Chapter 27 Chapter 27

There is no one in the world who doesn't know what war is, and it is even more annoying.Just when Tokugawa Ieyasu made up his mind to raise troops again, someone from Kyoto came to ask for help.One is Date Masamune, and the other is Oda Changma, the son of Nobunaga who escaped from Osaka.The two said in unison, at the beginning it was just a flame burning among wanderers, but now it has swept through Toyotomi and his old ministers.At present, the number of people who know the suffering of war is gradually decreasing, and there are fewer and fewer sober ronin, and more are those young people who are desperate to take risks, arrogantly shouting: "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!"

In this regard, Oda Changzhen commented: "In the Toyotomi clan, I am also considered a person. If it is for the survival of the Toyotomi clan and because of the friendship with the late Taiko, I will not hesitate to break my body. But if It doesn't make sense to join forces with those vagrants who clamor to perish with the city." Masamune Date put it even more ruthlessly: "The difference between the Great Imperial Palace and the Taiko is very obvious. Taiko's retainers are extremely poor, and Daban Castle is definitely not a place where poor people can live in a stately manner."

Ieyasu was very unhappy with the two of them.But it's useless to say anything now.Oda Changzhen lacks foresight and short-sightedness, just like the ronin in Osaka Castle.Ieyasu gave Chang Zhen the mansion of Okubo Chang'an, which had become empty, and let him temporarily live in Junfu.Looking at Chang Zhen who was beaming and thanking him repeatedly, Ieyasu couldn't help thinking of Imagawa Shima from earlier.Yoshimoto Imagawa, who had made him suffer so much, and Nobunaga, who forced Xinyasu to commit suicide by harakiri, but the descendants had to come to him in the end and seek asylum. It is really interesting cause and effect.

This cause and effect is caused by gods and Buddhas.Although Taige didn't accumulate good causes, he couldn't leave Xiu Lai alone.Lian Shizhen and Chang Zhen can help, why leave the Taige's son alone? On March 18th of the 20th year of Keicho, Ieyasu, who was struggling between the Buddha's mind and the rule of the world, made it clear to Doi Tossatsu who came from Edo that he agreed to raise troops again, and immediately ordered the Nasal Protector in Suruga Casting cannons.On the 17th, Ieyasu ordered Honda to be loyal to the government and defend Kyoto. On the fourth day of April, under the pretext of attending Yizhi's wedding, Ieyasu asked his last son, Laifang, to stay in the city, while he and General Lai set off from Junfu.

With the resurgence of military disasters this time, the war between East and West could not be avoided. When Mrs. Dian received the news from the old woman and her party, Ieyasu had not yet left Junfu.The letter stated that Ieyasu would go to Beijing after Yoshinaka's wedding, and he would never starve Toyotomi's retainers and the people of the province. Mrs. Dian first showed the letter to Qian Ji, then called the Chief Zhizhang, and showed it to him as if showing off, "I'm not mistaken. The Imperial Palace has no intention of fighting at all." The Chief Zhi lowered his face, shook his head and said, "They were deceived again!"

"What did you say? Have you got another message?" "With all due respect, Kazuchi Aoki also followed the women and rushed to Nagoya, where he also lives." "Kazou Aoki?" "Yes. Yizhong's letter is here, Madam, please read it first... But, don't disclose it to others." A wry smile appeared on Madam Dian's face, and she took the letter, "Did you order Yizhong to go to Nagoya to inquire about the news?" "Yes. No——Ichijo said that it was because he felt uneasy and wanted to take the initiative to go to Nagoya. The wedding at the Imperial Palace is fake, but the expedition is real. The troops of Kuwana and Ise have received secret orders and started to move quietly. "

The smile on Mrs. Dian's face still persisted, and she began to read Yizhong's letter.When she read the section about the appearance of internal responses in Osaka Castle, her expression suddenly became stiff.Yizhong made it very clear that it should be none other than Oda Yurakusai and his son Zhide Changzhen.On the way to Nagoya, Yizhong ran into Oda Changzhen, and Changzhen also dedicated some secrets to the Imperial Palace, and he was given a mansion to stay in Junfu. If there were only these things, Ichichō would not be too surprised, but when I went to Nagoya to check, I found that there were frequent messages between Masanobu Takeyoshi of Yoshinao's family and Oda Yurakusai.I am afraid that once the war breaks out, Oda Yurakusai and his son will leave the city immediately and go to Edo.At the end of the letter, it said: I also want to pretend to be of one mind with Youlezhai and his son, and stay here with the women until I get the exact news, please ask for instructions.

