As the storm gradually weakened in early July, Kanto finally calmed down. A piece of information was placed in front of Hojo Ushimasa of Edo Castle in Musashi Province. He had been staring at the information for half an hour without moving, not because of how novel the information was. He couldn't understand that similar information had been received one after another since last year. Each piece of information told the story as clearly as if he had seen it with his own eyes. This information was about Takeda Shingen's intention to destroy the Three Kingdoms of Kosojun. The alliance annexed the Imagawa family's Junyuan three estates. To be honest, this is not too new. The Takeda family was originally much stronger than the Hojo family. Although the military is not as large as the Hojo family, in terms of the strength of the military and the ability of the retainers to conquer and fight, it is really beyond the capabilities of the Hojo family. In comparison, if the Hojo family had such a set of retainers, they would have defeated half of the Kanto Eight Kingdoms long ago, instead of sitting in the Sagami Musashi and Izu Three Kingdoms thinking hard about how to expand the family territory. In fact, the Hojo clan doesn't really believe this information. In the past year or so, he has not taken any more drastic action in response to the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto. This is because he has more confidence in his brother-in-law, the Imagawa clan. The death of the heroic leader Yuan was a serious blow, but it was not enough to shake the foundation of the Imagawa family's rule, let alone collapse. What the Imagawa clan really inherited is still a good platoon, and he has strong support from the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Shun Koshigawa. He only needs to stabilize Shun Enzo's basic position, and then the Imagawa clan will still be the overlord of Tokaido. There is still a chance to soar into the sky and make great achievements. Imagawa really only needs to be at his level, and with the help of Imagawa Jugini, there will definitely be no problem. What the Hojo Ujimasa considered was actually the Mifune Citadel to be built on Mifune Mountain, northwest of Sazuki Castle, close to Satomi's family. The dangerous terrain of the Mifune Citadel was a very bold move, because Mifune Citadel was far away from where Satomi Yoshihiro was guarding. Saguki Castle is so close that almost every move in Saguki Castle is exposed under the nose of Mifune Shanzhai. This walled city was like a sharp dagger nailed into the hearts of Satomi Yoshiyao and Satomi Yoshihiro. Since the victory of the Second Battle of Kokufudai, the authority of the Hojo clan has been greatly strengthened. Although the descendants of the family knew that Hojo Ujiyasu played a role in this, many foreigners under the Hojo family and the ignorant Kanto samurai did not understand this. The reason is that this is very beneficial to the Hojo clan's politics. At least he, the governor of the family, is secure. That¡¯s why he was able to insist on attacking the Kamizarimi clan despite his father¡¯s doubts. Once Fang Sui's invasion strategy is successful, then the Hojo clan will add Sui and Anfang to the territory and become the overlords of the five Kanto kingdoms. At that time, they can easily annex the Shimo Sui Kingdom and win over the powerful people of Shimono and Hitachi. Feel free and bold to challenge the Echigo Kira clan's dominance of the Eastern Kingdom. In the past few months, he had attacked Sakuki Castle several times but all ended in failure, so he came up with this crooked trick to let Fujisawa Harimamoru and Tanaka Mimasaku build Mifune Castle on Mifune Mountain next to Saguki Castle. The actions in Sakuki Castle can be monitored around the clock, so that they can not only pin down the Satomi clan defenders in Sakuki Castle, but also wait for an opportunity to seize Sakuki Castle when the Satomi clan is in chaos. The waiting time soon came. The lord of Manki Castle, Toki Norayori, and the lord of Katsuura Castle, Masaki Tokitada, accepted the advice of the Hojo clan and fell into the arms of the Hojo family. The former was not a lineage of the Satomi clan. It was no surprise that he was lured into betrayal by Hojo Ujimasa as a weakling who had no choice but to take a stand. But the latter is not the same. As the first generation governor of the Katsuura Masaki clan, Masaki Tokitada is also the direct brother of Masaki Tokishige. As one of the four corners of the defensive perimeter of the castle network drawn up by Satomi Yoshihiro himself, his betrayal is tantamount to the Satomi clan's A knife was stabbed into his back. Perhaps it was the turn of events and finally it was Satomi Yiyao's turn to taste the bitter fruit of being betrayed. After receiving