Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 302

Walking all the way from Hokuriku, the Xiu family saw all the ruins along the way.

According to later generations of scientists based on literature statistics, it is generally believed that the first earthquake occurred in the northern area of ​​Mino, with an amplitude of about 7, while the second most serious earthquake, the epicenter was in the Hida area, and the magnitude of the earthquake was not less than 8.5 .

In fact, as early as July, there was a magnitude 7 earthquake near Kyoto and Osaka.

Hokuriku, Kinki, Nobi, and Shinano, which are near the epicenter, were hit by two extremely strong earthquakes in a short period of time, which will undoubtedly have an impact on local social production.

You must know that the first earthquake occurred in Meinong, but even Etchu Toyama Castle, a hundred miles away, collapsed due to the earthquake, which is enough to show the magnitude and intensity of the earthquake.

Many people think that it was the earthquake at the end of 13 that caused great losses to the Toyotomi family and thus saved the Tokugawa family's life. In fact, this is a fallacy.

Judging from the epicenter and intensity, Shinano and Mikawa, where the Tokugawa family belongs, are not far from the epicenter Mino and Hida.

An earthquake of the magnitude of the Tenshoda Earthquake can be felt even as far as the northeast, so Kai, Suruga, and Toe will inevitably be affected to varying degrees.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was hit by the disaster, will he Tokugawa Ieyasu survive?
Although Hideyoshi missed the game in the battle of Komaki Nagakute, he was slightly defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

But you must know that the Toyotomi family controls 28 countries including Kinki, Hokuriku, West Country, and West Country. It can be said that there are half of the 66 countries in the world, and their power is second to none.

At the same time, Hideyoshi has Shikoku daimyos, Mori, and Ukita as barriers to the west. If you really want to launch a big attack, you can completely ignore the situation in Kyushu and launch an offensive against the Tokugawa family after two or three years of recuperation.

In addition, as early as 1585, the Uesugi family had been brought to join their camp. With the Uesugi family holding back the Hojo family in Kanto, it was difficult for the Hojo family to provide support to the Tokugawa family.

At that time, Hideyoshi will launch another war against the Tokugawa family, and Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely not be able to resist it.

But all of the above are based on speculation about the data of the big environment. We have no way of knowing why history has gone to another extreme, and what considerations Hideyoshi chose to coexist with Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In fact, after the battle of Komaki Nagakute, although Tokugawa Ieyasu was victorious, he had already discovered the gap in size between the two sides. He sent the titular chief Ishikawa Suzumasa to Osaka to contact Hideyoshi, expressing his intention to submit.

The most important point of view given by later scholars is that Toyotomi Hideyoshi focuses on the world, not the gains and losses of a city or a country.Or he didn't want to linger in the Tokugawa family for too long, and he had some friendship with Ieyasu as a colleague, so he chose to sell face to Ieyasu.

But there are also contradictions in this point of view. Even if you put aside the fact that he contacted the Uesugi family after the Battle of Komaki Nagakute to put pressure on Tokugawa, if Hideyoshi is really trying to sell Tokugawa's face, how could he be so humble and humiliated himself? How about sending my mother and sister over there as hostages?
Coupled with this point of view, the vision of a guy from the lower class like Toyotomi Hideyoshi is too far-sighted, and even a bit deviated from reality.If Hideyoshi really had such a vision, he would not have launched two consecutive wars of invasion of Korea in his later years.

Therefore, the author himself is more inclined to another point of view, that is, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose too fast in history, and many retainers were originally members of the Oda family.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi looks very glorious, but in fact he is just another Miyoshi Keicho.The whole person stood on the pyramid piled up with sand, and more than half of the names under his command came through snowballing.

This kind of organizational structure is not a problem when Hideyoshi is going smoothly, but it will give others the illusion that I am very strong. ,

But once such a structure encounters obstacles during the growth period, it is easy for people to see its reality, and this pyramid made of sand can easily collapse into nothingness.

In the battle of Komaki Nagakute, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Hideyoshi was defeated, but he still insisted that he defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu because of internal stability reasons.

After all, the information technology at that time was not developed, and people had limited ways to obtain intelligence information, and it took time for many real information to be understood.

But this time is not infinite. Hideyoshi may plan to launch a war against Tokugawa again this year (1586), but the Tensho Earthquake made all his preparations come to nothing.

However, the internal unstable factors will not give him another year to prepare, which is why he had no choice but to accept Tokugawa's surrender after half a year of wrangling with Ishikawa.

But even without this earthquake, would Hideyoshi be able to guarantee victory in the war?Don't forget that Oda Nobuo in history did not move his nest, and still fought in the 50 koku territory of Owari, the core battlefield.

When Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu go to war again, whether Oda Nobuo will have another backstab, Hideyoshi may not end in a "victory" defeat.

To sum up, the author believes that the Tenzheng Earthquake did not actually save Ieyasu Tokugawa, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi, or both parties.

Fortunately, in this life, Toyotomi's strength has been greatly strengthened, which also gave Hideyoshi confidence and made him dare to constantly test Tokugawa Ieyasu's bottom line.

However, because Tokugawa Ieyasu barely maintained his undefeated result in the Nobi battle, he had no confidence in speaking to Hideyoshi, and could only let Hideyoshi slaughter him again and again.

Due to the earthquake, the road between Echizen and Kinki was closed.Hideyoshi had no choice but to pick up Wakasa and return to Kyoto.

Hideyoshi Ogasawara, who was supposed to return to Osaka with Hideyoshi, also took Qianxue and others across Lake Biwa to the Tokaido after entering Omi because of the emergency.

Kazutoyo Yamauchi, the elder of Xiuzhen's family, had already received the message and returned to Wakasa-Ohama in advance to prepare his army, and finally led 500 troops to cooperate with the 1000 banner sergeants given by Hideyoshi to follow Xiuzhen to Suruga.

Also in Jiangbei, Xiujia and Xiuzhen bid farewell, "I am going to Suruga, I don't know when I will see my brother again. These days, thank you for your teaching."

Xiujia comforted Xiuzhen, "After An Ding is familiar with the country, you can come to Osaka to explain. I think father must be very concerned about your situation in Shinano. Besides, you still have to come to Okayama to marry Kyoko, don't It's so sad to say."

When Xiuzhen heard that Xingzi was mentioned by Xiu's family, she blushed a little embarrassedly.

When Xiuzhen was about to board the boat, Xiujia took his hand and told him, "Yu Yisong, do you still remember what I told you these days?"

Xiuzhen blinked her eyes, and replied with a smile, "Brother remembers, my elder brother taught me to 'build high walls, accumulate food widely, and make friends widely.' These younger brothers have always kept these in mind. Besides, with Master Qianxue here, elder brother is not at ease." ?”

In fact, as early as after Beizhizhuang City, Qianxue has been by Xiuzhen's side all the time, and since then she has used historical stories to teach Xiuzhen how to live in the world.

As for Xiuzhen's previous servant, Oguri Shigekuni died of serious injuries. Xiuzhen went back to Sanhe this time and had to make arrangements for his death.

Although Xiuzhen made this remark to reassure the Xiu family, it was precisely this sentence that stirred the nervous heartstrings of the Xiu family.

Masaru Sanada, this old fox, can get twice the result with half the effort if he uses it well, but if he doesn't use it well, he may become a sharp knife stabbed at him.

Of course, the current Sanada Masayuki has seen through the general trend of the world, and understands that Hideyoshi's rise is unstoppable, and Hideyoshi is just the darling of Hideyoshi and Hideka, and will not stab Hideyoshi in the back.

However, Xiuzhen's complete peace of mind towards Changxing still gave the Xiu family some headaches, and she couldn't help reminding like an old lady, "An Fangshou is indeed very capable, but don't forget how he used to wander between several forces in the past." .

This is also the reason why my lord father must make him a monk as your servant, rather than entrusting him to be your retainer.

When you get to Shinano, you can use it, but you can’t believe it all. You must learn to distinguish right from wrong by yourself. The most important thing is that you must never give it an important position and knowledge.This matter must never be forgotten. "

"Understood, brother, you have already told me many times." Ogasawara Xiuzhen may be still immersed in the joy of going to Xinling at this moment, she took over the Xiu family's order perfunctorily, and took advantage of the opportunity to board the bridge across Lake Biwa. The ferry boat waved to Xiu's family and left.

And after seeing off Hideyoshi Ogasawara, the Hideo family needed to catch up with Hideyoshi who had already left for Kyoto.

This time Hideyoshi went to Hokuriku, in name, with the order of the imperial court, as the emperor's special envoy to mediate the conflict between Uesugi Kagekatsu and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Going north with the emperor's decree in hand, this is why Ieyasu Tokugawa and Jingkatsu Uesugi gave Hideyoshi such a face.

But after Hideyoshi returned from Hokuriku, he naturally had to go to Kyoto to deliver orders to the imperial court and report the situation to the emperor.

Toyotomi Hidecho had been waiting for Hideyoshi in Kyoto for a long time, and immediately sent Hideyoshi his ability to be affected by the disaster.

But after seeing the unexpected casualties and disaster situation in the account book, Hideyoshi closed his eyes in pain, and handed the account book to Hideo behind him to read.

Hideyoshi asked Hideonaga solemnly, "Xiaozhu, tell me your opinion first."

