"Don't quarrel with him." Yu Qiuping suddenly waved his hand and stopped Nakahide Mizensaki, who was about to refute. After thinking for a moment, he whispered to Shigehide Suzuki, "You're at Suzuki's house, do you mean what you say?" ”

Seeing that things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, Suzuki Shigehide's eyes flashed, and his attitude, which had been aggressive just now, instantly softened, and replied in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my father listens to me the most." But my father will never reject my opinion. ”

"That's right, that's fine." Yu Qiuping smiled twice, slowly squatted down, put his right hand on Suzuki Shigehide's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "If you promise me three conditions, I will return the food to you and withdraw immediately." ”

Suzuki Shigehide was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Yu Qiuping in a daze, but there were turbulent waves in his heart.

Could it be that the name of His Royal Highness Momiji's benevolence and righteousness is real? Is there really such a samurai in the world? Are you willing to give up the land you have for the sake of the people?

Mori Kolong was shocked when he heard Yu Qiuping's words, and instinctively wanted to open his mouth to object, but was pulled by Mimasaki Nakahide with a smile, signaling that he didn't have to do this.

"Our Highness is a bad and good person, I'm used to it." Mimasaki Nakahide had a broken jar and a broken expression, and shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, "Let him go, anyway, even if he waits for support in the city, it may not be possible, His Highness will still be in danger, just retreat." ”

"You... Oh no, His Highness Momiji has something to say. Shigehide Suzuki immediately adjusted his tone and whispered in a very respectful tone, "No matter what the conditions, make a promise." ”

"This is inevitably a little too insincere, how can you promise everything." Yu Qiuping smiled and shook his head, at this moment he had firmly controlled the initiative of the conversation, "You can weigh it after I finish speaking." ”

"His Highness Momiji, please speak." Shigehide Suzuki seemed to be completely moved by Yu Qiuping's attitude, and his words also brought honorifics.

"First, the people of Kii Province are not allowed to hide these grains privately. I ask you, under the supervision of the Yuqiu family, to publicly announce that you will return the collected grain to the people, so that they can have enough rations, and the Yuqiu family will send someone to supervise the process of your return of grain. ”

"That's fine." Shigehide Suzuki nodded hurriedly after hearing this condition.

"Second, you don't count what you said after all. I'm going to ask you to send someone and ask Ling Zun to come to the city to negotiate with me and finalize the official rules. ”

"This..."Shigehide Suzuki hesitated slightly this time, and glanced at the heavily armed Momiji Army soldiers around him - how could he let his father be in danger.

"Don't be nervous, I have always had a reputation for being a good promise, and I would never do anything to hurt the person I negotiated with." Seeing Shigehide Suzuki's troubles, Yu Qiuping shook his head with a smile while reassuring, "I swear by my honor that this kind of thing will never happen." ”

"It's... Well, under the willingness to believe in His Highness Momiji. Although Shigehide Suzuki was still a little entangled, he still nodded reluctantly.

"Third, the people of Kii must ensure that me and my men leave safely and do not attack us."

The third condition given by Yu Qiuping was naturally agreed to by Shigehide Suzuki. If these conditions are not agreed, there is nothing to talk about.

"I will arrange a lot of ignition materials such as sulfur and gunpowder in the whole granary, and arrange for people to stay here. Before our entire army withdraws from Kii, if you make an attack, my remaining personnel will immediately set fire to the granary. "Yuqiu calmly recounted his countermeasures to the trembling Suzuki Shigehide, "And before the people of Kii Province fulfill their promise to distribute food-" Yuakihei stretched his tone, pointed at Suzuki Shigehide's chest, and whispered, "I will take you hostage and take you all the way to." ”

"This..."Suzuki Shigehide's expression tightened when he heard this, the countermeasures of the Yuqiu family were too fierce. What if the Yuqiu army had already withdrawn, or had they relentlessly set fire to the granary?

"Your Highness, this third one..."So, Suzuki Shigehide asked tentatively in a low voice, but was rejected by Yu Qiuping's shaking his head.

"I have no room for negotiation with these three conditions. Of course, I don't mean to force you to accept it. Yu Qiuping's tone was extremely firm, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, "If you think it's too much, you can completely refuse." ”

"What happens if you refuse?" Shigehide Suzuki raised his head and looked at Yu Qiuhei with some concern.

"I will hold the city and wait for reinforcements, or burn food and retreat." Yu Qiuping nodded very solemnly, without the slightest joke in his tone, "Which one to choose, it depends on the mood." ”

"Time is pressing, I'll give you a cup of tea to think about." Yuqiu turned his back and slowly walked in the direction of the castle tower, ready to make a brief arrangement. At the same time, he glanced back at Shigehide Suzuki, learned from Yoshimoto Imagawa's movements, and snapped his fingers at him.

"Make a choice without regrets."

·

On August 22, Yu Qiuping, who had completed the arrangement, led Hosoyanagi Bei and the cavalry company and slowly left Saga Castle. Shigehide Suzuki was held hostage by Kotaka Mori and Tadakatsu Honda and others.

