Chapter 150 39. Shinano's Three Rebellions and Takeda's Decline

Xiao Pingtai looked at the confused Aji, smiled and asked Aji to go back to eat by himself, without having to wait for him to return to the camp to have dinner.

Then Koheita hurriedly ran to the big tent of Yamauchi Yoshiharu with the envoy who came from afar. Yamauchi Yoshiharu, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Yamauchi's chief accountant (should I use official names, common names or first names from now on? After all, these three are also the main supporting characters) The three of them were eating soup rice.

The three of them seemed to be still discussing the Yamauchi Army's next move while they were eating, and several of them were chattering slightly vaguely.

As soon as they saw Heita Xiao come in, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu looked around, pointed to a small Mazai next to him with his chopsticks, then put the chopsticks in his mouth and stuck out his buttocks, stretched out his hand, lifted his own Mazai and leaned in. , motioning for Xiao Pingtai to come and sit down quickly.

"Hurry up and get a bowl of hot food for Danzheng, and add more dry rice and pickled vegetables." Yamauchi Yoshiharu naturally ordered the attendant standing next to him. There happened to be a cast iron pot next to a few people. The firewood underneath was burning brightly, and the pot was still steaming with steam. It must have been cooked not long ago. The smell must have added some dry goods such as tatoos. . Moreover, the aroma of miso was quite strong, and Heita, who was not too hungry at first, even sniffed it.

Well, the family had just started eating in the evening. They thought that Xiaopingtai came here to eat the food, but they didn't treat Xiaopingtai as an outsider at all. The head of Yamauchi stood up and took it from the attendant. The bowl of soup rice was handed to Xiao Pingtai.

Then these people continued to scrape at their soup rice (as the saying goes, no one disturbs dogs when they eat, not to mention that in this era when any food seems to be precious, eating is a sacred thing) , but did not pay attention to the messenger behind Xiaoheita. When he arrived, Xiaoheita took the bowl handed over by the chief accountant in Yamauchi, "My lord, this is the messenger from Shinano. There must be some reward."

Yamauchi Yoshiharu saw that the envoy was indeed holding a bamboo tube in his hand. However, if it was such an urgent military situation, he would have sent the most reliable trusted samurai to convey it by word of mouth. The bamboo tube should only contain something that would not threaten Yamauchi. Ordinary news or general reports from the family. So Yamauchi Yoshiji asked the envoy to leave the bamboo tube behind, said "Thank you for the hard work", and then asked someone to take him down to eat and find a place to rest for the night.

A few people finished the soup and rice in a hurry. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu added another bowl and asked Xiaopingta if he wanted it. Xiaopingtai drank the last bit of soup. Waste of food in this era is punishable by God. Anyway, it was already seven or eight points. I was full, and if I didn't finish the food, it would be wasted. Aji was not here and couldn't help Xiaoping eat the leftovers, so he waved his hand to express his refusal.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu saw that Xiaoping didn't want it anymore, so he added a bowl and started to eat it. He felt that the taste was not enough, so he added a spoonful of soup and picked up the radish with two chopsticks. It's nothing. He poured soup twice into a bowl of rice because he didn't know what to do. The funny dad who will destroy his family in the future jumped out to perform.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu had also finished eating, and handed the bowls and chopsticks to the attendant who was holding the wooden tray, wiped his hands with wet cotton cloth, and didn't rush to read the memorial immediately, and took a cup of freshly brewed hot tea ( (Promotes digestion?), he tasted it slowly, and poured a glass each for his brother and Xiao Pingtai.

"My lord, don't you want to see what news is coming?" Xiao Pingtai held the tea cup and slowly blew the hot air from it in a circle from left to right, as if he mentioned it casually.

"Huh?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu didn't care much, and it wasn't an urgent matter, so he gently put down the teacup and watched the attendant unscrew the bamboo tube and take out a roll of paper.

He first looked at the tightness of the paper roll. It seemed that the light was not bright enough and he could not see clearly, so he asked the attendant to get a candlestick. Anyway, the candle is his own property, and he can use it without spending money.

After the candlestick was lit and brought over, the dining table suddenly became much brighter. Yamauchi Yoshiji raised the scroll to the light and read it carefully. After reading a few sentences, he patted the table and stood up.

"Okay! Okay! That's really great!"

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was halfway through his rice bowl, and he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the hard struggle of fighting the pickled radish. He suddenly choked when his father slapped the table and shouted. Xiaopingta quickly put down the teacup and patted his back. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu coughed violently several times, even coughing up a lot of rice grains, and his father was suddenly frightened.

After finally getting over it, Koheita continued to help him pat his back gently, but Yamauchi Yoshikatsu still had an indignant expression on his face, as if the dog wouldn't bother him when he was eating.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu was so happy that he forgot that his son was still eating. Only now did he notice the dissatisfied expression on Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's face. He patted his son's clean little forehead and handed him the letter sent by messenger with a smile.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu had no choice but to put down the bowl that he would not let go of even if he coughed, wiped his hands randomly, and then took the letter from his father.

"Taro, please read the message in the letter to your uncle and see what it says."

"Fuku and the castle lord Fujisawa Noriyika, Matsuzuna Castle lord Matsuzuna Yorisada, and Kuwabara castle lord Nishina Moriaki are all rebelling against each other. The situation of Sakunai Mountain Castle and Nagai Castle lord Ooizaemon Sadakiyoshi is unknown."

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was happier the more he read. These powerful people in Shinano, who were under the pressure of the Takeda clan, took advantage of the worst defeat since Takeda Harunobu's first battle and once again launched a large-scale rebellion. Because these people were deeply rooted in Shinano and had considerable appeal, most of the territory that the Takeda clan had occupied after years of fighting for generations in Shinano was lost again. (The last time was because Takeda Harunobu exiled his father Takeda Shintora, and the Takeda family had an internal conflict, so the Shinano area conquered by Takeda Shintora rebelled on a large scale.)

"Is there any news about the Kurihara clan in Suwa County and the Suwa clan, the chief priest of the great shrine?" Yamauchi, the chief accountant, was also full of joy when he heard that these people in Shinano had launched a large-scale rebellion, and he immediately asked.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu shook the paper, put the letter on the table, spread his hands, shook his head, and did not answer his uncle's question.

Chief Yamauchi didn't care about anything, he picked up the paper and looked at it. Sure enough, there was only a brief message about the rebellion of the countrymen, and no news about other Takeda or Murakami families.

Xiaoping Tai quietly watched the communication between the three big men, from not taking it seriously to being inexplicably excited, and then to a lot of thoughts. Feeling that the time had come, he also put down the teacup and asked Yamauchi Yoshiharu in a low voice.

"My lord, are you still hesitating?"

Go to Kai and capture Minamoto Harunobu alive!