The envoy sent by the Imagawa clan was the first to arrive, and after the hostages in the Imagawa family's Sunfu Castle disappeared, rumors soon spread that Matsudaira Motoyasu planned to rebel against independence under Sunfu Castle, so under the construction of the retainers, the Imagawa clan sent an envoy to Mikawa Province, intending to ask Matsudaira Motoyasu to go to Sunfu Castle and imprison him.

And when the messenger of the Imagawa clan arrived at the border of Mikawa, the Imagawa burial in the Yuanjiang area came out and began to compete with the Imagawa clan for the position of the governor of the Imagawa family, but due to the geographical distance, neither Matsudaira Motoyasu nor the messenger of the Imagawa clan did not know the news at this time, so the envoy's attitude at that time was very tough.

When this envoy entered Okazaki Castle and saw Matsudaira Motoyasu, he immediately reprimanded him in an interrogatory tone: "What kind of system have you become when you enter Okazaki Castle without permission and do not report to Sunfu for a long time!" ”

In the face of this accusation, Matsudaira Motoyasu replied: "If we do not enter Okazaki Castle, the army of the Owari family will not only capture Mikawa, but also Enoe Province and Suruga Province. If you think it doesn't matter if the Oda family's army hits Sunfu Castle, we can withdraw from Okazaki Castle at any time. Please tell me what I said. ”

At this time, Matsudaira Motoyasu had just decided to become independent privately with his retainers, but he did not intend to publicize it to the outside world, but was ready to make a break with the Imagawa family after a period of time, and only officially announced his break with the Imagawa family when he was prepared or the Imagawa family was really very tightly oppressed. So in the face of the real messenger of the Imagawa clan, Matsudaira Motoyasu has already looked a little tough.

The true envoy of the Imagawa clan didn't expect Matsudaira Motoyasu to dare to return the salute like this, and his tone suddenly softened a lot: "Stop the Oda family's army here." What a good intention! But please go to Sunpu Castle. Consult with the generals. Let's work together to defend Okazaki Castle. ”

Matsudaira Motoyasu hurriedly shook his head, and immediately refused: "Sunfu Castle is probably short of manpower at this time, and it is obvious that it will not be able to support this place in a short period of time, but it is not possible to let a mere Okazaki City contain the strength of the Oda family, and now with the Matsudaira family settled here, the defense of this place is much better, so I Matsudaira Motoyasu alone is enough to resist the attack of the Oda family's army, please rest assured!" "So far. He didn't care about interfering with the Imagawa family anymore.

And just when the two parties were still negotiating, the news that Imagawa Fuling had raised troops in the Enoe country to fight for the position of the governor of the Imagawa family finally arrived, so the real envoy of the Imagawa clan immediately fled like a grandson, and Matsudaira Motoyasu also officially declared independence and split from the Imagawa family after some discussion with the retainers.

After the declaration of independence, the Matsudaira family was mainly stationed in Okazaki Castle, and there was no intention of sending troops to rob the other Matsudaira family territories in the West Mikawa Province for the time being, after all, it was not convenient for the Matsudaira family to make enemies everywhere at this time. However, even Matsudaira Motoyasu plans to hide in Okazaki Castle like a turtle. The Imagawa family's civil strife still affected him.

First of all, Imagawa Shin sent an envoy to him again. However, this time the messenger who came was replaced, and the previous messenger was said to have been killed by the angry Imagawa clan, and the purpose of this messenger was to convey the intention of persuasion to Matsudaira Motoyasu, as long as the Matsudaira family returned to the Imagawa family, and united with the Imagawa family's army to attack the local Imagawa burial in Enoe Province from the rear, the Imagawa family would forgive the Matsudaira family's independent move, and admit that the Matsudaira family would continue to occupy Okazaki Castle.

Before the Matsudaira family could discuss the results, the messenger of the Imagawa burial zero also arrived, and unlike the real messenger of the Imagawa clan, the messenger of the Imagawa burial zero did not make any requests, but simply handed over a letter to Matsudaira Motoyasu and left.

After reading this letter written by Sena Hime, Matsudaira Motoyasu learned that the families and children of the wealthy families in various places, including his wife Sena Hime, who were originally hostages in the Imagawa family Suruga Kunijunfu Castle, were all charged by Imagawa Burial. In the letter, Sena Hime explicitly told Matsudaira Motoyasu that as long as the Matsudaira family's army stayed in Okazaki Castle and did not attack Imagawa Fury, then Imagawa Shiri promised to send Sena Ji and others back to the Mikawa family after the war.

