Yu Qiuping and Akechi Mitsuhide hurriedly left Kyoto and returned to Ryuyama Castle, where Akechi Mitsuhide lived. Akechi Mitsuhide's mother also lived here. However, Akechi Mitsuhide could not make up his mind to go to the castle tower to call his mother, but stayed at the castle tower.
The assessment room on the first floor was in a daze. Yu Qiuping was sitting next to her, not knowing what to say.
The memory of past life history clearly told him that after Mitsuhide Akechi used his mother as a hostage in exchange for the Hatano brothers, the two brothers were massacred by Oda Nobunaga, and the grieving and angry defenders of Yagami Castle also executed Mitsuhide Akechi's mother.
.However, in the history of the previous life, the Hatano family had surrendered and rebelled again, and Oda Nobunaga's patience with traitors reached the extreme after experiencing many rebellions by Araki Murashige and others, so he acted irrationally. This
Once, the Hatano family simply surrendered because they couldn't fight, and the situation was very good for the Oda family. Presumably Oda Nobunaga would not act like this.
However, Ame Qiupei still didn't want Akechi Mitsuhide to take this risk, but Oda Nobunaga's attitude was so determined that it was difficult for him to handle both sides.
In the final analysis, this is Mitsuhide Akechi's own choice, so it's better not to interfere too much.
"Ping-kun..." Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly spoke, but he used a strange title. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and looked at Akechi Mitsuhide in surprise. Akechi Mitsuhide obviously also realized his gaffe, and hurriedly said a few words: "No
Sorry."
"Hongye..." Mitsuhide Akechi changed to his normal name and whispered hesitantly, "Do you think this is allowed..."
"What the Hatano family wants is General Sanin's blood relatives as hostages... Then can I go by myself?" Mitsuhide Akechi spat out this sentence quickly, fearing that Yu Qiupei would interrupt him.
Sure enough, as soon as Akechi Mitsuhide finished speaking, Yu Qiuping said in surprise: "What are you thinking about?"
"There will be no problem if the army outside the city is led by Momiji... As my lord said, the Hatano family does not dare to do anything to me..." Mitsuhide Akechi muttered to himself, not knowing whether he was persuading himself or Yu Qiupei.
"No, your going and your father's going are completely different." Yu Qiupei adjusted his sitting position and said to Akechi Mitsuhide very seriously, "My father's going to be a hostage is just the magnanimity of the Oda family, in order to give some face to the defeated Hatano family.
It was just a move. You go, the general of the Sanin Road Army, the important town of the Oda family, went to be a hostage, that is, Oda Nobunaga had no choice but to take the important minister as a hostage in exchange for the Hatano brothers to come to negotiate, which would make Ori
The Tian family has suffered a great loss of face."
"You don't understand this truth, do you?" Seeing that Akechi Mitsuhide didn't respond, Yu Qiuping added another sentence.
"I understand." Akechi Mitsuhide nodded, biting his lips lightly, but his expression was still extremely difficult.
At this moment, slow footsteps suddenly came from outside the assessment room. If you listen carefully, you can also hear the sound of crutches on the ground. After hearing the sound, Akechi Mitsuhide stood up suddenly, opened the door of the assessment room and greeted
Going up - it was none other than Akechi Mitsuhide's mother.
Yu Qiuping turned his head and took a look. Akechi Mitsuhide's mother looked to be 70 years old - which matched the age of Yu Qiuping's mother Akechi Mitsuhide in his previous life. She was dressed in simple gray clothes and leaning on a tree.
A simple crutch, with a look of perseverance and stubbornness. With the support of Akechi Mitsuhide, she walked step by step to the evaluation room, saluted Yu Qiuping and said: "I have seen His Highness Zhibu. These days, the dog has troubled His Highness to take care of me.
I’m causing you trouble.”
"Don't dare." Yu Qiuping stood up in a hurry and returned the greeting. He helped the old man from Mitsuhide Akechi's hand with a tacit understanding and asked her to sit down on the tatami. The old lady was stunned for a moment when she saw this, and nodded with a smile.
"I've heard about the hostages." The old lady got straight to the point, without giving Akechi Mitsuhide any chance to prevaricate. "I have no problem with you, just send me away."
"Mother..." Mitsuhide Akechi pursed his lips with some difficulty and knelt down in front of the old lady. "My child is unfilial... How can I let my mother suffer like this..."
"You have worked so hard for the revival of the Mingzhi family. As a female, I can't help you much. My son is about to become the head of a country. If you can use this dying life to make some contribution to the Mingzhi family, it will be great.
A wish has been fulfilled, and I am worthy of my dead husband’s spirit in heaven.” The old lady shook her head resolutely, then changed her tone and said to Akechi Mitsuhide very sternly, “This is what I want, you just do it.”
"But mother... this trip is dangerous. If anything happens, how will the child face the ancestors..." Akechi Mitsuhide raised his head and wanted to persuade, but the old lady shook her head in great disappointment. See Akechi Mitsuhide.
His voice suddenly fell silent and he bowed his head honestly.
"You have to remember that as a warrior, you can never interfere with official affairs for personal affairs at any time." The old lady repeated in a more stern voice, "No need to say any more, that's it."
"Yes, mother." Mitsuhide Akechi could only nod in agreement. Then, the old man stopped asking Mitsuhide Akechi to help her and left alone with a cane.
