For five whole days, Odawara Castle remained as quiet as death. This time, not only the townspeople huddled in their houses in a daze with nothing to do, but the hearts of the samurai of the Hojo retainers were as silent as a dry well. The two brothers Hojo Ushige and Hojo Ujihide made it clear
If Odawara Castle did not surrender, he would have to take the 2,000 troops of the Hojo Clan out of the city to surrender. The severe situation made Hojo Ujiyasuya feel distressed. At this time, even the most optimistic samurai would not be able to laugh.
Hojo Umasa's earnest persuasion was completely useless. Instead, Hojo Ujimasa calmly warned him not to act rashly. As long as he tried to put him under house arrest, he would cause internal strife among the defenders in the city, and might even cause a big riot to break out in Odawara City. Hojo Tsuna
The reputation and connections Cheng has accumulated over the years are not empty.
After learning that their father, who was thought to be dead, was still alive, the brothers Hojo Ushige and Hojo Ujihide had no intention of defending the city for a long time. They did not hate the Hojo clan's deception because of their loyalty as courtiers and the influence of years of affection. The Hojo clan's politics
No matter what, the two brothers could not be allowed to lead the troops out of the city to seek refuge with the Kanto family, nor could the two brothers be placed under house arrest to force them to change their minds. After all, despite the years of brotherly friendship, one had to consider the actual situation of Odawara Castle that could not withstand civil strife.
Today's Hojo family is already in panic. As long as there is a little fire, a raging fire will ignite. It is the consensus of the Hojo family members that Odawara Castle cannot be allowed to be in chaos. The military morale is scattered and there is no chance for the Hojo clan to overturn the government. He has to consider
What is the most appropriate way to surrender?
This issue stumped the members of the Hojo family tree. They had never discussed how to surrender. After a fierce argument throughout the day, Hojo Ujiyasu, who had abdicated, stood up and made the final decision: "Now that the matter is over, there is no need for a ceremony."
If you are in a dilemma, don’t waste your time Kaicheng and surrender!”
The surrender of the Hojo family at Kaicheng was the first major event in Kanto since the beginning of the year. The Kanto samurai once again deeply realized the powerful deterrence of the new Lord, and almost single-handedly swept through all the people in Kanto, no matter whether it was for hundreds of years.
The Kanto martial arts family, which had been the most powerful name in recent decades, all fell at his feet, and for a time the people of Kanto fell into a state of collective silence.
Hojo Ujiyasu's final word also means that Sagami Kingdom and Izu Kingdom were successfully pacified, and Odawara Castle was opened and handed over to Sanada Yukitaka, who came later and was completely under his control. The Ashikaga family's blockade of Odawara Castle was completely broken, and the handover at Kaicheng
During the ceremony, the townspeople of Odawara Castle spontaneously stood on both sides of the road and cheered to celebrate the hard-won peace. Sanada Yukitaka waved to the townspeople like a victorious general, which made the original owner Hojo Ushimasa who accompanied him into the castle look particularly embarrassed.
After completing the handover ceremony of Odawara Castle and disbanding 80% of the defenders in Odawara Castle, more than a hundred members of the Hojo clan and hundreds of members of the clan rushed to Edo Castle under the escort of the Shinano Corps. When Hojo Ujiyasu stepped into Edo Castle
At that moment, what appeared in front of him was a strange scene of countless farmers busy building a new town in a large construction site. The sounds of clanking and banging were heard one after another. The frightened war horses were so frightened that they almost knocked a few unlucky samurai off their horses.
Almost every business traveler who comes to Edo Castle will be surprised here. No one would have thought that Kantō Kōfō was so ambitious. As soon as he arrived in Edo, he started building a new city.
I am not worried that the people of the Kanto Kingdom will threaten the safety of Edo Castle. I am not even considering whether the initial plan for Kanto will be postponed.
