In the Odawara Castle Castle Tower, Hojo Shiyasu sits on the main seat with a blue face, on his left hand side is the Hojo family's internal and foreign affairs and pen head family's old Hojo Phantom An, and on the right hand side is Hojo Tsunari, the first general of the Hojo family. All three of them had ugly faces, because sitting on their knees in front of them was the person they were now unwilling to provoke but had to deal with: the messengers of the Imagawa family and the Takeda family!

The Imagawa family sent this time was Sekiguchi Shihiro, who had been in charge of diplomatic affairs with the Hojo family, while the Takeda family was Sanada Yutaka, who had been active in Kitashinano for some time. Because the North Shinano Xiao Murakami Yoshikiyoshi lost more and more control of the wealthy clan under his command, so the Murakami family, which had an advantage due to the collapse of Toishi, was at a disadvantage in the competition with the Takeda family, which made Takeda Harunobu pay more and more attention to Sanada Yukitaka, who originally didn't care much about it, not long ago, Sanada Yukitaka was even more shocking, almost bloodless to capture the Toishi Castle that had made Takeda Harunobu's 15,000 army sink into the sand, and Megatron Koshin. Only then did Takeda Harunobu believe that when Tsukahara Moryū recommended Sanada Yukitaka, he said that his talent was not under Ganli Hutai and Itagaki Nobukata, so he overrode public opinion and gave Toishi Castle to Sanada Yukitaka, who was not born in Kai, with a territory of 8,000 stone high, and was specifically responsible for the diversion of Kita-Shinano. At this point, Sanada Yutaka has ascended to the sky in one step and successfully ranked among the generals of the Takeda family, as long as he cooperates with Takeda Harunobu to realize the nationalization of Shinano in the future, it is also a sure thing to become an old and important minister of the family.

Takeda Harunobu's attention made Sanada Yukitaka, who had always been depressed, excited, and had the idea of dying as a confidant, but just when he was proud, he learned that Tsukahara Moryū had swept through the country overnight and started a war with the Kanto overlord Satomi, which suddenly made him feel mixed feelings. Originally, he was very grateful for Tsukahara Molong's recommendation, and after he developed himself, he wanted to repay him well, but suddenly found that Tsukahara Molong had already far surpassed himself...... But Tsukahara Moryū swore to be a soldier for ten days, but he only recruited 7,000 troops to meet the 15,000 army of the Satomi family, and the Hojo family was also about to move, Sanada Yutaka suddenly couldn't sit still, and hurriedly explained the benefits to Takeda Harunobu and personally sent the Hojo family.

Sekiguchi Shihiro has a good impression of the Hojo family emotionally, especially the Imagawa family is currently aiming at Kamiluo, and there must be a stable rear, and it is very important to have a good relationship with the Hojo family, but the Hojo family has fought several times, but it has revealed the domineering spirit of the king who unified the Kanto, which is definitely not something that Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Yukisai can tolerate, and a strong Hojo family is not in the interests of the Imagawa family, so Imagawa Yoshimoto sent him to the Hojo family to persuade the Hojo family to give up the attack on Tsukahara Molong.

After the two sides exchanged polite words, because the Imagawa family is much more powerful than the Takeda family at the moment, the Sekiguchi clan spoke first: "My lord and Tsukahara Molong hit it off at first sight, and admired him very much. I hope the Hojo family can take pity on his heart and don't bother. ”

Hearing this, Hojo Tsunashi couldn't help but snort coldly: "Your Excellency is really merciful, my Hojo family has a total of 400,000 stones in one country, and it was stolen by that thief like this, don't we are allowed to take it back?" ”

The Sekiguchi clan shook his head reservedly, and said with a smile: "Hachimanden said that it was a joke, the guardian of the Shimo-Sokoku is the Chiba clan, when did it become the Shimo-Sokuku of the Hojo family?" ”

When Hojo Tsunashi heard this, his eyes widened with anger and he almost ran away, but when Hojo Phantom saw this, he hurriedly spoke: "In this way, the Imagawa family is only the guardian of the Suruga country, so how can they meddle in the affairs of the Mikawa country?" ”

"Lord Matsudaira Kiyoyasu unfortunately died in battle, and Matsudaira Hirotada died at the hands of his retainers, and my lord couldn't bear to see the Matsudaira clan being bullied because of his young father, so he was brought to Junfu, and he will naturally be returned to him in the future to govern on his behalf." Sekiguchi Shihiro still said tepidly.

