Chapter 577

Baoyuan City Please Downgrade 5K

Chapter 577 Baoyuan City Please Downgrade 5K
The suspicion revealed by the Xiu family was not without purpose. Historically, Gamo's township had reported the matter directly to Datian because of the informants of the Date family's retainers.

It is well known that Gamo clan has been trusted by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi one after another. His character is trustworthy, and he is definitely not the kind of treacherous official who is aimless and catches the wind.

Judging from the historical performance, after being informed by Suda Hoki, Gamo Clan Township is very defensive towards the Date family, and it really treats the Date family as an enemy.

And later, after Date Masamune went to Los Angeles to tell himself, Hideyoshi Akira forgave him and expressed his trust in him, and gave 30 stones of Osaki Kasai to the Date family, but cut the original 44 stones from Iwashiro to the Gamo family From this, it can also be inferred that he is holding the real thing in his hand.

In history, Date Masamune attacked desperately like chicken blood after his self-report. He beat the important minister Keilong Hamada, and Sato died in battle for Shinobi. A feeling of loyalty.

Perhaps because of the above reasons, plus Hideyoshi's conquest of North Korea is approaching, he needs stability in the Northeast. Now that Masamune Date has presented the certificate of nomination, he chose to play it safe and only deal with him with a reduced seal.

In history, Ou's Ichiku broke out from point to surface, which is quite strange, especially Osaki Kasai Ichiku, which is directly defined as "completely occupied by Ichiku" in official documents.

You must know that such counterinsurgency is already a very serious description in the official text.

In this life, Aizu and Iwadai also broke out, and there is even a feeling that the city is connected from the south to the north. You must know that these areas are all within the old sphere of influence of the Date family, especially Date and Shino County, but the Date family used to Core old collar.

In the Warring States period of Japan, "strategic vision" was a very high evaluation, and it was absolutely ordinary for the leaders of Yikui who hadn't even studied for a few years to arrange it.

At this time, Suda Hoki had not informed the Hide family or anyone else, and the private actions of the Date family were unknown, including Toyotomi Hideji and Ogasawara Hidetada, who were unable to think about that.

It wasn't until Xiujia reminded her that a seed of doubt was planted in her heart.They would not question the Xiu family's suspicion at all. After all, the Xiu family had the title of "Military Strategy Master" within the Toyotomi family, and he could think of things that they couldn't.

To say that the Ichikui forces in the Date and Nobuo counties were mainly caused by the old ministers of the Date family who were unwilling to transfer away, and some of the former ministers of Aizu and Iwadai who surrendered to the Date family.

On the one hand, the homeland is hard to leave. On the other hand, he was abandoned by the Date family and went to the northern part of Iwashiro. In order to participate in the future, Ichikui wanted to gain a chance. Now the leader here is Nakajima Sokyu, the lord of Hohara Castle in Date County. In addition, there are former servants of the Nikaido family, Kawashima Soyasu and Endo Moriyin and others.

Toyotomi Hideji and others moved quickly. He and Nakagawa Kiyohide approached the north with nearly 1.5 troops. Date Nobuo County was originally the former leader of the Date family and had a certain home court advantage here.

It was not easy for Toyotomi Hideji to lead the Toyotomi Banner and the Nakagawa Army with a total of 1.5 troops to go north.

Although Kiyohide Nakagawa still occupies some of the fortresses, most of the roads in the mountains are occupied by Yikui people who are familiar with the local area. They encountered the Yikui army on the side of Hiraishi Mountain (near the future Fukushima University) at the junction of Adachi County and Shino County. Ambush, the loss of hundreds of people repelled the enemy.

After this battle, Toyotomi Hideji was quite dissatisfied with the Yikui crowd, feeling that they had confused the opening of his war show, so he ordered Nakamura Kazushi, Maeno Nagayasu and others to divide their troops to wipe out the two counties Ichikui as soon as possible.

The time came to January 1th, two days before the 20th day at the foot of Sukagawa Castle, Hideka brought Hidetada Ogasawara and the Ouh Guard Corps, a total of 10 people, into Shino County, and stationed in the southern part of Shino County that night In Omori Castle, listen to the report of Hideji's retainer Maeno Kesada.

According to him: At present, Xinfu County has basically been swept away, only a few hundred rogues are fleeing, and Toyotomi Hideji has led people north to Date County to be responsible for attacking Date County.

