Wanli 1592

Chapter 1182 The Entrustment of Maeda Toshiie

Maeda Toshiie saw it clearly.

In today's Japan, even if the Tokugawa clan and the Toyotomi clan immediately cooperate sincerely and closely, and immediately eliminate all contradictions and unite as one to train troops and prepare for war, they may not be Xiao Ruxun's opponents.

Not to mention that the two forces now have irreconcilable conflicts and blood feuds.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is a good leader, deep, wise, prudent and calm, and good at planning. He is an opponent who cannot be defeated by the Sentai Pavilion and can only be coerced by political means, but that is the level of civil war. What about the foreign war enemy, Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Seven years ago, Xiao Ruxun had led an army to personally defeat the elite of the Tokugawa Army. Tokugawa Ieyasu was so defeated that he was almost captured, and since then he has bowed to Xiao Ruxun.

Now that seven years have passed, has Ieyasu Tokugawa improved?Is it stronger than before?
After losing a large number of powerful generals and advisers, can he continue to fight against Xiao Ruxun, who is now completely different?
Unless the sky hangs down and there is another kamikaze, just like the one that dealt with the Mongolian barbarians hundreds of years ago, destroying all their warships in the sea, only then can Japan survive and continue to exist.

But that kind of difficulty is too great, even impossible to happen, otherwise Kamikaze would have wiped out Xiao Ruxun's Ming army again seven years ago, instead of waiting until now.

Now, the situation is hopelessly unfavorable to Japan, and greatly favorable to the unified Great Qin.

"Ishida-kun, if there is such a day and I am dead, please be sure to persuade His Highness to cooperate with Tokugawa Ieyasu and fight side by side. That is the only way to fight against Xiao Ruxun. Otherwise, Japan will never be restored. exist."

As if Maeda Toshiie had a premonition, he held Ishida Mitsunari's hand tightly.

Ishida Mitsunari shook his head again and again.

"I would rather be the one who is seriously ill now than you. Your Highness can live without me, but he cannot live without you."

Maeda Toshiie also shook his head.

"When it comes to battle formation planning and seeing through the enemy's conspiracy, I am not your opponent. You are better at using soldiers and are an indispensable military advisor for His Royal Highness, while I am just an old man who can no longer mount a horse or carry a gun. Your Highness is gone." Me, no big deal, you are the key to our victory."

"No, you are more important than me."

Ishida Mitsunari said sincerely: "Your existence can stop the general's crazy behavior and His Highness's irrational impulse, but I can't. You can maintain the overall situation, and I'm just your pawn. Without you, the situation will be worse." out of control."

Maeda Toshiie is not unaware that this situation will happen. He can foresee what Toyotomi's forces will look like after his death, and he can also guess the embarrassing situation of Ishida Mitsunari at that time. After all, Ishida Mitsunari is the leader of the bureaucracy, and He is a military commander.

Speaking of it, Maeda Toshiie felt a little strange to be able to get together with Ishida Mitsunari, but after Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, in order to maintain his foundation, Maeda Toshiie knew what he should do.

The fact that it was natural to reconcile with Ishida Mitsunari and come together also proves that he did the right thing. In the past seven years, they have cooperated very well and stabilized the precarious foundation of the Toyotomi family. It is still stable until now.

He reconciled the contradiction between generals and bureaucrats very well.

However, looking at Ishida Mitsunari who obviously wanted to ask for advice, Maeda Toshiie remained silent.

He is a human being, not a god, and he has no way of managing what happens after he dies.

Ishida Mitsunari turned to him for the energy to turn the tide at the critical moment, but what should he do?Could it be that he cut off one of his own hands to make an arrow for Ishida Mitsunari?

"Ishida-kun, I understand your intentions, but you have to be clear, I am only a person, I am not a god, I cannot predict everything that will happen in the future, I can help you when I live, but if I die, can I turn the tide? , it’s up to you.”

Maeda Toshiie said with endless expectations: "Ishida-kun, please."

Seeing Maeda Toshiie's aging and earnest face, Ishida Mitsunari immediately bowed down and said, "I will do my best."

Maeda Toshiie then smiled.

At the gate of Maeda's house, Maeda Toshiie invited Ishida Mitsunari to come in and sit down. Ishida Mitsunari looked at Maeda Toshiie's exhausted appearance and shook his head.

"Please be sure to go back and take a good rest. Everything depends on you."

Ishida Mitsunari left after speaking.

Looking at the back of Ishida Mitsunari leaving, the worry in Maeda Toshiie's eyes never faded.

The military generals are becoming more and more radical and dissatisfied with the status quo. This is not a good thing. Although he is also a military general, after actually ruling, his thoughts have changed. Have national consciousness.

Compared with most military generals who only focus on their own status and territory, Maeda Toshiie, who is valued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, has a national strategic vision, and he has transformed. This is an important prerequisite for him and Ishida Mitsunari to come together.

Especially in this period of internal and external troubles, the existence of powerful foreign enemies and cunning internal strife is not a good thing for the entire country.

But from Maeda Toshiie's point of view, once it is confirmed that Xiao Ruxun will launch an aggressive war, he will immediately take coercive measures to force the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans to join forces to fight against Xiao Ruxun.

But he can't do what he wants now. If he could go back to ten years ago, he would definitely do it himself, but now, he can only look forward to the smart Ishida Mitsunari.

He felt exhausted, tired, tired.

Turning around, he walked back with the support of his family members. After walking a few steps, he suddenly felt a little heavy in his head and a little dizzy.

In the next moment, without warning, his body limp and fell to the ground, so that the servant at home who was supporting him didn't react, and it took him a while to let out a panic scream.

Ishida Matsunari, who hadn't gone too far, looked back in astonishment. He felt that he heard something very strange. The feeling of his heart beating made him very unhappy, which prompted him to turn around and walk in the direction he came from.

At the same time, in Nagoya, the Tokugawa forces who learned that the Qin army had begun to retreat held a joint meeting. Tokugawa Ieyasu attended the meeting in person with a very serious expression.

"The Qin army has indeed begun to retreat. Ten large ships took away about 2000 soldiers and moved to the southeast. We will immediately send small boats to follow and check the situation to determine the whereabouts of this group of troops."

A subordinate reports to Ieyasu Tokugawa.

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, and asked about the movements of another retainer, Toyotomi.

Then I got a return from Toyotomi that there was no movement for the time being.

After confirming these things, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered his subordinate daimyos to discuss Daqin's return of Iwami Yinshan, and quickly came to the conclusion that this was an aboveboard conspiracy, which was very close to his guess.

He also believed that Xiao Ruxun's actions were purely an overt conspiracy to bring war to Japan again.

(End of this chapter)