After reading the letter, Mrs. Dian continued to sneer, "What do you think of this letter, repair it?" "What do I think? Doesn't Madam believe it?" "Hmph, of course! This is written by Yizhong under the control of the elders of the Nagoya family to pry into your mind. He is the real insider." Ono Jichang frowned, "So, Madam only believes... Oda Yurakusai-sama?" "It's not just You Le." Mrs. Dian replied, "People will change. If you are a person today, you may become a ghost tomorrow, and a poisonous snake the next day. If you doubt You Le, You Le will also suspect you. I hate this mutual suspicion."

"Excuse me, Chief Ji, for being bold..." Ono Zhichang retorted forcefully, "This is not something that can be resolved by liking or hating it. The crisis is approaching. Now, I am regretting sending a woman to Junfu. " "They are my envoys, what do you want?" "Ma'am, please be patient and listen to me. Just as the letter says, the woman was deceived by the rhetoric of the Imperial Palace, and happily helped organize the wedding." "Is this... what's wrong?" "It's not good or bad. The wedding in Nagoya is just for people to see. Once the wedding is over, the Imperial Palace will go out. To be clear, the wedding was originally a preparation for the attack on Osaka. Didn't Madam realize it?"

"Preparing for the attack on Osaka?" "Yes. If Edo wants to raise troops again, the Kishu Asano clan is an important ally in the Kanto region. That's why they took Asano's daughter to Nagoya as a hostage, and they couldn't help but say that they gave Asano Nagasaki a concubine." Mrs. Dian was startled and closed her mouth.The once-forgotten word "hostage" was once again in the depths of her memory, frighteningly baring its claws. "The Young Madam's suicide incident that I mentioned to Madam last time has many explanations. In short, it is the young Madam's helpless choice between Kanto and Osaka, who can't bear the pain. What does Madam think?"

