Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart was pounding, and he had vaguely understood Zhengheng's thoughts. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This war will be a turning point in fate for Imagawa Yoshimoto. This is not a battle between ordinary people and losers, but death or surrender. No matter which angle you consider it, and no matter what method you use, there is still no chance that the conclusion will win. But Imagawa Yoshimoto knew that if he didn't do anything else, he would be crushed by the army when Shotei completely integrated his newly acquired territory. But it is a bit hasty to come up with such an answer based on a single notice, which is not his style.

What if it's true? He thought so, and fell into deep thought.

In Imagawa Yoshimoto's view, the number one opponent is Date Masahiro, the more he observes Masahiro, the less self-confidence he has, Oda Nobunaga, Saito Yoshiryu and others are just Masahiro's flying eagle lackeys, only Masahiro does not pay attention, he has a chance to sneak attack.

A notice sent by Kinshi Mototai, Imagawa Yoshimoto sniffed out a glimmer of opportunity, but it was a bit reckless to make such a hasty decision, and if he guessed wrong, he would run into an iron plate. He knew he only had one chance, one chance to fight the nation.

Imagawa Yoshimoto was very disappointed, he thought that he had mediated the relationship with Takeda Harunobu and Hojo Shiyasu, and without worries, he would be able to realize his ambitions, and Kamiraku would replace the shogun. But after a series of bad news, he suddenly realized that a powerful force was born in the western country, and he took the lead in Shangluo to achieve great things, and the strength he showed was so strong that even if he united the power of Takeda Harunobu and Hojo Shiyasu, he could only fight against each other.

Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Harunobu, and Hojo Clan Yasu had to meet twice in the face of strong pressure from the Date family, just like Imagawa Yoshimoto was afraid of Takeda Harunobu and Hojo Clanyasu, and the other two were also so suspicious. It is impossible for the three families to exert their strength, and Imagawa Yoshimoto is naturally worried about the aggressive Date family, and he doesn't know what to do. In his eyes, the rise of the Date family is a history of aggression, and the Date family is full of aggression.

Seeing that Imagawa Yoshimoto was silent for a long time, Pregnant Shi Yuantai couldn't help but speak: "The lord has objections? Since the Date family went to Luo, the ministers and others have carefully studied the Date family, and observed Date Masahiro from various intelligence, and found that he has a very contradictory personality. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned, noncommittal. Since the Date family Kamiraku, the Date family and its founder, Date Masahiro, have become the object of many people's research, and there is no shortage of these people under Suruga Imagawa Yoshimoto, and even Imagawa Yoshimoto himself is studying this knowledge. He believes that there are all kinds of shortcomings in Zhengheng, and if he is not a general, he may not survive, but as a Sengoku daimyo, he attaches great importance to these shortcomings, and it is these shortcomings that push Zhengheng forward step by step.

Pregnant Ishi Mototai continued: "Date Masahiro's contradictory personality is both a good thing and a bad thing, and his success stems from his contradictory character, doing things that others dare not do, fighting wars that others dare not fight, and doing whatever it takes to achieve victory. There is nothing more refreshing for him than to bet on his life, and with the strength of the half of the country, he dared to go out to Bizen to fight against Niko Haruhisa, the guardian of the Eight Kingdoms of Sanin and Sanyang, and finally won the victory, so that he had the three kingdoms of Bizen, Bichu, and Misaku. Then without waiting for a break, he turned his head and fought with Mao Liyuan in the back of the battle, and then faced Tao Qingxian, which can be said to have beaten all the strong heroes of Shanyin and Shanyang. As long as he failed once, he could only die of hatred, and in the end he succeeded. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto banged on the table, he was a little impatient, many people touted Date Masahiro, he originally wanted to hear something different from the mouth of Pregnant Stone Mototai, at first he was touched, and later he still touted Date Masahiro.

Pregnant Shi Yuantai's words changed, and said: "Date Zhengheng has become more and more bold as his strength grows, and he has dominated the two realms of Shanyin and Shanyang before Shangluo, and the previous enemies have all been subdued by him, and he has surrendered to death, claiming to have 100,000 soldiers." With his strength, he needs to look ahead and wait until Jinai is a pot of porridge before he comes out to clean up the mess. Since he had succeeded in Shangluo, he occupied almost the entire and doubled his strength, but he didn't dare to make a move, and he also prompted Mino and Owari to reach an alliance. A hint of timidity can be glimpsed from it, and he is afraid of the lord. ”

Pregnant Ishi Mototai used his unique perspective to analyze the contradictory character of Date Mashiro who became stronger and less courageous, and presented it to Imagawa Yoshimoto to watch, so that Imagawa Yoshimoto could see in an intuitive way that Date Masaki was not to be afraid.

