"I'm so annoyed... I've been staying in this shabby city for more than 100 days. When will my husband's brother-in-law be willing to withdraw from the army? There is really no way..." Ginkgo opened the door at some point, walked into the house, and carried the
The lunch prepared by the kitchen for Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu was casually placed on the chessboard, without any regard for the disrupted chess game or Takeda Harunobu who was exclaiming.
That's right, Imagawa Yoshimoto decided to call Ginkgo to the front line after two months of continuous confrontation with the Hojo family. In any case, he himself is an adult male who has eaten meat, and he is full of blood. He has not been seen for several months.
Women will have problems - Takeda Harunobu is an exception. He has the nicknames of Kasuga Torasuna and Yashichiro, but Imagawa Yoshimoto has no such hobby and can only rely on his only wife.
Of course, the above are just the reasons given by Imagawa Yoshimoto when he applied to Shouguini. After all, Shouguini was not happy to see his mistress running around unruly all the time - in fact, it was Imagawa Yoshimoto who wanted to get married to Ginkgo himself.
They have never been separated for so long since then. Whether they are on missions or in battle, they are inseparable. Who would have thought that a casual trip with a team at that time would turn into a protracted war away from home for half a year?
"My chess! Sister!" Takeda Harunobu looked at the chess game that had made a mess on the tray with rice. He quickly picked up the tray and put it on the tatami aside. He tried his best to restore the mess on the chess board, but failed.
Just in vain.
"What's the big deal? You can't beat sir anyway." Ginkgo sat down cross-legged nonchalantly.
"This is the process of sparring!" Takeda Harunobu lamented.
"When you only look at the results, the process and means are not important. Isn't this the creed of you and our damn father?" Ginkgo choked angrily, then continued to turn to Imagawa Yoshimoto, and kept complaining: "What?
It’s time to retreat! We’re so bored. We’re in this city every day, doing one thing or another. Those Sagami people beat gongs and drums every day in the middle of the night to prevent us from resting, and we didn’t even sleep a single night. During the day
We have to shout and kill, even if we want to sleep in or catch up on a nap, is this still how people live?"
"This is a war? What do you think? For a fortified city that is absolutely impossible to defeat, we can't rely on exhaustion tactics? Maybe one day when we relax our vigilance, they will fake it and come in." Takeda
While Harunobu was still regretting the chess game just now, he casually explained to his sister, "Women, don't worry about this."
"Then I don't care. I want to withdraw my troops and go back to my comfortable bed in the Imagawa Pavilion." Ginkgo grabbed Imagawa Yoshimoto's arm and shook it, pouting, pretending to be charming and blowing the wind next to her pillow, and said: "
Sir, I want you to withdraw your troops!"
"Retreat, retreat now!" Imagawa Yoshimoto then also smiled and hugged Ginkgo, looking like a foolish and shameless king.
"Ah? Do you really want to retreat?" Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "After such a long confrontation, we must wait until the Hojo family takes the initiative to come to negotiate. If we go to sue for peace on our own, won't we seem to be at a disadvantage?"
"Then what should we do? How can we tactfully hint that the Hojo family comes to us to negotiate peace?" Imagawa Yoshimoto also pretended to be ignorant and asked Takeda Harunobu for advice.
"What should we do? What else can we do? Just keep on wasting it! Will they be able to harvest without autumn? Even if they are willing to harvest meat without autumn, why not support Kawagoe Castle and watch Musashi collapse?" Takeda Harunobu is still determined and has not wavered at all.
"If they continue to waste their time here, they will never be able to capture Katsurayama Castle, and of course we can't take his camp. But there is a fire in his backyard, and there is peace in our rear. Even if the Oda family attacks Mikawa, and the wealthy families of Northern Shinano attack Nanshin
No, our remaining troops are enough to cope with it, so what are we afraid of? If we spend forever with the Sagami Lion, he will definitely be the first to lose control."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hayasaka Nao quickly came to the door:
"Your Highness, an envoy from the Hojo family is here."
"Look." Takeda Harunobu immediately opened his hands to Imagawa Yoshimoto triumphantly and said with a smile, "Isn't this coming? After all, he is still worried that one day Kawagoe Castle will not be able to survive. The siege has been around for almost half a year, and he pointed out that
Maybe some local wealthy family had different intentions and opened the city gate."
"Let the envoy come up." Imagawa Yoshimoto motioned to Hayasaka Nao to bring the people. Soon after, he saw a monk wearing cassocks approaching - this person Imagawa Yoshimoto
He and Takeda Harunobu both knew each other, it was Hojo Genan, the diplomatic monk of the Hojo family.
"Master Gen'an, you are well." Imagawa Yoshimoto has already tidied up the house, and Ginkgo has gone back to his room to make up for the payment, leaving Takeda Harunobu and Imagawa Yoshimoto to receive him.
"His Majesty Jibu, Your Majesty Daizen, you are well. The poor monk has been sparse for a long time to say hello. Don't blame me." Hojo Genan bowed slightly and performed a Buddhist salute, and then slowly knelt down on the futon in front of him.
"Haven't we been greeting each other every day for the past six months?" Takeda Harunobu interrupted coldly, not intending to give Hojo Genan a good look. He seemed to want to seize the initiative in the negotiation from the beginning: "Every night at midnight, your army's
The sound of gongs and drums is very positive."
