Chapter 19 map screen

Zoji stepped back.Those who entered the room alternately were Kanemori Kingo and Hachiya Lairaka. "Go over there." Hideyoshi changed the floor and entered the room opposite the corridor bridge.Xiao surnames stood guard at the entrance and around the courtyard, and the three of them had been talking in secret for a long time there. Kanemori and Hachiya are now the generals under Niwa Chohide in the direction of Hokuriku. Hideyoshi has been working hard to add Nagahide as an ally earlier. If Changxiu is allowed to turn to the enemy camp, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to him.Not only in terms of combat effectiveness, but also in terms of war status, Nobuo and Ieyasu's statement will be more convincing, because this Niwa Nagahide is not only second only to Shibata's Nobunaga minister, but also a rare gentle and honest man in this troubled world. character, with a very good reputation.

Hideyoshi is well aware of the disadvantages of this matter to his status, so no matter what, he must be drawn as an ally. In order to please Changxiu, he has exhausted all kinds of methods so far. Of course, it is also true that Ieyasu and Nobuo also resorted to all means of seduction to Changxiu.But maybe it was Hideyoshi's enthusiasm that finally moved him. A few days ago, he dispatched Kanemori and Hachiya from Hokuriku to support him.Hideyoshi was naturally overjoyed, but he still couldn't feel at ease. "My lord ordered that Yuyou pen be sent here immediately." Jinsen Jinwu walked out alone and said to Xiao Xing who was standing guard.

After a while, Omura Yuki came.After entering the house, he began to write a long letter according to Hideyoshi's words - a letter to Niwa Nagahide.Let me state the main points of the letter one by one: 1. On the 11th, when I read the letter sent to Mino Morihide, tears welled up in my eyes. 2. Needless to say, the reinforcement within Wuji, the West Country has also been stabilized.Sakamoto sent instructions on the battle situation in Shizhou, and three new cities were built between Koga and Ise. The daily victory news made the morale of the allies more and more high. 3. In Mino, you are familiar with Ikeda Katsuto, Inaba Iyo, Mori Musashi and others who have made real preparations. Ezhou Nagahara also ordered Sonchiro Hideji, Takayama Ukon, Nakagawa Hidemasa and other 14,000 to 5,000 soldiers Go to capture positions without worry.

4. Hidecho went to Shoushan, Yuci (Hidekatsu) went to Kusatsu, Nagaoka Etsuchu (Hosokawa Tadakashi) went to Sedo to occupy their respective positions.In addition, Kato Sakuuchi and Horio Shigesuke were ordered to take Koga Chubu as a base first, and send Tsutsui to Yamato to increase the strength of the battalion. 5. Bizen, Misaku, Inaba and other western cities do not move a single person, they are as stable as a rock.Kishu and Quanzhou also sent additional six or seven thousand people from Hachisuka, Kuroda, Ikoma, and Akamatsu yesterday. In addition, Hideyoshi also stated in detail the deployment of troops for this war to Nagahide one by one in the letter, and then added:

As mentioned above, everything is ready in the base camp, so there is nothing to worry about.Be sure to pay more attention to your body and guard the city carefully, which is the most important thing. On the other hand, he reminded Changxiu to pay attention to his body, and mentioned that Maeda Mataemon Toshiie is an alliance of Hokuriku's heartless heart, and is the first door in Hokuriku. He hopes to try his best to clear up his intentions and establish a friendship.It also ends with: If you are in urgent need of employing people, you can send Fengwu and Jinsen back, and you can send another 5,000 to 10,000 people there at any time if you have more spare time.

Right now people in the world are very irritable and panicky, but Chikuzen has already awakened, and will watch the world quietly between fourteen and five days, don't worry about this matter. So far. The envoy walked out of the tea room with the letter and rushed to Hokuriku immediately. Before dusk, Ise alone received three reports on the battle situation. After reading the letter on the battle situation, Hideyoshi took the messenger to inquire about the situation in person, then entrusted a message, and asked someone to write a reply while finishing dinner.Dinner was shared with other courtiers in the Grand Academy.

