The bonfire on summer nights attracted countless bugs. The little bugs were attracted by the bonfire and flew over and landed at their feet. Tokugawa Ieyasu sat on the bed and stared at the bugs.

Just as the Takeda family and the Imakawa family were discussing peace, Tokugawa Ieyasu, under the instigation of his retainers, did not receive support from the Oda family, but took the opportunity to occupy the area where the Takeda family had surrendered.

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu also took great risks by making such a move. After all, before the Takeda family occupied these areas, these areas belonged to the Imakawa family, so the Tokugawa family's actions are likely to cause revenge from the Imakawa family.

But even so, Tokugawa Ieyasu still had no choice. After all, with the reunification of the Imakawa family, the Imakawa family's goal is likely to be the Tokugawa family. In order to ensure the stability of the Tokugawa family's West Sanhe area, Tokugawa Ieyasu is determined to seize the East Sanhe area, and with this area, it will serve as a transitional area to confront the Imakawa family.

With the continuous attack of the Tokugawa family and the gradual retreat of the Takeda family, the only thing left in the Dongsanhe area is Nagashiki Castle, which is guarded by the Guan Su family of the Yamabashi, has not been captured yet.

And tonight, it was the night before the Tokugawa family was about to launch an attack on Nagashino Castle.

"Lord, will you rest for a while? The Affiliated Castle of Kuma Castle has also calmed down." From behind Yusui's musk grass, Tadao Okubo's face quietly revealed.

"You go and rest first." Tokugawa Ieyasu said casually as he flicked the bugs at his feet with his horse whip.

Tadashi slowly shook his head: "The Okubo family has no family precept to rest before the lord."

"So, are you here to urge me to go to bed?"

"So that's it."

"Do you think someone will come tonight?"

"This..." Tadae tilted his head and sat down opposite Tokugawa Ieyasu. "I don't know."

Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced at Tadaese and smiled bitterly.

"So, lord, what are you waiting for?"

"I'm waiting to capture the key to Nagashino Castle."

"Oh?" Zhongshi deliberately opened his eyes in surprise, "I'm not sure."

“When is the time now?”

"It's almost time for Hai."

"Oh? It's so late. Hopefully no accident."

Tadashi silently added firewood to the bonfire. He knew very well who Tokugawa Ieyasu was waiting for before coming to guard. Tokugawa Ieyasu also understood Tadashi's thoughts, so he did not deliberately avoid him. Suddenly, a noise came from near the wooden fence. Tokugawa Ieyasu Masaru ordered "Go and have a look", Tadashi had already walked towards the noisy place.

"I'm not a spy. Let me meet Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"It's so late, you're not a spy, what else can you be? Sign up and sign up!"

Outside the fence, four or five silly samurai were surrounding a black shadow, shouting in a ball. Zhongshi strode over and stood in front of the man.

The man was small, wearing a coarse cloth clothes, and a hatchet hanging around his waist, like a working person who went to the ground. But his sharp eyes and free and capable behavior were obvious at first glance.

"Wait, he may be the guest that the lord has been waiting for for a long time." Tadashi stopped the warriors and asked sternly: "Are you a person in charge of the Suga family?"

"Your Excellency is..."

"Okubo Shirou Yuemon Tadaeyo."

The man still looked serious: "I am Natsume Goro Saemon Jisaki."

"I will introduce you. Please come with me."

Natsume gave a bow, but did not say anything. He was Guan Sumi Misato's retainer, Guan Sumi Misato pretended to surrender to Takeda, and now he is in Satoshi Castle. He was obviously coming by Shino's secret order and had to hide his eyes. Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't even want the personal guards to know about this.

When he came to Tokugawa Ieyasu, Natsume Goro said indeed: "Please hold back the others." He looked at Tadashi, and was not polite.

"No." Zhongshi replied, "I will never leave my lord half a step away. Don't worry, sometimes, I have no ears or mouth."

Tokugawa Ieyasu laughed and said, "Is that OK, Goro?"

“Since you don’t mind, what’s wrong?”

"Okay, Tadashi, you are watching nearby and don't let anyone get close." After Tokugawa Ieyasu finished speaking softly, he said to Gorozuo.

Gorou solemnly knelt in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu: "I am no longer polite, but go straight to the point. Is it necessary to attack Nagashino?"

"Not bad." Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded immediately, and then said, "Have you considered the request of our messenger before?"

"Please forgive me..." Natsume Goro's eyes were burning, "I want to ask you something first."

"Is this what you mean, or is it your lord's words?"

"This is what everyone in the family means."

“But it’s okay.”

"If the Takeda family completely withdraws from Mikawa and Tokjiang and curbs the attack of the Imakawa family, can we guarantee that we have the old leader?"

"Oh, don't worry, your leaders have always supported Meitu."

"Second, I hope that the master will betroth the lady to our young master Zhenchang."

