Takeda Harunobu straightened his posture and smiled at Takeda Nobuyan and the Takeda princesses.
"The Hojo Imagawa family seems to be powerful, but they are suffering from internal and external troubles, which are nothing to worry about.
I have sent Shinobi Toruha to the Kanto Plain to spread the word that Uesugi Terujo Kamiro is favored by General Ashikaga and will inherit the Yamauchi Uesugi family and be given the post of governor of Kanto.
The Hojo family committed many crimes in Musashino Ryogoku, and the two Uesugi families have been running the Kanto Plain for more than a hundred years, and there are always some loyal ministers and filial daughters who are willing to fight to the death for them.
Now that Uesugi Teruhora is about to move south, if the Hojo family doesn't eliminate hidden dangers earlier and prepare for the Echigo army, can they still care about the Imagawa family's life and death?
Too busy to take care of yourself!"
Teru Uesugi and Harunobu Takeda negotiated peace on Kawanakajima because their strategies were complementary and profitable.
The Hojo family is heading east to open up the Kanto Plain, and they will inevitably have to decide the outcome with the Echigo army heading south. But now, in the direction of the Kawa family, it is difficult for Hojo Ujiyasu to take care of it.
The Takeda family had personally tasted the power of the Echigo samurai. The battle on Kawanaka Island resulted in mountains of blood and corpses, but the samurai in the Koshinobu Mountains fought hard and endured, and were beaten to the point of despair.
The Takeda retainers may have more confidence in the Echigo army than Uesugi Terutora himself.
Seeing that the Takeda retainers group headed by Takeda Noburen felt a little relieved, Takeda Harunobu continued.
"The civil strife in the Imagawa family started in Tongzhazama, which destroyed the foundation of the family.
In the current Three Kingdoms of Sichuan, the Suruga people and the Yuanjiang people are in civil strife, and the Mikawa people are almost independent.
I have sent people to contact the Mikawa Matsudaira family, and I am willing to join forces with them to attack the Imagawa family.
In the two countries of Suruga and Toe, they are also trying to win over various families. As long as the Imagawa family really dares to fight with me, I will protect at least twenty families from her who will defect before the battle."
Takeda Princess, you look at me and I look at you, it is unbelievable.
But Takeda Harunobu's words were very tempting, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva, imagining that the Imagawa family would fall down with a push and be at the mercy of others.
Takeda Harunobu was proficient in the art of war. He always loved to use off-board moves in battles to confuse the enemy by three points before fighting.
Whether it was the strategy of Shinano or the instigation around Echigo, the game was played with great proficiency.
The Imagawa family is full of flaws, with loopholes everywhere. If she didn't play her mind, she wouldn't be Takeda Harunobu.
As she said, the current situation of the Imagawa family is the subsequent influence of Okehazama. You really can't blame the Imagawa family for their poor abilities.
At the beginning, Imagawa Yoshimoto used the excuse to go to Luo, and tens of thousands of troops marched westward along the Tokaido, trying to swallow up the Owari Oda family in one go.
Who knew that Oda Nobunaga was also a ruthless character and took a big gamble. Taking advantage of the storm in Okehazama, he annihilated Imagawa Yoshimoto's main formation in one fell swoop.
The Imagawa family was leaderless and returned home in defeat. Its strength was not greatly affected, and only a thousand people died. But the trouble lies with those who died.
The ruling structure of the Wu family is a true feudal system, not the centralized system of the Celestial Dynasty. People are not afraid of death, but they are most afraid of the death of a large number of their own people.
The Chinese dynasty has a mature bureaucracy. Even if the royal family is wiped out and only one Zhao Jiumei escapes, it can still be said to be a loner without affecting its governance.
But this is not the case with the Wu family. The governance structure is like a matryoshka doll, with one circle surrounding another. The core circle is empty, which is equivalent to the collapse of rule.
Imagawa Yoshimoto's main formation gathered too many powerful sects, and no fewer than twenty people, including the kinsmen of the castle and the powerful people with names and surnames, died.
The powerful retainers under his command, such as Asahina, Okabe, Ii, Matsudaira and other families, and the heads of families who were close to the Imagawa family also suffered heavy casualties.
