"See the main hall." Yu Qiuhei saluted at the door of Imagawa Yoshimoto's office.

"Don't see outside, Yuqiu, come in." Imagawa Yoshimoto said. Yu Qiuping walked into the house, and the faint fragrance of the thousand bird incense burner still made people feel refreshed. The wall behind Imagawa Yoshimoto is covered with all kinds of calligraphy and paintings, and he himself is studying a book of waka.

"I called you here this time to ask you to go back and recruit troops." Imagawa Yoshimoto commanded, and at the same time, he was slightly amazed by the subtlety of the song, "I plan to send an army to replenish Narumi Castle with grain and grass, including your Tokiwabei. ”

"The main hall is tolerant, is there a shortage of food in Narumi City?" Yu Qiuping frowned and recalled, it seems that when he was dealing with government affairs with Sena Shijun before, he saw a mission report that transported a lot of grain to Narumi City.

"There is no shortage." Yoshimoto Imagawa smiled and put the waka together.

"The Great Hall... What is the significance of our trip? Yu Qiuping asked unexpectedly.

"The first purpose is to train you and your troops." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Yu Qiuping, "Excellent generals and troops are all fought, not raised, so that you can experience the test of the battlefield a lot, and it is good to show your strength in the future big operation." Imagawa Yoshimoto continued, "And your unit has a unique training method and is very neat, and I would like to test how strong they are. ”

"It's a small stove specially opened for you," Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile, "This time I plan to mobilize more than 2,500 people to accompany you to training, so you can perform well." ”

Yu Qiuping nodded flatteredly, "Great Hall," he admonished, "If it is a special trip to recruit troops during spring ploughing, everyone will have opinions." ”

"Haha, you kid know." Imagawa Yoshimoto tapped the table with the knuckle of his middle finger, "So, the people who went on this expedition are all on good terms with you." The general is Sena, and the other troops are your friends, Asahina and Okupei. The mobilized soldiers are also a small number of standing soldiers at home, and they are not mobilized by the whole family, so it will not affect the spring ploughing too much. ”

"However, among the more than 2,500 people, there are about 1,700 people who have been recruited, which has some impact on spring ploughing, and I will compensate them a little." Imagawa Yoshimoto said, "Yuqiu, you don't have to worry at all, your territory has just poured in more than 1,000 people, and there will be no shortage of manpower at all, although it is good to recruit people as auxiliaries, I will help you make up for the insufficient amount." ”

"That's... The main hall of labor is so expensive, and I am really uneasy. Yu Qiuping lowered his head.

"Haha, are you really going to send troops for your kid," Imagawa Yoshimoto stroked his palms and laughed, "Guess wrong." ”

"There is a second purpose for this trip." Yoshimoto Imagawa had a cynical smile on his face.

A day ago, the fifth floor of the castle tower of Sunpu Castle.

"Second purpose?" Sena Shijun looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto suspiciously, "I am ignorant, and I hope that the main hall will show me." ”

"Do you remember the last time the Oda family had an unbelievable surprise attack?" Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile.

"Hmm... Well! Sena was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Could it be for the mole?" ”

"Guess right!" Imagawa Yoshimoto snapped his fingers and looked at Sena Shijun with satisfaction, "This time, the transportation and supply are exactly the same as last year's plan. I'd like to see how this mole reacts. ”

"The main hall..."Sena Shijun frowned, "Although the strategy is very good, but..."

"But it shouldn't tell you, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto took over the words, looked at Sena Shijun and nodded, and smiled, "Do you think I didn't doubt you?" Misjudgement! ”

"Huh?" Sena Junda was taken aback, and hurriedly leaned over to apologize, "I am sincere to the Imagawa family, and I hope that the main hall will be clear!" ”

"What's the use of saying this, your performance just now has cleared your suspicion." Imagawa Yoshimoto waved his hand and motioned for Sena to get up, "I was already testing you back when I was in Mikawa last year. Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Sena's slightly changed face and said with a smile, "Combined with your series of performances and your personality, you definitely have no problem." Otherwise, it means that you have been disguising your personality since decades ago. Imagawa Yoshimoto teased, "That's true, I'm also convinced." ”

"The mole is at the top, I have to deal with it carefully, don't blame Sena." Imagawa Yoshimoto bowed his head apologetically, "But if I don't do this, I will not be responsible to the Imagawa family, to all of you who trust me and entrust everything to me." ”

"The hall is wise, admired below." Sena Toshitoshi bowed convincingly.

"How's that, can you guess?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked Yu Qiuping.

"This..."Yu Qiuping was confused, "I saw the information before I went down that the Kiyoshu Oda family was launching the final blow against the Iwakura Oda family, could it be to interfere with them?" ”

"Haha, guess right." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, let's go back and collect troops." It is expected to depart at the end of the first month. You don't need to prepare the food and grass along the way, but you will provide it on the way. ”

After Yu Qiuping turned to leave, Imagawa Yoshimoto's expression became a little serious.

"It doesn't look like there's any problem, it's really a simple and reliable kid." Imagawa Yoshimoto recalled the conversation that Yu Qiuping had just had, "Then why...", he shook the waka book in his hand slightly, and a piece of paper full of words fell out of it, it was an investigation report. "Do you want to make up your origins?"

