Sagami country

Odawara Castle, the first male castle in the Kanto region

Odawara Castle is called a male castle for two reasons

One of them is that it is difficult to stand in Odawara Castle near Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture today (PS: It can also be used in general to refer to the area around Shonan, Kanagawa Prefecture, which is the background of the popular manga Slam Dunk)

From afar, Odawara Castle, which is backed by Mt. Hachiman, resembles a huge fortress, with intricate entrances and exits, numerous wildebeest designs, and a heavy bronze gate that makes powerful enemies look at it

In the third year of Eiroku, Uesugi Kenshin led the 115,000 Kwantung coalition army to storm Odawara Castle, and finally returned

And when Shingen was alive, he attacked the castle of Odawara Castle and was helpless

Therefore, Odawara Castle is in Hojo, and the family is in Kanto, which is the city that does not fall

The second reason is the huge size of Odawara Castle, and the overall design includes the castle town, which provides defense

It is said that it was also possible to grow food under the castle to solve the problem of lack of food for soldiers during the siege

The population of Odawara Castle reached 100,000, a scale that was difficult to reach in Japan at the time

At the same time, there were only more than 10,000 people in the town of Shin Chang'an Tsuchijo, which had already established the world

Now in the Honmaru of the largest male castle in the Kanto region

The fourth generation governor of the Hojo family, Hojo Shinkuro, Sakyo Daifu, and the family Masasa

According to the Hojo family, the Hojo family's retainers called their family governors the palace of the Gomoto Castle

The Hojo family claimed to be the ruler of the Hojo family in Kamakura, and the actual first head of the family, Hojo Sakumo, was the Ise clan, who was accompanied by the shogunate

At that time, Hojo Sakumo's sister Kitagawa Hall married Imagawa Yoshitada, the governor of the Imagawa family, as the main room

Later, Hojo Sakumo made great contributions to helping his nephew Imagawa clan to seize the Imagawa family's governorship, and he was named the lord of Kokokuji Castle and a retainer of the Imagawa family

After that, Hojo Sakumo attacked Sagami's own strategy, and his power expanded, and finally got rid of the main family Imagawa and became an independent daimyo to have the foundation of today's Hojo family, Kanto 300 stones

In the middle of the house, the Hojo clan is wearing a hunting suit under the service of the small surname

Hojo Masa is exactly forty years old this year, and he is in the prime of life for a man

Perhaps the most distressing thing about Gohonjo Castle, who was the Hojo family, was that his retainers often compared him to his former governor, Sagami, the lion, Hojo Shiyasu, and his great-grandfather, Hojo Sakumo, who founded the country empty-handed

In this situation, if he were to become Takeda Katsuyori, he would inevitably stand up and make a change, and make a breakthrough to surpass his father's achievements to prove his strength

As for the Hojo clan's politics, he looked at it indifferently

The Hojo clan knew that no matter how decisive the military was, he was far inferior to his father and great-grandfather, so since he couldn't compare, he shouldn't compare

Hojo Hakumo, Hojo Shiyasu are all the heroes of the world, and they have all formulated a system for their own family, so they only need to be Xiao Gui Cao immediately

If you don't have outstanding talents, you can recognize your own strength, do your duty, and don't do things that exceed the limits of your ability, which is where Hojo Masa thinks he is stupid and wise

At the beginning of his reign, the Hojo clan stopped focusing on the strategies of all parties and paid attention to domestic affairs and the economy

If you say which of the Warring States daimyo pays the most attention to people's livelihood, then it is undoubtedly the Hojo family

Hojo Sakumo set the annual tribute standard of the four princes and six people during his lifetime (which can effectively compare the six princes and four people of the Takeda family)

Not only that, when the prince of Kang was alive, he would also reduce taxes or even exempt taxes for the people in the collar in the year of disaster

In addition, in order to encourage people to come and live in Odawara Town, the Hojo family reduced the Tobetsu fee from 50 to 35 wen

In order to facilitate people's livelihood, the Hojo family will build a special water supply channel in Odawara Castle

At the same time, the Hojo family was also the precursor of the use of Yongle money among the Sengoku daimyos

Due to the obvious shortage of Yongle money in the Kanto region, the Hojo family also allowed the common people to use rice instead of money to circulate, and set a system of 100 wen that could be exchanged for one bucket of rice, two to four liters, taking the eighth year of Yongroku as an example, when the Hojo family received the don't money, two-thirds of the rice and wheat were collected, and one-third of the Yongle money was collected

As a result, the Hojo family's economy was stabilized

What's more, the Hojo family also set up a special box to complain about civil illegal things and give the people the opportunity to express their grievances...,

Complaints in the Me'an box are handled by the Hojo family's special bureaucracy to make a judgment

It is no wonder that when Hojo Shiyasu died of illness, the samurai and the common people of Odawara no Machi were crying, and when the other daimyo were hanging, there were only a few loyal samurai crying, and the gap was obvious

The system established by these successive governors gave the Hojo clan a good foundation for the Hojo clan to take over the Hojo family

Under the management of three generations of family governors, the Hojo family is even stronger, and there are more than ten guide-level generals under the system of sending relatives and children, and nearly 100,000 troops can be mobilized

and there are such bureaucrats who are responsible for dealing with the adjudication of internal affairs

Under such an excellent system that led the Sengoku Daimyo, the Hojo clan was basically in a state of vertical rule

And after the Battle of Nagashino, the destruction of the Satomi family was purely unexpected in front of the Hojo clan's politics

The Satomi family fell into the battle between the family governor and the internal and external rebellion, and the Hojo clan did not expect that the army would be overwhelmed and destroy the fierce rival who had been in trouble with the Hojo family for decades

