On June 21, the third year of Yonglu (1560), Yuanjiang Kingdom led to the outside of Macheng. It has been a month since the Imagawa family's last governor, the world-famous Tokaido first bow to take Imagawa Yoshimoto, was accidentally killed. In this month, the Imagawa family, which has no backbone, is in turmoil. Not only did he abandon Narumi Castle and Tsukake Castle, which were important strongholds in Owari territory, but Matsudaira Motoyasu of Mikawa Province also gained a semi-independent position. And the two pillars of the Imagawa family, the Asahina family and the Okabe family, were even suspicious of each other after the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and even fought fiercely. The strength of the Imagawa family has also returned to more than ten years ago in just one month. Almost all the samurai of the noble clan in the three kingdoms of Junyuan were confused about the future of their own family, and they lost confidence in the future of the Imagawa family, who had lost Imagawa Yoshimoto. The neighboring countries around the Imagawa family, allies including Takeda and Hojo, and hostile countries such as the Oda family were also very concerned about the chaotic situation in the Imagawa family. Everyone also set their sights on the siege of Yinma City in the Yuanjiang Kingdom.

All of this came to an end on June 21.

After the Okabe family rushed into battle with the people as "fire bulls" and desperately defeated Yuakihei's Tokiwabi, the entire area around Inimajo was full of mourning, and the corpses of innocent people were everywhere. On this sweltering summer day, if the corpses were not disposed of in time, a terrible epidemic would soon break out. The more than 10,000 displaced people have also posed a huge security risk, and many people are looking to recover the remains of their loved ones from the battlefield. However, neither the Okabe family nor the Asahina family can spare their hands at the moment. The troops of the Asahina clan had to face both the fierce attack of the Okabe family and the dilemma that the three commanders were not on the scene, and the group was leaderless. The Okabe family is also not optimistic, and with nearly 30% of the casualties in their troops, they have little energy left to fight again.

Just when all the samurai and ashigaru were in disarray, when the people around Majo fell into hell on earth, when all the governors and heads of the family were at a loss.

Under the delicate operation of Shou Guini, the Imagawa clan rushed to the city of Yinma at the most critical moment with an army of 8,000 people who were fully armed. On the night before the army departed, it was the ninja sent by Shou Gui Ni who arrived at Inkima Castle and asked him to break out immediately the next day, thus causing the Hao clan to consume each other and giving the Imagawa clan a chance to suppress the overall situation. He is the new governor of the Imagawa family, with a look and demeanor that is not inferior to his father, sitting in the same sedan chair as his father, and appearing in the army. This well-equipped and long-recuperated army of 8,000 troops suppressed the situation in the entire Yuanjiang as soon as they entered the field. As Imagawa announced an immediate truce for the family, the head of the family immediately reported to him that all hostilities and infighting had ceased under the threat of force from the troops under his direct jurisdiction. Exhausted from hard fighting, weakened, and exhausted, they had no room for bargaining in front of the Imagawa family's army. The heads of each family trembled and bowed down in front of the Imagawa clan, the new governor of the Imagawa family. Acting in accordance with the plan prepared for him by Shou Guini, the Imagawa clan ignored the important ministers kneeling in front of him, and left the shogunate directly, giving orders directly to the troops of the various wealthy clans and important ministers - to give immediate relief to the victims, bury the dead, and resettle the people.

Naturally, such an order would not be refused—not to mention the fact that nearly 3,000 soldiers from the Imagawa family were watching. Because the strength of the civil war was severely weakened, the retainers were powerless to oppose the master's house, so they had to do it obediently. The Imagawa clan's Shinto Masato also immediately won the cheers of the people of Enoe Province, singing the praises of the new governor for saving them from the sea of suffering. And the governors and important ministers watched their troops being commanded by the Imagawa clan like arms, and they actually felt the same coercion as Imagawa Yoshimoto.

After a month of silence, when the Imagawa family governor struck again, he immediately put all the wealthy families under his control, and also won the hearts and minds of the people and the army—this was the perfect plan for Shou Guini to let go of the infighting and encourage Okabe Motonobu to break through the siege with a human shield and win the prestige that the ruler needed most for the Imagawa clan in one fell swoop. Everything was executed flawlessly - except for the command.

"The third thing, arrest Yu Qiuping and put him to death."

On the afternoon of June 21, in the hills southeast of Yinma City.

"Ashigaru of Tokiwa, lay down your arms at once and accept our moderation! Let's go over and gather in the camp! The officers of the Imagawa family's direct command looked at the very vigilant Momiji soldiers in the hills. He raised the arrow of the family governor in his hand and issued the order again. The nearly 1,000 soldiers who came with him were also on alert.

"Where is His Highness Yuqiu?" The loud-voiced Yoshioka Katsumasa shouted at the Imagawa family samurai in the distance. This morning, when the troops directly under the Imagawa family arrived, they called all the governors away. However, at noon dinner, all the family governors, except for Yu Qiuping, returned to the location of their own troops, and only Yu Qiuping was nowhere to be found. Thinking about the Imagawa family's seemingly friendly attitude towards the Okabe family, it makes Amano Keide even more creepy.

Could it be that the Imagawa family has already controlled Yu Qiuping? So now it's time to control Yu Qiuping's reserves? Could it be that the Imagawa family listened to Okabe Motonobu's words and thought that Yu Qiuping was a traitor?

"We must take precautions, and in the absence of Your Highness, remember not to blindly follow the orders of others." Not long ago, Amano Keitoku immediately gathered everyone and asked everyone to be vigilant against the Imagawa family.

