Hearing the Hojo clan scolding like this, Hara Hikojiro was not angry, but replied:

[None of us know what's going on with Mamoru Azuma, Zomasuke-sama, but I've heard that because the toilet stinks, flies love to run there. Lord Anbo, you were a famous general at the time, and everyone admired you, but don't be fooled. 】

(The neta of toilets and flies came from 1971, after Lin Shuai's death, the Soviet ambassador asked Premier Zhou whether China had persecuted Lin Shuai, otherwise why would Lin Shuai go to the Soviet Union?) The prime minister replied that because the toilet smells, flies love to go! ）

[So, Hara-sama thinks we're a toilet here? 】

[I didn't say that, Isn't it great that Mamoru Anbo only needs to swatt the flies to death, and everything is solved? 】

[Swatting flies, did you ask me to kill Sasuke Saito?] 】

[If you are kind-hearted and can't do this, our family is willing to serve you. 】

Regarding Hara Hikojiro's words, the Hojo clan sneered and said with a smile:

[Hehe, Sasuke-sama Saito is not here at all, besides, even if he is here, do you think I will agree to your request? 】

[I think, with the bright and upright style of the Hojo family, I definitely won't bother to provide shelter for this kind of small night, right? 】

[Yo, it's really flattering that you think so highly of us hillbillies。。。。。。 Please rest assured, as long as I find Sasuke Saito, I will definitely hand him over to you. 】

[Thank you then。。。。。。 By the way, can you explain to me the origin of this flag, we found this in Bowlatajo Castle, and I was very confused, could it be that Saito's dead-faced guy dared to use the name of the Hojo family, it is really shocking. 】

[You say this? 】

The Hojo clan took the flag and placed it on a candle, and soon the flag was burned to the ground.

[Third-Order Scale] is the symbol of the Hojo family, and it must not be defaced, but the Hojo clan actually burned him in front of Hara Hikojiro, you can imagine how much anger is hidden in this gentleman's heart.

[Lord Hara, do you have anything else to say? I didn't hear that. 】

[None! 】

Seeing the expressionless face of the Hojo clan, Hara Hikojiro knew that he had pressed too hard just now, so he waved his hand and said:

[In that case, then I don't have anything to say. 】

[Then please go back, I don't know when it will snow on this road, but don't freeze you.] 】

[Thank you for your concern, I have one last word, please listen carefully!] 】

[Oh, please speak. 】

The Hojo clan felt a sigh in his heart, he should have come, but he still came after all!

[In the name of the shogunate's power, the shogunate announced that from today onwards, the shogunate officially declared war on the Hojo family!! 】

。。。。。。

In fact, from the moment Oda Nobunaga asked Akechi Kogoro to attack the Kamirugawa, the shogunate and the Hojo family were already in a state of war.

December 8, 1584

The war between the Oda Army and the Hojo Army finally broke out.

The commander-in-chief of the Oda Army was Akechi Kogoro, with a strength of 15,000 men, and of course, he still had a lot of reserve troops and horses on the table.

The general commander of the Hojo Army was the Hojo clan, with a strength of more than 14,000 troops, and similarly, the Hojo family did not exert all their strength.

The two sides set up positions in the area of the Kamirugawa-Kurakano on the border between Ueno and Musashi, and prepared for a big fight.

In terms of formation, Akechi Kogoro still followed the diagonal tactics used in the Echigo War, and he arranged diagonally along Kuragano all the way, in which the left flank and the [central axis] of the Oda army were both 4,000 men and horses, while the right flank under his command had 7,000 men.

In this regard, the Shibata retainers were puzzled, and although they could understand that Akechi Kogoro wanted to attack the enemy's flank in this way and enter and crush the enemy's entire army, if the left flank was attacked, then the possibility of collapse was greater. To this, Akechi Kogoro smiled and did not explain anything.

The slash tactic was invented very early, but there are very few people who can use it in history, and those who tend to use it end up doing big things.

The most famous of these was Frederick II of Prussia, who used a slanting tactic in which the core was to concentrate the superior forces and strike at the enemy's weak flanks or rear, so that even if his army was relatively weak, he could gain a certain advantage locally. You must know that this kind of war situation of fighting the strong with the weak was extremely difficult to achieve until the hot weapons completely replaced the cold weapons in the 19th century.

This tactic has a fatal drawback, because it is deployed into an oblique attack formation, once the troops are put into battle, it is difficult for the commander-in-chief to take care of all the troops at the same time, so the relatively weak flank of his own side needs a general with absolutely excellent military quality to command, otherwise it will collapse.

By the way, after Wise Kogoro said his strategic intentions, Sakuma Morimasa wanted to lead the weaker, but undertook the first offensive task, and Wise Kogoro considered it again and again, considering the impulsive performance of Sakuma Morimasa in the Battle of Mt. Shidake in history, and finally did not agree to his request, and Sanada Masayuki got this position.

