While Hideho was running around trying his best to stabilize the Nakasendo and the Noo Corridor, Kaga Niwa Nagashige, who was hiding across the Taiko from Hideo Echizen Oda, decided to take a gamble on Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Echizen Maruoka Castle, a castle belonging to Niwa Nagashige's brother-in-law, Aoyama Munekatsu, Niwa Nagashige's brothers, Yamaguchi Masahiro and his son, Aoyama Munekatsu and the Tokugawa family's envoy Honda Masasumi reached a tacit understanding.

As a daimyo who once owned 1.23 million Zhiyuki of Wakasa, Echizen, Nishikaga, Omi Sawayama, it is impossible for Niwa Nagashige not to resent the Toyotomi family. Although his knowledge has increased from the original 30,000 koku to the current 120,000, including his brother Niwa Nagamasa's 50,000 koku and his brother-in-law Aoyama Sokatsu's 46,000 koku, the Niwa family's total zhixing has reached 210,000 koku, but this is only a fraction of his father Niwa Nagahide's Zhiyuki, and it can't change the Niwa clan's hatred of the Toyotomi family, and it is precisely by seizing this that Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to invite the Niwa clan to join his camp.

In order to win over this young daimyo who intended to revive his family business, Tokugawa Ieyasu offered a sky-high price of 920,000 koku for Echizen, Wakasa, and Kaga counties, of which 720,000 koku from Wakasa Ichigoku and six southern counties of Echizen were to Niwa Nagashige, 120,000 koku from Kaga Nomi were to Niwa Nagamasa, and 100,000 koku from Sakai and Yoshida counties were to Aoyama Munakatsu. Niwa Nagashige gladly agreed to this price, and the other elders of the family also expressed their support for the agreement.

As for Masahiro Yamaguchi, his compromise with Tokugawa Ieyasu was somewhat forced. Thanks to the covert assistance of Ishida Mitsunari, he eventually became independent of the Kobayakawa family and became the daimyo of Kaga Daishoji Temple with 50,000 koku, and his son Shuhiro Yamaguchi also received 13,000 koku. This result was already rare for the Yamaguchi father and son, who were born as retainers, and they also reciprocated the favor and planned to resolutely side with Ishida Mitsunari. But no one expected the conflict to come so suddenly, compared to the gangs of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hideho, Ishida Mitsunari actually stood still, it didn't matter if he didn't move, but he was worried about the Yamaguchi father and son who were sandwiched between Niwa Nagashige and Niwa Nagamasa.

Considering that he was surrounded on three sides, Yamaguchi had to participate in the meeting at the request of Niwa Nagashige, but the outcome of the meeting disappointed him. Tokugawa Ieyasu knew Yamaguchi Masahiro's situation, he was surrounded on three sides by the sea, he didn't have the capital to bargain with himself at all, unlike the sky-high promise to the Niwa family, for Yamaguchi's father and son, the price given by Honda Masamune was a little unacceptable: 80,000 koku in Nishikaga Enuma County. You must know that the territory of Yamaguchi and his son is all in Enuma County, which means that the reward he can get in the end is only a small 17,000 koku, which is really dwarfed by the rewards that the Niwa clan easily overturns.

Not only that, after the addition of Enuma County, the territory of the Yamaguchi family is still surrounded by the Niwa clan on three sides, and the grim situation has not been improved at all, this condition Yamaguchi Masahiro does not want to agree to this condition, but due to the current situation, he has no choice but to follow behind Niwa Nagashige and reluctantly press his handprint on the oath.

As for the other daimyo of Echizen Province, except for the 80,000 stone of Otani Yoshi's step-father and son, the remaining seven Zhiyuki did not exceed 20,000, which also made nearly 380,000 Echizen territories reduced to Taiko's hiding place - half of them was originally reserved for Kobayakawa Hideaki, who was unfavorable in Korea and was reduced, but after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu manipulated the five elders to cancel his punishment, so that he returned to Chikuzen's status as a 360,000 daimyō. The remaining 380,000 koku and the 140,000 koku of Echichu Tonami-gun were all under the management of Toda Katsunari, the governor of the Echizen Prefecture, and Toda Katsunari's actual territory was only 10,000 koku. As with the Owari Prefecture Inspection, Toda Katsunari only had jurisdiction over the local civil affairs, and as for the conscription and military movements, he was completely subordinate to the joint council, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu fearless, and almost regarded most of the land occupied by Echizen, centered on Kitasho Castle, as no man's land, and did not pay much attention to it, but Otani Yoshi's stepfather and son received enough attention from Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As one of the few wise and brave friends of Ishida Mitsunari, Yoshitsugu Otani has been stationed at Tsuruga Castle as a pawn of the Omi faction, observing the movements of the Hokuriku daimyos, and the special geographical location of Tsuruga Castle also made Tokugawa Ieyasu aware of the samurai daimyo who was suffering from a serious illness early on.

