As soon as the words fell, I saw that the door of the compartment where the weapon was placed in Imagawa Kaede's inner room was suddenly opened, and Anayama Nobumi flashed out, and with a ferocious slash, he directly slashed the leading samurai who didn't react to the ground. Immediately afterward, more than a dozen sword-wielding ashigaru fish rushed out and tightly protected Imagawa Kaede's inner chamber.

The samurai of the Okabe family outside the house noticed that something was wrong inside the house and was about to come forward to confront him, but in the direction of the market, to the east of the residence, a team suddenly opened up. They were armed with spears and walked briskly in this direction, and the number was estimated at sixty or seventy! The second prince has been controlled by the enemy, and the oldest general has just been killed, and these dozen or so warriors are in a dilemma at the moment. Enter, and can't beat dozens of enemies. retreat, and you can't leave Okabe Masatsuna alone. They had planned to surround Kaede Imagawa and thus force Kaede Imagawa to confront him and release him. However, at this moment, Imagawa Kaede has been protected by the ashigaru people unharmed, and Okabe Masatsuna has become a hostage.

"These are... Where did the people come from! Okabe Masatsuna was dumbfounded as he looked at the dozens of ashigaru who suddenly appeared. The information he got before, but the Yuqiu family has never recruited local consuls to serve! This caused them to be paralyzed and careless, so that they were killed by a wave of counter-killing.

"The troops of the Imamiya family." The leader of the team, Imamiya Raku, said coldly and whispered.

"Imamiya family! How could it be..."Masatsuna Okabe muttered to himself in disbelief.

"Because my husband is a kind and good person." Kaede Imagawa's face softened a little, "No matter where he is, he will do his best to be kind to everyone." Speaking of this, her voice also suddenly increased: "It's different from you!" ”

"His Royal Highness Momiji helped me avenge the murder of my father, and also sent food relief to the urgent needs of the Imamiya family," Imamiya Le Please said in a deep voice that was still a little immature, "His Royal Highness Momiji has the grace of rebuilding the Imamiya family, for the sake of the Yuqiu family, the Imamiya family will never give up!" ”

"Privately mobilizing the troops of the wealthy clan that is not under your own territory is a conspiracy!" Okabe Masatsuna suddenly shouted in a hurry, and the blade on his neck cut another bloody wound, "Sure enough! Yu Qiuping, this thief..."

"Hugh is going to spew blood, you slut!" Anayama Nominee raised his hand and gave Okabe Masatsuna a slap, and the latter was stunned for a moment and glared angrily at Anayama Nominee.

"Grandmother ordered to gather all of Suruga's troops to gather towards Sunfu, and the troops of the Imamiya family also rushed to the house as soon as they received the news." Imagawa Kaede smiled slightly, and said flatly: "The road is difficult and far away, and the road is raining heavily, which delays a little time. When I arrived at Yuqiu's territory, it was getting late, and I was physically tired, so I took a few days of rest. ”

"Unexpectedly, I happened to see that the samurai of the Okabe family killed Mrs. Yuqiu's maid without permission, intending to take Mrs. Yuqiu hostage, so he came to help," Imagawa Kaede raised his eyebrows and looked at the people of the Okabe family who were full of surprise, "But what's the problem?" ”

"This..."Although Okabe Masatsuna didn't understand it too much, there was no doubt that one day they had fallen for it, and Imagawa Kaede had long expected that they would send someone to arrest him, and with the help of Shou Guini's temporary summoning order, he laid an ambush in advance.

"Didn't you even tell your maid!" One of the samurai of the Okabe family suddenly shouted at Kaede Imagawa. If it weren't for the fact that the maids were so panicked when they were caught, they wouldn't have been so careless about the enemy, "Those ladies don't know you have ambush soldiers until they die!" ”

At this moment, Ah Ling, who had been so frightened that he couldn't speak, suddenly woke up and said, "Male... Princess. She seemed to understand something, her eyes were full of tears, and she whispered, "That... Ah Zhu: They..."

"It's all in trouble." Kaede Imagawa's voice trembled slightly, but he immediately regained his composure.

"Princess... I know... Bad guys are coming! Why do you have to..."Ah Ling cried all of a sudden, "Let Ah Zhu and the others go there and wait for the news to die!" ”

"Because I need time." Imagawa Kaede whispered apologetically, "There are at most a dozen people hiding in the inner room, and more people still have to hide in other places, it is impossible to stay by the side of the residence all the time, it is easy to be discovered." ”

"Bring them from the bazaar... It will take some time. If the people of the Okabe family rush straight forward, it will be too late..."Imagawa Kaede said softly, "So I need the death of Atake, delay the people of the Okabe family for a while, and paralyze the people of the Okabe family so that I have a chance to hold and surround Okabe Masatsuna." There was already another sentry at the entrance of the village, so they didn't need to wait for news. ”

"You mother-in-law, you're really calculating!" Another samurai of the Okabe family angrily disregarded the honorific title, "You don't know that those girls were tortured by us because of you, and they might as well be killed after death!" Damn! What a waste of our time! ”

"Princess!" Ah Ling broke down and wailed, "Ah Zhu, they have been following you for several years... How do you... Why..."She couldn't cry, and suddenly knelt on the ground. The surrounding Ashigaru of the Imamiya family, the samurai of the Okabe family, and Nobuyoshi Anayama were also stunned for a while.

"Why are you so ruthless..."Akayama Nominee smiled bitterly and helped her make up the second half of the sentence.

Kaede Imagawa sighed, a few tears rolling in her eyes, and she raised her head slightly, not letting the tears remain.

