At the beginning of July, as the storm gradually weakened, Kanto finally calmed down, and there was a piece of information in front of the Hojo clan of Musashi Edo Castle, and he stared at this information for half an hour and did not move, not because this information was so novel that he couldn't understand it, similar information has been received a lot since last year, and each piece of information said that things had a nose and eyes as if they had seen it with their own eyes, and this information was about Takeda Shingen's intention to break the Triple Alliance and annex the Imagawa family's Junyuan Sanji.

To be honest, this is not too new, the original strength of the Takeda family is much stronger than the Hojo family, although the army is not as large as the Hojo clan, but when it comes to the strength of the army and the ability of the retainers to fight well, it is really not comparable to the Hojo clan, if the Hojo family has that set of retainers, they will definitely have half of the eight countries of Kanto, instead of nesting in the three kingdoms of Sagami, Musashi, Izu, and thinking about how to expand the family territory.

In fact, the Hojo clan didn't believe in this information, and he didn't make more drastic moves on the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto for more than a year, or because he was more confident in his brother-in-law Imagawa clan, even if the Imagawa family was hit hard by the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the hero, it was not enough to shake the foundation of the Imagawa family's rule, let alone collapse.

What the Imagawa clan inherited in his hands is still a good platoon, and the strong support of the Triple Alliance of the First Minister, he only needs to stabilize the basic plate of Jun Yuansan, then the Imagawa clan is still the overlord of Tokaido, and still has the opportunity to take off and make a big difference, the Imagawa clan really only needs to have his level, plus the assistance of Imagawa Shouguini, there will definitely be no problem.

The Hojo clan was actually thinking about the establishment of the Mifune Yama Ridge on Mt. Mifune, northwest of Sakan Castle, near the Satomi family, and the treacherous terrain of this mould was a very bold move. Because Mifune Mountain is too close to Sakan Castle, which is guarded by Satomi Yoshihiro. So much so that almost every move in Sakan Castle was exposed under the nose of Mifune Mountain. This castle is like a sharp dagger nailed to the hearts of Satomi Yoshiyao and Satomi Yoshihiro father and son.

Since the victory of the Second Battle of Kofutai has greatly strengthened the authority of the Hojo clan, although the genealogy of the family knows that there is a role in the Hojo clan, but the many outsiders and the Kanto samurai who are not known under the Hojo family do not understand this reason, which is very beneficial to the Hojo clan, at least he is the governor of the family.

Therefore, he was able to insist on attacking the Kamizato clan under his father's suspicions, and once the strategy of the invasion of the Hojo clan was successful, then the Hojo clan's territory would add Kamisu and Anfang to become the overlords of the five Kwantung countries, and then annex the Shimoshi kingdom at that time. By winning over the powerful people of Shimono and Hitachi, you can confidently and boldly challenge the hegemony of the Echigo Kira clan in the eastern country.

In the past few months, he has failed to attack Sakan Castle several times, so he came up with this crooked trick to let Fujisawa Harima Mamoru and Misaku Tanaka build Mifune Mountain on Mifune Mountain next to Sakan Castle, so that he can monitor the movements in Sakan Castle around the clock, so that he can not only nail the defenders of the Satan clan in Sakan Castle, but also wait for the opportunity to capture Sakan Castle when the Satomi clan's position is in chaos.

The time to wait soon came, the lord of Manki Castle Toki and the lord of Katsuura Castle, Masaki Tokitada, accepted the Hojo clan's strategy and threw themselves into the arms of the Hojo family, the former was not the old man of the Satomi clan's genealogy family and was forced to surrender Satomi Yoshiyao, and it was not surprising that the wall head grass, who was not firm in his position, was lured by the Hojo clan to defect in the past.

But the latter is not the same, as the first governor of the Katsuura Masaki clan. Masaki Shizhong is also the younger brother of Masaki Shigeru, and he is one of the four corners of the defensive circle of the city fence demarcated by Satomi Yoshiyao himself. His betrayal is tantamount to a stab in the back of the Satomi clan, perhaps because of the turn of feng shui, it is finally Satomi's turn to taste the bitter fruit of being betrayed.