"Haha, two armies are fighting, why is His Highness Ozen so stingy for his master?" Hojo Genan didn't care about Takeda Harunobu's rudeness, but laughed and led him away - but Takeda Harunobu's eyes were sharp.
In a flash - Hojo Genan's attitude showed that the Hojo family was very eager to seek peace this time.
"The two armies have been quarreling for so long, and I haven't been able to sleep well for a few nights. It's really hard on her." Imagawa Yoshimoto took over the conversation as if nothing happened, "She also "greeted" your soldiers every day.
Woolen cloth."
"Haha, the Kai people are really generous." Hojo Genan took over the words knowingly, "Both sides are not happy, and the situation of this battle is unlikely to change in a day or two. In this case, how about we turn the war into friendship and retreat separately?
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"Are you withdrawing your troops to avoid suffering? I'm afraid it's not because Kawagoe Castle is in danger." Takeda Harunobu skillfully played the role of a black face, "We don't care whether we withdraw our troops or not. But if you don't withdraw your troops, Musashi will be doomed."
ah."
"Why did His Highness Ozen say this? Kawagoe Castle is a fortified city in the Kanto region. It is well-equipped with troops and supplies, and Sosuke Hojo (Tsunage Hojo) is a rare strong general. Facing the rabble of the Kanto Allied Forces, how difficult is it to defend it for three years?
?" Hojo Genan looked very surprised when he heard this, shook his head at Takeda Harunobu and said, "Compared to the two armies, it is really heaven and earth."
"If you weren't worried about Kagotsu Castle, why would you have to retreat? Don't say it's just for the sake of fighting. Let's get straight to the point, Master Gen'an. The Hojo family took the initiative to come to our door. Don't you and I understand why?
"Takeda Harunobu raised his head slightly and looked at Hojo Genan with squinted eyes.
"Haha... Kai people are so cheerful." Hojo Genan could only smile bitterly this time, and then said slowly: "Even if it is, so what?"
"Let's make conditions. If the conditions are satisfied, we can negotiate peace with the Hojo family. If the conditions are not satisfied, we can continue fighting. It's that simple." Takeda Harunobu stretched out a hand and made a gesture asking for money.
"Hey... to put it bluntly, the Hojo family, the Imagawa family, and the Takeda family were also in a state of peace talks before. It was the Imagawa family who incited the rebellion at Katsurayama Castle in the first place, sabotaged the peace talks, and then went to even greater lengths to demand conditions. It's really chilling.
" Hojo Genan sighed, and immediately made a sad expression, "Your Highness Jibu has always been known as a dignified gentleman, why did you do this treacherous thing?"
"Um..." Imagawa Yoshimoto was raped by Hojo Genan, and then I carefully thought about what happened, as if this was really the case. When the three families negotiated a peace a few years ago, the boundaries between the two sides had been delineated, and the Katsurayama family was
All the people belonging to the Hojo family. In that case, the Imagawa family was definitely not involved in the civil strife of the Katsurayama family - it seemed that the Imagawa family was the first to send troops and broke the peace treaty - but Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't think about it at all at the time.
That’s it.
"Who cares about this? Aren't peace talks meant to be torn up?" However, Takeda Harunobu's reaction seemed to be more western than the Imagawa family whose territory is to the west of him. "Now we are talking to your Hojo family from the perspective of strength.
Don’t come here to talk about things that are there or not.”
"Does His Highness Ozen have the final say here, or does His Highness Jibu have the final say? If I remember correctly, the Katsurayama family should be a matter between the Hojo family and the Imagawa family, and the Jundong County we are fighting for is also a matter of Shun.
The territory of River Country, right?" Faced with such an aggressive Takeda Harunobu, Hojo Gen'an looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto with a pointed look, "Hmm? What do you think, His Highness Jibu?"
"He has the final say." Imagawa Yoshimoto simply pointed at Takeda Harunobu who was sitting next to him, and then took out his folding fan and gave himself a gentle blow.
Fanning the wind lightly, "Master Huan'an, don't worry about me."
When Takeda Harunobu heard Imagawa Yoshimoto's familiar "cheap house governor" speech, he burst into laughter without holding back, while Hojo Genan's face turned dark.
"Master Gen'an, don't bother with these little thoughts, let's just do it." Takeda Harunobu sneered twice, put his hands on the table, and said directly to Hojo Gen'an in a deep voice: "Shundong County returns the Imagawa family.
The Japanese hostages in Jundong County were sent back to Imagawakan, and all the food and baggage that had arrived at the front line were left behind and handed over to the Imagawa and Takeda families for compensation. The campaign was called off, and each of them withdrew their troops and drafted a new peace treaty. What do you think?"
"It's a bit too much of a lie." Hojo Genan replied coldly.
"This is the final condition, there is nothing to argue about, and we don't want anything more." Takeda Harunobu waved his hand proudly, "Go back and inform the lion. If you don't agree, just continue to sit here with us until Kawagoe Castle falls.
, Musashi fell, Odawara Castle fell, and then let’s see if you are willing to part with this county’s land and some money and food.”