So I only heard the old family Kawai Tadayuan took the lead and said: "Lord, my subordinates think that the current Hojo family is no longer something that the family can compete with, especially after Yuki defected to the other party, the attitude of the Utsunomiya family was also a little shaken, so once the war with Hojo started, then the family would face the dilemma of fighting independently, so it was not a wise choice to start a war with the Hojo family, so the subordinates thought that they should take refuge in the same way as Yuki......"

Before Kawai Tadayuan finished speaking, the Mabishi clan directly interrupted him, and he disagreed with a hundred of them for taking refuge in Hojo, so he only heard him say angrily: "Shut up, lord, my subordinates will never agree to my family to take refuge in Hojo, even if I take refuge, Hojo will never let go of my family, so my subordinates would rather fight to the death than surrender." ”

"The lord, the subordinates also think that the family must not take refuge in Hojo, the family and Hojo have been fighting for many years, and the grudge is deep, unless the lord is willing to hand over the territory, otherwise even if he works, he will be suspicious of the Hojo family, and it will be too late to resist when the time comes, so please make a decision." I only listened to Ota Zimasa's persuasion.

Although Ota Shimasa is nominally a retainer of the Satake clan, but in fact, as an abandoned minister of Uesugi, he has always been loyal to the Uesugi family, and has always been outside the Satake retainers, that is, Satake Yoshishige has always admired Uesugi Kenshin, otherwise such a person would never be allowed to exist in the Satake family, but due to the abandonment of the Uesugi family, Satake Yoshishige has been a little dissatisfied with his existence. This is clear in Ota's heart, so since returning from the Uesugi family, in order to consider the future of the family, he has decided to completely fall to the Satake family, his idea is very simple, anyway, there is no possibility of returning to the Uesugi family. It would be better to help Satake resist Hojo. Do it yourself. It's also a help to the Uesugi family, so from such a standpoint, he will never allow the Satake family to become a vassal of Hojo, and even now, in his heart, he is still thinking about the Uesugi family.

With the change of his attitude, Satake Yoshishige accepted him, after all, Ota Zimasa's ability is still very important, if such a talent is not used. Yoshishige Satake admits that he can't do it.

Although Satake Yoshishige let the retainers discuss, it was absolutely not allowed to return to the Hojo family, and when the Mabe clan finished talking to Ota Shimasa, although he stopped the unreasonableness of the Mabe clan, he said that he would not consider returning to Hojo.

With such a decision, the matter has become clear, and there are only two ways to go in front of the Satake family, the first is to fight to the death with the Hojo family with the determination of the family name to be destroyed.

The other way...... It came out of the mouth of Wada Zhaowei. I only heard him speak, "Since the lord doesn't want to return to Hojo, he doesn't want to see his family perish. Without Uesugi assistance, there is only one way to go, and that is to form an alliance with the Takayama family. ”

"An alliance with the Takayama family?" Everyone present except for Satake Yoshishige couldn't help but be stunned, they didn't think about this idea at all, after all, the main family and the Takayama family are one in the east and the other in the west, and it is very difficult for the two families to get in touch across Hojo, and the Takayama clan is not a retainer of the Oda family, even if it is allied with the Takayama family, then the Takayama clan as a retainer can be the master, so it seems that there is no practical point in forming an alliance with it.

When I thought of this, I only heard Odano Yoshitada speak: "Wada-sama's idea seems to be too idealistic, the main family and the Takayama family are on the east and west sides of the Hojo family, even if an alliance is formed, once the Hojo family attacks the main family, I am afraid that it will be at least two months before the Takayama family gets the news, plus the time of transfer...... There are more than two months, enough time to capture Shinji, Taixin, and other southern counties of the family, and with the 70,000 people of the Hojo family, only 30,000 people can resist the attack of the Takayama family, as long as it leaves 20,000 troops on the western front, the family may be difficult to regain the lost territory, so after a few times, the family still cannot escape the fate of destruction, so the subordinates believe that the alliance with the Takayama family can not change the situation of the family. ”

"My lord, my subordinates feel that what Oda-sama said is reasonable, and he has formed an alliance with the Takayama family, which is tantamount to drawing a clear line with the Uesugi family, and the Oda family is currently dealing with Uesugi, so once it forms an alliance with it, it will be difficult to get the support of the Uesugi family in the future, so please think twice." Of course, Ota Shimasa did not want the Honke family to form an alliance with Takayama, who was the enemy of Uesugi, so he would never want to see the two alliances reached.