When Imagawa saw the death list, she was probably even more sad than when she heard the news that her mother had died in the war. Without these people, she would not be able to control the place.
It was because the top management of Imagawa was brought to bear in Okehazama that the Imagawa family's ruling system over the Three Kingdoms of Tokaido instantly collapsed.
The Mikawa Matsudaira family immediately turned against each other and planned to conquer Higashi Mikawa.
The Asahina family, the Amano family, the Iio family, the Matsui family, and the Ii family of Toe Province all lost their leaders in Okehazama. The power of the families close to Imagawa was weakened, and they had ulterior motives.
The country with the best situation is Suruga Country. The Imagawa family has ruled here for the longest time and has the strongest foundation.
Imagawa Yoshimoto's old father, Shou Katsun, endured the pain of losing his daughter and stepped in to coordinate, finally preserving the rule of his granddaughter Imagawa clan over Sunfu Castle.
However, the four alluvial plain areas of Suruga Province, Oi, Abe, Fuji, and Kano. That is, the Abe River area where Suruga Castle is located is still obedient, while other places are already obedient and disobey the propaganda.
The Imagawa family's dominance over the Three Kingdoms has almost collapsed. Even if the Imagawa family has only three heads and six arms, it cannot save the overall situation.
Just like Shiba Yiyin's helplessness when he recently obtained a territory of 200,000 shi. No matter how much territory there is, without a clan or a clan, how can it be ruled?
Giving it to the local martial arts family? What's the difference between that and giving it away? Can these profit-seeking wallflowers be trusted?
Sibo Yiyin can choose to divide it into Sibo Repository and divide it among everyone. At worst, it can be earned back by sacrificing one's body and having children later.
But the Imakawa family is really not good enough. The Imagawa family cannot be destroyed in her hands and can only support it hard.
That's why Takeda Harunobu said that the Imagawa family was vulnerable to internal and external troubles. As long as they could bribe the Suruga people with huge profits, just defecting in front of the battle would be enough to defeat the seemingly powerful Imagawa family.
She was confident in front of the Takeda retainers, but she was actually not sure in her heart. If she wanted to successfully win the Suruga Kingdom, all three strategies had to be effective.
First, the Hojo family was focused on the Kanto Plain and had no time to look back at the Imagawa family.
Secondly, the Mikawa Matsudaira family is powerful enough to attract the attention of the Imagawa family and share the pressure of conquering Suruga Kingdom.
Thirdly, the Suruga people and the Toeji people were disloyal and unwilling to fight to the death for the Imagawa clan, so they turned against them in battle after being bribed.
One of the three is missing. The Takeda family's strategy this time will cost a lot of money and take a long time.
Takeda Harunobu's prestige was damaged, and he knew that his Suruga strategy could not cause the Takeda family too much loss, and he could no longer withstand the setback of failure.
She caressed her belly inadvertently, as if to get the strength to stabilize her emotions.
I will leave you a strong Takeda family, and I will never fall here.
I promise you, my child.
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The so-called troubled times refer to great chaos in the world, from which no one can escape. All parties use the winter to accumulate strength and prepare for new conquests in the coming year.
Yoshigan Shiba, who was far away in Echigo Tobi Castle, unexpectedly gained a man before he could wait for the big bear to show up.
Kamao clan came with Ina Tadashi to salute. Yoshigami looked at the letter of recommendation from Maeda Toshiie in his hand, then looked at the unattractive woman in front of him, and sighed in his heart.
It had been almost two years since he left Owari, and the Owari Shiba League, which had been left behind, was expanding against the trend in the corners that he ignored.
Maeda Toshiie is really a powerful Hime Samurai, but I don’t know how she could bear the temptation of Oda Nobunaga and stay in Owari Shiba Territory wholeheartedly, guarding the loneliness she was left with.
The focus of the Shiba family is Konki, Echigo, not Owari. Owari Shiba is an abandoned son. Maeda Toshiie is so smart, why can't he see this?
Even if she took refuge with Oda Nobunaga, Yoshigan Shiba would not blame her. A good bird chooses the right place to roost, and it was Yoshigan Shiba who first ignored Shiba Owari.
Thinking of the passion between the two, Yiyin couldn't help but shake his head.