Speaking of Tanaka Yoshimasa, many friends who have just come into contact with this history must be unfamiliar, but when it comes to the events he is proud of, everyone will have some idea, he is the daimyo who captured Ishida Mitsunari after the Battle of Sekigahara, and won a huge reward of 320,000 koku in Yanagawa Chikugo for this merit.

But there is another thing that everyone doesn't know.,This was originally a farmer in Omi's Tanaka Village.,At first, he became a subordinate of Miyabe Jirun, the leader of the country.,Later, he was used by Yushiba Hideyoshiden.,Become a subordinate of Yushiba Hideji.,As the leader of Xiuji's boys.,He is a military general promoted by Hideyoshi.。

What is even more unacceptable is that this person is a friend of Ishida Mitsunari, and he was able to obtain the fief of Okazaki Castle all on the recommendation of Sansei. But in the Battle of Sekigahara, he supported Tokugawa Ieyasu! After the victory of the Eastern Army, he succeeded in capturing Ishida Mitsunari at Mt. Ibuki, and although he was grateful that Torii Seiji prepared Mitsunari's favorite leek porridge for Mitsunari, this can only be said to be a kind of compensation for his evil behavior of selling out for glory. Afterwards, his son Tanaka Tadamasa married the daughter of the Tokugawa family and officially married Ieyasu.

This person is more "admirable" than Sanada Masayuki who is "better than the outside", although people have long forgotten the code of ethics in the troubled times of the Warring States, but thinking of such an unbearable experience of this person, Hideho still decided not to stay in his territory longer, and after a short pause in Okazaki Castle, replenished some supplies and horses, and continued on his way. Now Hideho has one more thing in his head, and that is how to eradicate this scum of the Toyotomi family.

If Tanaka Yoshimasa still has some regrets for his old friend, this one in Kakegawa Castle has no moral bottom line at all. After Hideho and his entourage left Mikawa, they entered Enoe Province, which, together with Mikawa, was the place where Tokugawa Ieyasu started, Hamamatsu Castle, Kakegawa Castle and even Takatenjin Castle, leaving traces of Ieyasu's battles with Imagawa and Takeda everywhere.

In Nishi-Mikawa, Hideho paid a special visit to the lord of Yokosuka Castle, the Arima Toyo clan. "This little lord who knows 30,000 stones, in the future, he will be the lord of the country who owns the territory of 210,000 stones in Chikugo." Hideho said to himself that he was originally a retainer of the Akamatsu family, and he was appreciated by Hideyoshi and became the lord of Yokosuka, but he joined the Eastern Army without thinking about it, along with his left neighbor Tanaka and right Yamanuchi, and he also married Tokugawa Ieyasu's adopted daughter as his wife, and during the Osaka War, he was rewarded with 210,000 koku of Chikugo Kurume for his "combat bravery".

Thinking of this, I thought of Tanaka Yoshimasa again, and Hideho was embarrassed: I really can't underestimate Tokugawa Ieyasu, even if his own daughter is insufficient, his adopted daughter can still become a tool for him to win over the outside, and if the marriage can reach this level and scale, he can only bow down.

In the course of casual conversations with the Arima Toyoshi clan, Hideho roughly understood one of the objective reasons for their joining the Eastern Army, and that was the influence of the Tokugawa family in the local area. Ieyasu began the strategy of Junyuan San after the barrel narrow, until Odawara was transferred, the Tokugawa family has been entrenched in this generation for thirty years, and has accumulated a large number of contacts in the local area, which is difficult to shake, which is the main reason why Hideyoshi can't wait to transfer him to Kanto.

