With only a few days left before the end of the farming season, Imagawa Yoshimoto began to discuss with Taiyuan Yukisai and others how to set up a battle with Ogasawara.

In terms of military formations, Imagawa Yoshimoto is more rigid, preferring to advance step by step, and is relatively lacking in quick intelligence.

When Imagawa Yoshimoto was discussing with Taiyuan Yukisai about the number of troops to be sent and the Mikawa issue, a samurai ran over and shouted, "Report! Lord, a letter from the Mikawa Uden Palace, the retainers of the Matsudaira family are rioting! ”

When Imagawa Yoshimoto heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Their family master is still in the hands of their own family, where did they have the courage to riot!" ”

The samurai immediately took out the letter and walked into the hall and handed it to the little surname.

Imagawa Yoshimoto took the letter from the hand of the little surname, quickly opened it and looked at it, and then threw the letter on the ground and said: "Damn, how can this family abuse Takechiyo!" ”

When Taiyuan Xuezhai heard this, he immediately said: "My lord, I am afraid that this is a rumor spread by the Ogasawara family, presumably they must have noticed that the family has not been completely pacified here in Mikawa.

There are still some people in Nishimikawa who have not attached themselves to the family and have always supported the Matsudaira family, and once they hear such rumors, they will definitely make such a move.

This is the move of the Ogasawara family.,I didn't expect this move to be very ruthless.,Hit directly on the weakness of the family.。 ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto sat on the main seat, still angry in his heart, but after listening to Taiyuan Xuezhai's analysis, he also calmed down a little.

He said, "If the family asks those people to come to Suruga to see Takechiyo, I'm afraid it won't work, right?" ”

Taiyuan Yuisai nodded and said: "Ogasawara Yoshinaga will definitely think of this if he can spread such rumors, and those people from Nishimikawa will probably not come to Suruga, and there will even be a more radical reaction." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto stroked the fan and said, "In this case, the family will have to take Takechiyo to Mikawa, otherwise, the turmoil in Nishimikawa will affect the family's invasion of the Ogasawara family this year." ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai smiled: "In this case, the family can't take a move and not fight back, Oda Nobuyan of the four prefectures of Owari has sent an envoy before.

The lord, the poor monk thought that this could be a chess piece for the family to drag down Ogasawara Yoshinaga's pace, so that the family could also calm Oda Nobunaga in the lower four counties in one go. ”

At this time, Oda Nobunaga had already asked his uncle Oda Nobumitsu to kill Oda Nobunaga, because Oda Nobutomo learned that Spo Yoshitomo had leaked his plan to murder Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobutomo was annoyed and angry, and when Spo Yoshito took his sister-in-law Spo Yoshinori to hunt, he assassinated Spo Yoshito.

Spo Yoshigin, along with his younger brothers Mori Hideyori and Tsugawa Yoshito, immediately ran to Oda Nobunaga to ask for refuge, and Oda Nobunaga finally waited for the opportunity and killed the guardian Oda Nobunyu without hesitation.

Now Oda Nobunaga is the guardian of the four lower counties of Owari, and when the power of the lower four counties is integrated, he will seek to seize the upper four counties, but Oda Nobunaga is still afraid of Ogasawara Yoshinaga.

Therefore, Oda Nobunaga was very respectful when he treated the thirteen-year-old Spo Yoshigin, and his position as guardian was also recognized by Spo Yoshigin.

Imagawa Yoshimoto listened to Taiyuan Yukisai's arrangement in Owari, thought about it in his heart, and said with a smile: "This is a good chess piece, you can send someone to contact Oda Nobuyan now." ”

Oda Nobuyan's upper four prefectures threatened the country of Mino, and although it was said that Yoshinaga's march could directly enter Mikawa from Higashi-Mino, Oda Nobuyasu had to guard against it.

Imagawa Yoshimoto remembered the fighting power of the Ogasawara family, looked at Taiyuan Yukisai and asked, "Yukisai, how long can this Oda Shinan hold Yoshicho?" Can you drag it to the main house and defeat Oda Nobunaga? ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai was silent for a while, and said: "This poor monk can't be sure, the poor monk doesn't know about Oda Nobuyan, but it will take some time for the family to defeat Oda Nobunaga."

However, Oda Nobunaga only quelled the civil strife in his family this year, and he had just accepted his brother's retainers. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned and said: "I'm afraid that I will still have to fight with Ogasawara at that time, and immediately send an envoy to let Takeda send troops to cooperate!" ”

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In the Kai Tsugasaki Museum, Yoshinaga's envoy is conveying Yoshinaga's meaning to Harumobu Takeda.

The envoy was none other than Tadasada Uehara, and he directly took out Yoshinaga's letter and said, "Kai Mamoru, this is a letter from the head of my family to you.

I hope Kai Mamoru can recognize the current situation, my lord is a pillar of the samurai family personally recognized by His Royal Highness the Shogunate, a loyal minister of the shogunate, and the Imagawa family is at war with the main family, and he is a traitor to the court.

