Prime Minister Bizen

In fact, when he was surrounded, Sakakihara Yasomasa had already made up his mind to die.

He was desperately trying to attract Fengchun Army's attention as much as possible so that Tokugawa Hidetada could escape successfully.It's just that he didn't expect Tokugawa Hidetada to fail to escape in the end, and was captured alive by the Xiu family's subordinates.

Sakakibara Yasomasa is one of Tokugawa Hidetada's teachers and the elder at home, just like when Tokugawa Ieyasu handed over Matsudaira Nobuyasu to Sakai Tadaji and Ishikawa Susho.

In other words, Sakakibara Yasomasa is considered to be Tokugawa Hidetada's half adoptive father, and dying for Tokugawa Hidetada is a belief that is deeply rooted in Sakakihara Yasomasa's mind.

This is why he was unmoved when faced with Suga Masatoshi's persuasion to capitulate, but when he heard Sanada Nobushige's persuasion, he said that Tokugawa Hidetada had been captured by Hideka and gave up his plan to continue fighting, and instead negotiated terms with Hideka s reason.

It's just that the Xiu family's appetite is much bigger than his, and they actually demanded that all Tokugawa generals and servants who were surrounded and resisted disobedience should all be cut into seppuku.

You must know that these retainers are the mainstay of the Tokugawa family, and the Xiu family's move can be said to be a drudgery.

Do you still remember how Tokugawa Ieyasu controlled the daimyos of the three countries through the Junyuan San's topographical people in history?For Tokugawa, a land snake that has been cultivating in the Junyuan area for many years, Xiujia believes that cutting off

Hideya expected that Yasumasa Sakakihara would not agree, so at the end of the condition, he added a promise to the Tokugawa family name and to Tokugawa Hidetada's safety.

Although it is a promise, it is actually more like a threat.Hideya seems to be threatening Sakakibara Yasumasa with the life of Tokugawa Hidetada and the continuation of the Tokugawa family, and this is also a precondition for Sakakihara Yasumasa and those important ministers to accept the conditional seppuku.

Of course, the Xiu family only agreed to the survival of the Tokugawa family name and the life of Tokugawa Hidetada, but did not promise to continue to let Tokugawa Hidetada be the governor of the family.

Sakakibara Komasa may be aware of this, but in his understanding, since the Hide family promised to keep Tokugawa and Tokugawa Hidetada at the same time, who will the family governor choose in the end?
Of course, Sakakibara Yasunari still has selfish intentions, since his eldest son Osuga Tadamasa and second son Sakakibara Tadagagi are among the people involved, he must keep incense for his father-in-law Osuga's family and pray to the Hide family I can forgive my son Tadacho to go back to inherit the family business, and let my third son Kojuro inherit the grandfather's Osuka family that his elder brother originally inherited.

But Xiujia clearly refused.

The Xiu family said that he could let his third son inherit the Osuka family. As for the succession of the Sakakihara family, if he didn't dislike it, he could claim a son of the Toyoharu family.

Such a condition might be regarded as Hideka's insult to Sakakibara Komasa to the uninitiated, but both Sakakibara Komasa and Hideka knew what the other party meant.

On the surface, Sakakihara Komasa was begging the Hide family to let go of one of his sons, but why is the second son Sakakihara Tadacho alone?

Of course, Osuka Tadamasa was unforgivable because he was a general of the army, but Tadaga Sakakibara was only serving as a general of the army and walked beside Komasa Sakakibara.

But what's more, Sakakibara Komasa only has 3 sons at the moment, and he wants to use two sons to guarantee the status of two daimyos at the same time. At worst, Osuka and Sakakibara can still rely on each other to occupy a place after the Tokugawa family's reduction of title.

And Hideka's answer is very simple, it is impossible for you Sakakihara Yasumasa to let your two sons inherit the two families.But I can let your third son inherit the Osuga family name, and I will put another son on my side to inherit your Sakakihara family name.

In this way, from a legal point of view, the two families are still relatives, and they can still occupy a place under the Tokugawa clan.Even because the Xiu family has adopted a son, your Sakakihara family can climb the high branch of my Toyoharu family.

