At the same time, on the way from Otani Castle to Kamabane Castle, Heita Aoki, who set up a checkpoint, also encountered the same confusion as Taro Morita in Otani Castle. After waiting for a long time, he did not see the couple and ninja who would come to deliver the message. Instead, he saw a strong man, a one-armed swordsman and a child - this was clearly the person who had been scouted in Xiaodani City according to the intelligence.
However, Taro Morita was still skeptical at the time - after all, couples are still very common. But the combination of a strong man, a one-armed man and a child would not appear easily under normal circumstances - so Heita Aoki and others immediately became suspicious.
"Sir, it can't be such a coincidence, right?" Another samurai next to Heita Aoki whispered in his ear.
"I also wonder if the intelligence caused the two groups of Imagawa family personnel to perform the mission to be reversed." Heita Aoki also looked solemn, but after struggling for a moment, he still shook his head, "The problem is, the intelligence provided by the Takeda family It is consistent with the information we got from torturing Akao Misaku and others. They all say that the Imagawa family has sent people out. Did the Imagawa family temporarily adjust the order after departure, or is it that the Imagawa family not only deceived Akao Misakumo And others, they also deceived their own allies, the Takeda family?"
"Probably not..." Aoki Heita's deputy also came over and whispered, "This level of deception is meaningless. Perhaps Mr. Morita will relax his vigilance because he sees that they are a couple, but We see strong men, one-armed men and children here. Even if the intelligence says that they will go to Xiaogu City, we will never let them pass. What is the use of this kind of deception? If you really want to deceive, why leak these things? What about the specific physical characteristics?”
"Yeah, it's meaningless..." Aoki Heita also pursed his lips and considered it, hesitatingly looking at the ambushing men on the side of the level, wondering whether to call them out and call out the three people in front of him who were walking south in the crowd. People buckle.
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"There are four people behind the checkpoint, and there are three people hiding on the right. I don't know how many there are on the left, but they are not many." Kentaro Tian Shen observed the suspicious people whispering around him, and softly reported the enemy's distribution to Kira Usei, "Master Xue Zhai's plan was completely successful. As soon as the people of the Tianwu family saw that someone was coming, they would whisper and expose their positions, which also bought us time to attack."
"I wonder how your highness is doing there." Ji Liang Weicheng muttered casually.
"It must be easier than here, after all, we are too conspicuous." Kentaro Tianchen touched his empty sleeves.
"Then you deal with the left side, and I'll deal with the right side, and then we deal with the back of the level together." Kira Hesei whispered a few words to Kentaro Tian Shen, then patted Kinoshita Tokichiro's head and said: "Little monkey, listen. Wait. When I give the order later, you will run into the crowd, create a disturbance and attract their attention."
"Yes!" Kinoshita Tokichiro responded excitedly.
"Get out of here!" Kira Usei didn't hesitate and kicked Kinoshita Tokichiro's monkey butt hard, sending him rolling and crawling to the ground. Kinoshita Tokichiro didn't hesitate even after he was thrown into the mud. He used his hands and feet to roll around in the crowd, which immediately made the chickens and dogs restless before and after the level.
"What's going on?" Heita Aoki was surprised when he saw this. He was about to order his men to move forward to disperse the crowd, but found that his soldiers ambushing on both sides of the checkpoint had already taken care of the strong man and the one-armed samurai respectively. The next moment, he saw the strong man and the one-armed samurai rushing in his direction. Heita Aoki was so frightened that he immediately ran away.
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Soon after, at noon on February 12, the twelfth year of Tenmon (1543), bad news came back to the Otani Castle Castle.
"Is it the other way around? It was a couple and ninjas who came to Kotani Castle, but it was a strong man, a one-armed man and a child who went to Kamabana Castle?" Tanaya Akimasa listened to the defeat report brought back by Morita Taro and Aoki Heita,
"Yes, I deserve death!" Taro Morita and Heita Aoki both apologized. "Because the person and the information did not match up, we did not take action immediately. But because we met a suspicious person, so There is no doubt that by whispering to his subordinates, he exposed his ambush position and was taken advantage of by the Imagawa family."
"This is good, the dilemma in Kotani City has been seen by the opposite party, and the letter asking for help in Kamabane City has also been passed by them." Tanaya Akimasa paced back and forth in the room anxiously, and after thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a countermeasure, " Quick, go and invite Mr. Nishina of the Takeda family. You continue to torture Akao Misaku and the others in the dungeon, and force him to find out the current whereabouts of Hisamasa Asai. We capture the thief first, capture the king, and go to the back mountain to capture Hisamasa Asai. That's it. Even if people from Kaihoku Zenemon arrive, they will still use the enemy's weapon."
After a while, "Nishina Goro", Yamamoto Kansuke and "Komai Takahakusai" were brought to Tianya Meimasa's house.
"What? Two groups of people from the Imagawa family performed tasks in reverse?" Takeda Harunobu also showed an expression of disbelief after hearing Taya Akimasa's words, "I thought it was the Takeda family who deceived the Imagawa family, but I didn't expect that they started Just to guard against us?"
"There is no point in pursuing matters in the past. The most important thing now is to solve the problem." Akimasa Tanaya is very pragmatic and capable, which is in sharp contrast to Hisamasa Asai who is easily discouraged. "Now I need Mr. Nishina to help me find the solution." Asai Hisamasa’s hiding place in the mountain, Nishina-sama, do you have any advice?”
"No problem, I'll send my subordinates to take Iwami-san down." Takeda Harunobu winked at Yamamoto Kansuke, who immediately gave a big gift to Tagaya Akimasa.