After receiving this news, Satomi Yoshihiro in Sakan Castle finally couldn't help but take action, the close monitoring day and night made him very painful, and the betrayal of his cronies made him feel extremely angry, so he immediately gathered a large number of troops in the southern part of the Upper Castle to Sakan Castle, of course, such a big movement could not be concealed from Fujisawa Harima Mamori in Mifune Mountain, and an urgent report was quickly sent to the hands of the Hojo clan in Edo Castle.

The Hojo clan is actually impatient to wait, and the work of waiting for the rabbit is not suitable for him as a young man to do, but fortunately, the Satomi Yoshihiro on the opposite side is also a very impatient person, so the Hojo clan Masato ordered 30,000 troops to rush into the Kamiku country, and the Kamichi Satomi clan was not anxious, Satomi Yoshiyao was methodical and the author deployed, and he sat in the Kururi Castle and waited for the opportunity to wait for the Hojo clan to attack first.

Although Satomi Yoshihiro is young, he is not a fool who doesn't know the importance of it, knowing that the hungry wolf of the Hojo clan is waiting for him and dares to move, the so-called is nothing more than a breakthrough, and the army that Satomi father and son have joined forces to point is only 15,000 people, which is about the main military force of the entire Fangsu Peninsula.

In the face of the Hojo clan's murderous rush into the Fangwei Peninsula, Satomi Yoshiyao is still a little unsure of how to act, and inducing the Hojo clan to invade the Fangwei Peninsula is only the first step, the key is how to defeat the arrogant Hojo Army in the next step, but if he is allowed to use 15,000 troops to resist the 30,000 army, it will definitely not work.

The first few times when the disparity in strength was not large, they couldn't beat the Hojo Army, and this time the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, and the chance of wanting to turn the tables was very small, and Satomi Yoshiyao understood this truth, and the genealogy of the family naturally understood it very well, and Masaki Shigeru thought about it and felt that only the tactics of flanking might still have the power to fight.

Horie Yoritada felt that his brother's tactics were too risky, and the gambling nature was relatively strong, and he had to let the Hojo clan bite the hook, and the army that was responsible for the frontal resistance would face great danger, if there was a slight mistake, it would be the end of the army's disintegration and annihilation, but Masaki Shizhong couldn't come up with a better way, so although the retainers of the spectrum felt that it was too risky, but before there was a better proposal, this was the best choice, so Satomi Yoshiyao finally decided to adopt Masaki Shigeru's strategy.

Satomi Yoshiyao has been determined to completely retreat to the second line after the war on this occasion, if he can win, he can naturally survive until retirement, if he fails, then he will no longer have to worry about this problem, he will definitely die for a long time in Sato Castle, he will definitely not surrender to the Hojo clan. Imagine how ruthlessly he has offended the Hojo family over the years. I knew that choosing the Hojo family was the worst choice.

This time, the leadership of the joint battle was completely entrusted to Satomi Yoshihiro. The young Satomi Yoshihiro personally led the main formation at Mt. Void and Mt. Otsuka, and the Hojo clan's political opinion Satomi Yoshihiro opened up the formation and planned to fight a decisive battle, and immediately set up the main camp on Mt. Mifune, and the two sides were about fifteen kilometers apart, maintaining a situation of long-term confrontation.

The Hojo clan soon learned that Satomi Yoshihiro's main formation on the Void Ridge Mountain only had 7,000 troops, and a feeling of pride suddenly arose in their hearts, in their opinion, the Satomi clan was a sign that they were going to have poor donkey skills, and it took so long to pull out 7,000 troops, which proved that Satomi Yoshihiro had fallen into an embarrassing situation of no soldiers and no generals.

Hojo Phantom Ann disagreed, feeling that although Satomi Yoshiyao suffered a great defeat, he would never be able to muster even 10,000 troops. However, it is obviously unreasonable for this camp to have only 7,000 troops, so it should be beware of deception, and this time Hojo Tsusunari did not come to help as the garrison of Matsuyama Castle, but guarded Kita Musashi to guard against the powerful neighbors in the north.