As a courtier of the shogunate, Kai Mamoru should stand on the side of righteousness, and if Kai Mamoru stood on the side of the Imagawa family, the family would have to send troops to destroy the rebels. ”

Takeda Harunobu squinted, the corners of his eyes twitched, and his retainers were all blowing their beards and staring, angry.

Takeda Yoshinobu shouted directly: "Imagawa Jibu Daisuke is the father-in-law of the next generation, and he is a famous family, how can he be a traitor?"

It is clear that Ogasawara supports the army and persecuts His Royal Highness the Princess, and Daisuke Imagawa is a traitor who is fighting to destroy Er! ”

Uehara Tadasada looked indifferent, looked at Takeda Harunobu and said, "Kai Mamoru, your son's remarks, is it also what Kai Mamoru meant?" ”

Takeda Harunobu didn't seem to hear it, just looked at Tadasada Uehara.

Iifu Huchang hurriedly spoke: "This family is a descendant of Seiwa Genji Saburo, and it is not Shinano Mamoru's turn to do what this family wants." ”

Uehara Tadasada said indifferently: "If you want to count the family lineage, the original ancestor of this family, Ogasa, is the successor of your Takeda family to the Ogasawara family."

And the Ogasawara family is also after the Seiwa Genji, and it is not lower than your Takeda family, and the family has great righteousness, and the court can destroy the ministers! ”

Komai Takahakusai said, "Uehara Maki, if you want your family to obey orders, you should ask Ogasawara to invite the shogunate from the shogunate." ”

Takeda Harunobu had a serious face and said: "Imagawa Jibu Daisuke has helped the family a lot, and the family is difficult to give up, but in the face of righteousness, the family is still clear.

In addition, the family is now weak and poor, and it is difficult to go to war, and I hope that Shinano Mamoru will understand the family's difficulties. ”

Uehara Tadasada snorted coldly: "It's okay if the two don't help each other, please remember today's words and don't break today's promise." ”

Takeda Harunobu squinted his eyes and smiled slightly: "I know." ”

After hearing this, Uehara Tadasada got up and left.

As soon as he left, the retainers of the Takeda family shouted, "My lord, Ogasawara is too deceitful!" ”

"My lord, let's send troops, and when Daisuke Imagawa Jibe fights with Ogasawara Yoshicho, our army will enter Suwa!"

"Avenge Yamamoto's military division!"

Takeda Harunobu waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's take a look at the situation first, I'm afraid the messenger of the Imagawa family will come soon." ”

Sure enough, the retainers of the Imagawa family arrived at the Akagasaki Pavilion the next day, and it was still Miura Yoshisaku to visit Takeda Harunobu.

Miura Yoshishi visited Takeda Harunobu and said with a very gentle attitude: "Your Highness Takeda, there are a few things to trouble Your Highness when you come this time.

The lord has always missed Her Royal Highness the princess, I don't know how Her Royal Highness is doing, the princess wants to see Her Royal Highness the princess below. ”

Takeda Harunobu nodded and said: "This is a proper gift, the relationship between Yoshinobu and Yu Jinya is very harmonious, you can go and see it later." ”

Miura Yoshishi smiled and said: "The friendship between this family and His Royal Highness Takeda has a long history, and the two families should help each other, and now the war between this family and the Ogasawara family is inevitable, I don't know what His Highness Takeda plans?" ”

Takeda Harunobu smiled: "The day before you came, the envoy of Shinano Mamoru had already come, but his envoy was arrogant and did not take his family seriously at all.

Back then, the family had already occupied more than half of Shinano's territory, and if it hadn't been for Shinano's birth, the family would have occupied Shinano.

So Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru wanted the family to send troops to participate, but the family ignored it, and if Daisuke Imagawa Jibe had something to ask the family to help, the family was duty-bound. ”

Miura Yoshinobu was very happy to receive Takeda Harunobu's reply, he chatted with Takeda Harunobu a few more words, and then went to meet Yu Jinya and gave him a gift prepared by Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Yu Jinmi was very happy, took out his embroidery and a letter and handed it to Miura Yoshisa.

Miura didn't stay too long and soon left Kai.

...

At Oda's house, Oda Nobunaga looked at the letter and said to the retainers below: "The great war between the Ogasawara family and the Imagawa family is inevitable, and Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru has decided to send troops.

Recently, Oda Nobuyasu of Kamishigoku Prefecture has been in contact with the Imagawa family, and I think Oda Nobuyasu definitely didn't go north to fight Mino.

At that time, the family may have to face a joint attack by the Imagawa family and Oda Nobuyasu, and I have already written to Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru about this matter, and I can only hope that he can come to the rescue of the family as soon as possible. ”

Lin Xiuzhen said bluntly: "Lord, how could this family resist the attack of the two great enemies? Why don't you surrender to Imagawa? ”

Sasa Chengzheng hurriedly said: "No! The status of the family is very important to the Ogasawara family, and Ogasawara Shinano will never sit idly by and watch the family be taken by the Imagawa family.

