Chapter 344
Supporting Tachibana
Chapter 344 Supporting Tachibana
"Cough, cough, cough" Maybe he said it too hastily, Toyotomi Hideaga coughed a few times with difficulty, and told the Hide family, "Since you suffered from the Shimadzu family, you should make up for it from the Shimadzu family." return.
It just so happens that I'm sick now, and I can no longer be in charge of the chief general's affairs.And this is your task in the first place, I will simply hand it back to you temporarily, and you will be responsible.If you can make contributions during the period when your brother comes back, you will be able to offset the merits and demerits. "
The Xiu family knew very well that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strength was now much stronger than in history, and there was no roughly equivalent force under him to check each other.
The former Hideo tried his best to weaken Ieyasu Tokugawa, so as to strengthen his possibility of defeating him in the Battle of Sekigahara.
But fate always plays tricks on people like this. I pushed Tokugawa Ieyasu down, but I was pushed up, which made the old turtle lurk even more comfortably.
Listening to Toyotomi Hideaga's advice to him, recalling his past actions, Xiujia closed his eyes in pain.
If Xiujia was given a chance, he would never do such a jump, and before the Battle of Kyushu, he would not show any ideas of his own.
However, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret, all Xiujia can do now is to take one step at a time, Xiujia nodded dully, and once again thanked Toyotomi Hideo.
"Where does uncle think I should start to help my father regain this face?"
"You are so smart, do you still want me to say this?"
In fact, this question is easy to understand. There is one and only one destination for the Xiu family, and that is Xiaocang Castle.
Although Saiki Castle can be regarded as the lost territory for some reason in this battle, but the geographical location of Saiki is nothing compared to that of Ogura.
Where is Kokura? It is a major transportation hub connecting Kyushu and Honshu Island, and an important hub connecting the Daoga Nippon Line in South Kyushu. If Kokura is not brought back, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s further strategy for Kyushu will not be realized.
At the same time, Hidecho has reminded Hideka a lot during the conversation that he needs to establish a connection with Chikugo Tachibana Castle as soon as possible. After all, the cage castle has a limit, and no castle can defeat the enemy alone without the support of outside reinforcements.
The Xiu family who came out of the hot spring rested at Kanzan Temple that night, and returned to Funai Castle the next day with Toyotomi Hidecho's warrant, and gathered 5 troops to go to Fengzen that day.
When the army was stationed in Matsuyama Castle, more than 5 people including Kuroda Nagamasa, Sakuma Moromasa, Kobayakawa Takakage, and Amano Motomasa had gathered in the army.
It was also here that Xiujia held the last military meeting before the operation.
Looking at the slightly rough map of Kyushu in his hand, Xiujia frowned and thought hard.
In fact, it is not difficult to capture Kokura Castle. After all, the Maori family on the other side of the sea is also gathering a second wave of offensives. In addition, the total force of the Xiu family has reached 8. With the retreat of Shimadzu, the defenders in Kokura Castle The army is no more than 2000 people.
But Xiu's goal is not limited to Ogura Castle, he needs to fight as much as possible to Tachibana Mountain Castle, and support the already crumbling Tachibana Mountain Castle.
However, the distance between Xiaocang and Tachibana Mountain Castle is more than a hundred miles, and there are enemy territories along the way. It is not so easy to support Tachibana Mountain Castle.
In fact, it is very simple to connect to Tachibana Castle. The Shimadzu family ruled Hizuki Shikoku for a short period of time, and mostly relied on intimidation to rule the local area. As long as Hideyoshi gave him a bargaining chip, he could naturally get the local lord's vote.
But is Hideyoshi willing to give corresponding bargaining chips to the local daimyo headed by Qiuyue Zhongshi?
Not to mention that because of the previous two defeats of the Toyotomi Clan, the fearful image of invincibility in their eyes has plummeted, and behind them there is the Shimadzu Supervision Team. It may be difficult for them to switch to the Toyotomi Clan extremely difficult.