"A Gui betrothed to Zhenchang?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu closed his eyes gently. This matter had been mentioned to Mrs. Tsubasa and Agui, but the two strongly opposed it.

"How?" Gorozuo asked, "If the adults can agree to these two conditions, my lord will not only give up Nagashiki Castle, but will also definitely help the adults in this battle, even if he sacrifices his life."

Tokugawa Ieyasu closed his eyes and nodded: "What will he do?"

"He would make people say he had two hearts about Takeda."

"Does it make people think that he is interested in me, Tokugawa Ieyasu?"

"That is. In that case, no matter whether Captain Karizaemon who lives in Sakuto Castle or Takeda Zuomasuke Nobuto who is in Kurose, he dares not act rashly. At that time, the adults can use their hands and feet with confidence."

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded. Although Agui's extremely reluctant face kept popping up in his mind, he still said firmly: "Mizuru wants to give his life to me? Well, not only Aguiru, I will also give Sanki Kanxin as a dowry for the young lady."

Natsume Goro Saemon Yusaki leaned out suspiciously: "Will you marry the lady and give us a new territory?"

"Yes, I can't help but express my loyalty and righteousness."

"Thank you, sir." Gorozuo immediately lowered his head with respect and was still crying. Tokugawa Ieyasu knows Gorozuo's pain very well. Because, as a member of the Yama family (also known as Yamakaro), the head of the Yama Castle, Suga Misato Sasato, was also troubled by the division of his retainers: some people think that they should surrender to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and some people say that they should be loyal to Takeda, so the family is divided into two factions. Those who think that they should be loyal to Takeda believe that Shingen is still alive, while those who want to surrender to Tokugawa Ieyasu believe that Shingen is dead.

Tokugawa Ieyasu knew this very well. Therefore, in addition to sending people to spread the news that Shingen was dead, he also sent a secret envoy to Seonu. He was cautious in nature and decided to attack Nagashino Castle tomorrow after confirming that Shingen was dead. He also sent people everywhere to declare that Tokugawa Tokugawa Ieyasu would never harass the people with a ungrateful army, nor would he hurt the retainers who were acting as a soldier. Most people believed that Tokugawa Ieyasu had regarded Shingen as an ally from the beginning, but in fact, it was the secret envoy who first captured Shingen's mentality of being very unhappy due to the invasion of Takeda's army.

Even so, the retainers did not regard Tokugawa Ieyasu as their own person. For example, Natsume Goro was suspicious of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He insisted on Tokugawa Ieyasu to marry Aguiga to Sadatsuma, in order to test Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart.

Seeing Gorozuo crying, Tokugawa Ieyasu signaled Okubo Tadae to come and add firewood with his eyes.

"Since you are an important official of American writers, you should know who the hostages sent by the Guan Suga family to the Takeda family, right?"

Gorozuo seemed to be ashamed of his sorrow and smiled and said, "It's very clear. It's A Feng, the wife of the young master Zhenchang."

“How old?”

"Fifteen years old..."

Gorozuo emphasized his tone. "We don't want to abandon the young lady and ignore it and marry Miss Agui. Since we are allies, we need to consolidate kinship. This is the wish of everyone in the family."

"But once you form an alliance with me, the Takeda family will kill the young lady."

"We have made that kind of preparation and have taken corresponding measures."

“Relevant measures?”

"We pretend to let A Feng, the adopted daughter of the same tribe, marry the young master, marry her, and then send her there."

"That is, the one sent was not the real young lady?"

"Yes. Since we are already allies, let's tell you. In fact, A Feng is my daughter, but she is also the adopted daughter of Liu Bingwei..." Gorozuo shut up and laughed.

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded slightly, and he finally understood why Gorozuo was crying. If Satoshi could be Tokugawa Ieyasu's inner response, the young and energetic Karai would most likely kill A Feng in anger.

I heard Gorozuo suddenly say again: "I hope you don't think that I was crying for my daughter's miserable fate just now."

"I know. But even if you cry for your daughter, I won't laugh at you."

“Forgive me.”

"Goro Saemon, the war is so cruel."

"yes."

"Not only are the warriors fighting to the death, but the women and the leaders will join."

"yes."

"When Ah Feng went to Takeda, was he still a girl?"

"Yes. When we explained the whole story to her and asked her to pretend to be the young lady... After hearing this, she comforted her crying mother, saying that she had sacrificed herself for the family, and died, and then embarked on this road of no return."

"Oh! I am worthy of being your daughter, such a strong woman! Tadashi, come with paper." Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes flashed from time to time, and he was full of guilt. Agui, Agui, forgive me, one day, I will let women all over the world live a peaceful life. For that day, you... have taken the pen and ink, Tokugawa Ieyasu wrote the affidavit of marrying Agui and giving the 3,000-knot territory to the practitioner without hesitation. Goro Saemon also took out the affidavit of Guan Mei as a blood-print and handed it to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Since then, Tokugawa Ieyasu successfully won Nagashino Castle.
Chapter completed!