Chapter 699
Extreme Micromanagement
Chapter 699 Extreme Micromanagement
Although Hideka didn't have much hope for the immediate peace talks, when he heard from Tsusue Sannojo that Hideji and Ishida Mitsunari had another decisive battle outside Akashi Castle, Hideka still sighed helplessly.
But different from last time, perhaps because of Xiujia's appeal, this time there are war-weary daimyos in both camps.
Hideji's party was mostly because of the heavy losses after the bloody battle with Ishida Mitsunari, and most of the Western Army he was in was composed of Western country daimyo, and his own team accounted for a small proportion.
The organization of such an army is undoubtedly much lower than that of the Eastern Army, especially when the offensive is frustrated, there are often different voices in the small team.
The Eastern Army's problem is different from that of the Western Army. Internally, they also want peace talks, but they are more afraid that Harima and Hideji will fight too hard, and finally be picked peaches by Hideka in Kyoto.
The Kyushu daimyo Tachibana Tachibana and the Harada Tosou Department on the Hideji side made it clear that they would not participate in the next battle.With their leadership, the daimyos such as Sakuma Moromasa, who had already received letters from Hideka, were naturally even more unwilling to sacrifice their lives for Hideji.
Especially Sakuma Shengzheng, he was originally an ally of the Hideka, but was assigned by Hideyoshi to Toyotomi Hidekatsu's account to join the Korean army.
The reason why he returned with Xiuci before was because he was Xiusheng's elder brother and coaxed him to participate in this war.
After receiving a letter from Hideo saying that he asked Sakuma Moriyuki, who stayed behind in Kanazawa Castle, to lead more than a thousand people to resist the more than ten thousand Koshichu Maeda family, and said that he had asked Hori Hideji to bring reinforcements to support him, he understood himself We must stand on the Xiu family's side.
Sakuma Shengmasa naturally told his in-laws Hachisuka Housekeeping about this matter, but Hachisuka Housekeeping himself has a good relationship with Hideji, and the two are deeply bound.
Hideji had previously promised to give nearly 30 shi to the Hachisuka family, Awa, and Awaji Ryogoku, a reward he could not refuse, and because of his old friendship, he was so entangled in whether to leave together.
Within a short period of time, 7 to 8 daimyos expressed their willingness not to fight.But they also said that they would never communicate with the Eastern Army. In order to show their sincerity, they will withdraw the Danba defense line for 20 miles. Fortunately, they are all small names.
And on Ishida Mitsunari's side, even though Chacha gave him an order to fight a decisive battle with Xiuji's side, in order to guard against the Xiu family who was close at hand, he actually took away 2 troops from Akashi's side. Numbers under reasonable struggle.
This made Ishida Mitsunari, who had already lost a lot in the previous Akashi battle, even more stretched with a flexible new force in his hands, with a maximum of only 3 people.
As for Xiuci, although they won the last Akashi battle, they lost more than 6 people. In addition to the more than [-] people who left the team voluntarily this time, the army that can actually be driven is only about [-] people.
Although the number of people is twice that of the Eastern Army on the opposite side, the problem of discord still exists.Under such circumstances, Toyotomi Hideji did not dare to rashly launch an offensive on the opposite side.
It wasn't until a few days later that he learned that more than 2 people had been transferred from the opposite side, and that there were only more than 3 people left on the front line of Akashi, he called the generals again to start a military discussion.
Kuroda Rusui suggested using a small ranger to bypass Akashi Castle, and then pretended to be the main force of the Western Army in the Settsu territory with great fanfare, in order to intimidate the Osaka side and force the Osaka side to order Ishida Mitsunari to withdraw his troops.
I have to say that Kuroda Rushui, as a well-known military adviser in the Warring States Period and one of the second soldiers of the Warring States Period, is still a bit of a level.
This suggestion was unanimously agreed by everyone, but it was difficult to send who to send in the end.How many general daimyos are willing to complete such a task of going directly into the enemy's territory and its dangers?
The most important thing is that everyone is here to work for you Xiuji, have you reached the bottom of the Toyotomi clan's endless quarrel, who is willing to take the risk to open the situation for you Xiuji?