The Red Leaf Army, which had been dejected and evacuated gloomily, was able to negotiate peace with dignity because of the miraculous attack of Nakahide Gozensaki, and also preserved the prestige of the Red Leaf Army. In order to help Yu Qiuping deal with the aftermath, Shigeharu Takenaka and Keitoku Amano rushed to Saga Castle not long ago. At this moment, the person who was waiting in the granary of Saga Castle and ready to ignite the granary covered with gunpowder at any time was the ninja inside the crow under the command of Amano Keitoku. Each of them had the consciousness of mortality, which served as a guarantee of the safety of the army.

At this moment, Amano Keitoku and Takenaka Shigeharu were riding their horses at the end of the line, keeping a delicate distance from the army to ensure that the conversation between the two would not be heard by others.

"Disappointed? Crow. "Shigeharu Takenaka, who is usually gentle and elegant, can only behave aggressively in front of Amano Keitoku, after all, this is a grudge that has been accumulated for more than ten years. And the ideas that Amano Jingde upholds are also what he hates the most, and he forces such people from the personality point of view.

"Your Highness is worthy of being Your Highness, out of the mud without staining." Shigeji Takenaka glanced at Amano Keitoku coldly, "Even after staying next to someone like you for so long, you still maintain that kindness and benevolence. He would rather give up the victory in his hands than be trapped in the fire and water of the Kii people. ”

"You miscalculated." Amano Keitoku shook his head when he heard this, not caring at all about Takenaka's rudeness, but said in a low voice, "You know? This time, I did not dissuade His Highness's decision. ”

Shigeharu Takenaka frowned when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he understood what Amano Keitoku was thinking. Amano Keitoku glanced at Shigeharu Takenaka, and replied in a cold whisper, "You understand, Your Highness can use this trick to break Kii apart." ”

"What do the Saga people see? After the fall of Saga Castle and the seizure of the second son, the rest of the country did not care about the Suzuki family's residence and the safety of the second son, but cared about their own food. ”

"What do the rest of Kii see? Shigehide Suzuki, the second son of the Saga people, was captured, but in the end he was unharmed. Suzuki Shigehide made an agreement with His Royal Highness Momiji without consulting everyone, and divided the grain shared by all the people of the country. The leader of the heterogeneous group, Shigei Suzuki, personally entered the city controlled by the Momiji Army to negotiate and endorsed his son's agreement. Suzuki Shigei himself returned unscathed from Yu Qiuping's hands, and the Momiji Army also retreated from Kii Province after making peace with Suzuki Shigei. ”

"What did the people of Kii see? The grain they had been forcibly collected before was not sent back by the people. It was at the request of His Royal Highness Momiji, who was kind-hearted, that the people of the country reluctantly exchanged food. Without these stockpiles, the people of Kii will be almost immobile until next autumn's harvest, and they will not be able to do us any harm. ”

"In this way, His Highness does not spend a single soldier, which has already made the people in Kii unified. Could it be that the next time they go south, will these people fight as closely as this time? ”

"The gentleman is frank, and the villain is a relative." Shigeharu Takenaka bowed slightly, agreeing with Amano's analysis, but still retorted, "Your Highness is using a conspiracy, not a despicable conspiracy like yours. And no matter what the plan is, it is the people of Kii who will be saved. Don't think of Your Highness as someone like you. ”

"Your Highness is not a person like me, that's why you need someone like me to exist." Amano Jingde stroked the feathers of the crow on his shoulder a few times with his hand, and listened to it wail a few times, "No matter how good a conspiracy is, it can only be used with conspiracy." ”

"Disgusting crow."

"I don't expect your understanding."

·

After the withdrawal of the Momiji Army, the crows of Amano Keitori carried out large-scale mediation, rumor-spreading, and inciting the people in Kii, which brought chaos to Kii.

When distributing grain, many people in Kii were reluctant to return all the surplus grain to the people. The ninjas who infiltrated the people took the opportunity to spread rumors and incite the people to make trouble. At the same time, some people mixed into the grain transport team, mixing a large amount of gravel and sand into the grain, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of the people.

At the same time, the crows who bought or lurked in the middle and high-level of the people of each country also began to stir up the dissatisfaction of the people of the country against the people of other countries, and deliberately pointed the spearhead at the two largest of them: the Zaga people and the Genlai people. Saga was accused of using public interests for personal gain in the negotiations with Yu Qiuping, and also conducted secret negotiations with Yu Qiuping. And because of their good relationship with Hatakeyama Takamasa, the people were arrested and thought that they had communicated with Yu Qiuping.

In the midst of the chaos, the emotions of the Kii Saga people became delicate. And with the end of the distribution of food, Shigehide Suzuki was also released by Yu Qiuping. At Amano's beheiment, Akihei gave Suzuki a large sum of gold and silver in his personal name to thank him for his contribution to Kii's grain distribution campaign. Shigehide Suzuki didn't think much about it at the time, so he returned to Saga Castle with gold and silver. Amano Keide immediately secretly announced the news to the people of Kii, and the entire Kii was in an uproar in an instant, and Shigeharu Tsuchihashi of Shigo, Yoshimasa Satake of Nakago, and Ota Dinghisa of Miyago even joined forces to force Suzuki Shigei, demanding that he explain the fornication between him and the Yuqiu family, and also ask him to repay the losses suffered by the people of each country in the grain distribution operation - this was naturally denied and rejected by Suzuki Shigei, and the situation deteriorated further.