And let Tokugawa and Kinoshita be connected, it is certain that the two of them are embarrassed, and it will be much more difficult to deal with them at that time, but it is better not to let the father-in-law agree, it is equivalent to letting the father-in-law lose more than 100,000 stone of territory, and under the premise of not letting them know that they will have a battle with the monkey in the future, there is really no way to explain it, maybe the Takayama faction will have a gap because of this, after all, hindering the development of others, such a thing is the most hated in this era.

"Come on, immediately recruit three military advisors to discuss the matter."

"Yes, my lord." The attendant on duty, Nobuyuki Sanada, replied and hurriedly retreated.

After a short time, I saw that the three military advisors had already arrived in the castle tower, and after sitting down, Oda Honda Masanobu asked, "I don't know what the lord's subordinates have to order." ”

"You three should take a look at this first." After the clan finished speaking, he raised his hand, and Sanada Nobuyuki, who was serving on the side, immediately turned the letter in the hand of the clan and handed it to the three military advisors sitting below.

"I wonder what the three military advisors think?" When the letter was returned to his hand, he only heard the clan ask him.

"The lord, my subordinates think that the lord should suggest that Lord Sakuma and other adults agree to change the territory, so that the lord's power in the eastern country will undoubtedly increase a lot, which will add a lot of help to the next Hojo strategy." Hosokawa Fujitaka said solemnly.

"Although Hosokawa-sama said that it was good, his subordinates thought that this was just the surface, and the actual purpose of the main hall was probably to speed up the pacification of the world. My lord, please think about it, two adults, once Sakuma-sama-sama is transferred to the east. Then the main strength of the Takayama faction is concentrated here. And Tokugawa belonged to foreign ministers. But compared to Lord Sakuma, even if it can't be a help, it won't be hindered, so it's easier to open up the situation on both sides of the east and west, and accelerate the speed of unifying the world, and my subordinates think that this is probably the true purpose of the lord. ”

The clan still agrees with Sanada Masayuki's analysis. Although Oda Nobunaga has basically controlled Japan now, and only a few forces such as Maori, Hojo, and Uesugi dare to confront it, the clan knows that Nobunaga's strategy is not only to control the land, but to change the system, which the clan never doubts.

Oda Nobunaga's desire to abolish the emperor has not been a day or two, and he believes that the reason why there is great resistance now is not from the inside but from the outside, once they are all eliminated. Then there is no external resistance, and who will oppose the abolition of the emperor? After all, Nobunaga probably thinks now. He has absolute control over his retainers, but I'm afraid he doesn't know that except for the Takayama clan, a person who knows history, after he established the legion system, it has completely exceeded his control.

After thinking about this, the clan was already looking forward to the matter of changing the territory, after all, once the Gaoshan faction took control of the eastern kingdom, then their own side had a better chance of winning.

Thinking of this, after discussing with the three military advisors again, the clan immediately asked the envoy sent by his father-in-law to return and inform him of his proposal.

Oda Nobunaga nodded, and the two families agreed, so there is no problem with the exchange of territories, Sakuma Nobumori will not say anything, he has won more than 100,000 stone territories for nothing, which is a good thing that fell from the sky, as for the Tokugawa family, although the loss this time is not small, but it is also a good thing that they finally got rid of the mountains and were completely besieged. However, it is not a simple matter to relocate the entire force, so when Sakuma came to Junyuansan, it was already half a year later. During this half year, the Takayama family did not take any action against Hojo, but only closely followed the Hojo family's every move.

From the intelligence, it is known that after half a year, the total army of the Hojo family has reached 60,000 people, and the Hojo clan has gradually begun to implement the separation of soldiers and peasants in the territory, but the wealthy families in the Kanto region are quite resistant to this, first, they don't have so much money, and second, they still don't have that much money. The Oda family has 5 ashigaru per 100 koku, which is not a few, but the Hojo clan requires the Hao clan and his retainers to have 8 to 10 per 100 koku, such a number, the rich ones in the territory can still reach it by gritting their teeth, and those who have a rich territory in the poor mountains and bad waters, even if they smash the pot and sell iron, it is impossible to complete it.

So this policy was not well implemented at all, and even if the Hojo clan punished a few wealthy families, everyone was just perfunctory.

Of course, there are some wealthy families close to the territory of the Takayama family, who already plan to fall to the Takayama family, who doesn't know that if the general trend has been basically determined today, they don't have the consciousness of burying the Hojo family.

