Speaking of the southern battlefield, before the army was deployed, the Takeda army was not the opponent of the Tokugawa army, let alone the army was reduced by forty percent, so in less than two days, the Takeda family began to rout, and Tokugawa Ieyasu took all Yatsushiro County.

However, after obtaining Yatsushiro-gun, the Tokugawa army did not continue to attack, but began to deploy defenses in this county and on the border with the Hojo family, putting on a posture of contentment.

The Tokugawa family did this, and the clan couldn't understand it, but Tokugawa didn't make trouble, which was exactly what he wanted, in his opinion, with the Takeda family's morale and morale, and whether they wanted to fight or not, it should be enough to give Hosokawa Fujitaka a week, and if he was lucky enough, maybe he could also have time to occupy Toriru County after eliminating Takeda. As for whether Hojo is willing to fight hard with the family after the demise of the Takeda family, it's hard to say.

Of course, the clan will never hand over the initiative to the other party in this matter, and even if Hosokawa Fujitaka can achieve his goal, he doesn't believe that the three armies of his family who have not participated in the battle can block the attack of the Hojo family, so he immediately issued an order, ordering Sanada Masaaki, Maeda Keiji and others to lead the army to Kai immediately and obey Hosokawa Fujitaka. Although it is not stated what these forces were used for, the clan believes that Hosokawa Fujitaka must have known where to send them.

Sure enough, it was almost as expected by the clan, due to the low morale of the Takeda family, and the limited combat power of the newly recruited Ashigaru, so within a week, the Takeda family, which had stood in the Warring States for decades, and had the strength to dominate the world, was destroyed, which simply made the people of the world dumbfounded.

But I have to say, the retainer of the Takeda family. Definitely the best samurai in the world. The Takeda family at the time of its demise. Dozens of people followed Takeda Katsuyori to Seppuku and continued to follow him to the Heavenly Kingdom, leaving only a few low-ranking retainers of the clan and Nagasaka Nagakan and other retainers who were directly beheaded.

However, although the Takeda family was destroyed, the battle did not end there, and although the Hojo family received the news that the Takeda family had been destroyed, the Hojo family did not choose to withdraw the army. Instead, he ordered the general to continue the march with 25,000 five-color preparations, and decided to fight at the Takayama family.

Hojo Shiyasu's decision was supported by all the retainers of the Hojo family, after all, the situation is different now, there was the Takeda family before, and the main family and the Takayama family still have a buffer, as long as it does not perish, then the Takayama clan will never cross Kai and attack Ueno, so the war will not burn to the main family at all, but now the buffer in the middle is completely gone. The family already borders the Takayama family, and the Hojo family has already received information. The goal of the Takayama clan is Kanto, and the Takeda family is just an appendage, so it is definitely inevitable to fight instead of a war, rather than this, then it is better to take advantage of its foothold in Kai to fight with it, if it wins, then Kai can be won, although the family needs to spend some manpower, but the status of Kai a country buffer will not become, and if it fails, the war will not burn to the mainland, and it can also cause a lot of losses to it, delaying the speed of its attack on Kanto.

Although the Takayama family is rich, it is true, but Hida and Shinano are not populous countries, even if they are rich, they can't recruit much ashigaru, and the family is located in Sagami, Musashi and other countries, although the population is worse than that of, but it is much stronger than Shinjia Fei, even if it fails, it is easy to pull up another army, since there is such an advantage, why not use it, fight consumption, the Hojo family has never been afraid of anyone.

After receiving the order, Hojo Naritana knew that the lord was going to deal with the Takayama family and not Tokugawa this time, so after leaving Odawara Castle, he did not go west, but went all the way north to Kai, but because he had made such a big detour, and the five colors were all achigar, the marching speed was slow, so when he led the army to the border between the two countries, the Takayama army had already been prepared.

However, the Takayama Army, which has always been civilized in the field of warfare, did not intend to engage in a field battle with the elite of the Hojo family this time. Rather, it is ready to give full play to the advantages of long-range military forces.

After receiving the Hojo Army's attack, Hosokawa Fujitaka immediately transferred the family's long-range attack force to Yashan Castle, at this moment in the city 1,000 bow team, 2,000 iron artillery team, and 3,000 ninja troops who can throw shuriken, as well as 500 banner samurai teams, and 1,600 people under the command of the four heavenly kings of the Takayama family, with these more than 8,000 troops, Hosokawa Fujitaka also has a bottom in his heart, this time, the goal of the family is Kai, and now the goal has been achieved, as long as the Hojo family is repulsed, even if the task is completed, as for how to exceed the task, I don't want to at all, Because Hojo is not a soft persimmon, he can knead himself casually, and being able to minimize losses this time is already considered to be overfulfilled. As for the rest of the troops, they were sent to various parts of Kai to avoid a rebellion after the arrival of Hojo reinforcements.

