A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Shimogoku, Furukawa Imperial Palace, Honmaru.

Sitting in the Honmaru Palace of Furukawa Castle, Yorijun Koyumi feels that life is like a dream!

Am I now a general from Kanto?

"We would like to congratulate Your Highness on your long-lasting blessings and long-lasting military fortune!" The congratulations of the warriors below brought him back to reality from his dream.

I'm actually not dreaming! Ahahahahahahaha!

"This return to the old city is all thanks to the efforts of all the ministers. Please get up quickly!" Xiao Gong Laichun calmed down and pretended to be calm.

The generals headed by Hosokawa Teraime stood up one after another. Sanada Masayuki and Hosokawa Teraime, who were kneeling behind Hosokawa Teraime, softly suggested and talked.

"Please, Your Highness, immediately present the sword to Kashima Shrine and write a petition to call on the generals of Fushu, the main state, to raise troops together to attack the traitorous Hojo clan!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Tsai-me is right!" Xiao Yuyori naturally believed that Hosokawa Tsai-nyeo, who helped him return to the city, was a good person. In addition, there was no capable person around him, so he obeyed her words.

"The Sekiyoko Soda clan is just temporarily surrendering due to pressure from the Hojo clan. Your Highness should be lenient and accept it for your own use!"

"The same goes for the Kuribashi Noda clan and the Yukote Isshiki clan. Your Highness must treat them closely!"

"Save money, save money!"

"Then I will send troops to attack Zhuchuan, Nijing, and Gongtian. Your Highness will need to recruit troops to build a city in Furukawa!"

Koyumi Yorijun is an empty air now, but he is the real son of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Koyumi Lord. Many of the samurai who surrendered in the city have resigned themselves to his fate.

However, the important retainers of General Kwantung's subordinates still had to be won over, especially the Liangtian clan who had previously been in power. As the head of the Furukawa family, he fought against Ashikaga Yoshiaki at Kokufudai.

To put it bluntly, Xiaoyong Raizumi was an accomplice in killing his father and brother, but it's hard to say these days. Everything is based on profit, and Xiaoyong Raizumi must have made his own choice.

After consolidating the Furukawa Imperial Palace, Hosokawa Harimeo will capture for him part of the Kitakami general territory that originally belonged to the Furukawa family, connecting Oyumi Yorijun's territory with the Tagatani family and the Hitachi Satake clan.

In this case, considering their own interests, Tagaya and Satake will also come to rescue Yorijun Koyumi in the winter when Echigo cannot send troops. After all, Hojo is now powerful. If they cannot unite to resist, everyone will definitely be doomed.

With the wisdom and strategy of Tagatani Masakene and Satake Yoshige, they should be able to understand the principle that when strength is combined, strength is strong, and when strength is divided, strength is weak.

At the same time, Hosokawa Saime's strategy can also separate the Oyama clan, the Yuki clan and the Hojo clan. If these two families are surrounded by the pro-Uesugi clan, they will surely make wise judgments.

Of course this is also Sanada Masayuki’s strategy!

The method of warfare is called "recruiting troops with troops"!

As long as Hosokawa Saime attacks a few cities, she can make the various forces in Kitashita So, Minami Shimo, and Higashi Hitachi defect to Oyumi Yorijun's side, or Uesugi Kenshin's side.

"I wish Cai Nu Hua a great success!" Koyumi Yaizumi promised that this was a sincere wish.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The soldiers who came out of the city and came down the field all looked at Hosokawa Saime with fiery eyes. After all, Hosokawa Maimei had just led them to sweep through the Furukawa area, and now each one of them was like a hungry wolf who had tasted the sweetness.

I have been pinned to the ground and beaten by the Hojo family for too long. This time, I finally have another big brother, and I feel proud!

Some of the Yamauchi Junjinfu and Ashigaru who had already made a fortune following Hosokawa Saime were left to guard their newly made fortunes, repair the water gate of Furukawa Imperial Palace, and refill the outer marsh of Furukawa Imperial Palace.

The remaining 9,000 Yamauchi troops and 4,000 Shimokyo troops started the general strategy of going north. The little fish and shrimps deployed by the Hojo family here are simply not worthy of fighting against the combination of Hosokawa Marime and Sanada Masayuki. The rank gap is too big. , that is simply a landslide.

The army almost only went to the city to show off their power, and then intimidated them. These weakly defended cities opened the city and surrendered, announcing that they would support Xiaogong Norisumi as the general of Kanto anyway.

As for the former shogun Ashikaga Yoshiji, he has long since disappeared. He must have gone to seek refuge with the Hojo family in Odawara.

It stands to reason that the terrain of Furukawa City is impossible to escape, but the city was broken too suddenly. Not to mention that Ashikaga Yoshiji didn't think of it, Hosokawa Saime actually didn't think of it either. At that time, they just sent the vanguard to feign an attack on Furukawa Castle and yelled, and the city collapsed.

The front team swarmed into the city to rob, while the rear team still formed a formation outside the city.

Furukawa City is said to be defeated, but in fact there is not a single Yamauchi army in the city. They all collapsed without a fight. If they try to escape while they are in trouble, they really have a chance.

By the time Sanada Masayuki used his hands and feet to crawl into the Furukawa Imperial Palace, Honmaru was already in a mess, and there was no way to capture Ashikaga Yoshiji.

This can be regarded as a hidden danger, but Ashikaga Yoshiji is just a puppet of the Hojo family, and his appeal is just that. After all, the Hojo clan has to mobilize an army to help him fight back before he has a chance to return.

Anyway, this is not something Hosokawa Saime needs to consider, because his strategic goal is to respond to Uesugi Kenshin and Nagano Yashimai's request for reinforcements and send troops to help Ueno Country and the Uesugi clan's Kanto territory relieve the siege.

The current situation is that the siege has definitely been resolved. As for the extent of the aftermath, it all depends on conscience (robbery). It took a lot of effort to bring Yamauchi out. Everyone delayed the spring plowing and did not make a sufficient amount of money. How can I go back to meet my folks in Shinano after having such a windfall? The wife and children are waiting for them to go out and earn a vote and then be measured for new clothes.

It's none of my business whether the people under the command live or die, I'm just using the banner of Xiao Gong Lai Chun anyway!

"Naizi, for our general strategy in the north, we must make an emergency landing with the Yuki clan. Yuki Shichiro (Yuki Haruto) has considerable appeal in Soshu, and he is the son of the Oyama clan, which is related to this strategy. implementation.”

"I will do everything as you say. We will conquer Yutaka Castle immediately and then return to Yuki Castle."

"Be sure to contact the Tagaya and Satake families, even if only three to five hundred people come to express their stance."

"Then help me write a handwritten letter to inform these two people."

"How about giving their family five hundred stones of food and grass?"

"It's up to you!"

Hosokawa Zaimei sometimes has to admit that some people have really smart minds. The first one is his father, Harumiya Hosokawa. As long as he sticks his butt out, his father can guess one, two, three, four, five of his actions. Later, it was his brother-in-law, Heita Xiao, who was bald, but his head was as bright as his forehead, and he had a tough mouth, and whatever he said got hit.

Now he met Masayuki Sanada, who was full of bad intentions and conquered the troublesome Furukawa Castle in one day and night. And he also knows how to deal with the aftermath and ensure the stability of Furukawa.

It was rare that Hosokawa Harimeo, who usually behaved quite arrogantly, had a different emotion in her heart.

"Gengoro, you're not married yet, are you?"