Tamu Motochu smiled and said nothing. She knew that Hojo Tsunari was in a bad mood recently, so she didn't care about Hojo Tsunari's offense.
She didn't care, but others did. Beside Tame Mototada, Hojo Ryuzan glanced at Hojo Tsunari and thought to himself.
You yourself are not willing to face up to and denounce the new governor, but you are pretending to be in front of Domu Yuanzhong. How can you talk about being fair and outspoken?
She said coldly.
"Speak directly, Tsunasagi, why have you learned to beat around the bush too?"
Hojo Tsunari choked and lost his temper instantly. She was so angry that she forgot about the person sitting there.
Hojo Tsunagaka enters Doryuyama. She is the adopted daughter of the second-generation family governor. She is older than Hojo Tsunari, his daughter-in-law, and is considered the eldest sister.
She will get angry because Tame Mototada is her teacher. Hojo Tsusunari, a cheap girl, also asked the teacher for advice, and there is a master-student relationship.
The martial arts family values etiquette, but the apprentice reprimanded the teacher. It was really rude, how could he not be angry?
And Hojo Tsusunari really didn't dare to talk back. This eldest sister managed the Tamade Rope City before her and was her predecessor's leader of the Tamade Ropes.
Hojo Tsunari took over the Tamana Castle from her. As her successor, how could he have the nerve to talk back to her?
What's more, Hojo Ryuzan is a powerful general of his generation, commanding the red bei among the five colors, and has a high status in the family.
Hojo Tsunari secretly regretted it.
I was so angry and dizzy that I forgot she was there and actually pointed fingers at Dome Motochu. I was really scolding her.
Hojo Umasa, who was at the top, twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing whether he should laugh or not.
Hojo Tsunari came out to criticize Sang and Huai. It seemed that he was targeting Tame Mototada, but in fact he was blaming himself as the governor of the family.
Seeing her in embarrassment at this time, he should be happy, but Hojo Ujimasa really couldn't be happy. Looking at the elites accumulated by three generations of the Hojo family, he felt that he was about to suffocate.
Above her is a mother who seems to be retiring, but is actually in charge of things, and below her there are a group of nobles who rely on their elders.
They look down upon themselves at all, thinking that they are just a little girl and cannot be relied upon to do things.
The Hojo clan gritted its teeth.
She must send out troops and use her military exploits to impress the concubines and cultivate her own confidants. Otherwise, she will always live in the shadow of these people.
Her eyes turned firm and she said.
"I have made up my mind to send troops to attack Karazawa Mountain Castle and make Sano Masatsuna pay the price."
Nagao Tocho and Sano Masatsuna jumped at the same time, so Hojo Ushimasa could only choose Sano Masatsuna.
The long-tailed Ashikaga Castle is close to Ueno Kingdom and is within the attack range of the Echigo army. Militarily, the Hojo family originally avoided fighting with the Echigo army in areas that were conducive to it.
Sano Masatsuna is different. Sano Territory is located at the southwest foot of the Ashio Mountains. It is the gateway to Shimono and belongs to the core area of Kanto.
This is the active defense strategy of the Hojo clan. It must be deterred from the sphere of influence. No samurai must be allowed to rebel and affect the overall situation.
The family governor made a decision, but the ladies below were whispering to each other, seemingly discussing the feasibility of the family governor's strategy.
Hojo Umasa's face looked a little ugly. She knew that she couldn't do what her mother said when she made the decision, but these guys also disrespected her too much.
At this time, a man came out and bowed and asked.
"Your Majesty Ujimasa, Sano Territory is the gateway to Shimono. Lord Hojo Ujiyasu also wanted to capture this place.
However, it was difficult to capture Karazawa Mountain Castle, so they changed their strategy. They used the method of weakening the Sano family and encroaching step by step, hoping to force Sano Masatsuna to surrender.
