After handling the funeral affairs of Sanhao Changqing, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that the burden on his body was much lighter, and even felt a sense of loss. It was as if he had played a complex strategy game for a long time and finally completed the main plot.
The understanding is the same. The fate of the three good brothers and the four brothers that were changed by Yu Qiuping's time travel was finally brought to an end by Yu Qiuping. Although in the past ten years, the three good brothers and the four brothers have brought countless troubles to Yu Qiuping, and can even be said to be dilemmas and desperate situations.
, but thinking about it now, Yu Qiuping secretly felt lucky for the butterfly wings he had flapped back then. In the original history, the Sanhao and the four brothers passed by like meteors. The Sanhao family once reached its peak, but they died one after another. In this life,
, history has given them the opportunity to fully demonstrate their talents.
Just when Yu Qiupei was thinking wildly, several senior samurai from the Oda family - Ikeda Tsuneaki, Sawaki Yoshiyuki and Mori Kotaka - walked towards him.
"Hey, I'm telling you, were you scared out of your mind by that Sanhao Changqing? You just vomited out the Iyo Kingdom you got?" Ikeda Hengxing walked up to Yu Qiuping and beat Yu Qiuping's chest hard with his hands.
After a few punches, he said, "You are so courageous! No way, you will wilt when you are scared!"
"Aren't we worried about your safety? You are still complaining about me." Yu Qiuping showed a helpless smile.
"There are 15,000 of us, and the Miyoshi Army is so powerful that it can eat us up in half a day?" Ikeda Hengxing raised his eyebrows disdainfully, "Hongye, do you look down on us?"
"That is to say, how can we be so weak? Hongye must have been frightened by the sword of Oni Juga, so he is worried about us. But I heard what your guards said." Ryoyuki Sawaki
He put his hands on his hips and joked, "It's so scary. If it weren't for the telescope in your hand, I would be dead. I really never thought that with an army of tens of thousands, you would be almost killed by 500 cavalry."
"You two, it's really..." Yu Qiuping saw that the two brothers in front of him still refused to accept his kindness, and he became very angry. He wished he could tell them how they died in their previous lives, but in the end he still held back.
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"Your Highnesses, His Highness Hongye is also worried about us. It is also my fault that I failed to observe in time and did not discover the Mihaoshi family's army lurking nearby, otherwise we would not be in such danger." Sen Kelong saw that Yu Qiuping was a little embarrassed and hurriedly came out to smooth things over, but Yu
Qiu Ping smiled and waved his hand towards him and said, "It's okay Kelong, aren't you familiar with them? They are all our brothers, just treat them to a meal when the time comes."
"You're sensible." Ikeda Hengxing laughed a few times with satisfaction, and then started talking about business, "Speaking of which, what are you going to do with those three good soldiers? There are also 30,000 people, and they are all staying in Izawa City. The Anzhai family
The remnants of the Awaji Marine Army also came to Amataki Port to surrender their weapons to you yesterday, right? How do you plan to arrange them?"
"I will return them to the territory of Iyo country, and let the Miyoshi family make the rest. Ishigao of Iyo country can only feed 10,000 people, but if they are willing to join our sea trade business, they may be able to support them.
20,000 people each. As for the wealthy families of Awa and Sanuki, they will definitely not be allowed to take them away. Calculating this, the number they can bring back is estimated to be less than 20,000, so there is no problem." Yu Qiuping fiddled with himself.
He simply calculated with his fingers, "The current governor of the Miyoshi family is Miyoshi Yoshihiro, the son of Miyoshi Changqing. He is a pretty good heir and should be knowledgeable about current affairs. I have sent people to Izawa City and asked them to come this afternoon.
see me."
"What are you going to do about the affairs of our department, Chosou?" Ikeda Hengxing leaned on the railing and stretched leisurely, "Do you want to fight again? I haven't had enough this time.
Now, basically without any action, the four countries were pacified."
The situation that Tsuneaki Ikeda is referring to is the embarrassing situation faced by Akihira Ame. As a semi-vassal ally of the Oda family, the Nagasogabe family's status is actually similar to that of the Tokugawa family, or even slightly lower. But allies are allies after all.
, so this makes things complicated.
This time, Miyoshi Chokei, in order to blackmail Yuqiu into negotiating a peace, gathered all the Miyoshi troops in the area around Katsui Castle in Awa Country, leaving the hinterland of Shikoku and Iyo Country almost empty. The coasts of Sanuki Country and Awa Country were full of dangers, and Nagasou's troops
However, the army went smoothly inland. Choso's army not only regained Nishi Tosa, but also successively captured Miyoshi County, Mima County and the important town of Shiroji Castle in the west of Awa Kingdom; Sanno County and Toyota County in the southwest of Sanuki Kingdom.
; and large tracts of land such as Shufu County, Nii County, and Uma County in the eastern part of Iyo Province. These lands were originally allocated to the Oda family and the Miyoshi family, but now they fall into the hands of Chosou Gabe Motochin.
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On the day Oda Nobunaga agreed to the Miyoshi family's surrender, Ame Akihei sent an envoy to Chosogabe Motochichi, asking him to stop further military actions. However, Chosogabe Motochichi disobeyed him and found various excuses to refuse.
The delay allowed Changzong's army to further speed up the attack. Within 2 days, while Yu Qiuping was still dealing with the matter of surrender, he continued to advance and forced the wealthy families in the areas he occupied to surrender hostages.
