Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 350 I hope you will have a battle day

On February 15th, Tensho Year [-], Mori Terumoto, the hero of the Western Kingdom, finally came to Iwaya Castle after a few days of wandering around. Hideo was accompanied by his retainers, Tachibana Muneshige, and Munakata Ujihide (Munakata Shiojumaru was served in advance) met him.

Mori Terumoto’s battle is very big this time, almost mobilizing all the troops of the six countries of Mori, Nagato, Iwami, Aki, Bingo, and Izumo. The 6 soldiers vowed to fight in Shimadzu Find the place in front of the house.

Due to the huge size of the army, the camps of the Maori army almost covered the entire Safone Line from Rock House City to the north.

Mao Li Huiyuan saw Xiujia pointing to the busy farmers in the farmland behind him and praised Xiujia, "Secretary of the Central Committee is really the virtuous help of His Highness Guan Bai. There are no traces of the flames in sight."

Mori Terumoto's praise is naturally based on exaggeration. Chikuzen Kingdom has been the main battlefield for the war between Otomo and Ryuzoji, Otomo and the Shimadzu family for the past 8 years, including Tachibana, Takahashi, Harada and other daimyos. It has been smashed to pieces long ago, and the output of the fields is no longer what it used to be.

The simplest analogy is that when Qingchang reorganized the rural accounts in the third year of Qingchang, Chikuzen had 3 koku of knowledge and practice, but when Hideyoshi just assessed Chikuzen, there were only 55.3 koku in Chikuzen. Some to fill the 33 koku of Kobayakawa's house.

It was also a coincidence that the Xiu family had settled the battle in Chikuzen before the spring plowing. Now, except for some counties of the Qiuyue family, the whole area of ​​Chikuzen was basically stable.

Especially the rich family in Chikuzen, with the Toyotomi family's hundreds of thousands of troops behind them, none of them dared to jump out and die, and they all surrendered to the Hide family in peace.The Xiu family naturally reciprocated and encouraged the people to farm.

"Where, where, this territory is all Lord Tachibana's territory, and the people are only able to come back from the deep mountains and reclaim the fields under his inspiration." Xiujia said modestly.

After all, Hideka introduced Tachibana Soshige to Mori Terumoto to get to know him. After all, in Hideka's plan, Tachibana Somo was to become a pillar of Kyushu. Let him get to know Mori Terumoto earlier, and he could be regarded as an early integration into Hideyoshi's daimyo circle.

It's just that Terumoto Mori at this moment is a daimyo with 6 koku in the Six Kingdoms of Yin and Yang, and he didn't pay much attention to Tachibana Soshige, a small daimyo with 80/5 koku, and walked away after a little politeness. Watching Xiu's chattering.

If others don't know the past of the two families, they may think that the uncles and nephews who haven't seen for many years are here to exchange feelings.

Who would have thought that 7 years ago, the two families were still enemies, and they were in a state of immortality.

"This time, the Secretary of State took over Shimadzu's house in Chikuzen and recaptured Kokura Castle, an important town in Kyushu. All relevant battle reports have been forwarded to His Highness Guan Bai, and His Highness Guan Bai even specially praised His Highness."

Hideka heard what Mori Terumoto said, and asked with some doubts, "Has Gatekeeper Uemon gone to Osaka? How do you even know about this?"

Mori Terumoto responded with a smile, "Your complaint has been forwarded to Zhong Nayan. I met with Zhong Nayan after I logged in to Kyushu. He told me. Zhong Nayan is waiting for you to go back and personally Leave it to you."

When Hideka heard about Toyotomi Hidecho, he asked Mori Terumoto worriedly, "How is my uncle's health? Is he better? Winter is the time when he suffers the most."

Mori Terumoto laughed when he heard the Hideka's question, "Sure enough, as Zhong Nayan said, His Highness, Secretary of State, really cares about him."

Then he straightened his face, and responded in a serious and affirmative tone, "I heard that Nagon Imato spent time at Bungo Kanzanji Hot Spring?

But you don't need to worry, when I entered Kyushu from Nagato that day, it was Zhong Nayan who came to Xiaocang Castle to meet me in person.

As far as I can see, Zhong Nayan's complexion is very good. It seems that he recovered well when he was recuperating in Bungo. "

Hearing that Toyotomi Hideonaga's health has improved, the hanging heart in Xiujia's heart finally let go.

The two became a little familiar with each other through Hideunaga, and Mori Terumoto also took this opportunity to ask Hideka, "I heard that Your Highness basically wiped out the power of the Shimadzu family from Chikuzen a month ago, why didn't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it?" And staying here for so long?"

