The third is that if Satake Yoshinobu develops according to history, his ability is not bad, and he can become a big help to the Takayama family, such a person can become a member of the Takayama family, and it will also become a big help for the next head of the family in the future, and there is another point, from the perspective of his daughter, the historical Satake Yoshinobu is also a talent, dignified, and there is no bad comment, especially his enthusiasm for Noh drama and tea ceremony, and Ningzi has been passed on by his mother in this regard, and has a common hobby, It is estimated that the young couple should be very affectionate in the future. Based on these considerations, in the end, the clan decided to marry his baby pimple to the Satake family.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "Since Lord Jianggang cares so much about the marriage of the two families, then good, my clan agrees to the request of the Satake family, I have a daughter named Ningzi, my daughter has been knowledgeable since she was a child, and her appearance is unparalleled in the world, and it is definitely more than enough for the little master of your family." ”

Although at the beginning, the Satake family only had a hearing about the Takayama family, but they didn't know much about it, but since the formation and betrayal of the Utsunomiya family, the Takayama family was the only life-saving straw, and the Satake family began to desperately collect information about the Takayama family, especially Satake Yoshishige had the intention of marrying the two families, so the collection of information on the children of the Takayama clan did not fall behind. In this way, the Eoka Shigeshi is still very clear about the children of the Takayama clan.

When he heard that Lord Takayama was willing to marry his son to his own family, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he was still very clear about the two unmarried daughters of the Takayama family, although Takayama Haruko was also extremely outstanding in appearance, but her personality was perverse. And very strong. It is not suitable for marrying the little master. Even if Lord Takayama is willing to marry this girl, the Satake family doesn't dare to ask for it, after all, with this woman's character, it is very likely that the Satake family will be turned upside down at that time.

Ningzi is different, as Takayama said, although this Ningzi is still a little young, he has already shown a gentle and virtuous character, a woman with such a character. is suitable to be the best candidate to become the next generation of the main mother, especially he also heard that although Lord Takayama has many children under his knees, his favorite is undoubtedly this little daughter, he can marry Ningzi into the family, which is enough to prove that Lord Takayama does not mean to embarrass Satake, just rush to this point, although he has not been able to achieve the ideal goal in terms of territory, but in terms of the marriage of the two families has exceeded the expectations of the lord. So even if you return to Satake's house, you can make a difference.

Come to think of it. I only heard Eoka Shigeshi speak: "Since Takayama-sama has decided to marry Ningzi to my young master of the Satake family after eliminating the Hojo family. Then I can wait for the lord to promise that from this moment on, the family will always be united with adults and will never betray. It's just a matter of returning to righteousness.,After the next hope to eliminate Hojo.,In the formal allegiance to the Takayama family.,But before that,The family hopes to retain the reputation of independence for the time being.,Of course, in addition to the reputation.,There's no difference between the family and the Takayama family.,I don't know what Takayama-sama thinks? ”

"Yes, my clan is not an unreasonable person, and the matter of surrender can wait until after the elimination of the Hojo family, now that the premise has been decided, then you and I can discuss some details."

Speaking of this, the mentality of the Eoka Shige's has also changed, although the strength of the family is not as good as Takayama's before, but after all, it is an independent force, but now that he has promised the other party, then he will have to face the Takayama family as a subordinate, although the title will not change for the time being, but the heart must change, so since he is now under the command of the Takayama family, there is no need to hide it in terms of making requests, so I only heard Eoka Shige's mouth and said: "Lord Takayama, what the family needs most at present is intelligence, Although the family has recently begun to strengthen its intelligence gathering, there has not been much progress in this area due to the ability problem, and I think that if you want to eliminate Hojo, then you must have enough information to be able to grasp the movements of the Hojo family and prepare in advance, so I ask Takayama-sama for help. ”

After hearing this, the clan nodded and said, "This matter is simple, you can go to the main family office to discuss this matter with Minase Youwei later, and in terms of intelligence, I believe that your lord can get a satisfactory answer there." ”

