Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 940 Chronic Illness
On September 29, the ninth year of Tianzheng (1581), inside the castle tower of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
"What? Your Majesty? Let me serve as the general manager of the Eastern Expedition Plan?" Sanada Masayuki was a little unbelievable after hearing the news from Yu Qiuping, "Why your Majesty?"
"Young Master Oda felt that it was his first time to command such a large-scale regiment and lacked experience, so he wanted me to help formulate the troop dispatch plan. However, this time the plan was to be announced in the name of Young Master. If I also participated in it,
It will inevitably make the world think that everything is led by me and steal the young master's limelight." Yu Qiuping spread his hands very frankly and explained to Sanada Masayuki, "So I plan to recommend someone to assist the young master."
"But I belong to the Military Intelligence Department and have never been involved in formulating troop dispatch plans. These tasks have always been the responsibility of the General Staff Headquarters." Sanada Masayuki shook his head and put the letter of recommendation back on the table, "This is a serious matter.
More than 100,000 troops are marching eastward. How dare I plan such an action just as a fledgling? Let the adults in the General Staff Headquarters do it."
"Hanbei's health has been deteriorating over the past year, and he cannot withstand the torment of the Eastern Expedition. Yunan, on the other hand, is still junior and young, and cannot bear such a heavy burden." Yu Qiuping couldn't help but think of Takenaka Shigeji's illness.
He sighed, then adjusted his tone and continued, "After much thought, I think you are the most suitable person. After all, the important target of this Eastern Expedition is the Koshinobu Takeda family. You know a lot about it, and you must be able to make outstanding suggestions.
That’s the plan.”
"Master Takenaka is ten times more talented than me..." Sanada Masayuki hesitated and wanted to shirk.
"It was Hanbei who recommended you." Yu Qiupei's words made Sanada Masayuki stunned for a moment, and then Yu Qiupei continued, "Contrary to what you said, Hanbei said that your talent is no less than him.
"Always asking you to engage in military intelligence work has buried your talent, so I strongly recommend you to take action this time."
"Is it the recommendation of Takenaka-sama..." Sanada Masayuki fell into silence after hearing this. He has always respected Takenaka Shigeharu very much for the past twenty years. Takenaka Shigeharu is both a teacher and a friend to him, and Takenaka Shigeharu's words are still very weighty.
After thinking for a long time, Sanada Masayuki nodded with some difficulty but firmly, "I understand, I will go back and prepare now."
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After Sanada Masayuki left, Yu Qiupei also walked out of the castle tower, and rode out of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle with three or five guards. After leaving the city from the east gate of Gonomaru, he took a detour to a small courtyard at the foot of Higashiyama. There was no one at the door.
After seeing the visitor, the 10-year-old boy hurriedly came up to greet him. Normally, if someone came to visit, the boy would persuade them to leave without any explanation on the grounds that the owner was resting - this was also what the owner of the courtyard had ordered.
All the visitors disappeared. However, Yu Qiuping was naturally on the list of people who could receive an exception. There were two people on the list. One was the disciple of the master of the courtyard, Yu Qiu Shang, the young master of the Yu Qiu family. There was another person that the boy had never found.
It was clear why he was on the list - in his impression, the weirdo with a gloomy face and a crow on his shoulder had a very bad relationship with his father. He also didn't come as often as Yu Qiuping and Yu Qiu Shang
Visiting the patient in the courtyard - The owner of the courtyard only visited once after he moved here. He only took a distant look outside the door and left without even saying hello.
"Hansuke." After Yu Qiuping saw Takenaka Hansuke approaching, he slowly turned over and dismounted, and handed the reins to Mori Ranmaru behind him.
"Your Highness is interested." Takenaka Hansuke saw Yu Qiuping dismounting early because he was afraid that the sound of horse hooves would disturb Takenaka Shigeharu's rest, and he saluted with some emotion, "Please come in quickly."
Yu Qiupei followed Takenaka Hansuke into the courtyard. There were some flowers and plants in the small yard, which was very clean and elegant. Mori Ranmaru and others stepped aside to tie up the horses, while Yu Qiupei followed Takenaka Hansuke.
Entered the small wooden house in the courtyard.
"Father." Takenaka Hansuke opened the door and called softly, "Momiji-sama is here."
"Your Highness?" Takenaka Shigeharu was stunned when he heard the words, and then the sound of turning over and covering the quilt was heard in the room. Yu Qiuping hurriedly rushed into the room, pushed Takenaka Shigeharu who was about to get up back to the bed, and whispered at the same time: "
Your health is important, don't worry about these red tapes."
It's not that Yu Qiuping is making a fuss, but for Takenaka Shigeharu's body, getting up and getting out of bed is already a very energy-consuming thing. He coughed several times, letting Yu Qiuping know that his best friend's body was not due to
After more than half a year of rest, there are no signs of improvement.
