Not long after, Mochizuki Takaki was taken to the top of the building by the samurai. Under Ginkgo's coercion, Matsudaira Nobutaka ordered the samurai not to come in, but let Mochizuki Takaki enter the dormitory by himself. The warrior thought that his master was having sex, so he was embarrassed to break the news and left at a distance.
When Takaki Mochizuki rushed into the room, he was already prepared to fight for his life against the bastard man in front of him who had defiled his master - but he found Nobutaka Matsudaira kneeling on the ground with a sharp knife on his neck.
"Miss..." Mochizuki Takaki was stunned, but accidentally let the words slip.
When Matsudaira Nobutaka heard this title, he realized who he might have provoked, and his face turned pale instantly.
"Take Matsudaira Nobutaka's bastard and seal, secretly leave the castle tower, and go to the city to find Matsudaira Yoshiharu of the Tojo Matsudaira family and Matsudaira Nobunaga of the Goi Matsudaira family. Tell them that Matsudaira Nobutaka has been controlled by me, and this bastard The seal is proof." Ginkgo began to assign tasks without thinking:
"If the Tojo Matsudaira family suddenly goes into rebellion, Matsudaira Nobutaka's people will definitely come to him to ask for countermeasures, so I will force him to mobilize everyone in the city to suppress the rebellion. Then I will ask the Goi Matsudaira family to rob the dungeon, and take Matsudaira Nobutaka's people with them. Yin Xin went to open the door and rescued the Imagawa family's Ma Jinzhong and His Highness Hiroutada, and then came back to occupy the castle tower and control Matsudaira Nobutaka. After that, he used Matsudaira Nobutaka as a hostage and forced the entire Miki Matsudaira family's troops to surrender. "
After listening to this ruthless plan, Matsudaira was sweating profusely - he was racking his brains to think of ways to break the situation and how to send signals to his subordinates to stop Ginkgo.
"Miss, since you have kidnapped the governor of the Miki Matsudaira family, why don't you just order them to surrender? Release our Ma Zhongzhong and His Highness Guangtada?" Mochizuki Takaki raised objections to this, "Why do you want to make such a fuss about Zhou Zhang? ?”
"I'm not sure if anyone in Miki Matsudaira's family has the consciousness to disregard the safety of the lord and would rather die than obey, but instead attack our detained people; I'm not sure if Matsudaira Nagaki comes back, can he replace Matsudaira Nobutaka to command Miki Matsudaira?" I am not sure what kind of rescue operation the Miki Matsudaira family will organize, but I am definitely unable to guard against it. I am even less sure that the Miki Matsudaira family will not turn around and use the Imagawa family and His Highness Hirotada as hostages to threaten our release. Take Matsudaira Nobutaka.”
Ginkgo reported a lot of uncertainties in one breath, and then changed the subject, "So it is too risky to directly show off your cards and intensify the situation at this time. You are the only one I can use now, and you are weak. , it is easy for accidents to occur. We must avoid alerting the enemy. Before the enemy notices the coup, we must first gather friendly forces at hand to control the castle tower and Matsudaira Nobutaka. At this time, it is safe for us to ask the Miki Matsudaira family to surrender. too much."
"Yes, miss!" Mochizuki Takaki accepted the order and was about to leave, but was suddenly called back by Ginkgo. Ginkgo leaned close to her ear and whispered some unknown instructions. Mochizuki Takaki had a puzzled expression on his face, but he still didn't say anything more. Ginkgo's voice was so soft that even if Nobutaka Matsudaira stretched his ears to listen, he still couldn't hear anything clearly.
After Ginkgo finished her instructions, Mochizuki Guishu left quickly. Open the window of the castle tower and slowly climb down the wall in the night - this is a required course for ninjas.
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Mochizuki Takaki worked very neatly. Not long after, Matsudaira Nobutaka could hear the noise of fighting and the sound of flames coming from the southeast corner of Ninomaru in the quiet night - that was Tojo Matsudaira's house. Where the camp is located.
After noticing the unusual movements of the Tojo Matsudaira family, the samurai of the Miki Matsudaira family went to the castle tower to ask for Matsudaira Nobutaka, and the sounds of chaotic footsteps gradually approached.
Matsudaira Nobutaka took a deep breath and kept thinking about his plan in his heart. Although this plan is also extremely dangerous, it is better than waiting here to wait for Okazaki Castle to be controlled by Ginkgo. As soon as the samurai came to the door, Matsudaira Nobutaka was ready to take action.
Almost there, almost there.
I only have this one chance, so I must not make any mistakes.
calm. calm. clam down--
"Are you ready for your counterattack plan?"
Ginkgo suddenly spoke, but the nervous Matsudaira Nobutaka was instantly confused.
"You should wait until your warrior comes to the door to ask for instructions before taking action." Ginkgo smiled and shook her head, her tone full of disdain, "Don't let me down."
"What do you mean..." Sweat instantly broke out on Matsudaira Nobutaka's forehead - did Ginkgo already know that he was not willing to sit back and wait for death?
Then why did Ginkgo make no attempt to stop him?
Matsudaira Nobutaka suddenly thought of the few words Ginkgo whispered to the female ninja before she left - those few words Matsudaira Nobutaka did not hear.
And all the countermeasures planned by Matsudaira Nobutaka were based on the plan that Ginkgo had publicly given to the female ninja before - Ginkgo didn't care that Matsudaira Nobutaka heard this plan.
