Before Hashiba Hideyoshi could refute, Maeda Toshiie on the side laughed and laughed.
"I do think what Mr. Hashiba said makes sense. It is in the interest of all of us to maintain the overall cooperation between the Shiba and Oda families."
As soon as Maeda Toshiie opened his mouth, the weight was not comparable to that of Hideyoshi Hashiba. As soon as Sasana Narimasa's curse words came to his lips, he could only swallow them back.
Even Shibata Katsuie frowned and fell silent.
Although Hashiba Hideyoshi had 120,000 koku from Kitaomi, in the eyes of Shimowari, an old minister of the Oda family, he was just an unlucky domestic servant and a mad dog raised by Oda Nobunaga.
But Maeda Toshiie is different. She has an Owari Shiba collar of 51,500 koku, which seems to be less than half of Hashiba Hideyoshi, but her political status is extremely high.
One Thousand Five Hundred Stones is the ancestral land of Shiba Yoshigan in Owari. Although the territory is small, it is of great significance.
The other 50,000 koku were transferred to Ono County, Echizen Province, and hung on the Oda family's tomoyo. It was actually a reward for military merit in the Battle of Shiba Oda. Oda Nobunaga lost the battle and was forced to hold his nose.
The Owari Shiba Territory belongs to the Oda territory managed by Shiba's retainers. It has a symbolic meaning similar to Echigo's duopoly. It is a vague area deliberately left by Yoshihiro Shiba and Oda Nobunaga.
Maeda Toshiie can be said to be the nail that the Shiba family buried in the Oda family, and it can also be said that the Oda family is a typical example of winning over the Shiba family.
In addition to the 50,000 koku of Ono County, she also holds the water transport rights to the Kuzuryu River chartered by Oda Nobunaga.
The Mikuni Minato she manages was granted special privileges by Shiba Yoshibank. It is the fourth port after the three major ports in Hokuriku and accounts for a large share of profits.
Maeda Toshiie was still from the old Shimowari family, and his team mainly came from the four counties of Shimowari.
Her retainers group and the Owari clan of the Oda clan are natives of the hometown. From the perspective of ancient people, the Owari fellows may be closer and more reliable than the new samurai families of the Oda clan who have newly conquered territories.
The sum of these buffs gave Maeda Toshiie a very unique position in the Echizen Oda Army.
The political cooperation representative of Shiba Oda, the God of Wealth in Echizen Province, and a fellow ally of Shimo-Owari, Shibata Katsuie also treated Maeda Toshiie with great courtesy.
Maeda Toshiie is a very good person. Her territory was changed by Oda Nobunaga several times. She has been with the Owari, Mino, Echizen, and Three Kingdoms samurai families who have a very good sense of her, and her relationship network is unfathomable.
Oda Nobunaga was helpless against Maeda Toshiie, and Shibata Katsuie was even more helpless.
Moreover, Maeda Toshiie did things honestly and shared the benefits of Mikuni's Hokurikudo trade route with the Oda retainers of Echizen Kingdom. Shibata Katsuie had the biggest piece of fat among them.
Shibata Katsuie wanted to forcefully subdue Hashiba Hideyoshi, so Hashiba Hideyoshi simply put the cooperative relationship between Shibata and Oda on the table as a counterattack.
Maeda Toshiie watched the play for a day and pondered Hashiba Hideyoshi's intention for a day, and now he almost understood it.
Now that both parties are talking about the Shiba family, there is no need for the Maeda Toshiie to hide anymore. They must stand up and express their position as soon as possible.
Katsuie Shibata and Narimasa Sasaki couldn't resist, and were instantly silenced.
Maeda Toshiie said a final word and looked at the sunset to smooth things over.
"It's getting late, and everyone is a little excited. Why don't we stop the discussion here today, and let everyone go back and think about it, and talk about it tomorrow.
Shibata-sama, can you please take a look?"
Shibata Katsuie snorted coldly, followed the ladder handed out by Maeda Toshiie, and stepped off the stage neatly.
"Let's break up. We'll have a military meeting after breakfast tomorrow."
The concubines had been sitting impatiently for a long time, and when Shibata Katsuie said it was time to break up the meeting, he immediately left the meeting.
