On July 12, the 13th year of Tenmon (1544), a group of people set out to leave Matsuyama Castle and march to the Furukawa Imperial Palace where the Kanto Palace is located. On the way, Takeda Harunobu and Kasuga Torasuna seemed to have reconciled, and they were talking and laughing.
Know what they are talking about.
Three days later, on July 15, the 13th year of Tianbun (1544), I went to the Furukawa Imperial Palace and the castle tower.
Here, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu saw the true "King of the Subjugated Country" and the "Waste Governor" - Ashikaga Haruji. He actually claimed that Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu did not follow the etiquette of reporting to the Kanto government many days in advance.
On the grounds of an audience, he reprimanded Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu in front of all the retainers of the Kwantō Duke - the problem is, how can there be any reason to report many days in advance on a secret mission?
Naturally, Takeda Harunobu couldn't bear it. If word spread that "the head of the Takeda family was scolded by the Kanto government and did not dare to raise his head," wouldn't the Takeda family's prestige in the Eastern Kingdom be ruined? So he took Imagawa Yoshimoto and walked away together.
, broke up on bad terms.
Not long after the mission left the Furukawa Imperial Palace, Takasuke Tsukuda, the family boss of the Kanto Lord, chased them out and apologized to Takeda Harunobu and Imagawa Yoshimoto. However, it was impossible to return to the city, and the group was in the castle town.
They rested temporarily in the samurai house. Takeda Harunobu and Tsukuda Takasuke negotiated the alliance and then left.
"I thought you were very angry. Aren't you still very rational when negotiating terms?" Imagawa Yoshimoto teased Takeda Harunobu, "Then why were you so angry in the lobby just now? You kicked the table and kicked the table again.
I just stared, thinking you were furious."
"It's all just for show. Do you think I've ever been a little bit angry?" Takeda Harunobu showed a slightly proud smile, "How could such a level of insult and reprimand break my defense? But if this matter gets out,
Well, it will be detrimental to the prestige of the Takeda family, and it will make the world laugh at me, Harunobu - I am not afraid of being laughed at, but I am afraid that such ridicule will shake the morale and loyalty of the Takeda family retainers, so as the governor of the family, I have to get angry."
"Then the Kanto Kōhoden has the same idea?" Imagawa Yoshimoto quickly drew inferences, "He was actually not angry because we didn't abide by traditional etiquette, but he deliberately feigned anger and reprimanded us in order to establish his authority.
The reputation of the Kanto Lord was pretty good before. He fought among the Kanto daimyo and fought several good battles. Isn't it much better than the governor of Ryo Uesugi? It shouldn't be as bad as you said."
"No, that guy is just a pure Malanoro. He was just reincarnated into the position of Lord Kantō. It happened that several big names were begging for him, and he also had the reliable and pragmatic Nakafu (Takasuke Tsukuda).
The old man in the family just had a good time and achieved some results, but he is actually a parallel import. If he had been replaced by Ryo Uesugi, he would have been dead a long time ago." Takeda Harunobu mentioned the Ashikaga Haru clan and cursed without hesitation:
"Doesn't he fucking know that we can never sacrifice our own prestige to establish it for him? Why do we want to do this on such a critical occasion as forming an alliance? If word gets out, our Hojo family's siege network has not even begun.
We’re about to break up! He just wants to force us to compromise for the sake of alliance harmony. How can such a good thing happen?”
"Are you really not angry?" Imagawa Yoshimoto snickered twice, and then chatted about another topic: "By the way, my ninja Tsuchhara reported that the Hojo family Fumari has already started to take action, and it seems that he wants to
On our way back, they ambushed us in the Musashi and Ueno areas."
"Kansuke also told me that he found signs of ninja activity in Fuma." Takeda Harunobu did not feel panicked and shrugged his shoulders calmly, "I have already sent people back to Kai to call for ninja support."
"No, we won't go back the way we came." Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head and raised his finger to the east, "I called the Imagawa family's navy to come to the port of Hitachi to pick us up. After we visited the remaining wealthy families, we went directly
Take the boat back to Suruga, and then you go back to Kai."
"Sir, you just don't want to take the mountain road." Ginkgo complained quietly behind her.
"No way, isn't this just for safety's sake, avoiding the ninjas of the Hojo family?" Imagawa Yoshimoto seriously found an excuse for himself, "Isn't the sea route much safer?"
"Although the ships of the Hojo family's Shimizu navy have been reimbursed to you before, it is said that they are rebuilding the navy in recent years. You don't have to go from Hojo by water.
Is it really safe to pass under the eyes of the Isaiah Army?" Takeda Harunobu is also a landlubber from the mountains after all, so he confirmed with great vigilance.
"Don't worry, the number of ships is at least 8 times worse. It couldn't be safer." Imagawa Yoshimoto showed a smile like a "flying dragon riding face", "With 8 times the number of troops, can there be an accident?"
On September 2, the 13th year of Tenmon (1544), after concluding the visit to many daimyo in Kanto and negotiations on the formation of a siege network, a group of people boarded the Suruga navy sent by the Imagawa family from the port of the Satake family in Hitachi Province.
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"Why are there so few ships?" Takeda Harunobu looked at this slightly shabby fleet and felt that something was wrong. After stepping on the deck, he began to regret it. He grabbed Imagawa Yoshimoto's arm and said, "Didn't you mean the Imagawa family's water?"
Does the army have more than 300 ships? Why are there only 50 ships here? And there are 3 Anzhai ships?"
