Samurai of the Takeda Family

Sagami country.

Odawara Castle, the most powerful city in the Kanto region.

There are two reasons for calling Odawara Castle a Xiongcheng.

One is that it is difficult to accomplish. It is located in Odawara Castle near Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture today (ps: can also refer to the Shonan area in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is the background of the popular manga slam dunk master).

From a distance, the Odawara Castle with Hachiman Mountain on its back is like a huge fortress, the entrance and exit with complicated wildebeest designs, countless arrow sculls, and heavy bronze gates, making the strong enemy look daunting.

In the third year of Yonglu, Kenshin Uesugi led a 115,000 Kwantung Allied Forces to storm Odawara Castle and finally returned home.

When Shingen was still alive, he was helpless when he attacked the city of Odawara.

Therefore, Odawara Castle, in Hojo and Kanto, is a city that never falls.

The second reason is that the scale of Odawara Castle is huge, and its overall design encompasses the castle town and provides defense.

It is said that grain can be planted under the city to solve the problem of shortage of soldiers during the siege.

The population of Odawara Castle also reached one hundred thousand, a scale that was difficult to reach in Japan at that time.

At the same time, the town of Nobunaga Azuchi, which had already spread all over the world, had just over 10,000 people.

Now in Honmaru, the largest city in Kanto.

The fourth generation governor of the Hojo clan, Mr. Sakyo, Shinkuro Hojo, lives in it.

According to the Hojo clan, the Hojo clan’s vassals referred to their clan governors as the Gohonjoden.

The Hojo clan claimed that after Kamakura ruled the Hojo clan, Hojo Soun, the first generation of the family, was actually the first owner of the family. It was after the shogunate accompanied the Ise clan.

At that time, Hojo Soun's sister Kitagawa-den married the Imagawa family governor Yoshitada Imagawa as the main house.

Later, Hojo Soun helped his nephew Imagawa to seize the Imagawa clan superintendent, and he was named the lord of the city of Xingguo Temple and the Imakawa clan's vassal.

After that, Hojo Soun attacked Sagami by himself, and his power expanded. After finally getting rid of the main family of Imagawa and becoming the most famous, it is the foundation of today's Hojo family's Kanto three hundred stones.

In the residence, the Hojo clan, under the service of a small surname, wears hunting clothes.

Masa Hojo is exactly forty years old this year, at the age of a man's youngest and most powerful man.

As a Mihonjo of the Hojo clan, perhaps the most annoying thing is that his retainers often take him. Compared with the former house governor, Sagami Lion, Hojo Shiyasu, and the great-grandfather Soun Hojo, who founded the country empty-handed.

If this scene is changed to Takeda Katsuyoshi, he will inevitably stand up, determined to make some changes. Make a merit to surpass your father to prove your strength.

As for the Hojo clan, he took it lightly.

The Hojo clan knew that regardless of military strategy or decision, he was far inferior to his father. Great-grandfather, if you can't compare, then don't compare.

Hojo Soun and Hojo's Kang are the heroes of the world. They all set up a system for their family, so they only need to follow their own rules and regulations.

There are no outstanding talents. Just recognize your own strength and do your own duty. Don't do anything beyond the limit of ability. This is what Hojo Clan thinks he is stupid and wise.

When the Hojo clan took the throne, he stopped attacking all parties and paid attention to internal affairs and economy.

If anyone in the Warring States period pays the most attention to people's livelihood, then it is undoubtedly the Hojo family.

When Hojo Soun was alive, he set the annual tribute standard of four people and six people. (It can be effectively compared with the six public and four people of the Takeda family)

Not only that, but in the years of disasters during his lifetime, Shi Kang Gong would also reduce taxes or even exempt the people in his possessions.

In addition, in order to encourage the people to live in Odawara Town, the Hojo family reduced the price of the dormitory from 50 to 35.

In order to facilitate people's livelihood, the Hojo family will build a special water supply channel in Odawara Castle.

At the same time, the Hojo family was also a pioneer in the use of Yongle Money in the Warring States Period.

Due to the obvious shortage of money in Yongle in the Kanto region and the flood of evil money, the Hojo family also allowed the people to use rice instead of coins to circulate. Take the eighth year of Yonglu as an example, when the Hotiao family collected money for other buildings, two-thirds of them received rice and wheat, and one-third of Yongle money.

Such measures have stabilized the economy within the Hojo family.

What's more, the Hojo family also set up Muan Boxes for private complaints and give the people the opportunity to complain about their grievances.

The complaints in the safety box are handled by the Hojo family's special bureaucracy and judges to make judgments.

It is no wonder that when Hojo's Yasushi died of illness, the samurai of Odawara no town and the common people cried together. When they were linked with other daimyos, only a few loyal samurai cried a few times, and the gap was obvious.

The systems established by the governors of the past dynasties have provided a good foundation for the Hojo clan to take over the Hojo clan.

Under the management of three generations of family supervisors, the Hojo family is even more powerful. Under the foreign parent-child system, more than a dozen generals at the general guide level can mobilize nearly 100,000 troops.

There are bureaucrats such as the judges who are responsible for handling internal affairs and adjudicating lawsuits.

Under such an excellent system of leading the Sengoku Daimyo, the Hojo clan was basically in a state of ruling through an arch.

After the Battle of Nagasasa, the fact that the family was destroyed in front of the Hojo clan was purely unexpected.

Satomi's family was caught in a dispute over the home governor, falling into a state of internal and external rebellion. The Hojo Clan did not expect that once the army was crushed, it would be like a broken bamboo, and defeated the enemy that had been embarrassed by the Hojo family for decades.

After the Satomi family was destroyed, the strong enemy to the east of the Hojo family was eliminated.

