In the third year of Koji, in the early morning of September 14, Musashi Kuni's Kawagoshi Castle Honmaru Castle Tower.

"My lord, Lord Ota has sent news from Kamiso Province that the Satomi family wants to marry the main family." Kato Duanzo had already learned the news before Ota's retainers arrived at Kawagoe Castle.

"Oh? Danzang, you've done a good job. Since the Hojo clan has become the head of the Hojo family, the next intelligence collection must not be slack. "Chaoding can also be regarded as a person who understands the Hojo clan's politics, although he does not have his father's ability to do internal affairs, but in terms of daring to fight, then he must be stronger than the Hojo clan. The Hojo clan dared to make a desperate bet, but the Hojo clan Yasu did not dare.

"Hojo Shiyasu is ready to leave for Sagami at this moment, and the Hojo Army who remain in Anfang Province will not leave until a few months." Kato Duanzang was also a rare person at this time, and he put on a samurai uniform to meet Asada.

"In the Battle of Mifuneyama, the news of the disastrous defeat of the Hojo Army is about to be known to the entire Kanto, and Sagami's domestic should also be clear. Shingen Takeda may be going to do it again. "Chaoding feels that Takeda Shingen will not be too peaceful, as long as there is a little opportunity to take advantage of it, he will do it, especially the Hojo family's fiasco this time, which completely gives the Takeda family a great chance!

"The lord is right, the Hojo family is stationed in Izu is the remaining Izu people such as Yasukatsu Kasahara, and the number of troops will not be more than three thousand." Kanzo Kato felt like he was going to run again.

"Yasukatsu Kasahara? This man's flag is still with me, so it turns out that he has returned to the Hojo family. "Asadaki remembered that the banner of 'Hakubi Kasahara' was still being offered in the temple.

However, he was no longer subordinate to Hakubi, and the generals of Hakubi, Hojo Clan, and Ito Masayo, were both captured in the Battle of Mifuneyama. The white army was completely annihilated. "Kato Duanzo is not surprised, neither of them has much ability, and it is strange that they are not destroyed by the Satomi army who is counterattacked by the Jedi!

"Yasukatsu Kasahara should have something extraordinary, but it's a pity." Asadaki feels that the current Hojo family can't make the best use of all talents, and it's no wonder if they are not defeated by themselves. Not to mention the battle of Mifune Mountain this time, the general is still Hojo Shiyao, the wine bag rice bag!

"Well, the lord and the ministers see that if the family annihilates the Hojo army of Anbo Province now, it will be easy to attack Musashi, Sagami, and Izu again." Kato Danzo is only tactically so, but if it were for the Uesugi family, the current Hojo family would still need to exist for a while.

"Duan Zang, you still need to look farther, the current Hojo family can't be destroyed by this family. If the Hojo family is destroyed at this moment, then the main family will need to face the Takeda family directly. At this moment, the family has not yet prepared for a full-scale war with the Takeda family. If the Hojo family is really destroyed, then once the Takeda family invades Izu and Sagami, which the family has just taken, the family will not be able to hold it at all. Asahei turned around and walked to the aisle on the castle tower and looked in the direction of Sagami Province.

"It's the minister's short-sightedness." Kato Duanzo really didn't think about that.

"If you don't have anything else to do, you can go and get busy, and if you make some contributions, I will transfer you to Ninja City for 12,000 stones." Asadachi is not ready to stay more Kato Duanzo.

"Yes! The ministers will make more contributions! "Kato Duanzo was taken aback again, it was not easy for him to become a samurai, but he didn't expect to be able to serve as the lord of the city of 12,000 stones in the future!

Chaoding then went to find Gui Die, he knew that Gui Die, as the daughter of the pit viper, must have something that others couldn't see, which was still of great help to the development of the Uesugi family.

"Husband, how did you come to the concubine?" Guidie was still drinking tea, but when the maid came to report, she didn't know that Chaoding had come to see her.

"I want to have tea with you, aren't you welcome?" Chao Ding first sat on the edge of Guidie, and the sensible maids had already left.

"Welcome, how can it not be welcome?" Guidie smiled and handed the brewed tea to Chaoding.

"My territory as the Kanto Governor now has more than 1.26 million stones, which has exceeded the 1.21 million stones of the Kenshin Prince." Chaoding was a little complacent.

