And these days he lives in Tachibana Mountain City, the strength of the Tachibana family, he still has some understanding, although the military strength is only 1,500, in terms of combat power, it is far from the Takayama family, but if it is placed in this Kyushu, then it is definitely a top one strong military force.

But at this moment, since it was an internal meeting of the Otomo family, he did not say anything for or against, but listened silently as a bystander.

After a while, Otomo Yoshitomo came back to his senses, only to hear him say with surprise: "Isn't this too dangerous, the family has just been defeated, if you attack the Kuroda family at this moment... ”

"Lord, the Kuroda family must be exterminated, even if it can't be eliminated, it must be restricted, if it is allowed to develop, then the consequences are unimaginable, and fortunately, the Kuroda family has just entered this place, there is no foundation, if you don't take advantage of this great opportunity, you will regret it too late."

"But... But the family's army is insufficient, even if it is just a little bit insufficient for defense, how can they take the initiative to attack the Kuroda family? "Otomo Yoshitomo finally asked a crucial question, without soldiers in hand, even if he wanted to attack, he couldn't do anything.

"My lord, this time I am fighting with Kuroda, and my subordinates are willing to lead my subordinates to go." Speaking of this, he glanced at Nabeshima again and asked, "Is the Ryuzoji family willing to cooperate with the old man to eliminate Kuroda?" ”

Of course, Naoshige Nabeshima can't ask for this, and he came here this time to deal with the Kuroda family. Now that the other party is willing to help him attack, this is really a good thing that he didn't expect before he came, so there is no need to return to Saga Castle to ask the lord for instructions.

I only heard him say directly: "Please rest assured, Lord Tachibana, everything in this battle is dominated by adults." ”

However, Otomo Yoshitomo still asked uneasily: "If Shimazu takes the opportunity to attack Kuroda when attacking Kuroda, how should he deal with it?" ”

When he said this, suddenly the retainers present lowered their heads one after another, thinking that they didn't want to come out to fight against Shimazu, if it was before, everyone must be vying for the lead, but now the strength and Shimazu have fallen, which makes them really have no confidence that they can block Shimazu's attack, and they are not cowardly, but once they fail to block Shimazu's attack at this time, death is small, and the survival of the Otomo family is a big deal.

At the same time that Otomo Yoshitomi also discovered the small movements of the retainers, Tachibana Michiyuki also looked at the retainers of the Otomo family, but when he saw the attitude of these people, he didn't care about them. Instead, he said, "Sanada-sama has lived in my Tachibanayama Castle for many days, and now the old man wants you to collect rent." ”

At this time, everyone present found that there was a world-famous samurai sitting in the assessment room, this person was not only intelligent, but also known for being good at defense, if he helped, then he was indeed not afraid of the Shimazu family to attack.

Sanada Masayuki couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard that he had allowed himself to help the Otomo family resist the attack that the Shimazu family could launch, even if he was so intelligent, he didn't expect that the other party would hand over such a heavy task to an outsider, and he also understood that since the other party did such a thing regardless of face, it must have reached the point of exhaustion, if he really continued to watch, once the Otomo family perished, then there would be no threat to the west for the Toyotomi family, and this was definitely not the result that the Takayama family wanted to see.

Thinking of this, I saw Sanada Masayuki couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Tachibana-sama's rent is really not cheap, but I don't know if Otomo-sama is willing?" ”

"Willing, willing, as long as the adults are willing to help, then if the Gaoshan family is sent in the future, there will be no excuse from the family." On the one hand, he said his will, on the other hand, he was not covering his ears and stealing the bell to maintain the face of the Otomo family, although he didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning has already explained the subordination of the two families, since it is such a relationship, then the Takayama family should send someone to help.

"Since this is the case, then it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate." Hearing that the other party is already going to be subordinate to the family, he no longer has any reason to refuse, before the two families were more like cooperation, but the Gaoshan family has always been dominant because of its strength, but now it is different, the other party has seen that the relationship of cooperation has become subordinate, although it is only a verbal agreement, but with the strength of the family, the other party has no courage to regret it.

It's just that Sanada Masayuki is directly appointed as the general of the South Road, and Otomo Yoshitomo is really a little unspeakable, but if he is only allowed to serve as a military advisor, he feels that this is belittling Sanada Masayuki, after all, he is one of the three military divisions of the dignified Takayama family, and it is already benevolent and righteous to be able to help, if this makes the Takayama clan dissatisfied, the crisis of the family is much greater than now.

So in the end, he gritted his teeth and made a final decision, only to hear him speak: "This time, I will personally command the army to deploy defense in Fenghou, and Lord Lao Zhentian will give advice to you." "Otomo Yoshitomi did not arrange a definite position for Sanada Masayuki, but he used to make a strategy, but everyone understands that this already means that once Shimazu attacks, then this battle will be based on Sanada Masayuki's advice.

After hearing this, Sanada Masayuki couldn't help but look up at Otomo Yoshitomi's eyes, this Otomo Yoshitomo is much stronger than his father, at least he is a person who knows how to advance and retreat.

"Since this is the case, then it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate."

In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of October 1578, and the 15,000 peasant soldiers of the Tachibana Michigan blood family and the Ryuzoji family of the Otomo family had launched an offensive against Higo.

And Kumamoto Castle didn't feel much worried after learning that the two families were coming to attack together, especially after learning that the Ryuzoji family had only sent 15,000 peasant soldiers, he couldn't help but smile slightly, it seemed that Chikugo and Hizen were already at their fingertips. After all, as long as these fifteen thousand peasant soldiers were defeated, then the dragon temple family would no longer be able to mobilize enough troops in a short period of time, which would indeed save him a lot of trouble.

On the same night, Ryuzoji and the Otomo family set up camp, ready to rest for a night, and the next day when they launched an attack on Higo, the Kuroda family's thousand banners had quietly left the gate of Kumamoto Castle and were heading towards the northern Ryuzoji family station, and this was also the method of Kankanwei, in his opinion, it was enough for a thousand elites to launch a sneak attack on the Ryuzoji family, don't look at the fifteen thousand people, but for him, these people were just a rabble, and a thousand people were enough to defeat it.

And this is what Kuroda Kanwei, who was already sitting in the living room of Kuma Castle, began to think about how to take all the fat before and after Chikuhou after destroying the invading enemy.

As for the battle situation ahead, there is a fierce general in the family, the commander of the mother's Taibei, what is there to worry about.

But this is his calculation, and how can he not die Tachibana Michiyuki's strategy. Although I haven't seen Kuroda Kanbei, Tachibana Michiyuki has an analysis of it from these battles, one of which is that Kuroda Kanwei looks down on the people of Kyushu, and it is not too much to say that he despises Kyushu samurai.