Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 362 The Final Battle in Southern Kyushu ([-])
Sakuma Shengzheng took Hide's family all the way to Matsuo Castle, and kept telling his own experience on the road. When he arrived at Matsuo Castle, the story was basically finished.

Matsuo Castle is the base camp of Toyotomi Hidecho in Hyuga. The Hide family saw all the way, from Nobeoka Town to Matsuo Castle, there is a transport team to transport military rations and supplies. These materials are prepared by Hidecho long ago, from Iyo Continuous transport to Hyugai.

Sakuma Shengzheng brought Xiu's family to the base of Matsuo Castle, and extended an invitation to Xiu's family: "Your Highness has traveled a long distance from Bungo, why don't you take a good rest in Matsuo Castle, I have arranged a rest for His Highness in the castle." Your Highness, please follow me."

"Really, then I will be disrespectful."

Since Saiki Castle left the city that day, there were mountain roads and canyons along the way, and Hideka really didn't get a good rest.

Therefore, after handing over the situation to Okari Seungri and Kuroda Kanbei, they took everyone to follow the guidance of Sakuma Shengmasa to their respective houses to rest.

"Bastard! Let me out quickly! You think you can lock up your grandpa and me!"

Halfway through the walk, the Xiu family was suddenly attracted by a faint sound of cursing, and stopped on the mountain path to look where the sound came from.

Sensing that the Hideya beside him had stopped, and also hearing the voice, Sakuma Shengzheng yelled at the samurai beside him in embarrassment, "Bastard, why don't you tell him to shut up quickly! How about disturbing His Highness's rest!"

The samurai took the order and ran towards the sound in a hurry. With a burst of wailing, the noise just now never came again.

Although the voice could no longer be heard, Xiujia still asked curiously, "What's going on over there."

Sakuma Shengzheng asked the Hide family, fearing that he had disturbed the Hide family, he responded slightly apologetically, "I disturbed His Highness, it is really my fault, that is where the samurai captured by the Shimadzu family were detained.

A guy named Shigekata Nakama was seriously injured and captured, but as soon as he woke up, he clamored to let him out to follow Yoshihiro Shimazu. "

Nakama Shigekata, the Hideo family, seemed to know something about him in the past. After racking their brains, they only found out that he was the number one strongman of the Shimadzu family and his loyalty to Yoshihiro Shimadzu.

Rumor has it that his father, Nakama Ozomoto, was a low-level samurai who served Hishishima Kunisada, the head of Satsuma's city.

In history, Yoshihiro Shimadzu saw him because of his brave performance all the way. Because he had an unpleasant fight with his lord Hishishima Kunisada during the Battle of Bungo, he was relieved of his knowledge and salary, and was ordered to live in Higo The patriarch's seclusion and introspection.

In this short period of time, the Shimadzu family's war retreated all the way.

Hearing that the frontline battle situation was unfavorable, Nakama Shigekata ran out of hibernation, and went to Shimadzu Yoshihiro to join the battle with a gun on his shoulder, so he was valued by Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

During the Battle of Sekigahara, Yoshihiro Shimadzu broke through the siege and kept returning from Ise.

At that time, the pursuers were behind him, Shimadzu Yoshihiro persuaded him to abandon Ma Yin and escape together, but he refused with "Ma Yin is the spirit of the lord", so he carried Ma Yin back to Kyushu.

Because of this feat, he participated in the battle as the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, and was still awarded 50 shi Zhixing after the war in recognition of his meritorious service.

The title of Hercules is relatively rare in Japan, because of natural genetic influence and widespread malnutrition, the height and strength of the Japanese are particularly small.

Therefore, such a samurai who left his name in history also attracted the attention of the Xiu family.

After hearing Sakuma Shengmasa's explanation, Hideka did not continue to move forward to his house, but turned his head and walked towards the line of defense where the samurai had just left.

Sakuma Shengzheng quickly understood Hideka's intentions. Although somewhat embarrassed, he did not dare to disobey Hideka in the slightest, so he turned around and led the way in front of him.

There are very few such things as "prisons" in Japanese cities, because there is no need to detain people for a long time. For ordinary prisoners, they are basically killed directly. For the samurai class, there are only two ways to cut seppuku and release.

Therefore, once a prisoner needs to be detained for a short period of time, a less commonly used utility room is sorted out and the person is thrown into it.

