Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 682 Arrangement
Hosokawa Tadake inherited the nature of his father, Fujitaka, the old fox, and the Hosokawa family has a high political status in the Toyotomi Group.

It is precisely for these reasons that Hideyoshi arranged them in Tango, and let Lao Tzu become a monk in Kyoto. The boy was exhausted in various battlefields, but he had not been entrusted for more than ten years, just because he wanted to watch over the father and son of the Hosokawa family.

Now that he is being imprisoned in Wuhe City by his son, the rights of the entire Hosokawa family are being controlled by the man in front of him in the name of his son. a moment.

Besides, judging from the situation brought by Xiu's side, the situation around the capital seems not to be peaceful, and the old fox's mind naturally became active.

To be honest, Tadake Hosokawa grew up watching Hideji and Hide's parents, and he knew the difference between the two children.

Don't look at Xiuji's aggressive approach this time, he has already hit Akashi all the way from Kyushu, but don't forget that from Maori in Nishikuni to Hideku in Bizen to Kinoshita's in Harima, none of them have given Shuci a chance!

Hideji was able to pull up an army of 10 in a short period of time. It was entirely because of the information gap that the Kansai daimyos were temporarily leaning against him. Without a fulcrum to rely on, Hideji's army may disperse at any time if the battle is unfavorable. Lose.

Tadake Hosokawa and his father have studied politics all their lives, can't he understand such a simple truth?

Similarly, the Xiu family also received the news of Hideyoshi's death, but he was the Tango who returned quietly with the name of Joseon. No one knew the news before, which is enough to see that this young man has a serious conspiracy.

Ask a little to find out what the Xiu family means, if there is something to do, add fire, maybe it can bring the Hosokawa family to a new level.

Facing Hosokawa Tadake's question, Hideka responded with a smile, "Find the right time to lead troops into Luo, and use the order of the emperor to order the world to abandon the army and restore peace."

"Uh..." Hosokawa Tadaoki didn't expect the plan given by Hideka to be so fake and empty, and suddenly felt like he was on a thief's boat. When he asked him carefully when would be the right time, Hideka said, "Wait for His Majesty Gifu to be embarrassed." when."

As mentioned in the previous article, the current Toyotomi Hideji is just a paper article. It looks very powerful but has no background.

Once Xiuci is defeated, those guys who were originally hidden in the dark will jump out to establish their image as loyal ministers. The defeat of Xiuci will undoubtedly increase the legitimacy and authority of Shimaru.

After Xiuci's defeat, the only internal threat to Shiwan and Chacha was the Xiu family.What's more, because Xiu's family is Xiujiu's younger brother, their threat index is much higher.

One can imagine how much pressure the Xiu family will face after Xiuci's defeat.So Xiuci must help, but His Highness is just when he is in high spirits.

At this time, Xiu Cizhen commanded an army of [-] troops to coerce Akashi City. At this time, the Xiu family came forward and said, "Brother, calm down, we must love peace. You and I first recognize Shimaru, the family governor, and then wait for me to develop a wave of wretchedness. "See if Xiuci will listen to you.

But as long as Xiuci suffers in Akashi, he will naturally be willing to stand with Xiu's family when the situation is gradually unfavorable. At that time, a little confession may guarantee that his skills will not change, so a good man will naturally be able to bend and stretch.

In fact, Hideka did not tell the truth to Hosokawa Tadake, and made arrangements after hearing the latest information.

To put it simply, Todo Takatora was ordered to mobilize a small number of troops to come to Sagami Ebina Castle in the name of changing defenses. The purpose was to put pressure on Tokugawa Ieyasu so that he could not calmly lead people to support Kyoto.

At the same time, Xiuzhen was ordered to bring the headquarters and the Ou Township Army Sekai Aizu to put pressure on the direction of Shibata, trying to put pressure on Uesugi's side.

Of course, now that Uesugi Jingkatsu is in Kyoto and Naoe Kanetsugu is in North Korea, the elders in Uesugi’s family will definitely inform Uesugi Jingkatsu of this part of the information.

The Xiu family didn't intend to start a war. At this time, when Patriarch Uesugi and the pen are no longer in the territory, it is indeed the best time to enter Echigo, but this is tantamount to blocking Lu to death.

What Xiujia wants is to put pressure on Uesugi and Tokugawa through military pressure, so that they can tend to sit down and talk instead of rushing to bite after seeing Xiuci lose power.

At the same time, the Hide family sent people to inform Katsuyuki Sakuma and Nagashige Niwa in Kanazawa to let them unite to defend Kanazawa City and block the Maeda family's move to Kyoto.

As for Maori, there is no need to worry at all, their attitude of letting Xiuci pass by has already explained everything.

