Pillars of the Wu family

The Kanto Fangsou Peninsula is facing a fierce battle. Naturally, last year, Hojo Clan Yasushi and Hojo Clan Zheng father and son jointly won the National Government-Taiwan War, and Shangsou Kingdom has fallen into an unprecedented crisis. Satomi Yoshiyao looked around and realized that he had no allies to support him. Giving strong support, I can't help but lament that the world is so decadent.

In fact, it is no one else's fault, but his own carelessness. He took the lead in getting a good start in the second national government-Taiwan war, but relaxed his vigilance at the most critical moment in exchange for a tragic failure. His powerful ally Ota Yasushi , Uncle Ota Zizheng and his nephew were defeated and captured and had to bow their heads to surrender. Yuki Masakura and Yuki Ming Dynasty father and son died in the rebellion. Li Bai did a lot of hard work.

The allies are dead and useless, and the only good Yoshiaki Satake has to face the Oda Ujiji in the southern part of Hitachi, and the threat of the not-so-honest Edo Tadamichi, and he is powerless to help him again. The Hojo family also changed their tepid temperament and launched a fierce attack on the Shangsuo country.

As a last resort, Rijian Yiyao had no choice but to shrink his troops across the board and keep the Beijo Army out of the carefully constructed city wall defense net. Kanjo City Lord Richihiro, and Katsuura Castle City Lord Masaki Tokada formed a powerful defense network. At this time, most of the Kamiso Kingdom had fallen into the hands of the Hojo family.

The current governor of the Hojo family, the Hojo Clan, is proud of his horseshoe disease. It has been less than a year since he won the National Government-Taiwan War last year, and now he has sent an army to the territory of Shangsou Kingdom. Naturally, there will be no problem with his father sitting in Odawara Castle. He only needs to preside over the battle ahead with all his strength and keep an eye on Fangxuan Peninsula's words.

In fact, Hojo Shiyasu did not agree with him attacking Shangsuo country so early.However, the current situation gave the Hojo family limited room to move.Ueno country's aggressive channel was cut off.Kai and Suruga are their allies, and the Hojo family can only choose to expand eastward along the Tokaido.

Echigo's Kira Yoshitoki and Uesugi Masatora are like a huge dark cloud over the hearts of every Hojo family samurai. The conflict between the two parties has fallen into an irreconcilable state since the palace held the Kanto governor's enthronement ceremony. If Uesugi Masatora wants to succeed the Kanto governor, he must come to Kamakura Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace to hold the ceremony. The established precedents at the time of succession are well-founded and refutable.

But Kamakura is on the west side of Miura Peninsula in Sagami Bay.This is the most important place in the Sagami country. It is impossible for Masatora Uesugi to bring an army of tens of thousands to hold the succession ceremony.Of course, it is impossible to expect the dragon of Echigo to come over with three or five hundred attendants, hold a low-key succession ceremony and then leave, so the conflict between Sagami and Echigo is basically impossible to recover.

Even naive people know that the expansion rhythm of Kira Yoshitoshi will go south to Kanto sooner or later, but this timing may be one year or two, or five years or ten years. If there is something that hinders the pace of the Kira family, it will naturally be delayed. The longer it takes, but no one can say exactly how long, the Hojo Ujiyasu will allow the young Hojo Ujizheng to launch the second National Government-Taiwan War, and the current series of house invasions are out of this concern. [

Since it is expanding eastward, it is necessary to choose a good target.First of all, the Shimono country is excluded, because it is too close to the Ueno country dominated by Echigo.Also, the farthest distance from Sagami is really inconvenient for territorial domination, followed by Xiasuo Kingdom, which must also be excluded. At present, most of the people in Xiasuo Kingdom are allies of the Hojo family. period of decline.

However, the new house governor Yuki Haruto has the support of Shimono Koyama, as well as the support of Mutsu Shirakawa Yuki and his ally Satake Yoshiaki. In fact, it is not the best soft persimmon. Between Shimo and Shimono, it is far away from Musashi and Sagami, the core areas dominated by the Hojo family, which is obviously not the best choice.

Changlu Kingdom is still in the northeast of Xiaxuan Kingdom, and at the same time there are two allies separated by Chiba Yinfu and Changlu Oda Clan. It is extremely troublesome to attack the city and plunder the land, and worry about being exploited by the allies to expand their family territory, so it is not a big problem. A very good choice, the only choice is the nearest and deeply hated Shangsuo Lijian Yiyao.

