In the Ohiroma of Tokai Province, Tokai Province, Nobuyo Roche, Kansuke Yamamoto, and Shoyun Takahashi are discussing countermeasures to the encirclement organized by the Imagawa clan against the Toe Imagawa family.

"Since the biggest threat to us this time is the Hojo family from Sagami Province, what if we can find a way to make the Hojo family unable to help the Imagawa clan, or reduce the Hojo family's strength to support the Imagawa clan?" Takahashi said.

"This is a clever plan, but if you want the Hojo family not to send troops to help the Imagawa clan, it is really impossible, the two are not only allies, the Imagawa clan is also the son-in-law of the Hojo clan, and when the Kwantung coalition army besieged Odawara Castle before, the Imagawa clan really sent reinforcements to support the Hojo family, so the Hojo family will definitely help the Imagawa clan this time, and it will be hard to help." Kansuke Yamamoto said immediately.

Being told by Yamamoto Kansuke immediately dispelled the idea in Roche's conscience of planning to send someone to the Hojo family to carry out diplomatic persuasion under the guise of Imagawa's burial, but he immediately realized that Yamamoto Kansuke's words did not seem to be completely dead, so he immediately asked: "Commander, is there any other way?" ”

"Not bad." Yamamoto Kansuke immediately nodded and said, "At this time, the Hojo family is making every effort to snatch back the territory occupied by the Kanto coalition army, and it will inevitably collide with forces in the Kanto region, such as the Satomi family and the Tai-Tian family. Then it will inevitably lead the Hojo family to reduce the number of support forces for the Imagawa clan in order to ensure the coercion of the Kanto region. ”

"That's a brilliant plan!" After hearing this, Luo Xinliang immediately clapped his hands and praised. But then a new question came to his mind. That is, if it is according to Yamamoto Kansuke's strategy, then who should be sent to the Kanto region to unite the forces of the wealthy daimyo?

According to the current situation of the Luo family's local retainers in Tokaido, the military advisor Yamamoto Kansuke is naturally the best candidate, but he is about to face the siege of an encirclement organized by the Imagawa clan, and Yamamoto Kansuke, who is the Dinghai Shenzhu in the local family at this time, is naturally unable to leave.

So who is the best person to send to Kyoto? Immediately, Luo Shishira looked at Takahashi Shaoyun. Among the so many retainers under his command at present, in addition to the military advisor Yamamoto Kansuke, it seems that only Takahashi Shaoyun is more suitable.

And Takahashi seems to be aware of this problem. So he looked at the military advisor Yamamoto Kansuke and said, "In that case, then, military advisor, do you think there is a suitable candidate for this trip?" ”

"Hmm!" Kansuke Yamamoto immediately nodded, "Shaoyun is the most suitable person in my heart. ”

"Then Your Highness, leave this task to your subordinates." After receiving the approval of the military advisor Yamamoto Kansuke, Takahashi Shaoyun immediately asked Roche Nobuyo.

"Please!" Luo Xinliang also nodded solemnly.

"But even after Shaoyun goes to Kanto, the pressure on our side will not be reduced, and the next time. We will have to make every effort to prepare for the invasion of the Suruga Imagawa family and the Sagami Hojo family, as for the Kan family and the Amano family. When necessary, they can only be allowed to be arrogant, and even take the initiative to retreat part of the territory, and our main force should be concentrated on the side facing the Suruga Imagawa family and the Sagami Hojo family, as long as this coalition army is defeated, then the Amano family and the Kan family will be solved. ”

"What the military advisor said is very true." Luo Xinliang and Takahashi Shaoyun also nodded at the same time after hearing this.

So, after the end of this meeting, Takahashi Shaoyun took some of his subordinates with the help of the intelligence cabinet personnel, and officially set off to the Kanto region, trying to unite the heroes of the Kanto region to resist the Hojo family, while Roche Nobuya and Yamamoto Kansuke and others were organizing the people in the territory to carry out the autumn harvest in an orderly manner, while secretly preparing for the upcoming war.

And while everyone was preparing, the entire Warring States was also surging.

In the Asai family's Kotani Castle in the Omi Province region near Kyoto, Shinkuro Asai, with the support of his retainers, ousted his father Asai Hisamasa by force, and then officially succeeded to the throne of the Asai family.

Subsequently, Asai Shinkuro Kenmasa removed the word "Xian" given by Rokkaku Yoshiken and officially changed his name to Asai Nagamasa. This move immediately aroused the anger of the Rokkaku family, so the governor of the Rokkaku family, Rokkaku Yoshiken, sent his son Rokkaku Yoshiji to lead a large army to formally defeat Asai Nagamasa, and Asai Nagamasa was not to be outdone and organized a large army of the family to meet the attack, so the two sides launched a duel in Omi Province.

At the same time, Oda Nobunaga, who had previously defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto, had recently sent a large army to the border of Mino Province to help his father-in-law Saito Michimitsu take charge of Mino Province, and soon after issued a sword hunting edict in the territory of the Oda family in Owari Province, the purpose of which was very obvious against the Ichijo sect.

Sure enough, at the end of October of the fourth year of Eiroku, shortly after the end of the autumn harvest, Oda Nobunaga immediately went out to Ise Province under the pretext of punishing Ise Ichijomune, who had entered the territory of Owari Province to burn and loot while the Oda family was fighting for the position of governor.

At the same time, Michizo Saito of Minoku also loudly supported his son-in-law Oda Nobunaga's move, and even sent thousands of reinforcements to support the Oda family's expedition. However, what is puzzling is that the Saito family reinforcements who came out to support the Oda family this time were all composed of soldiers from the Mino family who supported Saito Yoshiryu's rebellion.

Of course, no matter why Saito Michizo would send such a reinforcement army, but Oda Nobunaga's move to conquer Ichijomune this time, as long as you are not a fool, will understand that this is just an excuse for the Oda family to invade Ise Province, so in the territory of Ise Province, except for Ichizo Mune, after the Ichimune began to prepare for the full response, many wealthy families of Ise Province immediately gathered secretly and enthusiastically discussed how to deal with the possible invasion of the Oda family.

In addition to the turmoil in the Omi Province, Owari Province, and Ise Province, the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima between the Takeda family and the Uesugi family was also in full swing in the border area between Shinano Province and Echigo Province, but the winner was still not decided for a while.

And it was under such circumstances that at the beginning of November of the fourth year of Eiroku, the Imagawa clan, located in Suruga Province of Tokaido, announced that he would join the Enoe Province, and this time he would be the commander-in-chief of the battle, determined to reunite the Imagawa family.

At the same time, the Hojo family, located in Sagami Province, also responded to the call of the Imagawa clan and sent an army of 600 people, led by Hojo Tsuonari, who was known as the Rehmannia Hachiman, to Suruga Province to support.

The Great War is imminent! (To be continued......)