Chapter 183 The messenger
At noon on June 2, in Nimata Castle.
"Your Highness, the messenger of Yuqiu's family is asking for help." A lookout soldier rushed back to the Tianshou Pavilion from the city and reported to Nakano-chan, who was discussing countermeasures in the Tianshou Pavilion.
Nakanoto Masato, his nephew Nakanoto Masato, and other guards in Nimata Castle, were frowning for future countermeasures.
Nimata Castle is one of the most sturdy cities in the territory of Yuanjiang. Although the city is small, it is very dangerous. It is surrounded by water on both sides of the north and south, and there are slopes that are difficult to climb on both sides of the east and west, so the space for troops to attack is very small. However, this city has an excellent geographical location, which has strangled the main road from Shinono to the north of the Yuanjiang River to enter the Yuanjiang River. If you choose to bypass Nimata Castle without taking Nimata Castle and choosing to bypass it, the army will not be able to ensure the safety of the road. Therefore, the city was also built in an extremely strong place, equipped with a large number of arrows and rolling stones. On the eve of the Battle of Sanfanghara in history, Takeda Shingen led nearly 30,000 troops and nearly 10,000 war soldiers to siege Nimata Castle, which had only a few hundred war soldiers, a total of more than 1,000 war soldiers. It still took nearly 2 months to force Nimata Castle to surrender by using the method of water cut off.
Yu Qiuping, who knew history, knew that he would definitely not be able to take down Ermata City with his hundreds of feet that didn't even have armor. However, because he had no supplies or auxiliary troops at all, he did not need to ensure the safety of the roads and food routes. He could bypass Ermata City - the premise that Ermata City's troops would not attack him condescendingly.
He realized that Nimata Castle had fallen to Yu Qiuhei, who was from the Okabe family, sent a messenger to Nimata Castle for negotiation.
"Come in." Nakano Masato said hurriedly. Although he was sitting in Kento Nimata Castle, Nakano Masato was confident to refuse all Urikihito's negotiations, he didn't want to completely fall out with Akanona - Nimata Castle is not far from Kagawa Castle. If the Chao Nimata family and Okabe family reconciled later, he would be in trouble.
Soon, the envoy was taken to the Tianshou Pavilion. Several guards who brought the envoy were very afraid of this young envoy, because the envoy had been waiting for an opportunity to look at the city defense of Ermata City along the way. Moreover, the envoy seemed to have a good time to collect intelligence, and several key layouts of defense were taken into his eyes. The guards couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Before, he looked like a child, so he looked a little despised. He should have taken him to take a detour to the Tianshou Pavilion, but because the head of the family asked them to hurry up, he went straight to the main road.
However, Nakano-chimasa was not in the mood to care about this.
Because, as soon as the messenger opened his mouth, he felt a strong Nobuoyant in the inscription: "In the envoy of the Shimota Takeda family, Masayuki Takasaka, I have met His Highness Nakano."
Just then, Nakano Masato appeared. There was no red leaves on the messenger's head. His name was Takatan Masayuki, and he was so young... I guess he was Takasaka Masatoshi's adopted son?
The messenger of Takeda's family... Why is he with Yuqiu's family? This question hits the brains of everyone here, even more frightening than how Yuqiuhei suddenly appeared in Nimata Castle with Chang Panbei. Or in other words, the two are the most terrifying.
"This is the seal from the main hall of the family governor. Please check it out." Masayuki Sanada took out the seal from Shingen Takeda when he came here to be a hostage. In fact, if the situation was not very critical, he would not be willing to abuse the seal from the Takeda family like this - the fraud of pretending to be an envoy would damage the credit of the Takeda family. But at this moment, the situation of Yu Qiuping, who he loved very much, was already in danger, and he could not care about so much.
Nakanoshima Castle where Nakano is located, very close to Minami Shinno of Takeda's family. He often passes by the messenger, so he naturally recognizes the seal and his face suddenly sinks. In fact, when he hears the messenger's Shinno's voice, when the messenger takes out the seal with a natural look on his face, he already understands that this messenger cannot be a fake.
"I wonder what happened to His Highness Takeda? I will tell my family to supervise the main hall." Nakano Masato carefully tentatively.
"Either come to the Supervisor of the Takaya family or come to His Highness Nakano." Masayuki Sanada was still looking down and his heart was still beating, playing the role of the messenger Takeda Shingen - this is his second time using a small trumpet (Masayuki Hiroki Hiroki Hiroki).
"This... I wonder what His Highness Takeda's instructions?" A fine bead of sweat suddenly appeared on Nakano's forehead and asked in a low voice.
"I want to mediate the possible conflict between the Nakano family and the Yuqiu family." Masayuki Sanada said lightly, "I heard that because the cause of death of His Highness of the Lord of the Ministry is unknown, the Imakawa family fell into a civil war. The Nakano family seemed to have joined the hostile side of the Yuqiu family. However, my family was willing to guarantee Yuqiu Hongye. Yuqiu Hongye had no intention of attacking Nimata Castle, but he just wanted to pass through and go to Yanma Castle. Therefore, I hope that the Nakano family would not have a conflict with Yuqiu family and would not hinder Yuqiu's family from passing."
