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The Takeda family retreated, in fact, Takeda Shingen had no choice but to retreat.

Strictly speaking, whether the Uesugi family attacked Shinano or the Hojo family attacked Musashi, these two points were specially arranged by Takeda Shingen before sending troops to Suruga. Although it was a little different from what he expected, the Uesugi family and the Hojo family actually teamed up to deal with him, but even so, for Takeda Shingen, there was actually not much difference.

At the same time, although Takeda Shingen and the Oda family joined forces to attack the Imagawa family, he only hoped that the Oda family's offensive would temporarily delay the Enoe forces of the Asahina Tai Dynasty. Therefore, Takeda Shingen didn't care at all whether the Oda family's Kamiraku would have any impact, because in his opinion, the Oda family only needed a little force to contain most of the Enoe troops.

It can be said that the troops of the Uesugi and Hojo families, as well as the sudden withdrawal of the Matsudaira family, will not cause too much trouble to the Takeda family, because of these things, Takeda Shingen has more or less calculated. But now it seems that Takeda Shingen was wrong from the beginning.

The reason why the three points mentioned above do not make Takeda Shingen feel worried and afraid is that there is a big premise, that is, Takeda Shingen can quickly take down Suruga! As long as Suruga is taken, or even only Yokoyama Castle, then the Takeda family will be able to switch from attack to defense, using the castle to resist the support of the Hojo family, while the rest of the troops will continue to attack Nishi-Suruga. Even, Takeda Shingen could suspend the offensive against Suruga, first lead the main army back to defeat the Uesugi family, and then turn around to deal with the Hojo and Imagawa families.

It's just a pity that Takeda Shingen underestimated the Imagawa family or the Imagawa clan too much, in his eyes, since the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the Imagawa family has been like a lamb to be slaughtered, and it is impossible to resist the strong generals of the Takeda family. According to Takeda Shingen's plan, he estimated that it would only take one to two months at most to capture Yokoyama Castle. And this, it is Takeda Shingen who deliberately imagined the Imagawa family to be stronger.

It's just that in fact, when the news of Takeda Shingen's dispatch of troops to Suruga spread, the Hojo family immediately sent reinforcements. Although the number of troops is not very large, there is also the general Hojo Tsusunari who came with the reinforcements. This point was completely beyond Takeda Shingen's expectations.

Because in Takeda Shingen's opinion, there is no reason for the Hojo family to send troops to support so soon. On the one hand, it was naturally because of the defeat in the war with the Satoma family. On the other hand, it is because of the fact that it is not at all reasonable to support so quickly, and it is not the consistent style of Hojo Shiyasu at all.

Takeda Shingen was actually not wrong, in history, when the Takeda family abolished the alliance with the Imagawa family, the Hojo family was silent. When Takeda Shingen officially invaded Suruga the following year, the Imagawa clan immediately asked for help from the Hojo clan, but unfortunately, the Hojo clan remained silent.

It wasn't until the Imagawa clan fled Suruga because of the Takeda family's attack, and the Enoe that ran to it relied on the Asahina Tai Dynasty, that the Hojo clan finally reacted and immediately sent reinforcements to kill Suruga. At this time, it had been more than half a year since the Takeda family invaded Suruga. And the reason why it took so long for Hojo Shiyasu to react, although he himself has various explanations, but the ultimate goal is probably for a result. Well, a year later, the eldest son of the Hojo clan, Nao, became the adopted son of the Imagawa clan and inherited the Imagawa family.

So strictly speaking, Takeda Shingen still knows a lot about Hojo Shiyasu's personality, but he ignores a very important thing, that is, the relationship between Shou Guini and the Hojo family.

Shou Gui Ni has gone through 4 generations of Imagawa family governors, and no one can replace the prestige of the Imagawa family, with her, although the retainers of the Imagawa family are no longer loyal to the Imagawa family, no one dares to make a mistake. Takeda Shingen is well aware of this.

But what he doesn't know is that Shou Gui Ni is not only the reassuring pill of the Imagawa family today, but also the main room of the son of the younger sister of Hojo Sakumo, Hojo Shiyasu's grandfather, well, in short, the elder of Hojo Shiyasu.

