【Weng Son-in-law's Love。。。。。。 】

Wise Zuo Masuke looked at the neatly cut square tofu on the plate, and suddenly thought of the sentence "Man is a knife, I am a fish", and he couldn't help but feel a chill.

[By the way, Zomasuke-sama, there was a guest in my house yesterday, do you know who it is? 】

Honda Masanobu sat up suddenly, showing a mysterious smile, but the wise Zomasuke was not surprised at all, and said with the same tone as him:

[Coincidentally, there is also a guest at my house。。。。。。 Let me guess, is the one from your house from Kyushu? 】

[Haha, needless to say, your family must also be from Kyushu! ] 】

[Haha, my family is Naoshige Naojima Saemon of the Ryuzoji family. 】

[This one in my family is not bad, it is the Tachibana Tango Shou Daoxue of the Otomo family! ] 】

[Hehe, Otomo Zonglin and the two marshals of the dragon temple are gone, and they are not honest when they come to the capital, and they are moving around. 】

[Don't say that, now Hashiba-sama is concentrating on attacking Kitakyushu, and the people of the Otomo family and the Ryuzoji family are also participating in the war, but there is no substantial progress yet, so these people, including Hashiba-sama, have all hit the idea on the main family. 】

[Sooner or later, the family will participate in the war in Kyushu, but the lord has not returned yet, so no matter how eager their request is, it is useless! ] 】

At that moment, two men dressed as peasants came up and got down on one knee.

[Master, there is good news! 】

The two of them were aimed at Honda Masanobu, who was half drunk and half awake, and asked:

[What good news, let's hear it!] 】

The two of them looked at the wise Zuo Masuke on the side, hesitating whether to speak or not.

However, Wise Zuo Masuke had long known that Honda Masanobu had his own intelligence source system and could always receive news in the shortest possible time, and he had long been surprised by this.

[Lord Zuo Majie and I are a family, don't be taboo, just say what you have to say! ] @】

【Hi Yi。。。。。。 That's right, we received news the day before yesterday that the general defeated the Hojo Army in Kazama, Kazato Street, Kodama County, Musashi Province, and now the Hojo Army has retreated to Aoi Tsuka, and the general is leading people to attack Aoi Tsuka! 】

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On December 13, Akechi Kogoro led his army to raid Kazama, killing more than 400 enemies, and the Hojo Army's flank of Kazama was defeated. It is worth mentioning that the route of Akechi Kogoro's troops was not to go down the mountain in a straight line, but to detour from the back road.

Previously, the Hojo clan had organized several attacks on Iisaka, but they were all repelled by the Oda army. In fact, the intention of the Hojo clan was to lure the Oda army down the mountain, but it was unsuccessful. Instead, because of the diversion of attention, Asenchi Kogoro was able to successfully sneak attack Kazama. The Hojo clan is resentful!

However, the Hojo clan did not eat in vain, after the defeat of Kazama, he decisively contracted his forces, with Aoi Mound as the central axis, fortified from south to north, and blocked layer by layer, so that Wise Kogoro attacked Aoi Tsuka, and suffered setbacks again and again, and the time went on until the middle of the year, and the Oda army paid a lot of casualties, but still did not capture Aoi Tsuka.

[Hoo。。。。。。 】

Wise Kogoro smoked a cigarette while watching the battle in the distance, to be honest, so far, he has succeeded again and again, and it is quite good to occupy the initiative of the attack in the case of a disadvantage in numbers, but as the battle stalemates, this initiative has begun to become less conspicuous.

[Sir, do you want Sanada-sama to come down the mountain to help in the battle?] 】

[It's not that time yet!] Let him wait! 】

【Hi Yi!! 】

In fact, someone suggested to Akechi Kogoro that Sanada Masayuki come down the mountain and attack the Hojo Army from the rear. However, Kogoro thought that this would not have a good chance of winning and that it would cost Sanada's troops in vain, so he did not agree.

[Lead my horse, it looks like I'm going to go out in person!] 】

【Mr.。。。。。。 】

Many generals do not approve of the wise Kogoro himself as a general, which is not only too risky, but also not a good thing for them.

At this time, the front line was still in a tragic battle, screams, shouts and gunshots were endless, although the offensive of the Oda army was very fierce, but the previous Hojo clan had ordered the generals earlier, the defense line of the Hojo army was very stable, and now the onslaught of the enemy, although the Hojo army also suffered heavy casualties, but the military formation was not chaotic, it was still orderly, and the wise Kogoro who watched the battle couldn't help but feel admired, the Hojo clan was really the number one martial arts faction in the Hojo family, and there was really a set, and he appreciated his strategy in his heart.

Under the orderly arrangement of the Hojo clan, officers and soldiers at all levels commanded the colonels steadily, and whenever someone was killed or wounded, someone would come up to replace them to supplement the defensive line.

It's really worthy of the troops who fought with Takeda and Uesugi, and the soldiers in Date Masamune's hands are compared to them, and all of them are not enough.

This is the truth, the Date Army is inferior to the Hojo Army [who have seen a big scene] in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness.

Wise Kogoro rode to the entrance of Aoi Tsuka Village, and saw that the entire village was almost destroyed, leaving only broken walls, neighing war horses in his ears, sergeants shouting for killing, crying for his father and mother, weapons intersecting and the sound of arrows swishing and swishing.

[First, you better go back, it's enough for us here!] 】

The people around him stood in front of him for the first time, drew their swords in their hands, and watched intently to prevent stray arrows from coming.

