I took a sip from the teacup on the desk, and there was a faint bitterness in the fragrance, because I had been a little hot lately, and a few pieces of juu and honeysuckle were added to the tea. I smacked my lips and felt fine, the bitterness in my mouth was not so strong anymore.

It was getting late, and the study was getting darker. Mibenmaru walked in lightly, added a few more pieces of charcoal to the brazier, and flicked it back and forth with tongs a few times, and immediately a strong warmth rose in the room. There was only a candle covered with white gauze on the desk, and Mibenmaru lit two more, but when he saw that the desk was full of various documents, he seemed a little hesitant, and the last one was placed on the bookshelf in front of me, and the other one was placed on the cabinet on the right. Seeing that there was nothing more to do, he crept out again.

Looking at his back, I nodded, the newcomers Gobenmaru and Umechiyo are very eye-catching and very diligent. They may be far inferior to their fathers when it comes to strategizing and charging into battle, but this down-to-earth spirit is more needed in the future. After Xinqing takes over the Zhuxing family, the courtiers he needs will definitely be different from me, and he needs to establish a new order.

Putting down my thoughts, I picked up the open fold in front of me again, and continued to look down where I had just been. The newspaper was so interesting that I laughed a few times before I knew it.

Today is the 15th day of December in the 9th year of Tensho (1581), and nearly a month has passed since the Kikutei Sunny Season and the departure of Washio Ridgeyasu. During this time, the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and major events have basically settled. Or maybe there is a final scene in this drama, and I have to go on stage for a curtain call to be worthy of the many audiences.

However, many actors have basically decided their own destinations, and everything else is just a cutscene, taking this excerpt in my hand as an example, it is the interpretation of the situation in Kyushu and Western Country sorted out by my subordinates, or the "acting" evaluation of the Maori family and some supporting roles over there.

This was where the overall stalemate began, and on November 22, at Nakatsu Castle in Bunzen, Kyushu, Naoshige Nabeshima and Juntada Omura, who had been defending together, suddenly defected, killed Harunobu Arima and welcomed the army of Keiji Maeda into the castle. Their reason was that the Mori family did not abide by the original agreement and instigated Arima Harunobu and the Ryuzoji politicians to rebel!

By the time I conquered Kyushu, the Mori family's navy had been destroyed, and now I could only watch as this army of nearly 20,000 men landed. On November 26, Yamaguchi Castle fell, and the Mori general, Takashi Anado, was killed in battle, and the Maeda army marched directly at Aki's Hiroshima Castle. (The Mori family has built Hiroshima Castle as a new town)

By the way, the day after Harunobu Arima was killed, the Otomo army conquered Saga Castle with the cooperation of Matsuura and other wealthy clans in Hizen, and the Ryuzoji clan burned down the castle tower and killed himself, and the Ryuzoji family perished.

Just as the Maori family was preparing to rush into battle, another strange soldier suddenly appeared behind them, and the Shimazu Navy attacked Choshu. Shimazu Yoshihiro led 3,000 soldiers and horses to land and plundered Nagato Town, and there was a tendency for further internal invasion. According to the statement spread by the Shimazu army along the way: The Maori family did not believe in their words, and Shimazu disturbed the situation in Kyushu and forced His Royal Highness the Senator to retreat, but the Maori family refused to pay 100,000 yuan as agreed, and this time the Shimazu army took care of itself!

As soon as this statement came out of the world, the Maori family was speechless, not to mention that the wealthy families of the Western Kingdom who were originally attached to them were scattered, and even the hereditary old ministers began to be in turmoil. The young Mori Terumoto was also somewhat decisive, and hurriedly ordered Yoshikawa Motoharu to withdraw from the siege of Mt. Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, and gave clear instructions: Be sure to reach a settlement with the Niko family, and even if it fails, there must be no response to the possible pursuit of the Niko family! In addition, according to legend, Kobayakawa Takakei was secretly on his way to.

"It's really interesting!" I couldn't help but laugh again, I didn't expect the Shimazu family to come up with such a reason. However, I was a little moved by the amazement, the Shimazu family's trust in me is really nothing to say, if I turn my face and don't recognize people later, such a reason is enough to bring disaster to the Shimazu family.

The role of the Mori family can only be regarded as a relatively important side, but what really matters is the "monkey" side, and the various direct information and analysis on the side of Nishi-show that there are five stacks, and I have singled out the more important ones in turn.

On November 23, the Ukita Tadashi Army, which had been stranded on the border with Tamba, suddenly returned to the army, and the speed of action was unbelievable. Almost at the same time, the Ukita family's forces partially marched westward, and together with Hosokawa Fujitaka and Tadashiko, who had been sent by Hakuki, they began to conquer the eastern territories of the Mori family.

The "monkey" who was trapped at home and abroad finally realized the hopelessness of Shangluo, and finally chose to withdraw his troops in the dilemma of besieging from all sides, and in order to make up for the lack of food and grass before leaving, he ordered the soldiers to start plundering the places of Izumi and Settsu despite the dissuasion of his subordinates. This provided an excellent excuse, and the long-prepared Ko'er Caizo and Nagano Yemori attacked him from two directions.

