The words left by the warrior not only scared Yu Qiuping, but also scared these prisoners. In the past ten days of being with Yu Qiuping, they actually had some feelings for Yu Qiuping, and hurriedly asked around to ask what was going on.
Finally, Jiro asked about the incident from his childhood friend who was on duty in Tensou Pavilion in Inayayama Castle. It turned out that many wealthy families in Simino rejected Saito Ryuki's negotiation request and asked Saito Ryuki to release Yu Qiuhei and immediately give up the jurisdiction of Inayayama Castle. This greatly angered Saito Ryuki. In anger, he ignored Hiroki Hiroki's dissuasion from Hiroone and Naoki Takeao, and asked Yu Qiuhei to behead him in five days!
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The news also reached Simeono and Ohara soon after.
On the afternoon of February 14, Yu Qiuyu was crying in Kaede Imakawa's arms in the arms of the Tensou Pavilion in Kuroda Castle.
"Mom! Didn't you say dad will be back soon?" Yu Qiuyou wailed and shook his little head: "Then why will dad be executed in a few days!"
Imakawa's eyes were also slightly red. He gently patted Yu Qiuyu's back, soothing the child's emotions, and whispered gently: "Yu'er, where did you hear it?"
"Uncle Ikeda and Uncle Maeda said!" Yu Qiuyu was already scared and sobbed, "They were just talking in the corridor, but Yu'er heard it!"
"Have they arrived at Kuroda Castle?" Imakawa Kaede was stunned when he heard this, but Yu Qiuyu in his arms cried even harder.
"Dad has been taken away for a long time! Why don't he come back! Dad isn't really going to die, right?" Yu Qiuyu kept repeating the same sentence, crying in Imagawa Kaede's arms, tears flowing all over his face.
"Ayou, stop crying." Yu Qiushang, who was standing beside him, was comforting Yu Qiucen, the little sister who was also scared by Yu Qiuyou, who was scared to death by Yu Qiuyou. At a young age, he already looked a little mature.
"Brother! Dad may be dead!" Yu Qiuyou wailed loudly regardless of the situation, and kept waving to Yu Qiushang: "What should we do if Dad dies!"
"Be good, Yu'er won't cry," Imagawa Kaede raised Yu Qiuyu, looked straight into his eyes, and said word by word: "Mom promises you that Dad will definitely come back safely."
My mother's words seemed to have magic, and suddenly stopped Yu Qiuyu's crying. He looked at Imagawa Kaede in a daze and asked subconsciously: "Why?"
Upon hearing this, Imagawa Kaede suddenly laughed. Since Yu Qiuping was arrested, she has not smiled for ten days, and she is sobbing quietly late at night.
"Because your father promised me," Imakawa Kaede looked a little dazed, and the image of the handsome boy in his mind gradually emerged, "He will protect me for the rest of his life."
"Your father always says what he says."
Ping, I will never give you a chance to break your promise!
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Almost at the same time, Asai Nagamasa of Kitaoe also received a letter. According to the sender, the writer was Mino's old friend.
After hearing that Yu Qiuhei was arrested by the Saito family on his way back, Nagamasa Asai was anxious and angry. He almost immediately sent an envoy to negotiate with Mino, hoping that Mino could release Yu Qiuhei and he was willing to return the Simino territory he had occupied as compensation. However, he knew nothing about politics and obviously did not understand the joints inside - he occupied all the territory of the Simino family, and Saito Ryuki was eager for Asai Nagamasa not to return the territory to the Simino family, so he naturally refused.
Asai Nagamasa and Asai have been worried about Yu Qiuping's safety these days. They are anxious day and night, but they are helpless - it is impossible to hit Inayayama Castle to rescue Yu Qiuping. Asai Nagamasa wrote several letters to Oda Nobunaga, expressing their willingness to cooperate with the rescue of Yu Qiuping, but Oda Nobunaga has no good solution at this moment.
However, the arrival of this letter brought a turning point to things. After reading the letter, Asai Nagamasa breathed a sigh of relief.
"If someone else proposed this kind of plan, I would definitely think he was crazy," Asai Nagamasa looked at the familiar beautiful notes in the letter and murmured to himself, "But if it were you, you would definitely not make any mistakes."
"And if it's for the sake of justice, even if it's crazy, I, Changzheng, will accompany you to the end."
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On February 15, Asai Nagamasa announced the dispatch of troops to Nishimino. A small number of standing troops gathered in Otani Castle were heading towards the border in large numbers, and other troops were also required to gradually rush to Sekihara to assemble. The Simimino family also gathered their troops in a hurry and marched towards the western border.
At this moment, the Saito family was very happy. Because the castle-south town and barracks outside the west gate of Inayayama Castle were always controlled by the Ando family. Even if Ando Mori was detained, the Ando family did not withdraw. After the Saito family released Ando Mori, the latter stayed outside the West Gate and refused to leave, and seemed to want to find the place. The Saito family was really afraid that he would summon Simino's troops to come and besiege Inayay Castle. However, now the Asai family is about to invade, and the rich families are unable to take care of themselves, so the Saito family naturally no longer worried that Ando Mori is alone.