Representing Huang Bei in the battle is the banner of the younger generation Hojo Clan, since last year in the Second Battle of Kokufutai, Hojo Clan has not given up trying to revive his martial name, and courting the Yuuki clan father and son is just to prove that he is not a useless waste, not enough for him to get rid of the bad name of the tiger father and dog.

The Hojo clan Shigeichi strongly supported the judgment of the Hojo clan, and a group of young genealogy retainers in the family also followed the rice stalks, as if there was no need to worry too much about the victory of this battle. It is inevitable to imply in the words that these old genealogy generations of the Kang Gong era are too conservative, and it is difficult for a group of old genealogy ministers to raise objections. You can't blame these young juniors for not knowing how to respect the old ministers, which will lose their face.

Seeing that the old genealogists have given up their plans to raise objections, the Hojo clan feels that he is also a small victory in the right to speak in the family, although he is not disgusted with the proposal of the genealogy retainers, but the feeling of interjecting everything is always unpleasant, as if reminding him that he is still a new governor and many things need to be guided, his father Hojo Shiyasu always mentions his ears to him, and a group of old ministers still rely on the old and sell the old are a little unsure.

Looking at the old man of the spectrum family closed his mouth, he was very happy to finalize the march plan, and decided to attack the main formation of the Void Mountain City in five days, before that, the three armies were full of food and energy to prepare for the big battle, and at the same time he emphasized that all departments should pay attention to the tricks of the Satomi clan to prevent the Satomi clan from sneaking up on the main formation, and the Hojo family is a night attack expert, so naturally they must be careful of the trick of beating geese all day long and being pecked blind by geese.

At the beginning, the defense of the Hojo Army was indeed tight, but unfortunately it rained lightly the day before the formation, and the light rain did not stop until the evening, and the wet everywhere made the Hojo Army who were on vigil inevitably slack, and they probably felt that they would go out tomorrow and there would be no accidents tonight, and it was precisely this night that the troops who saw the army quietly went out of battle.

When the dark clouds scattered and the moon was hazy, Masaki Shigeru led 8,000 elites to leave Kururi Castle, the military power in his hands was the real trump card of the Satomi clan, and the army of Satomi Yoshihiro on the Void Ridge Mountain was just some of the appearance of the elite, in order to strengthen the suddenness of the night attack, Salami Yoshiyao deliberately scattered another main force between Kururi Castle and Okita Castle, this move really deceived the attention of the Hojo Army.

Masaki Shigeru did not use the 8,000 army to attack the Hojo Army's main camp at night, after all, he was not Uesugi Masatora and did not have the ability to rush 30,000 at 8,000, his method was to lead the special force around the Shinmei Mountain to the west of Mifune Mountain, the Hojo Army may have been too careless, and did not set up a sub-camp on the Shinmei Mountain as a guard, which was equivalent to the bold and relieved implementation of the tactics of flanking the front and rear of the army in the room.

When the news came that the Einsatzgruppen had successfully entered Mount Shinmei, Satomi Yoshihiro immediately decided that the target of the attack was directly aimed at the main camp of the Hojo Army, and Masaki Toki's sister-in-law Nobushige and adopted son Masaki Kentoki served as the vanguard of the first formation to break into the main camp of the Hojo Army on Mt. Mifune, and their night attack did cause a riot in the Hojo Army camp.

But the Hojo army as a night attack expert even if you are careless will not make a mistake when camping, the seven thousand miles of the army took a lot of effort to break the camp gate, and at this time the army in the Hojo camp has been surging from all directions, a group of wolf-like Hojo family samurai frantically pounced on the main formation of the Satomi army defeated and retreated, and the goods could not be compared with the real elite, and in desperation, Satomi Yoshihiro ordered to retreat to the original road.

Masaki Nobushige led 500 ashiki to fight to the death until the last moment, and Masaki Nobushige himself won the first credit for the Hojo clan to start the war, but the Hojo army could not take the mountain in half an hour. In the eyes of the Hojo clan, it is clear that the Satomi clan is unwilling to fail and fight back. The current situation is a huge advantage for the Hojo Army.

