In the Junfu assessment room, the ministers of the Imagawa family, who had just experienced a big defeat, were a little decadent and worried at this time, and many even came to participate in the assessment with injuries. Last year's bumper harvest made the Imagawa family's grain stock skyrocket, coupled with years of accumulation, it was enough to support the nine-month expedition of 40,000 troops, after all, this is not the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need for long-distance transportation that makes people's scalps tingle to fight, and most of the grain can still enter the stomach of the soldiers; The Nonwei Plain is famous all over the world, there are almost no natural dangers to defend, and the defense of Heicheng is far inferior to that of the mountain castle; Although Oda Nobunaga relied on the prestige of sweeping Owari and secured the position of the lord of Owari in one fell swoop, but then attacked Nagashima Castle and suffered a big defeat, and the Oda army was weak, otherwise the Sakuma clan sitting in the fortress of Higashi-Owari would not be so vulnerable...... But even so, the Imagawa family still lost, and although the first general of the Imagawa family was killed in the battle, Asahina Taino, the first general of the Imagawa family, but on the whole, it was the Imagawa family that took the strategic initiative, after all, the continuous flow of Tokaido troops was so numerous that the Owari generals felt desperate. However, the sudden death of Imagawa Yoshimoto instantly collapsed the battle. Although the seriously ill Taiyuan Yukisai sat in Okazaki Castle to support the sick body and command the whole army, it was still defeated by Oda Nobunaga and led the army, not only the captured city was recaptured, but even Nishimikawa was not saved, until Okazaki Castle, the Oda family's troops were desperately blocked by the retreating Imagawa army. Fortunately, Saito Michizo didn't want to see his son-in-law become bigger, so he immediately began a large-scale troop transfer, and Oda Nobunaga, who was afraid of Saito Michizo, did not dare to fight for a long time, so he had to retreat.

Rao is like this, the number of samurai killed in the battle has also reached more than 500, and the number of soldiers is more than 2,500, which is the number of people killed in battle, not including the wounded.

"The lord has arrived!" The little surname shouted with a strong spirit.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the Imagawa family were stunned for a moment, because Imagawa Yoshimoto died suddenly in battle, it stands to reason that the position of the governor of the Imagawa family still needs to be discussed by the important ministers, after all, this is the Imagawa family, not the Tsukahara family, and the governor does not have such great authority.

But when they saw the elderly Shou Guini and the sick Taiyuan Xuezhai dragging the sick body, pulling the Imagawa clan out of the house, they didn't dare to speak. Shou Guini was born into a famous family, received a good education from a young age, and later married a member of the Imagawa clan. Since her husband Imagawa clan has been in poor health, Shou Guini, as the main house, also helped govern the country and single-handedly drafted the Imagawa clan's division law. Later, when her husband died, and the eldest son, who succeeded to the throne of the family governor, was young, Shou Gui Ni began to come to the front of the stage, and after flexibly and quickly suppressing the rebellion of the people of Suruga and Enoe, she was even called "the daimyo of the woman". However, the eldest son and the second son both died young, and Shou Guini single-handedly supported his already monked son Mei Yue Chengfang, who later became Imagawa Yoshimoto, and after suppressing the Hanakura Rebellion with an iron fist, Imagawa Yoshimoto officially appeared on the stage of history. The successful Shou Gui Ni has no love for power, and naturally retreats behind the scenes to continue his practice, so the prestige of the Imagawa family is so high that even Imagawa Yoshimoto can't compare. It's just that Imagawa Yoshimoto died suddenly in battle, and Shou Guini, who is nearly seventy years old, has to come forward again to stabilize the situation. And with her appearance and statement, there is actually no suspense about the position of the Imagawa family's governor.

"See the lord!" The important ministers hurriedly saluted, seeing this scene, Taiyuan Xuezhai, who was seriously ill, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally avoided possible civil strife, as long as there were no major mistakes in the whole, the local rebellion of the people could still be suppressed.

"Everyone," Shou Guini slowly spoke, and everyone hurriedly listened respectfully, "The old body originally just wanted to always accompany the green lantern and serve my Buddha, but Yiyuan suddenly died on the battlefield, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, so he had no choice but to come forward." ”

Everyone hurriedly pleaded guilty, saying that it was because they did not protect the lord that they let the lord die.

