Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 824 Zhongsheng Persuades Aoki to Shou Gifu
Aoki Kazuki abandoned Furuno Castle, gave up the Noo Daimyo he had mobilized, abandoned Oda Hidenobu of the Oda family, and fled to Omi alone with some of his subordinates.

In fact, as Xiuji's uncle, Hidecho and Hideyoshi's cousin, as long as he voluntarily reined in and surrendered to the Xiu family, the Xiu family would not do anything to him.

Even if he is about to bring more than 3 people under his command to directly vote for the Xiu family, the Xiu family will give him a generous reward.

But Kazuki Aoki doesn't think so, he thinks that he betrayed Hidehisa, and he had conflicts with Hideka in Osaka, and then he betrayed Hideji for Chacha to integrate Noo Daimyo against Hideka, which is to kill Hideka's drunk up.

This is the reason why he had to escape, but he was blocked by a special person in Ogaki Castle. This person was Tokugawa Ieyasu's important minister Honda Tadakatsu and the 2000 Tokugawa Banners he led.

As the forerunner of Tokugawa Ieyasu's headquarters, Honda Tadakashi defended Tokugawa Ieyasu's order and entered Noo to contact Kazuki Aoki. At the same time, he brought Akimie from Osaka to various places in Noo, and further recruited daimyo to join the war.

It's just that he never thought that he would actually see Aoki Kazuki who fled in Dayuan City.

"Servant Aoki, why are you here?" Honda Tadakatsu was shocked when he saw Kazuki Aoki in Ogaki Castle and said, "Shouldn't you be confronting You Mansion in that Furuno?"

"Ishida Jibu refused to listen to my advice and insisted on leading troops to attack, and Mikawa was lost. Now there are more than 20 main forces in the Ufu, and the [-] people of Ikeda Huizheng's headquarters who are linked to Nakasendo have already entered Noo!"

"The Zhongsen Road is broken?" Honda Tadakatsu asked in surprise when he heard the news, "Where's Hizen Mamoru (Kawajiri Hidecho) who was in charge of the defense of Naegi Castle?"

Kazuki Aoki only knew that Teruma Ikeda entered Mino through Kiso Valley, but how could Hidecho Kawajiri of Naegi Castle know so much.He just replied casually, "I don't know, maybe he died."

In any case, Aoki Kazuki's reputation in the Toyotomi regime is not small. When he was under Hidecho's command, he always had the label of "capable official". Honda Tadakatsu couldn't believe it. The thick tail's defense was abandoned.

"Gifu Castle and Furuno Castle are still in our hands?"

"When I left, Furuno was still in the hands of Oda's servants, and Gifu had not yet fallen, but we don't know what the situation is now."

Honda Zhongsheng understood, the truth is not as good as what he said, it was obviously this coward who left the front line and ran away, even dared not enter Gifu City and refused to defend, and fled directly to Ogaki Castle.

"Dafu Zhongwu, it's good if you come. Does it mean that the reinforcements from the inner palace are coming? I heard that the Maoli family has already surrendered!"

Faced with Kazuki Aoki's question, Honda Tadakatsu could only nod his head dully and said, "My lord is behind, why don't you just send Nobuo and ask me to contact you first, I never thought that the servant would leave first."

Hearing Honda Tadakatsu's words, Kazuki Aoki also regretted for a while, if he could really defend, who would be willing to be a deserter?Now that he has escaped, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.

No way, how could my fame in the first life be lost like this.Besides, if you just go back like this, what will Osaka think of you?

After thinking about it, Aoki Kazuki decided to go back, and he said to Honda Tadakatsu, "Since the Neifu is here, I have found the backbone, and I will take people back to Guye, and I will stick to the Neifu Arrived. Ogaki will leave it to Daisuke Chubu."

Kazuki Aoki naturally didn't dare to go back to Furuno Castle. His original idea was to go around Owari, and he could save face, and finally [really couldn't bear it] to return to Ogaki Castle and return to Tokugawa Ieyasu's arms .

