Chapter seven hundred and twenty-fifth Lee's prediction
After the Okehazama surprise attack, the attitude of the Matsudaira family was unclear, and Oda Nobunaga's calculations were loud and clear.
If Matsudaira Motoyasu wants to invade Owari, he should first invade the Shiba family's territory and offend Yoshigan Shiba.
Unexpectedly, Maeda Toshiie succeeded in bringing the two families together, and the Oda Matsudaira family formed the Seiju Alliance and became back-to-back allies.
At this time, the Owari Shiba collar lost its function in the narrow space of the barrel and began to become irritating again.
Although Maeda Toshiie took the initiative to move closer to Oda Nobunaga and even betrayed the Shiba family's ashigaru method in order to surrender.
But Oda Nobunaga still didn't want Owari Shiba's territory to lie across the land where she started. But it was easy for her to increase her territory, but it was difficult to change it.
The territory given to the Maeda Toshiie family does not matter, but the territory of 1,500 stone barrels that Andu gave to Shiba Yoshigage and the 1,500 stone quarries passed down from the ancestors of the Shiba clan, how can they be touched?
Owari Shiba is the gaijin of the Oda family, but Shiba Yoshigan is not the gaijin of the Oda family. Oda Nobunaga's move to occupy his territory can be interpreted as a serious political provocation.
A few thousand koku is not a large amount, but it is difficult to say whether it will cause bad effects. Oda Nobunaga needs someone to take the blame.
She looked at the respectful Maeda Toshiie and smiled without saying a word. This was also a test. If Maeda Toshiie truly surrendered, he would have to dare to make such a decision that went against the grain.
The result made her very satisfied. She was acquainted with the Maeda Toshi family, and her behavior almost secluded herself from the Shiba retainers.
The Wu family gathered under one family name to seek benefits, and land was the most important benefit to the Wu family.
As the acting official of Owari Shiba, Maeda Toshiie promised to change the Shiba family's territory without authorization, especially the Shiba ancestral land. Even if Shiba Yoshigan could forgive her, the Shiba retainers group would not forgive her.
After Maeda Toshiie expressed her stance, she bowed her head again and waited for Oda Nobunaga's instructions. She did not take seriously Oda Nobunaga's temptation.
Yoshihiro Shiba is concerned about Kanto, and at most he cares about the 200,000 koku territory in the recent Shiba Territory. The land of more than 10,000 koku in the Owari Shiba Territory has long been out of his sight.
This is what Maeda Toshiie is most worried about. She is almost useless. If she has no value to the master, what use is the Hime Samurai?
She was determined to rely on her own hands to fight for the possibility of marrying into the family. Being far away from Shiba Yiyin, she could only rely on herself and make the Owari clan left by her master bigger and stronger.
It doesn't matter whether it's Owari or Mino, or even moving to Hokurikudo, the important thing is to accumulate strength!
With enough strength, she can have weight and retain the slightest chance of forming a relationship with Shiba Yiyin.
Oda Nobunaga was ambitious and constantly expanding, and sooner or later he would go to Luo to fulfill the dreams of the people of the world.
She forcibly reformed the military system, did not follow tradition, took radical risks, and only sought results by any means. She had irreconcilable fundamental conflicts with the laws and guardianship system of the shogunate samurai.
As the traditional guardian of the daimyo, Yoshigan Shiba would sooner or later have a conflict with the fiercely reforming Warring States daimyo Oda Nobunaga.
Maeda Toshiie can kneel down and be a dog to Oda Nobunaga. As long as she can reuse him, the rewards will continue to make Maeda Toshiie stronger.
Even if Shiba's retainers spurn her and Shiba Yiyin doesn't understand her, it doesn't matter. She can wait one year, three years, five years, until the day when the two sides conflict.
The two people in the room had their own thoughts, but they reached an agreement on the change of Owari Shiba's leadership.
Oda Nobunaga said.
"The changes will be discussed after we conquer Dongmeinong. Not only you, but Quan Liu and the others will also receive a lot of rewards. I will not treat the heroes badly."
"Hi! Thank you, His Highness Oda. We are so grateful that we will fight bravely."
Oda Nobunaga was concentrating her efforts on restructuring and sent the Owari samurai to attack Higashi Mino. In order to prevent the Owari samurai from objecting, she threw out 200,000 koku from Higashi Mino and spent a lot of money.
