Just as the front foot of Hojo Phantom Ann left Kawagoe Castle, the back foot of Hojo Shiyasu had already started the operation to recapture the old territory of Izu Province. His goal was to recapture Izu first, and then destroy the Satomi family, who had always been friends with the Uesugi family, and finally join forces with the Chiba family to attack Furukawa Castle, and drive away the current Ashikaga Fuji clan of the Furukawa Princess, and then attack the Uesugi Dynasty. The premise is that he wants to fight with Takeda Shingen first, and then reconcile with the Takeda family.

On July 13 of the third year of Koji, Hojo Shiyasu personally served as the general general, the general of the Qingbei army, Tominaga Naokumi served as the deputy general, Ando Ryosei served as the military commissioner, Kano Yasumitsu served as the military chief, the Hojo family raised 14,000 troops to Izu, and the Hojo family naval army also had 2,600 troops to participate in the battle. Among them, the Hojo clan is in charge of Jade Rope City as the general of Huang Bei; The Hojo clan replaced the Hojo clan Yasu in Odawara Castle, and the old Ishinomaki Iesada and the general of the white preparation Hojo clan were left behind to assist the Hojo clan government; The distant mountain Jinggang sits in Misaki Castle and guards against the Satomi family.

This time, the only remaining main force of the Hojo Army and the reorganized black bei went into battle together, and the black bei of Tamu Motoko only had a thousand troops, and the young bei of Tominaga Naokai still had two thousand troops. In addition, Hojo Yasu arranged for his younger brother Hojo Shiyao to be in charge of reorganizing Shirabi as the general of Shirabi, and Yasukatsu Kasahara was removed from Shirabi. Naodari Hojo (the adopted son of the Hojo clan) was appointed by the Hojo clan as the Akabi general, and all of his subordinates became the Akabi Commander.

And Yamanaka Yoriji led a thousand troops from Jinshi Castle to march towards Yamanaka Castle; Hidenobu Oto led a thousand troops from Tohi Castle to Atami Castle; Ise Sadaun led 1,500 troops from Yusaka Castle, and his mission was to support Yamanaka Yoriji. Hojo Shiyasu led his own team of 3,000, Kasahara Yasukatsu team of 500, Kurobi Tamu Motoko's team of 1,000, Seibi Tominaga Naokei's team of 2,000, Ogasawara Yasuhiro's team of 1,500, and Hojo Tsunashige (Hojo Han'an's second son) team of 1,000 troops stationed in Goshoyama Castle, northeast of Tsuchihi Castle, waiting for an opportunity to enter Izu. As long as the Takeda Army of Suruga Province rescues Izu, then his team can enter Suruga and disturb the sight of the Takeda Army, so that Takeda Shingen cannot easily ignore the defense of Kai and Suruga in his decision-making.

The Izu Navy of 2,600 sailors, including Yasuei Shimizu, Masakatsu Shimizu (Yasuyoko Shimizu), Hidemoto Egawa, Ieji Yamamoto, Masanao Yamamoto, Kajiwara Keizume, Nobuji Mamiya, and Shigemune Suzuki, sailed into Sagami Bay with 15 Sekibunes, 30 Kozari, and 4 Sengokubunes into Sagami Bay to support the Hojo Army's offensive on land from the sea.

The reason why Hojo Shiyasu dared to raise 14,000 troops was that Takeda Shingen had already withdrawn the main force to Kai Province, Minami Shinano, and Suruga Province, while the standing reserve of the Takeda Army in all parts of Izu Province was only more than 2,000 Ashigaru and 500 horseback samurai. The difference in strength between the two sides is indeed very large. Moreover, the Hojo Phantom and others in Musashi Province and the Hojo clan and others in Sagami Tamasho Castle can still withstand the offensive of the Uesugi family, this is just the wishful thinking of the Hojo clan, and the court still needs to recuperate at this moment, and there is no time to intervene in the war between Hojo and Takeda.