There is no need for the Hojo clan to ask who is going to fight. The samurai of the Hojo family, who had not yet had time to participate in the war, jumped up one by one and rushed to be the vanguard, and the samurai of the Hojo family all knew what kind of war was the easiest to get credit, and if the greatest credit was naturally to participate in the most fierce and powerful war, but it was too dangerous and easy to put their lives into it.

Most of the samurai do not have the Hojo clan's brave and unparalleled skills, for them the huge war is not suitable for them, only the least dangerous crushing battle is the best opportunity for these ordinary samurai to take the merits, just like the Central Plains Dynasty will always have a good general, with the least loss to get the most merit is the best choice.

The defeated Satomi Yoshihiro was like a fat piece of fat in their eyes. It is that everyone wants to swallow this piece of fat in their mouths, and there is no war more easily than chasing down the defeated army, because there are always stupid defeated soldiers who will take the initiative to get under the knife of the pursuers, as long as the samurai who can ride a horse and know the sword can get some beheading.

So the Hojo Army really did not give up and chased out, biting the tail of the Satomi Army and not letting go, as if he was unwilling to eat this piece of fat, at this time a thin mist happened to rise to block the view, the Hojo Army did not expect to catch up with the Satomi clan when he was about to catch up with the main formation, but he suddenly couldn't see the road ahead, and he could only faintly hear the footsteps that were gradually moving away, gritting his teeth hatefully.

Yoshihiro Satomi recites aloud "Minami no Void Bodhisattva" on Mount Void Zang, and the origin of the name of several Void Void Mt. Zang in Japan comes from the Void Bodhisattva, one of the eight great bodhisattvas of Buddhism. Complementing the Earthly Bodhisattva, the Void Bodhisattva, who is the master of wisdom, merit, and wealth among the many bodhisattvas. It is known for its wisdom, merit, and wealth as vast as the void, and for its ability to meet the needs of the world and bring infinite benefits to all sentient beings.

Then the Void Zoyama ignited with beacon smoke, and the sea breeze from Sagami Bay blew away the mist, so that the moonlight was sprinkled so that Masaki Toshigeru could see it clearly, and he did not recite Buddhist scriptures like his lord at the moment, but silently played the role of the Hachiman Damyojin to bless the Satomi clan's martial luck for a long time, and then turned over and led the 8,000 Einsatzgruppen to go into battle.

Under the wave after wave of the troubled times of the Warring States period, the samurai's outlook on life and values were gradually distorted, the older generation of stubborn samurai have passed away, and the new generation of samurai left behind will abandon the way of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness that they have followed in the past.

So when Masaki Shizhong renegade cut into the camp of the Hojo family, all kinds of criticism about Masaki Shigeru and Masaki Shizhong have not been interrupted, and some people who have bad intentions or those who do not know what to do are instigated to attack Masaki Shigeru, many of them think that this is a means of betting on both sides of the Masaki brothers, no matter which side wins in the end, they can get the fruits of victory, and some people even suspect that this is a plan to throw stones and ask for directions, if the price of the Hojo clan is right, maybe Masaki Shigeru will also pack and sell the Satomi family at a good price.

Although no one dared to question this kind of criticism in front of the gun Masaki Shigeru, the discussion behind it still fell into his ears, and he could be sure that these rumors would naturally enter the ears of Satomi Yoshiyao and Satomi Yoshihiro and Satomi Yoshihiro, but the two fathers and sons of the Satomi clan did not intend to pursue further, whether this was true or not, they did not intend to pursue it.

Since the defeat of the Second Kofutai War, the Anbo Satomi clan has fallen into a constant decline, and the example of the Izumo overlord Niko clan falling into recession due to the Shingu Party rebellion is in front of him, and Satomi Yoshihiro does not think that he has any benefit in pursuing the current enemy, whether Masaki Shigeru is sincere or false, it will bring bad effects, in this case, it is better to simply pretend not to know.