Pregnant Ishi's words are reasonable and well-founded, and in his opinion, it can be said that Imagawa Yoshimoto can be moved. Indeed, as he expected, Imagawa Yoshimoto was indeed moved, although he knew that the political balance had his own plan to take, but from another point of view, he was indeed much more timid than before, and he often won more with less, but after he had an absolute advantage, he actually used a conspiracy calculation that was rarely used before, which is a change worth pondering. Imagawa Yoshimoto's expression was serious, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid of saying something else, you mean that he won't intervene in the affairs of Owari Province." ”

Pregnant Shi Yuantai pondered for a moment and replied: "In Yichen's opinion, the strategy of the Date family should be Shikoku first, Kyushu, and then the Eastern Kingdom. Facilitate the peace agreement between Mino and Owari, so that Oda Nobunaga, who is free of constraints, should be able to mobilize tens of thousands of horses. That is to say, when the Date family competes with Oda Nobunaga, it will not take the lead, and it will only wait until the two armies divide the victory and defeat before it is possible to come out and make a profit, which is beneficial to us, as long as the two conditions are reached, a quick victory, and the strength of most of them is maintained, the minister is expected that the Date family will not end up in person. ”

Pregnant Ishi Mototai said what he thought, and the talent revealed in just a few sentences gave Imagawa Yoshimoto a new understanding of him, but in the same way, Pregnant Ishi Motoyasu's words also made him ponder, thinking about how to deal with the new changes.

Imagawa shook his hand and said, "You go down first." ”

Pregnant stone Mototai replied and retreated, the corners of his mouth showed a slight smile of joy, knowing that he had finally persuaded Imagawa Yoshimoto, he did not stop at all, and hurried down the city to his mansion. His guests were long gone.

Pregnant Shi Yuantai listened to the answer of the housekeeper, and said in his heart: "It's okay to go, otherwise, it's hard to guarantee that he will kill people and kill people." His argument today is not really his wisdom and talent, but that he listened to an ugly-looking ronin.

In the middle of the mountains, a sloppy and ugly-looking one-eyed man on crutches looked at Sunfu Castle in the distance, but he was thinking about the purpose of his master's sending him to Suruga, and muttered in a low voice, "The beautiful Sunfu is gone." Then he disappeared.

A temple under the castle of Sunfu is a sub-temple belonging to Suruga Rinzai Temple, and the presiding officer is a disciple of Taiyuan Xuezhai, but there is a noble man living in the temple, which leads to the importance of this temple, but with the fall of favor of this nobleman, there are many fewer pilgrims coming and going to the temple.

Matsudaira Motoyasu lit three incense sticks, folded his hands and bowed three times, his heart was no longer wavering, and he was able to face the challenge of fate resolutely. Slowly walking out of the temple gate, Honda Tadakatsu, who had been waiting here for a long time, hurriedly ran forward and bowed down.

Although Honda Tadakatsu was just twelve years old, he was already extremely strong, his face was full of anxiety, and he said: "Master Qingquan of Myogen Temple has written a letter that the Duke of Yoshimoto intends to launch a westward expansion in the near future. ”

Matsudaira Motoyasu didn't answer, and walked straight out. He took a few steps and stopped, looked at the doorman who was whispering not far from the door, and peeked at him from time to time, his eyes full of banter and ridicule, as if he were looking at a dead man, and he knew that the matter was irreparable.

Honda Tadashi grabbed Matsudaira Motoyasu's sleeve and said hurriedly: "Master Qingquan also said that the lord is not without a chance to make a comeback, but now only saving his life is the first place, and people have a chance to live anything." ”

Matsudaira Motoyasu turned around and said, "What else did Master Qingquan say?" ”

Honda Tadakatsu thought for a while and replied, "Master Keizumi also said that it was impossible for Imagawa Yoshimoto to defeat Oda Nobunaga, yes, he said so, although I don't quite understand what he meant, but he did tell me so. ”

Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at Honda Tadakatsu in surprise, Honda Tadakatsu's eyes showed that he was telling the truth, he knew that Master Keizumi was Honda Tadakatsu's mentor, and he was treated like a grandson, and the same monk had a good relationship with Matsudaira Motoyasu's mother.

