Suruga Kingdom, the easternmost branch on Tokaido, connects Kafari Kingdom through Fujigawa Mountain Road to the north, connects Sagami Kingdom with Hakone Mountain natural danger to the east, and connects Izu Kingdom in the east, which is the only way for Kanto and Kanki to connect to Kinki. +◆Whoever possesses Suruga is equivalent to shaking the throat of Kando and Kanki, and the location is self-evident.

Moreover, there are constant traffic and business travel, and the land production is nearly 150,000 shi. Fujijin, Abe Jinshan, in Suruga, can mine gold equivalent to 70,000 shi of money every year. The so-called king-to-dominated capital refers to this place.

Masara spread the mountain map on the ground on the top floor of the Tensou Pavilion in Junfu Castle, and marked the Luo Family's family pattern on its own sphere of influence on the map. Although he was still under the guise of the Imakawa family, in fact, the Imakawa family was already controlled by the Luo Family at this time, and the Suruga Kingdom, Togei Kingdom, and some of the Sankawa countries controlled by the Imakawa family, are actually considered the territory of the Luo Family.

To the west of Junfu Castle, Suki Ni persuaded him to surrender, and he would fall into his own control soon. Although there are still many of the two Jinshan Mountains under their actual control, the gold cannot escape under the ground, so there is no need to hurry. The east is separated from the Hojo family in front of the Hojo family. Moreover, with the death of the Sagami-sing Hojo clan Yasuo clan and his heir Hojo clan, he was besieged in Edo Castle, at this time, the Hojo family was once again coveted by the Kanto tyrants, and had no time to worry about the situation of the Imakawa family.

The only thing that is worried is the Takeda family. The Takeda family had just finished its fourth battle with the Uesugi family on Kawaakashima Island in Shino area. At this time, in the north of Suruga Country on the map, the Fujigawa Mountain Road was specially marked with a red line by Yamamoto Kansuke, and the dangerous areas were specially marked. The most urgent task is to block here. The tiger is blocked in Kafai Country and Shino Country Middle School. We will gain time to quickly straighten out the newly unified Imakawa family's internal affairs.

"After pacifying Suruga, you can break Tokugawa in the west, and you can enter Kashiki, Kanto in the east, plus the territory of Kyushu, Xiguo and Shiguo. At this time, I can be said to be invincible. As long as I don't take risks in person, I will be invincible." Thinking of this, Masaru was full of confidence, so he walked to the observation deck and looked out. The scenery of the castle town immediately came into his eyes. Looking at such a scene, Masaru couldn't help but recite a poem:

"I want to ride the wind and go east, and destroy all the armored soldiers."

Of course, it would be even better if there was a servant next to him, "Lord, good poems! Good poems!". Unfortunately, not only did there be no servants, the town of Junfu City was not a beautiful scenery, and Zuo Town was destroyed by the fire in the second year of Yonglu. The fire was planned and executed by the Luo family's intelligence cabinet. Looking at the ruins of the city left, Masayoshi would not blame him for this, but he was also a little excited.

Then Masara returned to Tianshou Pavilion, and at this time he discovered a four-sided brocade box on the floor. This was sent by the retainer from the residence of the Junfu Castle after receiving Junfu Castle. It is said to be the heirloom of the Imakawa family. He had been keeping a marker map before, but he forgot the treasure, so he immediately opened the brocade box.

"This is the Chidori Incense Burner!"

After opening the brocade box, Masaruo couldn't help but say in surprise. The one Imakawa Kazuka Treasure that appeared in front of him was made of anvil-ceramic, and a vivid vermilion bird was also decorated on the lid.

Then, Masayoshi remembered its legend and took out the incense burner with his hands.

With a "chubby" sound, the jujube made a sound. There is no doubt that this is really the treasure of the Imakawa family. Masara picked up the lid and looked at the candlelight. The halo printed out was even and clear. He touched it gently and played with it for several consecutive times before putting it back into the brocade box.

Masara was naturally happy to get the treasure of the Imakawa family, but after receiving an emergency report from the Intelligence Pavilion, Masarara became a little unhappy.

