No matter how treacherous you are, you still drank Lao Tzu's footwashing water.

Got the Hojo clan Kang, Tsugawa Soji quickly resigned, here is more of the Hojo family's foundation, belongs to the land of right and wrong, it's not good to stay for a long time. It's not that I'm afraid that Hojo Shiyasu will be bad for him, but I'm worried that my news in Odawara Castle will be exposed, and when the time comes, it may make allies like the Nagao family and the Satomi family feel guilty.

.......

Things turned out as Tsugawa had hoped.

Through the efforts of Hojo Shiyasu, the three old enemies of Hojo, Imagawa, and Takeda finally shook hands and made peace, completing the Triple Alliance two years earlier than in history. With no threat from the west, Hojo finally had the strength to concentrate on fighting the Kanto group.

As for the Nagao family in Ueno, they have withdrawn from Kanto and returned to Echigo.

Just as Soji Tsugawa arrived at Dewa Ueno Castle, Harumobu Takeda, the head of the Kai Takeda family, once again led his army north to attack Shinano. This time, perhaps because of the losses of the previous two times, Takeda Harunobu fought with the spirit of twelve points and went all out to fight against Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagasaki and others.

The strength of the Takeda family was still stronger than the Shinano coalition army, and many of Shinano's countrymen were in communication with Takeda Harunobu, and soon the Shinano coalition army collapsed. Harunobu Takeda finally captured Toishi Castle, and then Katsuo Castle again.

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi fled north to the Echigo Nagao family for help. Seeing that Shinano's situation was so erosive, Nagao Keihu couldn't care about stumbling with the Hojo family, and after such a long confrontation, Nagao Keihu also found that the Hojo family was not so easy to deal with.

In contrast, let's go to the "soft persimmon" of the Takeda family to pinch it.

Although the Nagao family withdrew from Ueno, Uesugi Kenmasa stayed, and was supported by Nagano Yoshimasa and other people, and the Kohata clan and other people also temporarily fell to Uesugi Kenmasa, and in general, Ueno initially returned to the hands of the Uesugi family.

But without the constraints of the Nagao family, the pressure on the Hojo family's Musashi side has plummeted. Hojo immediately withdrew the more than 10,000 troops deployed in Musashi and marched downward. The Chiba family also actively cooperated with the actions of the Hojo family, and put pressure on the Satomi family by garrisoning troops along the line between Shimono and Kamiso.

Soon, the situation in Kanto stabilized again, and after the loss of the Nagao family, although the strength of Satomi, Satake, and Utsunomiya was good, there was still some distance from the Hojo family. In addition, the three families fought separately and did not form a unified front, and they were soon disintegrated by the Hojo family.

The Furukawa Imperial Palace of the Ashikaga Haruhi clan was also captured by the Hojo clan Yasu, and the Ashikaga Haruhi clan was captured on the way to escape to Shimono and was forced to step down from the position of the prince, so that Umechiyo Wangmaru inherited the position of the Furukawa Gongkata and was the fifth generation of the Furukawa Gongfang Ashikaga Yoshiji.

On the other hand, Kochiyo Wangmaru Ashikaga Fuji fled north into Mutsu and found Akechi Mitsuhide, the acting official of the Tsugawa family in Mitsunoku. In the end, under the escort of Akechi Mitsuhide's troops, the Ashikaga Fuji clan came to the Tsuruoka Imperial Palace in Dewa and hugged the thigh of Ashikaga Yoshimune.

In April of the following year, at the invitation of Yoshikiyo Murakami, a member of Shinano Clan, Nagao Keitora ordered to march into Shinano and embarked on this road of no return to love and kill Takeda Harunobu......

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Twenty-third year of Astronomy (1554 AD), Omi, Kuchigi Valley.

