After taking Edo Castle, the home of the Uesugi family in Ogiya, Uesugi Asada, Uesugi Castle in the south, Uesugi Castle in the northwest, prepared to march to Koki Castle in the south and Ozawa Castle in the northwest.

Due to the strategy of the court, Ota Shimasa's group of "defeated soldiers" entered the castle of Ozawa Castle smoothly and quickly captured the castle.

In order for his strategy to continue to succeed, Asadashi had to kill all of the Hojo ieshigaru who had surrendered and been captured.

In this way, Asadachi took Edo Castle and Ozawa Castle by sneak attack along the way, and now it has reached the castle of Koki Castle.

However, at this time, the Wind Demon Ninja of the Hojo clan had already reported the actions of the Asadaki to the Hojo clan.

"Lord, the army's strength is pouring out, and there is not much defense left in the rear, it is not good if the back road is cut off by this little ghost of Uesugi Asada." Tamu Mototada, as the general of the Hojo Army's five-color preparation and black preparation, still has a lot of right to speak.

"Yuan Zhong, I also know that if the family's army retreats now, it may be attacked by the Uesugi family, and even the news of the wealthy families who used to show favor to the family is gone." The Hojo clan is also difficult to ride a tiger now, although their army has already marched into Katsunuma Castle in Musashi Province, but they still have to watch out for the military strength of the Yamauchi Uesugi family in Hachioji Castle. As the general of the Hojo clan, he is also responsible for his own actions, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the destruction of the Go-Hojo family, which has only been firmly established in Sagami Province for a short time.

"My lord, then let the minister lead Kurobei's cavalry to intercept the army of 300 people in Uesugi Chaoding. You wait for an opportunity to back off. "Tamu Yuanzhong also didn't want to embarrass his lord, and after dividing his troops, he could still make the surrounding enemy troops think that they were ready to ambush and not dare to act rashly.

"Then it's decided, and the troops will be divided into actions when it gets dark." The Hojo clan had no choice but to abandon the attack on Kawagoe Castle and had to come back the following year.

At this moment, the court who was in the Honmaru Imperial Palace in the castle of Xiaoji City didn't know anything, and he only felt that such a sneak attack had a great result.

"My lord, we can't march into the hinterland of the Hojo family anymore." Just as Asada was about to go to the next city, Ota Shimasa came over to remind Asada.

"Yes, my lord." Namba Tian Kenshige also felt that it was not a good time to march at this moment, "Although the surprise attack of our group has a style that goes against the samurai, but the Hojo family is too powerful to do it, and if we continue to advance, we still don't know if the Hojo family will withdraw and return to Sagami." ”

"......" Asadachi feels that these two people are here to be lobbyists, and Namba Tian Kenshige is completely reckless, although he knows a little about waka, but Zhiluo is not half as good as Ota.

"Okay, I also understand your hard work, there should be a Wind Demon Ninja in the Hojo family who has reported on our deeds, and it's time for the family to evacuate this projectile land." Chaoding has no choice, and even his retainers have already opposed the march, so they have to go back to their nest and continue to stay at home, waiting for the next opportunity.

Although the raiding tactics of the court were successfully implemented this time without losing a single person, only the Uesugi family obtained 50 war horses, 100 swords (inferior katana), 500 pieces of Yongle money, and 100 pieces of Kogane.

The basic purpose of this operation has been achieved—to hold back the Hojo clan.

Tamu Motozhong's 2,000 black troops (500 cavalry plus 1,500 ashigaru) arrived at the small machine city where the people went to the empty city two days later. Asadachi had quickly retreated to Edo Castle a day earlier.

Just as Asada was sitting in the evaluation room of Edo Castle Honmaru, an envoy broke the happy atmosphere.

"Report to your lord! Daishi Dingjiu defected in Hachioji Castle! The family has lost control of Nishimusashi! The envoy obviously saw that the green tendons on Chaoding's face had been revealed, and immediately retreated.

"My lord, there's another bad news." Namba Hayato walked in from outside the door, "The Hojo Army's black general Tame Mototada, who led two thousand troops, has successively taken over the castles captured by his family a few days ago, and now it is still easy for him to annihilate our widowed soldiers." ”

"Even Dashi Dingjiu has defected, and I'm afraid the next life of my family will be difficult." Ota Zimasa knows in his heart the strength of the Hojo family and the means that he is good at Huairou.

"The main family retreated to Kawagoe Castle overnight, brought all the finances, weapons, and war horses, and burned down Edo Castle Honmaru before evacuating!" Since Chaoding thinks that he can't contain it, then don't let the enemy get it!

"Yes! The Lord is wise! Namba Tian Kenshige and the others instantly felt that Asadashi was more reliable than their previous lord, Uesugi Asakei, at least Edo Castle was taken by Asada, where Uesugi Asakei couldn't even beat it.

