A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"What a shame for such good wood!"

Koheita stood in front of Hirakawa Bridge. The fire in Edo Castle had not yet been extinguished, and the heat made it impossible to get close.

"Do you want to try to save it?" Although Hosokawa Saime was asking, her attitude seemed casual.

"Let him burn it. Whether we save it or not, the city will be ruined!"

The pursuit of the remnants of Hojo's troops continues, and there is no doubt that Edo has fallen into the hands of the Yamauchi Army. One of the most important branch cities of Minamimusashi and a key pass to control the Kanto region, Edo needs to be handled more carefully.

Previously, the Northern Musashi prefectures had surrendered, and with the support of old man Uesugi Shihken, and the backing of Ueno and Kai, it was relatively easy to deal with it. Deep in Edo and in the center of Kanto, it is an enemy territory within an enemy territory. If it is not handled well, it is not impossible to recover gains and losses.

It is not impossible for the Yamauchi family to take over directly. The small local tycoons will always be aware of current affairs and promote a few losers as thugs. After a few years of digestion, there will be great potential.

However, having a good reputation as a teacher was very important in Kanto, a place where righteousness and reputation were taken seriously. The Yamauchi family did not claim it and had no excuse.

Leave it to Xiaoyumi Yaizumi, I don't know whether he can hold it or not. Just talking about a powerful Kanto general is not what the Yamauchi family and Uesugi Kenshin want to see.

However, there was one person who was very enthusiastic and ran to the main formation of the mountain early in the morning to check out the wind cover.

See Yiyao inside!

They were on the Boso peninsula across from them. When I saw Yoshiyao in his early days, he had also fought at the Kokufudai. It was only half a day away from Edo. If you say that he has no idea, you won't even believe it.

But just give it to him? It doesn’t feel right either! Satomi Yoshiyao is definitely a heroic figure, or to put it more popularly, he feeds unfamiliar dogs.

You must know that the position of governor of the Satomi clan was helped by Hojo Uzuna, and he turned his back on him within a few days of taking office. And his old master, Xiao Gong Gongfang Xiao Gong Yoshiaki, was fighting bloody battles in Guofutai. When he saw something was wrong, he betrayed his teammates on the spot and ran away.

This person is usable but not trustworthy!

Anyway, after Satoshi Yoshiyao left after checking the news, everyone in the Yamauchi family discussed it. It was good to suppress him in the Boso Peninsula, but putting him in Musashi would not turn the world upside down.

It's better to give it to Yui Yorijun! At least the Kanto General is legitimate, and judging by his level, he is obviously better to control than Satomi Yoshiyao.

However, some people talk about welcoming the descendants of the Ota family and restoring the Ota family business in Edo. This suggestion is not impossible. Ota Zi of the Iwatsuke Ota clan is serving as a guest general in Echigo, and Ota Yasushi of the Edo Ohta clan is under the command of Satomi Yoshihide.

Not to mention the property of the Ota family, he was betrayed by the Hojo family and died in the war at an early age. Ota Yasushi did have a son named Ota Shigemasa.

In fact, they are not good candidates. Ota Yasushi's biological mother is Joshinin, the daughter of Hojo Utsuna, and his wife is the daughter of Toyama Tsunakage, an important minister of the Hojo family (Hoshoin). The key point is that she is still Hojo Ujiyasu's adopted daughter. If you count on your fingers, Ota Yasushi is still Hojo Uji's direct uncle.

There are not many deeds of Ota Shigemasa. The most famous thing is probably that his daughter (some say sister) is Tokugawa Ieyasu's concubine Eishoin. As a result, relying on this relationship, the Ota family actually made a fortune of 50,000 koku from the Edo shogunate. .

Except for Ota Shimasa, everyone else told the truth that the Yamauchi family didn't know anything about it. It would definitely not be possible to hand over important Edo to strangers.

After thinking about it, Koheita wrote a letter to Uesugi Kenshin on behalf of Yamauchi Taro. As the Uesugi family's diplomatic leader, it was his duty to negotiate such issues.

