"Also... Ahem... Please calm the anger of the Lord, this island... Ahem... The reason why Shimazu captured Osumi Province so easily, his subordinates think that the main reason is because of the support of the Kinoshita family, and the reputation of Kuroda Kanbei must be known to the lord, and there is this person by Shimazu's side... Ahem... It's by no means so easy to deal with, so according to the opinion of his subordinates, the family should take a defensive position, and after half a year, Kuroda Kanbei failed to complete the task, and after being transferred back, it was the best time to eliminate Shimazu, so please think twice. "Because this time the matter is very serious, he is already seriously ill, and Kakuma Ishizong, who has not participated much in the affairs of the Otomo family, still insists on coming here, what he is most afraid of is that the lord will be carried away by the previous victory, so he will make a wrong judgment, and it is obvious that he has come to the right place this time.

But he ignored one point, the current Otomo Zonglin is different from two years ago, if this matter was placed two days ago, then the other party would still have to listen to his advice, but now the Otomo family is at the peak of history, and this peak is still created by Otomo Zonglin, so it is difficult for his words to impress the unstoppable lord.

In Otomo Sorin's opinion, Kuroda Kanbei has some ability, but the ability is just like that, and it is said that the Kinoshita family has the strength it has today, but the question is which country and which city of the Kinoshita family was defeated by him? Not really. Moreover, the people of Honshu have always been fond of braggagating, and the credit for one point is often higher than 10 points, especially for people like Kuroda, who rely on lip service.

Besides, although the Shimazu and Kuroda armies together claim to be 20,000, but this is just to scare the wealthy families of Osumi Province, in fact, even if the two families are added together, the military strength will never exceed 15,000, but the family has an army of 40,000, and there are 25,000 people directly under him, and they are completely crushing each other in terms of strength, even if Ryuzoji may come out to make trouble, that's nothing, after the last battle, the strength of the Ryuzoji family is weaker than the Shimazu family, and there is no separation of soldiers and farmers, so there is no need to worry about it, with such capital, what kind of defensive position to take, directly eliminate the other party in order to solve the problem once and for all.

In addition, there is another important point, now that he is about to reach the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, if he doesn't hurry up, how can he complete the great cause of unifying Kyushu in his lifetime, so what Kakukuma Shizong said is in vain.

That is, Kakuma Ishi Zonglin is highly respected, Otomo Zonglin is not good at attacking, if it were someone else, Otomo Zonglin would have blasted him out a long time ago, what is the use of keeping such a person who disturbs the morale of the army here.

So Otomo completely ignored his proposal, as if he didn't exist. "What do you think?"

Because he tasted the sweetness last time, as the general of the Ogawa battle, of course, Tahara Qinxian was the main battle, he thought that he could easily defeat the Shimazu family last time, even if there was a Kuroda Kanbei to help him this time, it might be more difficult, but there should be no problem in winning, after all, the number of the family's military strength is not comparable to the other party at all, regardless of whether his Kuroda Kanwei is outstanding or not, it is enough to rely on strength to crush it at that time, and in the face of absolute strength, tricks often will not work. And it's obvious that the lord is the main battle, and he can only have greater development if he caters to the lord's spleen and stomach, and the old age and frailty of the Kakuma Stone Sect are different, and now Tahara is only in his thirties, and it is a good time to make meritorious contributions, if you miss it, after the lord unifies Kyushu, and then you want to get the merits, then you can only face the Kinoshita family, and the difficulty will increase to a prohibitive level, so it's better to take advantage of the present as soon as possible, and get more merits.

After Otomo Zonglin finished speaking, he only heard Tahara Qinxian speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that it is not enough to be afraid of Kuroda Kanbei and Shimazu clans joining forces, Kuroda is not familiar with Kyushu, even if he is very intelligent, how much can he use his resourcefulness?" In addition, the power of the family has not been what it used to be, and the strength of the Shimazu, the dragon temple two battles, the family can win, not to mention now, these two have long been in decline, the subordinates think that the elimination of Shimazu only needs a battle, and then take advantage of the situation to eliminate the dragon temple, Kyushu can be determined. Once the Kuroda Kanbei can be defeated, the reputation of the family will surely resound in the sea, and if the lord does not give up, his subordinates are willing to go on the expedition again, and the lord will agree. ”

After listening to these words, Otomo Zonglin was greatly satisfied, this is the momentum that this family should have. "Well said! Since you have requested, then I will still appoint you as the general this time, and send 30,000 troops to you, hoping that you can destroy Shimazu in one fell swoop. ”

"Thank you to the lord, my subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord."

"The lord's subordinates are willing to assist Tahara-sama in the expedition together, and I ask the lord to agree."

"My lord, my subordinates are also willing to go."

"My lord...

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For a while, the defense strategy of the Kakukuma Stone Sect was completely left behind by everyone, and after Tahara Qinxian finished speaking, and after the lord approved, some retainers with poor status and wanted to make meritorious contributions spoke one after another, including Kitada Zhenzhou, who was the pioneer of the Ogawa battle last time, and Saeki Yuta, who was a little older, but did not make any contributions, and Shiga Qinji, who was only thirteen years old when he just appeared, and after the three of them, there were many retainers who also wanted to go with them, but the voice they made was not as big as these three people.

Otomo Sorin's performance was very satisfied with the performance of his retainers, but Shiga Qinji, as a seedling he was very optimistic about, should not be such a big battle at the beginning, so as not to affect his psychology, so it was not beautiful, so after thinking about it, he still appointed Kitada Zhenzhou as the deputy general, Saeki Wei as the military division, transferred 20,000 troops directly under him, and 5,000 under the command of Katahara Qinxian and others, made up 30,000 of them, and immediately set out on the expedition.

Unlike Mutsu, Kanto, Koshin and other regions, the weather in Kyushu rarely falls below zero even in winter, as long as it doesn't reach zero and wear more, people can still tolerate it, especially the Otomo family is fighting from north to south, and the more they fight, the warmer it gets, so sending troops at this moment is not a problem for the Otomo family at all. So it's a pity that before the expedition, Tawara and others did not meet Sanada Masayuki and others.

Although Sanada Masayuki could really be regarded as a day and night journey, it was not until six days after the Otomo army set out for the expedition that he arrived at Funai Castle.

For the arrival of the Takayama family's military division, Otomo Zonglin still attaches great importance to it, not only personally out of the city to greet him, but even walk side by side with him, but he can't help but pay attention to it, although the Otomo family is not even an ally, but at least it is still a force on the united front, so plus Tachibana Chiyo married into the Takayama family, from time to time to send people to visit Tachibana Michiyuki at the same time brought back the news, it is these words from Tachibana Michiyuki's mouth, let him know far more than other forces, the more he knows, The more he felt that the Takayama family was unsurpassable.