As long as he doesn't move, he can save his wife and children, Matsudaira Motoyasu naturally knows how to choose, although he was ready to give up his wife and children for the survival of the Matsudaira family, but after all, it was a situation where one of the two had to be chosen, but now it doesn't need to be like this.

So not only did Matsudaira Motoyasu not send troops to respond to the Imagawa clan's call to attack the Imagawa Burial Zero, but even sent troops to attack Yoshida Castle and Tahara Castle in the Higashi-Mikawa Province region, so that when the nearby pro-Imagawa Clan's Sekiguchi family was ready to send troops to support these castles, Matsudaira Motoyasu also sent troops to make a fake move to attack the Sekiguchi family, so that the Sekiguchi family could only watch many Imagawa family's directly administered castles in the Higashi-Mikawa area be occupied by the Imagawa Burial Zero army in order to ensure their own safety. For this reason, the upper and lower levels of the Sekiguchi family also sent envoys to Sunpu Castle in Suruga to accuse the Matsudaira family of hatefulness, and Matsudaira Motoyasu naturally laughed at this matter.

Of course, Matsudaira Motoyasu is not a good person. After the Imagawa Burial Zero Rebellion and the Imagawa clan really snatched the position of the Imagawa family's governor, Matsudaira Motoyasu sent someone to investigate the Imagawa Burial Zero, and also discussed the situation of the Imagawa Burial with the retainers.

After deliberation, the Matsudaira family agreed that with the identity of the second son of Imagawa Burial Zero (according to the tradition of the Imagawa family, it is true that he does not have the qualifications to inherit the Imagawa family's family governor) and the strength that has no roots in the Imagawa family's territory (Imagawa Burial Zero seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and it was only known that he was sent to other regions, so he has no management power in the Imagawa family), and if the foundation is so weak, in the eyes of the Matsudaira family, he will eventually lose to the Imagawa clan. Of course, whether the Imagawa burial zero is defeated or not, this is indeed not a matter of concern to Matsudaira Motoyasu, but once the Imagawa burial zero is destroyed prematurely, it will not be a good thing for the Matsudaira family.

Just like this time, the Matsudaira family declared independence by taking advantage of the east wind of the Imagawa burial zero to fight for the family governor, and at this time, the Matsudaira family needed the Imagawa burial zero as a barrier to provide more time for the Matsudaira family to seize the time to recuperate. So Imagawa burial zero can not fall.

It was for this reason that when he learned that the nearby Sekiguchi family was preparing to send troops to support the Imagawa family's direct jurisdiction in the Higashi-Mikawa region, Matsudaira Motoyasu decisively sent troops to contain it. In his opinion, even if those castles were occupied by Imagawa Burial Zero anyway, when Imagawa Burial Zero was gradually defeated under the real blows of the Imagawa clan in the future, it was time for the Matsudaira family, who had been fully rested and prepared during this period, to attack and seize these castles. In general, these castles are nothing more than handed over to Imagawa Burial Zero for temporary management.

What's more, once the Imagawa clan was defeated by the Imagawa clan's direct territory in the Higashi-Mikawa region, then in the future, after the Imagawa clan was defeated and destroyed by the Imagawa clan, the Sekiguchi family should have united with these local castles in Higashi-Mikawa to form a camp, in this case, once the Imagawa clan really took a breath and attacked the Matsudaira family, then this camp would become the biggest threat to the Matsudaira family, Therefore, Matsudaira Motoyasu would rather these castles be controlled by Imagawa Burial Zero than continue to be controlled by the Imagawa clan.

It's just that these actions of Matsudaira Motoyasu are almost equivalent to the temporary allies of Imagawa Burial Zero, so that Luo Shinra, Imagawa Burial Zero, Yamamoto Kansuke and others can concentrate more energy to fight against the Imagawa Clan's army (this is the later decisive battle with Okabe Motonobu under the throne of the king), but it also made the Imagawa Clan very annoyed, but under the strong persuasion of the Imagawa family, in order to eliminate Imagawa Burial Zero, so Imagawa Shin came up with a way to win over Matsudaira Motoyasu.

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