On the morning of October 17, the sixth year of Tianwen (1537), at the top of Puyuan Castle.
The Hojo family's army has secretly sneaked back to the Fuji River one after another, setting up ambushes in various dangerous terrains around it, just waiting for the Takeda army to surrender. On the official road in the south and several bridges over the Fuji River, from
The transport team departing from Izu Sagami was still slowly carrying food and baggage, dragging a long stream of people along the official road to serve as a bait to attract the Takeda army.
"Why aren't you here yet?" Hojo Ujiyasu at the top of the city was impatient to wait, but there was no sign of the Takeda Army appearing in the field of vision - in the distant mountains and forests, even flying birds could not be seen. According to the Fuma Ri Ninja
Information that is not easy to obtain shows that around October 7, the Takeda Army had already assembled and mobilized in the territory. It should have been a long time ago to attack, right?
"In my humble opinion, maybe the Takeda family wants to reap the benefits. Let's have a bloody fight with the Imagawa family first and then send out troops to seize a large territory east of the river." Hojo Genan suggested a possibility.
"If that's the case..." Hojo Ujiyasu's expression became sharp, "We might as well burn down the camp first. The fire and smoke here are soaring into the sky, and maybe we can draw the Takeda army out."
"Then the proposal to burn the Imagawa Army has been shelved?" Hojo Noshimasa was somewhat reluctant to part with such an exquisite plan.
"Third Young Master, according to what the poor monk has seen, although the young master's fire plan is subtle, it will definitely not be able to hide it from Master Xue Zhai. Seeing that they did not attack yesterday, they must have seen through it. There is no need to wait any longer to avoid causing complications."
While everyone was discussing, birds suddenly appeared in the mountain forest to the north. The soldiers of the Hojo Army suddenly became excited and stared at the movement with all their concentration, but did not see the rising smoke - could it be that only a few scouts came?
Then they discovered that those who came were not "a few" scouts, but just one man and one horse. When they walked in, they discovered that it was a monk wearing cassocks, sitting on a horse and walking slowly towards Puyuan Castle.
"It's Master Hironobu." Hojo Genan recognized the appearance of the Takeda family's diplomatic monk.
"Takeda Hironobu?" Hojo Ujiyasu wanted to stand up from the top of the castle to take a good look at the situation, but suddenly realized that he should not show up here - wouldn't the appearance of Hojo Ujiyasu himself in Kamahara Castle expose the Hojo family's plan?
?How could he be seen by the Takeda family? So, he still hid behind the wall.
"Master Hojo, we met often when we were young. Why are we afraid of getting pregnant when we grow up? Are you hiding and refusing to see the young monk?" However, Takeda Hironobu, who came to the city, laughed and called to the top of the city, "
The young monk knows that the eldest son is here, so why should he act like a little girl and refuse to show his face to others?"
"You're eating shit...you've been seen through." Hojo Ujiyasu, who was leaning behind the battlements, couldn't help but cursed. Several other important members of the Hojo family around him also had pale faces.
"Master Hongxin, you're fine." Hojo Genan at the top of the city took the initiative to say hello, trying to change the subject, "Now that the two families of the Prime Minister have ceased war and are on friendly terms, why is Master Hongxin here at the front line? If you want to visit, you should go.
I’m visiting Odawara Castle.”
"What about the truce and friendship? My family has formed an alliance with the Imagawa family to join forces to deal with you." Takeda Hironobu said with a candid smile, and then pointed in the east direction, "As for Odawara Castle, my Highness has personally gone out to greet you.
Yes, that’s why I sent a young monk here to greet Young Master Hojo and say sorry to you."
After saying that, Takeda Hironobu changed his posture, turned around and patted his horse away, leaving only the Hojo family members looking at each other.
Almost as soon as he left, messengers from Odawara Castle arrived and reported the urgent military situation of the Takeda Army near the Mizō Pass.
Odawara Castle...Father doesn't have many defenders left there.
Hojo Ujiyasu suddenly broke into a cold sweat and stood up abruptly.
"Why didn't the Takeda family come to Fujigawa and instead went to Odawara Castle?" Hojo Ujiyasu said in a low voice, slightly arrogant. "Seeing our army going deep into Suruga, they can annihilate the main force of the Hojo family as long as they cut off the Fuji River. This is a great opportunity.
Why did they let it go? Instead, they went to fight against Odawara Castle."
"It means that the Takeda family had long expected that the Hojo family would have expected that they would join the Imagawa family, so they used a trick to make us mistakenly think that they were coming to Fujigawa, but in fact the main force went to Sagami." Tame Motoda thought for a moment.
After that, he had already made a judgment, but he was even more confused, "But how could the Takeda family guess that 'we already know that they have formed an alliance with the Imagawa family'? Our ninjas in Fuma are very careful in ambushing, and it stands to reason that they will not be
Discovery is what it is.”
"Besides, isn't the alliance between the Takeda family and the Imagawa family a top-secret matter? They didn't even hold a wedding, just to form an alliance secretly so that they could raid us. Looking at the current deployment of the Takeda family, it seems that they already knew that they would take that mountain road.
Discovered by our ninjas. In this case, if they want to form an alliance without telling us, shouldn't they find ways to take a more remote path to avoid our eyes and ears? If the Takeda family deliberately wants us to know about this, why bother?
