"Well, this time I need you to go to Kyushu Otomo and help him, but I suggest that it is more or less better to let Kuroda Kanbei taste some sweetness, if he fails to open up the situation in Kyushu, maybe he will give up there and return to Kinoshita Hideyoshi again, if this is self-defeating. As for how far, when you go, take care of yourself, oh yes, I promised Chiyo a few days ago to send her father some pain-relieving medicine, you can work hard, stop by and visit me. ”

"Please rest assured, my subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord."

"That's right, this time it's all voluntary, not the Otomo family came to ask for help, so after you arrive, if the other party is willing to listen to your arrangement, you will do your best, if the other party doesn't want to rely on the family, then we don't have to be too deliberate, once this happens, then try to keep the Tachibana family's business, and if you can't do anything, you have to bring them out safely."

"Yes, the lord's entrustment, subordinates should keep it in mind."

"Alright, let's rest in the city for the night today, and set off early tomorrow morning."

"Yes, the subordinates retired."

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Kuroda Kanwei is a month earlier than Sanada Masayuki arrived in Kyushu, this month with the Kinoshita family's chief military advisor, successfully mobilized Shimazu, of course, this is also Shimazu has been suppressed by the Otomo family very badly recently, and the reason why he wants to take a bad breath, but anyway, at least for the time being, Shimazu Yoshihisa, the head of the Shimazu family, has agreed that as long as Kansei can help the Shimazu family get out of trouble and recapture Osumi and Hinata, then they will continue to help Kuroda after that.

Osumi and Hyuga, Kuroda Kanbei really can't look down on it, so he readily agreed, the two sides hit it off, the joint army with 12,000 troops, falsely claiming that the 20,000 army launched an attack on Osumi country, don't look at this time the Shimazu family only sent 8,000 troops, but these 8,000 people and the 30,000 troops in the previous Ogawa battle are completely different, the previous 30,000 troops seem to be strong, but among these 30,000 people, most of them are farmers who lack training and have weapons and equipment, and after the defeat of the Ogawa battle, Shimazu Yoshihisa saw the separation of soldiers and peasants, so he made up his mind to start governing the army, which allowed it to train eight thousand elites in less than a year, it can be said that in order to train the army, the Shimazu family is about to smash the pot and sell iron, but the effect is also significant, Osumi country due to the underdevelopment of agriculture, and there is no too rich resources, plus the Shimazu family is not long to harass, so it does not pay much attention, after the occupation, it was quickly divided, and supported a group of former liver Fu family retainers.

At that time, Otomo Zonglin thought very well, the liver pay and the Shimazu family feud, these people who have the liver pay family for themselves to look at Shimazu, than sending people to garrison themselves, but it has only been less than two years, his plan to fight for the snipe and the clam has failed, the original retainers of the liver Fu family and the wealthy family who rely on the liver pay are not the liver pay and the liver is good, and now the liver Fu family has been extinct for more than ten years, they are no longer the stunned young people before, when the big friend comes to attack, they can fall to the big friend without hesitation, And when Shimazu leads the army to come, they will not have any hesitation, of course, if it was a year ago, they may still hesitate, after all, the Otomo family is too powerful, so they can't think about it carefully, but not long ago, they heard that the chief military division of the Kinoshita family personally led the army to Kyushu, just to eliminate Otomo, although Osumi Country is located in the middle of nowhere, but they have heard of the deeds of Kuroda Kanwei, It is said that the reason why the Kinoshita family can be ranked with the Takayama family as the strongest force in the world is because of the contribution of Kuroda Takataka, and every time he fights with the Takayama family, not to mention winning, but at least he can remain undefeated.

Therefore, as long as the Shimazu and Kuroda coalition forces put on an attack posture, then they did not hesitate to choose to surrender, and even later, they did not need to lead the army to go, just send someone to inform them, and within five days, Osumi Province, which had been taken away by the Otomo family, returned to the arms of the Shimazu family.

Shimazu Yoshihisa and others didn't expect things to be so simple, they were all ecstatic, originally they thought that if they wanted to take Osumi Province, there would be a fierce battle, but in fact, they didn't fight a battle, and they took all the country, so after completely controlling Osumi Province, the Shimazu family celebrated for three days in a row, and all the samurai in the family were drunk and dreamed of death.

Kuroda Takataka felt very disdainful of this, the countryman just hasn't seen the world, such a thing has long been expected, and there is no need to make such a fuss? In addition, it is time to celebrate at this moment, and it is time to take advantage of the unpreparedness of Otomo's family and go all the way north to kill directly to Funai City. But the Shimazu family chose to celebrate at this most critical moment, and the thoughts of the countrymen are really hard to guess.

Of course, Kuroda Kanbei didn't say what he thought, if the other party really wiped out the Otomo family, how could there be a place for the Kuroda family, this battle is not in a hurry, fight slowly, the longer the fight, the better, and when the main forces of the three families are lost, that is the best time for the family to gain a foothold.

If there is no buffer of these three days, it can really catch the Otomo family off guard, but the three days is not a short time, and it is enough for the Otomo family to reflect.

At this moment, the castle tower of the inner city of the prefecture, which should have been relegated to the second line, and Otomo Sorin, who gave up the family governor to Otomo Yoshitomi, is still sitting on the main seat, and the Otomo family now has the tendency to unify Kyushu, and Otomo Sorin hopes that this great cause will be established in his own hands, and now it is less than fifty, and he thinks that it will be no problem to work for a few more years. Therefore, Otomo Yoshitomi, as the successor, can only watch his father on the throne give orders.

Unlike the last year or two, today's Otomo Sorin's face is really ugly, Osumi Province lost him and was not distressed, but it was only lost in just three days, and the Shimazu family still occupied it without a single soldier, which made him embarrassed, it was obvious that his original idea was completely a joke, fortunately he didn't say his thoughts at the beginning, otherwise it would not be as simple as an ugly face at this time.

After a while, Otomo Sorin spoke: "Shimazu is really too deceitful, so I decided that this time I must completely eliminate the other party, so as to complete the goal of completely ruling Kyushu, everyone, who is willing to lead the army to destroy Shimazu." ”