The place where the prisoners are held in Matsuo Castle is interesting. The environment is not so much a prison converted from a warehouse, but rather a rapid prison that has been used as a warehouse for a long time.

Because Matsuo Castle was built on the mountain, this warehouse is located in a valley in Nijimaru, and a semi-cellar-like house was built. The above-ground and lower buildings of the house are all original warehouses.

After Shimadzu Yoshihiro broke through, many Shimadzu samurai were captured. Among them, those with higher status were arranged in buildings on the ground, while those with lower status were all thrown into the cellar.

After so many days, eating, shitting and urinating are done in the cellar, and the inside has already become filthy.

With such a high status as Hideka, it was impossible to go down to the cellar to meet him in person, so Sakuma Shengmasa found a room next to the warehouse, asked Hideka to wait inside, and ordered Chuma Shigekata to be brought out.

What caught people's attention was that there were still bruises on the faces of the ashigaru who were carrying people. It seemed that Shigeka Nakama did have some tricks, and so many people might not be able to see him and take him down.

Zhongma Zhongfang is a strong young man. Although he is only about 1 meters tall, the tendons of his arms are still clearly visible even through the cloth.

In this era of scarcity of supplies, even a big name like Xiujia may not be able to eat well. It is hard to understand what makes him look so tough.

It can be said that Shimadzu Yoshihiro returned from the conquest of Fenghou at the age of Nakama Shigekata. The road along the way was the same as Hideka’s mountain road, and there was no chance to clean it. After leaving the mountain, he immediately fought against Toyotomi Hidecho. He was locked in the cellar for several days.

This made his body exude a mixed and fermented smell of various smells. Even if Xiu's family is far away from him, they can ask him about the stench on his body.

It was already May at this time, the weather was getting hotter, and his surroundings were already full of flies.

"I heard that you were very brave in the battle of Wulaichuan. You have the heads of five samurai in your hands, and there are countless ashigaru in your hands?"

All these situations were told by Sakuma Shengmasa that Chuma Shigekata, as a low-level samurai who could not be any lower, should have been the same as the captured Ashgaru, serving as a coolie for transporting supplies.

The reason why he was able to be imprisoned in Matsuo Castle was because of his combativeness and great strength, the ordinary guards could not control him at all, so he was promoted to custody.

As for why such a thorn was not cut off with a knife, it may be because he saw his ability and developed a love for talent.

Hearing the Xiu family's call, Zhongma Zhongfang raised his head with some difficulty, his whole face was swollen like a pig's head from the beating, and there was still blood on the corners of his mouth and nose, obviously he had received "special treatment" .

Nakama Shigekata looked at Hideo, and he didn't reply to Hideo's question for a long time, causing Nobutada Anayama's dissatisfaction behind Hideo, "Hey, big man, my lord asked you something, why didn't you answer."

Sakuma Shengzheng also said from the side, "The person in front of you is His Highness Hideka, Secretary of State Toyotomi, and the deputy general of the Kyushu Legion of my family. Your Highness asked you something, but I still don't answer it properly."

Although Sakuma Shengmasa mentioned Hideo's name, it may be that Hideo's reputation has not spread to the countryside of Kyushu, so this low-level samurai has never heard of it. In their eyes, Hideo is just a The doll, who was raised by blood, seemed very unconvinced by the Xiu family's inquiry.

"Heh~tui" Ma Zhongfang took a mouthful of blood from his mouth and spat it on the ground, expressing his disdain.

"You bastard!" "Eight deer!"

Seeing Nakama Shigekata's rude behavior, Anayama Nobutada and Sakuma Yoyomasa were both angry, but before they could make a move, a samurai who wanted to stand out stepped forward and greeted him fiercely.

"Stop it, he's been beaten to death, what else is there to ask?" Seeing that Zhongma Zhongfang was dying after being punched a few times, the Xiu family spoke out to stop them from continuing to beat him.

Seeing his dying appearance, the Xiu family ordered with some displeasure, "Take him down, let Ose Hide take a good look at him."

Ose Hidemasa is Ose Fuan, a well-known physician, Confucianist and military scientist in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period. He was famous for his talent for practicing medicine at a young age, and was taken in by Ikeda Hengxing, who was in full swing at that time, as a Physician.

After the death of Ikeda Hengxing, he became one of the doctors of the Xiu family by the subordinates of the Xiu family. You must know that he was born in the 7th year of Yonglu (1564), and even now he is only 23 years old. .