"Hmph, Ota-sama, in your eyes, is the attitude of the Uesugi family more important than the safety of the family? And I want to ask, now that the family is already facing a difficult situation, where is the help of the Uesugi family? When you go to Kasuga Mountain Castle this time, can't you see that Uesugi-sama has already given up on the family, so why should the family still deceive themselves to maintain such a meaningless connection? "Eoka Shigeshi said with some dissatisfaction, if it comes to forming an alliance, there is no one more say in the family than him, although Eoka Shige's reputation is not obvious, but it is one of the indispensable ministers of the Satake family, although he has not made any contributions in the battle, but it has this irreplaceable role in the diplomacy of the Satake family, it can be said that Satake in the face of such a powerful force as Hojo, can still hold on to the present, completely inseparable from the three alliances proposed and completed by the Eoka Shige.

"You ......" Although Ota was indignant at the other party's rebuttal, he really couldn't find a reason to refute for a while.

And the Eoka Shigeshi didn't care about Ota Shimasa at all, but continued: "The lord, the subordinates think that the alliance with the Takayama family can be carried out, and in addition, the lord can marry the forces behind the family, such as Nikaido, Soma, and Ashina, although there is no good advice for resisting the attack of the Hojo family, but the subordinates know that if there is a war with the Hojo family, they must go all out, so the stability of the rear of the family is very important." ”

Satake Yoshishige nodded after listening, the Satake family has always attached great importance to diplomacy, because he knew that in this era, it was not possible to rely on himself alone, so since his father Yoshiaki began to put diplomacy in the same important position as the military, so Satake Yoshishige did not hesitate at all, and directly agreed to the proposal to marry several forces of Mutsu, and handed over to the Eoka Shigeshi to be responsible.

As for the alliance with the Gaoshan Clan, although he had already agreed, he didn't care too much, after all, even if the two alliances were formed, there would be no practical benefits for the family.

Wada Akira was satisfied at first when he saw that the lord agreed, but as the lord's indifferent attitude became more and more obvious, he thought it was necessary to let the lord and all the adults present recognize the strength of the Takayama family.

Since the Satake family was blocked by the Hojo family, they didn't know much about the things west of the Kanto, and it can be said that they didn't know anything about the west at all, except for some big events from the wandering monks and merchants. They had heard of the daimyo of the Takayama clan, and they also knew that the strength of the Takayama clan was not weak, but they didn't know how strong it was and to what extent.

And Hetian Zhaowei has always paid attention to the collection of intelligence, so no one present knows more than him.

So I only heard him speak: "My lord, I'm afraid you don't know the strength of the Takayama family, so I feel that it is necessary to introduce it to the lord and your lords, according to the information obtained by the subordinates, after the Oda family implemented the legion system last year, the rights of its important ministers have been greatly improved, at least the commanders of the Oda family's legions, although they are still the retainers of the Oda family, but in essence, they have become retainers and become subordinate to the Oda family. Therefore, in terms of external strategy, it can be formulated according to one's own wishes, and there is no need to wait for Oda Nobunaga's approval.

And the Takayama clan sect as the commander of the Kwantung Army, its main task is to eliminate the Hojo family, you may think this is funny, joke with the strength of the Takayama family how can it be possible to destroy the powerful Hojo, at first I also felt that this was impossible, but after in-depth understanding, I felt that this was not a random arrangement by Oda Nobunaga. As you know, the Takayama clan only relied on its own strength to eliminate the Takeda clan in less than two years, not only capturing Kai and Shinano, but also completely controlling these two countries. Although the Takeda family has declined with the death of Takeda Shingen, even so, it is definitely not possible for ordinary people to eliminate it in less than two years. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, including Satake Yoshishige.

"This ...... How is this possible? One of the retainers said in disbelief that if it was Oda Nobunaga who helped him win the two countries, and they thought it was understandable, then it would be too appalling to destroy Takeda with the strength of the Takayama clan alone.

Wada Akiwei didn't say anything more to such a retainer, but continued to say to himself: "This is not counted, according to the latest information received by his subordinates, the Tokugawa family is afraid of the Takayama clan, and has obtained the consent of Oda Nobunaga, and the territory is exchanged with Tanba, Tango's Oda family retainer Sakuma Nobumori, Sakuma Nobumori and the Takayama clan are Weng sons-in-law, and they are the mainstay of the Oda family's Takayama faction, it can be said that as long as the Takayama clan needs it, it is completely possible to mobilize the Sakuma family's military strength, although it is not clear the strength of the Sakuma family, However, with the territory of 800,000 stones in Junyuan Three Kingdoms, it is not a problem to recruit 20,000 ashigaru. In addition to him, in the northern part of the Takayama clan, Echichu, and Noto have also been controlled by another father-in-law of the Takayama clan, Shibata Katsuie, who is also the right-hand man of the Takayama clan, and it can be said that he was sent by the Oda family to deal with the Uesugi family. (To be continued.) )