The time came on September 13th. The autumn harvest in Owari territory was basically over, and the ashigaru of each family were also liberated from the land. Oda Nobunaga issued a summons order to the entire territory, asking those under the territory to
All the wealthy families, large and small, mustered their troops to Qingju City before the end of September.
Yu Qiuping understood that the time to march to Sanhe was coming.
Sure enough, on September 15, Oda Nobunaga summoned all the samurai with generals and above to the Qingshu Castle Castle to hold an evaluation meeting. It is estimated that at this meeting, he will arrange important matters for this operation.
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On the afternoon of September 15th, after Yu Qiuping had packed up, he was going to take Honda Tadakatsu as a bodyguard to the castle tower for a meeting. However, Ryuko also stayed by Yu Qiuping's side and wanted to go with him.
"Longzi, why do you always follow me?" Yu Qiuping asked with a wry smile.
"Because..." The innocent Ryuko gently stroked his scarf and looked at Yu Qiuping, "Staying next to His Highness will make you feel at home."
Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and smiled.
"Good boy, Ryuko, this is not for fun," Imagawa Kaede said with a gentle smile to Ryuko, "Your Highness is going to attend the evaluation meeting, and you can't just bring anyone with you."
Ryuko opened his big eyes, looked at Honda Tadakatsu with some dissatisfaction, and then whispered to Imagawa Kaede: "Then why can he go?"
Honda Tadakatsu glanced at Ryuko, turned his back, and said nothing more.
"He is His Highness's bodyguard and must follow His Highness." Imagawa Kaede explained patiently.
"I..." Longzi whispered, "I can also be a guard."
"You can't be a guard because you don't know martial arts." Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "Nanosuke's martial arts are very impressive."
"That is..." Long Zi whispered: "Now that I have learned martial arts, can I be a guard for His Highness?"
"That's right...that's right." Yu Qiuping thought for a moment and nodded hesitantly.
"Then..." Ryuko turned his attention to Honda Tadakatsu, "Can you call me martial arts?"
Yu Qiupei and Imagawa Kaede are both Iraku, and this Ryuko is also innocent. She just offended Honda Tadakatsu, but now she is asking others to teach her martial arts?
Sure enough, Honda Tadakatsu ignored him and stood aside silently.
Seeing that it was getting late, Yu Qiuping quickly went out with Honda Tadakatsu.
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When we arrived at the assessment room on the first floor of the castle tower, it was much deserted this time compared to the first time Yu Qiupei came to the Oda family. After all, only people with official positions above the general can attend the meeting.
Maeda Toshiie and other women in uniform were still responsible for maintaining order at the venue, while Amakihei, under the guidance of Sawaki Yoshiyuki, sat between Ikeda Tsuneaki and Mori Katsunari.
"Boy, long time no see." Yu Qiuping greeted the two of them after sitting down.
"Hongye, you're welcome." Mori Kacheng bowed slightly and returned the greeting, while Ikeda Hengxing patted Yu Qiuping's back nonchalantly and yelled about having a massage together after the meeting. Yu Qiuping looked around.
, Shibata Toshiie, Sakuma Nobumori, Hirate Hanhide and others sat in the row opposite. And Mori Katsunari's upper hand seat was occupied by Takigawa Kazumasu, Niwa Nagahide and others. Lin Xiuzhen sat next to the main seat and was nearest
on that seat.
Oda Nobunaga still arrived at the venue on time, without too many pleasantries, and went straight to the theme of this time.
"This time, I want everyone to come here for a meeting just after the autumn harvest," Oda Nobunaga said without any more courtesy, "just to discuss the expedition to Mikawa this winter."
"Ame Akihiko," Oda Nobunaga called out Ame Akihira's name first, asking the latter to sit up straight and listen carefully to Oda Nobunaga's order.
"I said before that I would let you be the leader of the army and lead them into Mikawa. Is there no problem?" Oda Nobunaga asked.
"No problem." Yu Qiuping responded with his hands raised.
"Then the families of your subordinates are now under the control of the Matsudaira family," Oda Nobunaga continued: "If you attack as an advance force, will you bring any trouble to them?"
"I dare to ask your Highness to allow me to communicate with you first," Yu Qiuping said after hesitating for a moment: "I have some affection for His Highness Songping. If you just ask to take your family back home, as an upright samurai, His Highness Songping will probably not
There will be some pushback.”
"Okay, then you can solve it yourself." Oda Nobunaga waved his hand, indicating that Yu Qiuping's problem was over. Yu Qiuping let out a sigh of relief and sat back in his seat.
"Yonegoro, are you ready for the food and grass issue?" Oda Nobunaga turned his attention to Niwa Nagahide again.
"Return to my lord." Niwa Nagahide leaned forward and said, "Originally, due to many years of continuous fighting, the granary is about to bottom out. But this year is a rare good year. After the harvest, the grain and grass are enough to support the operation of 10,000 troops for three months."
