Prime Minister Bizen

In fact, just as Hideji was able to coerce a large number of daimyos from Kyushu, Hideka was able to return to Japan with two daimyos because of the convenience of the general of the front army.

Even though the Xiu family said to all the daimyos that they wanted to stabilize the world, he would not be greedy for Guan Bai's position.But after saying this, it seems that no big name believes in himself.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Shimaru and Hideji are both competing for the world as the sons of the predecessor Sekibaku Hideyoshi. How could your Hide family not care about the position of that person in the world, but it was a bit euphemistic.

Therefore, even though the Xiu family did not promise their attitude, these big names are not afraid. After all, after your Xiu family really wins the other two, can you still be stingy with rewards?You have obtained so many hiding places from the enemy, but they are all used for security.

It's just that the final outcome will surprise them very much, because Xiujia really did what he said, he really came to this battle for the peace of the world, and his words and deeds made many famous names respect him very much.

Let’s put aside these later things for now. As the Xiu family and the daimyos discussed their possible rewards after the war, the daimyos who were originally coerced by the Xiu family back to China but were refused to disband the army by the Xiu family and lost their minds had a new life. The goal - to stabilize the war in the world.

At this moment, daimyos from many countries headed by Shimadzu Yoshihiro are gathering in the Honmaru Palace of Maizuru Castle, sitting around a long table made of wood, watching Hideo on a picture covering the whole of Japan. Fang Qiu was brandished on the map.

"The news came back a few days ago that more than 2 troops from Koriyama Temple gathered in the northeast to fight against Aizu Torii, which is the junction of Aizu and Echigo. Eighteen thousand people went to East Xinjin City.

My vassals have gathered 3 Kanto soldiers and stationed in the famous Ebijo Castle in Sagami Country. Tokugawa Dainogen sent 2 generals Sakakibara Yasumasa to garrison Isehara Castle and Hirazuka Castle as if the enemy was approaching. For the second mobilization, it is estimated that there are at most 1 people left. "

While Xiujia was talking, some attendants placed war chess pieces of different colors on the corresponding positions on the map to mark friend and foe.The battle flag of one's own side is the blue that Xiujia likes, the enemy's is red, the neutral side is determined to be white, and the suspicious neutral side is marked with black chess pieces.

So far, Uesugi and Tokugawa have all been marked with black chess pieces by Xiu, indicating that they have not clearly joined the battlefield yet.

"In other words, Uesugi and Tokugawa, among the five big men, are being restrained from the rear, and only Mori from Xiguo and Maeda from Etchu can act."

Hideo said that he paused here, looked down at Asano Yukunaga and continued, "His Highness Asano's attitude is a bit ambiguous. My subordinate Fujido Sado Shou talked with him, and he expressed his doubts about the cause of His Highness Kanbai's death. Doubts about the rationality of His Majesty Shiwan's ascension to the throne."

Xiujia said that there was a pause for a few seconds, and after considering his words, he continued: "He expected His Highness Hidehisa of the Okayama Domain to ascend the throne, and His Highness of the Beizheng Office to hang the curtain. I explicitly rejected it."

While talking, Xiujia walked over to Ibaraki in person, and pressed a chess piece representing black here.The black chess piece means to express doubts about its neutrality, and Hideya's use of the black chess piece to represent the Asano family will undoubtedly embarrass Asano Yukunaga present here.

Seeing the eyes of everyone looking at Yukinaga Asano, Hideka comforted everyone, "Please don't worry that Dr. Sakyo must be a trustworthy comrade in arms."

It's not that Xiujiu can't become Guanbai, but it must be when the Xiu family has an absolute advantage. Let Xiujiu, Hideyoshi's own son, sit on the transition, so as to leave enough space and time for his next operation.

Now this position is definitely a hot potato. If Hideku is forced to take the position, the Hide family will be tied up in Kyoto, and they will have to face two enemies, Hideji and Chacha (Ishida Mitsunari) at the same time.

Kyoto is far away from Kanto, the Hide family's base, and the Hide family is not willing to experience how the Hojo regency lost the world back then.

At this time, it is naturally better to let those two families in Kyoto dog-eat-dog. Dog-eat-dog corrupts the character of other daimyos at the same time, and let the Xiu family pave the way for the final position.

Moreover, Xiujiu's image is indeed not suitable to be Guan Bai, and Xiujiu's high position is not conducive to attracting other big names.

You must know that Xiujiu has now succeeded Hidecho's family, and is legally the son of Toyotomi Hidecho, and his succession is even after Hideyoshi's adopted son Hideji and the Hide family.

The Japanese value legal principles more than bloodlines, and only Hideyoshi, a muddy leg, clings to bloodlines.The current Hideo clan doesn't have enough power to force Hideo to the top, and other daimyos are not so easy to persuade and admit.

In Dao's current position, the only person who really put forward this idea to Xiu's family is Asano Nagamasa. That's because he is Ning Ning's elder brother (adopted brother) in law, and he represents the interests of the Beizheng Institute. Shiwan sat at the central position and acted like a tiger.