"Shizhen, this child, the old body watched him grow up, this child is very benevolent, so I recommend him to succeed him as the governor of the Imagawa family." Shou Gui Ni said indifferently, as if it was not her son who died in the battle, but the words made the ministers feel relieved, Shou Gui Ni has emphasized that the Imagawa clan is really "very benevolent", what does this mean? It means that in the future, I will continue to respect the interests of everyone here, what should everyone do, and I will not be held accountable for the defeat, so that the ministers of the Imagawa family don't care much about who will be the governor, and of course they have expressed their obedience.

The most important resolution was passed, Shou Guini stopped talking, and Taiyuan Xuezhai on the side glanced at Imagawa Shin encouragingly, and the fifteen-year-old Imagawa Shin mustered up the courage and said to the ministers: "Now that the family is in turmoil, please unite as one and tide over the difficulties together." ”

"Oh!" The ministers replied with a bang.

Taking a deep breath, Imagawa Shin continued: "Now the family needs to recuperate, but the family that has just experienced a great war will be coveted by many forces, Lord Sekiguchi, please go to the Takeda family and make sure to form an alliance with the Takeda family." ”

"I will do my best!" Sekiguchi Shihiro hurriedly responded, the Takeda family newly obtained 200,000 stone from the North Shinano, which is the time when the sun is in full swing, and the Imagawa family is newly defeated, and if you want to form an alliance, you will have to pay a lot of price, but Sekiguchi Shihiro has no choice, the Oda family is still far away in Mikawa, and Kai is next to Suruga.

"As for the Hojo family, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold the Molong Gong for long......" Imagawa muttered to himself.

"Lord, the old minister is willing to go to Xiaojin City." Taiyuan Xuezhai said with difficulty.

"Little Golden City?" The retainers of the Imagawa family were in an uproar, but then fell silent, and the latest news they got was that Tsukahara Moryū easily took Ueno Ichikoku, and defeated the main force of the Hojo Army in the Third Battle of Kofutai, and the entire Kanto region fell into the hands of Tsukahara Moryū, it was really only a matter of time. But this is undoubtedly a departure from the Imagawa family's long-term strategy of checks and balances in the Kanto region, but now, even if the Imagawa family fully supports the Hojo family, I am afraid it will not be long before it......

"My lord! Lord! A messenger outside the hall ran over in a panic, but was stopped by the warrior outside the hall, but the other party was unaware and still shouted frantically.

Seeing that the other party was so out of shape, the Imagawa clan suddenly disliked it, but he still had to show his tolerance as the successor of the family governor, and immediately waved his hand and motioned for the samurai to let the other party in and speak.

The messenger came to the assessment room with a frightened face, and said tremblingly: "Hojo Tsusunari dedicated all the Musashi country to Tsukahara Moryū in exchange for Tsukahara Moryū to be returned to the Hojo clan...... And after Tsukahara Moryū learned of Takeda Harunobu's attack on Nagao Keitora, he captured Hachioji Castle overnight and carried out a complete slaughter...... Also, there are a large number of Tsukahara troops in Izu Province, and the local Hojo Army is already difficult to compete with, and is asking for help from the main family......"

There was a deathly silence in the huge assessment, and everyone listened to this frightening news in horror, especially the appearance of the Tsukahara Army in Izu Country, which made everyone here feel that a sharp blade was hanging above their heads, and the handle of the knife was still in the hands of the demon dragon Tsukahara Molong.

"The Hojo family is finish......ed," Of course, the samurai outside the hall could also hear the words of the messenger, and couldn't help but muttered to themselves, and the important ministers in the assessment room actually nodded in unison. The current Hojo family, even if the Imagawa family and the Takeda family were at their peak, they may not be able to carry Tsukahara Molong, not to mention that the Imagawa family and the Takeda family are in a state of great vitality.

After a long silence, the Imagawa clan sighed and got up and said, "I decided to go to Xiaojincheng to meet the teacher in person. ”