Hojo Umasa narrowed his eyes and sneered.
"Takeda Shingen has no choice, she can only survive and fight her way out to have a chance of survival.
His Highness Uesugi and Tsuta-den share control of Echigo. It is impossible for Takeda Shingen to seek a breakthrough from the Echigo Kingdom. She cannot defeat the Shiba-Uesugi family joining forces.
My Hojo family has been running for four generations, and the Izu Sagami defense line is impregnable. Unless Takeda Shingen has the ability to bypass the Nishi Ueno area, there is no way to open up the situation from me.
As for Nishi Ueno, at this time, it was under the control of Sanada Nobushige of the Kanto Palace. Takeda Shingen would not choose this path and conflict with Tsutado-den.
Therefore, she could only attack the Tokugawa family.
The Tokugawa family only had two families, Mikawa and Enji. They were not strong and they did not occupy the territory for a long time.
His Majesty Oda, who is behind His Majesty Tokugawa, is under siege in recent times. The Tokugawa family has sent troops to help several times, but it is said that the situation is still unstable.
Takeda Shingen is best at using means outside the battlefield. If she can join forces with several recent samurai families, she can attack the Oda and Tokugawa families from east to west and turn passivity into initiative. "
Hojo Genan looked at Hojo Ujimasa's impassioned speech, with such a confident look on his face that she vaguely saw that it was Hojo Ujimasa who was giving guidance, and couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, Hojo Ushimasa had clear thinking and confident judgment, which was quite a legacy of his ancestors. It's a pity that this tolerance was forced out by the strange emotions of love and love.
Hojo Genan is a traditional old man. She respects Shiba Yoshigan, but she is very unhappy with the fact that Hojo Ujimasa loves Shiba Yoshigan.
Four generations of the Hojo family have worked hard to expand the family business step by step. This is the true path of the Wu family.
Hojo Umasa should marry a well-matched and gentle son and pass on the family fortune, instead of being obsessed with the handsome Yoshigami Shiba!
Seeing Hojo Genan in a daze, Hojo Ushimasa asked.
"Auntie, am I right?"
Hojo Genan came to his senses and bowed.
"The governor is wise.
As far as I know, Her Majesty Takeda has long been in contact with the Tendai Sect in Kyoto. When she became a monk and practiced asceticism, the Tendai Sect's nun presided over the ceremony, and she was also awarded the Buddhist official rank of nizheng.
It seems that His Highness Takeda has colluded with several recent parties, and the Oda Tokugawa family will be in trouble. "
Hojo Umasa said coldly.
"Then let's wait, wait for Takeda Shingen's actions, wait for Oda Tokugawa's reaction, and see if His Highness Uesugi can't help but take action?
At the Guandong Palace, I would also like to ask my aunt to take the trouble to contact the powerful martial arts families in Guan Bazhou to seek the identity of the United Front for me.
This platform of big review is not to be missed. "
Hojo Gen'an looked at Hojo's family and talked eloquently, then kowtowed to the ground.
"Hi!"
She really hoped that Hojo Ushimasa could always be so calm and wise, instead of being inspired to become angry and perform beyond his level because of Yoshihiro Shiba's incident.
That is the blessing of the Hojo family.
———
Takeda Shingen knew that Uesugi Teruhu would not let him go.
Teruhora Uesugi is still waiting for Yoshigan Shiba, who is kept in the dark, to leave so that he can free up his hands to do what he wants to do.
Hojo Umasa looked on with cold eyes, preparing to choose the most advantageous moment for him to stab Takeda Shingen in the back and pour out his anger.
In a hidden corner where Yoshiyoshi Shiba cannot see, the fight between the three Takeda, Uesugi and Hojo families over Shiba's daughter has become a constant undercurrent. As for Yiyin, she still doesn't know about the existence of the child.
At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was fulfilling his ally obligations in Omi State and assisting Oda Nobunaga in fighting, had just entered Yokoyama City and was preparing to meet Oda Nobunaga.
In the Battle of Anegawa, the Asai Asakura coalition forces and the Oda Tokugawa coalition forces fought a bloody battle.
In the end, Asai Asakura's coalition forces were defeated and returned to Otani Castle. The Yokoyama Castle defenders surrendered in despair, and Yokoyama Castle was captured by the Oda family.
Oda Nobunaga got his wish and successfully divided the Asai territory of Kita Omi into two, making it difficult to communicate with Otani Castle in the north and Sawayama Castle in the south.
In the Hengshan Castle Castle Tower, the Oda Princesses were laughing and celebrating this victory.
Oda Nobunaga laughed loudly while sitting in the main seat. He swept away the depression during the retreat at Kanezaki, and watched with interest the Hime Samurai under him, extolling each other's achievements and comparing them with each other, making his face red.
When the Wu family fights, they not only have to fight hard, they also have to know how to brag. Otherwise, if the lord doesn't see his family's hard work and reduces the reward he has worked so hard to earn, who will Warrior Ji cry to?
Mori Ranmaru approached Oda Nobunaga quietly and whispered in her ear.
