The tiger of Armor, roared.

The Shingen Takeda, who had few defeats in the East Country for decades, was invincible in the Koshu Corps under his command. The Fenglin Volcano Army Flag has become a nightmare for almost all the East Country Danames. He took action.

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After Tokugawa Ieyasu and Takeda Shingen jointly destroyed the Imakawa family and divided the Toru River. After Suru River, the two territories were directly bordered. Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally understood Takeda Shingen's ambitions, so he was careful at the border between Suru River and Toru River. The two families have been in constant small frictions for many years and often competed for control of some cities on the border, but there was no large-scale battle. Because after Takeda Shingen eliminated the Imakawa family, the Hojo Shingen abandoned his alliance with him, accepted the remains of the Imakawa family, and instead joined the Echizen Uesugi family to fight against the Takeda family. The Takeda family and the Hojo family fought many times, and the war once spread to Odawara Castle, and finally the two sides ended in a tie.

However, as Hojo Ichiyasu, known as the Sagami lion, gradually became seriously ill, he realized that his son Hojo Ichiyasuka's ability was absolutely incomparable to Takeda Shingen. Therefore, he left a will, after he died of illness, he abandoned the Hojo Ichiyasuka and Uesugi, and then formed an alliance with the Takeda Ichiyasuka again. Because he knew that Echizen was really far from the Kanto Plain, it was very difficult to support it. This was an offensive alliance rather than a defensive one. If the Takeda Ichiyasuka attacked Sagami, the Uesugiyasuka would be beyond the reach of even if he wanted to save it. With the ability of the Hojo Ichiyasuka, it would be impossible to stop Takeda Shingen. Therefore, there was only one way to form an alliance with the Takeda Ichiyasuka again.

After reconciling with the Hojo family, the Takeda family finally lost the hidden danger of being attacked on both sides, and the Tokugawa family became nervous. However, because the Takeda family's mortal enemy, Echigo Uesugi family, was still active in the northern part of Shinono, Takeda Shingen still dared not transfer the large army away from Kashino easily. Therefore, the Takeda family, with limited troops, could only have a small fight with the Tokugawa family on the border of Suruga and Tokugawa.

However, what Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't know was that with the emergence of the Nobunaga Surrounding Net created by Ashikaga Yoshihiro, an alliance of forces against Oda was gradually formed. Hongan Temple had a marriage relationship with Takeda Shingen and was also a member of Nobunaga Surrounding Net, so he agreed to Takeda Shingen's request to provoke a large-scale rebellion of Echinosuke. Uesugi Kenshi was therefore forced to lead his army to leave Echinosuke and go to Echinosuke to suppress it. Ashikaga Yoshihiro wrote to Uesugi Kenshi at this time, and mediated the battle between the Uesugi and the Takeda family in the name of the shogun General. Uesugi Kenshi could not take action, and in addition, he had always respected the shogunate, so he simply made a favor and agreed to the request. Takeda Shingen, who had no worries, then hoarded a large amount of food, grass and supplies, and prepared to go to Luo.

At the beginning of January, when the Oda forces and the anti-Oda forces in Kinki were in large-scale confrontation, the Takeda family also took action. As the vanguard of the Takeda family, Yama Prefecture repeatedly moved in the Tom River, Koyama Castle and Suwahara area on the border of Suwahara. Tokugawa Ieyasu instantly felt like a big enemy and sent a large number of troops to Kagawa Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu now occupies Sanhe and most of the Tom River, with a total stone height of about 50,000 stones, and can recruit more than 15 ooo people, of which 5 ooo many soldiers. He left the 3 ooo people and his eldest son Tom River Nobuyasu in Mikawa Okazaki Castle to stabilize Sanhe, while he personally led the remaining 12 ooo people to Kagawa Castle, an important border town in the eastern part of the Tom River, preparing to resist the attack of Takeda Shingen.

Since Oda Nobunaga was already in a state of trouble, Tokugawa Ieyasu only sent someone to inform Oda Nobunaga and did not ask for reinforcements. Because he felt that relying on the easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack Kagawa Castle, the Aobi Nai Taisho could defend the remaining Imakawa soldiers who were dispersed in fighting spirit for so long, it would be fine for him to block Takeda Shingen. Although Takeda Shingen was very powerful in the field, he could not play any flower heads in the siege.

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However, it turns out that Tokugawa Ieyasu was overthinking.

On November 15, Takeda's army suddenly appeared in the north of Tomjiang! They did not follow the flat road of Kafai-Suzuka-Tomjiang, but went south from the Shinno Mountains and approached Nagashino Castle. Nagashino Castle defenders were caught off guard and were forced to surrender under Takeda Shingen's order. However, before surrender, Nagashino Castle also sent Hamamatsu the last piece of information - the number of Takeda's army was as high as 2oooo. Takeda Shingen obviously did not intend to rush to the border defense line between Tomjiang Ieyasu on the Tomjiang-Suzuka line, but directly invaded from the empty northern part of Tomjiang, intending to cut Tomjiang in half with one knife and directly into the soft hinterland of Tomjiang.

On the same day, Takeda Shingen took the banner of Guila. He took out Ashikaga Yoshihiro's handwritten edict, saying that he was attacking the rebel Oda Nobunaga in the name of the Shogunate General and invaded Kyoto Kuangmao Shogunate. He also called on all Oda Nobunaga's allies to turn back as soon as possible and join the anti-Oda side, and can still be blamed. If he ignores the stubbornness, he will have to be eliminated.