But not long after he was about to leave, Honda Tadakatsu stopped him who was about to get on his horse and said to him, "It's too late for the attendant to go to Furuno Castle. The situation in Owari is probably out of control at this moment. You might as well go to Gifu go."

"To Gifu?" Kazuki Aoki confirmed to Tadakatsu Honda.

"Yes, go to Gifu." Honda Tadakatsu nodded and continued, "Ogaki and Gifu form the horns of each other, and they can help each other. With your prestige and connections in Nobi, it would be a good idea to gather a group of people in Mino." It's not difficult."

Kazuki Aoki accepted Honda Tadakatsu's suggestion, and instead of returning to Naguno, he turned eastward to Gifu, trying to gather another group of people.

In the end, even if the situation is unfavorable, as long as there are people in hand, you can bargain with the Xiu family, right?

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at the same time
Owari's Na Furuno Castle was already filled with smoke. Under the influence of the Hide family's artillery strikes and the internal response in the city, Na Furuno Castle was declared destroyed. The lord of the city, Oda Hidenobu, and most of the Oda family were captured. At this moment, they are being connected one by one with ropes. He dragged him to the outside of the city and waited for Xiu's disposal.

The Xiu family didn't have so much time to manage these people. For the Xiu family, the situation in the thick tail was almost over, and he needed to prepare for the next step.

"Matsuhachiro (Ashikashi's family), take your people north to Komakiyama Castle, and restore the abandoned Inuyama Castle."

"Fu Shishiro (Toyotomi Shige's family), go to the northeast to take Qingzhou Castle and Ichimiya Castle."

"Hachiro (Toyotomi Teru's family), take your own people to take down the two cities of Kanie and Tsushima on the east side."

"Now that Ise Bay is in my hands, Nagashima Castle and Kuwana Castle will be troubled by Kai Mori (Takeda Hidenobu), Kururi Attendant (Nakagawa Hidemasa) and Iwaki Attendant (Iwaki Ritaka) to take them down. I will ask the navy to give them support."

Hideka paused for a moment when he said this, looked at Mori Tadomasa and said, "Servant Matsuzaka, you are entrusted with Ise, why don't you serve as the vanguard of this army, you must obey the orders of Servant Kururi."

These generals got the order of the Xiu family, and they all took the troops of their headquarters and dispersed from under the Furuno city.

Although Xiujia didn't give a limited time, everyone is rushing to perform at this moment.After all, in their view, the Xiu family's chances of winning all the way to the thick tail are already great, so naturally they have to race against time to earn credit.

It wasn't until these people had almost left that the Hide family asked Tachihara Hisakuna to bring over the two former Neiying Shirae Naritsu and Inaba Norimichi from the Furuno Castle.

Shirae Naritaka is the elder of Toyotomi Hideji's family. He was left in Mino by him before, and he did not follow Toyotomi Hideji in the Northern Expedition to Uesugi. Therefore, he was the first to be forgiven. 2.2 shi (when Xiuci was at 3.5 shi, it was still reduced).

Osaka's forgiveness is actually a great kindness. After all, he is regarded as the subordinate of the rebellious minister no matter what, and he is the target of liquidation.He has no credit for setting things right, and it is a blessing to be able to save his life and knowledge, let alone be recognized as a daimyo.

But if you want to say that he is not convinced in his heart, he is definitely not convinced, and even wished to eat the flesh and blood of Toyotomi Hidekatsu raw.

Although the Toyotomi Hide family on the opposite side had a lot of disagreements with their lord Hideji before, but these are factional confrontations on the surface. How can your own brother directly backstab and kill the door to attract people's hatred?

So after Aoki Yiji left, Bai Jiang Cheng must be the first daimyo to contact the Xiu family.Corresponding to this is Noritsu Inaba, which was originally enshrined in Ogaki Castle, but was later re-enclosed in Kobe Castle.