Now that the Kawagoe Castle army has gathered together, it is indeed not a problem to send troops to capture Karazawayama Castle. However, I am worried that the protracted siege will give the Echigo army an opportunity."
The person who came out to speak was Shimizu Yasuhide, the leader of the Oizu clan of Izu country and Shirobei who commanded the five-color bei.
The territories directly under the governor of the Hojo family are mainly Izu Kingdom and Nishi Sagami. Among them, Izu Kingdom is the place where the Hojo family started. It is divided into two parts, Northern Izu and Oizu, and is managed by retainers.
The Shimizu family is the leader of the Oizu clan and the most powerful local samurai family in Izu. They mainly manage the Izu navy.
This time, the Hojo family mobilized elites from all over the country, and she also followed the Hojo clan to Kawagoe City, and she was regarded as a direct subordinate of the family governor. She was not deliberately looking for trouble, she was just asking about tactics.
Sano Masatsuna had the courage to rebel, and his biggest reliance was the solid Karazawa Mountain Castle. The walls of this city were towering into the clouds, and there were water sources on the mountain. It was difficult to capture the city with the poor siege weapons of the samurai family.
Sano Masatsuna does not need to take the initiative, he only needs to defend the city and delay time. If the Hojo army cannot attack for a long time, the situation in Kanto will change drastically.
Uesugi Teruhora is not a fool. The Hojo army was mobilized, which was her opportunity to take the initiative.
Those outsiders in Kanto will definitely have a different idea when they see the Hojo family's bloody head-on collision in Karazawa Mountain Castle. They will cooperate with Uesugi Teru's internal and external forces to defeat the Hojo family's defense system.
The dilemma of the Hojo family is that the Hojo army has to attack, but it is not sure to capture Karazawa Mountain Castle quickly.
Hojo Ushimasa glanced at Shimizu Yasuhide and felt relieved when he saw that she had a sad look on her face, not seeming to embarrass him.
Always living under the scrutiny of everyone, Hojo Umasa, who is far less mature than his mother, has a very sensitive heart.
It's not that she has no talent, she just tends to worry about gains and losses, and is afraid of doing something wrong, disappointing her mother, and being despised by her retainers.
As for the strategy for conquering Sano Territory, she had already started to think about it with her advisors when the news came, and she had her own strategy.
she said.
"After we enter Sano Territory, we will not attack Karazawa Mountain Castle.
The army surrounded them but refused to fight, and sent people to rob the village of supplies, forcing Sano Masatsuna to ask for help from the Echigo army."
The concubines thought carefully and couldn't help but nod. The Hojo clan policy is indeed feasible.
Sano Masatsuna didn't really join Uesugi Teruhora, he was just forced to have no choice but to fight.
She would definitely not be able to bear it if the Hojo army sent out and did not attack her Karazawa Mountain Castle, but only plundered supplies from her territory.
This year was originally a famine, and the territory was once again ruined by the Hojo army. Sano's leadership would not be able to recover for three to five years. The Kanto Plain was surrounded by wolves, all watching to devour the weak.
Even if Sano Masatsuna survives this test, she still won't be able to keep her family business. The Utsunomiya family has long been eyeing the Sano leader, so how can they let her go so easily.
Hojo Ushimasa continued.
"Sano Masatsuna will definitely not be able to bear the siege without fighting. She will definitely ask for help from Uesugi Teruhu, and I will secretly let the Shiban who asks for help go.
I want to see if Teruhora Uesugi will come to save her?
If she doesn't come, my army won't attack the mountain city, but it can still frighten the military families in the surrounding territories so that they don't dare to act rashly.
If she had come, the Echigo army had just moved south, and it would be difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends everywhere, so they would not be able to go all out, and at most they would only have 10,000 soldiers.
I left a few troops to guard Kawagoe Castle, and took 20,000 soldiers to Sano to lead Terutora Uesugi.
Twenty thousand versus ten thousand, the advantage is mine!"