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Sanhe Butterfly Chapter 533 Do you have the strength to fight back?

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    With no support internally and no strong support from the outside, it can be resisted for a while by relying on tens of thousands of soldiers to defend the city. In the long run, defending the city is just a fight between trapped beasts and seeking death. Odawara is not an invincible fortress that cannot be broken down in the legend.  There are townspeople and samurai family members in the city. This is what they protect and fight for. It carries the ardent expectations of countless elders in the hometown. The Hojo family really can't do something that uses the lives of local townspeople as a bargaining chip to survive.  come out.  Akechi is like the Sagami Lion Hojo Ujiyasu, who is very aware of the depth of the crisis lurking under the deathly silence of Odawara Castle. The commotions in the city show that Ashikaga Yoshitoki's strategy has not relaxed for a moment. He does not need to guess to know his own destiny.  There must be someone in the Dai retainer group who is secretly plotting to betray the Hojo family. There is no point in finding out who this person is, but it will further shake the confidence of the retainer group.  "What should I do? Should Father's opinion be used? Isn't there a better choice?" Hojo Ushimasa leaned on the railing and looked at the majestic Odawara Castle, a city that had filled him with endless glory in the past.  At this moment, it was like a heavy burden pressing on his chest and he could hardly breathe.  The Sagami Hojo clan is weak in front of the Kant身 clan. The Hojo family's military strength left in the city is less than 13,000. Most samurai are full of fear and confusion about the powerful Kant身 clan unless the Hojo clan goes out to fight Sanada.  Yukitaka was caught off guard and defeated or even wiped out the 30,000 besieging army with 12,000 men. Otherwise, this disadvantage would have been impossible to overturn.  It's a pity that the night battle in Kawagoe only happened once. The military level of the Hojo clan was completely insufficient to support a shocking reversal. Odawara Castle is said to have tens of thousands of soldiers with enough food and grass to eat in three years. This is a very idealistic plan without considering the actual food and grass.  Based on a simple calculation of the supply, the food that needs to be supplied in Odawara City is not only the more than 10,000 defenders, but also more importantly, the tens of thousands of castle town residents who also need to eat. During the half-year siege of the city, the water transportation channels have already eaten up the food.  Nearly half, the time left for the Sagami Hojo clan was no more than half a year.  With the four gates of Odawara Castle closed, food can be distributed according to quantity to maintain short-term stability, but it is an indisputable fact that the castle town's Kobo Shang Town has been unable to receive business and has come to a standstill.  When businesses run out of business, they have no choice but to close down and fire the townspeople. Townspeople who can't get a job have nothing to do except receive another ration at a fixed time every day. Townspeople who have nothing to do all day gradually like to go to wine shops and whale houses for fun.  Using alcohol and sex to numb the gradually stiffening brain, negative emotions generally breed, forming a terrifying force that causes turmoil.  The economic order has collapsed, trade has been interrupted, and there is a lack of supplies in the market that lack the daily necessities that the townspeople need.  In the black market organized voluntarily by the townspeople, the most circulated old grains given by the Hojo family for free, people began to barter secretly, and Yongle money lost its role as currency in the closed Odawara Castle.  The executive officer of the Hojo clan was unable to receive even a penny of tax revenue from the castle town, and he still had to bear the huge pressure of food supply to supply the town people. He also had to bear all kinds of accusations and indifferent treatment to support the town people. As the governor of the house, the Hojo clan masa suddenly felt that this governor was really  Difficult.  If this situation continues to develop, Odawara Castle will fall into turmoil in the long run.  Sometimes people's support is just a matter of a thought. It is undeniable that the townspeople of Odawara Castle support the Hojo family. Their willingness to send their children and grandchildren to serve as ashigaru under the Hojo family shows that the Hojo family's popularity is still there.  Not everyone likes to do it. Even if you rush over and fight Ashikaga Gitoki with enthusiasm for a while, as your patience and confidence wear away day after day, that boiling passion will have been burned away.  Calm down young warriors.  Suddenly, I found that my beloved Odawara Castle suddenly changed into another scene. All the passages outside the city were completely blocked, resulting in a shortage of material supplies. The price of goods obtained through some special channels was ten times higher than before, which led to a currency shortage.  Rapid depreciation over time and prompting skyrocketing prices.  Ninety-nine percent of the commercial houses have long been closed and people have left them empty. The decline of all industries has forced the elders in the hometown to lose their jobs and can only live at home. Even if Hojo Ujiyasu discovered something was wrong early, there was nothing he could do. His research on economic principles was almost blank.  When encountering this kind of problem, the only way to appease it is to reduce taxes and tax exemptions, call in businessmen, and offer kind words.  But this did not help solve the crisis in Odawara Castle, and people's hearts were quietly lost at this loss.  "If we continue like this, the city will run out of food if we can't hold on to the autumn harvest" Hojo Ushimasa secretly slapped the fence in anger, and after a while he suddenly said: "No! Even if we hold on to the autumn harvest, we won't be able to harvest a single grain. We can't break it as soon as possible.  The Edo government's indefinite blockade of Odawara Castle will not be a lenient condition for the city's alliance even if it lasts until next year or later next year! My father is right.  It＊s nothing to say.