As long as the letter from the lord arrives at Shinano, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru will send troops as soon as possible! ”

Lin Xiuzhen looked at Sasa Chengmasa and said: "How long will it take to wait for the reinforcements of the Ogasawara family, and the family will have been taken by the Imagawa family by then!" ”

Sasa Narumasa immediately defended: "There are still four or five days left before the end of the agricultural season, and the letter from the lord has already been delivered for one day, and it will arrive in Shinano in another day."

Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru had an elite army under his command, and it was only three days at most from Shinano to Owari, and the Imagawa family's army was not assembled at that time! ”

Lin Xiuzhen shook her head and said: "He only has 3,000 elite soldiers, but I heard that the Imagawa family can send more than 20,000 troops, how long can 3,000 people resist?" ”

Sazuo Chengzheng hurriedly said: "Mino still has 5,000 elite soldiers, and this does not include the strength of Ichishiki Yoshilong and other Mino people!" ”

Oda Nobunaga waved his hand above and said: "Okay, don't talk about the surrender again, you go down to supervise the affairs of the farming, and as soon as the farming is over, immediately gather the soldiers to prepare for battle!" ”

With Oda Nobunaga's decision, the retainers did not dare to say much,

Shibata Katsuya shouted: "That's it, don't be afraid at all, gather the sons and daughters to kill them!" ”

...

Because the battle between Ogasawara and Imagawa has become apparent, Ueda Castle is already busy.

Although Ogasawara Akizuki was three or four months pregnant, as the main mother, she had to urge the samurai women in the city to prepare rice balls and flags for the army.

Yoshinaga also consulted with Sanada Yutaka and other retainers about the war with the Imagawa family, and at the same time, there was information from Hosaku from various places.

The situation in the Kanto region was already very tense, and the people everywhere were waiting for the end of the farming season to raise troops, and the envoys of Echigo contacted the countrymen loyal to Uesugi everywhere, and the Furukawa Gongfang also sent envoys to contact people everywhere.

In Echichu, the chief of the jimbo, who had been defeated at Toyama Castle, gathered his old troops in the Woman's Bear, Shesui County, and prepared to retake Toyama Castle.

Yasuyin Shiina, who got the iron cannon, is also stepping up his preparations, and if he can't hold Toyama Castle, he will have to face the accountability of the Ogasawara family, so he encourages the Shiina family to defend Toyama Castle up and down.

As for the route of march that Yoshinaga negotiated with his retainers, in the end, he still took Higashi Shinano and attacked Mikawa, instead of taking Owari to lengthen the supply line.

After all, Owari didn't take it in, and Yoshinaga was still worried that Oda Nobunaga would backstab him.

Yoshicho had a busy day, and it was only at dusk that he was able to return to his courtyard and have dinner under Chizuru's service.

After a while, Inu came over, and she received a letter from Oda Nobunaga, which said that she should help blow some pillow wind and make him Oda Nobunaga the guardian of Owari.

Today, Oda Nobunaga is only the guardian of the four lower counties of Owari, and the upper four counties are not under Nobunaga's control.

Inu still cares about the Oda family, and she came to Yoshinaga's yard after counting the time Yoshicho had dinner.

Yoshicho was about to start his evening activities, and when he saw Ah Dog coming, he was a little puzzled: "Ah Dog, what are you running around when you are pregnant?" ”

Ah Dog knelt down and said: "The concubine heard that His Highness is going to go on an expedition again, and I am afraid that I will not see His Highness for a long time, and the concubine is afraid of missing too much, so I came to find His Highness tonight." ”

Yoshicho beckoned to the dog, hugged Chizuru and the dog in his arms and said, "Hahaha, I will be back in a month at most."

Your brother Nobunaga has a letter, don't worry, I will take care of him on this expedition, you don't have to worry, just take care of the baby. ”

Chizuru saw that Yoshicho was very good to Ah Dog, and he was a little jealous in his heart, so he began to be coquettish and made Yoshicho angry.

Yoshicho wanted to relax, so he took Chizuru and Inu to start the evening activities.

Because the two women competed for each other's favor, this made Yoshichang's heart bloom, and he was satisfied with this night's activity.

After Yoshicho finished, he hugged Chizuru and A Dog, and was very satisfied with his aftertaste.

Inu saw that Yoshicho was in a good mood, so he said: "Your Highness, Oda Nobuyasu of the four prefectures of Owari is colluding with Imagawa, and Nobunaga wants to share His Highness's worries and help His Highness destroy Oda Nobuyasu."

Moreover, the guardian Spo Yoshitoshi was assassinated, and his sister-in-law Yoshiin was still young and difficult to manage Owari, so His Highness asked Nobunaga to be the guardian of Owari at that time, right? ”