Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 316
Recording the topography of the Sekigahara area is naturally for future use.

Although the history of this world has been deflected, the train of history still seems to want to drive it back to its original track. The fact that several important events in history have happened as scheduled is the best proof. It is impossible to do your homework in advance. Sekihara is of special use to the Xiu family.

Putting Shimizu Nobuya aside for the time being, the team of Hideka and his party arrived at Shimoaso Castle, Higashi Minokamo County after a 2-day journey.This is the mouth of the river where the Hida River enters the mountain in Mino country.

The Hida River originated from Hida Takane Mountain, and after going around Hida, it passed through here. The Hida River is not far downstream from where Hideya is now, and the Kiso River that originated in Shinano, forming the Kiso River.

In the past, when the Hida River flowed here, the water was already quite strong, and a boat was required to cross the river.But now the Xiu family saw a message with sparse water flowing from the valley to the southwest.

"There is a landslide at Shirakawa 3 kilometers further up, blocking the entire river." The Oda family warrior who followed Hideo pointed to the mountain and said worriedly. "The current Hida River, people can directly wade across the river."

The Xiu family did not wait, and led the people to climb up the mountain along the mountain. At this time, the situation of the barrier lake was unknown, and the Xiu family would never walk along the river.

After climbing to the barrier lake Baichuan, it was already afternoon, Xiujia looked at Taniguchi which was blocked by rocks and made a plan in his mind.The mouth of the valley here is narrow, as if the valley was excavated by the Hida River.

Because of the Tensho earthquake, the mountain fell and huge boulders blocked the entrance of the main valley. In addition, the soil and trees on the landslide directly caused the Hida River to store water. The water level gradually rose, and it has submerged Shirakawaso not far upstream.

The entire Shirakawa Taniguchi has become a small dam, not too big or too small.

Xiujia is not a professional engineer. It is not to estimate whether the newly formed barrier lake can get enough support to eventually become a new natural lake. For Xiujia, dredging the river is the most urgent thing recently.

"The pressure on the lake is too great now. Even if the number and sand that block the river course are excavated, the accumulated lake water will rush into Meinong like a flood. The price is too high.

There is a mountain lake at the corner of the mountain, and the soil is already relatively soft. Send people there to dig a dredging canal to get out, first to dredge the water flow, and then deal with the blockage after the upstream pressure is reduced. "

Although the orders of the Hide family were issued, the Oda retainers beside him showed distressed expressions, "His Royal Highness, spring plowing is about to begin, so there is no labor available in the collar. The reduction in the water flow of the Hida River is only at this stage." , the influence of the Kisogawa River below is not that great, if I ask you, it is better to form along this small lake, and the people of Shirakawa-so just move to Biechuan.”

The Xiu family did not expect that they came all the way to save the people of Meinong from danger, but the Xiu family was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but Meinong's own people were not in a hurry at all.

Hideka was so angry that he had already whipped the Oda retainer on the face with a horsewhip, "Idiot, the rainy season is coming soon, and now the water potential has little effect. Once there is a heavy rain in Mino Hida, the upstream flow will increase. It is not certain whether the boulder blocking the mouth of the valley can hold it.

At that time, the mountains and lakes will flood, no matter how much food you plant in the spring, it will not all be washed away by the flood, and it will also harm the harvest of other downstream counties and Owari.At that time, will you adults be able to please His Highness Guan Bai?
Hurry up and issue a general request to call the people around to start the work. If you really can't mobilize people, you have to tie them up! "

Xiujia was also confused by anger, and actually said such angry words, the samurai was stunned by Xiujia's statement, and hurried back to Kamo Castle to report to the lord Oda Xinbao

Oda Xinbao is the fourth younger brother of Nobunaga, who was originally sent by Nobunaga to the Nagano clan of the Northern Isehao clan as an adopted son.

Hideyoshi declared his hegemony to Kinai after the two battles between Kidake and Noo. The Oda envelope originally granted the title of Ise country was transferred to Minokamo for 2 koku in order to make room for Gamo's township. It's a local name.

Oda Xinbao's attitude towards Hideyoshi is extremely contradictory.He was one of the earliest clan Hideyoshi in the Oda family, so he received a relatively decent award.

After Hideyoshi actually took over, there were rebellious voices within the Oda family, but Hideyoshi married Chacha and stabilized the old power of the Oda family, and then under the suppression of the two brothers Oda Changyi and Oda Xinbao, Finally, the situation was temporarily stabilized.

In the days that followed, Oda Changyi and Oda Xinbao brothers all became the niece Yododian, became the protector, and became the backing of the niece.

If it was in the past, it would be fine, the other party was the third member of the Toyotomi family, and the blood brother of the next governor, Oda Xinbao had to give the Hide family face no matter how difficult it was.

But now that Chacha gave birth to Hesong in Osaka, Oda Xinbao is keenly aware of the political contradictions involved, and directly rejects Hideyoshi's general request on the grounds that the people's busy spring farming is the most important thing.

