The Kanto Fangsu Peninsula is in the face of war, and naturally since the two of Hojo Shiyasu and Hojo Shimasa father and son joined forces to win the victory of the Kokufutai War, the Kamiki Kingdom has fallen into an unprecedented huge crisis, and Satomi Yoshiyao looked around and found that he had no allies to give strong support, and he couldn't help but lament that the world was declining.

In fact, this is no wonder of others, or he has to blame himself for being too careless, taking the lead in the second battle of the government and Taiwan, but at the most critical moment to relax his vigilance in exchange for a painful defeat, his powerful allies Ota Yasushi, Ota Zimasa uncle and nephew were defeated and captured and had to bow their heads and surrender, Yuki Masakatsu, Yuki Ming Dynasty father and son were even more unlucky to die in the chaos of the army, only one Satake Yoshiaki who retreated in the battle of the capital and Taiwan did a lot of hard work in vain.

The allies are dead and wasted, and the only powerful Satake Yoshiaki has to face the threat of Oda's family in the south of Hitachi Province, as well as the not-so-honest Edo Tadamichi, and he can't help his invitation to rescue again, and the Hojo family has also changed its tepid temperament and launched a fierce attack on the Kamiku country.

As a last resort, Satomi Yoshiyao had no choice but to shrink his forces on all fronts and keep the Hojo Army out of the carefully constructed castle defense network, which was composed of Masaki Toshige, the lord of Kururi Castle, Yoshihiro Satomi, the lord of Sakan Castle, and Masaki Tokitada, the lord of Katsuura Castle.

The current governor of the Hojo family, the Hojo clan, can be described as a spring breeze and a horseshoe disease, since last year won the battle of the national capital and Taiwan until now, it has been less than a year since the effort to push the army to the territory of the upper country, with his father sitting in Odawara Castle, naturally there will be no problem, he only needs to preside over the battle ahead with all his strength, and keep an eye on the Fangwei Peninsula.

In fact, originally Hojo Shiyasu did not agree with him to act on Shangjun Province so early. However, the current situation gives the Hojo family limited room for maneuver. The passage through which Ueno Kuni's advance was cut off. Kai and Suruga were allies of the mine, and the only route the Hojo family could choose to expand was to extend eastward along the Tokaido.

Echigo Kira Yoshitoki and Uesugi Masatoshi are like a huge dark cloud pressing on the hearts of every Hojo family samurai, since Uesugi Masatoshi received the name of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi and announced that he would go to Kamakura Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace to hold the Kanto Governor Enthronement Ceremony on a certain day, the contradictions between the two sides have fallen into an irreconcilable state, and the news that Uesugi Masatoshi wants to succeed to the Kanto Governor must come to Kamakura Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace to hold a ceremony, which is a precedent when successive Kanto governors succeeded to the throne, which is justified and irrefutable.

But Kamakura is just on the western side of the Miura Peninsula in Sagami Bay. This is the most important place in the country of Sagami, and it is impossible to let Uesugi Masatoshi come with tens of thousands of troops to hold the succession ceremony, wouldn't that become a fake way? Of course, it is impossible to expect the dragon of Echigo to come with three or five hundred attendants and hold a low-key succession ceremony and leave, so the contradiction between Sagami and Echigo is basically irreparable.

Even the most naïve people know that sooner or later, the pace of expansion of Kira Yoshitoki will be to go south to Kanto, but this time may be a year or two or five years or ten years, if something stumbles the footsteps of the Kira family, it will naturally drag on for a longer and longer time, but no one can say how long it will be, and the Hojo clan will allow the young Hojo clan to launch the second Kokufutai War, and the current series of house invasions are out of this concern.

Since it is an eastward expansion, it is necessary to choose a good target. First of all, Shimono Province was excluded because it was too close to Ueno Province, which Echigo dominated. Similarly, it is inconvenient to dominate the territory farthest away from Sagami, and the second is that the Shimoku country must also be excluded, and most of the people in the Shimoku country are currently allies of the Hojo family, and the only thorn in the Shimojiki clan has also fallen into a period of decline when two generations of family governors were killed.

However, the new governor Yuki Harumi has the support of the Shimono Koyama clan, as well as the support of Mutsu Shirakawa Yuki and his ally Yoshiaki Satake, but it is not the best soft persimmon, and the territory of Shimoki Yuki is between Shimono and Shimono countries, and it is far away from Musashi and Sagami, the core domination areas of the Hojo family, so it is obviously not the best choice.

