In fact, after learning that Hideo's victory in Aizu, Misaki Ishida began to think about his strategy of change. He believed that in the near future, the struggle within the Toyotomi regime would no longer be a struggle between the Omi faction and the Ozawa faction, but a confrontation between the faction led by himself and the Hinatomi faction.

The reason why he insists on using "counter" rather than struggle is that the future struggle will not be as fierce and obvious as the struggle between Omi and Ozawa factions, and is more of a mutual temptation and check and balance. Although this state is not what Ishida Mitsunari most hopes, it is far better than the previous open and secret struggles, and it is also a model that has to be compromised at present.

In order to ensure that it is not at a disadvantage in this mode, Mizuna Ishida must ensure that it must maintain the same strength as Hideo in the center and local areas, and at least it must be a force that cannot be underestimated. In order to achieve this, Mizuna Ishida can be said to have racked his brains.

In the center, Mitsunari Ishida first tried his best to integrate the pursuing faction to ensure internal unity; secondly, because Yoshiguri Horio, among the "Three Middle School Olds", had already joined the Yamato Toyotomi clan and was deprived of the position of the Middle School Olds. The added Fuda Shigeran fled to Sakai Port Akitomi Akitomi, and Ikoma was close to Hideomotomi. After the war, Mitsunari Ishida simply asked for instructions from Hideoho to Toyotomi Hidera and Madam Yoshi, requesting the abolition of the "Three Middle School Olds" on the grounds that the "Three Middle School Olds" were in vain and had a heavy trust from the Taige. In this way, Hideo's power in the center will be significantly weakened.

However, Mrs. Yone was quite suspicious of the reasons that Mitsunari Ishida said, especially after learning that Mitsunari Ishida received Muri Hiromoto and Kuroda Rumizu, he was even more concerned. Therefore, he did not fully agree to Mitsunari's request, but only removed Fuda again. As for the other two, everyone needed to discuss and decide after Hideo returned to Beijing.

Mizunari Ishida seemed to have expected this result. He did not get too entangled in this matter, but instead focused on the Omahara Sect. As an elite directly under the Toyotomi family, the Omahara Sect suffered a serious setback after the Osaka Rebellion. In addition to the several rounds of purges after the war, the Omahara Sect, which had more than 15,000 people in the Omahara Sect, had only 2,000 people left before Hideo went to war.

After Mizunashi Ishida's efforts, the scale of the Imahara Temple has increased to 12,000 people. He also rebuilt the Seven-hand group, and still uses Sumizukuo as the pen. In addition to Hidehito Matsuura, Mano Laiba, Ito Nagashi, Jun Soho, and Nonomura Yukise are still the leaders of the group. Mashima Saburo Yuemon (Mashima Mitsuyoshi) and Lujima Zuosaki (Rujima Takayoshi), who had previously made military achievements, were also promoted to the leaders of the group.

The seven-hand group has a force of 1,500 to 2,000 troops. Sumizukuo has no direct samurai, but he can mobilize all teams and the navy of Kitsukawakawa, and has the highest command of Osaka Omahara. The growth of Omahara not only provides strong guarantees for defending Osaka Castle, but for Mizuna Ishida, his efforts will also win the closeness and trust of these team leaders in him, especially the two young team leaders who have just been promoted, who will be grateful to him. In this way, every move in Osaka Castle will be controlled by him at any time, and Hidera's safety will be as safe as possible.

At the same time, Mizunashi Ishida and others also seized the time to contact local powerful daimyos. Obviously, Ukita and Maeda have already stood beside Hideopo, and Mizunashi Ishida feel that there is no need to waste energy on them. The reason why they agreed to meet Kuroda Rumizu and Muri Fumoto was that there was no way to do it. After all, other powerful daimyos are either following Hideopo or following Tokugawa Ieyasu. At this time, these daimyos are either still in Kanto or ordered to stay behind their abilities, so it is difficult to get out of Osaka to discuss with the people. Therefore, only Kuroda Rumizu and Muri Fumoto who arrived earlier can meet at first.

Although Kuroda and Maori were both defeated generals, Mitsunari Ishida did not mean that their martial arts fortune would end. On the contrary, Kuroda Nagamasaki and Maori Hidemoto made great contributions under Hideopo, and the two families had a very high possibility of being eased for this, especially Kuroda Rushui, who won the territory of the Maori country at the last moment and was able to make up for the achievements.

Thinking of this, Mitsunari Ishida felt that these two families still had the possibility of exploitation. Even after the war, they were forced to hand over the power of their families to Kuroda Nagamasa and Muri Hidemoto, as long as they were still alive, they could have some impact and constraints on the decisions at home, which was enough for Mitsunari Ishida.

Mizunari Ishida understood that the biggest difference between him and Hideopo was that his prestige was dependent on the Toyotomi clan family. In addition to being given by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the early stage, Hideopo's prestige was accumulated bit by bit in the later stage. Moreover, he also had strong military strength and financial resources, which was something that we did not have.

Therefore, if you want to compete with Hideo, it is obviously impossible to rely solely on your own strength. Mitsunari Ishida must make everyone feel that in addition to Hideo, he is also the guardian of the Toyotomi family. He even said that his influence within the Toyotomi regime is not inferior to Hideomi. Only in this way can he attract the attention and closeness of those forces who are dissatisfied with Hideomi but are cautious by nature. These forces are precisely the most worthy of winning at present, Kuroda and Maori.

According to ordinary people, the Kuroda family disrupted Kyushu and the Maori family caused trouble to Kinki, and they would face changes or even destroy the family, but the two were unwilling to surrender to Hideopo. In addition to the achievements of the two young masters of the families, they felt that they could take another gamble.

As early as when Mihara Castle met, Kuroda Rumisu persuaded Mori Hiromoto not to return to Hiroshima directly, which was like being passively at the slaughter of others, but should do the opposite. Since Mori Hidemoto has the guarantee, why not try to achieve better results?

After a long talk all night, Kuroda Rumi finally persuaded Maori Hiromoto to return to Osaka Castle with him and meet Ishida Mizuna. Both sides were tacit, and they quickly reached an agreement, that is, Ishida Mizuna promised to excuse the two families in the post-war disposal, while Kuroda Rumimoto and Maori Hiromoto wanted to use their prestige at home to avoid the two families being too close to Hidebo. At the same time, they also used two nails to nail Ishida Mizuna to Kyushu and China, observe the local actions, and immediately report to the people who follow the news.
Chapter completed!