And when the Takeda family and the Hojo family were fighting, the clan was still in Kofu Castle ● and did not leave, not because he didn't want to go, but because he couldn't go

A few days ago, the next day after the scimitar rider under the command of the clan and the Takeda family stayed behind in the red preparation competition, the clan wanted to say goodbye and leave, but unfortunately, Takeda Katsuyori returned to Kofu Cheng on this day, and the purpose of his return was to marry Yukihime, the daughter of the Oda clan, because this woman is not Nobunaga's own daughter, and the Takeda family is at war, so Takeda Shingen did not appear Although it is somewhat rude, but it is not an incomprehensible thing.

Although the wedding took not too long, only half a day, but the preparatory time took five days, and this is the effect of Sanada Yutaka after preparation, this is Takeda Katsuyori to welcome the main wife, so it is not sloppy.

Finally finished the marriage clan, it was already the afternoon of the same day, and after discussing with Oda Nagayoshi, the clan had to decide to leave tomorrow.

That night, just as the clan was about to rest, suddenly footsteps sounded outside the door. I only heard him ask, "Who's outside?" ”

"My subordinates have something to report." I only heard someone whispering outside the door.

As soon as the clan heard it, he knew that this should be a ninja under his command, so he didn't hesitate anymore and hurriedly let him come in and speak.

"Report to the lord, Takeda Shingen's relatives are besieging Odawara Castle with two thousand Akabi and one thousand fifteen hundred spear ashigaru." I saw a ninja walking quickly to the clan's yashiki and opening his mouth to report.

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but think that when the ninja sent the information a few days ago, he also said that Takeda Shingen was commanding the capture of the city outside Sunfu Castle, and it was only a few days of kung fu, and he was fighting with the Hojo family, and the clan can understand that Takeda Shingen and the Hojo family fought out of helplessness, if they didn't defeat the Hojo army first, then when they carried out the Suruga raid, they would inevitably be restrained everywhere, rather than this, it was better to concentrate the main force to defeat the Hojo family first, so that the Takeda family would be much easier when they captured Suruga.

But what the clan can't guess is that Takeda Shingen is not attacking Junfu Castle, but he wants to attack Odawara Castle, which has the reputation of being the world's first fortified city, which is really abnormal.

Since I can't figure it out, I'd better ask clearly, thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect with doubts, and asked: "How could Takeda Shingen attack Odawara Castle, report it to me in detail." ”

"Back to the lord, ten days ago, Takeda Shingenqin led two thousand Chibi to raid the Hojo Army in Higashi-Suruga and forced the Hojo Army to withdraw to Odawara Castle, and after that, ......"

After hearing this, the clan immediately thought of the battle of Sanzeng, this battle was also the stalemate between the two families in the Higashi Suruga River, Takeda Shingenqin led the elite to break the deadlock, and then led the army to besiege Odawara Castle, after a long time of attack, he had to retreat to continue to carry out the Suruga strategy, but he was afraid that the Hojo family would rescue the Imagawa family again, so he first set up an ambush in Sanjia, and only led the army to leave after a fierce battle

After the end of this battle, because both families issued a certificate of thanks to their retainers, it became a mystery who won and who lost this battle, but in the eyes of the clan, this battle should have been won by the Takeda family, otherwise the Hojo family did not continue to rescue the Imagawa family after this battle, but led the army back to Odawara Castle.

And not long after, when the Hojo clan Yasu was about to take his last breath, why did he instruct the heir, the Hojo clan, to abandon the alliance with the Uesugi family and reconcile with the Takeda family after his death.

Originally, this battle should have happened a few years later, but because of his own appearance, this battle was brought forward, and now there are many signs that the three-increase joint war is about to start, and how can he take advantage of this joint battle?

The clan couldn't help but think, why not use this battle to weaken the strength of the Takeda family, especially the number of Akabi, in this way, even after it won Suruga, the Takeda family would not have enough strength to go to Luo for the time being, so that the family could prepare more. …,

It would be better if Takeda Shingen had transferred the military strength of the country because of the lack of strength in the army under his command.

And if you want to achieve this goal, then you must make it impossible to sneak attack, only Takeda and Hojo two families fight for two defeats and injuries, is the best result, and to think of achieving this goal, in the eyes of the clan is very simple, as long as you send someone to inform the Hojo clan in advance, but this matter still needs to be carried out secretly, after all, now Oda and Takeda have formed an alliance, if others know that the road is their own to send someone to reveal the news to the Hojo family, it will be a little unbeautiful.

Thinking of this, he only heard the clan sect say in a low voice: "You immediately go to the Sanzeng area, no matter what method you use, you must let the Hojo clan Yasu know that the Takeda army is ambushing in Sanzeng and preparing to surprise the Hojo army before arriving here, this matter must be carried out in secret, and no one must be allowed to know about it, the news was revealed by the family, is there a problem?" ”

"Please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to the trust of your lord."

