Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 781

With the addition of Mogami, the power of Hideo's legion has expanded, and almost the entire Kanto and Northeast daimyos have been included.

On the other hand, Toyotomi Hidetada daimyo has completed the mobilization before the war, and once again came to Fukushima Castle to meet Hideka.

Since the Xiu family will continue to go south and return to their own skills to organize their own army to advance westward to Shangluo, the military discussions on the Northeast Army can only be carried out here.

All the daimyos are very clear that this battle will determine the trend of the world for at least the next 30 years. Whether it is Toyotomi Hideyoshi with 33 koku or Oyezaki Yoshihiro with only 3 koku, they all sit in the hall quite seriously. , Waiting for the arrival of Xiujia.

As the footsteps approached, the attendants in the hall shouted to everyone, "Your Highness is coming to the hall." After saying that, some attendants waiting at the door took the initiative to raise the bamboo curtain to make it easier for the Xiu family to enter the hall.

Fukushima Castle was originally the main city of the Iwaki family, but with the confirmation of the Hideka's status as the chief general, the Honmaru and its ancillary buildings here have long been occupied by the Hideka.

Now the Xiu family is like the master, striding towards the middle of the imperial steps, and several servants of the Xiu family either hold the sword of the Xiu family or hold the horse seal of the Xiu family into the hall.

Among the people who entered the palace today, there was a special existence. Toyotomi Zhengjia, the son of the Xiu family, came in with a bundled white sail and protected it very well.

Everyone's eyes gradually turned from Xiujia to the politician holding Baifan. This Young Highness is not a master who can be easily dealt with. His ability is very outstanding. It was enough when the Ezo invaded the Ezo tribes in Hiyama, Ishikari and other places.

The Fengchun and Zhongchuan Army under his leadership are like wild wolves, they will not let go easily when they bite others, and they will always bite off a piece of meat from the enemy no matter what.

But it is also for this reason that politicians are also criticized.

For example, Maeda Keiji once complained to Hideo about his massacre of Sannai Maruyama Castle. Afterwards, Hideo asked him why he did this.

Toyotomi politicians clearly stated that "marching, fighting, and governing the country should be governed by laws and regulations. I have persuaded Sannai Maruyama Castle to surrender three times, and I have repeatedly expressed that if I resist, the whole city will be slaughtered, but they all refused. This proves that they are ready to resist to the end and accept the corresponding consequences.

In this case, after the Sannai Maruyama Castle is broken, it is natural to fulfill its promise.A general should order and prohibit, so that he can restrain his soldiers and threaten other enemies who dare to resist. "

I have to say that the quality of education taught by the Heart is really good.When Xiujia heard Zhengjia's reply, he thought that Zhengjia was ready to serve as a general.This is also the reason why Xiujia decided to add more burdens to him this time.

This is also the reason why Xiujia kept him by his side during this period of time. Xiujia wanted to teach him how to contact the daimyo himself, and how to handle the daimyo's psychology.

For example, after Hideka talked with Date Masamune, Mogami Yoshimitsu and others a few days ago, Hideka would tell him his thoughts and reasons for doing so. This is one of the few opportunities, and the world will be stable in the future In the future, where will there be opportunities to learn how to manipulate people's hearts?

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I don't know who took the lead, but as the Xiu family took their seats, everyone saluted the Xiu family in unison, just like the daimyo saluted Toyotomi Hideyoshi back then.

This may mean that Xiujia is initially mastering these big names.Seeing the daimyos saluting to his father below, the young Xiuzheng felt a sense of pride in his heart, and he really wanted to be worshiped by the daimyos just like his father.

"Everyone gathered here today cannot bear to see Guan Bai Jiangshan lost due to treacherous ministers. Feng Chen's family has all of you who are so loyal. My Xiu family is here to thank you all for Guan Bai and for the lord."

As soon as Xiujia was seated, he returned a gift to the daimyo present.Although he is the most powerful among those present, he is not their lord after all. The honor he received is not justified, so naturally he has to return it.

The world has not yet been achieved, and it is the most critical time.Since ancient times, half to ninety people have traveled, and how many people have fallen at the crossroads of success.Now Xiujia must be neither humble nor overbearing, otherwise Xiujia is likely to become the next Xiuci.

"The world has been at peace for ten years since Guanbai fought against Hojo and stabilized Mutsu. However, after Guanbai's death, civil strife took the lead.

Today's lord is young, these traitors value this very much, so they insult him for not being ignorant of government affairs.What's more, he wantonly used his name to bully other daimyos and ruin the reputation of Toyotomi's family! "

Xiujia said that he paused here for a moment, and then continued to say, "So, I am waiting to gather here today, and there are many other daimyos who were unable to attend due to geographical reasons. There is only one goal, and that is Fengtian Jingnan!"

As the word "Jing" of the Xiu family fell, the Toyotomi politician sitting behind the Xiu family stood up on his own initiative, and with the help of Satomi Yoshiya, he unfurled the white sail, on which was impressively written what the Xiu family had just said. The four characters "Feng Tian Jing Nan" are mentioned.