In the end, it was decided that Hideho would lead the Wakayama clan, as well as Anguoji Huiqiong's department, Yoshikawa Motonaga's department, and the Kita no Sho people left by Hidekatsu to Hideji, and about 7000 troops to go out of Xiashan Pass and enter Settsu, if possible. The words laid down Arioka Castle's attitude of forcing the direction of Osaka.
As soon as Xiuci made a change, it quickly caused tension in Osaka.
Originally, Arioka Castle was abandoned by Oda Nobunaga after Araki Murashige was killed, but as an important traffic fulcrum in Settsu, the follow-up Ikeda Hengxing rebuilt Arioka Castle on the original site, but because it was quickly destroyed Transferring the seal to Meinong, the city was not yet completed.
Later, when Hideyoshi abolished Tianxiacheng and built Osaka, the political status of Arioka Castle declined, and the original city building was demolished as the material of Osaka Castle, but the foundation of the city building is still there.
Under Yoshikawa Motocho's suggestion, Toyotomi Hideho ordered to build a fortress in Arioka Castle. After receiving the information, Osaka received the information, as Kuroda Ruomizu had expected, and issued a statement of complaint to Ishida Mitsunari in Akashi, asking him to Get rid of the rebellious army in Arioka Castle as soon as possible.
However, Ishida Mitsunari's strength is only so small, and it is enough to defend Akashi. If the general in Osaka hadn't been transferred away, there would be no loopholes in his Settsu defense line!
You are now asking Ishida Mitsunari to deploy troops to deal with Hideho of Arioka Castle, he is really powerless!
Moreover, the existence of the Oka Castle West Army was invisibly threatening the route of the East Army's transfer of grain and grass to Akashi Castle. Ishida Mitsunari had no choice but to let go of Akashi Castle, which had been stationed for nearly two months, and the whole army retreated to Amagasaki Castle.
Looking across the Yodo River, Amagasaki Castle and Osaka Castle are the last line of defense in front of the gate of Osaka. The withdrawal of the Eastern Army to Amagasaki will undoubtedly give the Western Army a strong booster, and it will also make the world's famous people misjudge the pros and cons of the Eastern and Western armies. .
On September 9th of the third year of Qingcho, there were still three days left before the final deadline of Hideka. The Western Army led by Hidetsu had already surrounded Amagasaki Castle, but even though many posts were sent to the castle to persuade the city to surrender, there was no one in Amagasaki Castle. The thought of wanting to surrender.
At this moment, Xiuji has completely drifted away, so he doesn't care about the so-called half-month deadline of Xiujia. In his opinion, Osaka is already close at hand. As long as he can quickly win Amagasaki Castle and Osaka Castle, even Xiujia Everyone has to bow to him.
But the Xiu family's attitude has always been very clear. If you give you half a month to decide the outcome, you will only have half a month, and you will not be given one more day.
In fact, Katagiri Kazumoto from Osaka came to Kyoto again after Hideji's soldiers surrounded Amagasaki. This time, he changed his self-confidence from the previous time and asked Hideka to mediate the war with Hideji as soon as possible.
At that time, Hideka asked Katagiri Keimoto, "Is this what Ishida Jibu meant, or Mrs. Yodo?"
Katagiri Kazumoto's face became extremely ugly when he heard that, but now Yu Xiu's family can only half-jokingly say, "His Highness Dainagon really knows how to joke. Now that there are two big bosses and Mrs. Yodo in Osaka, how can Ishida Jibu make a decision?" What about Qiankun?"
Chacha is eager to negotiate a peace with Xiuji. Judging from the information obtained by Xiujia, Chacha even sent Maeda Toshiie to Amagasaki, hoping to use the authority of Maeda's family to negotiate peace with Xiuji.
However, it is obvious that there are great differences between the two sides. It is a non-regressive condition for Xiuci or Xiuli to sit in Osaka.
Thanks to Chacha's top-level micromanagement, Hideji had the opportunity to enter Settsu, but Mitsunari Ishida would be able to survive this half month if he did not withdraw his troops from Akashi.
