When the father and son quarreled, the retainers present did not say much, after all, they did not only see such a scene once or twice, since Satake Yoshinobu was begun to cultivate, at the beginning, because the retainers did not understand the beginning, everyone would persuade each other, but they found that once the lord and the young master quarreled, it was okay if others did not persuade them, as long as someone persuaded them, it was endless, and now the family is in the time of decision, if it is because of their own persuasion and prolonged the time of quarreling, Then I will become a sinner of the Satake family, so I better listen quietly.

Sure enough, not long after, after Satake Yoshishige ran out of words, he actually blasted Satake Yoshinobu out directly, so that the quarrel was temporarily over.

When Satake Yoshinobu walked out of the assessment room indignantly, Satake Yoshishige said: "Everyone, the matter of going out to the army is related to the survival of the family, so we must be cautious, I don't know who has a strategy that does not offend the Takayama family and can keep the family business?" ”

The retainers present just now were all patronizing and listening to the quarrel between the two, how could they still have the heart to think about these things, so when Satake Yoshishige opened his mouth to ask, he quickly remembered the real purpose of his coming here.

And through this quarrel between the lord and the young lord, they also understood that the lord's attitude this time was undoubtedly conservative, so there was no need to think about the radical strategy, and even if he thought about it, don't say it, because it doesn't make sense at all. However, although the premise is there, it is not a simple matter to achieve the best of both worlds, so after about a stick of incense, Wada Zhaowei said: "My lord, my subordinates have an idea, if they follow this, they will not only be able to keep the family business, but also continue to gain the trust of Lord Takayama." ”

"Oh? I don't know what to suggest, so tell me quickly. Satake Yoshizai listened to the other party's real way, and the unhappiness just now was swept away, only to hear him hurriedly ask.

"My lord, my subordinates think that even if the Takayama family wins the battle, it will not be able to annihilate all the Hojo army, plus the location chosen by Takayama Lord is in the Ashigara Plain, even if the Hojo family fails, they can immediately retreat into Odawara Castle, so that the siege battle is inevitable, and the subordinates think that this matter is the best time for the family to help the Takayama family, first of all, the Takayama army won the peace war, with this, it is enough for Ashina and other forces not to dare to act rashly, secondly, Odawara Castle as the world's first fortified city, if you want to capture it, it is not possible to complete it in a short period of time, and what Takayama Lord needs is nothing more than the grain and grass of the family, if the family can transport the grain and grass at this time, it is still considered to have completed the task assigned by the other party, as the military commander said, it is not the most important, so the subordinates think that after the victory of the two families, it is most suitable to go out of the army, I don't know what the lord thinks? ”

After listening to this, Satake Yoshishige did not reply immediately, but thought about it carefully, and after thinking about it carefully, he thought that there was no flaw in the strategy that Wada Akiwei said, and the other retainers no longer had any suggestions, so he immediately made a decision.

However, the Satake family waited for more than two months, and five days after the end of the Ashigara battle, Satake Yoshishige received a report that the Takayama family won the joint battle, and eliminated a large number of Hojo troops, and the Hojo family army that was able to escape back to Odawara Castle was only in their early 20,000s, after hearing the news, Satake Yoshishige actually regretted it somewhat, if he had followed the advice of the military advisor and sent out the army immediately after getting the instructions of Takayama-sama, then the weight of the family in the hearts of Takayama adults would undoubtedly increase a lot, And now in the army, although you can still complete the mission, but maybe it will give Takayama-sama the impression that the wind is the rudder, hey, it seems that it is impossible to be perfect.

