On December 20 of the third year of Koji, the 5,500 troops led by Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Shinji, and Asahina Tai Chao joined forces with the Hojo Army. However, their military banners were all Nitobi and Akatori (red combs), which made many of the Hojo family's retainers feel displeased. Only the retainers of the former Imagawa family, such as Asai Masatoshi and Sekiguchi Hiroshi, who accompanied the army, were still moved.

Especially Asahina Shinji, his father Asahina Motocho is the son-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and he is the son-in-law of the Imagawa clan, a member of the Imagawa family, and a retainer of the genealogy. And before the invasion of the Takeda family, it was also the banner leader of the eastern part of the Suruga family. His presence also made Hojo Shiyasu feel that the surrender of Okabe Motonobu and others was 'sincere'.

Asahinai Tai Chao is a native of the Enjiang country, that is, the Commander-in-Chief of the Enjiang Dynasty. He also served as a close friend of the Imagawa clan and was also a genealogical retainer of the Imagawa family. Although their status in the Imagawa family is not as high as that of the Suruga Asahina family, they exist as a quasi-sect, and their status is slightly higher than that of other local samurai and countrymen.

Okabe Motonobu was a genealogical retainer of the Imagawa family before, and he did his best to fight for Imagawa Yoshimoto Kamiroku. However, after the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Battle of Barrel Sama, the strength of the Imagawa family took a sharp turn for the worse. Okabe Motonobu completely suppressed Matsudaira Ieyasu's offensive in Higashi-Mikawa, but with the persuasion of the Hojo family, all his efforts were in vain.

Okabe Motonobu had already discussed with Asahina Shinji and Asahina Taichao, with Imagawa Shinma as the general of this army. This would also buy time for the Uesugi army to train soldiers and horses, and avoid the consequences of the Takeda army attacking the Izu Imagawa clan.

When the people of the former Imagawa family proposed to ask the Imagawa clan to be the general of the 'Imagawa Army', Hojo Clan Yasu felt that it was a little difficult to do. He knew very well the result of letting the son-in-law, who could not fight and only bow, command the more than 5,500 troops. Moreover, Okabe Motonobu and the other three were completely insincere in offering hostages.

Yamato Hikozaburo Harunto did not immediately see that the defection of the three Okabe Motoshin had been planned a long time ago, and as the military advisor of the Hojo clan, he could only suggest to the Hojo clan Yasushi that the Imagawa clan should come to Musashi to command the 'Imagawa army'. However, the command of the Imagawa clan could not be completely handed over to the Imagawa clan, and it was necessary to set up a military supervisor within the 'Imagawa Army' and deploy an army with no low combat strength.

This suggestion of Yamato Haruno was quickly adopted by Hojo Shiyasu. Hojo Shiyasu believed that if Uesugi Asagi really wanted to fight a decisive battle with him and hoped to win, then he would definitely not allow himself to reduce his army of more than 5,000 to fight, and this army would completely reverse the situation on the battlefield. What's more, the requests of Okabe Motonobu and others are not excessive. They are just retainers of the former Imagawa family and let the Imagawa clan really rule them, as long as the Imagawa clan who is still in the Horikoshi Gongkata comes here.

Hojo wanted to wait until the Boso Peninsula Army led by Naokaka Tominaga would not be seen until at least January of next year. Soon after Sakan Castle was taken by the Hojo Army, Masaki Tokiharu of the Masaki family of the Uchibo family, Masaki Yoshiharu, Masaki Hiroki and others of the same clan gathered local samurai to raise troops against the Hojo family in Anbo and Kamiso. Although Hojo Naodari, Tominaga Naokatsu and Tamu Motoko and others were exterminated in time, Masaki Tokiharu and others were also taken over. However, it can also be seen that it is still very difficult for the General Administration and Anfang to nationalize.

Not to mention the large number of vacant territories on the Boso Peninsula that need to be arranged for the Hojo family's first gate, quasi-one gate (relatives), and genealogy, and even the people of the country who have just surrendered are secretly in contact with Hideji Kano in Higashijin Castle. This made Tominaga Naokakatsu and others have to postpone the time to send troops.

In addition, Hojo Naodari (Mihara Castle), Tame Motoko (Katsunozaki Castle), Ishinomaki Iesada (Mountain Castle), Nakayama Iefan (Okamoto Castle), Ise Bei Nakamori (Ise Sadaun, Katsuyama Castle), Asakura Notomori (Miyamoto Castle), Minagawa Hirosho (Furyokan, Tsusakakan), Mizuno Nagakatsu (Shirahama Castle), Shioka Masakai (Shinkan Castle), Shirai Shiryu (Oi Castle), Kido Naoshi (Maruyama Castle) have not yet completely stabilized the country, and if it is said that soldiers are sent to support Hojo Shiyasu, then only Tominaga Naokatsu's Seibi can be dispatched.

