Chapter Seventy-Nine: Imagawa Mediation

With the morale plummeting to the bottom, the Hojo Army fell into an embarrassing situation of defeat, although Hojo Tsusunari and Tominaga Naokatsu both had heavy troops, and struggled to resist the Tsukahara Army's return to the light of the counterattack, but more than half of the Hojo Army's rout and escape caused the entire army to fall into the brink of collapse, Hojo Tsusunari and Tominaga Naokakatsu's orders could not be issued to the combat troops at all, all they could control was dozens of people close to them, if these people were used to resist the attack of the Tsukahara Army, it was indeed enough. But...... It was wishful thinking to maintain order in the Hojo Army, and the headquarters of the two were like boats swaying in the wind and rain under the impact of the chaotic Hojo Army, and there was a possibility of being submerged at any time. Fortunately, Hojo Tsusunari has a very high prestige in the Hojo Army, and no one dares to cause a "stampede accident" in front of him, but Hojo Tsusunari has nothing to do does not mean that others are fine, there are already many Hojo Army samurai who did not fall under the Tsukahara saber, but were trampled to death by the foot soles of their own feet, after all, the barracks are so big, and there are so many dead bodies, it is normal to trip and fall when running in a panic, but it is not so easy to get up after falling......

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, even the generals of the Hojo Army who wanted to avenge the Hojo clan Yasu the most knew that this battle could not be fought anymore, so they had to start to slowly retreat outside the camp, fortunately, the Tsukahara army had already been drained of combat power, even if Tsukahara Molong killed the Hojo clan, there was no way to make everyone instantly full of physical strength, so the pursuit they faced was not strong. Seeing the Hojo Army slowly withdrawing, Tsukahara Moryū became nervous, because Hojo Shiyasu had long been unable to command the battle on the front line due to physical reasons, but Hojo Tsusunari was still alive, once he withdrew the main force, and then after integrating the troops outside the camp, he had only one way to escape.

Just when Tsukahara Molong was in a hurry, a howling army camp was just in time to meet the retreating Hojo Army, without the slightest hesitation, like a hungry wolf, frantically pounced, and fought with the demoralized Hojo Army. The blood-stained Inukai Yoshio came to Tsukahara Molong who was looking at the battlefield lightly, "The head of Hojo Tsunagao has been obtained, and the Red Reserve Team is finished." ”

"Hmm." Tsukahara Molong nodded, but he didn't say anything to compliment, after all, he had gathered ten times the strength of Chibei, and he also used the method of taking turns to launch a non-stop fierce attack, even if they were iron fighting troops, they would definitely not be able to withstand it. In Japanese history, there is no one who is best at this way than the dragon of Echigo, Uesugi Kenshin, and the Chehang Array easily grinded to death Takeda Nobuyoshige, the first minister of the Takeda family, in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima. After Uesugi Kenshin died of illness, the Uesugi family was transferred to the feudal system, and its power declined sharply, and during the Sekigahara War, Uesugi Keikatsu fought with the Mogami family and the Date family at the same time, and once again put out a car suspension array, which scared many people. It's a pity that at that time, Uesugi Keikatsu had neither the talent of Uesugi Kenshin nor the elite division of the Echigo Samurai, so the car suspension array became a joke.

Three days later, in the city of Junfu, Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the small table in front of him with a gloomy face, and the battle report sent back by the ninja was on it, and soon, Taiyuan Xuezhai walked in, gave a salute to Imagawa Yoshimoto, and sat beside him.

"Teacher, we were all tricked by Hojo Shiyasu." Imagawa Yoshimoto said murderously, "Wind Demon Shinobu is such a big trick, it can actually block all the news on the front line, making us think that the Hojo Army is really defeated, and as a result, taking advantage of our retreat, we concentrated all the main forces and headed for Edo Castle!" Speaking of this, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly sighed lightly: "In this way, the outcome has been decided......

Taiyuan Xuezhai silently took out a roll of tissue paper from his sleeve, put it in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and said meaningfully: "Yes, the victory or defeat has been decided." Clan Kang Gong ...... Really died in battle. ”

Well? Imagawa Yoshimoto, who heard the news of Hojo's death, jumped up like an electric shock, picked up the piece of paper, and looked at it carefully, but the more he looked at his arm, the more he trembled. Hojo Shiyasu, Hojo Tsunataka, Kasahara Yasukatsu, Daido Temple Masashiger...... Not only did the Hojo clan Yasu die in battle, but the family's old minister, the Hojo family, also killed three people in battle, and two of them were also the commanders of the five color preparations! As for the generals and generals, there are countless people who died in battle, and the Hojo family is completely abolished. After a long time, Imagawa Yoshimoto shouted excitedly: "Someone! ”

A guard waiting outside the door hurriedly ran in and got down on one knee. Imagawa Yoshimoto opened his mouth and said: "Order the gathering of generals and prepare to ......attack Odawara Castle" Suddenly, Imagawa Yoshimoto seemed to realize something, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's okay, you go down first." ”

"Hah!" Although he was confused, it was obvious that a small guard like himself could interfere in these things, so the guard still retreated.

Imagawa Yoshimoto turned to Taiyuan Yukisai and said, "Teacher, please also mediate from this, and never let Tsukahara Molong destroy the Hojo family." ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai smiled kindly and said happily: "Yes." "For the growth of Imagawa Yoshimoto, Taiyuan Yukisai is very pleased, although the battle of Kofutai, Hojo Shiyasu deceived everyone, but what he didn't expect was that the Hojo Army, which gathered all the main forces, was still defeated by Tsukahara Moryu. If it were customary, the deceived princes would definitely go to Odawara Castle to ask for their guilt. But here's the problem...... The current Hojo family can't stand such a toss, and if one doesn't do it well, it will perish, and in that case, the princes will have to face to face with Tsukahara Molong, which no one wants to accept. The Imagawa family's goal is Kamiraku, while the Takeda family is committed to the Shinano strategy, and no one wants a giant behind them.

"Since the night battle of Ninja City, there have been some talents in the Hojo family, this time the Kokufutai battle, 30,000 troops went out, and only 12,000 people returned to Edo Castle, which can be said to have completely shaken the foundation of the Hojo family. Unexpectedly, the three generations of early clouds, clan gangs, and clan Kanggong fought hard, and the Hojo samurai regiment that had been accumulated was actually killed and injured in this battle, and Tsukahara Molong had to guard against it. Taiyuan Xuezhai said slowly: "However, the Hojo family has always had a bad reputation in the Kanto region, but I am afraid that after being hit hard, even if Tsukahara Molong doesn't do it, they will not be able to bear it." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded, naturally knowing who Taiyuan Yukisai was referring to, and said: "I will contact the Takeda family and put pressure on Tsukahara Molong together, if anyone dares to use troops against the Hojo family this year, then the family and the Takeda family will join forces to resist." ”

"That's very good." Taiyuan Yukisai nodded and said, although the Imagawa family and the Takeda family are both slightly inferior in strength to the Hojo family in their heyday, but to say that the two families have joined forces to protect the Hojo family, even Tsukahara Moryū and the Uesugi family have to temporarily avoid the edge.

Just when Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taiyuan Xuezhai were discussing, another bloody storm was about to set off in Guofutai......