On May 8, after the Takeda family and the Imagawa family searched the mountains, they captured more than fifty prisoners of the Hojo family. The next day, the two armies said goodbye and each returned to their territory with half of the prisoners. Amakihei originally wanted to take Imagawa with him.
Gong Le asked them to go together, but Jin Gong Le was young but very stubborn and refused to leave on the grounds that he wanted to keep vigil for his father.
"Master Yuqiu has avenged me for killing my father, and I'm very grateful!" Jin Gong Leqing refused, "But my father's body is still cold, so I can't leave."
"Okay, as soon as I return to Ejiri, I will have someone deliver food to you." Yu Qiuping promised, "Also ask your mother to take care of her health, and take your two grandsons and granddaughters back to Mr. Itami."
Let’s take a look.”
"Thank you, sir. If you can find the place of Imamiya's house in the future, just ask." Imamiya bowed deeply.
At noon on May 9, Yu Qiuping arrived at Ejiri and immediately asked to see Itami Yasunao and asked him to transport grain and grass. Originally, Itami Yasunao wanted to wait for the order from the governor of the family before taking action. Unexpectedly, Itami changed his mind and became a seclusion.
It is a habit to ignore political affairs and force the decision to be sent to the palace immediately.
After that, Yu Qiupei returned to Suruga with the prisoners. After disbanding the troops in his own territory, he personally escorted the prisoners to Suruga Castle and was received by Imagawa Yoshimoto as soon as possible.
"Yu Qiu, you did a good job this time!" After Imagawa Yoshimoto asked Yu Qiuping to sit down, he put his hands on his hands and laughed, "It's better than I imagined. Not only did I complete the intelligence collection, but I also found out...
Who is causing trouble?"
"I don't dare to take credit." Yu Qiuping said honestly, and silently told what happened to Imagawa Yoshimoto. The latter wiped the Chidori Incense Burner and casually asked questions. "Everything depends on Mr. Sanada Masayuki.
." Yu Qiuping sighed, "If he hadn't come up with such a surprise and came up with such a way to break the situation, I'm afraid I would have to explain where he is."
"Actually, I think your performance is no worse than him." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the clean and spotless Chidori Incense Burner with satisfaction, carefully put it aside, and took out a collection of Japanese songs from the drawer again.
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"I'm joking in the main hall." Yu Qiuping shook his head. Before, he had always felt that he could compete with the ancients in strategy by relying on modern people's knowledge and grasp of history. But this time on the mission, he encountered a crisis.
He was so stupid that he couldn't think of any solution. He relied on Sanada Masayuki to save him. He was even worse than the less famous Towa Ujitsubu.
"You are still young and don't understand some things." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't say much, just smiled, "Sometimes, not making mistakes is more valuable than winning by surprise."
Before Yu Qiuping could speak, Imagawa Yoshimoto said again: "But this time, it is finally completed successfully! Your promotion will be issued after a while. The news you brought is also what I guessed."
"Eh?" Yu Qiuping was surprised, "Did the main hall guess it was the Hojo family before?"
"Why, do you think it should be the Takeda family?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked. Yu Qiuping nodded blankly.
"Haha, having an idea is better than having no idea. Tell me your reasons." Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile.
"I think..." Yu Qiuping recalled the history books of later generations, "The conditions for the establishment of the three alliances are that each of the three alliances is developing in the same direction, and they all need a stable rear."
"But right now, the Imagawa family has a broad development direction, which is to go all the way to Kinki. The Hojo family can also try to control Kanto and compete with the Imagawa family. Only the Takeda family is the most embarrassing." Yu Qiupei raised his head and looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto,
I tried to get some hints from his eyes, but the latter just smiled. "The Takeda family faces Ueno to the east, and Nagano Yomasa's desperate resistance makes it difficult to make a breakthrough. Even if we take Ueno, we will all be allies with Hojo going forward.
The family's sphere of influence cannot be expanded further. To the south is the ally Imagawa family, to the west is a mountainous area with rugged and difficult mountain roads, and to the north is the very powerful Echigo-Uesugi family. It is also impossible to make a big breakthrough. And he currently holds
Kai and Shinano, although they have the support of Jinshan, they are not rich by any means."
"It can be said that the Takeda family is like being put into a cage. If he does nothing and watches Imagawa and Hojo grow bigger, but he is bound by the alliance, he will only surrender in the end." Yu Qiupei said in a low voice.
Considering the historical events in the past life, "So I think it is very likely that the Takeda family will abandon their alliance with us and invade the rich Tokaido to seek space for development."
"The judgment is correct!" After hearing this, Imagawa Yoshimoto snapped his fingers with satisfaction, "It has a great overall view! This view starts from the general trend of the world and is no longer just limited to the loss of one city and one country. It is amazing and worthy of me.
The young man you like!"
"My judgment is the same as yours," Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly smiled, "so my way to deal with this diplomatic crisis is-"
"Send someone to ask the public to mediate the dispute between the Echigo Hokkaido family and the Uesugi family, so that they can go all out to compete with the Takeda family for Shinano."
