Kyushu Satsuma country, Shimazu family.

As for the recent civil strife in the Sagara family of Minamihigo, which is separated by a mountain, it is impossible for the Shimazu family, as a neighbor, not to know the way. Recently, many retainers have suggested taking the opportunity to infiltrate Reedhoku-gun, which is adjacent to the Sagara family and the Shimazu family.

For this matter, Takahisa Shimazu specially summoned Tadaro Ijiin, who had just returned from Tanegashima.

"How's it going, how is the Iron Cannon Workshop going on Tanegashima?" As soon as the two met, Takahisa Shimazu first asked about the progress of the training of the Iron Artillery Team.

"To report to my lord, the workshop on Tanegashima Island has already made ten iron cannons, and the dozens of iron cannon teams that used the iron cannons purchased from the Southern Barbarians to form the city have become proficient in using iron cannons." Tadaro Ijiin immediately reported.

"Well, that's very good!" Takahisa Shimazu nodded. He was already calculating in his mind when he should bring this iron artillery team into battle.

"My lord, is it for the sake of the civil strife in the Sagara family after Nanfei to summon his subordinates so anxiously?" Tadaro Ijiin said again.

"Yes, many retainers in the family hope that the family will take the opportunity to attack the neighboring Weibei County, what do you think?" Takahisa Shimazu immediately asked.

"My lord, when your majesty was in Tanegashima, did you discuss with the young master?"

"Oh? What is the opinion of Tiger Shou Maru? Shimazu Takahisa didn't expect that his sister-in-law, Shimazu Yoshihisa, would have his own opinions on this, and he immediately became curious. For this sister-in-law, he has great expectations.

"The young master thinks that this is the critical period of Satsuma in the family's strategy, and if he divides his troops to attack Nanfei at this time, I am afraid that he will not be able to take care of both."

"That's your opinion too?" Takahisa Shimazu asked thoughtfully.

However, Tadaro Ijiin did not immediately give a clear reply to Shimazu Takahisa. Instead, he continued to analyze: "My lord. Even if the family occupies Nanfeihou. But the terrain of the family's territory has become distributed along the coast, once there is an accident in the water county of the Satsuma Peninsula after connecting Nanfei, the family will only be able to rely on the navy to contact the two places, but the Yashiro Sea along the coast of Nanhigo is already the sea area of the Luo family's navy at this time, once the family's navy enters here, I am afraid that there will be a conflict with the Luo family. ”

"Could it be that your opinion is that the family should concentrate all their efforts to take control of the Nakasatsuma region that threatens Izumi-gun?" Takahisa Shimazu continued to ask.

"Exactly!" Ijiin Tadaro nodded, "My lord." At this time, it is already a critical moment for the decisive battle between the family and the three families of Togo, Prayer Temple, and Irifuin Temple, as long as you take Central Satsuma. Then take advantage of the situation to march into North Satsuma, then the family will be able to complete the great cause of unifying the Satsuma country, and then the family will be bordered by the reedite county and Kuma county of the southern Higo country, and when the boundary is boundary, if Sagara is still in turmoil, then the family will naturally take advantage of the situation to take down the southern higo. ”

"Hmm!" Takahisa Shimazu immediately groaned. Shimazu Takahisa's heart is a little entangled at the moment, and now is indeed the best time to attack Nanfei! However, the strategy for Nakasatsuma cannot be relaxed either. He was thinking about it, and with the current strength of the Shimazu family, it seemed that they could fight on two fronts at the same time.

Seeing that Shimazu Takahisa didn't seem to have made up his mind yet, Tadaro Ijiin immediately continued: "My lord. Even if the family crossed the border of Hisa and attacked the reeditsu gun, Minamata Castle, which was guarded by the Sagara family's general Inudo Ryan, was also a fortified castle. In the short term, the family will not be able to conquer this city, but will fall into a long-term cage battle. ”

"Hmm!" Takahisa Shimazu seems to have finally made up his mind.

Indeed, as Tadaro Ijiin said, Minamata Castle in Reedhoku-gun, the Sagara family, was indeed a fortified castle that guarded the coastal land from Satsuma to Minamihi.

