The following evaluation meeting was about the praise and criticism of other personnel in this battle. Some rewards and punishments would be the focus of discussion in normal times. However, they seemed so insignificant under Yu Qiuping's generous kindness.
The big reward was given to Okabe Gennobu, Asahina Taitomo and Sena Ujitoshi. Okabe Gennobu was not impulsive and saved Narumi Castle while threatening Okehazama, so that the Oda army did not dare to attack in the initial time.
Asahina Taito quickly gathered troops and went to reinforce them. Sena Uji Toshino gathered troops all the way, and then went to Okazaki Castle to capture the boss and stabilized the situation. The status of the three of them was already at the level of family elders and could not be promoted any further. So they were all given
Increased the upper limit on the number of land and retainers.
Some of the remaining rewards included the Okuhira Sadakichi whom Yu Qiupei had just reminded. He was promoted from Ashigaru General to the Okuhira Family's Attendant General because of his merits in transporting grain.
As for the punishment, the worst punishment was given to the Matsudaira family. Poor investigation led to a raid, and then they collapsed thousands of miles away. The loss of food and grass caused Narumi Castle to fall into a food shortage crisis, which also caused Okazaki Castle to almost become an empty castle in the early stage. Therefore, the Matsudaira family was reduced again.
The territory, the number of troops and retainers allowed to be retained were also further reduced, and a group of retainers were forced to be exiled. Asahina Nobuyuki and other defeated generals were also punished accordingly.
After the meeting, Yu Qiuping was stayed by Imagawa Yoshimoto. He was asked by his surname to wait for Imagawa Yoshimoto to change clothes on the second floor of the castle tower. Soon after, he was led to the third floor to meet with Imagawa Yoshimoto.
When I saw Yoshimoto Imagawa again, he had changed out of his court clothes and put on a smart and comfortable samurai uniform. The white powder on his face had also been wiped off, his teeth had been cleaned, and his eyebrows had been drawn into a lying shape again.
Silkworm eyebrows.
"Yu Qiu, come in, don't be too polite, just relax." Imagawa Yoshimoto asked Yu Qiuping to come in and asked him to sit on a chair opposite the recliner. "How about, let's play Cuju together when we get back." Imagawa Yoshimoto
Yuan Haha laughed.
"The main hall..." Yu Qiuping was also amused for a while, and the atmosphere became relaxed, "The main hall is haunted, and I can't see it at all. But the main hall's Cuju skills are really great!"
"Haha, I like hearing these words." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled and pointed at Yu Qiuping, "It sounds much better than those flattery words."
"I want to know the reason why the reward is so generous, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto saw Yu Qiuping nodding and continued, "It's actually very simple."
"Because you are worthy of this reward." Imagawa Yoshimoto said confidently, "I am never wrong in my judgment of people. At worst, you will become a high official in the party in the future. If you grow up well, you will become a talented person, even a king.
They are people from all over the world."
"I will not let such an outstanding talent go easily. The next generation of the Imagawa family needs talents like you." Imagawa Yoshimoto continued, "But our Imagawa family will make big moves in the near future. If you are not at the top, you will lose
Lots of opportunities for growth. That’s why I promoted you out of the ordinary.”
Imagawa Yoshimoto's words were so shocking that Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment. Is the so-called big move going to Luo?
"You can't practice martial arts, you can't learn the art of war. You will naturally understand the war planning and battlefield feeling after playing a few times. You are only seventeen years old, and you have a lot of time to grow up. But there are some things that can determine a person's growth.
The upper limit." Yoshimoto Imagawa snapped his fingers, "For example, character."
"I appreciate your two most important qualities, your ability to do what you say and your compassion. If you can do what you say, you will be highly motivated, responsible, loyal, and able to win over everyone.
Trust. If you have compassion, even if you become a high-ranking person, you will still care about the suffering of the lower class. You will not be arrogant but modest and prudent. You will care about the support of the lower class, and your goodwill will make everyone happy.
Make friends with you."
"However, you have a weakness that restricts your growth, or rather," Imagawa Yoshimoto said playfully, "a Achilles' heel."
"Indecisiveness, a woman's kindness, too many worries, and poor decision-making ability." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Yu Qiuping's increasingly solemn expression, "You are very kind, and you will consider the interests of many people who should be abandoned. You
If you do what you say, if you are unwilling to break your promises and principles, you are unwilling to give up your own morality. If you cannot bear to give up, you will not be able to make a choice."
"But you have to remember that those who can't give up anything can save nothing." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Yu Qiuping seriously, "This time you are in Chiri Castle, if you didn't choose to burn the castle town, you couldn't burn down the castle town.
If we choose between the people's property and the safety of our troops, Zhili City will face disaster."
"The main hall..." Yu Qiuping said with some seriousness, "This decision was forced by an adult named Amano Jingtoku. I originally refused."