"This..." The huge amount of information suddenly made Masato Nakane stunned - Takeda Shingen actually asked for a passage for the Yuqiu family! Why did the Takeda family help the Yuqiu family? How did the Takeda family know that the Yuqiu family would pass by Nimata Castle and sent messengers? Had the Takeda family had already been in the conflict between the Okabe and the Asahina family, so that they would send envoys to come early? The Yuqiu family appeared from the border between the Takeda family and the Imakawa family in the north of the Toronto River and the southern part of Shinono. Is it that there is any ulterior motive with the Takeda family?
A series of questions hit Nakano's brain, making him unable to answer for a while.
"And," Masayuki Sanada saw Masayuki Nakanomi's performance and smiled slightly. "The Takeda family will also make the same request for His Highness Matsuba's troops. I hope His Highness Nakanomi will not misunderstand."
Nakano Masato was completely confused and couldn't say a word. Nakano Masato, who was beside him, was also stunned and said softly in disbelief: "Tada... The Takeda family has sent troops to Toru! Isn't Takeda an ally with us? How could it be..."
"The matter is confidential and I have no right to disclose it." Sanada Masayuki shook his head and refused.
"How did Chang Panbei get here?" Nakano Masato asked nervously.
"This is a matter of Yuqiu's family and has nothing to do with the Takeda family, so it is inconvenient to disclose it." Masayuki Sanada kept his mouth shut again.
Before Masayuki Sanada came out, Yu Qiuhei, Amano Kyoto, Naoe Tadae and other think tanks discussed together how to use the tiger-skin banner that sent troops to Yu Qiu's Yu's family to deceive the Nakano family to achieve the best effect. According to common sense, the Imakawa family has undergone a huge change, and the Takeda family will naturally react. However, unless the Imakawa family Masashi applied for the Takeda family to help quell the rebellion, or the Takeda family's army would make a decision, the Takeda family's troops should not enter the Imakawa family. Moreover, it is difficult to find out good news and collect good information in just over ten days, reach a tacit agreement with the Asahina group, assemble the troops, prepare the food and grass, and finally enter the Toro River through the mountains.
Yu Qiuping and others were thinking about it, but they didn't know what explanation they should make to overcome all the unreasonable places and make the Nakano family believe that the Takeda family really helped the Yu Qiu family, so as to scare them not to be enemies with the Yu Qiu family, but let them go directly. Just when everyone was at a loss, the ghost elf, Mimaezaki Nakashui, came up with a solution.
"What do you do must make them sure that the Takeda family is going to send troops!" Mimaezaki Nakahide suddenly interrupted, "As long as they are not sure that the Takeda family will not send troops, isn't it enough! Anyway, it's just a scare!"
"The guys from the Nakagen family must be very panicked now." He added, "The main hall of the family governor just passed away, and everyone was in panic. They saw our divine weapons appearing in front of us like a sky, and they were unwilling to offend the Atsubina family. In addition, the threat of the Takeda family sending troops, they would definitely give way!"
"It makes sense, yes, Zhongxiu!" Yu Qiuping suddenly realized, "Instead of thinking about explanations and letting them find flaws, it is better to say nothing, keep it mysterious, and let them guess suspiciously!"
As expected, the Nakano family members fell into unprecedented chaos. Everyone looked at each other, no one knew what was born now, and no one dared to decide how the Takeda family was acting. Has the Takeda family really sent troops? If the troops were sent, where will the troops be now? The Yuqiu family is so confident that they rushed to the city of Nimata without armor. Is it because the Takeda family is backing up? Inuyu Castle has joined the Asahina Ichina? Why did the Takeda family, who has always had a good relationship with the Okabe family, suddenly help the Yuqiu family? Should the Nakano family also turn against each other immediately and help the Asahina Ichina Ichina? Even if we don't turn against each other, do we really have to resist the attacks of the Okabe family and the Takeda family for the Okabe family, who may be traitors?
"So, what is the Nakano family's reply?" Masayuki Sanada urged lightly.
"Can we beg for a while? Let's discuss it?" Nakano Masato said with a stuttering sound. With outsider Masayuki Takasaka here, they are not easy to discuss.
"Yes." Sanada Masayuki showed great confidence, "But, please hurry up, your highness." He whispered as he stood up and left, "There is not much time left."
The last sentence "The time is not too much", can be said to have put the last straw on the already swaying Nakano family - this seems to be an hinting suggestion that the Takeda family's troops are almost here. After a brief discussion, the Nakano family's retainers came to the conclusion that there is no need to face the Yuqiu family and the Takeda family alone for the Okabe family, which may fail. On the one hand, the Nakano family did not attack the Yuqiu family, which was passing by the city, and released goodwill to the Tobina group. On the other hand, the information here was immediately reported to the Okabe family's Ima Castle, so that they should be careful of the enemy troops coming to the scene, and they should also clarify the attitude of the Takeda family. They also need to repeatedly clarify that the Nakano family was forced to let go under pressure, and their hearts were still on the Okabe family, which was considered to be fulfilling their responsibilities to the Okabe family.
Chapter completed!