On November 20, Masayuki Ogino returned to Edo alone, and upon hearing the news, Honda Masanobu immediately summoned him at his house

The day before, Honda Masanobu had just accompanied Tokugawa Ieyasu to meet Zhenhime, who had returned home to save his relatives, the third daughter of the Tokugawa family, not only did not adapt to the current situation of the territory being reduced from 920,000 koku to 230,000, but also could not accept the growing neglect and alienation of Gamo Hideyuki, so he had to go back to his mother's house to cry to Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu had five daughters in his lifetime, and the number of adopted daughters reached eighteen (although many were nominal), among these five biological daughters, the eldest daughter Kamehime married Okuhira Nobumasa who had played a role in the Battle of Nagashino, the second daughter Toihime married Ikeda Terumasa of Ueno Tatebayashi, the third daughter Zhenhime married Gamo Hideyuki, the fourth daughter Matsuhime died young, and the fifth daughter Ichihimemoto had a marriage contract with Date Masamune's sister-in-law, but she died at the age of three, and the marriage contract had to be canceled and replaced by the daughter of the Gamo family

As the youngest daughter in the family, Tokugawa Ieyasu still doted on this "Wakamatsuden" very much, so he empathized with her crying, and in a fit of anger, he wanted to summon Gamo Hideyuki to Edo Koshi to ask for guilt, but fortunately, Honda's father and son tried hard to persuade him to temporarily stop fighting

Zhenhime's indifference to her was mainly from the fact that three years after the Aizu punishment, because of the riots in the imperial family, Toyotomi Hideyoshi imposed a heavy penalty on the Gamo family to reduce Chiyuki, when Gamo Hideyuki ran around to tell each other, and he was able to use the power of the five elders and the five commissioners to make Hideyoshi change his mind, and the first daimyo he sent to visit was Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was the head of the five elders and his father-in-law

The reason why the Gamo family married the Tokugawa family at the beginning, to a large extent, was because the two families were located in the same northeast, the territory was adjacent, and there would be a great relationship between interests in the future, and it could also help each other to maintain internal stability, which was the original intention of the first governor of the Aizu Gamo clan, Gamo Hideyuki, who was young at the time, and he didn't know that these were as old as he grew older, and his experience was rich, and he began to understand the importance of his father's marriage contract, and in order to show his friendship to the Tokugawa family, he was also as obedient as possible to Zhenhime. made her enjoy a more luxurious life than her two sisters

However, what Gamo Hideyuki never expected was that even if he waged his tail so much and begged for mercy and showed favor everywhere, he did not exchange for enough support from the Tokugawa family when the catastrophe came, and Tokugawa Ieyasu did not even give a letter to Hideyoshi, such a cold reception, how could he not make Gamo Hideyuki feel cold, and how could he continue to favor Zhenhime?

In contrast, Hidebo's visit was a relief in the snow, although there was no territory of the Bogamo family in Aizu, but in the end he still won the sealing of 120,000 stone on Kawanaka Island, which was already a great comfort for Gamo Hideyuki, who could only accept 110,000 stone Zhiyuki in Shimono and two counties, Zhixing doubled, how could the Gamo family not be grateful to Hidebo? This is why Gamo Hideyuki made a good assertion, married Hideho, and paid homage to the word "Bao" in Hideho's name in advance for his sister-in-law Motofu (who was only three years old at the time), and inherited the word "xiang" from the Gamo clan, and named the son-in-law Gamo Hogo, which was undoubtedly a shock to the Tokugawa family, and some retainers advised Tokugawa Ieyasu to draw a clear line with the Gamo family, and even more so, Ieyasu took Zhenji back to Edo and sent an envoy to question Hideyuki

Ieyasu thought that Hideyuki would worship his own "family" or Tokugawa Hidetada's "loyalty" character for his son, and this was undoubtedly to announce to the world that his Gamo family had completely fallen to Toyotomi Hideho, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was used to being the overlord of Kanto, lose face, and immediately sent an interrogator to Mibu Castle to reprimand

Gamo Hideyuki is young and vigorous, and he was already dissatisfied with the Tokugawa family's death, but now he was reprimanded by the Tokugawa retainers, and his self-esteem suffered a great blow, so he ignored the retainers' obstruction, and forcibly drove the messenger back, and that night he was angry but reprimanded Zhen Ji Yitong, Zhen Ji has been bullied enough in the past three years, and finally couldn't bear to escape back to her parents' house Although she was monitored by the servants arranged by Xiuxing in real time and couldn't get out, but in the middle of the night two months later, she still took advantage of the change of guard guards. Led two handmaidens to escape from Mibu Castle

Earlier, I learned that the messenger was sprayed with saliva and rushed back, and now I met my favorite daughter to complain to myself, and what is even more infuriating is that Gamo Hideyuki actually sent two thousand troops to assist the Aoki brothers in defending Otawara Castle at the request of Hidebo, so that Tokugawa Ieyasu was not only angry, but also felt a lot of crisis, as Hidebo became bigger, his influence in the Kanto region began to decline, and in the long run, let alone dominate the world, even controlling a corner of the Kanto region can only be a fool's dream

Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was already in a bad mood, urgently needed a punching bag at the moment, and Masayuki Ogino, who was wiped out, was the best candidate

Ogino Masayuki thought it was Honda Masanobu summoned, he knew that the chief strategist of the Tokugawa family would not be too obvious even if he was angry, in this case, he would feel better, but he never thought that at this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu actually came to the Honda family, and drank tea in the living room with Honda Masanobu, Ogino Masayuki's first feeling was "fooled"

"Minister Ogino Masayuki greets the lord," Ogino Masashi said tremblingly

Tokugawa Ieyasu pretended to be relaxed and said: "Originally, I was just looking for Sado Mamoru to taste tea, but I heard that Ogino-sama was also coming over, so I stayed longer, and by the way, I heard how your mission was carried out."

Beads of sweat slid down Masaoyuki Ogino's forehead, and the unworthy ninja leader trembled and stammered, "Minister... The minister did not complete the task, and asked the lord to punish the crime."

"Oh, failed?" Tokugawa Ieyasu played with the tea cup and asked flatly: "It's just such a down-and-out daimyo, and your subordinates can't solve it?" ”

Ogino Masayuki shook his head vigorously and explained excitedly: "This is not the fault of his subordinates, but he was ambushed by Komiyayama, otherwise he would not have been wiped out."

"Annihilation?!" Tokugawa Ieyasu finally found the incision of madness, and threw the tea cup on Ogino Masayuki's head with a "bang", Ogino Masayuki fell to the ground in response, and blood flowed down his forehead to the tatami mats, and the whole person subconsciously curled up into a ball, for fear that Tokugawa Ieyasu would do it again

"The lord is angry," Honda Masanobu knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu was using the topic to play, but he didn't want to cause trouble at home, so he knelt down in front of Ieyasu to dissuade him: "Ogino-sama is a long-time battlefield shinobi, unless it is a special circumstance, there will never be such a failure, please allow him to explain the reason for the matter, and it is not too late to punish him later."

"Okay, for the sake of Sado Mamoru 's face, I'll spare your life for the time being," Tokugawa Ieyasu said angrily: "Just tell me why this is the result, don't blame me for being rude if you can't say it!" ”

"Yes, yes, the minister said, the minister said" Ogino Masayuki climbed up with a painful expression on his face, bared his teeth and replied in horror: "This, this is all because of Ikeda's attendant, if it weren't for his collusion with Komiyayama, we would never have been like this!" (To be continued.)

ps: The Takeda family is not over, but only the blind son is left