Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2164 Zong Baikui (Wei Ba) has to fight
Not only Torii Mototada is seriously examining his own death, but Ieyasu is also the same, but he hasn't said it.At this point, they can only put themselves beyond life and death, risk everything, and strive for the best possible tomorrow.

This is not only for myself, but also for my descendants.After all, clan and family status are almost everything to a samurai.

"People of the world" Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away only half a year ago, and the world has already fallen into chaos.Can such a world be united again?Could it be that I, Tokugawa Ieyasu, have gone through untold hardships and endured for more than [-] years, and in the end, I will only be like Matsunaga Hide and Akechi Mitsuhide in vain?
It was with such worries that Tokugawa Ieyasu had to bow his head to the person who coveted the rule of Japan, and won the preservation of the family's character through the replacement of blood.

Of course, according to Tokugawa Ieyasu's plan, although the lineage of General Zhengyi will be "replaced" at that time, several of his own sons will be preserved as generals, and they should even become feudal lords.In this case, the "Tokugawa shogunate" is used to maintain the family status, and each son has his own security [Note: "Anto" in Japan roughly means that the imperial court recognizes the hereditary territory of a certain person or family], and it is not in vain. I have worked hard all my life.

At this time, Ieyasu and Yuanzhong have the same heart and mind, and the two look at each other hand in hand from time to time, crying or laughing.At dawn, Torii Mototada was dragged back to his bedroom by Ieyasu.

"I have no regrets in this life." Yuan Zhong casually said, and then hastily covered up: "I firmly believe that the lord will be able to revive the world." He was full of emotion, because when he realized how difficult it is to govern the world, he had already passed his sixtieth year .

"Even someone like Taige can't do anything. He has more than enough heart but not enough energy... You must never forget this..." Yuan Zhong said over and over again.

No matter how great a person's stamina is, a person's lifespan is limited after all.If you don't realize this, all your efforts will be in vain in an instant.Recently, Yuan Zhong asked someone to interpret for him the Tang book "Zhenguan Zhengyao" published by Jiakang Ming Yuanji.

In the past, he was no less stubborn than Saemon Honda, but now, he just said: "Knowledge is the most important thing." The pavilion is more than capable but lacks morality." Or "Even if hundreds of thousands of troops are forced to come, Yuan Zhong never knows what to be afraid of. At worst, he will die with the city."

That night, every word he said was deeply imprinted in Ieyasu's mind.

The next day, Ieyasu ordered the army to rest for a day in Fushimi Castle.At dawn on the [-]th, Jiakang set off in a sedan chair.Yuanzhong, the parents, Jiazhong, and Jinzheng stood side by side outside the gate to send them off. Everyone looked serious, and there was no trace of sentimentality or nostalgia.

Once you leave Fushimi, you have already entered the battlefield.Omi, which must be passed next, is already close to Ishida Mitsunari's sphere of influence.

At noon, Ieyasu arrived in Otsu, and was warmly received by the Kyogoku Councilor Takashi.Gao Ci's wife is the younger sister of Xiulai's biological mother Mrs. Dian, and the older sister of Xiuzhong's wife A Jiangyu.Ieyasu has always regarded Takaji as an ally, but it is inconvenient to point out to him at present.At this time, Ieyasu still regarded Uesugi Jingsheng as the main enemy on the surface, and went all out to conquer Aizu.

On the day he left Otsu, Ieyasu rushed to Shibe with a few of his close officials.Surprisingly, Changshu Zhengjia, who had always been closely related to Sancheng, rushed over to ask for a visit.There is no doubt that he must have been instructed by Sancheng to come to check on Jiakang's activities.

The [-] stone residence of Changshu Zhengjia is at the mouth of the near river.Shuikou is in front of Shibu, more than [-] miles away from Shibu.Therefore, Zhengjia must first enter his own city, and then return to Shibe to welcome Ieyasu.In the eyes of those who don't know what's inside, Zhengjia is extremely loyal.

Accompanied by the old Matsukawa Jinqi, Zhengjia came to Jiakang and said respectfully: "I want to entertain the Zuo Mansion in the city tomorrow morning, please let the Zuo Mansion do whatever it takes to welcome you."

Jiakang suddenly felt sorry for Zhengjia.The person in front of him is indeed a good hand in managing money and food, but he always seems cautious, vacillating, and has no opinion.

"I will definitely go. As for the banquet, it will be too extravagant." Ieyasu sighed, half-truthfully said: "The national power has been consumed a lot these years, so it's good to save some."

"Just a little expression of my heart."

"Then it's better to be respectful than obedient. But, what does Masamune-sama plan to treat me with?" Before the words finished, Ieyasu regretted his teasing.This person in front of him has always been good at talking. Could it be that he really prepared "a little heart" for himself? Ieyasu suddenly had such an idea, so he asked casually.