Hearing this topic, Tachibana Muneshige looked at Hideka nervously, because in his opinion, Hideka did this to attract Shimadzu's attention for himself and gave up the opportunity to advance quickly.

Hideka noticed Tachibana Muneshige's gaze, but did not give a response. Instead, he responded very officially and coldly to Mori Terumoto, "The Shimadzu family is not weak. Although our army launched a surprise attack in the battle of Taragawa, the losses are also great." Very serious.

Shimadzu was able to quickly stabilize his position after being attacked by surprise, and quickly read the defense line to hinder our army's attack, which is enough to see the power of the Shimadzu family.

To be honest with Mr. Jinwu, this mountain Kuma city is really not easy to break.According to my investigation, Shimadzu gathered more than 3 people from Hizen, Higo, and Chikugo on the front line of Yamakuma, with 5000 people from the Satsumamoto team as the core.

I have spent more than a month on this line of defense, but due to the lack of strength in the army, it is really difficult to break the situation.Now I am looking forward to it, and I am looking forward to you. "

Terumoto Mori showed a suspicious expression when he heard Xiujia's answer and said, "There are still cities in the world that you can't break?"

Xiujia responded with a smile, "There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond the people. What is going on on the other side, Master Jinwu will know after a try!"

Mori Terumoto smiled when he heard Xiujia's answer, waved his hands and said, "Forget about today, I still have to take a good rest when I come from a long way."

Hearing Mao Li Huiyuan's order to evict guests, Xiujia also said goodbye to him: "Then I will not bother His Royal Highness Jinwu."

Coming out of the house that Hideka had prepared for Mori Terumoto, Hideka couldn’t help complaining to Tachibana Soshige and the others beside him, “From Xiaokura to Iwaya Castle, I walked slowly for more than ten days. You need to rest from a long distance. When the military situation is really urgent, can you still count on them?"

Akashi Jingqin responded with a smile, "Maybe it's because the road is unfamiliar and the soldiers are not acclimatized."

"How long did it take us to run from Bungo to Chikuzen. His An Yibing didn't just land in Kyushu, he had already crossed the sea from Chijian Pass, why haven't he rested after so long?"

Hearing that Akashi Jingqin was making up excuses for Mori Terumoto, Xiujia couldn't help retorting, "This road is a wide road, do you still need a guide? Well, since he wants to rest, I'll see the young master of the Mori family." How long will the soldiers rest?"

Hearing Xiujia and Akashi Jingqin complaining about Mori Terumoto, Shimizu Nobuo interrupted inappropriately and said, "It shouldn't be too long, so it won't be too long before His Highness Guanbai arrives, right?"

When his words fell, the people around him all looked at him in surprise, which made his skin crawl for a moment.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Shimizu Shin also said nervously.

Seeing him about to jump up, Hideka smiled helplessly, but did not respond, but Tachibana Muneshige behind him patted Shimizu Shinya on the shoulder and said, "Remember what you just said, let us wait and see."

Needless to say, the ideas of the Hide family are surprisingly unanimous. They all think that the Mori family is not working hard here. For 3 days, there was no movement at all.

The most unbearable thing for the Xiu family is that the Xiu family has been stationed on the front line of Tianzhu Mountain for a long time as a guest army. After you Mori Terumoto comes, you must at least arrange someone to take over the defensive task. After all, this is your front line .

But the Xiu family stood on the post for Mao Li Huiyuan for another 3 days in a daze, and the Mao Li family's army, led by their own warriors, reluctantly came to the front line and replaced Yu Xiduuo.

After another 5 days, the time has come to March. Looking at the farmers under the city who are still plowing in the spring, Nobukun Anayama who is free today is tidying up his bows and bows.

After tidying up his bow, he poked his head down the city, and couldn't help complaining to his good friend Nobushige Sanada, "It's really what Hanbei said. The Maori are really not going to move."

After that, he put away his bow and walked to Sanada Nobushige and continued, "You really hit the mark, Mori Kingo is really not going to move, but unfortunately I still want to see the rumored Mori family's mountainous and tsunami-like What about military power?

But since your calculation is so accurate, then tell me, how did the Mori family attack the Shimadzu family on the opposite side? "

The two are in the same grade, and they both come from the Takeda family, so they still have common topics in the Xiu family, and they became friends after going back and forth.

Nobutada Anayama has lived a good life since he was a child. Except for Honnoji, who lived in a relatively difficult year, he was also helped by court ministers. He has little experience of the outside environment, so he said one thing and did another for Terumoto Mori. very dissatisfied with his performance.

