Chapter 6 Chapter Four

Yubuki, who came to the ancient mansion, was placed in the house of Itagaki Nobukata, which was located in a corner of the samurai residence. Although Kansuke Yamamoto promised to persuade Yubu Ji to marry Harunobu as his concubine, Yubu Ji didn't seem to agree at all.It has been about a month since Yubuji came to the ancient mansion, during which time Kansuke went to the other courtyard of Nobukata's mansion to meet Yubuji several times. At this time, Yu Buji was sitting on the side of the corridor, staring at the lush garden in a daze.Seeing Kansuke's arrival, Bu Ji brushed back the hair hanging on her shoulders with her hands, and said first:

"If it's still what I said last time, I have nothing to answer." "If you don't want to, I won't force you to persuade me." Kansuke was in the courtyard and answered like this. "Your lord killed my father, so he is my enemy. As you said, in this era of killing or being killed, if your lord didn't kill my father, my father might kill your lord." My lord, this matter is due to my father's poor martial arts, so I don't hold any grudges very much. However, I can't agree to the only thing about becoming that enemy's concubine."

It was a bit of a surprise that this statement came from the mouth of a fifteen-year-old girl. "However, since you have given up suicide, if you want to live—" "Do you mean to say that, even with such a disgrace, it must be so?" Yu Buji's clear eyes were full of anger. "Abandoning suicide and wanting to live is because I want to live as I wish. If I knew that I would become the concubine of the person who killed my father, it would be better to die at that time." "Indeed." Kansuke felt that it was a pleasure to talk with this bright and bright girl.

"You want to live as you wish, which is beyond reproach. However, please be open-minded. Please forgive me for saying that although Her Royal Highness is alone now, as a woman, the life you wish for is nothing more than a closed life." The family is harmonious, and a boy and a half girl will be born as soon as possible. If the princess you give birth to an heir with both the blood of the Takeda family and the blood of the Suwa family, it would be great. Since it is the heir of the princess, it must be very smart , This is self-evident. What will happen to this child in the future depends entirely on Her Highness the Princess. I hope that Her Highness will carefully consider what I am saying."

After Kansuke finished speaking, he raised his head and faced Yubuki.At this moment, Yu Buji stared at the sky blankly, as if possessed by something, with a dazed expression. "After two or three days, I will visit you again." After finishing speaking, Kansuke stepped back in front of Bu Ji. The next day, Kansuke Yamamoto met Harunobu in the city, and Harunobu asked about Yubu Ji. "After that, what happened to the princess?" "The princess is very happy." Kansuke replied.A little while: "However, we must also take into account the dignity of the lady. Please leave this matter to Kansuke for the time being."

Kansuke said again. Harunobu's first wife, Sanjo, is about older than Yubu Ji, and is twenty-six years old this year.Sanjo and Harunobu have given birth to two boys, namely Yoshinobu, who is nine years old, and Longbao, who is six years old.Due to the existence of the main wife Sanjo, even Harunobu, who is the governor of the family, cannot forcefully accept Yubu Ji as a concubine with great fanfare. Kansuke Yamamoto didn't like Sanjo, nor did she like her two children.Although the eldest son, Yoshinobu, was still a child, his face, which was pale due to frailty and sickness, always showed a gloomy and gloomy expression. At first sight, he felt that he was small in stature and could not inherit his father Harunobu's family business after all. characters.When Yoshinobu saw Kansuke in the hallway of the mansion, he always imitated his peculiar walking posture, and he followed Kansuke wherever he went.Sometimes Yoshinobu would imitate the adults, and Kansuke always felt a little annoying.

Although the younger brother, Long Bao, has good qualifications, it is a pity that he has been blind since birth. Kansuke felt that the combination of Harunobu and Yubuki was very necessary for the Takeda family.Such a bright and bright child born of Bu Ji must have the corresponding virtues and talents to inherit the Takeda family.Although the current problem is how to persuade Yubu Ji, but Kansuke seems to have a plan. Two or three days later, Kansuke came to Yubuki's residence again. "How are you thinking?" Kansuke asked. But Yu Buji didn't answer, and asked quickly:

"Are you on the side of the Takeda family? Or are you on the side of the Suwa family?" These words are really straightforward. "Which side are you considering?" When speaking, there was a look of contempt on Yubu Ji's face.Without waiting for Kansuke's answer, Yubu Ji said coldly: "I'm not in a good mood today, please step back." After finishing speaking, Bu Ji turned around and entered the room.Kansuke felt at the moment that it was not easy to convince Yubuki.But it is no wonder that it is indeed extremely difficult for a fifteen-year-old girl to understand the dream of a person who is over fifty.