But he did so, which caused a lot of people to be dissatisfied. In particular, several samurai of the Hachimoto samurai team had the most trouble. As soon as Keiji Maeda, Mad Demon Kotaro and the leading general Koro Caizo received the news, they went straight to the castle tower.

As soon as they met, they heard Maeda Keiji yelling: "Strategist, I will never agree with such an arrangement, since the war, when has my family been a shrunken turtle, even if I don't plan to invade Ueno, then I can't shrink back to defense." Therefore, before the enemy arrives, you should immediately go out of the city and prepare to fight the enemy to the death. "If it's Honda, Sanada's two military divisions are in command, even if he is dissatisfied with the tactics, he will never put on such an attitude, but Maeda Keiji has not had much contact with Hosokawa Fujitaka, and he has not made any credit since joining the family, so he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the lord, which made him very unconvinced, before he proved it, he would never give the other party, and originally this time was the best time for Hosokawa Fujitaka to prove himself, but he actually gave up like this, so it seems that this person's ability is average, So there's no need to give the other side a face.

And as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the wind demon Kotaro echo casually: "Maeda-sama is right, this time it should be a showdown with the enemy, the five-color preparation is the elite of the Hojo family, as long as this army can be eliminated or defeated, then it is of great significance to attack Kanto in the future, this time the family dispatched almost all the troops, do you think that the lord is just to win Kai so easy?" If that's the case, then only 5,000 people are enough, isn't it the fact that the family's army is pouring out of the nest and is not up and down from the Hojo family? ”

After the two commanders finished speaking, Keer Caizang, as the leading general, also had to say a few words, but because his identity was really far from Hosokawa Fujitaka, and he was the same as him, he was a new member of the Kwantung Army, so he couldn't speak so carelessly. I only heard him say: "Military division, as far as I know, this time Hojo sent 25,000 troops to come, although the five-color preparation is also famous in the world, but after all, they are all foot soldiers, and the family side of the melee and long-range attack, cavalry are all there, even if the number of people is at a disadvantage, but as long as it is used properly, it is enough to defeat it, once this is the case, then as the mad demon said, this will be of great benefit to the next attack on Kanto, so please think twice." ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka knew that he had not yet established himself in the Takayama family, so he had to explain his thoughts and the current situation to them, since he said it, it would be good to explain it once and again, lest the Banner Samurai team come today, and the bow team will come tomorrow, and he will only entertain them, and he will not do anything else.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the general to be summoned.

When everyone came, before he could speak, Maeda Toshiya came up and gave Maeda Keiji a slap, only to hear him say sternly: "You bastard, what did the lord order before leaving, everything is arranged by the military advisor, not only did you not listen, but you took your subordinates to make trouble for the military advisor, and you didn't let me admit my mistake quickly." ”

Maeda Keiji is now the boss is not small, and his identity is also regarded as a major minister of the Takayama family, especially after the Maeda Li family was divided, I haven't experienced this feeling for a few days, after just being slapped violently, not only did I have no complaints, but I woke up, and I went against the military advisor, which is not the same as going against the lord, but fortunately it didn't care about myself in general, if you are narrow-minded, you only need to hand yourself over to the lord, then it's not fun, maybe the lord is angry, and it is very likely that he will be wasted. However, it can also be seen from this, not to mention the ability of the military division, but there is still a bearing.

Thinking about this, he didn't compete, of course, with his uncle beside him, he didn't dare to compete, only to see Maeda Keiji hurriedly saluted and said: "I was too anxious just now, and I asked the military advisor to forgive me." ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka himself was not ready to meet him in general, and now he saw that the other party bowed his head and directly revealed the matter. And get down to business.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the battle with the Hojo family, I decided to take the cage city, compared to all of you have some opinions in your heart, this time I summoned everyone here to explain this matter. You must all have some understanding of the combat power of the Hojo family's five-color preparation, although it is not as elite as the main family, but it is stronger than the new writing team, and the number is far from comparable to the main family, so what we have to do is to save ourselves, try to consume the elite of the Hojo family, only in this way in the future to carry out the Kanto strategy to reduce some resistance......"

When Hosokawa Fujitaka said what he thought in his heart and the comparison of the strengths of the two families, although the retainers still regretted that they couldn't have a good fight with each other, they couldn't admit that what the military advisor said was right. And I also have a new view of Hosokawa Fujitaka in my heart.

The other two military divisions of the family, Honda military division loves to take risks, and Sanada military division is too cautious, but this is all in tactics, and Hosokawa military division is different from him, it is possible that in the use of tactics, Hosokawa military division is not as good as Honda, Sanada two military divisions, but in terms of grand strategy, it is not comparable to the two military divisions. (To be continued.) )