Yasumasa Sakakihara knew, understood, and understood Hideo's proposal, but he still refused.Because he is still a retainer of the Tokugawa family at heart, it doesn't matter if he is defeated by the Xiu family, but he is not willing to be a dog that your Xiu family infiltrated into the Tokugawa family.

The result now is that since you don't want to, there is really nothing you can do.

Yasumasa Sakakibara, Tadamasa Osuka, and Tadacho Sakakibara were nominally divided into two families, but they were father and son by blood, and they ended up having seppuku under Tanaka Castle on the same day.

The behavior of the three fathers became a good story in the three regions of Junyuan for a while, and became a model of famous loyal people in the world in the subsequent stories.As for the villain in the story, Xiujia would not be a villain either.

After all, during the Toyoharu regime, Hideka was the king who created the world. For reasons of taboo, the image of Hideka in the story is a sympathy with Sakakibara Yasomasa, but Sakakibara Yasomasa was loyal to the Tokugawa clan and rejected Hideka's offer. Recruiting, and taking the blame for Tokugawa Hidetada in such a tragic way.

In short, under the sway of all parties, since the establishment of the Tokugawa Clan, the biggest blow to the Tokugawa Clan was held at the foot of Junfu Castle a few days later.

Why wait a few more days, and why do you have to deal with it in Junfu? Naturally, it is to use the news of the defeat and Tokugawa Hidetada's life to earn the gate of Junfu.

At the same time, the Hide family waited for his son-in-law Toyotomi Teru family to arrive with allies such as Fujido Takatora, Satake Yoshishige, and Nakagawa Hidemasa, so as to use this victory to boost morale and kill chickens to make an example.

The Hide family's disposition was swift and resolute. At the base of the castle, 24 people including Osuka Tadamasa, Takari Kiyonaga, Matsudaira Iejo, Matsudaira Iehiro, Honda Yasushige, etc. led by Sakakibara Yasushige committed seppuku and committed seppuku in front of tens of thousands of people. , and indeed to a certain extent deterred Yoshishige Satake and other daimyos.

Of course, the deeds of these 24 people are bound to be remembered, known in history as [24 loyal generals of Tokugawa].

With the fall of 24 heads, the victory of Hideka Suruga was officially announced. The main force of the Tokugawa family was wiped out in the first battle, and finally the Tokugawa family was completely beaten to the ground.

Without the 24-member Tokugawa Army headed by Sakakibara Yasumasa, even if Tokugawa Ieyasu came back to lead it in person, it would be impossible to have the previous combat effectiveness.

In fact, before dealing with those who needed to apologize, the Hide family in Tanaka Castle had roughly dealt with the surrendered retainers of the Tokugawa clan.

What's interesting is that as the Chibei generals of the Chibei team, Uematsu Yoshitaka and Sakakibara Komasa cut their seppuku together, but his nephew, Kiso Yoshitoshi's son Kiso Yoshitoshi surrendered early.

Except for Kiso Yoshitoshi, generals such as Zouwa Mizu, Makino Nagayasu, Hoshina Masamitsu, Okacho Katsuo and others all surrendered when they couldn't do anything, and now they all kneel in front of Hideka and wait for Hideka's fate.

Xiujia glanced at the dozens of people in the audience, and without the slightest soft words, he directly reprimanded them in a very serious tone, "Our army's victory today depends on righteousness. Major General Tokugawa resisted righteousness and was defeated. You are all loyal to the Tokugawa family, why didn't you persuade the Tokugawa major general to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright before the war, so that the Tokugawa family is not only innocent but also rewarded for their merits.

Today's Tokugawa's defeat, the major general is in power and responsible, but now that Sakakibara Shikibu has taken the responsibility for the major general, who will bear the responsibility for you? "

Xiujia threatened them first, and gave them a big hat, telling them that although they were not among the 24 people who were involved in seppuku, they were also guilty.