After reaching an agreement on this point, I only heard Eoka Shigeshi speak again: "Lord Takayama, in addition to intelligence, it is also imperative to strengthen the combat power of the Satake family, only if the strength of the family is improved, can the adults contain more Hojo Army, so I hope that the adults can provide a batch of armor weapons for free, and once the Satake Army completes the change, then the strength will be greatly improved, and it is with the strength of the Hojo family's tens of thousands of troops, it can completely contain the elite of the Hojo family, this is only the defensive aspect, once the adults enter the Kanto." , the family can also play a more important role. ”

For such a request, the clan can't agree, at least now it can't be agreed, listening to the meaning of the Eoka Shige, is to let the Satake family complete the change of military strength, the Satake family has tens of thousands of troops, if all these equipment are provided by themselves for free, then the Takayama family has to go bankrupt, and now the armor and weapons are not even satisfied with the family itself, how can it be possible to arm Satake first.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "Lord Eoka is really calculating, if I agree to this request, then just with these armor and weapons, it is equivalent to the income of the Satake family for several years, do you think I may agree, besides, now that the family is vigorously expanding the army, there is a big gap in the equipment itself, and this alone cannot meet the requirements of the Satake family." ”

Of course, the Eoka Shigeshi knew that he wanted to let the Satake Army change his clothes comprehensively and for free, and it was indeed unrealistic to take the Takayama clan as the main leader, and the reason why he still said this was nothing more than an occupational disease that was asking for a sky-high price, his idea was actually very simple, that is, he hoped that the Takayama family would provide some equipment, and the rest would like to be purchased at cost price, but he knew that the equipment produced by the Takayama family was excellent, but the problem was that the price was also there, such a price was not acceptable to the family at all, and he could let Takayama send one more set, the Satake family will spend less money on a set.

So I only heard him speak: "I was in Xia Menglang just now, but my family does have a lot of needs in this regard, so I also ask Lord Gao Shan to provide assistance." ”

Seeing that the other party had a correct attitude. The clan no longer embarrassed the other party. I only heard him speak: "Satake is strong." It is equal to the strength of the family, this truth is still known to the clan, it is not that the clan is unwilling to help the Satake family in this regard, but the family is not rich at present, if you wait, the family can provide three thousand sets of armor weapons for the Satake family free of charge next year, but the armor provided to the Satake family is only a foot carcass, and the weapon is only a spear. As for the samurai armor, only the Satake family can figure out how to do it themselves, but if the Satake family is willing to buy it, then from next year the Satake family can enjoy the treatment of the Takayama family's retainers and can buy it at cost price. ”

After listening to the Takayama clan's words, the Eoka Shige's clan no longer bargained, because he was already very satisfied with the clan's proposal, and if he said it again, I am afraid that he would incur the other party's disgust, which was not necessary at all. Being able to buy at cost price, he is already content. So I saw him hurriedly say, "Thank you so much Lord Takayama." ”

These are all needed by the Satake family, and the Takayama clan thought about it, for the Satake family, they really don't need anything, although the Satake family occupies Changlu, which is considered rich, but it is also relative to other forces, but compared with the main family, it is not enough to see at all, the only thing that can make the clan look at it is the territory of Changlu, but unfortunately this can only be obtained after the elimination of Hojo, except for this, the clan really can't think of anything.

And then the two reached an agreement on the strategy of defense and attack, which is actually the easiest part of this negotiation, it is very simple to say, when the family goes out of the army, the Satake family will also send an army, and if Hojo attacks one of the two, then the other family will send an army to attack Hojo, and it is also easy to solve the problem in terms of contact, and this matter is handed over to the Takayama family intelligence ninja to be responsible.

The negotiations with the Satake family lasted for nearly a day, and finally settled, and Eoka Shigeshi knew that the lord was impatient to wait for his news, so he refused the clan's retention, and left to return that night, and the clan clan told Ah Guo about the marriage with the two families, although Ah Guo was not from a samurai family, but under the influence of hearing and seeing, he also knew the mission of being the daughter of a samurai family. And this time his daughter can marry Satake, in fact, it is also a good destination, according to what the husband said, Satake's family is to become a vassal of the family, and it is much better to marry than Gao Pan, at least his daughter should not be bullied after marrying.

