"Stop arguing with him." Yu Qiuping suddenly waved his hand and stopped Omaezaki Nakahide, who was about to refute. After thinking for a moment, he whispered to Suzuki Shigehide, "You are at Suzuki's house, do you keep your word?
"
Seeing that things seemed to be turning around, Suzuki Shigehide's eyes flashed, and his aggressive attitude softened instantly, and he replied in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my father listens to me the most. As for my opinions, my father will always listen to me."
I will never refuse.”
"That's it, that's okay." Yu Qiuping smiled twice, slowly squatted down, put his right hand on Suzuki Shigehide's shoulder, and whispered, "You promise me three conditions, and I will return the food.
Here you go, withdraw your troops immediately."
Suzuki Shigehide was stunned when he heard this, and stared at Yu Qiuping for a while, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
Could it be that the name of His Highness Hongye's benevolence and righteousness is actually true? Is there really such a samurai in the world? He is willing to give up the land of a country for the sake of the people?
Mori Kolong was shocked when he heard Yu Qiuping's words, and instinctively wanted to object, but Omaezaki Nakahide smiled and tugged on his clothes, indicating that he did not have to do so.
"Our Highness is a bad guy, and I'm used to it." Nakahide Omaezaki looked like a broken man, and shrugged with a wry smile, "Let him go, anyway, even if we defend the city and wait for support, we may not be able to succeed.
, His Highness will still be in danger, so just retreat."
"You...oh no, please say something, Your Highness Momiji." Suzuki Shigehide immediately adjusted his tone and whispered in a very respectful tone, "No matter what the conditions are, I will agree to it."
"This is a bit too insincere. How can you promise everything?" Yu Qiuping smiled and shook his head. At this moment, he had firmly taken control of the conversation, "You can weigh it after I have finished speaking."
"Your Highness Momiji, please speak." Suzuki Shigehide seemed to be completely moved by Yu Qiuping's attitude, and his words also contained honorifics.
"First of all, the people of Yiguo cannot keep these grains secretly. I ask you, under the supervision of the Yuqiu family, to publicly announce that you will return the collected grains to the people so that they have enough food. The Yuqiu family will send people
Supervise the process of returning your food."
"Of course it's no problem." Suzuki Shigehide nodded hurriedly after hearing this condition.
"Second, you have no say after all. I want you to send someone to ask your father-in-law to come to the city to negotiate with me and finalize the formal details."
"This..." Suzuki Shigehide hesitated slightly this time and glanced at the heavily armed Hongye Army soldiers around him - how could he let his father go to the dangerous place in person?
"Don't be nervous. I have always had a reputation for keeping my promises and will never do anything to harm the person I am negotiating with." Yu Qiuping saw Suzuki Shigehide's troubles, smiled and shook his head, and at the same time promised, "I will use my reputation to
I swear, this kind of thing will never happen."
"This... Okay, I am willing to believe His Highness Momiji." Although Suzuki Shigehide was still a little confused, he still nodded reluctantly.
"Third, the people of Kii Country must ensure that I and my men leave safely and are not allowed to attack us."
The third condition given by Yu Qiuping was naturally readily agreed to by Suzuki Shigehide. If these conditions were not agreed to, there would be nothing left to talk about.
"I will place a lot of sulfur, gunpowder and other kindling materials throughout the granary, and arrange for people to stay here. Before our entire army evacuates Kii Country, once you make an attack, my remaining personnel will immediately set the granary on fire."
Yuqiu faced the trembling Suzuki without changing his expression.
Shigehide described his counter plan, "And before the people of Kii Country fulfill their promise to distribute food -" Yu Qiuping lengthened his tone, pointed at Suzuki Shigehide's chest, and whispered, "I
They will take you as a hostage and take you all the way to Kinki."
"This..." Suzuki Shigehide's expression tightened when he heard this. The Yuqiu family's countermeasures were too harsh. What if Yuqiu's army had already withdrawn and still set fire to the granary?
good?
"Your Highness, this third item..." Suzuki Shigehide asked tentatively in a low voice, but Yu Qiuping shook his head and refused.
"There is no room for bargaining with these three conditions of mine. Of course, I have no intention of forcing you to accept them." Yu Qiuping's tone was extremely firm, but the smile on his face remained unchanged. "If you think it is too much, you can refuse."
"
"What will happen if you refuse?" Suzuki Shigehide raised his head and looked at Yu Qiuping with some worry.
"I will stick to the city and wait for reinforcements, or burn food and retreat." Yu Qiuping nodded very seriously, without any hint of joking in his tone, "Which one I choose depends on my mood."
"Time is tight, I'll give you a cup of tea to think about it." Yu Qiuping turned his back and slowly walked towards the castle tower, preparing to make a brief arrangement. At the same time, he looked back at Suzuki Shigehide and followed Imagawa's example.
Yiyuan's action was to snap his fingers at him.
"Make a choice without regrets."
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On August 22, Ame Qiupei, who had completed the arrangement, led Hosoryu Bei and the cavalry company and slowly left Zaga Castle. Suzuki Shigehide, as their hostage, was tightly guarded by Mori Kotaka, Honda Tadakatsu and others.
On-the-spot surveillance began.
The Momiji Army, which was originally dejected and retreated sadly, was able to negotiate a peace with dignity due to Gomaezaki Nakahide's magical surprise attack, which also preserved the reputation of the Momiji Army. In order to help Yu Qiupei deal with the aftermath, Takenaka Shigeharu and Amano Keitoku arrived not long ago.
