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 and Matsudaira families formed the Qingshu Alliance and became back-to-back allies.
At this time, Owari Shiba collar lost its effect in 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 to obtain a certificate of surrender.
But Oda Nobunaga still didn't want Owari Shiba to stand in the place where he started. But it is easy for her to increase her territory, but it is difficult to change it.
It doesn't matter if the territory given to the Maeda Toshie family is entrusted, but the 1,500 stone barrels and narrow space 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 Yoshigan Shiba is not the gaijin of the Oda family. Oda Nobunaga's move on his turf could 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 surrenders, he must dare to make such an adverse decision.
The result made her very satisfied. With the knowledge of the Maeda Toshi family, 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 magistrate of Owari Shiba, Maeda Toshiie promised to change the Shiba family's territory without authorization, especially the Shiba ancestral land. Even if Shiba Yiyin can forgive her, the Shiba retainers group will 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.
Shiba Yiyin is concerned about Kanto, and at most he takes into account the 200,000 stone territory of the recent Shiba territory. The land of more than ten thousand stones owned by Owari Shiba has long been out of his sight.
This is what Toshiie Maeda is most worried about. She is almost useless. If there is no value to the lord, what use is the warrior Ji?
She was determined to rely on her own hands to fight for the possibility of getting married. Being far away from Shiba Yoshigan, she can only rely on herself and strengthen herself to make the Owari leader left behind 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. 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 things unconventionally, took radical risks, and only sought results by any means. There is an irreconcilable fundamental conflict with the shogunate samurai's laws and guardianship system.
As the traditional guardian of the daimyo, Yoshigan Shiba will sooner or later 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.
It doesn't matter even if Shiba's retainers spurn her or Shiba Yiyin doesn't understand her. 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 his efforts on restructuring and sent the Owari samurai to attack Higashi Mino. In order to prevent the Owari samurai from objecting, she threw away 200,000 koku from Higashi Mino and spent a lot of money.
And Owari Shiba will definitely be transferred to Higashi Mino after the war. The specific number of stones to be installed depends on Maeda Toshiie's own ability.
Maeda Toshiie already knew the contents of Gifu Castle's review and sneered at the Owari Takeke's stupidity. These people were ordered around by Oda Nobunaga, and they 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 warriors become the backbone of the legion, the middle-level warriors are assigned to fight, and the upper-level warriors lead the army into battle. The cascading rule of the samurai family was broken, and the Hime samurai became an 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 to the same level for decision-making by those with the lowest IQ.
The Oda retainers only saw immediate benefits, and whoever came out to stop them from getting benefits was their enemy.
The desperate samurai family really came forward. Before she could stop Oda Nobunaga, she was killed by the retainers first.
Only by going with the flow can you protect yourself. The right choice is how to follow Oda Nobunaga's baton and gain greater personal benefits.
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 Sarupeki, 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.
My personal suggestion is to first capture 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, he can call on her family, the Higashi Minotake family, to cooperate with foreigners, which should save a lot of time.
After spring plowing, occupy the city first, then go to the countryside to clean up the place, which can be left after the autumn harvest. "
Oda Nobunaga nodded, Maeda Toshiie's idea coincided with hers.
Conquering the city in the spring will make it easier to clean up the area in the fall and not delay farming in the coming year. East Meinong will be a support for her, not 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-gun is a protruding part wedged between the two countries, and Gujo-Hachiman Castle is the core of Gujo-gun.
Ena County, which is close to Shinano Province, is divided by the Kiso Mountains. Iwamura Castle and Naegi Castle are the key cities for defense.
Although Meinong is separated from these three countries by mountains, which is not conducive to military movement, it is unlikely that other countries will intervene in the East Meinong war. But only by isolating borders and occupying key areas can we clean up the interior.
Oda Nobunaga smiled and said.
"In the 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 was appreciated by Oda Nobunaga. But there was a tacit understanding between the two parties to avoid one thing, and that was Maeda Toshiie's status as acting official of Shiba.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to make use of this identity, but he had not yet entered Koki, so he couldn't use it for the time being, and he didn't know how to use it.
Maeda Toshiie is pretending to be confused. On the one hand, he surrendered to Oda Nobunaga and cut off the retreat without leaving any room. While holding on to this identity, it can be used at critical moments.
The two sides answered each other, and the host and guest were very happy.