"Okay, after that's done, you can go straight back to Hachiman Castle in the gun." After the clan finished speaking, he stopped talking.

Hojo Shiyasu has led his 6,000 troops to the east to chase for more than half a day, but no trace of the Takeda army has been found, and the Hojo family, whether it is a retainer or a retainer, or ashigaru, seeing that this road is stable, there is no Takeda family ambush army, so it is somewhat relaxed, even Hojo Shiyasu is no exception.

It was now close to noon, and the Hojo family's army had been marching rapidly from night to now, not only were they already tired, but they had not eaten. Hojo Yasushi saw that the troops were moving slower and slower, so he had to order to stop the advance, boil the pot and cook, and let the troops under his command rest by the way.

And just after he had eaten two rice balls, he saw the Ashigaru who had been sent by him to investigate the front rushing back quickly, and as soon as he came to the front of Honjo Shiyasu, he opened his mouth to report: "Report to the lord, my subordinates have found traces of the Takeda Army." Because he said it so loudly, the retainers of the Hojo family also gathered around.

After hearing this, Hojo Shiyasu asked excitedly, "Where is the Takeda Army now?" ”

I only heard the detective's report and hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, about 1,000 spears of the Takeda family have marched to Sanzeng, but the subordinates have not found any traces of the Takeda family, and I ask the lord to decide." ”

"Zhilu Dao, you continue to explore ahead." After the detective left, Hojo Shiyasu did not urge the whole army to chase after him, but sat under a tree and began to think, where did the Takeda family Akabi go? If you don't figure out where this army is going, then you must not be careless.

The first thing he thought of was that Takeda Shingen took advantage of his army to chase after him, and led Chibei to attack Odawara Castle again, but after thinking about it carefully, it should be unlikely, and even if he really led the army to sneak attack, there was absolutely no possibility of taking Odawara Castle, and he had long been guarding against him, so before he went out of the army, he had left enough troops to defend the city.

There are only 2,000 cavalry under Takeda Shingen's command, and even if they are all elite, there is no possibility of taking Odawara Castle. Thinking of this, Hojo Shiyasu couldn't help but relax again, it seemed that he had thought too much, the Red Reserve Army was fast, Takeda Shingen must have felt that those spears were too slow, so he led the Takeda Army to leave first, yes, it must be like this, he did this in line with human nature.

Moreover, the Takeda army has been attacking the city for days, and there is no small lotus to transport grain and grass, so I am afraid that its grain and grass are about to run out, so how can they continue to stay in Sagami.

Thinking of this, Hojo Shiyasu stood up again, and he saw that the army under his command had run out of lunch, so he immediately ordered the pursuit.

Soon, the Hojo army was only a mile or two away from Sanzeng, because the Hojo clan Yasu ordered the army under his command to speed up, so as not to let the enemy's 1,000 troops run away, so there was no formation at all, I saw that behind the Hojo clanyasu, 6,000 ashigaru carrying the five colors of the Yellow Eight Man Banner had been mixed together, desperately running forward. …,

Whether it was Hojo Shiyasu or his retainers, they didn't notice the problem of the formation at all, in their opinion, there were only ten spearmen in front of them who were not elite, even if their own army was not arrayed, as long as they swarmed up, they could be wiped out.

What is needed now is speed, and if you let the enemy run away, even if the formation is aligned, it will be in vain.

Seeing that the Hojo army was about to chase to the Mizen area, but at this moment, suddenly a shuriken was pressed against Hojo Shiyasu's cheek, whistling past, and then only a "do" sound, the shuriken was nailed to a tree next to it, and at the handle, there was a white cloth with ink on it.

Hojo Shiyasu was taken aback by this sudden attack, only to see him pull the reins sharply, draw his sword to guard, and keep sweeping his eyes around.

The retainers of the Hojo family also reacted at this moment, and saw that they quickly came to the vicinity of the lord to be on guard, and at the same time ordered loudly: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, quickly protect the lord, you guys quickly go to the woods to search." ”

Seeing that no one was attacking again, Hojo couldn't help but settle down.

The ninja under the command of the clan saw that the enemy kept looking around, so he didn't dare to move lightly, but the lord had explained that he must not let the Hojo army find out, so he planned to leave after the Hojo family left.

Moreover, Hojo Shiyasu hasn't seen the note yet, and he doesn't worry about leaving like this, in case the other party doesn't find out, then he has to remind him, otherwise, he will have the trust of the lord, so although his body is motionless on the dense branches, his eyes are firmly fixed on the every move of the Hojo army's samurai.

After a short time, a samurai finally found the shuriken, pulled it out, and respectfully handed it to Hojo Shiyasu.

Hojo Shiyasu unfolded the strip of cloth and looked at it, only to see that it was written crookedly and said Be careful to ambush.