Chapter 75 34. A Few Words to Cut Off the Hojo

Unlike the gloomy Odawara Castle, in the military camp outside the castle, Nagao Kagetora summoned all the generals to accompany him and drank happily with Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Nagao Kagetora greatly praised Imagawa Yoshimoto's moral character, civil and military achievements. As a member of the shogun's family (note! It is not the Imonshu, but the Imonshu Shuliu. The family status of the Muromachi shogunate samurai is strictly divided. Your family status is clear. The highest-level Ashikaga Imonshu is also called Ashikaga Renedashu. The second-class Imonshu has three kanrei family, Isshiki Shibukawa Ishita, etc., and then it is the turn of Ashikaga Domonshu Imagawa Yoshimoto, who is a Kunimochishu. His military family status is quite low), Imagawa Yoshimoto is naturally very proud. Although the family status is low, it is powerful. There are not many powerful ones among these high families now.

Look at Sasaki Yoshitsugu. A few decades ago, their Sasaki Mue family was a powerful and famous family that determined the direction of Japanese history. Now, it is just a stinky salted fish. Let's look at Hosokawa Harumoto. He was born in the famous Kanrei Hosokawa family. He was beaten by Miyoshi Nagayoshi and didn't know what to do. He has been beaten out of Kyoto so many times that he is just a shell of Kanrei. He used to sideline Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and now Miyoshi Nagayoshi is the Kanrei and sidelined him. Justice is the cycle of heaven, and retribution is inevitable.

As for the Hatakeyama family, only a few pieces of land are left, and they are sidelined by their retainers, and they are not far from death. Noto Hatakeyama is even more empty. Retainers such as Nagauji and Yusa are fighting for power and profit, and they no longer take the Hatakeyama family into consideration.

But the Imagawa family is different. Suruga is stable, and Matsui Munenobu manages half of Totomi very well. Now they have half of Izu. They are strong and powerful, and they just need to shout "I want to be the elder of the Minamoto clan".

Anyway, Imagawa Yoshimoto was very happy to hear so many compliments. What everyone said was the truth. However, he had the unparalleled wisdom and strategy of the Taiyuan Chongfu Xuezhai Zen Master behind him. How could he be fooled by the compliments? He just laughed and fooled it.

Then Imagawa Yoshimoto tested Nagao Kagetora in a meaningful way: "Odawara Castle is so majestic and steep, you must be careful to deal with it after the war." The implication is that I, Imagawa Yoshimoto, am so close, and you don't have any capable people to completely suppress this place. I can help you watch it.

Nagao Kagetora also has Naoe Yamato-no-kami (Kagetsuna) behind him. Even if Usami Suruga-no-kami (Jomitsu) didn't come, his IQ is 100% online. Sure enough, Naoe Kagetora pretended to drink, covered half of his face with his sleeves, and mumbled to Nagao Kagetora lightly and quickly.

Naoe Kagetora glanced at someone from time to time, and said something to Nagao Kagetora in paragraphs. The more Nagao Kagetora listened, the more he understood. He nodded gently as Naoe Kagetsuna said, with a confident expression that he understood.

Nagao Kagetora listened to Naoe Kagetsuna and said, "This battle is a revenge battle for Kanrei Kensho. After the war, everything will naturally be handled according to the Kanrei's orders." Xiao Ping Taiyi heard that it was okay. He kicked the ball well. Uesugi Kensho had no say now.

We really can't underestimate the heroes of the world. The two of them talked around each other, just like playing table tennis, without any leaks. Ping-pong passed the ball to each other, and no one missed.

Imagawa Yoshimoto listened to Nagao Kagetora's reply: "Of course, we have to follow the orders of Kanrei Zuo Jinwudian. That's right." He pretended to nod his head to show that he agreed. Taiyuan Xuezhai also hinted that Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't need to ask more questions. The matter has not been settled yet, so just a little test today is enough.

Anyway, the cocktail party ended, and it was still very pleasant. Everyone enjoyed themselves. However, Imagawa Yoshimoto saw that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was so handsome and handsome, and asked someone to ask if they would get married. After all, the two families were still in a non-war agreement, and if they got married, they would be a strong ally.

At the banquet, everyone was bragging, and it was over with laughter. Nagao Kagetora and Imagawa Yoshimoto were not drunk at all, and they were very restrained when drinking. The two of them waited quietly for private communication after the meeting.

After the small fish and the guests left, the noisy camp slowly quieted down. There began to be constant shuttles between Imagawa Yoshimoto's camp and Nagao Kagetora's camp. Although they were allies now, there was no reason to go to someone else's camp in the middle of the night. It was more convenient to pass secret letters to each other. It was not far away, and it would take less than five minutes to run.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, Koheita, and a group of Nagao Kagetora's confidants and the Uesugi Ken|seidan sat in the shogunate tent, constantly receiving messages from Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Now, according to Nagao Kagetora's intention, it would be best if all the men over the age of fifteen in the Hojo family committed seppuku, those under the age of fifteen were sent to Zenkoji Temple to become monks, and the women were distributed to meritorious soldiers. The youngest son of Hojo Ujiyasu or Hojo Ujimasa was adopted by the Echigo Nagao family, and then he was promised a family property of at least 20,000 kan.

Although Nagano Yoshimasa, Nagao Takunaga, Ota Sukemasa and others did not say much, they obviously did not have much doubt about this. If you don't cut the grass at the root, it will grow again in the spring breeze. Killing all the big ones will at least keep things quiet for 20 years.

And Uesugi Ken|Masa's three sons died under the butcher knife of Hojo Ujiyasu, and now he is full of hatred and wants to cut Hojo Ujiyasu into pieces, and he supports this with both hands and feet.

When everyone saw that His Highness Kanrei was willing to take the lead in his real name to give the order, they all agreed. Nagao Kagetora was happy that Uesugi Ken|Masa was the villain, and directly told Imagawa Yoshimoto that this was His Highness Kanrei's order.

Imagawa Yoshimoto said that if this happened, the Hojo family would be in trouble and would definitely not agree. The result of not agreeing would be that they would have to defend the city to the death. Even if the people in the city were in panic, there were still 15,000 people in the city, and they would not be able to take it down in a short time. There was no need to delay for another three to five months.

So the condition proposed by Imagawa Yoshimoto was that all the men over the age of fifteen of the Hojo Tsunario Tamazawa clan would commit seppuku, and the remaining young sons would resume their Fukushima surname and return to Suruga to flatten and round themselves (Imagawa Yoshimoto, you have a deep hatred).

Then only Hojo Ujiyasu, Hojo Ujimasa, and Hojo Nagatsuna (Genan) would commit seppuku. Two of these three were family heads, and one was responsible for the attack on Minami Musashi, one of the main forces that attacked Ogidani Asayoshi and Ashikaga Haruji. They were the kind that everyone believed would die.

As for the sons of Hojo Ujiyasu, one Ujiki had a marriage relationship with Imagawa Yoshimoto and could be directly adopted into the Imagawa clan, and the other sons were all adopted from those famous families that were killed by the Hojo family. It was guaranteed that their Hojo clan would have a total of 25,000 kan (100,000 koku, almost half the size of Sagami Province).

There were also some other clans, those who came through marriage were all beaten back to their original forms, and those who were adopted were all returned to their original surnames. After much persuasion, Nagao Kagetora finally agreed to this condition.

So Imagawa Yoshimoto sent Katsuyama Ujimoto (Ujiyasu had a younger brother, Katsuyama Ujitoki, so there was some relationship) into the city to negotiate.