Not only the Hojo clan, but even the retainers who surrounded him were not spared, and the fact that these retainers were able to appear around him was enough to prove their identity, and those middle- and lower-level retainers were not qualified to surround the lord at all. If the clan knew that only one projectile had solved the Hojo clan politics, and the title of the book, the Hojo family's important ministers, I don't know how he would feel.

However, the Takayama clan on Mt. Hachiman didn't know all this, so the third projectile was fired.

Three large projectiles in a row, shot, the collapse of the country can be regarded as the completion of the mission, so the clan did not stay at the top of Hachiman Mountain for too long, and immediately rushed down the mountain after the bombardment was completed.

As soon as he arrived at the main camp, he issued an order to launch a general attack on Odawara Castle, but just as the various families were mobilizing their troops and preparing to attack the city, suddenly a flag samurai strode in, and when he came to the main camp, he saw him quickly salute and said: "Report to the lord, the Hojo family Hojo clan rules ask to see outside the main camp." ”

The Hojo family sent someone to come at this time, and the clan and everyone present immediately realized that maybe the Hojo family came this time to surrender, after all, the clan who was standing on the top of the mountain just now was really shocked, especially after seeing the three big holes smashed by the solid projectile, he realized that the Hojo family might not resist for too long, although it was not able to bring too much fear to the Hojo family Ashigaru, but these three projectiles were enough to cast a shadow on the hearts of the samurai of the Hojo family, and once the commander was afraid, That's much better than starting with Ashigaru, where there is only one ashigaru, and once the samurai have no heart to resist, it will affect the team of ashigaru.

Since the other party is coming, of course the clan wants to meet him, so when the flag warrior finished reporting, the clan immediately let the other party in.

"In ...... See Takayama in Shimo-Hojo Clan Regulation. "When the Hojo clan came to the Takayama clan clan main camp, he happened to meet dozens of farmers carrying a huge iron cannon, after seeing this thing, he already knew that it was this swarthy guy who had just caused damage to the castle tower, before coming, the warriors of the Hojo family, including him, no longer thought it was a natural disaster, but after all, he didn't know what it was, so he was somewhat resistant to surrendering, especially as the brother of the Hojo clan, it was even more difficult to accept, but when he really saw it, This kind of resistance has all disappeared, and even if it continues to resist, what is the use, now the samurai of the Hojo family have fear in their hearts, once the fear spreads, Odawara Castle will not be able to stand it at all, rather than be completely wiped out at that time, then it is better to surrender immediately, so that maybe he can still keep his family name, he has no hope of family business, and the only thing he wants to do now is to keep his family name.

"Well, presumably the Hojo family has tasted the power of the collapse of the country, this time the Hojo clan sent you to see me, what do you say?"

"Back to Takayama-sama, my lord has just fallen when the lord attacked, and then all the retainers of the family decided to end this war, and ask Takayama-sama to decide. For this reason, the family is willing to give all the territory except for the Sagami accident, and I hope that Takayama-sama will agree. "Before the Hojo clan came, it had been discussed with the other retainers in the family, this time I am afraid that it is not so smooth to surrender, the best result is to keep the country of Sagami, as long as this country is there, then the Hojo family will have a chance to make a comeback, of course, they think that the hope is not big, after all, the Takayama clan not only does not kill stupid, but is very shrewd, how can it not take advantage of this time to occupy Odawara City, as long as it can occupy this city, after all, this city is called the world's first fortified city, once it occupies here, Even if someone beats him to his doorstep, he still has the power to resist. So they just thought about it, and the worst plan was to be exiled or ordered to seppuku, but now they have no choice, and they can't even raise the mind to resist, so whether it's good or bad, they still decide to surrender.

And after the Hojo clan saw the clan, of course, he said that although it was difficult to succeed, it could at least increase some room for bargaining.

However, it is obvious that the clan just wants to strike while the iron is hot, and take advantage of the fact that the deterrent effect of the collapse of the country has not yet diminished, and immediately solve the Hojo family, otherwise once this strength is over, let the other party recover, and he will not have any extra large projectiles to deter the other party for the time being.

