"Yes! Kawanakajima. Seeing Takeda Harunobu's yearning for Kawanakajima, Koshiko also showed a look of memory on her face.

Takeda Harunobu was silent for a while and then tried to ask, "Then were you sold by your parents to the Hiraga family?"

"Yes."

Yuezi recalls with pain: "Two years ago, in a war, my mother and younger brother died, and I was sold by my father. ”

Saying that, Yuezi couldn't say anything in pain, covered his face with his hands, and became painful, and Takeda Harunobu didn't say a word, just looked at Yuezi silently.

When he left the temple, Harunobu Takeda suddenly figured out one thing, Yuezi deceived herself! Although Yuezi claims to be the daughter of a farmer, her skin is dark but also delicate, which is by no means the skin that a peasant daughter who works all year round can have.

Yuezi may be the daughter of the samurai! But Takeda Harunobu thought about it and didn't care, after all, she was just a woman.

On another day, Takeda Shintora once again opened the assessment for the summer expedition.

Ever since Takeda Nobuta made the decision to attack Shinano a few days ago, there has always been an unknown force spreading opposition from the top and bottom of the Akizaki Pavilion in the past few days. This made Takeda Shintora immediately annoyed, and he decided that he must teach these disobedient retainers a good lesson.

The assessment room of the Hesaki Museum.

At this time, Takeda Nobuta stood up angrily and questioned the auxiliary servant Sakagaki Nobukata: "Say, who said that the family can't send troops this time." ”

However, unexpectedly, Sakagaki Nobukata said respectfully: "It's not so much a certain person, but half of the wealthy families under my family who are against sending troops this time." ”

"Bastard, say their names." Takeda Shintora was even more annoyed when he heard this, and said, "They may have turned their backs on their family and secretly colluded with Imagawa or Hojo." ”

Sakagaki Nobukata didn't expect Takeda Nobuhu to think so decisively, and hurriedly said, "How is that possible?"

However, Takeda Shintora seems to have recognized the betrayal of these wealthy families. "Quite possibly, Sakagaki. Hahahaha~~~"

Saying that, Takeda Shinhu laughed out loud with a sense of pride that saw through people's hearts. After slowly walking to his place and sitting down, Takeda Shintora said confidently: "People's hearts are sinister! If you trust too much, you can easily be deceived, but mutual suspicion can lead to betrayal from mutual hatred. ”

At this time, Takeda Shintora, who had been sitting down, suddenly stood up again and gritted his teeth. "Go ahead! Go to the houses of those fellows, burn down their houses, and kill all their people, and I will never forgive you for betrayal. ”

However, at this moment, there was a message: Takeda Flying Horse ran in. "Report to the lord, Furukawa-sama is here."

"Hurry up, please!" This Furukawa-sama was one of the powerful leaders of the wealthy clan who surrendered to the Takeda family, and Takeda Nobuta was overjoyed when he received the reward of the flying horse, and hurriedly asked him to invite Furukawa-sama. And taking advantage of this gap, Takeda Shinhu also arranged the defense of his family.

"Imagawa and Hojo may be going to be on the fence again. The ..... of the family"

But at this moment, in the distance, a Takeda flying horse, who was in charge of finding out the news, ran in and said, "Report to the lord, the day before yesterday, the lord of the Suruga country, Imagawa Clan, and his younger brother Imagawa Hikogoro passed away together. ”

"What! Imagawa Clan is dead!" Takeda Shintora immediately walked up to the flying rider and confirmed, "Is this true?" Yes. ”

The flying rider said as Takeda Shintora had hoped, "The people sent by the family have confirmed the reliability of the information, and the Imagawa clan is indeed dead. ”

"It's dead!" Takeda Shintora's face suddenly moved for a long time before he forced himself to suppress the joy in his heart and continued to ask, "So how is the situation in Suruga now?"

"It seems that there were no major accidents, and now the whole of Suruga is preparing for the funeral of the former head of the family."

However, Takeda Shintora immediately decided that something must have happened to Suruga, and he immediately turned back to his retainers and reversed his previous directional strategy. "Imagawa must be in the chaos of the first factory now, maybe it is not Shinano but Suruga that the family should attack now."

The Takeda family had been trapped in the mountain country of Kai, so he had always been wary of Suruga Takeda Shintora, who was prosperous in commerce and took advantage of the sea, and he quickly abandoned his previous Shinano strategy and set his sights on Suruga.

However, the sky does not chase people's wishes, but at this time, an attendant rushed in and said: "Lord Qiqi, the Taiyuan Chongfu of the Imagawa family has arrived in Taiyuan Xuezhai in the future." ”

"From Imagawa?" Takeda Shintora thought about it and said reluctantly, "Let him in." ”

"Haha." Soon, the monk Taiyuan Chongfu, who was wearing a suit of armor, entered the city to meet Takeda Shintora accompanied by several retinues.

"Is there anything Imaskawa would like to inform the main hall?" Seeing that Taiyuan Chongfu was neither humble nor arrogant, Takeda Shinhu directly asked him about his intentions.

"Haha." Taiyuan Chongfu also said unabashedly: "Due to the sudden collapse of the head of the family, the Hui Gong of the family, now the family has been inherited by the third brother of the ancestor Yoshimoto, Imagawa Yoshimoto. Therefore, I specially came to inform Lord Takeda, and Lord Yoshimoto hoped to resolve the grievances between Imagawa and Takeda in the past, and the two families lived in harmony from now on. ”

"I see!" Takeda Nobuta nodded and suddenly asked, "Then what should the Hojo family, the in-laws of the Imagawa family, do?" This Hojo family is the enemy of this family!"

"Kaiyu Takeda-sama." Taiyuan Chongfu has already made some remarks about this. "The new head of the family, Lord Yoshimoto, will not be an enemy of Takeda because of the taboo of the in-law relationship with the Hojo family, and Lord Yoshimoto hopes to marry a princess of the Takeda family, and from then on, the two families will become good friends of Qin and Jin. Yoshimoto-sama sincerely hopes to become a family with the Takeda family, so he asks Takeda-sama to agree to this. ”

"Oh?" Takeda Shinhu was quite surprised by Taiyuan Chongfu's suggestion and said, "Does Lord Yiyuan want to become a family with our Takeda family so strongly?"

"It's true."

"That's so grateful! But this is a serious matter, and I can't reply to you right away, and I have to discuss this matter with my retainers. But don't worry, I'll get back to the Imagawa family as soon as possible. Takeda Nobuta gave Taiyuan an ambiguous answer, and he was still hesitating between stabilizing the rear and seizing Suruga.

Taiyuan Chongfu also understood that this matter should not be rushed, so he bowed and said: "Thank you so much for Lord Takeda's kindness to my family." ”

"Wait!" Our Takeda Shintora suddenly said: "If you marry the princess of Takeda to the Imagawa family, won't you become a hostage of the Imagawa family?" Therefore, in order for the Imagawa family to make a covenant, they must also hand over something that will reassure the family. ”

"Yes, this will be prepared as soon as possible." Taiyuan Chongfu ended the conversation between the two with this.