Wanli 1592

Chapter 218 Race against time
Looking at the documents in his hands and listening to the reports of his subordinates under the steps, Toyotomi Hideji's brain went blank, and he couldn't believe his eyes and ears.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dead.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did it. Tokugawa Ieyasu rebelled. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi recruited [-] Eastern troops into Nagoya Castle to help defend against the Ming army, he called on the Dongguo daimyo to launch a mutiny together and defeated Toyotomi. Hideyoshi, killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi, cut off his head, and pacified Nagoya Castle in one fell swoop.

Toyotomi's regime suffered unimaginable losses.

Right now, no one in Kyoto City knows this news, except for Toyotomi Hideji, there is only one person who knows, and that is Maeda Toshiie who was driven back to Kyoto City together with Toyotomi Hideji. On the night of the incident, this retainer risked his life to escape from Nagoya, hurried to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and told Toyotomi Hideji and Maeda Toshiie the shocking news. .

It is conceivable how Toyotomi Hideji and Maeda Toshiie felt when they heard the news.

After that, Toyotomi Hideji fell into a panic. He was better at governing the existing territory, doing civil affairs, and developing economy and culture. He was a builder, not a pioneer and destroyer.

Since he took office as Guanbai, he has devoted a lot of effort to the economy, people's livelihood, and cultural work, and has achieved a lot of political achievements. This is the main reason why Toyotomi's civil servants support Toyotomi Hideji.

However, Toyotomi Hideji's morality is too shallow, not to mention that he is not an opponent of someone like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, nor is he an opponent of someone like Tokugawa Ieyasu. Retired master, how can Toyotomi Hideji's morality compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Not to mention that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has never relaxed his military power. When he went to Nagoya, he took almost all the troops. There are less than ten thousand people.

Tokugawa Ieyasu has [-] Eastern troops. How could the remnants of the Toyotomi family be Tokugawa Ieyasu's opponent?

Maeda Toshiie is currently the only person Toyotomi Hideji can rely on.

In terms of character, he is upright and loyal, and his loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi is unquestionable. In terms of strength, if the Tokugawa family is the biggest and strongest of the foreign daimyos under the Toyotomi regime, then Maeda is the direct descendant of Toyotomi The biggest and strongest one among them is the only one who can use family power to compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Such a person standing in the Toyotomi regime is undoubtedly a huge help.

After coming out of the initial panic, Toyotomi Hideji cleared his mind and knew what he should do most at this moment.

"What shall we do now?"

Toyotomi Hideji decided to ask Maeda Toshiie for help.

Maeda Toshiie looked at the still immature Toyotomi Hideji, recalled his friendship with Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the past, and finally decided to stand by the Toyotomi family and help the Toyotomi family to tide over the difficulties. There is no doubt that the Tokugawa family The strength is stronger, but that guy Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie doesn't like it, and doesn't appreciate it, let alone obey. The Tokugawa family is a million stones, but his Maeda family is also a million stones. There is no difference in strength between the two sides. How much, Maeda Toshiie's general heart is not shy.

More importantly, Tokugawa Ieyasu has a strong army, and the redistribution of benefits has been completed. Maeda Toshiie will definitely not get any benefits from participating at this time, but if he stands on Toyotomi Hideji's side and helps Toyotomi Hideji, who is alone and widowed, then the soldiers are already The faltering Toyotomi clan will only be able to rely on himself alone, and if things go well, he will get unexpected rewards.

There is no doubt that Toyotomi Hideji is far less powerful than Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is more gentle, tends to Wenzhi rather than martial arts, and is more likely to be indifferent to military affairs, and believes in the military talent he has chosen, that is, Maeda Toshiie If I stand on Toyotomi Hideji's side and try my best to assist me at this time, not only will my position be elevated and consolidated like never before, but I will also gain a good reputation as "Toyotomi's Optimus Prime".

To sum up, neither public nor private, Maeda Toshiie believes that he should abandon the Toyotomi Clan without a fight.

"Showji, listen carefully. Tokugawa Ieyasu has more than 3 troops, and we only have more than [-] troops at full strength. The most urgent task now is to recruit troops, and then send people to guard the Edo area. Don't let Tokugawa Chuan Jiayasu's lair has changed.

Maeda Toshiie analyzed that this rebellion must not have been planned by Tokugawa Ieyasu long ago, but an unexpected incident, so the Tokugawa clan's forces must have been concentrated in the Nagoya area, and there should be no people in the Edo lair, so, Hideji, I suggest that you send a competent general and give him [-] elite soldiers, so that he will attack Edo no matter what, and capture Tokugawa Ieyasu's family as a threat. "

Toyotomi Hideji nodded repeatedly.

"Then, issue a recruiting order immediately, whether it is compulsory or free, and expand at least [-] troops in a short period of time. I know you have a lot of money in your hands, but you dare not expand the army. Now is the time to expand the army. Recruitment order, race against time, Tokugawa Ieyasu will not give us much time for recruitment and training, you must hurry up to recruit and train, let elite veterans train with recruits, and strive to train soldiers and horses before Tokugawa Ieyasu calls !"

"Okay! I will order immediately!"

Toyotomi Hideji doesn't have any scruples anymore, anyway, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dead, and he will become the governor of the Toyotomi clan no matter what, so it is his duty to fight for the Toyotomi clan.

After the recruitment order was issued, the entire capital city was in an uproar, and the surrounding vassal states who had not received any news were indeed surprised and asked everywhere for news, but Toyotomi Hideji blocked the news very tightly, so that these people could not find out any news, only Depressed to follow Toyotomi Hideji's recruitment order, thinking that the frontline war is not good, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi needs a lot of cannon fodder to die!
Of course, this is almost the same. You don't expect to be able to train any elite soldiers in a short period of time. They can only be used as cannon fodder to buy time for the truly elite soldiers.

Also fighting for time is Tokugawa Ieyasu. He personally led his soldiers and horses all the way, avoiding the city when he saw it, attacking the village when he saw it, and defeating the army when he saw it in formation. The whole Kyushu region spread. With the news of the Nagoya coup, some courageous people directly surrendered Tokugawa Ieyasu, but there were still some people who could not understand Tokugawa Ieyasu's betrayal and challenged Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu got cleaned up.

In a short period of time, the three armies came out together, and the entire Kyushu fell quickly, trembling under the iron hooves of the Tokugawa clan.

(End of this chapter)