And today, Satomi Yoshihiro chose to hand over all the elites of the Satomi clan to Masaki Shigeru at a critical moment to lead him is the greatest trust in him, and Masaki Toshige is also planning to use this opportunity to wash away the injustice he has suffered, no matter how much defense there is, it is not as convincing as directly taking down the head of the Hojo clan.

The 8,000 Einsatzgruppen entered the Hojo Army camp on Mifune Mountain from Mt. Shinmei, and at this time, only a few of the 30,000 Hojo Army camps were left dead and defenseless, and they were easily defeated almost without reaction, and the remnants of the defeated troops who fled down Mifune Mountain spread the news that the camp was raided by the Satomi clan to the Hojo clan.

At this time, Hojo Masa's face was really wonderful. I knew that I had fallen for the Satomi clan after all. It's like a stupid ostrich that plunges headlong into the Satomi clan's scheme. When he turned around, the camp had already been destroyed, and tens of thousands of stones, grain, grass and countless supplies had fallen into the hands of Satomi Yoshihiro in vain, and the teeth of the Hojo clan's political hatred were about to be crushed.

The Hojo clan hated the Satomi clan, but now that the camp had lost its military heart, it was not moving at all, so he immediately roared angrily: "Retreat!" Retreat now, don't fight! Don't fall behind, don't look around, don't bewitch the crowd! Violators will be killed! ”

The Hojo Army's military eyes grabbed a dozen unlucky ghosts with big mouths, and finally stopped the rumors by cutting off their heads on the spot. But the mouth that can be blocked can't stop the thoughts in their heads, and now the future of the Hojo Army is a defeat has appeared, and the fool also knows that he has to run away quickly, of course the Hojo clan understands this truth, but how can the Satomi clan let them leave safely, this retreat is a future Bu must have someone to serve as the general of the Broken Rear Army, just like Masaki Nobushigeru blood spilled on the spot.

But at this time, how many people are willing to send them to death is a problem, and the Hojo Phantom Nunnery and the Hojo clan are reluctant to let them die, and the unknown person who served as the broken army was worried that he would not be able to complete the task after the break and would be easily defeated by Satomi Yoshihiro, and even simply patted his chest and said that he could complete the task. As soon as he turned his face, he betrayed the Hojo clan and surrendered with thousands of broken rear troops.

Hojo Clan's gaze was like a sharp knife that repeatedly swept over the generals under him, and they either met Hojo Masa's gaze in a dignified manner. Or just nod and hunk as much as possible to make yourself look smaller, the root of the teeth that the Hojo clan hated for these people was itchy but there was nothing he could do, and finally inadvertently caught a glimpse of the lord of Iwatsuki Castle in the corner, Ota clan, and immediately named him to be responsible for serving as the general of the Broken Rear Army to cover the retreat of the Hojo Army's main formation.

The sad sigh of the Ota clan still did not escape this encounter, but the samurai children of the Ota clan of the dignified Tsugen clan were reduced to the point of being sent to death, thinking that if it were not for the uncle of the Ota clan to accept the Hojo clan Yasu's slight defection and cut into the camp of the Hojo family, it would not be so easy for the Hojo clan to win the night battle of Kawagoe, and then the Ota clan made meritorious contributions in the battle for Edo Castle and became the leader of the Edo clan as the lord of Edo Castle.

The Ota clan will betray the Ogiya Uesugi clan at a critical moment not because they are optimistic about the Hojo clan, but out of deep disgust for the Ogiya Uesugi clan, they choose to suddenly betray their Uesugi Asada's sudden blow at the most critical moment, only in this way can they avenge the blood feud of the Ogiya Uesugi clan for unjustly killing Ota Michigan.

Just like the sudden betrayal of the Takeda family, Ota Shikumi guarded the front of the Uesugi Asada's main camp, but when Hojo Shiyasu's surprise attack army came over, he suddenly made way for the Ogiya Uesugi army to block the two wings of Hojo Shiyasu, so that Uesugi Asadashi was easily taken and led to the complete collapse of the Kwantung coalition army.

