation under the castle of Inabayama Castle.

So Oda Nobunaga would be annoying.

Therefore, before Nobunaga unifies Mino, he must first capture Gujo Hachiman Castle, and obtain a first move for the future Takeda Oda family before the decisive battle.

That's the idea. That's right. Right now, Li Xiao began to find out the guise of Hachiman Castle's righteous status and how to persuade Takeda Shingen to change his strategic goal from north to south, and promised to enter Mino.

Convincing Takeda Shingen is not a big problem for Li Xiao.

At the moment, the Shinbo of Jinbo's family is staying. Terashima is suspected of communicating with the Takeda family. Kenshin Uesugi is suspicious. He is now under surveillance. If he attacks the Jinbo's family, he will definitely not get the other party's substantive support.

Without the help of these two people, with Li Xiao's current Hida and the strength of the Yuezhong Legion, fighting the Etchu Jinbo and Shiina family would not have much chance of winning, not to mention Uesugi Kenshin would never let it go. , Li Xiao got on the ground in Yuezhong.

Therefore, when the Viet-Chong offensive cannot progress, it is definitely a good way to move the target to Mino and attack Gunjo.

As determined to go to Los Angeles, Takeda Shingen, who has a long-term vision, will never fail to see that this seems useless now, but it is a brilliant move with far-reaching layout.

As for the rhetoric of attacking the Endo family, this is also indispensable, in this era of extreme emphasis on righteousness and no righteousness.

There are tramplers like Oda Nobunaga and diehard Uesugi Kenshin.

So no matter what, the righteous status can win over a group of supporters, and the dispatch of troops must be justified. In other words, this pretense must be well laid out, it must be loud, and it must be righteous and courageous.

During the battle of Tenjin Mountain Castle, Endo Keilong sent troops to help the sister Koru family. This is already offending the Takeda family. Now it supports and shelters. Sister Koji Raizuna wreaks havoc in Hida, so let’s not talk about it. Whether Li Xiao has the intention of making progress in the county is intolerable and must be taught.

What's more, Li Xiao also found a better explanation for attacking Endo's family.

That night, Li Xiao stayed in Sakura Cave City and wrote letters to Shingen Takeda and Shiri Uchijima overnight. After writing the letter, he ordered the reliable samurai around him to send these two letters to the two people overnight.

The next day Li Xiao summoned the ninja leader Yokotani Yukoshige in Sakura Cave City, and ordered him to send people to infiltrate Mino, conduct intelligence gathering work, and clarify the alliance of local wealthy clans.

At the same time, Li Xiao intends to temporarily relocate Jucheng from Chengshengcheng to Sakuradong Castle in order to attack Gunshang, because Sakuradong Castle is closer to Mino, which can be used as the basis for attacking Gunshang Hachiman Castle.

At the moment, Sakura Cave City was mostly destroyed, and it happened to be for Li Xiao to garrison soldiers and hoard food and grass. The best cover would be to give Endo Keilong and Sister Xiaolu Laizuna a surprise.

According to Li Xiao’s prediction, after the blooming of spring next year, the military conditions to capture Gujo Hachiman Castle are ripe, but the real conditions are ripe. You must wait for the great chaos in Nishi Mino, and the three Mino will leave the anti-Saito house and ask Oda Nobunaga. When moving closer.

At that time, Ranwen Novel.com.cn would not have expected that Li Xiao would come in. At that time, neither the Saito family nor the Mino trio would have a long way to go, and they would not care about the life and death of Endo Keilong, so don’t worry about them. Come to rescue Endo Army.

So when Changfang Machang learned of Li Xiao, he personally led Qibenbi to temporarily stationed in Yingdong City, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

When his sister Xiaolu Lai Gang attacked the city last time, he did not say anything during the battle. He was hit by an arrow in his knee, and he was still recovering from the injury.

Seeing Li Xiao personally stationed at the moment, I couldn't help but feel ashamed. He pleaded guilty to Li Xiao and took the responsibility for the defeat in this battle on his own head.

Li Xiao just smiled at this. The current plan to capture Gujo Hachiman Castle is still in his personal calculations. The specifics depend on the reaction of Uchijima Shiri. Therefore, he did not tell the truth to Maba Masabo, nor did he give any advice to him. A retainer revealed.

After all, this time is related to the change of strategic direction, and it is of great importance. Li Xiao wanted to be more confident, and then announce and discuss with his retainers, and then make a final decision.

Soon, as Li Xiaozhi invited the Uchijima clan to resist Yingdong City, and at the same time came with him to return a mysterious guest.

After Li Xiao learned about it, he met Ri Uchijima and the guest at the castle tower, and all other people who had nothing to do with it were not allowed to hear about it.

In the castle tower.

Li Xiaoan sat on the main seat, in the light of the candlestick, unable to keep his eyes on the person who worshipped the leader of the Uchijima clan.

The other party was a warrior in his thirties, and his attitude towards Li Xiao was very humble and respectful.

The other party whispered: "In Shimochiba, Shimoshou Changyao, pay homage to Lord Tajima Shou."

Li Xiao gave a loud voice and asked: "Your Excellency calls himself Qianba, why don't you call it the original Miao character?"

This person said: "Because of the fear of Endo's revenge, I dared not express it in the Miao character, and my Dong clan, also from the Chiba clan of Xia Zong, moved to Xia Zong Dong Zhuang, and then changed the Miao character."

Li Xiao nodded. It turned out that the Dong clan came from the Chiba clan, one of the eight houses in the Kanto clan.

The Dong clan used to be the original clan, famous as Rudong Evergreen, living in the shogunate and serving the public, and the originator of the ancient and modern waka teachings, and the momentary instructor of the shogunate waka.

As for Dong Changqing, the grandson of the East Evergreen ~lightnovelpub.net~, he was the feudal lord of Mino Prefecture. He once fought against Asakura Yoshiki, but in the second year of Yongluk, the host of the Prefecture was rebelled by his retainer Endo Morisuki.

Morisuki Endo teamed up with Hida's elder sister Koji Ryorai, deployed on Hachiman Mountain, and besieged Dongdenshan Castle, the main city of Dongchangqing.

After Dongdian Mountain City was breached, Dong Changqing died in battle, only one son escaped.

The Endo family succeeded in taking over, usurping the main family's business, and gained the county.

And Dong Changyao in front of Li Xiao was the only son that Dong Changqing had escaped from, and later fled to Hida, taking shelter under the Uchishima clan.

In history, the outcome of Dong Changyao was to hide in his home in Nei Dao for his whole life, doing nothing, and was annihilated in the earthquake during the Tianzheng Earthquake.

And now Li Xiao knows that after seeing him, the trajectory of this person's life has completely reversed.

The 293rd chapter goes to war

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