The Hojo clan kept him away from a prosperous place like Odawaramachi, hoping that he would be able to focus on the Hojo family's family business. Although the idea of the Hojo clan is good, if it is placed in Odawara, under the nose, the other party will not dare to go too out of line, and once it is released, without the supervision of his brother, he has the possibility of intensifying. For him, although the quality of this Minowa Castle Town Water Tea House cannot be compared with Odawara, it is better to let it go, so that he can finally enjoy it, so he has the scene in front of him.

As for the military situation in the city, the surrounding situation should be paid attention to, he didn't have the heart to care about these things at all, so although there were 3,000 troops in the city, he had not trained for a long time, and the surrounding situation was already unfavorable to the Hojo family, but he thought that as long as those vassals were there, there would be no problems at all in this Minowa Castle, and if the Takayama army came in person, then he didn't need to worry about it, this was his brother's business, and the root himself had nothing to do with it, with such convenient conditions, he didn't eat, drink and have fun, and he was sorry for his good body.

It's just that just as he was dreaming of a **** Oiran in his arms, suddenly there was a report outside the door.

"Report, lord, the head of the Ueno Hao clan Yuliang family Yuliang led hundreds of troops...... The remnants of the army have arrived outside the city, and the lord is still invited to decide. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the Hojo clan was loyal and fierce, and said in a panic: "Hurry, hurry, immediately send someone to notify those vassals of the family to lead the army to rescue, go quickly." "I don't know if he hasn't woken up yet, or if he hasn't heard clearly, there are hundreds of people on the other side. The army in the city was three thousand. Such a comparison of strengths. Even the attendant was a little speechless when he wanted to ask for reinforcements.

However, the other party is the lord, even if he has any ideas, he doesn't dare to show them, besides, the samurai who defended the city just now has asked very clearly, Yura Chengzhu is not here to attack, but to return to Shun.

So I heard him say immediately: "My lord doesn't have to be like this. The Lord of the Three Villages has asked clearly, and the other party is not trying to be unfavorable to his family, but he has come to Shun, and he has asked the lord to decide. ”

After hearing this, Hojo Clan Tadashi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't come to take the city, then there was nothing to worry about, but although he really didn't have any ability, he wasn't a fool either, he thought immediately. Since the other party is not here to fight, why should he bring hundreds of troops. Even if it is a remnant army, it is hundreds of strong men, according to normal speaking, since the surrender should go alone, so as to show sincerity, with the remnant army, he has really heard of such a surrender, with this idea, he can't help but be a little more careful. Instead of giving any orders, he ordered the attendant to go and inquire in person.

When the attendant was just about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, suddenly stopped the attendant, and then asked, "I heard that not long ago, Yura Narishi Shigeru fought with Saito and Kohata over the matter of Shun, is there such a thing?" ”

Although the scale of the battle between the three families is too small, it is impossible to spread it to the world, but it can still be spread in Ueno. In particular, Minowa Castle is not far from Iwaki Castle, so they know about this matter in detail.

I only heard the close attendant say: "Hui lord, I have some understanding of this matter, as far as my subordinates know, Lord Yura wants to return to his own family, and the other two families have the heart of Shun Gaoshan, so it is not strange that there will be a big battle, and the other party is coming with the remnants of the army, but it can also be explained." ”

"Since the two families are ready to go to the mountains, why does this Yuliang Chengfan want to return to his own family?" I just heard him ask. Although he is a member of the Hojo family, he spends most of his time eating, drinking, and having fun, not to mention that he doesn't care about these wealthy families, even if it's the Hojo family, he doesn't care at all, so he doesn't know the relationship between Yura Nari Shigeru and the Hojo family, so he asks this question.

He didn't know, but the servant knew a thing or two about this matter, after all, the Narita family was an important minister of the Hojo family, and their family's affairs, as long as it was a samurai of the Hojo family, who didn't pay attention, of course, with his identity, he only knew.