After the threat, the Xiu family changed the subject and said, "However, God has the virtue of being good at life. Fortunately, you rein in the precipice in time, so that the war can be ended so early, and the people of Junyuan and the five states have been guaranteed. You also have merit. "

"Major General Tokugawa is also here today, and I'm also here to tell you the truth. It is imperative for the Tokugawa family to reduce their titles and change." Hideka glanced at Tokugawa Hidetada at the side before continuing. "My lords have followed the Tokugawa family for a long and short time. Many people's territories are distributed in Junyuan Sanjia Xindou and five prefectures. It is up to you to choose whether to follow the Tokugawa family or stay in your hometown and wait for a new daimyo."

The meaning behind the words of the Xiu family is very clear, it implies that these people have changed their families, although at this time, turning their backs on the Tokugawa family will bear the reputation of betraying the master, especially in the case of the 24 "loyal ministers" as a comparison, but The most important thing in the samurai family is the survival of knowledge and practice and family name.

In many martial arts families that have been passed down for thousands of years, the patriarch above them has changed several times. In front of the survival of the family name, how can one's own master be so important?
Among them, Kiso Yoshitoshi was the fastest to vote, and before the Hideo's voice fell, he fell down in front of Hideo and flattered Hideo, saying, "Youfu's martial arts are world-class (here, martial arts means Wenzhiwugong) ), there is no one on the right side of His Majesty in the world, and I have no eyes and no pearls and failed to realize that I blocked the Heavenly Army. Please forgive me. I and Kiso Ten thousand people are willing to serve His Majesty as the Lord and be driven by His Majesty."

In fact, that place in Kiso Valley is just a mountain nest. If Zhixingding is dead, it will be thousands of stones in size. There are more than ten thousand people. Kiso Yoshitoshi bluntly said that it is just to increase the bargaining chip for himself. You did not see the subject in his words Are you using "subject" directly instead of "foreign minister" or "criminal minister"?
In fact, Hideka doesn't like Kiso Yoshitoshi's nonsense.In the whole battle, among all the generals of the Tokugawa formation, he was the fastest to defeat and the earliest to cast.

The Xiu family originally planned to use him as a model to deal with directly, but he is licking too fast now. As soon as the Xiu family finished speaking, he planned to surrender to the Xiu family. Even for the purpose of buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars, the Xiu family must To give him a special treatment.

So after thinking for a while, he said to Kiso Yoshitoshi, "I heard that Zuomatou's mother is also the daughter of Takeda Daizen (Takeda Shingen)? So you are still related to Takeda Kaifei of Koshu?"

"Ha Yi~" Hearing that the Hide family mentioned Takeda Hidenobu, Kiso Yoshitoshi immediately established the relationship and said, "The mother of the minister is the third daughter of Lord Shingen, and the mother of Kai Mori is the second daughter of Lord Shingen, and Kai Mori is my cousin. "

"What a coincidence, Kaishou used to be my attendant, and he has always had a good relationship with me. I said why he looked very friendly when he saw Zuomatou today. Wait a moment at the left pier. Kaishou also went south with the dog this time. I will meet you someday, and then you brothers can talk about the past."

Both Kiso Yoshimasa and Anayama Nobukun are the sons-in-law of Takeda Shingen, and they both turned their backs on the Takeda family to become leading figures, let alone noble, so there will be no tension between the two of them when they meet.

"I've also been in love with Kai for a long time."

"This time when going to Luo, Jia Feishou said that he will bring his two sons to Luo, and Zuo Matou can also take a good look at your two nephews."

This sentence actually has something in the words of the Hideo family. Many people know that Toyotomi Hideyoshi placed Takeda Hidenobu to return to Kai with an additional condition. Adopted heir.

This paved the way for the battle for the successor of the Takeda family.

Before Hideo went north to Ezo, Hideo and Hidenobu Takeda directly served Manchiyomaru and Katsuchiyogen at Katsunuma Castle in Koshu without saying hello, and named Takeda Nobukiyo and Takeda Ienobu respectively, which can be regarded as The issue of the successor of the Takeda family was officially put on the table.

Regarding these issues, of course, as Okepira returned to Hamamatsu, he told Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it was also circulated in the homes of samurai in the Tokaido area.

