Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

After getting the news, Hojo Ujihide fell into a short thought.

In fact, his name is no longer Hojo Ujihide.He is the seventh son of Hojo Shiyasu, and became the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin in 1570—but before that, he also became the adopted son of Takeda Shingen and Hojo Genan, the only name that followed him until Yuanfu There is only the word "Sanlang".After entering Uesugi's house, Uesugi Kenshin bestowed his former name "Uesugi Kagetora" on him, changing him from "Takeda Saburo" and "Hojo Ujihide" to "Uesugi Saburo Kagetora".

Although the Hojo person who should have been the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin in the first place was not him, but Kunissumaru, the son of his elder brother Hojo Ujimasa, Uesugi Kenshin is undoubtedly very satisfied with Hojo Ujihide, who was once taught by Takeda Shingen. Otherwise, he would not have given his name to the past.Hojo Ujihide relied on this value of Uesugi Kenshin to achieve a status no less than that of Uesugi Kenshin's adopted son Uesugi Jingsheng in just a few years-you know, and Uesugi Kenshin who has no blood relationship with Uesugi Kenshin Hojo Ujihide is different. Uesugi Kagekatsu is the nephew of Uesugi Kenshin. Since the latter has no children, he naturally has influence on the Uesugi family.

During the Warring States Period, "adopted son" has become another kind of "hostage" in the political sense, just like Yoshiharu Hatakeyama is the adopted son of Kenshin Uesugi in name, but in fact still has the right to inherit the Hatakeyama family, and then he was really taken by Ken Uesugi The letter was sent to compete for the position of Hatakeyama’s family governor—just different from a simple hostage, the adopted son also has the right to inherit the adoptive father’s family in this era.

Hojo Ujihide's elder brother, Hojo Ujimasa, had appointed an heir early, so although Hojo Ujihide also had the blood of the Hojo family, he had already cut off the possibility of inheriting the Hojo family. It is possible that the person who was adopted as an adopted son in other people's family when he was young changed back to his original surname Hojo and succeeded to the Hojo family.However, although it is almost impossible for the Hojo family to fall into the hands of Hojo Tohide, he has a competitive advantage against Uesugi Kenshin's Uesugi family-as long as he still bears the surname "Uesugi".

The young man with the reputation of "the most beautiful man in Kanto" was actually quietly relieved when he learned that the Five Tigers were going to leave in the end.

He has a very clear vision of his future.Uesugi Kenshin is very upright. When he regarded Hojo Ushihide as his adopted son and gave him his name, he had already acquiesced in the fight between Hojo Ushihide and his nephew Uesugi Jingsheng.Because Uesugi Kenshin is like a soldier, Hojo Ushihide and Uesugi Jingsheng have not considered the possibility of the adoptive father's death on the battlefield. As a general, Uesugi Kenshin is not too old. The situation was chaotic, and Uesugi Kenshin was thinking about Ashikaga Yoshiaki's "orthodoxy"—for various reasons, the two people's open and secret struggles were not obvious.

But after the five tigers retreated to Uesugi's house, their delicate peace changed instead.

From the perspective of identity, the "Koka Ninja" who belongs to the Oda family and has a low status is unlikely to compete with them anyway, let alone Wu Hutui's peculiar appearance, which has prevented him from obtaining a high position from the very beginning. possibility.But for such a strange child, Uesugi Kenshin showed a gentleness and generosity different from that of Uesugi Jingsheng and Hojo Ujihide.

At the beginning, because Wu Hutui was a member of the Oda family, he was just entertaining and probing politely.As time goes by, Kenshin Uesugi pays more attention to this child who does not know whether he is a dwarf or a slow-growing child. As a means of protection, it is an unusual symbol in itself.

Even though Uesugi Kenshin has always been very affectionate, he is also a general who has fought bloody battles on the battlefield after all.Even if he is enthusiastic at the beginning, he will unconsciously disregard human life during the years of battle.It is impossible to protect the Five Tigers just because of sympathy or love.

Uesugi Kenshin seldom treats Uesugi Kagekatsu with such gentleness, whether it is Uesugi Kagekatsu who has been an adopted son since he was a child, or Hojo Ujihide who changed his name to "Uesugi Kagetora" at the age of 16.Although he did raise the two adopted sons with the attitude of educating heirs, but the strictness also represented alienation, so that the two adopted sons could not be indifferent to the special treatment of the Five Tigers.

In fact, if he hadn’t known that Uesugi Kenshin had achieved the ultimate goal of "not committing crimes in life" and had never been close to any female sex, Hojo Ujihide would have thought that the child named "Five Tigers" was actually Uesugi Kenshin's parent and child living abroad up.

After learning that Uesugi Kenshin even intends to take the Five Tigers back from the hands of Oda Nobunaga, promote him to be a samurai and even pretend to be a small surname, Rao has seen the strange appearance of the Five Tigers, Hojo Ujihide couldn't help but feel in a flash. The absurd idea of ​​"Does Uesugi Kenshin want to have an adopted son again?"

...Fortunately, Uesugi Kenshin finally sent the Five Tigers out.

What Ujihide Hojo is still struggling with is the news he just received, that the Five Tigers were given Uesugi Kenshin's personal short knife "Five Tigers" as a gift.

This "Five Tigers Retirement" was received by Uesugi Kenshin from the Emperor Shochin.Although the emperor himself does not have much authority and is still attached to the Oda family, Uesugi Kenshin has never been contemptuous of the emperor—this is proved by wearing it next to the body after getting the "Five Tigers Back".Whether it is "Jihe Yiwen" or "Xiaodou Changguang", they are all knives that can be replaced at any time, but they are more preferred because of the sharpness of the cut taste and the wonderful anecdotes. In contrast, Uesugi Kenshin has never The departure of the "five tigers retreat" has a more special meaning.

