However, as Yu Qiupei waited, Tokiwa Bei followed Kitano Nobuo's troops into Iga, but Oda Nobunaga's mediation order had not yet arrived. Yu Qiupei then sent an envoy to communicate with Kitano Nobuo, but was told something
The news that made him extremely depressed was that Nobunaga Oda had written a reply to Nobuo Nobuo, telling him to take care of those gangsters.
Yu Qiupei was frustrated by Oda Nobunaga's temper and had no choice but to acquiesce. He asked Fukushima Yasunari not to get too serious with the Iga ninjas. He did not want to provoke a bunch of enemies to pursue assassinations.
He and Tokiwa Bei only need to do a good job of covering, and leave Nobuo Nobuo to do the offense.
Kita Nobuo led people to Iga, and Yu Qiupei decided to take care of Haharahara Castle by himself. Previously, due to the dispute between the Iga ninjas, the attack on Haharahara Castle had been postponed for a while, but now it can no longer be delayed. Kita Oda
The army's siege on Tawenyama Castle and Tsutsui Castle was already in full swing, and it would be unreasonable for Yu Qiuping to continue working as a foreigner.
Yu Qiuping originally thought that Nakabo Hidesuke's confidence had greatly increased due to the intervention of the Iga country ninjas, and he would not surrender. Just before he was about to attack, Nakabo Hidesuke suddenly sent an envoy to ask for surrender. However, the conditions given by the envoy for surrender were a bit strange.
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"The head of the family is willing to surrender to His Highness Zhibu, and also hopes that His Highness Zhibu will give you peace of mind to calm people's hearts."
"It's not up to me to decide whether there will be any security measures. Yamato is not my jurisdiction. Everything has to be decided by His Highness Oda." Yu Qiuping gave a very tactful reply like a diplomatic spokesperson, "But as long as
You are willing to turn conflicts into friendship, and I am willing to speak kindly for you in front of the lord."
"The head of the family is humble and humble, but he is just a small clan in a small corner of the country. He has no more than a thousand lands and no more than a hundred soldiers. How dare he disturb His Highness Oda." The envoy bowed to the ground very humbly and whispered to Yu Qiuping.
"As long as your heart is for peace, my lord will not refuse anyone who comes." Yu Qiuping smiled and played Tai Chi with the messenger, and responded to his request again.
The envoy was a little embarrassed when he saw this. After hesitating for a while, he decided not to go around the bush anymore. Instead, he kowtowed heavily to Yu Qiuping and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Zhibu, please forgive me. The head of the family is not willing to surrender to His Highness Oda."
, I am only willing to submit to His Highness the Government."
"Why is this?" Yu Qiuping frowned and looked at the messenger.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for speaking frankly. His Highness Oda is moody, kills innocent people indiscriminately, regards human life as nothing, and does not pay attention to small wealthy families like us. Even Dan, Tano, Yamato Matsunaga and other daimyo, hostages
We are just going to kill them, so how can we dare to offer hostages and surrender?" The envoy complained bitterly to Yu Qiuping, and what he said was actually the truth. Oda Nobunaga's perverse behavior did have a bad impact, and the surrender of the temple in the north of Yamato
, although there are many wealthy families, but now only a few actually offer their hostages to the Oda army, and the others are still wrangling. Ikeda Hengxing and the others have written to complain several times, asking about the situation of Yu Qiuping and the wealthy families in the south.
They have also not handed over the hostages.
"Lord..." Yu Qiuping didn't know how to explain it for a while. He considered his words for a long time before finally whispering, "My lord is not always like this. It's just that the Hatano brothers have evil intentions and Matsunaga Hide is capricious, so he treated them
The hostages will take action. As long as you surrender sincerely, the hostages will have no worries."
Although Yu Qiuping explained it this way, the messenger's face was filled with the words "disbelief"
Zi. Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly when he saw this, and said softly, "We will explain it to the lord, so you don't have to worry too much."
When the envoy heard this, he shook his head and whispered resolutely: "Before we came down, the head of the family had already given the order. If we surrender to His Highness Oda, the Nakabo family would rather fight to the end. Only His Highness Jibu will accept us.
, we are willing to surrender. His Majesty the Governor has a kind heart and will certainly not make things difficult for us."
"This..." Yu Qiuping felt that the matter was getting more and more difficult. He didn't know how to deal with it. It was impossible for him to accept the surrender and hostages of these wealthy families without going through Oda Nobunaga. This was an act of transgression. But he
It is difficult to report this matter to Oda Nobunaga now. If Oda Nobunaga knew that these wealthy families did not dare to surrender because they were afraid that he would kill hostages indiscriminately, but instead wanted to surrender to Yu Qiupei, who had a better reputation, he would definitely be furious.
Maybe he will be angry with Yu Akihei. Yu Akihei is now eager to repair the relationship with Oda Nobunaga, but he doesn't want to cause trouble.
"You go back first, and I will think of a solution." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly and sent the envoy away.
At the same time, in the barracks of the Oda family under Tsutsui Castle in northern Yamato.
"What do you mean? They have refused to hand over the hostages for so long, and now they have to hand over all the hostages to His Majesty Momiji before they surrender?" Hidetaka Kawajiri learned about the joint petition from the wealthy families in northern Yamato headed by the Yagyu family.
Finally, I was so angry that I dropped the cup.