"This is our goal. The soldiers we bring to Luo are not traitorous officials. We are ordered by heaven to uphold the justice of the court and wipe out the treacherous and loyal officials from the king's side!"

"Feng Tianjing is difficult." These four words were rubbed on the lips of all the big names, or they all said that His Highness Fengchun is educated, and this soldier "Z#F" said it so confidently!

"I hope that the generals can go back and make more rubbings of this flag. We must hold this flag high and go all the way to Luozhong!"

The Xiu family's words were very effective, at least Xiuzhen's face was flushed at the moment, how much they wanted to shout these four words in the hall without any scruples, but as a great name, he Status not allowed.

After the Xiu family had finished boosting morale, they began to arrange the military conference.

In this battle, I will divide the army into two groups, and the general of the North Route Army will be led by His Highness Koriyama, including Date, Ando, ​​Oyezaki, and the highest-ranking daimyo. 3000 soldiers of Ezo guarding the government accompanied them.

I will not participate in the specific military arrangement of this army, and I will leave it to you to negotiate and be responsible for this matter.

Let me just talk about a general distribution plan: Xiuzhen, as the general, leads Date and Mogami to Shibata via Aizu, and launches an invasion of Echigo.

The Inuko Masaki led the troops of Ando, ​​Osakizaki and others, and some of the Mogami troops suppressed the Uesugi family village. After the suppression was completed, they entered Etsu via Uetsu Street and joined His Highness Koriyama's army.

Other daimyos such as Gamo, Mizuno, Satake, Nanbu, Soma and so on went to Luo with me, and the specific arrangements will be made after I arrive in Fengchun City.

The major names of the Northern Route Army need to complete the assembly of the army within half a month.At that time, the politicians and the Mogami family will first suppress Shonai, and try to attract Echigo reinforcements as much as possible. When the time is right, His Highness Koriyama will help re-enter Echigo and Shibata Castle, and cut off the retreat of Echigo reinforcements in one fell swoop.

The other daimyos accompanying me, including the daimyos from the Kanto Territory, followed me south to Fengchun to gather, and the specific arrangements for the military meeting will be arranged under the city of Fengchun.

Hideka's arrangement was essentially a time lag. He wanted to attract Echigo's main force back and wipe them out in North Vietnam.

At first glance, it seems that the Xiu family used their own son as bait, but in fact, even Toyotomi Xiuzhen was the bait of the Xiu family.Hideka will split the Nakasendo Legion into two again, with one going north to Los Angeles via Shinano, and strangling Echigo Uesugi's family in three ways.

The other road continues eastward, exits Gifu via Zhongshan Road, and enters the Kinki area.

The main force of the Xiu family naturally took the Eastern Sea Road, which was the most difficult path, so the Xiu family planned to bring only their own army to Shangluo as much as possible.

And on this road, on the Luo path, Tokugawa Ieyasu will be the hard bone that Hideka will chew off first.

The military discussion arrangement in Fukushima City is very simple. After all, it is useless for the Xiu family to arrange the specific arrangements now, and Xiuzhen needs to act on the spot.

In fact, the so-called mobilization time is all fake. Although the Tohoku daimyo was blocked in Ezo, half of the mobilization ability in his own territory was blocked.

The reason why the Xiu family gave them half a month was firstly to make arrangements for their return to Fengchun to spare time, secondly to transfer the army back from Ezo as much as possible, and thirdly to use this time Confirm the attitude of daimyos in other parts of the world.

For example, Xiujia actually sent a letter to Terumoto Mori. In the letter, Xiujia mentioned the fate between Ukido and Teruhito Mori many times, hoping that Terumoto Mori could hold on, and he was about to take his adopted son with him. Wen Yun went to save him.

With the completion of the Fukushima Castle military conference arrangement, Xiujia stayed with the accompanying daimyo on the second day and headed south, and Fukushima Castle also became the place where Xiuzhen arranged military conferences and legion gatherings.

In fact, there is a very strange point in the arrangement of the Xiu family in the military meeting, that is, the Nan family at the northernmost end accompanied the Xiu family, while Date and Mogami who were relatively close were placed in Xiuzhen's army.

This was actually intentional by the Xiu family, not only because the fighting power of these two daimyos was higher than that of the south, and they could form an independent army.It was also the reason why the Xiu family wanted to dump them to Xiuzhen, and the daimyos restrained each other.

"It's your first time serving as the Ranger Army. Although you have already participated in the battle before, the battle with the Ezo people is completely different from the battle with other daimyos. You must listen to the advice of Anton and Oysteraki more. .When you get to Echigo, you should watch more and talk less, and follow your Uncle Xiuzhen."

Although the Xiu family was indeed satisfied with Toyotomi's ability as a politician, it was his first time leading an army in battle, so it was natural for the Xiu family to worry about such a dangerous thing as a father.

After exhorting them a few times, the Xiu family again instructed Xiuzhen and other big names, in a nutshell, "Fight steadily, don't underestimate the enemy and make rash advances."

The Xiu family didn't ask them to make great achievements, and they worked steadily to attract the Uesugi army, creating the conditions for the Xiu family's final attack is a great achievement.

