Chapter 144: A Grand Welcome Ceremony
"Tsunari-sama!" After the assessment, Hojo Phantom Nunnery stopped the expressionless Hojo Tsunari with an angry face, "I wonder why Tsusunari-sama didn't say a word in the assessment?" ”
Hojo Tsunari raised his eyelids and glanced at Hojo Phantom Nunnery lightly, but he could no longer see the sky-high pride and ambition of following Hojo Shiyasu to conquer the world, as if all his sharpness was consumed by reality, the more he was like this, the more it made Hojo Phantom An, who was bent on planning for the future of the Hojo family, angry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Unlike most of the people in the core out-of-t-style faction, Hojo Tsusunari stands tall enough, and although he is a general with a heavy army, he is also a rare handsome talent in the world, and Hojo Miran believes that he will not fail to see the harm caused by maintaining a high tax rate for a long time. It would be fine if something else involved factional disputes, but this matter is related to the root of the family, but Hojo Tsunashi has a tacit attitude, which makes Hojo Phantom Nunnery unable to suppress the anger in his heart.
"If I do, it's only going to make things worse." Although Hojo Tsunari's face was still flat, his words revealed endless helplessness and bitterness, which suddenly made Hojo Tsunari's heart sink. At present, the Hojo family is an eventful season, and the four people of Hojo Phantom An, Hojo Tsunari, Tominaga Naokakatsu and Tame Mototada can be said to be the pillars of the survival of the Hojo family, Tamu Mototada died in Fuchu Castle, but Hojo Tsunashi is like this......
"Lord Tsunade also invited the old man's mansion to talk about it." Hojo Phantom was silent for a moment and said to Hojo Tsunari.
Hojo Tsunari nodded silently, "In this way, it's bothering." ”
But the two didn't notice that the Hojo clan, who was looking from afar on the castle tower, watched the two leave side by side expressionlessly, and the backs of the drifting apart were flickering with a complex and incomprehensible light in their eyes.
Just when the undercurrent of Odawara Castle was surging, Minowa Castle was full of mourning, and the battle of Fuchu Castle almost completely defeated the main force of the entire Uesugi family, Rao is Nagano Ye was going south in time to support, and it could not resist the offensive of the three coalition forces of Hojo, Takeda, and Imagawa. At present, Uesugi Kenmasa not only lost the nearly 200,000 stone territory that Tsukahara Moryū won for the Uesugi family during the Kogan talks, but also was almost completely expelled from Musashi Province, leaving only Ueno Province to survive. But what made Uesugi Kenmasa even more angry or frightened was that his territory in Shimono Province was also squeezed out by the Tsukahara army, not that he felt sorry for the lost territory, but that the change in the Tsukahara family's attitude towards the Uesugi family made him shudder. In particular, a piece of news that gradually spread in the Kanto region made him cold from head to toe: Tsukahara Moryu's brother Ashikaga Yorisumi was the shadow warrior of Tsukahara Moryu, and Tsukahara Molong returned to the territory in two separate ways, but was assassinated and killed in Ueno Province. Although Uesugi Kenmasa poured dirty water on the Hojo family as soon as the incident happened, even if Tsukahara Moryū was kicked by the Hojo clan to kick Edo Castle, he had no intention of starting a full-scale war with the Hojo family, let alone making any evaluation of Uesugi Kenmasa's declaration, and the entire Tsukahara family was silent and frightened Uesugi Kenmasa.
At this time, the news of the Ota clan's exodus also reached the ears of Uesugi Kenmasa, originally such a family that had been crippled would not cause any attention from Uesugi Kenmasa at all, especially the special identity of the Ota clan, but it also made Uesugi Kenmasa feel comfortable, and he was finally able to see out of sight and not be upset. But the Ota clan went to the Tsukahara family, the nature of this matter completely changed, and what made Uesugi Kenmasa break out in a cold sweat was that the wind rumored that Tsukahara Molong not only enthusiastically accepted the Ota clan who was suppressed in the Uesugi family, but also gave the Ota family Edo Castle and its surrounding 30,000 stone territories to the Ota family, which immediately made the entire Ota clan grateful, and in the attack and defense of Edo Castle, the Ota clan samurai forgot to die, and mediated and fought with the enemy army ten times their own, and even in the night attack with a force of 300 people, they defeated the 20,000 army of the Hojo family, For Tsukahara Moryū firmly guarded the west gate of Tsukahara's house, so that Tsukahara Moryū was able to calmly take over the land of Shimono and Hitachi, and by the way, the tens of thousands of Mutsu Allied troops who would commit crimes were crippled. All this made Uesugi Kenmasa suddenly have the urge to slap himself a few times, the original Tsukahara Molong was like this, and the current Ota Shimasa is also like this, how can he have a large number of people under his command, but they are all brilliant after they have gone out?
If the departure of the Ota clan made Uesugi Kenmasa lose face, and his face was swollen with a slap, those remnants of the Uesugi army who were defeated in the Battle of Fuchu Castle and withdrew to Edo Castle with Ota Shimasa made Uesugi Kenmasa vigilant, after all, they lost the battle under their own command and almost died, while the Tsukahara family defeated a strong enemy, so their return may cause some unnecessary trouble. After thinking about it, Uesugi Kenmasa decided to go to greet them in person, let them feel the care of the leaders, and by the way, appease the wealthy families of Ueno Province who were fighting for themselves, and let them know that as long as they work hard to resist, the leaders will not forget them, and they will work for themselves in the future.
Since the leader had this need, although the Ueno Kunihao clan suffered a lot of losses in the process of fighting the Hojo family, he still tried his best to plan and make the welcome ceremony quite grand. Uesugi Kenmasa stood on the side of the road under the scorching sun, fanning his fans constantly, staring at the end of the road with some impatience, but fortunately, the time was more accurate, Uesugi Kenmasa didn't wait there for too long, and the group appeared from the end of the line of sight.
Uesugi Kenmasa stood up satisfied, approached the little surname and hurriedly stepped forward to sort out Uesugi Kenmasa's clothes, and after carefully checking that there were no mistakes, Uesugi Kenmasa showed a sunny smile: "Everyone come with me." ”
The lineup that greeted this time was not luxurious, the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa, the Uesugi family's pen head old Uesugi Asada, the two strongest generals of the Uesugi family, Nagano Yoshimasa and Kohata Kenshige, and the city lords of Ueno Province, it can be said that even Tsukahara Molong personally visited the Uesugi family, and Uesugi Kenmasa could not come up with a larger lineup. When the wealthy families who returned from Edo Castle saw this amazing scene, they were so frightened that they rolled off their horses, wept bitterly to express their gratitude, and swore that they would definitely finally be loyal to the Uesugi family and the Kanto Governor, which made Uesugi Kenmasa extremely satisfied, and Wen Yan comforted him, but Uesugi Kenmasa always felt that the reaction of these wealthy clans seemed to be a little strange, not only excited, but also a little ...... Panic? But seeing a large number of people kneeling down and crying bitterly, Uesugi Kenmasa just pressed this doubt in his heart and continued the welcoming ceremony.
But he didn't plan to stay here for long, after all, this place was too close to the territory of the Tsukahara family, and these wealthy families almost came out of the Tsukahara family and met Uesugi Kenmasa, so this grand welcome ceremony soon ended in a joyful atmosphere, but its subsequent impact was unexpected by Uesugi Kenmasa.
It all started with a secret message that Uesugi received from Kenmasa.