Oda Nobunaga raised his brows and nodded. Mori Ranmaru bowed and retreated. Then Oda Nobunaga scolded the people sitting down.
"Hey, you guys, please behave yourself when His Highness Tokugawa is visiting!"
Soon, Tokugawa Ieyasu appeared outside the sliding door, followed by a little bean curd.
The two of them bowed together. Oda Nobunaga was so excited that he stepped down from the seat of honor, stepped forward and took Tokugawa Ieyasu's hand, and pulled her towards the seat of honor.
"No gifts, no gifts, you and I sisters don't need these false gifts.
This war was able to successfully defeat the traitor Asai Nagamasa, thanks to the concerted efforts of His Highness Tokugawa and me. I am very grateful. "
Oda Nobunaga's words were true. Tokugawa Ieyasu brought five thousand people this time. Although the number was only one and a half of Oda's army, they played an important role in the battle.
With such a powerful ally, Oda Nobunaga, the most pragmatic person, was naturally extremely polite and enthusiastic about this Mikawa sister. He pulled her to sit on the throne together.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was pulled by her to the main seat. He made several concessions but was rejected by Oda Nobunaga. In the end, he shyly sat sideways and carefully lowered himself to half a seat. He was so cautious that it made people feel distressed.
Tokugawa Ieyasu knew something about this seemingly generous sister Master Ji.
At present, the power of the Oda family has not completely overwhelmed the Tokugawa family, which owns two countries. Oda Nobunaga is naturally enthusiastic about using the military power of the Tokugawa family.
But in the future, the Oda family's territory will become larger and larger. With Oda Nobunaga's character, he is afraid that his ally will gradually become a vassal.
Instead of being careless today, sitting side by side with Oda Nobunaga left hidden dangers. It's better to be polite and praise this cheap sister who wants to save face. It will be beneficial to the relationship between the two of them in the future.
After all, the Tokugawa family is now facing threats from the Takeda family and needs the support of Oda Nobunaga.
The two exchanged a few polite words. Oda Nobunaga saw the little tail following Tokugawa Ieyasu and smiled.
"Hi! My little girl from the Honda family, I heard that you broke through Asakura's military formation alone and had a duel with Naotaka Makara?"
Honda Tadakatsu touched his head, a little embarrassed.
When the battle was in chaos, she went crazy with frustration and rode directly into Asakura's army alone. If Tokugawa Ieyasu hadn't led the assault, she might not have come back alive.
But it was this courage to ride alone that made everyone in the Oda family look at the Tokugawa general with admiration for the lolita figure, and even praised her for the courage of Tsutama.
Yoshigan Shiba was born in Owari, and although he was a boy, he was regarded as the pride of his hometown by the Owari samurai family. Being able to compare Honda Tadakatsu to Yoshigan Shiba was already a great compliment to her martial prowess.
Honda Tadakatsu blushed, rubbed his head in embarrassment, and said.
"I was so angry at the time that I rushed over without caring. I did have a good fight with Naotaka Mana."
Oda Nobunaga laughed loudly and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
"I like this girl."
Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled reservedly and said.
"This guy is already lawless and can't stand praise. If you lift her up, she will be even less aware of the heaven and earth when she goes back."
Oda Nobunaga shook his head.
"Young people should have the arrogance of not knowing the heights of the sky. If you are depressed at a young age, what's the point of living?
In this battle, thanks to the aid of His Highness Tokugawa, who defeated the Asakura front line, I was able to calmly kill Asai Nagamasa and retreat.
Many famous generals of the Asai family died in the battle, but the Asakura family was shameless and brought the Mahara family as cannon fodder. Mahara Naotaka, Mahara Naochei, and Mahara Takaki all died in the battle, haha.
I don’t know how the Asakura family is going to explain to the people before South Vietnam that this is not a plan of the Asakura family to kill people with a borrowed knife. "
Naotaka Manara was the leader of the national people in the Upper Manara area, and he had a strong influence in the area in front of Nanyue in the southern part of the Fukui Plain.
The Asakura family dominated the Echizen country for five generations, but before that, Owari was the official who guarded the Shiba family in the two districts of Owari and Echizen.
Most of the Chinese people before South Vietnam had old guardianship backgrounds, and the Asakura family had always been on guard against them. Only after the fifth generation of business, the local samurai family gradually began to get along with the Asakura family and serve as guest generals.
Asakura Yoshikage ran away with Ohnozhong, Asai Nagamasa wrote a letter to question, Asakura Yoshikage couldn't control Ohnozhong, so he had to send someone else.
Those participating in the Battle of Anegawa this time were Asakura Keiken's troops from the Asakura family in the central and southern part of the Fukui Plain, as well as the people from South Vietnam who came to participate in the battle.
Asakura Jingjian once served in Tsuruga County and Ono County, and he was quite prestigious in the Asakura army. This was the only way to drive the people of the former South Vietnam country.
But this time, she had left Nao Taka and other South Vietnamese former tycoons in Anekawa, and she didn't know how to explain it when she went back.