Hojo Naodada also sent his retainers to Odawara Castle to ask the Hojo clan to transfer some of the retainers of the Pedigree and the Imperial Horse Commanders to the prefectures of Kamiso. Of course, he did not have a prophet of Hojo Shiyasu. For example, the Satomi family's descending generals Sano Kuninobu (Sato is the castle lord), Shiizu Nobumasa (Shiizu Castle lord), Ono Tadaaki (Miko Shinorizen, Ono Castle lord), Komiya Totsune (former Manki Toki family retainer, Ichinomiya Castle lord), Kamada Katsutsu (Kohama Castle lord), Murakami Narikiyo (Senbon Castle lord), Taga Nobuyoshi (Hall Minami Castle lord) and so on.

Although the Hojo clan had only been in charge for a long time, he appointed his younger brother Hojo Clan Kiri as the general of Shirabi, and asked Kasawara Yasukatsu to assist him. And the retainers of Oto Nobuko, Oto Yoshichi (the lord of Tashiro Castle), and Oto Nobuki were assigned to Shirabi. On the other hand, Akabi Shogun also had Hojo Clan Tadashi (the eldest son of Hojo Clan) as the general, and Hojo Clan Hikaru (Hojo Clan's second son) and Shimizu Masaji (Shimizu Yasuei's son) as deputy generals.

The Hojo clan government arranged his younger brother Hojo clan in Izu in order to boost the morale of the Izu people, so that they firmly believed that the Hojo family would no longer cede Izu Province to the Takeda family. And the opening of Kasahara Yasukatsu is also helpless, and there are few retainers left in the civil war of the Hojo family, except for him, there are only a few retainers such as Hojo Shigeru, Tominaga Naokaka, Hojo Naodada, and Hojo Hikatsu.

The Hojo clan did not immediately make up his mind to send someone to take up his post, so he could only order someone to go to Musashi to inquire about Hojo Clan Yasu and Hojo Nagatoma.

Even if he could not fight the Uesugi family at the end of the year, Hojo Shiyasu still did not withdraw his troops. After consulting with Hojo Nagasuna and others in Hachioji Castle, he appointed the Imperial Families (the families who started from scratch with Hojo Sakumo at the beginning: Daidoji, Tame, Arakawa, Yamanaka, and Aritake were the six families of Kokokuji Castle; The relatives of the Imperial Family, including Ogasawara, Takahashi, and Katsuyama), Daido Temple Masashige served as the lord of Sakan Castle, Ogasawara Motosuke (nephew of the Hojo clan, whose son Ogasawara Yasuhiro was the son-in-law of the Hojo clan) served as the lord of Marodani Castle, Hojo Clan's Yasushi Oma Tsugashi Yasushi served as the lord of Manki Castle, Sagami-gun Gundai, Judge Ishimaki Yasuho served as the lord of Taki Castle, Odawara Yasushi served as the lord of Katsuura Castle, and Kururi Castle was under the jurisdiction of Hojo Naodei.

On December 25, when Asada was still holding a military meeting with Namba Takenji and other retainers at Kashiwahara Castle Honmaru, Deura Morikiyo let Asada know of his arrival with a gust of wind outside the door.

"Sheng Qing, come in." Asadachi first motioned for the retainers who had been gathered around the map of Musashi Province to return to their positions, and then let Deuramori Kiyoshi enter Ohiroma.

"My lord, the Saitoyama Castle Guardian deceived the Yokose Yura clan and his retainers into Naba Castle, and killed all twenty of them at the banquet on the pretext of attending the banquet!" When Izuura Shengqing finished speaking, the surrounding retainers all felt that the pit viper was not simple, and the methods were really vicious!

"Since this is done, Michizo should have defeated Yokose Yura. So is there anything else? "Asadachi also wants to give Hojo Shiyasu a 'New Year's gift', so he still has to discuss it with his retainers.

"Yes, Azuma ninja Yokotani Sakin and others are willing to work for the family." Deura Shengqing asked and answered, and he didn't report it all at once.

"Oh? I see, you go down first. "Since Asadaki has handed over the military and command of Ueno to Saito Michizo, there is no need to ask too much. Although it was a bit cruel to kill all the Yokose Yura clan, the only way to do it was to nationalize Ueno Ichikoku.

Saito Rizo thought to himself: Yamashiro is not less poisonous and spicy!