"Husband, the concubine heard from my sister that the husband said when he was in Echigo: 'Hojo is not destroyed, why is it home?' Guidie became a little serious, "Since the Hojo family has not been destroyed, then the Uesugi family can't be careless now." ”

"That's right, but some retainers have told me that they want to destroy the Hojo family in one fell swoop after the current military forces of Anfang Province are annihilated." Asadaki was referring to what Kato Duanzo had said.

"Husband-kun wants to say that the Hojo family can't be wiped out by the family so quickly?" Although Guidie is a woman, her father Saito Michizo sighed that if Guidie was a man, he would pass on the Saito family's family business to her.

"If the Hojo family breaks off their family name, the family will have to directly face the reckless Takeda family, and most of the Suruga Province belongs to the domain of the Takeda family tree. If there is a real fight, Izu and Sagami may be taken away by the Takeda family as soon as they take it. "That's what Chaoding is most worried about.

"Then as the governor of the Kanto region, I will ask the Furukawa Gongkata to mediate the war between the Satomi family and the Hojo family this time, but it is only limited to the armistice, and no other demands will be mentioned." Gui Die came up with a way in an instant.

"In other words, Anfang Country still has the Hojo family?" Asadachi felt that even if the Hojo family had Anfang Country, they wouldn't be too much of a threat to themselves, so that the Satomi family would be able to follow him with all their hearts.

"Yes, the next step is to transfer the powerful retainers to the Kamiso Kingdom, and after receiving the more than 40,000 stone territories captured by the Uesugi army, be ready to support the Satomi family at any time." After taking a sip of tea, Guidie wiped his mouth clean and said.

"This is the same as I thought, but the Satomi family's navy is still resting in Kawasaki Castle, and the sea control is now in the hands of the Hojo family." The reason why the court does not control the sea power now is that he can completely suppress the Hojo family on land, so he ignores the Hojo family. But the Satomi family is different, a lot of strategic materials have to be transported by sea, and it takes too long to transport them by land.

"Promote their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, as long as the Hojo family can truce with the Satomi family this time, the family will withdraw the tens of thousands of troops in the country, and they will definitely be peaceful for a few years." Guidie completely saw what the Hojo family needed most now, which was to recuperate!

"Good! Gui Die, what your father said is right, if you were my retainer, you would have been the lord of 100,000 stones! After saying that, Chaoding pushed Guidie down on the tatami mat.

"Husband, it's still broad daylight, it's not good." Gui Die is a little shy, if Ayahime comes to chat with her and drink tea at this time, she will be bumped into by her.

"It's okay, this city is my territory, I can do whatever I want!" Chao Ding did not hesitate, and directly did not care whether it was day or night.

"Husband, if I have a child in the future, can I let him inherit the Saito family?" Guidie's sudden appearance made Chao Ding stop his movements.

"If the family can dominate the world in the future, I will let him serve as the guardian of Minong, and if possible, let him govern the country of Minono." Chao Ding also thought about it a little, this is not a too difficult requirement, and he does not want to compete with his son-in-law for a leader, and this requirement is not harsh.

"Xie Fujun." Guidie then went on to make people in broad daylight with Chaoding. The two lingered until close to noon before parting, and Chao Ding was about to move personnel again.

For the territory of more than 44,000 koku in the first county of the Upper Shoku Takeshi County and the first part of the Yamabe County, the court still had to find a reliable and sufficient commander retainer or the Echigo people to guard and operate. There are still a few candidates at present: Akechi Mitsuhide of Nasu Prefecture in Shimono Province, Hideji Kano of Uesugi Kenshin in Echigo Province, and Mori Takahiro of Aizu Suka Kawajo. But who to really choose, the court has not yet quickly decided. If Akechi Mitsuhide is transferred out of the field, then Nasu Ziyin will find an opportunity to regain his old collar; If Mori Takahiro were to be transferred to Kamisokuni, then Date Harumune in the north would be waiting for an opportunity to invade Aizu's Uesugi domain.

In this way, the only way to do this is to transfer the samurai Kano Hideji, the leader of the Ichimen Chief, to Kamikoku. After all, the Dragon Maiden does not lack him a flag samurai, and Hideji Kano is famous for his diplomatic methods, not completely by being a commander and fighting to become famous. As long as the court decided to use 20,000 to 27,000 stone as his place of knowledge, then he would definitely be able to quickly stabilize the northern part of the country.