【TMD!。。。。。。 Failed again! 】

The Oda army was unwilling to push outside the village, and they rushed violently, but they also retreated very quickly, but in a moment or so, all the attackers from outside retreated, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away.

However, the Hojo army was not much better, and the heroic spirits of more than 300 people were buried on this day, and the Hojo clan still felt that it was important to stabilize the defense line after careful consideration, and the enemy only retreated strategically and was not defeated by them, so he did not take advantage of the situation to chase after him, but only taught the order to the generals who commanded and killed on the front line to accept it when they saw it, and then the Hojo clan went to the military camp in the village and entered the room, where the generals were already waiting.

[Everyone's hard work! 】

[Willing to be loyal to the Hojo clan!] 】

Seeing the Hojo clan coming, after the two of them sat down, the Hojo clan covered the gauze on his arm, sighed, and said:

[This wise Kogoro is really a difficult person, if it weren't for the proper command of Lord Anfang Mamoru today, I'm afraid he would have attacked the village! ] 】

[Yes.] 】

Everyone also casually agreed, and after this period of contact, everyone had a preliminary understanding of the wise Kogoro from the capital.

Hojo continued:

[At first, we all thought that he only got on the stage by relying on Oda Nobunaga's daughter, but I didn't expect that this little ghost who was less than thirty years old really had some ability, and the people of the Shibata family were willing to use it for him, which is really unimaginable。。。。。。 Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that I'm arrogant, I really think it's a pity that such a talent is not a samurai of my own family! 】

The Hojo clan said coldly:

[Does it make sense to say this now?] Even if this wise Kogoro has the ability to reach the sky, if it weren't for Oda Nobunaga, he wouldn't know where he was! We are all blinded by his youth, and we must kill him on the battlefield this time, otherwise it will definitely be a disaster for our family in the future。。。。。。 Do you have any thoughts on the current situation? 】

[This。。。。。。 】

Nobuta Kohata, the general of the Takeda family, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said:

[Lord Anbo, there is no problem with our morale and logistics, even if we continue to fight like this, and we now control Aoi Tsuka, and the military spirit is stable, so we will fight a war of attrition with Asenchi Kogoro, slowly grind him to death, and when he has a case or the food and grass are exhausted, he will 。。。。。。 】

【Kohata-sama! That's going to be a drain! 】

The lord of Edo Castle, Ota Terushi, who was sitting next to him, said with a bitter face:

[Lord Kohata, you have a lot of soldiers in your hands, and you see that our Ota family business is thin, and the Edo soldiers who came out with me this time have already lost more than half, and if you continue to fight like this, I will have to stand on the head of Edo Castle in person to defend the city in the next year. 】

Ota Terushi took over as lord of Edo Castle after the death of his brother Yasushi Ota, and like his brother, Ota Terushi was a more capable general, but the Edo Castle under his rule was not rich, but rather a bit chaotic due to the relationship between the swamp and the pirates.

(To introduce it a little bit, the Ota clan, like the Akechi clan, is the Setzu Genji clan, and the ancestor of the Ota clan, Gen Zikuni, changed his surname to Ota because he cultivated land in a small village called Ota in Kuwata County, Tanba Province and became the village chief.) In this respect, the Ota family is higher than that of the Wise family, which was separated from the Toki clan in the late Muromachi period. ）

When Kohata Nobutada heard this, of course he was very unhappy, and said:

[Lord Bichu Mamoru, it's not just your men and horses who have suffered heavy losses, but there are only more than half of the soldiers who came from Ueno with me! 】

After the destruction of the Takeda family, most of the local tyrants in Ueno took refuge in the Shibata Katsu family, but Kohata Nobutada instead set fire to the country and led the children of the clan to go south to the Hojo family.

[That's why I don't think I can fight with the enemy like this, Wise Kogoro is in command of the soldiers and horses of the Shibata family, even if it is all fought out, he will return to Izumo and still live his life, but we are different, if this battle is exhausted, the future will 。。。。。。 Who will guard the Hojo family! 】

【。。。。。。 】

Kohata Nobusada lowered his head and didn't answer, although he said that he could fight to the end, but in his heart he was also worried about the heavy casualties of his subordinates, but it was inconvenient to say, and now that someone else said it, he saved trouble.

The Hojo clan was a little embarrassed, and Ota Terushi's words were actually for him. Although these people can provide a lot of combat power when they fight, they cherish their wings even more, if they really fight like this and defeat all their people, I am afraid that before Wise Kogoro can fight, these people will rebel first!

[Two adults, actually, I just thought about it carefully and already had an idea. 】

As soon as these words came out, not only Kohata and Ota, but also the other generals' eyes lit up at the same time, and it seemed that they didn't want to do it like this anymore.

Hojo Clan Bangdo:

[Ladies and gentlemen, at present, we have paid a lot of price in order to hold on to Aoi Tsuka, and as for Wise Kogoro, they are no better! If I'm not mistaken, he should have hated us by now, and this mentality can be used by us! 】

Seeing that everyone didn't understand too much, the Hojo clan continued:

[Since the Oda Army wants Aoi Tsuka so much, then we will simply do what we want, pretend to be defeated, and exit Aoi Tsuka, and after the Oda Army rushes into Aoi Tsuka, we will surround this village and close the door to fight the dogs! ] Trap wise Kogoro to death in the village! What do you think? 】

[Great idea! 】

【Hojo-sama's clever plan! 】

【Great!】 When the Oda dogs enter the village, they will be surrounded by us, and if they can be caught off guard, even if they can escape from the village in the end, they will suffer a great loss! 】

The generals nodded yes, everyone discussed the countermeasures, and then quickly passed the order to go, just waiting for action.