Soon the wealthy families of Ueno and other countries began to send people to the Gaoshan family, and the clan was not afraid, not only that, but also changed the previous attitude towards the wealthy family, the wealthy family who came to everything, regardless of size, the clan was kind and pleasant and promised not to encroach on their interests, the role of the example was huge, and there were many wealthy families who heard that the Gaoshan clan did not want to see the wealthy family, but now it seems that this is completely a rumor, so the last trace of concern in my heart has disappeared, so that there are more and more wealthy families who have switched to the Gaoshan family, First, the wealthy families on the westernmost front took refuge, and after they took refuge, the wealthy families behind them bordered the Gaoshan family again, so it was another wave.

You don't want to take refuge, you can, but that's a pity to tell you that your territory has been surrounded by the Takayama family.

You know how powerful the Alpine Army is, what! You don't know, so you wait to die.

"Hey, Lord Tian Shan, wait, wait, the Gao Shan Army is really that powerful?" The more the other party said this, the more worrying it became, and I saw that the head of the family hurriedly grabbed him and hurriedly asked.

"You don't know? Then I'll tell you......"

"So, the Hojo family will be defeated this time?"

"If you don't stop being defeated, the Hojo family will definitely be destroyed."

"Then we must also think about the future of our family."

"Then you think about it slowly, I'll go first."

Although the Takayama family has not done anything in the past six months, according to statistics, in addition to the control of the territory of the Uesugi family, half of the remaining nearly 150,000 stones have fallen into the hands of the Takayama family, and the Hojo clan has held several military meetings for this purpose, preparing to use troops against Ueno, wanting to let those wealthy families know the fate of betraying the Hojo family, but unfortunately, the retainers of the Hojo family are strongly opposed, and the Ueno family is easy to deal with, but what about the Takayama family standing behind them?

Especially before the separation of soldiers and peasants was completed, the Hojo family's available troops were only five colors that could be compared with the Takayama elite, and as for other military forces, it was basically useless in such a battle, and the eastern front of the family was not very peaceful, and it was also necessary to prevent Satake and other forces from taking advantage of the situation, so that compared with the Takayama family, the family did not have much advantage in terms of strength, and the Hojo family was not ready for a full-scale war against the Takayama family at all. Of course, they can't just watch those wealthy families betray themselves without making any statement, otherwise they must think that they are afraid of the Takayama family, if they are allowed to have such thoughts, I am afraid that there will be more and more people who betray at that time, so after the meeting ended, the Hojo family intimidated and appeased the wealthy clans under their command on the one hand, and on the other hand, stepped up the separation of soldiers and peasants, and the five colors were prepared in addition to the military strength stationed on the eastern front, and constantly patrolled the territory to deter the wealthy clans, so that the wealthy clans who took refuge in the Takayama family were controlled.

Speaking of the Takayama family, because the next stage of the strategy is the Hojo family, and the back road is worry-free, so the Takayama clan has moved the city to Kofu, on the one hand, it is more convenient to carry out the Kanto strategy, and the supply line is shorter, on the other hand, it is also to bring the Kai country into control as soon as possible, although the Kai country has always been directly governed by the Takeda clan, but there are still some wealthy families in the territory, this time they thought that the good days were over, after all, they and others switched to Takayama after the destruction of the Takeda family, and they are not to blame, Who let the Takayama Army capture the Kai and destroy the Takeda so quickly, and when they reflected, the war was already over, like these who only took refuge after the war, and with the character of the Takayama clan, basically confiscating the territory was considered a good result, so many wealthy family heads were ready, of course, they would definitely not accept it silently, and under the collusion, they were ready to resist.

But what they didn't expect was that the Gaoshan clan did not confiscate the territory, nor did it have any punishment, except for letting them hand over the hostages according to the custom, that is, the separation of soldiers and peasants was implemented, which made the local wealthy families of Jiafei suddenly breathe a sigh of relief, so within three months after the war, Jiafei did not have the strength to resist the Gaoshan family, even if there were some rebels, they were also exterminated within three months.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of October, the castle tower of Kofu Castle had been renovated long before the clan moved in, and some of the original expansion had been carried out, so even though there were many retainers of the Takayama family, it did not look crowded.

Originally, at this time, the Takayama family was going to prepare for the annual assessment meeting, after all, at the end of the year, the clan clan would go to Azuchi to participate in the Oda family's big assessment, but this time, the clan was not in a hurry, because this time he planned to invite the two fathers-in-law to come and discuss the plans of the eastern country.

Just when the clan sent people to Echichu and Suruga to invite the two fathers-in-law to come and discuss the plan, the clan welcomed the attendants sent by Oda Nobunaga in Kai Castle, and the clan was no longer surprised that Nobunaga sent people to come at this time, and whenever this time, whether it was Nobunaga's close attendants or messengers, he would always appear in front of the clan, in order to inform him to go to Nobunaga's place to participate in the assessment.

This time, the people sent by Nobunaga looked more eye-catching, and the clan thought about it, so Nobunaga was reluctant to send Senranmaru around. (To be continued.) )