The actions of the Chosogabe family made the samurai of the Oda family very angry, so they asked Oda Nobunaga for instructions on the situation here. Oda Nobunaga's reply was also relatively casual: Ame Akihei was previously given to Shikoku Island
He had the power to ban freely, so Yu Qiuping took matters into his own hands. This is why Ikeda Hengxing expressed very openly that he wanted to fight with the Changsonggabe family.
"We're still nominally friendly forces, so it's best not to take action. Of course, taking action is the last option." Yu Qiuping gave Ikeda Hengxing the answer he expected, so he didn't say anything.
"Even if Chosou and my family sell iron, they can only recruit 20,000 people. The soldiers of Iyo, Awa, and Sanuki are basically here at the Miyoshi family. Even if he recruits local wealthy families, he won't be able to recruit many people." Sawaki.
Liangzhi, on the other hand, was not worried about the movements of Yuan Qin, one of our subordinates. "We have almost 60,000 troops here, plus the surrendered Mihaoshi family. Beating him is not just chopping melons and slicing vegetables."
"That's what I think too. I think that as long as we move the army towards Baidi City, Chosong and our troops will submit obediently." Ikeda Hengxing added equally nonchalantly, "If they don't want to fight a war
if."
"Changzonggabu Yuanqin will not be that stupid, but he will never be obedient. He is an ambitious person." Yu Qiuping vaguely remembered that in the previous life, Changzongwabu Yuanqin once said:
The Shikoku Islands fought against Hashiba Hideyoshi, who had already gained the power of the next generation in the world, but was defeated by the overwhelming Shikoku Raiders. Therefore, Yu Qiupei felt that Chosong Gabu Motochin would definitely not just obey orders because of the threat of Yu Qiupei's troops.
"Create a fait accompli that is overwhelmingly unfavorable to him, and then negotiate with him. All diplomacy is carried out on the premise of fait accompli. It is always easy to maintain the status quo, but changing the status quo will face exponential diplomatic difficulties.
resistance. So we must first form a status quo that is beneficial to us." Yu Qiuping nodded slightly and said in a low voice after careful consideration, "If we negotiate with him directly, Chang Zonggabu Yuanqin might open his mouth and ask us to put him
All the territories we occupy now are sealed to him."
"He's dreaming." Yoshiyuki Sawaki snorted coldly, "Don't even think about it."
"Then how does His Highness plan to cause an overwhelming disadvantage to him?" Sen Kelong asked in a dilemma, "His Highness also said just now that we and Chang Zong's troops are still friendly forces after all, so it is not convenient for us to take action. If we don't take action,
How to stop the Chang Zonggabu family from continuing to invade the ownerless territory of the Mihaoshi family? And how to take back the territory he has usurped?"
"It's not convenient for us to do it, but the Sanhao family can do it." Yu Qiuping explained to a few people with a smile, "I will go to meet the Sanhao family later to tell them this."
"But..." Sen Kelong still felt that something was wrong, but he also felt that it was not good for him to keep giving opinions to Yu Qiuping, so he hesitated and hesitated. Yu Qiuping then smiled and patted his shoulder, "It's okay.
, just say whatever comes to mind.”
"Thank you, Your Highness." Kotaka Mori nodded with relief, "I think there are problems with doing this. In any case, the Miyoshi family is the old enemy of the Oda family. What if the Chosougabe family really goes to war with the Miyoshi family?
, who should we help? If we help the Miyoshi family immediately, we will still have to go to war with the Chosonggabe family, which is not morally justified... But if we don’t help, the Miyoshi family may not be the opponent of the Chosonggabe family. "
"Don't worry about this. The excuse for starting a war has been prepared for a long time, but I don't plan to use it." Yu Qiuping said as he took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Sen Kelong. Sen Kelong took a look at the letter.
With the logo on it, I recognized it as a crow document.
"Crow?" Senkolong opened the envelope with some confusion, and found that there was an unsigned letter inside. However, the general meaning of the letter made him a little surprised: "Chang Zonggabu Yuanqin invited the Maori family,
The Otomo family and the Shimazu family landed in Shikoku?"
"Yes." Yu Qiuping smiled and nodded. "This is a secret message intercepted by Crow. It seems that the Chosonggabe family has made plans to leave the Oda family and join the Western Alliance."
"But this is impossible." Sen Kolong respectfully returned the letter to Yu Qiuping, shook his head and said, "With the Hongye Fleet here, how can the daimyo of Kyushu and China dare to land on Shikoku Island, without fear of becoming a turtle in the urn?"
"That's right, it is indeed impossible. Yuanqin, the chief minister of our department, probably knows that it is impossible, so this letter does not even have a signature or seal. It is just a casual attempt and it is impossible to implement it." Yu Qiuping was quite satisfied.
He glanced at Mori Kolong with approval, "But it doesn't matter whether the Changzong family is serious. The insiders lurking in the Changzong family can get the seal. If possible, we can send this letter
Let’s take it seriously and consider the Nagasougabe family’s crime of betraying the Oda family as a reason to start a war.”
Yu Qiuping put the envelope into his arms and touched another envelope with his fingertips - it was a secret letter sent to him by Amano Jingtoku, which contained his secret plan.
Chapter completed!