"Damn Shingen Takeda!"

It turned out that Takeda Shingen finally took action against the situation of the Imakawa family. He first sent a team of troops to rescue the Imakawa family in the name of rescuing the Imakawa family in the Suruga Mansion. He had slowly come to the border of Suruga. At the same time, there were a lot of rumors in the areas of the Mikawa and Tomeng countries, saying that the Takeda family would take the opportunity from Shino country to enter the Mikawa country, which was also to support the Suruga Imakawa family.

Although the Suruga Imakawa family had been unified by the Tomeng Imakawa family at this time, with the temperament of the guy Takeda Shingen, this was just an excuse for him to covet the territory of the Imakawa family. So even if he knew that the civil strife in the Imakawa family had ended, he would not stop acting.

For a time, the Tokaido area was once again in a turbulent manner.

At the same time, at Tokugawa's home, Tokugawa Ieyasu was also worried about the rumors that the Takeda family was about to enter Mikawa.

At the beginning, after returning to Okazaki Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu would go to Sugito to swim every day to strengthen his body, and usually persist until late autumn. Of course, sometimes, he would change swimming to hunting.

On this day, after Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was over thirty years old, came out of Okazaki Castle, and turned left and right from Xijing to the plain near Okazaki Castle, chasing prey on the empty plain. He pretended to be hunting on the surface, but was thinking hard in his heart about how to deal with the beast that was about to take action. After handing the captured hare to the servant, he came to the stream, a tributary of Majinchuan, and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and stopped suddenly: "Call Xiaoheita."

"yes."

"Let the falcon rest for a moment, and I will rest here too."

After the attendant left, Tokugawa Ieyasu sat down in the dry grass. The next battle will be a turning point in fate. If the tiger Takeda Shingen really plans to invade the Mikawa Kingdom, then the Imakawa family, as its ally, will likely give up the way out. Then the Tokugawa family will avoid it and become the first enemy to deal with. Even if the relationship between the Imakawa family and the Takeda family was affected by the civil strife of the Imakawa family and even torn apart, the Imakawa family, which has more strategic depth, can completely give up the territory of the eastern part of the Mikawa Kingdom, so that the Tokugawa family will stand in front of the Takeda family. Therefore, no matter what the situation is, a head-on encounter between the Tokugawa family and the Takeda family will inevitably happen.

This made Tokugawa Ieyasu irritable. Worry and fear can only bring about a tragic ending. He remembered that when he was young, he often heard Zen Master Xuezhai’s admonition: Don’t panic when things happen.

At critical moments, you should open your eyes and look at the sky. In that way, rationality and impulse, good times and bad times will naturally become clear. If the severe winter comes, no matter how powerful a warrior is, no matter how powerful a counselor is, no matter how clever a counselor is, no matter how brilliant a counselor is, no matter how powerful a man can escape.

If there is a possibility of resistance and escape, it is entirely caused by the distortion of the mind of the person involved. That distorted heart is like the root of confusion, and confusion will inevitably lead to failure... Tokugawa Ieyasu's admonition has been deposited in his body, and he still cannot suppress his inner waves without facing the hurricane of Kafari.

Should I fight or give way? Which option is more beneficial? If you give way, Takeda Shingen may have passed by and would not attack Okazaki Castle? It is really hard to determine. After all, in Tokugawa Ieyasu's view, Takeda Shingen's previous style of takingda's family (well, Takeda Shingen's plot to expel his father, marry his sister, and tear up the covenant with his allies to seize the Shinno area, did make the Warring States Daemin around Takeda's family a little disbelief of Takeda Shingen's Nobuyuki), and no promise could be believed.

Moreover, this still cannot solve the problem. Even if Takeda Shingen does not attack Okazaki Castle, he Tokugawa Ieyasu will naturally become a vassal of the Takeda clan (after all, unless Tokugawa Ieyasu surrenders, it will be impossible for Takeda Shingen not to attack Okazaki Castle, as mentioned above, to not attack. It is just to consider whether Takeda Shingen will take the opportunity to annex the Tokugawa family after surrendering to the Takeda family). But he cannot let the soldiers and family members make meaningless sacrifices. Just as he was staring at the dark clouds in the sky and thinking hard, a snickering suddenly came from the thatched bushes beside him.

