Hojo Ujiyasu looked at one of the people present and said.
"Tsunari, what do you think?"
That person has resolute eyebrows, delicate facial features, and slender limbs. She is a beautiful middle-aged woman with a heroic appearance and still charming charm.
She married the son of the second-generation family governor and married into the Hojo family, Tsunari Hojo. She was also a sister of the same generation as Ujiyasu Hojo.
Hojo Tsuna raised his eyebrows and said.
"It is indeed difficult to deal with the Iwafutsu Ota family, but I can't find a solution for the moment. Instead of worrying about things that cannot be solved, I should do my duty.
If Terutora Uesugi invades Musashi Country, I guarantee you that Kagotsu Castle will not fall before I die.
As long as Kawagoe Castle is still in our hands, the Musashi warriors will have some scruples, and Uesugi Teruhora's trust in them will also be limited."
Hojo Ujiyasu smiled, Hojo Tsunari's words were very rude, but they were indeed in line with her temperament.
Musashi Province is surrounded by mountains to the west and plains to the east.
Chichibu County in the northwest is connected to Kai Country and Nishi Ueno by the Chichibu Mountains. Tama County in the southwest is connected to Sagami Country by the Tama Hills.
Kagotsu Castle is the center of Musashi Province, located in the north of the Musashi Plains, and to the northwest is the source of the Arakawa River, Kobu Shindake.
Kawagoe Castle blocked the core waterway from the Musashi Mountains to the southeastern lowlands, and the fertile lowland soil along the middle and lower reaches of the Arakawa River was also under the threat of Kawagoe Castle's military front.
When the Kanto Shogun and the Ryogamisugi family finally joined forces seriously in the face of the Hojo family's expansion, that was the most dangerous moment for the Hojo family.
It was Hojo Tsusunari, a member of the Hojo family who was known as a brave man, who decided to defend Kawagoe Castle. This gave the Hojo family a breathing space to reorganize their strength and counterattack.
In the end, the Hojo family was able to defeat the coalition forces in the night battle of Kawagoe, completely establishing their dominant position in the Kanto Plain, and Hojo Tsunari was deeply trusted.
She is the lord of Yusou Castle and the representative of Kagotsu Castle. She is also in charge of the Kagotsu people on the front line. She holds Huang Bei, one of the elite five-color equipment of the Hojo family. Her fame and strength are second to none in the family.
Hojo Ujiyasu was very satisfied with Hojo Tsunari's answer.
It was also because the decision she made just now was too depressing and had somewhat lowered the morale of the family, so she chose to ask Tsunari Hojo to speak out and encourage everyone.
When the Kanto shoguns and the two Uesugi families joined forces to attack, the Hojo family survived. Could Uesugi Teruhora's march south be more terrifying than that attack? Could it be possible to reach Sagami country?
Hojo Ujiyasu couldn't help laughing at himself. Maybe it was because he was older and less courageous, and he thought too much about his opponents.
As long as Kawagoe Castle cannot be taken, the Musashi samurai who have lingering fears about Kawagoe's night battle will not be able to wholeheartedly surrender to Uesugi Teruhora.
Uesugi Terutora will also be wary of the local samurai on both sides of these snakes and rats.
This is a conspiracy, and there is no way to solve it. The only solution is to break the situation violently, and let's see Teruhora Uesugi break a few teeth under Kawagoe Castle.
The entire Hojo family has great confidence in Hojo Tsusunari.
Hojo Ujiyasu thought for a while and bowed slightly to the beautiful warrior sitting on the other side of the deputy seat who was slightly lower than him.
"Kamakura-den, what do you think of the Kanto Palace?"
This glorious young Samurai Hime is none other than Ashikaga Yoshiji, the current Kamakura Duke and Kanto Shogun.
Although she was criticized by the Kanto samurai family and called a puppet of the Hojo family, Hojo Ujiyasu actually respected her very much. She had her own castle, was the leader of the Hojo clan, and led her own army.
Her father is the son of the Hojo family, and her own husband is also the son of the Hojo family. He has long been integrated into the Hojo samurai group with honor and disgrace.
