different warring states of japan

Shiba Yoshigin gathered his troops at Sagamidai, and tens of thousands of horses from various villages in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River were crossing the Edo River and approaching him on the east bank.

As the winter snow thaws and the water volume increases, the dry season of Tone River in autumn and winter is gradually going away, and the spring flood season has arrived. Fortunately, with the last tail of the Chinese New Year, the pressure to cross the Edo River is not too great.

The spring floods in the lower reaches of the Tone River are actually more ferocious than the summer floods. As the spring plowing season is halfway through, it has already caused a lot of trouble.

In order to avoid hindering logistics during the spring flood season, Shiba Yoshigin must defeat the Boso Zhuhimes who surrounded Taijo, the capital of the country, as soon as possible in order to protect the stability of the rear in the lower reaches of the Edogawa River, and go back to clean up Satake Yoshishige.

At the same time, in Edo Castle on the west bank of the Edogawa River, the Hojo family's princesses were also discussing the possibility of crossing the river and attacking.

Sheng Chang of Dao Dao Si sat on the main seat, without moving his expression, watching a few juniors making noise below.

She was born in the Miyuo Six Family who came to Kanto to start a business with the first Ise girl from Hojo. She has served four generations of family governors, and she also went to the battlefield with the first Ise girl back then.

Only she can control the arrogant soldiers of the Hojo army, sit in Kawagoe City, where the situation is complicated, and watch the east gate for the Hojo family.

At this time, the person who was speaking generously under her seat was Hojo Yasunari, the daughter of Hojo Tsunari.

Hojo Tsunasari was the generation of Kawagoe Castle before the prosperity of Daodaoji Temple. He was known as Dihuang Hachiman, and he was a first-class warrior of the Hojo family. Unfortunately, he had already died in the battle of the Sano leader.

His daughter Hojo Yasunari inherited the family business and belonged to the Yusheng Hojo branch of the Hojo family. Under her command, she owns Huangbei, one of the five colors that the Hojo family always has, and her strength is not small.

The main person who supported Hojo Yasunari's speech was Hojo Yasunari, the daughter of Hojo Ryuzan.

Hojo Longshan also died in the battle of Sano, and Hojo Yasuzu inherited her position and owned Chibei, one of the five color equipment.

Hojo Tsunashige and Hojo Ryuzan are not Hojo's bloodline descendants, but they are important retainers who have given the name Miao by the Hojo family and shared joys and sorrows. They are righteous sisters with the Hojo clan Yasunari and belong to the three generations of Hojo.

And the Hojo Yasunari and Hojo Yasunari that Daodaoji Shengchang saw were the fourth generation of the Hojo family, and they were the same generation as the Hojo clan.

The Hojo family was an immigrant family from Kinki who came to Kanto to make a living. It was difficult to start a business, and the four generations worked together to manage the business. The retainers were known for their unity.

Back then when Sano led the joint battle, Shiba Yoshigin used plate armored cavalry infantry unprecedented in the samurai family as the front arrow, and hacked to death countless veterans and important officials of the Hojo family.

This directly solved the aging problem of the Hojo family, and helped the Hojo family reduce the average age of their retainers by a large amount. Hojo Tsunashige and Hojo Ryuzan also died under Shiba Yoshihiro.

The samurai feared power and did not fear morality. Shiba Yoshigin was so fierce that Hojo's retainers were terrified when they heard the news, and never dared to be an enemy of Shiba Yoshigin.

But not daring to be an enemy of Shiba Yoshigin is the consensus of most of the retainers, not everyone is convinced, and there are still voices of resistance within the Hojo family.

Hojo Yasunari and Hojo Yasunari's fourth-generation young men were not convinced.

In particular, the Hojo vassals knelt down and licked Shiba Yoshigin, and offered the land of Higashi Musashi in exchange for a bed ticket for the house governor of the Hojo Clan. In the eyes of the four generations of young men, it was a great shame.

Shiba Yoshigin and Hojo Yasunari, Hojo Yasunari has a vengeance for killing his mother, and the Hojo family has to rush to send the house governor to rape that slut, who has no name and status, and only wants to be able to conceive Shiba Yoshiyin's noble son.

This is too humiliating!
Although the four generations of young men are not convinced, they are still unable to influence the family's strategic plans.

In the current Hojo family, the real rulers are the second-generation veterans of Hojo Genan and Daodaoji Shengchang, as well as the third-generation important ministers.

Hojo Clan Zheng, Hojo Yasunari, and Hojo Yasunari, these four generations of Ji warriors, did not have much right to speak.

Even Hojo Shizheng, the fourth-generation family governor, will be suppressed by the veterans, let alone the juniors of the Young and Strong Sect.

But daily governance is one thing, and military discussions before the battle are another.The right to speak in military discussions depends on the strength of each family.

The Dongfang people suddenly rebelled, Daodaoji Shengchang quickly dispatched troops, and confronted the Boso Allied Forces across the Edo River in Edo Castle.

The people under her command are some of the Heyue people brought from Heyue City, followed by Huang Bei and Chi Bei of Wushibei, and the local Edo people.

