After using a clever trick to scare away the Takeda family's army, everyone in Okazaki Castle quickly rested. ¡û All the Tokugawa family retainers returned to the city one after another. Finally, when Okubo Tadayo, who had used a clever trick, also returned, the food was finally distributed, and everyone had a bowl of hot wine. After picking up the wine, all the retainers drank silently and couldn't help but shed tears. In the eyes of them who traveled between life and death, only Tokugawa Ieyasu was still so tall, like a giant peak. Doesn't he know fear? Torii Motochu unconsciously raised his glass: "If you think about it carefully, we have won this battle. We should be congratulated." His voice was like a dog barking. "How could we lose? Didn't we repel the Takeda family's tens of thousands of troops with thousands of troops?" Taibao Tadashi responded. Tokugawa Ieyasu spoke: "Don't deceive yourself. We did lose. Although we were defeated, we did not lose our integrity." "Yes. Although we lost, we did not lose our integrity Yes! We failed! Congratulations, sir." A retainer said immediately. Afterwards, these retainers stood up staggeringly, and even occasionally danced. 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 light rain. At this time, both warring parties relaxed their nervous nerves a little. The Takeda family discussed military affairs in Shitarahara, Higashi Mikawa. Takeda Katsuyori, Yamagata, and Oyamada generals all advocated capturing Okazaki Castle, the home city of the Tokugawa family, but Takeda Shingen disagreed. Considering that they may encounter reinforcements from Oda on the way to Beijing, they cannot waste food and grass in Okazaki Castle. A huge army is most taboo in moving slowly, in addition. The Imagawa family, which had been silent before, also made Takeda Shinxuan feel uneasy. So Takeda Shingen decided to stop the attack. And very quickly. Tokugawa Ieyasu also learned of the Takeda Army's decision to cease the war. After Okazaki Castle obtained the exact movements of the Takeda Army, it just began to collect the bodies of its own people. A large number of tombs were suddenly added inside and outside Okazaki Castle, and they were covered with pillars of frost. In this conflict between the two families, the Takeda army lost about 400 people, while the Tokugawa side, including the loss of the Oda reinforcements, suffered 1,180 casualties. In this way, the five years of Yonglu, full of sorrow and confusion, finally passed. The first month of the sixth year of Yonglu (1563) soon came. Takeda Shingen also arrived at the Ii Valley area of ??Toe Country at the beginning of the year. Although he wanted to take the opportunity to completely defeat the Tokugawa family, the Imagawa family in the flanking position had behaved too strangely before, so Takeda Shingen decided to march Yuanjiang Country, first ensure the safety of the flanks before continuing on the road to Luo. And the location of the Toe Country that the Takeda family attacked was Ii Valley, the gateway to the Toe Country. 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 troops and resources on Iiya Castle, the home city of the Ii family. Under such a situation, everyone in the Takeda family thought. It is estimated that these local wealthy families in Toe Country will gradually retreat as the Takeda family's army continues to approach, just like the Takeda family invaded the Imagawa family's Higashi Mikawa area. but. When they arrived at Ii Valley Castle and after several attacks were repelled, they realized that their thinking was wrong. The Ii family seemed to really intend to rely on this castle to completely block the Takeda family's attack. The Yuanjiang Kingdom area has penetrated. In this way, both sides were attacking and defending, and unknowingly, the beauty of spring was getting stronger. The white plum blossoms dotting both sides of the river have sprouted yellow buds and will soon be covered by the cherry blossoms. As the general in charge of the attack on the Ii family, Takeda Katsuyori did not expect that this expedition would actually fall into a stalemate. He did not expect that this small town would take them so long. He looked up from the tent and looked at Iiyi Valley City. The Iiyi Valley City was backed by Bengguan Mountain, and the city was covered with dense bamboo forests. It could be called a jungle city. You know, before, even Takeda Shingen, his always cautious father, said: "So this is Ii Valley Castle. If we had known it was so small, we could have destroyed it during the march." Compared with the previous attack by Takeda Nagashino Castle, which the family successfully occupied, is strong, tall and intimidating, and is actually a fortress. The small town of Noda in front of us gives people a small impression, and it feels like it can be captured in one day. What makes Takeda Katsuyori even more ashamed is that the owner of the castle in front of him is only a ten-year-old woman (it is Naotora Ii, the new governor of the Ii family). And his fourth son, Takeda Suwa Shiro Katsuyori, the Tiger of Kai, was actually resisted by such a woman, which made him sigh: "It's almost forty days, they really have some tricks." Seeing that now. Unable to capture it in one fell swoop, the Takeda family began to make long-term plans. Takeda Katsuyori began to turn his target to the Tokugawa family's Okazaki Castle in Mikawa.?? 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 Shitarahara victory, Takeda Shingen specially sent the head of Oda family veteran Hiratemono Nagamasa to Oda Nobunaga. This move was actually an intimidation to the Oda family. The implication is: I have defeated the ungrateful Tokugawa Ieyasu, what are the benefits of your alliance with Tokugawa Ieyasu? Of course, in addition to intimidating the Oda family, Takeda Shingen also sent envoys to propose an alliance to the Oda family. Oda Nobunaga was also busy continuing to conquer the Ise area at this time. It is not known whether he understood Takeda Shingen's intentions, or whether he had other conspiracies. However, soon after, Oda Nobunaga also sent people to reiterate to the Takeda family. It was stated that no more reinforcements would be sent to support Tokugawa Ieyasu. By this time, Takeda Katsuyori¡¯s strategy in Okazaki Castle seemed to be working, and good news came from time to time. Takeda Shingen then sent the last envoy to the Tokugawa family to persuade them to surrender. "This is not in vain, Saburobei." Takeda Katsuyori said with a smile. Shanxian Changjing behind him laughed. "Tokugawa Ieyasu will feel deeply about our strength this time." Takeda Katsuyori smiled and returned to sit down on the bed, and Yamagata Masakage smiled again. "Saburohei, why are you laughing?" "It's nothing. People think so much the same way, how can we not make people laugh?" "Same?" "While Tokugawa Ieyasu was trying to avoid the decisive battle, he was anxiously waiting for Oda Nobunaga. The arrival of reinforcements, and the lord is also waiting for Oda Nobunaga to give up reinforcing Tokugawa Ieyasu out of fear They are only thinking about reinforcements. " "Haha That's it." Takeda Katsuyori nodded seriously. He took out a thin stick of fragrant wood from his pocket and said, "Sabur¨bei, light this. While we smell the incense, we wait for the messenger to arrive. I want to see if the messenger sent by my father can persuade the Tokugawa family to surrender." "Yes. ." Yamagata Masaki put the fragrant wood on the extinguishing fire, "What choice will Oda Nobunaga make? How did the young master predict it? " (Sorry, I have a fever, I am very weak, and my head is a little confused, Therefore, it may affect the recent update speed and the excitement of the plot. I will try my best to ensure that it is updated.) (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!