Just when Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to see off the guests, Hojo Genan suddenly nodded.
"Are you agreeing?" Takeda Harunobu was also surprised.
"Yes, as long as the war can be turned into friendship, what's the big deal about this small loss?" Hojo Genan showed a kind smile.
"Master just said that this is "too much bullying". "Imagawa Yoshimoto complained quietly, took out the folding fan and tapped the palm of his hand twice.
"Haha, Your Highness Jibu is not familiar with people like us. Lying is commonplace. How can His Highness Ozen not keep his word?" Hojo Genan smiled and glanced at Takeda Harunobu.
"Haha, now I just feel that the price I just offered was too low." Takeda Harunobu patted the tatami mat in great annoyance, "I thought it was a "lion's big mouth" condition, but I didn't expect your lion's mouth to be so small. "
"I just hope that this peace agreement will not be torn up in a few years, and that we can bring peace to our three families." Hojo Genan made a Buddhist salute to Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu, "Our army is immediately preparing to withdraw its troops and return Kanto will not step into Suruga territory again, so naturally all the baggage will be left behind, and the hostages will be sent to Kokokuji Castle within half a month."
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After bidding farewell to Hojo Genan, Imagawa Yoshimoto breathed a long sigh of relief and was about to get up to go to Ginkgo next door to tell her the good news that he could withdraw his troops. At the same time, he complained to Takeda Harunobu: "It seems that the pressure from the Kanto daimyo is quite high. It was so big that my brother-in-law was forced to abandon Hedong completely and withdraw his troops. But we just made peace with the Hojo family in private. Isn’t it good? The Kanto daimyo will face the Hojo army independently next. Send people Go and inform them."
"What's the point? They also know very well in their hearts. Can they expect the Imagawa family and the Takeda family to fight a bloody battle with the Hojo family for them? However, they still need to be notified to prevent them from being attacked. It can make them fight against the Hojo family. It will be a good thing for us to have a confrontation between the two families for a while and use up more troops of the Hojo family." As Takeda Harunobu answered, he stood up and straightened his clothes. At the same time, he said to Kasuga Torasuna outside the door: "Gensuke, go and inform the various ministries to gather. .”
"Are you in such a hurry to withdraw your troops? You should at least wait for the Hojo family to withdraw first, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto said strangely.
"Oh?" Takeda Harunobu obviously didn't follow Imagawa Yoshimoto's brain circuit. After reacting for a while, he smiled and said, "Goro, what do you think the first thing should be after signing the peace agreement?"
Imagawa Yoshimoto was also stunned for a moment. He pursed his lips and looked at Takeda Harunobu for a while before he realized what the latter wanted to say.
"Of course it's a sneak attack." Takeda Harunobu quickly waved his forearm towards the Hojo family camp and made a chopping motion. "Didn't you also see it? After half a year of confrontation, he rushed back to rescue his hometown. The Hojo family is already eager to return home. After the peace negotiation, they relaxed their vigilance. After receiving the order to retreat, they must have been in a hurry to leave, and the morale of the army has been lost. At this time, I robbed the camp and made a surprise attack, and they were about to be in chaos in an instant."
"But didn't we just negotiate a peace?" Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed helplessly.
"Yes, the Hojo family is the most relaxed at this time." Takeda Harunobu replied matter-of-factly.
"Where will this put the reputation of the Imagawa family..."
"It's okay, it's still the same old rules. Just take the Takeda Army's action, and the Imagawa Army can hold the battle for me from behind." Takeda Harunobu showed special "preference and tenderness" to Imagawa Yoshimoto as always. He patted his shoulder and strode forward. Walking towards the door, "Of course, don't try to stop me, no one can stop me."
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"Ginkgo." After Takeda Harunobu left, Imagawa Yoshimoto opened the door of Ginkgo's room.
"Huh? Are you sending away the monk from the Hojo family so soon?" Ginkgo had already shrunk under the quilt and seemed to be planning to take a nap, but she didn't expect to be disturbed so soon.
"Well, a peace agreement has been reached. We are withdrawing our troops. You can go back to Imagawa Hall and have a comfortable sleep soon."
"Huh? How is that possible?" Ginkgo became more energetic when she heard this and sat up from the bed. "If my brother really agrees to the peace proposal, he will definitely turn around and attack others. Sir, please be careful. "
"You really understand him." Today
Kawa Yoshimoto couldn't help but admire, leaned against the door frame and smiled bitterly, "He has already led his people to prepare for action. It is estimated that the Takeda army will leave the city before Master Huan'an sits down to take a sip of tea. It's really distressing. , my ally is so treacherous, but I still have to hope that it can win. Is it possible that it is as poisoned by "family interests" as those in the martial arts family? Everything is considered from this aspect. "
"I only know that if my brother wins the raid, I can go back to the castle tower and sleep." Ginkgo rubbed her eyes, then turned over and got up, "If he loses, he still has to spend half a day here, then I still hope he wins. . Let’s go and have a look.”
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Compared with the Imagawa Army, which had become slightly lax due to the long confrontation, the Takeda Army has always maintained a fairly good state of combat readiness due to the supervision of Takeda Harunobu himself. Not long after Takeda Harunobu issued the mobilization order, the 3,000 Takeda troops stationed in Katsurayama Castle were ready to go out.
