189. Advance by retreating
Everyone has their own character, everyone has their own characteristics, some people succeed in their own character, and some people fail in their own character.
As the three most outstanding people of the Warring States of Toei, Oda Nobunaga, Toyosei Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, they all have their own distinct character traits. And this runs through their journey to hegemony and has become the biggest cornerstone of their success.
There is a joke that Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu all want to make a parrot speak.
Oda Nobunaga's method is: Say! I'll kill you if you don't say anything!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's method is: Say it! Say it, I'll give you a lot of good!
Tokugawa Ieyasu's approach was: Don't say it? Then I'll just wait until it speaks for itself.
And this is also in line with the situation of the three stages of the Warring States of Dongying, and it has become the supreme magic weapon for the three of them to face the situation.
Oda Nobunaga faced a situation in which the country was weak and the family was poor, internal and external troubles, surrounded by strong enemies, and besieged on all sides. This was true when he was poor and weak, and it was so when he became strong. Without the momentum of the tyrannical unequaled, it would be impossible to break out of the siege network of Nobunaga besieged on all sides and become the leading daimyo of the Warring States period. He laid a solid foundation for the later end of the situation of separatism, and his personality traits were quite similar to Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms.
The situation faced by Toyosei Hideyoshi is that after the death of Oda Nobunaga, he became the actual successor of Oda Nobunaga, he has a low status, but he is in a high position, and he has nothing to rely on except interests and power schemes, so he can only rely on his unparalleled wisdom to break the waves and move forward, and finally formally unify Toei.
As for Tokugawa Ieyasu, he became friends with Oda Nobunaga when he was young, and deeply realized that his brother was powerful, so he allied with Oda Nobunaga to fight together when he grew up and became Nobunaga's loyal younger brother. This was the first stage of dormancy for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
After the death of Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu believed that Toyosei Hideyoshi's power was unparalleled in the world and that he could not compete with it, so he was still essentially hidden behind the scenes. This is his second stage of hibernation.
After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu had become the most powerful in the East after decades of dormancy, and he finally burst out like a rattlesnake lying in the grass, and in one fell swoop seized the control of the whole country, creating the Edo Shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa Shogunate.
In his body, the essence of the word "Gou" is fully reflected. His experience tells us very truthfully - only by holding on can we enter the finals; Only in the advanced finals can it be possible to eat chicken! It is really "Gou" to benefit the life and death of the country, how can it be avoided because of blessings and misfortunes......
And I'm here to convince LYB, who has been out of the circle, to join the battle circle and become a part of the Ganggun team. To be honest, I don't have much hope of success, but at least I'm sure that even if he doesn't come, he will fool his teammates into coming first - this is the thinking of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the most capable man in the Toei Sengoku.
When I told Takahashi that I had access to Tokugawa Ieyasu, I was not false. And the channel is on the most loyal henchman around me, the Nine Ghosts Masako.
Back then, the Nine Demons Masataka was hunted down by his brother Nine Demons Yoshitaka and had to flee to his mother's house, the Iga Ninjas, and became a trainee ninja. And his master craftsman is none other than Tokugawa's important ministers, hereditary Ishimi Mamoru and one of the sixteen Tokugawa generals, known as "Ghost Hanzo" and "Magical Hanzo", the second-generation leader of the Hattori family, Hattori Masanari, also known as Hattori Hanzo's legendary ninja!
Hattori Hanzo is quite optimistic about the potential of the nine ghosts Masataka, and when he was young, he made an evaluation that "this son can finally be the top ninja", which is an extremely rare evaluation.
Because among the Dongying ninjas, the lower ninja is mainly responsible for the specific hands, and all those things that are swords and guns are under the hands of the lower ninja, and the number of this group accounts for about 90% of the total number of ninjas.
Zhongnin is responsible for tactical command, belongs to the middle level, does not participate in decision-making, and generally does not directly do it, but their skills are not too bad, they probably account for about eight or nine percent of the total number.
And the upper ninja is the core of the ninja group, belonging to the decision-makers, senior commanders, determining the strategic trends of the ninja people, going to stay up and down, and being the actual mind.
So Hattori Hanzo's evaluation of the nine ghosts is extremely high, and then the nine ghosts are good at me, and Hattori Hanzo has believed in him many times, and has always kept in touch, and has never been estranged emotionally. This time our meeting with Tokugawa Ieyasu finally fell on Hattori Hanzo.
On my way to Okazaki, I had to pass through Kumano, and in order to avoid being ambushed, I simply brought my Galen battle fleet with me, on the one hand, to show my strength, and on the other hand, it also meant to add fire and provoke Tokugawa Ieyasu to conspire.