"This……" "Kanto pretended to negotiate peace, demolished Chenghao, and then counterattacked Daban. Knowing this, the young lady will be in such pain that she will seek her own death." At this point, the governor patted his knees lightly, "I just talked about You Le Zhai. About this Well, Madam, how would you like to do this? Right now, the vagrants in the city have neither rice nor money, and are extremely poor. Therefore, Madam is extra merciful, giving them a little gold and silver to ease their distress..." "Are they that poor?" "Yes. No... There is another reason. I want to see how the gold and silver are distributed to them." The chief governor said in a calm but ironic tone. Among them, the first one to slip out of the city must be Oda Yurakusai. I wonder what Madam thinks?" Mrs. Dian spent a lot of time not understanding Zhichang's meaning.The ronin were poor, so they distributed the remaining gold and silver to them. She understood this, but in this way, how could Youle leave the city? "My lady still doesn't understand? Youle and his son have had an affair with the Kanto, and I have already seen it before distributing the military salary. He will definitely take this as a signal to start the war and abandon the city. Hmph, the abandoned city and the big palace of Youle and his son The negotiations are all conspiracy." Mrs. Dian looked up and thought for a moment, "You mean, Youle wants to give up Daban?" "No, what I mean is that we have fallen into the trick of the Imperial Palace." "Since that's the case, let me ask you, in case... the two sides fight, but you are happy but still stand still, how will you explain it?" "At that time..." Chief Zhi pointed to his abdomen with a white fan and smiled slightly.For many days, he couldn't sleep at night, wishing he could kill himself by seppuku. "You bet your life?" "Exactly." "Oh. We don't have to wait for the help of the Great Imperial Palace anymore, let's divide the gold and silver. However, the gold and silver are not mine, but belong to Youfu. I will tell Youfu immediately according to your wishes, and I hope you will not forget your own words .” "I will keep it in my heart." This is an unusual discussion, and under such circumstances, it is easy to make an unwise decision. After Chief Zhi retreated, Mrs. Dian immediately went to Xiu Lai's place.However, she put aside the matter of distributing gold and silver, and first questioned Qian Ji on the spot. Even Hideyoshi was surprised by Qianji's unusual composure. "This world is a man's world. All a woman can do is to die for the one she loves. If you think about it like this, it's just a foolish thing. Please forgive me." Hearing this, Mrs. Dian burst into tears, "It's reasonable and reasonable. That's the reason... Please forgive me too. You are my real daughter." The two are both women, and the tragic sense of fate made Mrs. Dian feel very sad. However, more ominous things happened one after another.The ronin who got the gold and silver immediately geared up, believing that the decisive battle was coming, but Oda Yurakusai and his son disappeared from Osaka Castle just as the governor expected. On the eighth day of April, Buddha's birthday, in the afternoon. On this day, Youlezhai and his son said that they had gone to Somian Temple in Kyoto to perform ceremonies and left the city.Zhifang, the elder brother of Zhichang, knew about this, but he didn't say anything. Only a few old officials sent them away suspiciously. Oda Changzhen has already fled before, so it is inevitable that some people will have doubts about this.It was Ah Yu who informed Mrs. Dian that You Le's family had gone to Loukong.On the morning of the 9th, Ah Yu embroidered the small silk scarf for the tea ceremony entrusted by Hao Youle, and sent it to have a look, but the door was closed tightly, and there was no one inside. She asked the servants of the neighbors, and said that the servants of the mansion were as early as the evening of the seventh day. All were dismissed. Mrs. Dian thought that You Le Zhai and so on were just a trick played by Chief Zhi.But as soon as Xin Ayu said, her face changed, "Call Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu won't be ignorant of this!" Before the maid went to pass on the message, the governor rushed over with a pale face, with beads of sweat from Liang Yinyin on his forehead, "Madam Qi, the people sent to Donghai just now met the Great Imperial Palace in Tianzhong and brought the secret order." "The secret order of the Great Imperial Palace? Who saw the Great Imperial Palace?" "It's Gonemon Yonemura who I sent. I told him that if he meets someone from Shunfu, he will be called a messenger, and if he doesn't meet, he will ask for news." "Gonemon met the Daigosho?" "Yes. He said that because he was discovered by the entourage of the Great Imperial Palace, he had no choice but to meet him in Tianzhong as an envoy. The Great Imperial Palace was very furious, and asked the governor what he had done, and ordered the right mansion to move to Koriyama, otherwise there would be only one battle!" "War?" "Ma'am, war is inevitable. Needless to say, the Kinki area, all the big names in the Western Kingdom have received orders to go out. Aoki Kazushige and his wife may have been imprisoned in Nagoya. It is said that on May or Six days, Ise, Mino, Owari The daimyos of Mikawa and