It can be said that he returned to the Takayama family, not only did he not ********, but he was much stronger than in the Hojo family.

Although he is a cavalry commander in Heibei, he is not much different from the leading generals of other thousand-man teams, and Heibei is only counted if he says it, and what he says is at most a little better than farting. So at this time, he knew that he had made the most correct choice this time.

So after the clan sect finished speaking, Yuanshan Naoki did not have any resistance at all, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him.

And Duomu Yuanzhong, who was the opposite of his choice, was bitter at this time, originally he was still glad about the choice he had made before, but before he could relax in a hurry, he saw that the three armies in front of him were blocking the way, and before he could make a choice, the three largest armies had already rushed towards him. Two other armies followed. After seeing this, Tamu Mototada knew that this time he would never have a chance to return to Odawara Castle.

If he immediately gave up his military strength at this time, and only took his cronies to continue to flee north immediately, it would not be impossible to save his life, after all, the distance between the two sides at this moment is still nearly two hundred meters or so, and he has a war horse to help, but don't look at his cautious personality, but like Hojo Tsunari, he has no intention of escaping at all, he is just like Hojo Tsunari, as a veteran who has witnessed the development of the Hojo family, he knows that after this war, the family has no hope, and the best outcome is to unconditionally submit to the Takayama family in the end, so as to keep the family name, But such an ending was something he didn't want to see anyway, so when he saw that there were about 20,000 troops blocking the way in front of him, they didn't choose to run away, but chose to meet them. It's just that he didn't hesitate, but it doesn't mean that his subordinates also have such courage, so when Tamu Mototada launched a charge against the 20,000 enemy troops on the opposite side, the army behind him was less than 500 people, and the other samurai and Ashigaru hesitated at this time.

Duomu Yuanzhong didn't care about other people's choices at all, and most of the samurai of the three coalition forces on the opposite side knew that the person in front of them was the object that must be eliminated after seeing each other's courage, but it could be seen from their expressions that they were full of admiration for Duomu Yuanzhong at the moment, and the best way to express their admiration was to let the other party die with dignity.

So when the other party rushed over, the three families tacitly did not choose to besiege, but to solve the battle in a samurai way, Tamu Mototada was older than Hojo Tsunari, although he did not encounter a siege, but in the end, after exhausting his physical strength, with the permission of the coalition generals Shibata Katsuie, Otani Yoshitsugu and the Uesugi army general Shibata Shigeie, he committed suicide by seppuku.

As for the remaining thousands of troops behind him, he chose to surrender before he saw that there were coalition troops blocking the way, and the mountain army was chasing and killing him, and the main general had already died, so the battle had not yet begun.

And with their submission, Takayama and the Hojo family in the Ashigara Plain, and finally ended with the victory of the Takayama family, this joint battle, although it caused a lot of losses to the Takayama army, but after counting the number of people, due to the surrender of a large number of troops of the Hojo family, so the army of the Takayama family did not rise but fell, this time the Takayama family dispatched 50,000 people, and after the end of the war, the number of the Takayama army has reached nearly 60,000 people, in addition to the formation of an additional cavalry team, the rest of the foot soldiers after not filling the battle damage, It's enough for the clan to form another spear ashigaru team. As for the other forces, there is no such good luck as the clan, after all, even if they have collected a lot of troops, but because these ashigaru homes are in the Kanto, they have no way to bring back the territory, so they can only give up the plan to make up for the war damage, of course, the clan will not let them suffer, otherwise this time the family will use all their strength to help themselves, if they don't show it, then I'm afraid there will be no next time, so after the war, the clan paid a lot of money for this. After all, after the statistics, excluding the Sakuma family, the number of dead in these three families alone reached 4,000, and this is also the number that Shibata and Uesugi did not plan to make a sum of money from the Black Clan, after collecting the defeated army. And if it weren't for the Takayama family being replenished after the war, if the losses were counted, the losses of the Takayama family would be more than the three combined, but fortunately, in the end, the Hojo family made a choice to surrender, otherwise, it would be even more difficult to attack Odawara Castle next.