As expected, Zheng's family was very embarrassed.Jiakang felt pitiful, so he took out Guoguang short knife and Xingping long knife, and said, "I remember that there are many small rivers from here to Shuikou, and loach should be considered a famous product in this area." Then, he gave the short knife to Zhengjia , the long sword was given to the son of the Zheng family.

The Zheng family retreated in fear.It was dusk, although the Zheng family was riding a horse, it was probably already night when they returned home.

Thinking of this, Jiakang was suddenly startled: for tomorrow morning's banquet, Zhengjia came here specially, but he couldn't say what to entertain him, what does this mean?
Ieyasu waved to Torii Shintaro, and ordered in a low voice: "Go and find out how many followers the Masakaya has brought."

Torii Shintaro understood, and immediately chased him out.After chasing him to the beach of Baizhichuan outside the post station, Shintaro saw the Zheng family and seventy or eighty retainers gathered together, and immediately came back to report.

"He asked his entourage to wait for him on the beach?"

"Yes. But why did he take his entourage out of the station? What a queer man."

"How far has Zhengjia gone?"

"About eight miles away."

"There's still time..." Ieyasu began to think deeply.At Xu time, he got up suddenly and ordered the troops to set off from Shibu overnight.He was obviously worried that in Shibu—unprepared at night, once the army was attacked, the consequences would be disastrous.

Shintaro saw what Ieyasu meant, but Shintaro couldn't figure out what basis he had deduced that he would be attacked.

"Hurry up, the moon will come out. One step slower will cause great trouble." Ieyasu said to Shintaro.Shintaro immediately ordered someone to call the bearers.

"Can't others carry the sedan chair?" Jiakang anxiously got into the sedan chair.

Since it was so urgent, I couldn't wait for the bearers to arrive.Watanabe Chuemon, who accompanied him, put on straw sandals, tied up his leggings, and shouted: "My lord, please be patient." He immediately lifted the rear shaft of the sedan chair, and the front was carried by an ashigaru samurai from the Musketeers.

There were only twenty personal guards in the entourage, and the female family members who came later, Mizuno Masashige, Sakai Shigekatsu, Naruse Masakazu, Honda Tadakatsu, etc. were left behind.

"Xintaro, go quietly and tell everyone that I'm one step ahead, and ask them not to be careless."

After the sedan chair crossed the Shachuan Bridge, Ieyasu finally showed his face, looked at the sky, and said to the back of the sedan chair, "Who is behind the sedan chair?"

"My lord, I am Chuyouemon Watanabe."

"Okay, you're doing great."

"My lord praised me, this is what I should do."

"Chuemon, do you know why I left Ishibe in a hurry?"

"My lord, this is a difficult question for you... Do you think that Changshu Zhengjia was ordered by Shaofu from the Ministry of Administration, so..."

"Hehe, the Zheng family was ordered by the Ministry of governance to come to greet me, so I must leave the stone department in a hurry?"

"Isn't it? I heard that under Ishida's subordinates, there is a famous general Shimazakon Katsumo who is good at night attacks. You must not be indifferent to such a person. Considering that Masakae Nagatsuka came this time, he must be under the command of Shaosuke Jibu. I came here to find out if my lord wants to stay overnight in Ishibe. In this case, Ishibe won’t be able to stay for a moment. Therefore, my lord, you..."

"Hahaha, Chuemon, do you really think I feel comfortable carrying the sedan chair?"

"Don't dare. But the crisis is not over yet, please continue to be patient, sir."

"Don't worry. Even if they want to launch a sneak attack, it will have to be at least in the middle of the night or at dawn, and before that, we have already crossed the water mouth. The Zheng family never imagined that my Jiakang would dare to cross him with only such a few people Under the city. Look, the moon is out, don’t be nervous, just relax.”

Ieyasu rushed from Tagawa to Quanzhong, and Honda Tadakatsu led his troops to leave Ishibe and chase them.When the large army arrived at the Shuikou River Beach at dawn, Ieyasu's sedan chair had already left Shuikou eight miles away.

"Okay, you Changshu Zhengjia, do you think I'll go over quietly? Come on, scare him first, and then rush over."

Honda Tadakatsu ordered Mizuno, Sakai, Naruse and other troops to light the fuses, and the other soldiers took up positions on the river beach under the moonlight, shouting loudly.The sudden sound of gunfire broke the silence of dawn.

"Okay! Let me rush over!" Honda Zhongsheng took the lead, leading his troops to rush through the city like a storm.

Once fighting, he will rejuvenate like a fish in water. This is Honda Tadashi.In fact, not only Honda Tadakashi, but also Ieyasu. Once a battle started, he who usually looked quite short and chubby suddenly became sharp and flexible.

