Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 70 Himeji's Different Military Discussion and Monkey's Warmth

On the night of June 6th in the tenth year of Tensho, Hideyoshi arrived in Himeji two days earlier than in history after marching for three days.And before Himeji met Hori Hidemasa who accepted Nobunaga's order to go to Beichu to contact Hideyoshi.

"Master Hori, I'm back, let's avenge our lord together." Seeing Hori Hidemasa, Hideyoshi bowed solemnly to him.

At this time, Hori Hidemasa was only Nobunaga's near side, and his territory was only 2.5 shi. Hideyoshi was 20 times his, but Hideyoshi still respected this as a liaison officer between him and Nobunaga.

If it were Shibata Katsuie, after knowing Nobunaga's death, he would definitely dismiss the group of near-side bureaucrats around Nobunaga.Hideyoshi's attitude is undoubtedly very useful to Hori Hidemasa, who has lost his backer at the moment.

"Master Hori, let's take a bath together." As I said earlier, Hideyoshi likes to talk about things while taking a bath.

Therefore, the first thing he did when he returned to Himeji was to call Hashiba Hidecho, Hachisuka Masakatsu and others to take a bath together.

Don't underestimate this meeting. From the current point of view, it can be said to be the highest meeting of the Hashiba family, but Hideyoshi invited Hori Hidemasa to participate at this time.

Of course, Hidemasa Hori didn't know Hideyoshi's hobbies, so he was a little confused, but he didn't refuse, and came to the inner hall with Hideyoshi.

In the earthen pond in the inner hall, the maids have already poured hot water prepared in advance into it. The entrance of the bath room is the dressing room. When the two maids saw Hideyoshi coming in, they immediately stepped forward to take off the clothes for Hideyoshi and Hori Hidemasa. Quickly, the two walked out of the porch naked and entered the earthen pond.

Hashiba Hidecho, who was left behind in the earthen pond, had been soaking in the pond for a long time, resting with a hot towel on his face.

"Oh~ Koichiro, you've arrived, what happened to what I told you?" Hideyoshi asked when he saw Hidecho who was wearing a hot towel.

Xiuchang took the towel off his face and replied, "I've already finished sorting out the weapons, armor, and arrow feathers, and I've ordered the backup teams to take them back, but the gunpowder and rations are not enough."

"Now the summer grain is not harvested, and the autumn grain is about to run out. The army ration is only prepared for 5 people a month. Not to mention the gunpowder. It is said that Akechi Mitsuhide occupied Azuchi Castle and directly wrapped up the Sakai Port with the lord's treasury. Gunpowder." Xiuchang shook his head and said.

Hideyoshi stepped into the pool, and soon behind him was a maid with tied skirts who came to rub Hideyoshi's back. Hideyoshi enjoyed the service of the maid and listened to Hideyoshi's report.

"There is enough food. If I can't defeat the rebels within a month, then how can I talk about fighting the rebels and avenging my lord."

"Don't worry about the gunpowder. After the weapons and sufficient ships are delivered, the next wave will be shipped from Okayama. For this battle, Hachiro has emptied the entire Bizen."

"Is that so? Then I'm relieved"

Hideyoshi deserves to be called a monkey. After a long absence from women, he would put his hands behind his back and into the corner of the maid's skirt when the maid was washing him.Laughing with his wrinkled hands, stretching further and further.The maid didn't know what to do, she wanted to turn around and escape, but was hugged by him and dragged into the pool.

Xiuchang was a little taken aback, and asked another maid beside him for a new warm towel to put on her face.On the side, Hidemasa Hori took a bath by himself in embarrassment.

"I'm coming in!" From the very beginning, a childish voice came from the changing room, and as the door was opened, it was the 10-year-old Xiujia who came.

Seeing Xiu's family coming in, the monkey, who was not in the right shape at all, immediately pushed the maid ashore, saying: "Be careful next time, the pool is very slippery, don't get hurt, just look at it." You are all soaked, so hurry up and change your clothes."

Although Hideyoshi is the reincarnation of a monkey stallion, he also has the most basic moral values, such as absolutely not damaging his image in front of children.As the Xiu family is his most satisfied adopted son, he must not affect his glorious image in front of the Xiu family because of what happened just now.

He thought that the Xiu family didn't know about men and women, so he paid special attention to this aspect. In fact, he didn't know that the Xiu family knew what he was doing long ago. He knew it with his ass, and the old monkey became estrous again.

The maid replied embarrassingly, "Yes. Yes" and turned to retreat. The cloth bag tied with clothes had been torn off, revealing a large amount of white meat, which happened to be seen by the Xiu family.

Hideyoshi, an old virgin, entered the pool with a blushing face, and looked at Hideyoshi who agreed to blushing, but the reasons for their blushing were different, and Hideyoshi, who was still putting on his face just now, smiled happily when he saw the performance of the father and son. He made a sound, and finally broke the embarrassment.

Not long after, Hachisuka Masakatsu and Kuroda Kanbei also came to the bath.

Hideyoshi saw that everyone had arrived, so he said, "The distribution of the transshipment materials must be completed today, and we will go out tomorrow morning!"

"The goal is Kyoto, to fight against the rebel Mitsuhide Akechi, and Liangxiang will set off tonight. The first sound of the conch tomorrow morning, the whole army eats; the second sound of the conch; the whole army is inspected in Innanye outside the city; Go out!"

