After Imagawa Ujihei arrived outside Pyongyang City, a group of juniors of the Amaki clan daimyos immediately came to greet him. During this expedition to Korea, most of the Amikawa daimyos chose to stay in Nagoya Castle themselves and send their sons to
They went to the battlefield to get some experience. Only Maeda Toshiie, a good old man, was troubled by everyone to take care of the juniors and went to Korea himself. Imagawa Ujihei recognized these familiar faces at a glance: Tsunemoto Ikeda, Tateyuki Sawaki, Konan Mori
"Why are you all here?" Imagawa Shihei was a little surprised when he saw this. He glanced at the flag at the top of Pyongyang City and looked back, "I looked at the battle map just now. Except for the Maeda family, your troops should not
Are they all still in Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province? Aren’t the troops stationed here the Kato family, the Kuroda family and the Fukushima family?”
"That's right, but uncle, you're here, so we're here to greet you! By the way, you can also take a look at the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that he is very powerful!" Tsunemoto Ikeda fully inherited his father's temperament and shouted carelessly.
He said, "It is said that the envoy scolded all our highnesses here and said that they were not qualified to negotiate with him, so he invited you here. Moreover, he only sees people in the morning every day.
The rest of the time, he spent the rest of the time in the house having fun with the women he brought."
"Yes." Sawaki Tatsuyuki raised his head and glanced at the sun, "It's already afternoon, I guess you won't be able to see him today, it will be tomorrow."
"Haha." Mr. Imagawa laughed twice, and then said with a serious look, "Of course I am happy that you came here to pick me up. But you can't leave your post without permission. If something urgent happens if you are not in the military camp,
Who will command the troops?"
"It's okay, we have killed all the Korean soldiers, not a single one is left." Tsunemoto Ikeda patted his chest again and assured, "What's the emergency?"
"What if the Ming army enters the country?" Imagawa Ujihei asked coldly, "Aren't they all gathering in Liaodong?"
"Uncle Maeda said that they won't come back until spring next year at the earliest, and the food and grass haven't been in place yet. So Uncle Maeda said, let's all come with confidence, it doesn't matter." Sawaki Tateyuki added with a smile, "But in
Before that, you may have reached an agreement with the Ming Dynasty’s envoys, and we won’t have to fight!”
"Haha, I hope so!" Imagawa Shihei also laughed and stretched, and then said to these juniors, "Come to our Hongye Army camp as a guest in the evening. I brought a lot of Nanyang specialties this time.
and Japanese snacks to satisfy your cravings. I’ve been doing this for more than a month, so I guess I haven’t eaten anything good!”
"Okay!" The young people shouted immediately after hearing this. Imagawa Ujihira smiled and dismissed them, and followed Governor Konishi into the camp of the Hongye Army outside Pyongyang City.
"Your Highness?" President Konishi asked in a low voice when he saw that Imagawa Ujihira's expression was not very good.
"It's okay." An imperceptible bitter smile appeared on the corner of Imagawa Ujihira's mouth, "May I ask where His Highness Maeda is? I want to go find him."
"Yes." After President Konishi was ordered to leave, Imagawa Ujihira lay down on the camp bed peacefully and put his hands behind his head. Before he could take a few breaths, Mori Ranmaru hurried in.
"Your Highness
!Someone is looking for you!”
"Who?" Imagawa asked as he lay flat on the bed without moving.
"The man refused to say that he came here in a carriage transporting goods. He got out of the bag after entering the camp, probably to avoid detection." Mori Ranmaru was also confused, "The body search has been completed. The man was afraid that we would be worried, so he took off his clothes completely, put on a sack cover and asked to see you."
"Let him come over." Imagawa Shihei stretched out, and then slowly got up from the bed. After a while, the man wearing only a sack was led in by Mori Ranmaru and Ukita Yasie. .That man had a crooked appearance, a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a ruffian look. Coupled with the nondescript sack, he looked really ugly.
After Imagawa's flat retreat, the man sat down opposite Imagawa's flat. The arrogance just now disappeared and was replaced by a calmness and stability that was far beyond ordinary people.
"I have met Mr. Yuqiu." The man showed the Ming Dynasty etiquette to Imagawa, and then whispered, "Young Shen Weijing, his name is not impressive."
"How could the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, who was so majestic and unchanging in the past few days and scolded many high-ranking officials in our army so that they did not dare to raise their heads, have such a bad reputation?" Imagawa replied with a salute and then corrected himself. Sitting upright.
"It's not easy to get things done if you don't have a good reputation." Shen Weijing laughed dryly, and some wrinkles appeared on his sallow face. "Otherwise, how can I sneak out to see Mr. Yuqiu now?"
"I know, people who do dirty things are always like this." Imagawa Ujihira also laughed twice.
"Oh? Mr. Yuqiu can also do dirty things?" Shen Weijing shook his head in disbelief, and quickly looked at Imagawa Ujihira, and then questioned with a click of his tongue, "It's not like that, it's not like that... no That kind of temperament.”
