At the same time, inside Dagao City.
"What are you talking about? At Asahina-sama's place, I saw the troops directly under the Imagawa family, Sena-sama, and that Amakihei!" Okabe Gennobu asked a few soldiers who had just returned in surprise.
"Reporting to your Highness, I must have read it correctly." Several messengers replied.
Okabe Gennobu frowned and whispered: "The nearly 10,000 troops directly under the master's family are all under the control of Yu Qiuping?"
"This...it seems more like His Highness Sena is commanding." Several messengers replied.
"That's good." Okabe Motonobu snorted coldly, "Is there any..."
Before he finished speaking, several Asahina family messengers shouted in terror from the distance. "Please see His Highness Okabe! Take me to see His Highness Okabe!"
"Masatsuna, go and bring them here." Okabe Motonobu ordered, "Don't let them yell, so as not to shake the morale of the army."
"Understood." Okabe Masatsuna turned and left. After a while, he returned to the main formation with several Asahina family messengers who were sweating profusely and their eyes were red.
"What's going on, Your Highness Asahina?" Okabe Motobu asked in a deep voice, "What's going on, Your Highness Yuqiu?"
"His Majesty Asahina asked me to come here." Several messengers knelt on the ground, trying hard to stop crying, and whispered: "We found the body of the family governor in Narumi Castle...the head has been taken away by the Oda army.
Got it!"
At the same moment, in Narumi Castle, in the room where Amakihei was, there were only four people left, Amakihei, Sena Ujitoshi, Asahina Yatotomo, and Asahina Yasuhiro.
"Your Highnesses and eldest brother...are you serious?" Yu Qiuping was still very weak at this time. He suddenly coughed violently after hearing such breaking news.
"Although that is just a suspicion." Sena Shitoshi looked solemn, "But... there are too many doubts about the death of the governor of the main hall. Whether it was the messenger who suddenly asked us to retreat, or whether it was the messenger who suddenly asked us to retreat, or the fact that we were trapped by the fire alone after leaving dozens of guards.
The death in the main hall of the castle tower, or the movements of the Okabe army who suddenly abandoned the city and fled, were all unexpected. I never believe that these accidents were caused by accidents. Someone must have been secretly involved.
Hands and feet. And this is the only reasonable explanation I can think of."
"Your Highness Okabe is a traitor? Is he the one who murdered His Highness the Governor?" Yu Qiuping murmured, still a little unbelievable, "How could His Highness Okabe..."
"It's surprising," Asahina Taichao whispered, "but after our discussion, we feel that this possibility does exist."
"We suspect..." Sena Shitoshi looked into Yu Qiuping's eyes and said solemnly: "Everything strange in this battle is most likely controlled by His Highness Okabe."
"Only Hongye, you, me, His Highness Asahina, Second Young Master Asahina, Second Young Master Okabe and His Highness Okabe know the whereabouts of the House Governor's Hall and our plan for this battle. If you want to interfere with it and murder the House Governor's Hall, you can only do it from
Choose one of the six of us."
"I know that I am innocent, and the two highnesses of the Asahina family are also innocent, and a series of performances have also proved his innocence. Hongye, I know your character clearly. You are loyal to the family governor's palace, and you are also the son-in-law of the family governor's palace.
, and there is absolutely no possibility of leaving the Seller Governor’s Hall.”
"Then, the only suspects are the two members of the Okabe family. If these two try to plot rebellion, it must be through the hands of His Highness Okabe." Asahina Taichao said in a low voice.
"The incredible surprise attack by the Oda family the year before last year must have been successful because of the intelligence support given by our senior Imagawa family. And His Highness Okabe knew the specific time of that baggage transport." He paused.
"And the House Governor and I have been investigating for two years and found nothing. If the traitor is His Highness Okabe, then everything can be explained."
"He is an important minister of the family. Although we investigated in secret, we were embarrassed to investigate him too strictly for fear of arousing the vigilance of his ninjas and causing him to be dissatisfied with the family governor. Therefore, we were unable to find out that he was a traitor." Toshi Sena Ushi.
He shook his head regretfully, "In the Battle of Chirit the year before last, all the troops stationed on the front line suffered heavy losses. Only His Highness Okabe's troops escaped unscathed... I'm afraid there was a tacit understanding among them."
"But this alone does not mean that His Highness Okabe is connected with the Oda family!" Yu Qiuping argued with some excitement.
"Of course it's more than that." Asahina Taitomo, who has always been tit-for-tat with the Okabe family, has deep resentment towards the Okabe family. "In the previous land inspection, he suddenly attacked the Asahina family, probably because he wanted to take more money.
Much power.”
"This can't be explained!" In Yu Qiuping's impression, Okabe Motobubu has always been a loyal and courageous person.
"Momiji, listen to us." Sena Ujitoshi whispered: "If you think about it carefully, the series of coincidences that occurred in this battle were probably promoted by the Okabe family."
"Narumi Castle is entirely garrisoned by His Highness Okabe's people, and other troops of the family are isolated outside the city. After the family governor's palace led dozens of guards into the castle tower of Narumi Castle, they actually lost contact with the outside world."
Mingshi Junyue's face became more solemn as he spoke, "If His Highness Okabe was really rebellious, it is very likely that he would have controlled the House Governor's Hall, or even killed him. Or he would have attacked the messengers sent by the House Governor's Hall, cutting off contact between the inside and outside.
