【。。。。。。 Oh, it's him. 】

Honda Masanobu shook his head for a moment, and then remembered that there was indeed such a person.

When Saito Toshizo died heroically in the Battle of Izumo, because his eldest son had already passed on to the Akai family, and the younger son was still in his infancy, Akechi Kogoro ordered the Saito family business to be temporarily handed over to Rizo's retainers to manage by collegiality, and his youngest son was adopted by Akechi Samasuke.

[Hesanbei is also ten years old, and he will be eleven after the New Year, I think it's almost time for him to serve。。。。。。 Honda-sama, we usually have a good relationship between our two families, but I would like to ask you to 。。。。。。 】

Honda Masanobu waved his hand and said:

[Eh, just rush this friendship, you and I shouldn't say this [please] word, isn't it just to give the child Yuanfu? ] Leave it to me! 】

[Haha, that's very good, it's really face-saving to have a wise man like you shave that child's hair and wear a crown. 】

[Yes, but it's for that kid, and I guess I'm doing something for Uchizosuke.] 】

[Hmm。。。。。。 By the way, didn't you just talk about my daughter? It just so happens that we take this opportunity to get married? 】

【Family Affairs?。。。。。。 No, no, your daughter is too young, only four or five years old, and my bastard boy is eighteen years old, this thing will definitely not be possible, even if I agree, it is not easy to explain it to Jing Yuqian. 】

Wise Zuo Masuke laughed dumbly.

[Haha, Honda-sama, where did you think of it, asking me to marry my beloved son to Zhengchun, who is more than ten years older than her, and I'm not happy to be a father。。。。。。 I'm talking about your youngest son, Chogoro. 】

【Chogoro ?。。。。。。 Oh, you're talking about him. 】

Seeing Honda Masanobu's adopted son who suddenly came to his senses, Wise Zuo Masuke was speechless for a while, and he even doubted that Honda Masanobu had this son.

(Honda Chogoro, that is, the historical Honda Masashige, a famous general from the late Warring States period to the early Edo period, was the adopted son of Naoe and the succession, and later the elder of the Maeda family, the first lord of the Enomoto Domain, and received 50,000 stone skuro.) ）

[If you want Aiko to marry my parent Goro, then I have no opinion, Changgoro is only four years old, and it is just right for Aiko, Cheng! ] I should come down for this family business! 】

[That's good。。。。。。 In a few days, I will bring Ah Jing and Aiko to your house and let Aiko and Nagagoro meet. 】

[Should, Should。。。。。。 In the future, our two families will be considered to be good families, come, have a drink, in-laws! 】

【Good。。。。。。 By the way, this matter has to wait for the lord's consent, but he should be happy to let Chogoro be his nephew and son-in-law. 】

[Well, but then again, when will the lord come back.] 】

At the mention of Akekogoro, both of them fell silent.

After a while, Wise Zuo Majie said:

[Honda-sama, this time the lord is on the order of the general to fight against the Hojo family, do you think there will be a chance of victory? 】

Honda Masanobu suppressed his wine, thought quietly for a while, and said with a heavy expression:

[Maybe you don't like to hear this too much, but I think the lord has no chance to win.] 】

[Are you so sure?] 】

[Yes, the Hojo family is powerful in Kanto, there have been four generations, not only the power is stable, but also has a large number of generals, with the potential for great development, the Kenshin Gong Hao led a hundred thousand troops to besiege Odawara, in vain. And Xin Xuangong, who is the first in the military strategy in the world, also did not succeed. This was the Hojo family more than ten years ago, and the current Hojo family is even stronger than it was at the beginning, and the shogun deployed the Shibata Army, the most powerful army of the shogunate, in the Kanto region, not to make Shibata-sama a pioneer in attacking the Hojo family, but only to serve as a defensive fulcrum. 】

After listening to Honda Masanobu's words, Akechi Zuo Masuke's face was very ugly.

[What you said is a bit serious, even if the Hojo family is so powerful, as long as the shogunate does its best, it may not be impossible。。。。。。 】

[Yes, the Hojo family also realized this, so they defeated Satake Yoshishige and annexed the entire Hitachi country, in order to accumulate more strength before the general's conquest, but now the general is trapped in the war in Kansai and can't pull his hand for a while, so 。。。。。。 】

Wise Zuo Masuke put down the dishes and chopsticks, and whispered:

[Now that the Shibata Katsuya has fallen, the lord has somehow become the moderation of the Shibata Army, what does this general think? Let the lord take care of the affairs of outsiders? And this Shibata family is really ridiculous, and he really recognized the lord! I really don't know whether to be happy or sad for my lord? 】

[Yes, I was really taken aback when I heard the news, but in connection with the current situation in Kanto, it's not incomprehensible, the shogun needs a [strongman] to replace Shibata Katsuya to contain the Hojo family. 】

[So the lord is the [strongman]? Thank you, General, for looking up so highly on us who know the family, but I still want to ask, the lord has become the lord of someone else's family, what should the wise family do? What about me?! 】

Wise Zuo Majie was holding back the fire in his heart, he really didn't have the appetite to eat, and seeing this, Honda Masanobu had no choice but to stop the wine glass.

