The envoy sent for reconnaissance reported soon after that all the Hojo troops had withdrawn, and a solid defense line had been set up near Mount Ashigara, Mount Hakone and Izu Nirayama Castle. It was the autumn harvest season, and the troops had been out for half a year. War-weariness spread, and Imagawa
Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu then did not choose to pursue, but withdrew their troops to the west after ensuring the defense of the Kadong area. Takeda Harunobu led the army to leave first, while Imagawa Yoshimoto had to take charge of the affairs related to the Katsurayama family.
"Kazuyama, from now on, the position of governor of the Kazuyama family will be handed over to you." Imagawa Yoshimoto told Kazuyama clan Kiyoshi before leaving, "As for your brother's disposition, after all, he once turned against the Hojo family...
"
"I dare you to please Your Highness to continue to allow your brother to inherit the position of family governor." However, Katsurayama Shikiyoshi suddenly leaned down and knelt down, interrupted Imagawa Yoshimoto's words, and solemnly requested.
"What does this mean, Kazuyama?"
"I have never had any experience in running a family in the past. All I have learned are some weird tricks. It is really difficult for me to serve as the head of the family. The Geshan family is located in a strategic location in the east of the river and has a huge territory, making it very difficult to manage.
, I'm afraid I won't be qualified for the job." Mr. Geshan lowered his head and replied without being humble or arrogant: "Compared to me, my brother is naturally more suitable."
"But your brother betrayed the Imagawa family nine years ago, and he didn't take the initiative this time anyway. How could he be retained as the family governor?" Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head and looked at Katsuraji Kiyoshi meaningfully, "You once said
However, everything you did was for the Kazuyama family, and so did your brother. Then your request must also be for the Kazuyama family. After all, your brother also has a relationship with the Hojo family. If he stays as the governor, he will
The Katsurayama family can still get along between the Imagawa family and the Hojo family."
"Why did Your Highness say this?" Kazuyama Shiqing was shocked when he heard what he said. He quickly kowtowed and clarified: "I have no such intention. I am just worried that my lack of talent and lack of knowledge will delay the Imagawa family's defense in Hedong."
"It doesn't matter, there won't be any war in Kadong for a long time. Katsurayama, you should also slowly learn and exercise. We have taken back Suruga and can rely on the terrain to establish a complete defense. It will be difficult for the Hojo family to carry out an effective offensive. And ah
, once the tens of thousands of Kanto daimyo's armies are organized into an alliance, they may be able to fight the Hojo family for several years."
After leaving Kazuyama Castle, Imagawa Yoshimoto returned westward with his horsemen, eager to inspect the newly recovered villages in the Hedong area. These are the places where he had left childhood memories. Now Hedong is back under the rule of Imagawa Yoshimoto
, residents who have left their hometowns to escape the war over the years have also had the opportunity to return to their hometowns, and Imagawa Yoshimoto is quite pleased.
When I was a child, Imagawa Yoshimoto secretly ran away from Zentokuji Temple to play. He often went to the nearby Kawadong Village to buy flower and bird paintings, Japanese song books, and sometimes some snacks. At that time, there was an uncle who seemed to have worked as a servant for the Kano family.
I don’t know how, but I can often get some paintings left by the Kano family and sell them to Imagawa Yoshimoto, and I can also paint a few strokes myself. Before I know it, more than ten years have passed, and the uncle back then must have become
Damn it. Those villagers probably never imagined that Yue Chengfang, who was once just a monk, would now become the head of the powerful Imagawa family - although Imagawa Yoshimoto doesn't think this is anything to be proud of.
Just when Imagawa Yoshimoto was thinking about the situation of his "returning to his hometown", what he saw was a messy village in front of him.
Imagawa Yoshimoto was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly rode forward. When he entered Kawadong Village, he discovered that the soldiers of the Takeda family were conducting a large-scale arrest. They rushed into every shabby and dilapidated residence of the common people. , snatched away all valuable or worthless property, and even started to plunder women. Most of the people had fled the village in shock and ran back to the surrounding mountains and forests, but some unlucky people were still stuck in the In the village.
"Let everyone go." Imagawa Yoshimoto reined in his horse and scolded the Takeda family ashigaru in front of him. The ashigaru were stunned for a moment. They were still a little angry at first, but when they looked up and saw the person behind Imagawa Yoshimoto After Akatorima sealed everyone's voice, he had no choice but to let all the captured women go. Imagawa Yoshimoto, while sending his men to various parts of the village to suppress the rebels, said to a Takeda family warrior: "Your highness, please Where? Where? Ask him to come see me."
Soon after, Takeda Harunobu and a group of attendants also came
He rushed on horseback. When he arrived at Kawadong Village, he found that the soldiers of the Takeda family had gathered on the official road outside the village, and were surrounded by horsemen from the Imagawa family who were supervising them.
"What does this mean, Goro?" Seeing such a scene, Takeda Harunobu's face suddenly became confused.