Five hundred Hojo samurai under the flag of Sanshengrin slowly entered Edo Castle under the escort of five thousand troops from Murakami Yoshikiyo. The members of the Hojo family family noticed that the townspeople along the way were looking at them curiously. It seemed strange that the familiar Sanshengren Banner appeared in front of them again. Seeing the formation of 5,000 people escorting 500 people, many townspeople knew that the Edo Lord had won again.
The Hojo family's horse marched slowly, with hundreds of carriages behind them moving very slowly. He looked around and said, "Is this the new Edo Castle... This is completely different from the Edo Castle a year ago!"
This is not the Edo Castle he is familiar with. The place he was familiar with a year ago has long been changed beyond recognition. There are wood and stone materials piled into the mountains everywhere, and traces of some towns and rough plans can be seen vaguely. The wide roads that were temporarily opened are frozen hard. Bang, occasionally a few fast horses galloped past, and the smoke and dust were everywhere, and the entire plain had turned into a huge construction site.
The once-familiar Edo Castle disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a huge city under construction. The Hojo family tree has never seen such a large-scale general recruitment. They exclaimed: "This is the courage of His Highness Kōkata. !Look at the situation in Edo Castle, it shows that you have the ambition of Kanto!"
"I think it's more than that! Maybe he has the world in mind."
"That's right! His Highness Kōkata was promoted to the Ashikaga Riezo as a powerful ichishou. He has no mind for the world. It must be a lie!"
"His Royal Highness may be able to fulfill the long-cherished wish that generations of His Highnesses have not achieved! If this is the case, won't we also become heroes?"
"Hey! How can you, you bastard, say such things here without fear of being caught and having your head chopped off?"
"Ah, I'm sorry! I, Koushiro, didn't wake up just now, and what I said was nonsense. Please forget what you just said!"
"You can forget it if you want, but you must show your sincerity tonight! Edo Castle is so big that there must be a very good bar. I heard that only in the city where His Highness is located can there be a sufficient supply of Echigo Shaojiu, can we also have a chance to taste it?"
"That makes sense. I also think that only by tasting the wine can you realize the joy of being a man..."
"You little kid with no hair, you know what a man's pleasure is! A man's pleasure should be found in the whale house. Let me tell you, the taste of a woman is really..." A group of warriors huddled together and their voices gradually changed. Weird and low. From time to time there was a weird "hey" sound, and the facial expression was very vulgar.
Hojo Ushimasa turned a deaf ear to the chatter and laughter in his ears. As a governor, the situation he faced may have been earlier. The 1,500 troops entrusted by Yukitaka Sanada were sent to Tamana Castle for resettlement, including this team. There are more than 500 troops and more than a thousand relatives, which is the power that the Hojo family can command at present. The contact between the Izu clan and the Sagami clan has been temporarily cut off. He still doesn't know how many retainers and warriors he can get back by then.
Just as he was frowning and thinking about countermeasures, a slender hand stretched out from the carriage beside him to open the curtain, revealing a pretty face with a beautiful face and calling to Hojo Ushimasa softly: "Husband, how long does it take to get there? !My body is almost falling apart due to the jolt of the carriage.”
The Hojo clan came to the carriage and held the woman's warm little hand, saying warmly: "Wait patiently. We will be there soon."
This woman is the eldest daughter of Takeda Shingen and Mrs. Sanjo, and she is also Takeda Shingen's most beloved daughter. She married Hojo Ujimasa's wife Huangmein, and as part of a political alliance, she married into the Hojo family as his wife, but she was lucky enough to reap the rewards.
A precious love, Huangmeiyuan is probably a strange woman who is envied by countless women from the martial arts family in the world.
Loving one's wife may be a characteristic of the Hojo family. Hojo Ujimasa loved his wife Zuikeiin very much. Even though the Hanakura Rebellion caused chaos in Kadō and put the Hojo family in a huge crisis, he still remained devoted to his wife. As the legitimate son, Ujimasa Hojo succeeded his father.