Hideka set off from Fukushima Castle all the way south, but because he brought some troops with him, he didn't move fast.

The Xiu family intends to get rid of these burdens and return to Fengchun City faster, but after thinking about it, the most important thing now is not to grasp the timing, but to grasp the rhythm of the battlefield. Anxiety, let them feel that the Xiu family has won the battle, so that they are willing to follow the Xiu family with confidence.

So the team stopped and went like this, and walked for another 10 days before arriving at Fengchun City. Affected by the order of the Xiu family, Fengchun City is now a large military camp.

After all, it has been two months since Xiujia first returned from Ezo, and now that the spring plowing has ended, no matter how much the army is mobilized, there is no need to worry about affecting agriculture.

The most important thing is that this battle is a matter of life and death, the Xiu family will definitely use 120% of their strength to fight, even if the land is barren next year, they will do their best this time.After all, this is not a game, but there is no chance to do it again.

There was no ceremony to welcome the triumphant return in the past, only Fujido Takatora brought a few armored retainers to personally welcome Xiu's family into the city.

"Have all the big names arrived?" The Xiu family had just dismounted from the horse, and couldn't wait to ask her about the previous preparations.

"It's just that the Sanada family didn't come. Takeda Kaishou wanted to come, but I blocked him back. His most important thing now is to guard the streets of Dongkai and Koshu. Meetings and so on are secondary."

"You did the right thing." Hideka praised Fujido Takatora a few words. He is worthy of being a "super daimyo" in history, with excellent political sense, coupled with the experience and ability to climb up from the bottom, he is enough to replace Hideo The family is alone.

"Arrange these daimyos, I'll go meet those people first." Throwing the accompanying daimyos to Fujido Takatora, Xiujia walked into the city without looking back.

But the Hide family didn't go straight to Honmaru, but first came to the mansion where Yuuki Haruto temporarily lived in Ninomaru.As soon as he met Hideka, he knelt down in front of him with a "plop" and cried, "Servant Yuki, I'm sorry for you. You let your only son (adopted son) fall to Ezo!"

As previously conceived, Yuki Chaokatsu was ambushed when he attacked the Ezo tribe, and the accompanying Yuki family soldiers also lost hundreds of people.

This happened not long before the Xiu family left, and even this group of Ainu tribes were not real enemies, but subordinate tribes under the Xiu family.

"He is so brave, and he is only one step away from returning to Japan. What a pity!"

In fact, Haruto Yuki received the news of his son's death in battle two months earlier, and he was naturally very saddened by the death of his only son in battle.Although he is not his own son, he has been raised for several years and has some feelings.

The point is that I have no son as an adopted son. In history, I gave birth to a daughter, but it happened after Yuki Hideyasu entered the heir and Yuuki was forced to return to Utsunomiya.

Yuuki Haruto naturally didn't know the secret. The samurai war battlefield was originally a problem of probability, and he could only blame his son for his bad life.

"Your Highness, don't worry. Your Highness and I feel like old friends. My son is His Highness's son." The cat and mouse in the Xiu family didn't last long, and he had already started his plan.

"If Your Highness does not dislike Inuzi's young age, Kaihime and I will adopt Asahi Maruhara into the Yuki family's heir, and take care of the servants until their death."

Yuki is just a small daimyo with 6 shi, in fact, the Hide family didn't need to pay such a big price.But I can't stand the high character of others, who is quite influential in Kanto.

In the final plan of the Xiu family, in addition to the ability of the direct jurisdiction, Kanto also needs to have 1 large, 2 small and 3 relatives, and the Yuki family is one of the 2 small relatives.

As mentioned earlier, Yuuki Asakatsu is not Yuuki Haruto's own son, the suffering is only because of the little feelings of these years.Even when Utsunomiya and Satake's family were strong, this son had a lot to do with himself.

Now that the Xiu family expressed their willingness to use their son to pay for it, Yuki Qingchao almost burst out laughing.

Compared with the Utsunomiya family that has become powerless, the power of the Toyoharu family is no different from greater.After this battle, the Xiu family has a high probability of winning. If I can ask for a son from the Xiu family, it will not be a dream for the Yuki family to become a daimyo of [-] shi.

So when faced with Hideka Sai's son's idea, Yuuki Qingchao agreed without a trace of resistance.He even said that he would directly adopt Asahimaru as his adopted son, but the Hide family said that Asahimaru's achievements should not be forgotten, and that Asahimaru should be adopted under the name of Yuki Asakatsu as the grandson of Yuuki Haruto.

This seems to be a trivial arrangement, but the attitude shown is different.It seems that the Fengchun family is too strong and unreasonable to directly stuff the son after the death of the young master.

But if it was Sai's grandson, everyone would think that it was the Xiu family's son who was saddened by Asahisa's death, and coupled with their relationship with Yuki Haruto for so many years, this fully demonstrated the "benevolence and righteousness" of the Xiu family.

Still the same sentence: Now is the critical moment, the Xiu family must always pay attention to their own image, and wantonly spread their "benevolence and righteousness" image, only in this way can they practice their justice.

(End of this chapter)