Just as the Hojo Army's land and water armies were still on the way to march, Masanobu Takasaka, who was sitting in Izu Nirayama Castle, received the news. He immediately ordered Nobuki Ogasawara of Kawazu Castle, Nobubo Ashida of Kano Castle, Masasumi Takasaka of Tohi Castle, and Nobuthiro Shimono Shimosone of Shimoda Castle to immediately gather troops to the north to prepare for battle, and on the other hand, quickly send people to Yamanaka Castle to prepare Naito Masahiro to defend the castle. Takasaka Masanobu also sent a quick horse to Kai Province to inform Takeda Shingen, and he sent several of his close samurai to Kokokuji Castle, Katsurayama Castle and other places to bring rescue troops.

The closest to Izu were the retainers of the Takeda family in Suruga Province: Katsuyama clan of Katsuyama Castle, Kawakubo Noburi of Tokura Castle, Takeda Nobuyoru of Kokokuji Castle, and Yokota Tsunamatsu of Fukasawa Castle.

In fact, even if the Suruga people rescued Izu in time, their troops would not be enough. Unless Kai's Takeda Shingen sent troops south to rescue, the Hojo Army would soon march on Suruga after swallowing Izu Province. Takeda Nobuhiro was still holding the truth with the Imagawa clan at the moment, and he didn't have time to rush back to the rescue in time.

However, it is more comfortable for them to fight only in this Kanto land. Places like Hokuriku, Tokaido, and Gyeonggi Province are full of Ichijo sect forces, and many daimyo even collect taxes depending on their faces.

Two days later, the Hojo Army had all arrived at the designated position, and even the three teams of Yamanaka Yoriji, Oto Hidenobu, and Ise Sadaun had entered the Izu national territory one after another. The headquarters of Naito Masahiro of Yamanaka Castle had an army of 500, plus the 1,000 troops brought by Kawakuru Nobumi from Togura Castle, which was enough to garrison.

Takasaka Masanobu had already assembled two thousand standing ashigaru and five hundred horseback samurai, and one thousand conscripted ashigaru had been waiting for Oto Hidenobu in Yugawara for a long time. Before Hidenobu Oto could prepare to launch an attack on Atami Castle, Takasaka Masanobu ordered Takasaka Masasumi, Shimosone Nobutsuna and others to rush down the hillside.

The Hojo Army, which was caught off guard for a while, rushed to the battle, and after Uehara Morimasa took two hundred conscripts Ashigaru from Atami Castle, Oto Hidenobu could only retreat, and on the way to retreat, many Hojo Ashigaru had to flee into the sea for fear to escape. And the adjutant general Naoyoshi Yukikata was captured in the battle with the Takeda army.

When Hidenobu Oto fled to Sagami Dohi Castle, he found that only five samurai and 400 ashigaru were left with him. In the First Battle of Yugawara, the Hojo Army was killed by 200 people, drowned in the sea by more than 100 people, and captured more than 300 people. Most of these captives were Izu natives, and Takasaka Masanobu had no choice but to release them all in order to quickly support Yamanaka Castle, but he took all the equipment on them and let them go back empty-handed. The Takeda army suffered fewer than 100 casualties in this battle.

After Takasaka Masanobu bought off the nearby people, he asked him to lead the way. Immediately, he led 3,400 troops over the mountains and mountains to the other side of the foothills, the city in the mountains.

It can be said that Hidenobu Oto did not know about the defeat of Ise Sadaun and Yamanaka Yoriji, and they only led 2,500 troops to surround Yamanaka Castle and sent an envoy to ask for reinforcements from Hojo Yasuyasu.

In just half a day, before the Hojo army could eat lunch, Takasaka Masanobu led his army to approach Yamanaka Castle. Takasaka Masasumi directly led five hundred samurai on horseback to rush down from the mountain and kill the Hojo army. And the flags of the Takeda family were flying all over the mountain, which made the morale of the Hojo Army instantly low. Naito Masahiro and Kawakuchi Nobumi in Yamanaka Castle immediately led a thousand troops from the castle to support Takasaka Masasumi.

