Hideho turned to the Sugiwaka clan and said with a solemn expression: "Koriyama Castle is now garrisoned with 2,000 people, of which 400 are my direct overlord Bei, I now put the father and son of the main water of Shangquan under your command, and send an additional 5,000 people to assist in the defense of Koriyama and the northern defense line, which is the northern gateway of the family, the importance of which has just been made clear by the Fujido Minbu, no matter what, you have to defend the Koriyama for me, only in this way can we ensure that the Kii and Ise of the ability are safe, and can we force the Maori army to give up the south and attack the Mito Mountain and fall into the trap of the family." You're about my age, and I don't blame you if you don't want to......"

"As a retainer of the Yamato Toyotomi clan, he only knows that the lord's orders must be completed desperately, but he doesn't know that loyalty is related to age." Sugi Ruo clan raised his head, his eyes firmly looked at Xiu Bao and said: "There are not a few people who are young but die for their loyalty, the minister is over twenty years old, when it is time to serve the lord with loyalty, he will not use this as an excuse to insult the prestige of the Yamato people and the ancestors, please don't question the loyalty and faith of the minister, as long as the minister is alive for a day, he will never allow the enemy to set foot in Yamato!" ”

The Sugiwaka clan said proudly, and Hideho was also relieved to hear it, and he personally handed over the famous sword "Ichijo" ("one life is enough" meaning "one hand" - bear note) given to him by Toyotomi Hideyori at the time of the pacification of the Osaka Rebellion, and said earnestly: "This sword is called 'one phase one jolt', it is the highest masterpiece of Fujishiro Yoshimitsu during the Muromachi period, and it was originally the treasure of the Echizen Asakura family, and after the decline of the family road, it was transferred to the Mori family, and when Taiko visited the Mori Mansion in the 18th year of Tensho, he was personally presented by An Yizhong Nayan. This knife was originally 2 feet 8 inches and 3 minutes (about 85cm), Taige sharpened it to 2 feet 2 inches 7 minutes (about 69cm) for ease of use, you are similar to Taiko, today I will give this knife to you, I hope you can use this knife to defeat its former owner to defend the castle of Koriyama, if unfortunately captured by the Maori army, hand over this knife may be able to spare your life. ”

"A gift from the Lord. I'd rather die than be handed over to an enemy! Sugi Ruo Clan Sect took the treasure knife with trembling hands, and Sugi Ruo Wuxin and other retainers beside him also came forward to see the style of the famous sword. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave Hideho a lot of swords, but only this one was given by Hideho. This shows the importance that Hideho attaches to Koriyama Castle.

After receiving such a positive answer from the Sugiwaka clan, Hidebo nodded with satisfaction and continued: "If the Maori army is defeated by Notomori, it is very likely that it will withdraw to and occupy Osaka. In order to cope with this, I have already informed Prime Minister Bizen in advance that if Naka-Nayan led an army into Beijing, Prime Minister Bizen would simply let him pass, and ordered him to be stationed outside the castle with the Uki-family family on the grounds that 'Osaka is the residence of the young lord, and foreign ministers are not allowed to garrison troops', so that Naka-Nayan's character would not be at odds with the prime minister and the ministers, and that the news of the defeat of Nagayoshiseki would reach Osaka. The prime minister immediately led his troops to occupy Osaka and intercept the remnants of the Maori army. ”

But the premise of all this is that Maeda Noto Maemori can arrive at Nagayoshi Pass on time. Does the lord think that the Maeda family can do this? Fujido Gaohu was still skeptical.

"Now the two families are grasshoppers on a rope, and the family has a life-saving grace for them, and they will never carry their own family if they can defend it." Hideho replied affirmatively.

"It's not that he doubts that he can take the mountain, but he is worried that Kaga and Omi are far away, and there will be any difference in between."

"It's all a little big name. Didn't the war fall with the wind? You don't need to worry about this. ”

Although he still couldn't let go of it in his heart, the current war was imminent, and he couldn't discuss it in detail, so Fujido Takatora had to reluctantly agree with Hideho's strategy. And Hideho considered that Yudong Mountain Castle and Nagayoshi Pass were originally dangerous places. And there are already 4,000 people, so the remaining 2,000 people will be transferred to Ogasawara Takakiyo, so that he will have the same consciousness as the Sugiwaka clan and swear to defend the castle to the death.

