Seeing Hojo Nagayasu staring closely at him, the military minister's expression remained unchanged and he looked back quietly, but many thoughts flashed through his heart.

After staring for a moment, Hojo Changyasu turned his head, with only a deep solemn look on his thin face. He said a long word in a deep voice to many retainers.

Prime Minister Wu tried his best to listen, but he couldn't understand it at all, and he couldn't help but feel helpless.

Hikojo Nobuno, who once acted as a translator, was also in the Japanese-style room. Hearing what Hojo Nagayasu said, he frowned slightly.

What the Lord said is that Wan Ting helped him defeat the Maeda family, the Matsudaira family, and the Shimazu family, and captured the eighteen counties of the Five Kingdoms. He was his powerful help, and he must not let the people of Cang Yuan take them back.

Therefore, as a last resort, we can only suspend the offensive, sue for peace with the Yoshikawa family, continue to gather samurai and ashigaru, gather in Shimono Kingdom, and wait for Sogen to come!

No matter how many people come from the other side, the tens of thousands of troops under his command can defeat them all!

Hiko Shino agreed with this. He had indeed seen Wan Ting use his strategy to defeat the enemy soldiers.

With the help of such a capable person, the Lord is very likely to become the most powerful name under the shogunate!

……

With his troops and horses, Qin Yi kept moving forward in the fields. After walking for a day, he always felt a little strange.

Whenever you pass by a populated place, you will attract a lot of people watching.

These small and thin people in the country can just wait and watch, but their eyes are full of vigilance and hostility!

Some people even followed the team for a long time before stopping. This situation made Qin Yi feel that there must be something fishy!

It is very likely that the people of these nesting countries already know where they came from!

Thinking like this, Qin Yi has decided to keep an eye out and be on guard secretly to avoid disaster!

It was not until late at night that Qin Yi stopped marching, sent orders to go down, set up camp on the back of the mountain, and rest on the spot.

After the camp was stationed, Qin Yi sent out many scouts and set up many patrol soldiers in the camp to avoid being attacked by night.

After all, this is the northernmost tip of Taga County. If you go a little further, you will enter Shimono Country, so you have to be careful.

Back in the camp, Qin Yi opened the war map, and what he saw made him frown.

In the morning, he had already discovered that there were many dense red dots that were gathering towards Shimono Country.

He once asked Mizutani Yoshiichi, and the other party's explanation was that it was probably because the Hojo family was preparing to attack the Yoshikawa family on the left that they summoned troops.

When Qin Yi heard this, his heart sank. If this is true, his plan will be shattered.

Originally, we wanted to have a quick victory and rush to Kawachi County as soon as possible before the opponent gathered, defeat the Hojo family's lair, and rescue the military minister.

But now, the opponent has gathered troops. Judging from the number, it is at least tens of thousands. There are still many troops rushing from all around. In the future, there will be 30,000 to 40,000 troops in the Hojo family's lair!

In this case, the front is not a sheep's nest, but a tiger's den!

Qin Yi thought for a long time and could only decide to slow down the march and station here first, waiting until the opponent sends troops to attack the Yoshikawa family before continuing.

After all, we don’t have many men and horses, so we can’t go to the tiger mountain knowing that there are tigers in it.

If you rush towards the opponent's heavy troops, there will definitely be disastrous consequences.

But at this moment, Qin Yi suddenly discovered that the left side of Shimo Country, which is the location of Ueno Country, was the territory of the Yoshikawa family. Many soldiers and horses had gathered before, apparently to resist the Hojo family.

But now, these soldiers and horses are scattering in all directions.

This situation surprised Qin Yi.

Didn't Mizutani Kaiichi say that the Hojo family was going to attack the Yoshikawa family?

Why did the Yoshikawa family disperse their troops?

This is unreasonable, there must be something wrong!

Qin Yi frowned and pondered. After a moment, he suddenly thought, could it be that the Hojo family was aware of their existence and prepared to deal with their own side first, and then postponed the attack on the Yoshikawa family?

Very likely!

However, he was a little confused. He deliberately chose to travel in a place with few people along the way. Logically speaking, his whereabouts could not be leaked so quickly. What was going on?

It's very possible that someone tipped off the Hojo family!

……

In the camp, a person walked out and headed towards the camp gate.

The camp gatekeeper heard the footsteps and turned his head to look. The visitor quickly explained, "I want to pay my respects."

The guard frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then waved his hand, signaling a soldier to follow him.

This person is a special agent of the country and cannot be allowed to go out alone to avoid escaping.

