Prime Minister Bizen

This battle of Sekigahara is filled with weirdness. More than 2 Kyushu Corps set out from Ogaki Castle as a rear guard, shouldering the important task of introducing the Eastern Army into the encirclement. However, this important army has not yet seen them enter Sekigahara. .

The original plan was to wait for the main force of the Eastern Army to enter Sekigahara and all the Western Army units to move together to surround and strangle the Eastern Army. However, Kyogoku Takaji vaguely saw the battle situation on the east side of Nakasendo from the Sasaoyama main formation. After seeing the Eastern Army's rear formation appear, caused chaos.

As Tokugawa Ieyasu made no move, Kyogoku Takatsugi privately made the decision to block the Eastern Army at the Taniguchi without getting the next order from Tokugawa Ieyasu.

This decision is correct. As long as we cooperate well, we can jointly attack the Eastern Army in the Zhongshan Road with the friendly forces on Taobei Mountain and Nangong Mountain from multiple angles. The Eastern Army is huddled in the valley road. Not only cannot it spread out, but it will also be attacked from multiple directions. , the losses will be very tragic.

But plans are plans and reality is reality.

Kyogoku Takatsuji did not expect that Hideie would have a group of invulnerable heavy armored soldiers in his hands; nor did he expect that the Eastern Army would have artillery to bombard the Western Army's dense formation; nor did he expect that the Eastern Army would be able to storm Nangong Mountain and Mobei Mountain. .

But even if such a situation occurs, it will not cause the situation to collapse.

The collapse of the Western Army's situation began with the betrayal of insiders one by one.

Although the first people to be countered were Tachibana Muneshige and Nabeshima Naoshima, most of the people in the Western Army did not see their actions.

It was the backstabbing of friendly forces by Nobuchika Nagamune and Yoshihiro Shimazu that shook the morale of the Western Army, but even at this time, the Western Army was still fighting.

It was not until General Tokugawa Ieyasu's Tokugawa Army suddenly attacked Kyogoku Takatsuki's headquarters that the Western Army finally collapsed.

As the sky gradually darkened, the one-day Battle of Sekigahara unfolded in confusion and ended like an anticlimax.

After the war, Kuroda Nagamasa and Kyogoku Takaji, who were tied up, saw Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tachibana Muneshige, Nabeshima Naoshima, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Nagasoga in Hideie's main formation with matzas to sit on. When Nobuki and the others came, they all shook their heads helplessly.

It’s okay to have moles, why are there so many moles!

Moreover, why are you, the general, a thief when we are about to fight to the death to repay your kindness?

"Bah." Kyogoku, who was furious when he saw Tokugawa Ieyasu and others, spat at them for the first time, "Traitor, traitor. How can you face the lord with face? How can you face the lord with face?" Guan Bai!"

In fact, Kyogoku Takatsuji didn't really have such a high level of consciousness. He just hated that he was on the wrong team and was sold out by others to become a ladder for advancement.

Historically, he was still Chacha's brother-in-law and a daimyo of the Omi faction, but he betrayed the Western Army without batting an eyelid.

But for Hideie, it was precisely because of the internal response of Tokugawa Ieyasu and others that Hideie's idea of ​​​​catching them all was realized.

Unlike many daimyo who were willing to die for the Western Army on the battlefield in history, in this battle except for Kyushu Daimyoji Zahirotaka who died in battle and Otani Yoshitsugi, the defender of Ogaki Castle, who died in Ogaki Castle, the other daimyo of the Western Army All were captured.

Hideie also did this deliberately, so that these defeated generals could witness the joy of the victors after Sekigahara's victory, and also let the daimyo who sided with Hideie see the consequences of going against Hideie.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little embarrassed by Kyogoku's high curses, but Hideie toasted him with a smile and said, "Today's battle can be won thanks to the internal government's response."

Tokugawa Ieyasu had indeed hooked up with Hideie a long time ago, but it was at the last moment of the battle that he made up his mind to take action.

After Hideie's spring and autumn writing, he directly described this war as a strangulation of the Western Army's forces from the beginning, but as the general, Tokugawa Ieyasu had long betrayed them.

After Xiujia finished speaking, all the great names present were shocked.It is not impossible for the general to surrender, but no one would think that he would surrender before the war begins.

Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally knew that Hideie's purpose was to make the Tokugawa family a target of public fire. If it were another family name, he would have committed seppuku here to preserve the family's reputation.

But his Tokugawa Ieyasu, a "King of Ninja".

Since he had shamelessly betrayed so many famous names, he would definitely be cursed and ridiculed by everyone after the war, so Tokugawa Ieyasu simply decided to remain shameless to the end.

He directly asked Xiujia for the reward in front of the daimyo and said, "You should remember that you promised to provide security conditions for our three kingdoms of Chun, Yuan and Yuan."

Tokugawa Ieyasu is ready to betray his shamelessness to the end. Anyway, no one else knows what Hideie and I talked about.In the eyes of others, if you can convince the general, the conditions you offer must be very attractive. At this time, no matter what Tokugawa Ieyasu says, you Hideie can say, "Isn't there such a thing?"

