"What a beautiful place!" I propped my arms over the beautifully carved wooden railing and bent over to look down. The clear water of the river flows slowly at the foot of the castle walls, and the blue sky reflects it in a pale blue.

In the center of the river there are several boulders jutting out of the water, and the rushing water forms wisps of silvery-white spray around them, and occasionally a few swimming fish swim upstream, occasionally showing their blue-black backs. Some dragonflies hover and fly on the water, constantly undulating and touching the water with their tails, adding some leisure and interest to the scene.

The noon sun shines directly on the embankment built by the huge boulders on the bank, and the weathered stone surface on the slow slope looks so natural that it does not give people a sense of exuberance, but it makes people feel unnaturally relaxed during the period.

Mt. Fuji stands majestically in the distance, and the clear weather makes it very clear, except for a faint cloud near the summit. Although I don't think it's a magnificent shore, it's a little more kind. Seondeokji Temple is also in the woods in that direction, and there seems to be a bell faintly ringing.

Distant mountains, ancient temples, rivers, embankments, city walls, waves, swimming fish, dragonflies, all this seems to be a bit ......

"My lord, do you have any plans?" The only person in the room besides me, the Gamo clan asked there, probably because he thought I had been lying on the verandah a little too long.

"Oh...... A little mess! I smiled and turned around, but my hand reached over the railing and pointed down. It seems that there should be some anglers and children playing in the water, but look at it now! "As far as I was pointing, the riverbank was lined with barracks tents.

The loss of Futamataki Castle finally collapsed Tokugawa's defenses at Tooe, but to everyone's baffle, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not show any haste to follow. At dawn on the day of the capture of Futamata, the Tokugawa army quietly abandoned its forward position south of Lake Hamana, and at noon that day completely withdrew from Hamamatsu Castle. Everything seemed to be in order, which further confirmed my previous suspicion that the space of Futamatata Castle would be exchanged for time.

Reinforcements still did not come, so Tokugawa Ieyasu had to continue to drag on, and the line of defense again was the Oigawa River, which was located between Enoe and Suruga.

At the end of May, the rivers of Tokaido have just entered the flood season, and although they are indeed wider, they can still be waded in vain. But even so, Tokugawa Ieyasu still effectively took advantage of the home field and carried out a continuous attack on our crossing, and once our army attacked with all its strength, he dodged again. Because the troops carried a lot of baggage and heavy equipment, I had to be cautious.

It was not until I had crossed enough troops in batches and put myself in a reliable position that the situation changed radically, but it was delayed for another three days.

The central region of Suruga was not suitable for defense, so Hanazawa, Ejiri, and Tamano Castle were all abandoned by the Tokugawa army on their own initiative, and they thought that Sunfu would have to defend it, but what they saw was still an empty city. After this period of direct confrontation, I have a new understanding of Tokugawa Ieyasu, that is, to fight resolutely and withdraw decisively!

On the 2nd day of June in the 10th year of Tensho (1582), my army finally stepped on the heels of Tokugawa Ieyasu and stepped into the most magnificent castle in the East China Sea, Sunfu.

"The lord seems to like this place very much, otherwise why would he suddenly feel sorry for such a thing!" The Gamo clan had been looking at a map, and I couldn't help but laugh when I heard this.

"I'm afraid it's not just me, the previous masters probably have a lot of feelings for this!" I let out a long breath, then turned and walked back inside.

"My lord, how can this be seen?" The Gamo clan probably thought I was tired, so they put aside what they were doing and chatted with me for the time being.

"The luxurious mansions and mountain treasures built by the Imagawa clan have been reduced to ashes with a fire in the Baba Shinbo. Although the castle lord after that, Nobuyoru Anayama, is also an elegant person, but it is really hard to completely restore it! I sat down across from his little table and made myself a cup of hot tea, and my tone was really like a story. I've read a piece of information that Anayama Nobukun only repaired some basic facilities before, and he himself lived in Ninomaru. But in the less than two years since Tokugawa Ieyasu came here, he has basically recovered his old outlook! Look here......" I said, patting my hand on the floor and then on the nearest wall. "Not only was it completely renovated, but it was also painted. If it weren't for the fact that time was too tight, I'm sure the railings here would have been covered with gold leaf! ”

"I didn't expect that, if you hadn't mentioned it, I almost forgot that this place was burned down!" The Gamo clan looked around, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "The splendor and splendor of the Imagawa family really can't see any traces, but it's a pity that in the past ten years, it has almost been forgotten by people, and when it is mentioned again, it is mostly a barrel room." When I saw the environment today, I understood a little, and it seems that it is difficult to arouse the consciousness of excitement here! ”

"You can't say that in general, everyone wants to live a good life!" I am not so convinced by his words, although he may not have received the education of "five stresses, four beauties, and three loves", but similar religious reasoning can be found all the time. However, many successful people have little to do with this, and even those with this kind of education are overwhelmingly unsuccessful.