"Well, it seems that this weakness is more serious than I thought." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled, "You are an amazing young man, and I will work hard to train you to become the pillar of the Imagawa family for the next generation. With this problem of yours, I
I will also help you correct it."
"It's too late, we can talk about this kind of thing later." Imagawa Yoshimoto patted Yu Qiuping's shoulder, "Let's go back first."
"Remember one thing, it will be a lifelong challenge for you to see if you can defeat yourself." When Yu Qiuping walked to the door, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly said.
Yu Qiuping turned around and listened. From then on, those words were imprinted in the young man's mind and stayed with him throughout his life.
"Make a choice without regrets."
After coming out of the castle tower, Yu Qiuping went straight back to his room. It was a single room in an inn in Okazaki Castle. However, when he walked to the door, Yu Qiuping was surprised to find that there were two or three more maids in the corridor.
He just happened to pass by him and didn't see him. He didn't remember any of the generals who lived here with him had a maid.
Pushing open the door to his room, a faint scent of camellia hit his face.
I saw a woman in white with long hair reaching her waist, lying on Yu Qiuping's table, sleeping sweetly.
"Miss!" A thought flashed through Yu Qiuping's mind. He hurriedly stepped forward, bent down, and looked at the girl's sleeping face. Yes, it was her. That world-famous beauty. The little red face like rose petals.
Her lips opened and closed slightly with her breathing, revealing neat white teeth. The long eyelashes were hung with teardrops, crystal clear. The hair on the temples rested on the cheeks that could be broken by blows. Under the candlelight, the girl looked like a virgin.
When he saw the Snow Girl, she was so cute and touching that Yu Qiuping seemed to long for time to stop and he could protect her for the rest of his life.
"Why did she come here? Why did she appear in my room? What happened to her tears?" A series of questions flashed through my mind, but they could not dilute the joy of meeting my sweetheart.
"She... came to my room alone." Yu Qiuping suddenly thought of some dirty things, and his face suddenly turned red. At this moment, the girl suddenly opened her eyes. She had just woken up from sleep.
She was confused when she suddenly saw a man with a red face and a nymphomaniac very close to her. She was suddenly frightened to wake up, and swung her elbow towards Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping was caught off guard.
Next, he was hit directly in the face, and a dog gnawed mud and fell to the ground.
The girl who had just finished the beating and suddenly sobered up a lot suddenly realized that the man she had just beaten away was Yu Qiuping.
"Miss, what are you doing! Why are you so cruel!" Yu Qiuping rubbed his already swollen cheeks and looked at the helpless young lady resentfully.
"Who! Who told you to break in suddenly!" The girl's voice became more and more pleasant as she panicked.
"Please, miss! This is my room! Didn't you just barge in suddenly?" Yu Qiuping spread his hands in confusion, "You blame me?"
The girl looked at the safe and sound appearance of her sweetheart whom she thought about day and night, worried about, and saw that his face was swollen because of her mistake. The girl, who was filled with various emotions such as joy, longing, and grievance, buried her head at once.
He fell into the shadows, with tears welling up in his eyes, and said softly in a voice as thin as a mosquito's: "I'm sorry..."
"Hey, hey, don't cry, miss." Seeing the girl's aggrieved look on the verge of crying, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt as if his heart had melted. He was no longer angry at all, but still full of distress, "I'm not blamed.
It's your fault, it's my fault for not waking you up when I came in."
"Then you...forgive me." The girl asked softly.
"Well, I forgive you. I keep my word." Yu Qiuping nodded, "How about you stop crying?"
"Who is crying?" The girl suppressed her red eyes, raised her head and said harshly.
"Okay, okay, I'm not crying." Yu Qiuping's tone was like coaxing a child, which made the girl turn her head away in dissatisfaction. Yu Qiuping then changed the subject and asked, "Miss, why are you here?"
"I was in Sunfu before, and suddenly I heard that the Oda family was coming. I thought it was just an ordinary border conflict," the girl recalled what happened ten days ago, "but the family actually went to Mikawa for reinforcements. I thought it was possible.
It was very serious, so I immediately rushed to Sanhe with Jia Yan on my back and a few maids who could ride horses."
"Oh my god!" Yu Qiuping couldn't help being stunned by the girl, "Miss, you are a girl, and it is too dangerous to run hundreds of miles to a war zone!"
"Why, do you look down on women?" The girl rolled her eyes at Yu Qiuping, "It's not dangerous at all. As soon as I arrived in Okazaki, I was discovered by Jia Yan, and then I was imprisoned in Okazaki City. I can't go anywhere.
Let go."
"Then how did you explain to your father why you came here?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"I lied to him and said I came here because I was worried about him." The girl stuck out her tongue playfully, looking particularly cute and attractive.
"Oh? It's a lie," Yu Qiuping looked at the girl with a smirk, "Who are you worried about before coming here?"
The girl's cheeks turned red and she turned her head away, "I don't know what you are asking."