Kansuke resigned from Yubuki and was about to walk out of Itagaki Nobuka's house when he suddenly saw Harunobu's wife Sanjo coming to Itagaki's mansion accompanied by several maids. Kansuke was taken aback.Why the Santiao clan came here is self-evident.Kansuke had no choice but to stand on the side of the door, bowing his head to greet Sanjo. "Kansuke, I happened to meet you here. I heard that you brought a woman who inherited the blood of the Suwa family to the ancient mansion and hid here. Is there such a thing?" Santiao came forward and asked. "Yeah." Kansuke was vague.

"If it's a hostage, it should be treated like a hostage. I don't allow anyone to do anything strange." A look of jealousy gradually appeared on Santiao's face. "As for the hostages, I am indeed taking care of one." Kansuke replied. "Can't you let me see you?" This is going to be difficult, Kansuke thought to himself.One side said: "The courtyard is messy, please wait a moment." At the end of the speech, he gave a salute, turned around and returned to the other courtyard where Bu Ji lived. "Please hide for a while." Kansuke said to Yubuki.

"Why should I hide?" Yu Buji asked quietly. "Madam is here." Kansuke replied. "Then let's meet her." Yubuji said. "I think it's better not to see you." "Why? It should be her who should be avoided. I was the one who killed my father!" Yu Buji's attitude is very tough.Although the family is dead, the blood of the famous Suwa family in her body makes her face full of life at this moment.Her eyes were clear and bright, her cheeks were tight and her expression was awe-inspiring. Kansuke stared blankly at the face of this beautiful girl, and there was a desire in his heart to control all the actions of this stubborn girl.Maybe it's an opposing feeling, Kansuke thought. "Okay. I'll go and lead my wife here." Kansuke said with a calm expression. Kansuke got up and went out, and after a while, he returned with the Sanjo family and the accompanying maids.Sanjo came to the corridor: "Is this the lady from the Suwa family?" The Sanjo clan looked down for a long time at the face of Yu Buji who lowered his head slightly to salute. "In order to become the pillow of the father-killer, I worked tirelessly and came from afar. I have not given up on the matter of subjugation." After coldly throwing away these words, Santiao turned around and left without looking back. After Mrs. Santiao left, Yu Buji still sat quietly, Er Er raised her head, and said slowly: "Indeed. Regarding the subjugation of the country, I really have not given up." Yu Buji paused, then said: "As you said, inject the blood of Suwa into the Takeda family. Although I can't predict what will happen after that, but maybe I survived because of this." Suddenly, unstoppable tears fell from Bu Ji's beautiful face.Kansuke's unfocused eyes on the side silently watched everything that happened at this moment. After Harunobu wiped out the Suwa clan, he used Suwa as his base and began to encroach on neighboring lands.In March, Harunobu's army and Murakami Yoshiki's army faced off at Hushi Castle.Murakami Yoshikiyo is a wealthy family in the same place. His hometown is Katsuo Castle, and Toishi Castle is his subordinate city. It was March 8th that Harunobu led his army out of Gufu City.This is the season when the cherry blossoms are gone, and the sunshine in late spring has gradually taken on the meaning of early summer. Since ancient times, the Takeda family will carry the family treasures passed down from generation to generation-the flag of Sufa and the flag of grandson every time they gamble on the great battle of family fortune.This time, the army marched westward from the ancient mansion, and the two flags fluttered with the morning wind.One flag is made of red silk, on which is written "Nanwusufang Nangong Faxing Damingshen" in gold powder.The other flag is made of cyan silk, on which is also written in gold powder two lines of big characters: "Fast as wind, slow as forest, plundering as fire, immovable as mountain", each character is more than one foot square.Both flags are large banners with a length of more than one foot and two feet.In addition, hundreds of flags were inserted on the backs of the warriors, flying with the wind, enclosing the two large flags.The banner group traveled day and night to the shore of Lake Suwa, then went north, and arrived at Komuro two days later. Before attacking Toishi Castle, Harunobu deployed his army and generals in Suwa, Shiojiriguchi, and Fuebuki Ridge to prevent the enemies from Ina, Kiso, and Kanto in order to prevent the neighboring enemies from invading Kai.Afterwards, Harunobu led more than 4,000 troops to Hushi City. Although Toishi Castle is a