"My lord, will you move here after the world is settled?" Somehow, he suddenly asked such a sentence.

I was stunned for a moment, and my mental preparation for this question was still a little insufficient, although the gains and losses of Tokugawa Ieyasu in placing the ruling center in the Kanto region in history cannot be fully explained, but at least he sat in peace and stability for 250 years.

However, Edo really became the economic and political capital of Japan, but after the Meiji era was renamed Tokyo, the decline of power at the end of Edo and the rise of powerful feudal clans in the southwest were also absolutely related to their relaxation of foreign trade control away from. But now that I'm still in the Middle Ages, it's undoubtedly extremely dangerous to loosen my grip on the vast expanse of the Eastern Kingdom!

"It's okay to stay here for a while as a vacation, but I can't stand being away from a busy place for a long time! I am a fake Qinggao, and I am still greedy for Hongchen in my bones. I eventually shook my head, but it looked a little confused. However, this is a hub for the east and west, and it is impossible to return it to Tokugawa, so in the future, I would like to connect Suruga with Sagami and hand it over to someone who can be trusted. With the natural hazards of Odawara and Hakone, the world's strongest fortresses, and the grain produced in the Suruga Plain, I think this will be a strong guarantee for the stability of the eastern country. There are not many people with such ability, would you like to come? With that, I watched the expression on his face change.

This time it was the turn of the Gamo clan to be silent, and it seems that my question has caused him some trouble. "I don't think I'm a good fit!" He also chose to shake his head. "Such an important local lord should choose a martial general, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to take on this important task as a minister. When it comes to being a minister, I prefer the endless wilderness of Kanto and Tohoku, during which the prancing horse makes people feel like they are soaring over the world. But this is just a little selfishness for the minister, and everything is still subject to the judgment of the lord! ”

"It's more brains than courage and more to deal with problems!" I smiled at him understandingly, nodded, and reached for the half-documented document I had just seen. "Since you don't want to come, then I'll go and discuss with Chongzhi again, in short, this East China Sea line can't be relaxed. can only be wronged by His Royal Highness Tokugawa, his desire to live in the Junfu is only afraid that it will become a fantasy! ”

"You know that, too?" The Gamo clan was surprised again by my "vast supernatural powers", and he thought that this should also be the work of ninjas and spies.

"I'm just interested in messy things, and really serious things are often overlooked!" I didn't go on to explain this, but asked, "Where has Tokugawa Ieyasu been now?" ”

"An hour ago, the Tokugawa army abandoned Omiya, Shiratori Mountain, and Mimebashi castles, and the main force retreated across the Fuji River!" Gamo looked down and found a few pieces of paper on the table, although it had been less than half an hour since they were brought in, he had already studied them all. "It seems that Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to rely on the Hakone natural danger to fight a decisive battle with us, and deployed heavy troops in Kambara, Katsuyama, on the east bank of the Fuji River. In addition, about 2,000 people retreated in the direction of Kai, and the commander of the army was Sakai Tadaji! ”

"Jiafei doesn't have to care too much, it's enough to ask Gao Hu to lead three thousand people into Omiya City to monitor his movements!" I tapped my fingers lightly on the table, and said with some annoyance: "Now the key is Tokugawa Ieyasu's side, we seem to be in a hurry to attack!" ”

"It's not a lot, but it would be better if I could have a few more days!" After silently calculating for a while, the Gamo clan said: "According to the latest information, the Hojo family has basically completed the assembly, and it may be possible to rush to support Tokugawa Ieyasu within a few days." In fact, if it were the Hojo family alone, it might not take so much time, the key is that they want to pull all the people in Kanto and Tohoku to give themselves courage! ”

"If he doesn't come to Tokugawa Ieyasu again, he will surrender, this is the result that the Hojo clan is absolutely unwilling to see!" I was holding a map of the whole of Japan and looking at it hard, but it wasn't Suruga and Sagami. "This time, I didn't mobilize a lot of the Daimyo's troops, but I asked almost all of them to be elite. This has caused a lot of difficulties for Chongzhi, I don't know if things will go smoothly in the future! ”

"His Highness Takenaka still has the trump card of Cossack light cavalry in his hand, it shouldn't be difficult to achieve suddenness!" Gamo Township was relieved. "Now it's better to have a step where we share it with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and then everything will be complete!"

"Reporting to the lord, the envoy of the Tokugawa family, Honda Masashi, has arrived!" While we were pondering, Gobenmaru came in and reported.

"Arrange for him to stay, and I'll see you tomorrow!" After the order, I turned my head to the Gamo clan and said, "Since the Tokugawa has sent people, we must step up the attack, and order Caizo, Ikeda, Mori, Hidekiyo, and Ukita to advance to the Fujigawa line immediately!" ”