The words left by the warrior not only frightened Yu Qiuping, but also frightened the jailers. After spending ten days with Yu Qiuping, they actually had some feelings for Yu Qiuping, and they hurriedly tried to find connections to ask.
Asked what happened.
Finally, Jiro asked one of his young men who was on duty at the castle tower of Inabayama Castle what happened. It turned out that many wealthy families in Simino rejected Saito Ryuuki's request for negotiation and also asked Saito Ryuuki to release Yu Qiupei.
, immediately gave up the jurisdiction of Inabayama Castle, which greatly angered Saito Ryuuki. In a rage, he ignored the dissuasion of Hineno Hiroshi and Takekow Naomitsu, and demanded that Amakihei be beheaded in five days!
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The news soon reached Simeon and Owari as well.
On the afternoon of February 14, in the Kuroda Castle Castle, Yu Qiuyou was crying in Imagawa Kaede's arms.
"Mom! Didn't you say that dad will be back soon?" Yu Qiuyou wailed and shook his little head: "Then why will dad be executed in a few days?"
Imagawa Feng's eyes were also reddish, and he patted Yu Qiuyou's back gently, soothing the child's emotions, and whispered softly: "Yu'er, where did you hear this?"
"Uncle Ikeda and Uncle Maeda said it!" Yu Qiuyou was so frightened that he burst into tears, "The two of them were talking in the corridor just now, and Yu'er heard it!"
"Have they arrived at Kuroda Castle?" Imagawa Feng was stunned when he heard this, but Yu Qiuyou in his arms cried even harder.
"Dad has been taken away for a long time! Why don't you come back! Dad is not really going to die!" Yu Qiuyou kept repeating the same sentence, crying in Imagawa Feng's arms, tears streaming down his face.
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"Ayou, stop crying." Yu Qiu Shang on the side was comforting his little sister Yu Qiucen, who was also scared to cry by Yu Qiu You on the bed. Although she was young, she already looked a little mature.
"Brother! Dad might die!" Yu Qiuyou wailed loudly regardless, waving to Yu Qiu Shang: "If dad dies, what will we do?"
"Be good, Yu'er, don't cry," Imagawa Feng lifted Yu Qiuyou up, looked directly into his eyes, and said word by word: "Mom promises you, dad will come back safely."
His mother's words seemed to have magic power, suddenly stopping Yu Qiuyou's crying. He looked at Imagawa Kaede with some confusion, and subconsciously asked: "Why?"
When Imagawa Kaede heard this, she suddenly smiled. Since Yu Qiuping was arrested, she had not shown any smile for ten days, and she sobbed quietly every night late at night.
"Because your father promised me," Imagawa Kaede looked a little dazed, and the image of that handsome young man gradually emerged in his mind, "he will protect me for the rest of his life."
"Your father always does what he says."
Ping, I will never let you have the chance to break your promise!
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Almost at the same time, Asai Nagamasa of Kitaomi also received a letter. According to the sender, the writer was an old friend of Mino.
After hearing that Yu Qiuping was arrested by the Saito family on his way back, Asai Nagamasa was anxious and angry. He almost immediately sent an envoy to negotiate with Mino, hoping that Mino could release Yu Qiuping and that he was willing to return the property he had previously occupied.
Simeon territory as compensation. However, he knew nothing about politics and obviously did not think through the joints - what he occupied was the territory of the wealthy Simeon family. Saito Ryuuki was still hoping that Asai Nagamasa would not return the territory to Nishimei.
As for the Nonghao family, they naturally refused.
Asai Nagamasa and Aichi have been worried about Yu Qiupei's safety in the past few days. They are anxious day and night, but they are helpless - it is impossible to hit Inaba Mountain Castle to rescue Yu Qiupei. Written by Asai Nagamasa
He wrote many letters to Oda Nobunaga, expressing his willingness to do his best to cooperate in rescuing Yu Qiupei, but Oda Nobunaga had no good solution at the moment.
However, the arrival of this letter brought a turn for the better. After reading the letter, Asai Nagamasa breathed a sigh of relief.
"If someone else had come up with such a plan, I would definitely think he was crazy," Asai Nagamasa looked at the familiar delicate notes on the letter and murmured to himself, "But if it were you, then there would be nothing wrong."
"And if it is for the sake of justice to save a friend, even if I am crazy, I, Nagamasa, will stick with me until the end."
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On February 15, Asai Nagamasa announced the dispatch of troops to Nishi Mino. The small number of standing troops assembled in Otani Castle marched towards the border, and also asked other troops to gradually rush to Sekigahara to assemble. The Nishi Mino wealthy family also hurriedly gathered troops and headed towards
Entering the western border.
At this moment, the Saito family was extremely happy. Because the castle town and barracks outside the west gate of Inabayama Castle have always been in the hands of the Ando family, even if Ando Mamoru was detained, the Ando family did not withdraw. When the Saito family was released
After Ando defended his position, the latter stayed directly outside the west gate and seemed to want to regain his place. The Saito family was really afraid that he would summon Nishimeno's troops to besiege Inabayama Castle. But now
The Asai family is about to invade, and those wealthy families have no time to take care of themselves. Naturally, the Saito family no longer worries about Mamoru Ando being alone.
