The other side of hell is heaven, and Imagawa Yoshizhin on the west bank of the Fuji River is already very satisfied at this moment.
"Taiyuan Xue Zhai, Imagawa Yoshimoto... fight with me? I have already said that fighting against time-travelers is futile."
He also raised his hands, intending to shout a few morale-boosting slogans, but the wind brought inappropriate sounds.
"Look, look, Master Xue Zhai made the sign 'nine', it's a secret signal."
When Imagawa Ryo was really going to find out who the inexplicable voice came from, he found that the army had suddenly become commotion. The Imagawa family's main unit of the front army, surrounded by Sugini's sedan, suddenly broke away from the battle line and headed east. Asahina on the left
Bei, Okabe Bei, Sena Bei, and Sekiguchi Bei on the right wing also responded one after another, and nearly 4,000 people left the team instantly. In an instant, only Fukushima Bei, Miura Bei, Hasegawa Bei, and Ichinomiya Bei were left around Imagawa Yoshima.
, including more than 2,000 people including Hibi and Kamahara.
"Fourth Young Master, cross the river quickly!" After Asahina got rid of the formation, he quickly came to the floating bridge of Fuji River and greeted Imagawa Ujimoto. After Imagawa Ujimoto and Taihara Yuksai led the crowd across the bridge, Asahinabe's soldiers
They swarmed up and demolished the only pontoon bridge in this section, isolating the Hojo army on the other side of the wide Fuji River. The pursuers of the Hojo family had to stop and looked at each other in front of the rough Fuji River.
"What is going on?" The confused Imagawa Ujimoto finally reached the other side safely, and for some reason he suddenly received the support of thousands of Imagawa troops.
"I'm afraid that there is a traitor in the army, so I've been hiding it from you." Taiyuan Xuezai explained to Imagawa Shigen with a smile, "Chengfang, haven't you reacted yet? After the rumors about Shishi's first move, Imagawa Yoshima has already
Losing prestige, the troops that can be mobilized are mediocre, and most of the military power has returned to the hands of the royal family. The key to the battle for the governor from the beginning is nothing else, but who can get the support of the royal family, you or Imagawa Yoshima.
.The second move of the master is to go to persuade Yutai Palace. As long as Yutai Palace changes its mind and supports you Chengfang, naturally a large number of troops will come to surrender."
"Then why...my mother suddenly gave up the third brother and chose me?" Imagawa Ujimoto watched Shouguini's sedan slowly approaching under the guard of the warriors, and many soldiers followed.
"Don't you understand your father? He can allow Imakawa Ryozen to be greedy, he can allow Imagawa Ryojin to be ruthless, he can allow Imagawa Ryojin to be rebellious, and he can even allow Imagawa Ryozen to kill her son and even herself. But she is the only one who doesn't
What is allowed is that Imagawa Yoshima betrays the interests of the Imagawa family. She likes Imakawa Yoshima, and only his talent can revitalize the Imagawa family. But if this talent is not used to revitalize the Imagawa family, then Imagawa Yoshima will be useless.
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Taiyuan Xuezhai snapped her fingers in the direction of Shou Guini's sedan, and Shou Guini happened to lift the door curtain. What she held in her hand was the letter that Xingjin Zheng'an presented to Taiyuan Xuezhai that day.
"That is…"
"That was the deal that Imagawa Yoshima made with the Hojo family - to cede Kadong in exchange for the Hojo family betraying us and supporting him. However, land transportation was completely cut off, so if Imagawa Yoshima wanted to go to the Hojo family, he could only take the waterway. Return.
At that time, the messenger carrying the oath was captured by the fleet of the Xingjin Navy that I ambushed, and the letter was handed over to Ni Ootai. However, a letter was not enough to make her change her mind. She had to wait until she saw the Hojo Army with her own eyes today.
When he helped Yoshima Imagawa attack us, all the evidence was conclusive."
"Xingjin navy? But didn't the teacher burn the entire boat...Wait a minute...Didn't the Xingjin family burn down the ship that night, but only the port?" As Imagawa Ujimoto said, he suddenly realized that everything was strange.
Everything made sense, "The reason why Teacher asked the Anhara family to burn all the baggage in the city when they evacuated was to make my third brother mistakenly think that Teacher, you will burn everything that cannot be taken away wherever you go."
?Make him mistakenly believe that the Xingjin family also burned all the warships?"
"Children can be taught." Taiyuan Xuezhai saw that Imagawa's Yuan was enlightened and explained with great satisfaction, "Burning Anhara City is a camouflage trick, and what the Xingjin family burned in Xingjin Port was only the port, thatch and a few scrap ships.
