A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Now that she thought about Kiso Yoshimasa and Uden Nagateru, Mrs. Kodaira couldn't help but think of another person.

Matsudaira Ieyasu!

Another more realistic question came to mind: Could Matsudaira Ieyasu be redeployed if necessary?

Occupying the key pass of Okazaki Castle is equivalent to grabbing the neck of the Yamauchi family from the Tokaido. If Yamauchi Oda turns his back, then Okazaki Castle will really be like a stick in the throat, and it will not vomit.

But if Okazaki Castle can change its color, the Yamauchi family will immediately get 5,000 Mikawa cannon fodder, and at the same time, the Owari Kingdom will almost be opened to the Yamauchi family.

You must know that Mikawa Country still has some dangerous mountains and rivers, but Owari is really an endless plain, and it is a bit difficult to find a dirtbag. Even Kiyosu Castle was nothing more than a flat castle, relying on facilities such as the water bank for defense.

Your castle on a hillside hundreds of meters away cannot be hit by my cannon, but if your castle is on the ground, aren't all living beings equal under the cannon?

Although Mikawa still had Hirate Hoshihide stationed at Anjo Castle, Mizuno Shingen stationed at Kariya Castle and other Oda generals, once Okazaki wavered, the entire Hidden Wing Owari's defense line would fall apart.

Oda Nobunaga's defense line against the Yamauchi clan actually had two lines, which completely corresponded to the Yamauchi clan.

Except for Matsudaira Ieyasu of Nishi-Mikawa Okazaki Castle, the only one left is Toyama Tomokatsu of Iwamura Castle. In order to win over these two families, Oda Nobunaga was very willing to send away the women in his family, so I won't go into details here.

But no matter how many daughters and sisters are subsidized, the status of the Matsudaira clan and the Toyama clan as subordinates will not change. They are not your direct retainers of Oda Nobunaga's confidants, they are just subordinates to you.

Historically, Iwamura Castle was conquered by Akiyama Shinto. Judging from Takeda Shingen's past battles, he must have tried to maneuver the Toyama clan with reason and profit. The result was obviously unsuccessful, otherwise there would not be a need to use force to solve this problem.

As for Matsudaira Ieyasu on the Tokaido, not to mention, he was beaten so badly by Takeda Shingen in Mikatahara that thousands of people died. He also gave Nobunaga's junior brother Hirate Fanhide and a large number of Mikawa samurai.

But on the surface, neither of these two families accepted the transfer and turned to the Takeda clan, and the resistance was quite fierce. It can even be said that he is risking his life to resist, no matter what!

Because Kodaira is too kite-winged, Matsudaira Ieyasu is not even unified with Mikawa. He is just a small daimyo from Nishi Mikawa. In the Oda clan, he is in a neither superior nor inferior position. Naturally, there was no such thing as Gotoku-hime's informing and the subsequent suicide of Mrs. Tsukuyama and Matsudaira Nobuyasu.

Moreover, Oda Nobunaga played a considerable role in the Matsudaira family's restoration of the country. Matsudaira Ieyasu's hometown, Okazaki Castle, was given to him by Oda Nobunaga in exchange for it from Okabe Gennobu.

Not only that, Oda Nobunaga also sent troops to ask for reinforcements to help him quell the Mikawa Soichikui that swept the entire Nishi Mikawa. In order to help him stabilize his rule in Xisanhe, it was really heartbreaking.

It is truly a great debt of gratitude to the Matsudaira family!

How much price would it take for Matsudaira Ieyasu and Toyama Tomokatsu to switch sides?

this is a big problem! From Koheita's point of view, the security he received was definitely not enough. The former Takeda Shingen must have made this condition. Put yourself in Matsudaira Ieyasu's shoes and think about it. Oda Nobunaga had a great kindness to him. This great kindness cannot be simply forgotten.

Although betrayal and betrayal were very common in the Warring States Period, today you stab me in the back, and tomorrow I push you out to die. I have seen too much. There was no unbreakable alliance between daimyo, let alone between daimyo and his subjects.

In the final analysis, it’s just a matter of kindness and righteousness!

However, Matsudaira Ieyasu's price tag should be very high, and it would be too hypocritical if it were the kind of real benefits that could be obtained immediately, rather than the easily promised half country of Owari and half country of Mikawa.

It was embarrassing to think about it. Matsudaira Ieyasu was probably unwilling to move away from Mikawa. If he wanted to persuade him, it would be best to find a way for him in Mikawa. But Higashi Mikawa's Uden Nagasho will not be able to open it for a while, and there is not a large piece of territory around it that can be used to bribe Matsudaira Ieyasu, which is another problem.

Or change the idea and win over the important ministers under the Matsudaira clan?

This idea was tried by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. At the time of the Komaki Nagasute War, Ishikawa Sumasa was already Nishi Mikawa's flag-general and had a transcendent status in the family. At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu's trust in him was so great that he even hired Ishikawa Ienari, Ishikawa Sumasa's uncle, to take over the position.

Ishikawa Shumasa's departure did have a huge impact on Tokugawa Ieyasu at the time. Due to Ishikawa Shumasa's understanding of Mikawa affairs and his influence in Mikawa, it was possible to shake the Tokugawa family's rule in Mikawa.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was really troubled by this. Not only did he immediately start rebuilding Okazaki Castle, he even changed the military system of the Tokugawa family to the military system of the original Takeda clan.

But now Matsudaira Ieyasu does not have such a big foundation, and Ishikawa Shumasa has not been suspected and questioned by his family because he is the leader of the family. Most of the complex political factors of exodus do not exist.

Then why should he, Ishikawa Shu, be a traitor and a traitor instead of being a good loyal minister?

As for others, although there are also surrenderers, including Takeda Katsuyori's attack on Gaotian Castle in history, Gaotian Castle surrendered under the fierce attack of Takeda Army.

There were not just one or two Tokugawa Ieyasu samurai who surrendered to the Takeda clan. Although he would not be very famous in the future, he had a very bad influence on the Tokugawa clan's retainers at that time.

Although the conditions were not yet mature, at this point, Xiao Ping Tai felt that it would be better to test it out and see if there was anyone who was "aware of current affairs".

Just like the three members of the Yamagata family, Okuhira Shinkuro Sadatsu took the initiative to join the Yamauchi clan, while Okuhira Hataro Sadamasa (Okuhira Nobumasa), as the son-in-law of Matsudaira Ieyasu, firmly stood on the side of the Matsudaira clan.

Due to the special geopolitical situation of the buffer zone between the great powers, many families in the East and West Three Rivers were split into two parts. One part fell to the Yamauchi clan, and the other fell to the Matsudaira clan who was subordinate to Oda.

Xiao Pingtai will definitely not send someone up to shout, surrender to our family! Arriving at our Yamauchi house is like arriving at your own home! There is a lot of golden knowledge and practice!

Send some people first, contact them secretly, and communicate. Let's chat with people of the same clan, establish a relationship, talk about friendship, and establish this foundation of mutual trust first. They were originally a family, but they were just serving two masters. It's not shameful to show courtesy or anything like that.

When necessary, take action again!