. But our troops outside the city knew nothing about it. Then, we found the command arrows and seals from the servants in the family governor's hall, sent people over, falsely conveyed the order to retreat to us, and let the Oda family leave."
"And the few messengers who gave us the order disappeared afterwards." A ruthless look flashed across Sena Shitoshi's expression, "It is very likely that His Highness Okabe sent someone to pretend to be the one who sent us the order. After giving us the order,
, and immediately went to the Oda family's formation and told them that the army in Narumi City did not know that the Ichigo's main hall was in Narumi City, and they all thought that the Iyasu's main hall was still in Ozazama. The Kagemusha's head would definitely be killed when he saw the Iadu's main hall.
It’s a big mess.”
"So the people of the Oda Army provoked the heads of Kagemusha to disrupt the morale of our army?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"Yes, but this is not enough." Sena Ujitoshi shook his head, "His Majesty Okabe set fire to the castle tower in order to further disrupt our army, and at the same time abandoned the city and fled. Burning the family governor's main hall to death in the fire will do the trick.
There is no proof. As long as you say that you followed the order of the family governor's palace, you can be exempted from responsibility." Sena Ujitoshi said sadly: "And the army outside the city collapsed without a fight. The Asahina family also suffered losses, and Oka
However, just like the last war, our family remained unscathed."
The room suddenly became very small. All four people were silent.
"No way..." Ame Qiupei took a breath. Although Okabe Motobu in the past life surrendered to the Takeda family at the last moment and did not remain loyal to the Imagawa family with the Asahina family until the end, he was absolutely loyal to the Imagawa family.
The Oda family has nothing to do with it. How is it possible...
etc!
In the history of the previous life...the troops of the Okabe family were also almost unscathed in the Battle of Okehazama. From the beginning to the end, there was no large-scale battle with the Oda family. After the battle, the entire city of Narumi Castle was taken as the basis.
He used the bargaining chip to negotiate and exchanged for Imagawa Yoshimoto's head, and withdrew from Owari honorably - thus becoming the only hero of the Imagawa family in this battle.
Could it be...
A flash of light suddenly flashed in Yu Qiuping's eyes...
Are there any connections between the Okabe family... and the Oda family? Indeed, after the execution of Yamaguchi and his son by Imagawa Yoshimoto, Okabe Motonobu has always been an important minister on the front line and has a lot of opportunities to come into contact with the Oda family.
In the battle of Okehazama in the previous life, the performance of the Okabe family was as confusing as this battle...
Could it be that...the Okabe family is really a traitor? No wonder the Oda family's surprise attack went so smoothly? Could it be that the Okabe family provided him with a series of conveniences?
"But! What is the motive for His Highness Okabe to do this!" Yu Qiuping is still a little unbelievable, "He is already a senior official of the Imagawa family, and his status is extremely high! Even if the rebellion reaches the Oda family, at most he will only be a senior official of the Imagawa family.
Status!" Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "What is he doing this for? He killed His Majesty the Family Governor and got nothing!"
"Did you, Qin Hui of the Ming Kingdom, kill Yue Wumu to rebel and go to the Jin Kingdom?" Sena Shijun said in a low voice.
Yu Qiuping was startled for a moment.
"Is it for internal struggle..." Yu Qiuping said blankly: "But he won't get much benefit from this move. Although the Asahina family's strength has been weakened, the three of us joining forces will never let him monopolize power.
It’s an opportunity. Besides, Master Shouguini is also very amazing.”
"This is the only doubt..." Asahina Taehyung said solemnly: "If Okabe Motonobu really conspired to rebel and kill His Highness the Governor! Then he must have another plan!"
"Report!" Before he finished speaking, the voice of the Asahina family's messenger came from outside the room.
"What's going on?" Asahina Taichao asked.
"The Okabe family's messenger is asking for a meeting outside the city, specifying that he wants to see several commanders of the troops directly under the Imagawa family! I don't know how to reply." The messenger's tone was a little flustered, "Those people are coming in a menacing manner, I'm afraid they have bad intentions.
.”
"What does this mean?" Asahina Taichao pondered for a moment, then understood immediately and waved the messenger away, "We will go over immediately and handle it personally."
As soon as the messenger left, Asahina Taichao immediately darkened his face and whispered: "Do you two understand?"
"This is a fight for the command of the troops directly under the central government." Yu Qiuping coughed a few times and whispered: "His Royal Highness the Governor was killed... No one can really say who will command this army now. During this crisis period, they
They are just following our orders for the time being."
"His Majesty Okabe is indeed up to something evil." Sena Shitoshi shook his head and said, "It's really disappointing. The corpse of the Governor of the House is not yet cold, but he came to seize the military power first!"
"What else are you calling His Highness Okabe!" Asahina Taiheng scolded angrily: "Okabe Motobu! He must be the one who harmed His Highness the Governor of the Household! If you don't avenge this, I swear you won't be a human being!"
"My dear nephew, please calm down." Sena Ujitoshi advised: "Before you have real evidence, you must not be so arbitrary. The previous ones are just our suspicions."
"But no matter what, we must be on guard against others." Yu Qiuping added: "The combined forces of our three families are less than 3,000 soldiers. The Okabe family even has less than 2,000 soldiers. And the family governor is under the direct jurisdiction of His Highness.
The force at this time has a strength that far exceeds both of ours. The ownership of this force is very important. If His Highness Okabe is really rebellious, this force must not fall into his hands!"
"That's right." Asahina Taichao snorted coldly, "Let's go and meet the messengers!"
Chapter completed!