Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Stormy Hojo

June 19th, just one day! Uesugi Asadatsu swallowed up the tens of thousands of main forces of the Hojo Army, and even the general of the Hojo Army, Hojo Tsunada, was captured. The news spread throughout Musashi in an instant, and the wounded of the Hojo Army, who were still recuperating in Namba Castle, left the castle in an instant and prepared to flee back to Sagami and Izu.

And the army of the house was also wiped out in the straggler Kari, and the people of Musashi, regardless of whether you were a samurai or a peasant soldier, or ashigaru, attacked when they saw the Hojo Army. These 'simple' lords scavenged dry food and money from them, and if they obtained the head of the samurai, they took the initiative to send them to Kawagoe Castle to ask for merit and reward.

Otakuma was also attacked near Nekoya two days later, and all of his entourage escaped, leaving Kanshiro alone without abandoning him, and hiding in the forest with the seriously wounded Okuma Fusari on his back.

"My lord, it's safe for now." Kanshiro wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the house leaning against the tree.

"Well...... I can't seem to go back...... You're so much better than those Ashigaru......" Omamasari said intermittently to Kanshiro, coughing up blood as he spoke, but insisting on talking.

"My lord, you can get back to Sagami, if you hurry up, we'll be in Sagami in three days at the latest!" Kanshiro himself is familiar with the road, and he used to go to Musashi to sell souvenirs.

"No need...... "Zhai Fangcheng waved his hand, "I'll cut off my head and bring it back when I breathe late...... The co-chasa and the sword are all yours...... By the way, you'll take care of my unmarried daughter......"

"Your Excellency!" Kanshiro cried as he watched Otamanari finish telling himself to take care of his daughter, but Otamada Fusari choked his head······

Kanshiro immediately threw away the hat on his body and tore off a large piece of his shirt before cutting off the head of the house and wrapping it well. In the end, he put his bladed knife in place, and put on the sword and the coacher of the house. One of the last things Kanshiro did was to hide the leaves and branches on the corpse of the house, believing that one day he would return to Musashi under the leadership of Hojo Shiyasu, and that he would be able to bring his body back to Sagami one day.

Kanshiro then said 'Nan no Amitabha' to the corpse of the house and left with tears in his eyes, not knowing that this invasion of Musashi was the last time the Hojo family entered the central Musashi region.

It's the same escape, Kasahara Yasukatsu and the others have nothing to do, probably because their attention is attracted by the house, but Kasahara Yasukatsu was injured and entered Sagami three days later.

After fighting the First Battle of Isanuma, Asadachi specially rewarded Tsuyokawa Kiyocho Yongle Qian with 500 kan and Oishi Tsunagen Yongle Qian with 700 kan, and the two of them were immediately ordered by Asadaki to return to the capital garrison. After all, Ueno Ichikuni is the closest order country to Echigo, and if Ueno is not guaranteed, then the communication with Echigo will have to be spared.

This time, it was the first time that Nagao Keishin was awarded the Miao character 'Uesugi' in Kawagoe Castle, which made Yamamoto Temple Dingchang extremely envious. The governor of the Suyoshi Nagao family was awarded the Miao character of the Fujiwara courtier because of his military exploits, which also made Nagao Keishinobu grateful to Dade. Although Nagao Keishinobu later received a reward of 800 kan Yongle money, he thought that he could not use the Miao character of 'Uesugi' to reward other items!

Hideji Kano rewarded 500 Kaneiraku money, and he and Uesugi Keishinobu also left Kawagoe Castle in the early morning of the 20th to return, while Yamamoto Temple Dingchang and his 2,500 troops remained in Kawagoe Castle. Chaoding directly asked him to keep it first, and also sent Xi Liding to Echigo with a letter to hand it over to the Dragon Maiden.

However, the content of the letter was to ask the dragon girl to transfer the Yamamoto temple family out of Echigo Province and give herself a force. Of course, the transfer of Yamamoto Temple was not without any benefits, but Asadachi did not make the unification of Musashi Province his first priority, and he looked further - the entire Kanto. Unlike Ogasawara Cho, who was bent on Shinano becoming a 'Yugong', he came back this time, but he wouldn't be in Musashi. The dream of the court is Kamiraku, but instead of Kuangfu shogunate, it is the establishment of the 'Uesugi shogunate'!