Of course, compared with the loss, being able to obtain the Kanto region is undoubtedly the most important, as long as it can capture this place, then even after the retainers are divided, with the wealth of the Kanto, the clan is confident that it can afford to raise this army of 60,000 people.

As for the Hojo Army, after the defeat of the joint battle, although it retreated into Odawara Castle, the strength of the Hojo Army was sharply reduced from 80,000 to 20,000, which was definitely a serious blow to the Hojo family, such a blow was unprecedented, that is, Odawara Castle was still in his hands, otherwise not to mention those retainers, even the Hojo clan himself did not have the confidence to fight again.

If the loss of the military situation makes the Hojo clan feel heartache, then the loss of the retainers is more difficult for him to bear, especially with the death of Hojo Tsunasari, Tamu Mototada, Hojo clan and other retainers, the Hojo family's retainers have suffered a serious blow, these dead retainers are all the ministers of the family, Hojo Tsunashi is the right-hand man of the Hojo clan, and now even he is dead, the Hojo clan doesn't know what to do for a while, after all, without Hojo Tsunari to give him advice, he is really not used to it.

Of course, although he was not used to the absence of Hojo Tsunari, but now that the Takayama Army was still outside the city, it was not a time for grief, so as soon as the army retreated to the city, the Hojo clan immediately ordered the Hojo clan to serve as the general of the cage castle, and was fully responsible for resisting the attack of the Takayama Army. As for him, he returned to the castle tower and grieved alone.

Do not raise the mountain coalition army and the Hojo family decisive battle Ashgara Plain, only say the Satake family on the east side of the Hojo family.

Since the Satake family had already decided to become a minister of the Takayama family, after the clan decided to launch a full-scale attack on the Hojo family in April, he still sent someone to inform Satake Yoshishige, and the clan sent someone to send a letter to Satake Yoshishige very simply, which only wrote the date of the Takayama coalition attack, and did not mention anything else.

Although the clan didn't have any special idea of doing this, it was purely to tell the Satake family, but Satake Yoshishige couldn't help but think about it, and looked at the letter that only read: April 15 decisive battle Hojo, Satake family to help fight. On the few words of the letter, he was stunned more than once.

At first, Satake Yoshishige didn't think much about it, the literal meaning is very simple, let yourself help the war, to put it bluntly, let yourself send troops, this matter has been decided as early as when the two families reached an agreement, so after reading it, he immediately ordered, but soon he found that this short content, it seems that it is not so simple, if the Gaoshan clan only needs to send troops by itself, then according to common sense, the other party will definitely not write to help the war, but to write the battle, after all, the two families are one in the east and one in the west, and they are now completely independent, How can you help Takayama-sama? As for the issue of clerical errors, he didn't think about it at all, how could such a common use of content be written incorrectly.

For three days in a row, Satake Yoshishige couldn't understand Takayama-sama's intentions, and the decisive battle between the Takayama family and the Hojo clan was imminent, and he was no longer allowed to think about it, so Satake Yoshishige immediately gathered his retainers, hoping that they could see Takayama-sama's intentions.

Since the important ministers of the Satake family were scattered all over the place, it was not until three days later that the important ministers of the family gathered in the Ota Castle Assessment Room.

As soon as the retainers saluted, Satake Yoshishige did not hesitate at all, and directly handed over the letter given to him by the Takayama clan to the close attendants around him and circulated it to his retainers. When the letter was circulated, I only heard Satake Yoshishige ask: "Ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, Takayama-sama sent someone to deliver this letter to me, and at the beginning, I thought that Takayama-sama just wanted my family to go into battle, but after reading it carefully, I found that this matter is not so simple, if Takayama-sama only wants my family to fulfill its promise, there is no need to use the word "help war" at all, after all, even if the family does not come out, the Hojo family's army stationed in Hitachi will not be able to move. So I don't think the family can be out of battle to help the war, and since the other party used this word, then there must be another purpose, I don't know what you think, what is the real purpose of Lord Takayama? ”

The retainers present didn't have much idea after reading it, but when the lord finished speaking, they all fell into deep thought. And just when the retainers were all pondering, the family diplomacy pursued Eoka Shigeshi did not have so many ideas, especially in charge of diplomacy for many years, he had already developed a habit of trying not to guess things that were not clear, otherwise once he guessed in the wrong direction, he could only get farther and farther away from the other party's expectations, and the best way to solve it was to ask clearly.

