The support of the Satake Army eased the pressure on Fukushima Takayoshi to some extent, but out of concern for Hidebo, he finally accepted Kobayakawa Hideaki's suggestion and retreated to Omoomachi to recuperate, and then went south with the Satake Army to support Hidebo.

At first, Fukushima Takayoshi was very dissatisfied with Kobayakawa Hideaki's abandonment of attacking the Uesugi family and going south, and leaving his post without permission was definitely a mistake that a military commander should make, but Kobayakawa Hideaki argued that "a gap has been blown open on the south side of Honmaru, and the fall of the castle is imminent, so there is no need for too many troops to continue the siege, but the decisive battle in southern Sichuan is more important; Utagawa-so's Sakakihara Yasumasa is obviously restraining the northern Sichuan combat force, so that a fierce general like Izumo Mamoru can't go south to support Youfu, and he is anxious in his eyes and heart, how can he let it succeed? Therefore, I decided to lead 13,000 troops to fight against the Tokugawa army in your place, and you can rest assured that you can go to Kohiyama with the Satake army to support Ukiya! ”

Fukushima Takayoshi was only a fierce general after all, and Kobayakawa Hideaki's cunning convinced him that when Kobayakawa arrived at the north exit of Utagawaso, he immediately retreated to Omotomachi according to the plan to join the Mabe clan's division, so that Kobayakawa Hideaki successfully gained a foothold in southern Sichuan.

At this time, Utagawa Village was roughly in a confrontation between the east and the west, and Sakakihara Yasumasa set up his main camp at the east exit, and tried to defeat Fukushima Takayoshi many times but failed, and his morale was really a little low. At this time, Kobayakawa Hideaki led a large army to defend Nishi-Utagawa Sho in place of Fukushima Takayoshi, and the arrival of the "ally" made Sakakihara Yasumasa overjoyed, and he immediately sent someone to Shonai to invite Kobayakawa Hideaki to join forces to go north to support Uesugi Keikatsu.

However, Kobayakawa Hideaki did not appreciate Sakakihara Yasuma's kind invitation, but instead informed the messenger of the news that Wakamatsu was about to be captured, so that Sakakihara Yasumasa would recognize the reality and not go north to rescue the Uesugi family, but should bring his troops back to the Ieyasu main camp in Kohiyama to assist Ieyasu in the decisive battle with Hideho.

When the envoy asked if the Kobayakawa army would go south together to support Tokugawa Ieyasu, Kobayakawa Hideaki chose to refuse, explaining to the envoy: "It was not easy for the Utagawa to be completely controlled by you and me, and if the two armies went south together, wouldn't it be a loophole for the enemy." At that time, the Toyotomi army in northern Sichuan had to go south to raid the rear of the inner house, and the losses caused by this were devastating, so he decided to lead a lone army to defend Utagawaso, firstly, so that the Toyotomi army in Omotemachi did not dare to act rashly, and secondly, to prevent the Toyotomi army in northern Sichuan from raiding southward, and the strength of these two sides was about more than 30,000, which was enough to relieve a great degree of pressure on the inner government. ”

The messenger relayed these words to Sakakihara Yasumasa, who was a little disappointed, but the Uesugi family was hopeless. If it weren't for Kobayakawa Hideaki. Who can resist the tens of thousands of troops in northern Sichuan? Come to think of this. He decided to follow Kobayakawa's advice and lead the remaining 7,000 men to the south to support Tokugawa Ieyasu, and instead completely handed over Utagawa Sho to Kobayakawa Hideaki.

After deceiving Takayoshi Fukushima and Yasumasa Sakakihara. In this situation, Inaba Masanari, the elder of Tokugawa, who was inclined to Tokugawa, asked Kobayakawa Hideaki for his life, hoping that he would lead his army west to attack Omote Town and relieve the pressure on the Tokugawa army in Kohiyama.

