Hojo Genan persuaded.
"Your Highness, Takeda Harunobu is stubbornly defending Satao Pass. It will be difficult for our army to break through Suruga Kingdom for a while."
Hojo Ujiyasu snorted.
"I sent people to besiege Omiya Castle, and the Takeda Army's way home has been cut off.
If Takeda Harunobu can sit still, can the Kai people under her command sit still? "
Hojo Genan sighed.
"With Takeda Harunobu's prestige, as long as Omiya Castle is not lost, it is enough to suppress the Kai people until autumn and winter. But can my family accompany her until then?"
Hojo Ujiyasu remained silent. Although she didn't like hearing what Hojo Genan said, what she said was all the truth.
Takeda Harunobu made a desperate move and instigated a rebellion against the Suruga people and went straight to Sunfu Castle. She dared to take such a risk because she saw through the instability of the Hojo family's rear and had no time to tangle with her repeatedly in Suruga Country.
The Suruga Kingdom to the west is no longer the focus of the Hojo family. Even considering the depth of defense, there is still the Kano River and Hakone Pass as defense lines to ensure that the places close to the heart will not be threatened.
The real troubles of the Hojo family are in the Kanto Plain to the east. Uesugi in Echigo, Utsunomiya in Shimono, Satake in Hitachi, and Satomi in Anfang are all eyeing them.
Takeda Harunobu was sure that Hojo Ujiyasu couldn't afford to delay him, so he acted like he couldn't stand it. Hojo Ujiyasu couldn't swallow this breath, but the situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Hojo family.
Hojo Genan advised again.
"Since the beginning of spring, Uesugi Kagenobu has been communicating and communicating with the Ueno Musashi samurai families. Because of the incident in Suruga Country, my family has relaxed its suppression of these samurai families.
Nowadays, the hearts of Ueno Musashi and Ueno Musashi are unstable. Once Uesugi Teruhu goes south, I am afraid that the situation will change immediately. If the peripheral daimyo such as Satake Satomi take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation, the family fortune will be in danger!
This year there was a severe drought in the Guandong Plain and the harvest was poor. The food and military supplies at home could not support a two-front war. I also ask the house supervisor to think twice before acting out of anger. "
After saying that, she bowed deeply.
Hojo Ujiyasu looked at his aunt lying on the ground, glanced at the silent reviewers, and sighed in his heart.
Hojo Genan's tone was very serious. To put it another way, Hojo Ujiyasu would definitely fall out. She has been in office for many years and has extremely high prestige. How can she tolerate others telling her such things.
But Hojo Genan is different. This aunt always takes the overall situation into consideration. This time I came out and said something unpleasant, all because I was forced by the situation and had to do something that was contrary to my loyal words.
The Hojo family has been working hard in Kanto for three generations. It is able to develop and grow because of the unity of relatives and close relatives.
Ashikaga Yoshiji and Hojo Genan are the heads of the Hojo family.
Ashikaga Yoshiji, with the honor of Kanto Shogun, married a son of the Hojo family and was respected as the leader of a clan. However, Hojo Genan is highly respected and is the leader of all Hojo relatives.
She came out to persuade, indicating that the Hojo family was already very dissatisfied with the fact that Hojo Uyasu had fallen into the quagmire of Suruga Kingdom.
The Imagawa family is in trouble. Since Shouguini's death, the Imagawa family has really been unable to control the situation. The Suruga people defected in batches before the battle, and Suruga Castle was lost without a single battle.
Why should the Hojo family insist on the alliance and waste resources for this kind of waste? It's really not worth the gain.
Hojo Uyasu insisted on entering the Suruga Kingdom to fight against the Takeda family, not because of the anger of her son who fled for his life in embarrassment, let alone because of the loser Imagawa Ujima, she thought more.
On the one hand, due to the war, the Tokaido trade route was almost cut off, causing the Hojo family to lose the strategic resources they had continuously obtained from Tokaido transactions.