The Hideka deliberately mentioning these two sons now is naturally asking Kiso Yoshitoshi secretly about his political views, who he thinks should be chosen as the heir.

In fact, the answer is obvious.Anyone who is sensible knows how to stand in line after seeing the decline of the Tokugawa family. The question of the Xiu family is actually a question of giving points.

If you must ask why this question is asked, it may be to make Kiso Yoshitoshi openly break with the Tokugawa family more thoroughly.

But Kiso Yoshitoshi didn't know what was going on, he didn't play the card according to the common sense, he actually replied "Yes, I have met Hikota (Takeda Nobukiyoshi) in Shunfu in the past, and Taro (Takeda Nobuki) has been staying in Kai I have never seen it before, this time I must take a good look at whether my elder brother's two sons have the heroism of their grandfather."

【Awkward】

[capital embarrassment]

After Kiso Yoshitoshi finished speaking, the Hide family didn't answer in time, and the shogunate became completely silent.

It is true that Takeda Hidenobu is the grandson of Takeda Shingen, but legally speaking, it is not Takeda Shingen's seat that he inherits.

So whose heir did Takeda Hidenobu inherit?
It's Takeda Katsuyori's son, the descendant of Katsuchiyo who was hanged by Oda Nobunaga. Now you are talking about whether their two children have the heroism of their grandfather back then, no matter how you hear it, it is not a good thing.

This is not to mention the free sub-question given by Xiujia, I don't want to hear you mention the name of Takeda Nobukiyoshi.Now mentioning that I met Takeda Nobukiyo in Sumfu, what do you mean Kiso Yoshitoshi?
Hearing Kiso Yoshitoshi's answer went wrong, Hoshina Masamitsu on the other side took the initiative to answer Hideka's question, and the answer was concise and concise: "We are all former officials of Takeda, and there is a reason why we served in Tokugawa. These years can be regarded as harmony between the monarch and his ministers. Your Highness Just now I have been talking about my crimes, but shouldn't a samurai be loyal to his lord?
Of course, in today's battle, the Tokugawa clan's grace has been repaid.If there is a chance, the foreign minister still hopes to return to the Takeda family and serve His Royal Highness Taro. "

Listen to Baoke Zhengguang's words, how good it is!
Not only cleverly avoided the stigma of abandoning Tokugawa at the moment, saying that he was not a traditional Tokugawa retainer, but also paid off the Tokugawa family's kindness in this battle.

He even expressed his yearning for the Takeda family, and in the last sentence, he did not forget to point out that he would be loyal to Taro.

Takeda Hidenobu's common name is also Taro, but since he was named Kaishu, few people can say this common name anymore.Even the Hide family is called "Kai", let alone as a foreign minister, he aspires to become Takeda's retainer Hoshiko Masamune again.

Therefore, the Taro in his mouth must refer to Takeda Hidenobu's eldest son, but Takeda Jiaxin who has no right to inherit.

Regarding this point, Baoke Zhengguang was very clear, Xiujia was also very clear, and even everyone present knew what he meant.But he didn't point out this point very clearly, after all, he can definitely express to the outside world that this Taro is the name of Takeda Hidenobu as an elder!
His father Hoshina Masatoshi was the leader of the Shingen Takeda Shingen era. Shinano was the leader of the party, and he also had an important minister with 120 red equipment (with power samurai) sent by Takeda. His identity should be the same as Takeda Katsuyori.

After listening to Gu Zhengguang's answer and Kiso Yoshitoshi's answer, you will know why different people have different answers and results in solving the same real dilemma.

As the words of Gu Zhengguang fell, Xiujia was overjoyed.Said to Gu Zhengguang, "In the name of Higo Mamoru, Kai Mamoru has also mentioned to me many times that with the help of His Highness, there is hope for the revival of the Takeda Clan."

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to glance at Kiso Yoshitoshi again, and said with some distaste, "Zuomatou will be with Higo when the time comes, and take the supplements from the headquarters and listen to them under Kai's tent. On the way to Shangluo, I need to rely on the two My lord's force!"