"What?" Yu Qiuping even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. "The Hojo family intercepted and killed messengers on the alliance route and created a crisis, but the main hall went to create trouble for the Takeda family?"
"That's right." Imagawa Yoshimoto clapped his hands and laughed, "Do you know why?"
"I'm confused next time." Yu Qiuping said with a wry smile.
"Do you know why I have the same judgment as you about the Takeda family, but I guess that the Hojo family provoked this incident?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked again.
"Still don't know." Yu Qiuping shook his head honestly.
"Have you ever seen anyone fighting on the street?" Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly asked in a jumping tone, almost making Yu Qiuping unable to keep up. "The more fierce the shouting, the less afraid to fight. They hope that their fierce momentum can
It scares others away. But those real masters often don't say a word and take action as soon as they are told."
Yu Qiuping seemed to suddenly understand something, and an idea flashed in his mind.
"The cause of this incident is probably that we went to war with the Oda family at the Owari border twice in a row, which caused the other two families to worry about our intention to go to Luo."
"So, it is precisely because the Takeda family may break their alliance at any time that they do not want to stir up trouble and hope to paralyze us so that they can get the maximum benefit when they suddenly betray their trust." Imagawa Yoshimoto said about such things.
, but it seems that he has not yet formally discussed Waka calligraphy and painting, "That tiger might be eager for me to go to Luo, so that it can spring out and bite me."
"The most painful thing in the world is to make a choice." Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly solemnly looked into Yu Qiuping's eyes, "Especially making a choice without regrets is the most embarrassing."
"Once we successfully go to Luo and control Kinki, the Takeda family will have no choice but to go to war with our abandoned alliance, so they don't have to worry about what to choose." Imagawa Yoshimoto's expression became relaxed again, "On the other hand, Hojo is in a very difficult situation. If they
If they don't break the alliance, they will have room for development, and they won't go to the point of fighting to the death. On the contrary, if they break the alliance, they will make wedding dresses for the Takeda family, arousing the hostility of the Imagawa family, and even Takeda and Imagawa will become like Zentokuji's alliance.
Just like before, join forces to invade Sagami."
"But, if they don't abandon the alliance, they can't restrict the speed of the Imagawa family's development," Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a somewhat gloating smile, "So once we go to Luo, the Hojo family will be extremely entangled and don't know what to choose."
"That's why they took such measures to create a crisis at the border, which made me realize that the Zentoku-ji alliance was not stable, but they still maintained the alliance to allow themselves to dominate Kanto with peace of mind. They intercepted and killed the messenger to demonstrate to me,
It shows that they may be disadvantageous to us." Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head, "But the more fierce they scream, the less confident they are. In fact, they have no courage or determination to break the alliance. They just want to create a burden for me and make me afraid to rest assured.
We go to Luo and dare not increase our strength."
"And to cause trouble for the Takeda family, I told the lion of the Hojo family that I had seen through his tricks and laughed at him for not having the guts to break the alliance. At the same time, I also effectively threatened the Takeda family and ensured the stability of our rear.
." Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile, "I will also exchange hostages with the Takeda family, who will initially be the son of the wealthy family, to strengthen the bond between the two families again, so that the Takeda family will be more cautious when they break the alliance."
After listening to Imagawa Yoshimoto's analysis, Yu Qiuping really felt that his brain was not full. How could Imagawa Yoshimoto think so deeply and thoroughly? This may be the ancient art of diplomacy.
When Yu Qiupei returned to the territory to arrange the funeral arrangements and training matters for his subordinates, the rewards for Imagawa Yoshimoto and Sena Ujitoshi were also given. The three villages in the west were granted two thousand shi, and their positions were promoted to the Sena family general. This
Yu Qiupei has completely squeezed into the middle and high-level command of the Imagawa family. The territory has also reached 7,000 koku. Therefore, Yu Qiupei plans to expand the number of soldiers and add another archery platoon, with Charlie also serving as Ashigaru general. The total force will reach 320 people.
When selecting Ashigaru, he not only required the selection of physically strong people, but also deliberately avoided people with identity disputes and small groups from entering the army, so as not to damage the atmosphere of the army.
Because of the overflow of population in Yu Qiuping's territory - mainly because of the families of the Ashigaru and the financial support given by Imagawa Yoshimoto, all of Yu Qiuping's soldiers are standing troops, and there are no leading militiamen.
Since Yu Qiupei's new territory was too much, Sena Shitoshi sent Sena Shiyi to help Yu Qiupei.
"But Your Highness," Yu Qiuping asked, "Young master, he is the heir of the Sena family. How unbecoming would it be for you to give me a retainer to serve as my servant?"
"The child is idle when he is idle. He is usually responsible for all matters in the territory, so I sent you to help him so that he can exercise." Sena Shijun said with a smile, "I hope you can do it too.
It’s a good relationship. After all, we still need to help each other at home from now on.”
When everything was finally cleared up, Yu Qiuping immediately rushed to the cabin on the back hill to see if his gift had been sent out. Maybe he knew that no one would care about it, but even if it was a failure, he was disappointed.
, as long as he can have any contact with the girl, Yu Qiuping will be happy to do it.
Chapter completed!