"Although we can act cheaply as a general, we can't easily decide the timing of the big battle, so it's better to listen to the orders of the general." The old and serious Kakizaki Keijia didn't think much of his proposal, the Hojo Army would definitely not be so easy to deal with, not to mention that no one knew how the Hojo Army was a big general, wouldn't it be embarrassing to rush over and be ambushed again.

Saito Asanobu was excited and how could he be willing to give up easily, but seeing Kakizaki Keijia's resolute attitude, he asked unwillingly: "Am I just waiting for the opportunity to slip away from my fingertips?" I believe that it is not without a chance for the two armies to join forces! As long as you defeat the main force of the Hojo Army, you can take Sagami Province in one fell swoop! ”

Kakizaki Keijia knew that Saito Asanobu wanted to establish a greater feat, but he was a little too careful, and kindly reminded: "It's not appropriate! My Jing family thinks it's better to wait, Yezhou is also a veteran general, should know that the most taboo in marching and fighting is to rush for quick success, the more optimistic the opportunity, the more likely it is to be a flaw, we should never act rashly at this time, even if we don't respect the generals, even if we win the war, we are making mistakes, and if we lose the war, we must bear the military law, presumably Yezhou understands the majesty of the law! ”

These few words that are not light or heavy finally woke up Saito Asanobu, and then he remembered that his proposal was really a bit big, 20,000 against 20,000 Even with the advantage of the Jiliang army's fine food, it can't prove that the Hojo family is a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually, even if the Hojo family is really soft, it is not something that the two of them can pinch casually.

Previously, the Hojo clan did not dare to meet the Kira army, mainly because Uesugi Terutora led an army of 45,000 to invade Musashi Province, and his prestige was strong and powerful, and he had the posture of sweeping the Kanto. All the belongings of the Hojo Army were smashed together, and there were 40,000 troops. Such a big gap made the Hojo Army desperate and hard.

At this time, the reason why the Hojo family sent troops is not too difficult to guess. The situation around the Hojo family is gradually deteriorating, and several occupied lines are either routed all the way or caged to the castle, leaving a lot of room for the Hojo clan to operate compared to half a year ago, and it is not surprising that the Hojo clan is determined to fight in this situation.

The Kira army did not hesitate to withdraw to the Jade Rope Castle to the Hojo clan was very disappointed, he originally had a complex set of strategies to deal with the two Kira troops, and the 20,000 troops were on the west bank of the Sagami River and deliberately lured the Kira army to cross the river, but the cunning of the Kira army greatly exceeded his expectations, and it was clear that it had an absolute advantage in equipment, training, and the will to fight. In terms of troops, no one is afraid of anyone, but they dare not attack with such an advantage.

Seeing that the days passed, the Kira army on the other side of the river seemed to have made up their minds to use the tactics of encircling the three queyi to force the Hojo clan in the jade rope castle to death, and the Hojo clan was anxious in the big tent and the temper of the group was also growing day by day, and the retainers of the spectrum had persuaded several times to no good effect, seeing that the morale was declining day by day, if he couldn't take more action, maybe his main force would collapse first when he survived the autumn harvest.

The Hojo clan masatic vented his anger, and then sat down dejectedly and sighed: "This Kira family is really too difficult! They even implemented the policy of separating soldiers and farmers, so that Ashigaru could serve all year round without having to take care of the work in the fields. Don't worry about the autumn harvest, if the family continues to consume it like this, it will be absolutely useless!

The samurai had to eat, and the peasants had to collect grain. It is only necessary to wait until the busy agricultural season before the autumn harvest arrives, and all the armies except for the main force of the main family will be disbanded, and then what will the family do against the Kira army? I didn't think the Kira army was so powerful before, but I didn't know that this family was not easy to do until the family became the governor, and the Kira family was even more difficult to deal with! ”

Ogasawara Yasuhiro felt that if he didn't give some advice, the governor would be decadent, so he proposed: "Don't worry, lord! Why don't you order Changlu Jiedian to lead the army to withdraw from Jade Rope City? ”

"Let Changlu Jiedian lead the army to withdraw from Jade Rope City! Harima Moriden isn't kidding, is it? As if he had misheard, the Hojo clan stared at Ogasawara Yasuhiro, for fear that his royal military advisor would really become a psychopath, and the genealogy retainers present also showed disbelieving expressions, and some young samurai showed disdainful expressions, as if they felt that this military advisor must have something wrong with his head.

