Just as Nobuya Roshi and Kansuke Yamamoto took advantage of the opportunity of this great defeat of the combined forces of the Suruga Imagawa family and the Hojo family in the Toe and Mikawa regions, and began to purge the internal instability once again, outside Edo Castle in Musashi Province in the Kanto region, a group of Hojo family troops was returning to Edo Castle.

Since Uesugi Kenshin (that is, Uesugi Masatora and Nagao Keitora are the same person) retreated to Echigo Province and the Kwantung Coalition Army was disbanded as a result, the Hojo family naturally quickly began to launch a major counteroffensive, and many wealthy families in Musashi Province and Ueno Province surrendered one after another, and they all reappeared on the "Odawara Single-hand Service Accounts", but only the Mita family openly rebelled against the Hojo family.

At this time, the Hojo clan, who was in need of an example to deter the wealthy clans, immediately began to conquer the Mita family without hesitation. At the beginning of the conquest, the general of the Hojo family's army was originally Hojo Tsunari, but after the Suruga Imagawa family made a request to the Hojo clan Yasu to join forces in the Ene country, Hojo Clan Yasu felt that the son-in-law of the Imagawa clan had sent reinforcements to the rescue when the Hojo family was in danger, so with a wave of his hand, the fierce general Hojo Tsusunari was transferred to the general of the reinforcements to support the Suruga Imagawa family, and the Hojo clan Yasu replaced the position of the general of the Mita family's expeditionary army that Hojo Tsunari had previously held.

And just a few days ago, under the command of Hojo Shiyasu, the Hojo family's army finally attacked the last residence of the Mita family in one fell swoop and destroyed the Mita family. Today is the day when Hojo Shiyasu led a large army to return from the Mita family's territory.

When the people of the Hojo family liked the news that Dr. Sakyo (the official position of Hojo Shiyasu) was passing through Edo Castle and was going to rest in the castle today. So today, when the Hojo soldiers entered Edo Castle. The streets outside Edo Castle are lined with people welcoming them.

Under the winter sun. Edo Castle. On the avenue of the castle town, the army of the Hojo family is mighty and slowly advancing. The ashigaru people carried the hats, the flags and fingers on their backs, the leggings on their legs, and the straw sandals kicked up the dust. And the samurai riding a war horse on the side, the vest was straight, and the war horse was brushed brightly. It looks extraordinarily spiritual.

Seeing this scene, the people of the Hojo family on both sides retreated to the side of the dirt road to greet them, and these people looked at the army that was moving forward, and their eyes showed a kind of surprise of the surrender of the inferior, but also with a trace of envy and pride.

"This is the army of our Hojo family!"

Everyone looked at the marching army and showed envy, and many more children from peasant families also had the idea of becoming a Hojo family samurai in the future. And a few peasants who had followed the field and had been on the battlefield pointed to the flags that had passed by, and then introduced to the people of the same villagers which general's flag was it. Then they would come in a round of compliments for their knowledge.

"Oh. It's the banner of Lord Toyama Tsunaka, but he's the fierce general of my Hojo family. It is said that he has never been wounded once on the battlefield. ”

"Oh, it's Masashi Tominaga, and I was a flag bearer under him. What an unforgettable day. ”

"Silence, silence!"

"Dr. Zuo Jing is coming soon."

"Bastard, give me peace."

A few ashigaru drank, and suddenly the people who were talking around quieted down, and then they all looked at the way they came, waiting for the arrival of Hojo Shiyasu's flag. Among these people, several people who were also dressed as farmers were also quietly watching the Hojo family's army as they marched.

"Hojo soldiers are really elite! If it weren't for the numerical superiority, it would definitely not be something that our Yuanjiang army could compete with, or the standing reserves of the Luo family could fight with it. One of the men, wearing a hat and being of short stature, spoke.

"Jogoro, you're exaggerating that, aren't you?" The other man next to the diminutive man spoke up.

"Well, quiet! Hojo Shiyasu's flag book has arrived. While the two were still discussing, one of them, who seemed to be the leader of these people, said. If there is someone from the Luo family here, they will recognize this person as Takahashi Shaoyun of the Luo family. And as soon as Takahashi Shaoyun's words came out, the two people who were originally talking about it immediately shut up.

Soon after, the Hojo clan Yasumoto arrived, and in front of it was the 'Three Scales' flag. When the people of Hojo saw the banner of the Hojo clan arrived, they all bowed down to the side of the road.

Seeing this, Takahashi Shaoyun and the others also had to kneel, they lowered the hats in front of their foreheads, and then raised their heads slightly, looking at the Hojo clan's Yasuki team that was marching.

I saw that after the Qiben army walked for half an hour, I saw Hojo Shiyasu, who was wearing a red background gold and platinum paper inlaid with a feather weave, slowly riding a horse.