The experience accumulated through hundreds of battles has become an incredible habit, hidden in the body.But after all, he is already 59 years old, time is not forgiving, and fatigue is inevitable.The sedan chair walked another sixteen or seven li to the east from Shuikou, and when it reached the earth mountain, Jiakang's joints were already sore.However, there are still more than 800 miles from here to Edo. It seems that this journey is another exercise for body and mind.

At this age, Hideyoshi had already sent troops to conquer North Korea, but when Hideyoshi was tired of trivial matters, Ieyasu began to fight for unification.Maybe this time it took more time than Hideyoshi's expedition - after all, even Ieyasu himself didn't know that the "Daming Guanbai" would be satisfied only after seeing what Japan was like.

Ieyasu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It's unimaginable that a person's life is exhausting!Today's battle is for the future of the Tokugawa family at a small scale, and it is for the survival of Japan at a large scale.Such a heavy burden, it seems that I will never even think about taking it off my shoulders for the rest of my life...

There was no city in the Tsuchiyama area, so Ieyasu ordered someone to temporarily set up a tent in front of the house of a family named Tsuchiyama Heijiro.Just after lunch, a horse galloped over, and the person who came was Chang Shu Zheng's family.

In Shibu, Ieyasu knew that he was a spy sent by Sancheng. This time he must have felt that Ieyasu had seen through the trick, so he was restless and wanted to take the initiative to explain: "It's a pity that my lord didn't come to the small town for a rest..."

The Zheng family should have said so, but at this moment he unexpectedly turned pale and said: "I am so reluctant to part with you from Zuofu, I always wanted to come to say hello again, so I came here."

Ieyasu looked at him, a little regretful, but also a little cold.Perhaps, my own strength is stronger, so that everyone dare not have any objections, and people like Changshu Zhengjia will not be so confused.However, Ieyasu also judged that what Zhengjia said was from the heart, he must be thinking that once the Zuofu goes east, the two sides may never meet again.

"Coming from afar, Ieyasu is really frightened, so I'll give this to you." Ieyasu took out a Rai Guoguang knife and put it in front of Zhengjia.

Zhengjia couldn't help being startled, Lai Guoguang is Ieyasu's favorite knife, and now he actually gave it to him.It seems that Ieyasu may no longer plan to return to Osaka.

"I am really ashamed of myself."

"Just treat yourself as me, and cherish this knife from now on."

"How dare Zhengjia?"

"After I set off from Osaka, I finally realized that Taiko was also my age when he marched to Nagoya. Although I took the lead in defeating Uesugi, it was not that easy... Hahaha." Although Ieyasu wanted to comfort Zheng Home, but it is already the tone of a fighter.

Zhengjia finally felt relieved, even if Ieyasu had a plan, it must be after winning the battlefield, and he didn't have to worry about it right now.After thanking Ieyasu again and again, he returned to Shuikou.Of course, the things that happened above will definitely reach [-]% of the ears.

On June [-]th, Ieyasu stayed in Kanjizo, and arrived at Yokkaichi on the [-]th. Kuwana Castle Master's Household Food and Beverages came out to welcome Ieyasu respectfully, and wanted to entertain Ieyasu, but Ieyasu did not dare to trust him easily.

If they were attacked by [-]% of the crowd here, even if they could break through safely, they would be laughed at.More importantly, if someone takes the opportunity to question him, it is very likely to damage his martial arts and reputation.

"Thank you very much. Ieyasu will go to visit tomorrow morning." Ieyasu first readily agreed, and then prepared the boat at night, and went straight to Saku Island in Mikawa, and then entered Okazaki Castle.

Okazaki Castle is the birthplace of Ieyasu and the city of his ancestral home. Ieyasu's struggle is closely related to this city.Yoshimasa, Daisuke of the Military Department of Tanaka, is currently in charge of guarding.

Yoshimasa was once appointed as the governor of Toyotomi Hideji. After the Hideji incident, he was also severely reprimanded by Hideyoshi. Later, he survived under Ieyasu's reconciliation. Therefore, he is grateful to Ieyasu.

"This is the birthplace of Zuofu, please rest well."

"It's a strange thing to say. Once I came to this city, I felt at ease. Although Taige deliberately made things difficult, he changed my title and changed the city owner..."

Ji Zheng scratched his bald head, and said with a smile: "The people here are very impressed by the Zuofu. After entering the city, they found that Zuofu's virtues are everywhere, which is really admirable..." Speaking of this At this point, he suddenly changed the subject and said: "There is someone waiting to see you, please allow Zuo Fu."

Before the words were finished, one person walked into the academy, it was a young nun.

Ieyasu couldn't help being taken aback, staring at the nun, feeling that she was very similar to Jizheng, and asked, "Are you the daughter of the military chief assistant?"

