After Takeda Katsuyori surrendered to the tie Tsunohide, he received a task to "appease Hojo".

In the months that followed, the two sides engaged in very frequent diplomatic contacts, albeit unobtrusively.

During the process, Takeda Katsuyori did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and repeatedly emphasized, and the sentence that had to be repeated every time was: "Sagami-sama also went to Luo Hajj as soon as possible to meet the equal, so as to make the world quiet, otherwise, he will regret it too late if he is under Odawara Castle." Don't be unpredictable. ”

When I first met him, the Hojo clan was probably still a little afraid, thinking that the power that could make the sons of Kai Tiger bend their knees should be really powerful. But the more times it happens, it's very irritable, and it produces a rebellious mentality.

As a result, there has been no substantial progress in turning over and over, and there is a continuous struggle in terms of title and title.

Of course, Takeda Katsuyori advocates that the Tiemate family is the only "public ceremony" now.

Hojo insisted that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's position was still valid, at least in a "dual-political" situation.

Maybe it's not all because I'm not convinced, but because the title of "Kanto Governor" obtained from the Muromachi shogunate has just arrived, and I haven't covered it yet, so I'm really reluctant to lose it.

Now over there, Ueno still has a considerable part of it in the hands of Takeda and Uesugi, Hitachi has the Satake clan, the head snake of the Satake clan, Shimono Nailo To-Utsunomiya is still strong, and the Satomi family of Anfang and Kamiso is even more troublesome.

It seems that 60 percent and a half of the 3 million stones in Guanbazhou have been returned to Hojo, but the remaining 30 percent and a half are not easy to deal with. On the one hand, the Hojo clan can feel the strength of the Hirate family from various sources, and hopes to gain support rather than hostility for peace; On the other hand, they seized the time to unify and expand, trying to accumulate chips and delay the time to finally see the real thing.

So he always insisted on two points: the first was to pretend not to know what was happening in Kyoto, to think that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's escape was just a "misunderstanding", and repeatedly offered to mediate, and the second was to hope that Hiteto Honhide could further reconfirm the award of the "Kanto Governorship".

This is clearly unrealistic.

Since you are vague on the first point and refuse to express your team's position, then the second point will certainly not be satisfied.

Even if it is a business, it is an equivalent exchange, how can there be a reason for only entering and not leaving.

However, Hojo Clan's diplomatic rhetoric was very slippery, and no matter how Takeda Katsuyori tried to induce and provoke, he never said anything offensive to the Hirate clan.

The latter is helpless.

The tie show pays more attention to the western country, and is also happy to be empty and wronged, and it is perfunctory for the time being.

It was not until April of the second year of Tensho (1577) that the situation in the Kanto region changed.

With the prestige of successive victories, the Hojo clan pressed the territory with a large army, and extended an olive branch, half coerced and half persuasive, so that Satomi Yoshihiro agreed to the harsh armistice conditions.

The history is called "room phase one".

The contract stipulates that the territory of the Satomi family is limited to the southern half of the Anbo Province plus the upper total, about two or three hundred thousand koku, and the rest is owned by Hojo.

This ended the grudge that lasted for fifty or sixty years and three or four generations.

The reason why Satomi Yoshihiro is willing to accept the unequal outcome is, on the one hand, because of the huge disparity in size, the withering of people's livelihood under the long-term confrontation, and the high debt; On the other hand, he was seriously ill and precarious.

Unexpectedly, the Hojo clan took the opportunity to make another article, and after reaching a peace, he immediately married his own sister to Yoshiyori of the Satomi branch and supported him to seize power and beat the civil strife.

Katsuyori Takeda found out about this and thought it was a good opportunity.