At the same time, Shou Guini and the Hojo family are highly respected, and they are also Hojo Clanyasu's uncle Hojo Phantom An, and they also have a good relationship. Well, because they're relatives of the same generation. Therefore, although Takeda Shingen knew that the provocateur of the Jun-Etsu alliance might be Shouguini, he did not believe that Shouguini, an old nun, could make Hojo Shiyasu put aside his own interests to rescue the Imagawa family.

In the face of this situation, Takeda Shingen did not stop attacking Suruga, because in his opinion, although there was the help of the Hojo family, it could not stop the offensive of the Takeda family. In fact, it was true that when Hojo Tsusunari first arrived, he joined forces with the Imagawa army and fought a field battle with the Takeda family. As a result, Takeda Shingen has been fighting around Yokoyama Castle until now.

The reason why he has not been able to fight, in addition to the reason for the reinforcements of Hojo, is that Takeda Shingen did not expect at all, and the combat effectiveness of the Imagawa army was not as unbearable as he imagined. Under the leadership of Abe Motoma's father and son, although the Takeda family could not be defeated in the field, the defense of the city made the fierce generals and ministers of the Takeda family suffer a lot.

And this series of miscalculations eventually led to this result. If the Matsudaira family didn't retreat, maybe Takeda Shingen would try again, but as soon as the Matsudaira family's troops retreated, Takeda Shingen had no choice. Because when the Matsudaira family withdraws their troops, the Asahinai Tai Dynasty will definitely lead the Enoe people to support Suruga, and then ...... Hawkers, no matter how proud Takeda Shingen is, he doesn't dare to continue fighting in this situation.

Sunpu Castle.

"My lord, the Takeda family has retreated......" Uden Nagasho trotted all the way to the Imagawa clan and shouted loudly. Although he tried his best to suppress his emotions, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart no matter what. Because this is the first time that the Imagawa clan has won a war since he inherited the family governor, and the opponent is still the powerful Takeda family.

"Really?! Are you sure?! The tiger has finally retreated?! We won?! Imagawa said incoherently, it seems that he is more excited than the pelican hall Changzhao, where is the usual calm and calm appearance?

But he can't be blamed, because this battle is not only a simple victory, but also a thousand pounds of heavy burden on the Imagawa clan's body in one go.

After the death of Imasaki Yoshimoto, why is everyone not optimistic about Imagawa Shin? When did the Takeda family declare war on the Imagawa family? And why does everyone think that the Imagawa family will perish? Isn't it because the Imagawa clan has never proven himself on the battlefield? It's just that from today, all this is gone.

Perhaps, the reason why this battle was won was because the Imagawa family occupied the fortification of the castle, and also had the reinforcements of the Hojo family, and there were also Uesugi and Hojo who surrounded Wei to save Zhao. But winning is winning, and wars are always based on results.

From now on, who else dares to underestimate Imagawa's true nature? Who would think that the Imagawa family has already existed in name only? So even though Imagawa is 28 years old this year, after hearing the news, he is still happy like a child, jumping and yelling. And the same is true of the Uden Nagashi, a governor of the Imagawa family, an important minister of the Imagawa family, who is constantly venting his emotions in the room, completely forgetting his identity.

But this is also inevitable, after all, whether it is the Imagawa clan or the Uden Nagashi, since the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, they have been under too much pressure, and in order to revive the Imagawa family, they don't know how much energy and mind have been spent. If you look closely, whether it's Imagawa Shin or Uden Nagazhao, they have already grown gray hair.

Finally, the two calmed down their excitement and began to think about their next move.

Shouguini's abode.

"Really? So what are you going to do next? After hearing the news of Takeda's withdrawal, Shou Guini didn't react, just asked lightly. Perhaps in her heart, when the Jun-Etsu Alliance was established, the Takeda family's attack this time would definitely end in failure.

Hearing this, the Imagawa clan was really stunned, obviously not expecting his grandmother to face the news so calmly, but then he hurriedly responded, "Grandma, my grandson has sent Changzhao to Hengshan Castle and brought my greetings and thanks." At the same time, he also sent a thank you gift to the reinforcements of the Hojo family. ”

"In addition, the grandson plans to wait and see the situation for the time being, and at the same time continue to strengthen the armament and the castle defense......" Imagawa Shin kept saying his thoughts.

