Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 91 The Heart of Seeing People

When Hideka came to Kyoto, he asked to meet Hashiba Hideyoshi who lived in Nijo Castle on the same day. Unlike Nobunaga, Hideyoshi temporarily moved the headquarters to Nijo Castle after controlling Yamashiro to control Kyoto.

At the same time, he learned the lesson of Oda Nobutada and ordered several surrounding officials to demolish the buildings higher than the Nijo city wall.

Hideka crossed a 20-meter-long cross bridge and entered Nijo Castle through Oteguchi. Although later generations visited here, Hideka was still shocked by the vastness of Nijo Castle again.

Hashiba Hideyoshi did not live in the Honmaru, but chose to live directly in the Nijimaru Palace.

When the Hide family came to report, it happened that Hideyoshi Gamo and Kamo Shigo came to visit Hideyoshi, and Hideyoshi directly asked Otani Kichihide's family to lead him into the side hall, where Hideyoshi met the Gamo family.

Hideyoshi heard chatter and laughter in the house from afar, until Otani Yoshitsugu informed Hideyoshi at the door of the Hidejia leader, "My lord, Your Highness Ukita has arrived."

"Oh~ Hachiro! Come here, come here, let me introduce you to two amazing characters."

After Hideyoshi saluted Hideyoshi outside the house, he walked into the house and sat down under Hideyoshi's hands, just opposite to Kamo Hideyoshi.

"This is Kamo Kenhide, Lord of Omi Hino Castle, and this is Gamo Clan of Iga Ueno Castle." Hideyoshi introduced the two people who were working on it to Hideyoshi, and the parties bowed to Hideyoshi after hearing Hideyoshi's announcement of his birth. Xiujia returned the gift.

Then Xiujia introduced Xiujia to the two of them, "This is the head of the Yuxi family that I have been talking about just now, Yuxitabiqian Xiujia."

"Hello, I'm Ukita Hideka"

"I've seen Ukitaden, and I've heard of its reputation for a long time. I finally got to see you today." It was Gamo Clan Township who spoke.

Hideyoshi really didn't know that he was only a child and how could his reputation spread, but the man in front of him could become the man Hideyoshi wanted in the next ten years or so.

At this time, Hideka carefully looked at the man called Gamo's village. What Hideka really knew was what made him finally called Hideyoshi's important minister.

"I don't have any reputation, it's mostly rumors." Xiujia said modestly.

"You can't say that, Hideyoshi, tell me, how did you defeat the 1 Maori army with 3000 people?" Hideyoshi asked Hideyo impatiently about the situation of the Maori War.

Xiujia looked at the lean man in front of him, and saw eager desire in his eyes.Hideka didn't know whether the words he said would affect Hideyoshi's thoughts, whether Hideyoshi would decide that Maori was just a strong outsider but a weaker middle, and he would simply withdraw from the implementation.

"The Mori family's army is definitely regarded as a strong army in the Western Kingdom. The control of the busy waterways of the Seto Inland Sea, and the silver mountain of Iwami, all allow the Mori family to have a wealth of funds to equip their own troops."

"Besides, the Mori family has participated in wars all year round under the leadership of Ryokawa, and most of their soldiers have experienced many battles. As long as they command properly, even Takeda Ozen will be afraid of three points."

What the Xiu family said is of course true. The Mori family's army is one of the best in the Warring States Period in terms of equipment penetration rate, training level, and combat experience. It is not an exaggeration to compare him with the armored soldiers.

As Hideyoshi who participated in the Battle of Nagashino, he must have been deeply touched by Konobu's soldiers. As Japan's earliest unit that can complete infantry and tank coordination, several elites under Takeda Shingen can follow the cavalry team closely, and in the cavalry team. Immediately after breaking the formation, go up and expand the gap to cause damage.

In fact, now that the direct network is very developed, some people still believe that the Takeda army brandished weapons and charged towards the Oda army on horseback, but the Oda army shot down the Takeda soldiers one by one with iron cannons and anti-horse fences. Many people believe that Based on this, it is considered to be a great victory of gunpowder weapons over traditional Raiders.

Even "Shadow Dancer" in 1980, "Hideyoshi" in 1996, "Crossroad of Fame" in 2006, "Sanada Maru" in 2016, and "Kirin Comes" in 2020 all described this war in this way.

However, in fact, until the 19th century, after having quick-loading quick-fire guns, cavalry was still used as the main arm for quick penetration.

There were serious loopholes in this statement from the very beginning, that is, with the killing power of the iron cannon they said, the Takeda army would be defeated within 30 minutes at most. Long this array.

As an experiencer of that war, Hideyoshi still fears the Takeda Army in his heart. In his eyes, the only one who can defeat the powerful Konobu Army should be the Lord Echigo.Because of this, Hideyoshi tried his best to win over Uesugi Jingsheng and gave him a very high treatment. How could he know that people have changed and times have changed.

Hideyoshi didn’t believe Hideyoshi’s high evaluation of the Maori Army today, but Hideyoshi directly attacked the Maori Army with Oka Toshikatsu. After the chaos at the beginning of the period, the Maori Army quickly organized a resistance. Under the command, he almost told the story of Li Sheng.

Hideyoshi knew the bravery of Okatoshi Katsura, the subordinate of the Hideo family, but he was already full of surprise when he heard that the Mori family could quickly organize resistance in the face of a surprise attack. less than.

Afterwards, I heard that the Kobayakawa Army's 3000 vanguards were able to remain undefeated in the face of encirclement, and fought against the Ukita Army, which made Takakage Kobayakawa even more impressed.