this news, Satomi Yoshihiro in Sakuki Castle finally couldn't help but take action. The close surveillance day and night made him very painful. The betrayal of his trusted general made him even more angry, so he immediately gathered a large number of troops in the southern part of the Kingdom of Kamui to Saguki Castle. Of course, such a big news could not be concealed from Fujisawa Harimamomo in Mifune's stronghold, and an urgent report was quickly sent. Delivered to the hands of Hojo Ushimasa in Edo Castle. In fact, Hojo Ushimasa had long been impatient with waiting. The job of waiting for something to happen was not suitable for a young man like him. Fortunately, Satomi Yoshihiro, who was opposite him, was also a very impatient person, so Hojo Ushimasa ordered a 30,000-strong army. Rushing into the Kamui Kingdom, the Satomi clan was not anxious. Satomi Yoshiyao's orderly deployment, he sat in Kururi Castle and waited for the opportunity, waiting for the Hojo clan to attack first. Although Satomi Yoshihiro is young, he is not an ignorant fool. Knowing that the hungry wolf Hojo Ushimasa is waiting around, daring to move is nothing more than breaking the situation. The military strength assembled by Satomi and his son is only 15,000 people. This is probably the main military force of the entire Hosui Peninsula. Faced with the Hojo clan's murderous rush into the Hosui Peninsula, Satoshi Yoshiyao returned?Some are not sure how to act. Inciting the Hojo clan to invade the Fangsui Peninsula is only the first step. The key is how to defeat the arrogant Hojo Army in the next step, but if he is allowed to use 15,000 troops to resist a 30,000-strong army, it will definitely not work. The previous few times when the disparity in military strength was small, they were unable to defeat the Hojo Army. This time, the military strength was at an absolute disadvantage and the chance of a comeback was very slim. Satomi Yoshiyao understood this truth and the members of the family naturally understood it very well. Masaki Tokishige thought about it. I feel that only using a flanking tactic may still be enough to fight. Horie Yorizada felt that the tactics proposed by his brother were too risky, and the nature of gambling was relatively strong. He had to get the Hojo clan to take the bait, and the military force responsible for frontal resistance would face huge dangers. If there was anything wrong, it would be a loss of military morale. The defeated army would end up being destroyed, but Masaki Tokitada couldn't come up with a better solution, so even though the family members felt that this was too risky, it was the best choice until there was no better proposal, so Satomi Yiyao finally decided to adopt Masaki Tokishige's strategy. Satomi Yoshiyao has decided to completely retreat to the second line after this battle. If he can win, he can survive until retirement. If he fails, he will no longer have to worry about this problem. He will definitely die and stay in Satomi City for a long time. He will never surrender. Under the banner of the Hojo family, imagine how cruelly he has offended the Hojo family over the years, and you will know that choosing the Hojo family is the worst choice. The leadership of this battle is completely left to Satomi Yoshihiro. The young General Satami Yoshihiro Tatito personally led the formation to set up the formation on Mount K¨±zozo and Otsuka Mountain. The Hojo clan Masami Satomi opened the formation and planned a decisive battle. He immediately deployed the formation on Mount Mifune. The two sides were about ten meters apart. Five kilometers away, maintaining a long-term confrontation. Hojo Ushimasa soon learned that Yoshihiro's main formation on Mount K¨±zozo only had 7,000 troops, and he suddenly felt a bit proud in his heart. In their view, the Satomi clan was a sign that they were at the end of their rope. The fact that they had been active for so long to pull out 7,000 troops proved from the side that Satomi Yoshihiro had fallen into an embarrassing situation with no soldiers or generals to use. Hojo Genan put forward a different opinion. He felt that although Satomi Yoshihiro suffered a great defeat, he would not be able to gather even 10,000 troops. However, it is obviously unreasonable to have only 7,000 troops in this formation, so we should beware of fraud. , this time Hojo Tsunari, as a defender of Matsuyama Castle, did not come to help. Instead, he guarded North Musashi to guard against his powerful neighbor to the north. Representing Huang Bei in the battle is Hojo Ushishige, the banner of the younger generation. Since he rectified his name in the second Kokufutai War last year, Hojo Ushishige has never given up trying to revive his martial name and win over the Yuki family and his son. Just proving that he is not a good-for-nothing