"Although you can't dominate the world, you can also protect Hojo's century-old foundation by retreating."

In Odawara Castle, the Hojo clan listened to Hojo Tsunari's words, smiled slightly, and said: "You and Master Phantom are the most outstanding people in this family, since you have all made such a decision, then I support it." ”

"Gomoto Castle," Hojo Tsusunari lowered his head and said, "If the lord is humiliated, the minister will be humiliated, and it is the incompetence of the subordinates who cannot defeat Takeda and cheer up the family." ”

Hojo Clan Masato shook his head and said: "It was my indecision at the beginning, if you had said earlier, from Odawara to fight a decisive battle with Takeda Shinshige, even if you don't win, you will take your fate into your own hands." I don't have the courage and determination of my father, I just want to rely on the luck of the fortified city. ”

"Gohonjoden." Hojo Tsunashi sat down on the ground with a pop of water, tears streaming down his eyes, and said, "Your Majesty is ashamed of your ancestors." ”

Hojo Clan said resolutely, "When I say this, I don't mean to blame anyone. I have a gentle temperament, and I am not as good as my father, nor am I far inferior to heroes like Takeda Chaozuki and Oda Nobunaga. It's time for the family to recognize the reality. ”

"I have decided to retire and give up the position of governor to Shinkuro, and Musashi can be ceded to Takeda, but Hakoneyama must be in the hands of the family, so let's negotiate with the Takeda family on this condition."

"And the most important thing, my Hojo family is subduing to the Gongfang Palace, not Takeda, this must be understood by Takeda Chaoyue."

"Oh!"

Hojo Tsusunari replied.

Shinkuro is the son of the Hojo clan Nao, born to the daughter of the Hojo clan and Takeda Shingen, Huangmeiin.

The Hojo clan inherited the family governor, which meant that Hojo was kind to Takeda.

In Sagami country, the Takeda army is in the main camp.

In the military tent, Takeda Nobuyoshi, who was wearing a white monk's robe, was looking at the huge Kanto map in front of him.

After Takeda Nobuyoshi took it with one hand, he hung the other hand in front of his chest and peeled off the rosary so that it clicked.

Nobuyoshi Takeda, Nobuyhigeru Oyamada. Ichichi Shinryu, Okuma Ashide, Takeda Nobutoyo, Mieda Moritomo, Mochizuki Nobunaga and other generals are all standing behind him.

After a long time, Takeda Nobuyori finally put his palm heavily on the location of Musashi Province on the Kanto map, and said in a deep voice: "This is the end of Kanto." ”

Nobuyoru Takeda nodded slowly. Said to Mieda Shouyou: "You go and reply to Itabe Okae Yuishai, just say that the family can agree to the conditions of the clan's government, and the two families will make peace with this and be harmonious forever." ”

The three guards snorted and were about to turn around.

Takeda Nobuyoshi said, "Wait." ”

Sanzhi Shouyou turned around at the moment and said, "What are the instructions of Chaoyue Gong?" ”

Takeda Shinshihiro turned around and said, "Since the Hojo clan has subdued the shogunate and merged with the family, let the Hojo clan come to Kai in person." See His Royal Highness as a matter of sincerity. ”

"In addition, the armies of all stripes were ordered. The coalition forces, including Date, Mogami, and Satake, continue to march and will never stop attacking unless the Hojo clan agrees! ”

After saying all this, all the generals showed joy on their faces.

Takeda Nobutoyo takes a step forward. He said loudly: "Such a child, I will congratulate my father one step ahead of time and pacify Kanto!" ”

Nobuyhiro Takeda's eyes narrowed. He stopped his hand and said, "Let's wait until the Hojo clan agrees to see the Gongfang Palace." ”

A letter dragon on the side, said: "Chaoyue Gong, although the Hojo family lost Musashi Province and seized the territory before, it still has nearly two million stone heights, and it is still a trouble. ”

Nobushige Koyamada and others also had a deeply appreciative expression.

Takeda Nobuyoshi's face sank when he heard this, and he said: "With my ability, I can only do this limit, if it weren't for the major general of the guard to conquer Kitanozhuang Castle this time, my family would never have been so smooth, and I would have forced Hojo to make peace, but there was a danger of destruction." ”…,

"If it weren't for Major General Konoe, my family would have been able to unify the Kanto region today, he would be a hero, I sigh to myself."

Listening to Takeda Shinshi's words, all the generals nodded silently.

Then Takeda Shin said: "It is not impossible to go one step further and destroy Hojo, but there are too many variables, but I don't dare to make this bet, so let's stop here in Kanto, there are more important things below." ”

Listening to Takeda's words, in the military tent, all the generals of the Takeda family sighed.

In the seventh year of Tensho, April.

With Li Xiao commanding the Hida Echichu Army, a great victory in Hokuriku Province.

The chaotic situation in the Kanto region has finally become clear and clear.

Under the siege of Takeda Nobushige and Oda, Mogami, Satake, Utsunomiya, Yuki Kanto Heroes, as many as 100,000 Kanto coalition troops.

The Hojo family finally couldn't support it, and the Hojo clan finally accepted the conditions of peace with the Takeda family.

After the Hojo clan relinquished the position of governor to the Hojo clan, he personally came to Kai Suzui Temple Castle to pay homage to Ashikaga Yoshiaki of the Kokata Hall to show his submission to the Muromachi shogunate.

Not only the Hojo clan, but also the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenshige,

Date Governor Date Masaaki,

The head of the house, Yoshimitsu Mogami,

Satake Governor Yoshishige Satake,

Yuuki family governor Yuki Qingchao,

Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, the governor of the Utsunomiya family, all came to Jiseiji Temple, and together they paid homage to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and offered swords, war horses, money, etc.

