"It's been ten years!"

Looking at the majestic Dazaifu, Imagawa Sadayo looked as usual, but sighed slowly in his heart.

Thirty-three years ago, he was recommended by the shogunate governor Hosokawa Yoriyuki to explore Kyushu and was ordered to recover Kyushu, and that year, he was forty-five years old.

The year after landing in Kyushu, Dazaifu was reclaimed, and since then, it has become its own place of command.

War, non-stop war.

After twenty-one years of war, he finally unified Kyushu, and that year, he was sixty-six years old and gray-haired.

But he was still high-spirited, in charge of everything in Kyushu, detained Emperor Hongwu of the Ming State as the envoy of Prince Huailiang of the Southern Dynasty, and obtained the exclusive right to negotiate with the Ming State.

But all this disappeared with the ouster of the benefactor Hosokawa Yoriyuki.

Three years later, ten years ago, his Kyushu exploration was dismissed, and Shibukawa Mitsuyori took over, returning to his hometown of Enoe to serve as the guardian of Enoe and the semi-guardian of Suruga Province.

From that day on, in order to avoid the suspicion of the shogunate, he left Enoe and went to Suruga, never returning to his hometown.

After another four years, Yoshihiro Ouchi rebelled, and knowing that he was no match for the shogunate, he flatly refused, but, alas......

Sure enough, the following year, last year, the shogunate issued a recovery order against him, and he saved his life on the condition that he would not participate in all political affairs.

However, today, Dazaifu is in front of him again.

Imagawa Sadayo wiped his face lightly, feeling the roughness of rubbing against each other, alas, today's self is already a seventy-nine-year-old old decay.

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"Isn't this Imagawa-sama?"

In a trance, Imagawa Sadayo heard a voice coming from behind him, and this voice was all too familiar.

Imagawa Sadayo turned his head and bowed slightly: "Lord Shibukawa, the old man is polite!" ”

"Hehe," the slightly obese Shibukawa Mitsuyori gently patted Imagawa Sadayo's shoulder and pointed to the tall plaque: "Imagawa-sama standing here still, do you remember something from the past?" ”

"Hehe," Imagawa Sadayo lowered his head and smiled, "Shibukawa-sama is smiling, people are old, and there is nothing to look forward to, so I like to remember the past, think about the past, as if in a dream!" ”

"Yes, Lord Jinchuan's recovery of Kyushu can be described as a great contribution!"

"I don't dare to say that, I don't dare to say this, it's all the wise command of His Excellency the Minister of the Interior, and the little old man is just trying his best to implement it!"

Seeing that Imagawa Sadayo's face turned white with fright, and he frequently waved his hand to shirk it, Shibukawa Manyori felt that it was not interesting, bullying an old man buried in the loess to his neck, why bother? So he smiled and hugged Imagawa Sadayo's shoulder: "Come, let's go in, Your Excellency the Minister of the Interior may be in a hurry." ”

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Walking into Dazaifu and looking at the familiar pattern, Imagawa Sadayo did not squint, and there was no slightest wave in his heart.

Entering the council room, Imagawa Sadayo and Shibukawa Mitsuyori saluted Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the center, and then stood on both sides.

Ashikaga's face was not very good, he looked at the general Spo Yi who was under him, and then said: "Come close, Spo Guan has an urgent military briefing!" ”

Spoyi spread a map on the table and told him what had happened, similar to what Koga had said, because Tanma had not yet returned from his trip to Kagoshima.

Hearing that the Ming army had landed on Kagoshima, everyone's faces changed: "What? "How is that possible?"

Among the crowd, the calmest was Imagawa Sadayo, who carefully looked at the map, then recalled it in his mind, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency, the last general thinks that this Koga is lying!" ”

"Why?"

"Kagoshima has a long coastline, but the island has many mountains and rivers, and the land is barren, and the grain production is not high, so it is not suitable for the landing of large armies, nor is it suitable as a logistics supply base for large armies."

"Therefore, it is unlikely that the Ming army will land in large armies, it is very likely that it will be a small force, a tentative landing."

"Imagawa-sama," Shibukawa sneered after hearing Imagawa Sadayo's words: "If it's just a small army, why did the Shimazu family perish overnight and the main city burned?" ”

"This is also something that the old man can't understand, but the old man dares to assert that the Ming army is likely to have withdrawn, and it is unlikely that they will stay in Kagoshima for a long time!"