waste is not enough to get rid of the bad reputation of a tiger father and son. Hojo Ushige strongly supported Hojo Ushimasa's judgment, and a group of young family retainers also followed suit and started making noises. It seems that there is no need to worry about winning this battle. The words inevitably imply that these old Bodai from the Ujikanggong era are too conservative, and they have created a group of Bodai veterans who can no longer raise objections. You can't accuse these young juniors of not understanding. Respect the veteran, that will only make you lose face. Seeing that the elders had given up their intention to raise objections, Hojo Ushimasa felt that he had a small victory in terms of the right to speak in the family, although he did not resent the suggestions of the retainers. But the feeling of having to intervene in everything always makes people feel uncomfortable, as if to remind him that he is still a new governor and needs to be guided in many things. His father Hojo Ujiyasu always gives him advice, but a group of veteran ministers still rely on their elders. Some don't know how to advance or retreat. Looking at the spectrum again, the elders of the Dai family all shut up and happily finalized the march plan. They decided to set out to attack the main formation of Void Mountain City in five days. Before that, the three armies were well fed and recharged to prepare for the war. At the same time, he emphasized that all ministries should take strict precautions. The Satomi clan used this trick to prevent the Satomi clan from sneak attacking the main formation. As the Hojo family were experts in night attacks, they naturally had to be careful of the trick of hunting geese all day long and eventually being pecked and blinded by the geese. The defense of the Hojo Army in the first few nights was indeed very tight, but unfortunately it rained lightly the day before the formation was scheduled to take place. The light rain fell continuously until the evening, and the wetness everywhere made the Hojo troops who were watching the night inevitably feel slack. They probably thought that they would go out into battle tomorrow and there would be no surprises tonight. It happened to be that this night the troops who saw the army quietly went out into battle. . That night, when the dark clouds dispersed and the moonlight dimmed, Masaki Tokishige led eight thousand elites to leave Kururi Castle. The military force in his hand is the real trump card of the Satomi clan. The military force of Satomi Yoshihiro on the K¨±zozo Mountain is just a semblance of elite troops. In order to enhance the suddenness of the night attack, Satomi Yoshihiro deliberately spread the other main force. Between Kururi Castle and Daikita Castle, this trick really deceived the Hojo army's attention. Masaki Tokishige did not use the 8,000 troops to attack the Hojo Army's main formation at night. After all, he was not Uesugi Masatora and did not have the ability to attack 30,000 with 8,000 troops. His method was to lead the special forces around to the Kamiyama Mountain to the west of Mount Mifune. The army may have been too careless and did not set up a branch camp on Shenming Mountain as a warning.The soldiers in the room boldly and reassuringly implemented the tactics of attacking from both front and back. When the news came that the Rangers had successfully entered Mt. Kamimei and were on standby, Satomi Yoshihiro immediately decided that the target of the attack would be directly at the Hojo Army's main formation. Masaki Tokishige's legitimate son Masaki Nobushige and his adopted son Masaki Kentoki served as the vanguard of the first formation to break into the Mifuneyama Hojo Army. In this camp, their night attack did cause a commotion in the Hojo Army camp. However, as an expert in night attacks, the Hojo army would not make mistakes when setting up camp no matter how careless they were. The Seven Thousand Miles Army had to go to great lengths to break down the camp gate. At this time, the troops in the Hojo camp had already attacked from all directions. Incoming, a group of wolf-like and tiger-like Hojo samurai rushed forward crazily and forced the main formation of the Satomi army to retreat. After all, their appearance could not be compared with the real elite. In desperation, Satomi Yoshihiro ordered to return to the original route. retreat. As a member of the Dango Army, Masaki Nobushige led five hundred ashigaru to fight to the last moment. Masaki Nobushige himself obtained the first victory in the war for the Hojo clan, and the Hojo army was unable to attack the mountain for half an hour. This posture was very important in the Hojo clan politics. It was obvious in his eyes that the Satomi family was unwilling to fail in their dying counterattack. The current