Thinking of this, I only heard the clan ask from the clan, "Do you know the purpose of the Hojo Army?" ”

Mizuse Uemon really knew something, but he hurriedly spoke: "Lord Hui, as far as his subordinates know, the Hojo clan is currently preparing to vigorously weaken the strength of the wealthy clans under his rule, and I am afraid that this is to weaken them through this battle." ”

Before the clan sect could speak, he only heard Honda Masanobu say: "Not only that, my lord, my subordinates think that the Hojo clan should think that the Hojo clan has just experienced a big defeat, the military spirit is unstable, and the army has a large number of new recruits, and the strength has declined, so he dares to do this." ”

"There is another point that the subordinates want to add, that is, the family has just fought with the Uesugi family, and the Hojo family probably thinks that Uesugi Keikatsu should not ask for help from the family, as long as he takes the lead, then even if he wants to ask for help, it will be too late. In this way, they dare to use this to consume the power of the wealthy clan. ”

The clan thought about it and felt that what he said was reasonable, the Hojo family's ability to collect intelligence was far worse than the family, he only knew that the family was defeated, but he didn't know that the family's army was only defeated, not completely annihilated, so although the military loss was not small, it was still within the tolerable range, and this time Hojo's mistake was to underestimate the strength of the family.

Since the other party sent his face to let him fight, then the fight was enough, so the clan immediately made arrangements. This time, it was the two spear ashigaru as the main attack, after all, although they were defeated last time, they were on the battlefield, and they were equipped with complete weapons, in addition, the Bowfoot Light Team also had to go, as the defensive side, the Bow Foot Light Team could come in handy. Originally, he wanted to send the iron artillery team to go, but when he thought that there were still four elites in Hojo's family, he finally gave up the idea. lest there be time because of the emptiness in the collar. was caught off guard. In addition to these own military forces. Maeda Toshiya and others will also go to war with the army, and the wealthy clans that Ueno is attached to, their role is to consume the Hojo Army, this time of course, they are indispensable, and the Takayama Army has also reached 21,000 people to assist Uesugi Keikatsu this time. Although the number is a little smaller, the combat power is stronger than those Hao clan coalition forces, and Bai Bei only has 8,000 people after all.

And this time, the clan still has no intention of going out in person. The Hojo clan can't come out of politics, so he won't be laughed at if he goes by himself. Subsequently, the clan appointed Honda Masanobu as the commander-in-chief, and two days later the army went into battle.

Because Uesugi Keitora attacked Kasuga Mountain Castle for several days in a row, all of them ended in failure, so he led his army to retreat to Godate Castle, which was only more than an hour away from Kasuga Mountain Castle, and waited for reinforcements here, but although Hojo reinforcements came, they had serious differences with him in strategy, according to the Hojo Army commander Kasahara Yasukatsu. Echigo should be eaten away first, and then attack Kasuga Mountain Castle. This is the safest way, but Uesugi Keihu thinks that he should first destroy Uesugi Keikatsu and seize Kasuga Mountain Castle, so that he is the only heir, so those opposition forces of the Uesugi family, after not having Uesugi Keikatsu, can only compromise in the end, so that not only can reduce losses, but also can master Echigo faster.

Both sides were able to achieve their final goals, but due to their different positions, they were arguing, but in the end, Uesugi Keitora won the victory, and the Hojo Army was only reinforcements after all, and when the other side proposed that the strategy could also be implemented, it still made concessions. But since the moment the army came to aid Uesugi Jinghu, Ueno has been theirs in the hearts of the Hojo family, but now the forces of the Uesugi and Takayama families are entrenched here, how can Kasahara Yasukatsu accept such a fact, so although he agreed to Uesugi Jinghu's request, he only sent the Hao clan and the Utsunomiya family to go, and he led the army under his command to continue to attack Ueno.

And at the same time as they agreed, Honda Masanobu led the Takayama Army to join the forces of Maeda Toshiya and others, and also began to march towards Echigo, as for the military strength of the Ueno Hao clan, Honda Masanobu disdained to let them come, with their combat power, except for bad things, he really didn't know what the use was, so he only sent people directly to Ueno to give an order, let them attack the vassal Hao clan of the Hojo family in Ueno, this should not be difficult for them, if they can't even do this little thing, then they have no need to exist.

Just as the Takayama family's army was assembled and was about to march towards Echigo, a ninja who was collecting information with the army suddenly came to report.

I saw him come to Honda Masanobu and salute and say: "Report to your lord, at present, the wealthy clan and the Utsunomiya family in the Hojo Army have left Ueno and are heading towards Godate Castle, and his command has obtained information, Kasahara Yasukatsu agreed to Uesugi Keitor's proposal, first destroy Uesugi Keikatsu in Kasuga Mountain Castle, and then eliminate the forces of Echigo Keikatsu, please decide." ”

Hearing this, Honda Masashi's eyes couldn't help but light up, at this time he didn't know how to destroy the Hojo Army, and now with this information, he could calmly arrange.

