"Yaga!"

In the western capital of the original castle in the southeast corner of Kyushu Island, Shimazu Hisao angrily overturned the low table in front of him, and the sushi and sake on it were scattered all over the house, so frightened that the maid who was kneeling next to him fell deep on the ground, sifting the chaff vigorously. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I knew that Jiro Okuto, this bastard, didn't have a good heart to give me Nishitohara!" Shimazu Hisao roared hysterically, "He's one of Tadawon's dogs!" You want me dead by all means! ”

Jiro Okuto in Shimazu Hisao's mouth is the highest status and strongest elder of the Shimazu family, and he is also the most powerful confidant of Shimazu Iehisa, and the appointment and dismissal of the lords of each city can be said to be in his hands; The other Tadamoto, also known as Shimazu Tadamoto, is Hisao's half-brother and is now a hostage in Edo, and is the most powerful contender for the next governor of the Shimazu family.

Since the last time he was beaten to the door by the Fuliao Army's sailors, Shimazu Hisao, the culprit, was besieged by a group of retainers led by Jiro Okuto, if it weren't for his father's protection, he would probably have to apologize; After living in seclusion for half a year, his father felt that the limelight had passed, so he asked him to go out of the mountain to become a city lord again, hoping that he could fight for some strength to rebuild his team and have a foothold in the future.

Who knew that Jiro Okuto, who was loyal to Shimazu Tadamoto, played a trick and got him to this western capital city; At first, Shimazu Hisao wondered how he could have such good luck and become the lord of the Western Capital Castle, you must know that this Western Capital Castle is a big city in the Miyazaki region, and the stone height is as high as 23,000 stones! There are nearly 2,000 ashigaru people who can be recruited! It's really a mouth-watering piece of fat. (Crab note: Shi Gao simply put, it is the number of fields levied on the fiefdom every year)

After Shimazu Hisao rushed to the West Capital Plains City, his ass was still hot, and a paper order covering his father's defense came, and he took away 1,500 ashigaru at once, and now even if he requisitioned all the remaining ashigaru, he was still overstretched to defend such a big city!

"Brother Hisao, now you know what Tojiro wants to do, he just wants to use you as bait to catch the more and more ferocious Kishidans in the mountains!" (Crab note: 一揆 is the Japanese name for the rebel army)

The speaker was Shimazu Hisao's own brother Shimazu Tadashi, who is only 16 years old this year, but because of his hooked nose and deep eye sockets, he looks very yin - although the two are brothers, their personalities are very different; Shimazu Hisao is the kind of person who can't hide any thoughts and has joys, sorrows and sorrows written on his face, and his younger brother is scheming at a young age, and his heart and eyes are still incomprehensible.

This time, Tadashi quietly came over from Kagoshima Honmaru to inform Shimazu Hisao of the news he had inquired about: Kiriji Danichi suddenly made a fuss at the beginning of the year, and caught the Shimazu family by surprise; By the time the Shimazu family came to their senses, Ichikazu had already scourged a large area on the border of Kagoshima, Miyazaki, and Kumamoto -- they were like locusts, burning and killing all the way, and not only were all the people swept away, but the houses and land were also burned to the ground; The Shimazu family has mobilized troops to surround it several times, but they have all allowed a handful of golden cicadas to escape by throwing the people who were coerced.

Not to mention Shimazu Iehisa, I'm afraid that no daimyo in the whole of Japan has ever seen it, which really makes Shimazu Iejiu very sad, and he has to requisition and transfer the ashigaru in the territory one after another, and even sent out his most elite Kunlun Nu iron artillery team, cobbled together an army of 20,000 people, faintly forming an encirclement of the Shibugaku area in the west of the Western Capital; However, this area is high and densely forested, inaccessible, and the army of 20,000 people cannot even afford to soak it down, and the defense line is full of loopholes.

Just when the Shimazu family was at a loss, Jiro Okuto offered a plan, that is, to use the original castle of the western capital as a bait to lure Ichiyu to attack, and then ambush the troops in all directions, trapping Ichijo to death in the original castle of the western capital!

Of course, this plan is top secret, and few people know about it, but Shimazu Tadashi saw the clues from the clues and guessed the intentions of Jiro Otto!

"Yaga! Ohukyu, this bastard, I won't let him go! Shimazu Hisao had long been angry, and at this moment, he was even more excited by this sentence of loyalty, "I'll go back to Honmaru to find my father!" I'm going to kill Jiro Okuto! ”

"You're going back now?" Shimazu tadamiya pouted and said, "I'm afraid that if you enter the city with your front foot, Tojiro will arrest you with your back foot...... He is worried that he can't find a crime to cure you, if you dare to escape, I'm afraid my father won't be able to save you this time! ”

Shimazu Hisao came back to his senses at this time, sat down on the ground with his mouth open, and was stunned for a long time before muttering to himself, "Then what should I do?" Am I just going to be stuck here and die? ”

Shimazu Tadashi looked at him deeply, and smiled wickedly, "Waiting for death? Our brothers' lives are not so easy to lose! …… Just this and this, and so and so ......and so and so Let's let Tojiro walk around without eating! ”

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Just when the two Shimazu brothers were discussing how to save themselves, thousands of miles away in Edo Castle Nishi no Maru, Tokugawa Hidetada, the second general of the Tokugawa shogunate and the current "Great Imperial Palace", was half-leaning in the arms of the two maids behind him, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and his gray eyebrows trembled slightly from time to time. (Crab note: Daigosho was the title of the shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate after his abdication, similar to the Emperor Taishang of China)

Kneeling across from him was Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, that is, Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son, Tokugawa Hidetada, who was sitting precariously at the moment, reading the letter in his hand without squinting, this was an official reply letter from Shimazu Iehisa to Tokugawa Iemitsu, which was about Kirichi Danichi - although Tokugawa Iemitsu had been enthroned nine years ago, he had always reported to Tokugawa Hidetada whenever there was a major event and asked him to make a decision.

"Feng Ji, bring that box of cigarettes." After listening to the letter quietly, Tokugawa Hidetada commanded softly, his eyes still not opened, until Na Toyohime came back with a cigarette case made of sandalwood, he sat up straight with the help of the maid, took out a thick cigarette roll from the cigarette case and handed it to Iemitsu, "Come!" Try! A new variety of fairy grass cigarettes. ”

Jiaguang straightened up, respectfully took the cigarette and bowed slightly, "Jiaguang thanks the great emperor for the cigarette!" ”

"Shimazu is an old fox for a long time, and his disagreement with us sending troops to help suppress it was expected by the old man!" After Tokugawa Hidetada lit the cigarette, he took a puff of smoke with satisfaction before he slowly spoke, "Kyushu has always been a difficult place to meddle, and the Shimazu family has a thick foundation, how can it be so easy to comply?" …… Let's look at it and see how capable these Chezhi Dans are...... If it really takes that day, when the Kirichi Dan can rush to the foot of Kagoshima Honmaru Castle, he Shimazu family will be cunning for a long time, and I am afraid that he will have to obediently ask us to take action. ”

After hearing this, Tokugawa Iemitsu's narrow and thin eyes slowly revealed a trace of essence, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching slightly. (To be continued.) )