Looking at the paperwork in his hand and listening to the reports of his subordinates under the steps, Toyotomi Hideji's brain went blank, and he couldn't believe his eyes and ears. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Toyotomi Hideyoshi died.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did it, Tokugawa Ieyasu rebelled, and when Toyotomi Hideyoshi recruited 100,000 eastern troops into Nagoya Castle to assist in the defense of the Ming army, he called on the daimyo of the eastern country to launch a mutiny together, counterattacked and defeated Toyotomi Hideyoshi, killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi, cut off his head, and pacified Nagoya Castle in one fell swoop.

The Toyotomi regime suffered an unimaginable blow.

At the moment, no one in Kyoto City knows this news, except for him Toyotomi Hideji, only one person knows, that is, Maeda Toshi's house was driven back to Kyoto City with Toyotomi Hideji, this news was sent back by Maeda Toshi's retainer in Nagoya at the risk of death, on the night of the incident, this retainer escaped from Nagoya at the risk of death, hurried slowly, rushed to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and informed Toyotomi Hideji and Maeda Toshiya of this earth-shattering news.

When Toyotomi Shuji and Maeda Toshiie learned the news, it is also conceivable what kind of mood they felt.

After that, Toyotomi Hideji fell into a panic, he was better at governing the existing territory, doing civil affairs, developing the economy and culture, he was a builder rather than a pioneer and destroyer.

Since he took office in Kanhaku, he has put a lot of effort into the work of the economy, people's livelihood, and culture, and has achieved a lot of political achievements, which is the main reason why the Toyotomi clan's ministers support Toyotomi Shuji.

However, Toyotomi Hideji's Taoism is too shallow, not to mention that he is not an opponent of people like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he is not an opponent of people like Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu is a bull who has been face-to-face with a hero like Oda Nobunaga and retreated, how can Toyotomi Hideji compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Not to mention that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has never relaxed his military power, and when he went to Nagoya, he took almost all the troops with him, and when Toyotomi Hideji went to Nagoya, he took more than half of them, so that Toyotomi Hideji's descendants were less than 10,000.

Tokugawa Ieyasu had 100,000 eastern troops there, how could the remnants of the Toyotomi clan be Tokugawa Ieyasu's opponent?

Toshiya Maeda is the only person Toyotomi Shuji can rely on at the moment.

In terms of character, he is honest and loyal, and his loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi is undoubted, in terms of strength, if the Tokugawa clan is the biggest and strongest of the external daimyo under the Toyotomi regime, then Maeda is the biggest and strongest one in the Toyotomi lineage, and the only person who can compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu with family power, such a person standing in the Toyotomi regime is undoubtedly a huge help.

After coming out of the initial panic, Toyotomi Shuji cleared his mind and knew what he should be doing most at this moment.

"What do we do now?"

Toyotomi Shuji decided to turn to Toshiya Maeda for help.

Maeda Toshiya looked at the still immature Toyotomi Hideji, and remembered the past friendship with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and finally decided to stand on Toyotomi's side and help Toyotomi tide over the difficulties, there is no doubt that the Tokugawa clan is stronger, but Tokugawa Ieyasu's guy, Maeda Toshiya doesn't like it, and he doesn't appreciate it, let alone obey, the Tokugawa clan is a million stones, but his Maeda clan is also a million stones, the strength of the two sides is not much different, and the heart of the military generals in the bones of the Maeda Toshiya is not cowardly.

What's more, Tokugawa Ieyasu is strong and strong, and the redistribution of benefits has been completed, and Maeda Toshiya will definitely not be able to get involved at this time, but if he stands on Toyotomi Hideji's side to help Toyotomi Hideji, who is alone, then the Toyotomi clan, which is already crumbling, will only rely on himself, and if it succeeds, he will get an unexpected return.

There is no doubt that Toyotomi Hideji is far less powerful than Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he is more gentle, more inclined to civilian governance than martial arts, and is more likely to be less interested in military affairs, and believes in the military talent he chooses, that is, Maeda Toshiya himself, if he stands on Toyotomi Hideji's side at this time and tries his best to assist, not only will his position be unprecedentedly elevated and consolidated, but he will also get a good reputation like "Toyotomi's Optimus Prime".

To sum up, in both public and private, Maeda Toshiya did not think that he should surrender and abandon the Toyotomi clan without a fight.

"Xiuji, you listen well, Tokugawa Ieyasu has more than 100,000 troops in his hands, and our troops are only more than 30,000 people at full strength, and the top priority now is to recruit troops, and then send people to guard the Edo area, so as not to let Tokugawa Ieyasu's lair move.

Maeda Toshiie's analysis that this rebellion must not have been planned by Tokugawa Ieyasu a long time ago, but an emergency, so the Tokugawa clan's forces must all be concentrated in the Nagoya area, and there should be no one in the Edo nest, so, Hideji, I suggest that you send a capable general and give him 10,000 elite soldiers and horses, so that he can capture Edo no matter what, and capture Tokugawa Ieyasu's family as a threat. ”

Toyotomi Shuji nodded repeatedly.

"Then, immediately issue a recruitment order, compulsory recruitment or free recruitment, expand at least 50,000 troops in a short period of time, I know you have a lot of money in your hands, but you don't dare to expand the army, now is the time to expand the army, immediately issue a recruitment order, race against time, Tokugawa Ieyasu will not give us much time for recruitment and training, you have to seize the time to recruit and train, let the elite veterans train with the recruits, and strive to train the soldiers and horses before Tokugawa Ieyasu calls!"

"Good! I order it right away! ”

Toyotomi Hideji doesn't have any scruples anymore, anyway, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dead, and he will become the governor of the Toyotomi clan no matter what, so it is his duty to fight for the Toyotomi clan.

After the recruitment order was issued, the entire Kyoto city was in an uproar, and the surrounding feudal states that did not get any news were indeed surprised, and asked for news everywhere, but Toyotomi Hideji blocked the news very strictly, so that these people could not inquire about any news, so they could only follow Toyotomi Hideji's recruitment order depressedly, and thought that the front-line war was unfavorable, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi needed a lot of cannon fodder to send him to death!

Of course, this is almost the same, I don't expect to be able to train any elite soldiers in a short period of time, and I can only use it as cannon fodder to buy time for truly elite soldiers and horses.

Also in the fight for time is Tokugawa Ieyasu, he personally led the soldiers and horses all the way to the gallop, to avoid the city when he saw it, to attack the village when he saw it, and to defeat the army directly when he saw the array, the news of the Nagoya coup d'état spread throughout the Kyushu region, and some guys who didn't have much courage surrendered Tokugawa Ieyasu directly, but there were still some people who were not used to Tokugawa Ieyasu's betrayal and challenged Tokugawa Ieyasu, and these people were all cleaned up by Tokugawa Ieyasu without exception.

In a short period of time, the three-way army came out together, and the whole of Kyushu quickly fell, trembling under the iron hooves of the Tokugawa clan.