"My lord, I remember telling you many times that things on this battlefield are changing rapidly, and the time, place, and people are indispensable, and maybe everything can be missing." Kakukuma Ishizong said.

"Of course I do." Otomo replied.

"However, the final victory must wait until the last moment, and it is possible to get the final result through the entanglement of various factors, which is a complicated matter and cannot be completely decided.

What we can do is to make all the preparations that should be made before the battle, analyze all possible factors on the entire battlefield and around the battlefield as much as possible, take all these into account, and make the best preparations possible. ”

"Master Normal is right, I have been taught." Otomo Zonglin, who has always been flying and domineering, actually made a disciple salute to the Kakuma Stone Sect at this time, and if there were other people present, he would definitely stuff all his hands into his mouth.

Kakukuma Ishizong is a smart person, he will not think how great he is because of Otomo Sorin's actions, he has been assisting this lord for more than ten years, and he knows his lord's virtue very well, so he quickly knelt down and returned a big gift. Strategist, strategist, the most important thing is to keep yourself from being in a dangerous place.

"Lord, speaking of which, the lord over there is a bit interesting."

"Oh! Who is this person, who can make the teacher so interested. ”

"My lord, this person is the adopted son of the Kuroda family's chief general in southern Kyushu, Ite Tomokiyo."

"It's just an eldest son, there shouldn't be anything! I've heard that the eldest son of the Imate Tomoshi is an outstanding young samurai, and this Imate Tomoshi has many children, and this Imate Tomokiyo is the eldest son, so it should be impossible for him to inherit the Imate family! I heard that this person's entire family was killed by the Ide Yushi clan, and it can be said that there is a deep blood feud, could it be that Master Normal is preparing to omit this Ide Tomoki? ”

Otomo Sorin is not a careful person, and the reason why he knows so much is only because he has to fight with the Imate Tomo, so he got to know him and the people around him in advance.

"Lord, that's not the case, although this person's whole family was killed by the Ide Tomo, but he has been raised by the Imate Tomo clan since he was a child, and the Imate Tomo clan has always taken good care of him, and he himself is also very loyal to the Kuroda family, and it is basically impossible to omit this person."

"Then why should Master Normal be interested in this person?" Otomo Zonglin said suspiciously.

"Because he is also likely to get the inheritance of the Imate family later."

"What? The adoption of the eldest son obtains the right of inheritance, which ...... Teacher Teacher, are you serious? Otomo Sorin's surprise almost left speechless.

"My lord, I'm serious."

"But as I said just now, although this Ite Yukiyo does look relatively good, and he is a samurai with very good martial arts, his excellence is completely manifested in martial arts, and there is nothing outstanding in other aspects. If that's the case, Imate Tomotaka, who is the eldest son, should become the head of the Ite family, and even if this Imate Tomotaka can't do it, there are several heirs behind him, and I really can't accept it. ”

"Lord, if it was before, I would never say that."

"Could it be that there is something hidden in this?"

"Hey! My lord, that's exactly what happened, just over ten days ago, the eldest son of the Imate Tomoshi clan, Ite Tomotaka, led the men and horses to pacify the Iino region of Minami-Hyuga Province, and eliminated the three small daimyo of the Toyosu Shimazu family, the Shinna family, and the Kitago family. ”

"But isn't that the merit of Tomotaka Ide?"

"The problem is that in this process, Imate Tomotaka was not only timid as the main general, but also took the exploits of other samurai of the Kuroda family in the end, because of this matter was personally reprimanded by the Imate Tomoshi clan."

"It's just a young man's recklessness, it's nothing! If he is deprived of his inheritance qualification because of this, is it too child's play? ”

Otomo Zonglin is a brutal person, so he didn't think it was a big deal for such a thing as taking the lead in military merit, because he didn't do less when he was young.

As for what he said about cowardice, in his opinion, maybe he didn't come forward to fight! The son of a daughter, can't sit down, isn't this a matter of course?

"It's just that behind this incident, I still know some things." Kakukuma continued.

"But the secret about these two men?"

"Hey! It is said that behind the scenes, all the samurai under the command of the Imate Tomoshi clan and the people sent by the Kuroda family are extremely disgusted because of the reputation that Imate Tomotaka has always had, and with this incident, most of these people seem to support Imate Tomokiyo to become the future governor of the Iate family. It's going underground for the time being, but it's still known to our people. ”

"In other words, the people of the Iate family, compared to the eldest son of the Iate Tomoshi clan, Ite Tomotaka, prefer Imate Tomokiyo, the eldest son, is that what does that mean?"

"Hey! Exactly. ”

"In that case, how about I send some more people over and try to catch this Ite-to-Kiyoki?"

"Then it doesn't have to be like this, everything is providential!"

"Also, as long as there is no problem over there, as Master Shi said, as long as they can make a breakthrough, the family can divide another military detour to the rear of the Kuroda family's army, and then the front and rear attacks will definitely defeat the Kuroda family's army."

"Now the Kuroda family's army is indeed gathered on the opposite side of us, presumably it should be the weakest place for the Kuroda family's defense now, as long as we can break through that land, we can let the army go straight to the Satsuma country and Osumi country behind the Kuroda family, indeed as the lord said, defeating the Kuroda family will not be too much of a problem."

"Master Teacher."

"Hey!"

"I'm going to plead guilty to you."

"Ah, my lord, what do you mean?"

"I remember when you had just defeated the Mori family in the Kuroda family, you told me that it was the best opportunity to attack the Kuroda family, but I hesitated at the time, so I lost a great opportunity. Now that I think about it, if I had decisively obeyed the words of Master Shino and immediately sent troops to the two countries, it is likely that my family would have already dominated Kyushu and the western country, and I really regret that I didn't do it at the beginning. ”