"I am willing to listen to His Highness Asahina's orders!" Matsudaira Motoyasu immediately borrowed the donkey and said, "This is exactly why I came here. Your Highness, the Governor, has treated my Matsudaira family with great kindness. The Matsudaira family will swear to the death to avenge His Highness the Governor!"
Of course, these words are not entirely true. It is probably just an excuse to say that His Highness the Governor was so kind to him and that the Matsudaira family would fight to the death for revenge. Yu Qiuping is willing to bet that the Matsudaira family regrets the death of His Highness the Governor.
It's not even one ten thousandth of his own, and there will even be many loyal retainers who feel secretly happy. The reason why the Matsudaira family chose to join forces with the Asahina family at this time is just to speculate on the side. After all, the Matsudaira family is still very powerful.
Weak and unable to resist either Asahina or Okabe, let alone the troops directly under the Imagawa family that would one day come to suppress the rebellion. Therefore, the Matsudaira family must unite with one of the forces to gain immunity and fight against the other party.
The reason why the Matsudaira family chose the Asahina family is probably because the Asahina family was at a disadvantage in the early battles and wanted to make themselves more important in the alliance.
When Matsudaira Motoyasu came for this trip, the Asahina family really did not dare to do anything to him, because the Asahina family really urgently needed the assistance of the Matsudaira family. After all, the Asahina family is now isolated from the troops of the Sena family by Kariya Castle.
, no matter which side the Okabe family launches an attack, the other side cannot provide effective assistance. If the Matsudaira family also turns against the Okabe family, the Sena family and the Sekiguchi family, who are caught in the middle, will suffer disaster.
After figuring out these joints, Yu Qiuping glanced at Matsudaira Motoyasu again. Although the distance between the two was only one meter, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that this living person was suddenly far away from him. The person who had to compromise but had his own persistence
The boy, the boy kneeling outside Okazaki Castle, the boy who pretended to be strong even when he was about to burst into tears, suddenly became a stranger. He was replaced by the wily Tokugawa Ieyasu in later history.
The change in Yu Qiuping's expression made Matsudaira Motoyasu stunned for a moment. The change from appreciation to disappointment is often more hurtful than the cold scolding and criticism.
"It is really a blessing for the Imagawa family that the Matsudaira family has such a heart." Asahina Yasuhiro nodded and said, "Then leave it to the Matsudaira family! Please dedicate your loyalty to the Imagawa family!" These words can be regarded as recognition of the Matsudaira family.
Semi-detached location.
"Please give me your orders, Your Highness." Matsudaira Motoyasu bowed and said respectfully. His low profile also calmed everyone's anger to a certain extent and allowed the negotiation to proceed smoothly.
Yu Qiupei looked at everything in front of him and was speechless. Your Highness Asahina, can you guess that in the history of your previous life, it was the person who respects you now who surrounded your city of residence, Kakegawa Castle, and finally destroyed the Imagawa family?
ah.
"Please, Your Highness Matsudaira, please rush back to the army as soon as possible, lead the army to Anxiang City, and meet His Highness Sena and His Highness Sekiguchi." Asahina Taichao said, "I will inform Your Highness about the next events."
"It's not too late," Asahina Taitomo knew that he couldn't delay at this time. Although there was no way to prove the Matsudaira family's reliability, he could only let him leave after a simple negotiation. "Momiji, could you please send His Majesty Matsudaira a way."
"Your Highness Matsudaira, please." Yu Qiuping stood up, sent Matsudaira Motoyasu out of the tent, and led the way without saying a word. Matsudaira Motoyasu was stunned for a moment, but just followed silently. Yu Qiuping could clearly feel that behind him,
The man's footsteps were scattered, and he seemed to be worried.
Just when Yu Qiuping was about to send Matsudaira Motoyasu to the Matsudaira family guard at the gate of the camp, Matsudaira Motoyasu suddenly whispered: "Your Highness Yuqiu...I have a few words..."
The footsteps behind him stopped suddenly, and Yu Qiuping could feel that Matsudaira Motoyasu had stopped.
"I want to speak to you, Your Highness."
Yu Qiuping sighed and turned around slowly. A gust of wind blew, and the red leaf shawl on his shoulders rustled.
"Does His Highness Matsudaira want to say a few words to His Highness Yuqiu, or does Takechiyo want to say a few words to Hongye?" Yu Qiuping asked in a low voice.