No wedding?”
Hojo Yasushiro said that his head was getting dizzy and he could no longer figure out what was going on, nor why the Takeda family did such an unbelievable move. After thinking about it for a moment, he finally realized:
"Unless someone in the Takeda family knows - someone in our Hojo family has long expected that 'the Takeda family will form an alliance with the Imagawa family', and we in the Hojo family will self-righteously think that 'we can learn about this alliance news' is very difficult, difficult
When you come to the Takeda family, you will definitely think that the Hojo family did not expect this. Only if this condition is met, the Takeda family's deployment can be explained."
"They know that the Hojo family has guessed in advance that the Takeda family will seek an alliance with the Imagawa family, so they will definitely send people to ambush the missions and ninjas on the mountain road in advance, so they can boldly walk on that remote road without worrying.
We couldn't find it. As a result, our Hojo family thought we had the secret of the Takeda family and set up an ambush on the banks of the Fuji River, but they directly marched into Odawara Castle."
After saying these words, Hojo Ujiyasu himself laughed, "The logic is straightened out, although it is difficult to get around. The question is how could this be the case? Unless our Hojo family has an onmyoji who can predict the future.
, I knew five hundred years before and five hundred years later. And the Takeda family also knows that we have a fortune teller?"
"Don't think about this, big brother, hurry up and come back for reinforcements. By the way, the camp will be set on fire to prevent the Imagawa family from advancing troops." Hojo Weimasa urged Hojo Ujiyasu, "A fire can burn for a long time. The Imagawa family can't even think about destroying Kamabahara."
The city is back."
"That's all." Hojo Ujiyasu nodded and led everyone to leave. But when he reached the stairs, he found Hojo Genan standing alone by the female wall.
"Uncle, why aren't you leaving yet?" Hojo Ujiyasu greeted Hojo Genan, "The troops are withdrawing!"
However, Hojo Genan still didn't respond, and even his body began to tremble slightly, muttering to himself:
"How is it possible...how was it exposed...Is it too obvious that I cheated on Ryo Imagawa...No, it's not very obvious. Just from this, can anyone in the Takeda family guess it? Or should I say
, I haven’t realized what other functions this divine power has. It can directly identify who the other divine powers are..."
It wasn't until Hojo Ujiyasu patted his shoulder from behind that Hojo Genan woke up from a dream.
"What's wrong, uncle? Are you stunned?" Hojo Ujiyasu said with a grin.
"No, young master, be careful." Hojo Genan calmed down and whispered in a very serious and heavy voice, "The Takeda family may already be more dangerous than the Imagawa family."
Hojo Ujiyasu sent people to light up the camp. Seeing a series of fires and thick smoke in the joint camp that was more than ten miles long, he safely led his troops across the Fuji River to retreat. If this fire spread to the mountains and forests, everything would be burned.
There is absolutely no problem with the moon. The ruins and ashes left by then will be enough to bury the official road. When it snows in winter and freezes, the road will be completely impassable. If the Imagination Army wants to attack, at least it will be impossible.
It's going to be spring next year.
After the Hojo family's army withdrew from the Fuji River, in order to effectively utilize the traffic volume of the road, they were led by Hojo Noshimasa along the southern route, and Hojo Ujiyasu himself led the other way through the small roads in the northern mountainous area, agreeing to meet at Yoshiwara.
"Young Master, there are many mountains and hills along the way, and there are too many places for ambushes. In addition, this is the newly conquered Suruga area. Our ninja strength is weak and we have not fully covered it." Hojo Genan rode his horse and followed Hojo Ujiyasu.
Later, he kept reminding him, "What if there are ninjas from the Imagawa family or the Takeda family ambushing you and assassinating you secretly? I won't be able to cope with it then!"
"What are you afraid of? How can a few assassins do anything to me? It's just an appetizer." Hojo Ujiyasu looked disdainful and urged his subordinates to keep going, "I am a lion, and the lion is the king of the jungle, so why should I be afraid of the mountains and forests?"
Before he finished speaking, there was already a loud noise all around. The next moment, countless red Takeda water chestnuts were seen flying high in the forests and hills on both sides of the road.
"Takeda Army..." Hojo Ujiyasu was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly reined in his horse. The vanguard of the Hojo family also stopped in panic, "Didn't the entire army go to Odawara Castle? How could there be an army ambushing in the east of the river?"
"I was fooled. In the final analysis, it was just the words of Master Hironobu." Hojo Genan recovered and realized the problem, "We were so shocked at the time that we took everything Takeda Hironobu said seriously."
"Then let's fight, and let the main force from the south come over immediately for reinforcements! This Takeda army went deep into Hedong to ambush, and it did not alert our ninjas, which means that the number must not be large. It is just a special force, why should we be afraid?" Hojo Ujiyasu raised his arms on his horse.
He shouted and yelled at the soldiers behind him, "Besides, who is the lion afraid of in the forest?"
"LOL, really?"
On the hilltop not far from where Hojo Ujiyasu was, a heroic laugh came. Hojo Ujiyasu turned his head and saw a man standing proudly on the top of the hill, with all the elite soldiers of the Takeda family behind him.
"Lion, be careful."
Takeda Harunobu lightly waved his military equipment and shouted at Hojo Ujiyasu: