As soon as Huixing finished speaking, someone echoed:
"Toyotomi-sama, what you said about Huixing is quite reasonable."
"Anyone with a little common sense knows what Mount Koya is."
"I think Ogata Ittousai and Kinoshita Genichi may not have the guts to attack Mount Koya."
As soon as this person finished speaking, he heard someone say:
"I'm not familiar with Genichi Kinoshita, let's not consider him and Miss Toyotomi's companions. Just talking about Ogata Ittousai, looking at Ogata Ittousai's previous experience, he has basically only been fighting against the Edo shogunate before. He doesn't
He must have the guts to attack Buddhism."
"If you attack Buddhism, you will become an enemy of all those who worship Buddhism in the world. The name of Ogata Ittousai will not only stink among the government, but also among the people.
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There are four people who agree with what Huixing said just now: "Ogata, Genichi and the others dare to attack Mount Koya?"
They spoke one by one, explaining their views.
Toyotomi Nobuhide did not stop them or immediately spoke out to refute them.
He sat quietly on the main seat and listened to their speeches silently.
It wasn't until each of them finished speaking that Toyotomi Nobuhide raised the corners of his mouth slightly:
"Why don't Ogata Ittosai and Kinoshita Genichi dare to attack Mount Koya?"
"I have never met my uncle."
"But I have heard about my uncle's deeds from many people."
"You can't use common sense to understand my uncle."
"He is bold and decisive in what he does for others."
"He dares to think about things that ordinary people don't dare to think about."
"He dares to do things that ordinary people dare not do."
"He is a man who dared to single-handedly destroy Iga no Sato 41 years ago."
"Do you think something like 'common sense' can restrain him?"
"If the situation calls for it, I think he would even dare to attack Edo Castle, let alone Mount Koya."
"As for Ogata Ittosai... let alone him."
"Regicide, the capture of Nijo Castle, the destruction of Shiranui, and the defeat of the shogunate's army. These deeds are like a fantasy. He did one after another."
"I don't think words like Mount Koya and Buddhism can restrain him."
"According to the information currently known about Ogata Ittousai, he is a person who must avenge himself."
"In order to settle accounts with us, he joined forces with Uncle Uncle and others to attack Mount Koya - I think this possibility is not only possible, but also very high."
"Even if he doesn't want to settle a score with us, he might choose to fight alongside my uncle and the others out of friendship."
"After all, he and his uncle have a very good relationship."
"The battle in Osaka last night has taught us a profound lesson - we must not underestimate my uncle and Ogata Ittosai."
"In short - don't be careless."
After finishing speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide turned his attention to Master Sengen next to him.
"Master, I leave it to you to strengthen the security of Mount Koya. Leave now. The Iga people who are left behind in Mount Koya will be at your disposal for the time being."
"I understand." Master Xianyuan nodded without any hesitation, then quickly stood up and trotted away from the banquet site.
After Master Sengen left, Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the faces of everyone in the venue one by one.
"Although last night's battle in Osaka failed to successfully kill Ogata Ittosai, it was not without results. We successfully completed our planned plan of 'destroying Osaka's treasury and administrative capabilities'."
"After last night's hard work, Osaka's treasury and administrative capabilities have been completely destroyed and will be difficult to recover in the short term."
"Osaka was not only an important town for the Edo shogunate to monitor the daimyo of the Western countries who had always been at odds with the shogunate, but it was also the most important logistics center connecting the Eastern and Western countries."
"Without Osaka, there will be only one Edo shogunate in Kyoto who has not yet recovered from the 'Tenmei Fire'. Its control over the Western Kingdom will be greatly weakened, which will pave the way for us to win over the Western Kingdom daimyo in the future."
"At the same time, Osaka Port was destroyed. Without Osaka, the most important logistics transfer center, the huge manpower and material resources deployed by the Edo Shogunate in the Western Kingdom would be difficult to transport back to the Eastern Kingdom."
"And those very few vassals in the Western Kingdom that were loyal to the Edo shogunate found it difficult to go to support the Edo shogunate."
"So, in other words - our great cause of 'destroying the Edo Shogunate' has successfully completed the first step."
"We have successfully broken off one arm of the Edo shogunate, so that the Edo shogunate can only rule half of Japan, and the Edo shogunate can freely allocate the resources of the Eastern Kingdom."
Having said that, Toyotomi Nobuhide put on a somewhat heroic smile.
"How? I didn't lie to you before, did I? I will definitely lead you to defeat the Edo Shogunate."
"Before, some people told me, 'The Edo shogunate owns all of Japan, how should we fight them'."
"And now, thanks to our strategies and hard work, the Edo shogunate currently only has half of Japan left."
"How's it going? Do you still think the Edo shogunate is invincible?"
Toyotomi Nobuhide's remarks just now caused the atmosphere around him to change immediately.
When they learned that their own army could not encircle and suppress even one Ogata, many people were so shocked that they looked sad.
And now, after listening to what Toyotomi Nobuhide said just now, many people's faces gradually started to look better again.
"The battle situation in Osaka exceeded my expectations."
Everyone, whose faces had not looked good for a long time, heard Toyotomi Nobuhide continue.
"We failed to successfully annihilate Ogata Ittousai, and Ogata Ittousai is now allied with Uncle Uncle and the others."
"It is no longer safe to stay in Mount Koya."
"So, even though I may be a little hasty, I still decided to start the second phase of 'destroying the Edo shogunate' ahead of schedule."
"From now on, all important supplies stored in Koyasan will be moved away."
"By the morning of tomorrow at the latest, all the important supplies must be moved onto the Nikki Maru and Hyundai Maru, and then all the members currently staying in Mount Koya will board the second ship and head north to Edo to launch the 'Edo Battle'!
"
If Toyotomi Nobhide's previous words made everyone's faces full of astonishment look better, then these new words Toyotomi Nobhide just said made everyone's faces change from good-looking to full of surprise.
consternation.
"'Edo War'?" Someone's eyes widened, "Toyotomi-sama, what should we do with Ogata Ittousai and Kinoshita Genichi in Osaka?"
"The information we currently have about them is wrong." Toyotomi Nobuhide said lightly, "We have far underestimated them...especially the strength of Ogata Ittousai."
"With our currently severely damaged military strength, even if we want to defeat Ogata Ittosai, we will have to pay a heavy price and end up with a tragic victory."
"I'm quite tired of the word "miserable victory."
Toyotomi Nobuhide grinned.
"I just want a crushing victory! Just like yesterday's attack on the Osaka government!"
"Therefore, although I am very reluctant, I can only abandon Ogata Ittosai and ignore him for now, and then slowly think of ways to deal with him."
As soon as Toyotomi Nobuhide finished speaking, he saw another person asking quickly:
"But... Toyotomi-sama, aren't the musketeers who participated in last night's Battle of Osaka basically on their way back to Mount Koya? What should they do? Nikki Maru and Gyokumaru cannot accommodate so many people."
"I will make detailed arrangements for the musketeers later." Toyotomi Nobuhide replied, "The 'Edo Battle' does not require the participation of the musketeers. They will only need to temporarily hide in our other strongholds in Japan."
"There is no need for musketeers to participate in the war?" The person who asked just now opened his eyes a little wider, "Without musketeers... how can we capture Edo?"
It wasn't just this person who was looking at Toyotomi Nobuhide with confusion.
Almost everyone at the scene cast doubtful glances at Toyotomi Nobuhide.
The Battle of Edo - this word has always been a word full of secrets among the Toyotomi Army.
Toyotomi Nobuhide often mentioned this term in public.
But no one knows what the battle plan of the "Edo War" is.
No one has ever heard Toyotomi Nobuhide explain the detailed battle plan of the "Edo War". He only heard Toyotomi Nobuhide say that the goal of the "Edo War" was to completely destroy the center of Tokugawa rule.
Edo, which greatly damaged the morale of the Edo shogunate.
All the cadres of the Toyotomi Army have always believed that the "Edo Battle" was probably like the "Osaka Spring Formation", in which elite musketeers were dispatched to surprise various key points in Edo.
The cadres of the Toyotomi Army have always thought so.
But who would have thought... Toyotomi Nobuhide now actually said in public: "The Edo War" does not require the participation of musketeers...
This undoubtedly surprised everyone so much that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.
"Who said that without the musketeers, Edo cannot be captured?" Everyone saw the smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide's face, and there was a rich and intriguing look. "As long as my sister is here, even if there is not a single soldier, we can win."
We can also easily complete the 'Edo Battle' and conquer Edo."
The look of astonishment on everyone's faces became even more intense.
They looked at each other and communicated silently with their eyes.
Finally - someone gritted his teeth and bravely asked:
"Toyotomi-sama, I wonder if only Miss Toyotomi alone can conquer Edo... What exactly do you mean?"
Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled.
"I will tell you the specific content of the 'Battle of Edo' later."
"Now, let's focus on evacuating Mount Koya."
"Takaharu, Yamamoto, Yutaro..."
Toyotomi Nobuhide named 5 people in one go.
"The five of you will be responsible for the evacuation of Koyasan. Five of you will stay, and the rest will leave for now."
"If anyone is not full, you can take the food from the banquet and eat it."
Those whose names were not called, you looked at me, and I looked at you, then stood up and prepared to leave.
But just then——
"Lord Toyotomi! I have an unkind favor!"
A certain extremely loud voice suddenly sounded.
Everyone followed the sound - it turned out to be the leader of the remnant party in Shiranui: Kikutaro.
I saw Kikutaro marching out of the queue in three steps and two steps at a time, facing Toyotomi Nobuhide, and kneeling on the ground in the most standard Doge seat posture.
"Please let us also participate in the security work on Mount Koya!"
Looking at Kikutaro kneeling on the ground in front of him, Toyotomi Nobuhide's brows raised slightly.
"'We'? Do you mean to ask you Shiranui to join the security work in Mount Koya?"
"Exactly!" Kikutaro said loudly, "Alert and surveillance - this is what we, as ninjas, are best at!"
"Right now, there are a total of 50 Iga people staying in Mount Koya."
"Although there are a lot of people, 50 people are still too limited to monitor and guard various important areas in Mount Koya."
"But if our Shiranui people can participate, the manpower pressure will be greatly reduced!"
"Toyotomi-sama, please let us Shiranui people also participate in the security work of Mount Koya!"
After shouting like this, Kikutaro said proudly in his heart:
——Such a great opportunity to appear in front of Toyotomi-sama cannot be missed...
The reason why Kikutaro took the initiative to ask for help and asked Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them, the remnants of Shiranui, join in the current work of "enhancing the security of Mount Koya" was not because he loved the task.
It was purely because Kikutaro felt that this mission would not only allow the remnants of Shiranui to show their faces in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, but it would not be dangerous and would allow them to fish happily.
Toyotomi Nobuhide has just said: By the morning of tomorrow at the latest, everyone currently staying on Mount Koya will leave Mount Koya on the two battleships Nikki Maru and Hyokumaru and head north to Edo.
In other words, they will only stay in Mount Koya for another day and a half at most.
Kikutaro didn't know how Ogata and the others would act in the future.
But Kikutaro knew that if Ogata and the others decided to attack Mount Koya, they would definitely need a few days of preparation time.
They just experienced a big battle in Osaka last night, so they need 1 or 2 days of rest, right?
In addition, it will definitely take some time to carefully formulate a specific offensive strategy, right?
After Ogata and the others made all preparations and headed straight for Mount Koya, they should have all boarded the battleship and marched straight towards Edo in a swaggering manner.
Therefore, Kikutaro felt that it would be quite safe to join the security work in Mount Koya now. Ogata and the others should not be seen until they leave Mount Koya.
Showing your face in front of the leader will have many benefits, and letting the leader remember your face will have many benefits, and no matter how inconspicuous the task is, it is better than no task at all - these are two valuable things Kikutaro learned when he was struggling in Shiranui.
Life experience.
Now he takes the initiative to ask for help and asks Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them join the Shiranui people in this mission. They can show their face well in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide without having to worry about any dangers they will encounter in the mission - this is Kikutaro.
Xiao Jiujiu is beaten in my heart.
Kikutaro pressed his forehead tightly to the ground, fully expecting Toyotomi Nobuhide's response.
He only waited for a shout that made Kikutaro's expression freeze.
"Ah! Toyotomi-sama! It's just idle for me to be idle. Why don't you let me join the security work in Mount Koya!" A certain strong man knelt down beside Kikutaro and shouted.
After shouting like this, the strong man quietly cast a somewhat provocative look at Kikutaro beside him.
It's funny - the reason why this strong man volunteered for the job was exactly the same as Kikutaro's.
I was also confused by the superior conditions of "being able to show my face well in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, and having a safe mission."
He had just been thinking about getting out of the queue and asked Toyotomi Nobuhide for a military escort, but he was half a step behind Kikutaro.
——This guy...! He wants to compete with me for this kind of power?!
After cursing fiercely in his heart, Kikutaro raised his head.
"Toyotomi-sama, it would be more appropriate for us, as ninjas, to handle tasks like strengthening security!"
"No, Toyotomi-sama!" The strong man followed closely, unwilling to be outdone, "When I was serving the Edo shogunate, I was responsible for the security work in Nagasaki. I have quite a lot of experience in this task.
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Kikutaro and the strong man are fighting over each other.
The cave became noisy as the two shouted loudly.
Toyotomi Nobuhide did not respond immediately to either of them.
They did not stop the two men from scrambling for tasks.
He silently rested his left elbow on his crossed left leg and supported his head with his left hand, with a faint smile on his face.
With an expression as if he was watching some wonderful drama, he quietly looked at Kikutaro and the strong man who were still arguing.
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Koyasan, Sengenji Temple——
Master Xianyuan walked quickly towards the outside of Xianyuan Temple.
The heavy burden of "strengthening the security of Mount Koya" was placed on Master Sengen's shoulders, making it difficult for Master Sengen to slow down even if he wanted to.
At this time, Master Xianyuan was followed by four bald monks.
These four monks are all ninjas from Iga.
In Xianyuan Temple, there are many Iga monks disguised as monks.
Their daily task is to assist Master Xianyuan in completing various tasks.
——In short... we must first place enough surveillance personnel at each of the key routes into Koyasan...
While Master Xianyuan silently sorted out the steps of the task in his mind, he silently further accelerated his pace.
Just when he was about to arrive at the main entrance of Xianyuan Temple, he suddenly heard the sound of conversations coming from the main entrance.
"If this donor comes to offer incense and worship Buddha, please go here."
Master Xianyuan looked towards the main entrance - the two young monks who were sweeping the floor at the main entrance were talking to someone.
Because of the angle of view, Master Xianyuan could not see clearly what the two young monks were talking to.
Master Sengen, who only thought that new pilgrims were coming to worship the Buddha in the temple, continued to lead the four Iga ninjas behind him to the outside of the temple.
"No. I'm not here to offer incense and worship Buddha. I'm here to see Master Xianyuan."
When he heard this, Master Xianyuan happened to be walking out of the main entrance of the temple.
Master Xianyuan was startled when he suddenly heard his name, and then he looked at the owner of the voice just now, the "pilgrim" who had just talked to the two sweeping monks.
I saw that the "pilgrim" was wearing a bamboo hat with a deep brim that made it difficult to see his face clearly, a blue and gold sword and waistband on his waist, and a light green feather fabric on his body.
The feather fabric is embroidered with beautiful platycodon flowers. The feather fabric flutters in the wind, and the platycodon flowers also dance with it.
At this time, the two young sweeping monks noticed Master Xianyuan passing by them.
"Ah! Master! Good afternoon!"
"Good afternoon! Master!"
The two young monks subconsciously saluted Master Xianyuan and said hello.
And this move of the two of them... made this "pilgrim" immediately turn his head to look at Master Xianyuan as if he had seen a poisonous snake that was preying on him.
"You are Master Xianyuan... Your demeanor is indeed that of a Master."
"Since you showed up on your own initiative, it will save you trouble."
After saying that, the "pilgrim" raised his hand and took off the bamboo hat on his head...
Master Xianyuan felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen at this moment.
Goosebumps appeared from everywhere on my body.
Hardly any thinking was done.
There was hardly any hesitation.
Master Xianyuan turned around and ran away!
While turning around to run away, Master Sengen shouted sharply to the four Iga ninjas beside him:
"Stop this man!!"
These Iga ninjas who were selected to assist Master Sengen were all elites selected from ten.
After Master Xianyuan's shout ended, the four of them rushed towards the "pilgrim" without any hesitation.
Master Xianyuan desperately fled in a direction away from the "pilgrim".
Bang!
He suddenly heard a loud noise behind him.
Before he could turn around to look, he saw something flying past him. He took a closer look - it was a ninja flying upside down...
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The battle for merit between Kikutaro and the strong man continues.
Toyotomi Nobuhide was still watching the dispute between the two men with great interest.
For the rest of you, you look at me and I look at you. I don’t know whether to say or do something now.
In the midst of this commotion, a panic-stricken Iga ninja suddenly rushed into the cave along the tunnel.
Because of the extreme anxiety in his heart, this ninja also lost his sense of proportion. After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide, he immediately shouted an extremely simple sentence to Toyotomi Nobuhide and everyone in the cave regardless of risk.
The content of this sentence shouted by this ninja is really very simple, but this sentence seems to have some strange magic power.
Toyotomi Nobuhide, who had been watching the argument between Kikutaro and the strong man with a smile, immediately changed his expression.
The others were shocked.
Kikutaro and the strong man who had been competing for the task just now had the blood on their faces quickly dissipated. The interesting thing was Kikutaro, whose eyes were now full of horror.
The banquet scene, which was originally quite noisy, has now become audible.
All these changes happened just because the ninja just shouted:
"Ogata is here!"
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