Mikawa led their troops to assemble in Toba and Fushimi. The news of Gonemon Yonemura will never be wrong." At this time, Mrs. Dian was really panicked, and tremblingly said: "Repair, the Great Imperial Palace won't be like this..." "How could I hear wrong? The Imperial Palace has been teasing Osaka all along." Mrs. Dian murmured, "Youle knew this before and left the city?" "You Le?" Chief Zhi was slightly startled, and sneered, "Is he surrendering to the enemy?" The mayor has been unable to take into account the wording.If he is a calm commander, he shouldn't blindly blame Katagiri Kemoto and Oda Yurakusai.Moreover, Yuan and Oda Yurakusai had no two intentions. They only made a wise choice after seeing the ending clearly.Zhichang, Qiyuan, Youle, who is the real loyal minister of the Toyotomi clan?Will Zhichang retreat completely, or would he rather die?The ronin's words sounded so arrogant, but in fact they were nothing more than short-sighted children's wild words. Mrs. Dian's cheeks turned blood red, clearly she was very angry at You Lezhai's "betrayal". "It seems," the mayor insisted, "after Youlezhai and his son fled to Nagoya Castle, they will inevitably leak the secrets of Osaka to the enemy. We must act first." "Wait... to fix it." "The matter has come to this, Madam still wants to stop it?" "Today is the ninth day of the lunar new year. The Imperial Palace will meet them in Nagoya soon. There is also Chang Gaoyuan. Wait a day or two to see." Under such circumstances, it is rare for Mrs. Dian to calm down.Although Youle's behavior is a real defection, she still doesn't want to believe that Ieyasu, Chang Gaoyuan and A Jiang Yuzhen will make things difficult for her. But Mrs. Dian's opinion was immediately ignored by the governor.Although he gritted his teeth and nodded in front of Mrs. Dian, after he withdrew, he immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters. Both Madam and Youfu can't count on it.Since last year's winter campaign, Jicho's thoughts have been like reeds in the wind.In fact, he has no ambitions, he just wavers and never straightens his back.When the desire to win arises, he desires to win, but this desire is mostly a momentary thought.When he was weak, he often wanted to die. However, after receiving the news of Yonemura Gonemon and the report of Oda Yurakusai's escape, the governor suddenly became furious.If he was calmer, after deciding to go to war, he should send someone to chase You Le back and behead him to sacrifice the flag. In this way, the situation in the city will not be leaked.But right now, he doesn't even have this kind of determination and brains. In a fit of rage, the governor made a bold decision: Mrs. Rudian and Hideyori both opposed the war, or hesitated, and he would imprison them in the city! Of course, there was a great reason why Zhichang had such crazy thoughts.Although he is wavering in his heart, since late February, in order to prepare for another war, he has allowed his younger brother Zhifang and Daogou to make real preparations.If You Leruo fled to Junfu, of course he would reveal the details here.At that time, how can Ieyasu and his son let him go?Therefore, his audacity was due to fear. Zhichang retreated from Mrs. Yodo, and gathered the plums in the camp of Zhibo, including Ono Zhibo, Ono Michiin, Kimura Shigenari, Sanada Yukimura, Mori Katsunaga, Goto Keiji, Nagasogabe Morikin, Akashi Shouzhong and others.He wanted to first tell everyone about the escape of Oda Yurakusai and his son and the situation in Keiban.At this time, the gold and silver had been distributed to the ministries in the name of military pay. Therefore, all the generals who were summoned felt that the opportunity to fight had arrived, and they were even more nervous than the governor. "Today I will inform you of an unexpected event." Zhichang said the opening remarks with a serious face. Zhifang and Daoquan said in unison: "Oda Yurakusai and his son have defected." But the generals were not particularly surprised, everyone knew about it. "Dare to ask the two lords, betrayal... Is this judgment too early? It should be said that fleeing or slipping away is more appropriate." Sanada Yukimura looked at Kimura Shigenori calmly, "Those who have a place to devote themselves to can be alone, but we have nowhere to go if we want to escape. What do you think, Nagato-sama?" There was an angry light in everyone's eyes, especially Goto Matabei, who was severely stung. "Sanada-sama's words are really strange. He actually ridiculed those of us who are loyal to the Toyotomi family and have gone through fire and water as desperate ronin?" Yukimura smiled and shook his head, "I don't mean that at all. What I mean is that in today's world, except for Osaka, everywhere is dominated by Tokugawa. Therefore, those who stay in Osaka are all at odds with Tokugawa. People with lofty ideals..." "Okay! So, those who run away have two hearts?" "However, we really have nowhere to go. We must realize this. If we don't think this way, we will not be able to unite as one and break the boat. I have calculated carefully. After the battle of Sekigahara, more than 90 families were wiped out. There are more than 30 extinct families, and the total number is close to 10 million stones, and the number of wanderers has reached 300,000." The mayor didn't know what was going on with Yukimura, so