Chapter 107: True Direction
The Otomo family originally had another goal, that is, to march quickly and strive to destroy the Kuroda family's Iwami Kuni Ginzan, which would deal a heavy blow to the Kuroda family economically.
Iwami Ginzan was destroyed once before because of the Kuroda family, and now it has been put back into production, but because it was destroyed very completely by the Niko family before, it has not yet recovered to the largest production in history, and if it is destroyed by the Otomo family again this time, it will be a great loss for the Kuroda family.
It can be said that everything is in the calculations of Kakukuma Ishizong, but in order to have a good performance in front of Kuroda Vocational High School, the Maori family mostly traveled long distances, marched quickly along the way, and defeated the elite of Shiga and kept Iwami Ginzan, which is considered a great achievement.
And the reason why the Otomo family wants to make such a big move this time is that while it can effectively delay the Kuroda family's actions, it is necessary to buy more time for military operations for the real main direction of the Otomo family's actions, which is the real purpose of the Otomo family this time.
Since it is said that the Otomo family has another main attack direction in addition to the Nagato country that is being attacked this time, it is worth telling you here that the actual direction of the Otomo family's attack this time is the land of the Hyuga country in southern Kyushu that has just been knocked down by the Kuroda family.
From the very beginning, the target of the Otomo family was not the Kuroda family's Nagato country, their target was the Hyuga country that went straight to Kyushu, and until the end of the entire southern Kyushu, the Nagato country was a false move to contain the Kuroda family.
Why did the Otomo family behave like this? This is because Yoshisuke Ito already feels that he is not an opponent of the Kuroda family, so he must find a backer who can compete with the Kuroda family.
And this backer is the best, and he has a relatively close relationship with himself, and after defeating the Kuroda family, he will not be too embarrassed for himself, at least most of his land must be obtained. If all of the above conditions are met, then the range is actually very small, at least in Kyushu Otomo's house is the only option for Yoshisuke Ito.
It is precisely because of this that Ito Yoshisuke sent a request for help to the Otomo family, so Otomo Sorin, under the instigation of many retainers, the most important thing is that after the nod of Kakukuma Ishizong, he decided to take advantage of the fact that all the forces in Minami Kyushu were at their weakest because of the previous invasion of the Kuroda family, and extended his hand to Minami Kyushu, which was already powerless to resist.
In this way, by the way, the Kuroda family's Shikoku Legion will be wiped out, which is an army of 18,000 people, thereby weakening the Kuroda family's strength, and then coveting the land of Shikoku.
As long as Otomo Sorin's army can defeat the Kuroda family's army in Minami-Kyushu this time, then the entire Minami-Kyushu in the current situation, whether it is Ito Yoshisuke, Sagara Yoshiyo, or Aso Yui, after being greatly weakened by the Kuroda family, is not the opponent of the Otomo family's army at all, and this is completely crushing on the example.
As long as the Otomo family occupies Minami Kyushu, they will all have to submit to the Otomo family, this is an indisputable fact, the weak have no dignity in this era, surrender to the strong, or because of resistance and destruction.
You may say stories like Kuroda Vocational High School and Akamatsu Masahide, but next time, it is entirely because of Kuroda Vocational High School's crossing, otherwise Kuroda Kanbei would still be suppressed by the Takino Akamatsu family until the monkeys wiped them out, as in history.
What Otomo Zonglin thought at this time was that maybe he should be kind to them at that time, and he shouldn't be so strict with them. But one thing is for sure, the whole of Kyushu will be in the hands of the Otomo family because of his decision. Thinking of this, Otomo Zonglin smiled slightly, which is a sign of self-confidence.
For the Otomo family, the overlord of Kitakyushu, if it is really possible to take and integrate the entire land of Kyushu, with the strength that the Otomo family currently has, even if it competes with the Kuroda family's real swords, it will definitely not be too much of a problem.
After all, the northern Kyushu controlled by the Otomo family is a prosperous place for commerce, and the land is fertile, and the annual income from agriculture and commerce is not much inferior to that of the Kuroda family, otherwise how could Otomo Sorin, spend thousands of dollars to buy a piano that people might only buy at home now?
With the smuggling trade of the entire Wa country, as well as the extensive development of trade with the Nanban countries, Kyushu, a necessary place for opening up to the outside world, has also become a place of extremely prosperous commerce, and the commerce in the territory of the Otomo family is no worse than that of the Kuroda family, and he has every reason to be arrogant.
As mentioned before, the Otomo family let their soldiers in the family go to Nagato Province to make trouble as the elite of the family, to put it bluntly, it is to delay the reaction of the Kuroda family to their possible future attack on Hyuga Province. Because as long as the Otomo family has any military action against southern Kyushu, especially when the spearhead has been pointed at the Kuroda family's forces, Kuroda Vocational High School will definitely not sit idly by.
In Otomo Sorin's opinion, as long as the Kuroda family can delay the time for the battle this time, with the Otomo family outnumbering the opponent by twice the number of the other party, are you afraid that you will not be able to defeat the Kuroda family's army in southern Kyushu?
Because everyone in the Kuroda family got the news that the Otomo family was attacking Nagato Province, including the Kuroda family's army in Southern Kyushu Satsuma Province and Southern Hyuga Province. So when the army of the Daiyu family entered Hyuga Country, the Kuroda family, who had relaxed their vigilance a little, only learned about this important news.
Fortunately, the Kuroda family reacted quickly, and the Imate Tomoshi immediately led a large group of men and horses to the border of Oyu Province and Hyuga Province, and finally arrived and joined Hanafang Masayuki before the Otomo family attacked the Iino place, and finally avoided being attacked by the Otomo family immediately.
"Teacher, it seems that the Kuroda family is really not simple, acting so fast, is it ready over there?" It was Otomo Sorin, who spoke.
"Lord, those two families are ready, and the family has also sent someone to be the leader, and now the Kuroda family is only two thousand people in that land, as long as there is no big change, there should be no problem on their side." The bald head who spoke was the Kakuma Ishizong who had just pitted the Kuroda family once.
"That means there should be no problem over there, right?" Otomo said excitedly.
"My lord, I remember telling you many times that things on this battlefield are changing rapidly, and the time, place, and people are indispensable, and maybe everything can be missing." [.]