At that time, Xiuci's internal problems were about to emerge, and it was the best time for Xiujia to intervene.As it is now, Xiuci's Western Army saw the hope of victory.
This is the same as buying football in the World Cup. Would you choose to jump out of the car and settle the proceeds in advance when you bought the home team’s win and a 1:1 draw at 85 minutes, when the home team suddenly scored a goal and you saw the hope of a full goal?Do you think the visitors will draw again with 5 points remaining?
It was completely thankless for Xiujia to end at this time, and Xiujia didn't have the confidence to persuade Xiuci, so he kept procrastinating.
When the deadline came, Hideji still couldn't take down the defense line of Amagasaki Castle, and Hideka finally made a move to propose a truce to both sides.
The two sides quickly gave a reply and agreed to the peace talks, but Xiuci directly stated the prerequisite for the opening of the city in Osaka.Such an insincere condition.
How could Osaka agree?So the two sides once again fell into a stalemate.
But this time the Hide family did not indulge them, the Hide family invited the Emperor's order to issue an order to Hideji and Osaka to negotiate a peace on the spot, and if they disobeyed, they would be accused of being enemies of the court.
After the spies from the Western Army reported that Xiuci had seen the order, he was so angry that he almost chopped off the envoy who came to convey the order.
He said to the daimyo below, "Amagasaki and Osaka are at your fingertips. As long as you enter Osaka Castle, you can all be rewarded for your merits!" He hopes to encourage everyone to fight one last time.
But at this critical juncture, Hideya who was in Kyoto suddenly received news that Tokugawa Ieyasu had responded to Hideka's call and had gone to Luo from Junfu Castle. In order not to further intensify the conflict, he only brought 3000 people from Banner with him.
At the same time, the new boss Asano Nagamasa brought more than a thousand troops to Luo, the purpose of which was to ensure the safety of the Beizheng Office.
There are only 4000 of them in total, and it is impossible to break through the blockade of the Gifu Domain. Therefore, the main force in Shangluo is the 3 Kwantung Army led by Fujido Takatora, and the 6000 Northeast Army led by Xiuzhen.
Xiuzhen's Northeast Legion took the Nakasendo, met with 3000 members of the Uesugi family, and then left Mino Naegi Castle, and will meet with Todo Takatora and others who walked the Tokaido in Mino.
The reason why the situation will change is naturally the reason why the Xiu family is operating behind the scenes.
Relying on the imperial order of the emperor, Xiujia sent invitations to the world's famous names for the second time in Kyoto, inviting them to go to Los Angeles to mediate the conflict between Xiuji and Osaka.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first to react.He originally had a gentleman's agreement with the Xiu family. He was shocked when he heard that the Kanto side mobilized troops to suppress the situation, so he mobilized a large army to confront Fujido Takatora in Sagami.
But with the delivery of Xiujia's letter, Xiujia found a good reason for Todo Takatora to suppress Sagami.For Tokugawa Ieyasu, this is also a very good opportunity to improve his influence.
If Hideka hadn't intervened in this matter, Tokugawa wouldn't be in such a hurry to go to Luo, and Osaka might not be able to beat Hideji.
As long as there is a slight decline in Osaka, Tokugawa will definitely go to Luo immediately to protect this hard-won young governor.
At that time, not only will he be kind to Osaka, but he can also use this to increase his influence among the daimyos. Even because of the weakened power of Osaka, he can take the opportunity to ask Osaka for Mikawa and Owari and other countries.
But after Hideka suddenly appeared in Kyoto and took control of the mountain city, Tokugawa Ieyasu's wishful thinking fell through.He was keenly aware that he had also been tricked by the Xiu family.
In Sagami, Todo Takatora is entirely to guard himself and not let himself move, so as to give the Hide family a chance to defeat both sides in power at the same time.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was still secretly lamenting that "His Highness Toyoharu is very calculating" and lamenting that the newcomer is better than the old one, Hideka suddenly wrote a letter saying that he didn't want to be Guanbai, and he came to mediate the peace talks between the two sides.
Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't believe it at first, but the arrival of the emperor's order and Hideka's second letter soon after, as well as the active contact of Todo Takatora from the Kanto side, made Tokugawa Ieyasu feel unbelievable.
