Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 203 He Sheng's Military Discussion

The political legacy left by the Ukita Nao family to the Hide family is still very rich, aside from the big ship of the Oda family, the Guangyu Kita family has left many loyal ministers and generals for the Hide family.

The Xiu family had just inherited the family governor before, and had no power of their own in the territory, so the Xiu family took advantage of their several victories in foreign conquests, and focused on promoting the new recruits, so that they could win over their side and compete with the retainers of the old era.

I even recalled that when I was evaluated for the first time, there were few people in the entire evaluation room who took me seriously. Every time, the Ukita Tada family was required to come forward to maintain order and swear the authority of the Hide family.

During that time, the Xiu family was indeed very scared, fearing that they would be overthrown by their retainers, and their family would be wiped out.It was also because of this that the Xiu family at that time did not trust these old retainers.

Now, as the Xiu family has more and more control over the territory, the prestige bonus brought by Lien Chan and Lian Jie has made the Xiu family firmly seated in the position of Yu Xi's family supervisor.

Regardless of whether it is a major appraisal or a small appraisal, if the Xiu family goes to the imperial steps, there will be no second voice in the entire appraisal room. This is the establishment of the authority of the family governor.

And with the establishment of the authority of the family governor, the Xiu family, who no longer worried about the rebellion of those old ministers, really needed to pay attention to the interests of the old people.One is to make up for the past, and the other is to maintain a new political balance in the family.

Under the guidance of everyone, Xiujia came to the base of He Sheng Castle in the evening of the same day, including Asano Nagamasa, Hosokawa Tadakashi and other daimyos were waiting for Xiujia at the base of the castle.

"Oh, how can you let all the big names wait for me here, it's really frustrating to me." After seeing the crowd, the Xiu family walked to He Sheng City in three steps and two steps, and saluted.

"Your Highness is the commander of the legion, the chief general of our army who conquered Changzong, and we wait here to welcome His Highness, which is what we should do." Asano Nagamasa took a step forward to take Hideka's words and said.

Hideka glanced around, and sure enough, as Okatoshi and Asano Nagamasa said, the daimyos of the entire Four Kingdoms Legion had arrived at the castle to greet Hideka.

Just when everyone was focusing on Xiujia, Xiujia noticed Shihe Depository hiding behind everyone, Xiujiaxu pushed away the crowd, walked to Shihe Depository, and held his hand excitedly He said, "Why did Sanuki Shou come to the castle? I should be the one who went to meet you at Toramaru Castle. Master Wang came so late."

Hideka didn't want to pretend to be AC, but the Japanese who had never seen anything in the world liked it. Hideka's performance became synonymous with sincerity in their eyes, and they were all moved.

Let me mention here that Ten River Depository was summoned to meet Hideyoshi in Kyoto not long ago, and was allowed to change back to Miyoshi's surname, and was given the character Hide, called Miyoshi Hideho. I don't know what name Hashiba Hideho will take in the future.

Under Hideyoshi's intermediary, Miyoshi Hideho became the new Miyoshi family governor, and Hideyoshi simply transferred the descendants of the Miyoshi three in Hanoi and Settsu to him. Now he is already a daimyo with 5 shi.

Of course all of this comes at a price, remember his sister's husband, Miyoshi Yoshifusa, Hashiba Hideji's father?Hideyoshi asked Miyoshi Hideho to claim him as his elder brother, so Miyoshi Yoshifusa became a descendant of the Ogasawara clan from a mud-legged farmer of Owari.

Speaking of the Miyoshi Sanren, here is an explanation. Originally, the Miyoshi Sanren in history refers to Miyoshi Changyi (self-proclaimed Hinata Mamoru) and Miyoshi Masayasu (self-proclaimed Shimono Mamoru), who are the same clan of Miyoshi Changqing, Iwanari Tomotsu (Main tax aid) Three people.

They are all from the same clan as Miyoshi Changqing, Miyoshi Changyi is the grandson of Miyoshi's eldest son and the son of Miyoshi Changguang.Miyoshi Masayasu is the son of Miyoshi Masakatsu (Miyoshi Sosan, Echizen Mamoru) and the elder brother of Miyoshi Masakatsu.

During the reign of Miyoshi Changqing, it was quite peaceful, but with the successive deaths of the three Miyoshi brothers, the Miyoshi trio felt that they could do it, and joined forces with Matsunaga Hideo and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, the heir of the Miyoshi family, to fight against each other.

At that time, the general Ashikaga Yoshiki was fed up with Miyoshi Changqing's suppression, and saw an opportunity. He felt that he was a chess player because he was still addicted to vegetables, and he took the initiative to provoke the relationship between the two sides behind his back.

As a result, Ashikaga Yoshiki messed up, and the Miyoshi trio and Matsunaga Hideo rushed into Nijo Castle and killed himself, which led to the demise of the Muromachi Shogunate.

In the days that followed, the Miyoshi trio were still active in the Kinki political arena, and even fought against Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, and the limelight was the same for a while.

Until 1573, Oda Nobunaga launched an attack on Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Miyoshi who supported the general.Iwanari Tomotsu died in the battle between Yamashiro State Yodo Castle and Oda Retainer Hosokawa Fujitaka (Battle of Yodo Castle), Miyoshi Nagaitsu disappeared, and Miyoshi Masayasu opened Takaya Castle and surrendered to Oda Nobunaga.So far, the era of the old Miyoshi Sanren has come to an end.

Having said so much, I can make an analogy. The three good people in the past are like Li Cui, Guo Si, Fan Chou and others in the Three Kingdoms period. They were quite peaceful when they followed Dong Zhuo.

Today's Miyoshi Sanyou are the Miyoshi relatives organized by Hideyoshi specially for Miyoshi Hideho, referring to the daimyo Miyoshi Masakatsu, the 8300-stone city lord of Settsu Char City, who was originally the son of Miyoshi Masakatsu, the lord of Settsu Char City.

Previously, Oda Nobunaga surrendered and took possession of Hanoi Tange City Lord, as well as Hanoi's 1 koku daimyo Miyoshi Masayasu, and the aforementioned Hideyoshi's brother-in-law Miyoshi Jifang. In order not to lose his face, Hideyoshi specially gave him Hanoi Jiaoye 2500 stones know what to do.

Of course, there is also the 77 shi of Miyoshi Yasunaga, the 6500-year-old uncle of Miyoshi Changqing, as an extra.

From this we can see that Hideyoshi is not very confident about his own background and the background of his relatives. He is a farmer and wants to get up, and he doesn't even look at whether the three good and three people are a good name, let alone Miyoshi's family has long been in decline, and he actually let his brother-in-law work as a retainer in the family's house, so he knew he had come up with it.

Facing the sudden attack of the Xiu family, Miyoshi Hideho was even more moved. He and the Xiu family replied like brothers, "When I returned to Kyoto and saw Lord Dai Nayan, I knew that the imperial court would not forget me. Yes, the Four Kingdoms will not be ravaged by the sons of Changzong and our tribe."

Quietly, what people said, it seems that when your Miyoshi family rose to rule the Shikoku and Kinki, there was no disaster in the surrounding area, as if your Miyoshi family suffered a great grievance.

Even though he felt that this person was more pretentious than himself, Hideka still wanted to continue performing with him, "Sanuki Mamoru, please don't worry, if Hideya is in Shikoku for a day, Changzong and I will not be able to turn this day."

"When I saw His Highness coming to the Four Kingdoms, I knew Qingtian was coming. When His Highness came to the Four Kingdoms, the Four Kingdoms would be peaceful!" Miyoshi Xiubao's words stunned the Xiu family, why did this sound familiar to this side? Well, I seem to have heard it somewhere.

In short, Xiujia and Miyoshi Xiubao perfectly performed a song and tearful performance of the emperor and ministers under the Hesheng City, emphatically swearing their own arrival, but it is already late today, so there is no discussion with you, and everything will be held in Hesheng City tomorrow. assessment.

In the early morning of the next day, the Xiu family made preparations early. It was not too early or too late. After everyone took their seats in the He Shengcheng evaluation room, they were the last ones to enter the evaluation room and took their seats on the imperial steps.

Since He Sheng is a small town, the evaluation room is not very big, and the daimyos can only bring one elder to attend the seat, while the nobles with less than [-] stones sit on the horses in the yard in front of the evaluation room together with the retainers of the Xiu family.

The 13-year-old Hideka has now grown to 165cm. At this time, Japan is already taller than many adults. Hideka is wearing a Nanban body modified by Sohisa Imai, with a full horizontal sword, and immediately sits on the matza specially prepared by the imperial steps. On the table, behind Xiujia is a complete map of the Four Kingdoms.

This map was made by the Xiu family based on the geographical memory of later generations, referring to the current city map drawing. The boundaries are clear and clear. Where are the mountain roads, where are the checkpoints, and where are the coastlines? the difference.

Before the Xiu family arrived, this map had attracted everyone's attention, and they all pointed at the situation of the enemy and ourselves on it. When the Xiu family arrived, they became silent again, waiting for the order of the general of the Xiu family.

"Everyone should know why we came here. The four countries are Kinki's confidantes, and the chaos of the four countries will make Kinki uneasy. Now there are rebels in our department who don't listen to Da Na's advice and insist on resisting the king's master. We are waiting today The reason why I came here is to punish this traitor, and let the people of the four countries know that this place is not decided by the Changzong family."

Xiujia wanted to stir up a wave of emotions among the generals, but no one seemed to respond.Thinking about it, how could this group of big names be as easy to fool as uneducated soldiers.

