"Do you think, Lord Tokugawa, that our peace talks with the Ming army will produce any results that are beneficial to our country?"

After ending the fruitless negotiations with Wang Bing, the Ming army coach, and returning to the "guest house" of the mission arranged by Habayashi Wei, Maeda Toshiie, who had always regarded himself as an invisible person since entering Nagoya, unexpectedly

Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to talk to Tokugawa Ieyasu about peace talks.

"Peace talks? If Mr. Taige can win one or two games, there may be a possibility of 'talking'. Otherwise, we are just here to beg for peace!"

Looking at the serious-looking Maeda Toshiie, Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

In fact, in addition to wanting to use the peace talks to damage Tokugawa Ieyasu's reputation, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's other reason was just to temporarily delay the Ming army and buy himself more preparation time. Tokugawa Ieyasu also knew this.

However, what neither Toyotomi Hideyoshi nor Tokugawa Ieyasu expected was that Wang Bing, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, was so ungrateful of "martial ethics" that he directly engaged them in "talking and fighting".

"Tokugawa-kun is right. If we want the outcome of this negotiation to be beneficial to our country, we can only gain an advantage on the battlefield, at least to block the Ming army's offensive. However, Lord Taikaku's elite troops are all here at the moment.

North Korea only relies on the Kwantung Army, haha..."

Obviously, Maeda Toshiie also agreed with Tokugawa Ieyasu's views. However, at this time, he still held the illusion that Toyotomi's direct forces were trapped in North Korea because the navy was destroyed.

"What do you mean, Maeda-kun?"

Seeing Maeda Toshiie talking so much, how could the old turtle not know that this guy must have something else to say.

"How do you think Tokugawa-kun's defense is at this moment?"

He stood up and quietly looked outside the house, but Maeda Toshiie suddenly lowered his voice and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu Wei.

"Huh? Is this what Maeda-kun is planning?"

Turning his head, Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but look at Maeda Toshiie's solemn face in shock.

"Shoot the man first, shoot the horse, and capture the thief first, capture the king! As long as we capture or kill the commander of the Ming army, we can have a chance to take advantage of the chaos and win. Otherwise, with the strength of the Ming army, we will have no chance.

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"Inappropriate, inappropriate! Although the Ming army only has a thousand people stationed at Nagoya, with the strength of the Ming army, even if we can summon thousands of samurai, we may not be able to capture them smoothly! What's more, we are going to

Where can we gather so many warriors?"

After listening to Maeda Toshiie's suggestion, Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes lit up at first, but then he couldn't help but shook his head helplessly.

There was no way around it. When Naomasa Ii led a thousand red troops to death in battle, he had a very clear idea of ​​the combat power of the Ming army.

"Haha, why do you need thousands of warriors to do this? As long as Tokugawa-kun nods, it can be done with just a few people!"

Facing Tokugawa Ieyasu who shook his head like a rattle, Maeda Toshiie looked at the old turtle meaningfully.

"Uh, this..."

"As long as Tokugawa-kun's united troops take action, this matter will be easy. I hope Tokugawa-kun will put the overall situation first and don't shirk!"

Before the old turtle could refuse, Maeda Toshiie put away his smile and bowed to him solemnly.

"Maeda-kun, this matter is too important, please allow me to think about it carefully!"

Seeing that Maeda Toshiie directly asked him to use the "Concentric Soldiers", the old turtle had no choice but to put away his embarrassed expression and start thinking solemnly.

The real name of the so-called 'Doshin Soldiers' should actually be the 'Iga Doshin-gumi'. The entire legion is small in number, only a mere two hundred people, and its leader is Hattori Masashige.

However, despite the small number of Iga Tongxin soldiers, they are one of the most important trump cards under Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Because this legion only has two hundred people, and its soldiers are all composed of ninjas recruited from Iga Country by Tokugawa Ieyasu. In other words, this is a ninja legion.

Its leader, Hattori Masashige, may not sound very well-known, but his other name is very popular, Hattori Hanzo! Hattori Hanzo is known as the first ninja of Japan!

In the original history, the Iga Doshin-gumi's famous battle was during the Honnoji Incident. Under the leadership of Hattori Hanzo, he escorted Tokugawa Ieyasu from Kaishi through Ise, and finally returned to Mikawa Country safely, saving him from being attacked.

The crisis laid the foundation for Tokugawa Ieyasu's proposal to the Tokugawa Shogunate to unify Japan.

Of course, in this world, because of Wang Bing's "disruption", it is open to question whether Tokugawa Ieyasu can establish the Tokugawa Shogunate in the future.

"Tokugawa-kun, the current situation is urgent. The Ming army has divided its troops to attack various places. The Kanto area may not be spared. I hope Tokugawa-kun will make a decision soon!"

Although Maeda Toshiie is not clear about the Ming army's attack route, the Japanese country is only a small area. It doesn't take much to think about it. Regardless of whether it is Kanto or Kansai, it will definitely be the target of the Ming army's attack.

"Maeda-kun, it's not that I don't care about the overall situation, it's actually that the peace talks happened suddenly, and there are only two sympathizers following me. If we launch it rashly, if we fail, we...!"

However, under Maeda Toshiie's expectant gaze, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally shook his head very 'helplessly'.

"You think I am a three-year-old child. Lord Taige asked you to come here to be the peace negotiator. You have been working hard for two days. How can you only have two soldiers with the same intention behind you?"

When he heard that the old turtle was talking nonsense with his eyes open, saying that there were only two soldiers following him, Maeda Toshiie immediately wanted to chop the fat old man in front of him with a knife.

In fact, just as Maeda Toshiie guessed, and with Tokugawa Ieyasu's caution, how could it be possible to only bring two doshin followers to follow him. In fact, among the ten Hatamoto samurai who followed him this time, they were all composed of doshin soldiers. And even

The number one ninja of Japan, Hattori Hanzo, also changed his appearance and followed them.

It's just that the old turtle insisted that there were only two soldiers with the same heart, but Maeda Toshiie couldn't expose it. After all, no one would look good if they were betrayed, right?

"Don't worry, Quan Da Nayan. Before leaving, I asked Mr. Taikaku for Sarutobi Sasuke to accompany me. I believe he can help you. In addition, Sanada-kun will also help us secretly..."

Although he was angry at Tokugawa Ieyasu's excuses, in the end, Maeda Toshiie suppressed the anger in his heart and said that he would not let Tokugawa Ieyasu fight alone.

'Damn monkey, I knew you were trying to borrow a knife to kill someone! Don't even think about it if you want me to assassinate the Ming army coach alone!'

Seeing that after his own evasion, Maeda Toshiie revealed that there were other helpers, Tokugawa Ieyasu also couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

You know, Sasuke Sarutobi and his master Yukimura Sanada are both outstanding ninjas. Especially Yukimura Sanada, who appears to be a samurai, but is actually an outstanding ninja who is on par with Hattori Hanzo, Toyotomi

The ninja commander under Hideyoshi.
Chapter completed!