Ogasawara Yasuhiro ignored the questioning and ridicule of the retainers, and bowed respectfully and said, "The lord heard right! His Majesty's suggestion is to ask Hojo Tsunekisuke to lead his army to withdraw from Jade Rope Castle, and only this strategy can have the purpose of breaking the deadlock, presumably the Lord Justice is worried that the current deadlock cannot be broken! ”

“…… Stalemate! It seems so! Hojo Clan's eyebrows raised, carefully thinking about the delicate situation in front of him is really a stalemate, the 30,000 troops of the Kira Army surrounded the Jade Rope Castle guarded by 4,000 people, and the stop-and-stop is like playing at home, which is not at all like Uesugi Teruto's military habits, from which it can also be seen that Uesugi Terutora attaches importance and fear to the Hojo Army.

The Kira Army and the Hojo Army have not collided for several years, since the Takayama War, the Hojo Army has won a series of victories in the past few years, and the morale has been beaten back, to say that the Hojo Army is a group of parallel goods with no strength, it is estimated that no one will believe it, but at first glance it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Hojo Army is not as good as the Takeda Army, but the means of the Hojo family are more and more difficult, and it is really difficult to say who is more powerful than the Takeda Army.

In the case of a small gap in strength, there is no sure victory before the war starts, Zhuge Liang's tricks can only appear in the opera, in reality, no general dares to make rash military decisions, even if it is known as Zhao Kuo, who is known as a big parallel goods and a big straw bag, in fact, his own level of command is also very high, but he met Bai Qi, who can be called an invincible killing god.

Uesugi Terutora will not be arrogant enough to use 30,000 people to dare to say that he will crush the Hojo Army 100%, the Kawanakajima Battle in the past few years was so smooth, in fact, it was also a great victory achieved by Kira Yoshitomi through a series of calculations and successful military adventures again and again, and it may not be so successful if he changes the time and place, and it is very possible to suffer a big loss if a military adventure fails.

As the saying goes, before thinking about victory, thinking about defeat, Kira's army does not dare to start when he has no score, in fact, it is also a normal mindset, the concept of war is very complicated, in fact, it is simply a violent means caused by the struggle between the two sides for interests, since the war is hostile to each other for interests, there will always be a situation where one side is relatively weaker and the other side is stronger.

The strong are more inclined to use the tactics of Xiping Bawen. Flat and straightforward, as if drinking boiled water, light and tasteless to advance into the past. Although it seems to be a very boring and boring stupid way. But it is a magic weapon for winning in ancient and modern times, but the weak side does not have the capital to play this tactic, he can only find an opportunity to sneak attack or set a trap for the enemy to drill.

Uesugi Terutora is not willing to take risks to try a small probability of victory, he only needs to drag down and capture Jade Rope Castle to slowly force the Hojo family into a corner with a step-by-step suppression strategy, and the Hojo clan is exactly the opposite of what he thinks. The options in front of the Hojo clan are very limited, either to fight or to be trapped in Odawara Castle and wait for death, there is no third way to choose.

When the Hojo clan heard that Ogasawara Yasuhiro suggested that he abandon Jade Rope Castle and let the Hojo Tsunechisuke clan withdraw with 4,000 defenders, the first reaction was that the head of this military advisor must have been burned, or he accepted a bribe from the Kira family to speak for the Kira family, and the next moment he felt that the latter was unlikely, and the former did not seem to look like it until he heard the specific explanation.

Yamato said, "Harima's suggestion to keep the temple is very good, and this impasse was single-handedly facilitated by the Kira army. The purpose was to further compress and isolate the space for the activities of the Hojo family, and although the expansion tactics of the step-by-step battalion were inefficient, they could suppress the morale and sharpness of our samurai for a long time. With the Kira army besieging the city little by little, it is absolutely impossible for Jade Rope Castle to hold out until after the end of the autumn harvest, and it is believed that the main hall of Uesugi Dan should be thinking of strengthening the rhythm of the attack one by one, and slowly consume the will to resist Jade Rope Castle with time until it is annexed. ”

Ise Sadayun continued: "This method of battle is extremely unfavorable to my Hojo family, and allowing this stalemate to continue will only push us into a greater defeat, so it is better to take this opportunity to let Hojo Tsunekisuke pretend to be demoralized in the city, and take advantage of the night when the Kira army is carrying the mouth to withdraw from the Jade Rope Castle overnight, and when the Kira army reacts, it should be the first time to enter the city, and the next moment it should be to pursue Hojo Hinarusuke, and then this stalemate will be broken." ”

The Hojo clan said without saying a word: "Then it's decided!" Execute it as soon as possible! ”

……

Just when the war in East Sagami was in full swing, far away in the Ota Castle Ohiroma of Hitachi Province, Yoshiaki Satake summoned the important ministers to hold an evaluation meeting, and Yoshiaki Satake's sister-in-law Jiro Yoshishige Satake attended the meeting as the heir of the family governor.