In the second national government-Taiwan war last year, the performance of the Hojo Clan can only be evaluated as mediocre, but it did not affect his repeated achievements in the ensuing Fangxuan invasion, and his continuous victories gradually allowed him to regain his lost Confidence, but also a deep understanding of the strength of Echigo, I can't help but think in my heart that if I didn't start a conflict with Echigo earlier, maybe the Hojo family has successfully annexed Fangsuo Peninsula.

The Hojo Clan has not returned to Odawara Castle for more than half a year, including the first day of the first lunar month, which is also a festival in Edo Castle. Only he, the family governor who sits in front of the town and personally supervises the battle, can inspire the samurai and ashigaru to fight bravely. He is no better than his cousin The Imagawa family really has a wide range of hobbies. As a qualified heir to the family governor, he has the qualifications of all the outstanding sons of samurai families in the Kanto. The only thing he lacks is military and political experience.

Edo Castle in the Southern Musashi Kingdom, a century-old Kanto city, has been devastated by wars. The most recent large-scale burning was the Kanto Astronomical Rebellion a few years ago. After the efforts of Ota Yasuko and the Hojo family, the rebuilt Edo Castle is even better. The spacious and majestic three-story castle tower with unique shape is also a major feature of Musashi Kingdom. It is not inferior to the three-story castle tower of Odawara Castle that the Hojo family added over the years.

In the castle tower of Edo Castle, the Hojo Clan Zhengzheng was discussing military affairs with the Pudai retainer group. For this reason, all the three major military divisions of the Hojo Clan were mobilized to plan a further invasion plan against the Shangsuo Kingdom. He planned to go all out Take down the Fangso Peninsula, and then launch a strategy against Hitachi and Shimono, and then fight against Echigo's Yoshitoki Kira after the wings are full. Although this plan is idealistic, the young Hojo Ujimasa firmly believes that he can fight with both hands. A sky of its own.

The Hojo clan's performance is very active. Military meetings like this are held almost every day, ranging from major military affairs to minor military case analysis.Assiduous efforts to assimilate the sublime arguments of several advisors.His ambition is to be better than his father, Sagami Shishi.Lay a bigger territory to prove that he is not the son of the tiger father.

Xiao Xing quietly opened the paper door and reported in a low voice: "My lord, His Royal Highness Furukawa has arrived!"

The Hojo clan frowned slightly, and then smiled and said: "Oh! Hurry up and invite Furukawa Gongfangdian! Let's come here first today! Thank you for your hard work!"

The pedigrees bowed and retreated slowly, and after a while, they saw Ashikaga Fujimasa coming in excitedly, saw Hojo Ujimasa greet each other, and then said excitedly: "Ujimasa knows that Echigo is in a turmoil again Among them? According to the information obtained by Yu, Kaga has always aggressively attacked Etsuchu. The purpose is to retaliate against the bloody deeds in Echu, and the Dewa country is also in trouble. Now Echigo must be in a hurry Fighting fires everywhere, this is retribution! Hahaha..."

The Hojo clan government did not have his leisurely mood, but responded in a neutral way: "I also heard about this. Uesugi Main Hall went to Etsuchu for rescue, and Kira Zhenfuden led the army to Dewa Country for rescue... um! It's probably like this .”

Ashikaga Fujimasa looked at this uncle strangely, not quite understanding why he was so calm, and then remembered the trick that made him toss and turn and couldn't sleep, and said happily: "It sounds like Shizheng hasn't realized that this is me. Waiting for a great opportunity! Taking advantage of the opportunity of Echigo falling into the flames, we will lead the army to attack Ueno in one go, capture Hirai Castle to regain the lost territory and restore the lost reputation. By the way, we can also wash away the shame of the failure of the Takayama Battle , this is a rare opportunity that serves multiple purposes!"

Hojo Shizheng nodded noncommittally: "Opportunities, opportunities that kill multiple birds with one stone, probably!"

"So we should mobilize our allies to kill Shangye! It's more than one move! If you miss it, you don't know when you can catch up with this opportunity!" [

Hojo Shizheng frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "This is not acceptable, the battle of Fangsuo that I am presiding over is not over yet, let's talk about it when the war comes to an end!"