Let him send Ota Shizheng back to his country, and the Yamauchi family will help him temporarily build a battle house here, and he will have to figure out the rest by himself. Given Ota's prestige in Minami Musashi, it shouldn't be a big problem to win over a few younger brothers.

It would be better if Ota Shimasa had a son. The Yamauchi family and Uesugi Yoshinori would jointly declare that child to be the guardian of Musashi.

Koheta remembers this very clearly. Ohta Shimasa was very long-lived, or in this era, very long-lived. He must have lived for more than seventy years. Not only do they have descendants, but they have many descendants, including five or six sons, and also daughters.

If the Yamauchi family came forward and asked him to have a son, he would definitely not refuse.

"When the fire in Edo goes out, mobilize the people and build a military stronghold here." Xiao Heita walked back and ordered Heiroku who was following him.

Heiroku was also difficult. I just wanted to build a platform to win second place, but Hojo ran away at the beginning. Now we can only continue the hard work of rebuilding Edo and benefit future generations.

"clear!"

"It's important, it must be strong and solid!"

While the two were talking, they saw a cavalryman rushing towards the homeland in a furious manner, not knowing where he came to report the military situation.

Before taking two steps, I heard the small bronze bell ringing in the formation. This was a signal to summon all the generals in the army to go to the formation to discuss matters.

"What happened? Why did we have to summon the generals?" Pingliu was a little confused.

"Let's go! Go back and take a look!"

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Entering the shogunate's tent, he was surrounded by rows of generals, and everyone sat in a circle. Hosokawa Saime, who was observing the fire in Edo with Koheita, also entered the tent with Koheta, and the two of them sat down under Taro Yamauchi. Then I looked at the other people, and after a short wait, they were almost all here. Everyone fell silent and became quiet.

"Just now, a letter came from Konishiharazaemon from Koiso Castle!" Yamauchi Yoshiho opened a letter and showed it to his left and right.

"Now please Fujiwara Amamasa to read it to everyone." With that, Yamauchi Yoshiho handed the manuscript to Xiaoheita.

It seems that there is nothing urgent, otherwise he would not be strolling around like this and playing this trick that is exposed to the generals Xiaoyu.

"Fortunately, Tuotan is strategizing, anticipating the chance of victory, and he and his ministers are stationed at Koji. Around Yinshi today, the Hojo people broke out in large numbers and blocked them head-on. No less than 3,000 people were caught in the trap. Now they are selecting important people and sending them to Edo. Report together!”

A few short words, like thunder on the ground, exploded everyone in the shogunate. In total, about five thousand people escaped from the city in Edo. Not counting those who died in battle, almost half of them were captured by Konishiharazaemon!

If this net is used, all kinds of fish will be caught!

"Repeat what Zaemon asked you to say!" Yamauchi Yoshiho looked at the envoy again.

"Among the enemy soldiers, Oishi Mutsu has been captured! There are also more than thirty generals!"

"boom!"

This is simply more impactful than a cannon exploding in your ears!

Oishi's photo was caught! More than thirty of the Hojo clan's generals, including the generals Yamagao and Ashigaru, were captured!

The Hojo family is finished!

No need to talk nonsense!

This is equivalent to catching half of the middle and high-level retainers in one fell swoop, completely falling into the hands of the Yamauchi family. If all of them were cut off with one sword, the Hojo family would be considered dead now, not even next year!

"Danzheng is such a clever trick!" Sanada Masayuki was the first to compliment him with admiring eyes.

When the other generals heard this, they thought, yes! Fujiwara Amamasa was truly a man of genius. He arranged an ambush for Konishiharazaemon along the way of Oishi Teru's escape in advance. He was truly a genius!

"As expected of the unparalleled general of the Eastern Kingdom!"

"No wonder the Xianguangyuan Academy praised him for being both beautiful and practical!"

"Yes, yes! The leader of Kasuga Mountain also praised Tanzheng as being unparalleled in ancient and modern times!"

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