Chapter 824: Entering Kai

As for the other retainers, because of the words just now, even if they don't want to, they really can't find the words to refuse, and everything can only depend on the decision of the lord.

Seeing that the ministers were silent, the lord hesitated, and continued: "Of course, if the lord only wants to keep the name of the family, then give up the alliance now and express his allegiance to the Oda family, then with the merits and loyalty of the family over the years, the Oda Hall will definitely not be embarrassed, and it is not impossible to keep the current territory, and once a certain legion of the Oda family is unfavorable in battle, the lord will replace it, and it is also possible to expand the territory." However, if the lord is determined to be in the world, then transferring the territory is the only way out for the Tokugawa family. And to stay away from the eastern country, the Takayama clan has now become a climate, especially after he vigorously develops commerce, the strength is by no means as simple as it seems, with the financial resources of the Takayama family, as long as he is willing, he can support an army of more than 50,000 people at any time, and then with Shibata, Sakuma and others to help, the family has lost the qualification to compete with the eastern country, since this is the case, then it is better to stay away, only in this way can the family really get out of the predicament.

Lord, subordinates say something that shouldn't be said, Oda Hall is too proud, regards the retainers as grass mustard, and thinks that even if the retainers are given too much territory and rights, they can control it, but he forgets that his son Oda Nobutada is not enough to deal with such a situation, and his son Nobutada, although he is more than loyal, but his ability is insufficient, once the Oda Hall dies, then the Oda family will have a big war between the Kinoshita faction and the Takayama faction in less than three years. Regardless of the victory or defeat, this is definitely the best time for the family to take over the world.

The lord is to give up one land and win the world. Or trapped in the Three Kingdoms. Everything is left to the Lord. ”

"Say no more. I decided to give up Junyuansan and ask for a transfer like the Oda family. However, where to go, this matter needs to be carefully discussed, and someone will quickly get the map. ”

In a short time, a complete map of the world of Japan was presented in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu and his retainers, although the map was relatively simple, but the 66 countries and the general terrain were still depicted more clearly.

It's a pity, though. This decision of the Tokugawa family is a step too late, if this decision is made before the establishment of the six major armies, then there will be many places for them to choose from, and now there are really not many places that can be exchanged, Dongguo doesn't have to think about it, doesn't have to think about it, what is left?

"My lord, since the decision to exchange territories has been made, then my subordinates think that Harima. The two countries are not only equal to the Ishigao of the family, but also the entry into the two countries is extremely beneficial to the development of the family. With the current exchange of the three kingdoms of the main family, the Oda Hall should agree to this proposal, I don't know what the lord thinks. After studying the map, Sakai Tadaji said, he knew that Nobunaga wanted to transfer Asai here, but Asai Nagamasa really lacked strategic vision, and in his opinion, these two countries were much better than Kita-Omi, which was surrounded by the Oda family.

And at present, the land under the rule of the family has reached nearly 700,000 stone heights, although there are definitely some wealthy families who will not leave with the family, but in addition to them, although the land directly under the jurisdiction is less, there are still 500,000 stones, and after the two countries of Harima remove the land of the local wealthy families, the total is only 400,000, from the point of view of the stone height, the family is at a loss, so once proposed, Oda Nobunaga may be difficult to refuse.

After looking at it for a while, Tokugawa Ieyasu also felt that these two countries were more suitable for the development of his own family, not only did he achieve the goal of staying away from the Takayama family, but once he entered the two countries, he had Oda behind him and no need to worry about the back, and the forces of the four countries in the south were too weak, and they did not have the strength to provoke, and they were still the target of the Oda family's strategy, and it was impossible to threaten the family. In this way, the family can carry out the strategy with peace of mind, to the north to destroy the mountain name Dan Ma, because of the flag, to the south to destroy the Uki more before the preparation, if nothing else, less than three years to capture the three kingdoms, with these family background, the west expedition Maori is not impossible to complete, after all, the Maori alliance is relatively loose, it is difficult to win a battle, but it is very simple to eat step by step.

The more Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at these two countries, the more satisfied he became, and he even forgot the grief of leaving his homeland.

However, at this time, Ishikawa Shumasa poured cold water on him, and only heard him speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that even if the Oda Hall agrees, Lord Kinoshita will definitely not agree, and the lord and all the adults can see the development prospects of these two countries, can't Lord Kinoshita see it?" Even if Kinoshita-sama can't see it, can't his subordinate military advisor, Kuroda-sama, see it, so with Kinoshita-sama's status in the Oda family, as long as he refuses to exchange, the Oda Hall will definitely be on Kinoshita-sama's side.

