At noon on November 16, on the official road between the narrow buckets.

Yu Qiuhei was taking Honda Tada and Amano Kyoto, two followers, waiting for Lin Xiuzhen who was coming on the official road. According to the plan, Yu Qiuhei would go directly to the Imai River as an envoy after Lin Xiuzhen arrived, and go to Chili Castle to seek to see Matsuhei Motoyasu and make an alliance with him.

Due to the emergence of Yu Qiuhei, Oda Nobunaga in this life made an alliance request to Motokazu Matsuhira two years earlier than his previous life. Nobunaga Oda originally planned to fight to Okazaki Castle with his father Nobuhira Oda after the "landstorm collapse", forcing Motokazu Matsuhira to sign a humiliating alliance and become his own vassal ally - just like the previous relationship between the Imakawa family and the Matsuhira family. However, the current situation no longer allows him to complete his preset goal. The Saito family in the north was eyeing him, and Oda Nobunaga alone would definitely not be able to stop the Saito family's army, and Oda Nobunaga must go back as soon as possible.

Therefore, at yesterday's meeting, he appointed Yu Qiuhei, who had a good relationship with Matsuhei Motokaku as an envoy, and went to Chili Castle to ask Matsuhei Motokaku to form an alliance (Yu Qiuhei can also return to his subordinates' families by the way). He did not require that under such circumstances, he would enter into a treaty with Matsuhei Motokaku to clearly distinguish between strength and weakness. As long as Yu Qiuhei could persuade Matsuhei Motokaku to leave the Imakawa family and form an alliance with him.

However, after the meeting, Yu Qiuhei was kept. After Oda Nobunaga took away everyone, he instructed him: "Yu had already asked Sado to come here yesterday. Then you will be on an envoy with him. If you don't understand anything, you can ask him for advice."

"Yes." Yu Qiuhei responded. Sure enough, Oda Nobunaga naturally would not be completely relieved to be completed by a new arrival of defectors. It was natural to arrange for Lin Xiuzhen to monitor him.

"However," Oda Nobunaga told him again before Yuqiuhei left: "Don't disclose Sado's whereabouts to the outside world. You are the official envoy on this mission, and Sado is just an irrelevant little character."

"You remember it clearly for Yu."

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Yu Qiuping, who was confused, was waiting for Lin Xiuzhen's arrival on the official road. He didn't understand why he was the righteous envoy, but Lin Xiuzhen was just a "small role". In terms of official position, Lin Xiuzhen is the old man in the family, while Yu Qiuping is just a general, so Lin Xiuzhen should be respected. From reality, Lin Xiuzhen, who is familiar with diplomacy, should be allowed to be the righteous envoy, while Yu Qiuping only relies on his old love with Matsue Motokaku, as an opportunity for the two families to start a dialogue.

Although I don’t understand why this is for, after seeing the smoke rising from the distance of the official road, Yu Qiuhei still ordered Tadao Honda and Keito Amano to get on the horse and prepare to go out with Lin Xiuzhen.

"I'm going back to Mikawa," Yu Qiuhei looked at Honda Tada, who was armed and serious, with a serious expression beside him. "Kuangnosuke, do you have any plans?"

Tadao Honda frowned and looked at Yu Qiuping: "I don't know what your Highness meant?"

"Now I have a foundation in the Oda family and settled down, so don't worry." Yu Qiuhei smiled unnaturally, "If the alliance is established smoothly, the Matsuhira family will be considered an independent daimyo. Did Guonosuke consider taking advantage of this opportunity to return to the Matsuhira family?"

Tadao Honda was stunned for a moment, and his hand holding the samurai scabbard was trembling a little. It could be seen that he was hesitant.

At this moment, Lin Xiuzhen and a few followers had already arrived at a place not far away. Seeing that the two had not had much time to discuss this matter, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but urge him anxiously: "Guonosuke, what do you mean?"

"Next time, I will return to Matsuhira's house next time." Honda Tada shook his head, "I am here to be your escort, accompanying you on an envoy. Your Highness did not bring other escorts. If you leave, your Highness will be safe and unprotected. This is not a samurai way."

Yu Qiuping wanted to persuade him again, but Lin Xiuzhen had already greeted Yu Qiuping with her fists. Yu Qiuping had to hold her fists and return the greeting.

"It's not easy for Your Highness Lin to come from that ancient wild city." Yu Qiuping looked at Lin Xiuzhen's dusty look and his face was a little haggard.

"No matter how hard it is, sitting in the back is not as hard as you samurai who are fighting on the front line," Lin Xiuzhen laughed. "Before, Hongye had to draw his sword against the former master, which is really too embarrassing for you. A loyal samurai like Hongye must be full of conflicts in his heart."

Lin Xiuzhen's words could be said to be Yu Qiuping's heart. Yu Qiuping nodded helplessly and shook his head again, "This is the chaotic time of the Warring States Period."