"Hojo Shiyasu neither wants to launch an offensive against our army, nor does he intend to retreat. It's almost the New Year, and the family should give them gifts. Chao Ding got up and walked to the door, looking at the snowflakes floating outside.

"My lord, the Hojo army has a lot of people, and the original 13,000 plus the 5,500 troops such as Okabe Motoshin will be 18,500!" Obviously, Namba Kenji thought that the enemy army was too strong to fight.

"What about a lot of people? The Namba Attendants did not give in to Namba Castle when they were besieged by tens of thousands of the Hojo Army, why do they feel that more than 18,000 Hojo Troops are too much at this moment? Honjo said with a long smile.

"You!" Namba Tian Kenji was said by Honjo Shigenaga, and he picked up his folding fan and was about to rush to Honjo Shigecho to beat him.

"Enough! Now that you have the strength to fight, it is better to save some strength to kill the samurai of the Hojo family. Asada, but in time to stop Namba Kenji.

"My lord, although the Hojo Army has a large number of people, it consumes a lot of grain and grass. The family should find a way to burn down the granary near Onoji Castle, so that the Hojo Army can worry about the lack of food and grass. "Hirosawa Tadashi made a proposal, but it was even more difficult to take the granary with nearly 10,000 troops stationed inside and outside the city.

"The Hojo clan is not in the city, and the Hojo clan's Huang Bei is deployed in the city as the main combat force. This battle is not easy to fight. Ogasawara shook his head.

"The main forces of Huang Bei and Bai Bei were annihilated in Isonuma, and Huang Bei of the Hojo clan was defeated once at Mt. Mifune, and many important ministers died in battle. His tiger is just paper paste, and he should think about how to quickly capture the grain and grass outside the city and get out quickly. "The Asadaki knew that the main combat strength of the Hojo Army was Qingbei and Akabei. Tominaga Naokei's Qingbei is still in the general office, and Chibei is still in Sagami. It can be said that this raid can achieve results, and it depends on how Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Shinji, and Asahina Taichao outside the castle cooperate.

With 2,400 troops (500 cavalry of the Kawagoe Knights, 600 heavy infantry, 500 iron artillery ashigaru, 300 spear samurai, 300 naginata samurai, and 200 flag ashigaru), plus 4,000 Namba Takenji Division, 3,500 Honjo Honjo Buncho Division, and 2,000 Hirosawa Tadanobu Division, a total of 11,900 troops entered Ono Road Castle. Kato Danzo was arranged by Asadaki to attack the Hojo Army samurai heading to Hachioji Castle halfway.

Of course, the movement of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will definitely be detected by the Hojo family. The court decided to make Namba Tian Kenji the main general, and led the two armies of Honjo Shigenaga and Hirosawa Tadanobu with a total of 9,500 feints to attack the fortress to attract the attention of the Hojo family. And Asadachi led his team to find a way to attack Ono Road Castle in the south of Sekido Castle.

Only 9,000 of the 13,000 troops assembled by the Hojo Army were in the castle, and the 3,000 troops had already returned to garrison the castles. The winter was cold, and the Hojo army was resting in the castle, and the 5,500 troops of Okabe Motonobu and others could only stand by in the dilapidated barracks outside the castle, which made them very dissatisfied.

Although the general of the 'Imagawa Army' is Imagawa Clan, the military supervisor is Hojo Clanshin, the second son of Hojo Nagatora. Hojo Shinya could only suffer along with the 'Imagawa Army', and his 1,000 troops had to be stationed outside the city.

The 9,500 troops led by Namba Kenji marched in a hurry and rushed to the foot of Sekido Castle in an hour and a half, and instantly captured Sekido Castle, which had only 100 defenders.

After the defeated army fled back to Onoji Castle, the Hojo clan Shin and the Hojo clan immediately sent someone to inform the Hojo clan. However, as for whose troops to send to recapture Sekido Castle, the people of the Hojo family immediately had a candidate - Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Shinji, and Asahina Taichao.

This is not only Okabe Motonobu and others are unhappy, but even Imagawa Shin himself is not happy. Forget about the old military houses and longhouses stationed outside the castle, and now you have to fight the Uesugi family! Imagawa Shin immediately gathered with the troops of Okabe Motonobu and others, and then asked Hojo Shigeru and others to give an explanation at the gate of Otemon.

The Imagawa clan really couldn't stop the Hojo clan letter like this, and he could only persuade the Imagawa clan not to do it on the side. But the Imagawa clan was a daimyo in the past, and he also had the identity of a relative of the Ashikaga shogun's family!