Although there are many people in the hall who participated in the meeting with the Xiu family for the first time, they have all heard of the resourcefulness of the Xiu family before, and now seeing the Xiu family sitting in the main seat thinking hard, they can't help being curious, "Isn't it just Xiaocangcheng?" Is it? Is His Royal Highness the Secretary of State for such a difficult situation?"
How did they know what the Hide family was thinking? It would not take 10 days to destroy Xiaocang Castle. The difficulty is how to deal with the subsequent reinforcements from the Shimadzu family. Could it be that the Hide family really wants to fight a decisive battle with the Shimadzu family before Hideyoshi arrives? ?
Now Xiu Jiajiu is like a fettered eagle, but he is asked to fly up to hunt for hunters, this is very sad for Xiu Jia.
Hideka wanted to seek advice from Takakage Kobayakawa and Takataka Kuroda, but the two agreed very tacitly to follow Hideka's orders.
In fact, the two of them were reluctant to send troops this time. Anyway, it was not me who was scolded after Hideyoshi arrived, but I had to make a contribution to the Hide family before Hideyoshi arrived.
Although the land of Chikuzen has always been to be liberated, the results of doing it now and doing it under Hideyoshi's eyes are different.In front of the harvest visible to the naked eye, it is not important to support the lonely Tachibana Muneshige.
In the end, he had no choice but to organize the troops under his command. He organized all the foreign daimyo's army and 18 soldiers. They were led by Takakage Kobayakawa and crossed Mikendo to Takatori on the west side of Tagawa County. The mountain city and Fudo mountain city Kagura City launched an attack, and re-surrounded the main city of the Qiuyue family, Guchu mountain city.
At the same time, Oka Lisheng was ordered to lead the team to be in charge of the siege of Kokura Castle. In order to facilitate his attack, Hideka left the artillery battalion and the 12 artillery pieces to him.
And I led more than 2 people from Okayama Castle, crossed Kokura Castle, and marched towards Munakata along the Kitakyushu Main Line. , Join the marching array.
When the military discussion dispersed, Hideka stopped the two army commanders, Kobayakawa Takakage and Oka Toshikatsu, and said to them, "After Xiaocang Castle is broken, hand over the castle to the Mori family for defense, and the artillery will arrive at our army's formation." In the middle, you lead your own team to support the right guard gatekeeper.
In this battle, I will play a big role on the western front, let the Shimadzu family think that my side is the main force, attract Shimadzu's attention, and contain Shimadzu's main force.And what you have to do is to take advantage of this to wipe out the resistance of Qiuyue's family and pacify the six eastern counties of Zhuqian. "
Xiujia said again and again, pointing to the six counties of Ante, Suibo, Kama, Yesu, Kamiza, and Xiaza in the eastern part of Chikuqian on the map, and pointing his finger to Mishan Dong on the west side, saying, "After these six counties are settled, we will Let you go west out of Mishan, put pressure on Shimadzu's important town in Iwaya Castle in the south of Chikuzen, and force the Shimadzu family to withdraw their troops.
Of course, if the Shimadzu family did not send reinforcements to Chikuzen, or the reinforcements went to deal with you, then you will be responsible for the containment of Shimadzu and contain them in East 6 County, and I will follow along. The Kitakyushu main line goes all the way south, opening up the connection with Tachibanayama Castle. "
Takakage Kobayakawa generally agreed with Hideka's plan, but he also put forward his own idea and said: "According to Master Chushu's first thought, after we defeat Akizuki, as long as you continue to contain Shimadzu's main force, we can seize Takaya for us." If the city buys time, the Shimadzu family will become turtles in the urn, and it is impossible to escape even if they have wings."
Hideyoshi didn't think of this, he was afraid that there would be a fight on this side, Shimadzu was done for a long time, and Hideyoshi would surrender immediately when he came.
Of course, in this scene, it is still necessary to say "My God, our army only has 2 troops, and it is extremely difficult to deal with the Shimadzu family. How do you want me to hold Shimadzu back to help.
Besides, the army dispatched to the right guard gatekeeper this time is extremely complicated, how can it compare with the backup army you commanded back then?