So I only heard him speak: "Back to the lord, I think that Lord Yura has the heart to return to his family because his daughter climbed to Lord Narita, once he returns to his family, then with his background in the family, he must be much stronger than in the Takayama family, and as far as his subordinates know, the Takayama clan has always been disgusted with the wealthy family, so he should be sincere when he comes to vote this time." ”

With this close attendant to help him analyze, the Hojo clan also let go of some hearts, after all, being able to climb to such an important minister as the Narita family, this is a wealthy family, and there is really no reason not to take refuge.

Someone came to take refuge, and it was a wealthy family with some relationship with the family, such a person can't be sent casually, how can he see it in person, although looking at these women in front of him, the Hojo clan was a little reluctant, but he had to start dressing.

After a short time, the Hojo clan appeared in the assessment room, and in addition to a few samurai, the only one present was Yura Narishi, who was in the middle of the room. However, if anyone pays attention, then you can find that there is a very big difference between Yura Narishi and these samurai present, no matter how weak the murderous aura on his body is, but it also constantly exudes, at first glance, he often fights, only such a person, will give people this feeling, and then look at the Hojo clan and the samurai under his command, there is nothing else in their eyes except for the smell of wine, and even if you are closer to them, you can smell the smell of fat powder on their bodies, alcohol, or both.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand what kind of person is the Hojo clan, who is famous in the Kanto region, and what kind of retainers can be recruited with such a character, and those who really have some ability will never take refuge in such a lord, after all, as real samurai, their dreams are on the battlefield, not in Gentle Township. Of course, even if such a samurai is really blind to vote, the Hojo clan is still saying whether he will accept it or not, so what does the samurai who can't play happily with him want him to do, and it is better to have this money than to visit the water tea house a few more times.

Therefore, the Hojo clan can only recruit some retainers who can identify with themselves, most of these retainers have certain skills in eating, drinking and having fun, if they don't have such skills, how can they be reused by the lord.

Yura Chengfan after entering the city. There was some nervousness. But after meeting these people. He can finally rest assured, with such a lord and retainers, how high can the combat power of the army in the city be, it seems that it is not very difficult to make such a great achievement.

When the Hojo clan walked out of the inner room in a leisurely manner, Yura Narishi immediately saluted and said, "In Shimojinzan Castle, the lord of the castle, Yura Nari Shigeru, will see Hojo-sama. ”

The Hojo clan was very satisfied with the other party's respectful attitude, but he was used to it. So what he said was not very appealing, but he said, "I just heard that Lord Yura came here this time to join his family, so it can't be a deception by adults." ”

Yuliang Chengfan was already a little weak-hearted, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart, but from the other party's tone, he didn't hear any temptation, as if he was just joking, so his nervousness eased a lot. I heard him hurriedly say: "My lord! This time I am really here to vote, and I ask you to take it in. ”

"Really want to vote? All right. It's just that you can't even beat Saito and Kohata, what's the use of what I want you, if you want me to say, you might as well lead the army directly to vote for my brother. With Nagata-sama to help you speak, I'm sure my brother won't treat you badly. ”

When Yura Nari looked at the Hojo clan and his retainers, of course, the Hojo clan also observed and observed him, at that time, he didn't want to take in the other party, not to mention that once he recruited him, then the trouble was definitely not small, first of all, he had to help him take back Jinshan City, although as soon as the army under his command arrived, that Saito and Kohata would inevitably flee from the wind, but what was the need to take care of this matter, it was no good, even if there was a war in the future, there were so many wealthy families to support him, and there were not many of these Yura families, One less is not too much, it is completely meaningless, and with this time, I might as well do something more meaningful.

And if the other party didn't mention this request, then there was no need for him to recruit him, the other party's city was lost, then you don't need to ask, you know, you will definitely be dead face Lai will not leave here, that is more than 200 people, in the future, their money, food will have to be borne by themselves, this is a lot of money, what to do with this money, it is too wasteful to raise them.

And the most important point is that he can see at a glance that Yuliang Chengfan and himself are not all the way at all, he is now at ease, and his retainers use their lives, once he is recruited as a retainer, this does not mean that he is not happy to find himself. What are you trying to do like this?