"Who?" Tokugawa Ieyasu turned his head suddenly, and saw his retainer Kamihara Kohei Taiyasumasa coming over with a bloody hare with a spirited look and said, "Lord, you don't look very good?"

Nowadays, the retainers generally no longer call Tokugawa Ieyasu "Lord" but instead change to "Grandman". Only Kamihara Kohei Taiyasu Masaru, and Zuo and Motochi still call him the lord as before.

"Koheita, what's so funny!" Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately blamed.

Kamihara Kohei Taiyasu laughed again: "The lord's expression is as alert as this rabbit."

"Hmph!" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the rabbit in Kamihara Kohei-tayasumasa, "Are you saying I'm afraid of Takeda Shingen?"

"Hahaha, fearless people never lose weight." Kamihara Kohei Taiyamasa, who is already sixteen years old, has grown more powerful and brave. "Lord, you promised to Ai Nasixiang as your concubine, but so far, you have not fulfilled your promise."

"Don't talk about women and children in the wilderness, sit down."

"I will sit down. But the woman who lived in my uncle's house was still not married. When I think of her physical and mental haggard appearance, I felt heartbroken." After Kamihara Kohei Taikamasa said sarcastically, she sat down, "Lord, won't be afraid of Jiafei's short guy."

"You mean Yama Prefecture Ranro Bingwei?" Tokugawa Ieyasu snorted coldly. Takeda's famous general, Yama Prefecture Ranro Bingweimasa Masayoshi, is a small man less than four feet long. After putting on his armor, he became shorter.

"Do you think I'm afraid of Masayoshi?" Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced at Hara Kohei-tayasumasa and turned his gaze to the mountains connecting the borders of Kafai, Shinshu and Tori River.

The Takeda family on the other side of the mountain is undoubtedly making various preparations for entering Beijing. As soon as Takeda Shingen leaves the Kamo Mansion, tens of thousands of troops will be welcomed here in just a few days.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's current territory is only tens of thousands of stones, and the army that can face the enemy head-on is up to five or six thousand. Of course, he would ask for help from his ally Oda Nobunaga. But how many troops can Oda Nobunaga, who is attacking Ise at this time, can he distribute to support him?

"Experience is indeed scary." Kamihara Kohei Taiyasu said again, "Foxes will turn into spirits after years of age, and it seems that humans will be the same. The lord has become another person."

"Xiaopingta! Do you have absolute confidence to defeat the army of Xinzhou in Jiafei?"

"Confidence? Lord, Xiaoheita doesn't have that kind of thing. Fearless people don't need so-called confidence. What you are worried about is Takeda Shingen's experience, but I don't think so."

"You mean..."

"He is old and confused! I don't think that Okazaki's bloody man will lose to that old and confused man. As long as we have the opportunity, we will take advantage of the situation to attack; if we are pursued, we will retreat quickly. As long as we persist in fighting-"

"Oh. If you are entangled, what should you think?"

"Then go and die."

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Not afraid. Xiaopingta hasn't died yet."

Tokugawa Ieyasu stared at Kamihara Koheitayasumasa. He called Kamihara Koheitayasumasa, in a sense, just to find his bloody nature from him. But Tokugawa Ieyasumasasumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosumasahosu. But Tokugawa Ieyasu did not expect to hear such a decisive answer.

"Have you died?"

"I didn't know why I was born in this world. So I never considered life and death. I probably didn't know what happened when I was born, right?"

"Barewell!" When Koheita heard this question, Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. The so-called life is to carry a heavy burden and move forward step by step. Only by making this consideration can you think repeatedly and make decisions without any mistakes."

"Have the lord been mentally prepared to fight?"