But Nobushige Sanada was born in the Sanada family, and his family was relatively small, so he had to contribute to the continuation of the family since he was a child.

In addition, his grade is also higher than Anayama Nobutada, and he has a little understanding of some obscure politics of the samurai. Unlike Anayama Nobutada, he has expectations for Mori Terumoto's dispatch of troops.

Sanada Nobushige also put away the cleaning spear, and responded to him indifferently, "Just as Hanbei and His Highness predicted, the Mori family will not move until His Highness Kanbai gives an order."

After hearing Sanada Nobushige's echo, Anayama Nobutada said dejectedly, "What, you are just listening to what His Highness said, and you don't have any ideas of your own.

I also hoped to take advantage of the general attack of the Maori family to earn some military exploits. I was gearing up for the Battle of Kyushu this time, but when I got here, it became like wiping guns and straightening bows. I didn't go up to fight a single battle. "

Nobuta Anayama said here, put his head next to Nobushige Sanada's ear and whispered, "Don't you want to go to the first-line reserve team to practice?"

Hearing the question of Nobutada Anayama, Nobushige Sanada's eyes flashed a gleam of inspiration, saying that it was all fake if he didn't think so. Seeing that Japan is about to be peaceful, there may be fewer and fewer battles to be fought in the future. Earn military merits in exchange for knowledge.

But Nobushige Sanada still responded to Nobuta Anayama, "Hanbei said that His Highness will choose to release us to practice at an appropriate time. Before him, there are two captains of attendants, Kenjiro Iemitsu and Shoyoshi Bingwei Xinqing. , and now they are all in the army."

Hearing that the reserve team could be released, Anayama Nobutaka became interested, and asked Sanada Nobushige, "Hey, hey? Is what you said true? The fourth captain of the reserve team was born as an attendant of His Highness?"

"I came here not long before you. Hanbei told me these things. If you don't believe me, you can ask him." Sanada Nobushige was annoyed by his question, and responded impatiently.

Hearing that Nobushige Sanada had lost his temper, Nobutada Anayama stopped pestering him, walked aside and began to wipe his own feet, but his mouth still kept saying

"Even if this is the case, Kenjiro came from a powerful family in Sanuki, with 3 stone daimyo, what are you and I? There is no place to know quickly, and it will take a long time to become the commander of the army."

Hearing Anayama Nobutada's complaint, Sanada Nobushige couldn't help but interrupted, "Actually."

"Huh? Am I wrong?"

"Actually, I also have knowledge and practice. Bichu Garan Mountain City costs 1000 stones, and there are also gifts of 2000 stones."

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Hearing Nobushige Sanada's answer, Nobushige Anayama felt even worse. He originally thought that Nobushige Sanada, who became Hideya's attendant with him, was an ignorant samurai just like himself. After all, he was an outsider!

But only now have I discovered that people have knowledge and actions, and there are quite a few of them!

Not only knowledge and practice, but also a specially granted city, which even Shimizu Nobuo does not have such treatment.

Thinking of this, Anayama Nobutada felt even more uncomfortable, "I didn't expect that I was the only one who got hurt in the end"

While the two were talking, Xiujia went to visit Mori Terumoto again.

One is that the Hide family is going to take Tachibana Soshige back to Ogura as the day is approaching, waiting for Hideyoshi to come.

The second is to say hello to Mori Terumoto before leaving, hoping that he can make a tentative attack on the Shimadzu's defense.

After all, when Hideka came back from Chikugo's front line, Hideyoshi and Hide-chan would definitely ask Hideka about the situation of the Shimadzu family's defense line.

Mori Terumoto heard Hideka's request and knew in his heart that he had been in Iwaya Castle for half a month, and it would be ugly to continue to sit quietly like this, and he had to make a little movement in order to communicate with Hideyoshi.

Now that the Xiu family happened to ask him to send troops, he gave him a favor, and immediately ordered the Maoli family to form a team and summon all the generals in the camp to start a military discussion with Rock House City.

Nobutada Anayama, who was staying in the rock house to maintain his military equipment, thought that today would be such an ordinary day, but suddenly he heard the sound of a conch horn blowing from the top of the castle.

He and Nobushige Sanada next to him looked at each other, and they couldn't believe their ears.

But then they put on the equipment like a conditioned reflex, and checked each other whether the equipment was ready.

Anayama Nobutaka helped Sanada Nobushige get dressed again and again, and said to the side again and again, "Hehehe, after waiting for so long, it's my chance to go out."

(End of this chapter)