The local Edo people are already unreliable. In the past few years, the three city lords of Edo have died one after another. Especially the recent decisive decision by Ota Yasuko has seriously shaken the hearts of the Edo people.

In addition, the land of Higashi Musashi has been given to Shiba Yoshiyin by the Hojo family, and the local management rights will be transferred at any time, and the local samurai have no idea of ​​​​one heart with the Hojo family.

Therefore, Daodaoji Shengchang needs to rely heavily on Hojo Yasunari and Hojo Yasunari, and Huang Bei Chibei in their hands, so he can only let them speak nonsense and give them a chance to speak.

Hojo Yasunari talked for a long time, and finally bowed to Daodaoji Shengchang, and concluded to Zhu Ji.

"The above is my opinion.

The Chiba family is a peripheral force of my Hojo family. Now Satomi Yoshihiro is besieging Taijo, the national capital, and the Chiba family asks my Hojo family for help. We have an obligation to go to the rescue.

If I wait to stand on the sidelines, I am afraid that the Chiba family will have other ideas, and even the Lianshiro family will become alienated, and the Hojo family will lose almost all of their influence in Shimoso.

So I propose that we should immediately cross the Edogawa River, cooperate with the Chiba army in Kofudai Castle, and defeat Satomi Yoshihiro! "

Hojo Yasunari's suggestion was approved by all the concubines present.

The Shimosong Kingdom is of great value to the Hojo family, and it is a bridge leading to the eastern part of Kanbashu. The Chiba family and the Yuki family are the two biggest grasps of the Hojo family's influence on the Shimosong Kingdom.

The Hojo family used the Yuki family to extend their influence to the northeast, infiltrating Shimono and Hitachi countries.

But these two neighboring countries are both big countries in the eight states, and the local famous families can even be traced back to the Kamakura shogunate period. The local forces are deeply entrenched and it is difficult to make progress.

The Chiba family is different. The Chiba family is the tentacles of the Hojo family extending to the Boso Peninsula.

The Anbo Kunisato family in the Boso Peninsula has long been in decline, and it is a famous local family that has been revived with the support of the Hojo family.

It's just that Satomi Yoshiyao is ambitious, and after gaining a firm foothold in the local area, he turned against the Hojo family and became independent.

The power of the Satomi family is far less powerful than that of Satake Utsunomiya and other families in the two countries, and they have already fallen into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Hojo family.

In the battle of Taicheng, the national capital, the Satomi family was almost swept out of the Shimoso Kingdom, and could only barely gain a foothold in the small bow city, resisting the invasion of the Hojo family, and the situation was precarious.

If Kenshin Uesugi hadn't gone south, Yoshigin Shiba had risen, and the Hojo family had been beaten to the ground by this pair of Echigo Shuangsha, the Satomi family might have disappeared long ago.

Therefore, in the peace agreement between the Hojo family and the Satomi family, the Satomi family completely backed down.

The important cities in the southern part of Shimoso Kingdom, such as Chiba Castle and Kokudai Castle, are all controlled by Chiba Takajo, a peripheral force of the Hojo family.

The seemingly equal agreement between the two parties to withdraw from Xiazong Kingdom is actually a fig leaf, and the Hojo family will use peripheral forces to control the local area, and they will not directly intervene.

Li Jianjia gained face and lost his reputation. He has been thinking about returning to Xiazong Kingdom all these years, but unfortunately his strength is not good, so he can only drool silently.

But now, the people of the East were set as the next target by the Guandong Servant, and even if they bowed their heads and begged for mercy, they would not be forgiven, so they could only take risks.

Since last autumn, the various families in the East have begun to raise military supplies and prepare for the war. The Guandong Servant actually knows these things.

But no one expected that Satake Yoshishige would learn from Oda Nobunaga's tricks and launch an anti-season offensive.

The Kanto is conservative, far less fancy than the Kinki samurai family. According to the samurai tradition, they do not send troops during busy farming seasons.

However, Yoshishige Satake used the military supplies he had accumulated since last autumn, and at the cost of this year's autumn harvest, he launched a surprise attack on the Furukawa Territory during spring plowing.

The Boso Allied Forces on the southern front, also led by Yoshihiro Satomi, the daughter of Yoshihiro Satomi, entered the Shimosou country and caught Chiba's family by surprise.

The governor of the Chiba family fled to Taicheng, the national capital, and at the same time sent people to ask for help from the Hojo family. Only then did Daodaoji Shengchang respond quickly, send troops to Edo Castle, and assemble the army earlier than Yoshihiro.

The Hojo family cannot just sit back and watch the Chiba family be defeated. This will shake the confidence of Hojo’s peripheral forces in the Hojo family and become the first domino to fall, which will have a far-reaching impact.

At this time, the Hojo family had already confused many peripheral samurai because they were actively approaching Shiba Yoshigin.

Since the Hojo family lost interest in being the boss and ran to be a dog for the Shiba family, why did the powerful warriors around the Hojo family continue to kneel and lick the Hojo family?

It's the same as being a dog lick, so it's better to lick the Shiba's house directly. Wouldn't it be better without the middleman of the Hojo family to make the difference?

