"Your Highness, don't say it again," Maori Terumoto clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Tomorrow, I will lead the army back to Hiroshima, and when everything is arranged, I will go back to Osaka to meet Youfu, and then ask Your Highness to take care of my family more." After that, Terumen gave a deep salute to the Xiu family, which really surprised the Xiu family, and the Maori ministers also bowed to the ground one after another, including Amano Motomasa.

The Xiu family hurriedly helped Hui Yuan up, and replied with a serious expression: "Please rest assured, the Xiu family will do their best when the time comes." ”

Hui Yuan nodded reassuringly, and then personally escorted the Xiu family to the entrance of Gamo Village, and helped the Xiu family to the horse. Before leaving, the Hideya told him that before leaving, he must enter Osaka to say goodbye to Hideyori and Yodohime, which is not only a gift to the ministers, but also can change Yodohime's opinion of him to some extent.

Hui Yuan repeatedly expressed his gratitude to the Xiu family, and it was not until he saw him go away that he led everyone back to his own camp. As soon as he returned to the main camp, Motomasa Amano raised objections to the withdrawal of troops: "My lord, if it weren't for Fang Cai Huiqiong's insistence on blocking it, Prime Minister Bizen would have been controlled by his own family by now. The old minister really doesn't understand, why did you agree to withdraw your troops, didn't you discuss it well just now, and led the army into Osaka to wait for the change? ”

"Wait for that to happen?" Before Hui Yuan could speak, Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple on the side first argued with Yuan Zheng: "It was possible to do this when the victory or defeat of the Huijin War was not fixed before, but now that Youfu has won a complete victory, and is about to lead a 120,000 army to triumph, the situation is already clear, and it is really a fool's dream to think about fighting against him at this time!"

Moreover, Prime Minister Bizen dared to come alone this time, which means that he has arranged everything, maybe he has already entered Osaka one step ahead of his own family, rather than making trouble with him, it is better to take the initiative to show weakness to him, so that he can exonerate his family in front of the right house in the future. After all, the crusade launched by the family this time has greatly infringed on the ability of the right government, and if there is no strong daimyo to coordinate it, what will happen in the future, everyone here should know in their hearts. ”

After Huiqiong's suggestion, the Maori generals no longer dared to raise objections, and Huiyuan bowed slightly to Huiqiong to show his support, and he immediately gave way to prepare the horse, preparing to go to Osaka Motomaru to say goodbye to Xiulai's mother and son.

Hui Qiong persuaded her: "The lord must not be in a hurry, if it is too late today, entering the city at this time and telling Mrs. Dian that she is going to withdraw the troops will inevitably make her suspicious; It's better to go again tomorrow morning, and behave calmly when you meet her, so as not to make her feel strange, which is the most beneficial to the family. ”

"I'm worried when you say that," Terumen thought about it and felt that something was wrong: "You said that Prime Minister Bizen can really hold back and not give the letter to Lady Yodo and all the adults in Osaka Castle?" Why do I think this is a ploy by him to trick me into withdrawing my troops? ”

"There's no need for Prime Minister Bizen to do that right now." Hui Qiong sighed, and said earnestly: "Actually, he can not come at all this time, after getting the news, he will occupy Osaka City first, and when the army of Youfu arrives, he will attack our army on both sides, and maybe he can also make war achievements." But he didn't do this, but to the lord and everyone here kind words to persuade him, this is the prime minister's benevolence, before the army of his family besieged him but did not attack, this time he must also have the meaning of returning the favor of the family. ”

Hui Yuan was silent for a long time after hearing this, and Hui Qiong's words made him look at the young elder of the Ukita Hideya family, "If it is really as you said, it seems that I, Hui Yuan, is not even as good as the Prime Minister of Bizen!" Then I will go to Osaka tomorrow morning to meet with the young lord of Hideyori and Mrs. Yodo, you guys hurry up and pack up in the past two days, and we must evacuate as soon as possible. The prime minister's side must not be able to hide it for too long, and we can't live up to his kindness. ”

On the morning of April 30, Teimoto rode a horse to Osaka Castle Honmaru, and sure enough, as Hui Qiong said, the Ukita army had already entered Osaka first, and all of them were controlled by the Hideya. Because the Xiu family greeted him in advance, Hui Yuan was not stopped when he entered the city. His conversation with Yodohime also went well, and before leaving, Yodohime promised him that he would say a few kind words for the Mori family after Hideho's victory. Terumoto was excited, and immediately assured Yodohime that he would lead his troops back to Hiroshima as soon as possible.

In the early morning of May 1, Terumoto officially led an army of 22,000 troops from Gamo Village in Osaka and returned to the Chinese Maori territory along the Sanyo Road, and thus the Campaign, which lasted for 42 days (called the "Mori Invasion" by the Toyotomi Army and the "Raid" by the Maori Army), ended with the defeat and retreat of the Maori Army. In this battle, Hideho was joined by Maeda, Ukita and other forces, with a total of 61,000 troops (including 10,000 troops guarding Koriyama and Tamonyama Castle); The Maori army was fully mobilized and deployed 46,000 troops, making the region the second largest battlefield after Aizu.

Hideyori's hiding place was almost completely occupied by the Maori army in this campaign, and the authority of the Toyotomi clan was greatly weakened as a result; On the contrary, the heroic resistance of the retainers of the Yamato Toyotomi clan won the support of Hideho from the daimyō, and the victory in the Battle of Hinobara made Hideho's momentum in the region unparalleled, which also laid the groundwork for the intensification of the conflict between Ishida Mitsunari and Hideho later.

In fact, on the same day that the Maori army defeated Higashiyama, a decisive battle on the island of Kyushu also came to an end.

On April 26, Kuroda Rusui and Shimazu Tadashi joined forces of 13,000 men from Yatsuro Castle to Utojo Castle, the residence of Konishi Yukinaga, and the Jodai Konishi Hayabusa asked Kato Kiyomasa for help. On the same day, Kiyomasa crossed Midorikawa with 8,700 men and arrived at Uto Castle Town. That night, Otomo Yoshitomo also led 3,600 men to join him, and after discussion, the two decided to fight a decisive battle with the combined forces of Shimazu and Kuroda on the south bank of the Uto River.

Bordered by the Ariake Sea to the west and Midorikawa to the north, Uto Castle is one of the strongest castles in Kyushu with Honmaru, Ninomaru, Sannomaru, Uchihori and outer moats, as well as moats and five gates. The governor dredged the Uto River and the Funaba River on the periphery of Uto Castle, using the Senba River as the first line of defense on the periphery of Uto Castle, and the Uto River became the main waterway of the Castle Canal.

Shimazu Tadashi mobilized more than 50 warships from Satsuma, entered the Ariake Sea through the Yatsushiro Sea, and tried to bombard Uto Castle from the sea, Kato Kiyomasa ordered the Higo Navy to go out of the port to meet the battle, but was defeated by the Shimazu Navy equipped with a Nanban large barrel, and only five of the more than 30 warships finally escaped back to Kumamoto Port, and the Shimazu Navy completed the suppression of the Higo Sea before the official war.

The incessant bombardment of the Shimazu naval forces caused a great deal of damage to the fortifications of Uto Castle, and Kato Kiyomasa's main camp was also hit by shells many times. Under these circumstances, in order to avoid affecting morale, Kiyomasa and Otomo Yoshitomi decided to assemble 13,400 troops of Kato, Otomo, and Konishi to attack the combined forces of Shimazu and Kuroda at noon on the 27th before reinforcements from Renna arrived.