At this time, Ikeda Tsuneko was so strong that even Niwa Nagashige, who had been hesitant for a long time, led his troops, and within a few days the number of men and horses rose to 30,000. For a while, it can be described as bullish, although there is still a big gap in quality compared to Yuchaijun.

The three-way combined attack force exceeded the 15,000 of the Yuchai army, but as long as the arrangement was successful, there was no hope of victory. The Ikeda coalition took the initiative to attack instead of the cautious way of thinking they had been cautiously adherence some time ago, and Hideyoshi Hashiba had the talented military advisor Kuroda Kanbei and many fierce generals under his command, and he could reverse the decline in one fell swoop if he found an opportunity.

But this kind of thing has to be found and waited, which will take some time, but God obviously does not favor Yushiba Hideyoshi and does not give him this time.

On December 2, the major lords of the four kingdoms formed a coalition to swear to defeat Hashiba Hideyoshi, and at the same time, Nobukiyoshi forwarded to the imperial court the joint documents of the 27 castle lords and wealthy clans, including Nagamune Ibu, Tokawa, Hosokawa, Nakamura, Hori, and Kagawa, and listed several crimes of Hashiba Hideyoshi instigating Shinohara to escape and disturb the four countries.

The four-nation coalition army has 40,000 troops, and the Xinqing Committee Takenaka Banbei is the general general; Changzong's relatives and Zhuxing Yiqing are the deputy generals; Ten Rivers Preservation was the vanguard, riding the main fleet of the Zhuxing Naval Army to kill Harima.

On December 5, the Nagase-cho defender Wasuka Masakatsu surrendered without a fight, and the gate of Himeji Castle was suddenly opened and there was no danger to defend; On December 6, Hidecho Hashiba abandoned Himeji Castle and retreated to Miki Castle with Hideyoshi's family; On December 7, the coalition brigade entered Himeji Castle and immediately launched a pursuit, but because Hashiba Hidenaga and his party entered the mountains in light clothing, the pursuit team did not go well, allowing them to enter Miki Castle safely.

Later, Nobukiyo's Shangshu was also sent to Kyoto, pleading guilty to his practice of raising troops without the authorization of the imperial court, and explaining that he was constrained by the righteous indignation of the major city lords and wealthy families. However, at the same time, he publicly declared: If the court must condemn the crime, please add the crime to him alone, and there is no harm to the others!

The previous period of the imperial court just made a wrong judgment based on wrong intelligence, not that there is any problem with the IQ of the royal family and the ministers, and if you still can't see the situation clearly at this time, then it won't exist until today! In addition to commending the righteousness and courage of the wealthy families of the four countries headed by Nobukiyo, the emperor also officially issued an edict to the world: Hashiba Hideyoshi is the enemy of the court!

Now it is no longer possible for the "monkey" to wait for the opportunity to turn the tables, only to do his best to break through to the west and launch the great confidence that the mourning army will win, and it really made him rush out of the junction of Keer Caizang and Nagano Yesheng. In the face of the pursuit of Ikeda Tsuneko, Ko'er Caizo, and Nagano Yosei, and the interception of forces along the way, Hideyoshi Hashiba finally fled into Miki Castle on December 13, but his total number of soldiers and horses at this time was less than 7,000, and the number of troops from all walks of life that followed him was approaching the 100,000 mark.

I sorted out the few pieces of information that I picked out and put them in a bag, and it was undoubtedly the end of Hideyoshi Hashiba, and these will also become history, an unknown history!

"Here's Tokugawa Ieyasu!" I muttered silently, pulling out a stack of letterpaper from under the outermost stack.

The Tokugawa family was almost monolithic, and I couldn't get into their core after years of hard work, but the Tokugawa family, which had incorporated Kai and Shinano, had expanded rapidly in the past year, which gave me a chance. I used it right away, and Tokugawa Ieyasu thought he had found a critical moment for me to wrestle with the "monkey", and brazenly invaded Owari to quickly enter Beijing, but unfortunately Inaba Ichitetsu, who was heading south, organized an effective defense, and his attacks had little effect.

Before Tokugawa Ieyasu could adjust the next deployment, an unexpected thing happened! Nine Demons Yoshitaka took up the Kumano Water Army, and 5,000 pirates landed on Enoe to besiege Hamamatsu Castle, although it was not overcome because of Ii Naomasa's desperate defense, but within three days Enoe was also destroyed to the point that it could not be seen. In addition, at this time, the exact news of the drastic change in the situation had arrived, and Tokugawa Ieyasu had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

"Do you want to deal with Tokugawa Ieyasu right away, or do you want to wait?" I can't help but hesitate a little when I think of this, both options have their own benefits.

"My lord, Your Excellency Nijo and Your Excellency Kikutei are here!" Before I could figure it out, Gobenmaru squeezed in through the crack in the open door.

"Wait for tea in the front hall, I'll go over!" I stood up and prepared to go out for the meeting. This is the sixth batch in ten days, and it's not good to see it. "Huh?" Suddenly, I hung a few pieces of paper from the corner of my clothes, picked them up and looked at them, and it turned out to be the final review report of the "Stone Refining Project".

Why is it that in just two months, there are so many variables that my enemies have not expected? Not just because of such a simple name, but nearly one million yuan of money that has been secretly invested in the past five years.

"This is history, too!" I smiled and threw them into the brazier.