Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 869 Departure
On June 20, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), a group of people surrounded a middle-aged man who was over fifty years old at Mount Tianmu in the Musashi Kingdom.
"I never imagined that you would dare to come here alone." Hojo Genan slowly walked out of the opening made by the Fuma ninjas and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him in disbelief.
"I just happened to pass by, why should I care, master." The middle-aged man smiled freely, as relaxed and comfortable as if he were reunited with an old friend.
"Are you here to kill the poor monk?" As soon as Hojo Genan said this, the surrounding Fuma ninjas all felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Okay." The middle-aged man nodded awkwardly, as if someone was asking him to do a troublesome chore.
"I understand you less and less... Or rather, I have never understood you." Hojo Gen'an sighed, then shook his head and said, "However, there is no point in pretending to be mysterious, and neither can I."
I dare not waste time with you here, God knows how many backup options you have."
"Catch him and break his arms and legs." Hojo Genan ordered in a deep voice to Fuma Kotaro and other ninjas beside him. Many ninjas immediately swarmed forward. Before the middle-aged man could resist, his arms and
His legs received a heavy blow, and there was a sound of bones breaking. Then, he was pushed to the grass with his backhand.
"The poor monk doesn't understand why you would do such a stupid thing and come to the door without any resistance." Hojo Genan walked to the middle-aged man and slowly took out a handful of ribs from his waist, "No matter what,
I want to thank you for giving this poor monk so many secrets."
"Kill me, Master will definitely regret it." The middle-aged man reluctantly moved his neck and whispered.
"Even if all this is a trap, the delicious taste of the next moment will make it difficult for the poor monk to restrain himself." Hojo Genan licked his old lips with his dry tongue and groaned tremblingly.
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On June 26, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), in the castle tower of Kaedeyama Castle in Hanoi Province. Ume Aiupei, who had returned from Kyoto, was sitting on the tatami, telling Kaede Imagawa about his adventures in the castle town of Azuchi Castle and Izumo Aguo.
"There is such a thing in the world..." Even though Yu Qiuping had spoken very slowly and clearly, Imagawa Kaede was still a little unbelievable and murmured, "What kind of power is it..."
"It's all the same. Anyway, I have given up on returning to my world. And...I have already made a choice to stay, right?" Yu Qiuping's voice was low, leaning against the wall, helplessly.
He whispered, "I never know how to make choices in my life. Did Your Highness, the Governor, see my weakness from the beginning?"
"Ah...but it's really sad to think about it. I have been trying to find a way to go back for 20 years. I have always wanted to go back to see my parents, and I have always been worried that they would look for me to go crazy..." Yu Qiuping hugged his knees with his hands and raised his face.
Deeply buried in the shadows, "In the end, it was all in vain... In fact, from the moment I traveled through time, my parents had disappeared forever... Oh no, they never existed at all. What on earth did I do... Then
Who am I?"
Is the obsession of the past 20 years actually the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror from the beginning?
My life is so ridiculous.
Where do I come from? Where do I go?
Yu Qiuping only felt that his heart was suddenly very tired. His thoughts seemed to have touched some abyss, and he was suddenly sucked into the darkness, and he could not get out no matter what.
Suddenly, there was a warm softness on his cheeks, and a pair of catkins caressed Yu Qiuping's face. He raised his head, and Imagawa Kaede took the opportunity to get into his arms, gently hugged him, and rubbed his hair gently.
It's raining on Qiuping's neck.
"I'm here."
Her soft words made Yu Qiuping shed tears instantly. He hugged the beauty in his arms tightly, feeling her temperature, heartbeat, fragrant breath, and her fresh existence.
She is the reason why I come here and exist in this world that does not belong to me.
It's just that this meaning is too heavy, and it directly wiped out hundreds of millions of lives that should have existed before they were born.
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At this moment, a knock on the door from outside the house disturbed Yu Qiuping's thoughts. He had previously told him not to disturb him if there was no important matter. Mori Ranmaru always knew the importance and would definitely come here because he had urgent information.
"Lanwan?" Yu Qiuping wiped his tears and asked.
"Your Highness, urgent information sent from Dongguo." Mori Ranmaru whispered outside the room.
Yu Qiuping stood up and walked towards the door. Imagawa Kaede carefully helped him straighten his clothes. Yu Qiuping opened the door, took the envelope from Mori Ranmaru, and asked at the same time: "Is it from the Military Intelligence Department or Crow?"
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"From the Military Intelligence Department." Mori Ranmaru bowed and then left. Yu Qiuping opened the envelope, took the letter and sat next to Imagawa Kaede, and read by the light. However, he only glanced a few times,
He was so shocked that he almost screamed and dropped the letter on the tatami.
"What's wrong?" Imagawa Kaede picked up the letter in confusion, looked down line by line, exclaimed in disbelief, and murmured:
"Hojo Genan suddenly ran away on June 21. Two days later, his body was found on Mount Chichibu in Musashi Province. The perpetrator seemed to be a ninja from Fuuma. The motive for running away and the reason for the murder are unknown."
After this line, there is also a detailed record of how the ninjas of the Military Intelligence Department luckily learned this top-secret news through multiple information links. According to the official statement of the Hojo family, Hojo Genan was only seriously ill due to old age.
So he retired.
"Why is this? What happened?" Imagawa Feng handed the letter back to Yu Qiuping in great surprise, "Does it have anything to do with his previous revelation that you are a time traveler?"
"This matter was not arranged by me." Yu Qiuping quickly shook his head and frowned at the letter, "Kihei will definitely continue to follow up on such important information. Let's wait for his follow-up news.
