Pillars of the Wu family

For five whole days, Odawara Castle was still as silent as death. This time, not only were the townspeople idly huddled in their houses in a daze, but the hearts of the samurai of the Hojo vassals were as dead as a dry well. The two brothers Hojo Ujishige and Hojo Ujihide made it clear If Odawara Castle did not surrender again, he would have to go out of the city with the [-] troops of Tamawa Hojo Clan to surrender. The severe situation made Hojo Clan Yasushi feel distressed. No matter how optimistic the samurai was at this time, he might not be able to laugh.

Hojo's earnest persuasion was completely useless, but Hojo Shigeru calmly warned him not to act rashly, as long as he tried to put him under house arrest, it would cause internal strife among the defenders in the city, and maybe a big riot broke out in Odawara Castle, Hojo Tsuna The prestige and contacts that Cheng has accumulated over the years are not in vain.

Knowing that their father, whom they thought was dead, was still alive, the brothers Shigeru Hojo and Hideo Hojo had long since lost their minds to guarding the castle, instead of hating the Hojo clan's deceit. In any case, the two brothers could not be allowed to lead troops out of the city to join the Guandong Gongfang family, nor could they be placed under house arrest to force them to change their minds.

Today's Hojo family is already in a state of panic. As long as there is even a small flame, it will ignite a raging fire. It is the consensus of all generations of the Hojo family tree not to let the Odawara Castle be in chaos. What is more appropriate is how to surrender.

With regard to this issue, the members of Hojo's family tree have been stumped. They have never discussed how to surrender. After a fierce quarrel all day, finally, Hojo Ujiyasu, who abdicated, stood up and made a final decision: "It is no longer necessary to make a fuss about the ceremony. Tangled. Don't waste time to conquer the city!"

Hojo's Kaesong surrender was the first major event in Kanto since the beginning of the new year.The Kanto warriors once again deeply realized the powerful deterrence of the new government.Almost single-handedly swept away the people from all directions in the Kanto. Whether it was the Kanto martial arts of hundreds of years or the powerful names in recent decades, they all fell at his feet. For a while, the people of the Kanto country fell into a state of collective silence.

Hojo Ujiyasu’s final word also means that Sagami and Izu countries were successfully pacified, and Odawara Castle was opened and handed over to Yukitaka Sanada who came later to take full control of it. During the ceremony, the townspeople of Odawara Castle spontaneously stood on both sides of the road and cheered to celebrate the hard-won peace. Sanada Yutaka waved to the townspeople frequently like a general returning in triumph, which made the original owner Hojo Ujimasa who accompanied him into the city look extremely embarrassed.

Complete the handover ceremony of Odawara Castle.Eighty percent of the defenders in Odawara Castle were disbanded. Hundreds of members of the Hojo Clan and hundreds of genealogy members rushed to Edo Castle under the escort of the Shinano Legion. What I saw was a strange scene of countless peasants building a new town in full swing on a large construction site, with the sound of jingling beating one after another, and the frightened war horses panicked and almost knocked a few unlucky warriors off their horses.

Almost every business traveler who comes to Edo Castle will be surprised here. No one would have thought that the Guandong government would have such a boldness. As soon as they came to Edo, they would build a new city. I am not worried that the people of the Kanto Kingdom will threaten the safety of Edo Castle, and I have no intention of delaying the preliminary decision of the Kanto.

Five hundred Hojo samurai flying the banner of Sansheng Lin.Escorted by Murakami Yoshiki's 5000-strong army, they slowly entered Edo Castle. The genealogists of the Hojo family found that the townspeople along the way looked at them curiously.It seemed strange that the familiar Sanshenglin flag appeared before them again. Seeing the formation of 500 people escorting [-] people, many townspeople knew that the Edo government had won again.

Hojo's policy horses marched slowly, and a row of hundreds of carriages behind them walked very slowly. They looked around and said, "Is this the new Edo Castle... This is completely different from the Edo Castle a year ago!"

This is not the Edo Castle he is familiar with. The place he was familiar with a year ago has long been changed beyond recognition. There are wood and stone materials piled into the mountains everywhere, and traces of some towns and general plans can be vaguely seen. , Occasionally, a few fast horses galloped past, and the smoke and dust were everywhere, and the whole plain had become a huge construction site.

The once-familiar Edo Castle disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a huge city under construction. The members of the Hojo family tree had never seen such a large-scale collection of general applications, and they exclaimed: "This is the spirit of His Highness Gongfang!" !Looking at the aura of Edo Castle, it is the ambition of Kanto!"

"I think it's more than that! Maybe it's also possible to have the world in mind."

"That's right! Your Highness Gongfang was promoted to Ashikaga Lianzhi as a powerful sect, and it must be a lie if he doesn't have a heart for the world!"

"His Highness Gongfang may be able to fulfill the long-cherished wish that generations of His Highness Gongfang have not fulfilled! If this is the case, don't we also want to become heroes and heroes?"

"Hey! How can you bastard say such things here, aren't you afraid of being caught and chopped off?"

"Ah, I'm sorry! I, Xiao Shiro, didn't wake up just now, and what I said was nonsense, please forget what I just said!"

"It's okay to forget it, but you must show your sincerity tonight! Edo Castle is so big that there must be a very good wine shop. I heard that only in the city where His Highness Gongfang is located can there be enough supply of Echigo Yaki Can we also have a chance to taste it?"