But Hideka will not be influenced by him, so before letting Todo Takatora contact him, he flatly rejected Asano Nagamasa's request, and even prepared 2 soldiers at the border to defend the Ibaraki Asano family.

However, the Asano family’s knowledge and practice are only 32 shi. If mobilized, at most 1.2 people will be mobilized, and now there are more than 4000 people in the Xiu family’s formation. The fact that the Asano family can mobilize insufficient troops, the Xiu family is not afraid It's really making trouble behind.

The relationship between Asano Nagamasa and the Hideka is good. Over the years, the Hideka has been exerting influence behind the scenes for many transfers, and Hideka does not think that he will really turn against the Hideka because of who will inherit it. .

If he really had the guts, he wouldn't be petty to Tokugawa Ieyasu in history.

"Mori." Hideka took out a black chess piece and placed it on the position of Aki Hiroshima and said, "According to reliable information, it has fallen to the Gifu Temple, but there is no information about Mori sending troops at present."

"On the contrary, Maeda has already mobilized an army of 1.5 people to go south from Takaoka." This time, Hideka used a red chess piece as a sign and placed it outside Kanazawa City, and took out two blue chess pieces at the same time. Put it in Kanazawa Castle and said, "Now it is blocked in Kanazawa Castle by His Highness Sakuma and 3500 people from Niwaden."

"However, there are not enough small soldiers in Kanazawa Castle to keep it for a long time. Sakuma Temple sent me a message that the green wheat and grain stored in the castle are only enough for four months.

But what really worries me is not the food reserves, and the Maeda family has 70 shigao, and can mobilize an army of 2.5 when necessary, and the Kanazawa defense line may not be guaranteed. "

Speaking of this, he glanced at the circle of daimyos below and finally set his sights on Hideji Hori, and said, "Servant Kurume, I need you to take the army of the Hori family to support the two adults, Sakuma and Niwa, and wait for this matter." After finishing, I would like to help you ask the new highness Guan Bai to promise you to be rewarded by a country."

Promising Noto's reward to Hideji Hori in front of so many people was deliberately done by Hideo.

After all, the Hori family was Oda's former minister, and later surrendered to Hideyoshi's command, and was inserted by Hideyoshi into Kamiso and Anfang to use it as a wedge to watch Hideyoshi's abdomen.

However, Horie's friendship with Maeda and Toyotomi is mostly in the previous generation. Hori Hideji was born in Tensho 4 (1576), and was about the same age as Hideie. In fact, he played with Hideie in Ningning Kindergarten until adult Yes, the relationship with Hideo is not close, but it is definitely closer than the relationship with Maeda Toshiie.

But Horie did not get closer to Hideo after all. At this time, Hideya promised Noto, who belonged to the Maeda family, in front of everyone, and it must be to force Hori Hideji to express his position.

With so many witnesses present, if Hideji Hori agrees, the incident will spread throughout the world, and the relationship between the Hori family and the Maeda family will be married, and Hideji Hori, who was named Noto, will become the most important caretaker of the Eshichu Maeda family for the Hide family. Good horse.

But why is it said that handing Noto to Hori Hideji will form a beam with the Maeda family after the war?Because the Xiu family had already made up their minds to knock the mountain to shake the tiger, and the mountain they knocked on was the Maeda family who sent troops first.

Don't you see that the other five big bosses are preparing to return, and Tokugawa and Uesugi have indeed gathered their forces, but none of them actually left their own country?

You, the Maeda family, were the most jumpy, entered Kaga with your army, and even besieged Kanazawa Castle. How can you establish your prestige if you don’t kill you after the war?

In fact, the Hide family wanted to make good friends with the Maeda family in principle. After all, compared with Tokugawa's cunning and Uesugi's bull nose, the Maeda family was the best existence among the three big names in the Eastern Kingdom.

This can be seen from the fact that Maeda Toshimasa joined the Iwaki family after the Battle of Odawara, and is now the 12-koku daimyo in Tohoku.

But time passed too fast, the environment changed, and now the Xiu family was doomed to go against Shiwan and Chacha, and naturally they had to go against the five big guys who were closest to them at the moment.

The Xiu family has made up their minds from the very beginning to maintain a dynamic balance between the powers of Xiuci and Chacha, so no one should be responsible for this muddle-headed battle?

After the war is over, when Shiwan comes to power, someone must be sealed and someone else will be responsible for reducing the seal and changing it. As the most powerful existence on Chacha's side, if your Maeda family does not bear the responsibility, who will bear it?
It's the same with Xiuci, this knife must be cut on the heads of the Kuroda family and Masanori Fukushima.As for why Xiuci's head was not chopped off, it was naturally to coax him to sit down and talk.

The Xiu family is a referee, and each side plays 80 boards, and then the world restores superficial peace, and the Xiu family gains the prestige and reputation of stabilizing the world.

