Umino glanced at her and sneered.
"The Sanada Odai people are going to form an armored samurai group. If these one hundred Odai people are removed, can you still control the two reserve teams of the Shino clan?"
Do you believe Yukiyo Yukiyo? Or Kamara Yukishige? Or are they the surrendered ministers of the Saito family in Rock Cabinet City? "
Seeing Sanada Nobunaga was speechless, Umino Riichi showed murderous intent on his cold face.
"Don't worry, three days is enough. I will make them obedient."
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The Echigo army was entrenched in the mountains, and fifteen miles to the east was where the Hojo army was stationed.
In the main shogunate, Hojo Ushimasa was looking through the engagement letter sent by Uesugi Teruhu just now.
She read the murderous letter at a glance, snorted coldly, and smashed the letter on the document.
"The long-tailed rebel asked me to retreat five miles to make room for her to go down the mountain, and asked me to join the battle on the plains in three days. How arrogant!"
Ashikaga Yoshiji looked at the letter of challenge on the case in disbelief and smiled.
"Is there such a good thing? The Fuma Ninja has found out that Terutora Uesugi only brought eight thousand soldiers this time. Is there any fraud in her trust?"
Hojo Ushimasa sneered and said
"What kind of deceit can there be, it's just arrogance. I am used to being the hegemon in Echigo. I really think that the Echigo samurai family are brave and good at fighting, and others are far behind.
However, it's just what I want. I was originally worried that she would not dare to go down the mountain for a decisive battle after seeing the might of our army, which would make me waste more time. It's better now. She rushed here to die, and I can only accept it with a smile.
Our army retreated five miles, with its back to Sano Castle, and its position was stable. It was difficult for Echigo's army to use surprise troops to bypass our army's rear, and there were no hidden dangers. "
After Hojo Ujimasa finished speaking, all the Hojo ladies present couldn't help laughing.
Uesugi Teruhora's move was really a mistake. Both sides were elites, eight thousand versus twenty thousand, and she couldn't even out the numerical disadvantage.
The ten-kilometer plain is neither big nor small. The combined battle formation can be deployed and cannot limit the numerical advantage of Hojo's army.
And because it is relatively narrow, there is no room for the enemy to make detours. Without the space to display their ingenuity, the two sides can only confront each other head-on.
Uesugi Teruhora's best response was to occupy the mountains and wait for Hojo's army to attack the mountains, using the mountains to offset Hojo Ujimasa's numerical advantage. This was also Hojo Ujimasa's original idea.
The Hojo army will never attack the mountain, and delaying time will destroy Uesugi Teruhu's prestige. The hesitation of Echigo's army to move forward will make the Kanto samurai see clearly Uesugi Terutora's external strength and internal weakness, which will be disadvantageous in the long run.
Unexpectedly, Terutora Uesugi had just arrived at Sano Territory and sent someone to write a letter of challenge, asking for a joint battle in three days. He was so eager to seek death.
Hojo Ushimasa and Ashikaga Yoshiji looked at each other and smiled, full of confidence. The territory of the Hojo family did not fall from the sky, but was won back bit by bit by three generations in the flesh-and-blood millstone of the Kanto Plain.
The two of them firmly believed that Hojo's 20,000 elite troops would definitely defeat the Echigo army. As the planners of this active defense strategy, their prestige will also rise with this victory.
The Hojo clan's political general became a veritable governor of the Hojo family, and Ashikaga Yoshiji also firmly established himself as the Kanto shogun. This cooperation is a win-win for them.
After restraining his thoughts about a better life in the future, Hojo Umasa looked around at the Hojo girls present and planned a battle.
Daodaoji Shengchang was appointed by her as the castle representative of Heyue and led the people of Heyue to garrison, but he did not come. Tame Gentada led his own troops and Kurobei to stay at Sano Castle to protect the Hojo army behind them.
Except for these two fourth-generation family elders, all the elite Hojo troops are stationed here. How to arrange the formation?
Seeing that Hojo Ushimasa was thinking, Ashikaga Yoshiji asked.
"Your Majesty Ujimasa, which section of the front do you think the Imperial Guard will be responsible for?"
Hojo Umasa was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly when he saw Ashikaga Yoshiji's joking expression.
"What? Kamakura-don wants to compete with the world-famous Odaisho?"
Her tone was a little weird, and she emphasized the word "famous all over the world", which caused a burst of laughter from all the concubines present.
The Hojo family valued Terutora Uesugi, the lord of Echigo, very highly, but they were less in awe of the shogunate envoy sent to Odaisho from Kyoto.
The Kanto samurai family has always looked down on the scheming soft-footed shrimps in Kansai, especially the fake Hojo family, who has a Western element, and is more concerned about this kind of ideological political correctness.
They are more sensitive than the average Kanto samurai. To keep their identity as a Kanto samurai, they must despise the Kansai samurai even more. They are considered a different kind of fanatic convert.
The recent record of Yoshigan Shiba, the imperial officer who had killed many people, was an anecdote they made fun of the Kansai samurai family after dinner.
Whether this Odaisho is very good or the Kansai samurai is not so good. This matter is doubtful and difficult to prove at the moment. It is suitable to be used to despise the Kansai samurai.
Uesugi Teruhora's proud and arrogant image, together with her brilliant record in the past two years, hides Yoshigan Shiba's edge behind her.
Except for the samurai families from the Koshishin Mountains who had suffered losses, the samurai families from all the countries in Hokuriku were in great awe of this Odaisho. The Kanto warriors were almost unaware, their eyes were attracted by Uesugi Terutora's strength.
Perhaps old people like Hojo Ujiyasu and Hojo Genan would not make this mistake.
But the Hojo Princesses present were either military bosses with strong records or young and aggressive senior executives, and they didn't care.
When they heard Ashikaga Yoshiji ask about Shiba Yoshigan, the girls knew what she was planning. Hojo Umasa couldn't help laughing and said.
"What? Do you really want to compete with a man in battle?"
Ashikaga Yoshiji laughed, showing a smile that every woman knows.
"A fight on the battlefield? Let's fight on the pillow.
I heard that Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the most beautiful person in the royal palace, was an unparalleled beauty. There is a strange legend in Kyoto, saying that Tamamo Mae was born.
I'm just curious, I don't know what kind of charming beauty she is. "
The Hojo Princesses were moved forward and backward by her strange appearance, and they were so happy that they lost all manners and gestures. Hojo Umasa wanted to be serious, but couldn't help laughing.
What Ashikaga Yoshiji said was extremely immoral and was a great disrespect to the Ashikaga General. Among the concubines present, only she, the governor of the Kamakura Ashikaga family and the Kanto shogun, was qualified to tease the Ashikaga shogun family.
Hojo Ushimasa laughed for a while, shook his head and said.
"Seriously, teasing the Ashikaga Shogun family during a major military meeting will have a bad influence."
Ashikaga Yoshiji straightened his pretty face and said.
"Of course a man won't go into battle, but someone will help him get those records.
Hearing that the shogunate was re-opening the Kato Palace in Echigo, they even pretended to have the Imperial Palace in charge. It is simply unreasonable to try to hide something.
The Ten Kingdoms of Kanto are the territory of our Kamakura Ashikaga clan, and are under the jurisdiction of the Kanto shogunate. When will it be the turn of the Kyoto shogunate to show off here?
This time in the Echigo army, samurai from the Toshisho sequence participated. I hope to fight against them, firstly to relieve the hatred in my heart, and secondly, to end the dispute between the generals of Kanto and Kansai. "
Hojo Umasa nodded repeatedly, feeling that what Ashikaga Yoshiji said was reasonable.