As the chief steward of the Toyotomi family, Hidecho knew better than anyone else how the Toyotomi family was damaged this time, and persuaded Hideyoshi earnestly and earnestly: "Kinki and Dongguo daimyos have been damaged to varying degrees, even Western countries There were also disasters in Bizen and Misaku.

In this situation, is it too reluctant for the daimyos to mobilize the army according to the original plan? Should it be postponed for a year?
Taking a step back, even if the elder brother ordered the daimyo to mobilize the army, the soldiers would worry about the situation at home. If there is no peace in the family, how could they devote themselves to serving the elder brother to kill the enemy?

At that time, even if the elder brother mobilizes his hundreds of thousands of troops and the morale of the army is affected, it may be difficult to make progress in the face of the Shimadzu army who is waiting for work. "

What Toyotomi Hidecho said was the truth, but this truth was very uncomfortable in Hideyoshi's ears.If it wasn't for Hideyoshi's younger brother whose blood is thicker than water, Hideyoshi would have turned his back on him long ago.

Hideyoshi didn't get a satisfactory answer from Xiuchang, so Hideyoshi turned his head to Xiujia again and asked his opinion, "Usually you have the most idea, now tell me your opinion on the Kyushu War."

In fact, Hideka’s opinion is the same as Hidecho’s. According to the accounts, in the most severely affected places such as Omi and Nobi, mountains collapsed, cities collapsed, fertile fields cracked, and residential buildings collapsed countless times; tens of thousands of people died due to the earthquake. The people were displaced, and there were hundreds of thousands of homeless people who had no houses to shelter from the wind and rain in the severe cold.

Such a disaster situation is definitely a disaster level in Japan, which has low mobilization and organizational capabilities.

According to the Xiu family, the imperial court should intervene to appease the affected people, and repair the houses for the affected people while building water conservancy works in the form of work relief.

At the same time, due to the impact of the earthquake, this year's spring plowing will inevitably be delayed, and being able to launch troops against Kyushu early next year is already a high incense.

But judging from Hideyoshi's attitude just now, he was obviously very dissatisfied with this answer.

Hideyoshi is not Hideyoshi's younger brother, so naturally he dare not think of Hideyoshi directly denying Hideyoshi's strategic plan like this.After thinking about it for a moment, Xixi replied, "I agree with Hideonaga's uncle's general idea, but I think his uncle's strategy is still conservative.

I just looked through the roster submitted by my uncle, and found that the disasters in the West Country were minimal, and the main disaster-affected neighboring countries were basically the East Country, and this time the Southern Expedition to Kyushu, the East Country was not the main force, and the impact was not great.

And if I'm not mistaken, His Highness Wakayama's vanguard should have already entered the battle. "

Hideka’s question was quickly affirmed by Hidecho: “Only 5 days before the earthquake, Sun Qi’s vanguard had just crossed the river from Sakai Port to Shikoku. After the earthquake, he sent a message asking if I need to postpone Offensive, temporarily disband the army and return home. I asked him to stay in Awa temporarily to wait for news."

"It must not be allowed to return to the country. It is easy to disband the Vanguard Corps. If you want to reorganize, it may be difficult without two or three months. The question is whether Oyou's family can survive these two or three months?
Besides, Major General Otomo came to Osaka to ask for help from his father, and his father agreed in person.

Nowadays, all the elders in Kyushu are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of their father, and it is the time when the people's hearts are available to save the people from the fire and water.

If the people of Kyushu are abandoned because of the disaster in Mino Hida, I am afraid that my father will be in an unjust place.In the future, it will be even more difficult to enter Kyushu again. "

Hideka heard that Hashiba Hideji's vanguard army was already waiting in Shikoku, and he blurted out to Hidecho to stop him, "The only one who can save Otomo's family and Kyushu from danger is His Majesty Wakayama's army. And this is what we are doing in the short term." It is the only military force that can be used within a short period of time."

Hideka looked at Hideyoshi and suggested, "His Royal Highness Wakayama's main vanguard army is the Shikoku daimyo, and the disaster situation is not serious, so they should have enough energy to organize the army to participate in the war.

If the daimyos of the four countries are really in difficulty, we can also allow them to downgrade to a standard of 300 people per 150 shi on the basis of the original [-] people per [-] shi.

At that time, although the number of troops will be reduced by half, the daimyos will be grateful for their father's kindness, and they will definitely repay with death.

Of course, correspondingly, after all, the military power has been greatly reduced, so he will only say Wakayama Palace, let him fight steadily and stand by for help; remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and don't attack rashly? "

　I may have to work overtime tomorrow. Although it has not been finalized yet, let me tell you in advance if there is no update tomorrow, don’t be too surprised
　　
　
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