Therefore, after joining the Hojo family, the Ota clan, who consciously came from the famous family of the Seiwa Genji clan, had a contemptuous attitude towards the Iseliu Hojo clan, an outsider from Kyoto, and just like the Takeda Liangshan system, he always maintained a political position within the Hojo clan, and the Hojo clan's Yasukata seizure of control of Musashi Province was not yet stable, so the Sagami Male Lion was angry for a while and adopted a soft strategy against the Ota clan.

The Ota clan's descendants, Ota Yasushi, and the powerful Ota clan, respectively, became the sons-in-law of the Hojo clan, and the latter Ota clan was treated more than the grandson of Ota Yasushi, because he married the daughter of the Hojo clan, Chobayain, and Ota Yasushi married only the daughter of Toyama Tsunakyo who passed on to the Hojo clan Yasushi as an adopted daughter.

However, Hojo Shiyasu hated this group of unruly and arrogant Ota family samurai, so Hojo Shiyasu began to take action against the Ota clan mountain in the following years, and in the last few years of the astronomical year, the Hojo family carried out various restrictions on the Ota family on Musashi's several land inspections, and gradually the Ota clan's territory Shigao continued to weaken, and that part of the territory was added to the Hojo family's genealogy.

Gradually, Ota Yasushi found that his stone high was not as big as the territory of his cheap father-in-law, Toyama Tsunaki, and finally Hojo Clan Yasushi simply blatantly replaced the Edo Castle Lord with Toyama Tsunakei, and Ota Yasushi could only succumb to the second castle lord, moving from Edo Castle Honmaru to Ninomaru to live, and the leaders of the Edo people naturally became Toyama Tsunakei, and the relationship between the Ota clan and Hojo Tsunashi Yasu, who did not look at the humiliation, deteriorated rapidly.

Therefore, in the Second Battle of Kokufutai, Yasushi Ota was persuaded by Ota Shimasa to join the camp of Satomi Yoshiyao's Southern Kwantung Coalition Army, trying to use the power of the Satomi clan, the Yuki clan, and the Satake clan to fight against the Hojo family and then seize control of Edo Castle and Iwatsuki Castle, but he didn't expect Satomi Yoshiyao's coalition army to be so vulnerable, and the powerful coalition army collapsed overnight.

Ota Yasushi and Ota Shimasa were abandoned by Satomi Yoshiyao without hesitation, and they had no choice but to bow their heads and surrender, although Hojo Yasushi and Hojo Masashi father and son quickly made severe punishments, Ota Yasushi and Ota Shimasa, Kajiwara Masakai father and son were exiled and were not allowed to return to Musashi, and the famous Musashi Ota clan disappeared, and although Ota clan was not punished by exile, the situation was just to survive.

As one of the insiders and participants in the Second Kokubutai War, he was responsible for serving beside the Hojo clan and repeatedly covering for the betrayal of his father and a leading leader, and finally his actions completely angered the Hojo clan, so he fell from the quasi-gate to the point of being shouted by rats crossing the street, and he was already under house arrest in Odawara Castle and could not return to Iwatsuki Castle.

His wife, Chobayashiin, suspected that the death of his grandfather, father, and brother at the hands of Echigo was directly related to the disadvantage of the Edo clan, which was actually controlled by the Ota clan.

In the Second Battle of Kofutai, one of the Edo people followed the Ota clan to defect and Richi, and the other part of the vanguard was also quickly defeated and killed Tominaga Naokaturi, all kinds of rumors spread to the ears of Nagabayain, and the contradictions between husband and wife became more and more irreconcilable, and the Ota clan did not have the qualifications to return to Iwatsuki Castle, so they could only stay in the city while suffering the cynicism of their colleagues outside, and at the same time suffering from the mean treatment of their wives at home, which was really sad and heartbreaking.

"If I succeed in covering the retreat of my lord, my clan may have the opportunity to use this battle exploit to return to Iwatsuki Castle, and my sins may be reduced, and if I fail, I can at least die like a samurai, and I won't be stabbed day by day with such a great disgrace......" Until this time, the Ota clan was still thinking about the shame of meritorious service, and he had been thinking about his hometown Iwatsuki Castle. (To be continued......)