For Tokugawa Ieyasu's participation in Naoe Kane, it can be understood, after all, after the Maeda Toshiya was weakened, the only one who can compete with Hideho in strength and prestige is him, if the two families form an alliance, maybe they can really fight with Hideho, and complete the long-cherished wish of returning to Echigo, welcome to read But the participation of the Mori family is somewhat surprising, since the time of the Mori Yuan, the Mori family is entrenched in China, deep-rooted, and not like the Tokugawa and Uesugi families were forced to move the seal, and it should be grateful to the Toyotomi family. Besides, Mori Terumoto's character doesn't seem to dare to fight against the water, will he really go to war with Xiubao for the inheritance of the family business?

"Sado Mamoru understands the meaning below, it is naturally good that the Tokugawa family is willing to form an alliance with the family, but the excuse for the Maori family to participate is probably a bit strong, you must know that even if His Royal Highness Xiuyuan inherits the family business, the 1.2 million stone Zhixing is still in the hands of the Maori family, and the Akidian can completely pass on his son-in-law to Xiuyuan, and regain the position of family governor after a hundred years of Xiuyuan, and I heard that His Royal Highness Xiuyuan has no heirs until now, isn't this a logical thing?" Naoe Kane's continued direct expression of his inner doubts

In fact, the Tokugawa family did not reach an agreement with the Mori family at this time, and the Okubo loyal neighbors sent to Hiroshima Castle were bait with "the Uesugi family is already willing to form an alliance with Tokugawa", intending to win over the Mori family to nod, but with the Yoshikawa Hiro family threading the needle in the middle, it is much less difficult to persuade the Mori family than the Uesugi family, of course, this matter has been kept in the dark from beginning to end, so as not to leak the news to Hidebo

Although Honda Masanobu didn't know if the Hiroshima side had already negotiated, in order to convince the Uesugi family as soon as possible, he had to use the asymmetry of information between the two families to increase his bargaining chips, but he still had enough parry ability for Naoe Kane's questions

"Yamashiro Mamoru may not know, as early as three years ago, Youfu and An Yi Hall reached an agreement on the marriage of the two families, and the Right House promised to wait for Mrs. Sakurahime's child to be born to promote his marriage with An Yi Dian's young daughter, but later with the rise of the status of the Right Mansion and the increase in strength, he looked down on the only An Yi Hall more and more, and instead intended to support His Royal Highness Xiuyuan, as a result, the marriage was canceled, which made An Yi Hall lose face, in this case, will he still be silent about the Right House? The reason why the marriage was originally was to win over the right house, but the cancellation of the marriage made his wish come to naught, and now His Royal Highness Xiuyuan is getting full-fledged, how can this make him settle down and let Xiuyuan inherit the position of family governor in place of his son-in-law, therefore, it is reasonable for the Maori family to join This matter is confidential, if it is not for the candidacy of the Uesugi family, it is impossible to say it without the orders of the lord, and I hope that everyone present will be a secret, and do not disclose it to others."

"Sado Shou's words are wrong, since you have good intentions to form an alliance with your family to fight against the Right Mansion, how can I do something treacherous?" Seeing that Naoe was silent, Uesugi Keikatsu agreed to himself: "Since the stakes are clear to us, the matter of the alliance will be decided, but I still hope that Sado Mamoru will specify what to do, after all, the situation of my family is imminent......"

For Uesugi Keikatsu rashly agreed to Honda Masanobu's request, Naoe Kaseki was very surprised, but he couldn't find a reasonable reason to stop the two, so he could only keep silent, which also just gave Honda Masatin the opportunity to consolidate the results of the battle, and further consolidate the foundation for the alliance "What the yellow gate needs, now is to respond to all changes with the same, although the three elders have formed an alliance, but it is not enough to succeed, my lord is impartial in secretly contacting other daimyo in the world, and strive for more forces to participate in us, At present, the daimyo who have been confirmed to join include Satsuma's Shimazu Tosa's Chomune, Ibu Hida's Kanamori Nagakin and Echigo's Horihiharu and other powerful daimyos, I believe that in a few days, there will be more daimyo joining, and then the right house will be a rebellion and leave, maybe it will be forced to compromise without waiting for the army, His Royal Highness Huangmen can be confident now? ”

"What? Both Shimazu and Horiya are willing to form an alliance?! After receiving an affirmative answer, Naoe Kanesuke, who had always been skeptical, finally nodded in agreement: "In that case, the minister thinks it might as well give it a try, but before forming a formal alliance, be sure to ask Ishida Jibu's opinion."

