Due to the misjudgment of Hojo Shiyasu, the heavy minister Tominaga Naokumaki seppuku, Hojo Phantom An, and the entire Seibei army were destroyed.

However, the important combat force of the Jade Rope Clan has not yet suffered losses, and as long as the Hojo clan Yasu arranges the candidates for the temple army, then the remaining Hojo army will still be able to retreat to Sagami in large numbers. It's just that Hachioji Castle, Takiyama Castle and other branches of the Hojo family in Musashi Country could only be forced to give up.

The reason why Hojo Shiyasu planned to retreat directly into Sagami Province was also considered. The Hojo family is already unpopular in Musashi, so even if they continue to stay, there will definitely be Uesugi family insiders everywhere. Rather than this, it is better to retreat to Sagami Province, where the Hojo family has been running for three generations.

Of course, Hojo Shiyasu still found Imagawa Shin and others before breaking through. Hojo Shiyasu's purpose was that if he couldn't beat it, he could go to Odawara Castle to hide, and he didn't believe that the Uesugi army could surround Odawara Castle for seven or eight years.

"Imagawa Osabe Daisuke, the task of the temple army will be handed over to the Imagawa army. Please! Hojo said solemnly to the dazed Imagawa Shin. He knew very well that the thousands of people where the Imagawa clan was located were motionless, and as long as the palace army was handed over to them, they should be able to fight the Uesugi army for a while.

"Lord, we can take on this mission, although it is a life of nine deaths." Asahina Shin placed him behind Imagawa Shin and immediately reminded him. In order to negotiate the success of the plan with Asada, Asahina Shinji found that this would be a great opportunity. As soon as the Hojo army withdrew from Fuchu Castle, the forces of Okabe Motonobu and others would be able to occupy it immediately, and Hojo Shiyasu and the remaining 11,000 troops under his command would not be able to hide in the city.

"Our army only has Tanba Mamoru (Okabe Motoshin), Bichu Mamoru (Asahina Taichao) and Suruga Mamoru (Asahina Shinji) your 5,500 men and horses, plus my horses and 200 banners, how can you withstand the offensive of the Uesugi army?" Although the Imagawa clan has never fought a few battles, you can see it by looking at the proportion of people. There are 3,000 men and horses of Toshimitsu Anazawa in the south of Fuchu Castle, nearly 20,000 Uesugi troops on the frontal battlefield in the northwest of Fuchu Castle, and hundreds of white-robed knights on the west side repeatedly harassing them.

"Tanba Mamoru, Suruga Mamoru and Beizhong Mamoru are all members of the family, and they are important ministers of the generation, and Tanba Shou repelled the Mikawa army several times his own with outnumbered soldiers. Suruga and Bichu also withstood the offensive of the Takeda army on several occasions on the Enoe border. Okabe Tanba Mamoru continued to hold Narumi Castle after the Battle of Barrel Sasama, and returned to Suruga after obtaining the head of the first lord of the gento, and the three of them could be completely trusted. "Asai Masatoshi, a member of the Imagawa family, naturally trusts these three people very much.

"Yes, it is enough to have three generals of the family commanding this force of five thousand five hundred. Back then, the Takeda Army and the Matsudaira Army were several times their military strength, and at this moment, the Uesugi Army was only several times the same as before. "Sekiguchi Clan Hiro, as a branch of the Imagawa family, is also the brother-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and his words are also credible.

"I have long heard about their loyalty, and during the Battle of Barrel Sasama, their clansmen also died in battle as the general of the banner under the command of the Duke of Yiyuan. For example, Okabe Kai Shouchota, Asahina Master Shosuke Hide, etc. I'll leave it to you! Hojo then left Honmaru with Ise Sadaun and the others.