"The situation is unclear at the moment. I still have to sit in Otani Castle. I will ask my men to follow Mr. Yamamoto." Tabama Akimasa responded very cautiously, and then came outside the house and said to Taro Morita and Heita Aoki: "You tortured Perfect Assault and others, ask them for the location, and then arrange for a Hatamoto and Mr. Yamamoto to lead the way together to avoid errors. Confirm that the information on both sides is consistent before acting to avoid someone cheating."
"yes".
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On the afternoon of February 12, the twelfth year of Tenmon (1543), after repeatedly verifying that the intelligence was correct, Tanaya Meimasa handed over all the 100 soldiers he had left to Taro Morita and Heita Aoki, who went up the mountain to search for Asai Hisamasa. After all, he was not in the right position. Although the retainers in the Asai family were dissatisfied with Hisamasa Asai and would not support Hisamasa Asai's resistance to Tabiya Akimasa's coup, they could not change their families and support Akimasa Tagaya when Asai Ryomasa's body was still cold. Therefore, They are all still waiting to see the situation. As for the Asai family's Hatamoto samurai, except for covering Asai Hisamasa's breakout, the rest of them stayed behind closed doors and refused to be dispatched by Tagaya Akimasa.
Therefore, the total troops that Tanaya Akimasa can use in this coup are 300 soldiers that he pulled from his territory and 100 soldiers supported by the Kyogoku family. Among them are the samurai who are really worthy of Tanaya Akimasa's trust. There were only more than 70 people - less than half of them had been attacked and killed by two groups of surprise soldiers from the Imagawa family, which made Tianya Meimasa heartbroken. Among the more than 400 soldiers, more than 250 were sent by Tianya Meimasa to guard the dangerous places in Odani Castle, and at the same time monitor the deployment of Asai Hisamasa's supporters such as the Akao family and the Amomori family in Odani Castle. There are more than 50 people patrolling around the mountain behind Otani Castle to prevent Asai Hisamasa from slipping away - the remaining 100 people were sent up the mountain to search for Asai Hisamasa's whereabouts.
After returning to the house and sitting down, Tianya Akimasa began to reflect on his response throughout the day and night - review has always been a good habit of his - but suddenly realized that something was wrong. When the Takeda family first came to inform him about the plans of Asai Hisamasa and the Imagawa family, he was ecstatic. He felt that if the Takeda family had not leaked the secrets, Asai Hisamasa would have successfully asked for help from Kamabana Castle and found out what was going on in Kotani Castle. The situation has deteriorated - because Tianya Akimasa never thought that outsiders would intervene, he would definitely not think of stopping the Imagawa family's actions.
But the more Tianya Meimasa thought about it, the more this was not the case.
What did he originally want to do before Nishina Goro came to inform?
Tianya Meimasa originally wanted to send people to search the mountain and find the location of Asai Hisamasa. Although it was not like now, where he went to arrest Asai Hisamasa after knowing exactly where he was, but rather searching all over the mountains and plains - but it would not be too difficult. As long as you make up your mind to look for it, you can still find it. After all, Asai Hisamasa was accompanied by samurai and had little experience in hiding in the mountains and forests. If ninjas were sent to lead people to find them, they would definitely be caught within two days.
However, after Nishina Mori nobu reported the matter, Tanaya Akimasa saw an opportunity to take advantage of the situation - to catch the people who sent for help and reconnaissance from the Imagawa family, Asai Hisamasa could only sit back and wait for death. As a result, Tanaya Akimasa gave up directly searching for Asai Hisamasa himself, and instead used his precious troops and manpower to hunt down members of the Imagawa family - not only was he in trouble, but no one was caught, and he also lost his manpower in vain. , a waste of time.
If the Takeda family had not sent someone to inform him at that time, Tianya Meimasa asked himself that he would have concentrated all available troops to search the mountain according to the original plan. Although the situation in Otani Castle will be known to the other side, and although Tsunanchika Kaiboku of Kamabana Castle will lead his army northward to support after receiving the news--but that will only happen in three days. Before that, Tianya Akimasa had a high probability of catching Asai Hisamasa on the mountain.
Therefore, the Takeda family might as well not tell the truth. If the Takeda family doesn't tell the truth, the Imagawa family and Taya Akimasa will each carry out their own plans, and they will just compete with each other to see who can do it faster. As soon as the Takeda family reported the news, the Taya family was pulled away from the plan they were originally planning to engage in, and plunged headlong into countering the Imagawa family's plan. Tianya Mingmasa was led by the nose, and ultimately lost both ends. The Takeda family was simply a disservice. Without the Takeda family, Taya Akimasa might have succeeded now.
"Cleverness leads to mistakes." Tabiya Akimasa slammed the floor with some annoyance, "At that time, I should have ignored the Takeda family's revelation of the Imagawa family's plan, directly asked about the whereabouts of Asai Hisamasa, and went to the mountain to arrest him with all his strength. But all the thoughts It was all about the general's plan, and he didn't want to take the opportunity to plot against others, but instead included himself! The Takeda family was also strange, why didn't they tell us the location of Asai Hisamasa and let us go directly to the mountain to catch him? Instead, they said something What about the Imagawa family’s plan? Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse? If Asai Hisamasa is caught, won’t everything be over? The Takeda family are really confused.”
At this moment, the guard knocked on the door again, interrupting Tanaya Akimasa's thoughts.
"What's wrong?" the irritable Tianya Mingmasa asked angrily.
"Master Nishina of the Takeda family, please see me!"
