In the winter of the 21st year of Astronomy, Takeda Harunobu gathered nearly 30,000 coalition troops and suffered a crushing defeat near Ibuka Castle, and finally Saito Michizo returned to Mino with more than 2,000 people, Taiyuan Yukisai returned to Suruga with more than 2,000 Imagawa troops, and Takeda Harunobu only returned to Kai with a little more than 10,000.

Although the losses of the elite troops of the Takeda military family were relatively small, the miscellaneous troops were almost lost, and Kai and the prefectures to which Shinano and Takeda belonged lacked a large number of laborers.

In the coming year, only women can go to the top, which will also lead to a reduction in the grain production of the Takeda family, and it will be difficult for the Takeda family to start a particularly large war.

Although the Takeda family had several gold mountains, the pension required for this war was a large amount of money.

At the same time, there were also the death of important ministers such as Mokaku Tiger and Anayama Nobuyomo, and even Oyamada Nobuyo died of panic during the march.

The morale of the Takeda family has been greatly damaged, and if Takeda Harunobu starts a war regardless of the domestic situation, Kai will be torn apart.

Under such circumstances, Takeda Harunobu held a family meeting at the Hirugasaki Pavilion.

In the big room, the atmosphere was very heavy, and Yamamoto Kansuke, who returned home, took the lead and said: "The reason for the defeat in this battle is all on the subordinates, but I didn't expect that there were more than 20,000 people at once, and they were defeated without even touching Ueda Castle." ”

Takeda Harunobu waved his hand and said: "Who is to blame for this war crime, there is no need to discuss, now that the family has suffered huge losses, it has reached the point of breaking its muscles and bones, and we must come up with a way to remedy it." ”

Komai Takahakusai said: "This time I was defeated, but the Imagawa family's Taiyuan was in my eyes, and I don't know how the Imagawa Hall would feel?" ”

Takeda Harunobu frowned and said, "This nasty guy is probably going to ask us even more." Kansuke, how was the communication with the Hojo family? ”

Yamamoto Kansuke said: "Pavilion Master, this matter is almost over, after all, the main family and the Hojo family have a common enemy to deal with. He was referring to Echigo, after all, Uesugi Kenmasa is now living in Echigo.

The biggest reaction to this matter was Iitomi Toramasa, who was Yoshinobu's teacher, and he asked, "The Imagawa family and the Hojo family have a feud, and if the main family contacts the Hojo family, what situation does this put the Imagawa family in?"

Is the family going to betray the Imagawa family? In this way, how should His Royal Highness deal with himself? ”

Takeda Harunobu shook his head and said, "Contacting the Hojo family is not to betray the Imagawa family, and now we have the same enemy with the Hojo family, so I want to form a three-nation alliance of Koshoha." ”

"The Triple Alliance?" Komai Takahakusai listened, his eyes lit up, and he said, "In this case, let the Hojo family contain Echigo, and the family will only need to deal with Ogasawara Yoshinaga." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto nodded and said, "That's right, after Echigo helped Ogasawara Yoshicho for the first time, the owner of the pavilion had such an idea, and now the Koshojun Alliance has reached an imperative situation." ”

Iitomi Huchang was relieved when he heard this, and he asked, "Will His Highness Imagawa agree to such a condition?" ”

Yamamoto Kansuke said with a smile: "Then it depends on Taiyuan, such a strategy is also beneficial for the Imagawa family, so that the Imagawa family can run Mikawa with all their might." ”

Takeda Harunobu said, "Kansuke, you continue to contact the Hojo family, and then go to Yukisai to discuss." ”

"Hah!" Kansuke Yamamoto immediately left Ohiroma and went to the Hojo family.

At this time, Hojo Clan Yasuya had just returned to Odawara Castle from Ueno, and Minowa Castle was held by Nagano Yoshimasa, but he was unable to conquer it, and with the help of Echigo's troops, he withdrew.

At the same time, he also knew that Takeda Harunobu was defeated in Shinano and lost a county again, and he was still quite unfamiliar with Ogasawara Yoshinaga.

In this regard, he immediately asked the Wind Demon Kotaro in the Wind Demon to take someone to investigate, and at the same time prepared to meet Yamamoto Kansuke who came again.

But before that, he needs to consult with his military advisor Tame Mototada and his uncle Hojo Hanan.

The Tamu family has been following since Hojo Sakumo.,It's one of the early retainers of the Hojo family, "Grass Creation Seven Hands Family Elders", and an important retainer.

Tamu Mototada was the military advisor of the Later Hojo clan's Imperial Yuo, the Hojo clan's personal guard, and the only one-man general of the "Black Reserve" in the "Hojo Five-Color Reserve", and Zhou defended.

During the night battle in Heyue, he saw that Shi Kang Gong was leading the army on the battlefield, because he was too deep into the enemy formation, he immediately gave the order to retreat, and was thanked by Shi Kang Gong afterwards.