As the grandson of Kazutetsu Inaba among the Mino trio, he is not as famous in history as his grandfather and father, but he still has a lot of influence among the Mino tail forces.

So when the two expressed their surrender to the Xiu family, the Xiu family readily accepted it.

The Xiu family directly stated that they would absorb Bai Jiangcheng as their direct retainer, and then they would reward him with a good place to become a real daimyo.

As for Noritsu Inaba, Hideo promised that he would rename him back to Mino after the war, and his current attitude alone could guarantee the security of his skills. If he could help him take down Furuno Castle, he could give others seal.

For the Inaba family, they dreamed of returning to Mino, so when the Hide family offered such a reward, Noritsu Inaba had no choice.

Therefore, when Noritsu Inaba was brought in front of the Hide family, the Hide family gave him a very generous courtesy, directly rewarding him to sit beside his own castle, and promised him to obtain the security block of 5 shi in the Ibi area after the war.

He was obviously still an enemy yesterday, but just because he helped the Xiu family take down the ancient wild city, not only can they let the past go and return to their ancestral land, but they also got a seal of 1 shi.

Noritsu Inaba, who was directly excited by such a generous reward from the Hide family, knelt down in front of the Hide family and cried and swore to be loyal to the Youfu, not caring at all. Xiujia did not have the right to dispose of Mino.

As for Bai Jiang Chengding, the Xiu family did not give him a specific reward, but only said that he would restore his knowledge and conduct when he was Xiuci's retainer, and give him a seal. As for the final award of 5 shi or 4 shi, it depends on his next performance up.

As for what to show, it is natural for him to persuade the big names of Nong, Wei and Shi to surrender for the Xiu family.

The teacher said that we just want to make more friends and fewer enemies, so that others will be afraid when they see us.

With the Xiu family's current power, they can go to Luo on their own, but the Xiu family still needs a group of dog legs behind them to wave the flag for them.

In history, the reason why Kazutoyo Yamauchi received nearly four times the title was not because he bewitched Masanori Fukushima and others to join forces for Tokugawa Ieyasu before the war?

If Bai Jiangcheng is determined to deal with Nobuo directly, the Xiu family will naturally not be stingy with the reward of 10 shi, making him the lord of a country.

As for the other generals such as Yiliu Zhimo, their movements were a bit slower, but after the Xiu family entered the city, they did not show any resistance. Commander, and let him take this wave of people to find Toyotomi Hui's family and others.

They are different from the Tokugawa soldiers captured by the Xiu family in the Tokugawa territory at the beginning. The quality of the army and the popularity of these daimyos are inconsistent. Trading certificates.

After dealing with these miscellaneous fish, the most difficult thing in the end is Oda Hidenobu, the second largest daimyo in Owari.

It is said that he is in trouble because he is the eldest grandson of Oda Nobunaga, and since the Hideyoshi era, although he has been wary of the Oda family, he has never denied that he inherited from Oda.

As long as the Xiu family still bears the surname of Toyotomi, the Oda family must be given preferential treatment.

Therefore, even though Oda Hidenobu stood on the opposite side of Hideie and actually started fighting with Hideie, Hideie could only treat him as a guest.

The young Oda Hidenobu obviously hasn't recovered from the panic of falling into the city. His family's Baigang family has repeatedly persuaded him to lean on the Hide family, but Ishida Mitsunari's promise is too tempting, and he himself I don't think that only relying on the Xiu family in the Kanto and Northeast can succeed in Luo.

Now the old Baigang family is tied behind him, and the man who he has always thought impossible to win is sitting in front of him.

"Servant Oda, why are you in such a mess?" Xiujia took the initiative to signal the attendant to step forward to loosen the ropes that bound him, and gave him a seat at the side.

Oda Hidenobu was a little hesitant, after all, he was the defeated general, so he was not sure whether to take this position or not.

Xiujia saw the cramps in his heart, after all, he was just a canary that had been kept in a cage for more than 20 years.

