Aftermath of the Battle of Chikugo River (Part I)

The news of the destruction of the entire Otomo army spread throughout Kyushu at a rapid speed, and the impact of this battle was unprecedented in the impact of the battle, which was fought on both sides of the Chikugo River. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For the people of Honshu Island, the reputation of Date Sangu Kiyokawa Henghide, Matsushima Hengkatsu, and Iwase Hengtada is much greater than that of Toji Michiyuki, but for the people of Kyushu, Toji Michiyuki disappeared, Yufunobu and Ono Zhenyuki were captured, and Shitsumi was killed in the battle at ten o'clock, Kamaike Kenmori was killed, and the people of Bungo and Chikugo were almost completely wiped out. The main force of the Great Friendly Army has perished, and the situation is extremely critical for the Great Friends family, who have already fallen into a predicament.

The first to get the news was the powerful people of Hizen, Chikugo, Higo and other places, and the male chief of Nishi Hizen, Yoshinao Arima, was taken aback, and he originally wanted to take advantage of the attack on Ryuzoji Takanobu to take advantage of the weakness, and personally led more than 10,000 people to Yokobeda in Yudao County to set up a formation. What I didn't hear was the bad news that the "God of War" Toji Michiyuki led the entire army of the Great Friendly Army, and then I realized that the situation was grim, and I didn't immediately go to the Ogura Castle camp to express my respect to Date Masahiro, and now I still raised troops to greet him, I am afraid that it will bring a disaster to himself, not only endangering his life, but also endangering the safety of the Arima family.

Arima Yoshinao immediately ordered to retreat, not daring to confront the Date army, for fear that the Date army would sweep the Arima army by the way, and also sent his cronies and retainers to treat the Date army with gifts, showing a goodwill to the Date army.

At the same time, Arima Yizhi quickly whipped to the old father Arima Qingchun who was at home "eating fasting and reciting Buddha", although Arima Yizhi has been the governor of the family for more than ten years, but the real master is the old father Arima Qingchun.

Born in the fifteenth year of civilization (1483), this Arima Harumi is now eighty years old, and he is still growing strong. In his hands, the territory of the Arima family was rapidly expanded, of course, the reason why he was able to succeed was because of his own outstanding political ability, and secondly, because his father and ancestors had laid a relatively solid foundation, and there was no strong force in Hizen at that time. When Ryuzoji Takanobu rose to Saga and the territory created by Haruma Arima was eroding day by day, fortunately the butterfly effect acted on him. In the battle of Yurino that broke out this year, the defeat of the Arima clan, coupled with the fact that Arima Yoshinao was close to Kishitan, caused the dissatisfaction of the retainers and finally a rebellion, which led to the rapid decline of the Arima clan. If it weren't for the Battle of Okita and the defeat of Ryuzoji Takanobu, the Arima clan would probably have been reduced to dust like the Shaoji clan.

When Arima Yoshinao learned that the news of Masahiro's personal expedition to Kyushu came, he immediately wanted to go to Ogura Castle to meet him, but Arima Harumi immediately raised an objection, believing that this would damage the prestige of the Arima family, forcing Arima Yoshinao to retract his decision.

Now, when the news of the Battle of Chikugo River came, Arima Yoshinao immediately retreated, not daring to confront the Date Army, for fear of misfire, and at the same time informed Arima Harumi of the matter, implying that he was dissatisfied with Arima Harumu's intervention.

Arima then sent invitations to his younger brothers and brothers-in-law, inviting them to come and discuss countermeasures. Yes, most of the powerful people in front of the West Hi are now the sons and sons-in-law of Arima Harumun, thus outlining the division of power in Hizen during the era when the Arima clan was strong. When Harumi Arima dies, the system of domination he has built eventually falls apart under the attack of Ryuzoji Takanobu. This system is difficult for Yoshinao Arima, who is not very capable, to breathe.

Arima Harumi received a letter from Arima Yoshinao that day, he frowned slightly, and muttered in a low voice, "Date Masaki!" Originally, the news of Date Masahiro's personal expedition to Kyushu came, and although he felt that the situation was serious, he did not pay enough attention to it. He even thought that the top priority was to take advantage of the battle between Ryuzoji Takanobu and Shaoji Dongshang, Toji Michiyuki and others, take advantage of the situation, seize as much Hizen Province as possible, and then show respect to the Date family and obtain a larger territory.

However, what Arima Harumi didn't expect was that the news of the defeat and escape of the Ryuzoji Takanobu army, which made him anxious, had not yet been digested, and the Date army won a complete victory on the Chikugo River, and the Ota army was almost wiped out, and Toji Michiyuki, who was considered to be the god of the Kyushu army, the incarnation of the god of thunder, the god of martial arts, the ghost Michiyuki, and the soul of Otomo, turned out to be so vulnerable. Now that the Date army is chasing down Otomo's rout, the situation of the Arima clan, who did not show respect to the Date family in time, is extremely critical.

The eighty-year-old Arima Haruki could no longer sit still, and he immediately rushed to the front of the army. When he arrived, his sons and sons-in-law arrived, and everyone knew how not to be anxious once the Date family came to their senses and was likely to be the next person to deal with.

Arima Qingchun sat in the top position, his expression was gloomy, his eyes were indifferent, he glanced around at everyone, and focused on the face of his eldest son, Arima Yoshinao, and then withdrew his gaze, and said in a low and powerful voice: "Do you know the current military situation?" ”

At a glance, I saw that the hairs on Ma Yizhi's back stood up, and he didn't dare to look up. The faces of the others were very ugly, the Battle of Chikugo River was such a big event, who didn't know, although it was not clear about the process, but the result was that the Date army won a complete victory, and the Great Friendly Army was annihilated.

Juntada Omura looked up and asked, "So, the rumor that Taimasa Date Masaki wants to dominate the world turns out to be true?!" "Among the common people in Hizen, the rumor that Date Masaki, who has only one eye, wants to seize the world has long been spread.

Arima Qingchun glanced at Omura Junzhong, struck the floor with a paper fan, and scolded: "Unscrupulous son, you didn't listen to your father's advice, and even abandoned the Nichiren sect and converted to Kiritan, don't you know that Date Taimasa is a Zen sect?" The big village family will be destroyed in your hands, and it will affect all families. ”

It was obviously not the first time that Omura had been scolded by Arima Harumu, and his other brothers hid their faces and sneered.

There is no doubt that Arima Junzhong is a wonder of the Warring States period of the Wa Kingdom. On the one hand, as a devout Cheshitan sect, he not only became the first Kishiitan daimyo in the history of the Wa Kingdom, but also urged Nagasaki to open the port and sent Tensho Youth to send a mission to Europe, all of which set a precedent for a while, and can be described as a giant of the times. On the other hand, his performance as a Warring States daimyo was really bad, and he even had some scumbags, not only failed to expand his territory, but was also oppressed by the surrounding forces from time to time, and just survived under all kinds of pressure, so it seems that he is an out-and-out dwarf.