Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 502 Sun Qi and Hachiro

The Hojo clan finally died, and the death was quite romantic. It was when the first cherry blossoms in Odawara Castle were in full bloom, and he died under the attention of the Kanto daimyo.

"My body will disappear now, and I will return to the sky where I have been thinking for a long time."

"The roaring moon of rain clouds and the fog in my heart are the evening wind of early spring"

Even the death poems left by the Hojo clan government are so euphemistic and moving, as if they are regretting their past, but all the past can't go back after all.

After Odawara opened the city, Hideyoshi asked the Hide family to go to the main house to help Toyotomi Hideji deal with the Satomi family. After a few days of turning around in Odawara Castle, Hideyoshi went to Utsunomiya Castle to confirm the territory of Kanto and Ou Daimyo.

Toyotomi Hideji led an army of more than 5 people. Facing Satomi's army with less than 8000 people, it was dragged on for so long. No wonder Hideyoshi was also angry.

As far as Hideyoshi is concerned, no matter what was discussed with the Satomi family before the Kanto War, as long as the Satomi family did not go to Odawara to join the battle before the fall of Odawara, for Hideyoshi, they are rebels and they need to be dealt with.

Not to mention that he is still carrying a false descendant of Kazuya Kazuya on his back, and he has committed the two crimes of disobedience and strategy.

Previously, Hideyoshi was still skeptical about the sudden departure of the Satomie family and the concealment and falsification of Toshi Kazumi, but now that Odawara has fallen, Satomie's still resisting attitude annoyed him.

"You don't own the million and a half million stones of the Date family, why are you so greedy!"

So when Hideyoshi asked Hideyoshi about the opening conditions of the Satomi family before leaving this time, Hideyoshi just replied coldly, "Refer to the Hojo family's matter."

Well, this matter also saves Hideyoshi's secret operations, and Hideyoshi just doesn't want Satomi Yikang's life.

In fact, this is easy to understand. The current Satomi family is in fact the Hojo family's henchman. For Hideyoshi, the truth is no longer important, and his prestige is the most important thing.

Perhaps because of the news that Odawara had fallen from the castle, or perhaps because of the news that Hideka was about to come to the headquarters, Toyotomi Hideji finally ordered all the famous people to attack Kururi Castle regardless of casualties.

The reason why Kururi Castle made Hojo and other daimyos helpless was mainly because of the special structure of his castle.

Kururi Castle is a mountain city. His Sannomaru is on the flat ground in the south of the city. The mountain road Hukou connecting Sannomaru to Ninomaru was dug into a mountain to open a cave, and a city gate was built in the cave.

This caused the siege party to suffer huge casualties when entering the Ninomaru from Sannomaru.

Don't think that everything will be fine if you conquer Ninomaru. Ninomaru is just a general name. The entire Kururi Castle wall is built in steps according to the mountain, and each step can become an independent fortress.

Before Toyotomi Hideji also captured the Sannomaru, but he was helpless about the cave door dug out of the mountain, so it turned into a siege.

When the Hide family arrived at Kururi Castle, Toyotomi Hideji was still organizing the siege. Fortunately, at this moment, the Hukou Gate of Ninomaru's cave was finally broken.

Toyotomi Hideji didn't give Hideka a good look at the arrival of Hideka, and he looked at Hideka with embarrassment throughout the whole process, and in the end it was Hideka who was received by the old Maenocho Yasushi on his behalf.

It wasn't until after the day's siege was over that Toyotomi Hideji came over to chat with Xiu's family and said, "What is it that Mr. Kanbai sent you here? Didn't you ask you to guide me in the siege?"

Hideka can understand Hideyoshi's hostility towards him, and he is also Hideyoshi's adopted son. He has been active under the light and has become the object of praise from everyone, while he has been living under Hideyoshi's wing and accomplishing nothing.

Since the Battle of Nobi, the two people of the same age have been compared by everyone. In the Battle of Nobi, Hideka Mikawa’s surprise attack established the victory and established the dominance of the Toyotomi family, becoming the biggest hero of the Toyotomi family today. .

And Toyotomi Hideji was attacked by Honda Tadakashi in the battle of Nobi. He was clearly surrounded and let people go.

Before the establishment of the Toyotomi regime, Hideka's four-nation war was in full swing, but it took more than 3 months to end the battle and won the three countries of Awa, Iyo, and Tosa.