, but Imagawa Yoshima's ninja could not distinguish what was burned in the middle of the night. In fact, the main fleet of the Kotsu Navy had already gone to sea under the cover of night. Just waiting for Imagawa Yoshima to misjudge the Kotsu Navy
All are destroyed, and the sea route is safe. Let the envoys go to Hojo's house by water."
"But how does the teacher know that Imagawa Yoshima will definitely go to the Hojo family? How does he know that they will definitely reach an agreement to cede the east of the river?"
"Haha, didn't I say that before? Then since Imagawa Yoshima had no foresight, he would have guessed that we would go to the Hojo family, so how could he just sit back and wait for death? But there is also a monk in the Hojo family who is not a vegetarian like my teacher. Seeing this
How could this big fat man from Hedong be willing to make a wedding dress for Imakawa Yoshima without any conditions? As long as Imagawa Yoshima agrees to the conditions that harm the interests of the Imagawa family, he will lose. All I need to do is to get his mind.
If the unfair evidence is presented to the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince will be disappointed and will unite with his close followers to oppose Imagawa Yoshima."
"As long as Ni Odai declares: 'After investigation by ninjas, it was the former lord who murdered Imagawa Yoshima', how many of the former lord's old ministers are willing to follow Imagawa Yoshima? They are not like your father-in-law, who are dedicated to maximizing the interests of the Imagawa family.
.How can the evil thief who murdered the former master's brother convince the public no matter how talented he is? Now that they have seen with their own eyes that Imagawa Yoshima is connected with the Hojo family, and let the Hojo family help hunt us down, they will be more convinced of Imakawa Yoshima's murder.
The late master's statement. Don't forget, the late master went to the Hojo family before his death. These important officials must have suspected that Imagawa Yoshima had colluded with the Hojo family to kill the late master, and also led the Hojo family into Hedong to besiege us.
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"In this case, who else will serve him? With the Asahina family taking the lead, and the prestige of the royal family, there are countless people who can bring order to the chaos." Taiyuan Xuezai pointed at the troops that moved closer to Imagawa Ujimoto and those who stayed behind in Imagawa.
Liangzhen's party members, "The remaining ones are either dissatisfied with the Imagawa clan or secret allies of the Fukushima clan. Your father was afraid that the plan would be leaked, so he didn't contact them in advance. We lured them into the wild and annihilated them in one fell swoop."
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But there are still variables in the plan." Taiyuan Xuezai said this, his face gradually became more solemn, and he looked back at Hojo on the other side of the Fuji River who was building a temporary raft and looking for a ferry.
Army, "Hojo's ambitious ambition will not stop at the east of the river. We must defeat Imagawa Yoshima before the Hojo army crosses the river and unify the Imagawa family in order to resist Hojo on the Fuji River."
"If this is what the old man is worried about, then there is no need for it." Imagawa Shimoto, who was confused by the back-and-forth schemes of both sides, finally smiled proudly for the first time in many days, and imitated Taiyuan Xuezhai, snapping his fingers and pointing to the east of the river.
In the mountainous areas of the north, "The bad things I did before are here."
Taiyuan Xuezai looked along Imagawa Ujimoto's arm and saw faint smoke and dust rising from the mountainous area. A moment later, the vanguard troops had already rushed out of the valley, and the red Takeda water chestnut was flying high.
"You brat, you brought the Takeda family here too...?" Taiyuan Xuezhai was dumbfounded, his mouth wide open as he didn't know what to say.
"There is nothing we can do about it. I was worried that the Hojo family would not respond to the old man's request for help, which he was not willing to pay at all, so I informed the Takeda family about the civil strife in the Imagawa family. Takeda and our Imagawa are feuding.
, of course they won’t be polite and will definitely take advantage of the chaos to send troops. Once the Takeda army enters Hedong, it will muddy the water. I thought that if the Hojo family doesn’t come, we are really no match for my third brother. No matter how close we are, we can defect to the Takeda family.
Are you going to be a puppet there?"
Imagawa Ujimoto watched the Takeda army move south quickly, while the Hojo army, which was about to cross the river, was stunned. Then he decided to turn around and challenge the Takeda family who suddenly arrived. "I didn't expect that the fight was unexpected. Takeda and Hojo have been enemies for many years.
Enemies are on a narrow road, and if they all come to fight for the east of the river, there will inevitably be a big fight. We can then concentrate on dealing with my third brother."
"Why didn't I receive the report from my subordinates? How did you, a brat, notify the Takeda family? Who was sent?" Taiyuan Xue Zhai glanced at Tu Atonjing and the others suspiciously, and they all shook their heads honestly.
He whispered: "Fourth Young Master didn't ask us to go."