Hojo Yasunari and other four generations of the Hojo family's young and strong faction used this to persuade Daodaoji Shengchang to preemptively strike.

Coercing this four-generation veteran, are you still a loyal minister of the Hojo family? Do you want to switch to Siba?
Daodaosi Shengchang shook her head, she didn't care about the naive threats of these young Sheng Ji warriors.

These young people grew up listening to the story of the Hojo family's hard work and the establishment of the Kanto Great Industry for four generations. They are so proud that they don't understand how difficult it is.

Samurai Mu Qiang, Shiba Yoshigin is such a powerful person, what's wrong with the Hojo family treating him like a dog?Does the Hojo family have to be rebellious and lose all the chips in their hands before they can surrender willingly?
Without the bargaining chip in hand, the treatment of the Hojo family in the Kanto service office will be weakened. Why not take advantage of the large bargaining chip and negotiate surrender early without losing the position of the descendant of Siba, wouldn't it be beautiful?

Relying on Shiba Yoshiin, integrating into Shiba theocracy, using the land of Tomuzang to buy a bed ticket, and letting the Hojo family governor, the house governor, go to Kusashiba Yoshiin, is the best choice repeatedly deduced by the top of the Hojo family.

Yasunari Hojo, Yasunari Hojo, and these young men are not convinced, but your old lady was hacked to death by Yoshin Shiba, so can you be more awesome than your old lady?

If you can't beat it, you have to face reality!

The Hojo family, which has been run for four generations, is no longer the poor bastard who came to Kanto with bare feet to fight for the future, but the big boss who put on shoes.

Integrating into the Shiba theocracy is the high-level strategy of the Hojo family, and Daidaiji Shengmasa also supports it.

The Hojo family sent the Imagawa Clan and the Tomuzang land, so naturally they couldn't waste all their previous efforts and let the young and strong send nonsense.

Daodaoji Shengchang ignored Hojo Yasunari's fiery gaze, looked at Mojianbantou, and asked.

"How is the situation on the east bank? Have you contacted the saint? What instructions does the saint have?"

Fantou bowed and said.

"The sage is gathering troops at Sagamidai, and the troops from the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River are constantly coming to gather, and there are already more than a thousand people around him.

The secrecy team of the Shiba family has been hunting and killing the Boso coalition forces, and the Boso coalition forces on the Kokufu Daijo side have not discovered the military situation of Sagamidai so far.

The saint has already learned that our Hojo army exists in Edo Castle, and hopes to form an alliance with us to attack the Boso alliance on both sides. "

Daosi Shengchang nodded.

"Although it is the spring plowing season, the samurai families in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River dare not underestimate the will of the sage. They will gather no less than [-] troops. With their help, they will be more confident in defeating the Boso coalition forces.

I will send envoys to the saint formation to report the military situation and accept the command of the saint.Let's wait another three to five days, and when the Saints gather together, we will start together. "

The Hojo princesses looked at each other, and Hojo Yasunari, who had been drooling for a long time, was ignored by Daidaiji Shengchang, and his face turned red with embarrassment.

But Daodaoji Shengchang's qualifications are too deep. As the second-generation vassal who once fought with the first Ise woman, the three or four generations of the Hojo family and vassals are all her juniors in the army.

Many of them have also received her favor and support, even Hojo Yasunari Hojo Yasunari is no exception.

Daodaoji Shengchang didn't want to talk nonsense, it was ridiculous to be blackmailed by these ignorant juniors, as a general who restrained the Musashi army, she really didn't need to explain to Zhu Ji, she could make decisions arbitrarily.

If you have any dissatisfaction, you can write to Odawara Castle to complain, but as long as you sit here, you have to obey my orders.

Daosi Shengchang scanned the audience, seeing that all the concubines were speechless, he nodded.

"That's the end of today's military meeting. Everyone, go back to the camp and prepare carefully. Don't relax. Wait for my order and be ready to attack at any time."

"Hi!"

A group of Ji warriors bowed and left, Hojo Yasunari rushed to the front with a dark face, she only felt that her face was red and hot, as if she had been slapped twice in public.

She once thought that her suggestion might be rejected, but being ignored like this is even more humiliating. Dao Dao Si Sheng Chang seems to be deliberately suppressing the young and strong faction, without any sympathy.

Suddenly, a hand appeared behind Yasunari Hojo, grabbing her arm.

"Kang Cheng! Why are you ignoring me!"

Hojo Yasunari turned his head and wanted to curse, but when he saw that the person in front of him was Hojo Yasunari, he held back his anger, nodded with a sullen face, and asked stiffly.

"Is something wrong?"

Hojo Yasuzu looked left and right, saw that no one was paying attention, and said in a low voice.

"Go back to my team and talk about it."

Hojo Yasunari snorted.

"What else is there to discuss, Master Daosi won't listen to our advice at all!"

Hojo Yasuzu shook his head.

"It's not yet the time of despair, there are too many people here, you go back with me first."

After finishing speaking, she grabbed Hojo Yasunari, who was reluctant, and went back to the camp.

(End of this chapter)