Hojo Phantom is Hojo Sakumo Sano, who served as the Houjian of Shiyasu, managed the internal affairs of Odawara Castle, and also made a lot of achievements in military affairs.

Even though Hojo Shiyasu has become famous because of the night battle of Kawagoe, Shiyasu will still listen to the advice of the Phantom Temple.

In Shiyasu's small courtyard, Shiyasu summoned Tame Mototada and Hojo Phantom An, while his eldest son, Hojo Shimasa, studied on the side.

Shikang said: "The Takeda family has sent a messenger Yamamoto Kansuke to the family again, I'm afraid it's because of the Triple Alliance.

It stands to reason that the benefits of this incident outweigh the disadvantages for the family, and without the threat of the Takeda family and the Imagawa family, the family can run the Kanto region with all its might.

Moreover, Uesugi Kenmasa has already gone to Echigo, and as you know, Echigo will also be an enemy of his family, and he has been in contact with it before, so this is a fierce enemy. ”

Tamu Mototada nodded and said: "Now the enemies that the Takeda family is facing are Echigo and Shinano's Ogasawara, and it is definitely possible to form an alliance, but what will the Imagawa family think?"

Imagawa Osabe Daisuke is very proud, I'm afraid I can't look down on Takeda, who lives in the mountains, and his family. ”

Hojo Phantom Ann shook his head and said, "Imagawa Jibe Daisuke may have an opinion, but it will definitely not be rejected directly, I'm afraid it will be a condition." ”

Hojo Shiyasu snorted coldly: "I'm afraid I want to go back to the territory occupied by my family on the east side of Suruga." ”

Hojo Phantom nodded and said, "That's definitely the case, but what about giving that little place?" Without the constraints of these two families, the family went all out to conquer the Kanto region, and got a lot more territory than these. ”

Hojo Shiyasu smiled: "It's natural, it's just that I'm not happy with Imagawa, he's too proud." ”

Clan Yasu and the two advisors complained and decided to meet with Yamamoto Kansuke.

He and Kansuke Yamamoto said straight to the point, there must be an alliance between the two families, and it depends on whether Takeda Harunobu can deal with Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Kansuke Yamamoto didn't say it directly, he left Odawara Castle that day and rushed to Imagawakan non-stop.

In the Imagawa Pavilion, Imagawa Yoshimoto had already heard Taiyuan Yukisai talk about what happened in Shinano.

When Imagawa Yoshimoto learned that Takeda had suffered such a big defeat, he asked, "Does the teacher think that the main family can annex the Takeda family?" ”

Taiyuan Yukisai shook his head and said: "Of course not, Ogasawara Yoshicho is a very dangerous opponent, so let Takeda Kai Mamoru carry it, and when he can't carry it, the family will have to help."

Now that the family has spent a lot of effort in Mikawa, if they go to annex the Takeda family at this time, they will only get themselves into big trouble. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled: "This Ogasawara Yoshicho can make the teacher feel difficult to deal with? ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai nodded and said: "This person is very difficult, I am afraid that he is also a general who is both civil and military, and he is familiar with iron cannons, plus there is Echigo help, even if the family goes all out, it will also pay a great price." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto patted the fan on his hand and said, "Okay, then let's keep Takeda's mountain monkey and stay in Kai." ”

"Report! The envoy of the Takeda family, Kansuke Yamamoto, asked to see him. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned slightly and said, "The lame man again?" Teacher, it's up to you to receive you. ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai suddenly said: "The poor monk knows. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto then left.

Led by a samurai, Kansuke Yamamoto came to the meditation room where Taiyuan Yukisai was located.

Taiyuan Yukisai knew Yamamoto Kansuke's purpose, so he naturally got straight to the point, and Yamamoto Kansuke didn't say much, and directly said the conditions of the Hojo family.

Taiyuan Xuezhai didn't expect that the Hojo family's sincerity towards the alliance was also very great.

He chatted with Kansuke Yamamoto for a while and left.

He found Imagawa Yoshimoto and told him about it, and this time even the old lady Shouguini was there.

Taiyuan Xuezhai said: "This time the Triple Alliance has been reached, which is a great thing for our family. ”

Shou Guini also nodded and said, "If you don't have any worries, you can go west with all your might." Now that Owari is here, he is still in chaos, and he really didn't expect Oda Nobuhide's son to be so bad. ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai also nodded and said: "While Owari has not recovered, the lord must immediately stabilize Sanhe." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and said, "In that case, then let them know." ”

With the nod of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the alliance of the three kingdoms was reached, and the heads of the three families arrived at Zentokuji Temple for a meeting, and then made a blood alliance and made an alliance.