"It makes sense, I also think that only by tasting soju can you experience the joy of being a man..."

"You little boy with no hair on his head, you know what is the fun of a man! You should go to the Whale House to find the fun of a man. Let me tell you, the taste of a woman is really..." A group of warriors huddled together and their voices gradually changed. It was weird and low, and there was a weird "hey" sound from time to time, and the facial expression was very obscene.

The Hojo Clan turned a deaf ear to the jokes in his ears. As the governor of the family, the situation he faced might be earlier. The [-] troops entrusted by Yukitaka Sanada were sent to Yusheng City for resettlement, including this team More than [-] troops and more than [-] relatives in the village are the strength that the Hojo family can drive at present.The contact between Izu and Sagami was temporarily cut off.He still doesn't know how many retainers and warriors he can get back by then.

Just when he was frowning and thinking about countermeasures.In the carriage beside him stretched out a slender hand and opened the curtain, revealing a beautiful face and softly calling to Hojo Shizheng: "Mr. It's falling apart."

Hojo's policy horse came to the carriage and held the woman's warm little hand, and said in a gentle voice, "Wait a little longer, we will be there soon."

This woman is the eldest daughter of Takeda Shingen and Mrs. Sanjo, and the most beloved daughter of Takeda Shingen. She married the wife of the Hojo clan, Huang Meiin, and married into the Hojo family as a wife as part of the political alliance.But she was lucky enough to reap a precious love, probably Huangmeiyuan is a strange woman envied by countless warrior girls in the world.

Loving his wife may be a characteristic of the Hojo family. Hojo Ujiyasu loves his wife Ruikein very much. Even if the Hanakura Rebellion caused the Hojo family to face a huge crisis and the Hojo family faced a huge crisis. And carry forward the fine traditions, and love his wife Huang Meiyuan to death.

What's more interesting is that Hojo Ujiyasu's eldest son, Shinkuro, died young, and his second son, Hojo Ujimasa, inherited the position of family governor. As a son, Hojo Ujimasa also had his eldest son Shinkuro die. His second son, the future Hojo family, Hojo Ujinao.This is really the same as the father and son.

To say how deeply the Hojo clan loves Huang Meiin, one only needs to know when his father-in-law Takeda Shingen tore up the covenant and attacked his close relative the Imagawa clan.Adhering to the heart of resolutely protecting Huangmeiyuan, for this reason he did not hesitate to pretend that his father, Hojo Shiyasu, whom he feared the most, or his mother Ruixiyuan felt sorry for Huangmeiyuan who was pregnant, and begged Hojo Shiyasu to rest the anger of the thunder, and let him go first. The child escaped only after it was born.

Huang Meiyuan is in a very relaxed mood now, and the surrender of the Hojo family means that he no longer has to worry about his father-in-law Hojo Shiyasu forcing him to divorce. It is said that His Royal Highness Guandong Gongfang is a generous man with great affection, and he will not let her go The suffering of being forced to part with her husband, she doesn't understand the reason why her father betrayed the alliance, and she doesn't want to ask about those complicated things. She just wants to raise children for her husband and raise the descendants of the Hojo family. It's a similar idea.

Seeing that his unsatisfactory son still kept in touch with the daughter of the Takeda family on the way, Hojo Shiyasu snorted and turned his head away to look at Edo Castle, sighing: "Back then, our family also chose Edo Castle as a new residence. , It's a pity that the astronomical chaos that spread to Kanto consumed too much time and energy of my Hojo family."

Ruixiyuan knew her husband's thoughts very well, picked up the curtain and said softly: "Is your highness still thinking about that old grievance?"

"The old grievances have long been forgotten..." Hojo Shiyasu said with a long breath: "Don't think about things you shouldn't remember. Thinking too much will only increase your troubles."

After entering the city circle of Edo City for a long time, the team of hundreds of people slowly entered Edo City. The military barracks stationed outside the city vigilantly blocked the way of those who came. Some samurai of the Hojo family were allowed to enter Edo Castle, while others were arranged to rest in a temporary camp on the spot.

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Hojo Shizheng had no way to refuse this request. He just asked the guards to allow a carriage to enter for the sake of publishing his mother and pregnant wife. The samurai searched carefully around the carriage and told Hojo Shizheng reasonably. , female relatives can enter Edo Castle by car.

Thanks a lot, the Hojo clan entered Edo Castle with a team that was reduced to more than 100 people. At this time, Edo Castle no longer had any similarities with the small city in the past. The huge open space that was originally drawn Temporarily blocked by a wall, the outermost stone walls were being piled up intensely. Just from the fineness of the stone walls, it can be seen that the scale of this city is definitely more than that of Odawara Castle.

The inner area of ​​Edo Castle is very large, and it is not boring to walk along the way. After a short walk, you can see nearly a thousand craftsmen shouting chant and trying to pull up a beam that is tens of meters high. Beside the beams and columns, there are many towering trees, which are the best wood from Nanshinano and Yuao. It takes thousands of years for each tree to grow into a towering old tree.

The Hojo clan guessed that the beam and pillar should be the new residence of the Ashikaga family. Seeing that the pillar erected in this posture is the main beam of the castle tower that will be built on several floors, he looked at it for a while and secretly said: "Such a tall beam... I'm afraid it will take five Tianshou Pavilion on the first floor! What a courageous His Royal Highness Gongfang!" (To be continued...)

ps: The second update, the next one is at 14:[-] pm.