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Chapter 372: The Peace of Shinano

In the early morning of May 1, Hori Naomasa learned about Kondo Shigekashi's report and realized that he might become a bargaining chip for trading in Ishikawa Yasakanaga and Goto Kiji. In addition, he decided to follow Kondo's advice. He first released Hori Hideki Hori who was under house arrest, and then gave up the idea of ​​using fraudulent surrender to attack Toyoto's army, and took the initiative to lead the army outside Toshi Castle to wait for Goto Kiji's arrival.

Hori Hideshige was very dissatisfied with Hori Naomasa's previous bad practices. He threatened Goto Kiji and forced Hori Naomasa to hand over military power. After meeting with Toyotomi Army, he signaled Hori Hideji to order Hori Naomasa to return to Kasugayama Castle alone to become a monk. Hori Hideji and Hori Naomasa's two sons died in battle for the Hori family, so he couldn't bear this. After receiving Goto Kiji's support, he ordered Hori Naomasa to continue to follow the army south, and Hidebo would decide what to do after the war.

Not only that, with Goto Kiji's strong intervention, Hori Hidege was forced to hand over the military power and promised to return to Echigo after the battle. Hori Hideji, the governor of the family, finally ushered in a ten-year succession, but this authority was given by Yamato Toyotomi, which also made him understand that the world in the future will be covered by Yamato Toyotomi.

At noon that day, Goto Kiji led 24,000 people from Toyotomi and Hori clan to Ueda Castle and successfully met with Sanada Nobuyuki who had been waiting outside the city. Then Ishikawa Yasunaka also led the rest of his troops to come. After a short rest in Ueda Castle, Goto Kiji served as the general. He set out in the morning of the next day. 28,000 people went to Komoto via Tohoku Street.

On the evening of the second day of May, Hioneno Yoshiaki, who was staying in Komoto Castle, followed the advice of his retainers and took the initiative to surrender to the Toyotomi coalition forces stationed outside the city. Komotomi has always been a major town in the hands of Nobuo Tokugawa Daimei, and has stockpiled a large amount of food, grass and weapons. Hioneno's Kaedaki provided great convenience for the Toyotomi coalition forces to rest and replenish the supplies.

Goto Kiji learned from Hinono that more than 4,000 people led by Hidehisa Senshi and Kyoko Kochi had left Shinono to Ueno to support Tokugawa's army earlier, but was ambushed by Asano's army in Usuima and lost their responsibilities. He didn't know what to do for a while. After hearing this, Goto Kiji handed a letter to Hinono Yoshiaki, asking him to send someone to Usuima and told the truth about the current situation in Shinono. If Senshi and Kyoko were smart people, they would definitely make the right choice.

On the third day of the fifth month, the sky was just dawn. In accordance with the request of Goto Kiji in the letter, he led 3,000 remaining troops from Usui Izumi to return to Komo Castle to meet him. At this point, Goto Kiji completed the integration of Shinono's army. On the one hand, he wrote to Hideo to inform him of Shinono's situation; on the other hand, according to the previous plan, he led a newly formed Toyotomi coalition of about 32,000 people to arrive at Usui Izumi in the evening of the same day, and joined the Asano army led by Asano Yukinaga, and went to Matsuita to support Ikeda Hiromasa in the city.

On that day, Hideopo also led a huge army of 120,000 people to Numata Castle. At the very end, Yoshimitsu and Murakami, the 16,000-Etsukoshi crusade army formed by Mitsuguchi had been waiting here for a long time.

At the banquet that night, daimyos from all over the country were excited about the war coming to an end, and they all drank happily. Some even danced in front of everyone regardless of their identities, which made everyone laugh. But in such a cheerful atmosphere, Xiu Bao couldn't let go, frowned, and drank alone.

"Your Highness, it is really gratifying to hear that Goto Okimoto has persuaded the Horika family and Ishikawa family to surrender, and have basically completed the pacification of Shinono." Yoshimitsu saw Hideo's strangeness and immediately came to him and started talking to him tentatively.

"My father-in-law," Xiu Bao whispered: "The closer the war is, the more problems there will be. How can I have?"

Yoshimitsu knew that due to his identity, Hideo could only be so compatible with him in private, but he didn't care about this at all. However, Hideo's words made him a little puzzled: "What does your highness mean? You will lead a large army to pacify Kanto, Kinki, Kyushu and other places soon, and peace is just around the corner. I really can't see any problems."

"Tokugawa, Uesugi, Maori, Shimazu, and expelling these great names can consolidate the rule of the Toyotomi clan and maintain the stability of the world, but that's all? In this war, all the names of the nation have been mobilized. After the war, we have to give an explanation, right? Is it a reward or punishment, whether it is a seal or a change, if you are not careful, it will cause dissatisfaction. Compared with the war, it is not simple."

In fact, Hideopo thought of this problem when he was fighting against Tokugawa's army. Unlike the Tokugawa clan, Hideopo had many genealogies, there were only a handful of retainers around Hideopo who could command the army. The success of this battle was largely due to the Ozawa faction. Although these daimyos are currently on their side, they are not their retainers after all. Who can guarantee that they will not engage in evil with them because of the additional seal?

Not only that, powerful daimyos such as Kobayagawa Hideaki, Ida Masamune and even Yoshikiru all have strong independence. If you are not careful in your countermeasures, they will cause unpredictable rebounds. When Hideyoshi was alive, she could still rely on the Ohashi school to suppress it, but now if she was not fully controlled by the Ohashi school, how could she control these Daimyos?

With these worries in his heart, Xiubao could not relax himself. Seeing that Yoshihiko took the initiative to greet him, Xiubao also felt that he could take the opportunity to test it and listen to his opinion on this matter. After all, he is also the best among foreign names.

The Supreme Yi Guang has the nickname "Fox of Yuzhou", which shows that he is good at strategy and guessing people's hearts. Hearing Xiubao say this, he thought for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, what do you think is the ultimate goal whether it is a war or a post-war disposal?"

"This..." Hideopa paused for a moment and replied: "It is to maintain the stability of the world and maintain the authority of the Toyotomi and the Young Master. Why do you ask this?"

"Since it is to maintain the authority of Toyotomi, isn't the question simple?" Yoshihiko Sui analyzed: "With this ultimate goal, your highness will just move towards this goal. As for how to deal with those daimyos, it is all for this goal. You don't have to worry about causing dissatisfaction. If you betray the goal in your heart because of the dissatisfaction of other daimyos, this battle will be meaningless."

"My father-in-law, do you really think so?" Hideo looked at the Supreme Yoshikawa with some doubts: "You are a great name with the Ida clan in the northeast. Are you not worried that the words just now will cause trouble and eventually come to the Supreme Family?"

"So what," Yoshihiko laughed and said, "Everyone says I am a 'Fox of Yuzhou' and is skilled in scheming, but they don't know why I am like this. If the world is stable, Daming stops attacking and the people live and work in peace, what's the use of my strategy? Looking back now, the Northeast has changed its appearance after the establishment of Aozhou Shishi. The Damings abandoned past grudges and became increasingly close, and the people can also move around everywhere, without having to live a life of separation from their wives and children. What is more happy than this that we, as lords?"
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