It's been more than a year since Ashikaga Yoshiteru came here, and looking back on the past is like a cloud of smoke from the past. The struggle with Miyoshi Chokei finally failed, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru had no choice but to flee from Kyoto again, defect to the Omi wealthy Kuchiki family, and change his name to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Just last year, Ashikaga Yoshiki thought that "the time has come", and joined Hosokawa Harumoto, who was defeated by Miyoshi Nagakei, to do a wave of things, and then finally failed, Hosokawa Harumoto also followed Ashikaga Yoshiki to Kuchiki Valley.

If there is good news, it is not nothing, Wakasa Takeda Nobutoyo, the head of the Takeda family, in the case of the extreme disadvantage of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's side, angrily brushed a wave of presence. With a large number of muskets and sophisticated equipment supported by the Tsugawa family, Takeda Nobutoyo and Hatano Harimi defeated the Miyoshi family's acting official in Tamba when he sent troops to Tanba, and Naito Kunisada was also shot into a sieve by the musket team under Takeda Nobutoyo.

Because of the financial support of the Tsugawa family, coupled with the support of various weapons, Takeda Nobutoyo has cleared the instability in his family and completely controlled Wakasa Province. In addition, the head of the Asakura family next door belongs to the "godson" of Tsugawa Soji (Tsugawa Soji is the black hat of Asakura Sokei), and the Asai family in the south and the Isshiki family in the west are rookies, so Takeda Nobutoyo's life during this time is very nourishing.

The interior of the Takeda family was also modeled after the Tsugawa family, and even the construction of the standing ashigaru was copied one-to-one in the way of the Tsugawa family. The entire Wakasa Takeda family has more than 3,000 standing guards and more than 1,000 peasant soldiers, all of whom are well-equipped elites.

It is no exaggeration to say that if you want to say which force is the most elite in the entire recent region, it really has to be the Wakasa Takeda family.

However, Harumoto Hosokawa and Yoshiki Ashikaga were pig teammates for a while. Seeing that Hosokawa Harumoto and Ashikaga Yoshiteru had both fled, the Hatano family also flinched and asked the Miyoshi family for a truce.

Although Takeda Shintoyo has the heart to fight, after all, the territory of the Takeda family is in Wakasa, and Tanba is not the home field. In addition, after defeating Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Hosokawa Harumoto, Miyoshi Nagakei was able to concentrate his forces on Tanba, and the Takeda family alone could not fight against the Miyoshi family, which was in full swing.

Surrounded by mountains with only a narrow mountain path leading to the outside, Kuchigi Valley is a favorite of Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshiteru father and son because of its unique terrain, making it the first choice after escaping Kyoto.

However, this time when he came to Kuchigi Valley, Ashikaga Yoshiteru did not meet his old friend Kuchigi Harutsuna, the head of the Kuchigi family.

A few years ago, Harutsuna Kuchigi fought against the Takashima family, a wealthy clan in Omi Takashima Prefecture, and was eventually killed. At this time, the head of the Kuchigi family was the youngest son of Kuchigi Haruna, who was just 5 years old.

Standing on the highest peak of the Kuchigi Valley, Ashikaga Yoshiki looked in silence in the direction of the southwest, which was in the direction of Kyoto.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru comes here almost every day to have a look at the distance, and he secretly vows in his heart that he will come back one day!

Hosokawa Harumoto also stood beside Ashikaga Yoshiki, and Hosokawa Harumoto, the former shogunate leader and overlord of the recent several, had also suffered from the wind and frost at this time. If it weren't for the fact that he was wearing a fancy dress, people who didn't know would see Hosokawa Harumoto at this time, and it would probably be not much different from seeing a mountain villager.

"General, are you still unwilling?" Coming to Ashikaga Yoshiteru's side and sitting down, Hosokawa Harumoto took out the water bottle he was carrying and handed it to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The kettle is made of bamboo, and a small opening is made on one side, and then a stopper is made, which is made of local materials and easy to carry.

Ashikaga Yoshiki took a big sip of water, and after drinking almost the water in the kettle, he wiped his mouth and said, "What if you are unwilling, I didn't expect the strength of the Miyoshi family to be as strong as a fight!" ”