Chapter 212 16. Four Parties Wrestling in Junfu City

At this moment, Suruga Fuchu City, known as the "Little Kyoto of Kaido", is in smoke, and the three parties with clear flags are in a temporary ceasefire after the melee.

More than ten days ago, the Takeda army riding a Hattori warship suddenly fled outside Sunfu Port and entered Sunfu under the "escort" of the Suruga naval forces of Shimizu and Kotsu. At the same time, it also brought the shocking news that Imagawa Yoshimoto was dead in Okehazama, which was earth-shattering.

People in Sunfu Castle were panicked for a while, but the powerful and wise head of the family, Yoshimoto Imagawa, who was in his forties, actually died, so the huge army of 40,000 people would inevitably wither away.

Fortunately, Sugini is a strong woman. While asking Okabe Otsuna to mobilize troops to tightly block the news, she quickly inquired about the real news about the Imagawa clan. As long as the local people and important officials from all over the country are the first to recognize the Imagawa family's true legal inheritance rights before the news of Yoshimoto Imagawa's death spreads, then the Imagawa family's family business can still transition smoothly.

On the advice of his teacher Itomi Tomasa, Takeda Yoshinobu stopped his army outside Sunfu Castle and asked Shouguini in the city to give him a few hundred koku of food so that he could have enough food to return to Kai. This is what it should be. Takeda Yoshinobu is both her daughter-in-law's nephew and her grandson-in-law, and now he hastily brought a thousand people to beg her for a meal. Moreover, people follow the rules and do not go into the city, which is very sensible. So Takeda Yoshinobu temporarily stayed outside Sunfu Castle and divided up a battalion.

Shouguini immediately ordered the entire Suruga navy to dispatch, ostensibly to pick up the defeated and retreating Imagawa Yoshimoto, but in fact he asked them to contact the people of Mikawa and Imagawa to quickly bring back the Imagawa clan.

Several important ministers left behind by the Suruga Imagawa clan also knew the news, and everyone agreed to help the Imagawa clan take the throne as soon as possible. After all, he was the only legal heir.

There was another one that was also recorded in the Imagawa clan genealogy, but no one paid him any attention. Imagawa Yoshimoto adopted him back then, firstly to prevent the Hojo family from being wiped out, and secondly to get an excuse to interfere in the Hojo clan's territory. In addition, Imagawa Shiki was only fifteen years old at the time, just a half-grown young man, so Imagawa Yoshimoto gave him a salary of 2,000 kan on the surface, but in fact he gave him a salary.

Imagawa Clan and the dozens of Hojo clan relics he brought with him were all placed in Yaizu Castle in Suruga Fuji County. The territory that was said to be 2,000 kan was actually less than 500 kan, and everyone was just tight. Just struggling to survive.

Later, the Hojo Soichiro broke out, and the Hojo clan quickly restored Sagami's entire country, and its power once again entered Musashi, Shimoso, Kamiso, Izu and other countries. The Imagawa family rules originally said that they should go back, but Imagawa Yoshimoto did not allow it. Taking him hostage, they invaded Izu. When Hojo's surviving ministers saw the old lord's son, Hojo clan nobility, they surrendered. As a result, Imagawa clan rules became the source of Imagawa Yoshimoto's claim to seize Izu, and he was even more unbearable to leave.

On the day when the news of Yoshimoto Imagawa's death came, an unknown person came to them at night to report that the real father and son of the Imagawa clan died at the same time in Okehazama. The only legal heir to the Imagawa family is now the Imagawa clan's Nori.

This news was earth-shattering. Imagawa Shiuki could never have imagined that his cheap father who didn't love him at all would die so soon. Moreover, he is really his son in a legal sense and has full inheritance rights.

Then someone came and revealed his identity. It was Sone Shubo, the Takeda clan's general. Only then did the Imagawa family realize that the Takeda family actually wanted to get something out of the fire and let him have a run-in with the Imagawa family to see if they could make a fortune.