Looking at each other, Takahashi Shaoyun's gaze shrank slightly, he had been stranded in the Musashi region for more than a month, and he had never had the opportunity to see Hojo Shiyasu in person before, but he finally saw it today. Hiding his gaze under the hat, Takahashi Shaoyun carefully looked at Hojo Shiyasu, and said in his heart thoughtfully: "This is the Sagami lion, and there is nothing peculiar about it, it is not as terrible as it is rumored." ”

After looking at Hojo Shiyasu, Takahashi Shaoyun then looked at one person next to Hojo Shiyasu:

"This person is the second son of the Hojo clan, the Hojo clan, right? It is reported that the year before last, Hojo Shiyasu officially announced his retirement and gave up the position of Hojo family governor to this Hojo clan governor, but judging from the current situation, Hojo Shiyasu still holds the real power of the Hojo family. ”

"However, it is rumored that in the process of conquering the Mita family this time, this second son of the Hojo clan Yasushi has made a great contribution."

Takahashi Shaoyun kept muttering to himself in his heart, in the past few days, the Hojo clan has personally led the Hojo family army to be the first to climb the head of Mita Home Castle, and it has been rumored that it has been rumored. However, in Takahashi Shaoyun's opinion, it is very likely that Hojo Shiyasu is building momentum for his son.

Thinking so in his heart, Takahashi Shaoyun also carefully looked at the Hojo clan, only to see that the Hojo clan's facial expression was as calm as water at this time, and there was no smugness, no matter whether his previous record was true or not, but when the people around him were praising him, he still maintained this state of mind, which is indeed very rare.

Takahashi then remembered himself, he was twenty-seven years old this year, and he had been in Chikuzen Province for five or six years as a samurai of the Sagara Takeren family, responsible for protecting the safety of the young lady. Later, Miss Sagara Risa, as the adopted daughter of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the overlord of Kyushu, married his lord at this time, Luo Masara, and he also followed Miss to Luo's house.

Originally, he thought that he was going to live a few more years in a mess, but as the Ouchi family tore up the alliance with the Luo family, he secretly joined forces with the Otomo family to deal with the Luo family, and he also followed Miss Sagara Risa to be deceived back to Chikuzen Province by Sagara Takeren under the pretext of returning home to visit relatives, and then the young lady was placed under house arrest in the Sagara family temple in Chikuzen Province, and he himself was sent there to protect and monitor Miss. At this time, in fact, neither Miss Sagara Risa nor he himself knew that the Ouchi family had torn up the covenant and was going to unite with the Otomo family to make a move against the Luo family.

And it was this change that changed his life. He still remembered that it was a summer evening, and the young lady suddenly found him, and then handed him a bag, begging him to rush to Hizen Province overnight and give the bag to the Luo family's governor, Luo Shi Masaliang. So after a short inner struggle, he still agreed to Miss Sagara Risa's request and rushed to Luo's house overnight. This is the "beans in a bag" incident recorded in the famous battle teaching case of Roche Academy.

Since this incident, he has been appreciated by the Luo family's governor Luo Zhengliang, and he has made a lot of contributions in the later Luo family's conquest of the former country. And after so many years of hard work, he has finally reached his current status in the Luo family.

To be honest, he has been a little bit proud of his position recently, but now after seeing the Hojo clan's cousin, he suddenly came to his senses. Just when Takahashi Shaoyun was still reflecting on himself, the Hojo clan Yasu, and the Hojo clan were already riding by, and at this moment, a retainer next to him whispered to Takahashi Shaoyun: "My lord, do you see if that samurai is the same Taida Yasushi, the lord of Edo Castle?" ”

"Oh?" Takahashi Shaoyun came back to his senses and raised his head slightly to look, at this time, Hojo Shiyasu's flag team had indeed passed. Half of the people dispersed on the spot, and Takahashi Shaoyun also stood up and lifted the hat on his forehead upward. He saw a samurai of average stature riding a red war horse slowly into his eyes.

"Tai-Tian Yasushi? Yes, his appearance is similar to the portrait sent by the retainers of the Intelligence Pavilion of this family, it should be him. ”

"My lord, should I find a chance to meet this person?" After hearing that Takahashi Shaoyun had determined that the samurai was Taida Yasushi, a retainer immediately asked in a low voice.

But Takahashi Shaoyun shook his head after hearing this, and said, "No! ”

After finishing speaking, Takahashi Shaoyun turned around directly and began to leave, while he continued with a smile on his face, "The goal has been achieved, I'll wait to go." ”

"Huh?" Everyone immediately let out a low exclamation. Previously, they all thought that Takahashi Shaoyun was waiting here to confirm the whereabouts of Taitian Yasushi, which was highlighted by the Intelligence Pavilion, and then looking for an opportunity to meet him secretly, but now it seems that this is not the case.

In fact, these people also knew that although the Luo Family Intelligence Pavilion had inadvertently intercepted a letter sent from Tai-Tian Zimasa to Tai-Tian Zimasa's uncle Tai-Tian Yasushi this time, thus guessing a heavy secret, but Takahashi Shaoyun came here this time, in addition to further confirming the information implied in the letter, the main thing was to come to see the Sagami-male lion Hojo Shiyasu, and now that the goal has been achieved, it is natural to leave here and go to the real destination. (To be continued......)