The new news has not yet come, but a major event happened far away in Kyushu. At the beginning of the year, there was civil strife in Bungo Otomo's family. Otomo Yoshikan, who was the guardian of Bungo, Higo, and Chikugo, was killed by his eldest son Otomo Yoshijin.
It is well known that the Kyushu daimyo Otomo Yoshiken did not like his eldest son Otomo Yoshizumi. The governor also made many common mistakes in family strife. He excessively favored Shioichimaru, who was born by his side wife, and later married Irida, who was the fufu of Otomo Yoshizumi. Makoto conspired to dethrone the elders and establish younger ones, and then Irida Makoto took advantage of Otomo Yoshizhen to go to Hamawaki Hot Spring to recuperate, and killed Kosai Yamato Mori Jinnao and Saito Harima Shou Nagami of the Yoshizhen faction.
After learning the bad news, the other two retainers of the nominal sect, Tsukumi Misakumori and Taguchi Zarito Sakanuchika, led their men into the unsuspecting Otomo Mansion overnight and killed the man who was sleeping in the second floor of the Otomo Mansion. Shioichimaru and his biological mother were killed together, and Otomo Yoshikan who was sleeping in Kirima could not escape the bad luck. He was stabbed on the spot by the rebellious officials. The scene was extremely tragic. Otomo Yoshikan, who was famous in Kyushu, could not survive the pain for a long time. Tianjiu died on February 12th.
Otomo Yoshiken's eldest son, Otomo Yoshizumi, who hated him very much, raised troops from Beppu with lightning speed and killed two of the founders of the rebellion, his close confidant Tsukumi Mizu and Taguchi Zarito Sakan. Immediately afterwards, he attacked his servant, Irida Imamako, who lived up to expectations and escaped from the battle, running to his father-in-law, Aso Yueho, to take refuge. This was the famous Niikai collapse incident in later generations.
Because there are too many doubts in the Second Order Collapse, and because there are rumors within the Otomo family that Otomo Yoshinyu planned this assassination plan, and immediately attacked and killed the unsuspecting Tsukumi Misaku and Tsukumi after succeeding. Taguchi Zang was a helper, so the whole Otomo family was divided.
Kikuchi Yoshitake, his uncle in Higo, took advantage of the Second Order Collapse to contact the powerful Kakogi clan and Tajima clan in Higo to regain the original Kikuchi territory and Kumamoto Castle, the home of the Kikuchi family, and launched a campaign in the next two months. In order to counterattack Higo, he successively joined forces with the Miike, Otsuyama, and Watsuni families to attack the Odai clan of Otomo. At the same time, Nawa, Sagara, Aishi and other families also assisted Yoshitake in attacking Kiyama Masaki Castle.
In April of the 19th year of Tenmon, in Chikugo, Miike Chimori and Nishimuta Chashiro who responded to the Kikuchi riot were suppressed, and then they invaded Higo Kikuchi's territory. Facing Otomo's powerful military force, Higo, who was known as Kikuchi's three great ministers at this time, The three families of Kumabe, Akahoshi, and Jōri, the lords of Gokunin, have completely turned to Otomo's side, and the situation is moving in the direction of Otomo's advantage.
Although Otomo Gijin quickly swept away the opponents in the family and suppressed other voices in the family, he successfully changed the unfavorable situation of Higo country's separation from the Otomo family, but the adverse effects caused by this incident are still fermenting. As a result, the Otomo family's control over the retainers and people of the three kingdoms has also declined significantly.
The deployment to Gyeonggi Province in June has been decided. Yoshitoki Kira strictly ordered to intensify the reorganization and training while renovating the soldiers and armors. The first thing he did was to call the people nearby and distribute the 100 sets of armors captured by Hosokawa Harumoto. , plus a hundred horses and a set of swords and guns, the crowd on the side also jumped from the prepared horseback to the accurate horseback crowd.
Of course, these "accurate" Ma Hui are only equipped with similar equipment, and are still far behind the real Ma Hui. Some young people are only seven or eight years old and cannot wear armor. There are more than sixty people who can put on this equipment and sit firmly on the horse. , those who can ride a horse and run back and forth will be reduced by half, and those who can actually go into battle will be reduced by another half.
When convening the crowd, Takigawa Keijiro Tokimasu also ran back from Yamato Kokukofukuji Temple. After more than half a year of training, not only did he grow taller, but his strength more than doubled, and he carried
A jumonji gun went directly to Saijo Bei to challenge Watanabe Takatsuna by name, but he was defeated only after insisting on five combinations. Watanabe Takatsuna said that he has the appearance of a tiger general and his future achievements are limitless.
Of course, not everyone was happy. Gengoro Watanabe held up his small wooden gun and stopped Takigawa Tokihitoshi: "Don't leave! I, Gengoro Watanabe, want to challenge you! I want to prove to my father that I am a real tiger general!"