After returning to the territory, Yu Qiuping issued a recruitment order to the people, to recruit 200 men to go on the expedition. Originally, as a small lord of 3,000 stones, as long as he sent 90 troops, 30 soldiers would be enough. This is indeed a suitable ratio for a small lord with a population of about 1,000 people. However, because Yu Qiuping itself had 200 soldiers and a large number of people poured in, the number of strong men that Yu Qiuping could mobilize increased a lot. Of course, this also put a lot of pressure on the grain - simply Imagawa Yoshimoto also supported Yu Qiuping a lot of food.

After he recruited 200 men, Imagawa Yoshimoto would also recruit 200 people in his own territory to ration Yu Qiuping, even if he completed the basic configuration of 1:2 for the soldiers.

On January 26, Yu Qiuping's marshalling work was basically completed, and the plan of the operation was also informed to Yu Qiuping through the herald.

Sena Toshitoshi and his son, Asahina Taihyung, and Okupei Sadayi have already returned to the territory to collect troops. The 600 people of the Yuqiu family set out from Sunpu Castle on January 27 and met with the 600 people of Kakegawa Castle and Asahina Taehyung. 200 people from Okuhira Sadakichi and 1,200 people from Sena Shitoshi gathered at Inuma Castle first. When the troops of the Yuqiu family and the Asahina family arrived in Wawa, they set off together for Mikawa.

The next day, Yu Qiuping gathered his troops and set out from the territory, bypassing the castle town of Sunpu Castle from the south, and then continued westward. It's a pity that only half of the whole army has been made, and the armor of the archers is naturally simple bamboo hemp armor, and the other dozens of people have inlaid a lot of iron pieces on the bamboo hemp armor to strengthen the defense. What touched Yu Qiuping the most was that each of them still carefully inserted the autumn leaves into the helmets - when the craftsmen were producing the helmets, they were asked by the ashigaru to leave a thin hole at the top where the autumn leaves could be inserted, and then fix them with glue.

Two hundred soldiers, all of whom have a red leaf family pattern on a white background on their backs, and a red leaf on their heads. The head of the house himself wears a shawl of red leaves, and a red leaf is also inserted in his helmet, and the flag bearer behind him waving the maple bird flag and hunting in the wind. Tokiwa lined up in a neat formation, shouting trumpets, and strode in, like a sea of red leaves. The food that the soldiers had enough and carried with them was handed over to the auxiliary soldiers behind them, and the soldiers only carried spears and bows and arrows to maximize their physical strength.

Yu Qiuping informed Imagawa Kaede of the news of the army a few days ago, but it seems that she has a sister from a relative's family who is going out of the cabinet, so she was also called to accompany her sisters, and she has never had a chance to see her. I'm leaving today, and it's probably going to be a long time before I come back. I don't know if she can come and see each other again.

The army rounded the southern part of the castle town of Sunpu Castle and was about to embark on the official road not far away. Yu Qiuping looked at the castle town with longing eyes, but still found nothing. Just as Yu Qiuping was about to order the troops to speed up, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the castle town in the distance. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and looked over there, dressed in white and white on a white horse, and could vaguely recognize the girl's graceful figure.

"All are determined!" Yu Qiuping ordered in a loud voice, "Take a break!" Disband! With that, he left the group under the puzzled eyes of everyone and urged the horse to run towards the castle town.

"Huh! What are you doing, sir! "Any urgent order?" Ashigaru, you talk to me word by word.

"My lord! Where are you going? Yoshioka Katsumasa raised his voice and wanted to call Yu Qiuping back. Immediately, he was pinched hard by Nakahide Mimaesaki.

"Can't you see it, stupid big guy!" Nakahide Omaezaki smiled, "Is your brain all muscles?" ”

"Drama! Who are you scolding? Yoshioka Katsumasa turned around and grabbed Mizenzaki Nakahide's arms.

"What a play!" Mimasaki Nakahide struggled to break free, but his strength was much smaller than that of Yoshioka Katsumasa.

"It's weird all day long, it's like singing! Tell me, why did you go, adult! Yoshioka asked.

Ogawa Yudong rarely didn't drink, squinting at Yu Qiuping's back, "It should be that girl." Charlie nodded knowingly as he wiped his longbow.

"It's the girl who confessed a few days ago, and I'm here to see her off." Fukushima Yasunari said in a low voice, "You all be quiet, don't ruin the reputation of other girls!" ”

"The army is about to fight, how can the boss leave temporarily." Honda Nabenosuke whispered dissatisfiedly, and Naoe Tadahei on the side smiled when he heard this, "When Nabenosuke grows up, he will understand." ”

Yuqiu Ping rode his horse to the edge of the castle town, and Imagawa Kaede was dressed in white and did not dismount, just waiting there.

"Ping," Kaede Imagawa grabbed the reins of his horse, "are you leaving?" ”

"yes." Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "If you go late, you won't be able to meet with Asahina's family, and the whole arrangement will be delayed." ”

"Don't worry!" Yu Qiuping made a four-fingered swear gesture, "I will definitely be able to make a great contribution this time, be promoted by the Family Governor's Palace, and then maybe I can propose to Feng'er!" Wait for the news of my meritorious service! With that, he turned and rode away.

"Stupid, that's not what I'm going to hear." Imagawa Kaede clutched the reins of his horse tightly and didn't let go: "I want you to promise me that you are not allowed to take desperate risks like last time!" Ping, don't return safely. ”