"Yes. The poor nun is Qing Shunni who is next to Gaotaiyuan."

"Do you serve the High Courtyard?"

"Exactly."

"It's been a long time since you came to see your father, so you came here on purpose?"

"No, the poor nun is ordered by the Gaotai Academy to come here to send off Lord Zuo Fu."

"Oh?" Jiakang was startled for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

"Kaotai-in wanted to come to see you off in person, but he couldn't make it, so he sent a poor nun to Okazaki to say hello on his behalf."

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, and pondered: "I don't know if Kodaiin has anything to tell Ieyasu?"

"Everyone can see the internal troubles in the world, but there are still foreign troubles in the world today... I am sure the Zuo Fu will be able to see this clearly." After a pause, Qing Shuni said in a low voice: "In today's world, it is possible to truly inherit Zuofu is the only one who will leave Taige's legacy, please cherish it—this is Madam's original words."

"Ieyasu is really terrified, terribly terrified! After you return to the capital, you must tell Gaotaiyuan. Ieyasu is extremely moved, and he will never forget Taige's will."

Although the time is ripe, for Ieyasu, the future of this expedition is still uncertain.Once there is a slight mistake, it is very likely to be defeated like Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Shingen.

The 59-year-old body is no longer suitable for the rough life of soldiers and horses. Even Hideyoshi, who loves to travel in mountains and rivers, was obviously aging when he rushed from Hizen to Nagoya. Ieyasu saw this with his own eyes.In addition, the world is looking at Ieyasu with strange eyes: "You still start a war at this age?" This makes him even more painful and tormented.

Guan Yashu is already in his hands, as long as Daming does not directly intervene, the Tokugawa family will never be in danger of destroying the country-after all, Hideyori is young, and it is impossible to surpass Hideyoshi in prestige.

From this point of view, those who are content with longevity should quietly retire and enjoy their old age, which is the smartest way to live.But his Ieyasu put all his eggs in one basket and launched another battle to determine the general situation of the world.Presumably the world will use this to think that Ieyasu is greedy, but they don't know what they are facing at the moment.

Even if he doesn't want to fight, that great Ming Guanbai must have a way to force himself to fight - he can support Uesugi Jingsheng, can't he support Ishida Mitsunari?Or, he could even support Hideyori or Yododen.

In this predicament, Kodaiin, who understood Hideyoshi's thoughts better than anyone else, quietly came to support him, which was like a light in the dark.Unfortunately, what Ieyasu could not say clearly is that he has already judged the disparity in power. The power of high pragmatism is not comparable to that of Japan today.

This will not be tolerated.

Soon, we talked about the dull daily life in Gaotaiyuan, and the old Taige generals who visited her.

"Who really supports the young master is often a topic of discussion among generals." Qingshunni said.

"I think so. At that time, how does Kodaiin respond?" Ieyasu asked.

"Madam always answered unabashedly that it was herself. The others were just loyal and unprepared for emergencies. The Gaotai Court also said that for the sake of Shaojun, she may have to come to Zuofu at any time." Well. But it would be better if you don't have to ask..."

Qingshunni was so straightforward that even Jizheng blamed her with some embarrassment: "Who doesn't know these things, you don't need to talk about them!"

Ieyasu forced a smile and remained silent.

The march east of Okazaki turned into a pleasant tour.

On the evening of the 23rd, Ieyasu was welcomed by Yoshiharu Horio and his son in Hamamatsu Castle; on the evening of the 24th, he stayed in Nakayama in Saya. On the same day, when passing by Kakegawa, Yamauchi Tsushimamori Kazutoyo came to offer lunch.Ieyasu knew that Yifeng was determined to follow him.

On the 25th, Ieyasu sent an envoy to Junfu, which he cherished so much, to visit the condition of the city lord, Nakamura Kazushi. He himself lived in Erdaocheng and received hospitality.

That night, the sick Yishi came to Erdao City in a sedan chair. For the future of the family, he shed tears and prayed to Jiakang: "You must have seen it, my lord. It is a great pity that I cannot walk with you because of my illness. The children are still young, so please let the foolish brother Hikoemon Kazuei join the army and do the work of a dog and a horse for the adults."

The generals headed by Fukushima of Qingzhou were originally placed by Hideyoshi to suppress Ieyasu, but now they have all become Ieyasu's allies.It was only after they took over Ieyasu's old collar that they deeply felt how stable Ieyasu's local rule was and how far-reaching its influence was, so they gradually became convinced.

On the 27th, Ieyasu arrived in Odawara, on the 28th he went to Fujisawa, and 29 people met with Kaihime's father, Narita, in Tamanawa Castle... No one knows what they talked about.

When Ieyasu entered Edo, where the generals gathered one after another, it was already the second day of July.
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