However, Toyotomi Hideji was time-consuming and labor-intensive to deal with a little Ji Yi, and finally he needed Toyotomi Hidecho and Hideka to help him block the mountain monkeys going up the mountain.

Not to mention the Battle of Kyushu, as the vanguard general was defeated, Miyoshi Hideho (Tuhe Senbo) died directly in the battle, and in the end it was Fukushima Masanori and Kato Kiyomasa who had to fight to the death to retreat.

Later, after Hideyoshi played, he followed Hideyoshi all the way, and finally got some credit and even got a seal transfer after the war, but anyone could see that it was Hideyoshi who took care of him.

But our Hideka, as the deputy general of the South Route Army during the Battle of Kyushu, served as the general general when Hideonaga was seriously ill. The final battle of Kyushu.

The images of the two of them in Toyotomi's family or in other words, in the minds of the world's great names are like the sun and candlelight.

The most obvious difference is that when Xiujia first entered the formation, many daimyos and samurai stood up and saluted Xiujia.

In this battle of Odawara, although Hideji was the general of the navy in name, he didn't make any real achievements in the battle.

In contrast, Hideo's military achievements in Ueno and Musashi are well established.

This time he managed to get the order from the Chief Executive to attack Li Jian, so he naturally had to seize this opportunity, otherwise what would he do with the post-war reward?
This is also the reason why Xiuci didn't give the Xiu family a good face. Although the Xiu family only brought more than a hundred entourages and did not bring military power, but the reputation is here, so Xiuci has a feeling that the Xiu family is here to claim credit.

Finally struggling until the sunset, today's siege is still not smooth, Toyotomi Hideji came back to the main formation from outside cursing, gulped down a pot of spring water, and said to Xiu's family, "Hachiro must have brought Mr. Kanbai with him when he came today. Master Guan Bai saw that my siege was not going well, so he replaced me with you?"

Hideka was indeed called Hachiro by Hideji when he was a child, but with the fame of Hideka and the estrangement between the two, Hideka usually called Hideji by Wakayama Servant or Kitanosho Counselor.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between the two is not familiar.

Xiujia believes that Xiuji will understand this point, but he still calls Xiujia here by Xiujia's baby name "Hachiro", which is more of a contempt to Xiujia.

"The Councilor of Beizhizhuang is too worried, His Royal Highness is indeed a little worried about the battle situation in Kururi, but he doesn't mean to let me replace you.

Satomie's stubbornness annoyed his father.Now that Odawara Castle has fallen, and the Satomi family has not lost their way, Father asked me to tell you, for the disposal of the Satomi family, refer to the Hojo family. "

"Refer to the Hojo family..." Hearing that Hideka didn't come to seize his position as the general, Hideji's face eased a little, but he quickly said to Hideo with a straight face, "So Guan Bai What does your lord mean, do you no longer care about Satomi Yoshiyasu?"

"I think my lord father meant that."

"Great!" Xiuji interrupted his speech before he finished speaking, and said eagerly, "That Satomi Yikang dared to humiliate me. Originally, I was hindered by Guan Bai's order. Now look at me. Can't kill him."

When the Xiu family heard this, they knew in their hearts that it was Tsusaki Sanzhicheng who had succeeded in the divorce, but considering Xiuji's literary skills, I am afraid that Xiuji still looked at a loss when he was served by a geisha.

The reason why he is so angry now is probably because there were outsiders who knew the inside story at the time and were humiliated in front of his retainers.

"Master Guan Bai is really, I'm really sorry that such a simple matter made you go." Xiuci heard that the Xiu family would not come to grab his position as the general, and his attitude towards the Xiu family was much better. .

"Father asked me to see if the Councilor of Beizhizhuang encountered difficulties in the progress of the siege of Kururi Castle. I have seen the situation here today. Councilor, if you need help, just ask."

Xiuji originally thought that the Xiu family would not intervene in Kururi's affairs, but now it seems that they want to intervene to help, and Xiu Ci's expression changed quickly. He was deeply afraid that the Xiu family was here to take credit.

"No, I don't need any help." Hideji said firmly to the Hide family, "Now I have invaded Kururi Castle Ninomaru, and the fall of the castle is just around the corner. Please inform His Highness Kanbai about this after Hachiro returns."

After hearing his reply, Xiujia confirmed to her again: "Is it possible to go to Kururi City overnight?"

"Never go wrong!"

"Since it's almost time to go, I'll wait here for a few days, and then I will go with the Senate Hall to meet my lord father."