He originally thought that the game of chess would end here, but the Xiu family took the initiative to give up a way for him to go, which gave him a chance to control the world.
He had been urged by the Osaka side all the time. When the Xiu family proposed Shangluo, he was the first to express his position, and he could show his favor to both the Xiu family and Osaka at the same time.
Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu's statement, Asano Nagamasa, who had been standing with Todo Takatora for a long time, immediately stated that he would also like Luo's idea.
There are a total of 4 big bosses in Dongguo, including Maeda Toshiie who has expressed his support for Osaka, and only Kagekatsu Uesugi is left.He was just a little indecisive but not stupid, so he took the letter from the Xiu family and sent someone to find Fengchen Xiuzhen to go to Los Angeles together.
Xiuzhen also received a letter from Xiu's family at this moment, and both parties did not trust each other, so they agreed to meet in Shinano and walk the Zhongshan Road together.
After the Xiu family received Dong Mian's reply, they made it public.In fact, there was no need for the Xiu family to be made public. They shouted louder and louder for this opportunity to earn political chips, and soon the Kinki area was full of news of the three big men going to Luo.
Four of the five big bosses have already expressed their views, and Mori Terumoto, who was originally ambiguous about Xiuci, can no longer be alone.He immediately expressed his determination to support peace in Osaka Castle, and he planned to go to Amagasaki Castle in person to persuade Hideji to accept the peace talks.
Yoshiharu Horio of the third middle school was originally in Osaka, and Kazushi Nakamura who was in Kyoto, they saw that the big bosses had already expressed their views, and naturally followed suit, expressing that they would use their status as the middle and elders and the rights bestowed by Hideyoshi to reconcile the two sides.
At this point, it can be said that the peace talks between the two armies of the East and West are expected by everyone. Even Hideji is relieved, expressing his willingness to go to Kyoto and have direct talks with Osaka under the witness of all the big names.
But do you think things can end there satisfactorily?Then you underestimate the showmanship of the upper-level daimyos of the Toyotomi regime.
I don't know who planned it in Osaka, or Konishi's own attention. He was originally left by Hideji to guard the last fortress in North Korea, but he returned to Kyushu privately to mobilize his troops again and then came to Settsu by boat.
Taking advantage of the voices of peace talks all over the world, and when Xiuci himself relaxed his vigilance, he launched a night attack on the western army besieging the western city of Amagasaki!
The Western Army was caught off guard, and the defense line outside the siege of Amagasaki was directly breached. Hachisuka and Ukido suffered a lot. Even Toyotomi Hideji had to withdraw from the siege of Amagasaki Castle and retreat to Arioka Castle.
The Eastern Army won the night attack!
This wave of sudden operations was beyond Xiujia's expectations, and he had not received any information from the ninja army before.The Xiu family always thought that President Xiaoxi was guarding North Korea!
As a result, Osaka, who had won a move, suddenly changed his mind. Chacha sent a letter to the world's famous names in Osaka City, asking them to repay Guan Baixiuji's kindness and gather troops to encircle and wipe out the rebel Hideji.
As an example, Toyotomi Banner took the lead and launched a fierce attack on the newly defeated Western Army on the outskirts of Arioka Castle. As a result, he was caught by Kuroda Rusui's plan, and Sengoku Hidehisa and Konishi Yukina's troops returned home in defeat.
The key point is that Chacha's letter has just been sent to Kyoto, and along with it was sent the news that the Eastern Army was defeated and retreated in Arioka Castle.
Hideka looked at the letters with different meanings in his left and right hands, and thought about the outstanding performance of the Eastern and Western armies in the Harima-Settsu Battle. He really felt that they were a pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Hina.
The battle has reached this point, both sides have been completely angry, and if the fight continues, it will really go towards the Yingren Rebellion.
Naturally, Hideo could only end in time, and ordered Shimadzu Yoshihiro and others to break through Osaka's defense line in Nishi Settsu and enter Settsu Takatsuki Castle. In Toyotomi Hideji of Arioka Castle, Osaka has been surrounded from three sides.