At this moment, the people who are standing ready in the granary of Zaga Castle, ready to light the granary full of gunpowder at any time, are the ninjas in the crow under Amano Keitoku. Each of them has the consciousness of death to serve as the safety of the army.
protection.
At this moment, Amano Keitoku and Takenaka Shigeharu were riding at the end of the team, keeping a subtle distance from the army to ensure that their conversation would not be heard by others.
"Are you disappointed? Crow." Takenaka Shigeharu, who is usually gentle and gentle, only becomes extremely aggressive in front of Amano Keitoku. After all, this is a grudge that has been accumulated for more than ten years. And the thoughts held by Amano Keitoku are also what he hates most.
Yes, he looks down on such people from a personality perspective.
"Your Highness is worthy of being your Highness. He has emerged from the mire without staining." Takenaka Shigeharu glanced at Amano Keitoku coldly, "Even after staying with someone like you for so long, you still maintain that kindness and benevolence. I would rather give up.
I won’t win the victory, but I don’t want to be trapped in the misery of the people of Jiyi.”
"You miscalculated." Amano Keitoku shook his head when he heard this. He didn't care about Takenaka Shigeharu's rudeness at all, but whispered, "You know? This time, I did not dissuade His Highness from his decision."
Takenaka Shigeharu frowned when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he understood what Amano Keitoku was thinking. Amano Keitoku glanced at Takenaka Shigeharu, and replied in a low voice with the same coldness: "You understand, His Highness used this trick
, can make Kii fall apart."
"What did the Zahe people see? After the fall of Zahe City and the detention of the second young master, the rest of the country did not care about the Suzuki family's home and the second young master's
I don’t care about my own safety, but my own food.”
"What did the other people in Kii see? Suzuki Shigehide, the second son of Zaga Zhong, was captured, but in the end he was safe. Suzuki Shigehide reached an agreement with Momiji-sama without consulting everyone, and all the people were captured
The food shared by the people was distributed. The leader of the mixed group, Suzuki Shigei, personally entered the city controlled by the Hongye Army to negotiate and endorsed his son's agreement. Suzuki Shigei himself came back unscathed from Yu Qiuping's hands.
And the Hongye Army also retreated from Kii Country after making peace with Suzuki Shigei."
"What did the people of Kii see? The food they were forced to collect was not sent back by the people of the country. It was the people of the country who reluctantly exchanged it at the request of the kind-hearted His Highness Hongye.
We have no food. And without these stored food, the people of Kii Country will be almost unable to move before next year’s autumn harvest, and will not be able to cause any harm to us.”
"In this way, His Highness did not waste a single soldier, which has already caused disunity within Kii. Could it be that in the next southern expedition, these people will fight as closely as this time?"
"A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain has a relationship." Takenaka Shigeharu nodded slightly, agreeing with Amano Keitoku's analysis, but still retorted, "What your Highness used was a conspiracy, not a despicable conspiracy like yours. Regardless.
No matter what the plan is, the people who will be saved will always be the people of Kii. Don’t think of His Highness as someone like you."
"Your Highness is not a person like me, that's why people like me need to exist." Amano Kyoutoku stroked the feathers of the crow on his shoulder a few times with his hand, and listened to it whine a few times, "No matter how good the plot is, it can only be matched by a match."
It’s only useful if it’s a conspiracy.”
"Disgusting crow."
"I don't expect your understanding."
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After the Momiji Army withdrew, Amano Keitoku's Crows launched large-scale maneuvers in Kii, spreading rumors, inciting the people, etc., which brought chaos to Kii.
When distributing food, many people in the Kii Kingdom were unwilling to return all the excess food to the people. Ninjas who infiltrated among the people took the opportunity to spread rumors and encourage the people to cause trouble. At the same time, some people infiltrated into transporting food.
The troops mixed a large amount of gravel and sand into the food, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of the people.
At the same time, insiders who had been bribed by Ya or lurked into the middle and high-level people of various countries also began to incite people's dissatisfaction with other people, and also deliberately pointed the finger at the two largest ones: Zahezhong and Genlai.
Zhong. Zahe Zhong was accused of seeking public benefit for personal gain in the negotiations with Yu Qiuping, and also held secret negotiations with Yu Qiuping. However, because of their good relationship with Hatakeyama Gaozheng, the Genlai Zhong believed that they had some connection with Yu Qiuping.
none.
In the chaos, the emotions between the Kii Zagre members became subtle. With the end of the food distribution, Suzuki Shigehide was also released by Yu Qiupei. Under the instruction of Amano Keide, Yu Qiupei personally
In the name of Suzuki Shigehide, he presented a large sum of gold and silver to thank him for his contribution to the food distribution operation of Kii Country. Suzuki Shigehide, a stubborn person, did not think much at the time and returned to Zaga Castle with the gold and silver. Amano
Kyoutoku immediately announced the news secretly to the people of Kii. The whole Kii was in an uproar instantly. Dobashi Shigeharu of the Jugo people, Sabu Yoshimasa of the Nakago people, and Ota Sadahisa of the Miyago people even united to express their gratitude to the people of Kii.
Suzuki Shigei forced the palace, asking him to explain his affair with the Yuqiu family, and to repay the losses suffered by the people of each family during the grain distribution operation - this was naturally denied and rejected by Suzuki Shigei.
The situation has further deteriorated.
Chapter completed!