After thinking about it for a while, Satake Yoshishige immediately mobilized his troops and prepared to attack the Hojo Army entrenched on the south side of Hitachi, and because he mobilized all the troops, it took a lot of time, and after three days, it was not until April 23 that the Satake family completed the military assembly, this time the Satake family dispatched all the troops, a total of 35,000 people, the ability of the Satake family, even if all mobilized, at most more than 20,000 people, but this time, Satake Yoshihiro thought, Anyway, after the elimination of Hojo, this Tokichi will not belong to him, and most of these troops under his command will no longer serve the Satake family, so he finally has the courage to mobilize all the people who can be mobilized to participate in the war, although the elite of the 35,000 people is still only more than 10,000, and the rest are all peasant soldiers, but the momentum is absolutely full, with so many troops, he is more confident that he will destroy the Hojo family army of 10,000 people in Hitachi in a short time, after all, he has been delayed for a long time, if he does not rush to Takayama-sama as soon as possible, then the other party's evaluation of the family will be lower and lower. Of course, not all of these 35,000 troops are going to participate in the war, 5,000 of them are responsible for escorting grain and grass, and guarding the property of the Satake family, and such an important matter, Satake Yoshishige can not worry about handing over to the temporarily recruited peasant soldiers to be responsible, so these 5,000 people are the elite army of the Satake family, so the water of Satake's 30,000 army is even greater, of which only 12,000 elites, and the rest are peasant soldiers.

But even so, it still caused a lot of pressure on the Hojo army, although the combat power of the peasant soldiers is too far worse than the elite of the hundred battles, but they are good at fighting tailwind, especially when their own army is far beyond the enemy, they can also burst out a lot of energy, and the combat power of the army under the command of the Hojo family is not too strong, plus they have learned that in the joint battle, the news that the family has been defeated, so that there is no idea of fighting to the death with the Satake army, although this 10,000 army adopts the tactics of cage city, But under the siege of the 30,000 troops of the Satake family, it still failed to hold out for three days, and the city was breached, and because the Satake family adopted the tactics of siege on all sides, so after the city was broken, there were very few people from the Hojo family who could escape, and in this battle, Satake Yoshinobu did not have the consciousness of going out of the battle, when he entered the city, he was no longer a bystander, but personally entered the city to kill the enemy, this battle Satake Yoshinobu beheaded three members, which can be regarded as a perfect battle.

After the elimination of this Hojo army, the territory of the Hojo family can be described as unfortified, although there are still a small number of troops in the castle to guard, but in terms of the size of their thirty or fifty people, how can they block the attack of Satake's 30,000 army, often the Satake army has not yet arrived, they open the city gate, indicating submission, but due to the tight time, heavy tasks, the Satake army did not stay in these castles except for the necessary rest, of course, it is inevitable to loot, so when they arrived near Odawara Castle, Satake Yoshishige's army, which was responsible for guarding the grain, grass and household property, had increased to 6,000 men. It can be said that the Satake family has made a fortune this time, and with this wealth, even if they leave Hitachi, Satake Yoshishige and his retainers believe that the family can develop at the fastest speed.

And as the Satake army is getting farther and farther away from the territory, the Ashina Mori clan in its rear, as a neighbor, has been paying attention to the movements of the Satake family, especially after its recruitment army left, it makes his heart itch, if it was in the past, he would definitely not hesitate to send troops to receive the territory of the Satake family, but this time, he learned from the retainers under his command who were responsible for listening to the other party's intelligence that after Satake Yoshishige led the army out of battle, all the castles in Hitachi hung the banner of the Takayama family, so it made him a little difficult to choose, Although the Ashina family only has a territory of less than 200,000 stone in Aizu, in terms of the territory of Shigao, it has not even reached half of the Satake family, but since the Ashina Mori family succeeded to the governor, they began to pay attention to commercial development, and now decades have passed, in the Mutsu area, Ashina is definitely a powerful existence, don't look at it is less than 200,000 stone high, but now the Ashina family has an army of 12,000 people, and this army is not a peasant soldier, but the elite after the separation of soldiers and farmers, Since ten years ago, he got the Oda family to implement the separation of soldiers and farmers, and it didn't take long for it to begin to be implemented in the territory, although it cost him a lot of financial resources, but the effect is also very significant, the Ashina family is relying on this army, has defeated Satake, Ida, and some small forces, although in recent years, because Satake has also begun to implement the separation of soldiers and farmers, so that it has no advantage, but because Aizu is not very broad, Kurokawa Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the Ashina Mori clan attaches great importance to iron artillery, With his business operation, he has an iron cannon team of 500 people, so even if Satake's strength surpasses his own, he has not been able to get any benefits, and the two have been in a stalemate until now. And now, Ashina Mori finally sees hope.

