Koga Yusuke's answer shocked Li Xin'an, who was lying on the roof to eavesdrop.
It took no effort to find it even after trying hard to find it. I thought it would be a truth that would take a long time to investigate, but Yusuke Koga revealed it so easily?
In the room, the conversation between the two of them continued.
Kikukawa Dai punched the table and said angrily:
"Koga Yusuke, are you crazy! Why did you want to kill Kato Takei!"
Koga Yusuke looked calm and said: "I'm not crazy. I killed him to give us a way to survive."
"Survive? How to survive!" Kikukawa Dai said through gritted teeth, "Kato Takei is Kato Shio's younger brother. If he dies, Kato Shio will use the power of the entire family to deal with us. You don't know how powerful the Kato family is.
Well, there are five thousand people in the clan’s army alone, and you have pushed us into the abyss of death with your own hands!”
Koga Yusuke shook his head: "Kikukawa, you are not aware of the ambition shown by the Kato family in recent years. Every year, 10% of our land is expropriated by them, and 10% and 10% are taken away. If things go on like this, we will eventually be expropriated by Kato."
The family was wiped out.”
"We will definitely have a battle with the Kato family. Instead of waiting for them to come knocking, we might as well strike first and take the initiative in our own hands."
Kikukawa Dai's face was ferocious: "How to fight! Do you expect you, Koga Yusuke, to kill all the five thousand members of the Kato family?"
"I know very well that the five thousand soldiers of the Kato family can defeat the four of us. I can't do it alone, so I asked for help from an outsider and reached an agreement with him."
Li Xin'an on the roof was shocked again - Koga Yusuke had transactions with people outside of Japan? It could only be people from the Tang Dynasty. Who could it be?
With doubts, he continued to lower his head and listened.
Kikukawa Dai cautiously looked back at the closed door and asked in a low voice:
"What man? Who is he?"
"Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guozhong."
Suddenly, something rang on the roof. Koon Yusuke and Kikukawa Dai immediately looked up in alarm. Koga Yusuke's sword was half an inch out of its sheath, and Kikukawa Dai also had a talisman in his hand out of thin air.
The two of them examined the roof carefully. After a long time, there was nothing unusual.
Koga Yusuke slowly retracted the long knife and smiled: "Maybe it was blown by the wind. The tiles on the roof of this house are indeed a bit loose. They made noise all night long."
After hearing what he said, Kikukawa Dai also let down his guard, and then asked:
"Why did Yang Guozhong get involved with you? What deal did you make with him?"
Koga Yusuke replied: "About three months ago, when we set out for the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guozhong's envoy traveled across the ocean and found my father, Koga Tamao."
"I did not see the envoy. Everything I know is what my father told me."
Kikukawa Dai asked: "Could it be that you killed Kato Takei because of the instruction of the head of the Koga family?"
"No, my father did not make up his mind to cooperate with Yang Guozhong at the beginning. He asked me to come to Chang'an just to let me do it easily."
"The conditions that Yang Guozhong negotiated with my father at the beginning were to send troops to help us defeat Takahashi and the Kato, Tachibana, Yamada and Shimizu families who supported him, and then we would cede the Japanese Shikoku Island as Yang Guozhong's personal
territory."
Kikukawa Dai said in astonishment: "Ceding territory? Private territory? Is he going to be emperor? How could he make this request?"
"etc!"
He suddenly remembered something and stared at Koga Yusuke fiercely: "You said you reached a deal with him, didn't you agree to cede Shikoku Island to him?"
Koga Yusuke shook his head: "Listen to me."
"The reason why my father was hesitant at the beginning was that he didn't want to cede the Japanese land to Yang Guozhong. After thousands of years of experience, we
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After coming to Chang'an after all the hard work, I left you and met Yang Guozhong secretly."
"I got a shocking secret from him."
Kikukawa Dai asked: "What is it?"
"Behind the Kato family, there is also the support of the Tang Dynasty people."
Koga Yusuke took a deep breath and said: "That is, the Jiedu Envoy of the Three Towns of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan!"
"An Lushan?" Dai Kukawa frowned, "I've never heard of it."
"He is now, besides the emperor, the most powerful person in the Tang Dynasty."
"He is also the person most likely to overthrow Li Tang."
Koga Yusuke said in a deep voice: "Yang Guozhong told me that the Kato family reached a deal with An Lushan as early as twelve years ago. The Kato family secretly transports five hundred family retainers to Fan Yang in the Tang Dynasty every year.
And An Lushan was responsible for training them according to the methods of the Tang army, and letting them go to the battlefield to kill the enemy."
"This training method is undoubtedly cruel, but those who survive are, without exception, elites."
"These people will eventually return to Japan and become the private army formed by Kato Shio."
"In other words, we are facing not only five thousand people, but also five thousand elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty."
"Unknown to me, Kato Shio also sent a hundred young disciples from the clan to Fan Yang to learn Tang Dynasty martial arts. No less than fifty of them returned to Japan after completing their studies."
Koga Yusuke said solemnly: "The strength of the Kato family cannot be matched by the other seven of us combined."
Kikukawa Dai felt as if his breathing had stopped, and he said with difficulty:
"You really can't defeat them in conventional warfare."
"Before I heard the news, I still imagined that one day we could personally exterminate the Kato family, but their powerful strength made me realize that it was just my fantasy, nothing more than a fantasy. If I want to survive in the Kato family
To survive under ambition, we must seek stronger allies."
Kikukawa Dai looked a little struggling. He had actually been moved by Koga Yusuke, but he still said unwillingly:
"However, Shikoku Island is our land. No matter what we say, we cannot hand over Shikoku Island."