In this way, Asadaki took advantage of the night to successfully retreat to Kawagoe Castle with 300 troops, and the Hojo family did not get any benefits this time, and both sides were divided in strategy and battle. The Hojo family lost two people, Ueda Asanoao and Ota Shitaka, and killed 100 Ashigaru of the Hojo family. This time, the Hojo family only rebelled against Oishi Dingjiu and the 500 troops under his command, plus a Hachioji Castle, and the Hojo Phantom Ann was in charge.

Hojo Phantom / Hojo Nagatoma (ほうじょうげんあん/ほうじょうながつな) (1493---1589) His real name was Hojo Nagatoru, the third male of the first generation of the Sagami Hojo family, Hojo Sakumo, whose young name was Kikujumaru, and his mother was the main room of Sakumo's Sutokuji Temple.

According to the records of the Hakone Shrine documents, when he was a child, he was sent by his father to the Hakone Gonbetsu Dangbo Kongo Temple, and in April of the 16th year of Eisho (1519), Sakumo transferred the territory of 4,465 Kanbun to the Hakone Gonbetsu Dangbo Kongo Temple, and later in the fourth year of Daiei (1524), he traveled to Kyoto and practiced for three years at Mitsuiji Temple in the Omi area, where he learned many skills, and was not only proficient in tea ceremony and singing, but also a famous shakuhachi and a drum celebrity, and created "Takaraki" with shakuhachi In addition, he also practiced the art of archery and horses as a martial artist, and when he returned to Sagami, he inherited the position of Hakone Quan and became the 40th generation, and played a major role in the Hojo family's unification of the religious forces of Nishi-Sagami, Higashi-Suruga, and Izu, and the management of local hot springs.

Although Hojo Phantom was not yet a monk, he actually got rid of his identity as a monk and operated as a member of the Hojo clan, and when the eldest brother Hojo clan and the Uesugi clan fought for Iwatsuke Castle, he once led an army to support and participated in the First Battle of Kofutai. After the death of the clan, he was succeeded by his nephew Hojo Shiyasu, who was twenty-six years old, but his second brother Katsuyama also died in the following year, so he was appointed by Hanan to serve as the successor of his nephew Shiyasu, and as an elder of the clan, he was also responsible for the management of the Hojo clan's expansion in the southern Kanto, and was also responsible for the internal management of Odawara Castle, carried out the unification of the castle town, and commanded the Wind Demon Party to collect information for the Hojo family. In the "Odawara Chieftain Servant Tent" made in the second year of Eiroku (1559), the Hanan clan had 5,442 kanroku, the highest of all the Odawara clans, and received the fiefdoms of Sagami Nakagun-gun and Musashi Kokiro, and the Ise family's saddle-making technique was passed down by the Han-an who was a son of Sayun-mako, leaving behind a famous product called "Han-no-an", and it is said that the Zen-like dry landscape garden in Shoun-ji Temple was also written by Han-an.

After the death of his nephew, the lord of Tamaso Castle, Hojo Nomasa, the Miura clan of his army was placed under the command of Hanan, and the following year began to use "Jingyi" as a seal, and in the 20th year of Tenmon (1551), when Nagao Keitora crossed Cape Shinshu and went south to assist Uesugi Kenmasa, he personally led his troops to Hirai Castle, but because of the epidemic in the city, he decisively led all the castle soldiers to withdraw before the arrival of the Echigo army and retreated to Matsuyama Castle on the left. Although this brought Hirai Castle back into the hands of the Uesugi clan, it also reserved an extra part of the strength of the Hojo family, and did not blindly respond to the battle and damage the troops. In the 5th year of Eiroku (1562), the temple was renamed "Soteol" by the Rinzai sect Daitokuji lineage, which was the same name as his father's real name, Sorui, and in December of the same year, he gave a copy of the "Hojo Miran Enlightenment Book" to Tsurumusun, the daughter of Shiyasu.

Because the eldest son Saburo (Tsunashige) and the second son Shishin were killed in Kambara-jo Castle when they fought against the Takeda family, and the third son Nagashun died of illness and became extinct, so he proposed to adopt Saburo Shihide, the son of Shiyasu, as an adopted son, but because Shixiu was sent to Echigo the following year to be an adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin, it was finally decided that the family business would be inherited by the son of Hojo Shinobu, the second son of the Hojo clan.

The four generations of the Hojo family, Yasu, Masa, and Nao, who were known as the "black-clothed prime ministers", passed away at the age of 97 in Kuno Castle.

After the five generations of Hojo, the 100-year-old Phantom Temple lived through 96 of them, which can be said to be a very rare old age. Although the "Hojo Gosei" is an important historical material for the study of the Hojo family, if he died in the 17th year of Tensho (1589), it is the second year of Meio (1493), but according to other historical materials related to the temple, he should have been born in 1504~1510 at the beginning of the Eisho period. In addition, according to the study of the "History of Odawara City" written by Professor Keiki Kuroda, it seems that the temple did not die in the seventeenth year of Tensho, which can be infinitely reminiscent, but according to the documents of his grandson Takashi Takashi, the temple died in the thirteenth year of Tensho at the latest, and there was no information on its activities until the eleventh year of Tensho after the temple changed its name to Sozhe, and these signs again raise doubts about the year of birth and death of the temple.