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When Takigawa Tokimasu heard that Watanabe Gengoro was about to challenge him, he first smiled, and then looked at Honda Miya, who was also dragging a small wooden gun and standing there at a loss as if he was about to cry, so he shook his head and said: "Oh? You are the one
Watanabe Gengoro? I have heard Sanya say this many times! Since you want to challenge me, then I will meet your request!"
"I'm going to get it!" Watanabe Gengoro brandished his wooden spear and stabbed it suddenly. However, he was too impatient and let go of his lower body. Takikawa Tokiyoshi dodged and stretched his legs to trip him. Watanabe refused to admit defeat.
Gengoro got up again and pounced on him again. This time Takigawa Tokiichi raised the Jumonmon Gun to block, grabbed the small wooden gun and put it on his neck with his backhand.
"Damn! I lost so easily! Am I really unable to become a tiger general?" Watanabe Gengoro's stubborn little face was filled with humiliation and unwillingness. He closed his eyes with a heroic expression of being ready to kill at the neck, and Takigawa was stunned.
Shi Yi burst out laughing, "Hahaha... what a funny guy!"
"Damn it! Don't laugh! What's so funny! This is a very disgusting duel, damn guy! You are still laughing!" Watanabe Gengoro sternly reprimanded Takigawa Tokihiko for his disrespectful behavior in the duel. Of course, this also made him laugh.
The smile became more cheerful.
After a while, I couldn't laugh anymore, so I threw the wooden gun to him and waved my hand and said: "Hahaha... I'm not laughing! I'm not laughing! Remember what I said! You will definitely become a tiger general in the future!"
That’s it, it’s been a long time! You are Sanya’s friend and also my Keijiro’s friend! Let the misunderstanding between friends go away! My name is Takigawa Keijiro Tokiichi! Please give me your advice!”
"But...I understand! My name is Watanabe Gengoro! Please give me some advice!" Watanabe Gengoro hesitated for a moment before announcing his name. Then he saw Honda Mimi rushing to save them both, and shouted: "Tai
Alright! Keijiro is back! Keijiro is back!”
"Bah bang bang!" Kira Yoshitoshi applauded their sincere friendship. Shima Sakon Tokikatsu, who was following behind him, had already seen it with hot eyes. When he saw the governor nodding to him, he quickly ran over and hugged them, smiling.
Sanya laughed and cried at one time and looked silly with joy. Hondaya Hachiro Tokimasa, who was standing on the other side of Kiragi Toki, kept twitching the corners of his mouth, showing a very ugly smile.
Kira Yoshi smiled like the warm and brilliant summer sun. Wen Yan said to him: "Yahachiro, you must learn to laugh from the heart. Laughter is the most harmless expression. The gentler your smile, the more harmless it will be."
, as someone who aspires to be a military advisor, counselor, or internal affairs officer, smile is your biggest friend, anger is your biggest enemy, weakness and sadness should be hidden in your heart, only people with a strong heart can achieve great achievements, understand
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Honda was suddenly shocked when he heard this. When he looked at Kiragi, he was stunned for a moment and then said quickly: "My lord understands!"
"Very good! Laugh now! Laugh from the heart, feel relieved, not angry or jealous, smile." Kira Yoshitoki directed Honda Tokimasa to smile little by little, and finally achieved a perfect happy smile.
, then patted him on the shoulder and told him that he did a good job.
Takigawa Tokimasu pulled three brothers over, and when he met with Kiragi, he asked: "Master! Keijiro is back! Is there going to be a war this time?"
"Well, the war is about to begin. Don't worry, you will have a chance to show up. You have to perform well as the first battle!" Kira Yoshi said with a smile.
Honda Miya poked his head and asked: "Can we go into battle to kill the enemy?"
"Ahem! This won't work. We can only serve as a close guard around our family."
"That's it! I thought I could go into battle and kill the enemy! Sanya Ichiban has been looking forward to it for a long time!" Sanya Honda retracted with a flat mouth.
"Sanya is too young to go into battle, but in a few years he will be able to go into battle when he grows up." Kira Yoshitoki told them the things to pay attention to before going into battle. In fact, they were all what he heard from Tokiyuki Yamamoto and then sold them to them in original form.
He spoke to the four people with expressions of admiration on their faces before sending them away with satisfaction.
"Mr. Master! These two months have been too hasty. Shiga and Takashima Ryobei are probably only better armed than ordinary people. It will be difficult to guarantee combat effectiveness if they go into battle." Honda Toki proposed his plan at the right time.
point of view, he learned the lesson from last time and tried to set his standards closer to reality to cater to Kira Yoshiki's attitude.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. These two reserve teams have no intention of training to become elites! They are neither Saijo Bei who has been trained for five years, nor Chibei who has been a samurai. What can they become in two months? Even if Saijo Bei goes into battle,
You can't use 100% of your combat power! Don't worry, I know what I know." Kira Yoshishi waved his hands and left slowly, leaving Honda standing there with a slightly disappointed look.
"No! I have to work harder!" Honda Toki was looking at Kira Yoshitoshi's retreating back, and took a deep breath and said: "Smile, and smile hard!" Slowly, a smile spread all over Honda Toki.