Hearing that Xiubao was going to summon Otomo Yoshitomi, Fujido Takatora was very puzzled: "After the Taiko funeral, the attendant was released from exile, and he is indeed in the Osaka Tenman area, but he is only a cloth cloth now, what do you have in mind when the lord summons him here?" ”

"Otomo Yoshitomo is really not worth looking at, but the prestige of the Otomo clan in Kyushu is something I can't ignore, although it was changed six years ago because of his escape in Korea, but the remnants of the Bungo Otomo clan are still scattered in Kitakyushu, and the old ministers of Otomo are also nostalgic for the old master, and some people have even gone to Osaka many times to persuade him to return to Bungo Higashiyama to make a comeback, and he himself has asked to see me many times, but I blocked it back, and now it seems that it is time to make good use of it" As he spoke, Hideho pointed to a map of Japan in front of him, Draw a circle with his finger in the area of Bungo: "The stone of the country of Bungo is 420,000 high, originally all owned by the Otomo clan, but now it is entrenched in eight daimyos, the strongest is Nakagawa Hidesei 70,000 stones, Ota Ichiyoshi 65,000 stones, and Hosokawa Tadashi's enclave 60,000 stones, the weakest Kimura Kiyohisa is only 10,000 stones, and there are still 60,000 stones hidden in Taiko, and when the king was returned, the Kunisaki Peninsula and Takenaka Shigetoshi successively handed over the territory to the family, totaling only 33,000 stones, And Kumagai Naomori in the south of the peninsula as the sister-in-law of Ishida Jibu is unanimously not allowed to hand over the territory, trying to maintain its existence as a bridgehead for the Omi faction in the local area, therefore, losing the strong domination of the Otomo family, Bungo has become a plate of loose sand, and if Kuroda Rusui, who is sitting on 180,000 stone in Bunzen, wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, the first stop must be there, if there is no strong force to unite the local forces, it will quickly collapse as soon as the war starts, therefore, the family really needs Otomo Yoshitomo at this moment, and use his name to stabilize the situation, so let's do it, After Otomo Yoshitomo comes, you will hand over to him the 33,000-stone territory of the Kunisto Peninsula in my name, so that he can complete the revival of the imperial family and immediately set off to return to Bungo, this must be done as soon as possible, and he must be given enough time to gather Otomo's former ministers and consolidate the territory.

"Thirty-three thousand stones, no matter how capable he is, the Otomo clan can't beat the black sky like water," Fujido Takatora expressed doubts about Hideho's approach

"It's true that he can't do it alone, and I don't expect him to have much ability, the reason why I did this is to remind the Kuroda family that the Otomo clan has a strong support behind the family, and if a conflict breaks out in the future, he will have to think clearly, whether to go north (Mori family) or south (Otomo family), and the direction of the march determines what treatment will be after the war."

"Do you want to take this opportunity to give the Kuroda family a hint and show the family's attitude towards Kyushu?"

"That's right, to show him that the family will not let Kyushu go unchecked, let alone let the Kuroda family do whatever they want" Speaking of this, Hideho remembered another thing: "How is the Manseki Seto in Tsushima being excavated?" ”

"It will take three and a half months to complete the whole line, but the water villages on both sides have basically been completed, and Renna's garrison has also moved about 2,000 people into it, and there are 1,500 people there in the Goto Islands." Fujido Takatora, as the general request of Wanguan Seto, has recently frequently urged Odawara Tadakiyo to complete it as soon as possible, but Tsushima is located on a remote island, the wind and waves are urgent, and the excavation work is very unfavorable, even if the work is rushed, it will not be completed until the end of the year

Hidebo knew the difficulties and no longer demanded more from Ogasawara Tadakiyo, saying that he would try his best to stabilize the Uesugi family and wait until everything was ready before considering whether to fight or not

