In the early morning of October 3, the first year of Bunroku (1592), Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had just marched to Sekigahara, received a report of defeat from Maple Leaf Mountain Castle - Imagawa Ujihira suddenly appeared, and all the armies in the world collapsed instantly, without even the slightest intention of fighting.
No.
"How is it possible... He just arrived in North Korea on the 28th, and now he's in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle? It's absolutely impossible. Hong Ye's return is faster than the news of North Korea's defeat?"
Toyotomi Hideyoshi held the table and sat down with some difficulty. Next to him, Kuroda Takataka looked ashen in disbelief.
"Or, he didn't go to North Korea at all." Kuroda Takaka held his forehead and scratched his bare scalp, almost drawing blood marks.
"But when he arrived in North Korea, Hidematsu sent a messenger back to confirm that Momiji had landed in Pyongyang City... The messenger who came back to report the news had only been here for half a day, but the Momiji man had already come back?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi went crazy.
He banged the table as if, unable to understand it at all, "He took out all the troops I sent to North Korea in just half a day? And then came back? Impossible!"
"Maybe the young master has rebelled, and that information is false. Imagawa Osamu just took a boat for a trip on the open sea and returned to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle." Kuroda Takataka came up with the only reasonable explanation, but Toyoda
Omi Hideyoshi went crazy further.
Yes, Kuroda Takaka's explanation is the only possibility. Toyotomi Hideyoshi either chose to believe that his only son, whom he doted on and grew up with, betrayed him, or he believed in the magic of the Imagawa clan's ability to transfer time and space.
"Hahaha..." Toyotomi Hideyoshi clasped his eyes with both hands, and laughed heartily, "I didn't expect that... I had worked so hard all my life to build a country that I was going to pass on to him, but in the end he was betrayed by him.
Really? This kid is really ungrateful. If not for him, why would I do so much?"
"The matter has come to an end. There is no need to continue fighting. Surrender, Lord." Kuroda Takagao quickly recovered from his despair and calmly judged in a low voice, "I will definitely not be tolerated by the Yuqiu family.
You have no choice but to go to sea to find a way out. But if my lord surrenders now, with Imagawa Harubu’s temperament, you will probably end up a rich man."
"Don't even think about it." Toyotomi Hideyoshi suddenly stopped laughing and refused coldly, "A rich man? A rich man who depends on others and picks up their wits? If I really surrender, the only thing waiting for me is to have everything taken away from me.
Power, status, and the result of being placed under house arrest again. Those lowly humans who used to crawl at my feet and beg for mercy can now sit on my head and shit. I guess even the little guard will not give me a good look.
You want me to live that kind of life again? Then you might as well let me die. I am Taige, and I am a member of the world. Even if I have to die, I must die in the same way as the people of the world!"
"Then my lord plans to..."
"Raid!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi slammed his hand on the sand table on the table, and the location of "Sekigahara" on the map was completely messed up. "I originally wanted to wait for them to arrive in formation here at Sekigahara. As long as Germany
When Kawa Ieyasu comes, I can make sure he never comes back! It seems like it's too late now. Hongye and his men are about to come from behind. There's no need to wait for Hongye's army to arrive. Wait until the news of defeat spreads throughout the army.
Will the morale of my 200,000-strong army be shattered in an instant? We must get in front, win a great victory, and wipe out all the troops from Guandong. Then we will still have something to deal with.
There is room! Since Hongye did not go to North Korea, then North Korea is our world! Immediately send an order to North Korea and ask Aquan to detain Hidetatsu, and then return quickly with the army to Japan for support! "
"My lord is very calculating, this is indeed the only chance of victory." Kuroda Takagao slowly nodded, understanding that the chance of victory here is slim, but it is also the Toyotomi family's only choice. "It's just based on the strategy of Second Young Master Yuqiu.
, must have arranged for people to spread the news of defeat. By noon tomorrow at the latest, the whole army will know the news that the world's army has been defeated."
"We'll get it done before then." Toyotomi Hideyoshi raised his hand that was patting Sekigahara and drew a straight line toward the southeast. "We'll kill them between Ogaki Castle and Gifu Castle and capture them.
Sumamata Castle is at the center of the battle line. Once Sumamata Castle is captured, the Kanto troops can only fight on their own and let us defeat them."
"I have long been aware of the importance of this city. It can be said to be the core of the entire northwest Weinong junction! Whoever wins Meinong will win the world. In my opinion, whoever wins Sumamata will win Meinong! This Sumamata City is the hub of the world.
If you capture Sumamata, half of the battle will be won!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi's blood-red eyes flashed with excitement, and he muttered in a deep voice, "Back then, Hongye was ordered to build a one-night city here in Sumamata. I was envious of it.
It’s so tight! It sounds like hindsight now and no one believes it, but at that time, if he didn’t take action, I would have taken action! The One Night City in Sumamata was my handiwork!”
"Although it's almost thirty years late, it doesn't matter. Whether it's Sumama City or this world, everything that belongs to me will eventually be taken back by me! Back then, you built the city in one night, but now I'll capture it in one night.