Looking at the figures of Hojo Shiyasu and the others gradually moving away, Asahina Shinji said lightly to Asahina Motochi, who was of the same clan behind him: "Higo Mamoru (Asahina Motochi's official position), quickly inform Tanba Shouden, whether Daisuke Jibu can return to Suruga depends on what we are waiting for at this moment." ”

"Yes!" Asahina Motochi immediately left Ohiroma and hurried to Okabe Motoshin's office in the northeast of Fuchu Castle. Asahina Motochi is the descendant of the Enoe Asahina family, and it is a branch of the Enami Asahina Chief's family. They are the beings who have been serving the Suruga Asahina family.

"Mamoru Suruga, can our army withstand the offensive of the Uesugi army?" The Imagawa clan himself didn't believe that with nearly 6,000 men, he could withstand the onslaught of more than 20,000 Uesugi troops.

"Of course I can't hold it, the ministers deliberately left the Uesugi family to join the Hojo Army after agreeing with the town government for the sake of the lord's return to Suruga as soon as possible." Asahina Shinji said it in front of Asai Masatoshi, Sekiguchi Hishiro, Horikoshi Sadaki and other Imagawa family retainers at this moment.

"What?! Don't you know that the family members I'm waiting for are all in Odawara Castle?! You are killing us! Horikoshi Sadaki and Sekiguchi Hiroshi directly pulled out the sword at their waists and pointed it at Asahina Shinji.

However, Asahina Terukatsu (Suruga Asahina clan, Chikuzen Mamoru ) who was behind Asahina Shin did not give in, and immediately beckoned twenty samurai wearing carcass pills who were on standby outside to enter Ohiroma and surround Horikoshi Sadaki and Sekiguchi Clanhiro.

"Tsukuzen Shou, the sword has no eyes. There is also the lord here. Asahina Shinji reminded the young man of the same clan not to hurt the Imagawa clan.

"Yes." Asahina Terukatsu immediately motioned for the samurai to put away their swords for the time being.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I've been sober too. The Hojo family only cared about their own territory, completely disregarding the survival of their allies. I was also given a position appointed by the Furukawa Shogunate. If you really stand with the pseudo-shogunate, then the prestige that the family has accumulated for generations will be gone. Imagawa smiled wryly as soon as he thought of this. And the two of Sekiguchi Clan Hiroshi and Horikoshi Sadaki have long been the commissioners of the Hojo family, so they are here to spy on Imagawa Shin and others.

Just when the Imagawa clan was still sighing, Okabe Motonobu had already led 5,700 Imagawa troops into Fuchu Castle and occupied various places.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Fuzhong City is completely under the control of our army! Tanba Mamoru has led 5,500 troops to pursue the Hojo Army! A samurai in large armor walked in and reported.

"Understood, Chikuzen Mamoru will kill those two rebels who defected to Hojo." Asahina Shinji then helped the Imagawa clan and Tadajiro Okabe (the Okabe clan, a retainer of Okabe Motonobu) who had come to report the news, and left Ohiroma. And when they left, two screams rang out in the big room, and then it instantly became quiet.

Just after Asahina Shinji and the others left, Asahina Terukatsu held a knife that was still dripping blood and asked Asai Masatoshi, who was still slumped on the tatami mat and trembling: "Koshiro Palace, I heard that your family is also in Odawara Castle!" ”

"yes, don't kill me·····" Before Asai Masatoshi finished speaking, Asahina Terukatsu directly swung his knife to end the lives of this Imagawa family. For him, these people can't work hard to get the Imagawa clan to return to Suruga alive, and staying is also to work for the Hojo family.

After Asahina Terukatsu finished cooking, he immediately rode out of the castle with twenty samurai. And the two hundred troops of Madian and Qiben under the command of the Imagawa clan are defending the city. In order to facilitate negotiations and communication with the Uesugi family, Asahina Shinji handed over his military strength to his eldest son, Asahina Nobuya, and let Asahina Terukatsu and Asahina Motochi assist him.

The Hojo clan led the 9,000 Sagami army and the Hojo clan's 2,000 jade rope crowd to merge, but then the Nikowa Inosuke reported the Imagawa army Richi (betrayal) and killed the three of Asai Masatoshi, Sekiguchi Hiroshi, and Horikoshi Sadaki, who were monitoring Imagawa's Shin's side, he almost fell off his horse.