Once Hideie denies the reward, others will say that Tokugawa Ieyasu is not a good bird and has betrayed his morality for the reward.And you are not honest in showing off your family. People have paid such a high price to help you, but in the end, you are doing your best to kill the donkey?

Hideie was holding a wine glass in honor of Tokugawa Ieyasu, hanging in the air, the smile on his face just frozen there.

He was already a little angry in his heart at this moment, and even the wine glass he was holding was trembling. He didn't expect to be defeated by the old turtle here.

But after taking a look at the eyes of the other daimyo looking at him, especially Nobuchika Chosogabe, Tachibana Munege and others, they were all daimyo who had returned from the Western Army like Tokugawa Ieyasu, so naturally they didn't want to see him. The benefits that were originally promised were eaten up by Xiujia.

Therefore, Hideie could only answer everyone's gaze: "This is natural. I will definitely make reasonable arrangements for the Tokugawa family's security as originally planned."

Will Hideie really give Tokugawa Iejun, En, and San?
This is absolutely impossible.

There are no more than three solutions. One is to let Xiuzhen inherit the Tokugawa family and inherit the three countries of Shun, Toon and San.

However, the Xiu family had promised Xiu Zhen that they would always be brothers. Once Xiu Zhen was asked to change her name to Miao and return to Tokugawa, the legal relationship between the two would be severed.

The second solution is to divide and enfeoff the Tokugawa family, and at the same time distribute two of them to his biological son who bears the Tokugawa name.

But in this way, the Tokugawa family gained blood, but he himself suffered a loss.

Because this also ensured the Tokugawa family's powerful and famous status, the Hide family had to bring in two sons.

With two sons, wouldn’t it be nice to pass them on to other famous families who can’t give birth to sons?

The third solution is to divide the new three countries of Shun, Toto, and Sansan when Ezo divides the national boundaries. The names can be called Junxing, Junyue, Tookoku, Tochi, Mitsui, Sandai, etc.

You can even directly draw a small territory and name it "Shun Enzo". In short, Tokugawa Ieyasu has made Hideie unhappy. If he wants to play tricks on Hideie, Hideie will also let Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to cry but had no tears.

But on this occasion, the Hide family could only take over Tokugawa Ieyasu's damaging move in exchange for the peace of mind of the daimyo who followed the Hide family and raised armies.

But after Tokugawa Ieyasu did this, Hideie no longer had the idea to continue drinking. He said to the left and right, "Everyone, please continue the banquet and celebration. Today's great victory is all due to the efforts of the generals." . I still have some things to deal with, so let’s drink here for today.”

Everyone knows very well that after this battle, the Xiu family will definitely become the people of the world, and there will no longer be a slight status gap between the same ministers in the past.

They can't drink freely when the Xiu family is here, but they can drink as much as they want after the Xiu family is gone.

No one noticed that Masanori Fukushima was not among the captured and bound daimyo.

Just because Sekigahara has just ended, countless people have disappeared on the battlefield. Although he is a relatively important daimyo, no one cares about his death at this moment.Only Xiujia knew that he was taken away alone. At this moment, Xiujia left to see his old friend.

Different from the high spirits after the Battle of Sekigahara in history, at this moment, Fukushima was captured in a small courtyard at the foot of a mountain with unkempt hair. The small courtyard was actually guarded by more than a dozen Toyoharu family warriors.

Hearing the noise outside, Masanori Fukushima twisted his body and looked at the door.

When he saw Xiujia arriving, his eyes showed a glimmer of light, but then dimmed. Perhaps in his opinion, it was absolutely impossible for him to survive.

Hideie, with several sons and attendants, passed by him, walked to the Yashiki verandah at the end of the courtyard, sat down and said to Fukushima Masanori in the middle of the courtyard, "Raise your head, attendants."

Fukushima Masanori slowly raised his head, but when his eyes met Hideie's, he chose to avoid them in fear.

At this moment, he seems to have had a premonition of his ending. After all, from Hideyoshi to Hideji and then to Tokugawa, he can be regarded as a slave with three surnames, right?

No matter how you look at it, it seems that the current political views in Japan are very inconsistent. He does not even dare to ask Hideie to spare his life.

But who knows, Xiujia said to the left and right: "Go and untie the servant, and then bring him a bowl of tea and rice, paired with two plates of good food, including wine and meat."

Fukushima Masanori felt relieved when he heard Hideie's arrangement. He looked up at Hideie and asked, "Is this my decapitation meal, Youfu?"

Hideie did not answer Fukushima Masanori, but looked at him coldly from the opposite side.

Fukushima Masanori didn't get a response, but instead grabbed the food from the attendant's hand and ate it hungrily.

Although it may be the last meal for Fukushima Masanori, he still ate quickly, as if he wanted to finish it quickly and end it all quickly.

After he drank the last sip of wine, he proudly exposed his belly, stretched out his hand to Xiujia and asked for the ribs, and said, "Come on, choose a warrior with quick movements to correct my mistake."