It seems that the Xiu family has a huge advantage, and it can be used as a squirrel to reap the benefits of the fisherman. But don't forget that as long as there is Osaka City for a day, without heavy artillery and enough time, it is impossible for the Xiu family to win.

As long as he can't win the Osaka City, and can't control Chacha and Shiwan in his own hands, the Xiu family will be the next Xiuci.

And these three roads won't last long, the artillery in the Xiu family's hands is all in Kanto, and it is impossible to die in Osaka, so maintaining a dynamic balance is the most in the interest of the Xiu family at the moment.

In addition to making the above preparations, Hideya sent an order to Nobushige Sanada to take a reserve team to Omi Kenta and Otsu via Tango.

This is the breeding place that Hideyoshi bestowed on Kikuhime and Kohachiro, but because it is too close to Kyoto, the Hide family has never really intervened in the management, and it was not included in the statistics of Zhixing.

But don't forget that this territory by Lake Biwa has a full 8 shi!
Hideka intends to let Nobushige Sanada hide in the residence, and then wait for his order to quickly mobilize the people in the territory.

Under the extreme mobilization of 8 shi, it is enough to mobilize an army of about 3000 people, stick to Otsu Castle and trap the Toyotomi Army in Omi, Ise and other places, especially the Shimazakon and Otani Yoshitsugu who are currently in Ogaki Castle It is more than enough.

After the task was assigned, the Xiu family dismissed the participating daimyos, leaving Tsusaki Sanzhicheng alone.

In this situation, leaving their own intelligence leader alone, the Xiu family must have secret operations to be entrusted to him to complete.

However, as everyone left, before the Xiu family could speak, Zhezhi Sanzhicheng spoke to the Xiu family first and said, "Your Highness, I have a strange matter to report."

"Strange thing? Let's hear it."

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng slowly tested the Xiu family, and reported to the Xiu family mysteriously: "Kingdu came to report that when Mrs. Dian took Shiwan and her retainers to leave Juledi, several maids who had followed him for a long time did not bring them. Let them go, but let them clean up Juledi by themselves, and then come to Osaka."

"What's so strange about this? Isn't it normal for the servants to clean up after the master leaves?"

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng did not explain but said: "Three days after Mrs. Yodo left, these maids went to Osaka together, but there was a letter from Osaka saying that they did not see these maids entering the city."

"..." Xiu's family actually understood what Zhezhi Sanzhicheng wanted to express, but they still asked him, "What kind of task was temporarily assigned to Xu Shi on the way?"

But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, Hideka suddenly felt that the question he asked was so stupid when he looked at Tsuge Sannojo who was looking at him.

These people are all close-fitting maids, and it is their turn to do the shopping work of the servants. They left the capital but did not return to Osaka. Either they ran away together, or something happened on the way.

But this is such a section from Kyoto to Osaka. This is the heart of the empire. It may be possible to lose someone if there is banditry in other places, but it will be a big deal if someone is lost in this land.

"How do you know such a thing?"

Tsusaki Sanzhicheng replied: "Didn't Your Highness ask me to investigate the information in Kyoto and the causes of death of Guanbai and Yamashiro Danayan? These were revealed by those maids who stayed behind while chatting with other ladies and maids."

"Didn't the other ladies go to Osaka?"

"Gu was left by Mrs. Yodo in Juledi." Zosezhi Sanzhicheng replied, "There are even more strange things. As Mrs. Yodo's personal maid disappeared, Mrs. Yodo didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and she didn't even order Dasaka to follow her. He and Kyoto follow the practice of finding someone."

Speaking of this, people who still think that this matter is commonplace are too nervous.

Hideyoshi held a folding fan with the words "Pillar of the Country" written on one side. The folding fan was the only gift that Hideyoshi gave him besides the letter of appreciation when he was guarding Kyoto a few years ago.

After a long time, he suddenly said, "Sanzhicheng, you and I have been around for a while."

At this moment, it's ironic to be held in my hands, and to be given orders step by step by myself.

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng fell down in front of Xiu's family, and replied with the utmost humility: "Since the eighth year of Tianzheng (8), my subordinates have followed His Highness for 1580 full years."

"As a ninja, being able to become a samurai has crossed the gap of class, but I don't know if you are satisfied."

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng is now 50 years old, and he has lost the vigor of the past in terms of official career.

Besides, with 1350 stone height now, becoming a samurai has already surpassed other ninjas by too much, so when Xiujia asked himself, he immediately expressed a satisfactory answer to Xiujia.

"Really? But I don't think it's enough." Hideo tapped his forehead with a fan and said, "I think you should follow the example of Nakamura Shikibu, even if you can't become a 15 koku daimyo and a middle-aged daimyo, at least you must become a daimyo." Bar!"