"The Satake army of Omoomachi obviously wants to remain neutral, and the army of Fukushima Izumo is very tired, and if the lord marches west and attacks the Fukushima army with the Mabi, he will definitely be able to destroy it, so that it will be destroyed. There is no threat north of Xiaojuni Mountain, such a great achievement, the inner government will definitely reward it after the war; The Uesugi army still has 10,000 troops, and after His Highness captures Omoomachi and establishes a coastal defense line, it is completely possible to go north to join the Uesugi army. Decisive battle with the Toyotomi army on the north shore, in this way, the lord is definitely the first hero of this battle, and a million stone Zhixing is by no means a dream! ”

For Inaba Masari's proposal, Kobayakawa Hideaki only smiled slightly, and did not show his attitude, but Matsuno Shigemoto, who was injured in the shoulder, hurriedly objected, he thought that the Uesugi army would definitely die, the battle on the north bank was about to end, and the local Toyotomi army would definitely go south to support Hideho, who was not at a disadvantage, and Hidebo, who received more than 30,000 people to support, would definitely be able to defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu; Kobayakawa Hideaki has already made war exploits before, if he takes the opportunity to sneak attack Ieyasu's rear at this time, flank with Hideho, and destroy the main Tokugawa force, the reward will not be less, if he can kill Ieyasu or the Four Heavenly Kings, it can increase the chips for future rewards.

Matsuno Shigegen also repeatedly reminded Kobayakawa Hideaki that for Hidebo, Hideaki is also related to the Toyotomi clan by blood, not an outsider, and for Tokugawa Ieyasu, since he wants to dominate the world, then the current world co-owner Toyotomi clan has naturally become a threat that must be removed, and Kobayakawa Hideaki, as Hideyoshi's former adopted son, can not be left alone, therefore, Matsuno Shigegen strongly recommends Hideaki to go south to cooperate with Hidebo to eliminate the Tokugawa clan in order to make immortal achievements.

But what made everyone wonder was that Kobayakawa Hideaki also did not respond to Matsuno Shigemoto, but asked with a smile: "Do you think that if both the Inner Mansion and the Right Mansion are killed in battle, then who will be the next post?" ”

"Kaga Daiyana?"

"No, it should be An Yizhong's words, right?"

"Prime Minister Bizen, perhaps?"

In the midst of everyone's discussions, Kobayakawa Hideaki analyzed: "From the crusade order, it can be seen that Maori, Maeda, and Ukita have stood on the same front, but they are only allies of the Tokugawa Inner House, and they have a relationship of honor and disgrace with the Inner House. Have you ever wondered what will happen after the war if one side runs out of energy when it defeats the other, and the family takes the opportunity to reap the benefits and leads the remnants of one side to attack the other side in the name of righteousness? ”

"Do you want to reap the benefits?!" The retainers were surprised, "The two sides are evenly matched, no matter which side wins, it will suffer heavy losses, and the lord does have a good chance of becoming the final winner when he sends troops at this time!" ”

"That's right," Kobayakawa Hideaki said with a smile, "The right house is an afterthought, and the inner government has a crusade order, both of which are in charge of righteousness, no matter which side is defeated, the family can avenge it, and then achieve the final victory." If the Uchifu dies in battle, and the family destroys the right house to avenge him, then he will succeed the Uchifu as the leader of the three families of Maori, Maeda, and Ukita, so as to become the hindsight ruling the world; If the right house is killed in battle, and the family takes the opportunity to destroy the inner house, then I, who avenged the right house, will naturally become the next posterior, and lead the daimyo back to Kyoto in the name of righteousness, crusade against Maori and other three, and officially dominate the world after obtaining the order of the young director. Do you disagree with this idea? ”

Those retainers didn't expect that the seemingly reckless Kobayakawa Hideaki would have such a meticulous mind.

"The lord has the ambition of a king, how can his subordinates not obey!" The retainers of the Kobayakawa clan were impressed by Hideaki's ambition, and everyone bowed deeply at Hideaki's feet, willing to obey his orders, and temporarily hold on to Utagawaso, and wait until the decisive battle of Hinohara was over.