Of course, all the daimyo present at the scene were unaware of all these arrangements. In their perception, the Maeda family might be transferred to another place after the war, which would free up Noto's territory.

Even Hori Hideji didn't know about this, and he was so happy to hear that he could jump out of the prison of the Supreme Headquarters and become the lord of a country, so he immediately received a military order from the Hideo family.

In addition to playing tricks and forcing the Hori family to completely occupy their own side, the Hideka publicized the reward for being able to ascend to Yiguo in front of so many people, and it was more to motivate other daimyos once, so that they could see the post-war rewards. possible.

"You only need to bring the military rations of your troops, go to Kanazawa by water, and tell Sakuma Temple that you only need to guard Kanazawa for 3 months at most, and the world will be settled after 3 months."

The Xiu family was never prepared to fight for a long time. The hard bone in Osaka is not something that the Xiu family who does not have artillery around can win in a short time.This is also the reason why Xiujia gave up trying to win Osaka despite the current good situation.

"Doctor Sakyo, there is something you must do." After telling Hideji Hori, Hideka looked at Yukinaga Asano again.

His father had just been marked as black with a suspicious neutral attitude, and he never dreamed that the Xiu family would let him lead the army alone.

"After becoming a monk in Juledi, Beizhengsuo moved to Yongquan Temple on the north side of Fushimi to become a monk. In the past, there were 800 Toyotomi Banners and 200 Huangmu Yizhong to protect.

But now that the Wang Banner is changing, I am worried about the safety of Beizhengsuo and Kobayakawa Kingo.I want to let the Rangers attack Yongquan Temple to protect the safety of the two Highnesses after leaving Danba with the army and entering the mountain city.If all goes well, you will meet your team on the east side. "

Asano Yukunaga has only 4000 people under his command, and he really has no confidence in the 1000-strong Banner and Huang Muyi Zhongxiu family. Fortunately, there are Omi and some Ueno teams mobilized by Sanada Nobushige on the east side. The total strength of the east and west sides is estimated There are 8-9 thousand people, which should be enough.

"His Majesty Shimadzu, time is extremely tight after the incident. Please take your team to Yodogawa and Chuo. Here, the Yodo Castle that His Highness is building for Yodohime has not yet been completed, but it already has the structure of the earthen wall and Mizubori. Please use this as your base to refuse.

The three daimyos of Satake, Mogami, and Date entered Omi with a combined force of 6800 and captured Hachiman Castle, while the four daimyos of Tsutsui, Ikeda, Mori, and Sanada entered Kumiyama Castle on the south bank of the Yodogawa River with a combined force of 7000.

I have 3 teams with a total of 4500 people and a combined force of 8300 people from Kanto daimyos such as Takeda, Akita, and Yuki to be responsible for the Raiders of Katsuryuji Castle.The other people whose names have not been called will control Kyoto with me.Tango's side was guarded by His Highness Zhongchuan. "

As the voice of the Xiu family fell, the expressions of the daimyos were different. Everyone knew what the purpose of controlling Hachimanyama Castle, Katsuryuji Castle, Yodo Castle, and Kumiyama Castle was to set up two positions in the east and west directions. Block the enemy forces on both sides.

Especially the Satake, Mogami, and Date families who were appointed by the Xiu family to capture Hachiman Mountain Castle. The Xiu family wants them to be on the front line at this time!

The three of them have only 6800 people in total, but they may face an army of no less than 5 from the Gifu family and the Tokugawa family.

Although the attitudes of these two families are now ambiguous, and it seems that there is no possibility of joining forces, but the Sengoku daimyo is the most fickle person, and there is no guarantee that they will not face extreme situations.

Fortunately, Hideka explained to them, "The 6000 people led by the Ishida clan's Naojima Sakon and Otani Kichitsugu have already captured the Gifu family's Ogaki Castle, and now the two are fighting around Ogaki Castle.

It is not so easy for the eastern and western armies to withdraw from the Ogaki Castle battlefield. What you need to guard against is the army of the north banker from the direction of Echizen Wakasa, and the special forces that may be sent from the direction of Ise. "

After hearing this, several people breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Of course Xiujia knew what the daimyos were worried about, just like the daimyo teams on the east and west sides, the consequences of standing on the wrong team in this kind of political change are extremely serious.

The battle of Sekigahara in history gave the two sides more than a year to prepare. During this period of time, diplomatic mediation and political speculation have never stopped. Even the powerful Maeda family had to send two sons to bet separately. It can be seen that The dangers of political speculation.

But this time there was a deviation in history. Hideyoshi died in a hurry and Hideji suddenly raised an army. He hardly gave the Sengoku daimyos time to think about the team, and was coerced by their respective bosses and divided into the eastern and western armies and Hideka's central army. The daimyo didn't want it because of this. Unjustly standing on the wrong team led to a change or even a severance of the family name, so naturally one should be more cautious.