Chapter 118 6. Who Uses Kanto as a Chessboard?

Koyata and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu looked at each other and found something wrong. Koyata did not speak, but Yamauchi Yoshikatsu said: "Koyata, you speak first."

Koyata looked at Yamauchi Yoshiharu again, and he nodded. So Koyata asked the hatamoto: "Can you find out about the generals of the Takeda army from the Daisuke of Suruga Jibu?"

The hatamoto was not the kind of ignorant subordinate who knew nothing about anything. The person who could be close to Yamauchi Yoshiharu must be a hatamoto who does everything you tell him to do, and is fully prepared for anything you don't tell him to do, and is always ready to listen to your orders. Obviously, he also knew about the news of the Takeda clan's dispatch of troops this time. "It is said that the first mover is Koyamada Echinaka no Kami."

"But is there Koyamada Echinaka no Kami Nobuari of the Koyamada clan in Tsuru County?" Kobayata didn't have a bamboo stick at hand to knock himself, so he could only put his hands together and ask slowly after pondering. Moreover, this was definitely not asking too much, because the Kai Takeda clan had three Koyamada Nobuari at this time (one said they were cousins, another said they were uncles and nephews, anyway, there were three Koyamada Nobuari at the same time), and he had to ask clearly.

"Yes, it was Koyamada Echinaka nobuari." The hatamoto nodded in response. "Then how many people were there in the vanguard? Are they all Koyamada clan's national troops?" Kobayata continued to ask.

"It is said that there are 2,000 people in the vanguard, all of whom are soldiers of the Koyamada clan in the county."

Well~~

Now anyone with a little bit of brains found that something was wrong. According to the Yamanouchi family's estimate, the Takeda family mobilized more than 5,000 people, and according to Imagawa Yoshimoto, less than 6,000 people were mobilized.

The two Okuni forces under his power (in addition, there is the Oi clan of Saku, which was defeated by Takeda Shingen and even sent his daughter to Takeda Shingen as his wife. They resisted the invasion of the Takeda clan for more than ten years for two generations), Suwa Manlino Suwa Yoritada and his son of the Suwa upper and lower shrines of the Daishu family mobilized 1,200 people, and the Oyamada clan in the county mobilized 2,000 people. These two Okuni forces mobilized 3,200 people, which means that the Kai army mobilized this time is very likely to be cannon fodder for the powerful Kokushi. Takeda Harunobu's Kai headquarters, including Iitomi, Itagaki, Kyoraiishi, Komai, Tsuchiya, etc., did not move, and were all resting.

This is just one of the reasons. In addition, the Takeda army did not go to Musashi Koshuguchi Hachioji, so who surrounded Hachioji? If it was just a pure uprising, with the skills of Hosokawa Harumiya, a master of 30 years of bad battles, plus more than a thousand regular foot soldiers brought from Yamanouchi and recruited, an ordinary uprising of three to five thousand could not contain him.

Putting aside Hachioji, the Takeda army of five to six thousand entered Tsukui, what could he do in Sagami?

And why has there been no news about Satomi Yoshiyasu, who has also acquired some coastal territories in Izu and Sagami, and Imagawa Yoshimoto can't just attack the messenger ship of the Boso navy. Not to mention whether the Suruga navy can beat the Boso navy, at this time Satomi Yoshiyasu is also a powerful daimyo with 70,000 to 80,000 kan, and he is capable of rushing to Izu to fight through the navy at any time. This is also a puzzle.

Everyone fell into deep thought.

The East is a chess game, and all living beings are chess pieces. More than a dozen countries are involved.

What a big hand, this person can't be called a chess player, he is simply a manipulator of the chess game. Xiao Pingtai couldn't help but sweat in his palms, and his thoughts were confused. Was he thinking too much, or was there really such a person?

And all kinds of coincidences happened at the same time, which didn't even seem like a situation arranged or planned by humans. It was like God was pushing and messing up this chess game, a big chess game with a wide range of implications.

Maybe some of these events were fanned by some people in the dark, but who planned the bigger chaos? Where did such a wise man come from in the entire East?

Hojo Ujiyasu was dead a long time ago, and Taiyuan Xuezhai Zen Master would not come to hurt the Yamanouchi clan immediately after he had just made a marriage with the Yamanouchi clan. Takeda Harunobu had the motive and means, and he also had the capital to make a move. But he didn't go to Koshuguchi Hachioji at all, and his movements were very confusing.

As for Yamamoto Kansuke, the legendary military strategist, whether he existed or not was a question mark? It needs to be carefully explored. Even if Yamamoto Kansuke really existed, he should have persuaded Takeda Harunobu to go all out to advance to North Shinano and defeat Murakami Yoshikiyo.

The only remaining person who can be called a man of unparalleled wisdom is Sanada Yukinaga, but Sanada Yukinaga was driven away by Murakami Yoshikiyo to join Nagano Yoshimasa.

The biggest advantage of being a time traveler is that you know the process of many major historical events. You may know that the tiger of Kai and the flying dragon of Echigo will both die midway and fail to achieve their ambitions. You may know that the oldest old turtle will outlast all the heroes and eventually seize the world. However, at this time, in this unpredictable historical process, it is really powerless, and trapped by the environment, it is impossible to seek change.

Or there is too little information, really too little. It would be great if there was a comprehensive and timely information network.

Kobayata looked at Yamauchi Yoshiharu, "My lord, does the main family have many ninjas?"

"Are you talking about the ninja army or those random waves?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu tilted his head, a little surprised why Kobayata asked this.

"Can't these people convey news from Kanto?" Xiao Pingtai had no specific knowledge of the ninjas of the Warring States Period, so he was a little confused.

Konishihara Saemon was the head of the hatamoto scribe, who handled many of Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's documents on a daily basis, and he probably knew about this matter. "These Ranba are indeed trying to find out information, but most of them have mixed into the local area with certain identities, and some have become ordinary people and cannot be distinguished. Although there are some Ranba who stay in Kanto and there are news coming in every day, but now the mountains are blocked by heavy snow and birds and animals have disappeared, how can there be news?"

After hearing this, Xiao Pingtai felt that it was right. Aren't ordinary ninjas just mixing in with the general public to find out information? No matter how amazing it is, it's just a human being. People are insignificant in front of nature. (Most, most of the ninja stuff is spread through urban legends and novels and picture books in the Edo period. Many people think that ninjas are completely fabricated and imagined, and most of those miraculous things are made up in novels in the Edo period.)

Yamauchi Yoshiharu is knowledgeable, "I have seen Ranbo who can use illusions, puppets, and drive birds and beasts in Kyoto, but there are too few of them, and I can't see them for a while."

There may be talented people, and mysterious things that look unscientific may also exist. I can only say that in rumors, everything is possible.

"As for the ninja army, it's just assassination and destruction. It's useful, but it's useless. Besides, it's despised by everyone." Konishihara Saemon added.

Forget it, I can't dream of being a ninja. I still have to wait for news from the people who traveled to Hachioji.