Nakagawa Qinghide, who cooperated with him, was responsible for recruiting and suppressing bandits in the territory after Toyotomi Hideji left.

As of January 1, Hideka was stationed in Gaozigang City, Date County. Not far to the northeast, in Baoyuan City, a former retainer of the Date family, Nakajima Sokumasa, led more than 22 people to guard the city.

What I encountered this time was no longer the unorganized one in Sukagawa Castle. The Nakajima family was originally a powerful force in Date County. After the Date family left, they took advantage of the vacuum of power to quickly control the surrounding people. Some people took advantage of this attack to gather a group of elite soldiers who were dissatisfied with the surrounding area, and it took a lot of effort to win it.

Xiujia went to the forefront of Agatsuma Castle to meet with Xiuji and asked about the progress of the siege.Toyotomi Hideji attended the meeting in person, and he assured Hideka that Hohara Castle would be captured within 2 days.

Hohara Castle is a flat city. Toyotomi Hideji has already captured the surrounding Azuma Castle, Nakanokukan, Kitaharakan, Otsukakan and other branch castles, completely surrounded Hohara Castle, and the nearest Azuma Castle naturally became Hideji’s attack. Chengben array.

The straight-line distance between Agatsuma Castle and Baoyuan Castle is only more than 400 meters, and it can be reached almost in one charge.Perhaps it was because of seeing another group of more than [-] reinforcements arriving in Wuqi Tongwen not far away, there seemed to be quite a bit of commotion in the city, even the Xiu family in Azuma City could see real.

In fact, Xiuci was really cruel in his attack on Baoyuan City. Standing on the scull platform of Azuma Castle, the Xiu family could even see the traces of the devastation stitched and mended on the outer fence of Baoyuan City.

The Xiu family didn't doubt Toyotomi Hideji's guarantee to destroy the castle within 2 days. In fact, with the original fighting strength of the Xiu family, the Xiu family was confident that they would take Hohara Castle today.

But while the two were arguing, the gate of Baoyuan City was opened in the distance, and a samurai and two attendants rode towards Azuma City on horseback.

Although there are only 3 people on the opposite side, the top and bottom of Azuma Castle is still facing a big enemy. The reserve team camped outside the city has been organized to stop people. There are iron cannons and arches on the wall constantly on the top of the city. Order.

This kind of reaction is not too extreme. You must know that there are two adopted sons of Hideyoshi and one adopted son in our city. If something happens to them, no one in the whole city will have good fruit to eat.

Not long after, a sarcasm samurai wearing a yellow prestige rope and a series of armor came into the city with a letter, knelt down in front of Xiujia, Xiuji and all the important ministers and said, "Sign up to the Senate, Baoyuan City sent people out of the city to please surrender!" .”

"Send someone to ask you to surrender?" Toyotomi Hideji expressed doubts about this answer, and his face suddenly turned bad.

Obviously he was rejected yesterday when he tried to persuade him to surrender, but today he took the initiative to leave the city to ask for surrender, who is Nakajima Zongqiu slapping in the face?

Toyotomi Hideji was unwilling to accept Baoyuan Castle's request to surrender, so he did not express his position for a long time.

Although Xiu's family is the commander in chief, they belong to guest generals in Agatsuma Castle, and Xiuji is in charge of the command here, so he did not express his opinion.

The two big men did not express their views, and the other daimyos and retainers under their command naturally kept silent, especially the retainers under Toyotomi Hideji buried their heads in the ground.

Nakamura Kazushi, who is the commander of Toyotomi Banner this time, is actually the most suitable person to speak, but he is no longer the little samurai of the past. He has followed Hideyoshi for many years, and protecting himself is the top priority.

Toyotomi Hajimoto, who was kneeling on the ground, saw that the "big men" didn't say a word, looked up at Hideji and Hideka in confusion, and said again, "I would like to inform Toyotomi Dainagon and Toyotomi to consult, and Hohara Castle sent someone out to invite you." drop."

As middle and low-level warriors, they naturally don't know the intrigues of the upper class. For them, fighting is more of a job. Since the opponent already wants to surrender, they naturally don't want to go out and work hard.

They also don't understand why the other side wants to surrender, and the faces of these big shots present are even worse than being unable to attack for a long time.

"Ahem" In the end, it was Maenocho Yasushi who broke the calm, and he said to Hideji, "My lord, now everyone in Myzuma Castle has heard the news that Hohara Castle is about to surrender, and their morale has been weakened, so this attack may be counterproductive.