situation was a huge advantage to the Hojo Army. There is no need for Hojo Ushimasa to ask who is going to fight. The samurai of the Hojo family who had not yet had time to join the battle all jumped up and scrambled to be the vanguard. The samurai of the Hojo family all knew what kind of war was the easiest to get credit for, and those who had the greatest credit were naturally those who participated in the most intense and massive wars. , but that is too dangerous and can easily cost your own life. Most samurai do not have the unparalleled bravery of the Hojo clan. For them, huge wars are not suitable for them. Only the least dangerous crushing battle is the best opportunity for ordinary warriors like them to gain merit. Just like there are always generals in the Central Plains Dynasty who kill good people and take credit for their merits, the best choice is to gain the most merit with the least loss. In their eyes, the defeated Satomi Yoshihiro was just a piece of sizzling fat. Everyone wanted to swallow this piece of fat into their mouths. There is no war that is easier than chasing down the defeated army, because There are always stupid defeated soldiers who will take the initiative to get under the sword of the pursuers. As long as the samurai can ride a horse and wield a sword, he can get some beheadings. So the Hojo army pursued them relentlessly, biting the Satomi army's tail and refusing to let go, as if unwilling to eat the piece of fat. At this time, a thin mist just happened to rise to block the sight, and the Hojo army was completely Unexpectedly, when he was about to catch up with the Satomi family's main formation, he suddenly couldn't see the way forward. He could only faintly hear the footsteps gradually receding and gritted his teeth in hatred. Satomi Yoshihiro standing on Mount K¨±zozo recited "Namo K¨zozo Bodhisattva" loudly. The names of several Mt. K¨zozo in Japan come from the name of K¨±zozo Bodhisattva. This Bodhisattva is one of the eight great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, and it happens to complement Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, which represents the earth. Among the many Bodhisattvas, Kongzang Bodhisattva specializes in wisdom, merit, and wealth. Because its wisdom, merit, and wealth are as vast as the void, and can He is famous for satisfying the needs of the world and bringing infinite benefits to all sentient beings. ????????? Then beacon smoke lit up at Mount K¨±zo, and the sea breeze blowing from Sagami Bay dispersed the mist, allowing the moonlight to shine down and allow Masaki Tokimo to see clearly. But at this moment, he did not recite Buddhist scriptures like his lord, but silently prayed to Hachiman Daimyojin to bless the Satomi clan's long-term military fortune, then got on his horse and led the eight thousand Rangers into battle. Under the wave after wave of the turbulent times of the Warring States Period, the samurai's outlook on life and values ??were gradually distorted. The older generation of stubborn samurai died one after another, and the new generation of samurai left behind abandoned the loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness that they had believed in in the past. , many martial arts families simply deliberately split into two halves and joined different forces, hoping to use this method to ensure the greatest inheritance of the family bloodline. Another martial family was even willing to marry the heir of a local wealthy family, abandoning the last glimmer of honor and ties given by blood. . Completely integrated into the geo-local party. Therefore, when Masaki Tokitada's betrayal cut into the Hojo family's camp, various criticisms about Masaki Tokitada and Masaki Tokitada continued. Some people with evil intentions or those who did not know what was going on were incited to attack Masaki Tokishige. Attack, many of them believe that this is a method for the Masaki brothers to place bets on both sides. No matter which side wins, they will get the fruits of victory in the end. Some people even suspect that this is a tactic to ask questions. If the price offered by Hojo Ujimasa is right, maybe Masaki Tokishige will package the Satomi clan and sell it at a good price. Although no one dared to question this kind of criticism in front of Gundaizen Masaki Tokishige, the discussions behind it still fell into his ears. He could be sure that these rumors would naturally reach the ears of Satomi Yoshiyao, Satomi Yoshihiro and his son. It's just that Satomi's father and son have no intention of pursuing it further, whether it's true or not, they don't intend to pursue it. Since the defeat in the Second Kokufutai War, the Satomi clan of Anbo has been in continuous decline. The example of the Izumo overlord Nizi clan falling into decline due to the