Now, the Yodogawa River on the front line of Settsu Mountain Castle is on the verge of a war. Hashiba Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide are about to go to war, and it is very uneventful along the way.
Both Hashiba Akechi and Tokugawa Ieyasu could not trust each other. She did not dare to walk along the Yodogawa River, so she had no choice but to cross the mountains and cross the relatively peaceful Kinki Shiba Territory.
At this time, the saint was not in the Kinki Shiba area, and Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't figure out the situation, so he simply wanted to use money to buy a road without causing trouble.
The Hattori family is originally a big boss of the Iga clan. Although they have been separated from the Iga clan in recent years, they are both fellow villagers and relatives, and their broken bones are still connected.
Momochi Santao was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide, Fujibayashi Mugaku fled to the Far East, and now the Shiba ninja in Kinki were leaderless.
Hattori Masashige took advantage of the chaos and paid a lot of money to bribe several Iga people in key positions. It was not difficult to help Tokugawa Ieyasu cross Iga. The key was safety on the road.
In troubled times, no one takes human life seriously. Even if the Wu family shows off their power on weekdays, if they are alone in the wilderness, they will still be hunted by Ji warriors.
In the battle at Kawanakajima, Shiba Yoshigan was almost fried and then killed by the mountain folk and peasant women participating in the Hime Samurai Hunting. How could Tokugawa Ieyasu dare to relax?
Hire more people on the road, establish connections along the way, and don't be afraid of spending money. Getting home quickly and safely is the most important thing. Tokugawa Ieyasu is better than many mediocre people in being willing to spend money at critical moments.
Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded and said.
"Without further delay, let me inform everyone to get ready and we will set off as soon as possible."
"Hi."
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Sakai Port, the headquarters of the Shinsengumi.
Takada Harano glanced at Kondo Isamu and asked.
"His Majesty Tokugawa has left?"
Isamu Kondo bowed.
"Hey, I was walking in a hurry and left a lot of things in the yard."
Takada Yono narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Hijikata Toshizo and the others are back? Where is Yagyu Munenuki now?"
"Everyone is back. Lord Yagyu has returned to Kinki Shiba Territory and is preparing to report the situation to the higher-ups and report to the saint."
Takada Yono chuckled.
"What a report. Hashiba Hideyoshi has already exposed it. She and Akechi Mitsuhide colluded to frame Nizi Katsuhisa, which almost made Nizi Yukimori, who was raising a baby in Koriyama Castle, so excited that she had a miscarriage.
At this moment, Maeda Yoshida was giving birth, and Nizi was pregnant with her fetus. The entire Kinki Shiba leaders looked at each other, and no one dared to cause trouble.
Hashiba Hideyoshi was very good at calculating, and I finally understood why she secretly instigated the Southern Barbarians to embarrass me. It turned out to be for Mitsuhide Akechi.
Mitsuhide Akechi, this idiot..."
Takada Yono's tone seemed calm, but in fact, he was very resentful in his heart.
She didn't care when Hideyoshi Hideyoshi and Mitsuhide Akechi bit each other, she wished they both died together.
But their struggle spread to Sakai Port, making the already chaotic food stamp financial crisis more severe, and really gave Takada Yono a headache.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who stood up to support food stamps, ran away overnight. People who knew about it knew that she was going back to prepare the political and military arrangements for the post-Oda era.
But what about those who don’t know? They will only see that Tokugawa Ieyasu, a firm supporter of food stamps, has run away, which further undermines the market’s little remaining confidence in food stamps.
Before the saint left Kinki, he arranged for Yagyu Munenomi to investigate the cause of Katsuhisa Niko's death. In order to get rid of the constraints, he used the Mibu Werewolf of the Sakai Port Shinsengumi.
What was embarrassing was that before Yagyu Munenomi returned to report, Hideyoshi Hashiba revealed his identity as a werewolf, dragging Akechi Mitsuhide into the water.
