A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Hojo voted!

Although it was expected, it was also a surprise!

The intermediary between the two parties this time is quite magical, His Excellency William, the Archbishop of Hamamatsu of the Anglican Diocese of Macau.

Wearing a simple black robe, wearing straw sandals, and wearing a little red hat on the shaved part of his head, holding a rose rosary, always chanting words, he was welcomed by Christians on both sides of the enemy and us, riding a pony with only one person The entourage arrived outside Edo Castle.

Izu Shimoda and Sagami Odawara both established Nanban towns. Nanman merchant ships brought cannon, foreign guns, gunpowder, armor, and Christianity. There are also thousands of believers in the Hojo clan's territory, and there are many soldiers.

Needless to mention the Yuanjiang people on the Yamauchi side, according to the previous agreement, Nanman Town and the believers must provide one hundred and forty people for the Yamauchi family, of which forty people can hold two long and short guns and wear a full collar.

Christians sang hymns to welcome their pastor!

William greeted Yongtu Shiyao and Xiaopingtai cordially. Now his Japanese is extremely pure and he can even speak a few Dongguo dialects. There is nothing wrong with communicating with believers, and there is nothing wrong with acting as an intermediary for peace negotiations between the two parties.

Many people on the coalition side had seen the Nanman monk for the first time, and they looked around him and another Christian priest who had followed him. It is very strange that such a foreign monk can be unanimously recognized by Yamauchi and Hojo, and serve as a collegial witness.

"Good day, Your Excellency! You are well!" William now wore a professional smile that was very in line with Japanese aesthetics, and the aura of divine glory was undoubtedly revealed on his body.

With this look, he will definitely be canonized in the future!

"Congratulations on your appointment as bishop! May more lambs listen to the holy voice of the Lord." Xiaopingtai just said it politely and didn't spend any money.

"It is truly a great joy that the two countries that have been blessed by the Lord, Yamauchi and Hojo, can cease war."

"I'm sorry to trouble you!"

The Hojo brothers also followed, and with Tu Shi Yao as a follower, they were naturally closer to William. Although the other brothers are not religious, they also maintain considerable goodwill. After all, at this time, Christianity has brought advanced weapons and prosperous trade, and has not established a sect to learn the Yixiang Sect, so it is still popular.

"It is a great honor for me to preside over the peace talks between the two countries this time! Please wait a moment."

After that, William's attendant untied the package from the horse and took out the robe woven by the believers for William. The gold-woven robe looked particularly gorgeous, and the crown was also decorated with complicated gold threads. pattern. Only then did everyone realize that the Southern Barbarian Sect also had its moments of splendor.

"Just to be dignified!" William made a gesture of invitation.

Everyone sat down. William was originally going to draft the armistice document, but unfortunately, William had already learned Japanese well, but his Chinese characters were still a little behind.

So Xiaoping Tai gave in, and Oishi Shiteru personally wrote down the previously agreed conditions one by one. After both parties confirm, the monogram will be handed over to Uji Nao Hojo and Taro Yamauchi. Finally, with William's signature, the peace talks were officially reached.

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After entrusting Satomi Yoshihiro to control the waterways in the Uraga area of ​​the Miura Peninsula, leaving behind one Hagimoto and three hundred ashigaru to garrison Uraga, the Yamauchi army began to gradually withdraw.

The various armies in the coalition army had been plundered long ago, and now they left Edo happily one by one, singing songs and carrying packages. The wealthy Chinese people in the mountain army also began to evacuate in batches. Only some troops were left to rebuild Edo Castle.

Since Ohta Shisei was serving Uesugi Kenshin as a guest general at the moment, he had to wait for more than ten days. After all the battle houses in Edo were built, the big boss rushed back to Edo with only nine horses. .

This is not as good as Mr. Uesugi Shihken. No matter how bad the old man is, he still has dozens of loyal men who will kill whoever they say without saying a word. Each of these dozens of people always has a few relatives, friends, brothers and so on. Wow, with just a greeting, a backbone retainer group of two to three hundred warriors was established.

It is impossible to conquer other countries, but it is easy to maintain a family fortune of tens of thousands of dollars.

But you, Ota Zizheng, are too shabby!

Although Koheita knew that the Iwatsuke Ohta clan had experienced two large-scale splits, Ohta Shimasa was not the eldest son of Ohta Shiyori. His brother Ohta Shisashi was the head of the Iwatsutsu Ohta clan at the time. However, Kawagoe suffered a huge defeat in the night battle. The Ota family suffered heavy casualties, and his eldest brother died in the battle!

Ota Shimasa succeeded the family head as the second son, and the Hojo faction of the family immediately fled to the Hojo clan. It was at that time that Ota Bungo Shou and other generals who had shown their prowess in the Battle of Tonegawa joined the Hojo clan.

The second time was more widely known. The Ota family sold his father and took refuge in Hojo. As a result, he was sold by the Hojo family. Not only did he die, but he also gave the family property to Ota Juro Fu, Hojo's younger brother.

After these two twists and turns, the Iwafutsu Ota clan was now so miserable that there were only nine retainers left. wrong! It's eight, because one more is his now-adult son Genta Masakige Ota.

How could such important towns as Iwasuke Castle and Edo Castle be handed over to their father and son?

Ota Zizheng also knew that with just a few people showing up, once the Yamauchi family left, the Ota family would collapse immediately. He immediately explained that he still had a dozen retainers in Echigo, who escorted him and Ota Masakage's family to Edo. In addition, after being betrayed by the Ota family before, there were more than twenty retainers who temporarily stayed in the farm given to him by the Satake family.

In this way, he had more than forty samurai retainers.

As long as you give him time, he will still have some thin face in Musashi, and he can attract friends and associates to attract those who are willing to follow him. It's relatively easy to get an Ota Hyakuki.

Since he was patting his chest and saying this, Xiaopingtai had no choice but to believe him. Arrangements were made to send Taro Yamauchi back to his home, and summoned Nagamasa Ogasawara in Furukawa to enter Edo Castle with five hundred men to help the Ota family continue to build the city and also serve as garrison troops.

After all this was done, Xiaopingta stayed in Edo almost until July, before he could finally leave and return to his home.

When I returned to my house, I was busy with countless things to worry about and was exhausted. This is really the best way to describe it.

"Banzheng! Zaemon Zang, who went to Luoyang to serve as Duke, is coming back!" Honda Tadakatsu, who came in with documents in his arms, finally looked like he had grown taller.

"Is uncle back? Where is he?" Xiao Pingtai did not look up.

"This is the message that was sent back before we set off. We should be arriving at Meinong now! After all, we have to come back with the army."

"What's written in the notebook?"

"Let me take a look." Honda Tadakatsu put down his things and started reading.

"The Asakura clan has formed an alliance with the Miyoshi trio!"