Late at night on May 15 of the first year of Eiroku, when Asada was still spending the night at Guidie's place, Kato Duanzo hurriedly walked to the door of Guidie's room and said outside the paper door: "My lord, it's not good!" ”

"What's the matter・・・・・・ "Fortunately, Chao Ding hasn't slept to death, and since the tense situation, he can't sleep for a day.

"After the Sannomaru and Ninomaru of Katsumao Castle were successively broken by the Takeda army, the village of last week defended and his son, son-in-law and some important ministers in Honmaru one after another, and Sueko Kunikiyo arrived in Iiyama Castle under the escort of Kiyohide Kiyono, a retainer of the Murakami family." Kato Duanzo reported the news he had just obtained to Asada, although he couldn't bear to disturb Asada's rest, but the stakes were so high that he couldn't hide it.

"The village also defended last week・・・・・・" Hearing about Murakami's death, Chaoding felt a little sorry. As the 'No. 1 Shinano' who was able to defeat Takeda Shingen several times on the battlefield, once he died, then Okushinano would quickly lose the whole territory. This is also what Chao Ding does not want to see.

"Lord, there is another news about the house manager." Kato Duanzo stopped when he said that he was talking about the Satomi family, and he didn't dare to finish it all.

"Say." Chaoding felt that there was one bad news anyway, and it was not bad to hear the second bad news.

"Yes, Satomi Zuo Kyosuke and other important ministers of the Satomi family, as well as the governor of the family, Satomi Yoshishige and the 2,100 Riomi army all died in the battle of Luye Mountain, and none of them survived." Kato Duanzo is afraid that Toyohime Satomi is also in Honmaru, so he is afraid that the wall will have ears.

"What?! Who is in command of the Hojo family? Asadaki felt that this person must be an important minister of the Hojo family, otherwise it would be impossible to integrate the demoralized Hojo Army and wipe out the more than 2,000 Lijian army without leaving a single person.

"Kasahara can densho Yasukatsu." Kato Duanzo said the name of Yasukatsu Kasahara.

"Is that him?" Chao Ding had a little impression of this person, it seemed that this person had been defeated by him outside Heyue City, and he was still the banner leader of Bai Bei.

"Gorou, there is always a father in the house, so don't think about it. It's going to be fine. Tomorrow, the concubine will go to Feng Ji to have a look and comfort her. After all, this victory of the Hojo family will soon spread here. Gui Die persuaded with kind words.

"Duan Zang, you go down first, and send more people to the area of Ueno and Okushinano." Chaoding is really helpless at present. He is already poor in donkey skills, and he can't attack everywhere.

It was only a few days ago that the court sent the new retainer Itanya Mitsuyin to the general manager to serve as the lord of the three thousand stone castles of the first palace castle in Nagagaku-gun. It's only been a few days since I received two pieces of bad news in a row. It's really a disaster.

Itaya Mitsuyin is the lord of Itaya Township, Soma County, Shimo-koku, and took the initiative to leave from the Shimo-Soma family to join the court. The court appointed him as a member of the Ashigaru generals. And he has some knowledge of the upper and lower general affairs, so sending him to the upper level is always a good place for him to give full play to his abilities.

The Hojo clan in Odawara Castle also heard about the defeat of Goi Castle and the good news of Kanoyama. For the rewards and punishments of the retainers on the Boso Peninsula, the Hojo clan sent a new public writer Hojo Yasukan to Anbo Kunikan Yamashiro to announce.

Hojo Yasukan can be said to be the last Hojo family retainer to receive the word "Yasu", and he is about the same age as Hojo Naodada, and now he is only eighteen years old. He was the son of Hojo Tsunataka and was given the treatment of a personality. Hojo Tsunataka is because he is the royal family of Hojo Sakumo, and his mother was adopted as an adopted daughter by Hojo Sakumo. In this way, Hojo Tsunataka was given the treatment of a public sect by the sect family.

At noon on the 16th, Hojo Yasukane arrived at Anbo Province's Kokanyama Castle with his uncle Takahashi Taka and his righteous brothers (brothers-in-law) Takahashi Hyogo, Takahashi Genshichiro (Takahashi Clan's eldest son) and Takahashi Kutaro.

Just after these four people entered the Ohiroma of Tateyama Castle Ninomaru, they found that the Hojo family retainers of the Boso had been waiting for a long time.

Yasukatsu Kasahara, Yoshiyori Satomi, Shigetake Kamata, Hidenobu Oto, Sukemi Kondo and others all sat on the sides, while Yoshinori Kasahara (Yasukatsu Kasahara's cousin), Terushige Kasahara, and Katanaka Kamanaka sat at the back. The three of them were able to enter the evaluation meeting because of their exploits in Baibei in Luye Mountain.

After looking at the people who had come to participate in the evaluation in the middle of the big wide room, Hojo Yasukan walked unceremoniously to the main seat and sat cross-legged. He motioned to his brother-in-law, Takahashi Hyogo, to read the Hojo clan's views on the opinions and rewards and punishments of the people of the house during this time.

"・The families of the retainers of the family who died in battle under Goi Castle will be supported.

・Daidoji Masahiro, Daidoji Ziqin (the father of Daidoji Masahiro), and Daidoji Zhou Sheng abandoned the army and fled, using the lives of their colleagues to attract the attention of the enemy, and the crime should be punished. Wangkasa was able to come to the prison to behead.

