Chapter 641 47. Using Tushi Yao to Persuade the City to Open
This is not who Yao and Peter are!
"To loosen the bonds with soil!" Taro Yamauchi also knows how to show the tolerance of the winner.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Yongtu Shiyao was also a person who had seen the world, so he was not too timid at this time.
When he lost the battle, he actually had all the consciousness. Now like this, if you extend your head, it is a knife, and if you shrink your head, it is also a knife. If you can't run away anyway, it's better to face it calmly. Maybe I can leave a pretty good reputation in the history books in the future.
This dear man first smoothed his hair and then rubbed his hands. There was no felt cloth on the floor of the shogunate's tent this time, so it couldn't be said to be clean. He didn't mind it, and sat cross-legged quietly, waiting for the Yamauchi family's trial.
"You're fine with the earthen temple!" Koheita clearly remembered that this man came to the house and converted to Christianity without hesitation and received baptism, which made great contributions to the Hojo family's opening of the country to Western thought.
"I'm worried about you, Fuji Haramazashi. How is Tanzheng doing lately? I heard that your stomach ailment hasn't healed yet?"
"I can still eat it, so it's no big deal."
The attendants brought a basin of water to Tu Shiyao, and then a bottle of wine and a horse. Yong Tushi Yao accepted them all, washed his hands and face, and washed away the blood and mud on his hands and face. After taking a sip of wine, his expression became more relaxed.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything else to ask? If not, please allow me to go on my way as soon as possible!" He put down the bottle of wine and bowed his head to Taro Yamauchi with Tu Shi Yao.
Xiaopingtai moved his maza and came closer to use Tu Shiyao. Although according to the rules of the Warring States Period, if an enemy general like this is caught, he will basically be chopped down with a knife, and there will rarely be any surprises.
But there is no rush for this moment, after all, you can still ask for some information. Although people may not always know the answer, asking will not save you a piece of meat, it just costs a little bit of saliva.
"Can you tell where Fujita-den is going by using the Earth Hall?"
"Go and rescue the governor of Guhe Imperial Palace." Yongtu Shiyao took another sip of wine.
As expected, Xiaopingta nodded. Now that the battle of Ninja Castle has been completed and the Hojo Army was defeated, Fujita Clan's detachment will definitely retreat to defend Minami Musashi and Sagami as long as they hear the news. It doesn't matter whether he goes or not. Fujita Shikuni has almost zero choice, and there is no room for his pretentiousness.
"How many troops does His Highness Imakawa have at Xingguo Temple?"
"Huh? Not many people are here, about six or seven thousand people, and the Izu navy." Yongtu Yao thought about it for a while, and then told the truth.
Even if Imagawa Clan is still obsessed with his own territory, he will give up the threat to Suruga and return to Odawara to consolidate the Izu Sagami skills of the Hojo family.
As long as the big tree of the Hojo family is there, the Imagawa clan can be there. Hojo fell, and Imagawa Shiki became a rootless duckweed. Suruga's guardian is now being guarded by Imagawa Yoshiuchi, can he still defeat Suruga?
The Yamauchi generals in the shogunate heard this and roughly counted their fingers. No matter how bad Odawara was, there would always be two or three thousand people left behind. In addition to the Fujita clan's ten thousand (if he can successfully bring back the whole army), the Imagawa clan's six or seven thousand, Hojo still has a complete team of twenty thousand.
The active attack is probably useless, but returning to Odawara and engaging in a desperate defensive battle should not be a big problem.
"So, there are still 20,000 people in Hojo?"
"I, the Hojo clan, have more than 20,000 soldiers and people who are loyal to me! As long as the imperial palace returns to Odawara, even 30,000 people can be easily obtained!" In the words of Yao Yao of the To clan, he said it forcefully.
The Hojo family does not have much prestige elsewhere, but in Izu and Sagami, it is somewhat popular. Otherwise, Uesugi Kenshin and Odawara Castle would not have been captured, and the Hojo family could have taken advantage of the heavy snowfall in Echigo to launch a campaign to recapture the old territory of Sagami.
"Zuoma Yun, please write to His Highness Yuanjiang Shou of Junfu and ask him to immediately organize his troops and march towards Xingguo Temple!"
You will threaten us and we will not threaten you?
If you threaten me with the surrender of your Sagami people, I will threaten you with the army of the Suruga Imagawa clan!
At this time, Sanada Masayuki followed his new father-in-law, Hosokawa Saime, and whispered a few words into Hosokawa Saime's ear. Hosokawa Saime suddenly understood and spoke.
"Zoma Yun also sent a message to His Highness Satomi Punishment Department in Kururi, Fushu, asking him to send out the Okamoto navy to harass Miura and Edo and intimidate Odawara!"
Yongtu Shiyao's face finally became unspeakable!
These days, who hasn’t drank someone else’s foot-washing water?
We are all people who have lost three times in bad battles, why do you want to do this?
"You two are really the assistants and assistants in the mountain!" Tu Shiyao's words are definitely not a sincere compliment.
It’s not like our Yamauchi family is scared. If you say something sarcastic, I won’t lose a piece of meat! Xiao Pingtai and his elder brother-in-law Hosokawa Cainv no longer used Tu Shiyao's innuendo. After a quiet discussion, several judges nodded.
"Let's do this! How about using the earth palace to give you a chance to survive the five thousand people in Hojo?" Xiaopingtai smiled broadly.
"What do you mean by your family?"
"Look! Between Hirai and Hatagata, there are about 4,000 small packs and miscellaneous soldiers left by your brother. In Matsuyama, there are also more than a thousand people from your family's royal horse, Haoshan Kaku Shirozaemon. If Your Highness Yotsuchi can convince you, Open the door and accept your surrender, and I will promise to release five thousand of you back to Sagami!"
"How!" Xiaoping emphasized his tone!
Most of the Hojo family's military supplies are in Matsuyama Castle. If Matsuyama opens the city without blood, these supplies will naturally go to the Yamauchi family. The Yamauchi family not only solved all the baggage and supply problems, but also dumped the burden of these five thousand potential prisoners back to Hojo.
If the Hojo clan, which had just suffered a great defeat, could bring back another 5,000 people to Odawara, their military strength would be greatly sufficient. Anyway, the situation in Northern Musashi is now certain to be lost, so it is better to preserve the manpower and there is still a possibility of fighting back.
"This..."
"Why are you hesitating? Can a few small towns compare to 5,000 loyal Hojo people?" Xiao Pingtai did not allow Yong Tushiyao to continue to doubt.
"Okay! I will come forward to persuade the people of Hatagata and Matsuyama to surrender!" Yong Tushiyao was provoked by Xiao Pingtai and agreed.
"There is no time to lose!" Xiao Pingtai stood up, lifted the curtain of the shogunate, and called in Kanai Aigoro who was guarding outside.
Let him immediately escort Yong Tushiyao to Hatagata and Matsuyama to persuade the Hojo people in the two places to surrender, and ordered him to intercept all the food and grass of the Hojo army. An army without food cannot be called a large army. Even if there are swords and guns, they must be well fed before they can move.
Kanai Aigoro obeyed the order and immediately led hundreds of hatamoto to escort Yongtsuchi Yao to Hatagata.
The Yamanouchi family didn't dare to eat a fat man at once this time, but they were sure to eat half of Musashi and make northern Musashi a vassal.
He looked at old man Uesugi Shizuken who was sitting on the side, "Your Highness Fukaya, I heard that you have three grandsons."