Because Imagawa Yoshimoto's daughter married Takeda Yoshinobu before, the next thing was Takeda Harunobu's daughter Huangmeiin marrying Shiyasu's eldest son Shimasa, and then Shiyasu's daughter marrying Yoshimoto's son Shima.

When the three of them reached an alliance, Yoshinaga returned to Ueda Castle to take charge of the construction of the castle town.

As for before, in addition to rewarding the retainers, he also arranged for his subordinates to inspect the land of Chikuma County, and the current stone height on Shinano paper is more than 400,000 stones, and of course, there are still two and a half counties in the hands of Takeda.

However, Shinano's actual stone height is more than 500,000 stones, which shows that because of the previous war, some people have concealed the true data.

Even if his current territory was hidden by tens of thousands of stones, it would make his income too small!

It was imperative to seize the land, and at the same time, because of what had always been the case, Yoshicho used this as an excuse to punish Kita-Shinano and implement a knife hunting order.

At the same time, some people in the middle of the city participated in the battle, so the middle of the letter also implemented the knife hunting order in some areas.

At the same time, the most important thing is the construction of the castle town of Ueda Castle.

In this work, Yoshicho did not fake others, but participated in it himself.

The castle town will affect his business layout, and the prosperity of the business will increase the tax revenue, which will support his finances.

However, if he wants to meet the requirements he wants, he needs to invest a lot of money, and now that he has only ended the war with the Takeda family, the funds are not very sufficient.

In desperation, he could only choose the practice of the next generation, that is, to auction the land in the castle town.

For a sum of money, you can get the right to use a piece of land for 70 years.

According to the planning of the castle town, it is like a chess game like the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, those who have purchased the right to use it can build it themselves or let the government build it.

At this time, many domestic merchants rushed to Ueda Castle after hearing the news, and they all wanted to buy a piece of land in the castle town.

In Ueda Castle, Yoshinaga had a big headache when he heard the news of the Triple Alliance, which was supposed to be two years later, but now it has advanced too much.

After the Triple Alliance, it will be much more difficult to deal with the Takeda family.

If the Hojo family wants to attack Kanto, it will definitely threaten Echigo, and Echigo will not be able to help him at that time, and the battle between Yoshinaga and Takeda will take more time and energy.

Sanada Yutaka said below: "My lord, this matter is a bad thing for the family. ”

Yoshicho nodded and said, "Of course I know that this is a bad thing, but for the Three Kingdoms of Jiaxiangjun, it is a good thing.

If you want to destroy their relationship, it will not be possible in the near future. ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said: "Now that the Takeda family is greatly injured and needs time to recuperate, the Imagawa family wants to deal with the remnants of Mikawa, why don't you defeat the Hojo family together with Echigo?" ”

After Sanada Yutaka said this, he remembered that in March of the fourth year of Eiroku, Uesugi Keitora led 100,000 soldiers and horses to besiege the Hojo family.

Anyway, the Triple Alliance is in advance, so the siege of Odawara Castle is also in advance, so what's not to do?

However, Jinghu is only guarding Echigo, and he can't mobilize the power of the eight countries of the Kwantung region, so he still has to get the position of the governor of the Kwantung region.

Of course, this matter can't be directly told to Uesugi Keitor, he thinks he should talk about it with Usami Dingman.

And he also knew that Jinghu wanted to go to Luo, and Yichang himself also wanted to go to Luo, both of them wanted to take the righteousness, but of course the approach was not the same.

Historically, in September of this year, Jinghu was going to Luo, but because the war was delayed, now that the Hojo family has withdrawn, Jinghu is estimated to be preparing to go to Luo.

This time in Shangluo, Jinghu was to accept Danzheng Shaobi before, and to present to the royal family from the official position of the five.

Emperor Nara then granted the Keitora Cup, the Imperial Sword, and the edict of "crusading against those who harbor ambitions against their neighbors." Undoubtedly, this is tantamount to giving Kenshin the name of attacking Takeda and Hojo.

He felt that he should follow Jinghu to Shangluo, maybe the emperor would give him such a righteous name.

He said to Sanada Yutakaka: "I am going to Echigo recently, and I plan to ask the Governor of the Palace to give up his position to Jinghu Tsuki, and let him send troops to the Kanto region, and in the name of the Kanto Governor, gather the forces of the Eight Kingdoms of the Kanto to attack the Hojo family. ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded suddenly: "In this way, the Hojo family will definitely be hit hard, and for the time being, they will not have the strength to fight against Echigo, and Echigo can free up his hands to help the family attack Takeda." ”

Yoshicho nodded and said, "Okay, then do it, Xinglong, you stay in the country, entertain those merchants who come to Ueda City, prepare for the auction, and wait for me to come back to make arrangements." ”

After Yoshicho arranged the matter, he immediately prepared the funds, and then took the people to Echigo.

At this time, Uesugi Keitora was about to go to Kamiraku, Kyoto.