Gamo's Township on the side is a bit confused, you have been boasting about how powerful your enemies are, and how did you defeat them there?So he asked, "Beiqianshou, since the Maori family is so powerful, how did you win?"

Xiujia smiled and said, "There is no one else, only good at seeing people's hearts, and making good use of military advantages."

"what for?"

"The heart of being good at seeing people is that I clearly know the strengths of the Maori family, and I also clearly know their weaknesses."

Immediately, Hideo explained the problems under the rule of the two rivers of the Mori family one by one, and even directly named Mori Terumoto's character problems, and clearly explained them.

Including the tactics he used in the previous battle of Takamatsu and this battle, they all targeted Terumoto's character weakness and attacked, and successfully defeated the Mori family.

Hideyoshi’s previous plan to separate Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakage during the Battle of Takamatsu was only spread within a small area of ​​the family. Now that Hideka has made him public, Hideyoshi, who has always been confused, understands that Mori Terumoto clearly has an advantage in numbers. Select a reason for withdrawal under.

Hideyoshi did not expect that a small letter would have such power. Suffering from "Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had not been introduced to Japan at this time, Hideyoshi could only relay to the three people present that Cao Cao used tricks to separate Ma Chao, Han Sui's story.

After hearing the story, Hideyoshi just praised Jia Xu's strategy, but Gamo Clan looked at Hideyoshi with bright eyes, and secretly praised in his heart, "Learn and apply, this son will become a great weapon in the future."

"Then, Bizenden, what is the advantage of making good use of the army?"

"Cannon" Hideka's reply was very brief, and the terms were so unfamiliar that Hideyoshi and the others couldn't understand what Hideka meant.

"It's an enlarged iron cannon, which can fire larger projectiles with a longer range and stronger power. It is a weapon that can directly smash down the earth wall and smash the wooden door." Seeing that everyone didn't understand, Xiujia explained.

After listening to Hideyoshi's description, Hideyoshi understood a little bit, "Is it a big iron cannon? Can the iron cannon be enlarged to have such power?"

"The forging process is different, and the proportion of materials used is different. Iron cannons bear low chamber pressure, and the process requirements are simple. If you want to build a large-caliber cannon, the process and materials required are much more difficult."

Hideyoshi was confused by the craftsmanship, materials, and chamber pressure of the Hideo family, so he simply asked, "Where can I buy it?"

"When I returned to Bizen from Sakai, I rented two doors from Spanish merchants in Sakai Port for 1100 gold. They didn't seem willing to sell them."

"There's nothing I don't want to sell, it's just that you haven't made a debut at the price. If you rent two doors for 1100 gold, I'll buy them for ten times. If not, I'll pay 20 times. They will definitely agree."

Hideo was frightened by Hideyoshi's rhetoric, 20 times is 22000 taels of gold, which is worth 10 kan in Japan, which is equivalent to a year's income of a lord of 80.

At this time, Hideyoshi actually had such arrogance to buy from Nanban merchants, probably because he had mastered the two major commercial towns of Sakai Port and Kyoto.

Hideyoshi seemed to have made up his mind, and ordered to Ishida Mitsunari outside the house, "Sakiji, you go to Sakai tomorrow, and go to the Nanban merchants there to discuss the purchase of large iron cannons. Take the country friend Enbei and let him Let's see what this big iron cannon is."

"Hi" sat outside the house, a young warrior in his early 20s with a shaved head, replied to Hideyoshi, just in time to see Hideyoshi's gaze, and returned a warm smile to Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi changed his serious expression, smiled and said to the Hide family, "A few days ago, I asked the court for a new official position, which is the five lower left guard major generals, so I can be regarded as suppressing and repairing one end of the official position."

Then he turned to Xiu's family and said, "Balang, by the way, I also applied for an official position as a servant of the five servants, how about it, do you like it?"

"Thank you very much." Hideka saluted Hideyoshi.

The Hide family's new official servants, Shibata Katsuya's Xiu Liang, and the Hide family's original Bizen Mamoru and Misaku Mamoru are all positions under the top five, but the foreign officials are half a rank lower than the Beijing officials, and the Beijing officials are lower than the Huang officials. (Tonghuang) The official is half a level lower.

That is to say, although Bizenshu of the Hide family originally had the same official position as Shibata Katsuya, but his rank in the imperial court was behind Katsuya, but now the official position of attendant is ranked ahead of Katsuya.

Although the territory did not exceed Katsuya Shibata, Hideyoshi put himself and Katsuya in front of Katsuya Shibata in another way to declare that the status of the two was higher than Katsuya Shibata.

In fact, this is a mentality of self-deception, but after all, Hideyoshi was born as a farmer, and he especially valued such illusory things as name, and Hideyoshi really got benefits, so he let him do it.

"Congratulations to General Hashiba Habayashi, and congratulations to Master Ukita Sanchi." As Hideyoshi announced the official positions of himself and the Hide family, Ma Kai, who was accompanying him outside the house, saluted Hideyoshi and Hide family respectively, which made the Gamo family and his son very embarrassed, and also They can only salute to the two together with the flow.

General Habayashi was the Tang name of Major General Zuo Jinwei, and the attendant of the Xiu family corresponded to the official position of the Tang Dynasty as Sanqi Changshi, and was one of the emperor's closest ministers.At this time, Japan was influenced by Chinese culture and respected official positions by calling them Tang names.

After them, Xiujia saluted Hideyoshi and congratulated him.

Hideka even doubted for a moment, whether Hideyoshi announced his new official position when he saw people, and asked his attendant Ma Kai to congratulate him. Otherwise, how could Ishida Mitsunari and others be so proficient? After Hideyoshi announced his appointment, he immediately saluted and explained All so unified.

(End of this chapter)