he opened his eyes wide in amazement and took a few steps forward, only to hear Yukimura say loudly: "Among the 300,000 people, some are returned to farmers, and some are taken in by daimyo. The sum of the two is close to half. So there are about 150,000 left. At present, almost all of the 150,000 people have gathered in Osaka Castle. They are the samurai who challenged Tokugawa in the winter battle last year, and they have nowhere to go now." Although Yukimura's eyes and voice were still as calm as water, his words pierced the hearts of everyone present.The Ono brothers looked at each other and nodded, Zhichang said: "That's right, Sanada-sama is right." Yukimura continued: "Xingmura has re-checked the number of people staying in the city." "Oh?" Goto Matabei was a little surprised. "There are 13,000 cavalry, 68,000 infantry, 52,000 pawns, and 10,000 maids, totaling... 143,000." "Oh." "These people are the ones who have been with us since last winter. To feed them, even one liter of food and pockets per person per day costs three stones and six buckets a year. To feed 150,000 people a year It needs 520,000 shi. The total salary of Toyotomi is 650,000 shi. Even if calculated according to the five princes and five people, it is only 320,000 shi. Therefore, there is still a gap of about 200,000 shi. The people who gathered in Osaka not only could not If you get ahead, you may lose your life, this is the current severe situation." All the seats looked at each other in blank silence. "Therefore, we should have won last year's winter campaign to solve this crisis. If we didn't win, everyone should know the outcome. Therefore, Oda Yurakusai can even be regarded as a loyal minister of Toyotomi." Yukimura finished boldly , quickly shifted his gaze to Zhichang. Chief Zhi's face turned pale, "Youle..." Before Zhichang finished speaking, Yukimura interjected: "I don't want to destroy the Toyotomi Clan, but I just hope that everyone can understand as soon as possible that even the slightest burden on the Youfu mother and child can be relieved, and it is also loyal to the Toyotomi Clan. Everyone disperse, Toyotomi Clan The Chen family is afraid that they can barely survive. Out of this, I advocate that You Le should not be completely denied." "Sanada-sama!" Mori Katsunaga interjected unbearably, "My lord means that those who want to leave can leave without any worries in the future, and this is definitely not infidelity, right?" "It's true for those who have connections." Yukimura replied, "Those who can live in the world of the Tokugawa shogunate, if we don't ask them to disperse, how can we work together? There is only no way out." Only those who want to fight to the death will risk their lives. I just think so." As soon as he said this, Kimura Shigecheng suddenly fell to the ground and burst into tears: "Master Sanada, please forgive me, Shigecheng misunderstood you. Chongcheng...will definitely ask Youfu...ask Youfu to die as well as me." The chief shuddered all over.He didn't know what Xiu Lai and Shigecheng had said. At this table, in order to let everyone accept the imprisoning of Xiu Lai's mother and son, he was always looking for an opportunity. "Only in this way," Xingmura said softly, "You Mansion won't leave 150,000 desperate people behind." The most furious Ono Dog learned of Yukimura's true intentions, and yelled wildly: "Hey, I was so determined to die!" There is a huge gap between Yukimura and Dou Inu's views on world affairs.What Yukimura means is that only by recognizing the situation clearly, putting it to death and reviving, can victory be possible.But the young Daogou just understood it as a simple fight to the death.He was, of course, youthful and above reproach. "If everyone agrees, I have an idea to force the Youfu to make a decision." After saying that, the Taoist dog shrugged and glanced at everyone, "There is no other way but to immediately organize warriors and rush into Yamato County Mountain, Burn it down and destroy it! You Mansion has been slow to make a decision in recent days, and the reason seems to be because of Junshan City. He still has the illusion that as long as he agrees to transfer the title and move to Junshan, everything will be over. Therefore, the most important thing at the moment, It is to destroy the illusion of Youfu." "Okay!" Zhifang replied, "As Sanada-sama said, even if we reach Koriyama, we still have nowhere to go." Zhifang's words made the whole audience deeply moved. "It's really enlightening." Chang Zeng and my relative Sheng echoed with emotion. "Go all out! Go all out!" Goto Uhei also laughed boldly, "Haha, Sanada-sama is really not kind, just now he said that Yule is a loyal minister, and he was so shocked that his lower back broke out in a cold sweat." "Yeah, I'm also very angry when I say that we are all desperate people." Everyone is still very simple.What moves them is not the interests, but the spirit that makes them share the same hatred.In fact, as Yukimura said, the reason they didn't leave here until now is because they have nowhere to go, but they don't want to admit this fact. "After burning Koriyama, the Kwantung Army was unable to enter Kyoto first by entering the Seta area." "Yes. Why is Tokugawa afraid? We will stop the Kwantung Army in the Seta and Uji areas, capture Nijo Castle and Fushimi Castle, and remove their