different warring states of japan

Chapter 937 Conservative hidden dangers

Hojo Genan thought about it, bowed and apologized.

"Sorry, I don't know either.

Although Numata's retainers have expelled Numata Kenyasu and welcomed my family's heirs, the situation has not improved.

Sanniang went north and stayed there for a few days. Once the Numata retainers realized that we hadn't rescued them, they would immediately fall to Echi's side. "

Hojo Shizheng couldn't help asking.

"Is there no way? Isn't the Nagano family in Stable Bridge City also close to my family? Can I ask her family to do something?"

Hojo Huanan glanced at the Hojo Clan's administration, and said to the young and vigorous new governor with earnestness.

"His Royal Highness, morality is only within the range of swords and guns.

Whether it is the Numata family or the Nagano family in Stable Bridge City, as long as the Echigo army moves south, they will quickly turn against each other.Because my family has never thought about fighting the Echihou in the northern Ueno country.

They are just fantasizing now, hoping that my family will go north to help.Once they recognize the reality, they will quickly turn their guns and help the Echigo army deal with us.

Please keep in mind that the diplomatic mediation I am in charge of can only be performed because the powerful Hojo family is behind me.

When the Hojo family can't influence the distance, all agreements will be a piece of waste paper. No matter how powerful my words are, they are not as real as a knife or a gun.

Warriors are fearful of power but not moral, please never pin your hopes on outsiders. "

Hojo Shikang was pleased to watch Hojo Huanan help him teach his daughter, a family with an old man is like a treasure.

Yoshishi Ashikaga on the side spoke.

"My lord is right, outsiders are unreliable.

If we do nothing, the Ueno samurai will quickly fall to the Echigo side, and then the rest of the Kanto.

So, we have to make a statement. "

Hojo Ujimasa looked at Ashikaga Yoshishi who made a generous statement, and said.

"Kamakura-den is right. You can't just watch the Ueno samurai turn their backs. What if the other Kanto samurai follow the trend?"

Hojo Ujiyasu and Hojo Genan looked at each other. Although the young people were impulsive, what they said was not unreasonable.

Hojo Huanan said.

"The Numata family is too close to Echigo, and we can't reach it. The Nagano family in Stable Bridge City and the Kohata Family in Kunimine City are also powerless against Echigo's army.

It is impossible for us to send troops that far to assist them in fighting.At that time, the long supply lines that originally restricted Echigo's army will become our weakness. "

Ashikaga said.

"It's true that Ueno in the north is too far away, but what about the Ueno samurai in the southeast? Can we give those Ji warriors who are close to my family a little confidence in resistance.

If we do nothing, the Ueno southeastern samurai who have just surrendered will inevitably switch to Uesugi Terutora.

At that time, I am afraid that the kingdoms of the Kanto region will be shaken, and warriors from all over the world will take the opportunity to attack us in groups, and I would like to ask His Royal Highness Shikang to learn from us. "

Echigo's Kanto strategy has been in preparation for more than a year.The details of each other have been found out long ago, and the two sides are playing a bright card.

In response to the southward movement of Echigo's army, Hojo Ujiyasu's strategy was to defend.The Echigo country is too far away, so it is the safest way to extend the supply line of the Echigo army and wait for work in one's own territory.

As for Hojo Ujiyasu's safe approach, the most opposed person is Ashikaga Yoshishi.

In the old Kamakura government in Kanto, after the Uesugi management system was broken by the Hojo family.

Yoshishi Ashikaga is the general of the Kanto, and Yasushi Hojo is the new system of the Kanto leadership, which is the foundation of Yoshishi Ashikaga.

Terotora Uesugi represents the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, the former Kanto governor, and it is the counterattack of the old system against the new Hojo system.

Now the Kanto samurai family is mostly dissatisfied with the Hojo family. Once Uesugi Terotora successfully advances to the Musashi country, I am afraid that most of the Kanto eight prefectures will follow closely and form a new anti-Hojo alliance.

Once Terutora Uesugi takes advantage of this to gain momentum, the Hojo family may be able to withdraw to the core territories of the Sagami and Izu countries and resist stubbornly.

What about Ashikaga Yoshishi?Wouldn't she, the Kwantung general, become a big joke?
Her value to the Hojo family lies in the appeal of the Kamakura government and the Kanto general to the Kanto samurai.

If the old system headed by Uesugi Terutoro does not recognize her as the Kamakura government, General Kanto.

Most of the Guan Bazhou samurai family followed her to cut off, how could she pretend to be a b in Hojo's family in the future and maintain her detached status.

Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshishi desperately hopes that the Hojo family will change their conservative strategy.

Even if you are not radical, don't be a coward!Go out and fuck her for two rounds, and the Kanto samurai family must not completely fall to Uesugi Terotora!

For Ashikaga Yoshishi's statement, Hojo Shizheng also deeply agrees, she said.

"Mother, Boss Huan'an, I also feel that the current strategy is too passive.

Ueno was too far north and we had to give up.But how the samurai families in the southeast of Ueno country arrange, I ask mother to think twice.

If Terutora Uesugi successfully subdued them, I'm afraid Utsunomiya from Shimono, Satake from Hitachi, and Satomi from Boso Peninsula would all be tempted and come to join in.

When the wind blows, Uesugi gathers an army of [-] to attack.Even if we stick to it, the village territory between the cities will be ruined by them, and their vitality will be greatly damaged. "

Hojo Shiyasu hesitated for a moment, looked at Hojo Genan, and saw her nodding slightly.

The two young men didn't like the passive defensive strategy, but Hojo Ujiyasu asked himself, what they said was not unreasonable.

The Hojo family's control over the Kanto Plain is divided into three layers.

The innermost part is the core territory of Sagami and Izu, which radiates to Tsukui Castle, Xiaoji Castle, and Tamanawa Castle.

In the middle is the Hojo territory of the southwestern Musashi Kingdom that was first conquered, covering Matsuyama Castle, Kawagoe Castle, and Edo Castle.

On the periphery are the Kanto Samurai who surrendered to the strength of the Hojo family after the destruction of the two Uesugi families.Including northern Musashi, Ueno, Shimono, Shimoso, Hitachi and other local samurai.

The outermost expansion of the Hojo family is divided into three directions.

One is the Ueno country to the north, the second is the Shimono Hitachi Ryogoku to the east, and the third is the Boso Peninsula Mikuni to the southeast.

Before Terutora Uesugi intervened in the Kanto Plain, the Hojo family had already clashed fiercely with the major forces of various countries for the sake of Kanto hegemony.

Both Ashikaga Yoshishi and Hojo Ujimasa persuaded Hojo Ujiyasu not to give up the samurai schools in the southeast of Ueno Kingdom because of the particularity of this place.

The Tone River flows from the south of Ueno to the southeast, and then flows into the Musashi Kingdom, becoming the actual boundary between the Musashi and Soso countries.

To the north of the southeast of Ueno is a river in Shimono, the Watarase River.

The Ashio Mountains separate the Ueno and Shimono countries, and the Watarase River originates from the Ashio Mountains, flows from the Shimotsuko to the Shimoso Country, and is almost parallel to the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River.

Therefore, the southeastern part of Ueno has a close relationship with Shimono, Musashi, and Shimoso.

If the samurai families in the southeast of Ueno cast their votes on Uesugi Terutora, the samurai families at the borders of Ueno, Musashi, and Shimoso will all be shaken.

If they bring together domestic daimyos to unite with Uesugi Terotora to form an anti-Hojo alliance, the Hojo family will be in serious trouble.

(End of this chapter)