The Maeda Taki family made a decision that was in line with the interests of Toyotomi.

For Toyotomi Hideji, this was not the decision he wanted most, but the decision that was most in line with his interests. He believed that the Maeda Taki family would not hurt him, so he accepted the Maeda Taki family's advice and did it according to his method.

Mizuna Ishida felt very uncomfortable.

The same strategy, he said, was to attack from groups, and the Maeda Taki family passed it immediately.

The difference in treatment is a bit too big.

But he also knew that this was the gap between the Maeda Taki family and him that was most incomparable to him - prestige and qualifications, and origin.

The Maeda Taki family was born in Ohara. He has been a brave general since the Oda Nobunaga era and has made many military achievements. The Toyotomi era was also the most trusted powerful daimyo that Toyotomi Hideyoshi. From a simple general to an excellent daimyo who can be literary and martial, the Maeda Taki family has been learning and growing up.

Until now, although the Maeda Taki family has moved from the armed faction to the steady faction, and has reconciled with the Omi faction Mizunai Ishida, which has conflicts with the past, and has suppressed the riots of the general faction with the help of Mizunai Ishida's power, his prestige is still there, and the generals of the Ozawa Sect respect him very much.

So Mizuna Ishida sighed deeply.

Also deeply worried.

Toyotomi's overall situation is in a main battle, while the keen and steady party is relatively weak. At present, the Maeda Taki family is standing on the side of the Stable party and helping the Stable party stand on the stage. He can still make a difference, but the Maeda Taki family is not in good health.

If he dies one day, will Ishida Mizunari withstand the huge pressure?

No, Mitsunari Ishida did not have Ozawa's origin as an assistant, and Toyotomi Hideji's trust in him was far less than that in the Maeda Taki family. If Toyotomi Hideji fully supported the main war faction, he would be powerless to stop the wave of main war.

Even if the Maeda Taki family has given everyone a care today, it is really hard to say whether it will work.

So on the way to send Maeda Tatsuya back home, Mizunashi Ishida told Maeda Tatsuya all his worries.

I got the deep sigh of Maeda Takiya.

"Ishida-kun, I can feel that my life is losing, I can feel that my energy and physical strength are constantly weakening. I have been sick for a long time. I have seen a famous doctor, taken precious medicinal materials, and ate a lot of ingredients to nourish the body, but it just doesn't improve.

I don’t know how to tell you, but I have never told anyone that I have a premonition that I won’t live long, maybe another month, maybe two months or half a year, I will die.”

The words of Maeda Tatsuya scared Mitsunashi Ishida very much.

"Don't say such things! You still need to preside over the current situation. Without you, I really don't know what Your Highness would do."

The Maeda Taki family also knew about Hideji Toyotomi's main battle position and the current weakness of the stable faction among the Toyotomi forces.

"This is exactly what Xiao Ruxun is terrible. I always feel that although he has been away for seven years, he has influenced us all the time. Xiuci is talented and capable, and can inherit the foundation of Xiantaige. However, Xiuci is prone to impulsiveness. I may also advise him, if I die, Ishida Jun, you..."

"It's not possible."

Mizuna Ishida smiled bitterly and said, "You are not unaware of the situation today. I was almost attacked by a group. They ignored my opinions at all. I can't stop Your Highness from doing anything, so if you are gone, I can't imagine what will happen."

"After all, it's not whether I'm alive or dead."

Maeda Tatsuya shook her head: "It's about what Xiao Ruxun wants to do. If he really mobilized troops because of the civil strife in the country and hoped that we would fight, it would be a good thing. It means that he has begun to unable to support the conflicts in Qin. But if this is fake, it would be bad, which means that Qin has cleared the internal conflicts and has begun to prepare for external expansion."

Mizunashi Ishida breathed stagnantly.

Maeda Takiya looked very worried.

"Looking at the history of Chinese dynasties throughout China, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties, as long as China is unified, it will inevitably embark on the road of external expansion. When China splits, it can only preserve the core Han territory. However, once China is unified, the Western Regions, Liaodong, Lingnan, southwest, and grasslands are all the places where the Chinese dynasty use its troops.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also expanded its territory everywhere, expanding its territory to an extremely large extent. Later, the Ming Dynasty declined and its territory gradually shrank, but those places were still ruled by the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Ruxun was born as a military general. He liked war and martial arts. As long as the internal conflicts of Qin were resolved and civil strife was resolved, external expansion was inevitable. Even when the civil strife was not settled, he sent troops to Liaodong to eliminate the barbarians.

Then next, he will send troops everywhere to eliminate the foreigners who occupied the former territory of the Ming Dynasty, retake those territory, and expand the territory of Qin. This is what the Chinese emperor will do, and Xiao Ruxun will no exception."

Mizunashi Ishida hurriedly said: "But Japan has never become a territory or vassal state of China. How could Xiao Ruxun use troops to Japan and even want to destroy Japan?"

"Because the war launched by Xiantaige before allowed China to see the combat effectiveness of Japan after its unification, it made China realize the threat of Japan. If Xiao Ruxun wants to expand to the outside world, he will definitely not let go of Japan he personally conquered."

Maeda Takiga said with confidence: "It can be said that as long as Xiao Ruxun has the opportunity, he will definitely not give up attacking Japan. It's just a matter of time. Although I don't think Xiao Ruxun will send troops to attack Japan now, if he really does, I won't feel it's hard to accept it.

Just like in the past, Taige didn’t think that Xiao Ruxun would lead his troops across the sea to attack. Taige felt that the Ming Emperor would definitely stop Xiao Ruxun, but Xiao Ruxun still came. Once he came, it was hard to say whether he would come again. If he came again, I wouldn’t find it strange.”

Mizunashi Ishida swallowed and asked with some difficulty: "What do you mean is that sooner or later, there will be a battle between Qin and Japan?"

Maeda Taki took a deep breath.

"Yes, I think so. As long as Xiao Ruxun is still the emperor, he will definitely come again. He will not satisfy the current situation. No one in the entire Chinese land knows Japan better than him, and he happens to be the emperor of the Qin Dynasty."

Maeda Takiya looked up at the sky with a worried look on her face.

"This enemy is really terrible, terrible."

"So, what way do you have to fight against Xiao Ruxun? Since you think Xiao Ruxun will make a comeback sooner or later, you must have a way to fight against him, right?"

Mizunashi Ishida looked at Maeda Takiya with expectant expression.

But Maeda Taki's family disappointed him.

"Ishida-kun, I can predict the development of things, but how to solve such a big thing? Do you think I can do it easily? If I were ten years younger, I could plan and lead the entire Japanese forces to fight him once, but now, my energy and my body are not enough for me to plan again."

Maeda Takiya shook his head weakly: "Ishida, I have no energy anymore, and I can even feel that I can't see that time."

Mizunashi Ishida looked at the Maeda Taki family who kept shaking their heads in despair.

"But besides you, who else can fight against Xiao Ruxun?"

"Even me, it's hard to say that I can fight against Xiao Ruxun. If the heroes of Xin Changgong and Xian Taige are resurrected from the dead and the heroes of the Warring States Period are resurrected from the dead and gather together to unite, I think there is still hope, and we still have hope to win, but now..."

Maeda Takiya smiled bitterly and said, "I only have a broken and aging body left. The generals under Taige and his command were killed and injured. Our strength has been greatly weakened, and there is no navy to compete with the navy of Qin. If you can't even defend, how can you fight against it?"

The words of Maeda Tatsuya made Mitsuru Ishida very depressed.
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