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    "Ah? He ran away? If he runs away, won't all my hard work be lost? This is not possible! This is absolutely not possible!" Benzhuang Fanchang stuffed the soup cake into his mouth in a few mouthfuls and gulped.  After drinking the fish soup, he threw away his hands and stood up to lead the troops in pursuit, but luckily he was stopped by Uesugi Teruhora's shout.  Uesugi Teruhu took out a handkerchief to wipe the soup stains at the corner of his mouth, then slowly stood up and said: "There is no need to chase them. This is the west bank of the Sagami River and has entered the heart of the Hojo family. If we pursue them, it will easily fall into the Hojo army's conspiracy. It is better to let them go."  Go back!" "Isn't it a bit of a loss to just let them retreat safely?" Honjo Nobunaga waved his arms in annoyance to vent his dissatisfaction, and sat back angrily and asked for fish soup and soup cakes to eat.  He complained: "A big victory turned into a blank shot. If I had known, we should have crossed the river at the same time."  It would be easy to be discovered by the Fuma Ninja. The Hojo Army would only retreat faster and more urgently. It would take two or three hours to transport the troops across the river together. If the Hojo Army came forward to attack us, wouldn't it be playing into their own designs?  "The Hojo Army retreated so quickly that the reconnaissance cavalry sent by Teru Uesugi chased the Hojo Army to the outside of Odawara Castle only to see the dark army waiting to enter the city. In order to run faster and more conveniently,  Hojo Ushimasa simply abandoned the main camp of the Hojo Army. This decisiveness and decisiveness were enough to defeat 99% of the samurai lords of his time.  There are still tens of thousands of stones of food and grass in the abandoned Hojo camp, as well as all kinds of weapons and equipment for camping. The soldiers' tents have all kinds of living utensils and useful weapons.  The small treasury that the warriors hid was not taken away. There were also ingredients prepared the night before in the kitchen to cook for the soldiers in the morning, but they were left unattended.  The whole camp went to the camp to benefit Kirajun.  At noon that day, more than 35,000 troops had a feast at the Hojo Army camp near Muryangji Temple, and stayed overnight before dismantling the entire camp, including wooden stakes and ropes, and loading them into flatbed trucks.  Take it away, this style of eating everything is an authentic iron rooster style, which can reflect that Uesugi Teruhu's style and habits are quite stingy.  This is consistent with his past development of the green ramie tax and his advocacy of saving money first. A samurai who grew up hungry and cold always has some frugality in his bones, even if there is such a lively God of Wealth as Kira Yoshitoki.  Let the days get better and better.  But some living habits still won¡¯t change easily.  Hojo Ushimasa's retreat in the face of the battle still dealt a huge mental blow to the people of Sagami Province. When Musashi Province was lost, Hojo Ushimasa said that Sagami Province had absolutely no problem. When Higashi Sagami was lost, he said that the Hojo army could defend the Sagami River. Now the Sagami River has been penetrated.  , Hojo Ushimasa withdrew to Odawara Castle with an army of 20,000 men, which was only slightly damaged. How could the people of Sagami Province continue to support him with peace of mind.  At this time, it happened to be the most important autumn harvest of the year. The samurai of the Sagami clan and the Izu clan all ran home to harvest the autumn harvest with their ashigaru hula-la.  There are only more than 7,000 troops left in Odawara Castle. The remaining Hojo troops are either die-hard supporters of the Hojo family because conditions do not allow it, which means that the Hojo family's current control is constantly declining.  The atmosphere in Odawara Castle Town was changing, forcing Hojo Ujiyasu to send out Hojo Genan to contact the Sagami clan and the Izu clan, and through various means such as promises of appeasement, to calm the hearts of the 21 Sagami clan and the 14 Izu clan, and obtain the autumn harvest.  Promise to return aid to Odawara Castle when it is over.     on the other hand.  The Hojo Ujimasa decided to give up the territory in the Kamui Kingdom and return to support Odawara Castle. The 7,000 Hojo troops from Kururi Castle and the Kamui Kingdom left the Fusui Peninsula by boat overnight. In this way, they pieced together another 14,000 elite troops who were good at conquering and fighting.  , Hojo Ujiyasu successively severely punished several low-level samurai who deceived the public with their lies, and appeared in person in Odawara Castle Town to do communication and grooming work.  Only then did he win people's hearts back into his own hands.  With the Sagami Lions back in charge, Odawara Castle has once again returned to the impregnable level it once was.  As the most powerful castle in Tokaido and in the hands of Hojo Ujiyasu who is good at defensive counterattacks, Odawara Castle can indeed be called the most powerful castle in the world. Of course, this is also related to the weird shape of Odawara Castle that is very different from other castles.  .  Odawara Castle is a Hirayama Castle. It is neither a water castle surrounded by water like Sakamoto, nor a mountain castle like Kasugayama Castle that occupies the entire mountain. This overall structure Hirayama Castle is built on a relatively high platform.  Odawara Castle was not originally built by the Sagami Hojo clan, but Kobayakawa Enpei, one of the Bando Hachihei clan in the Genpei era.  During the Uesugi Zenhide Rebellion in the 23rd year of Uesugi (1416), the Toi clan who was affiliated with Uesugi Zenhide was uprooted. Omori Yoriharu, a native of Suruga, was awarded the title of Odawara in the 24th year of Uesugi (1417).  city, and expanded its power in the two countries of Sagami and Izu.  LaterIt was suddenly captured by Hojo Soun named Ise Moritoki. One day after he took control of Izu Kingdom in the fourth year of the Meiji Period (1495), he openly led his army into Sagami Kingdom pretending to hunt wild deer, and was suddenly attacked.  