On March 25, Akechi Mitsuhide personally sent his mother to the castle town of Yagami Castle, where she exchanged Hatano Hideharu and Hatano Hidetaka brothers with Utsui Gakuye. Although Akechi Mitsuhide showed extreme restraint, after she completed all the handover matters and
After sending the Hatano brothers away, Yu Qiuping still saw her eyes red - she just stood at the gate of the camp, watching her mother disappear behind the city gate.
"It's okay." Yu Qiuping forced a smile, "Just like my lord said, the Hatano family is eager to please their father-in-law."
"I hope so." Mitsuhide Akechi asked, maintaining his tone, and replied softly.
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The negotiations in Kyoto went quite smoothly—unilaterally to the Oda family. In his letter, Oda Nobunaga contemptuously called the Hatano brothers "bastards."
Naturally, they were no match for a tyrant like Oda Nobunaga. Faced with the dilemma of Oda's army approaching the city and the pressure of Oda Nobunaga, they quickly compromised. Even though Akai Naomasa insisted in every possible way, the two brothers still did not dare to refuse.
Oda Nobunaga proposed the transfer of the seal. Akai Naomasa originally wanted to keep Yagami Castle, Fukuchiyama Castle, Ayabe Castle and other key places, but unexpectedly the Hatano brothers directly agreed.
Now that the Hatano family and the Isshiki family have surrendered, Yamana Yutoyo's attitude was forced to soften. He proposed another plan - the Yamana family ceded the three counties of Josaki, Keta and Izuishi in the northeast of Tajima country.
The territory of 60,000 koku was given to the Oda family, and the Oda family was allowed to send people to supervise the mining of Ikuno Ginzan and contribute half of the annual income to the Oda family. This was already a big concession, but Oda Nobunaga did not appreciate it.
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"If you must keep Ikuno Ginzan, please hand over 90% of your annual income." After saying this, Oda Nobunaga walked away, leaving several famous figures at the negotiation table looking at each other.
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However, Oda Nobunaga's strength was based on the power of the Oda family. At present, the Sanin Allied Forces had no chance of defeating them, so naturally they had no choice but to let the mermaids eat their flesh. Yamana Yutoyo endured his temper that was about to explode and calmed down.
With his old face, he made a request to Oda Nobunaga that he was willing to hand over 70% of his income - but Oda Nobunaga still refused.
Under the heavy pressure of Oda Nobunaga, Yamana Yutoyo almost collapsed. However, on April 1, the situation suddenly changed. Not only did Yamana Yutoyo no longer plead with Oda Nobunaga, but his attitude changed.
After becoming tougher, not only was Ikuno Ginzan's income not mentioned, even the share of the ceded land was reduced to only Deishi County. At the same time, Isshiki Yoshimichi, who had been at the mercy of others, suddenly became energetic and began to
They began to bargain over the agreed terms. The Hatano family also joined in. Not only did they want to retain key places such as Yakami Castle, but they even wanted to retain Hyougami County.
The sudden change in attitude of the Sanin daimyo was not without reason - just a few days ago, on March 28, the Maori family suddenly announced that they would rescue the captured Sanin daimyo and their troops. The Maori Ryokanazawa is responsible for Sanin (
) Yoshikawa Motoharu, who was responsible for the affairs of the country, sent 20,000 troops for reinforcements, and now they have entered Tottori Castle in Inaba Province. After receiving the news, Amakihei did not dare to be careless and immediately requested reinforcements from Oda Nobunaga.
However, the fact that the Mori family came to help can indeed give the Sanin daimyo confidence and prevent them from succumbing to Oda Nobunaga's power - but the problem is, shouldn't they know this news? Oda Nobunaga is here
After learning about the Maori Army's advance, they immediately blocked the communication between the three daimyo who were under house arrest in Kyoto and the outside world, hoping to prevent them from knowing about it and force them to reach an agreement. However, they don't know which link leaked the news, allowing these four people to
They all became adamant. The agreement that was supposed to be reached was now ruined.
In anger, Oda Nobunaga mobilized his ninjas to start a thorough investigation, and soon found out the whole story - the ninjas of the Hatano family secretly informed the two heads of the house who were under house arrest, while the Hatano brothers looked for opportunities to quietly steal the news.
This matter was told to Yamana Yutoyo and Isshiki Yoshimichi, and they were encouraged to be tough and confront Oda Nobunaga.
When Oda Nobunaga learned about the situation, he became furious. The two idiots he thought successfully pretended to be pigs to eat the tiger, and flew away the duck that Oda Nobunaga had obtained, making Oda Nobunaga feel like he was being tricked. Angry
He asked the Hatano brothers for questioning, but the Hatano brothers didn't know that the matter had been exposed, and tried to pretend not to know. Oda Nobunaga was so angry that he ordered the Hatano brothers to be arrested and imprisoned. The Hatano brothers were still not honest.
He tried to contact his subordinates to escape from prison, but was caught by Oda Nobunaga again.
At this moment, Oda Nobunaga was completely angered.
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On April 3, in the camp of the Oda Army outside Yagami Castle, Ameaki Taira and Fukuzawa Yunan, Fukushima Yasunari and Charlie were thinking about the battle situation and how to deal with Yoshikawa Motoharu's army. At this moment, Asahina
Taiping suddenly hurriedly ran outside the tent door to ask for permission.
"Your Highness, I don't know what happened! His Highness Mingzhi suddenly rushed out from the east gate of the camp with more than a dozen cavalry! Our people were not allowed to pass according to the regulations, but His Highness Mingzhi and others insisted on rushing out. We were not stopped for a while, and they were already
They rushed out!" Asahina Taihei finished a long sentence in one breath and pointed his finger to the east, "I don't know what happened!"