June of the ninth year of Tensho (1581) seems to be another dull month, and although there are still a few days to go, it seems that nothing big will happen. But the past few months have been really hectic, and it's not a bad thing to take a break now. I am no longer in Chikuzen at this moment, but I am leading the 80,000 troops of the Stars-Otomo-Kitakyushu coalition to be stationed in the mountains and mountains south of Hyuga.

The storm in Hirado didn't pose any risk to me, not even a false alarm, but because of Toragiyo's sudden shot, all the clues were interrupted. Afterwards, after the double torture of the companion Changxin and the little Mainhull (missionary), the captured shrimp soldiers and crabs will confess: they were hired by several of my "enemies" to take revenge, and they don't know the identity of the other party, but it is a thin samurai, and the two guys who died in the end were also sent by him!

Although this result is not satisfactory, it is the end, and it is confirmed by Shinhachiro, Ishikawa Tadsuna, and Ban Naganobu that those two people used Kyushu's martial arts, which also matches the confessions of the captives' Kyushu accents. I still haven't been with those opponents, everyone is like everyone and they are vague!

Soon after I returned to Chikuku from Hirado, the war against the Mori family took a major turn, and a castle was broken by the ninja's infiltration, and the chain of defense was suddenly broken. The worst thing is that this loophole directly led to the cutting off of the sea supply line, and the 12,000 people stranded in Chikuzen became alone.

"Monkey" sent Hidecho Hashiba to mediate, although his own war with Shibata Katsuya was at a critical juncture. This is not only to preserve the vitality of my allies, but also to test my attitude, if I insist on abolishing this Maori army, I am afraid that he will have a number in his heart.

After much thought, I decided to give him this "face", but I couldn't afford to miss the opportunity in front of me, and the conditions were clear and simple: the Maori family would hand over 50,000 war reparations and more than 700 ships of various naval armies under their jurisdiction! Although the Maori family was in pain and wanted to die, they had to agree to the lives of 12,000 soldiers.

In addition to the one hundred and seventy newest and greatest warships to be awarded to the Kuki Yoshitaka, I ordered the rest of the ships to be towed to the beach of Chikuzen Shikashima. I was overjoyed to see the raging fire, and it was impossible for Kyushu and Shikoku to be attacked from Honshu for three more years, and I would not be able to prepare for them for another three years.

The Mori family had nothing to worry about without a navy, so I led my army south to attack Shimazu, leaving only 2,000 men to defend in the three kingdoms of Hizen, Chikuzen, and Bunzen. Now that I have no worries, I can "discuss" some issues with the Shimazu brothers with peace of mind.

Shimazu Yoshihisa led 25,000 soldiers and horses to resist, and divided his troops to block all the mountain passages from Hyuga to Higo, and each castle had enough troops, and it seemed that he also wanted to learn from Yoshikawa Motoharu's methods. But that's not all, Shimazu has been sitting in the inner castle for a long time to defend the sea of Osumi and Satsuma. Although it is no longer possible to keep the enemy out of the country with his troops, it is still possible to minimize the encroachment of the landing enemy forces with a proper internal migration, and it seems that the last unsuccessful amphibious landing of mine caused a certain shock to them.

However, I have no intention of repeating the old tricks, and I also have no intention of completely destroying the Shimazu family, but in order to completely destroy the arrogance of the Shimazu family, I will inflict a series of blows on them, and at the same time break the pride of all Kyushu people, so that they can accept the rule of me as an outsider with peace of mind.

Outside every dangerous pass in the lofty mountains, there was an absolutely superior force of our population waiting for an opportunity to attack, and the various attacks of the ninja army and ninjas never stopped, so that the Shimazu army lived a life of waiting for the end of the day every day. I myself came to Iwaken Castle, and Shimazu Yoshihisa is in the castle at the moment.

In addition, I ordered the nine kis Yoshitaka, who had just been replenished, to do his job, and more than 500 ships scattered to harass the waters off Osumi and Satsuma, and at the same time cut off all external ties with the Shimazu family. Originally, Shimazu planned to send a naval army to fight back, but after being taught a lesson by the starry ironclad ships waiting in the open sea, he was silent again.

In Japan, the words "navy" and "pirate" are basically common, and under my direct instruction, the Kuki Yoshitaka has restored its true color of the green forest, and the Kumano navy, which is as small as a few dozen to thousands of people, visits Satsuma and Osumi almost every day, and sometimes even goes ashore for dozens of miles. Not only did they rob all kinds of goods, but they burned not only the houses but also the crops in the fields.

The Shimazu family's food reserves continued to dwindle, and I calculated every day how long they could hold out. So I'm not in a hurry at all, and I have more energy to focus on other things.

I was sitting leisurely in my big tent with a thick "book" in my hand. Closing the book, I took a deep breath and finally finished reading it. The people who compiled these things were really unartistic, and they had written so many such tedious things, and it seemed that they should be given a writing training class in the future.

