On May 8, the Takeda family and the Imagawa family searched the mountains and captured more than fifty captives of the Hojo family. The next day, the two armies said goodbye and returned to their territories with half of their captives. Yu Qiuping wanted to take Imamiya Le and invite them to go together, but Imamiya Le invited him at a young age, but he was very stubborn and refused to leave on the grounds that he wanted to keep a wake for his father.

"Lord Yuqiu is grateful for avenging the murder of his father!" Imamiya Leplease refused, "But my father's bones are not cold, and I can't leave below." ”

"Okay then, as soon as I get back to Ejiri, I'll have someone bring you food." Yu Qiuping promised, "Let your mother take care of her health, and take your two grandsons and granddaughters back to show Boss Itami." ”

"Thank you, sir. In the future, if it is useful to get the place of the Imamiya family, just ask. Imamiya bowed deeply.

At noon on May 9, Yu Qiupei arrived in Ejiri and immediately asked to see Itami Yasunao and asked him for the transportation of grain and grass. Originally, Itami Kangzhi wanted to wait for the order of the governor before acting, but he didn't expect that Boss Itami changed his habit of not asking about political affairs after living in seclusion, and forcibly slapped the board and immediately sent the food to the Imanomiya.

After that, Akihei returned to Suruga with the captive. After disbanding his troops in his own territory, he personally escorted the captives to Sunfu Castle, and was received by Imagawa Yoshimoto at the first time.

"Yuqiu, you did a good job this time!" After Imagawa Yoshimoto asked Yu Qiuping to sit down, he stroked his palms and laughed, "It's better than I imagined, not only did I complete the intelligence collection, but I also found out who was doing the thing." ”

"I don't dare to take credit for it." Yu Qiuping said honestly, and silently told Imagawa Yoshimoto what happened. The latter casually asked questions while wiping the Chidori incense burner. "It's all up to that Sanada-sama." Yu Qiuping sighed, "If it weren't for his surprise victory and coming up with such a way to break the game, I'm afraid I would have to explain where I would." ”

"Actually, I don't think you're any worse than him." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the spotlessly clean Chidori incense burner with satisfaction, carefully set it aside, and took out a waka book from the drawer again and began to read it.

The hall laughed. Yu Qiuping shook his head, he had always felt that he could compete with the ancients in strategy by relying on the knowledge of modern people and his grasp of history. But this mission, as soon as he encountered a crisis, he was so stupid that he couldn't think of any way, and he relied on Sanada Masayuki to save the scene, and he was not even as good as the little-known Mi and Shi Xu.

"You're still young, and you don't understand some things." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't say much, just smiled, "Sometimes, not making mistakes is more valuable than winning by surprise." ”

Without waiting for Yu Qiuping to speak, Imagawa Yoshimoto said again: "But this time, it was finally successfully completed!" Your ascension will be issued in a moment. The news you brought is the same as I guessed. ”

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping was taken aback, "Did you guess that it was the Hojo family before the main hall?" ”

"What, do you think it's supposed to be the Takeda family?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked rhetorically. Yu Qiuping nodded stunnedly.

"Haha, it's better to have ideas than no ideas, tell me your reasons." Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile.

"I think..."Yu Qiuping recalled the history books of later generations, "the condition for the establishment of the three alliances is that the three are developing in one direction and need a stable rear. ”

"But right now, the Imagawa family has a broad direction of development, that is, all the way to. The Hojo family could also try to control the Kanto and Imagawa clans. Only the Takeda family is the most embarrassed," Akihei looked up at Yoshimoto Imagawa, trying to get some hint from his eyes, but the latter just smiled. "Ueno, where the Takeda family is heading east, has the desperate resistance of Nagano Yoshimasa, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough. Even if Ueno is taken, it will be the sphere of influence of the allied Hojo family from the future, and it will not be able to expand further. To the south is the Allied Imagawa family, to the west is the mountainous area with rugged mountain roads, and to the north is the very strong Echigo Uesugi family, which cannot make a big breakthrough. And the Kai Kai, Shinano, which he now possesses, although he has the support of Kanayama, is not wealthy. ”

"It can be said that the Takeda family is like being put in a cage, if he does nothing and watches Imagawa and Hojo grow bigger, while he is bound by the alliance, he can only go to submission in the end." Yu Qiuping whispered the historical events in the history of the previous life, "So I think that it is very likely that the Takeda family will break the alliance with us and invade the rich Tokaido in search of space for development." ”

"Judgment is correct!" After hearing this, Imagawa Yoshimoto snapped his fingers with satisfaction, "It's a big picture!" This insight starts from the general trend of the world, no longer just sticking to the loss of one city and one country, it is very remarkable, and it is worthy of my fancy posterity! ”

"My judgment is the same as yours," Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled suddenly, "so my way to deal with this diplomatic crisis is-"

"Send someone to ask the public family to mediate the dispute between the Echigo Kitayoshi and the Uesugi family, so that they can go all out to fight the Takeda family for Shinano."

