Two months later, on July 8, the sixth year of Tianwen (1537), Xiqi City in Yuanjiang Kingdom.
Imagawa Yoshizhin is confused, and has been getting more and more confused lately.
Although the 300 flags in the Honmaru school are still practicing vigorously, and with the actual combat experience from last year's battle, their combat effectiveness will only be higher.
But Imagawa Yoshima became increasingly confused. As a time-traveler, he did not obtain the status that was echoed in the time-travel novels he read in his previous life. Instead, he kept falling into the hands of the natives, losing again and again.
After his initial failure, he actually realized that although he was a time traveler, he was just an ordinary person in his time. But the opponents he faced after traveling through time were all talented people who could leave their mark in history. If he is not given enough time to climb the technology tree, all he can rely on is history. Once the direction of history changes, it is natural to lose.
But now he feels more and more strange. He just feels that everything he does as a time traveler in this era is not satisfactory.
He also knew that the Imagawa clan, which suffered a lot last year, would be able to recover roughly after the autumn harvest, and it was expected that there would be further developments. In order to deal with it, Imagawa Yoshima tried to find allies. He first sent people to the Matsudaira family, but the Matsudaira family, which was in some internal chaos, had no time to take care of itself and rejected his request.
Then he found the Oda family, a family that was about to soar into the sky in the history of the previous life. There were countless talents and generals in the family. If he could get help from the Oda family, it would be even more powerful for Imagawa Yoshizhin. Oda Nobuhide is also quite ambitious, so he will definitely be willing to intervene in the internal fighting of the Imagawa family, right?
Sure enough, as Imagawa Yoshizhin judged with the help of historical knowledge, Oda Nobuhide was very interested in Imagawa Yoshizhin's request for alliance, and had a pleasant conversation with the envoy sent by Imagawa Yoshizhin. Just before the covenant was about to be signed, something unexpected happened. When the envoy Imagawa Ryozhen was walking on the street, he was hit by a kid running around in the street. The kid actually bit the envoy's leg. The envoy who was very angry kicked the kid hard and kicked him away. Then he saw a group of children following them and the guards of the Oda family behind the group of children.
The person he kicked was none other than Oda Nobhide's legitimate son, the future Sengoku hero Oda Nobunaga, who was still a three-year-old Owari little fool at the time.
After hearing the news, Oda Nobuhide was furious and almost killed the envoy. Finally, he was persuaded by the left and right to expel the envoy sent by Imagawa Yoshima. After receiving the reward, Imagawa Yoshizhin was so angry that he did not kill the envoy himself - how could such an unlucky thing happen to him? Is it true that after traveling through time, not a single thing went well for you?
He remembered what happened in Kyoto again. It was obvious that he had already set up an ambush before Imagawa Yoshimoto, used Nakonoji Yutaka to transfer Imagawa Yoshimoto's ninjas away, and finally took Imagawa Yoshimoto's sweetheart as a hostage. He stayed at the hotel and waited for the chance. Imagawa Yoshimoto was already doomed. . Who would have thought that Imagawa Yoshimoto would suddenly appear from the hotel and cut his people to pieces.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Imagawa Yoshima later sent people back to Kyoto for an investigation, and then discovered that there was actually a long-abandoned tunnel under the cesspit of the hotel, which almost no one knew about - so how did Imagawa Yoshimoto discover it? So Imagawa Yoshima sent people to ask around again, and then he learned what happened from a vegetable seller in the block next to the hotel: that day, a young man led the way and led Imagawa Yoshimoto and others into the secret road. road. The boss witnessed all this but did not dare to say anything. Afterwards, he saw the young man walking out of the secret passage alone, and then he went to confirm what the secret passage was.
"Where did this troublesome young man come from?"
While Imagawa Yoshima was slandering him, he was trying hard to retrieve the memories of the first half of his life that he inherited from Genguang Etan, but he couldn't find the appearance of this young man - he was a complete stranger. Moreover, Xuan Guanghui Tan has never had any enemies in Kyoto. Then why on earth did this man help Imagawa Yoshimoto and send Imagawa Yoshima to death?
Then there is the Hojo family. The Hojo family is really the most outrageous. Imagawa Yoshima originally sent his trusted ninja Momotosaburo and Hojo Genan back, but he never came back. The Hojo family said that Momosaburo himself was missing, so how could Imagawa Yoshima believe it?
And after reviewing the battle after last year's autumn harvest, Imagawa Yoshima discovered something fishy again. The Hojo family actually sent troops to attack the Fuji River on the morning when they were ambushed - but at that time, the envoy sent by Yoshima Imagawa to inform the Hojo family was still on the way. How did the Hojo family know in advance that the main force of the Imagawa family was coming to Toga? And not on the banks of the Fuji River?
Faced with Imagawa Yoshizhin's questioning, the Hojo family's explanation was that on the morning when Imagawa Yoshizhin was ambushed, they happened to suddenly deduce that Taiyuan Xuezhai was using a trick of suspicion, and then decided to march in to relieve the pressure on Imagawa Yoshizhin - -Imagawa Ryo is really even more unbelievable?
It was obvious that the Hojo family had seen through this plan a long time ago, so they negotiated peace with the Takeda family in advance and made plans to march. However, the Hojo family did not tell Imagawa Yoshima of this plan, causing him to fall into an ambush and suffer a huge defeat. If it were not for Imagawa Yoshimoto's eagerness to save his teacher, the entire Yuejiang would have been pacified, and Imagawa Yoshima himself would not have been able to escape.