After the destruction of the Satomi family, the strong enemy to the east of the Hojo family disappeared, and after the elbow system was removed, the army was used in a large way to Ueno Tokiri

The Hojo clan recalled the recent battle with the three coalition forces of Satake, Yuuki, Utsunomiya, and still can't help but shudder

Satake Yuuki Utsunomiya was a powerful daimyo of the Kanto Yaya Shape, which was designated by the shogunate to move to to assist the Kanto government at that time

The three forces are all old forces, and the coalition army fought with the Hojo family, and the battle began, under the leadership of Oni Yoshishige and Satake Yoshishige, the Hojo family's army personally sat in a state of continuous defeat

Later, the Hojo clan invited the famous Hojo family generals who had long since retired, and Hojo Tsunari came out and continuously transferred troops from Sagami, the head of the head of the house, to the front line

The Hojo family gathered more than 100,000 troops and fought fiercely for three months, exhausting the three allied forces, and the last battle was successful, forcing the three families to cede land and pay hostages

And the Hojo clan government completed the Hojo family's first battle to pacify the Kanto region, and the momentum is finally in full swing

Now in the rebellion of the Uesugi family, Kamishi Keikatsu and his younger brother Uesugi Keihu are caught in a dispute between the family governor

The Hojo clan sent the Hojo clan to lead an army from Musashi to rescue, presumably having entered Echigo at this moment, because he was worried that the Hojo clan would not succeed all the way

The Hojo clan asked his allies, the Takeda family, and the Mutsu powerful daimyo Date family to send troops together

The Hojo clan thought carefully about the details of this scripture, and on the one hand, the head of the Date family, Date Terumune, was indecisive, and even if he temporarily agreed to his request, it was estimated that it was mostly perfunctory

I think the Takeda family is more reliable

Takeda Hojo is an offensive and defensive alliance, not to mention that Takeda Nobuyoshi personally agreed

Although Takeda Nobuyoshi has never met this person, the Hojo clan has never seen him, but according to the rumors, he is a kind and trustworthy elder, unlike his unpredictable brother and ambitious nephew, with his consent, even if there is a difference, the Takeda family will definitely go all out

Just when the Hojo clan was full of confidence in the battle for the throne of the Uesugi family

At this time, one of the retainers, Dadao, Temple, Zheng, Fanyou, and one of the people, Itabe Okae Xuezhai had a solemn face, and entered the residence together

After the two entered, Daido Temple Masahiro immediately knelt down in front of the Hojo clan and said: If the affairs of the lord and the minister are not good, please give seppuku

Hearing this, the expression of the Hojo clan changed, and the little surname stopped serving his armor and asked: Why are you so alarmed

Dao Temple Zhengfan said bitterly: Takeda Chaoyue's treachery not only did not help His Highness Jinghu, but also killed him, and now he has captured Kasuga Mountain City

When the Hojo clan heard this, he was also furious and said: This matter is serious

It is true that the Great Dao Temple Zhengfan lowered his head

The Hojo clan pulled out the sword from the wall, his face turned red and shouted: The Takeda family still uses 'faith' as the common word, but it is really a person who has no faith and no righteousness, and I swear to kill Takeda Chaoyue, this untrustworthy and treacherous puppet

Itabe Okae Yukisai, who has the same hatred as the Hojo clan Masashi Daido Temple Masashi, said in a deep voice: The move of the lord Takeda Chaoyue has become very clear that the Takeda family wants to take advantage of the crisis of the Uesugi family to annex Echigo, so he treacherously expands his strength...,

At present, Takeda Nobu Shigeru led the main army of the Takeda family, and there is no one in the country, and I Hojo family is able to go out of Odawara Castle through Musashi, and enter Kai and take the Wagasaki Pavilion directly

Itabe Okae Yukisai was dressed as a bald monk, and he also held the position of temple priest in the Hojo family, and his family background was also very prominent, because he was a true ruler of the Hojo clan and a descendant of Hojo Tokiyuki

Itabe Okae Yukisai's argument was echoed by the Daido Temple Masashige, and the old Hojo family said: The Takeda family betrayed its trust for personal gain, and the soldiers of the family were all the same enemy, and if it was to attack Takeda, the division was famous, and the Takeda family was to swallow Echigo's army alone, and there was no army at home, and it was a plan for the family to attack its hinterland

The Hojo clan listened to the words of the two retainers, his expression was excited, he paced left and right for a while, and suddenly lowered his face and said: Takeda Chaoyue Raider Echigo will inevitably know the result of the family's anger, it is impossible not to be unprepared, not to mention that the family has just ended the war with the Satake family, and the vitality has not recovered, and it is really inappropriate to use troops on a large scale

Listening to the words of the Hojo clan, Daido Temple Masahiro hurriedly said: The main public opportunity must not be lost, if you sit back and watch Takeda annex Echigo, after that, Takeda's momentum is enough to be on par with the momentum of the family, how can you not test it now

The Hojo clan did not immediately agree, and then said: Call the wind demon Kotaro immediately

Wind Demon Kotaro's original surname is Kazama, and his Wind Demon Shinobi is the royal ninja of the Hojo family

And the wind demon Kotaro has always been the name of his upper ninja, and the upper ninja of the past dynasties is now the fifth generation of the wind demon family

Wind Demon Shinobi has always been famous in the Hojo family, in the history of Tensho 8 years Hojo Takeda turned his face due to the Imperial Palace Rebellion, after the Hojo family and Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of the Yellow Segawa

Wind Demon Kotaro led the Wind Demon Ninja Night to attack the Takeda Army's formation, assisted the Hojo Army to defeat Takeda Katsuyori, and made great achievements

Now, this burly legendary ninja walked into the hall, knelt down in front of the Hojo clan and asked: What does the lord show (to be continued, if you like this work, you are welcome to come (.) Vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation)