Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 51: Sagami Lion

After the strategy of Guofeng Castle, Kenju Oba not only killed Koba Kageshun of the same clan and regained his original residence, but also used his influence in Ganraku County and Dohu County to attract local tycoons to return to the Takeda family and deliver them. hostage.

   This move completely caused the Nagano family to lose control of Ganle County and Dohu County, as if the left and right arms were cut off. The Three Thousand Armed Forces of the Takeda Family continued to attack the city without stopping, this time surrounding the outskirts of Minowa Castle, Kuragano Castle.

   was besieged for two or three days. At this time, Nobuyasu Takeda received a letter from Hojo Shiyasu, the former owner of the Hojo family. Hojo clan Yasushi, now known as the Sagami lion, has passed the position of house governor to the Hojo clan, but he still holds the military and political power of the Hojo clan.

   A letter from Hojo's Yasushi said that he wanted the Takeda family to transfer to the Musashi country, and he would make peace with the Hojo family's army he personally led to besiege Kenkatsu Uesugi who was stationed at Musashi Matsuyama Castle. The generals of the Takeda family convened a military meeting and decided to send troops to support the Hojo family's raid on Matsuyama Castle.

At that time, it was heard that the Hojo Army of the Takeda Army arrived, and the powerful people of the Ueno State with the fine traditions of wall grass, such as Narita Changyao, Sano Masatsuzuna, Koyama family, Oda family, etc. Leading Uesugi Kenshin's relationship has turned to Hojo's family one after another.

   Almost overnight, when Kenshin Uesugi woke up from a dream, he realized that his power in Ueno was suddenly reduced by half.

  The Battle of Heyue is one of the three major night battles in the Warring States Period. It is as famous as Ping Sayama and Itsukushima, and is a classic battle that wins more with less.

   In this battle, the Hojo family governor, Hojo Shiyasu, commanded the 11,000-man Hojo Army to win more with less, breaking the 80,000 Kanto Allied Forces.

   And there was a big change in Kanto. Hojo started, and the strong and weak, the family name of the Ogaya Uesugi clan was cut off, and the Ueuchi Uesugi, who was the former Kanto governor, was also hit hard.

   After the Hojo clan's follow-up to Musashi, Ueno invaded and captured, the former Kanto leader Uesugi Kensei had to go to Echigo to defect to Uesugi Kenshin, and then began a ten-year sojourn life.

   In the four years of Yonglu, Kenshin Uesugi was deposited in Kasuga Mountain Castle. Uesugi Kensei, who had a leisurely meal all day, summoned Kanto tycoons to march into Hojo's home in the name of Kanto governor. At that time, the Hojo family was besieged by Ueno, Shimo, Musashi, Hitachi, Kazuo, Shizuo countries, an unprecedented and unprecedented 100,000 Kanto coalition forces.

As a result, the Hojo family survived strongly by relying on the strong castle Odawara Castle. Uesugi Kenshin had to withdraw, but on the way back, the Hojo family’s key Matsuyama Castle in Musashi was unplugged, and Uesugi Kenkatsu was stationed here. Ordering the lord of Iwasuke Ota Sukemao to help defend Matsuyama Castle and prevent the Hojo clan from extending their clutches into Ueno again.

After completing the strategy of Matsuyama Castle, Kenshin Uesugi was at the Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura with confidence and formally succeeded the Kanto governor from his adoptive father Uesugi Kensei. In his name, he took charge of Musashi, Sagami, Hitachi, Kazuo, The eight states of Shimoso, Abo, Ueno, and Shimodo Kanto, as well as Kai and Izu, are ten rule-making countries.

   But such a righteous name is still relatively unreliable.

   When Uesugi Kensei was in charge, the Kanto nobles did not buy his account. When Uesugi Kenshin succeeded to Kanto, this name became even worse.

  When Uesugi Kenshin was strong, the tycoons saw that there was a bargain to pick up, and the Hojo family had been doing a lot of evil for a long time, so they all came to Odawara to hit the Hojo family with a rake.

   But after the fourth Kawamakajima battle, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen were both defeated, and their influence in Ueno fell a lot.

At this time, the Hojo family and the Takeda family made a comeback in Ueno. The local wealthy people who put their own safety first, turned around and accused Uesugi Kenshin of how shameless and shameless they were before, and then devoted themselves like a child who lost his way. In the warm embrace of the patriarch Yasushi Hojo.

   After receiving the allegiance of some of the great families in Ueno, Hojo clan Yasushi focused all of his attention on Matsuyama Castle, and the 6,000 Hojo clan army under the castle attacked Matsuyama Castle with all their strength.

   So when the army of the three thousand Takedas drove to the Matsuyama castle in Musashi country, they saw that the mountains and plains were filled with the military tents of the Hojo army, and the Matsuyama castle in the land of bullets was surrounded by water.

