Prime Minister Bizen

Sekigahara is the battlefield pre-set by the Hide family. The reason why it was chosen here is because the width of the battlefield here is indeed not enough. The mountain road to Mount Suto is very narrow and can only allow a small number of troops to pass through.

Setting the battlefield here will help Xiujia wipe out the entire Western Army.

The reason why Ieyasu Tokugawa agreed with Hideo to choose this place is because the terrain here is really good, and there is a possibility of changing the outcome of the battlefield, otherwise he really has no excuse for all the daimyos to give up Ogaki Castle and come out to fight Hideo.

When he heard about the place Sekigahara, Yoshitsugu Otani, who was sitting behind Gunei, suddenly recovered from his closed eyes and looked sharply at Ieyasu Tokugawa.

There is no other reason, because he is too familiar with this place. It was Ishida-san who became the battlefield he chose to deal with Toyotomi Hideji before. He did not expect that he would be chosen by Tokugawa Ieyasu today.

This land is indeed, as Tokugawa Ieyasu said, an important area that can make up for the weak strength of the Western Army.If it is possible to set up an ambush on Nangong Mountain, when the Xiu family's army enters Guanyuan, it may be possible to wipe them all in the valley.

"I will arrange the main formation on Mt. Tenman. Before the formation, attendants from Fukushima, Izumo Yoshikawa, attendants Kobayakawa, Nagamune Tosamori, Shikibu Otani, etc. will participate."

"The south side of Matsuo Mountain will be handed over to Attendant Maeda, and you will lead the Kyushu Corps to settle in Matsuo Mountain."

"The north side is in charge of Councilor Kyogoku, and it will be set up on Mount Sasao."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's formation was simple and rough. He knew that some of the Kyushu daimyos had flirted with Hideka. The reason why he set the Kyushu daimyos on Mt. Matsuo and himself on Mt. Mount Sasao.

It seems that it is to protect the Kyogoku on the side of Mount Sasao, but in fact it is more to block the path of Toyotomi Banner's retreat.

After all, Mount Sugo, which is located in Sekigahara and separates Mino and Omi, is between Mount Tenman and Mount Matsuo. It will be extremely difficult for Kyogoku Takaji to escape when the time comes.

So far, Hideie had told Tokugawa Ieyasu about his formation arrangements, but when Tokugawa Ieyasu announced all this to the ID, he suddenly felt that something was missing.

At this moment, Otani Yoshitsugi, who had been silent during the military discussion before, suddenly said, "Since the decisive battle is in Sekigahara, why not use Nangong Mountain to set up an ambush?"

This is exactly what Oda Ishida Mitsunari and Otani Yoshitsugu said they planned to use against Toyotomi Hideji.

But as a civil servant daimyo, although Otani Yoshitsugu has a good relationship among the Toyotomi daimyos, he will definitely not be able to catch the eyes of Masanori Fukushima.

He used to be a bullying king, and after Otani Kichiji was disfigured by leprosy, he even looked down on this faction's different names from his own.

At this moment, Otani Yoshitsugu was speaking, and he said without hesitation, "Baga Yalu~ (need to vibrate). The opposite is Toyotomi Youfu. Is it the one that you say can be ambushed by setting up an ambush? You have only fought for a few days. Here There is no place for you to talk nonsense here."

Otani Yoshitsugu was silent, he thought that what Fukushima Masamori said might have some truth.

But Otani Yoshitsugu's speech really inspired Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he finally found out what he had missed.

"He Xiujia asked me to cooperate with him to teach the daimyo a lesson, and I did set up the formation according to his arrangement. Will Youfu march calmly after getting the information? If I set an ambush at Sekihara at that time, I will strangle Youfu in Sekihara. In the original world, the situation in the world will inevitably change again."

Tokugawa Ieyasu thought so. Although the situation was indeed not going well, Hideie kept suppressing him and forced him to make a choice.

But as long as there is a chance to make a comeback, he will definitely seize it, just like when he cooperated with Akechi Mitsuhide to grill Oda Nobunaga, he even bought one get one free. Without Akechi Mitsuhide's knowledge, he replaced Akechi Mitsuhide to make up A bug in the plan.

However, it was not directly announced at the military meeting.Because he knew very well that some of the daimyo present had already infiltrated the Hide family.

After thinking about it, he waited until everyone had left and called Otani Yoshitsugu to discuss the plan in detail.

When the plan on duty came from Ishida Mitsunari, he was very surprised, and said with emotion, "Ishida Osamu's combat thinking is really unconstrained. First there was the Mikawa surprise attack, and then the original ambush."

