Morikiyoshi Izuura, who had been lurking in the Nakasendo countries for a long time, also reported to Hideho with concern: "Since the turmoil of the Shimono Sanke, many small daimyo have sent hostages to Edo, such as Kyogoku Kochi (100,000 stone) in Shinano Iida Castle, Senishi Hidehisa (57,000 stone) in Komori Castle, Hineno Yoshiaki (27,000 stone) in Suwa, and Sanada Nobuyuki (27,000 stone) in Numata Castle.

"Sanada Nobuyuki's wife is the adopted daughter of the inner house, and his movements are within my expectations, what about Sanada Masayuki, how is this old fox?" Hideho asked curiously (SNCO// Access to download TXT//

After all, he was his own lord, and when he said Sanada Masayuki, Deura Morikiyo was a little embarrassed: "Anfang Mamoru basically separated from Izu Mamoru in his early years, and currently has 38,000 stone from Ueda Castle, so far, he has not taken any action, and I heard that he has repeatedly refused Izu Mamoru's persuasion to oppose submission to the inner government, but he has not expressed his attitude towards the envoy sent by Ishida Mamoru to keep him neutral, so the minister feels that it is still very variable."

"Ueda Castle guards the Nakasendo Shinano to rush, no matter how those little daimyo choose, as long as Sanada Yasubo Mamoru can be brought over, Koshin can worry about Shengqing You and Zuo Jin are both former ministers of the Sanada family, this matter will be handed over to you, be sure to convince Anfang Mamoru as soon as possible, as for the conditions, if you can't avoid the crusade against the Uesugi family, you will give him a total of 120,000 territories of Kita Shinano and Senshi Hidehisa, if he is not willing to be loyal to his family, then it is okay to remain neutral, and he can also obtain 57,000 stone Zhixing of Senshi Hidehisa, in addition, I can also take out the southwestern part of Chikumo-gun and give it to his second son, Sanada Nobuyoshige."

"Lord, Anfang Shou is just a small daimyo of less than 40,000 stones, isn't it a bit too preferential for you to use more than three times as many Zhixing to win him over?" Even Sanada's former minister, Yokoya Yukishige, couldn't stand it anymore, the Sanada family successively surrendered to Takeda Uesugi Tokugawa Toyotomi, but it was an out-and-out wall grass, and Hideho spent so much money to win him over that really surprised these ninjas (

"You just have to do what I say, as for the reason, that's what I said, if Anfang Mamoru doesn't believe it, I'll add a clause, saying that since the Taiko funeral, I'm still getting along well with Ishida Jibu, in order to take care of the young master's world with one heart and one mind, I don't want to see the world wars again, Anfang Mamoru and Zhibu are brothers-in-law, and his father-in-law Udo Yorizhong is also a retainer under Xiubian, and he doesn't want the three parties to conflict, therefore, be sure to be consistent with me to stand up to avoid the destruction of life, relatives and friends cannibalism" Xiubao said righteously, But his inner thoughts are very cunning, the people of the Sanada family will remember three battles, namely the two battles of Uedawara and the battle of Osaka, of which the second battle of Uedawara that occurred during the Battle of Sekigahara was a famous 2,000 army of Tokugawa Hidetada's 38,000 troops dragged down under Uedawara, so that it failed to catch up with the decisive battle of Sekigahara Although the Western Army was finally defeated, but Sanada Masayuki's prestige was not buried, Hidebo understood that this time Tokugawa Ieyasu added oil and vinegar to it, and he would eventually fight with the Uesugi family, And the Nakasendo and Tokaido are the safest routes, and Sanada Masayuki, who guards the key points of Shinshu, is an indispensable partner to win him over, and controlling Kita-Shinano is to stabilize the Nakasendo, even if there is no historical battle of Uedawara, with Sanada, the old fox, there is definitely no choice to use Yamadawara as a grain and grass supply station