!”
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In the early morning of October 3, the first year of Bunroku (1592), the Toyotomi army, which had been attacking all day, did not stop and continued to attack the southeast all night. In order to boost morale, Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally led a group of close followers to the front, and the momentum
To seize Sumamata Castle. Under the guidance of Qiancheng Gourd Horse Seal, the soldiers of the Toyotomi Army were equally high-spirited and followed their great commander to launch another raid. At this time, they still did not know that their commander
My mood at this moment is not heroic, but desperate.
As the night gradually faded, the sky also became brighter. Toyotomi Hideyoshi used the dim light to look at the abandoned Sumamata Castle that slowly appeared in the field of vision. After Oda Nobunaga went to Luo, Mino and Owari
It no longer became the center of the political situation, and many merchants who gathered there also moved away. After Yu Qiuping was transferred to Hanoi, he moved a large number of people from Sumama City. When Ogaki Castle and Gifu Castle gradually
With the booming development, the neglected Sumamata Castle gradually fell into disrepair. Most of the residents in the castle town also moved to Ogaki Castle and Gifu Castle - after all, Sumamata Castle was a newly built city, and most of the residents who came here were immigrants and had no hometown.
The plot. To this day, Sumamata Castle has become an abandoned city, with no one in the castle town, and the city walls are in disrepair and are covered with moss and vines.
"It's just that that young kid Imagawa Ujimitsu doesn't know the importance of Sumamata Castle. Don't you, Tokugawa Ieyasu, know either?" Seeing that Sumamata Castle was empty and without any defenders, even Toyotomi Hideyoshi felt this.
He was surprised, "You didn't leave anyone to defend such an important strategic location? Are you looking for death? When I take Sumama Castle, you will only have troops deployed in Gifu Castle, Ogaki Castle, Inuyama Castle, Katsuhata Castle, and Kiyoshu Castle.
You’ll have to wait to die!”
Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not
Hesitantly, he led his troops and rode into Sumamata Castle. While arranging and deploying troops to strategically important places such as the mountains and river mouths around Sumamata Castle, he quickly climbed up to the castle tower with his family's senior ministers, intending to take advantage of the morning light to observe the battle situation.
But he found a person sitting peacefully in the top floor of the empty castle tower.
Imagawa Ujihira.
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If it weren't for the iconic red leaf shawl and the Chidori around his waist, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would never have believed that Imagawa Ujihira would appear here alone - he would rather believe that Imagawa Ujihira had found a lifelike Kagemusha.
"Long time no see, Toyoshiro." Imagawa Ujihei, who was sitting on a chair, waved his hand to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and said hello. This call suddenly awakened Toyotomi Hideyoshi from his sluggish state.
"Search the castle tower! Let the robes enter the castle garrison immediately!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi jumped out of the castle tower and shouted the order. The most loyal robes in the Toyotomi family immediately received the order.
They poured into the castle, filling every floor with water.
"Reporting to my lord, there is no ambush! Everything is normal!" Mouri Katsunaga, a young member of the Mother Clothes, reported to Toyotomi Hideyoshi after the search, "It is true...there is only Imagawa Harube."
Toyotomi Hideyoshi had actually expected this result, but compared to the result that Imagawa Ujihei had left an ambush in the castle tower, what he was more unwilling to believe was the fact in front of him. No matter how bad the situation was, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would not be afraid, he
I'm just afraid of being in a state where I can't see through it at all.
Now, he couldn't understand Imagawa Ujihira at all.
"It's just me, why don't you come in and talk?" Imagawa Ujihei once again greeted him hospitably in the house. This time, the entire Toyotomi family dignitaries and the elite soldiers of the Huangmuyi clan in the castle tower trembled. Inside the house
Even though he didn't have any soldiers, he was still so terrifying that he made them restless.
"What are you planning?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not dare to enter the house, but shouted to Imagawa Ujihira at the door, "What are you planning, Momiji?"
"Please, I'm only one person. You can even send someone to search me. I don't have an iron cannon." A helpless laugh came from Imagawa Ujihei in the room, "You are a man of the world, and you can't even meet an old friend who has retired."
Don’t you even dare? If you are so timid, you will become a laughing stock in the world and be looked down upon by future generations.”
Imagawa Ujihei's provocative method hit the mark, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi felt that all the retainers and subordinates around him were looking at him, and his back felt hot. For him now, losing face is more terrifying than losing his life.
"Ah, Momiji, long time no see." So Toyotomi Hideyoshi also pretended to be calm and leisurely, slowly walked into the room, waved his hand to stop the guards from following in, and closed the door behind him.
, the room became much darker, so Imagawa Jihei calmly lit a candlestick in front of him - it was an exaggeratedly large imported product from the Southern Barbarians - and after lighting it, the dozens of huge flickering flames on the candlestick were quite impressive.
gorgeous.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi carefully looked at Imagawa Ujihira sitting on the chair by the dancing firelight. Imagawa Ujihira saw Toyotomi Hideyoshi's embarrassment, smiled and stretched out his hand in a "please" gesture