Oda Hidenobu was not stupid, he could hear Hidebo's words, and immediately kowtowed to Hideho to admit his mistake, and while following Hideho and his party along the Nakasendo Road to the northern castle, he ordered the Hyakubaizuna family to immediately withdraw from the castle they had captured before, and even the territory of the three Nishimino families agreed with Hideho He also withdrew from it. Although he is reluctant to give up in his heart, in this era of the jungle, what he can do is to act within the red line set by the strong, otherwise, he may face a more tragic ending than Honnoji.

On May 14, Hideho arrived at Gifu Castle, and after a short stop, he arrived at the northern castle belonging to Fujido Takatora at noon the next day. In this important town in Southwest America, Hideho commended Nabeshima and other daimyo who were stationed here, listened in detail to their reports on the activities of the Oda Army in the surrounding area, and gained a better understanding of Oda Hidenobu's behavior.

According to the plan, Hideho was to enter Omi Province via Sekigahara two days later, and after a short stop at Sawa Mountain Castle, he went to Gotoyama to pay respects to Toyotomi and Maeda. But just before entering Sekigahara, he received a secret letter from Ogasawara Takakiyo, and learned that when the Maori army stormed Gotoyama Castle, the neighboring Sawa Yamashiro Castle and Ishida Mitsunari's father Ishida Masatsugu were unwilling to send troops to help, and when the Maeda army arrived at the castle, Ishida Masatsugu was also unwilling to open the castle to provide supplies, which made the Maeda army have to bypass Sawa Yamajo to support Goto Yamashiro, because the soldiers were tired from the long-distance run, and if it was not for the success of the raid, it was difficult to say who would lose and who won that battle.

Although there was only half a day's journey away from Sawa Yamashiro when he received the news, Hidebo ordered the army to rest at Sekigahara for a while, and then turned south.

Sekibara is a basin of four kilometers from east to west and two kilometers from north to south surrounded by Mt. Ibuki in the north, Mt. Sasao and Mt. Tenman in the west, Mt. Matsuo in the southwest, and Mt. Nangong in the southeast. The Hokuriku Expressway is connected to the Hokuriku Expressway to the northwest by the Northwestern District of Sekigahara, and to the southeast by the Mino Road, and the Hachifudo and Ise Roads are also nearby, and the Nakasendo Road runs through it, making it an important transportation point and an excellent place for field warfare.

The Japanese often say "Kanto" and "Kansai", and the "Seki" refers to the Suzuka Pass set up in Tokaido in ancient Japan, the Buba Pass set up in Hokuriku Province, and the Aifa Pass set up in Higashiyamado. And Sekigahara, as the name suggests, is a small plain before breaking the pass, east of Sekigahara is Kanto, and west of Sekigahara is Kansai.

A great battle that was supposed to take place here to decide the fate of all of Japan came to naught because of Hidebo. Looking at the mountains on both sides of the road and the small villages on the side of the mountain, Hideho sighed with emotion, although the decisive battle with the Tokugawa clan was moved from here to Mutsu, the situation he faced was much more relaxed than that faced by Ishida Mitsunari in history. Historically, Ishida Mitsunari had only one chance, and if he failed, he could not turn over, but Hideho was different, even if Aizu was defeated, he had an advantage in, Kyushu, Kanto and other places, and as long as he organized carefully, he could completely compete with the Tokugawa army again.

In addition, although Ishida Mitsunari was the chief general of the Western Army on the Sekigahara battlefield, the Western Army was detached from morality internally, and the Sanshi himself was also lacking in prestige, which seriously affected the combat strength of the Western Army and laid a hidden danger for defeat; However, the Toyotomi coalition led by Hideho was much more united, not only with the help of the Owari faction, but also with the prestige and strength of Hideho himself enough to suppress the forces at both ends of the first rat, thus ensuring the unity of the coalition forces and suppressing the Tokugawa and Uesugi armies in morale.

Thinking of this, Hideho secretly rejoiced, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief for Ishida Mitsunari. On the whole, Hideho believed in Ishida's loyalty to Hideyoshi, Hideyori, and the Toyotomi clan; However, from within the Toyotomi clan, Mitsunari's loyalty would undoubtedly have an impact on Hideho's role as an aftersight, weakening Hidebo's status and prestige in the hearts of the daimyo.

After experiencing this war, Hideho saw his conflict with Ishida Mitsunari as an "internal contradiction" that could be resolved by means other than war. Therefore, even after getting the news that Ishida Masatsugu was unwilling to support Mitoyama, Hideho was not too resentful of Mitsunari.

The reason why he avoided Sawa Yamashiro was just to show his attitude to Mitsunari and the daimyo of the world, on the one hand, to give Ishida Mitsunari a dismount and let him know his temperament; On the other hand, it is also to tell other daimyo that even if Mitsunari stays in Osaka to protect Hideyori's mother and son, he will not give Mitsunari too high a high opinion after the war, and now, it is time for these daimyo to choose sides, and within the Toyotomi clan, absolute authority must be established, and Hideho will never allow the matter of fighting each other and restraining each other to happen again.

Heading south, passing through Ogaki Castle and Katsuhata Castle, Hideho finally arrived at Nagashima Castle on the border between Owari and Ise Province on May 18. Located on the northeastern border of Hideho's territory, the castle was an important part of the northeastern defense line of the Yamato Toyotomi clan, and was originally the residence of Shima Kiyoko, but was temporarily handed over to Fukushima Takayoshi's father, Fukushima Takaharu.

According to the envoy's prior notice, when Hideho arrived at Nagashima Castle, the retainers of the Yamato Toyotomi clan of more than 5,000 koku were already prostrating themselves outside the castle, nervously and excitedly awaiting the arrival of such an unprecedented army.

According to the mouths of Takaden Ishiro and others who stayed at home, on May 13, Kuroda Rusui and Mori Terumoto rushed to Osaka Castle alone, and met with Ishida Mitsunari and several other councilors outside the city, and the specific content of the conversation is unknown, but according to the information of the envoys of the Uki family and the ninjas installed in Osaka Castle by the Yamato Toyotomi clan, Ishida Mitsunari arranged for Mori Terumoto and Kuroda Rusui to temporarily go to their respective houses in Osaka to live in Osaka, despite the opposition of Ukita and the Maeda family. But they were not allowed to enter Honmaru to meet Hideyori's mother and son.

At the same time, the Shimazu and Kato coalition forces were able to suppress the defense-empty Tosa Province in less than eight days, and then crossed the sea to Mihara Castle in the Maori territory to join the Kyushu coalition led by Kato Kiyomasa, who was chasing after the Kuroda army. The two armies followed Kuroda's route to Rakumi, day and night, but in the end they were one step behind Kuroda and Mori, and arrived at Osaka Castle in the early morning of 15 May.

During this period, there was almost an oolong, because the first to arrive was the Shimazu army, and the Ukita Hideya stationed outside the city once thought that the Kato army was defeated in Kyushu, so that the Shimazu army was able to go straight to Osaka, and the previous arrival of the Mori Terumoto should be combined with the outside to seize the city.

Although Shimazu Tadashi explained hard, Ukita Hideya just didn't want to believe it, so the two sides were tense, and a fierce battle was about to break out. Fortunately, Kato Kiyomasa led the striker to arrive later, which resolved the contradiction between the two sides. However, the Ukita Hideya still insisted on their original attitude, that it was okay to enter the city, but they were not allowed to bring soldiers, and that no daimyo was allowed to meet Hideyori's mother and son without permission until Hideho arrived.