When Yu Qiuping returned to the team with his guards, he happened to meet Ikeda Hengxing who was walking with a small group of people outside the queue. After Ikeda Hengxing saw Yu Qiuping from a distance, he couldn't wait to wave and greet him.
"Hengxing, why are you here?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment when he saw Ikeda Hengxing, and then immediately frowned, "You still have the nerve to say hello to me, I entrusted the troops to you, and you are just walking here?
"
"What you said makes me feel like I have done something treacherous." Ikeda Hengxing laughed nonchalantly, rode his horse to Yu Qiuping's side, and casually grabbed a handful of Yu Qiuping's horse reins.
He braked and almost threw Yu Qiuping off his horse. "Besides, we haven't entered Harima yet. We are still thousands of miles away from the Bichung front line, so there is nothing to be nervous about."
"That's not the reason for you to leave your post without authorization. This is an army of nearly 60,000 people." Yu Qiuping, who finally regained his balance on the horse, glared at Ikeda Hengxing.
"Who said I left my post without authorization? I was surveying the terrain!" Ikeda Hengxing patted his chest and said in a brazen tone, "And, don't look at me not being in the central army now. I am responsible for the entire army."
The control is above yours. Now even if there is any slight disturbance, I can respond immediately and command the entire army like..."
"Come on, come on, the flowers are blooming." Yu Qiuping interrupted Ikeda Hengxing angrily, shaking his head repeatedly in confusion.
"It's your boy." Ikeda Hengxing didn't feel any guilt at all. Instead, he put his hand on Yu Qiuping's shoulder and became concerned about Yu Qiuping, "Why were you so disgraced when you first came back? It wasn't Mrs. Feng who went to find her just now.
Are you there? She came to our Central Army first, and then went east after finding out that you were not there. What happened? Did they have a quarrel? "
"No, I met with the lord before that." Yu Qiuping was convinced by Ikeda Hengxing's words, and he simply admitted without any explanation.
"Meet the lord? Why did the lord suddenly come to Settsu? Did you make an appointment with him?" Ikeda Hengxing asked a few questions in confusion, and Yu Qiuping simply nodded.
"What did you say? Did you advise him not to engage in gross profiteering across the country?" Ikeda Hengxing saw that Yu Qiuping was not very interested, so he also restrained his cheerful tone just now, "His Majesty Niwa tried to persuade him for so long, but it was useless. How could you?
How can words be effective?"
"No, I want to persuade the lord not to attack Korea." Yu Qiuping sighed, and then briefly explained Takenaka Shigeharu's guess and the information spied by Amano Keitoku to Ikeda Hengxing, who exclaimed after hearing this.
After sighing, he immediately fell into deep thought and began to digest this somewhat huge amount of information.
"If you put it like that, maybe it's really possible... I'm still wondering why the lord must transfer all the famous names from all over the world." Ikeda Hengxing touched his newly grown beard in a serious manner, and then continued
He nodded and said, "Thinking about it this way, it all makes sense."
"You seem to have always disagreed with my lord's war against Korea, right?" Ikeda Hengxing recalled Yu Qiuping's many previous statements, "Didn't Hongye always say that you would never go to war with your mother country?"
"Yes, but my persuasion failed this time. Depending on what the lord wants, there is no room for discussion on this matter." Yu Qiuping frowned,
He pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Originally, I was thinking that after the world was pacified, my lord would have to spend a few years to straighten it out. Then it wouldn't be too late for me to think of ways to persuade him. But now that my lord is on the shelf, I wish I could do it this year."
When I went to North Korea, I was caught off guard. Now the arrow is on the string and I have to shoot..."
"Then what are you going to do? Are you determined to do everything you can to stop the lord?" Ikeda Hengxing patted Yu Qiuping with his hand on his shoulder.
"If I say 'yes', will you help me?" Yu Qiuping hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Ikeda Hengxing and asked softly.
"Uh..." Ikeda Hengxing was stunned by Yu Qiuping's question. He, who was always so carefree, was speechless for a moment. Instead, he looked away and avoided Yu Qiuping's gaze. He was originally resting on Yu Qiuping's shoulder.
His arm also withdrew somewhat unnaturally, and stretched out awkwardly.
"Well... I won't hide it from you. Personally, I feel like I'm going to fight North Korea." Ikeda Hengxing glanced at Yu Qiuping quietly, and only after confirming that the latter didn't show any obvious dissatisfaction, he continued.
He continued, "After all, I am also a samurai. Who wants to miss the opportunity to make great achievements? When the Mongols invaded, how many Kamakura samurai made their name in history by resisting foreign enemies? Now that there is an opportunity to expand territory, who would think
Missed it? I’m not willing to just be the guardian of Settsu.”
"Then what if I tell you that we can't defeat the Ming army at all? This is not an opportunity to make achievements, this is just to die in vain." Yu Qiuping turned sideways, looked at Ikeda Hengxing seriously, and explained very sincerely.
road.