small mountain city, it is very easy to capture, but we must beware of Murakami Yoshiki's reinforcements who came to rescue Hushicheng.For this reason, the only 4,000 soldiers had to be divided into two routes: one to attack Hushi City, and the other to resist the enemy's reinforcements. Just before the siege of the city was about to take place, as expected, scouts came to report that Yoshiki Murakami led an army of 7,600 to rescue Hushicheng.So the teams of Amari, Koyamada, and Yokota immediately rushed to the north of the city to meet them.When the two armies meet, the battle begins immediately.Here, Harunobu led his team and began to attack Toishi Castle from the west of the castle. In this battle, Kansuke was part of Harunobu's team and led twenty-five ashigaru to stand firm.Not long after the battle started, Kansuke was faintly worried.Taking Hushi City with only 4,000 men was originally quite reluctant, but now the troops are divided into two groups, and the formation is also unfavorable. It really cannot make people optimistic. If Nobukata Itagaki, who is closest to Kansuke, was present, he would have been able to persuade Harunobu to break up the formation and retreat from the beginning.Reluctantly, Xin Fang stuck to Suwa and failed to participate in this battle.If Harunobu had directly asked for his opinion, it would be natural for him to suggest retreating.But since Harunobu hasn't asked yet, he can only stick to his duty.Because it was Harunobu himself who decided to forcibly attack Toishi Castle. The battle started at Chen hour, and within half a quarter of an hour, it entered a state of melee where the enemy and the enemy were indistinguishable.Teams of Amari, Yokota, and Koyamada were suppressed by enemies several times their size from the very beginning, struggling to hold on. In Murakami's army, there is a rider who rides freely and horizontally on the battlefield, which is very eye-catching.This man Kongwu is powerful, but a brave warrior, and it is Kojima Gorozaemon, who is also famous even for Kai.This person was riding an exceptionally tall war horse and wielding a large spear in his hand. Even the enemy Takeda army felt heroic and heroic.At this time, a young samurai in Takeda's army slapped his horse to kill Kojima. He was his adopted son Hikojuro, who was only twenty-three years old.Compared with Kojima, Hikojuro seemed a bit too delicate. The two fought for only two or three rounds, and suddenly they both fell off the horse.Not long after, it was Hikojuro who stood up from the ground.This result was beyond everyone's expectations, and everyone felt incredible. Hikojuro's martial arts immediately spread to Shingen's main formation. "Did you kill the enemy general Kojima Gorozaemon?" Harunobu was very happy, as if he thought it was a good omen. "Kill Kojima alone, so what?" Kansuke said.Kansuke thinks this kind of one-on-one fighting is stupid, even Kojima, the well-known brave samurai, died in battle, didn't he?On this battlefield, personal force is not enough to be trusted, and the most critical part of the battle is not here.Kansuke thought so. Kansuke's words made Harunobu feel uncomfortable. "Killing one Kojima is worth killing hundreds of ordinary enemy soldiers." Harunobu said.Kansuke didn't reply, and said to himself: "It's dangerous." These words were very abrupt, and the surrounding people couldn't understand the meaning of the words for a while. "What's the danger?" Qingxin asked resolutely. "Master Amari and Master Yokota are in danger." "Isn't it impossible to see the battlefield here? How do you know the danger?" "I can see clearly, Kansuke." When Kansuke said this, the expression on his face was not ugly at all, but as keen as a god. The news of the deaths of Amari Bizenmoru and Yokota Bichumoru reached the main camp about a moment later. At the same time, the two teams, Amari and Yokota, who had lost their main general, began to be in chaos, unable to maintain their formation, and were about to be defeated.This trend also gradually spread to the army attacking Hushicheng. Seeing this situation, Harunobu immediately sent out to maintain the formation of each team.Reluctantly, this move has had little effect, and the defeat of the Takeda army has gradually become stronger. Therefore, Harunobu got in touch with the vanguard and the rear army, and united the whole army in one place in order to fight against the enemy.Just when Harunobu got on his horse and wanted to personally lead the team into battle, Kansuke said from the side: "The chief general personally leads the army to break into the enemy's position, but he doesn't know what benefits it will bring to the battle?" "Isn't this move out of desperation?" "Do