But Hideyoshi overlooked one point, and that was time. It is impossible to completely eliminate the influence of the Tokugawa family in the local area, and if it is rash to show a tough stance, it may lead to riots like Osaki Kasai's hand. Therefore, the new feudal lords can only slowly de-Tokugawa in the process of catering to public opinion, which is a long process, Hideyoshi died suddenly without waiting for the goal to be achieved, and then Ieyasu's comeback, during which he did not hesitate to woo the wealthy clans of the country, which further deteriorated the situation of the new feudal lords in the local area, in this case, is there any other choice but to follow in Ieyasu's footsteps?

After listening to the uneasy talk of the Arima Feng clan about the political situation in the territory, Xiubao was somewhat sympathetic to these new daimyos of Jun Yuansan. After comforting the Arima Toyoshi clan for a while, and promising to tell Hideyoshi the truth about his situation, Hideho and the others left Yokosuka Castle and their next destination was Kakegawa Castle on the Higashi-Enjiang River.

When there were still five miles of land in the castle town, Hideho could see a group of people waiting in line on both sides of the official road, and needless to say, the leader was the lord of Kakegawa Castle, and Yamauchi Tsushima Shou Ichitoyo.

Speaking of this person's loyalty, Tanaka Yoshimasa in front of him is ashamed of himself. The Yamauchi clan originally served the Iwakura Oda family, and his father, Yamauchi Moritoyo, was the elder of the Iwakura family, and after Nobunaga defeated the Iwakura family, Ichitoyo became Nobunaga's retainer. After Nobunaga's soul broke off the Honnoji Temple, he consciously became Hideyoshi's retainer, and because of his outstanding ability in internal affairs, he was awarded the Nagahama 20,000-stone Zhiyuki, and officially became a daimyo.,After that, his career was smooth.,After the Odawara expedition.,He was rewarded with the current Kagawa 60,000-stone.。

Speaking of which, although Yifeng changed hands many times, he did not make a big mistake until he became the elder of Xiuji's family. Kazutoyo Yamauchi, Kazushi Nakamura, and Yoshiharu Horio were appointed by Hideyoshi to assist Hideji, but they did not fulfill their responsibilities. Since Hideyoshi's birth, Hideyoshi has alienated Hideji, and Hideji has become moody because of this, killing people for fun, known as Killing.

But for Xiuji's tyranny, Yifeng, who is the elder of the family, turned a blind eye and did not stop it, which played into Hideyoshi's hands, collected all kinds of evidence to frame Xiuji for rebellion, and then made Xiuji seppuku. The strange thing is that Yifeng was not only not punished as a guardian, but also was rewarded by Hideyoshi, and I have to say that the tragedy of Xiuji is indispensable to Yifeng's "efforts" behind it.

But the matter did not end there, and after Hideyoshi's death, Ichitoyo followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to participate in the crusade against Uesugi Keikatsu without thinking. In the Oyama evaluation, he even issued the strongest voice in history that "Kakegawa Castle was given to me by Ieyasu", which instantly won Ieyasu's favor, and then naturally joined the Eastern Army, and finally became a daimyo with 200,000 stone Chiyuki of Tosa Ichikoku after the war.

How can such a brave and loyal hero not make Xiubao excited, but now is not the time to repay his "kindness" for Xiuji, and he has more important things to do. Seeing Yifeng kneeling respectfully on the side of the road, Xiubao gritted his teeth, dismounted, hurriedly helped him up, patted off the floating ash on his body for him, and said enthusiastically: "His Royal Highness Tsushima Shou does not need to be polite, he is just sending an envoy to Aizu on the order of Taiko, passing through your land, please forgive me for any disturbance." ”

Yamauchi Kazutoyo glanced at Hideho, then immediately lowered his head and said respectfully: "It is a blessing for His Highness to be able to stay in the humble humble house, how can it be said to be disturbing." ”

Seeing Yamauchi Ichitoyo with a fat head and big ears, and fair skin, Xiubao suddenly felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but shiver. Yamauchi probably thought that it was because of the cold weather, so he naturally did not dare to slack off, and accompanied by him and his retainers, Hideho and his party were ceremoniously welcomed into Kagawa Castle.