Chapter 607 13. Deep Winter, Heavy Snow Falls

This winter, Hosokawa Harumiya's health has deteriorated a lot. She is very afraid of cold and can't leave the stove all day. In addition, the winter in Shinano is really cold, and the wind is particularly strong this year.

A Ling is worried and goes home every day. Xiao Pingtai doesn't know why, but she always feels that this is not a good omen. After all, the old father-in-law is over 60 this year, which is indeed a long life in this age.

Among the samurai groups in the Warring States period, this age is also considered a long life. Think about the countless daimyo who are in their forties, which is already a profit.

But anyway, after the work of the year is done, Xiao Pingtai has some time for the time being. Every morning, he accompanies A Ling to see the old father-in-law. It's just a matter of a few steps, but it's just a matter of walking.

"The weather is particularly cold this year, old man, please keep warm!" Xiao Pingtai felt that the temperature in Hosokawa Harumiya's room was average, and only the area near the stove seemed warm.

"Oh, I'm old, there will always be this day. Hahahaha..."

The old man stood up from the couch when he saw his daughter and son-in-law coming. Hosokawa Sai-nü handed over a handrail, and the old father-in-law leaned over and said a few words to everyone.

"Since father is up, it's a good time to eat something." A Ling helped Hosokawa Harumiya put on his coat.

"Okay."

The maid brought breakfast in from outside, probably because she was worried about the old man's poor appetite. Kobayata took a look, tofu miso soup, a plate of radish slices, a bowl of bean rice, and a large pot of hot tea.

Hosokawa Harumiya put his hands together and muttered a few words, first picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, it seemed that the hot soup made him very happy, and he let out a long sigh of comfort. Then he picked up the chopsticks and took a mouthful of rice, chewing it for a long time before swallowing it.

Eating didn't seem to be an easy thing for Hosokawa Harumiya. Kobayata stepped forward to take a look, and the old father-in-law's hands were only skin and flesh. The wrinkles were deeply piled up, like a cliff eroded by the wind at the seaside, and there was no oil on his face.

"Father, eat more!" Seeing that Hosokawa Harumiya put down the bowl after only eating four or five mouthfuls, A Ling stepped forward to persuade.

Hosokawa Harumiya shook his head, picked up the tofu miso soup, drank two more sips, and put the bowl down. It seemed that he remembered that there was tofu in the soup and picked it up again, and drank it in small sips, revealing the tofu. Then he picked up a chopstick, picked up the tofu, gently sucked it into his mouth, crushed it and swallowed it, and then put down the bowl.

It seemed that he couldn't be persuaded, so everyone sighed secretly and stopped persuading him.

A Ling helped his father get up and put on clothes, while Hosokawa Cainu helped his father collect the quilt. The old father-in-law ate breakfast, moved, and his face was a little rosy. He stood up and walked a few steps without help.

"After all, it's a hard life. It's more comfortable to stand up and walk a few steps than to lie down."

As if he was mocking himself, as if he was sighing, Hosokawa Harumiya walked to the door, opened the barrier door, and a cold wind rushed in. The old man was blown away, and Xiao Pingtai hurried up to help him.

"It's okay. When I was in Hachioji, the snow was heavier than this. I stood at the mountain pass. There were twenty times more enemy troops under the city, but I was still fine!"

"Old man, you can fight for another twenty years!" Xiao Pingtai, whose hand was shaken off, was not annoyed.

"Hahahaha, I dare not think about twenty years. I helped the prime minister to succeed to the throne, and I watched the Yulin Palace succeed to the throne. Now I want to watch Xiama Palace Shangluo take charge of the world! It's a pity that I'm afraid I don't have the time!"

"Father, as long as the winter passes, everything will be fine. Come in quickly, it's cold outside!" Hosokawa Cainu came over to close the door.

"Alas, I wonder if I will have the chance to eat the new miso next year."

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"Please think about this, Echizen-no-Kami, Joetsu is the foundation of Kasugayama Kanrei, now the Ueda Nagao father and son of Chugoku have died, and Chugoku has almost all fallen into the hands of Kanrei, so the next step must be the generals of Shimotsu!"

"Do you need to tell me? I don't know?"

"The Nakajo clan of Shimotsu was transferred to Echichu, and the Mori clan (Hojo clan) was transferred to Ueno, and the Kanrei has already started!"

"So what, can it be transferred to me?"

"Echizen-no-Kami is very brave and the best among the Yangbei people, so he naturally does not expect to be transferred. But after the other generals are gradually weakened, Kanrei will come with all the powerful troops of Mitsukoshi. Can Echizen-no-Kami resist it with only one city?"

"You say that, how can I not know what you are thinking?"

The majestic and powerful general on the seat is Honjo Echizen-no-Kami Shigenaga! The one who sat down and persuaded the people with patience and presented facts and reason was naturally the envoy of the Hojo clan, Daidoji Suruga no Kami Masaharu.

As the chief of the Goyuo clan, the Hojo clan personally went out to persuade the Honjo clan, and the effort made by the Hojo clan was profound.

"It's just that His Highness Echizen no Kami and the main family each get what they need, hahahahaha!" Daidoji Masaharu knew that Honjo Shigenaga was persuaded.

Then he slowly told the whole plan.

First, Honjo Shigenaga supported the northern generals to launch a rebellion. If the Isokono Shinbata clan, the Kurokawa clan, the Irobe clan, the Hirabayashi clan, the Yoshie clan, etc. could all rise up together. Then Shimoetsu could gather tens of thousands of troops and drive straight to Chugoku, completely disrupting the situation in Echigo.

And the Honjo clan also has a backer, the Daihoji clan (Muto clan) in Shonai and the Honjo clan are almost the same family. As long as the Honjo clan launches a rebellion, the Daihoji clan will definitely follow, so that the Honjo clan will have no worries.

The Hojo clan not only conquered Honjo Shigenaga, but also successfully conquered Aizu Ashina Moriuji.

Previously, Ashina Moriyuki was seriously ill, and Date and Satake both got involved and tried to intervene in the Ashina clan's successor dispute.

The Ashina clan was an ally of Kenshin Uesugi, but they could not help Kenshin Uesugi to send troops to Kanto, while Kenshin Uesugi's new ally Yoshishige Satake could.

So when the Ashina clan had the problem of succession, Kenshin Uesugi, who needed an ally in Kanto to support him, "turned a blind eye" to the internal strife of the Ashina clan, or deliberately ignored it, due to the participation of the Satake clan.

Ashina Moriuji was naturally dissatisfied. It turned out that Kenshin Uesugi was not a good guy. I used to follow you, but now I am in danger, and you don't stand up to help me.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the more I hate it!

The Ashina clan also boarded the Hojo clan's pirate ship!

And the Ikko clan in Kaga naturally knew what it meant to be in the cold when the lips are gone. If the Hojo clan was finished, the next to be finished would definitely be the Ikko clan in Kaga.

They hit it off!

Oishi Ujiteru did not sit idly by and wait for death. He tried his best to contact all the forces that could be contacted to resist the offensive of the Uesugi clan.

As for the Yamanouchi clan, according to Oishi Ujiteru's estimation, it is impossible to launch a large-scale war before the former territories of the Takeda clan are absorbed. As long as the two key passes of Suruga and Koshuguchi are well guarded, the Yamanouchi clan, which is not coming with full strength, can be stopped.

When the whole country's troops go north to attack Oshi Castle and Ueno in the spring, Uesugi Kenshin will be surrounded on all sides!