A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo received a message from the Yamauchi family and sent someone to reply even though it was snowing heavily.

He will definitely go out to Kanto, because Ueno is under great threat, although the hand extended by the Takeda family was cut back by the Yamauchi family. But the hand extended by the Hojo family was really on the edge of Ueno. After the people of Shimono country were forced to surrender to Hojo, Ueno country was flanked by two sides.

If Ueno is lost, Echigo will be directly under the front of the Hojo clan, which is something Uesugi Kenshin absolutely does not want to see. If the Hojo clan can invade Echigo at any time, then Uesugi Kenshin, the Echigo kingdom, will never be able to secure its position.

As for Musashi and Shimono, Shimono wants them to get out of the control of the Hojo clan again. Musashi Kuni also has a big treasure that can be used. Previously, there was internal strife in the Narita clan in Ninja City. Narita Chotai was under house arrest in seclusion, and Narita Nagatada was chased and released by his brother Narita clan.

Narita Nagatada first fled to the Utsunomiya clan to seek shelter, but found that the Utsunomiya clan was unreliable, so he took a detour from Aizu to Echigo. Uesugi Kenshin suddenly had a great reputation in and out of Ninja Castle, because Narita Nagatada claimed that it was his brother Narita clan leader who usurped the position of family governor because Narita Chotayashi wanted to pass the throne to him.

Uesugi Kenshin likes to fight this kind of battle the most, the so-called "righteous battle"!

It can be said that Shimono was crying and begging from the Utsunomiya clan to help them escape from the brutal rule of the traitor Hojo clan. It can be said that Musashi sent Narita Nagatada back to the country to succeed the family governor and serve as the guardian of Musashi.

As for Satake Yoshige, it is said that after receiving the letter, his attitude was somewhat ambiguous. It turned out that the Aizu Ashina clan began to show a tendency to favor the Satake clan, and the waves became bigger and bigger.

The Ashina Mori family successively defeated the lord of Nihonmatsu Castle, Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu, the lord of Sukawa Castle, Nikaido Moriyoshi, and the lord of Miharu Castle, Tamura Kiyaki. They also married the lord of Kodaka Castle, Souma Moriyin, and formed an alliance with the Soma clan by giving him the word "Mori".

This actually resulted in the territories of Satake and Ashina being completely connected (actually there was a Shirakawa Yuki clan in the middle, but it was going to be over soon). At this time, Ashina Shenghei's serious illness occurred.

At this time, Ashina Mori had already passed the position of family governor to his legitimate son Ashina Morihoshi. However, Shengxing had been frail and sick in his early years, and now there is news that he is bedridden and unable to govern.

This means that this huge piece of cake in Aizu will most likely need an adoptive son to inherit it. Who wouldn’t be tempted by the territory of hundreds of thousands of koku?

Ida is tempted!

Satake is also tempted!

In fact, everyone was secretly cursing Ashina Shengxing to die quickly. If the Ashina family had no successors, then they could pounce on him and feast on his flesh.

If you were Satake Yoshige, would you choose to bite the hard-to-eat Hojo and Oda clans, or try to give a son to the Ashina clan who might be extinct soon?

It’s obvious!

However, Satake Yoshige is still a good person, and he guarantees that there will be an army of 5,000 people heading south to oppress the Oda clan. As for whether the Oda clan can be allowed to ask for help from the Hojo clan, it is hard to say.

You are a big name who can mobilize nearly 20,000 people, but you only come with 5,000, which is a bit perfunctory.

But after all, you are asking for help, so your requirements cannot be too high. With the combat power of the Oda clan, they would definitely be unable to defeat Satake Yoshige's five thousand men, and they would definitely ask for help from the Hojo clan. I just don’t know how many people the Hojo clan is willing to send to him? Because the Hitachi Kingdom was not the main direction of expansion for the Hojo clan, Hojo Uji Nao still inherited the policies of his grandfather Hojo Ujiyasu and his father Hojo Uzumasa. The goal is to resist Uesugi in the north and suppress Satomi in the south.

After hearing this, all the retainers in the mountain were quite satisfied. At least before spring, there were not many people in Kanto who were holding back Hojo.

Kenshin Uesugi counts as one, Yoshihiro Satomi counts as one, Yoshihiro Satomi and his son count as one, and Yoshige Satake counts as one. Even if the Hojo family can mobilize 40,000 people, it will definitely not be any better!

As long as Hojo doesn't come to save Takeda, the Yamauchi family has a great chance of winning.

After everyone discussed, they had doubts about marching directly to Takeda, but they were still confident about conquering Suwa and Suruga.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Suruga is naturally the worst among them all, and Suruga also has Shouguini as an internal support.

There is only one problem. Suruga and Hojo are directly bordered, and the Imagawa clan even occupies the two Surudong counties. If the Yamauchi family annexes Suruga, it will be equivalent to hanging a sharp sword on the Izu Sagami ability of the Hojo clan.

The Hojo clan will definitely do their best to come to the rescue of Suruga Kingdom.

If it were Suwa who had a higher combat capability, then Hojo's desire to come to the rescue would have been greatly weakened.

After all, Suwa is an entire Kaibi away from Hojo!

This is human nature. When it comes to your own interests, you will go all out. If it doesn't hurt, who cares about you? Stay wherever you like to feel cool, it's none of my business!

In the past, when Takeda Shingen was around, the Takeda family had a powerful strength of two and a half countries, with an army of more than 30,000 in a roar. The Hojo family would naturally treat the Takeda family as equals or even inferior.

Now that Takeda Shingen has passed away, the Takeda family was severely defeated at the foot of Toishi Castle. Three thousand people were killed in the attack, and the Kai people were killed in half.

It's true that the Hojo family is a son-in-law, but after his father-in-law died, his uncle's national power was only half of his own. Then why does he follow the Takeda family's footsteps in everything? If you have strong soldiers and horses, it is only right for the Takeda family to listen to you!

The alliance between A and Tong will not waver, but there will never be a person who can coordinate the overall situation like before.

"Who among the Suwa people can be mobilized?" Hosokawa Saime had some questions.

"Suwans, it's really..." Chief Yamauchi shook his head.

In fact, Suwa was cut off several times in these short twenty years, just like leeks. When Suwa Yorishige was defeated, a large number of leeks were cut. Later, a handful of leeks were cut to allow Suwa Katsuyori to return to the country. When Suwa Katsuyori grew up, a handful was cut to stabilize his rule.

Now, the Yamauchi family had just killed a man in Toishi Castle, and Takeda Shingen killed himself with a knife, ordered him to live in seclusion, and chased and released more than fifty people.

You are just like a leek, it will take time to grow before you can cut it. How can this be like this? This time a sharp bud appeared, so I couldn't wait to go up and slash it.

"It's not like there's nothing..." Kitahata University seemed thoughtful.

Everyone looked at him unanimously, and he thought about it for a while. "I wonder if you still remember Nishimaki Shiroemon?"

Where is this Chinese from? Xiao Pingtai had a question mark on his face.

"After the battle of Uedahara, troops were raised in the west of Suwa. This person seemed to be in the battle at that time." Isshiki Miyauchi thought for a while.

"Yes, this Shiroemon is a master of Kai's feast, and he will be in charge of the battle."

"What about him?"

"He got close to Suwa Shiro and was ordered to live in seclusion in Nishimaki."

"Who can contact this person?" Chief Yamauchi didn't understand. This person joined Takeda just to make a fortune. As a result, after a while, the investment failed, the company was completely purged, and the company handed over its equity and retired home.

"Let me go with this old bone." Kitahata University agreed with a smile.