The country of Changlu is still in the northeast of the country, and at the same time, there are two allies of Chiba Yinfu and Oda Shiji, and it is extremely troublesome to attack the city and plunder the land, and I am worried that the allies will take advantage of the opportunity to expand their own territory, so it is not a very good choice, and the only choice is only the nearest and deep hatred of the upper line.

In last year's second battle of the national government and Taiwan, the performance of the Hojo clan can only be evaluated by the mean, but it did not affect his repeated meritorious achievements in the subsequent invasion of Fangwei, and gradually let him regain his lost self-confidence in the continuous victories, and at the same time deeply realized the strength of Echigo, and couldn't help but secretly think that if he had not started a conflict with Echigo earlier, perhaps the Hojo family had successfully annexed the Fangwei Peninsula.

The Hojo clan has not returned to Odawara Castle for more than half a year, including the New Year's Day festival in Edo Castle, only he, the family governor, sits in front of the town to personally supervise the battle, can inspire the samurai and ashigaru to fight bravely, he is not more extensive than his cousin Imagawa clan Shin, as a qualified family governor heir, he has all the qualifications of the best samurai sons in the East, the only thing he lacks is experience in military strategy and political strategy.

Edo Castle in Minami Musashi, a famous castle in the Kanto region that was established for a hundred years, has been destroyed by several wars, and the most recent large-scale burning was the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion a few years ago, after the efforts of Yasushi Ota and the Hojo family, the rebuilt Edo Castle is more spacious and majestic, and the three-story castle tower with a unique shape is also a major feature of Musashi Province, and it is not inferior to the three-story castle tower of Odawara Castle that the Hojo family has built for many years.

In the Edo Castle Castle Tower, the Hojo clan Masashi discussed military affairs with the retainers of the spectrum dynasty, and for this reason, all the three major military divisions of the Hojo family were mobilized, and the purpose was to intensively plan a further invasion plan against the Kamiki country, and he planned to take the Fangsu Peninsula in one go, and then launch a strategy against Hitachi and Shimono countries, and then compete with Echigo's Kira Yoshitoki after the full wings, although this plan is idealistic, but the young Hojo clan firmly believes that he can use his hands to make a sky of his own.

The performance of the Hojo clan was very positive, and military councils like this were held almost every day, from major military affairs to analysis of war examples. The diligent effort absorbed the brilliant arguments of several strategists. His ambition is to do better than his father, the Sagami Lion. Lay a bigger ground to prove that you are not the dog of the tiger father.

Xiao Xiao quietly opened the paper door and reported in a low voice: "Lord, His Royal Highness the Princesses of Furukawa have arrived!" ”

Hojo Clan's brows furrowed slightly, and then he smiled: "Oh! Hurry up and please Furukawa Gongfang Palace! Let's get here today! Thank you for your hard work! ”

The genealogists bowed down and slowly retreated, and after a while, they saw Ashikaga Fujimasa walking in happily, and saw the Hojo clan saluting each other, and then said excitedly: "Does the clan know that Echigo is in a mess again?" According to the information Yu received, Kaga Ichimune launched a major attack on Echichu. The purpose is to take revenge on the bloody deeds of the one in Vietnam, and the Dewa country is also in trouble, and now the one in Echigo must be in a hurry to put out fires everywhere, this is retribution! Hahaha......"

The Hojo clan did not have his leisurely leisure, but responded in a salty and nonchalant manner: "I also heard about this, the main hall of Uesugi Dan went to the rescue of Echichu, and the Kira Town Hall led the army to the rescue of Dewa Country...... Well! That's about it. ”

Ashikaga Fujimasa looked at this eldest brother strangely, not quite understanding why he was so calm, and then remembered this strategy that made him toss and turn and couldn't sleep, and still said happily: "It sounds like Shimasa hasn't realized that this is a good time for me to wait!" Take advantage of Echigo's chance to fall into the fire. We led our army to kill Ueno in one go, captured Hirai Castle, regained the lost territory, and regained the lost prestige. By the way, you can also wash away the shame of the defeat of the Alpine Battle, this is a rare opportunity to kill multiple birds with one stone! ”

Hojo Clan Masato nodded noncommittally: "Opportunity, multiple chances to kill one stone, probably!" ”

"So I should mobilize my allies to kill Ueno! What a lot! If you miss it, you don't know when you'll be able to catch this opportunity! ”