rebellion of the Shingu Party is before us. Yoshihiro Satomi does not think that he There is no benefit in pursuing the case in front of the enemy, no matter Masaki Tokishige is sincere or fakeIf any further investigation is carried out, it will have negative consequences. In this case, it is better to just pretend not to know. And today, Satomi Yoshihiro chose to hand over all the elites of the Satomi clan to the leadership of Masaki Tokishige at the critical moment today, which is the greatest trust in him. Masaki Tokishige is also planning to use this opportunity to wash away the unfair injustice he has suffered. , no matter how many excuses are made, it is not as convincing as directly removing the head of Hojo Ujimasa. The Eight Thousand Rangers entered the Hojo Army Camp on Mifune Mountain from Mifune Mountain. At this time, there were only a few thousand old, weak and sick remaining in the Hojo Army Camp of 30,000 people, and they were defenseless. They were easily killed almost without any reaction. The defeated generals who fled down Mifuneyama sent the news that the camp was raided by the Satomi clan to the Hojo Ushimasa. At this time, Hojo Umasa's face was really wonderful. He knew that he had fallen into Satomi's scheme after all, and he was like a stupid ostrich that dived headfirst into Satomi's scheme without caring about its butt. When they turned around, the main camp of the formation had been taken away. Tens of thousands of stones of grain, grass and countless supplies fell into the hands of Yoshihiro Satomi. The teeth of the Hojo clan were almost broken by the hatred. The Hojo clan hated the Jisatomi clan, but now that the camp had been lost, the morale of the army was not moving at all, and he immediately roared: "Retreat! Retreat immediately, don't be reluctant to fight! Don't fall behind and run around. Don't look around, don't mislead the crowd! Disobey orders! Kill them all!¡± The Hojo army commander finally stopped the rumors by grabbing a dozen loud-mouthed hapless guys and beheading them on the spot, but they could not stop the thoughts in their heads. Now that the future of the Hojo Army is in jeopardy, even the fool knows that he must run away quickly. Of course, Hojo Ujimasa also understood this truth, but how could the Satomi family let them leave safely? The future of this retreat was uncertain. Someone must serve as a general of the Danhou Army, just like Nobushige Masaki, who shed blood on the spot. But how many people are willing to die at this time is another question. Hojo Genan and Hojo Shigeki who are willing to cut off the queen are reluctant to let them die. The unknown person serves as the cutoff army but is worried that he will not be able to complete the mission of the cutoff and is easily defeated by Satomi Yoshihiro. . He even patted his chest on the surface and said that he could complete the task, but as soon as he turned around, he betrayed the Hojo clan and surrendered to Satomi Yoshihiro with thousands of rear troops. Hojo Ushimasa's eyes were like a sharp knife that swept over the generals under his command. They either faced Hojo Umasa's gaze uprightly, or they nodded and bowed as much as possible to make themselves look smaller. Hojo Umasa hated these people so much that he couldn't do anything about it. , and finally accidentally caught a glimpse of the lord of Iwatsuki Castle, Ota Shizuo, in the corner, and immediately named him to be the general of the Danhou Army to cover the retreat of the Hojo Army's main formation. The Ota family sighed sadly and secretly said that they still had not escaped this experience. The descendants of the Ota clan of the Minamoto family, who are dignified and dignified, are reduced to the point of bringing people to death. I think that if Ota Shiyasu's uncle Ota Shiryo hadn't accepted Hojo Ujiyasu's strategy and betrayed him and cut into the Hojo family's camp, Hojo Ujiyasu would have won. It was not that easy to fight at night in Kawagoe. Later, the Ota clan made great achievements in the battle for Edo Castle, and became the leader of Edo Castle as the lord of Edo Castle. The Ota clan would betray the Ogitani Uesugi clan at a critical moment not because they were optimistic about Hojo Ujiyasu, but out of their deep disgust for the Ogitani Uesugi clan. They chose to betray their own Uesugi Asada suddenly at the most critical moment. This is the only way. Only then can he avenge the blood feud that happened when the Uesugi clan of Ogitani unjustly killed Ota Michizan. Just like Ohta Asahide who suddenly betrayed the Takeda family, Ota Tatsumi was guarding the front leading to Uesugi Tosada's main formation, but when Hojo Ujiyasu's surprise attack army came over. The Ogitani Uesugi Army suddenly opened a passage and blocked both sides of the obstruction for Hojo Ujiyasu, allowing