§ At this juncture, the envoy of the Kanto Kingdom, Nagano Yoshigu, came to Odawara Castle and persuaded him to surrender for the first time when he brought Ashikaga Yoshi.? Oral edict: "The shogunate and the imperial court are pleased to see the first peace of Kant身 being announced today. The work that the Kant身 scholars have been waiting for for a hundred years of tranquility in Kant身 is over. It is unwise for Hojo Sagami to defend a corner of Sagami and try to fight to the end with a single city. Hope Hojo Sagami  Keep the city open as soon as possible to avoid the danger of ruin and ruin of the family! The relevant provisions are in the appendix of the letter, so please read it carefully. "After receiving the surrender letter, Hojo Ujimasa saw that it was similar to the reply sent by Hojo Genan.  The choice of words and sentences was even more domineering, and he warned him to surrender quickly with the tone of the lord of Kanto. This gave a strong stimulus to the proud Hojo clan. This young governor who had been having a smooth life since childhood was still too young.  The elders of the Kanadai family coughed and waved their hands, and finally calmed down the angry Hojo Umasa. After he exhaled a few breaths of bad breath, they groaned: "I will consider it carefully. Please forgive me for the situation of the Hojo family and allow me to do so."  Let's wait for a while!" "That's right! I will truthfully convey the opinions of Hojo Sagami Morden." Nagano Yegu nodded as if he was about to stand up and suddenly thought of something and sat back.  He took out the Liangfeng letter from his pocket and handed it over respectfully: "Before I left, I met Hojo Kamisuke and Hojo Anfang Mamoru. These two entrusted me to send two letters from home. I asked Sagami Mamoru to read them."  The expressions of the retainers group changed instantly. Many veterans stared angrily at the stack of letters handed over by Nagano Yagu. In the past half year, the Hojo family's publicity center, Huang Hachiman and Hojo Tsunari, died heroically in battle with the Hojo clan. It was because of this that  This piece of news indirectly prompted the Hojo family samurai to unite against Ashikaga Yoshitoki.  It was less than a year later that I once again saw a "dead" samurai writing a letter back. You can imagine how the Hojo family samurai felt in their hearts. The young samurai from the Hojo family sitting in the corner quietly  When they became agitated, Hojo Tsusunari's legitimate sons Hojo Ushige and Hojo Uhide seemed particularly uneasy. His son-in-law Hojo Ujiki didn't seem too happy either. Several young samurai looked at the angry group of clan elders intentionally or unintentionally. Matsuda Mori  Xiuji's desire to speak finally turned into a sigh.  Hojo Umasa hesitated and didn't know whether he should accept the thick pile of letter paper, but in this era, if he didn't accept it, he would give up the excuse. He raised his head and looked around the group of family retainers and found that the reliable samurai was either deep in thought or shaking his head and sighing, with random words in his mouth.  After cursing a few words, he bravely took the letter. Nagano Yaguru didn't seem to take the opportunity to say a few sarcastic words. He bowed respectfully and stood up and left with satisfaction, leaving the Hojo retainers in a dead silence in the vast room.  group, and the sound of Hojo Ushimasa flipping pages as he kept flipping through private messages.  Rather than saying this is a letter from home, it is better to say that it is a diary recorded by Hojo Tsunari and Hojo Clan in the past six months. From the interrogation and house arrest of prisoners to the whole process of being treated favorably, these two people were led by Ashikaga Yoshitoki throughout the whole process.  Everywhere he went, he was invited to attend meetings, including the confidential evaluation meetings and military discussions.  In Hojo Tsunari's diary, he highly praised the military power of the Ashikaga family, saying that it was a military system that was very different from the military system used by the Kanto samurai family. The samurai who created this new military system must be masters of military science. He focused on describing the Ashikaga army.  The invasion of Shimonoseki, a multi-pronged process of attacking, planning, surprise and seizing a country, and taking over Shimonoseki, where the Hojo family had worked hard for many years, in less than a month was called the perfect embodiment of military strategy by Dihuo Hachiman.  Hojo Ujikuni's diary focuses on Ashikaga Yoshitoki's actions in Shimono Province. How he easily mobilized Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, Nasu Shiin, and Koyama Takatomo without flying a single soldier.  During the whole process of the territory, he expressed great admiration for the Kanto Lord's thunderous means of turning clouds and rain to pacify a country, and called Ashikaga Yoshitoki the "hope of the Kanto samurai family."  The more he looked at the back, the darker his face became. Hojo Ushimasa was trembling all over. The family members looked at the governor's face in horror as he suddenly turned green and then turned white. He suddenly dropped the letter and looked embarrassed.  And left, the whole process was so fast that the family members who were bowing their heads in thought did not see his hurried away figure.  The family members of the Genedai family didn't know why the family governor left without saying goodbye. They stared at the scattered pages of letters on the ground and didn't know what to do. Daidoji Masashige carefully picked up the page of letters that fell at his feet and read in a low voice: "  His Highness Gongfang is a man of God! In ten months, the army swept across the people of the Shimono country, and the force was ten times more powerful than the elite soldiers of our Hojo family. In another ten months, he mobilized the people of the Shimono country without spending a single soldier. The Satake family then heard about it.  The wind caused the Hitachi Kingdom to be pacified immediately. In less than three months, it was judged that the three states were beyond our reach. Only by surrendering early can we leave a trace of life for our Hojo family. " Many samurai picked up the discarded letter and muttered in a low voice.  , but after a while, the shaken confidence of the Hojo retainers group collapsed instantly. Some veterans sat down with the letter in their hands, beat their chests and cried loudly: "Shang Susukeden and Anboshouden have surrendered! Is it really going to be over this time? Although  I have anticipated this day, but I always feel very reluctant to say it. " PS: This is the first update, the word count is ?It＊s a bit late, there will be more and more later, the next one is at 12 noon.
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