What Xiuci wants to do most now is to send Xiu's family away. For him, Kururi City is not only a military exploit, but also a monument to prove himself.

If the Xiu family had fallen while the Xiu family was here, what would the siege of the previous three months be?

At that time, people will say, "Look at Xiuci, the attack on Kururi Castle has not taken place for 3 months, and the Xiu family took the city as soon as they arrived."

"In this battle of Hojo, the Okayama Legion under Hachiro's command made great contributions, Ueno and Musashi were captured by you, Genbo Sakuma mentioned you many times in front of me, and he was full of praise for you.

Now that Odawara Castle has fallen, the army you lead must be very exhausted, it's better to go back to the division with Lord Guan Bai first, and I can catch up in a few days. "

Xiuci still wanted to drive the Xiu family away, but the Xiu family shied away and said, "Oh, no hurry, no hurry, my father has to go to Utsunomiya to deal with the enfeoffment of the Kanto. Just seal Musashi, and I won’t go back until the Kanto Daimyo is transferred.”

Hearing Xiujia's answer, Xiuji laughed angrily. Do you really not understand my words, or are you just pretending to be AC ​​here?
Seeing the appearance of the two men at war, Mae Ye Changkang finally reconciled from the side: "It's always an honor for me to be here. It's getting late now, how about resting here for a night? What's the matter? Let's discuss it tomorrow."

Facing his suggestion, Xiujia smiled at him to express his approval, while Xiuji responded with silence.

The important reason for Xiujia to stay is to chat with Sakuma and others about his future ideas. How can Xiujia really stay to give him advice as Xiuji thought, really free.

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That night, the Xiu family approached Sakuma Shengzheng, told him that he had confirmed the transfer of the territory of the Seven Kingdoms of Kanto, and asked him what he thought about the future.

Hearing Hideka's question, Sakuma Shengzheng asked in surprise: "I am Kanazawa, who was conferred the title of Tensho in 15 years. Does Your Highness want me to transfer it?"

"Kanaze, Kaga Chuya, I can't guarantee that Guanbai Palace will not choose a general from the Zhu Kingdom to guard it. I have already told Guanbai of all your contributions to Musashi, plus your contribution to the head room, It is not a bad idea to operate 15 stones a little bit.

If you tell me in advance, I will start working for you.But if you don't have much skill in Jinze, then you probably won't get so many seals.

Now your Zhixing is 10.1 shi, I think it is the limit for Kanazawa to seal up to 12 shi. "

"15 shi, where can I go?" Sakuma Shengzheng understood Hideka's meaning. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer wars, and it is getting harder and harder to earn military achievements.

In many people's minds, the Battle of Odawara will be a battle that will determine the pattern of the world. This is why Yoyomasa Sakuma and other foreign daimyos are so desperate to own a piece of land that can be handed down in the future world situation.

After loosening his words, Hideka sold him, "I'm about to transfer from Okayama to Kanto, and after I leave, 15 shi from Beichu or 15 shi from Hoki is a good choice.

These two lands are not far from my Iyo, and they are also my previous territories. I can greet the warriors here, give you some care, and help you quickly stabilize the territory. "

As Xiujia said, Xiujia will transfer the seal of Kanto soon, but the land in Kansai cannot just be taken back by Hideyoshi.

These are all lands that have undergone reforms and great development by Hideyoshi. Instead of giving them to Hideyoshi, it is better to be a favor and let Sakuma Shengzheng move over.

I have to say that Xiujia's suggestion is very tempting, but Sakuma Shengzheng is a traditional samurai, he still said to Xiujia: "But I have just been transferred to the seal for 2 years! If this is transferred again, I am afraid that it will cause trouble. The conflict of the retainers."

This is the biggest difference between the Xiu family's thinking and the warriors of this era. In their view, the land is handed down from generation to generation. It is not impossible to transfer the title, but they can't move me away so quickly.

Every transfer of a samurai's seal is not simply a change of place. It is necessary to explain the things of the original collar and take the whole family to the new collar.

After arriving in Xinling, it is necessary to establish a good relationship with the local aboriginal nobles and local servants, and to reorganize the field register and military service certificate into a book, all of which cost money.

In particular, the expenditures for stabilizing the new territories, the opportunity is equivalent to the knowledge and action of the territory, and now the samurai who have just stabilized Kanazawa by Sakuma Yoshimasa are about to be transferred, so what is the money he spent in Kanazawa?

(End of this chapter)