Mizutani Kaichi didn't have any dissatisfaction. After leaving the camp gate, he headed towards the toilet not far away.

There must be a toilet near the military camp, located downwind, for the use of soldiers.

Not long after, when they arrived at the toilet, Mizutani went in easily, while the soldiers stood guard outside.

After a while, Mizutani Kaichi came out and smiled at the soldiers.

The soldiers didn't like this spy, so they ignored him and turned around and left.

Mizutani Kaichi did not follow him, but suddenly reached out and threw a white object, which landed in the grass near the toilet.

The soldier walked a few steps but didn't hear any movement behind him, so he turned around and saw Mizutani Jiayi still standing there, and immediately shouted, "Why are you so stupid and you don't go back?"

Mizutani Jiaichi nodded quickly and bowed, "Let's go now, let's go now!"

He walked forward quickly, walked in front of the soldiers, and walked all the way to the camp.

Back at the camp, Mizutani Kaichi entered the tent, lay on the blanket, and was slowly falling asleep, when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the tent, and was startled.

But before he could get up, two wolf-like soldiers rushed in, grabbed him violently, and dragged him out.

Mizutani Jia woke up in an instant and was horrified. She quickly shouted, "What are you doing? I am a guide and will help you. Let me go!"

But when he was dragged out of the tent, he saw many people glaring at him angrily.

Mizutani Jiayi's heart trembled, his face turned slightly pale, and he asked hurriedly, "What are you doing? Why are you doing this to me?"

Among the people, the leader was Qin Yi. He frowned and threw a piece of paper in front of Mizutani Jiayi, "Tell me, what's going on with this piece of paper?"

Although the words were slightly soft, the murderous intention contained in them made Mizutani Jiaichi couldn't help but tremble!

Full of shock, Mizutani Jia glanced at it and said quickly, "I don't know, this has nothing to do with me, sir!"

Qin Yi turned his head and looked at the captain of the Jinwu soldiers beside him. It was said that this person was good at torture, so he found him.

Looking at the other party, Qin Yi said slowly, "Ask the truth, don't get yourself killed."

"I understand this humble position!" The captain nodded and looked at Mizutani Jiaichi, his eyes filled with cold light.

Mizutani Jiayi became more and more horrified, and before he could beg for mercy, he was dragged into the tent by the captain of Yi Ziying.

Immediately afterwards, a horrifying howl came from the tent, and it kept ringing throughout the entire camp!

Qin Yi has no sympathy for this.

When he sensed something was wrong, he began to suspect Mizutani Kaiichi, so he used positioning to check the other party's movements.

Unexpectedly, this meticulous work was really evil, and he even used Chu Gong to throw the letter full of Wo Guo's handwriting near the toilet.

Fortunately, he saw it and sent his subordinates to pick up the letter.

Otherwise, it may lead to a big mistake!

If you guessed correctly, what is written on this letter is our own movement!

The leak of whereabouts has a lot to do with Mizutani Kaiichi!

This guy ruined his plan, no punishment is too harsh!

The miserable howl slowly subsided, perhaps unable to hold on any longer. Mizutani Jiayi no longer resisted, but began to explain one by one. Qin Yi stood outside the tent and could faintly hear intermittent cries coming from the tent.

The sound of words.

Not long after, the captain of the Jinwu soldiers walked out of the camp and said respectfully to Qin Yi, "Your Majesty, this person has been recruited as expected. He said that he left clues while marching yesterday and informed the nest of his whereabouts and purpose.

The people of the country and the Hojo family learned the news!"

"The Hojo family summoned the Ashigaru, originally intending to attack the Yoshikawa family. After knowing our whereabouts, they decided to deal with us. At this moment, the other party is gathering troops and horses and is waiting in Kawachi County!"

"What is written on this letter is the prince's plan to wait here."

Qin Yi frowned when he heard this!

Damn guy!

If it is not discovered, all our combat plans will be known to the enemy soldiers and we will fall into a passive situation!

Mu Haorang said angrily, "Your Majesty, this person should be killed!"

Qin Yi frowned, pondered for a moment, and shook his head helplessly, "No, this person is familiar with the local area, and we need him as a guide."

Without this guy, he would only have a systematic map and would not know where this place is. He would not be familiar with the surrounding terrain, which would be disadvantageous in combat.

In addition, this guy is also needed as a translator, which is of great use.

So, Qin Yi walked into the tent and saw Mizutani Jiayi huddled in the corner with blood on his face.
To be continued...