Our army's battle is to win with stability. If Yoshihisa Shimadzu jumps over the wall in a hurry and leaves his abandoned son to withdraw his troops, and you can't take Gaowu Castle in a short time, you will be in danger of being destroyed. How can I tell Guan Bai at that time? Temple explained. "
Kobayakawa Takakage smiled and said, "I never thought that one day I would be underestimated by a little carrot."
On the second day, the army set off in two groups according to the plan of the Xiu family. The left army had about 3 to 2000 million people, and was divided into two under Xiaocang City, leaving 1 people to besiege Xiaocang City, and the remaining 3000 troops Continue northward into Heyuan County of the Chikuzen Kingdom, and begin to attack the local wealthy families.
Facing the overwhelming soldiers of the Xiu family attacking like waves, the Aso family, the lord of Huawei Castle in Enga County, Chikuzen, surrendered.
Just kidding, the territory has a total of more than 4000 stones, and the mobilization force does not exceed 200. What can we use to fight the Xiu family's 2 troops.
In history, after Hideyoshi landed in Kyushu, the Aso family quickly fell to Hideyoshi’s side, and began to follow Hideyoshi to fight with the former allies of the Akizuki family. For this reason, he was awarded two consecutive awards by Hideyoshi. After the war, he was awarded 4600 shi.
Following the opening of Huawei City, Lushan City on its northwest side also opened without blood because the owner of the city is the younger brother of the Aso family.
The Xiu family also encountered a small-scale resistance from the Munakata family in Yuanhe City. The defenders were only more than 100 people, just a spark in this big wave.
The Xiu family crossed the Onga River and broke through the Ebina city that day. The Xiu family thought that the Munakata family would resist to the end, but who would have thought that the Munakata family would be surrendered by Zhenbao of the Hakusan City Warden and Occupation Department that night, and whoever came with him would have There is a child in the same grade as Xiujia.
Zhanbu Zhenbao didn't know who was sitting in the chief seat in the shogunate, so he greeted tentatively, "Foreign minister Zhanbu Zhenbao, I have met His Royal Highness of Toyotomi's family."
It wasn't until the Xiu family's military attendant, Ming Shijing, introduced him in person, that Tai didn't realize how big the young man in front of him was. When he saw the Xiu family, he knelt down and asked the Xiu family, "Foreign Minister Zhanbu Zhenbao Dai Zongxiang The whole family implores His Highness to be the master, sweep out the traitors, and return justice to my lord."
Xiujia was a little curious about the meaning of his words, so she asked him carefully, and Zhanbu Zhenbao also began to explain to Xiujia.
It turns out that the Munakata family is the descendant of the local priests in Chikuzen, which is somewhat similar to the rule of the Nekoji family over Hida. By this time, the Munakata family had already taken the Munakata Palace as the main family, and split into 24 large and small shrine families.
This is the 79th Omiyaji of Munakata Taisha. He was originally a retainer of the Ouchi clan, but he fell to the Otomo family after the Ouchi clan invaded Chikuzen.
In order to ensure his own status within the Otomo family, Munakata at that time married his younger sister Sehime to the Otomo family in Chikuqian to inherit Tachibana Michiyuki in exchange for peace, and at the same time gave part of the territory as a dowry to Tachibana Michiyuki .
However, the territory that Munakata Shizhen handed over was the territory of the Ishimatsu family, and Munakata Shizhen's generosity to others caused dissatisfaction among the retainers, but at that time Otomo's family was so powerful that he could only swallow it.
Later, as the Otomo family lost to the Shimadzu family in Otokawa, and lost to the Ryuzoji family one after another, the Chikuzen daimyo headed by Akizuki Tanomi began to rebel, and Munakata Shisada was forced to join Akizuki because of the attack of his retainers against the Hana family. Seed side.
However, Munakata's prestige in Munakata's family has long been exhausted, and Fukada Shisei took the opportunity to win over other relatives and retainers to form his own faction, which has gradually emptied Munakata's power.
Fukada Shiei is also from the Munakata family, he is the nephew of Munakata Sada, and his grandfather Munakata Masaji is the younger brother of Munakata Sada's father, Munakata Satsuki.