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not intend to give him this opportunity, and between August and October of the fourth year of Keichō, he carried the Uesugi family behind his back and instigated the Tohoku daimyo to frequently report to Osaka the news that Uesugi Keikatsu was building a castle and preparing for war, and also rebelled against the Uesugi family's important ministers, the lord of Tsugawa Castle, and asked him to abandon his lord's family and rush to Osaka day and night, telling in front of the four elders and the five commissioners how the Uesugi family ignored the king, regardless of the persuasion of the surrounding daimyos, straightened out the roads, built the castle, recruited troops, and asked Hideho to immediately send troops to attack the Uesugi clan

In the face of Tokugawa Ieyasu's aggressive posture, Hidebo still maintained great restraint, he knew that before everything was ready, he must not act rashly, otherwise the Tokugawa family would be allowed to reap the benefits

On the third day of the first month of November, Hideho convened seven old families in Yudong Mountain

"Has Otomo Yoshitomo arrived in Bungo?"

"Arrived at Tomita Castle last month, the lord, you guessed it right, as soon as the attendants arrived, the old ministers of Otomo responded in groups, and the retainers who had originally taken refuge in Tachibana Nakagawa and other families returned to Bungo one after another, some of them not only came by themselves, but also brought a large number of troops, in just one month, Yoshihiro Tong Yukitahara Shaonin Zong like Zhenxu and other old ministers led 3,300 soldiers to the Kunito Peninsula, and the poor attendant Zhixing only had 30,000 three, and he couldn't afford to support so many soldiers, and he sent people to ask for help from his family many times."

"Then let Ren allocate 30,000 stone to transport it to Tomita City, money and food are not a problem, the most important thing is to grasp the hearts of the people, so it seems that the sky will not die, Otomo" Hideho couldn't help but sigh, "Wanguan Seto, it's been three months since I thought about it."

"Thanks to Ogasawara-sama's hard work day and night, news came five days ago that it was said that Manseki Seto was fully connected, and it should be able to be officially put into use after a break of half a month at most" Fujido Takatora said happily: "Since the issuance of the order of the six counties of Rena, 28,000 peasant soldiers have been recruited in southern Korea, of which nearly 5,000 are Han and North Koreans who have lived in the six counties for a long time, and after training, there should be no major problems in terms of combat effectiveness."

"What, there are still Han Chinese?" Xiubao's expression was a little stiff, these Han people were the lowest peasants, the kind that couldn't be mixed up in the country, but after all, they were their own compatriots, and it was a little melancholy to let them go to death, but after all, they were a minority, and the situation was urgent, so he didn't want to say more, but he just asked Ren Na's generals to treat them equally, and they must not criticize the soldiers of the other two races

"Is there any news from Li Dan's side, last month he sent a message saying that gunpowder and red-coated cannons were on the way, why haven't you heard from him now" Hideho had already ordered Li Dan to buy more than ten red-coated cannons from the Dutch, plus a few in his hand, a total of twenty-four, and he planned to use half of them to conquer Aizu, and the other half to distribute to the Otomo clan in Kyushu and Gamo and Mogami in the northeast

"Don't worry, my lord, Shibajuri Uemon has secretly transported the big cylinder from Nagasaki to Sakai Port, and tomorrow I can send someone to transfer it to Iwamuro Port, because of the huge quantity, they are all shipped by ship, and it will take some time" Fujido Takaemon is very fond of these cannons, because he has seen the power of these steel behemoths near Osaka, he also prevents Japan from being able to imitate them, and this heavy responsibility falls on Shibado Riemon

Speaking of Shiba Shiri Emon, Hideho couldn't help but laugh and said: "Back then, Guan Bai was ordered to cut his stomach, and he left a desperate letter to me, saying that there was a huge number of armor iron cannon projectiles saltpeter in Riemon, all of which were given to me, and a few days ago I sent someone to secretly go to investigate, the number is really objective, it is no exaggeration to say that those armor is enough to equip 20,000 soldiers, and there are 5,000 iron cannons, with this batch of materials, the soldiers of Rena will be finished, send people to Rena as soon as possible, and must build a division of steel" (to be continued, please search, Better, newer and faster