He carried forward his fine traditions and loved his wife Huangmeiyuan to death.
What’s even more interesting is that Hojo Ujiyasu’s eldest son Shinkuro died in infancy, and his second son Hojo Umasa inherited the position of family governor. As a son, Hojo Ushimasa also had an eldest son Shinkuro who died in infancy. His wife was more than eight months pregnant with the baby.
His second son, the future Hojo family member, is the direct descendant of the Hojo family. It is true that father and son have remained the same.
To say how much Hojo Ujimasa loves Huangmein, you only need to know that when his father-in-law Takeda Shingen tore up the alliance and attacked his close relative Imagawa, he insisted on resolutely protecting Huangmein. For this reason, he did not hesitate to redefine his most revered father, Hojo Ujiyasu.
, it was his mother Zuikeiin who took pity on the pregnant Huangmeiin and asked Hojo Ujiyasu to temporarily suspend the anger of the thunder and let the child be born first to escape.
Huang Meiyuan is now in a very relaxed mood. The surrender of the Hojo family means that he no longer has to worry about his father-in-law, Hojo Ujiyasu, forcing him to divorce. It is said that His Highness Kanto Lord is a generous man who attaches great importance to emotions, and he will not let her go.
She was forced to separate from her husband. She did not understand the reason why her father betrayed the alliance and did not want to ask about those complicated matters. She just wanted to give birth to children for her husband and raise the descendants of the Hojo family. Probably all women in the Warring States Period were
It's a similar idea.
Seeing that his unsatisfactory son did not forget to make love to the daughter of the Takeda family during the march, Hojo Ujiyasu snorted and turned his head away and continued to look at Edo Castle. He sighed: "Back then, my family also selected Edo Castle as our new residence.
, It’s a pity that the astronomical chaos that spread to Kanto consumed too much time and energy from my Hojo family.”
Ruixiyuan knew her husband's thoughts well, so he lifted the curtain and said softly: "Your Highness, are you still thinking about that old grudge?"
"Old grudges have long been forgotten..." Hojo Ujiyasu took a deep breath and said, "Don't think about things you shouldn't remember. Thinking too much will only increase your worries."
After entering the urban area of Edo Castle for a long time, the group of several hundred people slowly entered Edo Castle. The military camp stationed outside the city vigilantly blocked the way of the intruders. They waited until Murakami Yoshikiyo rode his horse to deliver the traffic order.
Some samurai of the Hojo family were allowed to enter Edo Castle, while others were arranged to rest in temporary camps on the spot.
People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Hojo Ushimasa had no way to refuse this request. He just asked the guard to allow a carriage to enter for the sake of his mother and pregnant wife. The samurai carefully searched around the carriage and then told Hojo Ushimasa reasonably.
, female relatives can enter Edo Castle by car.
With great gratitude, Hojo Ujimasa entered Edo Castle with a team reduced to more than a hundred people. At this time, Edo Castle no longer had any similarities with the small city of the past.
The open space is temporarily blocked by a wall, and the stone walls placed on the outermost periphery are being piled up intensively. Just from the fineness of the stone walls, it can be seen that the scale of this city is definitely larger than Odawara Castle.
The area inside Edo Castle is very large, and you won’t feel bored while walking around. After a short walk, you can see nearly a thousand craftsmen shouting slogans and working hard to pull up a beam dozens of meters high.
There are many towering trees piled next to the beams and pillars. They are the best wood from Minami Shinano and Uao. Each tree takes thousands of years to grow into a towering ancient tree.
Hojo Ushimasa guessed that the beams and pillars should be the Ashikaga family's new castle. Looking at the pillars erected in this posture, they were the main beams for building several layers of castle towers. He looked at them for a while and said to himself: "Such a tall beam... I'm afraid it will take five floors to be built."
Let’s guard the pavilion at every level! What a courageous His Highness you are!”
PS: Second update, the next update is at 14:00 pm.