There is a pair of screens in the corner of the large academy, on which a whole map of Japan is painted with gold clay.Hideyoshi looked over there, and suddenly asked around: "Is there no news from the envoy sent to Echigo? The envoy sent to Uesugi Jingsheng..." "If you count the number of days..." People around talked about the inconvenience of going to distant countries with their fingers, Hideyoshi also counted with their fingers, and murmured again: "Really, is it only the thirteenth day?" Kiso Yoshisaka of Kiso also sent envoys, and Satake Yoshishige of Hitachi also sent secret envoys to each other several times. His diplomatic missions are also spread all over the long and thin land on the screen map, from one end to the other. network.

Hideyoshi has always regarded war as a last resort, and his belief is that diplomacy is war.Except for the consolation war against Mitsuhide in Yamazaki in the name of mourning the late Lord Nobunaga, everything else is the same. But he didn't do diplomacy for the sake of diplomacy, and he didn't build military power only with diplomacy. He has always built diplomacy with military power.The contents of the letter to Niwa Chohide are also full of this unique taste of ginseng soup. But for Ieyasu, this method did not work. Although this matter was concealed from everyone, in fact Hideyoshi secretly sent an envoy to Hamamatsu before the situation changed, and said in the letter:

I believe that Chikuzen's kindness to Master Mikawa can be understood only by recalling the fact that Zou asked the imperial court to promote him the year before last.Why do adults and Chikuzen have to fight each other?His Highness Xinxiong is such a person by nature, his ignorance has long been judged by the world.With an ignorant bereaved family, no matter how the adults promote their status, the world will not regard the actions of the adults as a benevolent and righteous army.The two of us fight, isn't the ending boring?If your lord is wise enough to understand, Chikuzen would like to make an agreement for future co-prosperity, and put Mino and Owari prefectures under your lordship.Chikuqian is so sincere, how about respect?

It varies from person to person.This time it was obvious that Hideyoshi failed.But even after breaking with Nobuo, Hideyoshi sent people to try to persuade Ieyasu with more generous conditions.The messenger angered Ieyasu and returned in a hurry.When he reported to Hideyoshi, Ieyasu said "Hideyoshi doesn't understand Ieyasu", Hideyoshi smiled bitterly and said "Ieyasu doesn't know Hideyoshi's true meaning".Hideyoshi did not do well in this matter, so he never mentioned it again after that.Therefore, even among the close ministers, no one knew that there was such a negotiation behind the scenes.