But when he heard that the Hojo clan was killed like this, he was really a little surprised, and the other party's luck was too much to bear, although he hadn't been there, but it could be seen from the appearance alone, the castle tower was so big, and the projectile was solid, and the damage caused was extremely limited, but that's it, the Hojo clan still couldn't escape, what does this mean, it can only show that the other party's luck is too bad, and his own luck is too good.

After hearing the news, the clan began to ponder in his heart, should he let the dragon king maru inherit the Hojo clan? However, he soon rejected this idea, this Hojo clan is just the Later Hojo clan, and not only the clan clan, the traverser, knows about this, even many forces today are also aware of this, so not only will there be no benefit in inheriting the Hojo family, but it will also be ridiculed by others, so there is no need to do this.

Since he didn't plan to inherit his family name, the clan didn't need to be polite with the Hojo family, and when the other party finished speaking, he only heard the clan say: "You don't have to have any illusions, I can tell you my bottom line now, that is, the Hojo family gives up everything, otherwise, then you can prepare for war." ”

Seeing that the other party's attitude was so resolute, the Hojo clan knew that he had no room for bargaining with the other party at all, so he began to ask the question that the Hojo family's retainers were most concerned about, only to hear him speak: "Then I don't know how Takayama-sama will treat the retainers of this family?" ”

The clan has already considered this very clearly, those high-ranking samurai of the Hojo family must not stay, after all, they will rule the old land of the Hojo family in the future, if they stay, not only will they not become the help of the family, but they will also be restrained everywhere, so the best way to treat them is to make them loyal to the Hojo family, which is also a kind of dignity for them.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "There is no need to say much about this matter, since you have been defeated and the Hojo family has perished, don't you have the consciousness of being loyal to the main family?" Therefore, I think the best result for a samurai above the rank of the Hojo family general is seppuku, which is to show the world the integrity of the Hojo family's ministers. ”

Hearing this, the Hojo clan not only did not get nervous, but seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, because he had already known before he came that even if the Takayama clan had spared others, he would definitely not spare himself and other brothers, so before he came, he had already made the consciousness of being loyal to his family, and now that these words came out of the mouth of the Takayama clan, he did not feel any surprise, but said flatly: "Please rest assured, Lord Takayama, your words will definitely be conveyed to the important ministers of the family in the future." ”

After sending away the Hojo Clan's rules, Satake Yoshishige, who was sitting relatively far away, couldn't describe it as complicated at this moment, just after he had just sat down in this formation, he suddenly thought of the words of the military advisor Okamoto Zenzhe, the Takayama clan clan must have nobles to help him whenever he encounters a difficult situation, he didn't care much about it before, but now he completely believes that this time Takayama has no possibility of capturing Odawara Castle in a short period of time, but at this time, the national collapse was successfully developed, And with this thing, the Hojo family was completely defeated, and the words of the military advisor were fulfilled, but unfortunately, the nobleman of Takayama was not himself, but the retainer of the Takayama family, Inatomi Yunao.

On May 19, 1578, the Takayama coalition finally captured Odawara Castle, the first fortified city in the world, and with the fall of the city, it also represented the destruction of the Hojo clan, of course, the battle will not end here, the vast land of Kanto, but also need the Takayama army to seize, although there is no other place in the Kanto army can stop the attack of the Takayama army, but due to the destruction of the Hojo family, the samurai who were confiscated and the defeated and fled are scattered, so now bandits are rampant in the Kanto region, Their presence would seriously affect the rule of the Takayama family, so after capturing Odawara Castle and sending off the coalition forces, the clan immediately ordered a sweep in the Kanto region with a unit of 100 people, and at the same time, Odawara Castle was immediately repaired. And after the war, he himself led a team of 500 banners of the samurai to Azuchi and handed over orders to Nobunaga.

"Subordinates, see the lord." Ten days later, the clan had already appeared in the castle tower of Azuchi Castle, and when he saw Nobunaga, he saw that the clan immediately saluted and said.