"What are you kidding?!" Honda Masanobu sneered: "Ishida Jibu is in Osaka, that is the sphere of influence of the Right Mansion, besides, after the Taiko funeral, the proximity of the Cabinet and the Right Mansion is obvious to all, and he can do anything to weaken the Maeda Uki family, can he still save the Uesugi family who is far away in the east?" Yamashiro Mamoru please listen to me, no matter how you can't tell the Ishida Obubu before the incident, if you really want him to know, then leave it to Akiden When the right government can't bear to lead the army to expedition to Aizu, Akiden will lead the Maori army into Osaka, and ask the young lord and his wife for mediation and teaching, and then distribute it to various places, and my lord will immediately send troops to intervene after getting the news, and when the time comes, the two armies will be flanked, and the army of the right government will not be forced to mediate and teach in the meantime, and the mediation and teaching will need to be carried out by the five commissions, and then the government will know, As for the other daimyo of the Alliance, they are responsible for containing the pro-right forces in various places, so that the expeditionary military regulations are miniaturized, and the detailed plan will be handed over to the Yellow Gate in the next few days, but the news must not be leaked before the incident."

"I understand what you mean," Naoe Kanesuke was a little disappointed but helpless: "Then don't notify the governance department for the time being, what does the lord think of Mamoru Sado's plan?" ”

"First of all, the tiger was transferred away from the mountain, and then the Maori family took advantage of the situation to enter and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so that the right house was both famous and the enemy, in this case, how could the daimyo under his command still have the fighting spirit to continue fighting, I am afraid that the right house will be alone at that time... Haha, this trick is really wonderful, Sado Mamoru will go back for me and tell the inner house, this matter is so decided, the family will not move, sit back and wait for the right house to make trouble" Uesugi Jingsheng rarely showed a smiling face, but the corners of his mouth were half insidious and cunning

"The foreign minister understands that there is His Royal Highness Lao during these days," Honda Masanobu respectfully bowed and said, "If you don't have enough supplies, you can send a letter to Edo, and Edo Naya will definitely support the Uesugi family as much as possible."

"The family is not poor to this point" Uesugi Keikatsu waved his hand coldly, and asked the little surname to take Honda Masanosin down to rest

At this moment, Okubo loyal neighbors have been on the way back to Osaka with the secret letter of the Maori Shimazu family, in order not to make Hidebo suspicious, while arranging for Honda and Okubo to find allies in two ways, Tokugawa Ieyasu returned to Osaka to deal with official business, and Maeda Toshiya due to Hidebo's sharing of most of the government affairs, the body has also recovered a lot, although it is still weak, but it has been able to walk in Osaka Castle on crutches, and the historical Maeda Toshiya has long passed away at this time

On August 5 of the fourth year of Keichang, Yudong Mountain City, Emperor Jianjian

"Is the news true?" Hideho and the four Kamishinobi meet alone

Kokokuji Trade Wind and Kirikin Kaemon nodded and said, "It's absolutely true, Honda Masanobu just arrived in Osaka yesterday, Okubo Tadashi also returned from China at the end of last month, in addition, there are several Tokugawa retainers who visited many daimyo in Kyushu and Shikoku in disguise, and as for the Uchifu himself, it is a frequent visit to the daimyo in Osaka, including Shimazu Yoshihiro Date Masamune Hideji Hori and Kanamori Nagakin, etc."

"Looks like I'm ready to act," Xiu Bao frowned slightly and sighed softly

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