It's just that Ryan, the dog boy who is the general of Minamata Castle, is very depressed during this time. The reason for the depression is because of the military strength of Aso Yuzen, who sneaks up from time to time outside the city.

Since the first two fathers and sons, Aso Weichang and Aso Wei, were driven out of the territory of the Omiya family after Aso Weifeng and Kai Kai, it was the Sagara family who took in this pair of fallen fathers and sons.

In the past few years, although the two fathers and sons have not been treated well, they have also been allowed to settle down in the border area of Hisa, and even when the two fathers and sons counterattacked the Omiya family with the support of the Shimazu family, the Sagara family also opened the way to march to them.

But it was this Aso Weiqian, after receiving a lot of favors from the Sagara family, not only did he not think about retribution, but also became a hungry wolf in many attempts to divide the Sagara family at this moment. Some time ago, when the dog boy Ryan sent troops to rescue Eagle Peak Castle, he actually sent troops to approach Minamata Castle several times, so that the dog boy Ryan had to stick to Minamata Castle and watched the civil strife of the Sagara family become more and more intense. So the dog boy Ryan was very depressed at this time.

Similarly, at this time, Masahiro, who was in Shenjiang City in front of Nanfei, also looked very depressed.

Because at this time, a guest who had come from Anyi was kneeling in front of him with anticipation.

This person is none other than An Yun's wealthy family, Yoshikawa Xingjing, the governor of the Yoshikawa family.

Of course, now he can only be called the former governor of the Yoshikawa family. Because not long ago, he had been forced to abdicate by the retainers. At this time, the Yoshikawa family, the wealthy family of Anyu, had been secretly annexed by the Maori family.

Speaking of this Yoshikawa family, it has an unusual relationship with both the Niko family and the Mori family.

Yoshikawa Kokyo's great-grandfather, Yoshikawa Keiki, was a famous fierce general "Oni Yoshikawa" during the Onin War. Yoshikawa Nobuyoki's bravery was admired by Niko for a long time, and Yoshikawa Nobuyi also matched his daughter to the main room of the company because of his appreciation for his talents.

And Yoshikawa Kokyo's grandfather, Yoshikawa Kunikene's second daughter, Miaojiu, is the main room of Mori Motosho. Yoshikawa Kotsune's mother was the younger sister of Mori Motosashi. Under the influence of Myojiu, Mori Mototo, and Yoshikawa Kokyo's father, Yoshikawa Motokei, became righteous brothers, and such a close relationship led to frequent cooperation between the Mori family and the Yoshikawa family.

But since Yoshikawa Xingjing succeeded to the family governor, the relationship between the two families has slowly changed.

Like his great-grandfather, Yoshikawa Keiki, Yoshikawa was a fierce general, unrivaled on the battlefield, especially in archery. He was known as "Jinnishi", and his archery was rated as comparable to that of the famous archer Jinnishi Hachiro of the Heian period. However, his bravery only shows that Yoshikawa Kotsune is a martial artist. He was suspicious and repetitive by nature, had a strong temper, and was not very good at handling political affairs and relations with his retainers.

This character flaw is mainly reflected in Yoshikawa Kokyo's repeated betrayal in several wars between the Niko family and the Ouchi family. In the Battle of Yamashijo in Yoshida-gun in the 9th year of Tenmon (1540), Yoshikawa Kokei, who was originally subordinate to the camp of the Niko family, felt that the strength of Niko Harumu was worrying, and that continuing to follow the autumn wind and sunset would only endanger him. As a result, he joined forces with a number of Izumo and Iwami people to defect under the umbrella of Yoshitaka Ouchi. and then requested to go with the expedition. During the Battle of Gassan Tomita Castle, the overall condition of the Ouchi army disappointed Yoshikawa Kokei again. As a result, Yoshikawa Kokei once again defected to the Niko camp with Misawa Weiqing, Honjo Tsunemitsu and others, and directly contributed to the victory of the Niko family. Regardless of the course of events, Yoshikawa Kokei did have repeated acts such as falling from the Niko family to the Ouchi family before the Battle of Gassan Tomita Castle, and from the Ouchi family to the Nichi family during the war.