On February 28, the fifth year of Keichō, Hideho led his 48,000 men from Osaka to Fushimi Castle. In addition to the confidant generals such as Fujido Takatora, who followed Hideho from birth to death and won his trust, there were also people who strongly demanded to accompany him on the expedition, such as Yokohama Shigekatsu and Oda Nobushige, as well as a group of small daimyo who gathered under Hideho due to the return of Wang Tu, among which the Mino people were the majority, so Kawajiri Hidenaga, the lord of Naegi Castle, served as the general of the Mino strategy in the future. Of the nearly 50,000 people brought out by Hideho, 15,000 were directly under the command of Hideho, 22,000 were led by henchmen, 4,000 Toyotomi Goshibei were also commanded by Fujido Takatora and others, Yamato and other countrymen led 3,000 people into battle, and Minozhong had 4,000 people.

In addition, the daimyo who followed Hidebo's call to raise troops also continued to move closer to Fushimi Castle from Saikoku and, and the first of them were the four regiments, including 6,000 people from Nagamune's department, 5,000 people from the Isaku Household Department, 5,000 people from the Ichisho Wasuka Department, 5,000 people from Ichimasa Ichisho, 3,000 people from Kato Yoshiaki's department, and 2,000 men from several minor daimyo such as Wakisaka Yasuharu, for a total of 21,000 troops.

Over the next week, the Northern Army Regiment, the Middle Army, the Nakasendo Army, the Tokaido Army, and the Kyushu Army arrived in Fushimi or caught up with Hideho's army on the march.

For the Army, Kyogoku Takaji, who had the highest knowledge of Zhixing, sent 6,000 troops to the expedition as Hidebo's brother-in-law; Yoshitsugu Otani led 3,000 troops to battle, and his second son, Kinoshita, stayed behind to guard Tsuruga; Osaka's Nijo Naoyori and Yamazaki Iemori combined 1,800 troops; Changshu Zhengjia led 1,500 troops; Ikeda Terumasa's younger brother, Ikeda Nagayoshi, led 900 troops; Mototsuna Kuchigi led six hundred troops; Later, the Hojo clan was the lord, and the Hojo clan led 600 soldiers; The small daimyo of about 10,000 stones, including the Akaza Yoshiya, combined 5,000 troops, with a total strength of about 15,000 people. As for Niwa Nagashige and Maeda Toshimasa, they stayed behind to defend the northern country entrance, and Hori Hideharu was ordered to lead the three Echigo families with a total of 10,000 men to the Tsugawa Pass on the border with Aizu, waiting to fight together against the Uesugi family.

In the middle regiment, because Mori Terumoto was ordered to stay in the skill, the Mori family did not send the main force, but sent Mori Hidemoto to lead 8,000 men at the request of Hidebo, Yoshikawa Hiroke led an army of 3,000 to accompany him as an independent daimyo, and the rest of the daimyo who crusaded against Aizu included 2,500 Harima led by Kinoshita Nobuyoshita, the third son of Kinoshita Ieda, 4,800 Tanba led by Maeda Shigekatsu, the son of Maeda Genya, 8,000 other minor daimyo led by Koide Yoshimasa, and Hosokawa Tadashiko's army of 3,000 people, with a total strength of 30,000 troops. Due to the large size of this army, Hidebo placed a total of 7,300 Harima and Tanba in the two places of Gotoyama Castle and Koriyama Castle, while the rest of the men and horses went north with Hideho, while Ukita Hideya recruited 15,000 troops to Osaka to defend them.

The Nakasendo Legion included the seven Nishimino clans, as well as Hida's Kanamori Nagakin and Shinano's Kyogoku Kochi and other pro-Tokugawa daimyos, for this legion Hideho did not intend to let them go north with the army, but let these daimyo each lead a hundred people with the army to go on the expedition, and the territory was left to the care of the retainers, although the total strength was reduced, but at least one hidden danger was eliminated, not only that, Hidebo also left Oda Hidenobu in Mino to play the role of double insurance.