Chapter 491

Heading to Odawara

Chapter 491 Heading to Odawara

Under Hideya's operation, the story of Takeda's most treasured shield without armor feeling the call of Takeda Hidenobu began to spread up and down Iwasuke Castle.

Even after "hearing" the news, even Hideka was surprised to go to Takeda Hidenobu's house to see the legendary "Shieldless Armor".

The news that Dun Wukai was lost not long ago has spread in the Eastern Kingdom, and the Kanto daimyo who heard that Dun Wukai appeared in Iwatsu also wanted to see it.

Hideka simply asked Takeda Hidenobu to move "it" to the military field of Sannomaru in Iwafuki Castle for everyone to appreciate.

After seeing that Satake Yoshishige, Yuuki Haruto and others had almost arrived, Hideka said in front of everyone, "My retainer Takeda Hidenobu is the grandson of Takeda Shingen, the purest Takeda bloodline at the moment.

Only people like him can be inspired by Dun Wukai.Dun Wukai fell on Zoufang Lake, everyone thought that the national treasure was dusty, and only a direct blood like Taro could be recognized by the unparalleled Dun Wukai, come out from Zouwang Lake to find him! "

People in the Warring States Period of Japan, whether they were ordinary people or daimyo, were relatively ignorant, and they would naturally believe in those miracles.

As for the fact that Dun Wukai appeared in Iwafu Castle under the influence of Takeda Hidenobu, more than 5 people in Iwafu Castle already knew about it that day under the deliberate publicity of the Xiu family.

After just a few days, it spread all over the Kanto land, and this is also the purpose of Xiujia's intention to stay in Iwafu City for one more day. He wants to let the news ferment, so that when he goes west to Odawara, I am afraid that even Hideyoshi We all know about this.

From Iwafujo Castle to Odawara, the whole journey is more than 100 kilometers. The physical fitness of future generations is expected to take more than 2 days on foot. However, with the physical fitness of soldiers in this era, it is already very good if you can make him arrive within 6 days.

The biggest feeling for Xiujia along the way is depression, especially the more he walks towards Sagami, the more desolate he feels.

The people here have already escaped from the war, and the people who stayed there were arrested many times by the soldiers of the Toyotomi Army.

Take the old couple that Xiujia saw on the road as an example. Even when they faced Xiujia, they couldn't see the slightest spirit in their eyes.

The old couple knelt down because they didn't face Xiu's house and were beaten to the ground by the ashigaru guards on both sides of the road, but even so, they still didn't hand it over, and accepted the ashigaru punches and kicks indifferently.

"They lost their souls," Xiujia concluded.

When Hideka arrived at Odawara Castle, Asano Nagamasa and Ishida Mitsunari had already greeted Hideka at Odawara East, accompanied by General Sakakibara Yasomasa who was in charge of the defense mission on the east side, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As soon as they met, Asano Nagamasa took Hideka's hand and said, "We have expected His Highness to come, how late is Your Highness coming?"

Xiujia responded with a smile, "The land of Kanto is beyond my imagination, and it took a lot of time for it. I hope I can catch up to see Odawara break the castle."

When Hideyoshi talked about Odawara breaking the castle, Nagamasa Asano's expression froze. Unlike Hideyoshi's attack in Ueno, Shimoso, and Musashi, Hideyoshi made faster progress in Sagami Nishi and Izu. It has been a month since the siege of Odawara.

After Hideyoshi came under Odawara Castle, he once launched a tentative attack on Odawara Castle, but after the failure, he gave up this unrealistic idea, planning to spend his life with the Hojo clan under Odawara Castle.

Now that Hideka said that he was afraid that he would not be able to keep up with Odawara's broken castle, it sounded a bit ironic to Asano Nagamasa's ears.

Asano Nagamasa hadn't given a reply yet, Ishida Misachi said first, "General You and your lords are finally here. His Highness Kanbai has been waiting for a long time, so let's go and see His Highness Kanbai first."

At this time, Asano Nagamasa also said, "Yes, yes, follow me to the main battle, and meet my brother."

After finishing speaking, he planned to hold Hideka's hand and move forward, but Hideka asked Ishida Mitsunari, "Master Jibu, how should we make arrangements for our army and the military forces of the Kwantung princes?"

Ishida Mitsunari said: "General You don't need to worry, please let Misaku stay with me to settle the army, we have given you enough space in Ashigara for you to settle the army, please rest assured and go with Master Asano first. "

The Xiu family, who received Ishida Mitsunari's reply, turned to behind him, and said to the daimyos who had been placed under his command before, "Leave the generals to the leadership of your trusted retainers. How about meeting Guan Bai with me first?"

All the generals replied, "As soon as the general on the right wishes."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main camp was set up in Sounji Temple in Nishihakone Town, Odawara. I'm afraid Hojo Soun would never have imagined that the Hojo clan's enemies would destroy the Hojo clan right under his nose.