In history, Munakata Sada died of a sudden illness before Hideyoshi landed in Kyushu. His son also died shortly after. Surrendered Hideyoshi was still deprived of the territory.
Hideyoshi's understanding of this story was also heard by chance, and now seeing the young man next to Shobu Chaho kneeling alive and kicking in front of him, combined with Hideyoshi's strange deprivation of Munakata Shisei's territory in history, Hideyoshi The family seems to have understood the original historical context.
If the little butterfly of the Xiu family hadn't appeared, the child named Yanshouwan might have been killed by his cousin just like in history, and then he would occupy the magpie's nest.
The Xiu family saw that the only loyal minister next to Toshiojumaru, Zhanbu Zhenbao, suddenly had a feeling in the heart of the Xiu family. If he had not been helped and suppressed by Hideyoshi when he succeeded to the throne, or the retainers in the family had different plans Ghost fetus, can I inherit the family business so smoothly?
Thinking of this, Xiu's family has already made up their minds that they must help him restore the right to rule over Zongxiang County.
Zongxiang County is not big, but it is not small, and there are 4 stones of knowledge and practice. The Xiu family helped Yanshouwan to re-establish the country, no matter what, it can be regarded as a favor.As for the Xiu family, it is also possible to put a small nail in Mongxiang County, which may be useful in the future.
After thinking about this, Xiu Jiajiu assured Zhanbu Zhenbao and Shiojumaru: "I used to be like you, my father died in a hurry when I was young, so I asked His Highness Bai to take care of me, and I have these loyal retainers under my command, This allowed the family to flourish again.
If everyone is like Fukada Shiei, who does not know what is superior or inferior, how will the order of martial arts and Japan be stable? Don't worry, I will help you get justice. "
Hearing Hideyoshi's promise, the two thanked Hideyoshi one after another.
At this time, a samurai rushed into the shogunate Xiangxiu's house and reported, "There is someone outside the door who claims to be the Lord of Ishimaru, and Munakata's family governor, Zongxiang, is begging to see His Highness. It seems that he intends to surrender with His Highness."
(End of this chapter)
"Cough, cough, cough" Maybe he said it too hastily, Toyotomi Hideaga coughed a few times with difficulty, and told the Hide family, "Since you suffered from the Shimadzu family, you should make up for it from the Shimadzu family." return.
It just so happens that I'm sick now, and I can no longer be in charge of the chief general's affairs.And this is your task in the first place, I will simply hand it back to you temporarily, and you will be responsible.If you can make contributions during the period when your brother comes back, you will be able to offset the merits and demerits. "
The Xiu family knew very well that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strength was now much stronger than in history, and there was no roughly equivalent force under him to check each other.
The former Hideo tried his best to weaken Ieyasu Tokugawa, so as to strengthen his possibility of defeating him in the Battle of Sekigahara.
But fate always plays tricks on people like this. I pushed Tokugawa Ieyasu down, but I was pushed up, which made the old turtle lurk even more comfortably.
Listening to Toyotomi Hideaga's advice to him, recalling his past actions, Xiujia closed his eyes in pain.
If Xiujia was given a chance, he would never do such a jump, and before the Battle of Kyushu, he would not show any ideas of his own.
However, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret, all Xiujia can do now is to take one step at a time, Xiujia nodded dully, and once again thanked Toyotomi Hideo.
"Where does uncle think I should start to help my father regain this face?"
"You are so smart, do you still want me to say this?"
In fact, this question is easy to understand. There is one and only one destination for the Xiu family, and that is Xiaocang Castle.
Although Saiki Castle can be regarded as the lost territory for some reason in this battle, but the geographical location of Saiki is nothing compared to that of Ogura.
Where is Kokura? It is a major transportation hub connecting Kyushu and Honshu Island, and an important hub connecting the Daoga Nippon Line in South Kyushu. If Kokura is not brought back, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s further strategy for Kyushu will not be realized.
At the same time, Hidecho has reminded Hideka a lot during the conversation that he needs to establish a connection with Chikugo Tachibana Castle as soon as possible. After all, the cage castle has a limit, and no castle can defeat the enemy alone without the support of outside reinforcements.