Hojo Clan's brows furrowed slightly, shook his head and said: "This is not good, the Fang Wei war presided over by Xia is not over yet, let's wait until the war is over!" ”

"Nani? What does this mean? Ashikaga Fujimasa looked at him with surprise and puzzlement: "When you finish the battle of Fangsu, then Echigo must also put out the fire and come back, wouldn't it be a waste of this great opportunity?" ”

The Hojo clan shook his head and stretched out an index finger, and said slowly: "First of all, my Hojo family is advancing into the two countries, at this time, if the army is withdrawn to the north to attack the Ueno country, it will give Satomi Yoshiyao a chance to breathe, they will definitely take advantage of the opportunity for me to go north to seize the lost old territory of the Upper Country, maybe they will also attack the lower country to expand with all their might, and at that time, my Hojo Army will return to the division to rescue Wouldn't it be a waste of the hard work of the past few years?"

Secondly, there is no doubt about the strength of Echigo, and the defeat of Kai Tiger Takeda Shingen is even more miserable than that of my Hojo clan, and the lessons of the past are still in front of me, so how dare I make a mistake knowingly? Without a strong backing and the concerted efforts of many allies, I only felt that I had a good opportunity to do it, and what if the attack on Ueno did not go well and it would take another three or four months, and it would drag on until the beginning of autumn? At that time, the Kira Town Mansion led the army to come to the rescue, and it would be too late for our army to retreat.

Again, the Kira Town Mansion is skillful, and the needles operated by Echigo, Ueno, and Shinano cannot be pricked into the water, and the allies of my Hojo clan have all experienced the painful experience of the Takayama Battle, and it has only been two years since that defeat. There are many different voices within the Hojo clan, and I guess the Kanto Takeshi doesn't dare to be so confident! The other side is united and morale is flourishing, but their own mind is uncertain and lack confidence, and the war is defeated by three points, how to fight later? ”

Ashikaga Fujimasa was stunned by the Hojo clan even mentioning Sanjo, he was still a fifteen-year-old boy, as the third son of the family, he did not have the qualifications to train the heir of the family governor, after his father died mysteriously at the age of five, he has been living a precarious life, and as a result, he became the prince of Furukawa.

But he didn't have the relevant qualities that the Furukawa Gongfang should have, and the fact that he was not well trained meant that he was not a qualified nobleman, and his life of exile made him not receive the education he should have in his childhood, and after he was hurriedly elected as the Furukawa Gongfang, no one taught him carefully, and his uncle Harusuke Tsukita used him more as a talisman, even if he assassinated his two younger brothers, he was not reprimanded too much.

With such a background, he, the Furukawa Prince, was a puppet who was not worthy of the name from beginning to end, but the puppet of Ashikaga Fujimasa didn't realize his role, and he came over every now and then to have a relationship with the Hojo clan. I also like to hold tea parties at the Furukawa Imperial Palace, inviting people and lords from all over the Kanto region to attend the meeting. It seems that he intends to use this method to strengthen his prestige. didn't know that he was actually very naïve and disgusting to do this.

The Hojo clan doesn't like this brother-in-law who is not worthy of the name, in fact, the biggest role of keeping Ashikaga Fujimasa is to get married and have children, and give birth to the next generation of the family governor heir of the Furukawa family as soon as possible. Actually, he's just being funny.

In the eyes of the Hojo clan, Ashikaga Fujimasa is just an empty-minded puppet, such a lame strategy can be seen by all the young samurai of the Hojo family, not to mention the general who guards one side, a genealogy, the three major military divisions and the Sagamia lion Hojo clan Yasu himself, everyone didn't mention the stubble of the army into Ueno, so he ran over and said, whether it was Ashikaga Fujimasa who was drunk and sober alone, or other reasons, needless to say.

Ashikaga Fujimasa said with annoyance: "But I gave up such a good opportunity." Yu is not reconciled! Unwilling! ”

No one cares about the dignity of Ashikaga Fujimasa, but Ashikaga Fujimasa, who thinks that the dignity of Furukawa Gongfang is extremely important, doesn't think so. He will never forget the shame of the Takayama battle, and he hates Uesugi Masatori, the culprit, to the core, because Uesugi Masata captured him, the dignified Furukawa Prince, in front of tens of thousands of people in that battle, and held him hostage in Hirai Castle for nearly a month.