"The master will remember your grievances and efforts in his heart," Lin Xiuzhen smiled and said, "It's all for the lord's hegemony! Let's go!" After that, he grabbed the horse's belly and led everyone to ride the horse towards Fengmaichuan.

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When he arrived near the bridgehead of Fengwichuan, Yu Qiuping personally rode his horse forward to explain his purpose as an envoy. It happened that the guard at the bridgehead was a servant of Matsuhira Motokaku and had a meeting with Yu Qiuping. He happily let Yu Qiuping go to Zhilicheng.

However, when he arrived in Zhili City, Yu Qiuping encountered some trouble. He originally thought he could negotiate with Matsue Motokaku in Zhili City Tianshou Pavilion. However, unexpectedly, the group was banned from entering outside the city.

"I'm really sorry." Ishikawa Shumasa, who is responsible for receiving Yu Qiuhei in the castle town, said: "The lord is not convenient to see guests, so I hope His Highness Yu Qiu can wait for a moment."

This situation caught Yu Qiuping off guard. If the Songiping family didn't want to negotiate and didn't let themselves cross the bridge, it would be. But if they let themselves go to Zhili City and refused to enter, what does this mean?

Yu Qiuping looked at Lin Xiuzhen beside him, who was looking for help. Lin Xiuzhen looked at the horse seal of Matsupei Yuankang who was shaking at the city wall, smiled slightly, shook her head at Yu Qiuping, and signaled him not to ask himself.

"I am just the deputy envoy, and everything will be decided by Your Highness Yuqiu." Lin Xiuzhen said respectfully.

"Then..." Yu Qiuping hesitated for a moment, but chose to follow Ishikawa Shumasato's arrangement and stayed in the city. The group walked to the inn where they stayed as if nothing had happened. Who would have thought that as soon as they entered the door, Lin Xiuzhen, who was calm just now, suddenly seemed a little anxious.

"This adult," Lin Xiuzhen looked at Amano Kyoto, "I wonder if the crow on the adult's shoulder can be used to report the news?"

"Yes." Amano Jingde nodded with a serious expression, stroked the crow's back twice, and the crow would fly to Lin Xiuzhen's shoulder with great care. "I wonder what urgent matters are there for Your Highness?"

"Let's explain these later," Lin Xiuzhen said while instructing her subordinates to genmo, "His Highness Sakuma is in danger."

After a while, he almost finished writing the letter, carefully stuffed it into the message tube beside the crow's legs, and Amano Keito found a hidden direction to release it.

"Your Highness Lin." Yu Qiuping was frightened by Lin Xiuzhen's reaction, "I don't know what's important?"

"It's like this," Lin Xiuzhen looked at Yu Qiuping and explained: "If I infer it well, His Highness Matsuhira is not in Zhili City, but in Okazaki Castle."

"What?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, "But isn't there any horse seal from His Highness Songpin's head on the city?"

"Just just a trick." Lin Xiuzhen shook her head, "I realized something was wrong all the way here just now. The camps laid by the Songpin family's troops were too open and too scattered, which was obviously not conducive to defense. It was obviously trying to create the illusion of the large number of troops so that the lord would not dare to attack."

"And His Highness Matsuhei himself has already led some troops to Okazaki Castle, intending to launch a surprise attack on His Highness Sakuma who was alone and deeply invaded." Lin Xiuzhen asserted.

"So I want to see His Highness Matsuhira, so Ishikawa will not let me enter the city?" Yu Qiuping suddenly realized, "His highness Matsuhira is not in Zhili City at all, and the city is probably an empty city. I am afraid that we can see through the reality of the world, so I blocked us outside the city! The samurai at the bridge must have been given a low status and not enough to contact strategic secrets, so I was carelessly sent to us across the bridge?"

"That's good." Lin Xiuzhen smiled bitterly, "But His Highness Sakuma's retreat is quite good, and the Matsue family probably won't get much advantage."

After everyone saw the situation severely, they all looked solemn, but Lin Xiuzhen became calm instead.

"What we can do is wait here!" After that, Lin Xiuzhen smiled and clapped her hands, and then calmly sat on the tatami, "Go and make a pot of tea for me."

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On the afternoon of November 16, Yuqiu-ping and others came to visit Ishikawa Shumasaki.

"I'm really sorry for deceiving something before." Ishikawa Kuro came up and apologized sincerely, which was quite simple and capable of the Sankawa samurai. "The lord is not in Chili Castle, but in Okazaki Castle."

Hearing this, Yu Qiuping had to turn his worshipful eyes to Lin Xiuzhen. This middle-aged warrior who was usually tepid was actually such a keen observation ability. When he was still confused, he had already clearly inferred the overall situation - he was definitely not an incompetent person in history.

So, why in history...

However, Yu Qiuhei could not continue thinking because Ishikawa Shumasa continued: "I have sent a messenger to report to my lord. After my lord learned about His Highness Yu Qiu's purpose, I really hope to talk to His Highness Yu Qiu and dare to ask His Highness to go to Okazaki Castle to discuss it."
Chapter completed!