"Do you want to calm things down and exchange Otawara for the favor of the Inner Mansion to counter the Omi faction?" Fujido Takatora also understands that in this situation, the benefits brought by winning over Tokugawa Ieyasu are worth the sum of the other four elders, and if sacrificing a small famous lord can really be exchanged for such a good situation, it is not impossible

Hideho nodded, his face showing some helplessness, after all, Otawara Castle was the result of "Wang Tu Bong", and giving up like this would make other daimyo think that the family had made a compromise with the Tokugawa family, so that the authority of the Yamato Toyotomi clan would be hit to a considerable extent, and the negative effects brought about by this may be incalculable

"At present, it can only be like this," Hideho replied: "Even if you occupy Otawara, you still have to build a series of defense systems, which requires the cooperation of the surrounding wealthy clans, and you have also seen Harukatsu's letter, now the Omote clan has usurped the Otawara Seven Thousand Stone Zhixing Land, and divided the three thousand stones of it to other daimyo of the pro-Tokugawa family, and now the Otawara area is already intricately intertwined, and if you want to use the power of these wealthy families to consolidate the defense, I'm afraid it's just a fool's dream."

Fujido Takatora agreed with Hideho's point of view, but some new thoughts lingered in his ears: "My lord, when it comes to Otawara Castle, the minister thinks of a person."

"Who is it?" Hideho asked

"Toriyama Castle Lord Nasu Zijing" Fujido Takatora mentioned this person is Nasu Zikishi's brother, Nasu Shikyoshi, the head of the Shimono Nasu clan, speaking of the Nasu clan, as mentioned above, he was originally the most powerful force in Shimono, "Nasu Seven Horses" were originally his retainers, and later because Odawara refused to participate in the expedition, and was changed by Hideyoshi, only Toriyama 5,000 stone Zhixing remained, even so, each of the Seven Horsemen still showed great respect for the Nasu family, The Otawara clan and the aforementioned Oseki family often gave grain silk to Nasu Shikage as a way to express their loyalty

"You mean, use the Nasu family to unify the original 'Nasu Seven Horsemen'?" Hideho asked

Fujido Takatora shook his head: "It's too early to do this, the minister just thinks that even if Otawara can't stay, he can't return to the territory of the Utsunomiya family, which will make the majesty of the family lose, and the expedient measure is to bring the army to Toriyama Castle, which is also located in Nasu County, where it is one south and one north of Otawara, and the geographical location is very important, and it is believed that it will be a good choice to be stationed there, and it can also avoid rumors, I don't know what the lord thinks"

"It's not that I didn't think about garrisoning Toriyama Castle," Hideho hesitated a little, "but after all, that's where the Nasu clan is located, and if this place is occupied, the 'Nasu Seven Riders' will definitely be dissatisfied, and at that time, let alone cooperating with the main family, they will all fall to the Tokugawa family."

Xiubao thinks about it reasonably, even if the Nasu family is weak, it is also the nominal overlord of the lower field, and it is the only link to connect the "Nasu Seven Horsemen", if it is brutally stationed in the residence of the Nasu family, it will definitely cause the displeasure of those famous lords, and for Xiubao, who is bent on winning over the Shimono wealthy family, this move can be said to be more than worth the loss

However, Fujido Takatora saw this matter more clearly than Hideho: "Even if you don't garrison Toriyama Castle, Nasu Seven Riders will not get closer to the family, the ending of the Otawara clan is a vivid example, but anyone who dares to disobey the Tokugawa family, even if it is a close wealthy family (referring to the Otawara clan and the Oseki clan) who were officials in the same dynasty in the past, they can only turn their faces and deny people, to put it bluntly, the Nasu family is just a pretense to add some comfort to these wealthy families, you must not think that Lamo Nasu Zijing will be able to unify the east and the field."

"You think better than me after all" Hideho said admiringly, "Anyway, Shikichi is the young master of the Nasu family, as long as he and Nasu Shikei know, it won't be difficult for the family to garrison, okay, as you said, when you communicate with Toriyama Castle, you will notify Shimonosuke, see if you can directly take over Otawara or lead troops south, let him decide according to the situation"

Since Komiyayama Harukatsu has not yet led the Togakushi ninjas back to Mt. Goto, it is not good to arrange tasks for the Wind Demon Ninjas first, so Hideho sent them to place them in the castle town of Gotoyama Castle, and with reference to the opinion of the Kokokuji Trade Wind, a dozen of the better ninjas were drawn from them, and returned to Osaka to monitor the daimyo's every move, and reported to Fushimi every three days

According to Fujido Takatora's proposal, Hideho went to Fushimi's Maeda Toshiki house to visit the next day, and at this time, Maeda Toshinaga was recruited by Ishida Mitsunari to Osaka to discuss "important matters", so only the Maeda Toshiya family was left in the family

Knowing that Xiu Yan was coming, Maeda Toshiya wanted to get up and meet him in the living room, but he didn't think that his body was too weak, and he had wasted all his strength to sit up from the tatami mat, and he didn't have the extra strength to move to the living room, so he had no choice but to receive Xiu Bao in the bedroom

Hideho was guided by the attendant to the bedroom, and as soon as he pushed open the paper door, he was shocked by the sickness of the Maeda Toshiya, and although it was normal for his face to be wrinkled after being weathered, those two small eyes were surprisingly cloudy, and he could see at a glance the difference from the healthy old man; When he stretched out his hand to greet Xiubei, Xiubao found that his hands were so thin that only skin and bones remained, the green tendons were clearly highlighted, and the knuckles of his fingers were moving with difficulty, it seemed that not to mention serving tea and drinking water, but clenching his fists was probably all extravagant to look at the Maeda Toshiya in front of him to give Hideho only four words - "life is not long"

"Youfu came to the cold house in person, and the Li family was really flattered" Maeda Lijia's voice was hoarse, and his breath was like a gossamer, so weak that he could only hear it clearly when he was close

Hideho naturally held Maeda Toshiie's hand, shook his head again and again, and said: "Your Highness is joking, you are the elder of Hideho, and it is common sense for the younger generation to visit the elders, so there is no need to be so rigid about etiquette."

"Yes," Maeda Toshiko sighed and said, "Does His Highness really regard the Riya family as an elder?" ”

"This is still false, after the death of my father, thanks to Taige and your care and support, I can get to where I am now, you are like my father, thanks to your protection and tolerance over the years, otherwise Xiubao would have followed his brother a long time ago"

Hearing Hideho compare himself to his father, Maeda Toshiya couldn't help but rub his eyes, squirm his lips and ask, "Do you really think so?" How can my Li family be compared to Xiu Changgong?"

"My father welcomed me into Toyotomi's house, and he was kind to me, but after all, he died early, and the one who really made Xiu Bianqiang live until now is the great Nayan you" As he spoke, Xiubao actually burst into tears, and the Maeda Toshiya was infected by it, and they also cried, and the two daimyo who knew and acted for more than one million actually hugged each other and cried at this moment, what kind of system did it be?

Maeda Toshiya was the first to stop crying, but he still said to Hideho with a crying voice: "If Your Highness really exalts the Li family so much, can you promise the Li family one thing?" ”

"His Royal Highness said that as long as Xiubao can do it, he will not shirk" Xiubao is not a fool, knowing that the Li family is going to use his sympathy to ask for some benefits, but people are dying, as long as it is not an excessive request, you can still respond to it first, as for whether you can do it, of course, it depends on whether it will damage your own interests (to be continued.)