In response to the chaos within the Otomo family, Hirate Hatsuhide personally conducted an "interrogation".

Actually, there is nothing to ask, things are clear at a glance.

Otomo Yoshitomi behaved quite well, although he was a little flustered, and he barely explained what had happened before and after, and his dry words showed that he didn't have much eloquence and wisdom, and he lacked charm and heart, but he was better at following the rules, being serious and careful, and his father was exactly two molds.

Mrs. Nado was graceful and generous in front of the dog Gozen, and she was not stage frightened. However, the evaluation I got afterwards was: "As a samurai family, I am very strong, but I am too straightforward, which reminds me of Sister Ashi...... It's not a woman who can resolve the conflict by gentle means. ”

I was quite surprised to hear this tie.

He didn't care much about the image of Mrs. Nado, but it was the first time he saw his wife evaluate other housewives so highly, and he knew that Inu Gozen had enough ability to become the Imperial Throne.

I felt relieved and disappointed.

As for the two little dolls of the Otomo family's second son and the third son, they are not very successful characters, and when they saw the "Tiger Might" of the Tieshou Inner House, they were both sweating and sweating, and they didn't dare to speak out, not to mention that it was not good.

The dignified people of the world are not worthy of being angry with them, so they waved away after two reprimands.

It's only here in Otomo Yoshizhen, which is a little troublesome.

Under the four dignified people, the governor of the Saemon Gate, the exploration of Kyushu, the guardian of the six countries, the power of the three years, there are countless experiences of life and death, it can be said that "I have experienced a hundred battles, and I have seen a lot". Visiting the inner house of Pingshou, although he was respectful and flattering, he was very calm and not panicked at all.

This greasy middle-aged man confessed to all "sins" and was ready to accept punishment, but he always insisted on saying: "The Chezhi Dan brought by the Southern Barbarians is the only sect in the whole world that should be believed, and many shrines and Buddhist temples in Fuso are not enough." ”

Wen Zhiping questioned and asked, "As far as I know, the monks of the Chezhidan sect have always advocated abstinence and self-cultivation, since you believe in this way, how can you get close to so many women?" Even the wives of retainers! ”

Unexpectedly, Otomo Yoshijin replied calmly without shame: "Report to the inner government, the contemptible people are surrounded by ignorant people who blindly resist new things without understanding the truth, and only a charitable woman who is accustomed to seeing the world can abandon prejudice and look up to the road of truth together." ”

Pingshou Fan Xiu suddenly rolled his eyes: "So what do you mean...... They had been discussing the teachings of Chechitan with those women, and had nothing else to do? ”

"This ......" Otomo Yoshijin hesitated for a moment, and immediately regained his confident and decisive expression: "Occasionally, because the conversation is very pleasant, some follow-ups can't help but occur, but this is not the intention. ”

"Okay......" Hisho was speechless.

I don't know if this guy is too brazen, or if he believes too many lies.

It's definitely going to be dealt with anyway.

Conversion is nothing, scandals are even more trivial, and the key is to demolish the shrine and temple.

Among them, there is Manjuji Temple in the Funai area, which belongs to the lineage of the Rinzai sect Myoshinji sect, and the monks there were driven out and went to to join the head of the sect, the abbot of Kyoto Myoshinji Temple, Nanhua Xuanxing. Then Nanhua Xuanxing told his senior brother Huzai Zongyi, and then turned to the ears of Pingshou Fanxiu.

So the lord of the inner house had a half-truth and half-false temper, reprimanding the other party for the crime of "destroying the floating slaughter without permission, causing the defeat of the two armies".

The verdict was for Otomo Yoshijin and his second son, the third son, to be all detained in Izumi - there happened to be a local temple opened by the Nanban people for them to practice - but half-aged, and it was difficult to find a woman who knew cold and hot.

Otomo Yoshitomo's legitimacy was officially endorsed, and he returned to the inner castle of Bunzen Prefecture with his mother, Lady Nata, and continued to participate in the Kyushu crusade to see what would happen.

By the way, he also sent a letter to Tachibana Michiyuki, encouraging him to assist Xinjun well.

I wanted to ask him about his daughter, but in the end I was embarrassed. After all, it's such a big person, and it's too embarrassing to say that in the official letter.

I have to ...... in private.

After arranging the Otomo family, the second wave of attacks on Kyushu will be launched.

Asano Nagayoshi on the northern front brought back the specific news of "two wins and two defeats". On the whole, the results of the four joint battles were somewhat fortuitous. There are about four or five thousand casualties on their own side, and there are still about 10,000 people who cannot be recovered for the time being after they have broken up, and they have lost their offensive ability at present. However, Ryuzoji Takanobu has also lost many fierce battles once, and there is a loss of at least three or five thousand, and it is even more difficult to recover in the short term.

Kinoshita Hidenaga on the southern front has been confronting the enemy with his army, looking for opportunities for each other, and finally retreated because of an accident, and he has never had a serious fight at all, and when he reports, he mainly recounts the observed enemy situation. According to him, the morale of the Satsuma army was very high, the samurai ratio in the ranks was particularly high, and Shimazu Iehisa was a good general with both wisdom and bravery, and it was prudent to see at least 40,000 twice as many troops as possible to be sure of a battle.

With such a comparison, Tie Fan Xiu immediately made a decision.

The persimmon has to find a soft pinch, and since the Ryuzoji Takanobu in Kitakyushu looks easier to deal with, let's hit it down in one breath first.

Therefore, about 20,000 foreign troops were allocated from the western country,, Tokai and other places, and assembled on the Iyo front line as reinforcements, and handed them over to the command of Nagamune and Kinoshita Hidenaga, and ordered to work together with Otomo Yoshitomo to put pressure on the enemy as much as possible, and to act cautiously and not to seek a quick victory.

Their enemy was Shimazu Iehisa, and the soldiers were said to be between 15,000 and 20,000, but they were of extremely high quality and difficult to deal with.

And Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Yoshihiro seem to be with a main force of about 30,000, and they are still busy pacifying the last resistance of the domestic relatives and friends in Higo. At this time, it is really puzzling why he is still obsessed with the small profits of one city and one place.

Heide Honhide personally led an army of 65,000 people, mainly from the personal guards, banners, and directly subordinate nationals, with Bunmae as the destination, intending to join the remnants of Mori Terumoto and others.

The main forces of the North Road were to attack Chikuzen, Hizen, and Chikugo. These three countries have fertile land and developed commerce, and they have a combined strength of more than one million stones, and they are currently roughly in the hands of Longzao Temple Longxin, but they have all been forcibly subdued in recent years, and the internal is very loose, and the degree of centralization is very low.

This can be seen in the mobilization force.

A daimyo, one million stones, it stands to reason that fifty or sixty thousand peasant soldiers can be mobilized, and seventy or eighty thousand is not impossible when it is necessary to fight hard. For example, the Hojo family in the Kanto region had about 2 million koku, and in the end, they also pulled out more than 100,000 troops, which is in line with this ratio.

However, in the face of the crusading army, Ryuzoji Takanobu only took out 28,000 troops. This shows that within the three kingdoms of Chikuzen, Hizen, and Chikugo, more than half of the land and population were not really included in the rule.

Since the number of troops is insufficient, it seems that the quality of individual talents and the quality of the army is not as high as there - at least it is far less than Shimazu - it can be said that it is really a soft persimmon.