If it was just like this, it wouldn't make him hate Uesugi Masahu so much, but he didn't expect that his dignified Furukawa Duke was just an additive existence, and what he was exchanged for along with Chiba Yinfu was only a small Imperial Castle and nearby territories, which made his strong self-esteem seriously violated, and the Furukawa Duke was not as valuable as a city, and he had to get together with the governor of the Chiba clan to change a city, this kind of shame was really unimaginable.

Since he returned to the Furukawa Imperial Palace, he always felt that everyone's eyes on him had become much weirder, whether it was the persuasion of his uncle and the head of the spectrum writer, the old Hata Harusuke, or the enlightenment of Chiba Yinfu, who came with him, was taken as a hint that he had left this bad deed, and the smiling faces of all the samurai he saw were regarded as mocking smiles. Just because he felt that those countrymen were hinting at the black history of his capture.

He felt that there was a demon in his heart, this demon was tormenting him every day and night, making his emotions more and more unstable and more and more extreme, he decided to take revenge on Echigo to take revenge on Uesugi Masato, the culprit, if he hadn't let himself make a fool of himself in public, he wouldn't have let a demon appear in his heart, and they were at fault for making himself so miserable.

The strong hatred is like self-hypnosis, and it gets stronger and stronger as time goes by, and gradually he hypnotizes himself more and more hate, and even with even Yoshiro Yoshitoki, he also hates, without his order, there will be no Uesugi Masatora, if they obediently give up Ueno Country, there will be no problem at all, and the thinking of this Furukawa Gongfang is becoming more and more messy.

He didn't have a chance to see Hojo Shiyasu, the Sagami lion is now in seclusion in Odawara Castle and is only responsible for the town and does not ask about the specific affairs, the so-called people have left a name for the goose and left a voice, even if the old Sagami lion is still majestic, even if he lives in seclusion in Odawara and does not ask about the world, he can also deter Xiao Xiao from acting rashly, Ashikaga Fujimasa ran to Edo Castle to fool the Hojo clan, but in exchange for this reply, he couldn't help but be discouraged and depressed.

Hojo clan Masato faintly watched Ashikaga Fujimasa leave dejectedly, the conversation just now made him more and more disdainful of this straw bag prince, today's world is the era of the wise man is king, as the current governor of the Furukawa family lacks the wisdom that a monarch should have, what else to talk about revitalizing the family business and boosting prestige?

In the eyes of the Hojo clan, this Ashikaga Fujimasa is not as good as the late Ashikaga Haruka, although the former Furukawa Masa has the shortcomings of being weak and incompetent, but he is not arrogant enough to run over and dictate the military affairs of the Hojo family, I really don't know where he got the confidence to dare to do this.

Could it be that he mistakenly thinks that the Furukawa family is already inseparable from the Sagami Hojo clan? Or do you think that the past few years have been almost fruitful enough to say a few more rude words? As for Ashikaga Fujimasa's thin and fragile self-esteem, it is even more meaningless.

If it weren't for his father Hojo Shiyasu who had been admonishing him to be in a hurry, to be patient, to move his qi and to cultivate his body, and to shape a good character of the lord of the country in the practice of government affairs, I am afraid that he would have kicked this guy out a long time ago, and the governor of the Hojo family must have a good temper, and the joy and anger are invisible, and the joy and anger are all smiling is passing.

The highest level is the description in the "Heart Technique": "For the way of the general, when the heart is first cured, Mount Tai collapses in front and the color remains unchanged, the elk is in the left and the eyes are not instantaneous, and then you can control the interests and harms, and you can treat the enemy." ”

As a powerful member of the Ise clan, the deacon of the shogunate, and a high-ranking samurai who went down from Kyoto to Suruga a few decades ago, the Ise clan has a long history of learning from the Hojo clan, and has read countless historical books and classics from the Ming Kingdom, and to him, the fourth generation of the family governor, all of them are well-informed and talented people, and they know that patience and tolerance are the family rules of governing the family, and they are also the fundamental reason why the Sagami Hojo clan can still rise upward in the quagmire of Kanto.

Hojo Clan said to himself: "Even though Ashikaga Fujimasa is not good in a thousand ways, but he finally said the right thing, it would be very unwise not to take advantage of the opportunity of the Kira family to take action!" Now the preparation for the war in the upper kingdom is still a little bit harder, but the time is not waiting for me to act quickly, if the Kira family comes to their senses, there will be no chance to move the two countries again. (To be continued......)