"Nani? What does Shizheng mean?" Ashikaga Fujimasa looked at him with surprise and puzzlement: "After you finish fighting the Fangsuo war, Echigo must also put out the fire and come back. Wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Great time?"

The Hojo Clan shook his head and stretched out an index finger, and said slowly: "First of all, my Hojo family is attacking the two countries of Fangsuo. If we take away the army and go north to attack the Ueno Kingdom, it will give Satomi Yoshiyao a chance to breathe. They will definitely take advantage of the time when I wait for the north to seize the old lost territory of Shangsuo, and maybe they will attack Xiasuo to expand with all their strength. Wouldn't it be a waste of years of hard work for our Hojo army to return to the division to rescue at that time?

Secondly, there is no doubt that Echigo is powerful. The tiger of Kai, Takeda Shingen, suffered a more miserable defeat than my Hojo clan. The lessons learned from the past are still in front of us.Without a strong backing and the concerted efforts of many allies, I just thought I saw a good opportunity and acted. If the attack on Ueno didn't go well, it would take another three or four months, and what should I do if it was delayed until autumn?At that time, Jiliang Zhenfudian led the army to come to the rescue, and it would be too late for our army to retreat.

Again, the Kira Town House was ingenious, and the needles managed by the three kingdoms of Echigo, Ueno, and Shinano were impenetrable, and my allies on the Hojo clan had all experienced the tragic experience of the Takayama War, and that failure was over. In two years, how many of the heroes in Kanto dare to say with confidence that they dare to fight Ueno?There are many different voices within my Hojo family, presumably the Kanto Wu family does not dare to be so confident!The other side is united and morale is booming, but one's own mind is uncertain and lacks confidence. If the battle is lost by three points, how will the fight continue? "

Ashikaga Fujimasa was stunned by Hojo Ujimasa's repeated mention of three articles. He was only a 15-year-old boy. As the third son of the family, he did not have the qualifications to train the heir of the family governor. His father died strangely when he was five years old. Since then, he has been living a life of ups and downs, but as a result, he became the Furukawa government instead.

But he, the Furukawa official, did not have the relevant qualities that the official should have. Not being well-trained meant that he was not a qualified nobleman. His life of wandering and wandering prevented him from receiving the education he deserved in his childhood. After being hastily selected as Furukawa's official, no one taught him carefully. His uncle Harusuke Kota used him more as a talisman, and even though he murdered his two younger brothers, he was not reprimanded too much.

This kind of background made him, Furukawa, a puppet that didn't deserve the name from the beginning to the end, but Ashikaga Fujimasa, the puppet, didn't realize his role, and came here every now and then to pull relations with the Hojo clan.I have nothing to do, and I like to hold tea parties in the Furukawa Imperial Palace and invite Chinese lords from all over the Kanto to the meeting.It seems that he intends to use this method to strengthen his prestige.Little did he know that what he did was actually naive and disgusting.

The Hojo clan doesn't like this brother-in-law who doesn't deserve the name. In fact, the biggest role of keeping Ashikaga Fujimasa is to get married and have children, and to give birth to the next generation of the Furukawa family's successor as soon as possible. But this gentleman didn't know what to do, so he often went to Edo Castle to harass him, but today he came here to guide him in how to use his troops, as if his brains were stronger than those of the Hojo family.Actually he was joking.

In the eyes of the Hojo Clan, Ashikaga Fujimasa is just an empty-headed puppet. Such a crappy strategy can be seen by all the long-standing samurai of the Hojo family, let alone the generals guarding one side. Ujiyasu Hojo, the hero of Sagami, no one mentioned the time when he marched into Ueno, but he ran over and talked non-stop, whether it was because Ashikaga Fujimasa was drunk and I was sober, or other reasons, there is no need to say more.

Ashikaga Fujimasa said angrily: "But I gave up such a good opportunity. I am not reconciled! I am not reconciled!"

No one cares about the dignity of Mr. Furukawa Ashikaga Fujimasa, but Ashikaga Fujimasa, who thinks that the dignity of Mr. Furukawa is more important than him, doesn't think so.He will never forget the humiliation of the Takayama Battle, and he hates Uesugi Masatora to the core of his bones, because Uesugi Masatora captured him, the majestic Furukawa, in front of tens of thousands of people in that battle, and He was held hostage in Hirai Castle for nearly a month.

