I only heard him say: "My lord, although Ise is about to arrive, which plays a defensive role for the Takayama army, there is still a place where the lord must also master it, and only in this way can he go all out when the Takayama family has a decisive battle." ”

"You mean Shikoku?" As soon as Kuroda Kanbei finished speaking, Kinoshita Hideyoshibe hurriedly said.

"The Changzong of the Four Kingdoms is now a powerful one, and if you want to eliminate it, it will inevitably affect the whole body, and the current family is not ready, so the Four Kingdoms can only be slowly figured out, not a trick."

"Not Shikoku? That's Kyushu? Hideyoshi Kinoshita was not embarrassed that he had guessed wrong, but continued.

This time, Kuroda Kanbei nodded and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that the harm of Kyushu to the family, especially above the Shikoku, the bitter cold land of the Shikoku, the rise of the Changzong and my family is all due to the support of the Takayama clan, and at present, the Takayama family and the main family have newly occupied too much land, if you want to develop, you need too much manpower and material resources, once the Takayama family is not able to send resources to the four countries, the Nagazu family who has just passed a few good days will inevitably be dissatisfied with the laissez-faire of the clan, as long as there is such a rift, I'm afraid that the Shikoku side will no longer be as obedient to the Takayama family as before, and at that time, whether it is to divide or use other methods, it will be much easier than directly attacking Shikoku now. These words Kuroda Kanwei said that is called a weak heart, the above words, he has been thinking hard for the past few days, and if you think about it carefully, these words are not tenable at all, not to mention how rich the family of the Takayama family is, but even if it takes countless resources to vigorously develop, it should be no problem to help a rural daimyo. In addition, what does Changzong's family lack? They don't lack people or food, they lack weapons, and the Gaoshan clan has a few workshops specializing in the production of weapons, and a casual squeeze is enough for the family of the Changzong and our department, so what the officer and soldier Wei said, even he himself doesn't believe it, but he also has a purpose in saying this, if the lord still trusts himself as before, then the topic of Kyushu can be smoothly introduced, so as to achieve the goal, if the lord no longer trusts himself, then as soon as these words come out, his evaluation in the lord's heart will inevitably be reduced, In this way, he can also put forward the idea of personally pacifying Kyushu, and presumably the lord should have considered it.

And this time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi still chose to trust him, and didn't think much about it, just said lightly: "Well, it makes sense." ”

Seeing that the lord was like this, Kuroda Kanbei breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "After talking about Shikoku, let's talk about Kyushu, Shimazu, who has now taken refuge in his own family, Ryuzoji Temple has become a decline in Kyushu, and his subordinates think that if it continues like this, at most two or three years, Kyushu will be occupied by the Otomo family, and when the time comes, there will be no containment, and it is a pro-Takayama family's force." This is extremely detrimental to the family. Especially the daughter of Otomo's ministers is still the wife and concubine of Takayama Nobukatsu... Even if they choose to join their own family under pressure for the time being, they will not be sincere, so if you want to feel at ease, the best way is to eliminate it completely. In addition, at this moment, the Takayama clan chose to return to the army for development, and the family can take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the Otomo family in one fell swoop, so that the family has no worries. ”

Regarding the situation in Kyushu, Hideyoshi did not ignore it, and even paid attention to it at all times. It's just that he has been really comfortable in Azuchi these days, so he just consciously doesn't think about Kyushu, anyway, there will be no threat to him for a while, and he doesn't need to be too anxious.

But today, since Kansenwei mentioned it, he couldn't choose to consciously avoid it anymore, so he just heard him say: "Kyushu is indeed a big problem for the family, but it's not so difficult to solve it, as long as you send a large army to go, how can the Otomo family contend with it, well, since you mentioned it, who do you think should lead the army?" ”

At this moment, Kinoshita Hideyoshi already has a few candidates in his heart, for example, the Uki family contributed a lot in the last joint battle, but they didn't gain anything, it's still good to use Kyushu to make up for the other party's losses, and he doesn't leave in Azuchi, Matsunaga Xiu will definitely have some ideas, if he is allowed to go, after he returns to the army, he is proposing to make Azuna a direct government, and Matsunaga Xiu should not have any opinions, after all, bullying weak forces is a good opportunity to make a fortune, and he has given him so many benefits, If they don't know each other again, then you have to think about the other party's loyalty. In addition to the two of them are the most suitable, there is another person, Kinoshita Hideyoshi also thinks it is extremely suitable, this person is Tokugawa Ieyasu, to put it mildly, although the Tokugawa family has taken refuge in himself on the surface, but it is still an independent force, and he cannot completely dominate it, and the other party does not want to become a minister of the family, so it can only show that he still has other ideas, such a reassuring force, close to the family Forte Harima, is not a good thing, so if he can, he really wants to play the other party to Kyushu, Although the other side said that it would get more, the family also ensured the unity of the territory, and the former Lord Nobunaga did this once, so there is still a feasibility.

Hideyoshi, who was originally waiting for the officers and soldiers to recommend candidates, and then he was expressing his thoughts, but he didn't expect that the other party did not play cards according to the routine, but only heard the other party say: "Back to the lord, this Kyushu strategy, the subordinates are the ones who do it, and I hope the lord can allow his subordinates to go to Pingding." ”

"Uh, huh? You go? Are you kidding! Kinoshita Hideyoshi thought about his retainers, and even Tokugawa Ieyasu thought about it, but he didn't think about Kuroda Kanwei, why, just because he was his own military advisor, many times he still needed him to give advice, if he went, who should he consult with after he encountered tricky things? In addition, from the bottom of my heart, Kinoshita Hideyoshi also didn't want Kuroda Kanbei to leave his sight, although this person was quite respectful in the face of himself, but in fact, as long as he was not there, it was said that he was still very unruly, and it was safest for such a person to stay around, and once he was released, he might not become an obstacle to his domination of the world. To put it simply, if you stay by your side, you can fully trust him, and once you let him out, then Kuroda Kanwei will not be so reassuring.

Thinking of this, I only heard Kinoshita Hideyoshi say: "It's not right, Kankanwei is the family's dependence, once you go to Kyushu to attack the high mountains, how can it be good?" ”