Seeing that incitement was not enough, Xiujia simply went straight to the point and revealed the battle plan that had been hidden for nearly two months in front of everyone.

The ones who were most excited were Asano Nagamasa and Mikawa Hideho. Although they had heard some rumors from their sisters, they were really relieved to be confirmed by the general of the Hide family.

The Xiu family indeed made him the first general of the line, commanding daimyos including Kinki, Tango, Tajima, Inaba, and Hoki to be in charge of the Awa battlefield.

According to the Oda family's consistent entrustment strategy, after this battle, he will definitely get the most elite Awa region in the Shikoku. This place is not only adjacent to Kyoto with prosperous business, but also has fertile land, and indigo, an important fuel, can create wealth for him.

Even Nagamasa Asano looked at Hideka with eager eyes, "This kid is worthy of being one of our own!" Asano Nagamasa thought so.

And Miyoshi Xiubao is happy that he has confirmed his enfeoffed territory from the mouth of Xiujia, that is, the territory of Miyoshi, Meima, Awa, and Mazhi counties totaling 6 shi.

Evaluating these territories, it cannot be said that they are the best land in Awa, but for the Miyoshi family, it can be regarded as returning to their hometown.

Don’t look at the narrowness of these territories. There are high mountains on both sides, and only the canyon in the middle is suitable for farming. In fact, it is precisely this section of the Yoshino River that provides more than half of Awa’s food supply. The canyon sandwiched by the Shikoku Mountains and the Sanuki Mountains is the real fertile wilderness.

Of course, these are just big cakes drawn by the Xiu family in advance. Whether the Miyoshi family can obtain such a large territory depends entirely on his performance in this battle.

In fact, there is nothing special about this road. Nagamasa Asano’s command is a combined army of many daimyos, and they are not in charge of the main battlefield. Judging from the current information, Nagamune and Iyo’s family is still eager to capture the defense guarded by the Mori family. In Tangyao City, the defense force in the direction of Awa is not strong.

Among this army, the one with the most complete troop composition is Tadake Hosokawa from Tango. The Hosokawa army often served as the vanguard during the reign of Oda Nobunaga, and his combat effectiveness is still guaranteed. In addition, he is The daimyo who knows the most in the field, the other daimyos are really embarrassed to take the vanguard task with him.

What I want to emphasize here is Miyoshi Hideho who started from Toramaru Castle in the Sanuki Kingdom and attacked Awa from the east.

The team under his command is only 800 people, even if the troops of Miyoshi and Sanyo are only 2600 generals, it must be known that the troops of Miyoshi and Sanya are currently organized in the 3000-strong support army of Xianshi Hidehisa.

In other words, Miyoshi Hideho's actual military strength is no more than the 700 reinforcements of Samukawa Iemitsu, Konishi Ikiyo, Kagawa Keiyuki, Kannai Yoshiki and others, counting his own 800 people, the 4000 Sanuki people in one water, They are all troops of Yuxi family.

Regardless of Hideka's magnanimity in explaining the general of the East Road, he is very careful about the actual command of this army, so much so that Hideka bypasses Miyoshi Hideho and directly appoints Iemitsu Samukawa in front of so many people. As a vanguard general, he specially reminded Miyoshi Hideo to listen to the advice of Konishi Ieki and Kagawa Keiyuki during the war.

Hideka is absolutely assured of the commanding ability of the blind general. As for Kagawa Keiyuki, who can be regarded as an Olympic aid by Changzong's family, he must have a set level of fighting bad battles. It is better than Shihe Depository. The "Battle of Zhongbucheon" commanded blindly is strong.

As for the Awaji and the Kinki troops led by Hidehisa Sengoku, it is more appropriate to say that they are here for tourism.

However, what the Xiu family expected was that Xianshi Xiujiu was extremely active. After the Xiu family arranged the appointment of the East Road, he jumped out and said, "Please give me the position of the pioneer of the East Road. hanging out."

Xiujia deliberately glanced at Miyoshi Jifang and the others behind him. From their dodging eyes, Xiujia could tell that this was clearly Xianshi Xiujiu's own idea. I don't want to get mixed into this muddy water.

The most important vanguard of an army is like the spearhead, who builds bridges when encountering mountains and rivers, just like Sun Jian in the Three Kingdoms period. Many wars are often determined by the victory or defeat of the vanguard army.

Since Xianshi Xiujiu's army's will to fight is not firm, the Xiu family will never entrust him with the task of pioneering, so the Xiu family resolutely rejected his request.

The Xiu family's refusal was entirely out of public interest. Don't be punished for losing Hideyoshi's face in the last three armies, but in the eyes of the simple-minded Xianshi Xiujiu, it became the performance of the Xiu family looking down on him , and secretly planted the seeds of hatred in his heart, sowing the seeds of disaster for the Kyushu War a few years later.

(End of this chapter)