Chapter 76 35. Final Disposition of Odawara

Imagawa Yoshimoto still attaches great importance to the peace talks. After all, he also hopes to keep the Hojo clan alive and leave a buffer zone between his Izu Suruga and Nagao Kagetora's Kanto.

Although the Hojo clan is not a noble family, it is just a nouveau riche pretending to be by the Ise clan. But now that four generations have been operating for decades, they can be regarded as local snakes. Moreover, the Hojo clan is quite benevolent and implements the good governance of four officials and six people. Small landlords and self-cultivating farmers support him quite a lot.

Judging from the battle of the siege of Odawara, the resistance of Sagami Izu is still relatively firm. It was not until the outer fortress was completely lost that they gave up resistance, and this was still under panic.

So Imagawa Yoshimoto thought it was good to keep the Hojo clan, and Nagao Kagetora did not want to delay time in Sagami any longer, after all, the siege was very patient. Since they could negotiate peace and the conditions were acceptable, they were naturally willing.

At this time, Sagami Province had not yet undergone large-scale water conservancy and new field development after Ieyasu entered the country, but the Hojo clan had been operating for four generations. Now the entire country has more than 40,000 kan, and it exceeded 50,000 kan during the Edo Shogunate period. In addition, the important position of Kamakura has always been a major transportation route between the East and the West. It is absolutely no problem to say that it is a place that must be fought for by military strategists. There is also the huge castle town of Sagami Beach Odawara, which has become the center of the entire southern Kanto.

First of all, the complete destruction of Odawara is the bottom line of Nagao Kagetora. It is too uncomfortable to gnaw on this turtle shell, and he will not let it exist anymore. The Hojo clan also knew that Odawara would definitely not be saved. After all, the earthen ramparts of the outer ramparts, which are five miles long, have been stripped by Nagao Kagetora. Whether you agree or not, Nagao Kagetora has already done it himself.

Secondly, the Hojo family of Tamanawa Hojo Tsunari committed seppuku in exchange for the survival of most of the Hojo family. Hojo Tsunari and his son knew that they would not be spared, so they agreed readily. After all, these two people were also very straightforward when they killed Ogidani Asada, and the retribution in this life is just like this.

Hojo Ujiyasu and Hojo Nagatsuna (Genan) were also willing to commit seppuku, but there was a constant dispute over whether Hojo Ujimasa should become a monk or commit seppuku. Hojo Ujiyasu said that he was in charge of all family affairs and it had nothing to do with Ujimasa (he was still a child, please save the child!).

As a result, Nagao Toukage personally went to the city and angrily pointed at Hojo Ujimasa, saying that you were so arrogant in Hirai, but now you are so cowardly. Are you a man? Still want to live in disgrace?

Well, the old bottom was exposed by witnesses, and the Hojo side had no reason to explain, and finally agreed to Ujimasa's request to commit seppuku together as the head. So in the end, five people in the Hojo clan, Ujiyasu, Ujimasa, Nagatsuna, Tsunari, and Yasunari (Ujishige), were ordered to commit seppuku to apologize.

Then the Hojo clan's commoners, all the original surnames of Katsurayama, Takahashi, and Fukushima, were changed back, and they were not allowed to use the Hojo surname.

As for the sons of Ujiyasu, Ujiteru was adopted by the Oishi clan, Ujikuni was adopted by the Fujita clan, Ujiki was adopted by the Imagawa clan, Ujitada was adopted by the Udo clan, Ujiyasu was adopted by the Miura clan, and the youngest Ujihide was adopted by the Koshi Nagao clan, which was about to die (here it was not the son of Nagao Kagetora, but the son of Nagao Kagenobu).

The family name of the Hojo clan was inherited by Ujimasa's son Ujinao, but his Hojo surname was no longer the Hojo clan that ruled Kamakura. Instead, it was changed to Hojo Takahiro, a descendant of the Mori clan who changed his surname to Hojo in Hojo-sho, Echigo, and recognized his ancestor as Oe Hiromoto. This was to completely cut off his legal title to rule Kanto and make the Hojo lose its legal system.

