Regardless of Tsugawa Soji's selfish intentions, in short, Tsukawa Soji's plan did achieve certain results.

After losing Ueno, the Hojo family retreated to Musashi. While mobilizing troops to prepare supplies, they are also actively contacting surrounding forces to stabilize the rear. Of course, the Hojo family also sent an envoy to Ueno, hoping to shake hands with the Nagao family, but Nagao Keitora firmly refused.

Immediately afterwards, at the behest of Nagao Keitora, Uesugi Kenmasa personally went to the Furukawa Imperial Palace, and accompanied him.... And Soji Tsugawa!

Furukawa Imperial Palace is located in the heart of the Kanto Plain, at the junction of the five provinces of Shimoso, Musashi, Ueno, Shimono, and Hitachi. As the residence of the Furukawa Gongfang, Furukawa Castle has a long history, and if you don't want to count the words of water, you can say so much.

The current Furukawa Gongfang is the Ashikaga Haruki, a capable, idealistic, and ambitious Furukawa Gongkata, the only regret is that he is a little unlucky.

Ashikaga Haruki and his father, Ashikaga Takaki, are in fact Furukawa Gongfang.

Ashikaga Takaki is the third generation of Furukawa Gongkata and the eldest son of the Ashikaga Masashi clan. The original name of the Motofu was called Ashikaga Takashi by the eleventh generation of the general Ashikaga Yoshitaka, but because it collided with the original name of the Ashikaga Honji, it was renamed Ashikaga Takaki.

Furukawa is in fact the equivalent of a derivative, or alternative, of the Kamakura Principality. It was a puppet supported by the Uesugi clan in the Kanto region to fight against the Muromachi shogunate, but the Furukawa Gongfang of the past generations did not have the consciousness of becoming a puppet, and they all wanted to do something.

Especially in the generation of Ashikaga Takaki, as soon as he changed his previous policy of being friendly to the Uesugi family, he sought a way out for himself. Ashikaga Takaki fell to the Utsunomiya family at that time, not only married the daughter of Utsunomiya Narita, but also ensured his own status with the help of the power of the Utsunomiya family.

In the end, with the support of the Utsunomiya family and Shimono Kunizhong, Ashikaga Takaki defeated Satake Yoshishun and the Uesugi family successively, and secured the position of Furukawa Gongkata. Immediately afterwards, because he was afraid that the Utsunomiya family would take the opportunity to sit big, Ashikaga Takaki immediately reconciled with the Uesugi family when he gained an advantage.

first sent his second son, Ashikaga Haru, until the Uesugi family became an adopted son, and reached a harmony with the Uesugi family. Then he continued to maintain a good relationship with the old backer Utsunomiya family, so that the Furukawa Gongfang instantly changed from a puppet to a decisive force in the Kanto region.

In the generation of the Ashikaga Haruka, although the "Kanto Kanroku Civil Strife" broke out because of the struggle for the position of lord, the Ashikaga Haruka clan also stabilized the situation after coming to power.

As a young man with ideals and ambitions, Ashikaga Haruhi also has dreams.

First, he formed an alliance with the Hojo family to eliminate his uncle Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Kogong Gongfang), who had been doing things for a long time, and made the Furukawa Gongfang unified. Immediately afterwards, he formed an alliance with the Uesugi family in Yamauchi and the Uesugi family in Ogiya to fight against the Hojo family.

In Ashikaga Haru's original concept, it was to constantly attract small forces to fight against big forces abroad. In the fight, while the strength of the wealthy families in the Kanto region is weakened, the Furukawa Gong can stand up and pick up the bargain, and finally achieve the goal of integrating the Kanto psoriasis and recasting the former prestige of the Kamakura Princess.

The plan was perfect, and even the beginning was very beautiful. The 80,000 allied troops of the Kanto region surrounded Kawagoe Castle, which can be said to have made the prestige of the Furukawa Princesses unprecedentedly high, and as long as the Hojo family was defeated, then the Ashikaga Haruki clan could take the opportunity to reap a lot of benefits.

At that time, Musashi was left to the two Uesugi families to continue to fight, and the Ashikaga Haruki clan took the opportunity to control the territory of the main country.