The Xiu family who came out of the hot spring rested at Kanzan Temple that night, and returned to Funai Castle the next day with Toyotomi Hidecho's warrant, and gathered 5 troops to go to Fengzen that day.
When the army was stationed in Matsuyama Castle, more than 5 people including Kuroda Nagamasa, Sakuma Moromasa, Kobayakawa Takakage, and Amano Motomasa had gathered in the army.
It was also here that Xiujia held the last military meeting before the operation.
Looking at the slightly rough map of Kyushu in his hand, Xiujia frowned and thought hard.
In fact, it is not difficult to capture Kokura Castle. After all, the Maori family on the other side of the sea is also gathering a second wave of offensives. In addition, the total force of the Xiu family has reached 8. With the retreat of Shimadzu, the defenders in Kokura Castle The army is no more than 2000 people.
But Xiu's goal is not limited to Ogura Castle, he needs to fight as much as possible to Tachibana Mountain Castle, and support the already crumbling Tachibana Mountain Castle.
However, the distance between Xiaocang and Tachibana Mountain Castle is more than a hundred miles, and there are enemy territories along the way. It is not so easy to support Tachibana Mountain Castle.
In fact, it is very simple to connect to Tachibana Castle. The Shimadzu family ruled Hizuki Shikoku for a short period of time, and mostly relied on intimidation to rule the local area. As long as Hideyoshi gave him a bargaining chip, he could naturally get the local lord's vote.
But is Hideyoshi willing to give corresponding bargaining chips to the local daimyo headed by Qiuyue Zhongshi?
Not to mention that because of the previous two defeats of the Toyotomi Clan, the fearful image of invincibility in their eyes has plummeted, and behind them there is the Shimadzu Supervision Team. It may be difficult for them to switch to the Toyotomi Clan extremely difficult.
Although there are many people in the hall who participated in the meeting with the Xiu family for the first time, they have all heard of the resourcefulness of the Xiu family before, and now seeing the Xiu family sitting in the main seat thinking hard, they can't help being curious, "Isn't it just Xiaocangcheng?" Is it? Is His Royal Highness the Secretary of State for such a difficult situation?"
How did they know what the Hide family was thinking? It would not take 10 days to destroy Xiaocang Castle. The difficulty is how to deal with the subsequent reinforcements from the Shimadzu family. Could it be that the Hide family really wants to fight a decisive battle with the Shimadzu family before Hideyoshi arrives? ?
Now Xiu Jiajiu is like a fettered eagle, but he is asked to fly up to hunt for hunters, this is very sad for Xiu Jia.
Hideka wanted to seek advice from Takakage Kobayakawa and Takataka Kuroda, but the two agreed very tacitly to follow Hideka's orders.
In fact, the two of them were reluctant to send troops this time. Anyway, it was not me who was scolded after Hideyoshi arrived, but I had to make a contribution to the Hide family before Hideyoshi arrived.
Although the land of Chikuzen has always been to be liberated, the results of doing it now and doing it under Hideyoshi's eyes are different.In front of the harvest visible to the naked eye, it is not important to support the lonely Tachibana Muneshige.
In the end, he had no choice but to organize the troops under his command. He organized all the foreign daimyo's army and 18 soldiers. They were led by Takakage Kobayakawa and crossed Mikendo to Takatori on the west side of Tagawa County. The mountain city and Fudo mountain city Kagura City launched an attack, and re-surrounded the main city of the Qiuyue family, Guchu mountain city.
At the same time, Oka Lisheng was ordered to lead the team to be in charge of the siege of Kokura Castle. In order to facilitate his attack, Hideka left the artillery battalion and the 12 artillery pieces to him.
And I led more than 2 people from Okayama Castle, crossed Kokura Castle, and marched towards Munakata along the Kitakyushu Main Line. , Join the marching array.
When the military discussion dispersed, Hideka stopped the two army commanders, Kobayakawa Takakage and Oka Toshikatsu, and said to them, "After Xiaocang Castle is broken, hand over the castle to the Mori family for defense, and the artillery will arrive at our army's formation." In the middle, you lead your own team to support the right guard gatekeeper.
