After staying in Kamowara-juku for nearly a day, Itakura Shigemasa and Yagyu Muneki finally did not dare to wait any longer in Kambara, and they retreated to Yoshiwarajuku east of the Fuji River with their escaped men, where they joined up with the reinforcements they had already contacted.

From these reinforcements, the two also knew why these reinforcements stayed near the Fuji River. In the end, it was their fault that they lost the camp and gave the Suruga soldiers the opportunity to steal the Shinken on behalf of the shogunate.

Naturally, it was impossible for Itakura Shigemasa and Yagyu to conceal such a big defeat, and they could not even delay it for a moment, because the travelers to Edo would surely spread the word about this defeat, and if they did not obtain the Shogun's forgiveness as soon as possible, I am afraid that rumors about the defeat of the war would fill the streets of Edo Castle.

After a day and night of careful discussion, Itakura Shigemasa and Yagyu Muneki finally drew up a book to report to Edo, although the two were not very good at commanding on the battlefield, but they knew Iemitsu's preferences very well.

In addition, from the soldiers who fled back, they finally knew whose hands they had lost. Yagyu lost several proud disciples in this war, and he was extremely resentful of these generals who led the Suruga soldiers, but in order to wash away his incompetent image, he still pinched his nose and asked his disciples to go back to Edo, spreading fame to Toki Yasu, Inaba Masatoshi, Matsuura Nobumoto, and Numata Kenichi, and preach that they were the four kings of Tokugawa.

When Toki and Inaba Masatoshi heard in Kotsu Castle that although Matsuura Nobumoto and Numata Kanichi had defeated the shogunate army, they had not captured either Itakura Shigemasa or Yagyu Muneki, although they expressed their disappointment in public, they were actually relieved in their hearts.

This time, he went out of the city to meet the shogunate army, fought a total of three battles, which took only four days, but captured more than 3,000 prisoners, killed nearly 1,000 people, and escaped only 8 or 900 people, and suffered only a small loss of his own. Such a record, even if it is placed in the Warring States period, is also a rare victory.

However, the two men who led this army, Toki Yasuya and Inaba Masato, knew that these achievements were mainly due to Matsuura Nobumoto and Numata Kane's first and two teams, and they were just because of people.

If Matsuura Nobumoto, Numata Kanichi Itakura Shigemasa and Yagyu Muneki were all caught, then why did they compete with Matsuura Nobumoto and Numata Kanichi for military merit? But now, with the record of more than 2,000 people forced to land on the east bank of the Xingjin River, they can still whitewash their performance.

Matsuura Nobumoto and Numata Kenichi wanted to return to Mt. Kuno for repairs, but they were also agreed to by Toki Yasu. On the one hand, he sent people to receive prisoners from Matsuura and Numata and the Satiling defense line; While reporting the victory to Sunfu Castle with Inaba Masatoshi, Matsuura and Numata naturally ranked behind the two of them.

Tokugawa Tadanaga, Asakura Nobuyasa and others, who were sitting in Sunfu Castle, were overjoyed when they received the news, and immediately diluted the tense atmosphere that had shrouded the castle before. 3 days ago, Torii Seiji reported the bad news that Kakegawa Castle had been lost, and even Asakura Nobuya's family had been captured by the Owari army. This made everyone in Junfu City feel at risk, and they all thought that the shogunate army was going to kill Junfu Castle at the next moment.

While the Tadashi and his retainers were immersed in the excitement of the victory, Asakura Nobunasa quickly came to his senses, and he bowed to the head of the family and pleaded: "The allied forces of the Tokaido feudal domains led by Itakura Shigemasa and Yagyu Soju are actually the main force of the shogunate's three-way army.

Now that Toki Yasuya and Inaba Masaori are attacking the strong with weakness and breaking the main force of this army, it should be extremely shocking news for the other two shogunate armies.

Our army did not even need to increase the number of troops in the other two directions, as long as the news of the defeat and retreat of the Itakura Shigemasa army was transmitted, the morale of both the Kai and Owari armies would inevitably be greatly reduced, and the shogunate's strategy of crusading against us and others would be considered a failure. ”

Naito Masayoshi, who had always opposed the dispatch of troops to the field, was shocked by the news of the victory, but also quickly changed his position, and after praising the achievements of Toki and Inaba Masashi to the head of the family, he echoed Asakura Nobuya's suggestion: "... The shogunate tokens sent back by Toki and Inaba Masatoshi were used to prove the defeat of Itakura Shigemasa's army, and the minister was willing to take these tokens to Enoe to persuade His Highness Yoshinao to stop the attack. ”

For Naito Masayoshi's suggestion, Tadanaga, who was open-minded because of the victory, did not refuse, and after a little discussion with Asakura Nobunasa, he agreed to let Naito Masakishi go to the Torii Seiji army, and Kimura Yuge to go to the Senishi Kugata army, conveying the news that Itakura Shigemasa's 6,000 troops were broken by Toki Yasuya and Inaba Masatoshi, and only a few hundred escaped.

Dividing Kai and Suruga is Mt. Fuji, the largest mountain in Japan's Kanto region. Fact: The best way to get from Kai to Suruga is down the Fuji River. However, under the orders of the shogunate, the Kai army still gathered 1,500 men and attacked along the Abe River, which led to Sunpu Castle.

The road on the side of the Abe River is much more difficult to walk on the Fuji River, and the Kai army is still attacking the lord of his own name, so the Kai army is the slowest on this road, and when the news of the victory of the Suruga army that defeated the Itakura Shigemasa army came out, the Kai army has not yet met with the Senishi Kugata army. After hearing the news, the Kai Army stopped, and confronted the Senshi Kugata Army, which was a day's away.