"Daimyo?" Zuozhi Sanzhicheng raised his head, looked at Xiujia in surprise, then lowered his head humblely and said, "The current knowledge and practice of this subject is only 1350 shi, and there is still a big gap between the daimyo and the daimyo. It’s not what the ministers can hope for.”

"It's not an extravagant hope." The Xiu family said to Tsusaki Sanzhicheng, "Go and do two things for me. If you complete one, you will be sealed with 5000 stones, and if you complete two, you will be sealed with 1 stones. Wait for this." Both things have been completed, and you can almost push your son out to take over from your class."

Zosezhi Sanzhicheng has been the commander of the ninja army of the Xiu family for more than ten years. It was not until a few years ago that the Xiu family forcibly divided the ninja army into internal and external armies through his fault that some of his rights were divided, but he was in the Xiu family. The prestige in the Ninja Army is still extremely high.

Now, many leaders of both the Investigation Department and the Internal Affairs Department were trained and promoted by him alone, that is, after he persuaded Takeda Toupozhong and Fumazhong to surrender, the composition of the Investigation Department gradually became more complicated.

However, apart from a few important leaders of the Department of Internal Affairs, who were promoted by Hideka in the past, Ukita Bizen, the foundation was still established by Tsusue Sanzhicheng.

As the Department of Internal Affairs who controls the internal information of the Fengchun family, and at the same time the Xiu family surrounds and works in the dark, the fact that there is only one person in charge really makes the Xiu family feel at ease.

In fact, the Xiu family had long wanted to release Zhezhi Sanzhicheng secretly, but because they had not found a suitable replacement in the past, and did not find a suitable opportunity, they kept pressing the matter.

It is foreseeable, but in the case of Hideyoshi, it took half a month for Tsusik Sanzhicheng to detect the information and send it to North Korea. It has been seen that he is not capable, and it is time for this old man to retire.

It's just that Tsuzhi Sanzhicheng didn't seem to be aware of this at the moment. He was squinted by Wan Shi Zhixing, who was promised by Xiu's family, and asked him very excitedly if there was anything he wanted him to do.

"Gather the Ninja Army around Kinki and enter Kyoto, control the passes in Kyoto, if possible, control Katsuryuji Castle in the south of the mountain city, and Yusenji Temple where the North Government Office and Kingo Kobayakawa are being guarded, and wait for my order.

Once you see my order coming, let everyone wear red turbans to identify the enemy and help me control the above three important towns. "

As he said that, Xiujia raised his finger that was compared to the number 3 and said, "I will do my best to protect the Emperor, Beizhengsuo, and Shenglong Temple City at all costs, especially Beizhengsuo. I want you to go in person. This is the first thing. "

"Second thing, after Peking Opera is under my control, I will do everything possible to find the missing maids, and at the same time help me to check and ask His Highness Guan Bai and everyone in Juledi before and after the death of Shancheng Da Nayan, find me reveal its secrets.

The first thing you can do soon, and the second thing no matter how long it takes, I have to know the truth.After the two things are done, you can sit back and enjoy your status as the famous name of Wanshi. "

Don't look at the ninjas in the Total War game who will use cannons and jade, and the melee fighting ability is not weak, but in reality, these people are just the existence between ordinary people and samurai.

It may be possible to let them do the job of disguising and spying on intelligence, after all, most of them are ordinary people.

But if you want them to specialize in defense or assassination, this requires special training, let alone let them be on the front line to fight against the regular army.

If they could really fight against the regular army, Koga, Iga, Topo and other ninjas would not have been beaten by Liujiao, Oda, and Takeda in turn.

But the time has not come yet, the Xiu family can't directly let the army station in Kyoto, Yongquan Temple or Shenglong Temple City, they can only let the ninjas disguise themselves as traders, ape opera masters, pharmacists and other professions to hide around, which is very important for ninjas. In fact, it is an extremely difficult task.

The Hide family can see the importance of the above three places, and Ishida Mitsunari and the priests must not be unaware of them, and must have sent heavy soldiers.

It is foreseeable that when controlling the above several strongholds, the ninja soldiers in the hands of Tsushaki Sanzhicheng will inevitably suffer a lot of losses.

But for the sake of his own dream of Wanshi Daimyo, even if he stepped on the bones of his subordinates, Tsuge Sanzhicheng still wanted to make a breakthrough.

As for the second request put forward by the Hideka, this was something that Tsushage Sanzhicheng's narration couldn't attract, and he himself felt something strange, so he reported it to the Hideka.

Even if the Xiu family doesn't give him a reward, he will continue to investigate. Now that he can get half a thousand seals after the investigation is clear, he will naturally work harder.

(End of this chapter)