At least on the surface, she doesn't care about the criticism from the outside world and is not ashamed of it.
Hearing that Hojo Ujiyasu mentioned the Kanto Palace, Ashikaga Yoshiji sneered.
"The Kanto Palace is just a thing created by the Kyoto shogunate to fool the Kanto samurai family.
There is only one shrine in Kanto, which was the Kamakura shrine built by General Minamoto Yoritomo in Kamakura, the predecessor of the samurai shogunate.
Nowadays, Kansai people from Kyoto have established a Kanto shrine in Echigo Kingdom, which is simply an insult to us and other Kanto samurai!
Shiba Yoshigan, humph, if I were to encounter him on the battlefield, I would definitely chop off his head and present it to Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine to comfort the heroic spirit.
Your Highness Hojo, you don't have to worry about these lackeys of the shogunate from Kyoto. Whether they are the Kanto governor of Uesugi Teruhora or the Kanto minister of Yoshigan Shiba, I don't recognize them at all!
You are my Kanto leader, please go ahead and do what you have to do!"
After Ashikaga Yoshiji finished speaking, Hojo Uyasu smiled and bowed slightly, thanking the Kamakura Lord who was not worthy of his name.
Ashikaga Yoshiji was the Kanto general whom she single-handedly supported, and the relationship between the two sides was mutually prosperous and mutually destructive.
When Ashikaga Yoshiji succeeded to the throne of Kanto Shogun, it was Hojo Ujiyasu who arranged to pay homage to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, and Hojo Uyasusai took over the title of Kanto Shogun from her.
The two people are like grasshoppers on the same rope, both facing the embarrassment of unfair status.
After the Kawagoe Night Battle, the Hojo family captured the then Kanto general Ashikaga Haruji and imprisoned her until her death. This was the Kanto general recognized by the Kanto samurai family.
Ashikaga Haruji was once married to the Hojo family. Ashikaga Yoshiji, the daughter of her and the Hojo family's son, was supported by Hojo Ujiyasu and became the Kanto general. Of course, the Kanto warriors were unwilling to admit it.
And the Kanto Governorship given by Ashikaga Yoshiji is even more chaotic. The Kanto Governorship is a hereditary service position of the Uesugi family. How can a descendant of Ise who pretends to be the Hojo Mage to be the Kanto Governor?
Now that Teruhora Uesugi has taken the name of the Yamauchi Uesugi family and the position of Kanto governor to go south, Hojo Ujiyasu, the Kanto governor appointed by Ashikaga Yoshiji, is embarrassed.
Uesugi Teru's coming is a trouble for Hojo Ujiyasu, and it also shakes Ashikaga Yoshiji's legitimacy as a general of Kanto. She must stand up and speak for Hojo Ujiyasu.
Ashikaga Yoshiji sneered.
“Starting from the first generation of Kanto Shoguns and Kanto Governors, formal succession ceremonies have to be held at Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
If Terutora Uesugi had the ability, he would attack Sagami Country and Kamakura. General Ashikaga granted him the title of Kanto Governor, haha, it is simply ridiculous.
The Kyoto shogunate is also interesting. They actually sent a man to assist Uesugi Terutora. Are the Kansai warriors dead, or are they afraid of our Kanto warriors?
Shouldn't we also send a few young men to the battle to make it fair? Let's look at the men from Kanto and Kansai, who is more powerful?"
The Zaihime samurai burst out laughing. Some samurai laughed so hard that they burst into tears. Others kept banging on the tatami in front of them, laughing so hard that they couldn't stand upright.
Hojo Ujiyasu couldn't help laughing. Ashikaga Yoshiji's words were really hurtful, but they could indeed boost morale.
Ashikaga Yoshiji sneered in his heart.
Although the Hojo family is from Kansai, they are afraid of being rejected by the Kanto samurai family as Kansai people.
Treating them as their own samurai family from Kanto and belittling the Kansai people together is the easiest way to win their favor. This kind of flattery method that is hidden behind the scenes is really tried and true.
Ashikaga Yoshiji laughed on her face, but she was very calm in her heart. She actually understood very well that the Kanto Governor did not exist in the first place.