As for using 120,000 stone Zhixing to buy Sanada Masayuki, it is really a helpless move, Ishida Mitsunari is currently only neutral, and his eldest son is determined to support Tokugawa Ieyasu, only the greater interest can make this old fox who is more than Xing on the surface support himself, and Kitashinano is a very good fat, for the three generations of Sanada who have always wanted to unify Kita-Shinano, this bargaining chip is indeed in the middle, Hideho believes that in the face of such huge interests, Sanada Masayuki will definitely make the most "wise" choice

In addition to those small daimyos, only Shinano's Ishikawa Yasunaga (Tokugawa former minister, Matsumoto 100,000 stones) leaned towards the Tokugawa family, and several others, including the Kamo family in Kawanakajima (120,000 stone in Kawanakajima, Shimono Mibu 110,000 stone), Kai's Asano family (240,000 stone), Ueno's Fukushima family (Minowa 280,000 stone) and Ikeda family (Tatebayashi 180,000 stone) were already standing under Hidebi, and it should be safe to send troops to Nakasendo

In fact, Xiubian recruited four shinobi to come, the most important thing is to know the movements of other daimyo in the Northeast, especially Date Masamune and Nanbu Shinnao, one is the second strongest daimyo in the Northeast with 580,000 Zhixing, and the other is 100,000 Zhiyuki, but the traditional strong family with considerable prestige in Mutsu Dewa, the direction of these two families directly determines whether the encirclement of the Uesugi family can be achieved As for Soma Yoshiyin (Nakamura 6000 stone) in the east of Aizu, he followed Tokugawa Ieyasu with an iron heart. Iwaki Sadaho Heijo 120,000 stones) is to reach a certain alliance with Satake Yoshinobu, unless Ishida Mitsunari comes forward, it is difficult to ensure the full participation of the two

"How is Date Echizen guarding over there, have you handed over the hostages to the Inner House?" Hideho asked

Yokotani shook his head: "At present, the whereabouts of the Date family are unknown, although there are personnel contacts with Edo, but the hostages have not been handed over, but it is rumored that the Tokugawa Inner Government intends to use the 'Mutsu Million Stone' to win over Echizen Mamoru, which seems to include the six counties of Senhoku that were confiscated that year."

"The six counties of Xianbei? Isn't that the territory of the Uesugi family? Hideho was very curious, "What about the Uesugi family, the inner government even told this kind of lie in order to win over Echizen Mamoru, it seems that the donkey skills are really poor."

"Is the family going to send an envoy to Sendai too?" Yokotani asked

"Not for the time being," Xiu said with a delightful smile, "The so-called 'Mutsu Million Stones' may be the rumor released by Echizen Mamoru himself, which is nothing more than a greater promise to the Honkoto, and this kind of trick is not impossible, the affairs of the Date family will be put aside first, and more ninjas will be sent to monitor the southern family, and there will be no movement?" ”

"It seems that it is too far away from the Uesugi family, and the inner government does not pay much attention to it, but the nearby Tsugaru family has sent people to show favor to Edo many times."

"Tsugaru believes it, that's the old enemy of the southern family, hehe, so let's do it, I'll send an envoy to Morioka Castle in a few days, you send a few ninjas to protect it secretly, and use the three counties of Tsugaru as a reward, you should be able to negotiate" After Hidebo finished speaking, he looked at the latest map of Japan drawn in front of him, and sighed: "If the Uesugi family really falls into the trap of the inner government, then they will have to accept the fate of failure."

"My lord, Lord Fujido Takatora and Lord Shima Kiyoko ask to see you," the little surname outside the door suddenly shouted

"Oh? Takatora has returned from the Kuroda family, please invite them in" Hideho suddenly became a lot more nervous, in his opinion, whether the Maori family fell to Tokugawa Ieyasu depends largely on the Kuroda father and son to the west, if these two people have bad intentions, then the western country will inevitably escape the war (to be continued).