Honjo Minoru was originally a member of the country of Echigo. In the period of long-tail scenery, it gradually moved closer to the long-tail family.

Later, when Nagao Harukei succeeded to the throne, he became a retainer of the Uesugi family. Originally, Honjo was the lord of Tochio Castle. However, during a meeting with Nagao Harui, he noticed Nagao's extraordinary strength and excellent abilities. Therefore, he suggested to Nagao Haruhi that Nagao Keihoo be the lord of Tochio Castle, and he became Nagao Keito's retainer.

Such a move caused a wave of criticism in Echigo, after all, such a voluntary renunciation of Zhixing to become a 14-year-old samurai's retainer is undoubtedly a manifestation of "stupidity". But it turned out that Minoru Honjo's political investment was undoubtedly profitable.

In the time that followed, Honjo can be said to be the military teacher of Nagao Jinghu when he was young, and he had a great influence on the use of troops by Nagao Jinghu in the future. After the rise of Uesugi Kenshin, Minoru Honjo and Minoru Naoe were both close ministers and gained great power, becoming a pivotal figure in the family, which can be regarded as a different way to make a career.

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In the Kasuga Yamajo castle castle tower, Honjo Minoru ran in covered in blood, and after hearing Nagao Harui's inquiry, he hurriedly said with an excited face, "The main hall! Good news! Good news! ”

"Yesterday night, I sent 400 troops from Tochio Castle to attack the main camp of the Hojo family and the Yasuda family, fighting for a day and night, and won 19 enemy samurai and 112 ashigaru! Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keigen have officially surrendered to the family! Honjo said with an excited face.

"What!"

"How is that possible!"

Minoru Naoe and Haruki Nagao suddenly let out an exclamation, and they couldn't believe that what Minoru Honjo said was true!

"How is this possible!" Nagao Harukei muttered with a confused expression, "Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keimoto alone have thousands of troops, and Kihei only has four or five hundred people under his command, how can they defeat the two of them so quickly?" Even forced Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keigen to surrender? ”

If it weren't for Honjo's steady personality, Nagao Haruki would have almost suspected that Honjo was delivering fake news. When Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keigen sent troops before, Nagao Haruki was still hesitating whether to send reinforcements to support Tochio Castle and block the attack of the two families.

Unexpectedly, in just three days, Nagao Jinghu directly defeated Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keimoto? How is this possible!

The more he thought about Nagao Haruki, the more he couldn't believe it, and hurriedly asked, "Honjo Mino, immediately tell me in detail about the battle from beginning to end!" ”

"Hah!"

Minoru Honjo hurriedly said with emotion: "At first, the combined forces of Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keimoto were indeed invincible, and they captured several castles around Tochio Castle in a row! At one point, the enemy surrounded Tochio Castle. ”

"Fortunately, at this time, the lord returned to Tochio Castle, and personally led 11 samurai to fight to the death in the castle tower, and stubbornly blocked the siege of the enemy army for two days!"

"Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keimoto, who had not been able to attack for a long time, temporarily retreated, and the main camp was arranged three miles north of Tochio Castle. On the evening of the same day, the lord and the inferior discussed a surprise attack! So immediately afterwards, the lord and his subordinates led 200 troops each to the rear of the enemy's main formation, and took advantage of the night to take the enemy's main formation. ”

"After a day and night of fighting, the enemy army gradually became overwhelmed! At this time, the Jingxindian of the Guzhi Nagao family led the army to arrive and assist the family in flanking the enemy army! ”

"After the enemy army was encircled, they also prepared to break out several times, but they were all repelled by our own family! In the end, Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keimoto, who had no way to escape, had to surrender to their family! After saying that, Honjo wiped the blood from his face. In order to report the good news to Nagao Haruhei as soon as possible, Minoru Honjo rushed to Kasuga Yamajo Castle on a fast horse as soon as the battle ended, and he didn't even have time to eat and wash.

After listening to Minoru Honjo's words, Nagao Harukei and Naoe Minoru glanced at each other, and both of them were still in a dream!