But since it's an ambush, it can't be arranged so casually. The Eastern Army's army is too powerful, and he needs someone who can share part of the army's influence for him.

"Ogaki Castle has to stay in the army to contain it." Tokugawa Ieyasu made a judgment immediately. "In this way, coupled with the Eastern Army contained by Sumata Castle, the number of mutinies that can be used by the Youfu is reduced by [-] to [-]."

"Not only that, but the army that is responsible for luring the Youfu to attack must be an army that is absolutely loyal to the Toyotomi family. The army must be relatively well-organized and not collapse at the first touch, otherwise the Eastern Army will not be fooled."

Hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu's muttering, Otani Yoshitsugu expressed his point of view, "Fukushima attendant's words are not bad. Youfu probably won't believe it with the ability of Youfu."

"Shikibu misunderstood that I never thought that I could deceive the Youfu." Tokugawa Ieyasu explained with a smile on his face, "But the Eastern Army has nearly 20 people, and there are always people who are eager to make meritorious deeds. They are bound to do this." There are viable opportunities.”

In fact, at this time Tokugawa Ieyasu was still a little entangled. If he really caused trouble in Sekigahara and took part of the Hideka's army, how would he explain to Hideka if he was defeated?
Now that there is clearly an opportunity to get ashore safely, should we seize it?
Three rivers and half a country~
Tokugawa Ieyasu struggled for a long time, and finally decided to take the risk.

Maybe Hideie believed that he had followed their plan, and when he lost his vigilance on the battlefield, he personally led the pursuit and was ambushed in Sekigahara?
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who made up his mind, quietly called the Yoshikawa Hiro family and asked him to lead the Mori family's first army to set up an ambush in Nangong Mountain.

But in the end, who would be the bait to set up the ambush really stumped Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu has a very good life and rest. He rests at night and washes up before sunrise to prepare for the day's work.But today, he couldn't sleep very much. Tokugawa Ieyasu brought a few attendants outside the house and looked at the full moon in the sky, perhaps hoping that God could make up his mind for him.

At this moment, he heard bursts of chanting coming from the side.

He followed the sound and found that it was Mingzhi Xiuming in monk's robes who was reciting scriptures.

"It's so late, isn't Zuomasu still resting?"

Akechi Hidemi didn't reply Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately, since Tokugawa Ieyasu asked him to meet Hideo with his real identity, he already knew that he couldn't survive.

This is also the reason why he chose to tell Xiujia about the secret 20 years ago after meeting Xiujia.

So even though he was quite polite to Tokugawa Ieyasu in the past, he has no fear at the moment, and he didn't reply Tokugawa Ieyasu until he finished reciting this scripture, "I am praying for the soldiers, many of them will die in the next few days. Bliss is often born, and I think it must include me, who knows so many secrets."

Akechi Hidemi's answer made Tokugawa Ieyasu a little embarrassed. He recognized Tianhai's identity the first time he saw him, but he has not exposed it for so many years.

Knowing what Xiuman was going to do, he was naturally clear, and he had been secretly cooperating with him because of the same purpose.

But it's a pity that the game has gone wrong, and now the situation has reached a desperate situation where you can either give it a go or bow your head and obey your ears.

He really planned to get Akechi Hidemi, but now that the matter was directly spoken out by the person involved, he still felt a little embarrassed as a "gentleman".

"Master Tenkai misunderstood." Tokugawa Ieyasu sat next to him and added a cup of tea for himself. "It is true that many people will die in two days, but the outcome of the battle is not yet certain."

"Not necessarily?" Tianhai looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu strangely and said, "Hasn't the outcome of the war and the outcome of those daimyos been discussed with Youfu, Your Highness?"

"Isn't it normal for some changes to happen in such a big matter?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu's answer was too indifferent, which made Tianhai sharply alert.He looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu in surprise and said, "Could it be?"

"The Otani Shibu has provided a new idea, I plan to use all the tricks to ambush the right government."

As he spoke, Tokugawa Ieyasu told Akechi Hideo about his plans. For a long time after Honda Masanobu's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't find anyone to advise him on matters, so he liked to ask Amami for his opinion.

Now that it was time for him to make a choice again, he naturally chose to throw this question to his old acquaintance.

At the end of the day, don’t forget to ask, “What do you think?”

Akechi Hidemi was overwhelmed by Tokugawa Ieyasu's changes, and after a long silence, he said, "Sure enough, the Uifu is still the same Uifu as before, and the Ufufu is far worse than you in this respect.

Based on my understanding of Youfu, your arrangement is indeed very feasible, he is a guy who will not change after making a decision.For those who surrender, you either don't trust them, and if you trust them, they will not be shaken.