Sure enough, as soon as it was past noon, the samurai of the Imagawa family rushed to accept the control of Tokiwabi. Yoshioka Katsumasa sang a black face at the signal of Amano Keitoku and took the lead in disobeying the orders of the main family.

"What is the situation with Tokiwabi?" The warrior angrily retorted, "Do you disobey orders? Is this your own opinion, or is it your Highness's will! ”

"Amano-sama, are we going to make a big fuss?" Naoe Tadahei saw that Yoshioka Katsumasa was about to roar again, so he hurriedly pulled his arm and set his eyes on Amano Keito. "If we don't listen to the announcement, will it make the family governor think that His Highness has a ghost in his heart and bring danger to His Highness!"

"It can't be worse, trust me." Tianye Jingde said in a deep voice, "Things have come to this point, if you want to say that the Family Governor Hall does not suspect His Highness at all, no one will believe it." And the more violently we resist here, the more the Governor's Hall will realize that without His Highness, no one can command Chang Panbei, so naturally he should not do anything to His Highness. ”

"But the nearly 3,000 soldiers of the main family, if they want to destroy us, it is just easy." Naoe Zhongping said fearfully, "The main family is obviously supervising the new family, maybe they will really take action against us and make an example of the monkeys!" ”

"After all, the family governor hall is still a gentleman who has not been deeply involved in the world. I bet that the Governor's Hall does not have such determination, but is just testing our reaction. If we resist, he will not dare to do anything. Amano Jingde did not hesitate, and said coldly: "Those who believe in my decision will be with me." If you don't believe me, I'm not Your Highness, and I have no right to command you. ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and they all chose to believe in Amano Keitoku's judgment and choice, and continued to confront the troops sent by the Imagawa family without compromise.

"Are you going to rebel?" The leading samurai seemed to be enraged, and shouted loudly, "What does this mean! ”

"What do you mean! What do you want to do with my little brother's troops! I heard a thunderclap on the ground, and a loud roar came from the other side of the hill. Immediately afterwards, I saw that Asahina Taichao with dozens of cavalry, prancing horses rushed to the flank of the troops directly under the jurisdiction of Tokiwa and the Imagawa family.

"The second son of Asahina?" The direct samurai frowned, seeing that it was not a good stubble, but his tone did not change in the slightest, and he still said strongly: "Please don't hinder the family's affairs!" Such a tone couldn't help but make Asahina Taehyung's face darken, and he couldn't get off the stage.

"Your Highness Asahina! Don't listen to him! When the actor saw that the opportunity had come, he immediately shouted emotionally: "Our Highness was arrested and tortured by them!" We want them to release His Highness, and if they don't let us go, they will arrest us together! ”

"What!" As soon as Asahina Taihyung heard this, his thick eyebrows immediately erected, and he pointed his horsewhip at the samurai of the Imagawa family and shouted, "You catch my little brother!" What is the meaning! ”

"That's the order of the governor, I only know how to carry it out, and I don't know anything else." The samurai replied without humility or arrogance. But he didn't want to, his answer happened to be set up by Mimaezaki Nakahide. Chang Panbei, who learned that Yu Qiuping was arrested, would not give in easily.

"Young master? Brother Goro? Asahina Taehyung blurted out in surprise.

"It's the governor, not the young master." The samurai corrected with some anger.

Asahina Taehyung was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he laughed angrily, "Okay! I'm afraid my brother Gorou is not on top! Arrest my little brother, do you think my little brother is a mole? Believe the words of that thief in Okabe? ”

"Second son of Asahina, please pay attention to your words and deeds." The samurai and the soldiers behind him glared angrily at Asahina Taehyung, "Take your men and leave immediately, don't interfere." ”

"I'm not your retainer, why should I listen to you?" Asahina Taehyung snorted loudly and coldly with disdain, "The second son of the Lao Tzu Asahina family, how can you sit back and watch you wronged Zhongliang!" ”

"Not my retainers?" The samurai smiled contemptuously, and escaped a scroll from his bosom and handed it to a herald to send it to Asahina Taehyung. "This was rushed in yesterday morning." The samurai said in a deep voice, "Arrest Yu Qiuping, control the order of Chang Iwabei, your brother, the governor of the Asahina family, is also attached to it." Don't obey orders yet! ”

Back to yesterday, in the early morning of June 20th, in the castle tower of Sunpu Castle.

"Nani?" After hearing the third thing, Sena Shitoshi, who was already surprised, screamed, and Asahina Taichao also looked at Shou Guini, who was still peaceful and comfortable. The calm demeanor was as if the conversation just now was just a daily greeting for warmth.

"Your Highness, you...?" Sena Shijun stared at Shou Gui Ni in disbelief and tentatively spat out a few words, but the latter still had a blank face and did not mean to modify what he had just said.

Sena Shijun was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses, and asked anxiously: "Your Highness, did you mistakenly think that Yuqiu Hongye was the traitor who killed the ancestor?" Did you suspect him because of the edict and the evidence sent by the Okabe family? ”

Seeing that Shou Gui Ni was still sitting there noncommittally, Sena Shijun couldn't help but feel a little anxious: "Your Highness! That's not true! I believe in the people of Momiji, he is the next generation of the next hand, and he will never do such a thing! And the whole day of the incident, I stayed with him all the time, and he definitely didn't rebel! The traitor is never him! With that, he leaned over and kowtowed.

"I am also willing to guarantee that Yuqiu Hongye is not a traitor." The Asahi Binai Tai Dynasty also bowed down, "I hope Your Highness will see clearly!" ”

"Do you all think so?" Shou Guini smiled indifferently, "In the eyes of the old body, the traitor..."