There are three main enemies of the Nagao family today! The first is Echigo's nominal guardian Uesugi Dingshi, the second is the Yohoku people led by the Nakajo family, and the third is the Hojo family and the Yasuda family!

But now one of the "three evils" has been solved so easily by the long-tailed Jinghu, and the long-tailed Qingjing feels like a dream.......

At this time, Naoe Minoru hurriedly spoke: "Lord! Honjo-sama must be extremely tired from this trip, so it is better to let Honjo-sama retire and rest first! And the family on the side of Tochio Castle should immediately send his retainers to negotiate with Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keimoto, and take the two families under their command! ”

"Exactly!" Naoe's words made Nagao Haruki react, and then hurriedly said to Honjo Minoru and Naoe Minorutsuna, "Yobei, you will be solely responsible for the affairs of Tochio Castle." As for Honjo Minoru, it's been hard all the way, so let's go down and rest first! ”

"Hah!" Minoru Honjo and Minoru Naoe hurriedly replied.

After the two left, Nagao Harujing slowly stood up from the ground, came to a map behind him, found the location of the Yasuda family and the Hojo family, and said slowly, "In this way, there is no longer a threat in the Sino-Vietnamese area, and it is time to concentrate on concentrating forces to deal with these people in Xiayue!" ”

"Haha! Xihei Erzhen is the pillar of the family! In a short period of time, the Hojo and Yasuda families were pacified, even if it was my father, it was only ..... But that's it......." Haruki Nagao whispered more and more until he was completely silent. After finishing speaking, Nagao Harukage's face became a little unnatural, and he walked in the hall with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

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Tochio Castle is a fortified castle located in the central region of Echigo (the central region of Echigo, not the country of Echigo), and it is also the residence of Nagao Jinghu.

A great battle had just been experienced, and there was still a smell of gunsmoke in Tochio Castle.

Inside the castle tower, Nagao Keitora sat on the main seat, and next to him sat Nagao Keishino, the head of the Koshi Nagao family, and the captured head of the Hojo family, Hojo Takahiro, and Yasuda Keimoto, the head of the Yasuda family. The atmosphere seemed calm and eerie.

Hojo Takahiro had nothing to do with the Sagami Hojo clan (Go-Hojo clan) at this time, and the Echigo Hojo family, where Hojo Takahiro was located, was a branch of the Maori family, just like the Yasuda family. Hojo Takahiro is still a very capable retainer, and he has rebelled against Nagao Jinghu several times in history, but he has not been punished afterwards, on the contrary, he continues to be entrusted by Nagao Jinghu.

The two of them, Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Jingyuan, who had just been defeated, were full of despair at this time, after all, they were defeated by the long-tailed Jinghu in front of them, and the two of them were extremely unwilling in their hearts. But the success or defeat of the king is a foregone conclusion, and the two of them have no choice but to appoint.

In fact, the current situation of Hojo Takahiro and Yasuda Keigen is not good! The territory of the two is surrounded by the territory of the Nagao family, and the two families are almost in danger. This time the troops were also a desperate choice for the two families, but unfortunately they were quickly defeated by the long-tailed Jinghu........

And Nagao Keishin, who is sitting next to Nagao Jinghu, is the head of the Koshi Nagao family, one of the three long-tails in Echigo. In terms of generation, Nagao Jingxin is Nagao Jinghu's uncle, and Nagao Jinghu's mother is Nagao Jingxin's sister, and Nagao Jingxin has always been very concerned about his nephew. This time, when he heard that the city of Long-tailed Jinghu was under attack, he directly led the army to support.

"Jinghu Palace! I, Hojo Takahiro, have never been convinced in my life, and even if I am under Jing Gong, I am very dissatisfied! But recently, I have seen the demeanor of the Jinghu Palace, and I was deeply impressed by it, if the Jinghu Palace does not give up, I will be the retainer of the Jinghu Palace in the lower part, and I will be sent from now on! At this time, Yasuda Jingyuan broke the silence in the hall with a voice.