It was already the 16th when Tokugawa Ieyasu received the news. On this day, Yama Prefecture Masake, who had been confronting him for a long time, also led 4Ooo people from his subordinates to become active. There were also 3Ooo Hojo family's reinforcements (including 1Ooo combat soldiers) on the battlefield.

Since he had never expected that the Takeda army, which had been active on the Suruga border for so long, would actually send troops from Shinno, Tokugawa Ieyasu panic. He was afraid that the Takeda family would go south from the mountainous areas in the north of the Toruga River to conquer Hamamatsu Castle, thus locking himself in an isolated city in the eastern part of the Toruga River, cutting off the way to retreat to the Sanhe nest. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly led the main force back to the aid, and at the same time sent Tadae Okubo and others to lead the army to investigate northwards to find out

The specific situation of the Takeda family. On the 17th, the troops of Kagawa Castle were unable to withstand the attack of Yama Prefecture Masake, and Kagawa Castle fell. Unfortunately, the troops sent by Tokugawa Ieyasu to investigate were directly encountered in the wild and Nobuharu of the Horse Beach, and Masanobu of Takasaka directly encountered it and were simply defeated. All the troops were scattered in the mountains and could not be cured. The guards of Inugu Castle saw that something was wrong, abandoned the city and fled, and retreated into the Jiancheng Nimata Castle behind them.

Nimata Castle is a key place in the central and northern part of the Tom River. It is located between Niragon River and Nimata River, which blocks the pass from the northern part of the Tom River to the southern part of the Tom River. If Nimata Castle falls, the Takeda family's army can move straight into the underworld of Hamamata Castle. Therefore, Nimata Castle must not be lost. However, due to the reinforcing forces of Yama Prefecture Masaki and Hojo family, Tokugawa Ieyasu has never been able to send people to reinforce Nimata Castle. By the time he finally retreated to Hamamata Castle, Nimata Castle, which had only more than a thousand defenders, had been surrounded by the Takeda family's 2oooo army and the contact was cut off. Ieyasu Tokugawa knew that something was wrong, so he had to send someone to Kinki to report the letter and request Oda Nobunaga's reinforcements.

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When the news reached Oda Nobunaga's ears, it was already November 22. At this time, he had just withdrawn Yu Qiuhei's 4ooo soldiers from the defense line and was about to use them to counter the Asai-Asakura coalition. However, the situation in the East made him feel at ease. Takeda Shingen's ability is known to everyone in the world. Tokugawa Ieyasu has now lost most of the Toru River, and Nimata Castle is also surrounded. The soldiers he can use are no more than 10,000 after losing two consecutive battles. How can he block the 24ooo army of the Takeda family and the Hojo family?

Although he wanted to persuade Tokugawa Ieyasu to work hard for a while, and after the Oda family defeated the Asai-Asakura coalition and recaptured Kyoto, he would go to reinforce him. Oda Nobunaga believed that if Tokugawa Ieyasu stayed away, the Takeda family would not be able to solve him in a short time. But the problem came. Tokugawa Ieyasu was an ally of Oda Nobunaga, not Oda Nobunaga's subordinates, and there was no need to take such a big risk for Oda Nobunaga. If Tokugawa Ieyasu insisted on end, Takeda Shingen would likely surround Hamamatsu Castle and not fight, and then move westward, sweeping away the Three Rivers that the Tokugawa family has passed down from generation to generation - this is the result that the Tokugawa family cannot accept in any case. If Oda Nobunaga cannot send reinforcements, if Tokugawa Ieyasu cannot see the hope of the reinforcements reaching, he may even turn to the Takeda family.

If the Tokugawa family fell to the Takeda family, or if Mikawa fell, the situation would become uncontrollable. The main forces of the Oda family were dragged in Kinki, Ohashi, Mino and Ise were almost empty. The only mobile troops were also transferred to the Iwamura Castle line - Nobuyo Akiyama of the Takeda family sent troops to attack the castle not long ago and forced Oda Nobunaga to send reinforcements.

Therefore, if the Takeda family troops were able to occupy Mikawa and drive straight into Ono's hinterland and Ise, the Oda family's fundamentals would be lost. It was like a warrior with a strong giant shield and a sharp sword, stabbed directly into the heart by an enemy behind his back.

Therefore, Oda Nobunaga had no choice but to tell Tokugawa Ieyasu that the reinforcements would arrive soon. The candidate he sent was Yuqiuhei's troops who had just left the front line. He asked Niba Nagahide and others to be responsible for guarding Yuqiuhei's territory, and let Yuqiuhei's elite troops travel thousands of miles to support Tokugawa Ieyasu.

However, the shortest path to Sanhe from Hanoi: the road from Kitao River to Ono is now cut off by the Asai-Asakura coalition, and there is no chance to be opened in a short period of time. After Oda Nobunaga and Yuqiehei discussed, they had to choose another road, a path that only Yuqie army dared to take in this era.

That is to go south from Hanoi, enter the vast mountainous areas of Kii and Minami Yamato, follow the mountain road all the way from the south, and go around Ise of the Oda family. Arrive from Ise to Shima, and take a boat to Toro River.

Entering the mountain from Hanoi and going all the way to Ise, it is conservatively estimated to be a mountain road of 280 miles. And from Ise to Shima Port, it is more than 100 miles. Such a complex and dangerous terrain and narrow and rugged mountain roads may take more than a month if it is an ordinary large army. However, Oda Nobunaga did not leave Yu Qiuhei so much time, but required him to arrive at Ise within ten days - Tokugawa Ieyasu, and may not be able to wait for long.
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