Although this incident caused little loss to the Asakura family's military strength, if it was not handled properly, it would worsen the relationship between the people of the former South Vietnam country and the Asakura family, and would help Oda Nobunaga divide the Echizen samurai family.
As soon as Oda Nobunaga said this, Tokugawa Ieyasu knew that she was not willing to just take Yokoyama Castle, and had already planned to continue going north to attack the Asai Asakura family in one fell swoop.
But Tokugawa Ieyasu came this time just to bid farewell to Oda Nobunaga and return to the army, unwilling to continue to participate in the war.
Seeing her silence, Oda Nobunaga suddenly had a bad premonition and asked with a smile.
"Why is His Highness Tokugawa here? Didn't we agree that we would each take care of the battlefield and discuss everything together the day after tomorrow?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced at Oda Nobunaga, sighed helplessly, and said.
"I shouldn't have disturbed His Highness Oda's interest, but I received an urgent message from the Toe Country that there was something unusual in the Takeda family.
Now that I am leading my troops outside, Mikawa Toyo and the two countries are empty, lest the Takeda family take advantage of the situation, so. . "
Tokugawa Ieyasu stopped talking and looked at Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga's smile gradually stiffened, and he pondered for a while before asking.
"Is the news correct?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu said solemnly.
"Not only was the Tokugawa Kingdom being harassed by the Tokugawa family, but there was also news from the Hojo family in Izu Country that the Takeda family had indeed taken action.
His Highness Hojo Ushimasa wrote a letter to persuade me, explaining that the Takeda family has ambitions for Toe Country, and hoped that I would not take it lightly. "
Tokugawa Ieyasu brought Hojo Ushimasa out to speak, so Oda Nobunaga could no longer pretend to be confused.
Ever since the Oda family gained great power in Shangluo, the Hojo family had secretly communicated with the Oda Tokugawa family, with the intention of attacking the Takeda family and reopening the Tokaido trade route.
Oda Nobunaga was happy that the powerful feudal lords in Kanto were at odds with each other so that he could attack Kanto in the future. The Hojo family took the initiative to come over, and of course she would not refuse.
But at this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu's news was endorsed by Hojo Ushimasa, and Oda Nobunaga couldn't think of a word to refute.
The Asai and Asakura families are not weak. Although the Battle of Anegawa caused a great loss to the Asai family, it also served as a wake-up call to the Asakura family.
If Asakura Yoshikage continues to be so confused, Asai Nagamasa will be easily killed by Oda Nobunaga. The Oda army is back, and the fate of her Asakura family will not be pretty.
Therefore, Oda Nobunaga must further attack and weaken the Asai family before Asakura Yoshikage reacts and fully supports Asai Nagamasa. It is best to beat Asai Nagamasa to death with a stick.
At the critical moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to withdraw his troops, and Oda Nobunaga was certainly unhappy. She thought for a moment and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
"Your Highness Tokugawa, let me think about this matter for a while, and we will discuss it the day after tomorrow during the review.
After all, the Tokugawa family is the most important ally of our Oda family. If the Takeda family really comes to attack, the Oda family will also do its part. "
Tokugawa Ieyasu looked moved and bowed.
"I'm so grateful to you, Your Majesty Oda."
Tokugawa Ieyasu had just helped the Oda family win the Battle of Anegawa. Oda Nobunaga could not refuse her with a strong attitude, so he had to stabilize her with words first, and then think of other ways.
On the other side, Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally knew that Oda Nobunaga would not let go so easily, but she seized on Oda Nobunaga's words and agreed, which was also a model for the Oda family to send troops to help in the future.
When it comes time for Takeda Shingen to march westward, Oda Nobunaga's words must count. He can't slap himself in the face, right?
The two of them have their own thoughts, but on their faces they look like sisters who love each other deeply and cherish each other.
———
It was night, and Oda Nobunaga was still thinking about how to find a way to keep Tokugawa Ieyasu. But before the idea came to her mind, an urgent message was delivered to the castle tower, instantly disrupting her plan.
Niwa Nagahide was hurriedly summoned by Oda Nobunaga and had a secret conversation at the residence.
Indoors, Oda Nobunaga's face was ashen, he smashed the letter on the tatami, and he was pacing back and forth in a rage.
"I have received a letter from Tsuneki Ikeda. The Miyoshi military force that landed near Sakai Port was discovered. The flag horse seals detected include Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, Miyoshi Yasunaga, Shinohara Chofusa and others, all from the samurai families of both Awa and Sanuki!
OK! Good on you, Ashikaga Yoshiaki! In order to deal with me, you even colluded with the Sanhao family!
Pooh! What a shameless thing. Have you forgotten that Sanhao went to Luo and killed his ancestors? What kind of general bitch are you? "
Oda Nobunaga really didn't expect that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's hand would stretch so long, and even the Miyoshi family of Shikoku would participate in the encirclement network that was hostile to him.
Rokkaku, Asai, Asakura, Miyoshi, several recent major forces that were arrogant in the past are now joining forces to deal with the Oda family.
Even as arrogant as Oda Nobunaga, he felt the pressure doubled.