The Hojo family wanted to trap Imagawa Yoshima himself to death - Imagawa Yoshima could not figure out why the Hojo family did this, why they treated an ally who could contain the Imagawa clan in Yuejiang like this. Is it possible that he hopes that Imakawa Yoshima will be destroyed and then face a reunited Imagawa family?
"Why is everyone targeting me? Why do I have bad luck wherever I go? Why doesn't anything go well after time travel? Why do strangers in Kyoto want to harm me? Why do allies want to harm me even if they abandon the family members? ?”
Imagawa Yoshima held on to the railing, and the confusion in his heart came overwhelmingly, but gradually there were signs of coming to light.
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After the autumn harvest, on September 5, the sixth year of Tenmon (1537), the Imagawa clan re-armed the army, with Okabe Oyatsuna as the general, and led the army eastward, preparing to recapture the lost areas along the Fuji River. However, the Hojo family was well prepared and sent Hojo Tamimasa and Tominaga Naokatsu to station at Hamaishi Mountain; Hojo Tsunadaka, Tame Motoda and Kasahara Nobue were stationed in the Yui Plain; and then Hojo Ujiyasu personally led the main force to cross the Fuji River and stationed in Kabara Castle. , the posture of taking over Imagawa Pavilion in one fell swoop.
If you want to attack the Fuji River, you need to pass through a narrow official road, and the Hojo family's army is blocking it. The Imagawa clan's plan to regain the lost territory has become almost impossible from the beginning. At the same time, Imagawa Yoshima also raised troops behind him and led his army to besiege Kakegawa Castle. The Imagawa clan had only a small number of troops, so they had to allocate half of them to garrison in Yuanjiang.
The Hojo family took advantage of the situation and marched towards Hengshan Castle. The Shimizu navy began to be active along the Suruga River, suppressing the Imagawa family's Kotsu navy. Hojo Ujizuna even hired hundreds of merchant ships to carry supplies back and forth to reduce the pressure on logistics. Under attack from both sides by Yuan Jiang and Sagami, the Imagawa clan inevitably fell into the crisis of destruction.
Imagawa Yoshimoto had long expected it, but the day he was most worried about finally came.
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On the evening of October 11, the sixth year of Tianwen (1537), inside the Imagawakan Castle Tower.
Imagawa Yoshimoto, who did not go out in person to fight, stayed in the Imagawa Pavilion, folding paper ginkgo in front of the oil lamp every night, and today was no exception. Until there was a sound of footsteps at the door - those of Taiyuan Xue Zhai - but Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was too familiar with his teacher, could tell that these footsteps were different from his usual footsteps, and seemed to be deliberately concealing something. His heart sank, but he already understood everything.
Taiyuan Xuezhai opened the door and looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto in the room. The golden paper ginkgo now fills half the room, and Imagawa Yoshimoto is sitting among the ginkgo pile, folding the paper with his skillful hands. Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't speak, and Taiyuan Xuezai didn't speak either. The master and apprentice remained silent in an awkward silence.
"Chengfang..." After struggling for a long time, Taiyuan Xuezhai finally decided to speak, "As you know, our situation is not very good right now. We are attacked on both sides..."
"Whose daughter is it?"
Imagawa Yoshimoto interrupted Taiyuan Xuezhai's preparation by speaking directly. But the movements of his own hands did not stop. Instead, just like every night of the year, he quickly and skillfully folded paper ginkgos one after another. It seems that if the movements of the hands continue, the feelings that are carefully protected can also continue.
"She is the daughter of the Takeda family. After Kamahara Castle was captured by the Hojo family, the Takeda family's sea salt supply was cut off, and the Takeda family could no longer bear it. The Takeda family also did not want to see the Hojo family grow, and we hit it off with this."
Taiyuan Xue Zhai tried his best to keep his tone stable, "It's the marriage that your father and I have arranged for you together. It was decided a few days ago, but I didn't tell you until today. With the help of the Takeda family, we can There is a chance to defeat the Hojo family and regain the lost territory. Because it is a secret marriage, there will be no large-scale wedding. The daughter sent by the Takeda family will be at Imagawa Hall tomorrow night, so you should prepare."
Imagawa Yoshimoto did not answer, but his movements suddenly stopped. He stared hard at the paper ginkgo in his hand that was about to be folded in the last step. He focused all his attention on the ginkgo, trying hard not to let the auditory nerve and thinking nerve operate, and tried hard to freeze what Taiyuan Xuezhai said. On meaningless syllables - as long as you don't think about it, you don't have to face it, you can continue to escape.
However, it cannot be avoided after all.
After all, he was too naive. Ginkgo had already figured it out, but he refused to recognize the reality until the last moment.
In troubled times, the children of the Wu family cannot escape. Their marriage was never up to them.
"Feel sorry."
Taiyuan Xuezhai whispered, rarely apologizing to his apprentice in such an attitude.
Miaomiao scratched the tatami with her claws irritably and said "ha" heavily to Taiyuan Xuezhai.
"It's not your fault, old man."
Imagawa Yoshimoto let out a long sigh, folded the last corner of the last ginkgo, and slowly put it into his arms. When he raised his head, two lines of clear tears fell down his tears.
"I've been prepared for it a long time ago. I can't avoid it."
The prime years are gone, and this life is suddenly gone. The capital city of Nara disappeared without a trace.
There is something to think about, and the world is like a rock. Who would have expected that in this world, it would be difficult to stay.
With you and me together, the journey is difficult. How to go now, Qingqiong Yueqiu.
The ginkgo trees in late autumn are like dew withering. There is a destiny in the next life, it is even reasonable.