Shou Gui Ni nodded and listened, and at the end, Shou Gui Ni sighed in a low voice, "Shi Zhen, you have really grown up...... I thought you would be distracted by this victory and act irrationally. But now it seems that you are not much worse than your father. ”

"Grandson is still far away...... Imagawa said respectfully.

"You did a good job, although you repelled the Takeda family, but the family is not the opponent of the Takeda family in the field, so you can't take the liberty of attacking." When Shou Guini said this, he suddenly changed his words and said again, "However, now that the Uesugi family is attacking Shinano and the Hojo family is attacking Musashi, once Takeda Shingen leads his army to support the two places, it will be a great opportunity for the family to attack Kai!" ”

Hearing this, the Imagawa clan was really stunned, he really didn't have the idea of counterattacking the Takeda family, well, it should be said that he didn't dare to think about it at all. From Abe Motojine's report, the Imagawa clan was able to know the gap between his own troops and the Takeda family's troops in field battles, in Suruga, if they couldn't fight, they could still retreat to the city, and if they were in Kai, where could they run if they failed?

"What? Scared? Shou Guini asked with a chuckle when he saw the true appearance of the Imagawa clan.

"Huh...... Heh......" Hearing this, the Imagawa clan really smiled, but still explained, "Grandma, it's not like you don't know the strength of the family now......

"You...... As soon as you say that you have grown up, you will show the prototype ......" Hearing Imagawa's true words, Shou Guini shook his head helplessly and scolded with a smile.

"Hehe, it's not like there's grandma, so I don't want to use my brain~" Imagawa said with a smile, "Grandma, look, your grandchildren are so tired that they have gray hair." "Well, the dignified governor of the Imagawa family has actually started to be coquettish...... However, I have to say that the Imagawa clan is really quite lucky.

Hearing this, Shou Guini shook his head helplessly, "Attack Kai, but you don't have to fight with the Takeda family." What we have to do is to make the Takeda family uncomfortable! ”

"I see!" The Imagawa clan replied excitedly, "As long as our army enters Kai, Takeda Shingen will definitely not dare to fully support Musashi and Shinano." In this way, the Uesugi and Hojo families have a good chance of opening up the situation! ”

"And even if the Uesugi and Hojo families can't win, they can also wear down the strength of the Takeda family." The more the Imagawa clan spoke, the more excited he became, and he seemed to see a chance for the Imagawa family to rise again.

"Not bad!" Shou Guini said lightly, "And you have to remember that Kai itself is not much stone high, and Shinano has never been truly pacified. The reason why Takeda Shingen was able to have such a powerful force was only because of the golden mountain of Kai. But the mountain of gold will eventually be dug up. Moreover, neither Kai nor Shinano have salt ......"

"I see! The grandson understood, and the child sent someone to the Hojo family and the Uesugi family! Imagawa said in a deep voice.

Although medicine was not developed in this era, they knew the importance of salt to the human body. It's not like there's no substitute, but that's obviously not the same as specialized salt. The salt of the Takeda family was obtained by trading with the Imagawa family.

Just after finishing speaking, the Imagawa clan said with some concern, "Grandma, even if the three of us ban salt from the Takeda family at the same time, the Takeda family can also get it from the Oda family or those forces in the Kanto region." ”

"Silly boy, do you think Oda Nobunaga won't see the threat of the Takeda family? Even if you give him salt, will it be given for nothing? As for those forces in the Kanto region, they can only be handed over to the Hojo family. Shou Gui Ni said helplessly.

"I see, my grandson understands!"

After Imagawa Shin left, he immediately ordered his ninjas to send the news to the Hojo and Uesugi families as quickly as possible.

"Salt ban...... Hehe, Imagawa's really boy's idea is good~" Hojo said with a chuckle.

"I think it's the idea of that old nun of Shou Guini, the most poisonous woman's heart!" Hojo Phantom laughed. Laughing, Hojo Muttered to himself, "But if the Oda family and the Kanto side don't get it done, it's useless." ”

"As long as you take Musashi, you don't need to worry so much, the Oda family will not give the Takeda family any sweetness, otherwise Matsudaira Ieyasu will not be able to withdraw his troops suddenly." Hojo said lightly.

(To be continued.) )