However, Ashikaga Haruki did not expect that while he met a group of pig-like teammates, he also met god-like opponents. A night attack on Kawagoe Castle directly crushed the wealthy clans of the Kanto region, tens of thousands of allied troops fell apart, and the plans of the Ashikaga Haruki clan were completely frustrated.

Now the Hojo family not only occupies Musashi, but even the head of the Shimojo family has basically become the bag of the Hojo family.

The Ashikaga Haruka clan trembled when they were trapped in Furukawa Castle, and the Kanto wealthy clan changed color when they heard "Hojo", and the prestige of the Furukawa Princesses was greatly hit, and even discordant voices appeared in the family.

The discordant voices mainly come from his own son, or his son's supporters, and these supporters are, to put it bluntly, the Hojo family.

"Lord, it's time to make a decision!"

In the castle tower of Furukawa Castle, more than half of the retainers of the Furukawa Ashikaga family gathered together, and they looked like they were forcing the palace. Two teenagers were sitting in the center of the hall, one of the older teenagers clenched his fists with an angry expression, while the other teenager looked confused, curiously observing everything that was happening around him.

The old man of the Furukawa Ashikaga family, Haruhsuke Tsuna, looked at the Ashikaga Haruhur on the main seat helplessly, urging the Ashikaga Haruka to make a decision from time to time. Although he was very indignant about what had happened recently, the situation was stronger than people, and in the face of the unanimous confrontation of the retainers, Kirita Harsuke had no choice at all.

Ashikaga Haruki also felt deep self-blame at this time, in the end, he was still too anxious, and he didn't see clearly the fact that the Furukawa Ashikaga family itself had a thin foundation.

The Furukawa Ashikaga clan seems to have gained a firm foothold in the Kanto region before, but this apparent strength is based on the support of the Hojo clan and the allegiance of wealthy families near and far such as Yuki, Oyama, and Oda.

And the defeat of Kawagoe Castle, Hojo and Furukawa Gongfang tore their faces, the two Uesugi were hanged, and the wealthy families who supported Furukawa Gongfang also suffered heavy casualties, and at this time the Ashikaga Haruhi clan actually ended up in an isolated and helpless position.

Just today, the head of the Yuki family, Yuki Masakatsu, the head of the Koyama family, Koyama Takato, and the head of the Oda family, Oda, put pressure on the Ashikaga Haruhura, requesting the abolition of the position of the eldest son of the Ashikaga Haruhi clan, Kochiyo Wangmaru, and the second son, Mei Chiyo Wangmaru, as the heir!

In an instant, a heated discussion sparked in the main hall of the Furukawa Imperial Palace. A large group of people argued over Kochiyo and Umechiyo Wangmaru, and finally gradually split into two factions.

One faction is the "Kochiyo Wangmaru" faction headed by the old man of the pen family, Haruka Harusuke, and the lord of Karasawa Mountain Castle, Toyotsuna. One faction is the "Umechiyo Wangmaru" faction led by the Yuki family and the Koyama family.

The result of such an ending is actually related to Ashikaga Haruhun's own family.

Originally, in order to compete with his father for the position of family governor, Ashikaga Haruhi married the daughter of the old Shida Takasuke as the main house, and left Kochiyo Wangmaru. Later, in order to exterminate Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Ashikaga Haruhura chose to cooperate with the Hojo family and married the daughter of the Hojo clan, Yoshiharuin, as the successor, leaving Umechiyo Wangmaru.

One is from his ex-wife, the other is the son of the back room, and both sons are sons-in-law.

If under normal circumstances, there is actually nothing, and who should be the heir is a matter of Ashikaga Haruhura's words. But the bad thing is that the Kawa-goe Battle was lost a few years ago, so that some of the people who originally supported the Ashikaga Haruhura clan fell to the Hojo clan.

Masakatsu Yuuki and Takatomo Koyama are among the most representative figures.

And the strength of these people is not bad, if you don't follow the opinions of these people, I'm afraid that the paper tiger of Furukawa Gongkata will be burned to ashes in an instant, so Ashikaga Haruhi has to make a choice.

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