Before Hashiba Hideyoshi left, he bowed specially to Maeda Toshiie and then left quickly.
When Toshiie Maeda was in Owari, he took good care of Hideyoshi Hashiba, and the two had a good relationship.
Seeing the little actions of the two of them, Shibata Katsuie felt uncomfortable again.
When the ladies dispersed, none of the Maeda Toshiie got up and left. At this moment, only Shibata Katsuie and a few of her close associates were left in the formation.
Shibata Katsuie looked at Maeda Toshiie and said nothing, so someone else would speak for her.
Sakuma Morimasa was the daughter of Shibata Katsuie's brother and a fierce general under his command. She happened to appear as a junior. After bowing, she asked Maeda Toshiie.
"Master Maeda, you should be able to see that Hideyoshi Hashiba is messing around and deliberately stirring up trouble. Why do you still want to speak for her?
The troops are fast and the military situation is strong. We have been delayed by the Asano River for several days. If the military discussions continue like this, when will it end?
If this delays the Kaga expedition and the main hall gets angry and pursues the matter, none of us can afford it."
Maeda Toshiie smiled and nodded, and bowed slightly to Shibata Katsuie.
"I don't question Mr. Shibata's intention. It's just that Mr. Hashiba mentioned the Shiba family. As a retainer of Shiba, I have to respond. I also ask Mr. Shibata to sympathize with my difficulties."
Shibata Katsuie bowed in return.
"The Li family is too polite. You and I have a close relationship, so I won't misunderstand you.
But the army is out there, and if we delay for one more day, we will be in more trouble. We cannot let it go on like this, and we must find a proper solution.
Please believe that my military action is not against the Spo family, it is just to eliminate evil.
Although the destruction of the Kaga Ichiko clan is imminent, if the Echu Ichiko clan cannot be eradicated, I am afraid that the Hokuriku Doichi clan will resurrect and make a comeback."
Maeda Toshiie smiled slightly. Shibata Katsuie's explanation was very far-fetched, but it gave Maeda Toshiie some face and it was considered an explanation.
If it were anyone else, I, Shibata Katsuie, would still need to explain to you what I was doing?
The Kaga Ichiko sect is divided into large sect and small sect. The main sect is sent from Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and the local small sect comes from the eighth generation Buddhist master who preached in Daishoji River.
Therefore, the major sects and minor sects are all orthodox traditions after the Eighth Dynasty Master reformed the Ichibuki sect, and they can be considered to have the same origin. The Oda family is hostile to Ishiyama Honganji Temple, so it is logical to attack the Kaga Ichibuki sect.
Oda Nobunaga used this as an excuse to invade Kaga Country, but Yoshigan Shiba had no objection.
But the Oda family wanted to attack the Ezhong Ichigo clan on the grounds of eradicating evil, which is a bit nonsense, because the Ezhong Ichijo clan tradition was passed down from the five generations of Buddhist masters.
Even the Kaga Kingdom has disputes between large and small sects, not to mention the even more distant relationship between the Five Dynasties orthodoxy.
The two branches of the Yuezhong Yixiang Sect, whether they are the leaders of Shengxing Temple or Zuiquan Temple, do not like to visit Lishishan Honganji Temple.
When Ishiyama Honganji Temple was prosperous, he sent Yoriteru Hyomama to serve as the chief general of Etchu. In fact, he could not mobilize the people of the Etchu Ichigo clan at all.
What now?
The Ishiyama Honganji Temple itself could not be defended, so Shimoma Yoriteru and Nanari Yorishu launched the Echizen Ichikui and were defeated by the Oda army, causing heavy losses.
Nanari Yorishu was too timid to fight at Kanazawa Gobo, and Shimo Yoritaru died in Echizen in battle. Etsuchu Ichiko no Mushi had long ignored the orders of Ishiyama Honganji and retreated to protect himself.
Shibata Katsuie used the pretext of wiping out the remnants of Ishiyama to attack the Echu Ichikai clan. Does he blush?
It's like if the company fires you and you don't go to the HR department to find trouble, you go to the finance department to make trouble. Anyway, you are all from the same company.
What does this make the finance department think? What the hell is wrong with me!