"Nonsense," Shibukawa sneered twice, then turned around and said, "Your Excellency, the last general thinks that he should send troops in the direction of Kagoshima to prevent a sneak attack by the Ming army, and ordered Kumamoto, Miyazaki and other places to send reinforcements to flank the Ming army and drive it into the sea." ”

Hearing that Imagawa Sadayo said that there were not many troops, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes lit up, and he felt that he was very insightful, and when he heard Shibukawa Mitsuyori's rebuttal, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously, and it seemed that Shibukawa's words also had some truth. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was silent for a while: "Spo, Yoshimo, what do you think?" ”

General Spoyi first looked at the majestic Ashikaga Yoshinori standing opposite, and then turned his head and said: "Your Excellency, the last general thinks that what Shibukawa said is very true, no matter what the situation is, it is always right to send troops to deploy defenses, even if the Ming army really retreats, there is no guarantee that they will not come again, it is always right to be cautious." ”

"Well, Yoshitomo, what do you think?"

After listening to Spo's words, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded slightly, and turned to his son again.

Ashikaga Yoshinori is eighteen years old this year, has been a general for nine years, has a certain popularity in the shogunate, this time came to Kyushu to resist the Ming army, Yoshimitsu didn't want him to come, but he couldn't withstand his strong request, so he let him accompany him.

Ashikaga Yoshimochi went to Kyushu, was very interested in the northern defense, participated more, and had more contact with Imagawa Sadayo during the period, and praised his ability, but because of the relationship between Spo Yoshito, Ashikaga Yoshinori still kept his distance from Imagawa Sadayo and did not dare to get too close.

Seeing his father's question, Ashikaga Yoshinori raised his hand and saluted: "Father, the son is willing to lead the cavalry to Kagoshima to reconnoiter the movements of the Ming army, the art of war, knowing himself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles......"

"No way!"

"No!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu categorically rejected Ashikaga Yoshinori's request for war, and Shogun Spo Yoshimi also spoke out against it.

At this moment, the chamberlain walked in from outside and bowed his head to report: "The Tanma bound for Kagoshima has returned, and there is an urgent military report!" ”

"Let them in!"

"Yes!"

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"What's wrong with your arm?"

Scout Saburo Takeuchi knelt on the ground, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned, finding that his face was pale, his right arm was hanging from his chest, and there were blood stains oozing from his chest.

"Your Excellency the Minister of the Interior, when the little one arrived at the main castle of Kagoshima, he encountered the Ming army and was wounded by the Ming army!"

"Oh, how many people are there in the Ming army?"

Everyone in the room subconsciously held their breath and listened to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's question.

"Hehe," Saburo Takeuchi smiled bitterly: "There are six of us, five of them, but the other party's weapons are too sophisticated, we are not opponents at all!" ”

"Each of the other party has a kind of fire gun launched in his hand, a few of us were caught off guard, and three died at once, we were frightened, and hurriedly ran back, but the Ming army chased after me, and killed two, I was hit in the shoulder, and ran desperately, fortunately they chased for a while and didn't chase, so the little one survived!"

A firebolt launched in your hand? Everyone thinks it's a bit fantastical, is the Ming army a heavenly soldier or a general?

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion and said, "Takeuchi, what else do you know besides these?" ”

"Actually, it's not much," Takeuchi smiled bitterly twice: "Yesterday afternoon, the little one was ordered to go to Kagoshima to investigate the situation. ”

"On the way, they met a lot of refugees, they helped the old and the young to flee to the north, according to them, the Ming army drove everyone out of the main city, and then set fire to the city, the fire soared into the sky, the people in the city panicked, can only flee to the north."

"But the little one asked them where the Ming army was, but no one knew."

"As a last resort, the little one scattered the scouts to find out the news, and rushed to the main city of Kagoshima with five scouts himself."

"When I got there, I found that the villagers were right, and the main castle of Kagoshima had indeed become a white land."

"And then you met the Ming army?" Some anxious Yizhi asked.

"Yes!"

"Anything else?"

"No, that's all!"

"Then according to your estimates, how many people are there in the Ming army?"

"It's not good to say that the small ones are, but the small ones feel that the number of Ming troops should not be much."

"Oh, well, you go down first, take care of your injuries!"

"Yes, thank you, Your Excellency!"

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