(End of this chapter)
Although Hideka didn't have much hope for the immediate peace talks, when he heard from Tsusue Sannojo that Hideji and Ishida Mitsunari had another decisive battle outside Akashi Castle, Hideka still sighed helplessly.
But different from last time, perhaps because of Xiujia's appeal, this time there are war-weary daimyos in both camps.
Hideji's party was mostly because of the heavy losses after the bloody battle with Ishida Mitsunari, and most of the Western Army he was in was composed of Western country daimyo, and his own team accounted for a small proportion.
The organization of such an army is undoubtedly much lower than that of the Eastern Army, especially when the offensive is frustrated, there are often different voices in the small team.
The Eastern Army's problem is different from that of the Western Army. Internally, they also want peace talks, but they are more afraid that Harima and Hideji will fight too hard, and finally be picked peaches by Hideka in Kyoto.
The Kyushu daimyo Tachibana Tachibana and the Harada Tosou Department on the Hideji side made it clear that they would not participate in the next battle.With their leadership, the daimyos such as Sakuma Moromasa, who had already received letters from Hideka, were naturally even more unwilling to sacrifice their lives for Hideji.
Especially Sakuma Shengzheng, he was originally an ally of the Hideka, but was assigned by Hideyoshi to Toyotomi Hidekatsu's account to join the Korean army.
The reason why he returned with Xiuci before was because he was Xiusheng's elder brother and coaxed him to participate in this war.
After receiving a letter from Hideo saying that he asked Sakuma Moriyuki, who stayed behind in Kanazawa Castle, to lead more than a thousand people to resist the more than ten thousand Koshichu Maeda family, and said that he had asked Hori Hideji to bring reinforcements to support him, he understood himself We must stand on the Xiu family's side.
Sakuma Shengmasa naturally told his in-laws Hachisuka Housekeeping about this matter, but Hachisuka Housekeeping himself has a good relationship with Hideji, and the two are deeply bound.
Hideji had previously promised to give nearly 30 shi to the Hachisuka family, Awa, and Awaji Ryogoku, a reward he could not refuse, and because of his old friendship, he was so entangled in whether to leave together.
Within a short period of time, 7 to 8 daimyos expressed their willingness not to fight.But they also said that they would never communicate with the Eastern Army. In order to show their sincerity, they will withdraw the Danba defense line for 20 miles. Fortunately, they are all small names.
And on Ishida Mitsunari's side, even though Chacha gave him an order to fight a decisive battle with Xiuji's side, in order to guard against the Xiu family who was close at hand, he actually took away 2 troops from Akashi's side. Numbers under reasonable struggle.
This made Ishida Mitsunari, who had already lost a lot in the previous Akashi battle, even more stretched with a flexible new force in his hands, with a maximum of only 3 people.
As for Xiuci, although they won the last Akashi battle, they lost more than 6 people. In addition to the more than [-] people who left the team voluntarily this time, the army that can actually be driven is only about [-] people.
Although the number of people is twice that of the Eastern Army on the opposite side, the problem of discord still exists.Under such circumstances, Toyotomi Hideji did not dare to rashly launch an offensive on the opposite side.
It wasn't until a few days later that he learned that more than 2 people had been transferred from the opposite side, and that there were only more than 3 people left on the front line of Akashi, he called the generals again to start a military discussion.
Kuroda Rusui suggested using a small ranger to bypass Akashi Castle, and then pretended to be the main force of the Western Army in the Settsu territory with great fanfare, in order to intimidate the Osaka side and force the Osaka side to order Ishida Mitsunari to withdraw his troops.
I have to say that Kuroda Rushui, as a well-known military adviser in the Warring States Period and one of the second soldiers of the Warring States Period, is still a bit of a level.
This suggestion was unanimously agreed by everyone, but it was difficult to send who to send in the end.How many general daimyos are willing to complete such a task of going directly into the enemy's territory and its dangers?
The most important thing is that everyone is here to work for you Xiuji, have you reached the bottom of the Toyotomi clan's endless quarrel, who is willing to take the risk to open the situation for you Xiuji?