At the beginning of the ninth year of Tianzheng (1581), Takenaka Shigeharu, who had been recovering for a period of time, suddenly experienced a serious illness, which was even life-threatening in the worst case. He finally recovered. After that, Takenaka
Shigeharu also completely stopped interfering with the affairs of the General Staff Headquarters. At his own request for peace of mind, Yu Qiuping opened a yard for him on the side of Higashiyama, which is the cemetery for the fallen soldiers of the Hongye Army. Takenaka Shigeharu himself was quite satisfied - he said
Here he can pray day and night for the souls of the soldiers who died because of him.
Yu Qiuping thought that after half a year of rest from the world, Takenaka Shigeharu could return to health - but he was obviously wrong. Takenaka Shigeharu's face was very ugly, and his body was extremely thin, as if he was crumbling like a candle that was about to burn out.
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He was supposed to die in the seventh year of Tensho (1579), but these two years can be regarded as time to fight against death - but people cannot fight fate after all, and Takenaka Shigeharu's body is still getting weaker and weaker.
After seeing Yu Qiuping's expression become very sad, Takenaka Shigeharu couldn't help but feel a little moved, and then he said with some relief: "Your Highness, you don't have to be like this, birth, old age, illness and death are human nature."
"'Birth, old age and illness' are, but 'death' is not... When people are gone, how can we talk about 'normal things'?" Yu Qiuping shook his head, and then sighed.
"Your Highness previously asked me to live well until the day when the world is peaceful. One year has passed and the Western Kingdom has surrendered." Takenaka Shigeharu looked at Yu Qiuping and continued with some weak strength, "The reason why His Highness agreed that the crow is so dangerous
The Kyushu pacification plan... is just to seize time and surrender the Western Kingdom in one fell swoop for me to see, right?"
When Yu Qiuping was told what he had only mentioned to Amano Jingde before, he just nodded slightly.
"There is no need to do this for me. The war is dangerous..." Takenaka Shigeharu looked at Yu Qiuping's expression and whispered worriedly, "Anything can happen on the battlefield... If you are not careful, everything could happen.
Lose. In this Eastern Expedition, we must not rush for time to take risks..."
"I know." Yu Qiuping responded in a low voice, but Takenaka Shigeharu saw the latter's duplicity. He was silent for a long time, and finally tried to squeeze out a smile that made Yu Qiuping feel relaxed, and said softly: "Don't worry, Your Highness.
, I know in my heart that although I don’t need to be young anymore, there is no problem in holding on for another two or three years. Your Highness, there is no need to worry, I will definitely see the day when Your Highness will bring peace to the world."
After finishing such a long speech, Takenaka Shigeharu immediately coughed several times. Takenaka Hansuke on the side hurriedly offered a bowl of Chinese medicine, brought it to Takenaka Shigeharu's mouth and served him to drink it slowly.
"You and I promised you not to keep your word." Yu Qiuping was like a kindergarten kid who "asked my mother to pick me up after school."
He promised, but after seeing Takenaka Shigeharu nodded, he felt reassured for no reason.
"I have already recommended Kihei to Master Oda. Kihei accepted the mission after hearing that you strongly recommended him." Yu Qiupei mentioned what he wanted to see Takenaka Shigeharu this time.
"Sanada-sama is supposed to be a very confident person, but his years of military intelligence work have dulled his spirit, and I and Amano-sama are too strong, so that his talents have nowhere to be realized." Takenaka Shigeharu said with some guilt.
Talking about Sanada Masayuki, his words were full of expectations, "But I'm sick and Amano-sama is getting old. Sooner or later, they will have to have young people take over. It would be good for him to let Sanada-sama show his talents again sooner."
It’s a good thing for the Yuqiu family.”
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After returning from Takenaka Shigeharu's office, Yu Qiuping was surprised to find Sanada Masayuki already waiting for him in the house.
"Didn't you say you were going to prepare?" Yu Qiuping asked very surprised, "Why did you come back so quickly?"
"There are many famous names in the Eastern Kingdom, the situation and their possible deployments are also complicated, and the areas and routes where battles may break out are too huge. I have been thinking about the intelligence collected by the Military Intelligence Department for a long time, and now I realize that we cannot count them in any way.
We know what their movements will be. Therefore, it is simply unrealistic to predict their movements and formulate a plan to march more than 100,000 troops in the vast areas of Hokuriku Road, Higashiyama Road, and Tokaido." Sanada Masayuki said very simply.
gave a negative answer.
"Then what are you going to do? You don't have to give 'can't do it' as a reply to Young Master Oda." Yu Qiuping saw the twinkling look in Sanada Masayuki's eyes and realized that he had some wild ideas.
He asked with a smile very expectantly.
"We can't figure out what the Eastern Alliance will do, so naturally the Eastern Alliance can't figure out what we are going to do. In this case, it's better to let them worry about it. We just wait until they finish calculating and see their flaws clearly.
Re-entry." Sanada Masayuki confidently handed a thin piece of paper to Yu Qiuping, "This is my preliminary reply to Young Master Oda, please pass it on to Your Highness."
"Oh?" Yu Qiuping glanced at Sanada Masayuki's concise plan and laughed twice, "So we just have to hide ourselves first, and then suddenly come out and give them a blow when the Eastern Kingdom Alliance comes to find us?