・Kasawara Noto Mamori Yasukatsu did not go to Goi Castle in time to rescue Hojo Yasubo and others, so that a large number of retainers died in the battle under Goi Castle. In the battle of Kaye Mountain, the generals Satomi Yoshishige, Satomi Zuo Kyosuke and others sought and annihilated the remnants of the Kururi Rimi family and the merit was offset by the merits and demerits. The new territory is Sakan Castle in Tenwa County, Upper Domain.

・Yasuya Yamamura and Daido Temple Masashi and others abandoned the army and fled, and Nian did his best to serve the main family in the battle of Kano Mountain, and the merits were offset by the demerits. and appointed as the military supervisor of the general house, and the new territory was the Golden Valley City of the Upper General State.

・Shigetake Kamata, Hidenobu Oto, Sukemi Kondo and other former collars are blocked.

・Appoint a public head Hojo Hitachi, Kaiyasu, as the banner head of the house, and govern the house. ”

As Takahashi Hyogo finished reading, the Hojo family retainers present began to turn their heads and ears. Hojo Yasukane, who was sitting on the main seat, was not angry about this. Because this time he was appointed by the Hojo clan as the head of the house, he was only eighteen years old. Even his father, Hojo Tsunataka, as one of the few fierce generals in the Hojo family, served the Hojo family until his death, and he was only a red flag head and the lord of Edo Castle. However, Hojo Yasukan became the head of the Hojo family at the age of eighteen and without a few battles, which really made him a little fluttering.

"Congratulations, Your Highness!" Under the leadership of Kasahara Yasukatsu, everyone began to congratulate Hojo Yasukan one after another. After getting to know everyone a little bit, Hojo Yasukan ended the evaluation meeting. Immediately followed by Kasahara Yasukatsu, the superintendent of the Great Daoji Temple, Masahiro and others.

Young Hojo had no idea that he was about to take over a mess. Hojo's bones were not cold, and even the head and those who died together under Goi Castle were packed and sent to Kawagoe Castle.

"Father, has the lord of Odawara Castle been hit hard? How could such a young man be sent to be the flag leader? Kasawara Terushige directly questioned Kasahara after walking out of the assessment room.

"How does a father know? When his father was still young, Hojo Tokichi Jiegang and other senior five-color predecessors were all fierce generals and the banner leaders of the family. And the father was just a somewhat reckless banner leader at that time. However, as the wars with the Uesugi family became more and more frequent, the seniors sacrificed their lives for the Hojo family. In the end, the five colors are left as the father alone・・・・・・" Kasahara Yasukatsu can't help but feel a little sad whenever he recalls the past.

"My lord, I want your majesty to tell you that the position of this flag head should be given to you best. As far as the eye can see, you are the only one left with the most battles in the family. Whether it's Takeda, Ogiya Uesugi, Yamauchi Uesugi, Satomi, Nagano and other forces, you have fought against them, and you know a lot about them. But this time it's a hairy boy! Kasahara was very angry.

"Enough!" After looking around, Kasahara immediately patted the back of Kasahara's head to make him pay attention to the occasion.

"I'm ・・・・・・" Kasahara was filmed in the scene, and after knowing the place under his feet, he immediately stopped talking.

"Let's talk about it when we get to Sakan City. Sakan Castle used to be the foundation of the Satomi family, and it looks like we will soon be targeted by the Fujiwara Dynasty. Teru Kasawara said with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Why?" Kasawara Kei instantly became interested again, and hurriedly asked Kasawara Terushige.

"Because Satomi Yoshiyao's daughter, Satomi Toyohime, was sent to Kawagoe Castle to Fujiwara Town House Asadadang Side Room before he was defeated! Otherwise, how could he intervene in the general situation again and again? Kasawara Terushige expressed frustration at Kasawara Terushige and shook his head.

After that, Kasawara Terushige, Kasahara Yoshiwei, and Kasawara Jingzhong went to Sakan Castle to take care of and rectify. And Kasahara Yasukatsu went to Sannomaru to slash the avenue temple Masashi and others.

Although Kasahara Yasukatsu was a little unbearable to attack Daidoji Masashi and others, this was still an order from the Hojo clan after all, and he could only carry it out.

"Is there anything else Suruga Mamoru would like to say?" Yasukatsu Kasahara walked up to Daido Temple Masahiro and asked.

"No, I can do it myself. After experiencing battles such as the Battle of Koe, the Battle of Fuchu, the Battle of Mifuneyama, and the Battle of Goi Castle, the Hojo family lost the opportunity and ability to win the Kanto region. At this moment, the Hojo family is already in turmoil, and if you want to run for a future and keep your family's name, the only way to do it is to choose a good bird to perch on. "Dadao Temple Zhengfan deliberately aggravated his tone in the last 'good birds choose trees to perch'.

"Understood・・・・・・ Suruga Mamoru is going well, when you go first, don't forget to help the four adults who are going to defend Tameshu Mototada, Hojo Tsunechi Sutsutaka, Hojo Saemon Doctor Tsunari, and Tominaga Uemon Captain Naokaka." Yasukatsu Kasahara has nothing else to say.

"Well, Inu Sun Jiurou will ask for ・・・・・・" After Daoji Naoshi finished speaking, the samurai behind him waved the sword in his hand and cut off his head.

"Don't worry, I'll be ・・・・・・ in the next place," Yasukatsu Kasahara said sadly. Nowadays, there are not many Hojo family retainers, and Dadaoji Naofan is one of them. However, the Hojo clan insisted on beheading him. Didn't the Hojo clan know about the "self-destruction of the Great Wall" (the allusion to the "self-destruction of the Great Wall" first came from Tan Daoji of the Song Kingdom during the Northern and Southern Dynasties)?