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"I don't quite understand... Is this a good thing or a bad thing for you?" Imagawa Kaede tucked her loose hair behind her ears and asked with a pursed lips.
"One less person knows the secret that I am a time traveler, which is not a bad thing after all... But if it is true as A Guo said, there are 9 people in the world besides me who know my secret, then one less person seems to have no meaning." Yu Qiuping touched.
He lifted his chin and said thoughtfully, "But I don't know now...whether Hojo Genan is the 'His Royal Highness' who secretly protects me. If he is on my side, then this
It's obviously a bad thing."
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On July 22, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), Oda Nobunaga gave Akihira Ame, Hideyoshi Hashiba, and Mitsuhide Akechi the order to march westward, asking them to take advantage of the difficulty of the Maori family to assemble troops during the autumn harvest and attack the Maori family in Sanyo.
The allies of Tao and Sanin () Tao—the Uki family, the Urakami family, and the Yamana family.
The Yamana family currently only has 200,000 koku of Inaba and Tajima kingdoms left, and without Ikuno Ginzan, they have been severely weakened. The number of troops they can mobilize is only 6,000. The Urakami family only has Ukita territory.
The 80,000-koku territory of Waki County and Oku County that was transferred to them from Bizen Province at that time could only mobilize less than 2,500 people. What is somewhat troublesome is that the Ukita family is entrenched in Bizen and Mimasaka, and the Ukita family controls it.
With a territory of nearly 300,000 shi, the military strength that can be mobilized is about 10,000.
However, these resistances can only constitute "trouble", not a threat. Hashiba Hideyoshi's Sanyodo Army, including the powerful Nizi family, can easily mobilize nearly 20,000 troops. And Akechi Mitsuhide's Sanin (
) Dao Army, including the powerful Hosokawa family, can mobilize 15,000 troops. Even without the reinforcements of Yu Qiupei, they can completely overwhelm these three small daimyo.
Considering that the Maori family might come to support after the autumn harvest, Oda Nobunaga still asked Amakihei for assistance. Since the Momiji fleet was undergoing large-scale renovations and was unable to go to sea, Amakihei asked the Awaji Navy and Mishima Navy to
Carrying part of the standing troops of the Miyoshi family, Nagasogabe family, Ikeda family, Sawaki family, and Mori family (the others need to stay in the territory for autumn harvest), harass the Maori army's coastline, make signs of landing at any time, and contain the Maori army.
Attention. On the other hand, Yu Qiuping himself brought Liaoyuan Bei, Lujiu Bei, Jincao Bei, Tianhe Bei, Xinghuo Bei, Tongqiang Bei, Jingzhe Bei and special company, an army of more than 30,000 people to support Shanyang Road.
In the attack, Amakihei planned to first cooperate with the Hashiba family and capture the Urakami family and the Uki family with the force of a tiger fighting a rabbit. Then he immediately went north from the Bizen-Mimasaku line and went straight to Tottori Castle in Inaba Province, the base camp of the Yamano family, and with Akechi.
Guangxiu defeated the famous master from both sides.
Yu Qiuping and Yu Qiu Shang had led teams to support the front line of Shanyin Road twice before, and they knew the dangerous terrain of Shanyin Road. Even the mountain roads in the entire mountainous area were not well built, and the defenders only needed to
A large army can be blocked on the road with a very small force. Therefore, Yu Qiupei decided not to commit troops to the borders of Tanba, Tango and Tajima this time. Instead, he would go north to attack Inaba after capturing Mimasaka.
After realizing that the three army commanders of the Oda family were gathering troops in various places, the Uki family, the Urakami family and the Yamana family immediately felt like they were facing a formidable enemy and asked the Maori family for help. The Maori family didn't know how bad the situation was at this moment - including Shanghai.
They may have to face an Oda army with a total number of 80,000 people.
However, the Maori family did not form a high degree of separation between soldiers and peasants like the Oda family. It was not even as good as the previous Miyoshi family. The proportion of standing soldiers was not enough to cope with such emergency mobilization. The Maori family is not so much a daimyo as it is a name.
The leaders of many small wealthy families in the Kansai region had their troops patched together from various wealthy families and people from the country, so it was impossible to force them to give up the autumn harvest and assemble their troops. Therefore, the Maori family could only ask General Ashikaga Yoshini to intervene and try to mediate
Fight—or at least delay the fight.
Ashikaga Yoshinishi used his contacts in Kyoto to try to persuade the emperor to intervene. However, Emperor Masachika now identified Oda Nobunaga, the leader of the samurai family, so he declined Ashikaga Yoshinishi. Ashikaga Yoshinishi then tried to persuade Kyushu
The daimyo sent troops to reinforce, but the last time they were attacked by the Momiji Fleet in the hinterland was too painful. At this moment, the Otomo family, which had lost most of its navy and sea control, and the Shimazu family did not dare to go to sea at all. The Ryuzoji family had a secret agreement with the Yuqiu family.
Naturally, he refused the request. Ashikaga Yoshinishi, who had no skills, finally tried to write to the Hojo family and the Takeda family, asking them to send troops to contain the Oda family. However, even if the two families sent troops, the Tokugawa family, the Hokurikudo Army and the Oda family were directly under the jurisdiction of the Hojo family and the Takeda family.
The troops are fully capable of handling it and will not delay the Western Expedition troops at all. To put it bluntly, the Oda family's current strength can fully face the alliance of all the remaining daimyo in the country. Even Ashikaga Yoshinishi has a sharp tongue, there is nothing he can do.