On the other hand, Takeda Harunobu’s ambitions are by no means limited to Suruga alone. Suruga country is only 150,000 koku high, how can it possibly satisfy Takeda Harunobu's appetite.
Hojo Ujiyasu had to do something. She had to let Takeda Harunobu know that the Hojo family was not to be trifled with and that they should not push themselves too far.
I originally thought that with my own troops to help, no matter how bad the Imagawa family was, they could regroup in the Toe Country, attack the Takeda family, and restore order in the Tokaido.
Unexpectedly, the Matsudaira family of Mikawa Kingdom moved so quickly, taking over most of the Enjiang Kingdom in an instant, and the Imagawa clan was really blocked in Kakegawa Castle in the East Enjiang River.
The Suruga people defected to the Takeda family, and the Enji people defected to the Matsudaira family. Imagawa was such a fool that he didn't notice it at all beforehand. It was really impossible to support the wall with mud.
At this time, not only Imagawa was really scared, Hojo Uyasu was also in a dilemma.
Come on, the Imagawa family is in such a state of ruin, it’s really hopeless. Without a fight, the Takeda family would easily capture Suruga Country, which would only increase their appetite and become a threat to the Hojo family.
Hojo Ujiyasu fell into thought.
Suruga country is in a quagmire, and the retainers are dissatisfied. The core territories suffered from drought and poor harvests, and people's hearts were unstable. The danger in the Guandong Plain is getting closer and closer, and she has to deal with it.
Finally, Hojo Ujiyasu sighed and closed his eyes.
"Aunt, please go to Suruga Castle. I am willing to make peace with the Takeda family and even withdraw from the land of Suruga country that I have already occupied.
But I have two conditions.
First, Imagawa is really my daughter-in-law. She must leave Kakegawa Castle safely. I will prepare a residence for her in Izu Country.
Second, Takeda Harunobu must promise me that he will not launch an attack on the Shunto County samurai family who are loyal to the Imagawa family.
After all, the Imagawa family has been in alliance with our two families for many years. The Takeda family can be shameless, but I, the Hojo family, must live up to our alliance.
Just letting the Imagawa family retain part of the land in Jundong County can be regarded as leaving some dignity to the Imagawa family. "
Hojo Genan nodded.
Hojo Ujiyasu's statement is very high-level, and it has both face and dignity.
Bringing the Imagawa family to Izu Country and holding her in your hands is tantamount to receiving the Imagawa family status.
The Imagawa family is an Ashikaga family with a noble family background. It has occupied Suruga, Toe, and Mikawa for many years, and has a great influence on the samurai families of the Three Kingdoms.
It's not a loss for the Hojo family to support her.
Shutō County is the easternmost county of Suruga Country, close to the core territory of Hojo in Izu Sagami.
Hojo Yasunobu is no better than Takeda Harunobu, so it is best to leave a buffer between the two territories. Some of the martial arts families in Jundong County who were still loyal to the Imagawa family came in handy.
Aren’t you Takeda Harunobu very fierce? I won't argue with you, just go and fight with the Matsudaira family.
Even if you defeat the Matsudaira family, there is still an Oda family behind the Matsudaira family who killed Imagawa Yoshimoto in Okezama.
By using the Three Kingdoms of Tokaido to entangle the Takeda family, the Hojo family can turn back east with peace of mind and deal with the threat from the Kanto Plain.
Hojo Genan thought carefully about the governor's intention and nodded in reply.
"I understand, I will definitely make Takeda Harunobu agree to these two conditions.
If she refuses to agree to even these two conditions, then she is showing no sincerity, and there is no need to discuss anything more. "
Hojo Ujiyasu's conditions are not excessive. If Takeda Harunobu refuses even this, he must be preparing to unite with the Uesugi family to attack the Hojo family.
If this is the case, no matter how reluctant Hojo Genan is, he will persuade the retainers to help the family governor defeat the Takeda family first.
To avoid fighting on both sides and becoming more passive.
