Chapter 37 42. True Warriors Come to Negotiate Peace

Kobayata looked up and saw that I knew him. He was the son of Okabe Chikanaga, famous in history, and praised by Oda Nobunaga as a true samurai. He left behind the important town of Narumi to exchange for the head of the Yoshinobu, and finally persuaded Takeda Katsuyori to die heroically in Takatenjin Castle. He was a brave and loyal general.

So Kobayata quickly sent someone to the camp to report, and personally came to guide Okabe Motonobu to dismount. Soon Yamauchi Yoshiharu allowed him to enter. As the envoy of the defeated party, Okabe Motonobu walked into the camp with his head held high without any timidity. He did not look like he was flattering or seeking peace at all, and was full of the kind of proud aura of a famous samurai family, which made people look up to him.

Kobayata also followed him into the shogunate quietly. At this time, Yamauchi Yoshiharu had summoned all the generals to sit in layers, and the samurai swords of the horse and hatamoto were unsheathed like a forest, and each of them raised their heads and chests to look mighty. It was clear that he wanted to give Okabe Motonobu a warning.

Dozens of hatamoto samurai shouted in unison: "The one who came is the Imagawa clan's peace envoy! The one who came is the Imagawa clan's peace envoy!" Seeing Okabe Motonobu striding into the shogunate in the blink of an eye, the hatamoto samurai shouted in unison: "Greetings to Major General Yamauchi, Shinano no Kami, why don't you pay your respects quickly!"

Okabe Motonobu remained calm and introduced himself in a loud voice like a bell: "I am a Tongmonshu of the Ashikaga clan of the Seiwa Minamoto clan, a general of the Imagawa clan of the Suruga guardian, and a general of the castle of Takatenjin of Toshu, Okabe Gorobei Motonobu."

Yamauchi Yoshiharu asked knowingly: "What are you doing here? Are you asking for surrender?"

Okabe Motonobu remained calm and cooperated with Yamauchi Yoshiharu to play the trick: "I am here to negotiate peace on the orders of Imagawa Harube Daisuke."

Yamauchi Yoshiharu originally thought that this young man in his twenties was pretending to borrow the reputation of his father, Okabe Chikanaga, a senior official of the Imagawa clan, and then ascended to the high position of general. Now he is preparing to get some credit by negotiating peace.

However, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu is also a shrewd man. When he saw that he failed to show his power, he stopped looking down on him. He originally thought that he was just a scum who relied on his father's reputation to get to the top, but now it seems that he is really courageous. He is a very good young man. He sighed that the Imagawa family is indeed a famous family with many heroes.

Yamanouchi Yoshiharu asked him to state his conditions, and Okabe Motonobu said: "I, the chief minister, will hold back for a while. I am willing to make a two-year non-war agreement with the Tenryu River as the boundary, half of the distant state, and be willing to cede the Tenkata Castle so that your family can have a branch castle on the bank of the Tenryu River."

All the generals in the camp looked at Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, and Yamanouchi Yoshiharu whispered with his right-hand man, the chief accountant Yamanouchi, and Hosokawa Harumiya. The three people whispered softly, frowning and relaxing, speaking fast and slow, and they should be making fierce interest calculations.

According to what Xiao Pingtai knew, Tianfang Castle was also a small branch castle by the Tenryu River, but it was just a small castle on the plain, or more directly a fortress, with a small scale and poor defense. Xiao Pingtai had inspected along the river bank and knew that it was not a good stronghold. It was not even a stronghold. In history, this castle was conquered by Takeda Shingen in ten minutes. It can only be called a landlord's compound. The difference is that the fence has been replaced with a wooden wall.

But from the perspective of the Yamanouchi family, after all, with Tianfang Castle, there is a fulcrum on the other side of the Tenryu River. As long as the general petition is launched, it can be expanded, which is better than staying at Futamata Castle. About five minutes later, after the discussion between the three Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, he asked the generals: "Do you have any suggestions? Is it appropriate?"

The generals of Yamanouchi had no objections. After all, there were only a few days of food, and it was almost impossible to capture Futamata Castle within ten days. Now, as a second choice, getting another branch castle was barely acceptable.

Kobayata was hiding in a corner, watching the peace talks coming to an end and preparing to quietly leave. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his head, and he suddenly jumped out of the corner, shouting: "My lord, wait a minute, my lord, wait a minute."

Kobayata was originally short, and no one noticed him when he first entered the shogunate. Everyone's attention was on Okabe Motonobu at the time, so who would notice him. Now that he suddenly jumped out, everyone was startled, as if a big rat had jumped out of the corner.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu shouted in a low voice: "You are so rude, leave quickly, don't you see what the occasion is!"

Uncle Tsunayoshi also hurriedly winked at Kobayata. Kobayata was not in a hurry, and slowly apologized to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu: "My lord, please forgive me, I have something to ask the envoy Imagawa."

"Huh???" The generals present had three question marks on their heads. What? Isn't this already discussed? What else is there? Just you?

Kodaira asked Okabe Motonobu in a clear voice: "Excuse me, envoy, is there no well in Futamata Castle?"

When this question came out, the Yamanouchi generals all thought about it. Okabe Motonobu's face changed slightly, but it was gone in a flash. He laughed out loud: "Let me teach you, although Futamata Castle has no well because it is built on a hill, it relies on the Tenryu River and can use water wheels to draw water from the river with hanging bottles, so there will be no shortage of water."

At this time, Hosokawa Harumiya said: "As long as Kitabatake Daigaku, a famous water conservancy expert in the family, builds a dam on the Tenryu River and cuts off the river for a few days, Futamata Castle will fall without attacking for three days."

Okabe Motonobu continued to smile and answered: "I believe you all know that the autumn harvest is about to come, where can we find manpower to build the dam? Even if the general petition is launched, I believe the Yamanouchi family will not have enough food."

This hit the soft spot of the Yamanouchi family, and everyone fell silent again. Okabe Motonobu seemed to have won a great victory.

The Yamanouchi generals in the shogunate fell silent again. This time they looked at Kobayakawa again, with some expectant eyes, some puzzled eyes, and some eyes that said, "You asked and I'm here to solve it."

Okabe Motonobu looked at Koyata seriously, his eyes revealing a mysterious confidence. It was probably the kind of look that tactically values ​​the enemy and strategically despises the enemy. Koyata also looked at him. At this time, he could not lose to Okabe Motonobu in momentum, otherwise he would be inferior to him in answering. Looking at the silent Yamanouchi generals, Koyata suddenly laughed out loud.

Don't panic, learn to laugh three times like in TV dramas, and it's best if the laughter can shake the roof, otherwise the momentum will not be enough. You have to laugh out your own master style and tell everyone that it's time for me to show off.

Koyata saw that his laughter was effective, and everyone in the shogunate, from top to bottom, from old to young, was looking at him. He had successfully become the center of the crowd, and Koyata laughed at Okabe Motonobu a few more times.

I saluted him, and then spoke: "In your eyes, Nimata Castle is impregnable, but in my eyes, it is just a thatched cottage. With my strength alone, it is easy to break through Nimata Castle."

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