"Xiao Yilang, is there any gold in the city?"

“金判800枚等额12000贯，银盘450枚等额2200贯，铜钱大约13000贯的样子。”

"It's all distributed, all soldiers and warriors are distributed, and everyone is giving 5 days of military rations for them to carry with them."

"But."

"Send it, this battle is a decisive battle. After the defeat, the money and food will be useless to me. After the victory, the benefits will be more than that! Why don't you distribute it all, to boost the morale of the foot, so that the soldiers and their families can participate in the war with peace of mind."

"Okay. I'll do it right away."

"Master Hori, although the lord did not treat people with kindness when he was alive, he was still very clear about rewards and punishments. Now the generals in Kinai are able to have today's power because of the lord's gift. I don't think anyone is willing to surrender to the traitor. You are the lord. One of the leaders of the attendants, who is familiar with all the adults, I would like to trouble you to come and persuade several adults to fight against the rebellious Akechi Mitsuhide."

Hideyoshi said to Hori Hidemasa very solemnly, his eyes were full of anticipation, and Hori Hidemasa did not disappoint Hideyoshi, he said: "This is what I should have."

Matters outside the battlefield have been decided, and the marching sequence for tomorrow has been decided at the beginning. In the end, it was decided that 3500 people from Masakatsu Hachisuka will be the vanguard.

And Hideka's Ukita army acted as the rear line along with supplies, with Ukita Tadaka as the formation generation, and Hideka himself moved with Hideyoshi.

Originally, Zhongjia was blamed for the burning of the Saga mountain city by the Xiu family, and chose to become a monk to recite Buddhism, but because this battle is a battle that determines the fate of the whole country, it is also a battle that determines Ukita's life and death.

The veterans of the Hide family, Oka Toshikatsu and Togawa Hidean were in charge of staying at Xingshan Castle and Chausuyama Castle, Osafune Sadauke stayed behind at Hoki Yonago, and Hanabang Masayoshi was not good at leading troops, so they could only serve as left-behind soldiers. Invite the loyal family out as the generation.

After the official discussions were over, the four of them bid farewell to Hideyoshi, while Hideyoshi and Hideyoshi went to the inner hall together to see Fukunoka who gave birth not long ago.In fact, as early as May 5, Himeji sent a message to Beichu that the mother of the Xiu family, Fukunobu, gave birth to a child, and the mother and child were safe.

This is nothing less than a great joy for Hideyoshi who has not had a child for many years, but the Takamatsu dam has been built and some areas have begun to store water when it is critical. He really can't walk away, so he can only temporarily suppress this joy live.

And Hideka also got to know the news after reuniting with Hideyoshi. This time they returned to Himeji from Beichu, and the two rushed to check on the situation of Fukunokata and his son.

For the Hashiba family, Hideyoshi's birth was a big event, and it also indicated that Hashiba Hideyoshi finally had his own blood, and at the same time, Hashiba Hidekatsu's identity became more and more embarrassing.

Before the change of Honnoji Temple, Hideyoshi did not consider how to deal with the relationship between this child and Hideyoshi, but now that Nobunaga is dead and he has the blood of his own blood, he will naturally make this child his heir, and Hideyoshi can Give a country a fief and support it.

Hideyoshi walked to the inner hall in three steps and two steps, and saw Fukunokata and the child who had recovered a little. He took the child from the wet nurse and looked at this wrinkled face just like his own. A heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

Hideyoshi kept teasing the child, and it took a long time before Ningning reminded him to notice Fukunoka, handed the child to the nanny, let the Xiu family see his younger brother, and then saluted Fukunoka, "You have worked so hard!" I, Hideyoshi, will never forget you."

Fukunoka was a little flattered. She was already 36 years old and she was already an advanced mother. She took a very high risk and gave birth to Hideyoshi's son only after 11 months of pregnancy. During the delivery, the baby was born late and had a big head, which even caused dystocia.

Fortunately, she has rich experience (2 births for Miura Zhenkatsu, 2 births for Ukita Nao's family, and the Hide family is the fourth, currently the only one alive), and Hashiba's family has already prepared experienced midwives And the doctor, finally the mother and child are safe.

It’s just that childbirth is extremely hard work, and when it comes to dystocia, the root cause of the disease finally falls. After that, it can no longer withstand the wind and high fever, and the body is getting more and more emaciated, and passed away earlier than in history.

Fu Zhifang lay on the bed, and said weakly, "These are the things that a concubine should do, but His Highness, Hachiro is ignorant, thanks to His Highness's care." Until now, Fu Zhifang still can't forget his child Xiujia, Please take care of Hideyoshi again.

Hideyoshi held Fukunokata's hand, pulled Hideo to his side, and the three of them held hands together and said, "From now on, we are one family. I will treat Hachiro as much as I treat Husong. This is my promise." .”

Husong is the name Hideyoshi gave to the child. At this moment, Hideyoshi is not the same as the people of the world in later generations. He has not seen the dawn of peace in the world. Hideyoshi still hopes that this child will be as strong as a tiger in the future and contribute to his own peace of the world.

But he didn't know that in just 10 years, he had already commanded the world.

(End of this chapter)