Of course, the reason why he can be famous in history is because he compiled and published two works, "Taiko Ji" and "Nobunaga Ji" in the Edo period.

Because of his young age, Hideo Kose has some talent in medicine, but after all, he is not as experienced as other doctors. He is best at trauma and bruises. In addition, he is young, so he is often called Xiujia appointed as a military doctor to act together.

The Xiu family really wanted to recruit Zhongma Zhongfang. Such a strongman is as precious as Cao Cao's Dianwei. In addition, he came from a humble background, so he didn't need much salary to be able to work hard for himself. Do business.

But now seeing him being beaten like this, I feel a little unhappy, so I can only send him down for medical treatment first, and let's talk about the matter of recruiting later.

Just when the Xiu family was unhappy because Zhongma Zhongfang was beaten so badly, and was about to end the trip and go back to rest, they heard a voice from a warehouse behind them, "Is the person outside in front of His Highness the Secretary of State?"

Ashigaru, who was waiting at the door, heard the sound from the prison cell that he was guarding, disturbing Xiu's family. He hammered the door very displeased and reprimanded, "Quiet, don't talk nonsense."

But the voice was still captured by Xiu's family. Xiu's family walked to the wall near her side and looked at the small window above, where the voice came from just now.

Different from the guard's rudeness, Hideka responded very politely, "It's true that I am outside. I don't know who is inside. What can I do?"

Hearing the sound from outside the house, the person in the house responded to the Xiu family again, "Miss Secretary of State, I am Koshiro, Kowa Koshiro, I don't know if you still remember."

The name Xiaoshiro is too common, and Xiujia may not remember it, but the name Yingwa is very special. As soon as he calls his Miaozi Xiujia, he thinks of the samurai who bid farewell to him at the foot of Fuliang Castle.

Hearing that the person in the room was Yuwa Hisutora, Hideka quickly ran around the front of the cell and ordered Ashgaru to open the door.

When the sun shone through the main entrance again, the person in the room seemed a little uncomfortable and blocked it with his hands.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" but he refused painfully.

Seeing the appearance of Yanwa Jiuhu, and recalling the appearance of Sakuma Shengzheng's beating Zhongma Zhongfang just now, Xiujia looked at Sakuma and the others angrily and asked, "What's going on, Zhongma Zhongfang is because of Too much strength and disobedience to discipline, do you even use force, Mr. Ying Wa?"

Sakuma Shengzheng explained positively with some grievances, and Yuwa Jiuhu explained first, "It's not their fault, I was injured when I fell from a horse.

They did give me medical treatment after they captured me, but the level of military doctors here is not very good.I just heard that His Highness has arrived, and I wanted to ask His Highness's military doctor to show me my legs, so I called for His Highness. "

Xiujia, who had a crush on Yingwa Jiuhu, immediately expressed his opinion when he heard that, "Where did Mr. Yingwa say that? I will order someone to treat you."

After today's incidents, Sakuma Shengzheng was too embarrassed to hold a big banquet in Matsuo Castle to greet Xiu's family, but ordered someone to prepare food and drinks for Xiu's family in person.

Taking advantage of this time, Xiujia also asked him if Xiuchang had assigned him a task.

After all, he was the direct descendant who was saved and promoted by himself, and the Kyushu War was about to end, so it was naturally up to him to help them earn meritorious service.

"Zhong Nayan made it clear that I will be on guard at Matsuo Castle, waiting for His Highness to arrive, and then I will follow the orders of the Palace. The transfer of supplies here will be in charge of Mr. Aoki Kazuki, a retainer of Zhong Nayan."

"In this case, you should act together with my team and go to Gaocheng as soon as possible to support Uncle."

After getting Hideka's promise, Sakuma Shengzheng responded excitedly, "Kai, please be kind to Your Highness."

After all, Sakuma Yoshimasa was a relatively traditional samurai, and he came all the way from Hokuriku Noto just to earn meritorious service.

If there is a chance, who would like to be in the rear all the time as an escort of military rations and custody of prisoners?
As for Sakuma Shengzheng's departure, who will be in charge of this matter?

The Xiu family brought more than 4 people from Okayama, so it would be a good thing to keep 3/5 thousand of the wealthy family. If it is not good enough, the role of the Otomo family has ended, and they can also be kept.

In short, there is only one sentence, the dirty work is done by others, and the credit is rewarded to those around you!
(End of this chapter)