On the morning of May 11th, on the way from Inuyama Castle to Oguchi Castle, Ame Qiupei was taking Ryuko, Honda Tadakatsu and several other guards on horseback to the Oda family's camp outside Oguchi Castle.
After Amakihei's great victory, the war situation in Niwa County completely shifted to the Oda family. Oda Nobukiyo completely lost the ability to go out of the city to rescue his two branch cities, and was surrounded by the Oda army in Inuyama Castle. And Amakihei was also there
After stabilizing the situation, he was called by Oda Nobunaga to the foot of Oguchi Castle to hold an evaluation meeting to decide the next action of the Oda family.
The weather was hot, and Yu Qiuping was already sweating after riding in the sun for a short time. So, he ordered his men to rest under a big tree nearby. As soon as Yu Qiuping got off his horse, the considerate Long Zi immediately
He handed the water cup in his bag to Yu Qiuping, and took out a towel to help Yu Qiuping wipe the sweat on his neck and back.
"Thank you Longzi," Yu Qiuping enjoyed the massage on his back with his deft little hands, "Are you unhappy that you didn't go into battle yesterday?"
Yesterday's final moment of cavalry charge, both Ryuko and Honda Tadakatsu missed it because they were sent out by Yu Qiuping to deliver orders. Although Honda Tadakatsu didn't say it explicitly, Yu Qiuping could see regret in the eyes of that innocent young man.
and unhappy.
Sure enough, when Yu Qiuping mentioned this topic, Honda Tadakatsu's face was as expressionless as ever, but his hand held the handle of the knife vigorously, making Yu Qiuping snicker secretly.
"No, how could it be?" Long Zi replied matter-of-factly while helping Yu Qiuping sort out his clothes: "The war is so cruel, it would be great if everyone could survive safely, so why would you think about it?
Those things?”
"That's what you said," Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this, and smiled in relief. The child Longzi really didn't like fighting and killing that much. She wanted to follow the battlefield, maybe just to protect Yu Qiuping.
"Let's go, let's continue on the road," Yu Qiuping stretched and then got on his horse, "Let's go to Xiaokou City quickly!"
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After Ame Qiupei rushed to the Oda family's camp outside Oguchi Castle, he was led by Ikoma Oikasa to Oda Nobunaga's main tent to report to him on the battle situation.
"Hongye, you did a good job this time and didn't embarrass me." Oda Nobunaga encouraged Yu Qiuping excitedly after seeing Yu Qiuping's return after a long journey: "You are a partial division responsible for containing the enemy, but you directly
Oda Nobukiyo's main force has done a great job! You have put Yu Dai's main force to shame! Tokiwabei's combat prowess is truly well-deserved."
"My lord, you are ridiculous." Yu Qiuping suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back. If Oda Nobunaga paid more attention to Tokiwabei's combat power, his plan to rebel would inevitably be hindered. So, he could only forcefully
He changed the topic and said: "We were able to win this time, thanks to the power of the iron cannon."
"Oh?" Oda Nobunaga seemed to be interested and raised his eyebrows: "You also use iron cannons on the battlefield?"
"Exactly." Yu Qiuping nodded, "But I'm no better than my lord, I only have 20 iron cannons. If there were more, the results would definitely be more generous!" Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly as he spoke.
, "But iron cannons are not cheap. I bought them even if the retainers at home disagreed with them. I only bought 20 of them and I started crying."
"Hahahahaha..." Oda Nobunaga laughed when he heard this, and patted Yu Qiuping's shoulders heavily a few times, "Your words have spoken to my heart!" Oda Nobunaga said.
As he spoke, he pointed to a few old retainers sitting around him, "Those old guys in the Yu family also always feel that I spend money lavishly and think that the iron cannon is useless!"
"Look, it's not just Yu, right?" Oda Nobunaga pointed the folding fan in the direction of Yu Qiuping, and he looked around at the elders proudly: "Even Hongye, who has made great contributions, said that iron cannons have a lot of power on the battlefield.
Dayong! What do you have to say? You are stuck in a rut!"
"Yu He predicted! Ten years from now, the entire battlefield will be dominated by iron cannons!"
After chatting with Oda Nobunaga, Yu Qiuping was stayed by him and prepared to attend the evaluation meeting in the evening.
When Yu Qiuping had some free time, he planned to go to the camp of his buddies, Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing, to rest, but he couldn't find them. Their retainers and guards said they didn't know where they had gone.
Yu Qiuping was so surprised that he was wandering around the camp. As he was wandering around, he suddenly heard the noise and the sound of wine glasses clinking. Yu Qiuping frowned and immediately walked towards the camp where the sound came from.
Sure enough, as soon as he opened the tent door, he saw Maeda Toshiie, Ikeda Tsuneaki, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Naomasa Naomasa and several other women gathered together to drink. The smell of alcohol in the tent inhaled Yu Qiuping.
Feeling unhappy for a while, he immediately shouted angrily: "How brave! You guys are actually drinking in the military camp!"
His loud voice made several people who were drinking happily stunned for a moment, and turned to look at the tent. After discovering that it was Yu Qiupei, Maeda Toshiie immediately laughed nonchalantly and said: "With such a loud tone, I thought it was our lord.
