On June 10, the 11th year of Tenmon (1542), a joint battle broke out between the Imagawa Army and the Oda Army at Shozuzaka in Mikawa. The two sides fought for half a day. In the end, there was no winner, and the casualties were all around 1,000. The Oda family was involved in the battle.
After the end, they broke up camp and evacuated overnight, and the Imagawa family did not pursue it. Afterwards, the Oda family promoted their victory, claiming that due to the fierce fighting of the "Shozuzaka Seven Guns" headed by Oda Nobumitsu, the Oda army defeated the Imagawa army and could not help but rescue the Imagawa army.
They took away the samurai trapped in Miki Castle from the Miki Matsudaira family and burned down the Imagawa army's main camp. When the battle became fierce, Imagawa Yoshimoto was even forced to flee in embarrassment.
Although Ohara Zhenmi and others also promoted that the Imagawa family won, but from the overall situation, it is indeed the Oda family that is more unrestrained - they entered the hinterland of Mikawa to show off their power, and then left in a hurry. Therefore, the Mikawa area
Public opinion generally believed that the Oda family had a small victory - of course the Imagawa family samurai did not agree with this. Of course, this is also related to Imagawa Yoshimoto's failure to pay attention to publicity. After the battle of Shozuzaka, he was busy rescuing the refugees
He and the captives of the Matsudaira clan returned Okazaki Castle, and at the same time comforted the surrounding towns and cities that were indiscriminately arrested.
When it comes to the victory or defeat in the Battle of Adzaka, Imagawa Yoshimoto actually admits his side's defeat in his heart. If Yamaguchi Nosugi did not choose to waste time and burn the main formation after crossing the bridge in a roundabout way, but joined the main battlefield, the number of casualties of the Imagawa family would have been
It may be doubled. This understanding became clearer after a secret visit from Yamaguchi Kotsugi’s envoy——
"My lord has sent us down here to apologize to His Highness Imagawa." Tadanobu Honda did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "My lord was not strict with his words earlier and accidentally leaked the whereabouts of the Matsudaira family hostages, which resulted in the hostages being taken away. I am really sorry.
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"It's really a pity." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't have high hopes for Yamaguchi Kentsugi's moral sense - how could a double-minded person who made deals with the enemy's daimyo behind his master's back be such a tight-lipped and trustworthy person?
man of?
"But my lord doesn't want to break his promise to His Highness Imagawa. It's just that the people who paid for the information really gave too much. In addition, my lord also feels that it is more beneficial for our Yamaguchi family to divide the Matsudaira clan into two. That's why we decided to
I revealed the information. I couldn't help myself, so don't blame Your Highness." Tadanobu Honda leaned over again, and his tone of apology was quite sincere, but very straightforward, without saying anything for the occasion.
"That's something that can't be helped." Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head lightly, "You can't ask everyone to treat credit as a treasure."
"Your Majesty Imagawa's words are too hurtful. Although my lord failed to keep his word this time, he is not a person who breaks his word." Honda Tadanobu immediately retorted after hearing this, "Your Highness also saw it. My lord is the representative.
I apologize for deliberately putting water on the battle formation. I hope this little thought can make His Highness Imakawa less unhappy."
"Did His Highness Saumasuke really do this on purpose?" Imagawa Yoshimoto narrowed his eyes and fumbled with the folding fan in his right hand.
"Yes, my lord has no intention of becoming an enemy of the Imagawa family, so the Yamaguchi family's troops did not join the battle. I hope His Highness Imagawa can understand this intention." Honda whispered loyally and sincerely.
"Does His Highness Saumasuke want me to say 'thank you'?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked coldly.
"Don't dare." Tadanobu Honda quickly shook his head, "It's just an apology."
"If I accidentally 'leak out the news' and let His Highness Oda Danmasa know that His Highness Zuomasuke had an affair with the enemy and allowed himself to be manipulated on the battlefield, I don't know how His Highness Zuomasuke plans to tell Oda
Tiantan is explaining?" Imagawa Yoshimoto held the folding fan in his hand and tapped his palms repeatedly, but his words were merciless.
"Your Majesty Imagawa will not do that. My Lord has said that His Majesty Imagawa is a gentleman who keeps his word and will never do such a thing." Honda Tadanobu did not hesitate to relay Yamaguchi Kentsugi's original words very directly.
, "In order to avoid trouble, my lord wants to continue doing business with His Highness Imagawa in the future. I will take my leave now. I will see you soon, His Highness Imagawa. Please be sure to think of my lord the next time you come to Mikawa."
On June 11, the 11th year of Tenmon (1542), the Oda army, fearing a long night and a long dream, retreated across the Yahagi River, and the following Imagawa army took over the ferry. The actual control area of the two families was restored to that before the Battle of Shozuzaka - to
The Yahagi River is the boundary. To the west is the Nishi Matsudaira clan supported by the Oda Army, and to the east is the Higashi Matsudaira clan, an alliance of the Imagawa Army.
After a fierce battle, neither the Oda family nor the Imagawa family had the intention to continue fighting. They also knew that with the current strength of their troops, neither family could go further. Therefore, the Oda family took the initiative to send envoys in an attempt to temporarily truce with the Imagawa family.
Withdraw the troops. The chief envoy sent was Hirate Masahide, and the deputy envoy was Lin Xiuzhen. Along the way, Hirate Masahide, who was extremely resentful, kept thinking about it. When he arrived at the Imagawa family's camp, he was still complaining. Lin Xiuzhen on the side could only smile bitterly, for fear that he would
I also said the wrong thing during the negotiation later.