In this battle, I will play a big role on the western front, let the Shimadzu family think that my side is the main force, attract Shimadzu's attention, and contain Shimadzu's main force.And what you have to do is to take advantage of this to wipe out the resistance of Qiuyue's family and pacify the six eastern counties of Zhuqian. "
Xiujia said again and again, pointing to the six counties of Ante, Suibo, Kama, Yesu, Kamiza, and Xiaza in the eastern part of Chikuqian on the map, and pointing his finger to Mishan Dong on the west side, saying, "After these six counties are settled, we will Let you go west out of Mishan, put pressure on Shimadzu's important town in Iwaya Castle in the south of Chikuzen, and force the Shimadzu family to withdraw their troops.
Of course, if the Shimadzu family did not send reinforcements to Chikuzen, or the reinforcements went to deal with you, then you will be responsible for the containment of Shimadzu and contain them in East 6 County, and I will follow along. The Kitakyushu main line goes all the way south, opening up the connection with Tachibanayama Castle. "
Takakage Kobayakawa generally agreed with Hideka's plan, but he also put forward his own idea and said: "According to Master Chushu's first thought, after we defeat Akizuki, as long as you continue to contain Shimadzu's main force, we can seize Takaya for us." If the city buys time, the Shimadzu family will become turtles in the urn, and it is impossible to escape even if they have wings."
Hideyoshi didn't think of this, he was afraid that there would be a fight on this side, Shimadzu was done for a long time, and Hideyoshi would surrender immediately when he came.
Of course, in this scene, it is still necessary to say "My God, our army only has 2 troops, and it is extremely difficult to deal with the Shimadzu family. How do you want me to hold Shimadzu back to help.
Besides, the army dispatched to the right guard gatekeeper this time is extremely complicated, how can it compare with the backup army you commanded back then?
Our army's battle is to win with stability. If Yoshihisa Shimadzu jumps over the wall in a hurry and leaves his abandoned son to withdraw his troops, and you can't take Gaowu Castle in a short time, you will be in danger of being destroyed. How can I tell Guan Bai at that time? Temple explained. "
Kobayakawa Takakage smiled and said, "I never thought that one day I would be underestimated by a little carrot."
On the second day, the army set off in two groups according to the plan of the Xiu family. The left army had about 3 to 2000 million people, and was divided into two under Xiaocang City, leaving 1 people to besiege Xiaocang City, and the remaining 3000 troops Continue northward into Heyuan County of the Chikuzen Kingdom, and begin to attack the local wealthy families.
Facing the overwhelming soldiers of the Xiu family attacking like waves, the Aso family, the lord of Huawei Castle in Enga County, Chikuzen, surrendered.
Just kidding, the territory has a total of more than 4000 stones, and the mobilization force does not exceed 200. What can we use to fight the Xiu family's 2 troops.
In history, after Hideyoshi landed in Kyushu, the Aso family quickly fell to Hideyoshi’s side, and began to follow Hideyoshi to fight with the former allies of the Akizuki family. For this reason, he was awarded two consecutive awards by Hideyoshi. After the war, he was awarded 4600 shi.
Following the opening of Huawei City, Lushan City on its northwest side also opened without blood because the owner of the city is the younger brother of the Aso family.
The Xiu family also encountered a small-scale resistance from the Munakata family in Yuanhe City. The defenders were only more than 100 people, just a spark in this big wave.
The Xiu family crossed the Onga River and broke through the Ebina city that day. The Xiu family thought that the Munakata family would resist to the end, but who would have thought that the Munakata family would be surrendered by Zhenbao of the Hakusan City Warden and Occupation Department that night, and whoever came with him would have There is a child in the same grade as Xiujia.
Zhanbu Zhenbao didn't know who was sitting in the chief seat in the shogunate, so he greeted tentatively, "Foreign minister Zhanbu Zhenbao, I have met His Royal Highness of Toyotomi's family."