Since the war of the Kwantung Nation Coalition Army in Shimoku Province did not go well, the Satake family transferred the main force from Shimoku Province back to China to continue to strengthen the penetration of the central part of Hitachi Province, especially when the Kira Army captured Musashi Province with lightning speed, which poured cold water on the enthusiasm of the Satake family to march into the Kanto region, and at the suggestion of the family governor, it was quickly decided to turn back to the aggressiveness of Hitachi Province.

Satake Yoshiaki's face is not very good, he is born weak and has a minor illness from time to time, if it weren't for his good appearance and gorgeous dress, it won't make people misunderstand his identity, just because he looks yellow and thin, he really looks like a malnourished country farmer, Satake Yoshiaki coughed lightly and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, look, this is a letter of imperial education issued by His Royal Highness the Furukawa Gongfang to my family, which says that I want to ask my family to send troops to the country to jointly resist the arrogant and brutal Kira army, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hetian Sweep Department Zhu Zhaowei hurriedly said: "Lord, this matter is absolutely inappropriate!" That town government is an invincible Echigo military god, since the first battle twelve years ago, he has not been defeated in his life, and now he personally led 60,000 strong soldiers into the Kanto region to seize the territory of Musashi in an instant, and 300,000 immigrants entered Musashi Province lightly, such unpredictable means are definitely not something that my Satake family can resist! ”

The Satake family tree generation retainers also showed a deep expression, the Kira family was able to clean up the Hojo family that had bullied the Kanto people for decades in a few months, so that all the samurai present couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, this powerful strength is definitely not something that their Satake family can deal with, and now running over to fight against the Kira family is pure death.

Funakuyama Castle Shosho groaned: "What the Sabu Sukeden said is correct, it is better for the ministers to think that the troubled waters between the Kira family and the Furukawa Gongfang should not be involved, after all, it is also a battle between the Ashikaga Lianzhi people, and I will not get any benefit from rashly participating in the dispute as a retainer with the subordinates." What's more, there are many generals in the town government, and the momentum is like a rainbow. You really shouldn't rush into hostility! ”

This Funaki Yamashiro Sho Nao is not a genealogical retainer of the Satake family. He was originally a member of the Iwaki clan of the powerful people of the Southern Turchi, and more than ten years ago he was subordinate to Yoshiaki Satake because of his opposition to the governor, and he became the general of the Satake family because of the word "Zhao" of Yoshiaki Satake, and since then he has served as the banner leader of the strategy of the Mutsu side, and his statement in the Satake family has a lot of weight, and he is also very valued as a general of the Zhibing.

The chief commissioner, Kii Moriyuki, also continued: "The Yamashiro Shouden mentioned that the strength of the town government is strong and cannot be resisted by us, and the subordinates should mention that the current palace of the Furukawa prince is not the lord of the virtuous!" Since the decline of the Furukawa Imperial Palace in the Astronomical Years, the Furukawa Gongfang has been controlled by the Sagami Hojo clan. Not only did he not call for a crusade against the Hojo Army for us and other Kwantung people, but he became more and more close to the Hojo family and was willing to act as the vanguard of anti-Kira for him. ”

The negligent deeds of the Furukawa Princess, such as the Hojo family, who forgot their ancestors and became close to the Hojo family, who killed their father and brother, killed two underage brothers, got close to their friends and stayed away from the old man Haruka of the Spectrum family, appointed the unidentified Matsunaga Tsunaga and launched the anti-Kira Alliance, and finally brought many negative sensory evaluations to the people of Kanto Province.

The people of the Kanto region are notoriously undisciplined. In other words, the samurai of the world are all undisciplined except for a few samurai who are comparable to national treasures, but they still have very high expectations for the shogunate's official side and the shogunate's famous family Furukawa Gongfang. This expectation is like the mentality of being filthy and expecting someone to come out of the mud without being stained.