He had not yet returned from the Spring Festival party, and had been staying in Kyoto, but at this time he immediately reported to Hijo Honhide, exposing the inconsistencies between the Hojo clan's politics and analyzing it: "If this careerist is allowed to annex the Satomi clan, then the next step for Satake and Utsunomiya will be a situation where the lips are dead and the teeth are cold." Hojo Sagami is clearly deliberately delaying and trying to expand. After he unifies the eight states, I am afraid that he will have the idea of winning Longwangshu, and he may not be satisfied with the 'Kanto Governor'! ”

Hijo asked rhetorically, "As you can see in the meal, what should I do?" ”

Takeda Katsuyori hurriedly said what he had in mind: "The contemptible people are willing to be the pioneers, march into the army to fight, and ask the armies of Suruga, Enoe, Mikawa, Owari, and Mino to help, and contain Hojo's actions in the name of coordinating the affairs of the Satomi family." ”

Hearing this, Pingshou Tsunoxiu instantly saw through the other party's thoughts, smiled, as if unintentional, and asked: "Then it involves Takeda, Tokugawa, Oda, and the Imagawa family that has just been revived, these four forces, so it will be troublesome, who will be in charge of the expedition?" ”

In the face of deliberate temptation, Takeda Katsuyori seemed to have a case early in his stomach and calmly responded: "After the restoration of the Imagawa Jibu (Shizhen), with your family's Lin'er as his adopted son, then Suruga will naturally be the leader among us. Although the management department is not good at soldiers, and the heir has not yet served the yuan, Mrs. Jing Yi can be used as the generation. ”

This answer made Pingshou Tsuei couldn't help but "huh".

If it weren't for the help of Naito Masatsu or Takasaka Masanobu, but Takeda Katsuyori came up with it himself, then he was really, too big!

After being quiet for a while, Takeda Katsuyori said again: "Ji Samurai leads the troops, and it will definitely become a good talk." In fact, the recent anecdote proves that Mrs. Jing Yi's instrument is ......"

The so-called recent gossip refers to something in Junfu.

It is said that after drinking alcohol, when the Imagawa clan watched the Noh drama, I don't know whether it was uncontrollable or deliberate, and said, "The saddest thing in life is to bow the knee to the enemy who killed his father." ”

The meaning of these words is very obvious, his father can be said to have died indirectly at the hands of Tieshou Tsusu.

The people on the left and right were completely discolored.

As a result, Jing Yi Zhihu heard the wind, and came uninvited with a military uniform holding the hilt of the knife, and said expressionlessly: "Our Yuanjiang Jing Yi family has always been loyal and diligent, just because you listened to slander and were killed. Now I see you, but I can't take revenge. So I really empathize with what I just said! ”

Imagawa is also a master of swordsmanship - at least when he uses a bamboo sword, but at that time, he was frightened by the aura of Ji Samurai, sweating, and his drunkenness suddenly disappeared, and he snorted: "I was really talking nonsense just now, the Warring States are in turmoil, each is its own master, life and death are fate, not man-made disasters." ”

This is not just a question of whether to be greedy for life or not, whether you are afraid of death, but whether the family name can be continued!

Afterwards, the Imagawa clan said that he was not in good health and could not stand the noise, so he moved out of Sunfu Castle in embarrassment and ran to a temple outside Igamachi (about 5 kilometers) to live in seclusion. And Ii Naotora was respected by all walks of life in Suruga, and was revered as "Lady Ii" by the upper and lower retainers, and her son Ume Wakamaru also gained more respect because of this.

Hirate Hirate already knew about this a few days ago, and when he thought about it at this time, he couldn't help but laugh, but he shook his head and said, "If you do this, Inu Gozen will definitely have a lot of ideas." Then I will entrust you to contact the Satomi family diplomatically first, but let me think twice about the use of troops. ”

Takeda Katsuyori was a little disappointed, then thought of something, and asked excitedly: "Then can we establish contact with Kanto daimyo such as Satake and Utsunomiya?" ”

Pingshou Fan Xiu nodded: "But if you are in Guanbazhou, you will be bothered." ”

Takeda Katsuyori was overjoyed and went away in good spirits.

Two days later, Yoshimitsu Hirate arrived from Seta Castle, and when he heard about it, he was a little worried, "This may have given him an opportunity to secretly expand his influence." ”

Fan Xiu didn't care, shook his head and said, "The Takeda family is already in the hub, so there is no need to worry." The way people in the world act should be whether they are direct ministers or outsiders, but anyone who actively asks for orders and intends to help me stabilize the world can be used. ”

Yoshimitsu Hirate nodded thoughtfully.

Fan Xiu didn't think that as soon as he finished saying this, he immediately received two more letters asking for war.