[Don't say that, no matter what, the lord will not really become a member of the Shibata family, but compared to this, I am now more worried about another problem, that is, the war between the lord and the Hojo family. 】

[Well, I'm also worried that the lord won't be able to win。。。。。。 In this way, I'll go back and talk to Xiang Yuqian, and ask her to tell the general, and I will lead the men and horses to the Kanto region to participate in the war, after all, it is my own family, and it will be easier for the lord to call it. 】

[Hehe, Lord Zuo Masuke, it's really good that you have this idea, but I can assure you that even if Madame relays this sentence for you, the general will never agree to it! 】

[Why! Could it be that the power of this family is not as good as that of the Shibata family? The combat power of this family is not as good as theirs? 】

Wise Zuo Majie is very unconvinced, he is also a strong person, and the family has a strong sense of honor. Honda Masanobu had to be persuaded with good words.

[Because we still have our own things to do, sooner or later, the Shogun will have to clean up the Hojo family, but it's not yet, at least not yet。。。。。。 At present, the main work is to pacify Kansai! 】

[If it wasn't the time, then why did the general let the lord take the people of the Shibata family to go to war with the Hojo family? ] And there is one thing I still can't figure out, obviously the Shenliuchuan River has now been recovered, but the general has no intention of armisticing, does he want to keep fighting? 】

[What's this。。。。。。 I don't know you 。。。。。。 】

[Don't sell it! 】

[Okay。。。。。。 In my opinion, there are three reasons why the general does not mean an armistice. 】

[Let's talk about it.] 】

[First, in order to test the bottom line of the Hojo family, but also to test the military strength of the Hojo family, and to provide experience and preparation for the future conquest of the Hojo family. 】

[Just for testing?] In case the lord knocks down all the eight states, how will the general deal with it. 】

[You can rest assured of this。。。。。。 It's not that I don't have confidence in the lord, but to eliminate Hojo, which was something that neither Kenshin nor Shingen could do back then, and only the lord in his twenties wanted to do it, which was really ridiculous! 】

That is, Honda Masanobu dared to say so, if it was someone else, the wise Zuo Masuke would create an ear scraper. He took a sip of his sullen wine and said:

[You go on to say, though I don't like to hear it!] 】

[Second, it's going to deal with the Shibata family。。。。。。 You don't have to look at me like that, what I said is not necessarily right, originally, the Shibata family has self-respect, and it is the strongest among the legions of the shogunate, and if it goes on like this, sooner or later it will be a big tail, just because the cunning rabbit is not dead, so the lackey has not been cooked, even if Shibata Danzheng has been loyal to the general for more than 20 years, it is inevitable that this treatment will be inevitable in the end. 】

【。。。。。。 】

[What's more, Shibata Danmasa-sama is no longer able to lead his army to help the shogunate, in the eyes of the general, the Shibata family is no longer the most relied on part, and someone must be found to replace the completion of Danmasa-sama's task of resisting the Hojo family, and this person 。。。。。。 】

[You're saying that the shogun will have the lord replace Shibata-sama。。。。。。 No wonder he always boasted that the lord was [the first minister] some time ago, I thought it was just a joke, it turned out to be premeditated! 】

Honda Masanobu said with a bitter expression:

[Do you think the general will make such a joke?。。。。。。 Now I'm afraid that the lord himself hasn't understood it yet。。。。。。 Let's not talk about this for a moment, when the general handed over the Shibata family to the lord, it actually pushed the Shibata family to a dead end. 】

[Dead end? Are you saying that the Shogun will borrow the hand of the Hojo family to destroy the Shibata family? 】

[Well, that's how it should be. 】

[Fighting with the Hojo family, even if they win in the end, the power of the Shibata family will be greatly weakened, and the Shibata family will no longer be the target of the shogunate at that time。。。。。。 What role does the lord play in this? 】

[Hehe, didn't I tell you before? The lord is used to replace Shibata-sama。。。。。。 When the Shibata family no longer has the strength to defend the Hojo family, then it's time for the main family to go up! 】

[Let the family deal with Hojo? The general is a terrifying man. 】

[This is the third point, this time let the lord go to command the Shibata family's army, just to see if the lord has the ability to suppress the Hojo family。。。。。。 To be honest, I really hope that my lord will lose the war, and the mountains and rivers of are very good, and I don't want to go to the remote Kanto region to live a hard life. 】

[Once the war is won, the main family will be transferred to Kanto to deal with the Hojo family。。。。。。 The general's plan is really terrible, but what if the lord is defeated? Will the general be embarrassed by the lord? 】

[Alas。。。。。。 It's hard to say! 】

Honda Masanobu held the back of his head with both hands, lay on the grass, looked at the sky, and said helplessly:

[If the lord lives up to the general's expectations and ruins his plan, then the family will not just move the seal。。。。。。 I only hope that the general will think more about the [love between Weng and his son-in-law] with the lord at that time。。。。。。 】