The Hojo clan recalled the scene of the battle with the three allied forces of Satake, Yuki, and Utsunomiya not long ago, and he can't help but fear.

Satake, Yuki, and Utsunomiya were in the shape of a Kanto Hachiya in the past. They were moved to Kinki by the shogunate and appointed to assist the powerful names of the Kanto prince at that time.

The three powers are all veteran forces. The coalition forces fought against the Hojo clan. The battle began. Under the leadership of Oniju and Satake Yoshishige, the Hojo clan's army, which was personally seated by the Hojo clan, was basically in a state of losing streak in a row.

Later, the Hojo clan invited the famous Hojo shogun, Rehmannia Hachiman, Hojo Tsunari, who had already retired, and then went to Sagami and the general manager. The shanghai chief, the security house constantly mobilizes troops to the front line.

The Hojo family gathered more than 100,000 troops to fight for three months, exhausting the three allied forces, and succeeded in the final battle. Force the three families to cede their land and pay the hostages.

The Hojo clan completed the first battle of the Hojo family to pacify the Kanto, and the momentum was finally in full swing.

In the Uesugi family's imperial rebellion, Uesugi Jingsheng and his younger brother Uesugi Jinghu have fallen into a dispute over the house governor.

The Hojo clan sent the Hojo clan to rescue from Musashi. He must have entered Echigo at this moment, because he was worried that the Hojo clan would not succeed all the way.

The Hojo clan asks his ally Takeda family and Mutsu's powerful dame Date family. Send troops together.

Masaru Hojo thought carefully about the details of this sutra, and Date Huizong, the governor of the Date family, was indecisive, even if he temporarily agreed to his request. It is estimated that it is mostly perfunctory.

If you want to come, the Takeda family is more reliable.

Takeda Hojo is an offensive and defensive alliance, let alone Takeda Nobuhiro himself agreed.

Nobuhiro Takeda, although the Hojo clan had never seen this person, according to the wind, he was honest and kind. The elder who keeps his promises, unlike his unpredictable brother and ambitious nephew, has his promise. Even if there is a problem in this matter, the Takeda family will definitely go all out.

Just as the Hojo clan was fighting the Uesugi family's progeny. When there is full confidence.

At this time, the retainer Dadao Temple Zhengfan, you pen. One of the judges, Itabe Gangjiang Yuzhai, entered the residence with a solemn expression.

After the two entered, Daoji Temple Masahiro knelt down in front of the Hojo clan and said: "Lord, the ministers are not doing things badly. Please give me a cut."

Hearing this, the Hojo clan's expression changed, and he stopped serving his piercing surname, and asked, "Why is it so panicked?"

Daoji Temple Masanori said painfully: "Takeda Chaoyue not only failed to help His Highness Jinghu, but also killed him, and now he has captured Kasuga Mountain City."

When the Hojo clan was furious, he said, "Is this serious?"

"It's true." Daoji Temple Zhengfan lowered his head.

Masaru Hojo drew his sword from the wall, his face flushed and he shouted: "The Takeda family still uses "faith" as the common word. They are really untrustworthy and unrighteous people. I swear to kill Takeda Suzuki, this untrustworthy husband."

Itabe Okae Yuksai, who shares the same enemy with the Hojo clan and Dadaoji Masan, said in a deep voice: "The lord, Takeda Suzuki's actions are very clear. The Takeda clan will take advantage of the Uesugi clan's crisis and annex Echi. strength."

"At the moment, Nobuhiro Takeda leads the main force of the Takeda clan, and there is no one in the country. My Hojo clan will be out of the Odawara Castle, and I will attack Kai via Musashi and take it straight to the Tsuzakikan."

Itabe Okae Yuksai is dressed as a bald monk. He also served as a temple in the Hojo clan. In addition, his family background is also very prominent, because he is an authentic descendant of the Hojo clan after the Hojo clan.

Itabe Okae’s theory was echoed by Masahiro Daoji Temple. The Hojo family veteran said: “The Takeda family is betrayed for self-interest. The soldiers of the family are all the same haters and enemies. After Echi, the army hangs out in the air, there is no army in the country, and the family is attacking its hinterland. It is just a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the tank."

After hearing the words of the two retainers, the Hojo clan, his expression excited, he paced left and right for a while, and suddenly lowered his face and said: "After Takeda Suzuki's strategy, he will definitely know the result of his family's anger. It is impossible to be unprepared. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com What's more, my family has just ended the war with the Satake family, and the vitality has not recovered. Now it is improper to use troops on a large scale."

Hearing the words of the Hojo clan, Dadaoji Masahan hurriedly said: "Lord, you can't miss the opportunity. If you sit and watch Takeda's annexation, Takeda's momentum will be comparable to that of his own family. Now there is a good time, how can you not try. "

Masaru Hojo didn't immediately agree, and he turned to say: "Call Wind Demon Kotaro immediately."

Kazema Kotaro's original surname is Kazama, and his Kazema Ninja is the ninja of the Hojo clan.

The wind demon Kotaro has always been the name of the upper ninja, and it has been used for all dynasties. Now the wind demon's upper ninja is its fifth generation.

Feng Mo Ren has always been famous in the Hojo family. In the past eight years in history, after Hojo Takeda turned his face due to the Gokan Rebellion, the Hojo family and Takeda Katsura were in the battle of the Hasegawa River.

Fengma Kotaro led Fengmaren to attack the Takeda army in the night and assisted the Hojo army to defeat Takeda Katsuyori and set up a magnificent military exploit.

Now this burly legendary ninja walked into the hall and knelt down in front of the Hojo clan, and asked, "Master, what's your suggestion?"