Maeda Toshiie did not refute Shibata Katsuie's shameless remarks, because she had already sensed something from Hashiba Hideyoshi's desperate desire to distance himself from the relationship.
she laughed.
"There is no difficulty in continuing the march, just leave Hashiba-sama aside.
Master Yu Chai was originally sent by the main hall to help, but she was unwilling to march, so she was asked to go back and explain to the main hall.
Our Echizen Army has no shortage of troops, so there is no need to get entangled with Hashiba-sama here."
Shibata Katsuie raised his eyebrows, yes.
It was dark under the lamp and she couldn't react for a moment, so she was led by Hideyoshi Hashiba and led around in circles for several days.
Everyone knew what Oda Nobunaga was thinking. Hashiba Hideyoshi was actually trying to disrupt Oda Nobunaga's plan.
Shibata Katsuie couldn't explain it clearly, but there was no need to talk nonsense with her, just tell her to get lost.
The Echizen Oda Army had Niwa Nagahide's logistical support, and its mobilization strength was much higher than 400,000 koku. Even without Hideyoshi's help, Shibata Katsuie was confident of killing Kaga Etchu's Ichikou Mun.
In this case, why bother arguing with Hideyoshi Hashiba here? Let her go back and explain to Oda Nobunaga, and let Oda Nobunaga personally deal with this dead monkey who has lost his head.
Shibata Katsuie clapped his hands and said with a smile.
"Li Jia's words woke up the dreamer. It's true. Why should I care about this monkey? The main hall will naturally take care of her for me.
Let her go away tomorrow... No, now, I will send someone to notify her immediately, let her go back to Kitaomi, and explain to the main hall myself!"
Maeda Toshiie bowed and said.
"If Shibata-sama doesn't mind, let me go and talk to Hashiba-sama.
After all, she is a 120,000-koku daimyo, so you have to give her some face, so direct orders are too blunt."
Shibata Katsuie sneered.
"I've already given her face, but she doesn't want it, so don't blame me for being rude."
Maeda Toshiie sighed.
"It's not about giving face to Lord Hashiba, it's about giving face to the main hall. If the important ministers of the Oda family are at odds, wouldn't it be a joke to outsiders?"
Shibata Katsuie thought for a moment and nodded.
"Then go to Lawley's house and tell this annoying monkey to get out of here. It makes me sick to even look at her."
Maeda Toshiie said solemnly.
"I have one more thing to discuss with Mr. Shibata."
"Li Jia, please speak."
"My subordinates will not participate in the crusade against the Yuechu Ichigo clan. They will only participate in the strategy of Kanazawa Obo. I also ask Shibata-sama to sympathize with my difficulties."
Shibata Katsuie narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly to express his understanding.
It is actually difficult for Maeda Toshiie to be a good person in her position. On the one hand, she is a member of the Shiba family, and on the other hand, if she wants to maintain a friendly relationship with the Oda retainers, she must take into account the interests of all aspects.
The Echizen Oda Army was determined to attack the Echichu Ichiku clan, and Maeda Toshiie would offend others by blocking the way of people and money at this time.
But as a retainer of Shiba, if she was ordered by Shibata Katsuie without any position, she would also cause criticism in the future.
The Shiba Oda family joined forces to conquer the world. Maeda Toshiie, as a samurai family under the Echizen Kingdom, followed Shibata Katsuie to attack Kaga, which is quite reasonable.
Kaga has always been the buffer zone of Hokurikudo. Regardless of whether the ruler of Echizen Country is the Asakura family or the Oda family, attacking Kaga Country is the first choice.
But if we cross the Noto-Etchu line, that is the boundary of the Kanto system.
It is impossible for Uesugi Kenshin, the Kanto governor, and the newly-emerged Kanto service office to remain unresponsive.
Maeda Toshiie, the acting official of Owari Shiba, must not get involved. This is causing trouble for Yoshihiro Shiba.
Maeda Toshiie's refusal to comment on the Echizen Oda Army's attack on Echichu Ichibune has already given Shibata Katsuie face, and Shibata Katsuie will naturally not force others to do anything.
The two reached a tacit understanding, and unanimously chose to blur the matter, leaving room for each other.