The court was not completely self-assertive, but he still consulted with Ota Shimasa and Namba Tian Kenji, explaining the shortage of personnel in the Kanto Governor's family. Ota and Nambada are also genealogical members of the Uesugi family, and they are very aware of the current Uesugi family, and they immediately agreed to this plan. After all, Namba Kenji wanted to keep the area south of Kawagoe Castle, and Ota Shimasa also needed to see the three people who came over from the Imagawa family.

Subsequently, Asadaki sent Sanada Masayuki to Echigo and handed over his letter to the Dragon Maiden to Sanada Masayuki and asked him to show it to the Dragon Maiden. As for the content of the letter, it is nothing more than telling her that Ayahime is doing well in Kanto, and her eldest daughter is also doing well. Even if the Uesugi family had always advocated frugality, they would not have suffered. The next thing is to change the conversation, and instantly ask the dragon girl for talents.

Twelve days later, Sanada Masayuki arrived in Echigo. I have to say that the dragon girl ordered the only passage between Ueno and Echigo countries to be built very wide, and a post station was set up along the way for the official use of the Uesugi family. This allowed Sanada Masayuki to quickly rush to Echigo to deliver the letter, otherwise at the previous speed, he would not have been able to reach Echigo in a month.

During this period of time, Takeda Shingen was not idle, and he was also the first to learn of the Hojo family's fiasco at Mifune Mountain. Now that the Hojo family has lost again, the time has come for the Takeda family to benefit. On the one hand, Takeda Shingen sent Naito Masatoyo to contact the Hojo clan, and on the other hand, he secretly gave the Hojo family 500 taels of gold mined from Kamayuan Castle.

Since Takeda Shingen wants to re-establish himself with the Hojo family, he is really afraid of the power of the Uesugi family. As the most famous Uesugi family in the world, no one can shake its influence in Kanto and Hokuriku. In addition, the imperial court and the shogunate were on the side of the Uesugi family, and the Takeda family did not have enough strength to challenge the Uesugi family alone. Naturally, Takeda Shingen saw the best time to support the Hojo family, that is, not long after the Hojo clan took office.

Takeda Shingen's kindness to the Hojo family also hopes that the Hojo family can survive, so that the Uesugi family cannot completely border the Takeda family in a short period of time. The dragon girl guarded the area of Hokuriku and Okushinano, and the Asadaku had territories in the land of Kanto and Ou, and this division of labor and the strategy of combining the two families completely made Takeda and Hojo seamless. It also made the Hojo family pay a heavy price.

To the delight of the Hojo clan and the Hojo clan, on September 25, the court invited the current Ashikaga Fuji clan, the current Furukawa Princess, to mediate the war between the Satomi family and the Hojo family on the Boso Peninsula, and to the temporary truce in order to reduce the losses of both families. And this armistice was only limited to the fact that the two families could not continue to attack each other, and did not allow the Hojo family to return the occupied territory of the Satomi family.

The Hojo clan and the Hojo clan were initially disgusted by such a request, and the Hojo family originally had a 'Furukawa Prince' Ashikaga Yoshiji, but the Ashikaga Yoshiji was not recognized by the imperial court and the shogunate. Therefore, the Ashikaga Yoshishi can only eat all the time in the Sagami collar of the Hojo family without any effect. And this armistice request is also what both families want to see, but the Satomi family wants the Hojo army to leave the Boso Peninsula, but the Asadachi did not make it clear, and only answered vaguely: The family is also accumulating strength, and when the family has the strength to attack the Hojo family on both sides, it will be the day when the Satomi family regains the country of Anfang.

Asada's ambiguous answer caused a lot of trouble to Satomi's father and son, and the two of them, who had already returned to the Satomi family, were completely dissatisfied with this armistice agreement, and they thought about how to atone for their crimes, so the Ashikaga Fuji clan appeared to mediate the war. This also gave the Hojo army a good opportunity to withdraw a large number of Sagami clans completely.

In fact, if the two armies of Ota Shimasa and Yamamoto Temple continue to stay in the Satomi Territory and the Hojo Army on the opposite side, it would not be a matter of consumption, it would be better to mediate quickly, and the meaningless consumption was really completely unnecessary for the Uesugi family. He still needs to place 5,000 Shangshu soldiers in Musashi to deter the Hojo and Takeda families, and only one powerful retainer is enough in the country.