And a few days later, after listening to the report of the Eoka Shigeshige, Satake Yoshishige was not very satisfied with such a result, according to his idea, after the elimination of Hojo, the family had to get at least 400,000 stones, but now not only only only 300,000, but also have to pay the price of migration, such a result can be said to be far from his own thoughts, until the Eoka Shigeshi said that the clan agreed to the marriage of the two families, and still married Ningzi into the family, the mood has improved, After all, Satake Yoshishige has never had the idea of dominating the world, and it is his dream to be able to let the Satake family live forever, and the marriage of Ningzi has shown that the Takayama clan will not cross the river and tear down the bridge, so he finally accepted this reality, as for the matter of being subordinate to the Takayama family, he doesn't care very much, and this is an extra guarantee for preserving the family name. It's just that as a result, you still need to come forward to appease the retainers, so as not to spoil your own big things because the retainers are dissatisfied with this.

Not to mention how Satake Yoshishige appeased his retainers, and directly said the direction of Kasuga Mountain Castle at this moment, Honda Masanobu immediately made a decision after receiving that Kasahara Yasukatsu had led eight thousand white preparations to arrive, that is, to block it, but it is easier said than done, and now the family and the Uesugi army are besieging Kasuga Mountain Castle here, once the army is mobilized, then it is impossible to surround the Jinghu and Hojo Army in the city, after facing such a situation, Honda Masanobu can't help but have a plan.

After having this idea again, he immediately sent someone to invite Uesugi Keikatsu, the commanders of the various armies who went out with the army, as well as Maeda Toshiie, Wasuka Masakatsu and other four people to the main camp to discuss.

After everyone arrived and sat down, I only heard Honda Masanobu speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, I just received the news that Hojo Kagasahara Yasukatsu has led 8,000 white bei and is rushing towards the direction of Kasuga Mountain Castle, once the other party arrives, then it is impossible to complete the purpose of destroying the enemy army in the city with the current strength of our army, so we must destroy the enemy army in the city before Bai Bei arrives, or prevent the arrival of enemy reinforcements, and with the strength of Kasuga Mountain Castle, plus there are more than 20,000 troops in the city, Our army has no chance of destroying them in a short time, so now there is only one way to go, and that is to block the enemy's reinforcements, and there is no other way. ”

"Although the military advisor's words are good, but the problem now is that our army currently has no extra military strength to go to block Kasahara Yasukatsu, the enemy reinforcements are 8,000 elites, if the army sent is less, not only will it not achieve the goal, but it will also lose troops and generals, and the army sent is too much, then it is impossible to continue to besiege the enemy in the city, so I think that if you want to achieve the goal, it is very difficult." After thinking for a while, Wasuka Masakatsu took the lead in speaking.

Watanabe Moritsuna, who was sitting next to him, did not show a solemn look on his face, but looked very relaxed, and also persuaded Wasuka Masakatsu: "Your Excellency, don't worry too much, since the military advisor has already mentioned this matter, then I think that the military advisor must already have a feasible plan in mind, and we just need to follow orders." ”

Regarding Watanabe Shougang's statement, Maeda Toshiya and Yamauchi Kazutoyo agreed very much, although the four of them are the most powerful retainers of the Takayama family and have the highest status, but now they only have tens of thousands of stone Zhixing under their rule, so their own strength is not comparable with the military situation directly under the Takayama family at all, so they know that this time the task is estimated to be difficult to hand over to themselves, so after Watanabe Shoutsuna finished speaking, the four of them did not have the will to fight urgently.

And those commanders directly under the Takayama family are different, for them this is definitely an opportunity to show their faces, once they can defeat the elite of the Hojo family, then they will inevitably be famous all over the world, but just now because the four heavenly kings in the family have not finished speaking, they don't dare to interject at will, in this era, it is completely the official level to crush people, and the person whose identity is higher than himself has nothing to say, otherwise as a person with insufficient status, he must wait for the other party to finish speaking, before he can speak, otherwise it is a manifestation of not understanding etiquette, This would be despised by his colleagues. (To be continued.) )