I stood up and walked to the door of the big tent, looking up at the rock sword castle between the mountain peaks and the trees, and I honestly said that the scenery here is really good, if I know how to paint oil paintings, I will definitely paint it. However, the influence of the "book" just now has not been eliminated, and my mind is full of things in it now. Don't look at the thick stack, but in the end it's simple: after Akechi Mitsuhide, Shibata Katsuie also died!

Maybe Shibata Katsuya didn't figure out how he died until he died? In terms of strength, Shibata Katsuya is better than Hashiba Hideyoshi, but somehow it was out of control, not to mention the powerful alliance force, even his own strength does not seem to be fully exerted.

Hashiba Hideyoshi led 20,000 elite soldiers to attack Shibata Katsuie, and Katsutoyo, the adopted son of Katsuya, threw himself on Hashiba's side and handed over the garrisoned Nagahama Castle because of a disagreement with Katsuka's beloved general Sakuma Morimasa. Shibata Katsuie hastily led 27,000 men to meet the battle, and met the Hashiba army at the junction of Echizen and Kita-Omi.

In the first battle, due to the superiority in troops, the Shibata army had the upper hand, but when the battle entered the third day, when both sides were exhausted, Nakagawa Kiyohide, Takayama Shigetomo, Kuwayama Shigeharu, and Tsutsui Shunkei led an army of 13,000 troops to join the Yushiba side. In an instant, the strength and weakness reversed, and the Shibata army was defeated, and the generals Sakuma Morimasa, Fupo Katsumitsu, Tokuyama Hideken, and Yamaji General were all killed, and Shibata Katsuya fled back to Kitanosho Castle with less than 3,000 men. Hashiba Hideyoshi launched the final attack with more than ten times the superior force, and the castle of Kitanoso fell, and Shibata Katsuya committed suicide.

In this battle, Hideyoshi Hashiba had the right timing, and it took only 12 days to completely solve the problem. The power of Shibata Katsuya did not have time to mobilize, and the matter was already over.

At that time, Maeda Toshiie and Kanamori Nagakin did not send troops to the war because they were in a territorial dispute with Sasa Naimasa, who was activated by Shibata Katsuie; Oda Nobutaka of Gibu wanted to send troops to help, but he himself was attacked by Oda Nobuo of Owari; Tokugawa Ieyasu was busy annexing Kai and Shinano, which were left behind by Akechi Mitsuhide, and only had time to attack Owari with 3,000 troops and horses. Takigawa Kazuki of Kitaise is in a similar situation to him, and he has just hit Owari; As for Hojo and Uesugi, you may not have figured out what is going on yet!

Both Katsuie Shibata and Monkey sent letters to Ikeda, but he did not respond. Niwa Nagahide sent a mediator during his illness, but in the deliberate delay of the "monkey", the matter passed like this. It is said that after hearing the news of Shibata Katsuie's death, Niwa Nagahide vomited two mouthfuls of blood in a row, and his condition worsened.

The "monkey" naturally did not stop at this point, and imprisoned Oda Nobutaka and took control of Minami Omi himself, on the grounds that Oda Nobutaka colluded with foreign enemies to plot against him, and the evidence was that Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked Owari in order to aid him. However, in order to show his "great selflessness", he immediately handed over Oda Nobutaka to Nobuo's custody.

Maeda Toshiie, Kanamori Nagakin, and others must have had some opinions on the actions of the "monkeys", but in the face of the possibility of a joint attack by Uesugi, Hojo, and Tokugawa, they chose to remain silent. In addition, the "monkeys" once again expelled Sasa Naimasa and other practices that clearly took care of their interests, and the eastern part of the old domain of Oda gradually returned to calm. Unlucky was Takigawa Kazuyi, whose territory was cut down to five thousand koku.

Faced with this situation, Tokugawa Ieyasu had to withdraw from Owari, but formed a formal alliance with the Hojo clan, and the relationship between Uesugi Keikatsu and the Hojo family was rapidly repaired. The alliance was already able to mobilize more than 100,000 troops, and they were closely monitoring the situation in.

All of this happened in the previous three months, and "Monkey" appeared in front of people as the new overlord of, and although he kept a low profile for "modest" reasons, he was not slow at all in his actions below.

I turned my head to look at the "book" on the desk, and the reason why it was so thick was because it added a lot of explanations of analysis and evidence.

I know exactly what kind of person the "monkey" is, but I can only know what kind of person Kuroda Kanbei is, so I'm still worried about what kind of changes will occur.

"Lord, have you read that document?" At this time, the half-guards of Takenaka came, and they came to ask me what I thought of the "book".

"Just finished reading!" At the thought of this question, I subconsciously rubbed my temples. "I think the 'monkey' is already preparing to deal with me at this time, how is he doing?"

"It's not so urgent, and now he's seeking the name of righteousness!" Seeing my troubles, the Takenaka Hanbei slowed his tone a little. "The lord can't be compared with Shibata, and he doesn't have the strength to deal with the lord at the moment. I estimate that he will need at least three months of preparation before he will be able to be as 'sure' as he thinks he is! ”

"Why?" I continued to rub my temples.