The court first persuaded him with kind words, and sent Hosoya Shimichi to lead 1,000 Shangshu soldiers to attack the lower headquarters together with the 2,500 troops of the Yamamoto Temple Dingchang Division. Although this move would offend the Furukawa Princess, it was indeed the supporters of the Hojo family, the Takashiro family. And the target Koganeshiro, Hanawa Castle, Neki Inner Castle, and Tega Castle, as long as these four cities are captured, they can put the next total country within the attack range. It can be said that retreat can defend Musashi, and advance can attack the south.

The only four families that always support the Hojo family in the south are the Hara family, the Chiba family, the Takashiro family, and the sea family, and the Satomi family is gradually counterattacking, but the Satomi family's offensive is thundering and raining. After Satomi Yoshihiro led 2,000 troops, 400 troops of the Masaki family, and 200 troops of the Sakai family, he immediately went north and went up. It's just that his actions were not supported by other daimyos, not even solidarity. This time the Satomi family is different from the last time in the Kofutai War, last time there was a surprise attack on Edo Castle by Uesugi Asada, and this time Asadachi is still preparing to invade Kitakata Sokoganshin and other areas, and he doesn't have time to support Satomi Yoshihiro.

On the 21st, when the news of the defeat and death of Tsunaru Hojo in Isanuma reached the ears of the Hojo clan on the border between Sagami and Izu, the Hojo clan passed out directly to the ground. He gradually woke up under the help of everyone, and when he woke up, he only said one sentence: "Order Izu to withdraw all our troops into Sagami Country, even the Imagawa army of 3,000." ”

After the death of Hojo Tsusunari and the destruction of Huang Bei and Bai Bei, this directly led to the fact that Hojo Shiyasu had no intention of fighting again. He immediately ordered the Hojo Army, which was still resisting in Izu, to retreat on all fronts, but Hojo Shiyasu's approach was still very correct, at least he had retained enough strength under Takeda Shingen's troops, and he only needed half a year to recuperate before he could fight again. It's just that even if Hojo Shiyasu wants to fight, he won't start a war with Uesugi Asada, and he finally understands at this moment that the current Uesugi family is no longer the Uesugi family that he once slaughtered.

The Hojo Army finally withdrew from Izu into Sagami on the 25th, and even after containing the ashigaru, peasants, and a small number of samurai who had fled from Musashi, the total strength of the Hojo Army was currently only 21,000. Although Kurobei had already been formed under the formation of Tamu Motoko, due to the annihilation of the Yellow Bei and White Bei Brigades, Hojo Shiyasu even wanted to separate the original Red Bei from his direct military force. Qingbei actually suffered a lot of losses during the siege of Namba Tian Castle, but he could barely continue to fight. And the new general Huang Bei is undoubtedly the Hojo clan, and as for the Akabi general, the Hojo clan Kang thinks of his uncle - Hojo Phantom An.

On the evening of the 25th, Sagamigawara Odawara Castle Honmaru was inside the five-story castle tower.

Hojo had been depressed since he fainted near Yamanaka Castle, and he had been sick since he returned to his base.

"Father, the retainers and the army have all withdrawn into Odawara Castle, and they are all settled." As soon as the Hojo clan entered the residence of the Hojo clan on the third floor of the castle tower, Hojo clan Yasu's room reported important matters first.

"Well..." Hojo just wanted to nod now, and he didn't want to say anything more. Obviously able to annihilate the Uesugi family in Ogiya in one fell swoop, who knew that Takeda Shingen suddenly betrayed the alliance! As a result, the superior forces of the Uesugi family were also forced to divide and leave, and Hojo Tsusunari and others were defeated and killed. This made Hojo Shiyasu very guilty, and he knew that he would wait for Takeda to repel Takeda before launching a general attack on the Uesugi family.

"Clan Yasangong, clan Masaden, and Takeda Nobuyoshi have suspended their attacks on the Imagawa family after capturing several castles such as Koyama Castle, and Izu Ichikoku is now also occupied by the Takeda family." Wind Demon Kotaro instantly appeared behind the Hojo clan, which made the Hojo clan a little disgusted with him.

"Got it..." Hojo Shiyasu is like gold at the moment, and he can only pretend to be seriously ill in order to avoid his retainers.

"My lord! Big things are wrong! The son of Lord Takashiro was killed in Musashi, and Yamamotoji Taicho led an army of 2,500 to conquer Koganeshiro, Hanawa Castle, Neki Inner Castle, and Tega Castle in succession! The next may be swallowed up by Uesugi Asada! At this moment, Yasuhiro Ogasawara (Hojo Shiyasu's son-in-law, a member of the family) hurried outside the living room, and opened the paper door, ignoring the presence of the wind demon Kotaro and said.