Ashigara County was no longer owned by the Hojo clan, and Ashigara Shimo County and half of Izu Kamo County were granted to the Satomi clan as a reward from Satomi Yoshiyasu. Izu Kimizawa and Takata counties belonged to Imagawa Yoshimoto. Anyway, Satomi Yoshiya's navy is now the strongest east of the peninsula, so there is no problem in maintaining these territories. As for Imagawa Yoshimoto, Izu borders him directly, and he has long supported and arranged a group of Izu Xianfangzhong to manage it, so he is not afraid of trouble at all.

Let me add one more thing here. Satomi Yoshiya and Kogumi Yoshiaki completely confronted the Hojo clan when they participated in the first Battle of Kokufudai. His father Saneyao actually took the throne with the support of the Hojo clan, but Satomi Yoshiya's enthusiasm for biting the Hojo family has never weakened. Even his son Satomi Yoshihiro fought to the death with Hojo Ujimasa on Mifuneyama, and in history, without the assistance of Nagao Kagetora, he still bit off a piece of meat on the Izu Peninsula, and he was the most determined anti-Hojo force.

Although Sagami Ashigara has given Satomi Yoshiya a part of it, he will definitely work hard to suppress the Hojo clan, and he can also monitor and contain the Imagawa clan. Compared with the gains, the few territories of Ashigara are not important.

Sagami Koza, Kamakura and Miura counties became the direct domain of Nagao Kagetora because of the location of Kamakura Jingu Shrine, but the Echigo Yasuda clan was placed as a deputy official. The Tamazuna Castle that Hojo Tsunari had worked so hard to renovate was directly given to Yasuda Kagemoto. It was really a pity that he had to work hard every year to make wedding clothes for others.

Yasuda Kagemoto made a gorgeous turn and now became the governor of Kamakura County, and was suddenly promoted to the daimyo of 6,000 kanmon. I guess Yasuda Akimoto will not commit suicide for the reward of a few villages in the future. In short, this branch of the Yasuda clan can be regarded as successful and rich.

At this point, the main family of the Hojo clan finally only had the four counties of Tsukui, Aiko, Ozumi, and Taoling, and part of Ashigara Kamigami County, totaling more than 16,000 kan, which were placed in Tsukui Castle and supervised by Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ota Sukemasa.

Moreover, Tsukui is close to Kai Province, and the meaning of this arrangement is very subtle. Who knows if it is to put the piece of meat of Hojo into the mouth of Takeda Harunobu. Maybe Takeda Harunobu is very happy to take this key to enter and exit Kanto. If it is destroyed by the Takeda family, it will not be the business of Nagao Kagetora.

At the same time, the head of the Hojo clan was replaced by the very young Hojo Ujinao, who lost the guidance of his father and grandfather, Hojo Ujiyasu and Hojo Ujimasa. All his uncles who were famous in history were also moved to other counties. He was left with the family elder Matsuda Kenhide, who was a traitor in history. It is unknown what kind of person he will grow up to be. It is hard to say whether he can withstand the temptations of ambitious people who covet his fat meat from all sides.

The other Ota Ujifusa (not called this name yet) will definitely not be qualified to inherit the family name of the Iwatsuki Ota clan. If he is not allowed to become a monk now, he will probably be forced to become a monk by the Hojo clan himself in the future, which is considered to be a dead end.

The other half of the remaining Ashigara Kamiga County in Sagami Province, half of Izu Kamo County, and 7,000 kan in Naga County, Nagao Kagetora have other uses.

The Hojo clan has a total of 29,000 kan (115,000 koku) and has been settled in the five provinces of Kanto. Basically, there will be no major threats.

This condition was eventually accepted by the Hojo clan, and Nagao Kagetora's Kanto expedition was a great success.