As a military general, Yoshikawa Kotsune is indeed brave on the battlefield. However, in terms of politics and integrity, it seems that Yoshikawa Xingjing is not very good, and it can even be said to be mediocre, after all, the battlefield is different from politics. Being brave on the battlefield does not mean that you can manage your family business well. Yoshikawa Kokei's repeated behavior of falling to the Ouchi family for a while and the Niko family for a while caused strong dissatisfaction among the ministers. In the territory, Yoshikawa Kokei often entrusted state affairs to Captain Oshio, his important minister, during his absence, but Yoshikawa Kokei seems to be entrusted to no one. Captain Otabaemon used to be arrogant and harsh to other retainers, causing dissatisfaction among the retainers. Yoshikawa Kokei's uncle, Yoshikawa Nobuyo, and his old minister, Yuyu Moriwaki, both thought that the appointment of the arrogant and corrupt Captain of the Great Wai Yama was a mistake on the part of Yoshikawa Kokei. They were uneasy by the narrowness of Yoshikawa's strength and the repetition of his behavior, and they feared that the Yoshikawa family would be destroyed at the hands of Yoshikawa Kokyo. They felt that Yoshikawa Kokei, who was so worrisome, was no longer fit to be the head of the Yoshikawa family. As a result, the people who were friendly with Mori Moto, and others secretly forced Yoshikawa to live in seclusion, and discussed with his in-law Mori Moto, asking the Mori family to pass a relative to the Yoshikawa family and serve as the head of the Yoshikawa family.

Maori Yuan has long had the ambition to dominate An Yun, and the proposal of Jingshi and others is a great opportunity to expand the power of the Maori family, how could Yuan let it go? With Jingshi and others as the internal response, Mori Yuan has already begun to plan to seize the power of the Yoshikawa family. In the 15th year of Tenmon (1546), the elders of the Yoshikawa family were handed over to Mori Motojo, which included three items: "I will obey Motosho's orders", "give Yoshikawa Kokei a place to retire", and "eliminate the opposition elements in the Yoshikawa family".

Masara had already learned about the changes of these retainers from the detectives stationed in Yoshikawa Kokei's territory, so Masara immediately sent a letter of reminder to Yoshikawa Kokei. But Yoshikawa Kokei, a stupid pig, didn't think so.

Eventually, in April of this year, with the help of Yoshikawa Kokei and other retainers of Yoshikawa, Mori Moto instigated a shot at Yoshikawa's house. For a time, there was a wave of opposition to Yoshikawa Xingjing in the Yoshikawa family, and there was even a rebellion. Mori Moto, on the pretext that Yoshikawa Kokei was fully responsible for the corruption of Captain Oshino, forced Yoshikawa Kokei to abdicate. At this time, Jingshi and others persuaded Yoshikawa Kokei to focus on the overall situation, and suggested that Yoshikawa Kokei should set up Mori Motosho's second son, Yoshikawa Kokei (Yoshikawa Motoharu), the second son of Yoshikawa Kotsune, and Yoshikawa Kokei's cousin Shosuke Jiro (Yoshikawa Motoharu), as Yoshikawa Kokei's adopted son, inherit the Yoshikawa family, and stabilize the family business. Although Yoshikawa Xingjing was reluctant in every way, under the pressure of opposing voices, he finally abdicated and lived in seclusion according to the advice of Jingshi and others. And Yoshikawa Motoharu entered the Yoshikawa family and became the fifteenth generation head of the Yoshikawa family.

According to the development of history, the 39-year-old Yoshikawa Kotsune and his sister-in-law, Senji, lived a secluded life in Fukawa, between the territory of the Mori family and the Kumagai family, until they were killed by Mori Moto.

After Yoshikawa Xingjing abdicated and lived in seclusion, after repeated thinking, he couldn't let go of his ambition to restore the Yoshikawa family, and finally decided to take advantage of the fact that the Mao family's surveillance was not very strict, and escaped through a secret passage secretly built due to the previous warning from the Luo family, and finally came to Masato and made a request for refuge. (To be continued......)