In the end, it was decided that Hideho would lead the Wakayama clan, as well as Anguoji Huiqiong's department, Yoshikawa Motonaga's department, and the Kita no Sho people left by Hidekatsu to Hideji, and about 7000 troops to go out of Xiashan Pass and enter Settsu, if possible. The words laid down Arioka Castle's attitude of forcing the direction of Osaka.
As soon as Xiuci made a change, it quickly caused tension in Osaka.
Originally, Arioka Castle was abandoned by Oda Nobunaga after Araki Murashige was killed, but as an important traffic fulcrum in Settsu, the follow-up Ikeda Hengxing rebuilt Arioka Castle on the original site, but because it was quickly destroyed Transferring the seal to Meinong, the city was not yet completed.
Later, when Hideyoshi abolished Tianxiacheng and built Osaka, the political status of Arioka Castle declined, and the original city building was demolished as the material of Osaka Castle, but the foundation of the city building is still there.
Under Yoshikawa Motocho's suggestion, Toyotomi Hideho ordered to build a fortress in Arioka Castle. After receiving the information, Osaka received the information, as Kuroda Ruomizu had expected, and issued a statement of complaint to Ishida Mitsunari in Akashi, asking him to Get rid of the rebellious army in Arioka Castle as soon as possible.
However, Ishida Mitsunari's strength is only so small, and it is enough to defend Akashi. If the general in Osaka hadn't been transferred away, there would be no loopholes in his Settsu defense line!
You are now asking Ishida Mitsunari to deploy troops to deal with Hideho of Arioka Castle, he is really powerless!
Moreover, the existence of the Oka Castle West Army was invisibly threatening the route of the East Army's transfer of grain and grass to Akashi Castle. Ishida Mitsunari had no choice but to let go of Akashi Castle, which had been stationed for nearly two months, and the whole army retreated to Amagasaki Castle.
Looking across the Yodo River, Amagasaki Castle and Osaka Castle are the last line of defense in front of the gate of Osaka. The withdrawal of the Eastern Army to Amagasaki will undoubtedly give the Western Army a strong booster, and it will also make the world's famous people misjudge the pros and cons of the Eastern and Western armies. .
On September 9th of the third year of Qingcho, there were still three days left before the final deadline of Hideka. The Western Army led by Hidetsu had already surrounded Amagasaki Castle, but even though many posts were sent to the castle to persuade the city to surrender, there was no one in Amagasaki Castle. The thought of wanting to surrender.
At this moment, Xiuji has completely drifted away, so he doesn't care about the so-called half-month deadline of Xiujia. In his opinion, Osaka is already close at hand. As long as he can quickly win Amagasaki Castle and Osaka Castle, even Xiujia Everyone has to bow to him.
But the Xiu family's attitude has always been very clear. If you give you half a month to decide the outcome, you will only have half a month, and you will not be given one more day.
In fact, Katagiri Kazumoto from Osaka came to Kyoto again after Hideji's soldiers surrounded Amagasaki. This time, he changed his self-confidence from the previous time and asked Hideka to mediate the war with Hideji as soon as possible.
At that time, Hideka asked Katagiri Keimoto, "Is this what Ishida Jibu meant, or Mrs. Yodo?"
Katagiri Kazumoto's face became extremely ugly when he heard that, but now Yu Xiu's family can only half-jokingly say, "His Highness Dainagon really knows how to joke. Now that there are two big bosses and Mrs. Yodo in Osaka, how can Ishida Jibu make a decision?" What about Qiankun?"
Chacha is eager to negotiate a peace with Xiuji. Judging from the information obtained by Xiujia, Chacha even sent Maeda Toshiie to Amagasaki, hoping to use the authority of Maeda's family to negotiate peace with Xiuji.
However, it is obvious that there are great differences between the two sides. It is a non-regressive condition for Xiuci or Xiuli to sit in Osaka.
Thanks to Chacha's top-level micromanagement, Hideji had the opportunity to enter Settsu, but Mitsunari Ishida would be able to survive this half month if he did not withdraw his troops from Akashi.