"What?" Yu Qiuping wondered if there was a problem with his ears, "The Hojo family intercepted the messenger on the alliance line and created a crisis, but the main hall went to block the Takeda family?" ”

"That's right." Imagawa Yoshimoto stroked his palms and laughed, "Do you know why?" ”

"In the next confusion." Yu Qiuping said with a wry smile.

"Do you know why I guess that the Hojo family provoked this incident as you judge the Takeda family the same?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked again.

"I still don't know." Yu Qiuping shook his head honestly.

"Have you ever seen a fight in the streets?" Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly asked jumpingly, almost making Yu Qiuping unable to keep up with the rhythm, "The more fierce you shout, the more you dare not fight." They expect their ferocious momentum to scare others away. And those real masters often don't say a word, and they make a move. ”

Yu Qiuping seemed to suddenly understand something, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind.

"The cause of this incident is probably that we have fought against the Oda family twice in a row on the Owari border, which has caused concern among the other two families about our intentions in Kamiraku."

"Therefore, it is precisely because the Takeda family may break the alliance at any time that they do not want to stir up trouble, and hope to paralyze us so that they can get the maximum benefit in the event of sudden treachery." Imagawa Yoshimoto talked about such things, but it seemed that he had not yet talked about the calligraphy and painting of waka and painting, "That tiger is not sure that it is looking forward to me going to Luo, so that it can come out and bite me." ”

"The most painful thing in the world is to make a choice." Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly solemnly stared into Yu Qiuping's eyes, "Especially making a choice without regrets is the most embarrassing." ”

"Once we succeed in Kamiloku and take control of, the Takeda family will have no choice but to break the alliance with us and start a war, so they don't have to worry about what to do with their choice." Imagawa Yoshimoto's expression relaxed again, "On the other hand, Hojo is very difficult. If they don't break the alliance, they still have room for development, and they don't have to the point of not dying. On the contrary, if they break the alliance, they will instead make a wedding dress for the Takeda family, causing hostility from the Imagawa family, and even Takeda and Imagawa will join forces to invade Sagami as they did before the establishment of the Zentokuji Alliance. ”

"However, if they don't break the alliance, they won't be able to restrain the speed of the development of the Imagawa family," Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled with some schadenfreude, "So once we go to Luo, the Hojo family will be extremely entangled, and they don't know how to choose." ”

"That's why they took such a measure to create a crisis on the border, which made me realize that the alliance of Zentokuji Temple is not stable, but they still maintain the alliance to allow themselves to dominate the Kanto region with peace of mind. Demonstrate to me by intercepting the messengers, showing that they may be working against us. Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head, "But the more fierce they scream, the more they have no confidence, they actually don't have the courage and determination to break the alliance at all, they just want to create a burden on me, so that I don't dare to worry about Shangluo and strengthen my strength." ”

"And I caused trouble for the Takeda family, that is, I told the lion of the Hojo family that I saw his tricks and ridiculed him for not having the courage to break the alliance. At the same time, it is also a real threat to the Takeda family and to ensure the stability of our rear. Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile, "I will also exchange hostages with the Takeda family, and I will initially be the son of a wealthy family in the family, and once again strengthen the bond between the two families, so that the Takeda family will be even more jealous when they break the alliance." ”

After listening to Imagawa Yoshimoto's analysis, Yu Qiuping really felt that his head was not enough. How can Imagawa Yoshimoto think so deeply and thoroughly? This may be the ancient art of diplomacy.

When Yu Qiuping returned to the territory to arrange the affairs and training of his subordinates, the rewards of Imagawa Yoshimoto and Sena Shitoshi were also given. The three villages to the west were sealed for 2,000 stones, and his position was promoted to the rank of general of the Sena family. This rainy autumn flat can be regarded as completely squeezed into the middle and senior command level of the Imagawa family. The territory also reached 7,000 stones. Yu Qiuping therefore planned to expand the number of soldiers, add another bow and arrow platoon, and Charlie would also serve as the head of the ashigaru. The total number of troops will also reach 320. When selecting Ashigaru, he not only asked for the selection of physically strong people, but also deliberately avoided some people with identity entanglements and small groups from entering the army, so as not to spoil the atmosphere of the army.

Because of the overflow of population in Yuqiuping's territory, mainly because of the families of the ashigaru, and the financial support given by Imagawa Yoshimoto, all of Yuqiuping's soldiers were standing soldiers, and there was no even a militia.

And because Yu Qiuping's newly added territory is too much, Sena clan Jun sent Sena clan Yoshishi over to Yu Qiuping as a force.

"But Your Highness," Yu Qiuping asked, "Childe, he is the heir of the Sena family, come and give me a retainer to be a force, what kind of system will it become." ”

"That kid is also idle, he is usually responsible for all matters in the territory, and he will be sent to you to help, so that he can exercise." Sena said with a smile, "I also hope that you can have a good relationship, after all, in the future, you will still have to watch and help each other at home." ”

When everything was finally cleaned up, Yu Qiuping immediately rushed to the cabin in the back mountain to see if his gifts had been given out. Maybe he knew, maybe it was put there and no one cared about it. But even if it's the disappointment of failure, as long as you can have any connection with the girl, Yu Qiuping will be happy to do it.