"That's natural!" Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but be surprised. This sentence naturally burst out without consideration. Life is determined by hard work, and there is no doubt that it is necessary to do so. But it is undeniable that will cannot completely influence a person's destiny.

What Tokugawa Ieyasu thinks now is exactly what human power cannot control. Why did Oda Nobunaga be born in Ohara, and why did Takeda Nobunaga be born in Kafari? Tokugawa Ieyasu does not think there is much difference between Takeda Nobunaga's military strategy and Oda Nobunaga's military strategy. Therefore, if Oda Nobunaga be born in Kafari and Takeda Nobunaga be born in Ohara, the one who attacks him now may be Oda Nobunaga, and the one who is trying to go from the direction of Ise Country, it is probably Takeda Nobunaga who is trying to go from the direction of Ise Country.

In this way, the battle between Imakawa Yoshimoto and Oda Nobunaga's Tarawa was determined in the dark. The Imakawa family, which was originally sure to win, was defeated. If it weren't for this sudden appearance of Imakawa's Burial, Imakawa's family would probably have been destroyed, and their Tokugawa family would not be restricted. As for Oda Nobunaga, they have become stronger and stronger since then.

"Kohita, is Qiluo's right guard close to you?"

"Do you want to hear his opinion? I'll call him here immediately."

Kamihara Koheitayamasa stood up and shouted loudly at Okubo Shirou Yuemon Tadae. Tadae was the nephew of the old man Changyuan. Although his personality was gentler than his uncle, he never compromised and gave in at critical moments. He can be said to be a typical Sankawa person.

"Koheita, what are you shouting?" Tadae walked over and said, "It turned out to be an adult." He saw Tokugawa Ieyasu's figure.

"It's an adult, come and pay your respects." Zhongshi turned around and waved his hand. Behind him was a boy with a big eyes and wide eyes, holding a dead branch, passing through the bushes and following him.

"Qilang's right guard, he is..."

"He is the youngest brother Heisuke. Heisuke, so he won't even say hello to the Lord!"

The young man knelt down on one knee casually and said, "The villain is not Heisuke, but he is called Tadaichi Hirosaemon. Although the primordial ceremony has not been held, he already has a name." He seemed very dissatisfied with the introduction of his brother Tadashi and lowered his head respectfully.

"Oh, it turns out to be Shishiro's youngest son! I'll ask you. Which side do you think I will win when I fight the Takeda family? To be honest."

"No, the villain doesn't want to say it." Heisuke shook his head without hesitation.

"Oh? Why don't you want to say it?" Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled, but was thinking seriously inside.

"To be honest, you may get angry."

"Oh. Then I don't need to ask anymore. But why do you think I will lose?"

Heisuke looked at his brother Tadashi and said, "I don't know." He sucked the grass beside him with the dead branches.

Tadaoshi deliberately frowned and said, "This Heisuke is really a prodigal son."

"I'm not Heisuke, but Hikazaemon."

"Tell the adults what you think."

"Because the retainers are not good," Heisuke said loudly, then looked at his brother, and then at Kamihara Kohei Taiyasumasa.

"What? Little bastard. What's wrong with the retainers?" Kamihara Kohei Taiyasumasa stared at Heisuke angrily.

"Haha." Heisuke smiled, "I can't say it, you will resent me if you say it."

"Didn't you say it already? Say it quickly!"

"No, I don't want to say it. But if you keep me by your side as a service, you will understand. Sir, please accept me."

"Cunning boy. Hahaha!" Kamihara Kohei Taiyasumasa laughed loudly, but Tokugawa Ieyasu did not laugh. Even this young child seemed to be giving him some hint.

"Okay, I'll accept you - Shirou Eight Guard." Tokugawa Ieyasu turned his face and called Tadae.

"exist."

"You said, take the challenge or avoid it?"

Tadae Okubo looked at Honta Kanhara Koheitayasu: "The opinions of Kamihara Koheitayasu are slightly different from those of Kamihara Koheitayasu."

“How is it different?”

"Kanhara Kohei Taikamasa advises Lord to fight anyway. I don't think so."

"Are you against the fight?"
To be continued...