On the afternoon of the third day of sailing, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we had already crossed the Kumano Beach and arrived off the coast of Okazaki. Out of prudence, I didn't land immediately, but asked the nine ghosts Masataka to go to Okazaki with a few people first to look for Hattori Hanzo. At the same time, I also asked Mo to take a team to respond covertly and ensure that the Nine Ghosts were safe and secure.
As for how he found Hattori Hanzo, how he persuaded Hattori Hanzo, and how Hattori Hanzo got Tokugawa Ieyasu, I didn't care, I got the news that Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to meet me at the villa "Tachibana" outside Okazaki Castle and located by the sea. Time is ...... Tonight.
From Tokugawa Ieyasu's actions, I can deeply feel the contradictions in his heart. He wanted to see me because he knew that I had been working hard to defeat Hideyoshi Hashiba; He didn't dare to see me, because he still had no chance of confronting or even defeating Hideyoshi Hashiba. Therefore, they are so conservative, cautious, and even ...... in the choice of time and place Harsh.
When the nine ghosts Masataka saw me, his expression was very guilty, because he could also deeply feel the insincerity of the other party - maybe this meeting was just a cover for the right answer.
In fact, I understand Tokugawa Ieyasu's choice very well, and I put myself in the shoes of the world's most senior LYB, if it suddenly becomes public, it will make people suspicious.
But understanding is understanding, and I was not going to accept such an arrangement, so as a matter of course, I ordered: "Anchor! Let's go! ”
Arashi, who was the commander of the fleet, immediately asked, "Where are we going?" Mr? Return to Hakata? ”
I shook my head and smiled, "No, let's go to Edo!" ”
Listening to my words, the eyes of the nine ghosts Masataka, who had been distracted, suddenly lit up, and he instantly understood what I meant, Edo is the territory of the Hojo clan, and the Hojo clan has become one of the most powerful daimyo in Toei under the leadership of the head of the previous family, Hojo Shiyasu, and under the premise that the Uesugi clan and the Takeda clan have declined, the Hojo clan has become the biggest force behind Tokugawa Ieyasu!
It just so happened that I had a small base in Edo, but I was in charge of the entire trade in the Kanto and Tohoku regions, so I was in good luck with it. As for Tokugawa Ieyasu, how he treats me, I'll hang him as I do.
The reason why I did this was also to fully consider the relationship between the Hojo clan and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Hojo clan is an aristocracy, and they have been nobles for generations, and they look down on Hideyoshi Hashiba, who was born in Misan, and they don't look down on Tokugawa Ieyasu, who have always regarded themselves as orthodox nobles, and their relationship with the group can also be described as chaotic.
In Hojo's dictionary, there is no eternal enemy, and there is no eternal benefit, only eternal affordability and contempt. So I made a trip to Edo, which was enough for Tokugawa Ieyasu to eat for a long time.
The fleet headed east, getting closer to Yokohama, where I had spent many years in my previous life, and my breathing became more and more rapid. I've fantasized countless times about whether I could see some of the shadows of my previous life if I returned to Yokohama one day!
This has become an indelible hope in my heart!
It's finally here! As the fleet passed by Hakkeijima, I looked at the outline of the beach, the towering whale-like boulder, and my tears suddenly gushed out! This is the place I know! Where I have lived for more than twenty years!
And that boulder is the one that my father smuggled me here, and in the middle of the night, I came into contact with it, and it is also the earliest trace of Dongying in my memory!
I am back! Wiping away my tears, I cried out in my heart, but there was an incomprehensible silence on my face.
Only the kite, she seemed to feel the throbbing of my emotions, quietly came to my side, stretched out her little hand, and silently held my hand......
That night, I sat on the beach in Yokohama Port, waiting for the sunrise. In my previous life, how many times did I come here alone to wait for the sunrise because I was lonely! When the red sun erupts and brings a red glow all over my body, I can feel that the cold in my heart is melting little by little!
When I was in a familiar position and saw the familiar sun rise, I suddenly felt as if I had found something from my previous life. It seems to be a spirit, a temperament, a memory, a nostalgia.
What lingers in my mind is the bits and pieces of the previous life. Familiar winds, familiar sunshine, familiar waves, familiar tastes. Closing my eyes and lying on the beach, I felt as if I had returned to the past, a day that I will never forget.
I tried my best to suppress my feelings, because as a leader, I didn't want to let my emotions affect the whole team too much, but I could deeply feel that the kite seemed to understand my feelings!
Her eyes were as warm as relatives, and the hands we held tightly never let go!
Actually, why should I force what I have lost? Like now, isn't it great? Maybe only when you lose it, you know how to cherish it. At the same time, it may be possible to gain only if you lose.
A person's life is like a circle, no matter how high it is, it is not the apex, and no matter how low it is, it is not hell.
Cherish the present, cherish what you have!
In the morning light, I hugged the kite tightly......