Oda Xinbao knew very well that from the moment Tsurumatsu was born, they and the Hide family had already stood on opposite sides.As the elder brother of Ningning's son, it is absolutely impossible for Xiujia to stand behind Chacha and become her helper.

Now that the political goals of the two parties have contradicted each other, and he has legitimate reasons in his hands, he naturally does not want to be a Hideo Tori.

On the other hand, although Xiujia was itchy with anger, he was helpless. Who told him that what he said was the truth?In ancient society, there was no fact that was more important than plowing and harvesting in the spring and autumn. The Hideo family was not Hideyoshi. They could not force them to mobilize to dredge the barrier lake, so they could only watch and worry.

It's not that Xiujia didn't think of a way, so he ran to Mori Zhongzheng in Jinsen City, Eina County, to ask for help.

Mori Zhongzheng was fine with talking, after all, the Xiu family came here in person, so the face still had to be given, and more than 100 people from the Xiu family were handed over to the Xiu family.

Mori Tadamasa's reason is also very legitimate, "He needs spring plowing for the Oda letterbag, and my Mori family also needs spring plowing. There is really no manpower. You can use the more than 100 people first.

Besides, my Mori family is located in the upper reaches of the Kiso River. Even if the Hida River floods, it will flood the land where his Oda letter package is. Don't care about Mori Tadomasa.Now that I have lent a hundred or so people, it is not much. I am using my people's power to do things for others. "

The Hide family had no choice but to return to Shimoaso City with a hundred people supported by Mori Tadamasa, and together with the Kurashiki Youbei they brought, they went off to dig the spillway to clear the backlog of flood water.

The project went very smoothly at first, until the spillway on the side was finally excavated on the 5th day, and the backlog of water in the upper reaches spewed out to the lower reaches of the Hida River through the spillway.

The Xiu family was very happy. They only needed to wait until the water pressure weakened a bit before they could start dredging the silt and trees that blocked the river. As long as the dams were made of wood and soil, even if the huge rocks were left unmoved, The water pressure of the Hida River can also be reduced a lot.

A few days later, the Xiu family was observing the water accumulation on the west side of the barrier lake, preparing to start dredging and opening the river channel in the next few days, when they suddenly saw a line of people walking down the ridge on the opposite bank, covered in ragged clothes. Like a refugee.

The group of people seemed to have seen the crowded crowd on the Xiu's side, and they desperately waved towards this side, and quickly walked down the ridge.

The Xiu family signaled to the boatman to ferry the people from the other side over, so they stopped caring about it. After all, the idea that there are fugitives everywhere in the mountains is no longer uncommon.

"Let them stay here after eating and drinking, and dig the river for us. This meal is not for nothing." Xiujia told Anayama Nobutada who was serving beside him.

This place is full of people from the Xiu family from top to bottom, and in the eyes of the Xiu family, the people who came were just fugitives, so they didn't deliberately avoid anything when they gave orders.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out, I heard a person on the side throwing the bowl and yelling, "Where are you, Xiao Fengxing, who dare to direct your grandfather's affairs here? Let us sit on the job of dredging the river, you Do you know who is sitting in front of you?"

This person suddenly jumped up beside the Xiu family, but he got rid of the attendants who were following the Xiu family, and they all drew their knives and shouted loudly at the man, "Sit down!"

Seeing that the man didn't respond, a servant with a knife raised his knife and slashed at the ragged refugee. In everyone's eyes, this was a battle with a very different situation.

That homeless refugee was a naturally vulnerable group, but none of the people present would show mercy to him. After all, he was the one who offended the Xiu family first, and being hacked to death by a samurai was already an extremely dignified way to die.

Who would have thought that this skinny little monkey was very agile, he pulled out a wooden stick from the side, and using the wooden stick as a sword three or two times knocked the servant who made the move to the ground.

"Damn~" Seeing his companion fell to the ground, two more attendants wanted to go forward to recover the place, but another ragged refugee stopped him and said, "Enough Heihachi, don't cause trouble here."

The refugee who spoke stood up, took away the wooden stick in the hand of the person called Heihachi, and apologized to the Xiu family, but was stunned when he looked at the Xiu family.

"Bastard, do you just let him go if you say you let him go? He's a lowly criminal!" the attendant on the Xiu's side yelled persistently, "Look at you, you should be their leader. , the boss will also be dealt with, and you will be beheaded together."

Seeing that the attendant's sword was about to look at the two of them, someone among the refugees shouted loudly: "No! This is His Highness Tokugawa Gonchunogen of Suruga. No matter where you are from, as long as you take this His Highness returns Suruga, and His Highness Quanzhong Nayan and Guan Bai will surely reward you!"

Hearing someone's name announced from behind, the attendant who was about to kill him stopped in the air, and turned to look at the backbone Xiujia behind him.