   On the same day, in order to thank the Allied Takeda family for their reinforcements, Hojo clan hosted a banquet for the generals of the Takeda family under Matsuyama Castle.

   The banquet site is a flat area, and then a frontal screen painted with the Hojo three scales, or the three-step Rin Hojo family pattern, is surrounded by a rectangle on all sides.

   Hojo Soun, the first governor of Hojo, was established in Sagami’s Odawara Castle. It was called the Go-Hojo clan. The purpose was to distinguish it from the former Hojo clan, who had no shogun’s power during the Kamakura Shogunate but had the true shogun’s power.

   Hojo Soun was originally named Ise Shinkuro Choshi, and after capturing Izu Sagami, he claimed to be a descendant of the Hojo clan in order to unify Kanto. Therefore, the family pattern also adopts the three-lin pattern of the original Hojo clan.

   The three-lin pattern of the original Hojo clan is the replacement pattern of the Yang Yu butterfly with the family pattern of the Hengwu Hei clan.

   Therefore, the Hojo clan represented the Hei clan, and the Gen clan of the Takeda clan was a mortal enemy hundreds of years ago.

Now the Hojo family has been managed by the three generations of the family governors of Hojo Soun, Hojo clan, and Hojo clan Yasuo. The territory has been directly governed by Izu, Sagami, Shimoso, and Musashi four countries. The forces invaded Ueno, Kazuo and Hitachi, and they have long been among the million-stone names of the Warring States period. Ranks.

   As far as Ishigaka is concerned, it is ahead of the current Takeda and Uesugi.

   Within the battlefield, the two generals of the Hojo family and the Takeda family are sitting in the middle, and the generals of the Takeda family and the Hojo family are sitting face to face under the generals.

  As the host, Hojo's Yasuzu is sitting on the cushion, wearing a black-painted appearance, and a towering black hat, wearing a hunting suit, holding a cypress fan, and chatting with Takeda Shinren with a smile. At the moment Takeda Nobuyasu continues to play the role of the Takeda Shingen shadow warrior. Anyway, the two brothers are similar in appearance. If they weren't long-term servants, or the old vassals of the Takeda family, it would be difficult to distinguish the two.

  Because of the night battle of the river, Hojo, who became famous in World War I, is known as the Sagami lion. He is 47 years old and six years older than Takeda Shingen.

   And Hojo's most distinctive mark is the scar on his right face that looks like a centipede, Panheng, which was injured when he went to battle in the night of the river.

   But with the great victory of Kawagoe Night War, this scar has become a symbol of Hojo Clan's bravery.

   The retainers of the Hojo clan, every time they see it, they respect the Hojo clan Yasunari.

   Li Xiao secretly looked at the deity of this Sagami lion, and saw that his temperament was calm and determined, and his heart said that the power of this man is not inferior to Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.

And when Hojo's Yasushi was talking and laughing with Takeda Noburuen, his eyes still swept away from time to time, sitting under Takeda Noburuen. The large rows of Takeda generals who were drinking were obviously to see if there were any characters~www. wuxiamtl.com~Li Xiao, of course, doesn't want to cause trouble with his upper body, so he drinks by himself now.

   Among the group of Takeda generals, Li Xiao picked up the small-necked wine bottle, poured the wine on the small saucer, and drank it in one sip.

  The Japanese wine vessel is a flat plate, and a few drops of wine can’t be filled. This is too stingy.

   As for the so-called banquet, it is even more cheating.

   Japanese banquets are traditionally divided into meals. The unified standard is three dishes and one soup. The three dishes are a combination of one meat and two vegetables, and then some sake and rice.

   In the small wooden table in front of Li Xiao, in addition to a few pieces of mussel shells as meat dishes, there are pickled radishes, pickled vegetable leaves, a bowl of miso soup, and a bowl of rice that is not enough for a few bites.

   This is really an era of extremely poor material.

   Especially Japan believes in Buddhism. Except for birds and fish, no meat is allowed, and all dishes are light and salty.

   So it's no wonder that Li Xiao has almost faded out of his mouth in the past three months.

   But even so, most of the Takeda generals looked hungry. It is no wonder that during the marching battles these days, rice **** are served with miso soup every day. In comparison, the class of Hojo's Kang banquet is indeed much higher.

   So in front of such a ‘rich’ banquet, the generals of the two armies ate very happily, plus a little sake to add to the fun. Suddenly several generals couldn’t control their mouths and started running the train with their mouths full.

   "I heard that the Takeda family was defeated in the battle of Chuanzhongjima last time, and its vitality has not recovered, so this time it sent a mere three thousand troops to support. Instead of this, it is better to go back quickly."

   There was a Hojo general who seemed to be drinking very much. He began to talk to the Takeda family. When he heard that, the Takeda general stopped eating.

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