I don't have discipline because they are turtle lords, it is understandable, the Ashikaga family of the shogun of the Seiyi Shogun and the Ashikaga Reneda people can't be without discipline, because you are a model of the samurai, and you can't compare to ours without discipline, and the two hundred years of rule of the shogunate have made the brand of the Ashikaga family deeply embedded in the hearts of all samurai, even if they don't admit it or don't realize it, they can't show this mentality.

The so-called Shangluo is also the same thing, Shangluo's hegemony symbolizes the supreme authority of the shogunate, in essence, it is another support and affirmation of the authority of the shogunate, after all, after the baptism of hundreds of springs, summers, autumns and winters of the two generations of shogunates, the trickle of time is enough to fill the ravines in the hearts of all samurai, at least from the current situation.

Yoshiaki Satake didn't seem to expect the opposition of the retainers of the spectrum to be so unanimous, and in the past, there would always be a few retainers or countrymen who stood up to oppose the unification of the argument, but this time the Furukawa Princess's invitation was surprisingly unified, which also made him realize that the Kira family did not seem to be just militarily powerful, and this method of throwing money and diplomatic propaganda had unconsciously won the hearts of the people.

Frowning and thinking for a while, he was about to speak, when he saw his eldest son, Satake Jiro, say in a loud voice: "No matter how powerful the Kira family is, it is not a Kanto samurai, and no matter how bad the Furukawa Gongfang is, it is also the co-leader of my Kanto samurai family, and I think that I can't show cowardice just because the Kira family is strong!" The Hojo family was also very powerful back then, and you think that my Satake family was ever afraid of the Hojo family? ”

"It's different...... "Wada Akiwei still wanted to explain, and was pulled down by his sleeve by Hidenaga Kamitono on his side, only to find that the lord Satake Yoshiaki seemed to appreciate the stupid and bold sister-in-law, and secretly scolded and lowered his head and pretended not to speak.

Yoshiaki Satake coughed for a while, and said softly: "Everyone in the world knows that the town government is a masterpiece in the world, and even more knows that the town government has the great ambition to swallow the Kanto region, and behind the Ashikaga family is supported by His Royal Highness Sekihaku of the imperial court and His Royal Highness the Shogunate, and it is indeed difficult to resist with tens of thousands of elite strong troops, but I and other Kwantung samurai stand between heaven and earth with faith, how can we be afraid of power and hold back, how can we sit back and watch His Royal Highness Furukawa fall into danger and be unwilling to rescue?" ”

The generations of Satake's family tree were stunned by the righteous and stern speech of their own lord, and they couldn't understand how the ruthless and thick black lord turned into a great Kanto loyal and brave man who became the "conscience" of the Kanto samurai, and suddenly was willing to be the "loyal minister and good general" of the Furukawa Imperial Palace.

Some smart samurai seem to see a few signs, and secretly guess if there is a reason to be involved, so that Satake Yoshiaki, who has always been resourceful and skillful, makes an unbelievable choice, of course, more of the lineage retainers are still very dissatisfied with the attitude of the family governor.

Wada Akira was responsible for the diplomatic activities of the reception of Asayama Hisaka, and once accepted a heavy gift from the monk who scattered wealth and was confused by the monk's rhetoric, and became the vanguard of the pro-Kira faction in his family out of the desire to take advantage of the means of cannibalism, and most of the samurai in the Satake retainers had received the "gift" of Asayama Hisaka, which was somewhat stained with a bit of pro-Kira ingredients.

When Hetian Zhaowei heard the family governor say these words, he couldn't help but scold: "Did the lord eat something unclean today, and his mouth full of nonsense is not at all like his actions in the past...... I wonder why I didn't see the lord willing to lend a hand to rescue the Furukawa Imperial Palace? There must be something wrong with this! ”

Satake Yoshiaki coughed for a while, and then said slowly: "Actually, the meaning of this family is to say that the Furukawa family intends to set up the son-in-law of the family to be the heir of the Gukawa family, and the family has repeatedly felt that this is a very tempting condition, once my son-in-law of the Satake family becomes the governor of the Furukawa family, and becomes the Furukawa family in the future, it will be a successful leap for my Satake family, and the meaning of it will definitely be understood!" (To be continued......)

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