Since the opposite side sent someone, both left and right should put on a show and listen to the opposite side's conditions.If you really can't accept it once, you can use it to boost morale again and go down to Baoyuan City. "

Many people don't know that Maeno Nagayasu is actually Toyotomi Hideji's hindsight, and was given to Hideji by Hideyoshi a long time ago, so he still has a certain degree of persuasion to Toyotomi Hideji's family.

After listening to Maeno Changyasu's persuasion, Xiuci's expression calmed down a little, and he gave a muffled hum as a statement.

But after the "en", I found that the chief general Xiujia was nearby, so he turned to Xiujia and asked, "What do Toyotomi Dai Nayan think?"

The Xiu family was not willing to fight against Xiuci, since the matter of attacking the two counties had been handed over to Xiuci, naturally he would not easily intervene, so he replied with a smile, "This matter is entirely up to the elder brother."

Since neither Xiujia nor Xiuci objected, it was tantamount to accepting the opposite request to surrender, and the three people who were blocked outside walked slowly into the city of Azuma under the gaze of tens of thousands of people in the two cities.

"I'm in the Ouchi Kinzuna, and I've met Toyotomi, the Councilor." The first person was taken to the main camp of Agatsuma Castle, and he bowed to Hideji, but found that the person sitting on the main seat at the moment was another young man.

Of course, he reacted quickly, and signaled to the Xiu family again, "This...this should be Toyotomi Dainagon Hall."

Xiujia nodded slightly, and was not ready to answer, and handed over the right to speak in this peace negotiation to Toyotomi Hideji.

Toyotomi Hideji would not speak easily in person, so it was Toyotomi Hideji's family elder Kumagai Naoyuki who answered on his behalf, "What's going on?"

Kumagai Naoyuki was originally a vassal of the Wakasa Takeda family, and later became one of the writings of Wakasa under Niwa Chohide. Niwa Chohide became an official Hideyoshi after his death, and was later arranged by Hideyoshi to Toyotomi Hideji who had just been transferred to Echizen.

This person is quite capable. In many battles in history, Toyotomi Hideji was the leading general of Hideji, and he was used as a vanguard.

Later, as Toyotomi Hideji was liquidated by Hideyoshi, he was also required to cut seppuku as one of the elders.

"I am here to ask His Highness to surrender on behalf of the soldiers in the city. I heard that His Highness implemented the policy of expelling the Eizo with ten draws in many places in Iwadai, and many soldiers in the city are afraid.

If Your Highness can guarantee the safety of our lives and that we will not be exiled to Ezo, then we are willing to surrender. "

Hearing the conditions brought by Ouchi Motsuna, everyone turned their eyes to Hideo who was sitting in the main seat, waiting for his reply, while Hideka looked at Hideji Toyotomi who was sitting in his own hands. It's clear, let Xiuci give the answer.

In fact, Hidetoshi didn't care much about the punishment conditions that Hideyoshi and Hideyoshi had discussed in exile in Ezo. He just wanted to rely on this Ou battle to earn more fame for himself.

It's just that the timing of the opening of Baoyuan City this time is too coincidental, and the Xiu family will share some of the credit with me here. If I refuse the conditions and rely on ritual attacks to take down Baoyuan City under my command, then the credit will naturally be for Its all its own.

The key is that he has the confidence that he can definitely win Baoyuan Castle with the help of Toyotomi Banner.

Although he already had the answer in his heart, this is the territory of Kiyohide Nakagawa after all. He pretended to ask Kiyohide Nakagawa, "Settsu Mamoru, do you have any suggestions for Hohara Castle?"

After receiving the question from Hideji, Nakagawa Kiyohide looked at Ouchi Kotsuna and asked, "As long as you save your life and promise that you will not exile Ezo, will Hohara Castle be open? Even if some of you will be expelled Are you willing to accept it?"

Ouchi Shotsuna was stunned for a moment when he heard Nakagawa Kiyohide's answer, and then said with a wry smile, "My lord, Nakajima-sama is willing to serve under His Highness. Here, you want to expel us, where can we go?"

The meaning of Da Nei Ding Gang is very clear, you can just give me a place to stay, and all the knowledge and actions are determined by you, so we choose to surrender.

