Yamada Nagamasa, when the lord spoke, has been calculating, if you really change your clothes according to this, then it is really possible to complete this task, after all, the reason why the production is slow is that there are too many accessories, in addition to the main parts such as carcass and grass folds, bowls, cheeks, sleeves, cage hands, etc., there are more than a dozen accessories, and these accessories are more time-consuming, and the carcass is much simpler, in addition to the main parts, there is basically nothing. As for the foot carcass, it is simpler, except for the carcass and grass folds, there is basically nothing, so that the speed of time production will be greatly improved, and at present, the cavalry equipment can be handed over to the flag samurai for use, and the new group and iron cannons, and the equipment of the bow team will be selected and handed over to the cavalry for use, and the rest is well preserved, and only the retracted accessories can be used by other ashigaru. In this way, it is only necessary to produce the foot carcass with all its might. At the current production rate, if only the production of foot carcasses is produced, then it is completely possible to produce 20,000 sets a year, so that the task can be completed.

Thinking of this, I only heard Yamada Nagamasa say: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely prepare the military equipment before the end of the year." ”

"Good! This year is a crucial year for my family, so I hope you will prepare for next year's race. Finally, I wish you all good luck! After speaking, the clan got up and walked towards the inner room.

This time, the assessment of the Takayama family did not have a very big impact on the eastern country, after all, the Takayama family will be a dormant year next year.

However, the Hojo family's assessment meeting touched the nerves of many forces in the Kanto region. In order to withstand the attack of the Takayama family, or the Oda family to be precise, the Hojo family has expanded its military presence to 65,000 men. The five-color preparation alone has reached 35,000. In terms of military strength. The Hojo family can definitely be called the second in the world now, and the direct troops under Oda Nobunaga and Nobutada are only 80,000 people, but the heart of the Hojo clan has not been put down at all.

Although the military strength under his command is three times that of the Takayama family, don't forget that now Sakuma has become the master of Jun Yuansan, who doesn't know that Sakuma has always taken the Takayama family as the head of the horse, if the two are combined, the family will not have any advantage in terms of military strength, especially the opponent's army is more elite than the family. Therefore, it can be said that this family has no advantages at all.

If that's the case, then the Hojo clan still has the confidence to keep the family business, but the problem is that in addition to the threat from the Oda family, the east and south sides of the main family are not very peaceful, and the Satomi family who has settled in the south, and the Satake, Utsunomiya, and Yuki families in the east are allied, although these forces cannot be compared with the Sakuma family of the Takayama family. But he was sure that once the family went to war with this mountain family. Then whether it is Satake and other eastern front forces or Satomi will definitely not give up such an opportunity, when the time comes, it will be difficult for the family to take care of it, this is definitely the worst situation, and it is also an inevitable situation.

Therefore, if you want to concentrate on the mountains to the west, you must first eliminate the threat from the south and east. However, it is still very difficult to completely eliminate them, otherwise the Hojo family would not have waited until now, and there is no problem in destroying the Satomi family, but it is a little difficult to eliminate the Satake Alliance in the shortest possible time.

Today, the Satake clan's power has expanded from northern Hitachi to almost all of the country, and Hitachigo is still in the hands of the Hojo family, leaving only the southernmost counties of Kawachi and Tsukuba. Therefore, it is not easy to completely destroy the Satake family, which has more than 500,000 territories, while guarding against the high mountains. And once he goes out to Changlu, then Utsunomiya and Yuki will inevitably help Satake, and such a war will not end in a moment and a half.

With such an opportunity, the old fox of the Takayama clan will definitely not give up this best opportunity to attack, so he has never made up his mind whether to use the Satake family soldiers.

Just as the Hojo clan was thinking about how to solve his worries and concentrate on fighting the Takayama family, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the door, and when he raised his head, he saw a close attendant walking quickly to the door, saluting and saying: "Report to the lord, the information sent back by Anfang shows that Satomi Yoshiyao has passed away two months ago, and his eldest son Satomi Yoshihiro has completely controlled the Satomi family, and I ask the lord to decide." ”

When the Hojo clan heard the news, he couldn't help laughing: "Haha, Yiyao Lao'er is finally dead, and the southern front is worry-free." ”

The Hojo clan knew that Yoshihiro Kazumi had a completely different personality from his father, and with his cowardly character, it was not difficult to bring Anfang into the control of the Hojo family without blood, which is why he was excited after hearing the news.

Although Anfang only has a stone height of less than 100,000 stones, and the increase in the strength of the family is limited, it is like a nail behind his back, and once this nail is removed, it will be of great help to his next strategy. Before, because it was not with Takeda or Uesugi to start a war with Takayama, he didn't have his hands free to clean up this small force for a while, but now it seems that he has saved even cleaning up the other party.