At that time, Xiuci's internal problems were about to emerge, and it was the best time for Xiujia to intervene.As it is now, Xiuci's Western Army saw the hope of victory.
This is the same as buying football in the World Cup. Would you choose to jump out of the car and settle the proceeds in advance when you bought the home team’s win and a 1:1 draw at 85 minutes, when the home team suddenly scored a goal and you saw the hope of a full goal?Do you think the visitors will draw again with 5 points remaining?
It was completely thankless for Xiujia to end at this time, and Xiujia didn't have the confidence to persuade Xiuci, so he kept procrastinating.
When the deadline came, Hideji still couldn't take down the defense line of Amagasaki Castle, and Hideka finally made a move to propose a truce to both sides.
The two sides quickly gave a reply and agreed to the peace talks, but Xiuci directly stated the prerequisite for the opening of the city in Osaka.Such an insincere condition.
How could Osaka agree?So the two sides once again fell into a stalemate.
But this time the Hide family did not indulge them, the Hide family invited the Emperor's order to issue an order to Hideji and Osaka to negotiate a peace on the spot, and if they disobeyed, they would be accused of being enemies of the court.
After the spies from the Western Army reported that Xiuci had seen the order, he was so angry that he almost chopped off the envoy who came to convey the order.
He said to the daimyo below, "Amagasaki and Osaka are at your fingertips. As long as you enter Osaka Castle, you can all be rewarded for your merits!" He hopes to encourage everyone to fight one last time.
But at this critical juncture, Hideya who was in Kyoto suddenly received news that Tokugawa Ieyasu had responded to Hideka's call and had gone to Luo from Junfu Castle. In order not to further intensify the conflict, he only brought 3000 people from Banner with him.
At the same time, the new boss Asano Nagamasa brought more than a thousand troops to Luo, the purpose of which was to ensure the safety of the Beizheng Office.
There are only 4000 of them in total, and it is impossible to break through the blockade of the Gifu Domain. Therefore, the main force in Shangluo is the 3 Kwantung Army led by Fujido Takatora, and the 6000 Northeast Army led by Xiuzhen.
Xiuzhen's Northeast Legion took the Nakasendo, met with 3000 members of the Uesugi family, and then left Mino Naegi Castle, and will meet with Todo Takatora and others who walked the Tokaido in Mino.
The reason why the situation will change is naturally the reason why the Xiu family is operating behind the scenes.
Relying on the imperial order of the emperor, Xiujia sent invitations to the world's famous names for the second time in Kyoto, inviting them to go to Los Angeles to mediate the conflict between Xiuji and Osaka.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first to react.He originally had a gentleman's agreement with the Xiu family. He was shocked when he heard that the Kanto side mobilized troops to suppress the situation, so he mobilized a large army to confront Fujido Takatora in Sagami.
But with the delivery of Xiujia's letter, Xiujia found a good reason for Todo Takatora to suppress Sagami.For Tokugawa Ieyasu, this is also a very good opportunity to improve his influence.
If Hideka hadn't intervened in this matter, Tokugawa wouldn't be in such a hurry to go to Luo, and Osaka might not be able to beat Hideji.
As long as there is a slight decline in Osaka, Tokugawa will definitely go to Luo immediately to protect this hard-won young governor.
At that time, not only will he be kind to Osaka, but he can also use this to increase his influence among the daimyos. Even because of the weakened power of Osaka, he can take the opportunity to ask Osaka for Mikawa and Owari and other countries.
But after Hideka suddenly appeared in Kyoto and took control of the mountain city, Tokugawa Ieyasu's wishful thinking fell through.He was keenly aware that he had also been tricked by the Xiu family.
In Sagami, Todo Takatora is entirely to guard himself and not let himself move, so as to give the Hide family a chance to defeat both sides in power at the same time.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was still secretly lamenting that "His Highness Toyoharu is very calculating" and lamenting that the newcomer is better than the old one, Hideka suddenly wrote a letter saying that he didn't want to be Guanbai, and he came to mediate the peace talks between the two sides.
Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't believe it at first, but the arrival of the emperor's order and Hideka's second letter soon after, as well as the active contact of Todo Takatora from the Kanto side, made Tokugawa Ieyasu feel unbelievable.