The Owari Shiba collar will definitely be transferred to Higashi Mino after the war. The specific number of stones to be installed depends on the ability of Maeda Toshiie.
Maeda Toshiie already knew the content of the Gifu Castle review and sneered at the stupidity of the Owari samurai. These people were ordered around by Oda Nobunaga and were happy to increase their territory.
In fact, as long as Oda Nobunaga completes the restructuring, the entire Oda family will become her own army, and the retainers will lose the ability to fight against her.
The civilian population is ten times that of the samurai family, and the food in the Nobi Plain is enough to feed a large number of soldiers. They will become Oda Nobunaga's inexhaustible reserve force.
The Wu family's centralized residence policy made it more difficult for retainers to rebel.
The lower-level samurai became the backbone of the legion, the middle-level samurai were assigned to fight, and the upper-level samurai led the army into battle. The cascading rule of the samurai was broken, and the Hime Samurai became a temporary official in the hands of Oda Nobunaga.
Economically, Oda Nobunaga not only made money by wooing merchants and merchants, but also relied on the iron cannon craftsmen sent by the Nichiren Sect to build his own workshops.
When the Oda family's subordinates can skillfully use three and a half super long spears and iron cannons to fight, who will defeat the Oda family's retired army?
Maeda Toshiie watched with cold eyes. She believed that many Oda retainers also saw all this clearly, but they had nothing to do.
One person can be wise, but the group will inevitably be dragged down to the same level for decision-making by those with the lowest IQ.
The Oda retainers only saw immediate benefits, and whoever came to stop them from getting benefits was their enemy.
The desperate samurai family really came forward, and before she could stop Oda Nobunaga, she was killed by the retainers first.
Only by going with the flow can you protect yourself. How to follow Oda Nobunaga's baton and gain greater personal benefits is the right choice.
Oda Nobunaga looked at Maeda Toshiie and asked.
"I hope to complete control of East Merion next year. Do you think Quan Liu can do it?"
Maeda Toshiie thought for a while and said.
"The strength of each family under Shibata-sama is sufficient. Higashi-Mino Sarupecki, Kaneyama and other places are under the control of the Oda army, especially Kaneyama Castle, which has isolated the Higashi-Mino samurai family from each other.
Personally, I suggest that you first attack the major cities in Higashi Mino County, then go straight to the border and capture Yawata Castle in Gunjo County, Iwamura and Naegi in Ena County.
If Hinano Hiroshi-sama is willing to cooperate and call on her family, the Higashi Minonbu family, to cooperate with foreigners, a lot of time should be saved.
After the spring plowing, first occupy the city, then go to the countryside to clean up the area, which can be left after the autumn harvest."
Oda Nobunaga nodded, Maeda Toshiie's idea coincided with hers.
Capturing the city in the spring will make it easier to clean up the area in the fall without delaying farming in the coming year. East Meinong will be her help instead of a long-term burden.
The northern part of Mino is the Ryobai Mountains, west Mino is separated from Echizen Province, and east Mino mainly faces Hida Province. Gujo County is the protrusion wedged between the two countries, and Gujo Hachiman Castle is the core of Gujo County.
Ena County, which is close to Shinano Province, is divided by the Kiso Mountains. Iwamura Castle and Naegi Castle are the key points of defense.
Although Meinong is separated from these three countries by mountains, which is not conducive to the movement of large armies, it is unlikely that other countries will intervene in the war in East Meinong. However, it is necessary to isolate the borders and occupy key areas to clean up the interior.
Oda Nobunaga smiled and said.
"In the beginning of spring, you should follow Quan Liu's actions. Don't let me down, Inuchiyo."
"Hi!"
Maeda Toshiie fell to the ground and kowtowed.
Through several wonderful performances, she gained the appreciation of Oda Nobunaga. However, the two parties had a tacit understanding to avoid one thing, and that was Maeda Toshiie's status as acting official of Shiba.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to use this identity, but he had not yet entered the near future, so he couldn't use it for the time being, and he didn't know how to use it.
Maeda Toshiie, on the other hand, was pretending to be confused. On the one hand, he surrendered to Oda Nobunaga to cut off the retreat, leaving no room for error. On the other hand, he held on to this identity so that it could be used at critical moments.
Both sides answered each other, and the host and guest were delighted.