From Odawara Higashi all the way to Hideyoshi Honjin, you need to go around a large circle to the north first, passing through the camps of daimyo such as Gamo Clan Township and Otomo Yoshito, and then turn to the south, where are Mori Tadamasa, Asano Nagamasa, and Hachisuka Housekeeping, Kuroda Nagamasa and others' position.

It can be seen from the formation that Hideyoshi placed his trusted daimyo in the west of Odawara, and placed Tokugawa Ieyasu on the east side of his main formation as a guard, and the outer daimyo on the north side. As for the south side of the sea Toyotomi Hideji led the navy to block it.

As Xiu's family continued to go deeper, he was surprised by the scene in front of him. There was no military formation here, and no tense feeling of war.

The entire military camp was like a market, with peddlers shuttled between the camps, and obscene noises could be heard from some tents. On the road, the Xiu family also saw a disheveled peasant girl bending over from a tent with copper coins in her hand. , I couldn't help but thank the guests inside.

Perhaps Asano Nagamasa also felt that it was too unsightly, and whispered a few words to the samurai around him, telling him to go ahead and tidy up the morals of the camp.

In this era, it is impossible for the soldiers to be the same as the soldiers of later generations, not even the toes. Xiujia saw it.

To be honest, Hideka just passed through the Tokugawa camp, at least Hideka didn't see such thoughts in the Tokugawa camp, he whispered in Sanada Nobushige's ear, "Wait and tell Sado (Fujido Takatora) ) and Misaku (Osafune Sadakin), let them gather their forces.

Proper relaxation is fine, but you must never come inside the camp.Let them demarcate a specific area outside the camp, and all those who need it will go there to solve it.

In addition, you told them to find some clean wandering girls, so as not to dirty the pants of our warriors. "

At this time, as European colonists traveled all over the world, the plum blossom disease that came to America also began to spread around the world. According to history, it continued to show that syphilis was introduced to China in 1505, and syphilis invaded Japan in 1512. The Japanese named syphilis "Chinese rash".

The Chinese are very kind and did not throw out the black pot, but blacked out Guangdong and named the disease "Guangshang".

Because Guangzhou was a treaty port at that time, many foreigners came and went, so syphilis was brought by foreigners and landed in Guangzhou, and then spread from south to north, all over China.

As Fang Hongjian said in "The Besieged City", the Ming Dynasty's opening to the outside world had two results, one was opium and the other was syphilis.

This virus, spread by intimate debunking, is spreading in Kyushu from contacts between Western colonists and Japanese wandering girls.

During Otomo Zonglin’s period, Tachibana Doxue killed several practitioners because of the Plum Blossom Disease epidemic in Hakata Port. Thanks to Tachibana Doxue’s decisiveness, the people of Kyushu began to face up to this disease, and women began to fear the southern barbarians like tigers. .

But in fact, the disease had begun to spread throughout Japan, even among samurai.

Later generations of Japanese historians speculated that a large number of famous generals in the late Toyotomi Hideyoshi period died together in the early Tokugawa shogunate. During that time, all the generals who died together in the North Korean army were the ones who fought in the battle.

Coupled with their historical records of their various strange operations in the later period, there is a saying that they were infected during Kyushu and North Korea, and finally lost their minds because of syphilis, so they lost their minds in the Sekigahara team clear.

What's more, it is believed that the various puzzling operations at the end of Hideyoshi's reign were precisely because of the clinical manifestations of the third stage of syphilis.

The first definition of syphilis in Japanese history was at the end of the Edo period, so at that time they could only be described as dying of sudden illness.

Even the supporters of these views have found descriptions that people in other parts of Japan believed that Kyushu people had abnormal brains and short lives.

Although there is no direct evidence for the above, they still make these views popular in Japan today.

Xiujia came from Kyushu, the country of war. From Xiujia's point of view, at least in Kyushu during 1586-1587, syphilis did not become prevalent.

At least someone in the Xiu family's army was looking for a wandering girl in Kyushu, and there was no sign of illness afterward.

However, the current Odawara is not the same as the original Kyushu Conquest. This time Hideyoshi is clearly stationed in Odawara. The wandering girls here come from all over the world. Today they are in the Tokugawa barracks, and tomorrow they will go to the Shimadzu family camp to do business. It is impossible to carry out control.

The Hideo family in Kyushu may be too far away, but he will never allow this kind of dirty disease to pollute his samurai pool. Since the physiological needs cannot be suppressed, the Hideo family simply asked Sanada Nobushige to go to Kanto to find some clean wandering girls to do business. .

Hideie followed Asano Nagamasa around for a long time before coming to the back of Odawara and heading towards Sounji along the Hakone Mountain Road. When entering the mountain pass, Hideie clearly felt that there were an extraordinary number of folk here.

Although this is the relative rear of the Cage City position, after all, it is only 4KM away from Odawara, so it is obviously inappropriate to use this as a rear base.

In combination with this place, when Xiujia walked along the mountain road, he deliberately looked towards the south side of Lixuan Mountain.

Asano Nagamasa led the way ahead and noticed the movement of the Hide family behind him, and said with a smile, "As expected of the right general, I found out so soon. That's right, we are building a fort on Mount Kasasuke, and my brother wants to reproduce Sumata One Night The miracle of the city."