The strategy was already in his heart, Honda Masanobu no longer hesitated, and after sending the ninja, he immediately ordered: "Pass the order, the army of this family is deployed on the border, and it is not allowed to enter the further step, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law." ”

"This ...... Honda-sama, the lord's order is to help Uesugi Keikatsu as soon as possible, and if we stay here, it won't be a violation of the lord's order, so please think twice. When they heard such an order, Omiya Jingren and the others did not immediately carry it out, but only listened to him ask suspiciously.

"Let you wait here to set up defenses, not only to help Uesugi Keikatsu, but also to completely annihilate the enemy army, this matter is my own strategy, you don't have to doubt it, just act like this immediately."

Since Honda Masanshin explained that it was a plan, although Omiya Keiren and the others did not know how to implement it, they were still clear about the ability of the military advisor, and since the other party was so sure, then they had nothing to worry about, so they immediately executed the order.

And after Honda Masanobu saw that the army had been deployed according to his orders, he immediately got up and went to Kasuga Mountain Castle, if this plan was to succeed, it would have to be cooperated by Uesugi Keikatsu, and this matter was too complicated, and it would be difficult to explain it to others if they let others go, so he could only go in person.

Fortunately, from the current Nojiri Castle to Kasuga Mountain Castle, all the way to the plains, if you ride a horse and gallop, but only a day away, even if you are a quick march, it will only take two days, otherwise, your own strategy will not be able to use at all.

"Report to the lord, there is a samurai outside the city who claims to be the military master of the Takayama family, Honda Masanobu, and asks the lord to decide."

As soon as he heard that it was from the Takayama family, Uesugi Keikatsu immediately came to the spirit, as the Hojo army had entered Echigo, the current situation on his side has become more and more severe, he can now say that he does not look forward to the stars or the moon, he is looking forward to the Takayama army coming quickly, but this is several days, fortunately, the other party has been because of disagreement, did not march immediately, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do.

"Please...... No, I'm out to greet you personally. After speaking, I saw Uesugi Keikatsu carefully tidy up his clothes and walked out quickly.

After the two sides met, Uesugi Keikatsu didn't ask much, after all, although Kasuga Mountain Castle was already under his control, who could know if there would be a spy sent by Uesugi Keiho, so he was still very cautious, so he was just a guest along the way.

It wasn't until he entered a narrow ashram with only simple furniture that he asked, "I wonder what advice Honda-sama has come here in person this time." ”

"I don't dare to be, but this time I came here to completely annihilate Uesugi Keihu and the Hojo Army." Although Honda Masashi said that he did not dare, he was full of confidence.

Hearing this, Uesugi Keikatsu couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he hadn't thought about the word total annihilation at all, his idea was that as long as the Takayama Army could drive the Hojo Army away, he would already be very grateful, and the other party together had an army of 40,000, although I don't know how many reinforcements the Takayama family sent this time, but even if they were all sent, plus under his command, the army was only on par with the other party, how could this be completely annihilated.

Thinking of this, I only heard Uesugi Keikatsu ask suspiciously: "Do you know that the other party's army has tens of thousands?" ”

"I already know below." Honda Masanobu nodded and said.

"Since the adults already know, I won't say much, everything is arranged by the adults." Since the other party knows everything, there is only one possibility, either this Honda Masanobu is arrogant and boundless, or he has a clever plan to use, and Honda Masanobu is famous, as the chief military advisor of the Takayama family, his ability is unquestionable, so Uesugi Keikatsu immediately knew that the other party must have a plan to achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy, so he didn't ask much, and directly handed over the command to the other party.

At this moment, he is not afraid that the other party will harm himself, after all, if he wants to harm himself, then it will not be of any benefit to the Gao Shan family, with the ability of the Gao Shan family, he has not yet controlled the strength of Echigo, and the most ideal result for them is to help himself ascend to the position, and then he will fall to Gao Shan, so when he said this, he did not hesitate at all.

Honda Masanobu was very satisfied with his attitude, he thought that it would take a lot of time to move the other party to cooperate with him, but now before he could speak, the other party first said the matter, so that there is no obstacle to the implementation of the plan in his heart.

I only heard Honda Masatin say with satisfaction: "If you want to completely annihilate the enemy, it's actually very simple, but you need to borrow something from the adult, if the adult is willing to borrow, this can be done, if you don't borrow, then this plan can only be done." ”

"Adults don't have to have any doubts, as long as I have Uesugi Keikatsu, I can take it with my lord." Uesugi Jingsheng said directly, don't talk about borrowing a thing, as long as you don't lend yourself a head, what does it matter if he wants to give him something. (To be continued.) )