At this moment, Imagawa Yoshimoto was sitting on the tatami, dumbfounded as he watched Ginkgo copying the cane and beating Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Taimo and others - he finally knew who made those bloody marks.
.
"I was tired from beating you just now. Let's take a break. Do you think this is over?" Ginkgo scolded him while cursing, while he continued to round his arms and hit the canes on the backs of the guards. "The supervision is not strict."
You made my son almost fall from his horse, and then you forced my son to go to the battlefield and put him in danger again and again. Do you all want to rebel? Huh? If anything goes wrong with Wu Lang, I will take your lives!"
Even the eldest sons of the Okabe family and the Asahina family, Okabe Motonobu and Asahina Taitomo, did not dare to say a word at this moment. They did neglect their duties and overstepped their bounds. Although there are reasons to explain it, they almost caused harm.
It is a definite fact that Imagawa Goro is in danger. If we really want to strictly hold them accountable, it would be a trivial matter for them to chase and release them, and the family would also lose a lot of territory. Now, if the problem can be solved by just getting a good beating from the mistress, that can be regarded as a lighter punishment.
Frustrated.
Compared with the treatment of these guards, Imagawa Yoshimoto is more worried about Imagawa Goro's mental health. The child was obviously frightened, and he has not calmed down until now, and kept muttering "Never go to the battlefield again"
", "Never ride a horse again" and the like.
"Mom, he asked Goro to come...it was really hasty." Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed.
"Reporting to Your Highness, there is really no one left, which is why the Imperial Palace made such a decision." Lengquan Weihe, who came after hearing the news, explained the decision-making process of the Imagawa Palace to Imagawa Yoshimoto, "If you are not here, His Highness the Fifth Prince (Na Furuno Ujitoyo)
I followed you to Luo, and the Odaiden had to stay behind to guard against Hojo. There are no other members of the same age in the family. If you want to enforce the ban in Mikawa, you must have someone who can convince the people."
"Why don't you let my father-in-law come? He can be considered a member of the sect, and he is a famous samurai. He can definitely control the situation." Imagawa Yoshimoto mentioned Takeda Nobutora, who was idle in Imagawakan, and asked Kai no Tiger and
What will happen if the Owari Tigers fight against each other?
"You can do it, sir!" As soon as Imagawa Yoshimoto said the words, Ginkgo had already stared at him. Her murderous eyes and the whirring rattan in her hand frightened Imagawa Yoshimoto.
light.
"Let my old and immortal thing come over. Believe it or not, he will immediately give you access to foreign countries. Sellers seek glory, support soldiers for self-respect, and raise tigers for trouble. In less than ten days and a half, he will be able to disturb the three rivers for you.
It's such a mess that you have to appoint him as Mikawa's pen, and then he will exchange information with the Oda family and the Matsudaira family to create a semi-independent Higashi Mikawa for you. Those so-called famous samurai are like this
.”
Ginkgo obviously had a full understanding of his father's nature and cursed endlessly.
"But Goro is so troublesome..." Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at Imagawa Goro who was huddled in the corner, and lowered his voice to Ginkgo, "How can I be the governor of the house in the future..."
"Isn't it your fault? Do you think Wulang wants to be the governor of the house? Didn't you say you didn't want to be the governor before? You kept making promises to me all over the place, but in the end you were just like those great names of the Wu family who enjoyed being governors of the house.
Home." Ginkgo became angry and would fight anyone who said it, and Imagawa Yoshimoto was no exception.
"Well, well, I'm sorry, Ginkgo." Imagawa Yoshimoto raised his hands with a smile and admitted defeat, "Isn't it forced? I am like this, and Goro is like this too. There is no way to avoid it."
"What can't you avoid? Anyway, as a father, you have no time to run away, so you can't help your son work hard?" Ginkgo rolled her eyes sideways at Imagawa Yoshimoto again, "If you don't want to ride a horse, just be a sedan chair. If you don't want to go to the battlefield, just stay there for the rest of your life.
We're in the city. If you take down the entire Tokaido Road, won't Goro be able to live in peace and happiness?"
"Then I won't have time to spend time with my beloved wife in the castle tower." Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile, and was grabbed by the angry Ginkgo in the face.
At this moment, Hayasaka Nao hurried over and informed Imagawa Yoshimoto of Takeda Nobushige's request for an audience - the commander-in-chief of Takeda's reinforcements in this battle. Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was arguing with Ginkgo, nodded in agreement without much thought, and then let the door open.
Nobushige Takeda also suffered an opening lightning strike.
Several men in fine clothes were naked from the waist up, their hands were tied and they were kneeling on the ground, with bright red blood marks all over their backs.
Behind them, the sister and brother-in-law were flirting.
…
Is this the elegant person in Suruga... Takeda Nobushige sighed silently in his heart... Sure enough, we people in Mount Kai have seen too little of the world. He originally thought that his brother was with those named Yashichiro and Kasuga Torasuna (Takasaka Masanobu)
The little surname is playing wildly enough.
"Your Highness Jibu, eldest sister." Even in the face of such a chaotic scene, Takeda Nobushige still bowed his hands in salute without blushing or heartbeat. But Ginkgo, who was familiar with his younger brother, could tell at a glance - what this little brother was encountering
A rare confusion in this life.
