$ Chapter 677 23. Can the Matsudaira Clan Be Transferred?

Since he thought of Kiso Yoshimasa and Udono Nagakatsu, Xiao Pingtai couldn't help but think of another person.

Matsudaira Ieyasu!

He thought of a more realistic question. If necessary, could Matsudaira Ieyasu be able to make adjustments?

Occupying the key pass of Okazaki Castle is equivalent to strangling the neck of the Yamanouchi family from the Tokaido to Kyoto. If Yamanouchi Oda turns against him, then Okazaki Castle will be like a thorn in the throat, and it will be hard to get rid of it.

But if Okazaki Castle can change its color, the Yamanouchi family will immediately get 5,000 Mikawa cannon fodder, and Owari will almost be open to the Yamanouchi family.

You must know that Mikawa Province still has some dangers of mountains and rivers, but Owari is really an endless plain, and it is a bit difficult for you to find a mound. Even Kiyosu Castle is just a flat castle, relying on water horns and other facilities for defense.

Your castle on a hillside hundreds of meters high, my cannons really can't hit it, but your castle on the flat ground, aren't all beings equal under the cannons?

Although there were still Oda generals such as Hirate Hanhide stationed in Ansho Castle and Mizuno Nobumoto stationed in Kariya Castle in Mikawa, once Okazaki was shaken, the entire defense line of Owari would collapse.

Oda Nobunaga actually had two lines of defense against the Yamanouchi clan, which completely corresponded to the Yamanouchi clan.

Apart from Matsudaira Ieyasu in Okazaki Castle in West Mikawa, the remaining one was Toyama Tomokatsu in Iwamura Castle. In order to win over these two families, Oda Nobunaga was willing to send the women in his family out, so I won't go into details here.

However, no matter how many daughters and sisters he subsidized, the status of Matsudaira and Toyama clans as vassals would not change. They were not your trusted and direct retainers of Oda Nobunaga, but just your vassals.

Historically, Iwamura Castle was captured by Akiyama Nobutomo. Judging from Takeda Shingen's past battles, he must have tried to persuade the Toyama clan with reason and benefits. The result was obviously unsuccessful, otherwise there would not be a need to use force to solve this problem.

As for Matsudaira Ieyasu on the Tokaido, let alone being beaten up by Takeda Shingen in Mikatagahara, thousands of people were killed. He also sent Nobunaga's junior brother Hirate Hanhide and a large number of Mikawa samurai.

But on the surface, neither of these two families accepted the compromise and turned to the Takeda clan, and the resistance was quite fierce. It can even be said that they fought with their lives, at all costs!

Because of Kodaira's flying wings, Matsudaira Ieyasu has not even unified Mikawa now, but is just a small daimyo in western Mikawa, and is in a position that is neither up nor down in the Oda clan group. Naturally, there was no incident of Gotokuhime informing on the matter, and then Lady Tsukiyama and Matsudaira Nobuyasu committed suicide.

Moreover, Oda Nobunaga made a considerable effort in the process of Matsudaira Ieyasu's restoration of the country. Okazaki Castle, the old nest of Matsudaira Ieyasu, was given to him by Oda Nobunaga after he exchanged it from Okabe Motonobu.

Not only that, Oda Nobunaga also sent troops and asked for help to help him quell the Mikawa Soichiki that swept across the entire Western Mikawa. In order to help him consolidate his rule in Western Mikawa, he was really worried.

He really did a great favor to the Matsudaira clan!

How much would it cost to make Matsudaira Ieyasu and Toyama Tomokatsu defect?

This is a big question! From Kobayata's point of view, the security he received was definitely not enough. Takeda Shingen must have mentioned this condition in the past. Put yourself in Matsudaira Ieyasu's position and think about it. Oda Nobunaga did him a great favor, and this great favor is not something that can be forgotten simply by saying it.

Although betrayal was a common thing in the Warring States Period, you stabbed me in the back today, and I pushed you out to die tomorrow. I have seen too many of them. There is no unbreakable alliance between daimyo, let alone between daimyo and vassal.

In the final analysis, it is just a bond of gratitude!

However, the price of Matsudaira Ieyasu should be very high, and if it is the kind of tangible benefits that can be obtained immediately, rather than the kind of Owari half-country plus Mikawa half-country that is easily promised, this is too hypocritical.

It is embarrassing to think about it. Matsudaira Ieyasu probably does not want to move his butt to Mikawa. If you want to persuade him, it is best to find a way for him in Mikawa. But the Udono Nagakatsu in East Mikawa cannot be opened for a while, and there is no large territory around that can be used to bribe Matsudaira Ieyasu, which is another problem.

Or change the idea and win over the important officials under the command of the Matsudaira clan?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi once tried this idea. Ishikawa Suzemasa was already the flag chief of West Mikawa during the Komaki Nagakute War, and his status in the family was transcendent. At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu trusted him very much, and even deliberately took Ishikawa Ienari, the uncle of Ishikawa Suzemasa, to let him take the position.

Ishikawa Suma's escape did have a huge impact on Tokugawa Ieyasu at the time. Due to his understanding of Mikawa affairs and his influence in Mikawa, it was possible to shake the Tokugawa clan's rule in Mikawa.

And Tokugawa Ieyasu was indeed very troubled by this. Not only did he immediately start to rebuild Okazaki Castle, he even changed the military system of the Tokugawa family to the military system of the original Takeda clan.

But now Matsudaira Ieyasu does not have such a big foundation, and Ishikawa Suma is not like that because he is a peace advocate in the family, he is not suspected and questioned by the family. A considerable part of the complex political factors of escape does not exist.

Then why did Ishikawa Suma leave a good loyal minister and become a traitor?

As for other people, although there are also surrender elements, including Takeda Katsuyori's attack on Takatenjin Castle in history, Takatenjin Castle surrendered under the fierce attack of the Takeda army.

There were more than one or two Tokugawa Ieyasu warriors who surrendered to the Takeda clan. Although they would not be very famous in the future, they had a very bad influence on the retainers of the Tokugawa clan at that time.

Although the conditions were not ripe, at this point, Kobayata felt that it would be better to test it out and see if there were any "people who knew the times".

Just like the Yamae Mikatashu, Okudaira Shinkuro Sadatsuna took the initiative to come to the Yamanouchi clan, and Okudaira Hachitaro Sadamasa (Okudaira Nobumasa), as the son-in-law of Matsudaira Ieyasu, stood firmly on the side of the Matsudaira clan.

In East and West Mikawa, due to the special geopolitical situation of the buffer zone between the great powers, many families were split into two parts, one part leaning towards the Yamanouchi clan, and the other part leaning towards the Matsudaira clan, which was a vassal of Oda.

Kobayata would definitely not send someone up and shout, "Surrender to our family!" When you come to our Yamanouchi family, it's like coming to your own family! Huang Jinzhixing is great!

Send some people first, contact secretly, and communicate. Everyone of the same clan and family can chat, build a relationship, talk about friendship, and establish the foundation of mutual trust. We are originally one family, just serving two masters. It is not shameful to surrender with courtesy.

When the time is right, take action!