"Helpless, it's all my mistake!" Hojo clan Yasu is unwilling, if the time of Takeda Shingen's betrayal of the alliance is slightly delayed, he will be able to take Musashi down! You can also have the capital to fight the Takeda family!

"This time, it shouldn't be Namba Tian Kenji and Ota Shimasa who defeated the main forces of the family's two reserve teams." The Hojo clan also guessed that these two men should not have the courage to withstand the invasion of the Hojo family, but he also had doubts after hearing about the rapid participation of the Echigo soldiers. If it is true that Uesugi has returned to Aizu according to Uesugi Kenkatsu, then who actually commanded this battle? It can't be Uesugi Masatoka who has returned to Echigo, right?

"My lord, the general commander of the Uesugi Army who commanded the Battle of Issanuma this time is Uesugi Repair Doctor Asada, and he has not returned to Aizu, but has been crossing the castle on the Musashi River!" At this moment, Wind Demon Kotaro spoke amazingly, shocking everyone present! If it is true, then Uesugi Kenkatsu is a pawn to confuse them, and if Oishi Seisa turns against him at this time, the Hojo family will be hit even harder!

"Uncle will be in danger!" Hojo Shiyasu felt that if Hojo Phantom Ann continued to stay in Hachioji Castle, he would be attacked sooner or later, and he really didn't return to Odawara Castle before ordering Hojo Phantom to return to Hachioji to continue garrisoning!

"Father, for the sake of today, I can only quickly execute Uesugi Kenkatsu, Oishi Dinghisa, and their families!" Although the Hojo clan is not yet the governor of the family, he also senses how harmful it is for these two people to continue to stay in the Hojo family. If they switch to Takeda and lead the way to Sagami, Hojo will really be finished!

"Yes, what the young master said is very true." Yasuhiro Ogasawara also very much agreed with Hojo Clan's proposal, and he felt that it was now to have a good relationship with the future governor.

"Then according to what you said, and Kotaro, you will lead the ninjas to attack Izu's Takeda army." Hojo Shiyasu also knows very well that this time Takeda Shingen is completely united with Uesugi Asadachi and Uesugi Masatora, otherwise Uesugi Masatora can return to Echigo with peace of mind and ignore her brother-in-law?

"Yes! I'll retire. The Hojo clan and the others did not disturb the rest of the Hojo clan, and all withdrew from his living room, and their first target was Uesugi Kenkatsu, who was staying in the castle. However, the Wind Demon Kotaro was even busier, and soon after returning from Suruga, he was going to Izu to attack the Takeda army. Not to mention that more than half of the ninjas were killed in Suruga in the Wind Demon, the number of people killed in Musashi alone has exceeded 100! In particular, there is not much left in the middle of the wind demon, if the Hojo family really collapses this time, then the wind demon will also die.

Uesugi Kenkatsu, who was still drinking at a tavern in the castle town of Odawara Castle, did not know about the impending danger. It seems that he just wants to drink to kill his sorrows, if he hadn't betrayed his brother and uncle back then, as a member of the Uesugi family in Ogiya, he would definitely be reused and trusted, and it would be possible to become the head of a country in the future. However, he colluded with the Hojo family that year and guided Hojo Tsusunari to attack Kawagoe Castle. In that battle, the retainers of the Ogiya Uesugi family, Uesugi Asanori, and the retainers of the Seiki dynasty, Nambata, Yoshigin, and Kenshige were killed or committed suicide, and the main castle of the Ogiya Uesugi family was captured. Even Ota Shiken, who was still recuperating in Iwatsuke Castle, was assassinated, and the Ota clan, the Namba clan, and the Uesugi family were all killed! Uesugi Kenkatsu was afraid whenever he thought of this, he was afraid that so many unjust souls who had died because of his own mistakes would come to him to ask for his life, so he lived with alcohol every day. Except, of course, that Uesugi Asadashi attacked Kawagoe Castle, which he was stationed at the time. He also has to say that Uesugi Chaoding is generous, even if he has committed such a heinous crime, he has not yet executed himself, and he can still escape!

Just as Uesugi was still sighing, one of his attendants ran into the liquor store in a panic and found him with only five samurai guards around him.