"The Kato family and An Lushan colluded with each other. This is a serious crime that violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty. We can report it to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he will send troops to eliminate An Lushan and the Kato family. Isn't this a good thing that kills two birds with one stone?"
Koga Yusuke shook his head: "Kikukawa, you don't know that the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty is extremely stupid. Everyone knows that An Lushan is going to rebel, but he is the only one who doesn't believe it."
"Do you know what deal An Lushan made with the Kato family? An Lushan helped the Kato family train the army, so that when An Lushan launched a rebellion, they would send troops to the southeastern coast of the Tang Dynasty to contain the Tang army. It was done.
After that, Ryukyu was divided among the Kato family."
"Nowadays, Anlu Mountain's minions and eagles are all over the Tang Dynasty, and there are many of them even in Japan. If we tell the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty about this, he will not believe it. To say the least, even if he believes it
We can't find anything, but it will cause us death."
Kikukawa Dai's face was ashen, he sat down on the stool and murmured:
"Are we really going to cede Shikoku Island and rely on Yang Guozhong to save us?"
Koga Yusuke said: "No, after meeting Yang Guozhong, he changed the conditions."
"He no longer demanded the cession of Shikoku Island. Instead, he sent his own cronies and asked us to give them official positions in Japan and let them settle down in Japan."
"Yang Guozhong obviously also knew that An Lushan was going to rebel. In the future, he is likely to come to Japan to settle down in person."
Kikukawa Dai pondered: "What he means is that he wants to develop his own power in Japan?"
Koga Yusuke sighed: "This is better than ceding Shikoku Island to him."
"……good."
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Kikukawa Dai smiled bitterly and said: "No wonder you agreed. If I knew these things, I wouldn't refuse."
"I cooperated with Yang Guozhong. Killing Kato Takei is only the first step to cut off the connection between the Kato family and An Lushan. Kato Takei is the only contact."
"After that, we need to closely monitor the movements of the Kato family. If we find that someone from the Tang Dynasty has entered Japan and tried to contact the Kato family, then we need to get rid of him."
Koga Yusuke said: "Yang Guozhong would advise the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to deploy 10,000 troops on Ryukyu Island. But he had already prepared an imperial edict. On the day of An Lushan's rebellion, these 10,000 troops were sent to Japan to conquer the Kato family.
hour."
"At that time, I need to assassinate Jiang Xu, the defender of Ryukyu Island, so that his imperial decree will appear reasonable and these ten thousand people will be famous."
Li Xin'an was on the roof, her hands holding the tiles trembling.
Previously, I was too excited because of the appearance of the three words "Yang Guozhong" and was almost exposed. Fortunately, my quick eyesight and quick hands were able to close the gap again.
However, he no longer dared to open it again, so he had to press his ear hard against the roof, and he could barely hear the conversation between Koga Yusuke and Kikukawa Dai.
Next, every word those two people said made Li Xin'an feel heavier and heavier.
"It turns out that An Lushan and the Kato family are still hiding this inside story. An Lushan, An Lushan, I didn't expect that you would use foreigners to invade the Tang Dynasty and hand over Ryukyu Island. You said you wanted to rebel.
That’s all, no matter whether it succeeds or not, at least you can leave a heroic name in the history books. But if you do this, you will be notorious."
"As for Yang Guozhong, it is obvious that he is leaving a way out for himself. Is he afraid that his conspiracy with An Lushan will be revealed, or is he afraid that An Lushan will kill the donkey, or both?"
"Koga Yusuke is also a fool. He has clearly jumped into Yang Guozhong's trap. Originally, as long as Shikoku Island was ceded, at least the differences were clear at that time. Now Yang Guozhong's request to install his cronies in Japan is an obvious anti-customer strategy. This is for
He will pave the way for his own domination of Japan in the future. It turned out that he only lost one island, but now he will lose the entire Japan. Kikukawa Dai didn't realize it. It's really strange. Could it be that I overestimated him?"
"The geographical location of Ryukyu Island is very important. The guard Jiang Xu is in danger. Yang Guozhong will send 10,000 troops. These people will also be taken to Japan by him in the future. They may never come back in their lifetime."
"Whether it's An Lushan or Yang Guozhong, neither of them can succeed in their schemes!"
Li Xin'an's eyes were stern: "First Kato Takei died, and now, Koga Yusuke, you have to die too!"
On one side of the roof, there was a sudden sound of tiles.
Someone climbed up the eaves!
Li Xin'an turned around in surprise and saw a hand stretched out, and then, Miyahara Kazuya's head was revealed.
The two looked at each other in surprise. Li Xin'an was not sure whether Miyahara Kazuya saw his face. He spun around and kicked a piece of tile away, hitting Miyahara Kazuya.
Miyahara Kazuya dodged sideways, and when he looked forward again, he saw only a small figure disappearing on the other side of the wall.
Inside the house, Koga Yusuke and Kikukawa Dai also heard the noise above. Koga Yusuke broke out of the door and climbed to the roof.
"Miyahara?"
Koga Yusuke was startled and asked coldly: "What are you doing here?"
Miyahara Kazuya replied: "I just went out and found a person lying here sneakily. I just wanted to come up, but he discovered me."
Kikukawa Dai also went up to the roof at this moment, looked at each other with Koga Yusuke, and said softly:
"Is someone watching?"
"It should be."
Koga Yusuke glanced at Miyahara Kazuya lightly and said: "It seems that Li Chu has doubted us, and we can't stay here any longer."
"What he said is not credible. We will leave early tomorrow morning."