CHAPTER XVI
"This ...... This...... Is this true?"
"Alright, you go quickly, be careful on the road. Mind that you are sincere, and give this to you. If anyone gets in the way, show him this. As he spoke, Katsuyori took out a small medicine cage from his waist and threw it at the man's feet.
That night, Katsuyori dreamed that Ah Feng was laughing at him loudly. Feng said that she was victorious, but her resentment did not go away. She laughed at Katsuyori: "If you pride yourself on being more courageous than your father, why can't you be stronger?Why can't you make your lords and enemies fear you more?Worse still, Katsuyori finally says that Katsuyori will soon push his beloved Lady Odawara into the same miserable situation as her, Katsuyori. Then, she disappeared from her dream.
This dream made Katsuyori extremely tired.
Towards dawn, Katsuyori woke up and sat on his bed, his eyes half-closed, distracted by all sorts of thoughts. By the time I wiped off my sweat, it was already dawn.
His sick father often said that he dreamed and sweated at night, and when he thought of this, Katsuyori felt more and more that life and death were close at hand, which made him feel infinite horror. Either died on the battlefield or died of illness. Can anyone really live past 100 years?
When the day dawned, Katsuyori's horror intensified, and it was not until he got up that he returned to normal. If Ieyasu's obstruction fails to fulfill his father's will to enter Beijing, he will laugh at future generations.
While Katsuyori was eating, the big cook came over and whispered a few words to him. He said that the attitude of the recruited husband was very different from yesterday. "Your actions worked. ”
"Really?"
"Also, about last night," he lowered, "the man brought someone over. ”
Katsuyori nodded heavily, "Come on, clean up." We passed. ”
The sun has risen, but the morning fog has not yet lifted. There is not a single plant in the heavy fence, and the red earth is very beautiful. After a short time, a man came over under the guidance of the big cook. At a glance, it was clear that the man was an outsider. The clothes on his body were slightly different from the purple dress of Sergeant Kai.
"Did the man send him yesterday?"
"Yes. The man was so impressed by your heart that he used the token you gave him to bring him here. ”
Katsuyori nodded as he looked at the comer. "Stand down, all of you. He addressed the people.
The people retreated, and only one big cook remained.
"How do you prove you're from Okazaki Castle?"
The man slowly raised his head, and it was the swarthy and old face of Okazaki Oga Yashiro's accomplice Kotani Jinzaemon. Kanzaemon rolled his eyes in horror, pulled out his underwear and tore it open, took out a ball of paper from it, and hung his head respectfully. "The villain Kotani is a very Saemon. This is a secret letter from Yashiro-sama Oga. ”
Katsuyori kept staring at him intently, and when Da Cook took the secret letter and handed it over, he didn't open it, but asked sharply: "Since you are the secret envoy of Oga Yashiro, you should know what happened to the reduction of respect, right?"
"We were just going to ask the adults, too. ”
"You're coming to ask me?" Katsuyori finally spread out the paper ball, "So, Kinkyo has already left Okazaki and come to Kai?"
"Exactly. Katsulai pondered for a while, "You reply to me honestly, if there is any falsehood, I will never spare it!"
Shinzo's body trembled violently, and he realized that Katsuyori was still suspicious of his identity.
"Where is Ieyasu now?"
"In Hamamatsu. ”
"Where's Shinyasu?"
"In Okazaki. ”
"What is the surname of the main room of Xinkang?"
"Deki. ”
"What about the side room?" Katsuyori's eyes did not blink, and he asked one after another.
"Calamus. ”
"How old?"
"Fifteen. ”
"What did Irisus do while she was away?"
She gradually got the favor of Xinkang, and heard that she was already pregnant. ”
Katsuyori finally nodded heavily, he had determined that this person was Yashiro's messenger.
The secret letter said that Ieyasu asked Nobunaga for help in an attempt to eliminate the Takeda family in one fell swoop, but did not write a countermeasure. What's his message?"
"This ......," replied Zozo, wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead with his hand, "and he commanded the villain, 'If this question is asked, answer as he says.'" ”
"So how should we deal with the arrival of reinforcements?"
"The Oda army was unable to immediately send troops to reinforce Mikawa due to various constraints. So in the meantime, find ways to drive a wedge between them. ”
"Discord?"
"Exactly. The first is to destroy the relationship between Nobuyasu and Tokuki. ”
"Oh, they are separated from each other, ...... husband," Katsuyori frowned, and the beautiful face of his wife, Mrs. Odawara, suddenly appeared in front of him. After a moment, he said loudly: "Dahe's countermeasure is to separate them and his wife?"
Seeing that Katsuyori's expression was so grim, Jinzuo hurriedly said: "Lord Oga's original words are: Among all countermeasures, separating couples and flesh and blood is the most useful. ”
"That said, it's too despicable. ”
"No, not mean at all. It's a great weapon to win. ”
Jinzuo said eagerly, a pair of small eyes without blinking, "Lady Tsukiyama is completely under the control of Lord Oga. The next thing is to figure out how to do it to Deki. At that time, Deki's resentment will be vented on Calamus. When Nobuyasu knew that his concubine was hurt, even though Tokuki was a young lady of the Oda family......"
Seeing the smug appearance of spitting foam in his mouth, Katsuyori couldn't help but start a fire. "Be careful. "I don't need you to teach me this kind of thing," he exclaimed. ”
"Yes...... Be. ”
"How is Mrs. Tsukiyama?"
"She's been a bit out of the ordinary lately...... Of course, this is the opinion of the retainers, in fact, this is also one of the strategies of Lord Oga, deliberately not letting her know the progress of the big event, so that outsiders will have such an opinion of her. ”
Katsuyori sneered, "Yashiro Oga is really capable. All right. Go back and tell him, I already know. After speaking, he looked back at the big cook next to him, "Send the secret envoy to where he wants to go." ”
After the two left, Katsuyori folded his arms and shook his head. In his letter, Yashiro Oga complained about why Katsuyori did not send troops to the martial arts festival last time, and if there was a decisive battle in Nagashino at that time, Nobuyasu would definitely fight, and Katsuyori could go to attack Okazaki as promised. In any case, Okazaki Ieyasu's granary is the base camp. If you capture it, you will be able to prevent Oda reinforcements from coming.
Oga's opinion was reasonable, and Oda reinforcements must not be allowed to enter Mikawa. For this purpose, it was possible to allow the troops of Chubu and Shikoku to enter Beijing, and to incite the monks of Honganji to rebel. But he said that the strategy of discord is the most effective. Thinking of this, the weakness that remained in Katsuyori's heart gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a fierce fighting spirit.
"Good. He jerked to his feet. Since the retainers said that his martial arts were by no means below his father's, then he had to give full play to his bravery, and when he thought of this, how could he not be excited.
Sent the traces of Kotani to the left, and at this time led the Sanlang Guards of Yama County back.
"The young master has always been good?" said the five short-lived Yama County Saburo Guards came in with a big grin.