"We are all close to them, but they refuse to give us hostages? My lord is famous and he is the head of our family. They refuse to give the hostages to my lord? Instead, they want to give them to His Highness Momiji who is far to the south?" Hiroyuki Hōya
The same face was ashen, "Are you looking down on people so much? Why do they look down on people?"
"We shouldn't have pushed forward directly at that time... It was really too careless." Hori Hidemasa was also quite upset at the moment, "We had a smooth journey at that time, and everyone was in a good mood. Seeing that the battle was going smoothly, the wealthy families immediately handed over the hostages without saying anything.
What...We are all at Tsutsui Castle now, and they are still in Tamonyama Castle to the north. If we offend them now, and they will directly turn against the Matsunaga family, wouldn't we be trapped in Yamato?"
"It doesn't matter, what can they do to us if they come in full strength?" Hiroyuki slapped the table nonchalantly, "Just defeat them all! It makes it seem like if they don't surrender, we won't be able to attack Tsutsui Castle.
Same."
"The grain road is still in their hands..." Although Hori Hidemasa is the youngest, he is the most mature and calm in the current situation. "It's better not to act blindly... Let's make peace with them first, and then move the troops northward and start again.
Go back to the northern border of Yamato and talk to them again."
"Can our troops still go back?" Hidetaka Kawajiri poured cold water on the side angrily, "Our troops have caused so many problems before, and now many small wealthy families will not let us pass through their territory. Look.
When our army comes, they might make trouble, right?"
"It's okay. Don't be afraid if there is a big commotion. Hongye's three reserve teams are in the south. Once he comes, he can immediately bring peace." Ikeda Tsuneaki, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said something.
"Are you still thinking about Momiji-sama?" Hiroyuki Hiroyuki said sarcastically with some annoyance, "Yes, everyone is thinking about Momiji-sama, and the wealthy families in Yamato only know that
There is His Highness Hong Ye, but I don’t know that there is a lord who has indicated that I want to surrender to His Highness Hong Ye.”
"It's not Hongye's fault for this, it's not the Lord's mess." Ikeda Hengxing was not human inside and out, and he was in a bad mood. "It's clear that Yamato hasn't settled it yet, so he deliberately let us stir up trouble and made us and these
The relationship between the Chinese people is so tense, it’s better now, they are not willing to hand over the hostages.”
"Then according to His Majesty Ikeda's wishes, what should be done about this matter?" Hori Hidemasa saw that something was not right in the atmosphere and hurriedly spoke to ease the situation.
"Anyway, Hongye's side has the same intention as us. They will never accept hostages from the people of Yamato in private. Then we will tell them clearly that this is impossible and let them hand over the hostages within a time limit, otherwise they will bear the consequences." Ikeda Hengxing sneered.
Then he said harshly, "Didn't the Lord ask us to stir up trouble and find ways to confiscate their territory? If they refuse to hand over hostages, we will destroy them as a matter of course."
Uakihei and all the retainers of the Oda army agreed that on September 30, all wealthy families must hand over hostages and surrender to Oda Nobunaga. Although the Yamato noble family "only surrender to Uaki Momiji" appealed to the Oda family
It caused unhappiness internally, and it is said that Oda Nobunaga was quite dissatisfied. However, Amakihei's performance this time was impeccable, and Oda Nobunaga had no reason to say anything more.
However, what happened next was more serious than the last.
September 21, in Iga country.
"It's really strange..." Fukushima Yasunari sighed like this for no one knows how many times along the way. After he led his troops to the location where the Iga ninjas attacked, the Iga ninjas once again withdrew without hesitation.
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After Amakihei gave the order, Fukushima Yasunari led Tokiwa Bei and followed Oda Nobuo to the Iga country. Among the mountains and hills and shrubs of Iga, the Iga ninjas launched an attack on the Oda army day and night.
To be precise, it was not the Oda Army that was responsible for the never-ending harassment, but only the Northern Army.
The Iga ninjas were always staring at Kitano Nobuo's army and camp attacks, and had no interest at all in the expedition. Even if the location of the camp where Joban Bei was stationed was worse, and even if the official road that Joban Bei took was easier to ambush, Iga's ninjas had no interest in it.
Ninja He was just unmoved. The people of the North family were harassed and didn't even have time to rest, but Tokiwa Bei was as relaxed as if he was marching on the training ground. In the eyes of the hungry wolves of Ninja Iga, the Bei army seemed to be a piece of cake.
Fat meat, and Tokiwabi is like a piece of tasteless chicken ribs, and the Iga ninjas are not willing to take a bite.
At first, Kitano Nobuo could comfort himself by saying "Tokiwabi is indeed the best soldier in the world, leaving no opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of". But later, it was obvious that Tsukiwabi had deliberately stationed himself and walked in a more dangerous place, but the Iga ninjas
Still unmoved, this made Kitano Nobuo a little annoyed. On one occasion, the ninja army of the Iga ninjas came out of the mountains and forests in a mighty manner, attacked the ambushed Kitai family's train, and killed the group.
They had to flee. However, after they encountered the Tokiwabei baggage train on the other side of the road, they led their troops to leave without even looking at them. They turned around and attacked the soldiers who came to rescue the Bei family. This is really not what any of them do.
This is something that people with some military knowledge can understand. But when Tokiwabei's soldiers arrived, all these ninjas withdrew.
A few days later, the Bei family's morale was low and scarred, but the Red Leaf Army had not even lost a single member.
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