"You don't have to worry, attendant. I know that this battle was not your original intention, but was deceived by Ishida Osamu."

Hideka took the initiative to start, and Oda Hidenobu seemed to hold a life-saving straw and said, "That's right, please save me from You Fu."

"But in the final analysis, the attendant stopped the Heavenly Army. If I can make up for it, I will be able to save His Highness in front of the Lord in the future."

"Make up for it?"

"Like the previous Nobi-samas, if you can persuade me to surrender to Ise His Highness Tsuneshin (Oda Nobuo issued an account after he became a monk, Hideyoshi gave 1 stones to nourish him) and His Highness Yurakusai in Osaka ( Oda Chosuke), His Highness and Oda Nobu must be preserved."

While saying these words, Hideo looked at Oda Hideo, Oda Nobuyoshi and others behind him.

They are all the sons of Oda Nobuo. Because of Hideyoshi's order, although Oda Nobuo has 1 stones of support, he is not a daimyo. Since he is not a daimyo, he cannot have his own shogunate and castle, and his sons were sent to them. His cousin is here as an assistant.

Among them, the eldest son, Hideo, received Hideyoshi's taboo, and also served as Hideyoshi's imperial horse, and had 2 shiandu in the Furuno domain.You must know that Furuno Fan himself only has 13 shi.

In addition to these sons, the second son, Oda Shigeo, was granted the title of Mino, who was a retainer of Toyotomi Hideji before, and Chiyuki who also had 2 koku, who followed Hideji to go north to Uesugi and was defeated and captured.

It can be said that although Oda Nobunaga has been dead for a long time, the influence of the Oda family in Owari, Ise, and Mino has not faded. Even the sons of Oda Nobunaga, who has no daimyo status, are still An object of courtesy from the Novo daimyos.

Xiujia treated Oda Hidenobu and the others courteously in order to let them help him master Noo as soon as possible, so that Noo could finally be transformed into a help for Xiujia.

Among other things, the military ration alone can save the trouble of transporting rations from the Kanto.

But from the beginning to the end, Hideka did not promise that Oda Hidenobu would guarantee his Furuno skills, because in Hideka's mind, the split plan for the Oda family had already been decided.

The Oda family will be roughly divided into 5 parts.

As the main family, Oda Hidenobu will be greatly reduced because of the problem of rebellion. In the end, the Hideo family will reluctantly keep him in Owari Herishi County, and part of Ise Kuwana County will give him a security block of 4 koku in Nagashima.

In fact, the Xiu family really wanted to exile Oda Hidenobu directly and change the Oda family, so that he would save himself a share of knowledge and safety.

But now I really need the name of the Oda clan to appease the Three Kingdoms of the Noboshi, so I must rely on their strength.

And after all the dust settled, they became the heroes who helped the Xiu family stabilize the Three Kingdoms. How could the Xiu family have any reason to directly change their exile?It is already a big risk to be able to reduce the seal.

In addition, if Oda Nobuo and Oda Changyi generally obeyed the Hide family earlier, Oda Hideo, Oda Shigeo and Oda Changyi would become three Oda families, the two were in the West Country and the East Country, and Throw one to Ezo.

As for other children such as Oda Nobuyoshi and Oda Takacho, the Hide family will give them two choices.

Either they become the leader of their own family, and each takes 1500~5000 shi's Andu to serve him, or he is thrown to his son to serve as the elder of the Gaomen family.

In short, the Hide family will no longer take the initiative to provide for a united ancestor like Hideyoshi, and the split of the Oda family will be an established fact.

In fact, Oda Hidenobu has no choice. For the continuation of the Oda family, he can only agree to the request of the Hide family.

If Tokugawa Ieyasu gave him a chance in history, he would definitely surrender without saying a word.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu himself has influence in the thick tail, and there are many big names in the thick tail in his army, so there is no need to rely on your name, Oda Hidenobu.So he was taken directly to Sekihara before being released.

(End of this chapter)