It wasn't until the Xiu family's military attendant, Ming Shijing, introduced him in person, that Tai didn't realize how big the young man in front of him was. When he saw the Xiu family, he knelt down and asked the Xiu family, "Foreign Minister Zhanbu Zhenbao Dai Zongxiang The whole family implores His Highness to be the master, sweep out the traitors, and return justice to my lord."
Xiujia was a little curious about the meaning of his words, so she asked him carefully, and Zhanbu Zhenbao also began to explain to Xiujia.
It turns out that the Munakata family is the descendant of the local priests in Chikuzen, which is somewhat similar to the rule of the Nekoji family over Hida. By this time, the Munakata family had already taken the Munakata Palace as the main family, and split into 24 large and small shrine families.
This is the 79th Omiyaji of Munakata Taisha. He was originally a retainer of the Ouchi clan, but he fell to the Otomo family after the Ouchi clan invaded Chikuzen.
In order to ensure his own status within the Otomo family, Munakata at that time married his younger sister Sehime to the Otomo family in Chikuqian to inherit Tachibana Michiyuki in exchange for peace, and at the same time gave part of the territory as a dowry to Tachibana Michiyuki .
However, the territory that Munakata Shizhen handed over was the territory of the Ishimatsu family, and Munakata Shizhen's generosity to others caused dissatisfaction among the retainers, but at that time Otomo's family was so powerful that he could only swallow it.
Later, as the Otomo family lost to the Shimadzu family in Otokawa, and lost to the Ryuzoji family one after another, the Chikuzen daimyo headed by Akizuki Tanomi began to rebel, and Munakata Shisada was forced to join Akizuki because of the attack of his retainers against the Hana family. Seed side.
However, Munakata's prestige in Munakata's family has long been exhausted, and Fukada Shisei took the opportunity to win over other relatives and retainers to form his own faction, which has gradually emptied Munakata's power.
Fukada Shiei is also from the Munakata family, he is the nephew of Munakata Sada, and his grandfather Munakata Masaji is the younger brother of Munakata Sada's father, Munakata Satsuki.
In history, Munakata Sada died of a sudden illness before Hideyoshi landed in Kyushu. His son also died shortly after. Surrendered Hideyoshi was still deprived of the territory.
Hideyoshi's understanding of this story was also heard by chance, and now seeing the young man next to Shobu Chaho kneeling alive and kicking in front of him, combined with Hideyoshi's strange deprivation of Munakata Shisei's territory in history, Hideyoshi The family seems to have understood the original historical context.
If the little butterfly of the Xiu family hadn't appeared, the child named Yanshouwan might have been killed by his cousin just like in history, and then he would occupy the magpie's nest.
The Xiu family saw that the only loyal minister next to Toshiojumaru, Zhanbu Zhenbao, suddenly had a feeling in the heart of the Xiu family. If he had not been helped and suppressed by Hideyoshi when he succeeded to the throne, or the retainers in the family had different plans Ghost fetus, can I inherit the family business so smoothly?
Thinking of this, Xiu's family has already made up their minds that they must help him restore the right to rule over Zongxiang County.
Zongxiang County is not big, but it is not small, and there are 4 stones of knowledge and practice. The Xiu family helped Yanshouwan to re-establish the country, no matter what, it can be regarded as a favor.As for the Xiu family, it is also possible to put a small nail in Mongxiang County, which may be useful in the future.
After thinking about this, Xiu Jiajiu assured Zhanbu Zhenbao and Shiojumaru: "I used to be like you, my father died in a hurry when I was young, so I asked His Highness Bai to take care of me, and I have these loyal retainers under my command, This allowed the family to flourish again.
If everyone is like Fukada Shiei, who does not know what is superior or inferior, how will the order of martial arts and Japan be stable? Don't worry, I will help you get justice. "
Hearing Hideyoshi's promise, the two thanked Hideyoshi one after another.
At this time, a samurai rushed into the shogunate Xiangxiu's house and reported, "There is someone outside the door who claims to be the Lord of Ishimaru, and Munakata's family governor, Zongxiang, is begging to see His Highness. It seems that he intends to surrender with His Highness."
(End of this chapter)