Yamanaka Yoriji and Ise Sadaun also formed a formation to deal with it, but the Takeda army was still twice as numerous as them. With Takasaka Masanobu committing 2,000 troops, the Hojo Army was finally overwhelmed by numbers after being flanked from both sides. Yamanaka Yoriji was captured in the chaos, and Ise Sadaun led the remnants of a thousand troops to retreat to Jinshi Castle.

The Hojo Army lost 500 killed and 1,000 captured. On the other hand, the Takeda army only lost 200 men. The captured 1,000 Hojo Gunashigaru were also sent to Kamano Castle in Suruga Province to dig for gold (learning from Uesugi Asadada's practice of not killing or letting go).

In just two battles, the Hojo Army lost more than 2,000 losses, which cannot help but make the world call Takasaka Masanobu 'Escape Bomb Sho' (those who see it flee immediately).

When Hojo learned that the vanguard forces on both sides had been defeated, he had to pay attention to it, and he admitted that he had underestimated this Takasaka Danmasa at the beginning. In addition to Hojo Shiyasu, many retainers in the Hojo family originally thought that they could recapture Izu without tens of thousands of troops, and they could also drive away Takasaka Masanobu, a young and unknown Takeda retainer.

I never thought that it was this Takeda retainer who was not famous that defeated the two Hojo armies, and the Ashigaru people were killed in battle by Yamanaka Yoriji, the lord of the Central Plains Yamanaka Castle, and the former Musashi Kokiko Yukikata Naoyoshi was killed in battle.

The Hojo family's plan to quickly seize the northern part of Izu was destroyed by Takasaka Masanobu, and with Takeda Nobuyoru leading 2,000 troops and Murozumi Toranobu leading 100 horseback samurai into Izu territory, the Hojo army had to need the assistance of the Hojo clan.

On the one hand, Hojo Shiyasu adopted the strategy of the retainers hired by Kyoto, Yamato Hikozaburo and Ise Beinakamori, and first led an army of 10,000 to march steadily towards Atami Castle, and on the other hand, he sent a naval army to attack the empty southern Izu, and found a way to let the naval army land ashore and conquer the city.

Although Takasaka Masanobu could fight, he forgot that the Izu country under his feet was close to the sea, and the Izu Islands to the east were still under the control of the Izu naval forces of the Hojo family.

It can be said that although Hojo Shiyasu came up with two retainers and more than 2,000 troops, he also discovered the weakness of Takasaka Masanobu.

On 16 July, Takasaka Masanobu led his troops to retreat to Nirayama Castle, and he arranged for the troops of Takeda Nobuyori and Murosumi Toranobu to be stationed in Tsunashiro Castle to support Atami Castle to the north.

At this moment, the sailors who received the order of Hojo Shiyasu immediately set sail. Under the leadership of Yasuhide Shimizu, the 2,600-strong Izu naval army attacked a series of coastal castles such as Shimoda Castle, Fukone Castle, Yazaki Castle, Matsuzaki Castle, Kawazu Castle, Atagawakan, and Muroto Castle. The supplies of the Takeda family in the city and in the port were continuously transported to the camp of the Hojo Army.

Shimizu Masakatsu of the Izu Navy even led 500 troops to capture and occupy Shimoda Castle, which was 'undefended' (only a dozen ashigaru garrisons).

The samurai Mamiya Yoshiko and Mamiya Nobutada, who had been lurking for a long time, led a thousand local peasant soldiers to capture Muroto Castle, which was already undefended.

After Takasaka Masanobu learned that the rear was unstable, he could only reluctantly divide the already small army into another 500 and let Ogasawara Nobuki go south.

Hojo Phantom Nunnery was not idle when he returned to Hachioji Castle, and directly mobilized a large number of manpower and material resources to build a castle in Tachikawa, north of Hachioji Castle. In addition, Tokura Castle's Oishi Kennaka was asked to build Mita Castle and Oyamada Castle in the north and northeast of Tokura Castle. In the vicinity of Onoji Castle, Sekido Castle and Daimaru Castle were built in the north and south, respectively. Hojo Han'an's idea was to build a strong defensive line by building a castle, and he also wanted to slowly encroach on Musashi through 'Daiken'.

On July 17, as Hojo Shiyasu's order reached Tamasho Castle, Hojo Shigeru immediately began to dispatch troops.

