Esato Nobutsune's sneak attack posing as a retainer was the only powerful counterattack that Hirate Honhide received.

This has given rise to significant thinking about the issue of security. This led to an additional military order: Personnel who are not personal soldiers, close to the side, envoys, mefu, and objects are not allowed to carry weapons close to the formation of 100 paces, and those who want to see the general must be reported by rank. It seems like a rule that should have existed for granted and should have existed a long time ago, but in the 16th century Fuso, the vast majority of daimyo lacked this awareness. Probably because there are still not enough examples of iron cannon sniping.

Although the rest of the Kitakyushu soldiers fought hard, or had extraordinary martial arts, and killed and injured several times, they still only exhausted their physical strength in vain, cut off their blades, and were beaten to death.

Hizen's bear dragon temple Takanobu lived up to this fierce and loud nickname, and it was really like a giant bear, covered with nearly twenty wounds, and fell in a pool of blood.

Below him, there were thirty or forty people, and the heads of more than two hundred retainers were obtained by the coalition army, and it took the army followers an all-night just to inspect and distinguish.

There are mountains of bones, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands.

In particular, the Hizen people, who were directly under the main force of the Ryuzoji family, were surrounded by many people, and most of them could not escape after the rout, and it is estimated that four or five thousand people may have died in the battle.

Considering that the population of that place was only two or three hundred thousand men, women, and children combined, the loss of these four or five thousand young people was enough to make them unable to recover for twenty years.

Early in the morning of the fourth day after the war, Naoshige Nabeshima and a young samurai in his twenties went to the front of the army to sue for peace with only a few escorts, which was very bold.

After meeting, he learned that the young man was the eldest son of Ryuzoji Takanobu, and he was lucky not to die on the battlefield, so he came to express his obedience.

Naoshige Nabeshima's actions were indeed responsible and courageous, and he also calculated his quick wit, and was personally received by Lord Uchifu.

But the tie was not intended to forgive.

After all, Longzao Temple is the number one enemy who openly disobeys Wanghua, and it should be destroyed and cut off from future troubles.

However, after a little talk, it is obvious that the politician of Longzo Temple is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and he doesn't seem to be very convinced in his heart, but he was forcibly pressed by Nabeshima Naoshige, so he reluctantly came here to be a minister.

With this in mind, Hirate changed his mind and said with a smile, "I heard that the Ryuzoji family rose from Ryuzoji Township, Saga County, Hizen Province, so I took this Miao character. Now you are allowed to keep this country, which is estimated to be three or five thousand stones, and that is the greatest mercy. ”

Sure enough, Nabeshima Naoshige immediately made a look of gratitude and tears, and said loudly: "It is the greatest kindness to Lord Uchifu, and it is tantamount to the greatest honor for us. ”

But the ruler of Ryuzoji Temple only lowered his head and muffled silently, his hands clenched into fists and pressed tightly on the floor.

Then Nabeshima Naoshige racked his brains and desperately rounded the field, and finally eased the atmosphere a little.

Speaking of the previous battle, the politician of Ryuzoji Temple said: "I didn't expect that Lord Neifu would use the military strength of 12,000 people as bait to seduce my family's Hizen people to be fooled, and I really admire this courage." ”

It can be clearly heard that what he admires is only "a large number of soldiers" and not his command ability.

The tie just ignored it and laughed it off.

Naoshige Nabeshima saw that Lord Uchifu reacted like this, and instead of relaxing, he became more nervous, but he really couldn't make up for more.

After the backbone of the Chihou family, the Puchi family, was executed by the Ryuzoji Takanobu, the Chinese people and wealthy families unanimously believed that it was a "wrongful killing", and they had already left Germany, and now the general trend has been decided, and they have surrendered.

Following this momentum, Tieshou Fanxiu announced to the public that since he was just a little minion who was forced to obey the "thief chief", as long as he cooperated with the land inspection and honestly accepted the new plan made by the official for the territory, he would not be to blame for the past.

So Chikugo was decided.

Chikuzen Akizuki was actually disheartened, and was taken by the old man Hui Li Changyao like a walking corpse, and presented the famous tea vessel "Tsushiba Shoulder Rush" that he had stolen from Hakata, and begged to save his family name.

This appeal is actually relatively easy to meet.

The eldest son of their family is called Chang, he is only fourteen years old, and he has just served Yuanfu, so there is no need to be held accountable, and he can be allowed to inherit the family business. For the sake of the super tea vessel that is said to be worth 3,000 yuan, it is not a problem to give a territory of 1,800 stones.

But Akizuki Taneshi, one of the core personnel who resisted the "Heavenly Soldiers", did not intend to let him live, and considered that after the entire Kyushu was pacified, he ordered this guy to cut his stomach. At least that's what I thought until I saw someone's sister.