!I didn’t expect it was you, Hongye!”
"What's wrong with me? How can you drink in the military camp?" Yu Qiuping shouted dissatisfied again.
"Do you think every family is as disciplined as your Tokiwabi!" This time it was Ikeda Hengxing's turn to retort: "Drinking is not allowed in the military camp, gambling is not allowed in the military camp, and horse racing is not allowed in the military camp! Even into this!
You must get the permission of the guard to enter the camp gate or the city gate! I have been blocked out many times! Where can there be so many rules? Our lord doesn’t care about these?"
"Then you are not afraid of delaying things? You are all drunk one by one. What will you do if Nakajima Nobutsuna fights?" Yu Qiuping put his hands on his hips and glanced at Ikeda Hengxing and Maeda Toshiie.
"Okay, Hongye, there's no need to be so strict," Naozheng Naomasa said, "Being so aggressive made me think it was that guy Asura who came."
When Naozheng talked about Sasaki, Yu Qiuping was a little happy, "Come on! I'm not that guy! If Master Sao saw it, he would have reported you to the lord, so how could he talk to you?
Nonsense? But it’s really not good for you to drink and have fun in the army."
Hearing this, Sawaki Yoshiyuki waved his hands with great dissatisfaction, "Red leaves! Do you think we are here to drink and have fun? We are here specifically to drink for the monkeys to strengthen their courage!"
"Tokichiro?" Yu Qiupei was stunned for a moment and looked around the tent. Only then did he realize that between Ryoyuki Sawaki and Toshiie Maeda stood Kinoshita Tokichiro, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Because he was thin and short, Yu Qiupei didn't see him at first.
"Be bold? What do you mean?" Yu Qiuping looked at Sawaki Yoshiyuki in confusion, "What are Tokichiro going to do?"
"That guy is going to the city soon to persuade Nakajima Nobutsuna to surrender!" Maeda Toshiie whispered with concern after hearing this, "The envoy sent by the lord before to persuade Nakajima Nobutsuna was beaten violently by Nakajima Nobutsuna.
After a while, he threw it out and threatened to behead him in public if he sent someone to persuade him to surrender!"
"Is Nakajima Nobutsuna crazy?" Yu Qiuping was actually amused when he heard this, "Oda Nobukiyo has been defeated, and his Oguchi Castle has no reinforcements. Even if it is impregnable, it will definitely fall! The lord does not want too many casualties and sends people to persuade him to surrender.
He also kicked his nose in his face?"
"I don't understand what he is thinking," Naomasa Nao also smiled bitterly and shook his head, "But Oguchi Castle is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Nakajima Nobutsuna is also quite capable. He has brought us a lot before.
Trouble. Many people have died in our battles over the years. My lord does not want to risk his life, so he plans to send another envoy to persuade us to surrender."
"Then Tokichiro, why are you so unlucky to end up in this job!" Yu Qiuping looked at Kinoshita Tokichiro with pitiful eyes, "Then Nakajima Nobutsuna just threatened to kill the envoy, and you went to persuade him to surrender. This is not to send someone into the tiger's mouth.
"?" Yu Qiuping said while complaining: "You guys are the same. If you don't help Tokichiro find a way to get rid of this death job, you still give him drinks to strengthen his courage! What are you doing?"
"No, no, Hongye, don't get me wrong!" Kinoshita Tokichiro hurriedly waved his hand: "This is not a task assigned to me by the master! I applied for it on my own initiative!"
"Huh?" Yu Qiuping was shocked when he heard this, his eyes widened, almost as big as Kinoshita Tokichiro's monkey eyes, "Tokichiro, are you crazy? This might be a life-threatening job! Why did you apply for these?
It’s a mission!”
Kinoshita Tokichiro also trembled slightly, rubbed his hands nervously, grabbed the wine flask and poured some wine into the glass, and drank it all in one gulp, as if to embolden himself.
"I also know the danger! But what is the so-called seeking wealth in danger!" Kinoshita Tokichiro whispered in a low voice, looking very scared, "I am small and thin, and I can't fight in a war. I have been an ashigaru head for so many years.
, I haven’t made any progress yet. Seeing that everyone has already achieved great success, I feel anxious! If it weren’t for this task being too dangerous, how would it be my turn for an unknown person to apply!”
"There is such a good opportunity right now. If we can successfully persuade him to surrender, he will definitely be able to show his face in front of the lord!" Kinoshita Tokichiro took a deep breath and said in a deep voice with red eyes: "If you fail, you will just die. If
If you succeed, you might be able to be valued by the lord! Why not give it a try!"
"No one wants something like this to happen." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly, "I still think it's too risky. Aren't you afraid?"
"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid," Kinoshita Tokichiro took another deep breath and repeated what he just said: "That's why everyone came to give me a drink to strengthen my courage!"
"Since you have made up your mind," Yu Qiuping tried his best to squeeze out a smile at the corner of his mouth, raised a glass of wine that no one had drunk before, and compared it to Kinoshita Tokichiro, "then I can only wish you a safe return!"
Then, he drank the wine in one gulp and whispered again:
"Fujiro, believe in yourself! You will definitely become a great man!"