"Someone has done it for me." Imagawa Shihei sighed, then lowered his brows and whispered, "Nothing else, Mr. Shen. Do the rest of the plan remain as usual?"
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The conversation between Imagawa Ujihira and Shen Weijing was so brief that it ended before Konishi Yukinaga returned.
"Your Highness, Your Highness Maeda is currently in the palace of Pyongyang Castle." Governor Konishi pointed at Pyongyang Castle and replied, "His Royal Highness Maeda said that he was unable to welcome you from far away. I am very sorry. Please come to the city and talk to him. He is planning to The feast will welcome you and wash away the dust."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Imagawa Jihei immediately stood up, but Asahina Taihei on the side couldn't help but said more: "Your Highness, didn't you say that there would be a banquet in the camp tonight."
"Haha, you're just greedy for those delicious foods. It's okay, just stay and eat together." Imagawa Ujihei saw through Asahina Taihei's little thoughts at a glance, smiled and patted his shoulder, and at the same time said to the surrounding guards He ordered, "You don't have to come with me. Just stay in the camp and eat together. Don't delay the guard."
"Your Highness?" Sen Changke frowned, moved closer to Yu Qiuping, and protested in a low voice, "Pyongyang City is an enemy city after all. It is inevitable that there will be lurking North Korean assassins and skirmishers. How can we not bring guards? ?”
"Why, don't you believe your highness?" Imagawa Shihei raised his eyebrows at Mori Nagako and patted the Chidori on his waist, "Just go and eat as you are told. Just follow the order."
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When Imagawa Ujihira walked to the door, he suddenly found that Akechi Mitsuhide had arrived. He was only sixteen years old this year and had an outstanding talent. And to Imagawa Ujihira's surprise, this child's delicate facial features resembled Akechi Mitsuhide - others might think It's nothing, but Imagawa Ujihira is instinctively sensitive to this matter, because he knows that Akechi Mitsuhide is actually a woman. Why would a child who is not directly related to Akechi Mitsuhide look so similar to her? Imagawa Ujihira is puzzled. Solution, I recalled some knowledge in modern medicine. There seems to be a saying that a family living together will share some special flora, such as oral flora, which over time will cause the body to become normal and grow more and more. The more similar they are. This is how the so-called husband and wife portrait came about. When Imagawa Jihei thought about this, he felt more and more reasonable that this statement was more reasonable. Back then, after Akechi Mitsuhide died in the battle to avenge Uakiuhei, Imagawa Jihei would treat the unaccompanied Akechi. Mitsuhei was brought up in his own home, and the daily affairs of the Akechi family were managed by agents and judges sent by the Uaki family. Akechi Mitsuhei and Imagawa Ujihira lived together for ten years, and they looked somewhat similar to Imagawa Ujihira. ——This must be caused by shared flora.
"Why are you here so early, Jubei?" Imagawa Jihei smiled and stepped forward, patting Akechi Mitsuhei's shoulder.
"I haven't seen my uncle for a long time. I want to spend more time with him." Akechi Mitsuhei showed the same gentle smile as her mother. The look between her eyebrows made Imagawa Jihei feel a little dazed for a while, thinking of her deceased, and even her last face.
Akechi Mitsuhide, who didn't even meet him properly, almost turned red in his eyes.
"Well, I'm really sorry. My uncle has something to do in the city now." Imagawa Ujihei put his other hand on Akechi Mitsuhei's shoulder and whispered, "Later, when everyone comes to the camp, you
Mobilize everyone and stay in the camp for a while after dinner, it is best to stay here overnight."
"Why?" Akechi Mitsuhei was stunned for a moment, then an uneasy look appeared instantly.
"Just listen to uncle. How could uncle lie to you?" Imagawa Ujihei smiled, then patted Akechi Mitsuhei on the back, turned around and walked towards the city.
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When Imagawa Ujihei arrived at the west gate of Pyongyang City, he discovered that Maeda Toshiie and others had been waiting here.
"Momiji, it's not safe here, how can you walk around alone?" After seeing that Imagawa Ujihira didn't bring any guards, Maeda Toshiie was obviously surprised and hurriedly stepped forward to signal his guards to protect Imagawa Ujihira, "
If there is a sniper in the dark, it will be enough for you."
"The Ming army won't attack me, and the Korean army will be beaten by you." Imagawa Ujihira shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
"Even if you are not afraid of the Ming and Korean troops, you still have to be careful about them..." Maeda Toshiie approached Imagawa Ujihira, glanced at the flags of Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, and Kuroda Nagamasa, and said in a low voice.
"Aren't you the big brother in control of Pyongyang? I have nothing to worry about. Speaking of this..." Imagawa Ujihira seemed to suddenly remember something, and lowered his voice in Maeda Toshiie's ear, saying in a reproachful tone, "
How can you tell children about top-secret plans?"