Kiyokawa Hengxiu, Matsushima Hengkatsu, and Iwase Hengtada were known as the Three Dogs in Date Family, and this name was originally a small group formed by the three of them spontaneously to fight against the newcomers, and they regarded themselves as the Genealogy of the Date family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Originally, the three of them did not have a priority, but as the time of following Date Masahiro to the south and the north for a long time, Kiyokawa Hengxiu stood out in the internal and external wars, and Masahiro was promoted by Katayama Moricho, Miyazawa Heihachi and others, making Kiyokawa Hengxiu's status in the Three Days Dog gradually rise to the first place, and Matsushima Hengkatsu and Iwase Hengzhong had to weigh three points on Qinghe Hengxiu's orders even if they were unwilling.

The night was dark, Mt. Kora and Mt. Feiyue were already steep, the Date army had won two games in a row, and it was not impossible to continue fighting overnight, but even if they could win, they would have to pay large casualties, which was obviously not in their interests, and achieving the greatest victory at the lowest cost was what they could stand out in the conquest of the Kyushu army. Although Matsushima Hengsheng did not achieve the first success, if he did not follow the advice of Qinghe Hengxiu and forcibly attack Feiyue, even if he finally won the victory, once the casualties were too heavy, he would be defeated even if he was victorious, and there was a rift with Qinghe Hengxiu, which would outweigh the losses.

Matsushima Hengsheng and Iwase Hengzhong retreated, and only after arranging a guard did they go to meet with Qinghe Hengxiu, they all knew that today's battle basically figured out the two catties of Toji Daoxue, but there are still some unclear places, and there is a problem of coordinated combat, tomorrow will be a key day to determine the victory or defeat of Chikugo country, and the three of them will have a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Iwase Hengzhong's face was forcibly calm, and the joy in his eyes betrayed his mood, but when asked how he felt about the Toji Division of the Otomo Army, he showed a cautious expression and said solemnly: "If it weren't for the sharpness of the iron cannon, they didn't know that our iron cannon had a longer range and greater damage, and although they were flustered at the beginning, they were still able to follow the instructions and keep the team neat and not collapsed, which is very rare." ”

Iwase Hengtada is also a veteran, and the Date family's external expansion, except for the battles of Ise, Kii, and Tsuruga in, almost all participated, and most of the cases were scattered by a single blow of the iron cannon, and then it was a one-sided massacre. Only when encountering Tao Qingxian's elite and Izumo Niko's elite, even if it didn't collapse, there was no case where nearly thirty percent of the casualties didn't collapse. Obviously, the team led by Toji Michiyuki today left a deep impression on him, and you must know that most of the victories he got today were more than seventy percent caused by iron cannon shooting.

Qinghe Hengxiu bowed slightly, what Iwase Hengzhong said was true, he also saw some clues from the battle situation, and he strictly ordered Matsushima Hengsheng and Iwase Hengzhong to stop the battle, otherwise it is the best policy to take advantage of the momentum of the battle and success.

Qinghe Hengxiu saw the unwillingness in Matsushima Hengsheng's eyes, and although Iwase Hengzhong was excited, he also had a trace of dissatisfaction with him, knowing that if he didn't say why, he was afraid that it would make the two of them feel guilty.

Qinghe Hengxiu said neatly: "Matsushima, Iwase, the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, today's battle is full of weirdness, Matsushima, didn't you say that Toji Michiyuki was forced by the bad situation in Chikugo Province, and retreating to Higo Country is the best policy?" ”

Matsushima Hengsheng and Iwase Hengzhong glanced at each other, and they somewhat understood Qinghe Hengxiu's guess. Qinghe Hengxiu didn't say that they had not turned a corner, and today's battle was indeed strange. According to the original idea, even if Toji Michiyuki did not immediately retreat into Higo Province and use the mountains and mountains of Higo Province to resist the invasion of the delayed Date Army, he would also avoid excessive casualties among his own men.

However, in today's battle, Toji Michiyuki's reaction was very strange after the dedication of the castle to the castle. After Iwase Hengzhong forcibly crossed the Chikugo River without the false plan of Nakato Jimichiyuki, not only did he not retreat, but led his headquarters to fight an encounter with Iwase Hengzhong, which essentially had the meaning of a decisive battle, beheading more than 700 people, more than 800 casualties, and the casualty rate was as high as more than 30%. With such heavy casualties, Toji Michiyuki is a famous general in Kyushu, and judging from the resolute resistance of Toji's army today and the later collection of Mingjin, it is not in vain, so the question is, why did Toji Michiyuki participate in the war knowing that the people of his headquarters would pay a heavy price? This is not logical.

Matsushima Hengsheng's heart sank, he was not a stupid person, as soon as Qinghe Hengxiu reminded him, the cottage suddenly opened, he pointed to Mt. Kora and Mt. Feiyue on the map, then raised his head and said: "It is indeed very strange, not to mention the strange movements of Toji Daoxue, judging from the deployment of Mt. Kora and Mt. Feiyue, it is also a bit hasty, and the two places seem to be steep." However, as long as a few trails down the mountain are blocked, tens of thousands of horses can only be trapped on the mountain, and there are only some small pools on this mountain, and there is not enough water and food, even if they are trapped, they will be trapped to death, which is a taboo for soldiers. Even if Toji Michiyuki is not worthy of the name, no one will see the problem, I don't believe they would be so stupid, there must be a reason that we don't know. ”

Iwase Hengzhong looked at Qinghe Hengxiu and asked, "Qinghe, what did you see?" Matsushima Hengsheng also looked at Qinghe Hengxiu.

Qinghe Hengxiu didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said what he was thinking in his heart, and said: "Judging from Toji Daoxue's military deployment and today's reaction, there are only two possibilities: one is that Toji Daoxue was originally a person who talked on paper and got a false name; The second is that Toji Michiyuki had to calculate the Chikugo and Higo, and from the captives he knew that it was Chikugo who was stationed at Higaku, and it was Higo who was stationed at Mt. Takara, and his headquarters was stationed between the two mountains. ”

Matsushima Hengsheng and Iwase Hengzhong obviously agree more with the second possibility of Kiyokawa Hengxiu, the Warring States Troubled Times is a process of waves and sand, and gold and sand will always be distinguished, if it is just a person who talks on paper and has a false reputation, it is impossible to stand out in the Otomo family, and he has been appointed as the chief general many times to command the joint battle. They don't think that everyone else is a person with a low IQ, and that if someone else has a low IQ, they are the one with the lowest IQ.

According to the intelligence, the Great Friendly Army is divided into four parts, the Harvest Descendant, the Tsukugo Person, the Fat Former Person, and the Fat Descendant are composed of four parts, and now the Fat Former Men are falling apart after the surrender of the Shao Er Winter Shangxian City, and the Harvest Descendants are the headquarters of the Great Friendly Army, and the rest are the Tsukugo and the Fat Descendants. Now that the news that more than 200,000 Date troops have crossed the sea has spread all over Kyushu, the people of Chikugo and Higo must be panicked, and it is impossible to be of the same mind as the people of Fenggo. In the case that Chikugo and Higo may turn against each other anytime and anywhere, the first thing that Bungo people should consider is to calculate Chikugo and Higo people, and let them go the same way with them to the end, rather than fighting a decisive battle with the Date army.

Thinking about it this way, the situation suddenly becomes clear.