As for the arrangement of the central axis, it is to attract enemy fire, as well as to support the right flank, and hand it over to the Omi Zhong Gamo Goke, the Gonari brothers and the Echizen Sumitomo Masayuki and others to lead, this road is the last army, but it is also the most important army, if the wise Kogoro and Sakuma Morimasa sneak attack on the enemy's flank succeeds, this way must rush over as soon as possible to round with Akechi and others, and flank the remnants of the enemy's flank, so that it will be completely defeated!

As for the Hojo clan's side, the arrangement was relatively decent, and the crane wing array was laid out from Kanawa Castle to Kamisato (present-day Kamisato Town, Saitama Prefecture) in turn, and considering their own disadvantage in numbers, Hojo Clan Teru and Hojo Clan Teru and others led 15,000 people to rush to support. Later, Akechi Kogoro also transferred more than 10,000 people from Shinano and Kai, and finally the situation of the confrontation between the two sides was changed to 27,000 against 30,000, and the Hojo family had a slight advantage, and because the battlefield was located in Kuragano in Musashi, the Hojo army was more familiar with the terrain than the Oda army.

Because the blizzard has turned to light snow, the impact of the weather on the war has diminished.

On December 15, Hojo attacked Bowlatajo Castle, and the battle officially began.

Hojo Clan's operation was completed in the case of a sneak attack, because the Oda Army did not choose to deploy in Ueno, so this is actually equivalent to an empty city, however, because Kawai Castle and Kamirugawa Bridge are still under the control of the Oda Army, so Wise Kogoro does not have to worry about the back road being cut off, and even so, Bowlatajo Castle, as a material transit station for Ueno and the front line, has hoarded a large amount of military rations and materials, and Hojo Clan's defeat to the Oda Army cannot be underestimated.

The main camp of the Oda army was located at Uno Shrine, which was more than fifty miles away from the castle of the bowl, and this shrine had been abandoned for a long time, and Akechi Kogoro simply repaired it and used it as the base camp of the Oda army. At that time, he was smoking in the main formation, when he saw two war horses galloping not far away.

[What people! Hold it! 】

[Brother! We are not enemies! We are the people of Bowl City, and we have important information to report to Wise Lord! 】

The two soldiers on horseback, both with spider flags behind them, nodded and led the two of them to Akechi Kogoro.

[I am wise, is there anything you can do?] 】

[There is an emergency! Two hours ago, a large number of enemies appeared in the city of the bowl! 】

[What, the Hojo Army attacked Bowl Castle!? 】

Before Akechi Kogoro could speak, Sakuma and the others were shocked and called out.

This group of enemies came so strangely that they actually bypassed the back of the 20,000-strong army and pounced directly on the bowl city!

[What kind of enemy is it, can you see the family crest clearly?] 】

[Back to the adult's words, we can see clearly, the enemy is the Hojo family, who looks younger, it may be the Hojo clan! 】

【Hojo Clan? Are you sure it's him? 】

[We can be sure that we have seen him on the portrait before。。。。。。 He brought with him about three thousand men, almost all of them cavalry! 】

[Three thousand? How is it so little? 】

[Back to the wise man, we can roughly determine that this is the number!] 】

Wise Kogoro smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said:

[This Hojo family is really foolish enough, only 3,000 people dare to attack our rear, I really don't know whether to praise the bravery and fearlessness of this Hojo clan, but to laugh at his ignorance of life and death! ] 】

[Wise Lord, the bowl city has fallen on the front line in half an hour, and the atrocities in the city have almost been slaughtered, and all the food, grass and supplies have been burned, and we have observed them on the way, and they seem to be retreating towards the deep valley to the east!] 】

[This kid killed all the people? 】

Wise Kogoro was a little surprised, ten days ago, the people of this bowl castle also followed the Saito family and the Hojo family to defend the city, after occupying the city, he said that he would not investigate their crimes, and would not confiscate their land, but the tax had to be handed over to 30% more, for the peasants, no matter how high the tax was, as long as the land was still there, there would be a life, so these people attached to the Oda family.

Now that I think about it, these people who changed camps still did not escape the catastrophe of the war in the end, and this Hojo family's practice also fully shows that they did not regard the people of Kamirukawa as their own at all, and I really don't know if Mitsutomi Saito participated in this killing. And if he hadn't participated, what would his expression be like when he heard the news?

He thought so, and the other Shibata retainers were furious one by one, although the people of Kamirugawa had betrayed the Shibata family, but they had re-accepted the [Wanghua], so they didn't say anything, but the bowl castle is the land of the Shibata family, and it was arbitrarily entered and exited by the grandsons of the Hojo family, which was really too deceitful!