In fact, after the Xiu family heard that there was someone with the same name, they were surprised, "Is it Tokugawa Ieyasu?" Then he bowed his head and looked at the samurai who was elected as the leader. resemblance.

The Xiu family also noticed the look in the eyes of the attendant, who seemed to be asking for advice again. Many plans quickly came to the Xiu family's mind, and the most common one was to execute these "refugees" directly in the name of the criminals.

After all, now they are just dictating that you are Tokugawa Ieyasu, and there is no proof, no, how can you prove that you are Tokugawa Ieyasu himself?

And it's true that so many pairs of eyes from the Xiu family saw that you committed a collision with a samurai below, and you don't have to pay for your life if you hack it to death.Even if it is finally found that there are really documents on the body, it is still a misunderstanding.

But how do you say that the train of history always wants to meet its original railway? There is always no shortage of pig teammates around the Xiu family.

Just when Xiujia was about to signal his attendants to do something, Ryosuke Takahashi, the captain of Kurashiki's right backup, suddenly said, "Do you think your Tokugawa family's samurai have certificates?"

Perhaps Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to conceal his whereabouts, but now that he saw Hideka right across from him, he simply stopped pretending, and admitted generously, "The Toyama peace agreement confirmed by His Highness Bai himself is based on the agreement bestowed by the Emperor. The seal of Nayan in Quanzhong is the proof."

After finishing speaking, he took out a small seal and a volume of documents from his bosom and handed them over, and asked the attendant in front of him to hand them over to the Xiu family.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes have been staring straight at Hideo since he handed over the seal and documents in his hand to the other party, as if he wanted to see through Hideo.

Hideka took the seal and documents from the attendant, handed them to Nobushige Sanada behind him without even looking at them, and said to the attendant in front of him, "Take Mr. Tokugawa to wash up and change into decent clothes."

After Hideya finished speaking, he took Anayama Nobutada and Sanada Nobushige and turned around to leave.

The Xiu family didn't need to look at the content of the document and the authenticity of the seal. Today's Japanese refugees don't have the guts to pretend to be a minister. Since they dare to show it to the other side, it means that the person is real.

Xiujia didn't expect that this old tortoise was so lucky that he passed through Hida, the epicenter of the Tianzheng earthquake, and appeared safe and sound.

But for the Xiu family, they need to think carefully about how to deal with this matter.

For the Hide family who had planned Ogasawara Hidetada's entry into Junfu, he knew very well what Ogasawara Hidetada meant to the Tokugawa family.If Tokugawa Ieyasu is confirmed dead, even if he cannot inherit the name of the Tokugawa family, the Tokugawa clan can be divided into two.

And once Tokugawa Ieyasu came back, he had the highest authority over the Tokugawa family, and Hideyoshi would naturally send him back, so the effect of Ogasawara Hidetada would be greatly reduced.

From the point of view of Hideo and Hideyoshi, a dead Ieyasu is undoubtedly the existence that really fits their point of view.

"I had such a good opportunity just now, but it was wasted like this." The Xiu family slammed a number and cursed.

Now that the incident has gotten out of hand, Hideo has lost the opportunity to shout the name of "Tokugawa Ieyasu" in front of thousands of eyes, and hand over the "token" to Hideo in full view. .

Even if the Xiu family wanted to kill Tokugawa Ieyasu again, they definitely couldn't get their hands dirty.

Hideyoshi and Ieyasu were both retainers under Hideyoshi's command in name, and one retainer blatantly killed the other retainer. Once this matter got out, Hideyoshi would not be able to protect the Hideyoshi family.

When He Song was born and the Xiu family was under threat, why did the Xiu family do such a thing that harmed others and did not benefit themselves?The Toyotomi family was not inherited by himself.

There were too many people at the scene, it was impossible to be leak-tight, and for Xiujia, if he couldn't keep it secret, Xiujia would not have put himself in danger.

That's why Xiujia would say "Take Mr. Tokugawa to wash up" after the token under his hand, which is considered to be an official recognition of the identity of the visitor.

Of course, even though the advantage of executing Ieyasu had been lost, the initiative at the scene was still on Hideo's side.

Most of the people present were from Hideka Kurashiki, and a few were from the surrounding villages. They would never have left this group of people without Hideya speaking.

As for the current appearance of people like Ieyasu Tokugawa, after leaving the documents and seals to prove their identity, even if they ran out privately, how many people believed in their origins?

This is also the reason why the Xiu family confiscated their documents and seals and did not return them. Although the old tortoise could not be killed, the longer the delay, the better it would be for his brother Xiuzhen Ogasawara.

Of course, the Hide family couldn’t hide the news of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s presence, and they didn’t plan to hide it, so they sent two copies of the revised book to Suruga and Osaka to Hidetada Ogasawara and Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and told them all about the situation here, so that they could do it in advance. get ready.

(End of this chapter)