It can almost represent "Uesugi Kenshin" himself.Before the news of the "Five Tigers Retirement" being given away spread, this dagger was the token that could knock on all the gates of the Uesugi family's cities.

——So, why did my father insist on sending "Five Tigers Back" to that ninja!Is it because the names are all "five tigers retreat"?

Hojo Ujihide, who had only seen the Five Tigers from afar, thought so, and couldn't understand Uesugi Kenshin's risky move at all.

There is no doubt that Uesugi Kenshin's vision of seeing people-however, being accurate in seeing people never means that there will be no mistakes.When Uesugi Kenshin decided to attack Oda, the first thing he knew was not his retainers, but his two adopted sons.Knowing that the relationship between Uesugi and Oda has changed from friendly to hostile, Hojo Ujihide cannot let a ninja of the Oda family leave with such an important thing.

Even if there was no change when Wu Hutui was at Uesugi's house, Uesugi Kenshin's sudden drive away would ensure that no one would have expected Wuhutui's actions, but who could guarantee that the child would not take advantage of the time difference after leaving? Go to the castle of the Uesugi family and capture the defense map of the castle!

The news that the Yizhang dagger was given to others wants to spread to every corner of Uesugi's power, and it is impossible to catch up with the speed of a ninja's departure.

In the final analysis, it was a mistake for Uesugi Kenshin to give the dagger to someone who is not even a straight minister or even a samurai.

Compared with the enigmatic sensitivity of Saburo, whose current name is "Oda Nobunaga", Hojo Ujihide, who also has "Saburo" in his name, is much higher.Having never gotten along with Wu Hutui, he didn't know much about Wuhutui's character, but relying on his own thinking, he judged in an instant what kind of threat Wuhutui had become... He just couldn't let this kind of threat go to those who would inherit the Uesugi family in the future.

Even because of the love shown by Uesugi Kenshin, he would not embarrass the child who was about to leave.It's just that items like "Five Tigers Retreat" must not be left in the hands of the ninjas of the Oda family!

Hojo Ujihide quickly made a decision—in fact, he could only have made this one decision in the first place.

Without further delay, Ujihide Hojo stood up quickly, summoned a team of cavalry under his command, and quickly galloped in the direction where the five tigers retreated! !

It was a little surprising that... not long after he left the city, he saw the five tigers retreating.

The climate in Echigo is not suitable for tigers to survive. Therefore, when the five kitten-like white tigers brought by the Five Tigers Retreat gradually grow up, no one can figure out how to feed them, nor do they know the tigers' habits and speed. how.The five tigers are petite, and Hojo Ushihide was already prepared for the opponent to ride a tiger - compared to them, the five tigers have enough tigers to replace them - so it took a lot of effort to catch up However, they did not expect that the five tigers retreated not far at all, and even stood straight on the side of the road, as if waiting for their arrival.

The immature white-haired dagger treasured the luggage that Kenshin Uesugi had sent for him to pack in his arms. Although the five white tigers around him were conspicuous enough, he still carefully wrapped himself in the wide, big, three-legged bag. When he came to Uesugi's house years ago, he wore a cloak to hide his face, but now he didn't put on the hood, exposing a face as white as snow.

Judging from the facial features alone, the appearance of Wuhu Tui is not necessarily inferior.It's just that his white hair and beast-like pupils caught people's attention from the very beginning, even if he had been mentally prepared, Hojo Ujihide's expression was also a little abnormal.

It was the farming season at this time, and the farmers were busy farming, and there were no people on the wide avenue.It took a little more than ten seconds to get himself mentally prepared, Hojo Ushihide got off his horse, put one hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, held the rein with the other, and approached the five tigers cautiously.

This was probably the first time he had such close contact with this child.

After approaching, the weak look on Wu Hu's retreating face quickly came into his eyes, and his thin hands and feet didn't seem to have any threatening power.But Hojo Ujihide was still full of vigilance, and said in a blunt and polite tone: "I think you understand what I'm going to do—'Five Tigers Retreat'."

Wuhu Tui just nodded slowly.

His eyes were still red, but because of Uesugi Kenshin's teaching, he finally cheered up after the last cry, and he looked more manly than before—although judging from his cowardly demeanor , this subtle difference cannot be noticed by Hojo Ujihide, who is not familiar with him at all.

He raised his hand, and put the "Five Tigers" that Uesugi Kenshin put in his hand in front of Hojo Ujihide.

"It's not what Kenshin said..." He recalled Uesugi Kenshin's expression at that time, his small body was upright, and he was still a little cowardly afraid to speak under the gaze of Hojo Ujihide, but he still tried his best to overcome it. Yes, and said seriously, "In this world, there are people who are more suitable for this vibration knife than me."

"Only Kenshin is the most qualified to hold the 'Five Tigers'."

He said so to Hojo Ujihide.The small palm, which seemed to be unable to even lift the sword, firmly held the "five tigers back" until Hojo Ujihide's vigilant eyes finally softened a little, and he took the short knife away from his hand.

A sense of loss swept through Dagger Fusangshen's heart in an instant.He lowered his eyes somewhat disappointed, as if he was still reminiscing the moment when Uesugi Kenshin handed him the knife and he could hardly refuse, but he still shyly showed a small, relatively cheerful smile.

He can't accompany Uesugi Kenshin until the latter leaves this world, but "Five Tigers Retreat" can.

Just like the history in his memory.