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5 Years of Celebration (1600) August 27 -
Nakatsu Castle, located in Toyomoto (now Oita Prefecture), was subject to the hustle and noise of arming people.
Soot smoke is relentlessly blocking sight because everyone is hurrying to the right and left. If you want to wipe the sweat, you can get dirty the other way with dirt on your face.
"Work! Work! Everyone's! If you want money, you work a lot!
Inspiring the famous spear "The Japanese" with one hand was Mother Tai Wei (Moritake), who raised a loud voice sticking to her big body.
"That! That's good booze after work! Guys, I need you to serve me some good liquor! Ha ha!
Tai Wei laughs with pleasure. Seeing as it was, the miscellaneous soldiers who worked in preparation also seemed to have no heart or pleasure, working hard.
Outside the castle was so full of youthful vibrancy that the old man, who was already in hiding, did not seem to be the castle owner.
Such a change from outside the castle, a room at the back of the castle was surrounded by what could be termed shady and humid air.
There are two men working on the future before the two letters placed on the map of Kyushu.
But we both reflected the colour of confusion in that expression.
The two are Rushui Kuroda (Kuroda Giusui), the castle owner of Nakatsu Castle and a famous teacher of the late Hideyoshi Tai, and his minister, Yoshisuke Kuriyama.
They had their heads troubled by these two letters.
One is from Tokugawa Jiayang.
"Take control of the general's castle, which will creep into Jibe Ishida in Kyushu. Depends on the cut."
And the other one comes from Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
"Quickly take Shanyang Road to Osaka Castle. Along the way, I don't mind dominating Maori or Uchita castles.
Depends on the cut. "
Which to follow…
The moment is imminent when you have to give the answer.
Because Rushui Kuroda had noticed.
That Hideyoshi's letter would also have reached Kiyoshi Kato. And if the judgment is delayed, it will delay the rectification.
But if you make that choice, you will give up his original ambition.
That's the ambition he's been warming up to take care of...
Stabilize Kyushu and attack the center tired of fighting. And...
Flip under the sky.
That's a big ambition.
If we followed a letter from Tokugawa Jiayang, it was visible that we would go a long way towards that ambition.
Whatever you say, "Depends on the cut," that is, drop the castle, and it will be good for your territory.
If we defeat Shimazu, one of the enemy countries, especially for Tokugawa, we can make most of Kyushu into his territory.
There have never been more attractive conditions.
But...
"Will it be possible to ignore the intention of His Highness, Hideyoshi's oblivion..."
Kensuke Kuriyama snapped with a deep sigh. Of course, he understands the ambition that the water holds in his chest, which is close to the side of the water.
Ironically, however, it is a request from Hideyoshi as if he had seen through the thought of water.
It is also conditioned by the attractive condition that the Chinese region be "cut off".
Its value varies considerably between Kyushu and China, even if the size of the same territory is close to the centre. To accumulate power and target the heavens, let's say it's a great region. Besides, the prep for Uchita is where he originally came from. Getting that territory to triumph is also one of his memorials.
But when I go into Osaka Castle, the circumstances are very different. That movement would be considerably more restricted under a lot of surveillance.
He has given way to his son, Changzheng, who has since spent time in Kyushu secretly without a mansion in Fushimi because he was able to steal the eyes of surveillance from the center and accumulate its power.
Savings to date are being used to support this battle. The force is estimated to swell to nearly 9,000.
In other words, entering Osaka Castle carries a great risk of frustrating his "heavenly takeover" ambitions.
There are such circumstances, and he is greatly troubled.
And if that's the order to understand, he had an intuition that the person on Hideyoshi's right arm was quite a cutter.
I want to go up to Osaka Castle and see the person.
There is also such an extremely personal interest.
Rushui smiled at his mouth.
He has the habit of giving these expressions in times of real trouble.
"Is that why you run a dead Tsukima, a living official guard? Your Highness..."
This time to him did not seem like a "hoax" of the late His Royal Highness Tai Chi, so I put the Chinese story out to attract him.
Because in that head there was a clear picture of Hideyoshi Tai, who was looking at him in trouble and laughing with his belly.
However, it is not frustrated by its appearance, but rather that nostalgia and affection warm up the inside of the chest as in water.
"My lord... how is this situation?
And on this day, it was not concluded that it was carried over after the next day.
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5 Years of Celebration (1600) August 29 -
In the end, it was also inconclusive the day before this.
But without worrying about Rushui's distress, we finally meet the time limit for the decision. That is because the two tidings were delivered unto the waters ruthlessly.
The first arrived after noon of that day.
I landed in Kyushu, Otomo.
It was in its sincerity that it overturned the expectations of Rushui.
"The will of the late Lord Sorin Otomo and the intention of His Royal Highness Hideyoshi Toyotomi will work with Kuroda and Kato to preserve peace in Kyushu."
That's what it is.
I thought that Yoshito Otomo was going to attack Tokugawa's pestle castle with Toyomae landing.
"Yoshisuke... is Otomo's heart yours?
And Rushui asked Yoshisuke Kuriyama beside him.
In that inquiry, Kensuke Kuriyama didn't even change his expression.
"Make no mistake"
And I answered instantly. As for why he was able to respond promptly, because Toshiyuki Yoshihiro, who is attached to the Otomo lineage, was his stepfather and was not difficult to ask for his sincerity.
Rushui dropped his hips as he roared at the answer.
"Hmm... right"
Now the worry behind Kuroda's army going north from Nakatsu Castle is gone.
It is also natural that Rushui accidentally spilled a grin at a situation that cannot be regarded as pressure from silent excellence that "there should be no reason to refuse my order".
"Who the hell are you... what's behind His Highness..."
And it was not until late at night that another reward arrived, like chasing after such water.
Kiyoshi Kato, heading north...
A similar mood to a kind of giving up, due to the fact that what needs to come here has come, tightens the chest like water.
And I called the three sides to my room, which would already be in the bunk.
All of them are Kuroda Hachiho, Ikegami Kokuro Right-Men, Mother Tai Wai, and Kensuke Kuriyama. All three of them were in Nakatsu Castle with Rushui, not about the current owner, Nakatsu Kuroda.
They are ready to accompany their master, Rushui Kuroda, who has served and supported them since childhood, to the last great beating of their lives. They all came together shortly after the call, as if they were waiting for this time. There is no drowsiness in that expression, and it seems like a serious glance indicates that it is a chunk of loyalty.
This bond of subordination is so rare and so firm in the world of this inferior warring nation that the more you tried it, the more you could stretch your chest.
Now to keep those three aside, I decided to hold the last military conference in Nakatsu Castle as a matter of urgency, needless to say, because Kato and Otomo's movements became clear.
And at last, Rushui makes the final decision.
"Only Jesus' will can tell, such as whether to stretch or counteract. But let me assure you this is all! If you pierce your faith, you will surely make way for it!
When he declared so forcefully, he gave the last known knowledge of his life to the three of them.
I'm not lost in that eye.
When the late Tsukima Hanzawa (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and Hanbei Takenaka had traveled through numerous battlefields, his bloody exuberance rejuvenated his voice, eyes and tricks.
Here was set on fire the firing line of the last launch of Kuroda Rushui's life.