"I met an old friend. I helped him once before, so I asked him to help with errands this time. If you do one good deed a day, you will have three thousand merits." Imagawa Ujimoto replied with a smile, thinking of Koshichiro's shy smile.
"The Imagawa family's direct banner has a total of 2,100 people in the three branches, 700 armored soldiers, 1,400 auxiliary soldiers, and 100 horse soldiers. The horse soldiers are led by Himura Ugeha, Akai Kurotaka, and the second flag leader is Yamada Keitaka.
, the third leader, Asai Masatoshi, and the fourth leader, Makiyama Nazuo, reported to the Fourth Young Master on the orders of Ni Odai!"
"Asahina prepares 500 men and 170 combat troops. The leader, Asahina Tainou, has been ordered by Ni Odai to report to the Fourth Young Master!"
"Okabe prepares 800 men and 270 soldiers. The leader, Okabe Chitsuna, reports to the Fourth Young Master on the orders of Ni Odai!"
"Sena prepares 300 men and 100 soldiers. The leader, Sena Shisada, reports to the Fourth Young Master on the orders of Ni Odai!"
"There are 280 people and 90 soldiers at the pass. The leader, Sekiguchi Shilu, has been ordered by Ni Yutai to report to the Fourth Young Master!"
"Anhara prepares 200 men and 70 soldiers. The leader, Anhara Tadayin, reports to the Fourth Young Master!"
"Xingjin prepares 160 people and 50 soldiers. The leader Xingjin Zheng'an reports to the Fourth Young Master!"
"The total strength is more than 4,300, and the number of combat troops is more than 1,500." After Taiyuan Xuezhai finished counting, he looked at Imagawa Shimoto, "Chengfang, what do you think the chances of winning are?"
"The force is twice that of the third brother, and the opponent's people are panicked. If we leave it all to the old man, the chance of victory is not too high, right?" Imagawa Ujimoto made up his mind to become the hands-off shopkeeper, and shrank back.
"No, ninety-nine percent." Taiyuan Xuezhai shook his finger, then put the rosary in his arms into his arms and tightened his belt, "Never be arrogant and think that your side will win before you win. The self-righteous end will be the same as that of Imagawa Ryo.
It’s really the same.”
At this time, the sedan that Shougui Ni was riding slowly came to Imagawajimoto. Naturally, Imagawajimoto did not expect to get an apology from his mother, but his mother chose to stand on his side at this last moment - although
It was purely a consideration of interests - but it also made Imagawa's heart slightly rippled.
Kotaro Mirubayashi, who was following Shouguini's sedan, stepped forward and handed a flag to Imagawa Ujimoto. Imagawa Ujimoto opened it and saw that it was the red bird horse seal passed down from generation to generation by the Imagawa family governor.
"That side of Liangzhen is a fake, but this side is real." Shougini in the sedan said coldly, "Imagawa Yoshizhen is a genius, but he doesn't put the interests of the Imagawa family first. It's a pity. Selling the interests of the family.
No matter how talented you are, you are not worthy of inheriting the title of governor of the household. Just settle for the next best thing, Chengfang, and you will be the governor of the household. Seal the horses, exterminate the traitors, and take back Ryumaru's sword."
After saying that, the guards carrying the sedan immediately got up and moved to the back of the formation, leaving the command to Imagawa Shimoto and Taiyuan Xuezhai.
"If your father-in-law finds out that you, a brat, told the Takeda family about the civil strife in the Imagawa family just to stir up trouble, your father-in-law will probably be furious. Your third brother ceded the east part of the river to Hojo in exchange for reinforcements. You sold it to the Takeda family.
This is the territory that was given away to the Imagawa family for nothing." Taiyuan Xuezhai leaned into Imagawa's Yuan ear and teased in a low voice.
"Old man, I've told you a long time ago, what does the snobbish and cold-blooded Imagawa family have to do with me? What do its interests have to do with me? I came to rob the family governor, but I just don't want to put myself and the old man - and now I have to lead
I went to the Asahina family because I didn’t want everyone to die. As for the Imagawa family, if you want to destroy it, then destroy it. What’s the deal with me?” Imagawa Yoshimoto spread his hands and showed a cynical smile.
Imagawa Ujimoto performed the red bird horse seal and looked at the blood-red sound in the air. The surrounding Imagawa family samurai and ashigaru cheered and paid respect to Imagawa Ujimoto. But in his own heart, Imagawa Ujimoto
, but full of irony and lamentation.
Ancestors of the Imagawa family, you must have never imagined that standing under the family heirloom seal that you regard as the highest honor is an elegant monk who has no feelings for the Imagawa family and is unworthy of his descendants. If I could stay out of the matter.