"Harm, to be honest, isn't this all the opinion of Hongye and your family? To be honest, as a person from the Ming Dynasty who wants to stop this battle, your position is destined that you will definitely say good things about the military. I know
You are also your good brother. Even so, I can only half-believe your words, let alone others. Everyone must think that we are on par with the Ming army." Ikeda Hengxing was very awkward.
He said something that hurt the atmosphere, while constantly paying attention to Yu Qiuping's expression.
"It's okay, don't mind, just tell the truth, I won't be angry." Yu Qiuping saw Ikeda Hengxing's expression was so weird, he smiled bitterly, and sighed helplessly, "But even my best brother
They are not willing to support me on this matter. I think it will be even more difficult to stop the lord. He is really alone and helpless..."
"That's what you said! It makes me not like a brother!" Ikeda Hengxing heard Yu Qiuping's words, and suddenly felt sour in his heart, and his tone immediately became louder, "Well, since you kid said that
You must have some ideas, right? As long as you don't go against the master, I will help you, how about it?"
"Really?" Yu Qiuping glanced at Ikeda Hengxing doubtfully.
"Of course, this buddy still has to help. I don't want this fame and fortune, so I can fulfill your feelings for home and country. Isn't it fun?" Ikeda Hengxing patted his chest arrogantly again, "But I'll give it a try.
I also grew up wearing the same pants as my lord. If you ask me to confront my lord head-on, I will definitely be embarrassed. But if it is just to help in secret or something, I, Hengxing, will still have no problem."
"Okay, that's interesting. I'm not twenty for nothing."
Brothers for many years." Yu Qiuping glanced at Ikeda Hengxing gratefully, then moved closer and whispered to him, "I actually have an idea now, let me tell you."
"My lord's current plan is to use the excuse of conquering the Maori family to deceive all the daimyo from all over the world to come to Kansai. After destroying the Maori family, he will directly coerce these daimyo who are isolated overseas to cross the sea and attack North Korea. Deceive all these daimyo.
Being away from the territory also prevents the newly surrendered people from having the opportunity to cause trouble during the Oda family's overseas expedition, which is a good strategy. Although this kind of unprepared expedition is simply a risk, the lord seems to be determined to do it.
Already."
"The key to this plan is deception. If we say now that the big names from all over the country are gathered together for the expedition to Korea, then the whole country will definitely be filled with complaints. How can the people who finally have peace be willing to bear the corvee taxes anymore, and those soldiers may not be willing to stay away.
In their homeland, the daimyo are naturally even less willing to shed blood and sweat for the Oda family and go to conquer overseas. If this news is made public, the daimyo will definitely not be willing to come, and there may be an uproar in many newly pacified places across the country.
That’s why my lord wants to deceive the daimyo and their troops from their territory, so as to control them and prevent them from causing rebellion, and also to coerce them into obeying the Oda family.”
"No way? Do you want to leak the news secretly?" Ikeda Hengxing stared at Yu Qiuping with wide eyes, trembling a little when he spoke, "If you didn't tell me about my lord's plan, I wouldn't have guessed it at all, and neither would the world.
How many people will know about it, right? Once the news leaks out, the lord will definitely suspect that it is you, and then you will be in bad luck."
"Of course I won't do it openly." Yu Qiuping said with an expression of "Don't treat me as a fool", and at the same time said to Ikeda Hengxing, "I said, the key to this plan is to lie. To
Using the excuse of conquering the Mori family, we deceived the daimyo..."
"What you mean is! As long as we subdue the Maori family before the daimyo arrive, the lord will have no reason to continue calling the daimyo over?" Ikeda Hengxing rolled his eyes and immediately realized what Yu Qiuping wanted to say.
What.
"That's right." Yu Qiuping was just about to express his appreciation for Ikeda Hengxing's intelligence, but suddenly he raised his hand high and waved it in front of Yu Qiuping's face and said: "But there is a problem with your plan. We want to
It's not that fast to pacify the Maori family. The centipede is dead but not stiff. The Maori family has a territory as big as the Maori family and there are so many cities. It will take at least a month to defeat them. In this month, many of the famous people will probably leave.
It’s time to arrive in Kinki. There’s no difference between arriving in Kinki and arriving in Kansai. Anyway, we won’t have to be manipulated by the lord. Even if the lord says he wants to go to the Kansai military parade, they have to follow him faithfully.”
"What if we only use ten days?" Yu Qiuping grabbed Ikeda Hengxing's waving hand and vowed.
"Ten days?" Hengxing Ikeda was so shocked when he heard this that his jaw almost dropped. "Are you afraid you are crazy? We can't even walk to Yoshida Gunyama Castle in ten days."
"I have a possible solution, but I can't personally come forward in this matter, otherwise the lord will definitely think that I am going against him." Yu Qiuping slowly pressed down the hand raised by Ikeda Hengxing, and at the same time lowered his hand.
The voice said, "That's why I need you to come forward."
Chapter completed!