May 2, Shikoku Island Tosa Kuni Art City.

Akihei received the latest news from, several good news and one bad news.

The first piece of good news came from the battlefields of Hanoi and Ho Quan. Under the coordination of Ikeda Tsuneko and Kaede Imagawa, and with the support of Nobumori Sakuma, the offensive of Honganji Temple had been blocked, and there was no threat to strategic points such as Sakai Town, Wakae Castle, and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.

The second piece of good news came from Kii, and the plan set by Keitoku Amano a few months ago was perfectly implemented. Deliberately left the military power to lure the Kiihao clan and the temple shrine to rebel, and then asked Tsukiwabei, who had long been ambushed in the Kii Mountains, to cooperate with the defenders of Saga Castle to cooperate with the outside and completely defeat them. At this time, the Yuqiu family will be able to logically take back the military power of the people and temples. And since many of them had already deposited the rents they had received from the lease agreements in Yuakihei's bank, Masuda Nagamori was now able to confiscate those funds on the grounds of "treason". Now, Tokiwabei's troops have advanced to a very close distance from Saga Castle, and it is expected that the siege will be lifted around May 3.

The third piece of good news comes from the remote province of Mikawa in the Tokaido. This news is a big event. Yu Qiuping believes that this news will soon spread throughout the world, bringing great changes to the pattern of the whole world.

On April 30, a fierce battle finally broke out between the Weaving and Takeda armies, which had been facing each other for a long time. Takeda Katsuyori, who had besieged Nagashino Castle for a long time, instead led a large army to attack Shirakuhara, where the Oritoku coalition was located. And Oda Nobunaga, who was waiting for the battle, used a terrifying number of 5,000 iron cannons to serve the Takeda army fiercely. Even though Takeda Katsuyori skillfully chose the direction of the attack, making it difficult for the Oritoku coalition forces to move and support each other, the difference in firepower was too great. Before a large number of Takeda troops could swing a sword, they fell in front of the fortifications of the Weaving Virtue coalition army.

However, the brave and combative Takeda Army did not disappoint the world. In such an embarrassing situation, they still stubbornly broke through the multiple lines of defense of the Oritoku coalition army, defeated more than ten reserves, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was even beaten and forced to move his own position. However, the Takeda Army, which was only half the number of the Oritoku coalition army, was eventually defeated due to excessive blood shedding and being outnumbered. Because the Takeda army had been pressed by the whole army in order to defeat the Oda army, it was naturally difficult to get rid of the Oda army when they wanted to retreat, and it was difficult to get rid of the Oda army.

It was a battle, and the Takeda army was defeated at Shirakuhara. Countless heroic backbone retainers and elite soldiers in the family were killed on the battlefield. When Takeda Katsuyori fled back to Shinano, there were less than 3,000 formed troops around, and the Takeda family suffered a spine-shattering disaster. The defeat of the Nagashino Battle also marked the complete withdrawal of the Takeda family from the ranks of the struggle for the world. Next, it will not be easy for him to keep his territory.

The fiasco of the Takeda family also brought a ripple effect across the country. Everyone realized that the Oda family in front of them would not gradually wither away like the Hosokawa family and the Miyoshi family, the overlords of in the past. If it is not stopped, the whole world will be taken into the pocket of Oda Nobunaga. The Uesugi family and the Hojo family, who were still fighting in the Kanto region, quickly shook hands and made peace immediately after the defeat of the Takeda family, while expressing concern about the situation of the Takeda family. The Hojo family sent troops to defend Suruga on behalf of Takeda Katsuyori and blocked the pursuing Oritoku coalition forces. Uesugi Kenshin immediately sent troops to Kaga and cooperated with Ichimune to counterattack the Hokuriku Army, forcing Shibata Katsuie to ask Oda Nobunaga for help. In the western country, the Mori family, who was the leader of the second Nobunaga siege alliance, also sent troops to the Harima neighborhood of the Miyoshi family, which made the Sanyo Road army of Hideyoshi Hashiba and Araki Murashige rumor. Akechi Mitsuhide hastily stopped the Yama ()** Legion's attack on Tanba and turned to support Settsu.

However, these three pieces of good news on the battle situation did not make Yu Qiuping happy in the slightest - because the first thing he saw was the bad news, which was a handwritten letter from Amano Jingde.

A violent quarrel broke out between Yu Qiuyan and Yu Qiuyou in Kii, and the contradictions between the two sides were almost irreconcilable. Yu Qiuyou can't tolerate Yu Qiuyou's indiscriminate killing of innocents, and Yu Qiuyou feels that his brother is pretending to be high, and his good reputation is more important than Chang Panbei's life and Yuqiu's family's plan. Yu Qiuyou also openly raised the issue of the inheritance of the family governor with Yu Qiuyan, and seemed to think that his brother was deliberately suppressing him.

This letter from Amano Keitoku is written very objectively and does not mean to take sides in the slightest. However, such an attitude made Yu Qiuping even more worried. Because Amano Jingde has always advocated the necessity of "chaos first and then order" and "doing dirty things", he also taught Yu Qiuyou in this way, and he will obviously agree with Yu Qiuyou's ideas more. However, considering the sensitivity of the position of the governor, Amano Jingde obviously deliberately made an attitude that did not take sides - which in itself shows that Amano Jingde has his own views on the succession of the position of the governor, so he needs to deliberately cover it up.