After nightfall, under the watch of Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo at the top of the city, the north gate of Katsurayama Castle suddenly opened. Immediately afterwards, a large group of Takeda Army soldiers rushed out of the city and quickly headed towards the Hojo family's military camp.
For a moment, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had a keen sense of smell on the battlefield, suddenly felt something strange - because the sentry of the Hojo family hardly made any reaction. Although the Takeda Army launched a surprise attack, although the Hojo Army may indeed have relaxed a little because of the peace talks, and although the visibility at night is indeed not very good - at such a distance, such a big action of opening the city gate, and thousands of people acting like this The loud noise couldn't be silent, and it couldn't be hidden from the Hojo family sentries who were so close.
Why not warn?
Imagawa Yoshimoto held the battlements with his hands and looked nervously towards the Hojo family camp - was there an ambush? The Hojo family's camp has been built impregnably in five months. If there is an ambush, the 1,000 soldiers close to the Takeda family will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately signaled the flag bearer at the top of the city to warn Takeda Harunobu. He didn't know if he, who personally led the assault, could look back and see the intelligence sent by Imagawa Yoshimoto - obviously not. Takeda Harunobu turned a blind eye to Imagawa Yoshimoto's reminder and ran headlong into the Hojo family's camp. Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned tightly, worried about the ambush and random arrows that would appear from nowhere.
The Takeda Army rushed to the gate of the Hojo family camp and broke in easily.
But the expected situation of "torches lighting up and golden drums sounding in unison" did not occur.
On the contrary, the Takeda army continued to march straight into the center of the Hojo family's camp and cut down the horse seal of Hojo Ujiyasu - still without any counterattack.
Imagawa Yoshimoto gradually realized what was happening in front of him.
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Half an hour later, Geshan City.
"The empty camp, the people have been evacuated long ago, but a lot of baggage is left behind." Takeda Harunobu, who was put aside, naturally didn't look too good, and shook his head repeatedly, "I was careless, and I didn't do a good job in reconnaissance. I guess those The food transport team going to and from Mount Ashigara had actually secretly mixed in the troops and transported them back. They used the baggage as a cover and fooled us for a long time with the empty city strategy."
"It seems that they have not breached the contract." Imagawa Yoshimoto joked, "The baggage was transferred to us, the army withdrew, and all the occupied Suruga territory was given away. I don't know if the people in the Kadong area will be returned in the future. Hostage."
"Goro, can you still laugh?" Seeing Imagawa Yoshimoto's relaxed expression, Takeda Harunobu walked up to him with a serious face, "I'm afraid I'll go crazy just thinking about going back to Imagawa Hall with my sister to have sex. Bar?"
"What's wrong? Isn't everything going well now?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was asked by Takeda Harunobu.
"If the Hojo Army had begun to evacuate secretly, they might have appeared near Kagotsu Castle at this time. Even if our messenger rushed to notify the Kanto Allied Forces immediately, it would probably be too late. There is no doubt that the lion got a An opportunity to launch a surprise attack." Takeda Harunobu walked around the castle tower, and it was rare for Imagawa Yoshimoto to see him so nervous.
"It doesn't matter. The Kwantung Allied Forces have been in the outskirts of Kagoshima Castle for several months. The camp they built is probably almost as strong as the Hojo family's camp outside Katsurayama Castle." Imagawa Yoshimoto used a folding fan to point at the Hojo family's leftover camp in the distance. of behemoth,
"What's more, it is a camp of 50,000 to 60,000 people, and it is estimated to spread over a radius of more than ten miles. Even if it is a surprise attack, it will be discovered by the sentry at the beginning, and it will not affect other camps."
"That's 50,000 to 60,000 people..." Seeing that Takeda Harunobu remained silent, Imagawa Yoshimoto leisurely opened his folding fan and gently fanned the wind, and added, "Even if there are 50,000 to 60,000 scarecrows outside Kawagoe Castle, , it would take several days to finish the killing of the Hojo family, how could a surprise attack be successful?"
"In the Battle of Fujigawa between the Genpei family, the Taira family also had an army of tens of thousands, but they were all defeated just because the waterfowl were disturbed." Takeda Harunobu gave a clear example.
"Didn't you always have full confidence in the Kwantung Allied Forces before? Why are you suddenly so pessimistic now?"
"Yes, I am very confident. Who wouldn't be confident with six times the strength, so I didn't know how they could lose before... But I was careless. I didn't expect that the Hojo Army could sneak out from under our noses and attack them by surprise. ." Takeda Harunobu pulled his hair with some annoyance.
"Don't worry, you can't lose." Imagawa Yoshimoto comforted with a smile, and patted Takeda Harunobu on the shoulder with a folding fan.
"Do you want a bet?" Takeda Harunobu grabbed Imagawa Yoshimoto's folding fan with his backhand.
"Do you really think the Hojo family can win?"
"Well, my intuition tells me so." Takeda Harunobu let out a long breath and looked at the Kanto Plain at the other end of the Hakone Mountains: "I have a very bad feeling. That lion is going to be famous all over the world."
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