The woman was widowed in a nunnery, with a beautiful posture and a serene temperament, which made people forget the vulgar in their hearts, but the carcass couldn't help but want to do the most vulgar things.

After a chance encounter at a ceremony to pray for the victims, Hisho was slightly shaken.

His gaze stayed on the other party's plain white clothes for about a second or so, and he didn't know if any of the retainers had noticed, but the next day someone introduced that a nearby nunnery had a unique scenery and was worth a try......

The Tsushima family and the Matsuura family of Tsushima Province, who had temporarily lived under the control of the Ryuzoji family, were even more simply able to express their goodwill through the merchants of Hakata, and did not participate in the battle, and immediately after the war, they took the initiative to offer hostages to show their submission.

Both of them were "sea lords", and their territories were all located in the islands that were not connected to each other in the water, and they did not depend on land income but on sea trade, so they did not have any decent army, but there were many ships.

In addition to trading with the Nanban merchants who came from across the ocean, the Tsushima clan was mainly engaged in legal trade to the Goryeo Peninsula, which of course should be encouraged and exploited. The Matsuura family has a close relationship with the smugglers along the coast of Dameng, and the official attitude is definitely to ban it.

In the future, I will try to find a way to resume normal exchanges with Tang Tu is a win-win way to make money together, but I don't know what the situation is over there, so I can't hope too much.

Speaking of which, there are still many descendants of Yan and Huang in the port of Hirado, but unfortunately the times are not right, Wang Wufeng has been planted, Zheng Yiguan has not been born yet, and I can't think of any "historical figures" worth seeing.

After thinking about it, he could only order the retainers to find some scholars, craftsmen, and doctors to communicate, and specially instructed: "Find a few more chefs who come from Dameng." ”

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During this time, the governor of southern Kyushu, such as Motobu Motomi, Otomo Yoshitomi, Noguchi Masatoshi, Kinoshita Hidenaga and others, have been fighting against Shimazu Iehisa.

The generals gradually became familiar with the terrain and understood the reality of the Shimazu family, and after receiving continuous reinforcements, they were finally able to fight hard.

In mid-February, at Misato Hara Castle, the coalition forces unexpectedly surrounded Shinna Tadamoto's 2,000 troops, sent ninjas to burn down enemy warehouses and cut off internal and external food and water links.

Unfortunately, due to poor communication, most of the defenders escaped, and only 500 people were eliminated. On the contrary, there are more casualties on your side.

A few days later, the two sides fought again near Takabe Castle, and Shimazu Iehisa once again resorted to the "fishing and ambushing" strategy of a hundred spirits, and set up a pocket formation.

But I didn't know that the coalition forces had now learned a lot of lessons, and had strictly ordered the upper and lower levels not to pursue without permission in advance, so they were not deceived again.

Shimazu Iehisa ran all the way for two hours and no one came to chase him, but on the contrary, part of the team that was originally going to ambush was exposed and was attacked fiercely, losing more than 1,000 people.

When he heard this, he was very happy, and he specially believed in the commendation, emphasizing that "the way to win is to make the enemy lose every battle." ”

Encouraged and satisfied, the generals continued to advance southward and fought again in the Sadogahara area.

This time, Shimazu Iehisa still put on a "fishing nobush", which still did not work, and it still looked like he was still facing a small defeat.

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, a strange army with less than 2,000 soldiers was killed, and rushed towards Otomo Yoshitomi's troops. Naturally, most of the soldiers of the Otomo family were from Kyushu, and when they saw that the generals led by the enemy, they all changed color, and they fled after two battles, and they were defeated and chaotic.

It turned out to be Shimazu Yoshihiro, who led an elite squad composed purely of samurai and not half of the peasants and soldiers who had been in ambush for a long time.

Everyone thought that this guy was still fat, but unexpectedly came to Hinata quietly.

The princes of Nishikoku, Shikoku, and were okay, that is, they were surprised. However, many of the Kyushu locals in the Great Friendly Army have been beaten by this person, and their psychology has long been shadowed, and they can't cope with the battle with a normal heart.

Among the brothers of the Shimazu family, the record of commanding the large corps is the most outstanding of the old four families, but the military talent is not so intuitive. The second Yoshihiro is better at charging into battle by example, and it is to the extent that the entire Kyushu Island has not seen an opponent, and it is widely called "Onishimazu" at the time.

The Otomo Yoshitsu Army was dispersed by these 1,500 people, causing the surrounding friendly forces to fall into passivity. Fortunately, Tachibana Michiyuki and Kinoshita Hidenaga in the back responded calmly and did not cause a rout of the whole army.

However, the damage is also quite serious.

It was in such a situation that he stepped into Higo and came to the south of Kyushu.