Hideie looked at Masanori Fukushima in front of him, and then at his sons beside him.

The Hide family originally planned to exile Masanori Fukushima to Ezo, and let him go to Ezo to be a small lord and fight the savages on behalf of the Hide family.

Although more than 20 years have passed, Hideie will never forget the humiliation in Nagahama Castle that day. No matter who pisses on his head, Hideie will think of revenge.

After enduring it for so many years, letting Masanori Fukushima die so easily was a decision that was too easy on him.

And although Masanori Fukushima is not a good person, he is indeed very capable. Letting him go to Ezo to fight wild people is a good use of his resources.

It is now the Little Ice Age. Although the Hide family has taken protective measures as much as possible in Ezo, the living environment there is still very harsh.

Let Masanori Fukushima start from scratch as the lowest-level yeoman samurai. In peacetime, he needs to open up wasteland to grow potatoes, and in wartime, he needs to obtain weapons to fight the savages for the Hide family.

When he fell from a high position and needed to refreeze the soil to grow potatoes, it was really worse than death for him who was once aloof and addicted to alcohol.

"The attendant deserves to die." Hideie set the tone for the treatment of Fukushima Masanori as soon as he opened his mouth, clearly telling Fukushima Masanori that he would not be able to escape punishment.

Fukushima Masanori was slightly discouraged after hearing Hideie's reply.

Despite his harsh words just now, he would never let it go if he really had a chance to survive.

"But you have to know why you deserve to die." Xiujia continued.

"You deserve to die because you are not firm in your stance and are jumping around. Although you are not the mastermind of the chaos in the world, your actions have encouraged those rebellious ministers and traitors to cause trouble for one side."

"And I have no right to deal with you. I will report your guilt to the Lord for determination. But do you really want to die like this? You are relieved if you die. What do the innocent people and warriors who died because of you say? ?Who is going to seek justice for them?"

Hideie talked a lot, but it confused Fukushima Masanori. He asked Hideie, "What is the right government planning to do with me?"

"I said, I have no right to deal with you. But if I were you, I would ask myself to be exiled to Ezo, start as a low-level samurai, and open up the territory for the Lord to atone for my sins."

"You have different culpability than Kyogoku, Kuroda and the others. I will not bind you again after today. If you are afraid of death or afraid of taking responsibility, just run away. By then the whole world will know that you, the Fukushima Attendant, are A cowardly idiot."

Since he was planning to exile Fukushima Masanori, the place he went to must be Kitami, where it was extremely hard. Not much food could be grown in that place. Even potatoes could only be harvested once a year depending on the weather. If it was warm back then, they would be harvested twice a year.

Kitami's biggest source of income is animal fur and gold mining. Although Fukushima Masanori is a samurai, if he wants to live a decent life, he has to dig for gold in his spare time.

Just imagine that a famous person finally got into a smelly hole because of too many holes. Isn't this the most cruel punishment for him?

"Servant, Ezo is a good place. I heard that you like hunting, and you are especially proud of catching mountain whales and bears. You have even presented bear paws to the imperial palace and the lord before.

There are a lot of these things over there in Ezo. You can hunt as much as you want there. Remember to give your lord a gift during the holidays. Maybe you can come back soon. "

Hideie, who was afraid that Masanori Fukushima would not go, also used the provoking method, which was especially useful for people like Masanori Fukushima.He even felt that Xiujia was helping him to save his life, so he kowtowed directly in front of Xiujia to thank Xiujia for his kindness to him.

Seeing Fukushima Masanori agree, Hideie also showed a satisfied smile.

Before leaving, Hideie suddenly remembered something. When he passed by Masanori Fukushima, he asked, "Attendant, which hand did you give the bear paws to the imperial family and the lord from?"

Coming out of the room where Fukushima Masanori was imprisoned, Toyotomi Teruie couldn't help but ask Hideie, "Father, it's enough for you to accept Tokugawa Naifu and others. After all, they have contributed to my court. But you never I really don’t understand how to handle Fukushima attendants lightly.”

How can Xiujia explain to Huijia?Could it be that Fukushima Masanori bullied your father, and your father remembered it for the rest of his life, so he deliberately looked for opportunities to humiliate Fukushima Masanori?

He could only point to his horse seal and explain to his son, "I am the assassin of Fengtian Jingnan. Although Fukushima's attendant is also one, his guilt is not serious and he can be dealt with lightly.

Besides, I'm not that murderous. If I were really strict enough to kill everyone, do you know how many people would be killed?

Hachiro, killing can establish authority, but killing cannot convince the public. Only by using killing and benevolence can you convince them. "

After Xiujia finished speaking, he couldn't help but praise himself. He was really witty for being able to make up such reasonable words in such a short period of time.

Toyotomi Teruie and others seemed to understand Hideie's answer. These words were indeed not something they could understand at their age. Hideie just asked them to go back and think about it slowly.

On the way back to Mobiyama, Hideie met an excited Sanada Nobushige. He said to Hideie, "My Lord, His Highnesses Matsuo-san and Nangong-san intend to surrender."