However, the Hojo clan felt that the situation was urgent, so he directly took over the task of the temple army, and faced the 5,500 troops of the Imagawa army, which had been waiting for instructions to attack the Hojo army, with 2,000 people who were already very tired. Even the same fatigued Anzawa Shunkobe Sanchichi will fight in coordination with Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Taichao and others, and the five hundred white-robed knights led by Saito Toshizo are still waiting for the opportunity around. At that time, it will be 9,000 people attacking only 2,000 Jade Rope people who don't have much combat power.

Hojo Shiyasu also felt that if he only had 2,000 jade rope palaces, he would be defeated quickly, and his plan to retreat to Sagami would fail. He immediately left seven people with 3,000 troops, including Matsuda Inabata, Matsuda Hyobejo, Sakai Nakanoji, Goto Hikozaburo, Aoki Hirata, Watanabe Yahachiro, and Yabe Yajiro, to assist the Hojo clan's palace army. And these seven people are all members of the Odawara people, and as for the combat strength of the troops, it will have to be tested by this actual test.

At the same time, the Uesugi army's main camp happened to arrive with the Imagawa clan and Asahina Shinoki's party.

"Shimono Imagawa Osabu Daisuke really see the town government duke." The Imagawa clan is also the first time to see Asada, and he can only sigh how can there be such a big gap between people of the same age? He lost the territory of Junyuan San's three relingguo, but Chaoding lost the territory of Musashi more than 100,000 stone and then used the power of the Nagao family to capture all parts of Aizu, and then became a million-stone daimyo.

"Excuse me, the Imagawa family was once a loyal minister of the shogunate, and the successive lords did their best to quell the rebellion in the Kanto region for the sake of the Kyoto Shogun. Although he went astray for a while, he has not done anything harmful. I'll defend the Imagawa family there. "Asada wasn't prepared to blame Imagawa Shin. Instead of supporting an extremely intelligent and resourceful army and guard, sooner or later there will be a war. Then, the court will definitely support a puppet guardian who is good at waka, keju, poetry and painting, and the Imagawa clan is really the best candidate.

"Congratulations to the town government for his initial victory in the first battle of Fuzhong." Even before Asahina Shinji arrived at the Uesugi main camp, he had already seen the Uesugi army cheering for victory outside the castle. The Fang Zongzhong, Qingbei, and Takiyama were all annihilated by the Uesugi army.

"Yes. I've learned the news that Okabe Tanba Mamoru has come out, so let's see if Hojo Shiyasu has the ability to leave Musashi. "Asadachi is ready to let Namba Tian Kenji move, and let him go to attack the large and small castles around Takiyama Castle and Hachioji Castle quickly.

After a series of joint battles between the Hojo family and the Uesugi family, the territory was gradually eroded, and the Hojo family, which could still win the Kanto region, was no longer strong. Although Hojo was able to drive the Uesugi family out of Kanto for a time, he could not stop the ensuing revenge offensive. After the destruction of the White Army, the Yellow Army, the Black Army, the Green Army, the Small Machine Army, and the Takiyama Army were all wiped out one after another, the combat power of the Hojo Army dropped again and again, and at this moment it was no longer possible to engage in a joint battle with the Uesugi Army to suppress the numbers.

"Zhenfu Gong, can the lower officials really return to Suruga?" Imagawa was still a little unsure, and asked Asada.

"Of course, it's only a matter of time. Sunfukan will return to the hands of the Imagawa family. The Uesugi family is also a famous family, so it is natural to keep what they say. "Of course, the Asadaki will let the Imagawa clan return to Suruga, and it is up to the Uesugi family to decide how much territory they have. It will never allow the Imagawa clan to have a complete Suruga country.

After listening to Asada's words, the Imagawa clan really understood that there was still hope for him to return to Suruga, and it was better to take refuge in the Uesugi family than to be flattered by the Sekiguchi clan.