It’s just the inner government’s arrangement.”

Tokugawa Ieyasu guessed what he was going to say, so he took the initiative to take over the topic and said: "After I succeed, I will commit myself to confuse the traitors, and return the great hero of the Toyotomi family, isn't it? Winners and losers have existed since ancient times. You What do you do with the rumors spread by a defeated bandit?"

This is also Tokugawa Ieyasu's consistent attitude, but he doesn't know that his words hurt Akechi Hidemi's heart.

Akechi Mitsuhide back then was too stupid and naive, he believed Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu so easily, and confessed his plan.

Although he already knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu did not sincerely join forces with Akechi Mitsuhide.But when he said these words today, "The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit", it seemed like he was talking about his attitude towards Mitsuhide Akechi back then.

In such a comparison, the Hideka of Youfu on the opposite side looks like the wise Mitsuhide who foolishly believed in Tokugawa Ieyasu back then.
"But what if we lose?" Akechi Hidemi asked Tokugawa Ieyasu, "By then, I'm afraid there won't even be Mikawa's 20 stone."

"Defeat?" Tokugawa Ieyasu took a deep breath to calm down and then said, "So my flag base will not move. If the situation is not right, I can block the retreat and make a gesture of reining in the cliff, and cooperate with the right government to strangle those people."

"But Your Highness, it is true that you set up an ambush for Guanyuan and used you as a bait to lure You Fu into Guanyuan!"

Akechi Hidemoto's words made Tokugawa Ieyasu speechless for a moment. This is indeed a problem that is difficult to solve, unless the military force using his body as bait really looks like it is going to retreat to Kinki.

"Do you really want to return to Kinki?" Tokugawa Ieyasu raised his brows as if he had found inspiration and saw the hope of winning this battle.

Even the way he looked at Akechi Xiuming in front of him was different, from eager and curious to cold and serious.

"Let the Kyushu daimyo make the final retreat, and Maeda's attendants will be stationed at Ogaki Castle to contain the main force of the Youfu."

This was the last answer Tokugawa Ieyasu came up with. Now that he has decided to gamble for his own ambition, the unstable factors in the team will naturally have to be eliminated.

It is also difficult to make decisions about the manpower left behind in Oyuan. This person cannot be ordinary, which will not reflect the importance of Oyuan City. This person cannot be very important and core, which will affect the combat effect of his final ambush.

After much deliberation, let Maeda Toshinaga garrison Ogaki Castle as a suspicious soldier.At the same time, the Kyushu daimyo finally left Ogaki Castle, pretending to retreat hastily, which could not only throw the dangerous elements out of the army, but also confuse the Eastern Army.

"Zuo Matou, follow me tomorrow, you will see my rise on Tianman Mountain, and you will see the changes in the fate of the world. If I win, you will have a way to survive."

Tokugawa Ieyasu is very confident. Once he wins, the act of sending Tianhai to contact Hideo is not only not his stain, but also his shining point.

Think about it, the main general personally went to the field to slightly confuse the enemy general, and finally won the war.This battle is bound to become a great battle recorded in Japanese history.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was full of confidence and summoned Maeda Toshinaga overnight. He confided his plan with him, but said that he was allowed to conceal his subordinate Kyushu daimyo on the grounds that Tachibana and other daimyos had the possibility of Natsuhide's family.

Maeda Toshiie believed that the broken ship of Osaka was unstable and wanted to divest at the last moment.

But Maeda Toshinaga thought that the Maeda family was too deeply bound to Chacha, and it was not so easy to separate. Since Tokugawa Ieyasu had a plan to turn defeat into victory, he was willing to cooperate with it.

It was only at dawn before the start of the plan that Tokugawa Ieyasu just lay down and rested for a while, when he heard the attendant outside announce, "Shimadzu Satsuma, please see me."

Satsuma Mamoru is Shimazu Yoshihiro. As a powerful daimyo of Southern Kyushu, Tokugawa Ieyasu attaches great importance to him coming to him so late.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu saw Shimadzu Yoshihiro, he realized that Shimadzu Yoshihiro seemed to have not slept well all night like himself, and the two looked at each other awkwardly with panda eyes.

"I came here today to tell the inner government that Kobayakawa's servants can never be trusted, and the Maori family's military power cannot be trusted!" Shimazu Yoshihiro dropped a bomb on Tokugawa Ieyasu as soon as they met. "At that time, the envoy from the right government arrived, and I My retainers saw with their own eyes the people who came out of Kobayakawa's entourage and left with the people who came to visit me."