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5 Years of Celebration (1600) September 1 -
Kiyoshi Kato's army, which left the main castle in the neighborhood two days ago, was forming near Kurumi Castle after its construction (now south of Fukuoka prefecture) at a terrible march speed, that day approaching the match of Sekigahara.
On the road, he proceeded near Yanagawa Castle, the residence of Tachibana Somo, belonging to the hostile western army, but when he deposited Soldier 500 with the Hayato in order to restrain the castle, Ching himself proceeded with the army to pass it barely.
That was because he had no interest in the act of "dominating the enemy castle," and so much of his chest was occupied by "haste to Osaka Castle".
"Your Highness... this Comptroller Kato, we will save your Highness even in lieu of this life!
and went north as he roughened his nose on the horse and encouraged his surroundings.
It was Kurumi Castle that stood in the way of such a pure army.
The castle is dominated by Kobayakawahikara, who is currently attacking Osuzu Castle in the far reaches of Kinki, along with Somo Tachibana, the castle owner of Yanagawa Castle.
In other words, in this castle, where the castle owner is away, only his wife and some ministers remain. There are only 500 of those defensemen. Since there are 2,500 pure elites, that difference in force is roughly five times higher.
And it is no exaggeration to say that this Kurumi Castle is located in the center of the road connecting Toyomoto to the east, prefattening to the west, fattening to the south, and building to the north. Tsukuba River, which flows through the vicinity, becomes a natural moat, protecting the north side, and Honmaru, erected on a small high hill, creates a stare on the south side. The army of purity came honorably from the south side.
But despite the overwhelming difference in power, Kurumi Castle closed its gates firmly, and even one soldier stopped the march of purity in a temper to pass through here.
Apparently, we need to get past this castle in order to move forward.
However,
"You can't exhaust soldiers in vain."
When the purity of the thought was laid nearby, and the soldiers rested, they sent messengers to the castle to recommend the opening of the castle.
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One room in Honmaru, Kurumichi Castle, where one old man was seated in the room with perseverance, even though he had heavy responsibilities.
The old man's name is Gui Hiroshi, formerly one of the Maori ministers, and in the famous Kanakamatsu Castle attack, he stood as a widow at Kamojo Castle and fought with Hideyoshi Hanzai (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and Kuroda. In that battle, there is so much anecdote left of one man struggling as his surroundings, including the castle lord, turn to sleep one after another.
Because he is such a man, he has been placed with immense trust by Xiubao since he became the minister of Xiubao Koujukawa, a parent son of Maori's former tenure and adopted son of the Koujukawa family.
Only a few defensemen could be left behind. Without Xiu Bao remembering, he is able to fight in full in the land of the distant Kinki, because the vast and prosperous remains for me in the castle.
However, still, Subao was anxious about Tokugawa's remaining movements in Kyushu as he was away from the castle.
So he was ready to be sad,
"When Tokugawa's attack finally causes the castle to fall, let all those in the castle, including women and children, die clean."
And he commanded. His thoughts of the Christian Daimyo are disturbing where he ordered "to take over" rather than "self-harm". Because Christians strictly forbade self-harm in their teachings.
But in response to his husband's remarks, the widespread,
"A man named Rushui Kuroda who once fought is a man of enough trust. If he attacked you, you can't surrender."
He advised, and he also accepted it. It is likely that Xiu Bao's light acceptance of the prophecy also affected that Rushui, like him, was a Christian.
Therefore a group of Tokugawa advanced the pawn to this Kurumi castle, so the castle was noisy.
But a woman who kept the castle turned to calm the messy castle. In her words the surroundings are braved, and the flames of noise are quenched.
On the other hand, the vast multiplicity turned to prepare for the enemy.
And before the other messenger arrived, the woman and Hiroshi joined him in the room on the top floor of Honmaru.
She asked extensively, looking cool despite moving around the castle to the right and to the left. Even with the obvious army in front of him, the strength of the woman can be felt in Rin's voice.
"Do the military flags you see over there belong to Kuroda?
In response to the question, Broadway shook his head quietly beside him without changing his harsh expression.
That is not the army of Kuroda, a condition for the bloodless opening of the castle, so if the battle was defeated, all the humans in the castle were meant to die.
Then the woman...
"Did you still..."
And a big sigh. It is a great deal because in its face there is an obvious sinking, but in its eyes there is an unbeatable strength.
And with her right hand she firmly gripped the rosary (a Christian prayer tool in the shape of a cross), praying as she looked up to heaven.
"Oh... may the Virgin Mary bless you..."
How odd it looked if we took it widely without Christian faith. Even with or without the protection of those who are not there, the war situation will not change….
But when he saw the woman, whom he had to protect, who did not mourn and weep, and dealt with it with a strong feeling according to faith, he had to wonder, "Faith is not a bad thing."
A woman of great faith whose vast tradition must be preserved… her name is Maori Masencia, the true wife of the castle owner Soo-bao Koyakawa, and the real son of Sorin Otomo.
Is it because that strong will is the son of Lord Sorin? It is a famous story that at last broke from Huiyuan without pulling a step from Huiyuan Maori around Christian preaching.
On behalf of her husband, who had been away, she gave instructions in a clear voice against the vastness of being more than three times older than herself.
"I'll take care of the women and children in the castle. The vast palace is like a great battle."
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And he nodded small, and answered short, and spacious and prosperous, let his temper be taken away from his whole body, and left the room behind.
Being this old man, he never thought he'd wait for the biggest one to dance so much blood. Moreover, the opponent is Kiyoshi Kato, a rare famous general, nicknamed "Ghost General" or "Fat Tiger". He didn't believe in the existence of "God," but he didn't stop thanking him for the good fortune he had been around.
"Come on, let's fight it out! Let me blow you a bubble at the end of your life, this Guiguangbang!
With such a strong tone, he grinned on his face and headed outside Honmaru, where the guard 500 waited.