He hurriedly asked, "What else did you say?" ”

Honda Tadakatsu shook his head and replied, "No more?!" ”

Although Oda Nobunaga is not the legendary big fool, he is still a wise and brave general, but the gap in strength is actually difficult to make up. Matsudaira Motoyasu suddenly thought of the rumored backer of Oda Nobunaga. If Date Masaki had gone down in person, would Imagawa Yoshimoto still win? Matsudaira Motoyasu did not hesitate to reject this assumption. Just as the gap in strength between Oda Nobunaga and Imagawa Yoshimoto is huge, the gap between Imagawa Yoshimoto and Date Masaki is even greater. Imagawa Yoshimoto's failure, can it give Matsudaira Motoyasu a chance to make a comeback? The answer was yes, although Imagawa Yoshimoto expelled many of the Mikawa people, these people were his help, and he persuaded them to have an army of thousands of men. When Imagawa Yoshimoto was defeated and Okazaki Castle fell into panic, it was not impossible to take advantage of the situation to take over Okazaki Castle and re-erect the banner of the Matsudaira family.

Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at Honda Tadakatsu and asked, "Can I trust you?" ”

Honda Tadashi nodded heavily, and said, "Mother said before leaving that the life of the pot is the lord's, and as long as the lord gives an order, the pot will be dedicated to himself." He even said his nickname, which shows his sincerity.

Matsudaira Motoyasu made up his mind to escape.

Kyoto National Temple.

Hattori Masari walked in and bowed, "Lord, Imagawa Yoshimoto released a ****** yesterday. ”

Zhengheng put down the stack of official documents in his hand, looked at Hattori Masanari who came in, smiled slightly, and said, "Is it finally going to start?" How did Oda Nobunaga react? ”

Hattori is returning; "Oda Nobunaga began to mobilize after returning to Owari Province, and now he has assembled an army of eight or nine thousand men, but the final meeting decision of Kiyosu Castle is to fight a cage battle, isn't this self-defeating?"

Zhengheng sneered: "Oda Nobunaga is just playing tricks, although Oda Nobunaga does not have the constraints of Mino Saito Yoshiryu, he can divide more troops, but according to his strength, it is the limit to form an army of eight or nine thousand people." Most of the important ministers around Oda Nobunaga were the old ministers left behind by his father Nobuhide, who were short-sighted, cowardly and incompetent, and chose to defend the castle as a matter of course. However, if Oda Nobunaga chooses to defend the castle, I don't need to value him so much. ”

Historically, Oda Nobunaga had only four or five thousand men in his hands, and before the war, he also played a trick and posed as if he was defending to the end, and suddenly attacked Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp under the laxity of Imagawa Yoshimoto, completing a classic battle in which less wins more.

What's more, Oda Nobunaga also got the approval of Mashiro, and once Oda Nobunaga was in a desperate situation, Mashiro would send troops to rescue him. In this way, Oda Nobunaga has the confidence to fight to the death, although he doesn't believe that Zhengheng will keep his promise, but it's better to have a promise than no promise, at least he doesn't have to worry about the future, even if he fails and loses his life, as long as his sister is still favored, his sister-in-law Wonder Maru has a chance to rebuild the Oda family.

Hattori Masanari hesitated for a moment, and only after a while did he raise his doubts: "My lord, Oda Nobunaga is just a great name in the countryside, why does the lord look at him differently and invest so much power in him, and what is the point of us trying to win him over?" ”

Many people have doubts about this question, Hattori Masanari was the first to ask, Zhengheng smiled, and said: "We need a spoiler, stir up Guan Dongfeng Yun, let Kanto mess up, and stir up Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Harunobu, Hojo Shiyasu, Nagao Keito, and these people are all involved." Oda Nobunaga was the spoiler, and he had to jump in and become the spoiler who stirred up Seki's east wind clouds. ”

Hattori Masanari nodded respectfully yes, although he was still puzzled in his heart that Oda Nobunaga could be so valued by the political balance, but since his lord said that this Owari country daimyo could become the spoiler who stirred up the east wind clouds of Seki, then Oda Nobunaga had eighty or ninety percent hope.

Speaking of Oda Nobunaga, Masahiro smiled slightly, maybe laughing, he had the idea of joining Oda Nobunaga back then, but he didn't expect that he would turn around today, which made him feel inexplicably happy.

After Kamiraku, the political balance spring breeze was proud, and the first daimyo in Kitakyushu, Otomo Yoshizhen, was addicted to Fukuju paste and couldn't extricate himself, causing another turmoil in the Otomo family. (To be continued.) )