"Sumamata overnight castle." Hideka said in surprise, "This must be Master Kuroda's plan again. Building a city here will have a far greater impact on the morale of the defenders than actual combat.

Probably because he wanted to tell the defenders that his family planned to stay in the cage city for a long time, so as to break Hojo's fighting spirit. "

Asano Nagamasa smiled and said, "It really makes you say exactly what you said. That's how Kanbei suggested it like his brother back then."

After Asano Nagamasa finished speaking, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Kasasa Mountain and said, "The main body of the city has almost been completed, but it's cold today, and the work of inserting the pillars of the Tianshou Pavilion is a bit difficult, and the construction period is delayed."

While talking, the two came to the gate of Sounji Temple. From here on, Hideyoshi's Huangmuyi people and Banner people were in charge of guarding.

Sounji Temple is located in the Hakone Gorge. In order to ensure Hideyoshi’s safety, Hideyoshi’s bannermen and Huangmuyimen not only strictly guard the east and west mountain roads, but also set up camps on the mountain to prevent the enemy from attacking Sounji Temple from the north and south sides of the mountain. Launch a surprise attack.

Before Xiujia and others entered Sounji Temple, they heard the sound of singing and dancing inside. It was obvious that Hideyoshi was having a party inside again.

Asano Nagamasa waited for Xiu's family at the entrance of a main hall, and motioned for Xiu's family to wait for a while before going in to report.

Not long after, the music in the hall suddenly stopped, and Hideyoshi's yellow mother clothes, Mo Li Nobukatsu, came out to guide Hideyoshi to an audience.

When La Xiu's family came up, he whispered to Xiu's family, "General You, my lord drank too much today, please bear with me if you are rude."

After entering the main hall, Hideyoshi sat on the main seat, his face flushed like a monkey's butt, and beside him was Mrs. Chacha in a fine attire.

Around Hideyoshi are close daimyos such as Masanori Fukushima and Yukiko Konishi. It is obvious that today's banquet was originally just a private banquet. Hideyoshi did not expect that Hideyoshi would arrive in Odawara today.

"Toyotomi Ukonoe General Hideka, I pay my respects to my father, Your Highness Kanbai." Led by Hideka, Hori Hidemasa, Ogasawara Hidesada, Satake Yoshishige, Yuuki Haruma and other famous names bowed down to Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi, who was a little drunk, didn't respond immediately, but after a belch, Hideyoshi and others were reminded by Asano Nagamasa.

He looked at Xiujia and said, "How late is it that Hachiro came? I have prepared delicious food and wine here, but you have been late."

Hideka looked at Hideyoshi's drunk appearance and said with a smile, "I met some stubborn Hojo retainers on the way to defend the castle, and it took some effort to break out of the castle. It took some time on the road, please forgive me, father."

"I heard that you killed Daidaiji Masashige in Ninja Castle?" Hideyoshi asked in a daze following the topic of Hideyoshi.

"There is such a thing. Suruga Mamoru resisted and refused to surrender. After I broke the castle, I did not agree to pray for surrender."

"Why don't you agree?"

"I gave Suruga a chance before the siege, but he wanted to fulfill his loyalty to the Hojo clan and resisted his father's orders.

Resisting your order is resisting the destiny, how can those who violate the destiny not be punished?Besides, Suruga Mamoru wants to fulfill his loyalty, from beginning to end, and I'm just helping him to improve his reputation. "

After hearing Hideka's answer, Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "As expected of my son, the treatment is very kind to me. It's not like Takaoka Sanji (Maeda Toshiie), who actually treats Hachigata Castle and Matsuyama Diehards like Cheng will be lenient.

Did you not find them both in the temple?Because they were sent by me to eradicate the Hachioji Castle, I have already ordered the Hachioji and the next one not to stay as an example. "

Speaking of which, Hideyoshi leaned forward slightly, looked at Xiujia and asked, "At that time they all advised me to stop killing, now I want you to tell me what I did right?"

Hideka didn't answer Hideyoshi's words directly, but asked, "Has Hachioji Castle come down now?"

Hideyoshi replied decisively: "Never!"

"Then it should be killed!" Xiujia's decisive answer aroused Hideyoshi's interest, and even attracted the attention of many people in the hall.

Hideyoshi also asked curiously, "Oh? Why is that?"

And Xiujia explained slowly: "Now Hojo's leadership is evaluated except for Odawara Castle, and the entire Kanto is ordered by His Highness Guan Bai.

The fate of the previous resistance has already been shown in front of the eight princes, but they still did not choose to surrender, which shows their resistance to their father's kingly way. If this is the case, they are rebellious ministers. How can there be any reason to forgive rebellious ministers? "

"Hahaha~" Hearing Hideyoshi's answer, Hideyoshi was very satisfied, and introduced to the left and right, "This is my son! My Hideyoshi's son!"

 I have something to do at home recently, I haven't saved the manuscript, and I will take a rest tomorrow

  
 
(End of this chapter)