In fact, for a long time before and after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, Otani Yoshitsugu and Tokugawa Ieyasu maintained a certain degree of contact and intimacy, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu think that he could smoothly bring him under his command - after all, Ishida Mitsunari was still vague at the moment.

However, the result was greatly unexpected by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Otani Yoshitsugu refused to hand over the territory of Echizen Tsuruga in exchange for the 240,000 koku of the two prefectures of Higashi-Kaga after the war, according to his words, he was a retainer of the Toyotomi clan, and any transfer must follow the instructions of the young lord Toyotomi Hideyori, if Toyotomi Hideyori agreed to crusade against the Uesugi family, then he would not hesitate to follow Hideho north to quell the rebellion; If Toyotomi Hideyori disagrees and thinks that this is a private fight between retainers, then he will also respect Osaka's opinion, and stand still or go to Luo to protect the young master; As for what kind of promise Tokugawa Ieyasu gave Niwa Nagashige, it has nothing to do with him, and whether or not to move out of Tsuruga Castle is entirely up to Toyotomi Hideyori's decision.

Yoshitsugu Otani's neutral remarks did disappoint Tokugawa Ieyasu, but in order not to completely anger the lord of the castle, who was close to Ishida Mitsunari, he did not entangle it in the end. There was no clear inclination in his statement, which still reassured Tokugawa Ieyasu a little.

After settling Wakasa, Echizen and Kaga, and abandoning Noto and Echichu, Honda Masamun's final location was Echigo's Kasugayama Castle, similar to the situation at Maruoka Castle, and this time Echigo's three daimyos appeared at Kasugayama at the same time to discuss a post-war reward with Honda Masamune.

Mizoguchi Hidekatsu and Murakami Yoshiaki, both of whom are former ministers of the Niwa family, heard that the Tokugawa family had given the Niwa clan Niwa Nagamasa and Aoyama Munekatsu about 60,000 post-war seals, and they did not dare to open their mouths, and both proposed 50,000 stone seals, and Honda Masashi readily agreed to their request, promising to move their territory from the cold Echigo to the relatively mild climate of Echichu after the war, and the location was the Shinkawa County of the Maeda Toshika.

Just when the two of them were secretly rejoicing at Honda's promise, Hideharu Hori, who had mastered Echigo's 450,000 stone knowledge, still did not express his position. Due to Hori's lack of seniority, the family's major affairs were decided by his grandfather Hori Hideshige and his uncle Hori Naomasa, although Hori Hideji, who worshiped Hideyoshi, was reluctant to fight the Toyotomi family, but for the prosperity of the family business and considering the influence of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the eastern country, Hori Hideshige decided to surrender to the Tokugawa family, but the price offered by Honda Masamune was not satisfactory.

The two families of Murakami and Mizoguchi used to receive 150,000 stones, and they were completely in charge of the Echigo country. This reward, which has been a lifelong pursuit in the eyes of the little daimyo, failed to impress Hori Hideshige, an old man who has experienced vicissitudes, for a very simple reason, that is the example of the Niwa family, Niwa Nagashige is now only 200,000, but in the end he received more than 900,000 and added 700,000, while the Hori family could only add 150,000, this gap made the old man very unhappy.

However, reality is reality after all, and the status of the Niwa family is not comparable to the Hori family, and after Hori Naomasa's hard persuasion, the two parties each gave a step, and Honda Masasumi promised to hand over all the mining rights of Sado Island and the island's mineral deposits to the Hori family after the war, and Hori Hideshige no longer made excessive demands, which was finally finalized. All this, Hori Hideji was almost excluded, a young master who was hiding less than half of the total Zhixing (in fact, only 100,000 stones), and in this way, under the instructions of his grandfather and uncle, he pressed the red finger print. (To be continued.) Please search, better update faster!