"Did you know!" The girl suddenly looked at Yu Qiuping with some excitement, "I heard from Uncle Sena that you took ten people and ran to the front line of Chiri, together with more than two hundred slaves who had never been on the battlefield.
Defending a city whose north gate has collapsed, the Oda family still has more than 6,000 people! I’m almost scared!”
"I was..." Yu Qiuping looked at the girl's anxious look, his heart warmed and he was a little moved.
"I know, I know." The girl interrupted Yu Qiuping's explanation, "Mr. Ping is doing it for those two hundred poor people. Mr. Ping is going to bring letters from home to them. He doesn't want to see his family's hard-earned life.
In their good days, they couldn't even read the last letter from home."
Yu Qiuping nodded.
"That's why I said that Ping-kun is more amazing than those big shots." The girl suddenly smiled proudly, "There were so many samurai in Okazaki City at that time, but none of them dared to accept this task. Because they were interested in fame and fortune.
Many of them are unwilling to do something where the risks obviously outweigh the rewards. But Pingjun is different." The girl said, "Pingjun promised me at that time that he would do his best to save families in misfortune all over the world. Pingjun did it for himself.
The promise is that for the sake of kindness, you can be willing to risk your life."
"I always do what I say." Yu Qiuping, who was a little shy after being praised by the girl, scratched his head.
"But!" The girl changed the topic, and her gentle and proud words suddenly became a little angry and excited, "I want to accuse you, Mr. Ping, of risking your own life at will!"
"Pingjun has never been on the battlefield or defended a city. It is too dangerous to go to such a dangerous place so recklessly." The girl spoke faster and faster, and her tone became more and more high-pitched, "I know Pingjun
You have your own goals and obsessions, but you also need to know, Mr. Ping - you are not alone. There will be people in the world who care about you and worry about you." At this point, the girl's cheeks suddenly turned very red.
She was very red, and tears began to well up in her eyes again, "If you risk your life so casually, they will be very worried! If anything happens to you, they will also be very sad!"
"I'm sorry...Miss." Yu Qiuping suddenly realized how much trouble his recklessness had caused to his sweetheart.
"I want you to promise me that you will never risk your life casually again!" The girl looked directly into Yu Qiuping's eyes.
"I..." Yu Qiuping hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "I'm sorry, miss. I think I will still risk my life when encountering something more important than life."
The girl was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything more. "I know." She suddenly smiled, "Ping Jun is a bad guy."
"What do you mean by a bad guy?" Yu Qiuping said unhappily.
"By the way!" The girl suddenly remembered something, "Did Mr. Ping get injured during this expedition?"
"Yes." Yuqiu said calmly.
"Ah!" the girl exclaimed, "Where is the injury? Is it serious?"
"Here." Yu Qiuping suddenly smiled evilly and pointed at his swollen cheek, "Except for here, everything is unscathed."
"Really! I'm scared to death. Let's not talk about it anymore," the girl snorted, "I heard that Lord Ping was promoted to the rank of General and was given a family crest?"
"Yes!" Yu Qiuping said excitedly, taking out the family pattern hidden in his arms and showing it to the girl, "It's the red leaf pattern!"
"Eh?" The girl took the flag with some curiosity and carefully rubbed the red leaves with her jade hands, "Why are they red leaves?"
"Because when I was defending the city, no one had a flag, so I gave everyone a red leaf that I folded with my hands and put it on their helmets to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. To commemorate this, the Governor's Hall gave me a red leaf pattern.
"Yu Qiuping explained.
"Then...why do you have so many hand-folded red leaves?" The girl's big eyes suddenly looked at Yu Qiuping suspiciously, and her crystal clear eyes seemed to pierce Yu Qiuping's heart at once.
"Um..." Yu Qiuping suddenly blushed and changed the subject awkwardly, "Did you know! I was also given the Horse Seal! Red Bird Military Flag by the House Governor's Hall!"
"Is this true? I haven't heard of this!" the girl also said in surprise.
"The Governor's Hall traced the red bird backwards and turned it into a maple leaf. He called it the maple bird flag!" Yu Qiuping gestured with Imagawa Yoshimoto's movements.
"Then where is it? Can I see it?" the girl asked excitedly.
"Hey! It hasn't been dried yet. I left it in the castle tower and didn't bring it back." Yu Qiuping said regretfully.
"Forget it, it's getting late. I'll go back and watch it myself." The girl stood up from Yu Qiuping's seat, "It's too late to go back. If Jia Yan finds me sneaking out to see you, it will be over."
"Okay, miss, be careful on the road." Yu Qiuping warned reluctantly.
"Do I need to be careful?" the girl smiled playfully, "touch your face."
Seeing that the girl was about to open the door and leave, Yu Qiuping suddenly asked: "Then...where can I see the young lady?"
"Ping-Jun, it's better not to come looking for me. It's too easy to be discovered." The girl opened the door, turned to Yu Qiuping and smiled, her long black hair drawing beautiful arcs in the air, "I'll run out to see Ping-Jun when I have the chance."