But the temptation of the Imagawa family governor is really too great. The most that Imagawa family can do in the Hojo family is to become a monk or to be a son to others. Now that the Imagawa family head's prominent power and huge territory are in front of him, he will definitely be tempted.

So with the support of a group of relics, he took advantage of the chaos in the upper reaches of Suruga to escape by boat overnight. He returned to Odawara the next day. When his brothers heard that their younger brother could succeed the Imagawa clan, without saying a word, they immediately ordered Hatsuwa clan Tsutsu and Hatsu and Yasutada brothers to take a thousand people to fetch Izu. The second brother Oishi clan Teru immediately mobilized three people. Thousands of people followed, and the army continued to follow.

So inadvertently, three pieces of news came to Sunfu at the same time. The Imagawa clan was really killed in battle, Koheita broke the covenant and attacked Gao Tianjin, and the Imagawa clan fled home and moved troops to seize the throne.

Now, no news could be concealed, and Shouguini suddenly realized that it was not good to leave Takeda Yoshinobu's thousands of Kabi soldiers outside, and asked them to return home quickly. He also started martial law in the entire city of Sunfu, and then selected men from tributaries such as Sekiguchi, Sena, Mochikunaga, and Kamabahara, and immediately supported them to stabilize people's hearts.

She never thought that she had forgotten an old man in his sixties who was locked up in a annex in Sunfu Castle. That night, Takeda Nobutora and dozens of his servants suddenly attacked. Then they set fire to the city and opened the city gates to welcome Takeda Yoshinobu into the city.

After a night of melee, Sunfu Castle was divided into two. The Omotan Maru was still in the hands of the Imagawa family, but the Omotanomaru had fallen into the hands of the Takeda family. Due to the lack of troops at hand, the Takeda family began to defend the danger. How could Shouguini tolerate this good grandson-in-law? He sent orders to all directions to ask the soldiers left behind by Suruga to come to serve the king.

The confrontation lasted for two days, and even worse news came. The first is the Imagawa clan. He has the Imagawa clan genealogy to prove that he is indeed the "real son" of Imagawa Yoshimoto. With the support of his brother and the Hojo clan, he swept Izu. The vanguard arrived at Suruga Kokokuji Temple and declared himself Imagawa. The successor of the family.

Takeda Yoshinobu was not far behind. He claimed that his son with Suruga-hime was the only heir of Imagawa Yoshimoto. At the same time, he asked his father Takeda Harunobu to quickly send troops to Suruga with his wife and eldest son. The vanguard had already reached Sengen Taisha. His son also changed his name to Imagawa Hikogoro and claimed that he was the only heir of the Imagawa clan.

On the other hand, Kobayata pretended to have the righteousness of the court and spread the news that Imagawa Yoshichika, as the son-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto, could inherit the Imagawa clan and had already obtained the position of Suruga-no-kami. Soon, the imperial edict confirming that Imagawa Yoshichika would serve as the guardian of Suruga would be issued by His Majesty the Lord. Imagawa Yoshichika was the heir recognized by the shogunate and the court.

In just ten days, Shoukenni experienced almost the most terrifying ups and downs in the world. Her son died and her grandson died. All the allies from all sides betrayed Imagawa Yoshimoto because of his sudden death, and the countrymen were all in a panic. It was difficult to reconcile the opinions of the various branches of the Imagawa clan and elect a heir that everyone was satisfied with. As a result, their most legitimate Imagawa clan was at a disadvantage and showed weakness everywhere.

While hesitating, Takeda Harunobu's 3,500-plus Kai troops also burned, killed, looted and robbed their way to Suruga, and the Hojo army also seized Fuji County and Suruga County, camped outside the city at Komaruyama Castle and spied on the city. There was no news about Totomi Province, and it was estimated that it had been swallowed up by the Yamanouchi family.

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