Could it be that this plan is just a bait? What was the other party's real plan of action that she whispered to the female ninja later? She had already expected that I would struggle and what I would do, so she prepared a backup plan in advance?
Is that why she is so unhurried?
Sweat dripped down his cheeks in large drops and dripped on the tatami, and the sound was clearly audible.
Matsudaira Nobutaka felt like he was being played with, and the unprecedented pressure made him breathless.
"One word of advice, don't do unnecessary things." Ginkgo added the last sentence, which completely broke Matsudaira Nobutaka's will, "It will not have any impact on the situation, it will just cost you one of your own lives."
The samurai of the Miki Matsudaira family rushed to the door of the dormitory. They all knew that Matsudaira Nobutaka was having sex with two women inside, and it was not convenient to enter. They just shouted at the door: "Your Highness! The Tojo Matsudaira family is in trouble! What should I do?”
"Move everyone over and quickly exterminate those bastards who are seeking death!" Nobutaka Matsudaira yelled and cursed just as Gingko ordered, "Don't bother me, you can handle it yourself!"
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What happened after that was a matter of course - after the Miki Matsudaira family mobilized all their troops to besiege Tojo Matsudaira's family, the Goi Matsudaira family who stayed in the north of the city immediately launched an uprising, laid a dungeon, and captured the horses of Matsudaira Hirotada and the Imagawa family. He was rescued and immediately occupied the castle tower. But when the troops of the Miki Matsudaira family came to their senses, they were already surrounded by enemies from both sides, and the head of the family fell into the hands of the Imagawa family's horsemen.
After the two sides faced off for a whole morning, the Miki Matsudaira family finally chose to submit and surrender to Ginkgo, who controlled the situation. So, there was the scene that happened inside the south gate of Okazaki Castle——
The moment Matsudaira Nagauchi fled into Okazaki Castle with a group of cronies, horse ropes suddenly appeared on the road, knocking them all to the ground. How could Matsudaira Nagaki's old bones withstand such a torment? He fell heavily to the ground and fell unconscious. The remaining important officials such as Matsudaira Nobusada and Matsudaira Yasutaka were also captured by the Imagawa family's horsemen who were ambushing aside.
"It's not bad." Ginkgo smiled with satisfaction and looked at the red bird horse seal approaching Okazaki Castle in the south. "It's not bad, sir. I don't need to save you, but it gives me a chance to catch up on some sleep. Stay up. After one night, I was exhausted."
"This heroine..." Nobutaka Matsudaira, who raised his hands, finally said after seeing Matsudaira Nagachichi and others captured, "Can you let me go?"
"Ha, okay." Ginkgo sheathed the sword lightly and put the sword back into the scabbard. At the same time, she casually said to Matsudaira Nobutaka, "Go down by yourself and find a horseman to tie you up so you don't get in the way."
"Yes, yes, let's go now!" Nobutaka Matsudaira nodded and bowed, but before leaving, he still couldn't help but ask, "It's just that I still have something unclear, so I beg the heroine to clear up my doubts. I see the Goi Matsudaira family The actions of the Tojo Matsudaira family last night are no different from what the heroine ordered the maid to do in advance. So what was the plan that the heroine secretly discussed with the maid later?"
"I asked her what she would have for breakfast tomorrow." Ginkgo replied matter-of-factly.
"Ah?" Matsudaira Nobutaka was stunned when he heard this, "So Heroine, you have no backup plan...Am I being bluffed? Then Heroine, how come you still have such courage?"
"I'm happy. What does it have to do with you?" Ginkgo obviously had no intention of telling Matsudaira Nobutakata, and pointed in the direction of the stairs with the toe of her shoe, "Get down quickly."
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At this time, in the army outside the city, Toyonori Furuno found Imagawa Yoshimoto, dismounted his horse, kowtowed, and apologized to Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Fourth brother, I made everything on my own initiative. I wanted to lure all the Matsudaira family out and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. I'm really sorry for putting you in danger!" Furuno Ujitoyo leaned over and handed a letter with both hands. , "This is a letter from Matsudaira Nagakin, please read it!"
After Imagawa Yoshimoto read it hastily, he casually tore the letter into pieces and threw it at his feet. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and pulled the Furunoji Yutaka up.
"Fourth brother, don't you blame me?" That Furuye Shifeng was extremely surprised.
"I'm more curious, why did you come to rescue me?" Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled happily, "Then the promise in the letter is pretty good, isn't it? I was captured, and you are my son's back-up, you can do anything. It’s time to show off your skills. Don’t you always think that I am too good to be the governor? Now that you have the opportunity to replace me, why don’t you do it?”
"Haha, people always change." Furunoji Yutaka laughed heartily when he saw this, "Besides, wasn't I a kinder and good person than you, fourth brother?"
Everyone in the world knows that good cannot defeat evil, but they just don't want to admit that this world is so dark.
Countless people who choose evil ways to survive, why don’t they yearn for the right way? Even if I can't do it myself, I still hope to witness and protect some people, walking on the right path with difficulty, and practicing the natural principle that "evil cannot prevail against good".
The existence of righteousness may not matter. But it can at least make people who are on the wrong path feel a little nostalgic and sad when looking back on their abandoned good intentions in the past, rather than endless pain.
It is human nature to be kind.