Matsudaira Motoyasu's Adam's apple squirmed, he glanced at the guards waiting for him in the distance, turned slightly sideways, and whispered: "It's Takechiyo who wants to talk to Momiji."
"I wonder Momiji...were you in trouble just now?" Matsudaira Motoyasu said in a low voice, as if he was back to the compromising young man he was when they first met.
"Do you want to hear the truth?" Yu Qiuping unconsciously said Imagawa Kaede's mantra, "I'm really disappointed."
"You are my good friend, which is why I trust you and send messengers to contact you." Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "But you use this trust to seek personal gain. Or is it the house governor..." Yu Qiuping choked up.
, "Your Highness, he really disappointed me when he just..."
"I'm really sorry." Matsudaira Motoyasu lowered his head and said softly.
"Such a cliché, I must have said it once when we just met." The corner of Yu Qiuping's mouth twitched. "Your Highness Songping, please come back." After that, he turned around and wanted to leave.
Matsudaira Motoyasu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Yu Qiuping's sleeve. Yu Qiuping turned around blankly and saw that Matsudaira Motoyasu had buried his face deeply in the shadow.
"I'm...really...sorry." Matsudaira Motoyasu spoke intermittently, whispering almost every word. It seemed that saying such a thing was too much for a person like him who had lived under a strong appearance since he was a child.
How difficult it is. "I took advantage of... Hongye's trust to do this kind of thing... I'm really sorry."
"But...I..." Matsudaira Motoyasu sighed, and his words became slightly coherent: "Not only is Hongye's friend, but also the governor of the Matsudaira family. I...I must put the interests of the family first...there are so many people,
So many of my subordinates are looking forward to me... My father and grandfather must also be alive... There is no way I won't fight for my family!"
"Well..." Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and sighed, "Takechiyo also shares your difficulties."
Yes, Tokugawa Ieyasu in his previous life had always been burdened with the fate and expectations of so many people, as well as the rise and fall of the family. From the moment he became the governor of the family, there was no turning back. In order to protect the family, he only had to
Continuously making the family stronger. He had to use all means, abandon personal relationships, and was pushed and pushed forward without a chance to rest - until he unified the world. Otherwise, once he retreats, he will die.
The fate of destruction.
"I understand." Yu Qiuping suddenly remembered the gambler uncle he met in Kyoto, who seemed to be the head of a certain family. "As a family governor, you can't only consider your personal feelings and position. You must also consider the interests of the entire family.
Ah, it is inevitable for someone to do such a thing under the mask of a house governor."
Perhaps there was nothing he could do about Takechiyo becoming Tokugawa Ieyasu. He himself might not want to be that person, but he had to carry the fate of his family forward. Once he embarked on this path,
There is no turning back. The people of the Tokugawa family need a "Tokugawa Ieyasu", the daimyo of each family who surrendered to the Tokugawa family need a "Tokugawa Ieyasu", and countless people need a "Tokugawa Ieyasu". Therefore, Takechiyo
I have to become that "Tokugawa Ieyasu".
While Yu Qiuping was in a daze, Matsudaira Motoyasu's face turned white and red. After a long time, he seemed to have made a lot of determination, and suddenly whispered.
"Hongye... is really my very important friend..." Matsudaira Motoyasu said such loving words, his voice was trembling with shame, "Although... I just did something like that... Saying such words again is very disrespectful.
.”
"But!" Matsudaira Motoyasu raised his head and looked into Yu Qiuping's eyes, "Please Hongye must believe me... In the past two years... Hongye respected and cared for me... I am really grateful."
Yu Qiuping looked at Matsudaira Motoyasu, who was speechless with shame and embarrassment. The air suddenly became quiet, and for a long time, Yu Qiuping smiled with relief.
"I know," he looked away a little embarrassed and waved his hand, "please treat me to tempura next time."
After seeing off Matsudaira Motoyasu, Yu Qiupei immediately rushed back to the main tent. On the way, he met Honda Tadakatsu, who was standing guard outside the tent, his head bowed and silent. It seemed that the latter had obviously finished listening to the shogunate's main tent just now.
internal dialogue.
"Nanosuke..." Yu Qiuping was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to explain it to Honda Tadakatsu. He also didn't know how Honda Tadakatsu was feeling now. Would he be happy because his master's family had regained the territory?
Honda Tadakatsu's gloomy face had obviously given Yu Qiuping the answer.