This can't help but make Yu Qiuping have a bad association. Amano Keitoku has never been very fond of Yuqiu, and it has been like this since the birth of the twins. Yuqiuping will never forget that Amano Keitoku originally planned to abandon or send away the congenitally disabled Yuqiu Yu at that time, and set Yu Qiuyou as the eldest son, but it was Imagawa Kaede's decision that left Yu Qiudi. And over the years, Amano Keitoku has also been very dissatisfied with Shigeharu Takenaka's education methods. Just as Yu Qiuyou said, Amano Jingde also thinks that Yu Qiuyu is too willful and cherishes feathers, too kind and benevolent to take on the heavy responsibility of the family governor. Yu Qiuping could feel it, but Amano Jingde didn't say it explicitly.

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Closing the letter in his hand, Yu Qiuping sighed, not knowing what to do. He put down the letter, got up slowly, put his hands behind his back, and paced the room repeatedly. His pace grew faster and faster, and at last he couldn't help but sit back at his desk, pick up the letterhead, and flip through it again.

Just when Yu Qiuping finally picked up his pen after thinking for a long time and was about to write a reply letter to Amano Jingde, there was a sudden knock at the door.

"Your Highness," Hatani Suiko's voice sounded, "Boss Konishi asks to see you." ”

"Is it Ronzo?" Yu Qiuping put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and asked, "But it's a business matter?" ”

"No, it's the president's boss." Hatani Suiko replied with some confusion, "It's not a business thing, it seems to be... Military affairs? ”

"Military affairs?" Yu Qiuping was also stunned when he heard this, Governor Konishi was not a person in the military system, how could there be military affairs to report, "Let him come in." ”

A moment later, Konishi Yukicho hurried to Yuqiuping's house. Looking at his sweaty appearance, it is estimated that he ran all the way. When he saw Yu Qiuping's face, he hurriedly saluted and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, please forgive me for trespassing, military affairs are not in the lower position, but..."

"It's okay, if there's anything you want to say, just say it." Yu Qiuping turned his head and smiled and signaled that Konishi Yukicho did not need to be nervous. If it was an ordinary businessman who wanted to give advice to Yu Qiuping on military affairs, Yu Qiuping would probably only listen to it out of politeness and not take it to heart. Because there is a specialization in the art industry, there are too many differences between business and military. But the governor of Konishi in front of him is one of the few famous generals in the post-Warring States era, and he is in such a hurry to come over and give advice, there must be something.

"That's right, Your Highness!" Governor Konishi bowed to Yuqiu, and said very formally, "I suspect that the reason why Shihe Yicun and Anzhai Dongkang have been delayed is because of another plan!" ”

"Oh, tell me about it?" Yu Qiuping raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and looked at Konishi Yukichang with interest. Governor Konishi guessed well, Shihe Ichicun and Anzhai Dongkang did have other plans. According to the information given by Amano Keitoku, it is very likely that the Sanuki people who are in the Ten Rivers will catch the ships of the Awaji Navy of Ataka Fuyuyasu and sail directly to Kii to support the rebels in Kii. Miyoshi Yoshiken did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that Yu Qiuping and Suzuki Shigekan had already been on the line. As soon as he made a decision on the front foot, the information on the back foot would be placed in front of Amano's table. This Konishi governor can guess this step without an intelligence source, and he is already very talented in the battle situation.

"I suspect that the Sanuki people, who are still alive in the Ten Rivers, are very likely to catch the ships of the Awaji Navy of Ataka Dongyasu, and then go directly to the west and land on the south bank of Nishitosa! Cooperate with Miyoshi Yoshiken and flank His Royal Highness Kira's troops before and after! ”

"Oh?" Konishi Yukicho's speculation made Yu Qiuping slightly disappointed. Obviously, he guessed wrong. But it's not easy to guess this step. So, Yu Qiuping encouraged again, "Why do you think so? ”

"Because I have been speculating about the route of the Miyoshi family and the candidates for the generals before I went down, I originally thought that the Miyoshi family would definitely let the Ten Rivers and the powerful Sanuki people take the west road! Because there are many plains and open terrain in the Nishi-Tosa area, it is conducive to the battle of large corps. Higashi-Tosa is densely mountainous, and it is difficult to break through as long as you hold a few key points. Therefore, I feel that the main direction of attack of the Miyoshi family must be Nishitosa. So when the Miyoshi family's march plan was announced, I was surprised for a long time, why did I let the Miyoshi Yixian, who was not so proficient in the battle formation, take the west road, and store the brave and good fighting Shiheyi to the east road, which is difficult to break through, isn't it a waste! ”

"And the other thing that makes me doubt is the situation on the Western Front." Governor Konishi paused, and said again in a clear manner, "The terrain of Nishitosa is much more open than that of Higashim-Tosa, and there is obviously a chance to divide the troops and make a detour. However, Miyoshi Yoshiken sat on more than twice the strength of His Royal Highness Kira, but he was only empty under Omori Castle, and there was no detour into the hinterland of Nishitosa. Such a move is obviously intended to attract His Highness Kira's forces to the border of the northern line of Nishitosa, and leave the hinterland of Nishitosa empty, so as to create an opportunity for the landing of Tokawa Ichikun and Ataka Fuyasu! ”