But after all, the other party has the background of the Narita family, and he can't go too far, so he thought of letting the other party vote for Odawara's rhetoric.

Hearing this, Yura Nari Shigeru smiled secretly in his heart, he had studied with Saito Kenhiro and Kohata Nobutada for three days before coming, all kinds of possible situations, as long as they could think of it, they all thought of the rhetoric to resolve it, and of course they couldn't leave behind the other party's reluctance to accept their own situation, so when the other party asked, he didn't hesitate to directly say the words that the three of them had discussed before, and only heard him speak: "My lord, originally I also had the heart to go to Odawara or Ninja City, but when I fought against Saito and Kohata, The two of them accidentally slipped their mouths, so they had to come here to tell the adults. ”

"What's the news, tell me quickly!"

"My lord, in the matter of the battle, although he was defeated, he didn't want to lose his momentum, so he told him that the two of them would be wiped out by the Hojo army in a few days, but not only did they not bluff the two, but in anger, Saito Kenhiro also said that the army of the Takayama family has been prepared, and it will attack Ueno today, and I think that since the other party said so, then he must have learned about the movements of the Takayama family, if he just wanted to bluff the next day, but if it is true, then once the army of the Takayama family comes to attack, then how to resist it without preparation, that's why I thought of coming here to inform adults. Now that the report has been completed, if the adults have nothing else to order, then they will go to Odawara Castle. ”

"You...... You said the Alpine Army was about to attack? This, this news should be fake. After hearing the news, the Hojo clan and everyone present were a little panicked, after all, it was not a wealthy army, it was known as the most elite mountain army in the world, if they came, it would be impossible for them to live in a low grade, even if those vassal wealthy clans came, they would definitely not be opponents.

"I don't know if it's true or not, but whether it's true or not, it's better to prepare early, my lord, please forgive me for retiring first." After speaking, Yura Chengfan was about to get up and leave.

But the more he was like this, the more Hojo Clan Tadashi felt that the news that the Takayama Army was coming should be true, after all, if it was fake, why did Yura Narishi Shigeru rush to Odawara.

So I just listened to the Hojo clan without thinking about it, and blurted out: "Come back, you can't go." ”

"I wonder what else the adults command?" Yuliang Chengfan waited for the other party to stop him, so he hurriedly sat down again.

"Since you have the heart to return to your family, although you have Narita-sama to help you speak, but if you don't have the credit to get your hands on, then you will definitely not be reused by your brother, it's better to be like this, I heard that you still have some troops under your command, it's better to defend the city with me here, once the Takayama army is repulsed, then it must be a great achievement, with such a merit, and then I have Narita-sama to speak for you, it is not difficult to want to soar into the sky, I don't know what you think."

"But...... But my lord, even if you add in the more than 200 troops, I'm afraid this Minowa Castle won't be able to hold it. Yuliang Cheng's words made it clear that he was unwilling to die like this.

"Lord Yura, don't worry, it's not difficult to resist the Takayama army for a few days with this city, as long as you can keep writing for a while, the reinforcements of the main hall will feel it, in this way, your lord will not only make a meritorious service, but also be appreciated, what else do you have to worry about."

Speaking of this, the samurai named Kotaro Mimura spoke, and without waiting for others to speak, he continued: "My lord, what Yura-sama said just now is right, if it is only based on the strength of the army under our command, even if you add the Ueno Hao clan, it is definitely not the opponent of the Takayama army, so you should immediately ask the main hall to send reinforcements, and the subordinates are not talented, they are willing to go to Odawara, and ask the lord to decide." "This Kotaro Mimura is worthy of being the number one resourceful man under the Hojo clan, and when he heard that the Takayama Army was coming, he thought not about how to defend it, but how to escape. For him, as long as there is a war together, then there is no safe place in Ueno, it is too dangerous to stay in such a place, especially the ninja army of the Takayama family is haunted, maybe he will be killed by the other party when he falls asleep, and he must not stay in this place, but how can he leave with dignity. (To be continued.) )