At this moment, Mitsuhide Akechi can no longer hope to get any more assistance from Kinki Suba. Even the Kinki Allied Forces organized by the Saba family are difficult to mobilize.
Nizi Yukimori will definitely bite Akechi Mitsuhide like a mad dog, and no one can persuade him.
Fortunately, she was pregnant and had a fetal movement, otherwise she would have personally led the troops to have a deep talk with Akechi Mitsuhide.
Internal traitors are always more hateful than foreign enemies. Hideyoshi Hashiba and Katsuhisa Nizi are at odds with each other, and there is also a struggle of interests for the initiative in the Western Kingdom.
But Mitsuhide Akechi, as a retainer of Shiba, stabbed his comrade in the back, which was unbearable. How could Nizi Yukimori let it go so easily?
Maeda was in the process of giving birth to a child, and the saint was not in Kinki. In the entire Kinki Shiba Territory, Nizi Yukimori had the greatest influence, and she was still pregnant with a divine descendant and had just had a baby.
No one dares to risk her miscarriage by trying to dissuade her, and no one can afford this responsibility.
Nizi Yukimori couldn't order each family to attack Mitsuhide Akechi, but he could still restrict each family from helping Mitsuhide Akechi.
When things have reached this point, Hideyoshi Hashiba's goal has been achieved.
Takada Yono called Akechi Mitsuhide a fool because Akechi Mitsuhide chose the wrong time to attack Oda Nobunaga.
In this era, no one understands the food stamp system and the current economic situation of the Shiba family better than Takada Yono.
Hideyoshi Hashiba chose the right allies. The Nanman Cult had a deep understanding of finance, and they could hit the weakest joint of the food stamp system with one move or two.
Without the promotion of the food stamp system, how can the Spo family activate their cash capabilities, provide unlimited financing for military rewards, and mobilize a large number of military forces?
Akechi Mitsuhide, this idiot, didn't understand the importance of the food stamp system. She thought she had chosen an excellent window period, and took advantage of the window when Oda Nobunaga had just given birth and others were having babies to kill people.
Perhaps in Mitsuhide Akechi's view, Oda Nobunaga is dead and the Oda family is leaderless. At this time, all the saint needs to do is return to Kinki, climb up and call, and Oda's territory of four million koku will be at his fingertips.
But the reality is that without strong military pressure, the Oda ministers in the four million stone Oda territory will not give in easily.
To put it harshly, even if they are not loyal to the Oda family, they still have to consider their own future. The value of the united front has always been achieved through fighting, not kneeling.
The Shiba family easily took over the Oda territory, so they would inevitably send Shiba's retainers to various places to control local samurai families. The status of the Oda retainers in various places would soon decline, or even be kicked out.
Therefore, if the Sibo family does not have enough military power to suppress them, why don't they fight for themselves? Instead of surrendering without a fight, it is better to be unruly and keep their own one-third of an acre of land.
In Mitsuhide Akechi's vision, Shiba's army must be dispatched, leaving the Oda family leaderless and defeated one by one, and they could only wait and surrender.
But Takada Yono knew very well that it was difficult for the Shiba family to spend even a copper coin, let alone suppress the huge military expenditure of the Oda leader of 4 million stone.
Takada Yono swallowed up Kanto's funds, which led to the anti-corruption action of the Wu Family Giri Promotion Association, financial withdrawal and reorganization, and Kanto's capital mobilization was paralyzed.
And this large sum of money was sniped by the Nanman Sect's financial sniper when Takada Yono intervened in the Hokurikudo Trading Route stock in advance, and all of it was locked up.
The Shiba family's current problem is not whether they have money, but that food stamps may turn into waste paper if they are not careful, and Takada Haruno's years of hard work may be wiped out at any time.
Takada Haruno could only say one thing in her heart at this moment, Mitsuhide Akechi, you are a stupid person who is holding you back.