After being excited, he immediately said to the attendant: "You immediately order the Daido Temple Masahiro to go to Anfang, tell Satomi Yoshihiro, and let him return to his family, otherwise the family will not mind letting him perish in a short time." ”

"It's the lord, and my subordinates will go to the Lord of the Great Dao Temple to give orders." After saying that, the attendant hurriedly retreated.

Satomi Yoshihiro was not a male lord in the first place, and he knew that the main family and the Hojo family were not at the same level at all, so for the sake of the family's family business, he also had the intention of becoming a subsidiary of the Hojo family, so when the Daido Temple Masahiro arrived, it didn't take much to say anything, and Satomi Yoshihiro agreed to surrender. And Anfang Ichikoku was also completely included in the control of the Hojo family.

1576 was a happy year for the Hojo family, and not long after the Satomi family in the south had just been settled, Yuuki Haruhuno, who had been fighting against the Hojo family, also sent an envoy.

This made the Hojo clan overjoyed, and the degree definitely exceeded the return of the Satomi family. The Hojo family nominally controls the Kanto region, but in fact, the only ones it can really control are Sagami, Izu, Musashi, Kamiso, and part of Shimono, part of Hitachi, and most of Shimoso, and more than 300,000 stone in Shimono, which belongs to the Kanto region, are in the hands of Utsunomiya, and more than 500,000 stone in the northern part of Hitachi are actually under the control of the Satake clan, and the 150,000 in the northern part of Shimoji are in the hands of the Yuki clan.

Originally, these three families were not at peace with each other, and they were constantly fighting each other, so the first lord Hojo Shiyasu did not focus on the eastern front, but prepared to occupy it after the strength of the three families was greatly damaged. However, as the strength of the Hojo clan continues to grow, ten years ago, the three families, who were not harmonious, had to choose an alliance in order to face the powerful Hojo family, so that the three families also have a territory of more than 1 million stones, and they have entered 30,000 troops, and such a force is not something that the Hojo family can destroy.

And now with the arrival of the Yuuki family's envoy, the three alliances have collapsed, and this is definitely the best chance to solve them on their own.

As for the envoy sent by the Yuki family, although I haven't seen it yet, the Hojo clan can be sure that the other party is definitely coming to surrender, and if it sends the war letter, it will not be the turn of the Yuki family, which is the weakest in the three alliances.

This time Yuki Harumi turned his back on the alliance and was helpless, the reason why he made this decision was because he had been paying attention to the movements of the Takayama family, especially the assessment of the Takayama family, which affected the hearts of the entire Eastern Kingdom, although he did not have any ninjas under his command, but some simple news could still be heard, when the information sent back by his subordinates said that the Takayama family was unable to expand the army because of financial problems, and he was unable to attack Hojo this year, after hearing such news, Yuki Harumi fell into contemplation, Among the three alliances of the Eastern Kingdom, the family is the weakest, after the Hojo family has expanded its army, once it launches an attack on the family, then I am afraid that the family will not be able to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Satake and Utsunomiya, and the family will have been wiped out, and he can only rely on the Takayama family to also vigorously expand the army, so that the Hojo family will be jealous.

But the performance of the Takayama clan this time is not strong at all, the Hojo family has expanded its army, so you have to expand a little, how can you attract the attention of the Hojo family if you don't expand, the attention of the Hojo family is not concentrated in the west, then the east is dangerous.

He never believed that the Hojo clan would give up this great opportunity to solve his worries, so that the family would definitely not be able to survive this year, and this was definitely not the result that Yuki Haruhuna wanted to see, so after thinking about it for a few days, he finally made a decision to fully turn to Hojo, so as to save the family name, as a weak force, he had already had such an awareness, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

However, when he announced this at the New Year's evaluation, he was immediately opposed by the main war faction ministers such as Igaya Masaka and Mizutani Masayoshi, but with Yuki Haru's resolute attitude and the support of more retainers who wanted to submit to the Hojo family, he was unable to stop the lord's decision.

When this matter was certain, Tagaya Masaki even seppuku to express his opposition to this matter, and after he was sad and angry, the successor of the Tagaya family, Tagaya Shigetei, immediately announced that he would break away from the Yuki family, and turned to Satake to continue the battle against Hojo.

Yuki Harumu was furious after learning about this, and immediately prepared to send troops to eliminate the rebel, but before he could complete the mobilization of the general forces, he got the news again, Satake Yoshishige in order to show his importance to the Tagaya family, has married his daughter to Tagaya Shigetsu, this news is like a basin of cold water to extinguish the Qing Dynasty's heart to suppress the rebellion, after all, the Satake family is not something he can contend with.

In addition, with the rebellion of Tagaya Shigekei, the fact that the main family fell to the Hojo family will definitely not be hidden from Satake and Utsunomiya, and in order to prevent them from attacking the main family, it is necessary to finalize the matter with the Hojo family before they reflect it. So as soon as Yuki Haruhasa made a decision, he immediately sent Koyama Hidetsuna to Odawara Castle. (To be continued.) )