you already have the consciousness to die in battle?" Harunobu was silent about this, Kansuke felt that Harunobu was still too young after all. "Preserving this body is very important for the final victory. It is true that the soldiers died one after another, which cannot but arouse your anger, but this anger may lead you to act rashly." After hearing this, Harunobu looked down at Kansuke Yamamoto's short body from his mount.Regarding this unattractive man, who was ignorant or wise, but always calm and annoying, Harunobu suddenly felt that he was more trustworthy than any of his close vassals. "What countermeasures do you have?" "Have." "Is there any way out of this predicament?" "There is only one way to win this battle. Please hand over the fifty cavalry in the Zhujiao team to the command of Kansuke." Kansuke's request was granted.So, he immediately led the fifty horsemen to gallop for about a mile, and appeared behind Murakami's army. "At this time, you must have the awareness to give up your life, and rush through the enemy's formation with all your strength. Just pass through, and you don't need to kill each of his soldiers. I will take the first step, and you will follow!" After all, Kansuke and Fifty Knights charged into the enemy line with sharp swords, splitting Murakami's army in two from behind. These fifty-one riders didn't look sideways, they just rushed in and out of the enemy's formation.Kansuke thought to himself: As long as it can disrupt the enemy's formation, that's enough.Once the enemy formation is in disarray, with Harunobu's youthful spirit and determination to risk his life, he will be able to restore his collapsed formation. Kansuke rode in the lead, bent over the horse's back, waving the sword in his hand left and right, and just galloped wildly.At this moment, he was focused on disrupting the enemy's formation, no matter how small the enemy's commotion was, it would definitely not escape Harunobu's eyes.Qingxin will definitely lead the army to attack the gap between the enemy and restore the decline in one fell swoop. While Kansuke charged forward, he looked back, and fifty cavalrymen followed closely behind him like a black torrent. Suddenly, Kansuke heard screaming from all around, and when he looked closely, he felt that the enemy formation he was in was in a mess like a beehive.On the hills ahead, the banner of the "Furin Volcano" of the Takeda Army's main formation waved wildly and moved rapidly.I don't know if it's before noon or noon, the sun is shining obliquely on the flag, and the lacquered characters flash with light from time to time, very dazzling. The sound of shouting and killing came from the side of Takeda's army.Kansuke led the fifty cavalry, and after passing through the enemy's formation, he immediately turned his horse's head and charged into the formation again.It is not necessary to kill an enemy soldier, but to cut down the enemy standing in front of him.At this time, the sound of fighting, the sound of horns, and the sound of drums roared everywhere, and the sound of gunfire was also intertwined. At some point, Kansuke was thrown far away from the bumping horse, and landed beside the big root of the pine tree. The blood oozing from his forehead dazzled his eyes.Kansuke wanted to raise his right hand to wipe away the blood, but he couldn't move his right hand, and he didn't realize that more than ten places had been injured on his body. Because of Kansuke's combat strategy, Takeda's army was able to switch from defense to offense.Under the impact of the Takeda cavalry, the disorganized Murakami army was finally unable to support and fled in defeat.In this battle, the Takeda army lost 721 people and obtained 193 enemy heads.Although in comparison, Takeda's side lost far more than Murakami's army, but at this time, the cheers of victory resounded like thunder from Takeda's army. Due to the achievements of the First Battle of Toishi City, Yamamoto Kansuke Tomoyuki was promoted to 800 kan, with seventy-five people under his jurisdiction. About one and a half months after the First Battle of Toshi Castle, a boy was born to Buki. At that time, Yubu Ji had moved to live in a separate building on the hillside behind the city.When Kansuke heard the news that Boo Ji gave birth, he immediately set off to the other hall to pay his respects.Except for Kansuke, no one else had been here at this time. Kansuke was led to Yubuji's bedroom, and Yubuji was quietly lying on the couch with his face facing the ceiling.Kansuke wanted to congratulate, but Yu Buji suddenly said: "As you said, I gave birth to a child who inherited the blood of the Takeda and Suwa families. I don't know what will happen to the