"Your Highness, please don't bother..." Honda Tadakatsu whispered, rejecting Yu Qiuping's comfort, "It's just that the master's treacherous behavior... is really puzzling to me."
Yu Qiuping wanted to say a few words of comfort, but Asahina Taehyung's loud voice came from inside the tent, muttering why Yu Qiuping hadn't come back yet. He sighed, patted Honda Tadakatsu's shoulder, and walked back
Inside the shogunate.
As soon as Amakihei came back, Asahina Taito continued to hold a meeting on the next action.
"I know you must all be full of resentment towards the Matsudaira family, but now, please suppress all these emotions." Asahina Yasumo stopped the complaints of Asahina Yasuhiro and Okuhira Sadakichi as soon as he spoke.
"We cannot ignore the situation in Okazaki Castle, Anxiang Castle, and even the entire Mikawa, and we will never let the Matsudaira family become independent." Asahina Taichao said solemnly, "This is the result of decades of hard work by the Imagawa family.
My father has been fighting for it for most of his life and will never give it up easily."
"It's just that we don't need to take care of it now." Asahina Taichao looked around, "I think everyone understands that given the incompatibility between us and the Okabe family, once we attack the Matsudaira family, the Okabe family will
If we unite with the Matsudaira family immediately, our situation will be in danger."
"I would rather take advantage of that Mikawa guy than let that guy Okabe go!" Asahina Taiheng scolded, "That guy killed the main hall! If we keep him, I don't know what kind of disaster the Imagawa family will suffer.
ah!"
"Those words are not rude." Okuhira Sadakatsu nodded and said, "In order to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down the inside. At the moment, we can only capture the traitor Okabe Motonobu first, and then consider the matter of Mikawa Owari."
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and wanted to speak, but finally held back.
In order to uncover the traitor, we have already abandoned Nanami Owari and His Highness Udono, and now we will also abandon Mikawa.
Even if the Imagawa family calms down the civil strife, wouldn't it mean that they will have to go back to decades ago overnight? Even worse than decades ago. Because with the departure of His Highness the family governor, the strongest generation of the Imagawa family headed by Taiyuan Yuksai has
Completely left. Facing the wolf-like neighbors, can the Imagawa family really regain its former status?
"But are the words of those Mikawa guys really credible?" Okuhira Sadakichi asked cautiously, "They have deceived our messengers before. If they deceive us again...when His Highness Sena and His Highness Sekiguchi are slacking off,
Let’s attack them secretly to try out the Okabe family... What should we do?”
"Probably not." Asahina Taichao pondered for a while and said: "If the Matsudaira family is really willing to join forces with the Okabe family, there is no need to take the risk of coming to our camp and just attack from both sides. Sena
His Highness and His Highness Sekikou are absolutely unstoppable."
"The reason why they came to us is obviously to find a weaker party to cooperate with, so as to seek greater benefits." Asahina Yasimo analyzed, "If he cooperates with the Okabe family, the Okabe family may not only be unappreciative, but also be eliminated.
After us, we controlled him with our backhand."
"It makes sense, but we must be careful." Okuhira Sadakatsu said maturely, "His Majesty Sena and His Majesty Sekiguchi should still be careful."
"Momiji, what do you think about this? Do you think we should trust the Matsudaira family?" Asahina Taichao asked when he saw that Amakihei had been deep in thought and did not speak.
"I..." Yu Qiuping thought for a moment, "I agree with His Highness's analysis. And I..." Yu Qiuping said softly with some embarrassment: "Although I was deceived just once... but I have to say that when the Songping family became allies,
I am still willing to trust them."
Because I know that in the history of the warring states, it was not uncommon for alliances to fight against each other. However, there were only a few alliances. From the time they were formed, they persisted until the end.
Among them, there is the most famous one - the Seiju Alliance. As a loyal ally of the Oda family, the Tokugawa family guarded the eastern gate for the Oda family, participated in a series of Oda family's conquests, and worked hard without complaint. Even after Oda Nobunaga's death
After that, Hashiba Hideyoshi seized power in the family. When Oda Nobunaga's son, Oda Nobuo, asked Tokugawa Ieyasu for help in order to fight against Hashiba Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu still readily promised as he had done countless times in the past, achieving the final success of Orita.
A good story about the Allied Forces.
Perhaps, that was Takechiyo's efforts to abide by his personal emotions and integrity while preserving family interests. Although all of this was covered up by his series of machinations, Yu Qiuping understood.
Chapter completed!