Just when the Imagawa clan was taking the lead in 'making trouble', Asadachi ordered Saito Toshizo to lead the 500 cavalry of the Kawagoe Knights to quickly burn down the granary near the old military house.

Naturally, Rizo Saito would be happy to accept such a task. He led the white-robed cavalry into the granary and set fire to it everywhere, and even the old barracks around it were set on fire.

Naturally, the city saw it, but the gate of the city was surrounded by people from the Imagawa clan, and they couldn't save it if they wanted to. When Hojo Shishin saw it, he could only immediately go to the rescue of the granary with the 1,000 troops of his headquarters. However, he did not expect that the court had arranged five hundred iron cannons in the forest of the granary.

Just when Hojo Shishin hurriedly rushed to the outside of the granary with a thousand ashigaru, he found that the winter was dry and the fire was spreading very quickly! And all the surrounding buildings were set on fire, and they couldn't do anything about it.

"Fire!" At this time, Ogasawara Akimura ordered the iron cannon ashigaru who formed two teams to aim at the Hojo Army and attack. With the two rounds of iron cannons firing in unison, Ashigaru under the command of Hojo Shinshin fell down a lot due to being killed and wounded when they gathered together.

"Go with me! The enemy army is only iron cannons! "The Hojo clan didn't notice that the cavalry led by Saito Toshizo was nearby, and directly led the ashigaru men to rush towards the iron cannon ashigaru of the Uesugi army.

"The time has come! Kill! At this time, Saito Rizo struck out from the rear of the Hojo clan's Shinbu army, and instantly caught the Hojo clan's Shinbu by surprise.

When Hojo Shinshin turned his horse's head and looked back, he realized that he had never seen a tragic situation: the ashigaru in the back crowded the ashigaru in front in order to escape for his life, but the white-robed cavalry of the Uesugi army never stopped harvesting the butcher's knife in his hand. In a few moments, more and more ashigaru fell in the middle of the road or on both sides, and there was not much left of Ashigaru beside Hojo Shin.

"Withdraw!" Hojo Shinobu found that there were not many ashigaru left with him, and immediately ordered an evacuation. It was not so much that he ordered the evacuation as it was that he himself was trying to escape for his life. As soon as the Hojo clan finished speaking, he drove his horse and fled to the east of Onoji Castle, and the remaining Ashigaru had to flee on his own.

Saito Rizo's raid was to buy time for the evacuation of the Iron Gun Ashigaru. The evacuation rate of the infantry is definitely slower than that of the cavalry, and it is better to let the cavalry break off than this. When Saito Rizo saw that the Iron Artillery Ashigaru had not been far enough away, he also took the cavalry to burn the castle town.

At this moment, the Hojo Army can only stare dryly. The only Hojo clan Shinbu who could fight the Uesugi army had been defeated, and the Hojo army in the castle was blocked by Imagawa Shin, Okabe Motonobu and others and could not get out of Otemon. Onoji Castle was designed with only one gate in the north, but he didn't think about emergencies when Hojo Nagassuna was making a general invitation, he just expanded the castle and added the twisting wheels of Sannomaru and Higashinomaru, so that the number of soldiers in the castle was increased.

Imagawa was completely blinded when he saw the skyrocketing fire outside the castle, and he originally only wanted to reason with the Hojo family for himself and the samurai and ashigaru to get the treatment they deserved, but now he couldn't tell what he had to do with the attack of the Uesugi army. The two groups of emissaries sent by Hojo Shishin were disposed of after Kato Danzou was assassinated, and Hojo Shiyasu did not know that Sekido Castle was lost and that the granary of the army outside Onoji Castle was burned down.

It was not until the next day that Chaoding returned to Kashiwahara Castle with tens of thousands of troops. And Hojo Shiyasu also learned the news, but he couldn't really punish Imagawa Shima. What's more, the fact that the 'Imagawa Army' was treated unfairly is still there, and Hojo Shiyasu can only hold Hojo Shishin, Hojo Shigeru and others accountable.

Regarding the burning of the grain and grass of the Hojo Army, Hojo Shiyasu did not take it to heart. He could only think that Chao Ding's idea was too simple, the grain and grass hoarded in Odawara Castle could be eaten by 60,000 troops for three years, as long as a batch of grain and grass was transported from Odawara Castle.

Although Hojo Shiyasu thought well, the nearly 20,000 Hojo army needed to hold out without food and grass for ten days! Fortunately, when Okabe Motonobu and the others led the army to leave the Uesugi Domain, they carried some dry food and grain and grass, enough for them to survive these difficult ten days, and they were all stored in the Imagawa clan's mansion in the south of the city, so there was no need to worry at all.