He originally thought that the game of chess would end here, but the Xiu family took the initiative to give up a way for him to go, which gave him a chance to control the world.
He had been urged by the Osaka side all the time. When the Xiu family proposed Shangluo, he was the first to express his position, and he could show his favor to both the Xiu family and Osaka at the same time.
Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu's statement, Asano Nagamasa, who had been standing with Todo Takatora for a long time, immediately stated that he would also like Luo's idea.
There are a total of 4 big bosses in Dongguo, including Maeda Toshiie who has expressed his support for Osaka, and only Kagekatsu Uesugi is left.He was just a little indecisive but not stupid, so he took the letter from the Xiu family and sent someone to find Fengchen Xiuzhen to go to Los Angeles together.
Xiuzhen also received a letter from Xiu's family at this moment, and both parties did not trust each other, so they agreed to meet in Shinano and walk the Zhongshan Road together.
After the Xiu family received Dong Mian's reply, they made it public.In fact, there was no need for the Xiu family to be made public. They shouted louder and louder for this opportunity to earn political chips, and soon the Kinki area was full of news of the three big men going to Luo.
Four of the five big bosses have already expressed their views, and Mori Terumoto, who was originally ambiguous about Xiuci, can no longer be alone.He immediately expressed his determination to support peace in Osaka Castle, and he planned to go to Amagasaki Castle in person to persuade Hideji to accept the peace talks.
Yoshiharu Horio of the third middle school was originally in Osaka, and Kazushi Nakamura who was in Kyoto, they saw that the big bosses had already expressed their views, and naturally followed suit, expressing that they would use their status as the middle and elders and the rights bestowed by Hideyoshi to reconcile the two sides.
At this point, it can be said that the peace talks between the two armies of the East and West are expected by everyone. Even Hideji is relieved, expressing his willingness to go to Kyoto and have direct talks with Osaka under the witness of all the big names.
But do you think things can end there satisfactorily?Then you underestimate the showmanship of the upper-level daimyos of the Toyotomi regime.
I don't know who planned it in Osaka, or Konishi's own attention. He was originally left by Hideji to guard the last fortress in North Korea, but he returned to Kyushu privately to mobilize his troops again and then came to Settsu by boat.
Taking advantage of the voices of peace talks all over the world, and when Xiuci himself relaxed his vigilance, he launched a night attack on the western army besieging the western city of Amagasaki!
The Western Army was caught off guard, and the defense line outside the siege of Amagasaki was directly breached. Hachisuka and Ukido suffered a lot. Even Toyotomi Hideji had to withdraw from the siege of Amagasaki Castle and retreat to Arioka Castle.
The Eastern Army won the night attack!
This wave of sudden operations was beyond Xiujia's expectations, and he had not received any information from the ninja army before.The Xiu family always thought that President Xiaoxi was guarding North Korea!
As a result, Osaka, who had won a move, suddenly changed his mind. Chacha sent a letter to the world's famous names in Osaka City, asking them to repay Guan Baixiuji's kindness and gather troops to encircle and wipe out the rebel Hideji.
As an example, Toyotomi Banner took the lead and launched a fierce attack on the newly defeated Western Army on the outskirts of Arioka Castle. As a result, he was caught by Kuroda Rusui's plan, and Sengoku Hidehisa and Konishi Yukina's troops returned home in defeat.
The key point is that Chacha's letter has just been sent to Kyoto, and along with it was sent the news that the Eastern Army was defeated and retreated in Arioka Castle.
Hideka looked at the letters with different meanings in his left and right hands, and thought about the outstanding performance of the Eastern and Western armies in the Harima-Settsu Battle. He really felt that they were a pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Hina.
The battle has reached this point, both sides have been completely angry, and if the fight continues, it will really go towards the Yingren Rebellion.
Naturally, Hideo could only end in time, and ordered Shimadzu Yoshihiro and others to break through Osaka's defense line in Nishi Settsu and enter Settsu Takatsuki Castle. In Toyotomi Hideji of Arioka Castle, Osaka has been surrounded from three sides.
(End of this chapter)