"What about the deployment situation?" Oda Nobunaga asked again.
"Replying to my lord, 10,000 koku of grain have been stored in Furuno Castle, 5,000 koku of grain have been stored in Narumi Castle, and there is another 5,000 koku of grain in reserve in Suemori Castle." Niwa Nagasho replied confidently: "It is for transportation.
The carts, poles, etc. are also ready to be completed. If all the more than 6,000 auxiliary soldiers serve as a small pack team, it will take at most two days to carry all the food from Furuno Castle to Narumi Castle."
"Very good." After learning that there was no problem with the food preparation, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but raise his eyebrows excitedly, "Yonegoro did a good job this time!"
"Thank you, my lord!" Niwa Nagahide replied respectfully.
"Hikoemon," Oda Nobunaga looked down, "What progress has been made in the intelligence?"
"I'm reporting this to my lord," Takigawa Kazumasu lowered his head and said, "Although there is not much news coming from the details in Toe and Suruga, it can be confirmed that the Imagawa family has absolutely no intention of gathering troops to avenge the administration this winter."
"What about Mikawa's?" Oda Nobunaga asked again.
"There is something strange going on in the Matsudaira family in the Mikawa area." Takikawa Kazumasu frowned, "The Matsudaira family began to gather troops at the Owari border of Mikawa as soon as the autumn harvest was over. It seemed that they were using the slogan of 'avenging His Highness Jibu'.
Plan to attack my family."
"Huh?" Ikeda Hengxing couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter. The corners of Oda Nobunaga's mouth also turned up slightly.
"The Mikawa guys over there still want to attack us?" Ikeda Hengxing spread his hands, "How many people do they have? One thousand soldiers, or one thousand five?"
"The people of Mikawa are always so ignorant." Sakuma Nobumori snorted coldly, "My lord, if they dare to come, I guarantee that they will never come back."
"Haha, Sakuma can even say such bold words about our retreat," Oda Nobunaga said with a smile, "It seems that he doesn't even take the Matsudaira family seriously!"
"You must not underestimate the enemy so much," Lin Xiuzhen, who had been silent, warned, "Back then, Qing Kanggong was born and unified Sanhe. He was hailed as a genius who could unify the world by the age of thirty. He led Songping in Sanhe
The family fought all the way to the gates of Shoushan City, but they were a family that gave even the late lord a headache."
"That's all in the past, Sado," Shibata Katsuie, who also spoke little, said, "Back then, my old master could compete with the prosperous Matsudaira family with just half an Owari. How can we be afraid of the still young people now?
's child?"
"My younger brother, Mikawa Takechiyo, is really interesting." Oda Nobunaga took over the conversation with a smile, "He came to the door before I could fight him. Well, let's deal with him well.
, let him watch the east gate for me again!"
"Generals, obey the order!" Oda Nobunaga suddenly shouted loudly, and the originally noisy conference room suddenly became quiet.
"Our army is scheduled to officially set off from Qingshu Castle on October 5th and march towards Mikawa!" Oda Nobunaga issued the order in an orderly manner, "Sanzaemon and Yonegorō will stay behind. Sanzaemon will be stationed in Katsuhata Castle.
, Migoro stays behind in Qingzhou and guards against the direction of Mino! If necessary, you can ask for reinforcements from Inuyama Temple!"
"Yes!" Mori Katsunari and Niwa Nagahide responded in unison.
"Sado is based in Nakono and is responsible for communication and scheduling of all things."
"Yes." Lin Xiuzhen nodded.
"Captain Youemon, you start from Takake Castle, go around the front along the east line, go straight to the eastern part of Kamo County, and approach Okazaki Castle!" Oda Nobunaga looked at Sakuma Nobumori.
"Yes!" Sakuma Nobumori responded, cupping his fists.
"Red leaves!" Oda Nobunaga said.
Yu Qiuping estimated that his mission might be to serve as the leader of his army and guide everyone into Sanhe.
As expected, Oda Nobunaga continued: "As the vanguard of our army, you will enter Narumi Castle on October 4th."
Yu Qiuping was ready to clasp his fists in response, but unexpectedly Oda Nobunaga paused and continued.
"As the vanguard of our family, attack Dagao City!"
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Yu Qiuping suddenly froze on the spot and responded "Yes" without hesitation. He could not hear clearly what tasks Oda Nobunaga assigned to the others later.
Odaka Castle... The Odaka Castle where His Highness Udono is stationed... There is no doubt that it is still the Imagawa family's castle under the banner of Imagawa Eryinryo.
Originally leading the way to attack the Songping family, Yu Qiuping's conscience was already very bad. But now.
His Highness the Governor of the House passed away just half a year ago, and His Highness Sena passed away just a few months ago.
I have joined the enemy, standing on the opposite side of the Imagawa family, and going to attack the flag that I once swore to protect to the death.
If the two of them had spirits in heaven, how would they feel if they saw me like this?
To be continued...