Zhang Zhijie personally wrote a letter, and the old man also wrote a handbook, and then the old man sent someone to send the two letters away. Although Yoshinaga Otomo has not yet received a reply, everyone is not worried about the final result.

Because Otomo Yoshinaga has no other choice, Bungo Province and Tachibana Mountain Castle choose one of the two, even if he is a fool, he knows that he will choose to protect his Bungo Kingdom.

In fact, since fleeing back to the inner city of Funai in embarrassment, Otomo Yoshicho has been like a frightened bird, and it is really a big blow and a terrible defeat on this expedition!

It's not just Otomo Yoshicho who is worried, but all the retainers of the Otomo clan are like frightened birds, even the retainers who did not participate in the war are frightened by the legend! After all, two thousand Ming people against their army of more than two thousand samurai turned out to be a one-sided slaughter!

So they were very frightened, now that the samurai army has suffered heavy losses, if the Ming continue to attack, how can they protect themselves? There are more than 2,000 Ming people, and there are more Ming people who have not been dispatched.

With the combat power of the Ming army, it is far from being able to compete with the Bungo country, if the Ming army really attacks, then Otomo Yoshinaga can only give up the family business of the Otomo clan to join the Chikuzen country, and join forces with the Chikuzen country to resist the attack of the Ming people.

The foundation of the Otomo clan is coming to an end! Yoshicho Otomo was desperate because he had nothing better to do! Some retainers proposed to present gold and silver beauties to the Ming generals, and proposed to sue for peace.

Some retainers thought that the Ming people did not intend to continue the conquest, because the Ming people did not intend to attack Tachibana Mountain Castle at first, but it was only because the ronin of Tachibana Mountain Castle killed the Ming people, which led the Ming people to attack Tachibana Mountain Castle.

Now that Otomo Yoshicho knows the truth, he hates the ronin who killed him, and he also hates the Tachibana Castle generals who fought in the main battle, but it's a pity that they are all dead, and he can't let Otomo Yoshicho vent his hatred.

After some discussion, Yoshinaga Otomo and his retainers finally agreed on their opinions. On the one hand, while actively preparing for war, wait and see what happens, and if the Ming people have a tendency to continue the attack, they will send people to send the Ming people gold and silver and beauties to sue for peace.

If the Akito still wants to continue the attack, then ask Chikuzen Province for help, and the Otomo clan will abandon the family business and submit to the Chikuzen Kunichi clan in order to obtain the continuation of the family.

Otomo Yoshicho was preparing the gold and silver of the beauties, and at the same time preparing for battle, just when they were in a panic. The old retainers of the Tachibanayama Castle family came to Funai Castle with two letters.

Otomo Yoshinaga heard that someone had come to Tachibanayama Castle, and he immediately met with the old retainer of Tachibanayama Castle. He couldn't read Mingren's letters, so the first thing he read was the letters of the elders.

Although this letter was written in Japanese language, the content of it was approved by Zhang Zhijie. The elder of the family is nothing more than talking about how hard he has worked, and finally made a lot of progress, temporarily calming the anger of the Ming people!

However, the Ming people also put forward a request, in order to protect the life and property safety of the Ming merchants, they asked the Bungo Kingdom to cede Tachibana Mountain Castle and Hakata Bay for the Ming Dynasty's trading land.

After reading the letter, Yoshicho Otomo felt a sigh of relief in his heart. The Ming people no longer continue to attack the Bungo Kingdom, and the foundation of the Otomo clan is temporarily preserved!

He and his retainers have been in constant fear, for fear that the Ming army will continue to attack, and when the time comes, they will not be able to resist the Fenghou Kingdom! Whether their Bungo Kingdom was destroyed by the Ming people, or their Otomo clan was forced to take refuge in the Chikuzen Ouchi clan, his Otomo Yoshinaga would no longer be the guardian of the Bungo Kingdom!

That's what worries him the most, the thing he fears the most! But now a letter from the old Tachibanayama Castle family said that the Akito would not continue to attack. This is undoubtedly good news, as long as Akito does not continue to attack, he may be able to preserve the foundation of the Otomo family.

So Yoshicho Otomo's body was weak and almost fell to the ground, no one could understand his depression and despair, he was about to go crazy! Fortunately, the peak turns around, as long as the Ming people don't continue to attack, it's okay no matter what!

So Otomo Yoshicho almost didn't think about the request in the letter, and he agreed to it in his heart! Because there is really no other choice, he still has a feeling of escaping death in his heart!

Otomo Yoshicho tried his best to calm his mood, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go down first, this kind of request of Akito is very rude, and I will reply after discussing it with my retainers!" ”

After waiting for the old retainers of the Tachibana Castle family to go down, the look on Otomo Yoshinaga's face was extremely complicated, and he felt both death and extreme pain!

Tachibanayama Castle is the second largest city in Bungo Province, and more importantly, because of the trade in Hakata Bay, Bungo Province has been able to make a windfall from trade every year, especially since last year, when the Ming Dynasty lifted the sea ban.

But now that he was asked to cede Tachibanayama Castle, he felt like he was going to cut his own flesh. People are like this, they originally thought that as long as they could get through the difficulties, they could do anything, but now that they can get through the difficulties, they will complain that the cost is too great.

Yoshicho Otomo sent someone to find an interpreter while gathering his own retainers. The translator was quickly found, after all, there were many merchants in the Bungo Kingdom who traded with the Ming people, and there would definitely be people who knew Chinese.

This letter to the general of the Ming army is similar to the letter of the old man of Tachibana Castle. It's all the same meaning, ceding Tachibana Mountain Castle out, and letting the city lord's wife Tachibana Zhixue succeed the city lord, and at the same time promising never to conquer Tachibana Mountain Castle, otherwise he will continue to attack Fenggo Country.

Soon the retainers came, and Otomo Yoshinaga gave a brief account of the two letters. These retainers, like Otomo Yoshinaga, first breathed a sigh of relief and then felt a lot of pain.

All the retainers were silent, although they all felt in their hearts that they could only abandon Tachibana Mountain City to seek peace for the sake of today's plan, but when the governor did not express his position, they did not say much. lest he be considered a sinner in the Bungo Kingdom in the future, after all, it is not a glorious thing to cede Tachibana Mountain Castle to sue for peace with the Ming people!

Just like Yoshicho Otomo, now that they know that they can get through the difficulties, they feel very painful about ceding Tachibana Mountain Castle after escaping death.

"My lord, the Ming people had no intention of attacking the city, but it was because of the stupidity and mistakes of Tachibana Mountain Castle that caused this war! Now the practice of the Ming people has also been confirmed! They want to strip Tachibana Castle just for the sake of the merchants' trade! In fact, the minister felt that the Ming people did not have to occupy Tachibana Mountain Castle, and besides, the Ming people should have to return soon. ”

"Therefore, the minister feels that these Ming people are just bluffing, and they have no intention of continuing the expedition at all! Our fears are nothing but unfounded! ”

Otomo Yoshicho's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, and he muttered, "What you said also makes sense!" ”

(End of chapter)