Simino, who had just rejected the negotiation, shamelessly asked for reinforcements from the Saito family. At this moment, Hinano Hiroshi, Naomitsu Takekaya and others were looking for Saito Ryuuki to discuss how to deal with the invasion of the Asai family.
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The elders of the Saito family's Naomi clan were discussing in the castle tower whether they should send reinforcements to Nishi Mino. The general idea of ​​everyone was that they should not pay attention to the Nishi Mino wealthy family with a bad attitude.
, let them fend for themselves. After weakening their strength, it will also help the master to strengthen its control over them.
However, the discussion among the retainers was in full swing, but Saito Ryuuki, who was sitting at the head of the table, remained silent. He drank sips of wine and seemed to be thinking about something. Everyone also noticed Saito Ryuuki's silence, and the topic of discussion was
The voice gradually became quieter. Finally, everyone fell silent, and all turned their attention to Saito Ryuuki, waiting for him to make a decision.
Saito Ryuuki didn't seem to notice that the low-pitched discussion was getting smaller and smaller, and he continued to sip his wine in small sips. After a long time, when Hinano Hiroshi couldn't bear it anymore and was about to remind Saito Ryuuki, the latter
Suddenly, as if he had woken up from a dream, he stood up excitedly and threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, breaking it into pieces.
"Lord?" Hinanohiro frowned, "What does this mean?"
"Humph," Saito Ryuuki snorted, and after a moment he laughed twice.
"These old foxes from Simeon are very accurate in their calculations!" Ryuuki Saito pointed to the fragments on the ground, "Don't think I don't know what they are thinking!"
"They must be trying to trick me into sending reinforcements, and then take advantage of the emptiness of Inabayama Castle to take back Inabayama Castle, expel you ministers again, and make me feel empty! Take Inabayama Castle and teach me a lesson.
Do as they say!" Saito Ryuuki sneered, "There must be something wrong with that Yu Qiupei! That Takenaka Shigeharu asked me to release Yu Qiuping again and again! If Yu Qiuping really has nothing to do with them
Guagua, why are they so worried about a member of the Oda family?"
"Perhaps Yu Qiuping came to Mino just to collude with them. The wealthy families in Nishi Mino will defect to the Oda family and then seize Inabayama Castle together! They must be worried that Yu Qiuping will not be able to withstand the torture and will seize Inaba.
Hayama Castle's plan was leaked, that's why we were so anxious to rescue him!" Saito Ryuuki woke up several elders present, and everyone had to re-examine the situation in front of them.
"Then, lord, what should we do?" Naomitsu Takeyao asked nervously, "Should we execute Yu Qiuping immediately, and then use the entire army to guard Inabayama Castle to prevent them from attacking!"
"No need!" Saito Ryuuxing waved his hand boldly, "We will use the trick! Let Yu Qiuping be used as bait!"
"If all our troops stay in Inabayama Castle, with the few people Ando Mamoru has in the west city, they will definitely not dare to take action." Saito Ryuuki sneered, "We will send 3,000 people to support Nishimei.
No! Then we will mobilize the wealthy families from Tohoku and North America to come to Inabayama Castle for support!"
"Lord, why is this?" Hinano Hiro couldn't keep up with Saito Ryuuki's train of thought and asked in surprise.
"When we mobilize the army, Takenaka Shigeharu and Ando Mamoru will see the emptiness of Inabayama Castle, and they will definitely not be able to help but seize the city." Saito Ryuuki drank another large glass of wine and continued to say excitedly: "
The wealthy families in Northeastern Meinong have a relatively neutral attitude and do not necessarily lean towards one side. When they see the wealthy families in Simeron taking the lead in seizing the city, they will definitely conclude that it is the wealthy families in Simeron who are plotting something evil, not that our Saito family is trying to exploit them.
Fan."
"Then we will use the trick to set up an ambush in the city and defeat Ando Mamoru's troops!" Saito Ryuuki waved his hands excitedly, "Then we used the Nishi Mino wealthy family's evil intentions and tried to seize Inabayama Castle as the righteous cause of the expedition.
, command the army to personally conquer Simino! While they are fighting endlessly with the Asai family, seize their territory! All the neutral wealthy families in Northeast Meino have witnessed the progress of the matter, and they will naturally stand on our rightful side."
"This Meinong is already in my hands!"
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Just when Saito Ryuuki was full of ambitions, the heads of the four small wealthy families on the north bank of the Kiso River were looking gloomy.
The news that Yu Qiuping had been caught was like a bolt from the blue to them. They were afraid that Yu Qiuping would not be able to withstand the torture of the Saito family and would reveal all the things they had known about the Oda family! At that time,
All of them are finished!
In addition, if Yu Qiuping is gone, the Yu Qiu family will most likely not join forces with them to trade. They will not be able to get a penny of the huge profits brought by cross-border trade, which is even more embarrassing.
They were very depressed.
On February 15th, the four heads of the family gathered together again to discuss what to do next. Suddenly, an entourage came to report that someone asked to see the four of them.
Chapter completed!