Odawara Castle launched a surprise attack and took the opportunity to seize Omori Fujiyori. I have to say that there was something wrong with this Omori clan's head. Such a weird method really allowed Hojo Soun to do it.  Hojo Soun's capture of Odawara Castle marked the beginning of the large-scale expansion of the Hojo family. Over the past sixty years, Odawara Castle has undergone repeated renovations, gradually forming a special design similar to the master structure designed by Kyoto Shikakuchi. The so-called master structure is to use the city  The combination with the village forms a satellite city surrounding the main city to protect the main city.  There are complete sets of living facilities such as a castle town inside, and defensive facilities such as water and stone walls are set up near the castle town outside the city. The entrance and exit are designed with a more complex tiger's mouth and horse exit to form a more rigorous and rigorous castle structure, which is very similar to the seven gates of Kyoto.  The structural meaning of the structure is that Doichi Kui relied on mastering the seven mouths of Kyoto to force the court and the shogunate to finally compromise. However, Kyoto was not a fortified city for military purposes after all. Although the internal system was well organized, it did not have the high military role of the general structure.  .  The area of ??Odawara Castle is very large and completely different from ordinary Japanese castles. The area of ??nearly ten square kilometers is many times larger than Kasugayama Castle. The first phase of Edo Castle that was being built during the Kira era was only twenty square kilometers.  This shows that the Hojo family's unique ingenuity in renovating Odawara Castle was definitely unique in this era.  The city has reserves of food for tens of thousands of people for two years, as well as abundant water resources. The main reason is that this Hirayama Castle is located on the west side of Sagami Bay. The actual distance from the seaside is not more than two hundred meters.  , there is a pier and a small port town on the seaside that can provide necessary support to the Hojo family.  This also means that if you want to surround Odawara Castle, you must seal all the openings outside the city. Otherwise, the Hojo family can rely on the support of external forces to transport a steady stream of food, medicine and whatever else they need.  It is absolutely impossible to seal Odawara Castle without an army several times larger.  After comprehensive consideration, Uesugi Teruhora led an army of 35,000 and did not immediately blockade Odawara Castle. Instead, he set up camp on the west bank of the Sakazaka River on the Ashigara Plain and sent 15,000 troops to attack Kakizaki Keiie and Saito Asanobu.  , Ota Shimasei led various attacks to clear out the Hojo family genealogy in the country.  The farmers of Sagami Province were frightened to death by the ferocious Kira Army. People from all over the country saw that the food had just been harvested to be dried and before it was sent to the barn, they were hit by a large-scale invasion and raid by the Kira Army. In desperation, they led their own gangs to gather strong men.  It was necessary to open up a posture to confront the Kira Army, but how could these Japanese people who had separated from the command of the Hojo Army to collect grain in the countryside be the Kira Army's opponents?  aspect of massacre.  Eliminating the resistance forces has basically completed the deterrent mission assigned by Terutora Uesugi. Next is the time to show off as a "civilized division". The envoys of the Kira Army will act as subordinates and go to villages in various places to do persuasion work. If they cooperate with the Kira Army, they will ensure their money and food.  It was a lot of money, and it could compensate for the economic losses caused by the war. The farmers in Sagami Country were a little excited.  In the final analysis, this war is a war between lords. For the peasants at the bottom of society, it does not matter which lord is in power. It is not as important as having enough food, clothing, clothing and reproduction. However, there are still many peasants who are dissatisfied with the "Hojo Ujiyasu"  The "Kanto Minsei" reciprocated favorably. The K¨­soku Minsei he created brought great benefits to the farmers. However, the Kira family's still K¨­roku Minsei seemed a bit harsh and unacceptable, but the Kira family's efforts in Echigo  The economic and agricultural miracle that came out made these farmers reluctant to leave, and they were conflicted about who should choose better.  As the general of the army, Teru Uesugi cannot change his basic nature as a general even if he is the head of the family. He basically does not interfere with the specific strategies that the people should implement against Sagami Country. The farmers of Sagami Country  Being able to hesitate to move forward with a heart-warming thought is a victory. As an invader, it would be too mean to achieve this step and it is not a victory. After all, the Hojo family has experienced four generations of hard work in Sagami Country for more than 60 years. If it were not for the Kira family,  Tai Su's own influence is so powerful, and the cohesion of the Sagami Hojo clan is not in vain.  This sweeping strategy worked quickly. All the large and small castles on the Ashigara Plains were plucked out one by one. He ignored the mountain castles on the Ashigara Mountains and the Hakone Mountains. Those mountain castles were hidden on the tops of the mountains for purely military purposes.  Its function is to serve as homeland defense and block attacks from the Izu and Suruga countries. It has basically no effect on the domestic war in Sagami. Instead of wasting time and effort to attack these mountain towns that are on high alert, it is better to think about controlling Sagami as much as possible.  The Ashigara Plains in Japan are more realistic.  ps: What a great reward, Wu Mei has to thank the book friends for the reward, Hattori Masashige, Jane Eyre the Devil, and Xiao Zimu, such a great reward, Wu Mei will definitely fulfill her promise this month!
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