"Hojo is gone?" When the clan sect finished speaking, he only heard Nobunaga just ask lightly.

"The lord already knows?"

"Nonsense, if you didn't destroy Hojo at this time, wouldn't you have asked me for reinforcements?" In fact, Nobunaga is also nonsense, the Takayama coalition and the Hojo family are fighting, such a large-scale war is enough to attract the attention of all the forces in the world, not to mention that Nobunaga knows, I'm afraid that even the forces in Shikoku Kyushu already know the news of Hojo's destruction.

Of course, the clan knows that the more Nobunaga says this, the better the mood is, and it's right to think about it, after he destroyed Hojo, for example, he has been completely controlled by Nobunaga today, yes, he is completely controlled, especially the clan has received information, and those daimyo in the northeast saw Nobunaga one step ahead of him, expressing his intention of vassal, so that Honshu from east to west, from south to north, there is no force that does not belong to the Oda family, and the Nagazong of Shikoku has long been submissive, and the Otomo of Kyushu needless to say has a close relationship with himself, The hateful Shimazu, Ryuzoji Temple took refuge in the monkeys, so that the whole world has been evaluated, and it can be said that at this moment, Nobunaga is even higher than the achievements in history, after all, in history, when he died, Mori had not surrendered, and Hojo had not been destroyed.

Seeing that the clan didn't answer for a while, Nobunaga also felt very bored, so he heard him speak again: "Okay, since you have captured the Kanto region and completed the task I assigned to you at the beginning, and the family will be rewarded for meritorious service, and punishment will be punished for mistakes, I don't know what reward you want to order." ”

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but be overjoyed, he was here this time, Nobunaga actually asked what he wanted, which shows that Nobunaga's mood can't be described as good, if he doesn't take this opportunity to knock him, then I'm really sorry for Nobunaga's good mood.

With such a plan, the clan's brain began to spin rapidly, dignitaries? No, now Nobunaga really doesn't have any talent under his hands, and he wants land? Forget it, now that he not only controls the Kanto region but also Xinjiafei is also in his hands, such a force may be enough to make Nobunaga suspicious, not only can he not ask for it, but he also has to divide the territory as soon as possible, then there is only money to ask for, but the problem is to ask Nobunaga for money, Nobunaga has such a large army, and it is estimated that he can't give much, and besides, he loses face by mentioning money, and now he is also the head of the second largest force after the Oda family, and he can't ask for money, thinking of this, It really stumped the clan, and he suddenly found that under Oda Nobunaga, he had reached the point where he had no seal and no reward, which was definitely not a good thing for a subordinate, so he couldn't ask for anything that could strengthen his strength, even if Nobunaga himself was willing, he would definitely have to refuse. Thinking of this, the clan suddenly thought of a reward that was very suitable for him.

I only heard him speak: "My lord, now that my subordinates have eliminated Hojo, it is only a matter of time before I control the Kanto, and the subordinates think that although there are four subordinate officials now, they have no position, so the subordinates hope to give their subordinates the position of Kanto governor, and in this way, it is justified." After saying that, the clan looked at Nobunaga.

I saw that Nobunaga didn't have any expression, but smiled noncommittally and said, "Is the Kanto Governor in charge?" After muttering a word, he didn't pay attention to the clan sect at all, but instructed the attendants outside the door: "Immediately notify the commanders of the legions, as well as the important ministers of the family, to meet in Antu." ”

After speaking, he said to the clan: "Okay, you can retreat first." ”

The clan was completely confused by Nobunaga's approach, whether it would work or not, and he didn't give a happy word, and now he summoned all the retainers in the family, did Nobunaga want to announce it? It's just a false name, as for such a stirring up of the public?

With this in mind, the clan returned to his samurai mansion in the city and waited for the arrival of the others.

Because this time Nobunaga held a comprehensive evaluation, so the clan can wait, this wait is a month, this month, the clan is not very peaceful, from time to time by Nobunaga called, if you say something about the wind and snow, you are not afraid, the chief doesn't seem to like this very much, every time he is called, it is to talk about reform, which makes him feel uncomfortable. (To be continued.) )