"My lord, my subordinates think that this is just a trick by the Satake family, they are just taking advantage of the fire to rob the troops, and hanging the flag of the Takayama family is just to confuse the family, so that the family does not dare to take action when they attack Hojo, so the subordinates think that if they don't capture Changlu at this time, when will they wait?" Although the Ashina Mori clan has plans to send troops, but after all, the other party's city is hung with a regimental mountain pattern, which makes him hesitate for a while, today's Takayama family is not what it used to be, even if it fails to capture the Kanto, then as long as it is willing, it is completely possible to attack the family through Echigo, and at that time, only with the more than 10,000 troops under his command, he will not be able to block the opponent's attack at all, so after he can't make a decision, he immediately summoned his retainers to discuss major matters. And when he finished talking about the situation, he only heard the head of the family's important minister, > Aoki, speak.

"Lord, the subordinates think it's inappropriate, since the Satake family dares to hang the family crest banner of the Takayama family, this is enough to show that they have surrendered to the high mountains, otherwise with Satake's indecisive character, they will never dare to do this, so there is something strange, and the subordinates feel that it is more appropriate not to wade into this troubled water."

"What Lord Yamauchi said is reasonable, and his subordinates also think that no matter whether it is true or not, this is not the best time to send troops, if it is fake, it will be fine, once it really takes refuge in the Takayama family, then the family will risk perdition, and the price and income are too different, so please think twice." Shigeki Kawahara Moriji also spoke.

"Father, the child thinks that he should send troops to capture Changlu." Ashina Morihe, as the eldest son, especially after the identity of the successor has been confirmed, is second only to Ashina Mori in the family, he was supposed to die in 1575, but due to the appearance of the clan, the situation in the east country has changed, so that the Ashina family has seen hope, so Ashina Morixing did not die of excessive drinking, and he is still alive and healthy at the moment.

Ashina Mori knew that his son's ability was not below him, so when he finished speaking, he immediately wanted to hear the reason.

And Ashina Shengxing didn't let him wait for a long time, only listened to him continue: "Father, my lords, I think that even if the Satake family really takes refuge in Takayama, it is not a big deal, although this time the Takayama family defeated Hojo in the joint battle, but Hojo still has Odawara Castle to defend, as long as there is this castle, I believe that it is impossible for the Hojo family to perish, and before the Takayama clan destroys Hojo, it is not realistic to want to meddle in Mutsu, and the family only needs Hojo to drag the Takayama family for four or five years, with this period of development, Then even if the strength of the family is not as good as Takayama, but it is not without the power of self-preservation, especially once Takayama wants to intervene in Mutsu, then the family can unite with Date, Mogami and other forces to fight together, I believe that not only the family, but also the Mutsu family has absolutely no one who wants the Takayama family to reach out to the Mutsu, of course, the occupation of Hitachi is only the first step, once the occupation, the most important thing is whether it can block the counterattack of the Satake family. I wonder if you have faith? ”

Of course, the retainers present would not drop the chain at this time, so when Ashina Shengxing finished speaking, they all made expressions. And the Ashina Mori clan no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered Aoki Sect Chief to be the general and led an army of 8,000 to attack Changlu.

This attack doesn't matter, the army of the Ashina family originally made a lot of preparations to capture the city, but when they really launched an attack, they found that the city is not to mention the defenders, not even the army guarding the gate, not only is the army not guarded, and after entering the city, they found that the other party did not leave anything for themselves except mouse, Aoki Sect Chief did not believe in evil, and launched an attack on two or three cities in a row, but the result was the same, it was still an empty city, and in such a situation, he could not call the shots, So immediately report the news from Changlu's side to the lord. (To be continued.) )