However, Ginkgo had no intention of clarifying with him. After all, in the family letter Ginkgo had written to Takeda Nobutora, she had set herself up as a corrupt harem master.
"Nianma, I haven't seen you for a long time." Imagawa Yoshimoto is also a "perverted" owner. He did not clarify the misunderstanding to Takeda Nobutano, but greeted him as if nothing had happened - and at the same time raised a squinting look at Ginkgo.
Mei, it means "I'm your brother anyway, I don't care about your reputation".
Ginkgo snorted softly and made up her mind to fight Imagawa Yoshimoto to the end. She greeted Takeda Nobushige as usual and said, "Jiro, long time no see, how have you been lately?"
"Thank you for your concern, eldest sister. Everything is fine." Takeda Nobushige suppressed his inner embarrassment and replied in the same nonchalant manner: "Your Highness, how are eldest sister and my father doing lately?"
"Your brother-in-law and I are both very good, and your father is not dead yet." Ginkgo replied with a smile, "But why did you come to Sanhe? I have never heard of this before."
"Before my brother went to Luo, he asked me and the gatekeeper Zen'emon (Nobuyoshi Akiyama) to go to Minami-Shinano and take charge of the situation. Once there is a change in Mino, we can decide whether to send troops or not. The original intention may be to let me take the opportunity to seize the city of Higashi-Mino.
But the Saito family has always been heavily guarded, and we had no chance. After seeing the Oda army invade Mikawa, we chose to come to support."
"Haha, it seems that I have to find a way to give you more food, salary and military support as a reward, otherwise my stinky brother will definitely scold you when he comes back. He doesn't care about the life and death of the Imagawa family. Helping allies and so on is not a big deal.
It's not within his scope of consideration." Ginkgo opened fire on Takeda Harunobu unscrupulously in front of Takeda Nobushige, but Takeda Nobushige could only smile and did not dare to make any comments because of the embarrassment of his identity.
"I just don't know when that Torachiyo guy will come back." Imagawa Yoshimoto walked to the window, held the fence with both hands, and looked to the distant west: "Imagawa family, Takeda family, Saito family, Oda family, Hojo family,
The Nagao family... these powerful people from the Eastern Kingdom have many soldiers and even the governor himself who is still on the chaotic return journey. Everything that takes the sea route depends on the color of the sky. Those who take the land route have no supplies or food routes, so they all rely on food.
They plundered and foraged the land, and the territory along the way was still the territory of enemies with unknown attitudes... After the battle in Kyoto, it will probably take a long time to recover before we can regain our strength."
However, the return of the main forces of the Imagawa Army and the Takeda Army took much longer than Imagawa Yoshimoto imagined.
On December 11, the 14th year of Tenmon (1546), almost half a year later, the fleet finally docked at Ejiri Port and Kotsu Port in Suruga Province. Sailors from the Kotsu family and the Itami family were busy helping to unload the cargo.
and landed, and the two warriors on board had been tortured to the point of becoming haggard.
"I thought it would be there in more than two months, three months at most..." Imagawa Yoshimoto asked Takeda Harunobu about the situation at the pier at the pier. The latter now had stubble all over his face and was so emaciated that Imagawa Yoshimoto was almost on the verge of death.
Unrecognizable.
"We encountered huge winds and waves when we came up. We were forced to stop one after another on the islands of Hokuriku and Sanin for shelter. Fresh water and food were depleted very quickly, and we had to frequently dock for supplies. Those Kansai daimyo are nothing like us.
We have such good friendships, everyone is extremely wary of us, and it is even more difficult to find someone to buy some resources. Almost no supply goes smoothly, and it is delayed for ten days and a half..."
Speaking of this voyage, Takeda Harunobu's frustration and sorrow were almost written all over his face - more full than the stubble on his face - it was the first time Imagawa Yoshimoto saw him showing such strong negative emotions.
"At first, we Kai people were seasick, vomited, and many people died. We could only stop and go to let everyone slow down. Then we encountered a plague, and the entire fleet was infected. In order to treat them, we wasted a lot of money.
Time has passed... I really didn’t expect that long-distance boat rides would be so painful, otherwise I would definitely choose to return home through Mino Owari on the road.”
"Fortunately, you will send a messenger to report to me every time you dock, otherwise I would be worried to death." Imagawa Yoshimoto took a deep breath, and then said softly: "No matter what, it will be good if you come back smoothly.
The luck of the army was much better than that of the Hojo Army. They did not dare to return home via the Tokaido for fear of being detained by us, so they took the Hokuriku Road back. It is said that half of them fled because of lack of food on the way, and were later captured by Jodo Shinshu in Koka.
After the attack, the entire army collapsed, and Hojo Tsunari fled back to Odawara Castle alone not long ago."
"Ha, it's good news. I feel much better when I hear that the Hojo family is so unlucky." Takeda Harunobu showed a sincere smile of gloating on his face.
"Speaking of which, where is my teacher?" Imagawa Yoshimoto said as he looked around, but never saw Taiyuan Xuezhai getting off the boat.
"The illness is not serious. You should go and see for yourself. For a while, I thought he would not survive." Takeda Harunobu shook his head and patted Imagawa Yoshimoto on the shoulder. The latter was stunned for a moment before speaking.
Finally understanding the meaning of Takeda Harunobu's words, he turned around and ran towards the flagship in despair.
