Sugi Ruo Wuxin is the lord of Kii Tanabe Castle and Yamato Ueno Mountain Castle, and he knows 20,000 stones, and as a veteran minister of Toyotomi Hide's long period, his words do show the voice of a considerable part of the Yamato wealthy family. After Haneda Masaan was changed, the Yamato wealthy clan was eliminated from the core of the regime, of which the highest Zhixing was only 25,000 stones, and after Hidebo's suppression of local forces for many years, the number of people above 10,000 stones was greatly reduced, and he had fundamentally lost the ability to fight against Hidebo, and Sugi Ruo Wuxin was one of the few people in Wanshi, and his request greatly infected the people of other Yamato and Kii and Ise. More than 30 retainers of the country, including Takaharu Takao, lord of Yamato Hosooo Castle (25,000 koku), Toshimasa Honda (15,000 koku), lord of Kishida Castle (10,000 koku), Masaji Kohori (6,000 koku), lord of Katsuya Castle, Tadashige Jimbo (6,000 koku), Tadayuki Tochichi (3,000 koku), lord of Toshi Kobe Castle of Ise (22,000 koku), and Yoshihiro Iehiro, lord of Ise-sana Castle, rushed to ask Hideho for his life, hoping to stay in his skills to fulfill his loyalty.

Xiubao didn't expect that after so many years of suppression, the power of the Chinese people still cannot be ignored, and he didn't expect that instead of showing that these suppressed Chinese people did not care about themselves, they took the initiative to ask Ying to prove their loyalty to their family with bravery and determination.

In the face of this scene, those foreign and backward retainers who occupied the core position of the retainers were also amazed, although they were speechless, they pleaded with Xiubao for these countrymen with their eyes.

"Echizen Mamoru I'm still the same sentence, you can stay in Tanabe Castle when you're old and live for the rest of your life," Hideho said with a blank face despite Sugi Ruo's unintentional pleading, "The heavy responsibility of guarding Koriyama Castle will be entrusted to Denzaburo, and I hope that Shosuke Miyauchi and Honda Ininaba Mamoru can assist more, so don't take it lightly." ”

That Chuan Saburo is the eldest son of Sugi Ruo Wuxin, Sugi Ruo clan, let him serve as the representative of the Koriyama Castle is undoubtedly to answer the request of a large and public, Xiu Bao's words immediately caused a sensation in the palace, including the new retainers have kowtowed to Xiu Bao to thank him, Sugi Ruo Wuxin is even more old tears, excited on behalf of the Sugi Ruo clan to Hidebo to thank him in every way, swore to die to guard Yamato Koriyama Castle.

As for the northeastern defense line, Hidebo handed over to the countrymen in the Ise area, including Oda's former minister Yutoshi Takikawa and the clan Yukihiro, and as for the residence of Shima Kiyoko, Nagashima Castle, it was guarded by Fukushima Takaharu, Fukushima Takatoyoshi's younger brother and Fukushima Takayoshi's biological father; The southeastern defense line was mainly based on coastal defense, and the general was served by the lord of Minato Castle, the ship commissioner Yoshikawa Heisuke, and the lord of Shinmiya Castle, Horiuchi Clanzen, and in order to show his trust, Ishida Mitsunari's father-in-law, Matsushima Castle Lord Utaraitada, was appointed as the castle representative of Matsusaka Castle, and Horio Yoshiharu was in charge of Koriyama Castle.

"This time I sent troops to Huijin, the main force of my family went north with the army, and there were few troops left behind, but fortunately, with financial support, an additional 10,000 troops could be added, and as for the remaining 30,000 newly recruited troops, I have other uses, so please don't pin your hopes on them." Hideho greeted these retainers and countrymen who stayed behind in advance, reminding them that if they don't have absolute belief, don't make promises with themselves, so as not to be held accountable afterwards, but it is rare that these retainers are all willing to stick to Fangcai's commitment and determination, and Sugi Ruo unintentionally showed that even if Hideho doesn't give him a single soldier, he will swear to defend Koriyama Castle to the death.

In the face of everyone's resoluteness and passion, Hideho was also excited, and he said to Sugi Wuxin with relief: "Echizen Mamoru can say this, Hideho is very pleased, how can I leave an empty city for you to die?" However, in order to lure the Maori family to send troops, the number of people is really not too much, Fushimi Castle is the closest to Osaka, and it will bear the brunt of the fight, but it is the weakest in terms of defense, if there is a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces at that time, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Kii Mamoru can take the initiative to open the castle and lead the army to retreat to the more fortified Koriyama or Gotoyama. Fushimi has 2,000 troops, I will give you another 3,000, a total of 5,000 people, it is okay to deal with small forces, if the army is pressing, do not fall in love. ”

"Retreating without a fight is really detrimental to the honor of the samurai, since the lord gave me 5,000 troops, why don't you let the old minister fight with the enemy?" Although Aoki is old, his courage still exists, and he is very dissatisfied with Hidebo's deployment.

"Kii Shou and listen to me," Hidebo patiently persuaded, "Although Fushimi is one of the three capitals, it is still nominally the territory of Taiko, and it is not right for us to occupy it, if the Maori family takes the opportunity to coerce the young lord to order an attack on the main family, then Fushimi is even more true, and Fushimi's defense ability is far inferior to that of the other two capitals, rather than fighting a white-knuckle battle with an army several times his own, it is better to retreat to other strongholds and rely on the steep and stubborn defense of the city, which can not only reduce casualties but also defend the city, which is the best strategy for defense." ”

"In that case, why don't you just give up Fushimi Castle?" Aoki was puzzled.

"The Maori family has always been cautious, especially the military advisor Ankokuji Huiqiong, who is even more resourceful, and if he surrenders Fushimi Castle without firing a single shot, he will definitely feel strange and dare not go further; On the contrary, if the defeat and retreat are carried out, it will make them complacent, and then continue to attack the other castles of the family, so that the depth of the army will increase, and gradually extend from Sakurara to the Minami Omi area where the Mitoyama Castle is located, as long as the military strength of the Mori family can be transferred away from and trapped under the Nagayoshi Pass, it will be able to buy time for Maeda Noto to lead the army south, just imagine, when the time comes, 20,000 Maeda troops suddenly appear outside the Nagayoshi Pass, attack from the north and south, and defeat the already exhausted Maori army in one go, what kind of scene should it be? ”

"The lord originally wanted to unite with the Maeda family to destroy the Maori army, it seems that we are not alone!" Hearing Hidebo's plan, Aoki and the others were immediately excited, and they all geared up, looking forward to the battle starting as soon as possible to clean up the Maori Terumoto.

But at this time, Fujido Takatora raised two doubts: "Has the lord ever thought that if the Maori family did not follow the route you designed from Osaka to Fushimi and then to Mt. Goto, but took Fushimi and led his troops south to attack Koriyama Castle, and then led his troops to break into Yamato, and then attack Kii and Ise, wouldn't everything be in vain?" Second, even if the Mori army were defeated at Nagayoshi Pass, the Maeda family alone would not be able to annihilate them all, so the remnants of the Mori army would retreat to Osaka, and the young lord would be in danger at that point. ”

After listening to Fujido Takatora's questioning, Xiubao nodded solemnly in agreement: "The two points you raised really cannot be ignored, therefore, I would like to make a request to Chuan Saburo." ”(