The mother of the Hojo clan is the daughter of the Hojo clan Tai Dingin, and he himself married the daughter of the Hojo clan Yasu, when he was young, the Hojo clan worshiped the father-in-law Hojo clan Yasu's \ "Kang\" character, and named the name Hojo Yasunari, and the name of the clan was not changed until Hojo Tsusunari gave him the position of family governor and Hojo clan Yasu passed away. The Hojo clan was treated by a large number of people in the Hojo family, and in addition to inheriting his father's Jade Rope Castle, he also inherited the position of Kamakura acting official.

Kanshiro, who returned to Sagami with the head of the house, and the daughter of the house, got married for a long time, and then became a member of the Jade Rope Clan. He later referred to himself as Kasuma Kanshiro Fang Shigeru (the name was given to him by the Hojo clan). If it weren't for the fact that Kanshiro Uzama had been fighting with Zhaima Bosei everywhere and finally brought his head back to Sagami for burial, he would not have been valued by the Hojo clan as a peasant soldier. In addition, Kanshiro Otakuma has seen the tactics of the Uesugi army, and the Hojo clan will also need his strength if he wants to take revenge in the future.

"Ajiu, I'm going to go out soon, you have to take care of yourself." With the help of Ah Jiu, he dressed the carcass, and he felt that he could marry Ah Jiu was really blessed by the Buddha or a blessing from his previous life.

"Husband, it's not easy for you to bring back your father's head, and the concubine is already very grateful." Ajiu belongs to the kind of good wife and mother, she knows that as a samurai, it is best not to be taken by the enemy, and she is relieved to know that the body of the house is also hidden.

"Hojo-sama Tsunekisuke trusted me very much, and he gave me my father's Sasama Castle 700 stones. I have to repay the kindness of the Hojo family. "The house is complicated and wants to repay the Hojo family, and it is reckless.

"Be careful when you go out of battle, the Takeda army is not so easy to deal with, the three thousand troops in the main hall were defeated a few days ago, and the two thousand troops were completely annihilated." Ajiu was still very worried about him, after all, the two of them had only been married for a short time and didn't even have children.

"I will." The house immediately picked up the sword on the tatami mat and walked out of the door, followed by the two samurai who had been waiting outside for a long time. Gradually, the three of them left Honmaru quickly. It was the first time he had participated in a large-scale battle since becoming a samurai, and his current identity was only the general of Ashigaru, the lord of Sasama Castle. Although his status is a little low, it does not affect his enthusiasm at all.

The Hojo clan knew that his burden was very heavy, especially as long as he led his troops to leave the Satomi family, it was very likely that he would send troops to attack and harass the area around Misaki Castle, and even his own Jade Rope Castle was not spared. Therefore, the Hojo clan will not bring a large number of troops with him in this battle, and he still needs to leave some retainers to garrison his skills.

It took a lot of effort for the Hojo clan to reorganize Huang Bei, and his uncle Fukushima Katsuhiro was still in the dungeon of Kawagoe Castle, and he heard that the Uesugi army ordered his troops to assassinate the horses with spears in order to prevent the Hojo army's mounted samurai from breaking through in the Battle of Isanuma. As a result, the Hojo clan did not put the formation of a large number of mounted samurai on the agenda, but gave priority to the formation of a group of spear samurai. If it weren't for the fact that the Hojo clan inherited all of Hojo Tsunari's territory, totaling 48,000 stones, otherwise he would really not be able to recruit and train thousands of standing troops for a while.

Today's jade rope people under the command of the Hojo clan are considered to have some Hojo Tsunade what it was back then, although the total strength is only more than 4,000, but the real Huang Bei army is only 1,200 people. It can be seen that after the defeat of the Hojo army led by Hojo Tsunari in the First Battle of Isanuma and the total annihilation of the Hojo army, it will take some time for the Hojo clan to make the combat effectiveness of these new groups of troops catch up with the Huang Bei of that year. It is not so much about time as it is about war. Only war can temper soldiers, and only war can improve soldiers' combat effectiveness, experience, and other aspects.