And Simino, who had just refused the negotiations, shamelessly asked the Saito family for reinforcements. At this moment, Hiroki Hiroki and Takeao Naoki and others were finding Saito Ryuki to discuss how to deal with the invasion of the Asai family.
The family members of the Naomon Sect of Saito, in the Tianshou Pavilion, discussed in a word whether they should send reinforcements to Simeono. The general meaning of everyone is to say that they should not pay attention to the Simeono family with a bad attitude and let them die. After weakening their strength, it will also help the family strengthen their control over them.
However, the retainers were discussing hotly, and Saito Ryuki, who was sitting in the main seat, kept saying nothing. He drank in small sips, as if thinking about something. Everyone also noticed Saito Ryuki's silence, and the voice of discussion gradually became weaker. In the end, everyone fell silent and turned their eyes to Saito Ryuki, waiting for him to make a decision.
Saito Ryuki didn't seem to notice that the sound of low discussions was decreasing, and he still sipped the wine in small sips. After a long time, Hiroki Hiro couldn't bear it and was about to remind Saito Ryuki, but the latter suddenly woke up as if he was in a dream. He excitedly straightened up, threw the wine glass in his hand at the ground casually, and fell into pieces.
"Lord?" Hiroshi Hiroki frowned, "What does this mean?"
"Hmph," Saito Ryuki snorted coldly, and then laughed twice after a moment.
"These old foxes from Simino have a very accurate calculation!" Saito Ryuki pointed to the fragments on the ground, "Don't think I don't know what they are thinking!"
"They must have wanted to trick me into sending reinforcements, and then take advantage of the emptiness of Inabayama Castle to take back this Inabayama Castle, expel you direct ministers again, and put me in vain! Take down Inabayama Castle and teach me a lesson, let me do what they said!" Saito Ryuki sneered, "There must be a problem with that Yu Qiuhei! Taken the Sakashi Shigeji made repeated requests and asked me to return Yu Qiuhei! If Yu Qiuhei really had nothing to do with them, what were they so worried about the Oda family's people doing?"
"Maybe Yu Qiuping comes to Mino just to collude with them. The wealthy families of Simino will turn to the Oda family and then seize Inayayama Castle together! They must be worried that Yu Qiuping can't stand the torture and leaked the plan to seize Inayayama Castle, so they are so anxious to save him!" Saito Ryuki woke up several family members present in a word, and everyone had to re-examine the situation.
"Then lord, what should we do?" Zhuyaoshiguang asked nervously, "Do you should execute Yu Qiuping immediately, and then the entire army guards Inaya Mountain Castle to prevent them from attacking!"
"No need!" Saito Ryuki waved his hand boldly, "We will use our plan! Keep Yu Qiuping as bait!"
"If our army stayed in Inabayama Castle, with the few people Ando Momoya in Nishi Castle, they would definitely not dare to act." Saito Ryuki sneered, "We will send 3,000 people to support Simino! Then we will then transfer the wealthy families from Tohoku to Inabayama Castle to support!"
"Lord, why is this?" Hiroshi Hiroki couldn't keep up with Saito Ryuki's thoughts and asked in surprise.
"We will transfer the army out. Takenaka Shigeji and Ando Mori saw that Inabayama Castle is empty, and they will definitely not be able to help but seize the city." Saito Ryuki looked up and drank a large glass of wine, and continued to say excitedly: "The attitude of the rich people in Northeast China is relatively neutral and may not necessarily be inclined to any side. When they see the rich people in Simino taking the city first, they will definitely believe that the rich people in Simino were planning to illegitimately, rather than our Saito family intends to reduce the vassal."
"Then we took the plan and set up an ambush in the city to defeat Ando's troops!" Saito Ryukeng waved his hand excitedly, "Then he used the Simino family's misconduct to try to seize Inabayama Castle as the name of Daiyi to fight against Simino! Taking advantage of their endless battle with the Asai family, he seized their territory! All the neutral tyrants in Tohoku Mino have witnessed the progress of the matter and will naturally stand on our side."
"This Mino is already in my hands!"
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Just when Saito Ryuki was full of confidence, the heads of the four small families on the north coast of Kisogawa were frowning.
For them, the news that Yu Qiuhei was caught was like a bolt from the blue. They were afraid that Yu Qiuhei would not be able to withstand the torture of the Saito family, so they told them about the fact that they had already been connected to the Oda family! At that time, their families were all over the place!
In addition, if Yu Qiuping was gone, the Yu Qiu family would probably not be joining forces with them to trade. They would not be able to share the huge profits brought by cross-border trade, which made them even more depressed.
Chapter completed!