Uesugi Chaosada to be easily taken over, leading to the complete collapse of the Kanto Allied Forces. Therefore, after joining the Hojo family, the Ota clan, which was consciously descended from the famous Seiwa Genji family, had a contemptuous attitude towards the Ise-ryu Hojo clan who came from Kyoto, just like the Takeda Ryoyama system, which always maintained aloofness within the Hojo clan. Political status. When the Hojo clan Yasukata seized control of the Musashi Kingdom, it was still far from a stable position, so the Sagami Lion Ninja adopted a gentle strategy towards the Ohta clan in a moment of anger. Yasushi Ota, a direct descendant of the Ota clan, and Yasushi Ota, a powerful Ota clan, respectively became the sons-in-law of Hojo Ujiyasu. The latter's treatment was higher than that of Yasushi Ota, because he married Hojo Ujiyasu's daughter Nagabayashi-in. What Ota Yasushi married was only Hoshoin, the daughter of Toyama Tsunakage, who was adopted as the adopted daughter of Hojo Ujiyasu. However, Hojo Ujiyasu hated this group of rebellious and arrogant Ota family samurai, so in the following years, Hojo Ujiyasu began to launch operations against the Ota clan under his control. Musashi's several territorial inspections imposed various restrictions on the Ota family. Gradually, the Ota family's territory Shigao continued to weaken, and that part of the territory was added to the Hojo family's genealogy. Gradually, Ota Yasuji discovered that his stone height was not as good as his father-in-law Toyama Tsuna.The territory of ? was so large that in the end, Hojo Ujiyasu blatantly replaced the lord of Edo Castle with Tsunakage Toyama, while Yasushi Ota had to succumb to the second lord of the castle and moved from Edo Castle Honmaru to Ninomaru. Edo people The leader naturally became Toyama Tsunakage, and the relationship between the Ota clan and Hojo Ujiyasu, who did not tolerate humiliation, quickly deteriorated. Therefore, during the second Kokufu-Taiwan war, Ota Yasushi was persuaded by Ota Shimasa to join the Southern Kanto Allied Forces camp of Satomi Yoshihiro, in an attempt to use the power of the Satomi clan, Yuki clan, and Satake clan to fight against the Hojo family and seize the river. However, they did not expect Satomi Yoshiyao's coalition forces to be so vulnerable, and the powerful coalition forces collapsed overnight. Ota Yasushi and Ota Shimasa were abandoned by Satomi Yoshihiro without hesitation. They had no choice but to bow their heads and surrender. Although Hojo Ujiyasu and Hojo Umasa and his son quickly imposed severe punishments, Ota Yasushi, Ota Shimasa, and Kajiwara Masaki and his son were exiled. From then on, he was not allowed to return to Musashi. From then on, the famous Musashi and Ota clan disappeared. Although the Ota clan was not punished by exile, their situation was just to survive. As an insider and one of the participants in the plan for the Second National War in Taiwan, he was responsible for serving Hojo Ushimasa and repeatedly covering up the betrayal of his father and a group of subordinates. In the end, his actions completely angered Hojo Ushimasa, so From falling to the point of being beaten by a street rat, he has been placed under house arrest in Odawara Castle by the Hojo Ujimasa and cannot return to Iwatsuki Castle. His wife, Nagabayashiin, suspected that the death of her grandfather, father and brother at the hands of Echigo was directly related to the disadvantages of the Edo clan actually controlled by the Ota clan. In recent years, the Edo clan has been severely damaged and reorganized several times. Still can't change the nature of the fish belly, which is completely different from the reputation of being able to fight well in the past. During the Second Battle of Kokufutai, a group of Edo people followed the Ota clan and rebelled against Rikiri, while another group served as the vanguard and quickly retreated, leaving Tominaga Naokatsu to death. All kinds of rumors spread to the ears of Chobayashiin. , the conflicts between husband and wife became more and more irreconcilable, and the Ota clan was not qualified to return to Iwasuki Castle. He could only stay in the city and suffered cynicism from his colleagues outside, while suffering the unkind treatment from his wife at home. It was really sad. Nothing is more heart-breaking. "If we successfully cover the lord's retreat, my family may have the opportunity to use this military exploit to return to Iwatsuki Castle. My sins may be reduced. If I fail, I can at least die like a samurai and no longer suffer such great humiliation." Injury" Until this moment, the Ota family was still thinking about meritorious deeds and avenging shame, and could not forget their hometown of Iwatsuki Castle. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)