Takeda Shingen thought about it for a while, and outside the Kokokuji Castle, although he annihilated more than 500 elite Ashigaru of the Hojo family with the powerful battle of Akabei under his command, these losses were nothing to the Hojo family, which had a height of more than 1 million stones

In case after his withdrawal, he led the army to rescue the Imagawa family, how to deal with it, the Hojo army had already suffered a loss two days ago, with the shrewdness of the Hojo family, how could he repeat the mistakes of the past, if he was always entangled with the Hojo family, when would he be able to take the land of Suruga?

It seems that the Hojo family must be beaten to the end, and only in this way will he no longer hinder the Suruga strategy of the family.

Thinking of this, Takeda Shingen already had a plan in his heart, and the first thing that could be determined was that as long as he led the army to leave, Hojo Shiyasu would definitely lead the army to attack his own army, then he could set up an ambush on the road he had to pass, so as to deal a heavy blow to the Hojo army, even if he could not destroy the enemy in large numbers, he would also crush the morale of the other party, so that he would not dare to make any more moves.

As for the location of this ambush, it should be chosen. Thinking of this, Takeda Shingen immediately ordered someone to take the map and began to study it.

The location of this ambush is not sloppy, and it has to be advantageous to attack with the cavalry of the family, and it cannot be too close to the city, but fortunately, from Sagami to Suruga, there are plains all the way, and there are few mountains, so such a place is not difficult to find, and soon, Takeda Shingen stopped his eyes on a place called Sanzeng.

The map shows that this place has hills on the west and south sides in addition to the plains, and if he had marched here, he had ordered Akabi to lay an ambush on these two hills, and when the Hojo army reached the plains, Akabi would have been rushing down the slopes, which would have caused great losses, and even if he couldn't, it would have dealt a great blow to the momentum of the Hojo army, and the only thing to be sure of now was how high these two hills were, and whether the side facing the enemy was flat

I saw Takeda Shingen pointing to the place marked with three increases and asking, "How high are these two hills, and whether the slopes are flat." ”

I heard the attendant hurriedly say: "Back to the lord, the height of these two hills is about fifty meters, and the slopes are gentle, but there are a lot of wood and stones on the slopes, and I ask the lord to decide." ”

Although the trees and stones would hinder the Chibei assault, Takeda Shingen was not too worried, these could be cleared, as long as all the obstacles on the hillside were cleared before the Hojo Army arrived.

I only heard him speak again: "Okay, I know the way, immediately call the three branches of the guard, and I will tell the matter." ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it." Seeing that the lord's eyes did not mean to leave the map, the attendant did not remove the map, and after answering, he walked out quickly, and not long after he left, he saw the three guards walk in and saluted and said, "My subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord." Seeing that his subordinate general had arrived, Shingen couldn't help but smile and said, "Captain Saemon, come and see." ”

Seeing that the lord had orders, the three guards hurriedly stepped forward and looked at the map.

As soon as he moved his gaze to the map, he heard Takeda Shingen speak: "These two hills are about fifty meters high, with gentle slopes and plains below, I decided to ambush the Hojo pursuers here, I don't know what you think." ”

After listening to this, Mieda Shouyou didn't say any suggestions, and at this moment he was very puzzled in his heart, Now that the Hojo Army has all entered Odawara Castle, where did this enemy army come from? Who is this ambush target?

Thinking of this, I only heard him ask: "My lord, now that the Hojo army has retreated into the city, I don't know if the enemy in the lord's mouth is ......."

Takeda Shingen knows Hojo Shiyasu very well, he is a person who must repay his defects, this time he suffered such a big loss outside the city of Xingguoji Temple, how can he not want to avenge this arrow, even if he doesn't want to, his retainers will never give up, if he is in the withdrawal of the army, and then make sarcasm, with the character of Hojo Shiyasu, he will inevitably lead the army to chase out, as long as he is willing to lead the army to chase, then the battle of the Sanzeng ambush will be half successful. …,

Thinking of this, I only heard Takeda Shingen speak: "I think that if the family wins Suruga, then it can threaten the Hojo family, how can the Hojo family be strong, so this rescue of the Imagawa family will use all their strength, and at present, Imagawa is not destroyed, if the current army of the family leaves Odawara Castle, it will definitely lead the army to chase out, as for the purpose of this ambush of the enemy is to hurt the enemy, let them know the true strength of the army of the Dao family, so that they dare not entangle with the family again, now do you understand?" ”

After listening to this, Sanzhi Shouyou couldn't help but suddenly realize that the Suruga raiders that were carried out here, if it weren't for the Hojo family's horizontal insertion, I'm afraid that the Suruga country would have been captured by the family a long time ago, maybe now they have begun to go to Luo, the lord is right, it is to teach the Hojo family a lesson, and also let him know the strength of the army of the Hojo family, so as not to always be entangled in the rear.

And this time the lord only summoned himself alone, there must be something important to order, thinking of this, only to hear the three branches of the guard said: "The lord is wise, please give the lord an order, the subordinates are here." ”

After hearing this, Takeda Shingen couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and only listened to him speak: "If you want to ambush and assault here, you need to clear the wood and stone on the hillside first, so I order you to lead five hundred ashigaru to this place at night, and you must not let the Hojo family notice." ”

When the Sanzhi faithful heard that it was such a trivial task, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but since the lord had already given the order, he couldn't refuse, so he just heard him say: "Yes, please rest assured, my subordinates will live up to the great trust of the lord." ”

"Okay, without further ado, you can do it now." After Takeda Shingen finished speaking, he didn't talk to him more, but thought about how to deal a heavy blow to the Hojo army, he knew in his heart that Hojo Shiyasu's intelligence was not below him, so if he wanted to succeed, he had to plan carefully.

Because the 500 troops led by the three branches of the Shouyu were all foot, and the people of the Hojo family in the city all paid attention to Akabei, and in addition to Takeda Shingen's deliberate cover-up, even if the Takeda army outside the city suddenly lost 500 troops, it failed to attract the attention of the people of the Hojo family, even if some retainers noticed that there were fewer enemies outside the city, they didn't take it too seriously, as long as there were a lot of Ashiba, it would be fine, those ashigaru combat power was limited, and more or less had nothing to do with the battle situation.

Seeing that the lord didn't say much, but looked at the map intently, Sanzhi Shouyou didn't bother anymore, stood up, gently retreated, and immediately led five hundred ashigaru to Sanzeng.