For these Kanto heroes, Ashikaga Yoshiaki expressed some reassurance, and said that was still in the hands of the Oda family, and the daimyo needed to help him go to Luo, put things in order, and reopen the palace.

Takeda Nobuyoshi, Hojo Masa and others all agreed loudly.

And on the other hand, on the Hokuriku side.

Oda Nobutada led the main force of the Oda Army and confronted Li Xiaofei's Etsuchu Army.

The two armies fought tentatively for several battles, and Oda Nobutada led the main force of the Oda family, although the strength was far superior to Li Xiao, but after the fall of Kitanozhuang Castle, the morale of the Oda army was low, and the countrymen and wealthy families were unwilling to do their best.

However, also in front of the two famous generals of the Oda family, Akechi Mitsuhide and Hashiba Hideyoshi, Li Xiao did not have the upper hand.

Both sides did not dare to invest in the main force and carry out a decisive battle with a large army, and waited for the news of the reconciliation between Hojo and the Takeda family as soon as it came out.

Oda Nobutada and Li Xiao continued to be in Beizhizhuang City, and it was pointless to confront each other, but they refused to withdraw for the sake of face.

And Li Xiao also guessed Oda Nobutada's thoughts, and he didn't want to waste the main force here with the Oda family and lose his strength.

At that moment, after Li Xiao burned down the city of Beizhizhuang, he retreated first.

Seeing this, Oda Nobutada also felt that his face had been restored, and immediately led the main force of the Oda army to pretend to walk around under the burned Kitanosho Castle, and then returned to Azuchi Castle and disbanded the army under the castle.

Oda Nobutada couldn't stop it, and the land of Echizen gradually became controlled by Li Xiao.

Li Xiao, who is now leading the army back to Kaga in triumph, is in the castle tower of Oyama Gobo.

The new Tail Mountain Imperial Workshop is close to falling into the city.

Li Xiao stood in the castle tower, looking at this new city that belonged to him, while the Great Tibetan Chang'an, who was standing behind him, had a sad face.

The Great Treasury Chang'an told Li Xiao about the expenses in the past six months.

Because of the siege of Kitanozhuang Castle, the consumption of this half a year, as well as the construction of the buildings of this new castle, as well as the construction of the streets connecting Kaga, Echichu, Noto, and Echizen Shikoku, consumed all the gold and silver that Li Xiao had accumulated from Sado Gold Mountain, Kamioka Silver Mountain, and trade with Korea.

On the contrary, because of this, Li Xiao also owes a lot of foreign debts.

This foreign debt was borrowed from the Ming maritime merchants and from the Franco, although the interest rate was not high, but the figure was considerable. …,

Of course, with the current Li Xiao's current position of strength in the seven kingdoms of the world, coupled with Li Xiao's consistent reputation, the maritime merchants of the Ming Kingdom and the Francois are still willing to lend money to Li Xiao.

Especially Li Dan, the wealthy group, heard that Li Xiao was attacking Beizhizhuang City, and gave Li Xiao gunpowder worth 20,000 yuan in batches.

In Japan, saltpeter is very scarce, so the ratio of gunpowder is not easy, and most of them rely on imports.

Therefore, Li Dan is also very good at being human, and 'by the way' brought a boatload of gunpowder from the Ming Kingdom to give Li Xiao support.

Li Xiao couldn't help but shake his head, this man who dominated Malacca's 'One Piece' in history and was regarded as a 'Chinese Captain' by Westerners, was drinking Longjing tea in front of Li Xiao one after another.

Li Dan's armed merchant ships are even more powerful than in history.

Although under the suppression of the Ming court, it was increasingly difficult to survive in the homeland, but Li Dan was in Japan, but he received Li Xiao's strong support and opened up a base area.

Li Dan has now accumulated a lot of wealth through the trade of Sado Jinshan and Shengang Yinshan, relying on this Li Dan, constantly pulling together and dividing, and the Ming State armed the forces in the maritime merchants.

Now Li Dan has faintly become a little bit old, replacing Captain Wufeng back then, becoming a new generation of maritime leaders, and contacting the spokesperson of Japan's Ming Kingdom.

However, for Li Xiao, it was not his intention to conduct maritime trade between Japan and North Korea through Li Dan.

Li Xiao hopes that Li Dan can become the Ming Kingdom, and even the Asian Francis, Drake.

As we all know, Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, reusing pirates like Drake, defeated the Spanish Armada on the sea ten years later, and created the hegemony of the empire on which the sun never sets.

Drake's generation of pirates led not only Britain, but also the whole of Europe, into the grand Age of Discovery, and then the power of the West entered the steam and industrial age, leaving the original leading Eastern Asia far behind.

So why can't Li Dan become China's Drake.

The current maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty have a sea power far more than the power of any European country in the same period, why can't there be an Age of Discovery that belongs to Asia.

Yes, Li Dan did not have the luck of Drake, he lacked the support of the government.

With the centralization of power as the main Ming court, it is not enough to exterminate Li Dan and others, so it will be supported.

Therefore, Li Dan tried to support Tokugawa Ieyasu and gave him a large amount of monetary aid in order to gain a foothold in Japan.

It's just a pity that the Tokugawa shogunate abandoned them later.

The Ming Kingdom missed the Age of Discovery, so in Li Xiao's thoughts, the Ming Kingdom and the Tokugawa Shogunate could not give them, so Li Xiao would give it.