"Young master, the older you get, the more disobedient you are. Last time, you set a fire in a retainer's house. This time, you took a bunch of kids to someone else's property and openly robbed the Imagawa family. You may not know what will happen next time!
If you don't educate yourself well, how will you inherit the Oda family in the future! This is all my fault. When I go back and advise the young master, if he doesn't agree, I will commit seppuku!" Hirate Masahide's face was full of black lines, and he was almost resentful.
It's all seeping out from the seven orifices.
"Haha, please don't get angry, the prisoner. The young master is still young, and he won't be like this when he matures." Lin Xiuzhen laughed at the side, comforting Hirate Masahide's mood.
"What, when he gets older and his wings harden, do you believe that he will dare to go down to Qingzhou City and set fire to it?" Hirate Masahide complained to himself again.
"Go and set fire to His Highness Yamato's residence?" Lin Xiuzhen was shocked by Hirate Masahide's imagination, "What are the supervisors talking about?"
"Sado, do you think he doesn't dare? The young master's temper is really capable of anything! It seems that if I don't discipline him by committing seppuku, he won't be obedient!" Masahide Hirate became angrier as he spoke, waving his hands as if
It would be like having seppuku immediately.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It's better for the prisoner not to mention 'harassment' all the time. Don't you remember? The first time you said you were going to have seppuku when you were a kid, you scared the kid so much that he threw himself on it.
You cried at the door, begging you not to commit seppuku. But later on, I used this trick too much, and the young master didn't believe it anymore. Every time you said you wanted to commit seppuku, he would say something like, 'Ah, Mr. Hirate wants to commit seppuku again? Let him go!'
Something like that." Lin Xiuzhen persuaded with a smile from the side, "Don't the supervisors know the story of the boy who cried wolf? One thing can never happen again."
"My lord entrusted the young master to my upbringing, but I brought him up to be so stubborn and unwilling. Even if he commits seppuku a hundred times, it's enough. Aren't you worried about the young master?" Masahide Hirate took a deep breath, and then felt weak.
He shook his head and said, "I will know it for real some time. Let him have a longer memory and never do such random things in the future."
"The young master is very intelligent, so he can act imaginatively. There is nothing wrong with it. He is much better than those heirs of the Wu family who are quite decent but have mediocre intelligence. They will be able to achieve great things in the future." Lin Xiuzhen patted Hirate Masahide on the back, "Supervisor
Things, everything should look better."
"It's good to be smart, but if he goes his own way like this, it will only make more people hate his intelligence instead of appreciate it. There will be countless opponents in the future. You know, there are always mediocre people in this world. They hope to follow the rules and everything goes smoothly.
They stick to the old rules they are familiar with, and when they encounter those who are unconventional, they want to attack them in groups, for fear that this will affect their jobs and destroy their traditions, and they don't even think about whether these creations are correct. If the young master is still such a dandy,
Sooner or later, you will offend mediocre people, and eventually you will die!" Masahide Hirate became more and more worried as he spoke. At the end of the sentence, his left hand started to tremble slightly, "How can you not worry?"
"If you want to be the governor of this Wei Zhang Yiyu, it would be good to choose someone who can cater to the mediocre public. But if you are determined to be in the world, how can you have the leisure to care about the mediocre minions in the dust under your feet. People who can't stand the young master will abandon him.
It's just that the young master is talented and has talented people coming from all over the world. Only those who can follow in the footsteps of the young master will be left." Lin Xiuzhen, as always, has endless confidence in Master Odaji, "Sweep
There is no need to sweep the whole house in the world."
"Why don't I understand what Sado said? But if you ignore the danger at your feet, the secret opposition of those mediocre people will also be fatal. Let alone sweeping the world, you can't even get out of the Yashiki door. One attack after another, a coup.
, or even an assassination—these tricks that mediocre people can pull off can destroy a genius." Masahide Hirate rubbed his forehead deeply worriedly.
"That's what we do as retainers." Lin Xiuzhen sneered, "Follow him and help him see the path under his feet and see the danger in the shadows."
"Sado..." Hirate Masahide wanted to say more, but Lin Xiuzhen had already waved her hand.
"Everyone from the Imagawa family is coming, let's stop gossiping here." Lin Xiuzhen heard the footsteps outside the tent, and then whispered to Masahide Hirate: "As per the old rules, you are the chief envoy and I am the deputy envoy."
"I know." Hirate Masahide nodded. There is no need to elaborate on the tacit understanding between old partners. "Sado nods, and I agree."
"Yeah." Lin Xiuzhen also nodded slightly, "I'm signing your name, I don't want to leave my name."
"Two of you, I've been waiting for a long time." Imagawa Yoshimoto opened the tent door and greeted Hirate Masahide and Lin Xiuzhen, "I am Imagawa Yoshimoto, and this is Ohara Hizen Mamoru."
"I have met His Highness Imagawa, Hizen-sama." Hirate Masahide and Lin Xiuzhen both bowed, and then Hirate Masahide also introduced himself to Imagawa Yoshimoto, "I, Hirate Masahide, in the name of my lord, would like to negotiate peace with the Imagawa family."
As soon as Hirate Masahide finished speaking, Lin Xiuzhen leaned over respectfully, took out Oda Nobuhide's autographed letter with both hands, and handed it to Imagawa Yoshimoto. Imagawa Yoshimoto took the letter, and as expected, he did not focus on Lin Xiuzhen, but on
Treat him as an ordinary follower.
Lin Xiuzhen has been familiar with this process countless times.