And Tokugawa Yoshinao, who was sitting in Tooe Kakegawa Castle, saw Naito Masayoshi, who came to persuade the two families to stop fighting with the token of the defeated Itakura Shigemasa army, and was also in disbelief for a while at the news of the defeat of the Itakura Shigemasa army.

He looked at the token in front of him and was silent for a long time, before he looked up at Naito Masayoshi and asked sternly, "Did Tadashi send you here to let you take these things and show off your might in front of me?" Defeated the incompetent Itakura Shigemasa, and Tadacho thought that my Owari army was also vulnerable? ”

Naito Masakichi pressed his head tightly on the tatami mat and said with a respectful attitude: "Your Highness has no such intention, Your Highness just wants to show His Highness Yoshinao that he is only targeting the three generations of shoguns themselves, and does not want to overthrow the rule of the shogunate."

If it weren't for the fact that the three generations of generals were pressing on His Highness step by step, and he had to put His Highness to death, how could His Highness dare to rebel? Xiao Chen heard that there has been a discord between His Royal Highness Yizhi and the three generations of generals, if the three generations of generals deal with my Royal Highness, it is difficult to guarantee that the next target will not be His Highness Yizhi.

His Royal Highness ordered the ministers to come over to meet His Royal Highness Yizhi, hoping that His Royal Highness Yizhi could understand His Highness's grievances and uphold a justice for His Highness, instead of the two swords facing each other. ”

Tokugawa Yoshinao stared at the letter taken out by Naito Masayoshi for a long time before he said to him: "It's really a quibble, Iemitsu is both the monarch and the elder brother, no matter how he treats the head of your family, it is in line with the code of ethics."

As a courtier, the loyal chief cannot serve the monarch well; As a younger brother, you can't treat your brother respectfully. On the contrary, he was reprimanded by Jiaguang under the pretext of raising troops to resist, is this what he should do as a courtier and as a younger brother?

You go back and tell the chief that you can't make another mistake, and now you can still have a chance to recover when you turn back, don't be stubborn, you have to go to a dead end.

You and other retainers can't advise the head of the house, and you can't let the head of the house mess around, do you really think that a mere Junfu Castle can withstand a blow from the Edo army? You go down and think about it, and when you go back early tomorrow morning, tell the chief what I said. ”

Naito Masayoshi didn't dare to reply, and repeatedly agreed and exited the room. Tokugawa Yoshinao, who was thirty years old, was the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the last son that Ieyasu personally cared for while he still had energy.

Therefore, with his two younger brothers, the Kishu Domain and the Mito Domain, Tokugawa Yoshinao, who was favored by Ieyasu, was more tough in the face of the shogunate. It is even rumored that when Quan Xiandian was alive, he once thought about letting Yi directly take the position of the third generation of generals.

Although it was just a rumor, Yoshinao dismissed it and never explained anything to Edo because of it. However, the righteousness of learning Confucianism from Lin Luoshan often talked about the king.

This attitude of Yoshinao is actually contrary to Hidetada's attitude towards the imperial family, and those who don't know why may think that the Tokugawa family has a loyal servant who respects the imperial family.

However, in Hidetada's view, the Owari Domain, which was closer to Kyoto, actually used this attitude to tell the Shogunate that the Owari Domain was not without the righteousness of the Shogunate, so as to counter the Shogunate's infringement of the interests of the Owari Domain.

Otherwise, Tokugawa Yoshinao would not have said a word about this obvious humiliation of the imperial family in the Purple Cloth Incident and the Kasuga Bureau Incident, which would be contrary to his remarks about the king.

With Hidetada's political ability, the shogunate and the Owari clan were relatively peaceful. But after Jiaguang took over the position of general, the tough character of the two uncles and nephews made outsiders know that Yizhi and Jiaguang were incompatible.

Although Yoshinao learned Confucianism from Lin Luoshan and vigorously promoted it in the domain, he also learned Shinyinliu Kendo from Yagyu Toshigan, and he learned it well. It can be seen that his strong character inside is not inferior to the three generations of generals Jiaguang.

Tokugawa Yoshinao's rebellion was certainly a surprise to Tokugawa Yoshinao, but after receiving a letter from his brother Hidetada, he decided to send troops to quell the rebellion in order to preserve the prestige of the shogunate.

In order to confuse Tadashi, although Yoshinao accepted the order to quell the rebellion, he was perfunctory when recruiting soldiers, so as to slack the loyalty of the wealthy clan of the Enjiang Kingdom. However, during this period, he kept writing letters to the wealthy clans of Yuanjiang and stating their interests, drawing most of the wealthy clans loyal to the shogunate to his side.

After the wealthy clans from Sanhe to Kakechuan City were moved by righteousness, he took the 3,000 troops gathered in secret, and with the assistance of the Hao clans along the road, he quietly arrived at the city of Kakekawa.

The soldiers of Kakekawa Castle, who were bribed by Yizhi, opened the city gate and directly welcomed the Yizhi army into the city. The righteous soldiers took over Kakegawa Castle bloodlessly and captured the relatives of Asakura Nobuyasa. He continued to send his old family elder Seise Zhenghu to cross the Oi River with 600 people, wanting to snatch the last natural danger to the west of Junfu City.

However, Torii Seiji, who arrived at the right time, drove Naruse Masatoshi back. The Owari Army and the Suruga Army confronted each other across the Oi River. Yizhi didn't want to use the lives of his subordinates to force the crossing, so he recruited the wealthy clans of Yuanjiang to help in the war.

He tried to establish multiple river crossings at the Oigawa River with the advantage of numbers, so that Torii Seiji was disadvantaged and eventually had to abandon the Oigawa defensive line. But at this time, Itakura Shigemasa's 6,000 troops were actually defeated by the Suruga Army with less than half of the troops, which made Yoshinao feel a bit of a headache.

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