"My lord, run! The Hojo family is going to do something to you! The samurai said as he half-knelt in front of Uesugi Kenkatsu, and as soon as he heard the news, he immediately rushed over. Since the Hojo family had a ban on galloping horses in the castle town, he hurried to report the news.

"What?!" Several samurai who had been following Uesugi Kenkatsu were talking about it, they were all sent by Oishi Dingjiu to protect him, and if Uesugi Kenkatsu died, then they would not have a good life.

"Are you finally going to do it to me? Didn't you just help repair the doctor's hall and spread a few fake news? Uesugi Kenkatsu couldn't help laughing, although he was a little suspicious of the letter he got in his hand, but he didn't tell Hojo Shiyasu and the others about his doubts. It seems that their 'results' are also good, the Hojo family lost a major minister Hojo Tsusunari and tens of thousands of troops in the battle of Isawuma, and even Takashiro Yinyoshi and Hara Yinei of other countries were defeated and died, and even Kasawara Yasukatsu and others, who fled back desperately, were also wounded.

"My lord, the only way to do this now is to quickly get out and go to Tokura City to join the lord." A samurai standing beside Uesugi Kenkatsu said that if he could escape and go to Musashi Tokura Castle, he would still be able to defend against the Hojo Army according to the danger!

"Well, let's go without further ado, I still want to see my wife and children." Uesugi Kenkatsu hasn't seen his children and wives since he fled to Sagami, so why don't you want them?

"Yes!" Two samurai supported Uesugi Kenkatsu, and four samurai surrounded them and quickly left the liquor store. It can be said that at the time of one front foot and back foot, Ogasawara Yasuhiro rushed into the liquor store with fifty samurai dressed in black lacquer maru, and there were 300 ashigaru armed with knives and spears on the aisle of the castle town outside. This caused the lords of the castle town to gather around without knowing what was going on.

Uesugi Kenkatsu was also not too lucky, the liquor store he had been staying in was near the main wall of Odawara Castle Shimomachi, and even the Hojo Army came to arrest him with more effort to get here. Since it is not yet the time of the cage castle, the city gates are all wide open, and even the ashigaru who guards the city is basically on the main city wall, and there are only two or three ashigaru leaning on the side of the city wall near the city gate below and chatting. This gave Uesugi Kenkatsu and the other seven an excellent time to escape, and the ashigaru didn't bother to interrogate a few samurai, even if Uesugi Kenkatsu and the others escaped from Odawara Castle!

When Yasuhiro Ogasawara broke away from the crowd with his army and rushed to the gate of the city, he knew that Uesugi Kenkatsu and the others had fled! In order to vent his anger, Ogasawara Yasuhiro killed three Ashigaru who ignored the castle on the spot. It was because of this incident that he also had a feud with Yasukatsu Kasahara. These ashigaru defending the city are exactly what he is preparing to participate in the army, and Ogasawara Yasuhiro will kill them directly without asking which part it is!

"Ogasawara Hall! Why kill me, it's a matter of time! At this time, the two of them, Yasukatsu Kasawara and Keinaka Kasanaka, who came to inspect, with ten samurai, happened to clearly see the scene where Yasuhiro Ogasawara killed Ashigaru.

"Oh, it turned out to be Kasawara Echizen Mamoru Yasukatsu-sama, who let go of the enemy of the Hojo family, Uesugi Kenkatsu, and had to kill them in the next!" Ogasawara Yasuhiro was too lazy to say to the wounded Kasahara Yasukatsu, and left directly with the military momentum, which made Kasawara Yasukatsu and Kasawara Jingzhong very angry!

"My lord, I'm going to report to my lord!" Kasahara Keizhong directly retired with two samurai, he was originally a samurai, and later was given the Miao word 'Kasawara' after being favored by Kasahara Yasukatsu. Kasawara Keinaka then charged into battle as best he could, and completely became a confidant of Kasahara Yasukatsu, and from this incident, he was a little disappointed in the Hojo family. Knowing that he was going to throw his head and spill his blood in Isanuma, in the end, the remnants retreated into Sagami and were treated like this! If Hojo hadn't made a reasonable and fair decision, then he really wouldn't have any more illusions about the Hojo family.

"Go and bury them, and tell their families that they died in battle." Yasukatsu Kasawara clenched his left fist, although his right hand was still hanging around his neck, if he hadn't been injured, he would have drawn his knife and slashed directly at Yasuhiro Ogasawara.