footsteps." "In short, we should start with Xiu-sama, recruit the Qishou group and Jihezhong (unemployed banner books with more than 3,000 stones), and immediately discuss together to pre-empt strikes." "Okay. And, please ask Youfu to inspect the battlefield as soon as possible. In this way, morale will be greatly improved." Yukimura sat there calmly, looking at Shigeunari with tears on his face.He understands that the soldiers who put them to death are truly powerful. When everyone was resting, Kimura Shigenari stood up.He wanted the Qishou group and Jihezhong to report the matter to Xiu Lai before they arrived.Hideyori has no determination to "die together" with the city.During the winter service last year, he was more bloody than anyone else.But now, everything has been killed by Mrs. Dian and Chang Gaoyuan and others.After the conclusion of the peace treaty, his former fighting spirit disappeared without a trace.Now, only Kimura Nagato can impress Hideyori. Knowing this, Yukimura deliberately exposed Osaka's predicament completely.He has already seen through it, such an agitation, Kimura Shigesei will not be able to hold back, and the swaying military spirit will also be firm. Originally, since the peace has been negotiated, Osaka should unconditionally fulfill the orders and arrangements of the Kanto.If it is true that "everything is for the Toyotomi family", it is inappropriate to show the slightest dissatisfaction with the shogunate.However, the negotiation of peace was not considered carefully. It was just a fluke under compulsion, fantasizing about delaying time and waiting for Jiakang to die.In short, this is a negotiation full of loopholes. "Battle will happen eventually." The warlike evil spirits will not believe in peace, cheering like this all the time, constantly inciting the ambitions, selfish desires, fear and self-esteem of the ronin.Yukimura felt both sad and ridiculous, he knew that the war would not end so easily.But at this time, he had no time to mock. After Katagiri Katori left, only Oda Yurakuzhai had a little insight among the remaining people, but now even Yourakuzhai has left the city.In the face of the surging Kwantung army, apart from allowing Osaka to be ravaged by the opponent, can he still count on Masaru Ono who chose this dangerous path? "Repair-sama." When Zhifang and Dou went to summon the Qishougumi and Jihezhong, Yukimura felt that he still had one thing to do, which was to force Zhichang to make up his mind, "Whether it is Zhifang or Dou , Young people are always full of vitality, which is really enviable." "Oh yes." "The head of the village, Mu Shou, went to persuade the right mansion, so what should Madam do?" "This..." Mrs. Dian's shadow appeared in front of Zhizhang's eyes, "Leave this matter to Zhizhang." Yukimura nodded slightly, then shook his head vigorously, "No, I can't lose my wife! No matter what, I must protect my wife." The governor immediately retorted: "How can you say such words! Who can bear to ignore Madam?" Yukimura shook his head again and smiled wryly.The governor did not ask himself, and his thoughts have been fully revealed. "No one said... I just said that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. No matter how unfavorable we are, we will not allow Madam to commit suicide or harm her." "This this……" "I don't need to say much about this matter, but not only Madam, but also the Youfu, no matter how heroically he stands in the battle, don't let him be caught off guard. Ladies and gentlemen," Yukimura looked around at the people present, "if the lord and the If I go to the underworld, there will be flaws in martial arts. Even if the lord is not affected, we will be regarded as a fight between trapped beasts." Ji Chang avoided Yukimura's eyes in embarrassment.After Yukimura confirmed it, he stopped talking.Except for Zhichang, everyone present is a hero who can shake the world, so Yukimura doesn't need to explain anything. "That's a good point. We all came to Osaka based on the word 'righteousness'." "We must cherish Toyotomi's bloodline, forgetting this, what's the point?" These are just empty words, but if they are not allowed to speak out, once the chaos falls, someone may take the opportunity to chop off the heads of Hideyori and Mrs. Yodo, and throw them in Kanto. The Chief Zhi also raised his head and said, "The Chief Zhi will never forget your loyalty." At this time, the Seven Hands Team rushed over nervously.When Kimura Chief Gatekeeper Shigenari came in after Mano Yoriho, Ito Choji, Aoki Nobuyuki, Gun Ryue and others, the sixteen-fold guest room was almost overcrowded. "I have something to say to you all." Zhongcheng separated the crowd and sat straight on the upper seat, "You Fu was very angry at the escape of Oda Youle Zhai and his son, saying that they must have been lured by Kanto. Regarding this, We must not sit idly by, we should immediately discuss matters.” "He from the right mansion..." Chongcheng raised his hand to stop Zhichang, and continued: "Therefore, please gather in the hall of this city immediately, and the Youfu will come in person, please go immediately." Yukimura respectfully fell on the ground, winked at Shigecheng, and nodded slightly.And so it was decided.Warlike evil spirits filled this world's number one city, barging their teeth and claws.However, how many people can clearly see the truth...