So I only heard him speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that since the lord thinks that there is something wrong with this letter, instead of secretly guessing, it is better to send someone to Kofu to ask Lord Takayama clearly, so as not to make a wrong choice, and now there are nearly two months before the decisive battle, and the time is enough, I don't know what the lord thinks?" ”

Send someone to ask? After listening to the suggestion of the Eoka Shige, Satake Yoshishige didn't even think about it, so he vetoed the proposal, it is obvious that the Takayama clan is probably intending to investigate himself, if he sends someone to Kofu, although he can understand the true intentions of Takayama-sama, but the status of the family will be seriously reduced in his heart, if it is only a vassal, it will not be a big deal, but once Hojo is eliminated, the family will become a minister of the Takayama family, become a vassal, then the status in the heart of the lord is very important, can the family develop, It all depends on what the other party thinks in his heart, so when Eoka Shigeshi finished speaking, Satake Yoshishige shook his head directly, and rejected him without any hesitation.

After a while, the real wall clan had already given up, and it was no problem for him to go to war, let him guess the minds of others, it was really a little difficult for this fierce general, so when the Eoka Shigeshi finished speaking, he only heard him speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that no matter what Takayama-sama's original intentions are, it must be based on the premise of his own army, so the lord doesn't have to think about it at all, the most important thing at the moment is not to guess Takayama-sama's original intentions, but to immediately mobilize the army, first eliminate Hitachi's Hojo Army, and wait until they are eliminated, It's not too late to reconsider these issues. ”

"What Mabe-sama said is not unreasonable, and his subordinates also think so, no matter what, the most important thing at the moment is to destroy the Hojo Army in Hitachi first, if this goal cannot be achieved, even if it is useless to guess, so please ask the lord to mobilize the army immediately." Suda Morihide, the commander of the Satake family, also echoed. And the suggestions of the two of them were also supported by many samurai, of course, these people were basically leading samurai.

"My lord, my subordinates think that since Takayama-sama has used the word "help in the war", it must not be so simple, and even if it is a battle, then the family has two ways to go, the first is to first eliminate the enemy's military situation on the south side of Changlu, and the other way is that the army of the family is all the way to the west, go down to the general, Musashi and Takayama army round, if so, then it can be regarded as a war assistance." When Hetian Weizhao heard the other party mention the battle, he immediately said.

"Lord Hetian, what is your intention in persuading the lord to do this? Once the family goes all the way to the west, how can the Hojo army on the south side of Hitachi not take advantage of the situation, and then the family's family business will be destroyed, and what will happen to the family? ”

And at this time, as the wisest person in the Satake family, Okamoto Zenzhe spoke, as the military advisor of the Satake family, as soon as he spoke, everyone immediately closed their mouths, only to hear him say: "Lord, the subordinates think that since Takayama Lord uses the word "help in the war", then the family should consider what the Takayama family needs to help, and the military strength is only one of them, but it is not the most importantAfter all, although these four armies have sent troops, their grain and grass need to be supplied by the Takayama family, and although the Takayama family is more abundant in terms of funds, but because the land under its control is mainly mountainous, the output of grain is simply not enough to support nearly 100,000 troops for too long, so the Takayama family needs the help of the family in addition to the military strength, that is, grain and grass, after all, even if the decisive battle is won, If you want to capture Odawara Castle, it can't be done in a short time, and once the food and grass are not enough, you can only choose to give up in the end. Looking at the family, although there is only 500,000 stone of territory, because it is located in the plain area, and in the past few years, the family has hoarded a lot of grain and grass, which is enough for an army of 100,000 for more than a year, so the subordinates believe that this is what the Lord Gao Shan needs most. (To be continued.) )