child in the future, but I'm sleeping soundly here right now." After all, Yubu Ji laughed in a low voice. Kansuke raised his head.He couldn't tell whether Yu Buji's laughter was from the heart, or a low-pitched cry.After the laughter stopped, he couldn't tell from the expression on Yubu Ji's face whether she was happy or sad. "The birth of Lord Suwa is a great joy, and my subordinates hereby congratulate you." Kansuke congratulated Fang Bi, and Bu Ji said slowly: "Are you happy too? Isn't it you who tricked my father here and killed him?" "Yes." Kansuke felt speechless, but what Boo Ji said was the truth.Until now, Kansuke had always thought that Yubuki didn't know that he was the one who planned to get rid of her father. At this moment, Yubuki's questioning was caught off guard, and Kansuke was stunned. "However, at this time, I just want to talk about this matter. I don't have any resentment in my heart, so you don't have to take it to heart. Then, this child will be entrusted to you." As Yubuki said, she turned her face to Kansuke. "yes." "Do you understand?" "what?" Kansuke felt his body trembling slightly at this moment, and the trembling couldn't stop no matter what.Not only the knees, but even the hands on the knees were shaking non-stop. "I think, let this child inherit the Takeda family in the future." Yu Buji said without timidity. Kansuke was taken aback, and couldn't help but look around. "I entrusted my body to you as you said. You taught me to survive, and I survived. Taught me to come to Kai, and I came to Kai. Taught me to marry the lord as a concubine, and I So I made a concubine. Teach me to give birth to a child, and I gave birth to a child." Speaking of this, Yu Buji paused for a moment and said: "This child, please." Kansuke resigned from Yubu Ji, left the other building, and went down the gentle slope of the hill to the east side of the residence.On the opposite hillside, which is separated from the fields, it is already in full bloom.From a distance, the whole mountain seems to be burning, and the scenery is beautiful.The warm spring breeze blows gently from west to east, and a month without war is almost over, which is rare in this era. On this day, Kansuke went to congratulate Qingdou on the birth of the child. "In this way, the resentment of the Suwa clan will be resolved. It is also very important to make the young master the lord of Ina and Suwa as soon as possible." Kansuke said so.Kansuke's suggestion that the child born by Boo Ji be settled in Ina was a necessary measure to protect the baby from the suspicion of those around him.And in this way, it is also extremely beneficial to the stability of the people in Ina and Suwa, and it is indeed very appropriate for the Takeda family. The son born to Buji was named Shiro.The Sanjo family of Harunobu gave birth to two sons, Yoshinobu and Longbao. It stands to reason that the third boy should be named Saburo, which is a natural thing, but for some reason it is called Shiro. When Nobuka Itagaki came to Kai from Suwa to visit Harunobu, he once expressed his doubts to Harunobu.Harunobu smiled slyly, but did not answer.After a while, he said: "You can ask Kansuke about this." Nobuka called Kansuke to his residence in Kofu and asked him about this: "Did you suggest that my lord should name this boy Shiro? Why?" "I believe that it may be necessary to find a third young master for the lord recently." "Third Young Master?" "Yes. I think it is imminent to usher in an adopted son for the Takeda family." "Adopted son? Where are you coming from?" "I don't know either. Maybe it's the Hojo family, maybe the Uesugi family, in short, it's probably one of these two families. If you welcome an adopted son, regardless of age, if you put a child born in the concubine on it, the other party will definitely It will be very unpleasant. Therefore, since the adopted son is about to be ushered in, this measure is still very necessary." Kansuke's consideration of adoptive sons is undoubtedly all from the perspective of political strategy. "The Hojo family?" Nobuka asked. "It's not good." "The Uesugi family?" "Hard to say." "Where will Saburo of the Takeda family come from?" "If these two are concerned, no matter which one is good." Kansuke sat upright and said so.Itagaki Nobukata's body trembled slightly. It was more than a month after Kansuke Yamamoto came to the castle of Imagawa Clan in Suruga after a long absence, and the weather was getting hotter.On the surface, Kansuke asked Harunobu for leave for a period of time and came to Suruga to thank his old friend for his kindness in the past.However, in fact, Kansuke's trip has another purpose.

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