For Kiyohide Nakagawa, this proposal is actually acceptable. After all, he transferred from Settsu to Yamato, from Yamato Mikawa, and from Mikawa to Iwadai. Although there are more and more knowledge and practice, the core retainers are still in Settsu 4 The group of people in Wanshi's time.

Few of Yamato and Mikawa's local warriors were willing to follow him to transfer their titles. When they came to the new Iwadai leader, if they wanted to better control the territory, it was essential to make good use of the local wealthy families.

Besides, their conditions are not too much, and he can still afford the security of a few thousand shi.

He looked at Toyotomi Hideji, who had just handed him a question, and nodded slightly in agreement.

This answer was not something Toyotomi Hideji was willing to accept. Seeing everyone looking at him again, his face turned red, as if his refusal meant that he was an enemy of most people.

Xiujia saw Toyotomi Hideji's embarrassment, and decided to intervene.

He said to Ouchi Motsuna, "You guys are different from those Ikkui. Since you chose to make waves in Date Nobuo County and resist disobedience, it is not enough to seize land and attack the city in the northern part of Iwashiro. You also want to attack Nihonmatsu Castle.

If it weren't for the officers and soldiers stationing a guarding corps here, you would have really succeeded.If you don't even give punishment to you, will you soon lose the role of encouraging good and punishing evil? "

Hideka's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Ouchi Kitsuzuna who had already seen hope.

Xiujia was the person with the highest status in the audience, his words were almost equivalent to the final word, officially announcing the end of Baoyuan City.

But in fact, regardless of Hideka's identity, the content of Hideka's words also stimulated Ogasawara Hidetada who was originally unwilling to get involved and Toyotomi Hideji who was originally unwilling to accept surrender.

Ogasawara Hideyoshi heard, "That's right! You've already drawn the attention of my territory, and you're still pretending to be innocent with me!" Immediately said, "Severely punished, must be severely punished."

When Toyotomi Hideji heard it, he immediately became excited, and asked the following, "You have joined forces quickly and decisively. In just one month, you have completed the basic control of the two counties of Nobuo and Date. Andado County launched an invasion, dare to say that you were forced to raise an army?
Is this a plan that can be made overnight!If you don't recruit them quickly, you will be arrested with your head bowed and confessed to the chief envoy. Maybe His Royal Highness Guan Bai will show mercy and spare your lives! "

When Xiujia heard what Toyotomi Hideji said, he held his head in helplessness, why did this idiot miss the bottom line?

Can these words be said in front of so many people?
Where are Date, Nobuo, and Ogigi?
The core territory of the Date family, Anda County, can be regarded as the Iwadai County that the Date family first won. These places are the old sites of the Date family. Now you say that they are manipulating behind the army. Isn’t this pointing directly at Date Masamune? ?
You are very happy to speak quickly, but the key is do you have evidence in your hand?
Date Masamune's current official status is your colleague, Toyotomi's daimyo, from the four Kami Sakyo doctors, if you blame him for manipulating Yikui in front of so many people, isn't it going to make things stalemate?
And if this matter is exposed, Date Masamune will put his tail on it, and in the end the evidence will not be in his hands, and Date Masamune will sue backhandedly, you will not be able to tell why.

Don't forget that your surname is Toyotomi, just now Xiujia and Xiuzhen were on your side to speak, the three Toyotomi had one idea, it is inevitable that people will not raise it, this is Hideyoshi's meaning.

If you slander your daimyo without evidence, you will lose face to the Toyotomi family!It is the loyalty of the daimyo inside the Toyotomi family that is affected!
Now you throw out your own conclusion first, even if you finally find the evidence, some people will think that the three of us made it to slander Date Masamune.

At that time, Hideyoshi can only take a step back and accept Date Masa's allegiance and trust as in history, and it is more likely to turn around and punish the three of us, to give an explanation to the daimyos in the world, and to reunite the hearts of the daimyos.

It's no wonder Xiuci has been reported by so many of his family members in history. It turns out that this simple man with such low political sensitivity has actually deceived me invisibly.

Hearing that the Xiu family here must make a move, after all, he is not Toyotomi Hideji, and it is possible to recover knowledge and practice after the reduction of the title.

With the Xiu family's huge territory of nearly 200 million shi now, it is properly named Hideyoshi's title reduction. Hideyoshi will definitely seize the opportunity to reduce the title of the Xiu family, and slowly reduce his influence by cutting flesh with a blunt knife force.

This reduction may not necessarily come back!
(End of this chapter)