In any case, Hideyoshi's life in Sakamoto was extremely busy every day.He is in charge of the military headquarters in Ise and Minamiowari, as well as the diplomatic and intelligence headquarters in Hokuriku, Dongao to Nanki, and the entire area of ​​Xiguo.With such a secret central department, compared with Osaka Castle, Sakamoto is more convenient in terms of geography and time, and the communication of envoys is also unobtrusive and convenient. Espionage was in full swing in Osaka and Kyoto.On the surface, Ieyasu is from the East China Sea to the Northeast, and Hideyoshi is from Kinki to the West Country. The boundaries of influence between the two parties are clearly divided.However, within his headquarters in Osaka Castle, there should be quite a few people exchanging news with the Tokugawa family. Even among the court ministers, there were some who secretly favored Ieyasu, waiting to see Hideyoshi's power fall. Among ordinary people, some parents served in Kansai, but their sons belonged to the generals of the Eastern Army; some elder brothers joined the Ieyasu side according to righteousness, but their younger brothers had an inseparable kinship with Osaka.Ideologically, too, one side agrees with Hideyoshi's ideals, and the other side resonates with Ieyasu's identity. Bloody conflicts also broke out among the same clan, leading to the tragedy of splitting flesh and blood. Compared with the bloodshed on the battlefield, this kind of real pain before and after the war is the more profound tragedy brought about by the war.However, when most people turn a deaf ear to these troubles and fall into chaos and loss, some villains who cannot get what they want under normal social conditions and think that this is the right time also get involved. The order has become chaotic, and the pain and struggles beyond the battlefield have begun to roll up outside the battlefield. Hideyoshi is well aware of these sufferings, since he grew up in a thatched hut in Owari Nakamura, and has been wandering for many years.Afterwards, due to the appearance of Nobunaga, although the society was still harsh for a while, on the other hand, the lives of the common people began to be bright and cheerful.He believes that this person will bring real peace to the world, but he doesn't want the Honnoji Temple to change halfway. He vowed to personally realize the ideal that was thwarted by Nobunaga's death. For this reason, he has been working tirelessly for more than two years, until he is only one step away from the goal. Now it can be said that his wish is close to being realized It can also be said that the way of a thousand miles has reached nine hundred.But there is one biggest difficulty in the remaining hundred miles.Although it has long been predicted that one day this difficulty must be eradicated or overcome head-on, it was discovered that it was more difficult than imagined when they actually met. Ieyasu, so far nothing has weighed on him more than this name. The word "Ieyasu" is still awake even in sleep these days. The spies that came from time to time let him know Ieyasu's actions well, and he knew very well that Ieyasu was also going all out with his own awareness and caution. During the dozens of days I spent in Sakamoto, Ieyasu's army should have marched to Kiyosu.Presumably, he wanted to conquer Nishikami in this battle of Ise, Iga, and Kishu like a honeycomb, and invaded Kyoto in one fell swoop and approached Osaka, with a clear route like a typhoon. But even Ieyasu didn't think it was a flat road, and he definitely expected a large-scale battle on the way west.Hideyoshi was also anticipating the location of the battle.Needless to say, there is nothing other than the Ono Great Plains on the border of the Kisogawa River that allows the ancient and modern armies of the East and the West to fight freely. If you can take the first step, you will be able to occupy the right place to build a fortress in preparation for the battle, and gain the advantage of being cautious.Ieyasu has already gone and made full preparations. In this sense, Hideyoshi is indeed behind. Even today, the 13th is coming to an end, and there is still no movement from Sakamoto. This is not because he doesn't understand his opponent, but because he knows too well who Ieyasu is.This opponent is not wise, Shibata is comparable, for the sake of prudence, he has no choice but to lag behind.What he wants is to be safe, in order to pull Niwa Nagahide into the alliance, in order to prevent Maori from rebelling in the West, in order to let Uesugi and Satake threaten the back of Kanto, in order to eliminate Shikoku, Kishu's followers and Zaga parties in advance. The dangerous elements are also intended to lure and weaken the benevolent generals of the nearby Mino, Owari, and Nobuo. "My lord, it's coming soon again!" The informer's footsteps never stopped even during the meal. It happened that just after eating, Hideyoshi put down his chopsticks and asked, "Where is it?" and stretched his hand to the small letter box. "The envoy is a retainer of Lord Jinemon Suto." "Oh, are you here?" This is also one of the things he has been waiting for for a long time-Souto Jinyou's reply to the envoy sent by Dahenge's Ikeda Katsuru, is it good or bad? The two envoys Muto Kiyozaemon and Zenzo Lord who were sent to persuade Kuroda Castle Lord Sawai Zaemon before, have not been heard from since then, and according to spies, 99% of them are unsuccessful.Inspector Imai, who was dispatched to win over Kansuke Niwa from Owari Kasugai County, just returned yesterday after being humiliated.Hideyoshi opened the letter from Jinyou Suto as if opening a magic lottery. "Good!" All he said was this: "Hospitalize the envoy well." In the middle of the night, after he fell asleep, he suddenly got up and called the guards with his usual loud voice. "Will the emissary of the right go back tomorrow morning?" "No, he said he still had something important to do, and after a short rest, he rushed back to Meinong overnight." "Have you already gone back...then ask You Bi to come over." "Of course, which Master Youbi are you calling?" "It's fine by yourself." After speaking, he immediately changed his mind and said: "Forget it, bring the paper and inkstone here. Youbi must be very sleepy too." Although it was out of concern, in fact, that Yubi had combed her hair and changed her clothes Come, but helpless. He sat on the bed and wrote a letter, which was addressed to Jinemon Suto: It is a great blessing that Shengrui father and son have worked tirelessly to pledge to us that they are of the same mind. I hereby write rashly to tell you something. If Nobuo and Ieyasu know that Sheng enters to assist Hideyoshi, they must try their best to come and provoke them. Remember not to respond at this time, and not to rush forward.Ikeda Katsuru and Mori Musashi have always relied on their bravery and tended to underestimate the enemy. As the supervisor, I hope you can keep it in mind and lose no time in persuading them.This is the most important thing. After finishing writing, he immediately ordered: "Let the envoy send this letter to Da Heng's right hand immediately. As soon as possible!" However, on the evening of the day after tomorrow, on the 15th, there was another news from Daheng. Inuyama has fallen!That is to say, when the father and son decided to go there, they occupied the first fortress of the Kisogawa River. As a gift for joining the Hideyoshi Army, it was a good news. "well done!" Hideyoshi was extremely happy, but worried at the same time.