"I should be asking you this, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto's face was also livid, but he still worried about his friend's face and made a "please" gesture, "Let's go, let's find a place where no one is around. chat."
So, Takeda Harunobu followed Imagawa Yoshimoto to an uninhabited stream outside the village. Before Takeda Harunobu could speak, Imagawa Yoshimoto could not help but loudly said: "Torachiyo, what do you mean? Your I don’t care what kind of military discipline people have in Shinano. It’s your own business to burn, kill, and loot as much as you want, but how can you do evil on the Imagawa family’s territory?”
"How can this be considered the territory of your Imagawa family? Isn't this the territory of the Hojo family? You just took it back not long ago." Takeda Harunobu retorted confidently without feeling guilty at all.
"This Suruga has been the territory of our Imagawa family for hundreds of years. We just lost it for 10 years. Don't quibble here." Imagawa Yoshimoto was not interested in discussing this with Takeda Harunobu, "Give back what you robbed."
"As for...it's just the property in a small ruined village, and no one was killed, I told you." Takeda Harunobu saw that Imagawa Yoshimoto was really angry, so he rounded off his sentence.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You also told me?" Who would have thought that Imagawa Yoshimoto would be even more angry after hearing this sentence, "You told your subordinates to stay at the Imagawa family. Arrest indiscriminately in their territory?”
"What if...this expedition did not reach the Hojo family's territory, and there are no other towns and cities to rob. How can I let my sons go back empty-handed? They worked so hard to come out with me, and let them go back empty-handed. Is that true? Who is willing to go on an expedition with me next time?" Takeda Harunobu explained with a smile, while stepping forward to hold Imagawa Yoshimoto's shoulders, "Okay, okay, I will divide the captured baggage among you and make up for it. Your loss."
"You have captured baggage, why don't you give the baggage to your subordinates and insist on robbing the villages under my rule?" Imagawa Yoshimoto became more and more angry as he listened, while Takeda Harunobu became darker and darker:
"Then I didn't know you would have such a big reaction. It's just a few villages. If you rob it, you'll rob it. It's not your Imagawakan castle town." Takeda Harunobu was a little confused by Imagawa Yoshimoto and tilted his head.
After thinking for a moment, he seemed to suddenly realize something, "You practiced at Zende Temple when you were a child, right? Do you often come to the village here? Do you know anyone?"
"Yeah." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded.
"I'm just telling you, I understand you." Takeda Harunobu laughed immediately after hearing this and patted Imagawa Yoshimoto hard on the shoulder, "You are not the kind of bad person who wants to take care of everyone, but you don't
Fall out with me for the sake of the people. As expected, you are anxious because it is someone you know well."
"What you said is really irritating. Even if you are not an old acquaintance of mine, I would still be angry at your behavior of bullying the people in my territory." Imagawa Yoshimoto threw away Takeda Harunobu's hand and looked at it very seriously.
Looking into his eyes: "I won't joke with you anymore and return what I took. I won't force your people to apologize or anything. Isn't this bad for your prestige? But it's just this time. I won't do it next time. Don't let it happen."
I saw Takeda soldiers running wild in the territory of the Imagawa family again. Next time this happens again, I will directly deal with it according to the military law of the Imagawa family."
After hearing that the always gentle and gentle Imagawa Yoshimoto used vulgar words such as "sanyo", Takeda Harunobu gradually realized the seriousness of the matter, laughed twice, and then imitated the way Imagawa Yoshimoto was usually scolded by Ginkgo, raised his hand
He gestured with both hands that he was wrong. But he definitely couldn't bear to apologize to Imagawa Yoshimoto. He just shook his head, then turned around and left to give instructions to the troops.
Soon after, Takeda Harunobu led his army to leave, and Imakawa Yoshimoto returned to the village. This village he was familiar with as a child had finally recovered its vitality after being occupied by the Hojo family for 10 years, but now it was destroyed due to a random arrest by friendly forces.
It became beyond recognition - it was really hard for Imagawa Yoshimoto to accept. He patrolled the streets and alleys and found that almost few people were still in the village.
"Send someone to the mountain to persuade
Tell the residents to come back." Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed, waved to Hayasaka Nao and said.
"Yes." Hayasaka Nao took the order and left, while Imagawa Yoshimoto camped on the spot in the village, had a simple meal, and waited for the villagers to return. However, by the evening, no residents had returned. Instead,
Hayasaka Nao returned in despair.
"Your Highness, we can't find many people. When we saw people who looked like warriors coming up, those residents hid. The mountains and forests are complicated, so we can't find them here." Hayasaka Nao said with a very apologetic hand, "When I was going down the mountain, I met a middle-aged man.
"Young man, I tried to persuade him to go down the mountain, but he didn't dare. He was afraid of another war and refused to follow me no matter what."
"I'll go there myself." Imagawa Yoshimoto then stood up from the horse and glanced at the setting sun, "No matter how you say it, this random arrest can be considered my fault."