"Jia Yan always taught me before he died." Imagawa Kaede said in a low voice, "I'm going to make a choice without regrets." ”

He said that he who could not give up anything could save anything. In the end, I wanted to keep everything, but the bamboo basket was empty. Imagawa Kaede recalled Imagawa Yoshimoto's voice and smile, and the bits and pieces of getting along with his dead maids for several years, tears still flowed down his cheeks.

"If I'm kidnapped," Kaede Imagawa said with some trepidation, "Husband, he... It will definitely fall into great passivity, and even the whole army will be in danger. ”

"In front of the lives of my best maids, and the safety of my husband's entire army," Imagawa Kaede raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said firmly, "I have made a choice. ”

No regrets.

Daddy, I did it.

Ping, as long as it's for you, I'll do anything.

June 7, Yinma City.

In the past few days, the situation facing the Okabe family has deteriorated day by day. After learning that the invasion of the Takeda clan did not exist, Motonobu Okabe immediately reduced his forces and wanted to transfer the armies of the various wealthy families back to Sunfu.

However, he, who had been leading Asahinai Tai's nose, was also calculated by Asahinatai once. As suspicious soldiers, Shun Sena and Shihiro Sekiguchi pursued the reinforcements of the Okabe family who abandoned the castle along the south bank of Hamaki Lake, and led Okabe Motonobu's energy to the south. Asahina Taichao led the main force and made a sudden attack along the northern shore of Lake Hamaki, heading straight for Ii Castle of the Iyi family. After the Ii family learned the news, they hurriedly returned from Nagashino Castle to help, but they were one step late, and Ii Valley Castle had fallen. And the family members of the Ii family who abandoned the city and fled were also captured by the cavalry of Asahina Taehyung. As a last resort, the Ii family had no choice but to offer hostages and surrender to the Asahina family. And Iio Renlong, who was cut off from contact and trapped in Nagashino Castle, lost his position and lost contact with Yinma Castle. This caused the Okabe family to lose the support of two powerful wealthy families at once, which can be said to have cut off one of the Okabe family's arms.

And Okabe Motonobu, who was aware of the plan, immediately led his troops to open the west gate and attack, intending to defeat Sena's special forces in one fell swoop to save the decline. However, Sena retreated to Jimei, south of Hammyeong, and took advantage of the tidal flats and narrow terrain to defend stubbornly, and Okabe Motonobu failed to make progress after a long time of fierce attack. In order to aid Sena Shitoshi, Asahina Taichao directly coerced the Ii family to the south, stationed in Mikatahara to the north of Primuma Castle, and threatened Prima Castle. In desperation, Okabe Motonobu had to retreat.

To add insult to injury, the Okabe family was the field battle that broke out on June 6, which was yesterday. After learning that Hishima Castle was under siege, the wealthy clans of the Okabe family who went to the direction of Futamata Castle - Inui Castle also rushed back. However, the Nakane family, who had originally fallen to the side of the Okabe family after learning that the Takeda family would not send troops, suddenly changed their position.

Originally, the Katsuyama family had successfully stationed in Futama Castle to assist in the defense, and the Nakane family was also very cooperative with the actions of the Okabe family. However, when the Okabe family wanted all the people to come back to help, Nakane Masashi felt that things were not simple - sure enough, after investigation, he found out that the Okabe family had hidden the news that the Ii family had defected from him, and wanted to coax him to return with him. Even if the Nakane family refuses to come back to help, they may have to face the attack of the Asahina family alone in the future. Nakane, who didn't want to make a wedding dress for the Okabe family, contacted Yu Qiuping in private, expressing his willingness to cooperate with the Asahina family. Due to the urgency of time, Yu Qiuping immediately approved this request, and personally led Tokibanbei to support from Kakegawa Castle to the north.

At noon on June 6, Miura Yoshishi rushed from Inui Castle to the eastern part of Futama Castle, and the Motosho of the Katsuyama clan had just left Futamata Castle to prepare for the west. However, the Nakane family, who had promised to send troops together, suddenly closed the four gates, isolating the Katsuyama family and the Miura family on both sides of the city. Before the confused Katsuyama clan and Miura Yoshiki could react, the Momiji soldiers came up along the Tenryu River from the south, and the troops of Futamatata Castle also attacked from the outside. The Katsuyama family suffered first, the whole army collapsed, and the Katsuyama clan himself abandoned the army and absconded. Miura Yoshi, who found out that something was wrong, wanted to rush to help, but he was also defeated by Yu Qiuping here, and Miura Yoshihiro himself fled to the Ina Mountains with his horses, and disappeared.

In just a few days, the foreign wealthy clan that supported the Okabe family was defeated and isolated one after another, and the Okabe family suddenly fell into a lonely situation, leaving only more than a thousand soldiers, trapped in the castle. To the west are the Sena family and the Sekiguchi family, to the north are the Asahina family, the Ii family, and the Okuhei family, and to the east are the Yuaki family and the Nakane family, and Okabe Motonobu has been surrounded by groups in the castle.

And just when Okabe Motonobu was waiting for Okabe Massuna to be able to take Imagawa Kaede back to turn the situation around, he got the news that Okabe Masatsuna was ambushed by Imagawa Kaede and brought more than a dozen samurai coefficients to be ambushed, and Imagawa Kaede handed over Okabe Masatsuna to Sunfu Castle. When the Imagawa clan heard that Okabe Masatsuna actually attacked his sister privately, he was furious, put Okabe Masatsuna in prison, and sent someone to ask Okabe Motonobu if he meant it.