Besides, even if Kinoshita-sama doesn't mention it, Oda Hall won't agree, Kinoshita is in the west, Takayama is in the east, is this a coincidence? The subordinates never think so, this should be the Oda Palace's intention, the world knows that Kinoshita Takayama is not in harmony, and it is absolutely impossible to put them together, but the territory of the family is adjacent to the Takayama family, and exchanging with the Kinoshita family is equivalent to destroying the overall strategy of the Oda family, so it is impossible, the lord should give up. ”

"It makes sense, since that's the case, then I won't consider it here. Where do you think your family should live? Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, then stopped paying attention to the two countries, and asked.

"The subordinates think that the only territories that are more suitable for the exchange of the family are the Tanba and Tango that Sakuma-sama has just captured, and the two countries of Tango, first of all, although these two countries are a little worse than the two countries of Harima in terms of strategic importance, they can still have a bird's-eye view of Inaba and Danma, and the family and the Takayama family are not on good terms and are similar to the Kinoshita-sama, so it is easier to approach, and it is much easier to have Kinoshita-sama in Sanyo to contain the Maori family to carry out the San'in raids, and the San'in countries together are also millions of stones, which is enough to deal with the changes in the world. Although the family suffered some losses at the beginning, in the long run, it is still in the interests of the family. ”

"Do you have a different opinion?" Seeing that everyone did not have any objections, Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately made a decision, and only listened to him say: "This matter will be handled as such, but it is not yet the time to negotiate with the Oda family, and at this moment the family should immediately attack Takeda while Hojo is unable to react, and occupy as much land as possible, only in this way can the family gain more benefits." Although Tokugawa Ieyasu agreed with this plan, he thought that the stone height of these two countries was too much less than the land he actually controlled, and it was okay to suffer a loss, but he couldn't suffer a big loss, so he thought of this method, using Kai, which did not belong to him, in exchange for Wakasa, although Wakasa was a little poorer, but there were nearly 100,000 stones, don't do it in vain, and the three people of Wakasa are all people from the Takayama faction, and they must not be cheapened.

After the retainers expressed their position, Tokugawa Ieyasu listed the matter as the top secret of the Tokugawa family, not only was it not allowed to mention it to outsiders, but even other samurai and family members in the family who were not qualified to participate in the assessment were strictly forbidden to talk about it.

And three days later, the Takayama clan clan sitting in Takayama Castle couldn't help frowning slightly after receiving the information presented by Mizuse Uemon, he couldn't help frowning slightly, he couldn't understand the movement of the Tokugawa family, in his opinion, even if Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to work hard, but it was not a priority, for the Tokugawa family, Tsuru County was the master, and Yamanashi, Yashiro and other three counties should be secondary, of course, if he really figured it out, he should find that the entire Kai was secondary, but the Tokugawa family didn't act according to the convention, and said that it understood it, and it wasn't like it, because after they knew that their family was attacking Kai, they had already started a frantic offensive in advance. It can be said that they didn't understand it, but they didn't attack Turyu County, but attacked Yatsushiro County, could it be that the Dao Chuan family gave up completely? This is by no means Tokugawa Ieyasu's character, but what is the purpose of doing this, the clan can't think of a reason for a while, and in the end he can only invite Honda and Sanada to the two military advisors.

As soon as the two military advisors arrived, the clan sect handed over the information in their hands to the two to read, but when the two read it, they also fell into deep thought.

However, the clan was soon disappointed, and the two military advisors did not see the purpose of the Tokugawa family, and in the end, the clan had to order Mizuse Uemon to step up the investigation.

In addition to these incomprehensible information, other information is still more gratifying, due to the crazy attack of the Tokugawa army, so the main force of the Takeda family could not withdraw from Yatsushiro County to meet the strength of the family's army, so Hosokawa Fujitaka after receiving this news, did not let the army rest, but went straight to Jumo County, although the attack had just begun, but with the strength of the three thousand Takeda family troops in Jumo County, it was absolutely impossible to stop the attack of the family.

Two days later, the battle report from the front came that the family had completely controlled Jumo County, and after a day's rest, in addition to leaving some necessary military strength, the army had begun to march towards Yamanashi County.

However, Yamanashi County is where the main city of the Takeda family is located, and even if Takeda Katsuyori fights to the death, it is impossible to give up directly, so after the Takayama Army captured Jumo County, Takeda Katsuyori not only transferred all the 3,000 troops of Duryu County to Kofu Castle to defend it, completely abandoned this place, and also withdrew 5,000 troops from the front line of Yatsushiro County to return to the city, the goal of the Takeda family is very clear, stick to Kofu Castle, wait for Hojo to come to help, as long as Kofu Castle is not lost, then everything still has a chance. Takeda Katsuyori looked at the more than 10,000 troops in the city, and he felt a little more confident in his heart.

At this moment, the Hojo family also began to gather troops, but the speed was really a little slow, and when Jumo County was captured by the Takayama family, the army under his command was rushing to Odawara Castle, and at this speed, it would be difficult to reach the battlefield in a week. (To be continued.) )