"Because other ships have to escort the passing merchant ships, the Shimizu navy of the Hojo family has repeatedly attacked passing merchant ships in the past year or so, causing a lot of losses to merchants. The series of taxes brought by sea trade are a huge part of our Imagawa family's income.
How can you ignore an important source of financial resources?" Imagawa Yoshimoto explained to Takeda Harunobu seriously, "But the route is too long and there are many areas that need to be taken care of, so the Hojo family obviously only has more than 40 ships, so they have 300
The Imagawa family couldn't even take care of a warship, so the escort was stretched thin by dedicating 50 ships to pick me up."
"Um..." Takeda Harunobu's face was full of black lines, and he was completely speechless about Imagawa Yoshimoto's brain circuit. "Is there a possibility that the life of the family governor is more important than the merchant ship?"
"Is there another possibility? The Hojo family's navy may attack you on the Hojo family's coastline when you only have 50 ships?" Takeda Harunobu's face turned darker.
"Of course." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded more cheerfully.
"Then your mother!" Takeda Harunobu yelled in anger, pushed Yoshimoto Imagawa away, grabbed the side of the ship and tried to capsize it and jump into the sea. "I won't be on your ship anymore! What if your mother dies at sea?"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Imagawa Yoshimoto was startled by Takeda Harunobu's sudden movement, and finally stopped him, "Don't panic, what's the point of panic, there's no danger."
"Last time I followed you to your family's territory and returned home. When your retainers rebelled, I had a big gash on my body to protect you from the knife. I almost died. Now you want to do it again? I don't have enough lives.
Are you such a waste?" Takeda Harunobu was so angry that he shouted at Imagawa Yoshimoto, "Can't you bring 50 more ships?"
"Bring 50 more, so the Hojo family won't dare to attack us." Imagawa Yoshimoto quickly replied.
"Ah?" Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing this answer.
"My teacher said that we should use my whereabouts as bait to deceive the Hojo family's Shimizu navy from the military port and eliminate them in the open sea. This way, the merchant shipping routes can be stable for another two or three years - until the Hojo family stocks up the next batch.
The location of the warships. Our Suruga naval forces do not need to be deployed frequently, which is very expensive." Imagawa Yoshimoto very seriously conveyed Taiyuan Xuezai's plan to Takeda Harunobu, "So we must bring a just right number of naval forces.
It won’t put us in danger, and it won’t make the Hojo family afraid to attack.”
Takeda Harunobu was completely speechless. He looked at Yoshimoto Imakawa as if he were looking at the enemy who killed his father. Well, maybe Takeda Harunobu felt that the person who "killed his father" was not his enemy.
"But is there a possibility - you know my character. I am definitely not a person who would sacrifice my own comfort for the sake of family interests, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto saw that Takeda Harunobu was so angry,
She didn't tease him, but smiled and said: "Don't worry, if it's a naval battle, we can't lose. There's no danger at all."
"Why?" Takeda Harunobu said with doubt written all over his face.
"You'll know just by looking at it." Imagawa Yoshimoto crossed his arms with confidence.
On September 4, the 13th year of Tenmon (1544), the Suruga navy bypassed the Miura Peninsula and sailed into the waters of Sagami Bay where the Hojo family navy was active. Not long after, you can faintly see
There were about 40 ships coming in the opposite direction from a distance. Two of them were Anzhu ships, and the rest were flexible customs ships and small morning ships.
No matter how strong Takeda Harunobu is in land battles, a mountain man who rarely rides on boats will still be instinctively afraid of the ocean, let alone scenes like water battles. When he thinks of the unreliable companion Imagawa Yoshimoto next to him,
, it is inevitable to feel nervous.
"Attack." Imagawa Yoshimoto issued an order to the neighboring ship - it was the Azaya ship as the flagship of Kotsu Shohei. After receiving the order, Kotsu Shohei immediately commanded the fleet to attack. At this time, the ocean current was from east to west.
, which is beneficial to the Suruga navy flowing downstream.
"The leader of the Shimizu navy, Shimizu Tsunayoshi (Shimizu Tsunayoshi), the lord of Shimoda Castle in Izu Province, has experienced many battles and should not be underestimated. However, he just fell seriously ill a few days ago and is probably not able to go to sea." Do Atomsuke took a half step forward and said,
Imagawa Yoshimoto handed over the report and reported: "The leader of the expedition may be his legitimate son Shimizu Yasuhide, who is now 13 years old and has just served in the Yuan Dynasty."
"It's just a little baby." Kira Usei, who was behind Yoshimoto Imagawa, laughed after hearing the news. "Then why fight? Can he sail a boat?"
On the other side, there was an ordinary customs ship belonging to the Shimizu Navy of the Hojo family.
"Shimono Mamoru, I have to thank you for your hard work." Hojo Genan sat on the futon in the cabin and said to Shimizu Tsunayoshi on the deck, "I have troubled Shimono Mamoru to pretend to be sick, and I have to make Shimizu Marines prepare for this attack.
I really feel bad about being used as a bait... Afterwards, the Hojo family will try their best to make up for the losses of the Shimizu Navy."
"It doesn't matter, as long as it's for the Hojo family, it doesn't matter how much the loss is." Tsunayoshi Shimizu held up his strong body and clasped his fists to Hojo Genan, "But the Suruga navy is large in number and they are still following the current. I can only lead them away.
Contain them for a while. After that, it’s all up to Master Huan’an.”
"No problem, the poor monk has his own killer move." Hojo Genan sneered, and then looked at the black figures hiding deep in the cabin, "Don't worry, if it is a naval battle, we cannot lose, there is no danger at all