If it was just like this, it wouldn't make him hate Uesugi Masatora so much, but he didn't expect that his majestic Mr. Furukawa was just an extra existence, and he was packaged and exchanged with Chiba Yinfu. It turned out to be only a small Mitake Castle and its surrounding territories, which severely damaged his strong self-esteem. Furukawa's government is not worth as much as a city, and he has to get together with Chiba's family governor to change a city. This is really a shame. Huge beyond imagination.

Ever since he returned to the Furukawa Imperial Palace, he always felt that everyone looked at him in a strange way, no matter whether it was the persuasion of his uncle and the writer of the spectrum, Mr. Tian Harusuke, or the enlightenment of Chiba Yinfu who came with him. He took it as a hint that he left this bad record, and all the smiling faces of the samurai he saw were regarded as mocking smiles. Last year, at the Zhengdan court meeting in Odawara Castle, Ashikaga Fujimasa almost The reason for the riot was because he felt that those Chinese were alluding to the dark history of his capture.

He felt that there was a monster in his heart, and this monster was tormenting him day and night, making his emotions more unstable and extreme, so he decided to take revenge on Echigo and Uesugi Masatora, the culprit, if It's not that he makes himself look ugly in public, nor does he let a monster appear in his heart, it's all their fault for making himself so miserable.

Intense hatred is like self-hypnosis. It becomes stronger and stronger as time goes by. Gradually, he hypnotizes himself to hate Echigo more and more, and even Kira Yoshitoki also hates him. There will be no Uesugi Masatora coming out. If they obediently give up the Ueno country, there will be no problem at all. The thinking of the Furukawa government is getting more and more messy.

He didn't have a chance to meet Ujiyasu Hojo. Sagami Lion now lives in seclusion in Odawara Castle and is only responsible for keeping the place and not asking about specific general affairs. The so-called people leave their names and geese leave their voices. Even the old Sagami Lion is still majestic, even if he lives in Odawara. Asking about world affairs can also deter Xiaoxiao from acting rashly, so Ashikaga Fujimasa went to Edo Castle to fool Hojo Ujimasa, but in exchange for this answer, he couldn't help but feel discouraged.

The Hojo Clan watched Ashikaga Fujimasa leave dejectedly. The conversation just now made him even more dismissive of this idiot. Today's world is an era when the wise are kings. For the wisdom that a king should have, how about revitalizing the family business and boosting the prestige?

In the eyes of the Hojo Clan, this Ashikaga Fujimasa is not as good as the late Furukawa Lord Ashikaga Haruhi. Although the former Furukawa Lord had the shortcomings of being weak and weak, he is not so self-respecting as to run over to criticize the Hojo family's military affairs. Knowing where exactly he got the confidence to dare to do this.

Could it be that he mistakenly believed that the Furukawa family and the Sagami Hojo family were as close as a family?Or do you feel that the achievements of the past few years are enough to say a few more rounds of arrogance?As for Ashikaga Fujimasa's weak and fragile self-esteem, it is meaningless.

Hojo Ujimasa is not interested in studying Ashikaga Fujimasa's mental journey. If his father Hojo Ujiyasu hadn't been admonishing him to avoid haste, use patience, move and move, and cultivate a good character of the country in the practice of government affairs, I'm afraid he would have put this When the guy is kicked out, the governor of the Hojo family must have a good temper. The foundation is to show emotions and anger, and to smile when he is happy and angry is a pass.

The highest state is the description in "Heart Technique": "To be the way of generals, you must first cure the heart. When Mount Tai collapses in front of you, your color will not change. The elk will thrive on the left and your eyes will not blink. Then you can control the interests and wait for the enemy."

As a powerful member of the Ise clan, the deacon of the shogunate government, the Gaomen samurai family descended from Kyoto to Suruga decades ago. The Ise clan is first-rate and unique. After counting, all of his fourth-generation family governors are talents who are well-known and well-remembered. They know that patience and tolerance are the family rules of family management, and it is also the reason why the Sagami Hojo family can rise up after struggling in the quagmire of Kanto. root cause.

The Hojo Clan said to himself: "Although Ashikaga Fujimasa has all kinds of bad things, but he finally said something right, but it would be very unwise not to take advantage of the opportunity of Kira's Xinnan Gu! The preparations for the war in the country are still a little bit short, but the time is running out and we must act quickly. If the Kira family recovers, there will be no chance to move the two countries." Good update faster!