Hojo clan Yasu stared at Sekiguchi Shihiro deadly, and looked at Sanada Yutaka who was speechless with fear, and said unhurriedly: "I just received the ninja news that Tsukahara Moryū defeated the 15,000 army of the Satomi family with 7,000 people in the Black Dragon River, Satomi Yoshiyao and Satomi Yoshihiro were killed on the spot, and the wealthy clans of the Upper Zong Kingdom fell to the wind. In this way, Tsukahara Moryo is a daimyo of 800,000 stones. ”

What the? Sekiguchi Shihiro and Sanada Yutaka both trembled suddenly, although they had long heard that Tsukahara Molong was extremely good at fighting, but they didn't expect to be in such a field. Sekiguchi Shihiro, who has always wanted to use Tsukahara Molong to contain the Hojo family, couldn't help but hesitate at this moment, if he really stopped Hojo Shiyasu from attacking Tsukahara Molong, he was afraid that Tsukahara Molong would slow down, and Kanto might fall into his hands in a very short time, and when the time came......

Sanada Yutaka saw the change in Sekiguchi's attitude with the corner of his eye, and knew that he had to speak at this time, but Sekiguchi Shihiro was by no means stupid, how could he resolutely support Tsukahara Moryū? With a thought in his heart, Sanada Yutaka said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Molong would be so good at fighting, and he could defeat the Satomi family with just the seven thousand troops composed of those swordsmen in the dojo." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Hojo Shiyasu and Sekiguchi Shihiro changed, and Hojo Shiyasu's gaze at Sanada Yutaka was no longer jealous but resentful, but Sekiguchi Shihiro's gaze became more and more determined. Because Sanada Yutaka broke the most important point: Tsukahara Moryū relied on the disciples of Katori Shinto-ryu, but his appeal among the samurai was seriously insufficient, otherwise he would not have waited ten days to gather 7,000 people. And after a bloody battle with the Satomi family, I am afraid that Tsukahara Molong will also suffer heavy casualties, and he will have to divide his troops to garrison the area that has been occupied, if the Hojo family attacks at this time, it will be difficult for Tsukahara Molong to resist. And once Tsukahara Moryū is defeated, there is no doubt that these 800,000 stones will fall into the hands of the Hojo family, and even if the Kanto heroes join forces, I am afraid they will not be able to stop the tide of the Hojo family's army.

Although the two sides negotiated for a long time, they finally broke up. Hojo Shiyasu took advantage of the fame accumulated by three generations of the Hojo family in the Kanto region to raise grain and grass in a short period of time that made the Hojo clan Yasuto quite staggering, so that Hojo Shiyasu had a very sufficient confidence when mobilizing the army. And Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu also adopted a corresponding attitude, although they both have some personal relations with Tsukahara Molong, and they also received Tsukahara Molong's request to intervene in the mediation of the war with the Hojo family, but after all, they are the governors of their respective families and have their own considerations. After learning of the situation on both sides, Imagawa Yoshimoto ordered the army to move towards the Hojo family's Hakoneyama defense line, which formed a strong military pressure on the Hojo army, and Tominaga Naokakatsu was unable to move. And Takeda Harunobu ordered Iitomi Toranobu to lead 8,000 troops out of Toyama Yoshida Castle, and the 2,000 troops of the Koyamada family converged, threatening the Hojo family's main city Odawara Castle from the north, in order to prevent Takeda Harunobu's attack, Hojo Shiyasu ordered Hojo Tsusunari to lead the army into Hachioji Castle, and Hojo Phantom An's command of the Hachioji Princes will make peace, and confront Iitomi Torama.

Nagano Yoshimasa and Kohata Kenshige, who received Tsukahara Ink Dragon's request, also began to mobilize their troops, although Uesugi Kenmasa was very unhappy with Tsukahara Ink Dragon, but he never wanted to see Hojo Clan Yasu defeat Tsukahara Ink Dragon and win the 800,000 stone land, so he had to acquiesce to their actions. Nagano and Kohata Kenshige were very at odds, so Nagano Yoshimasa led the Minowa people to Koizumi Castle to form military pressure on the Hojo family's military presence in Shimono Province and Ninja Castle, while Kohata Kenshige led the Akabei army into Musashi Matsuyama Castle and directly threatened Kawagoe Castle, the center of the Hojo family's rule in Musashi Province, making it impossible for Tame Mototada to leave Musashi Province. But even so, Hojo Shiyasu still gathered nearly 20,000 troops with Akabi of Hojo Tsunataka and Hasakatsu Kasahara Yasukatsu's Shiraki as the core, preparing to fight to the death with Tsukahara Moryū.