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That was at the beginning of October, five years of celebration (1600).
One letter arrived at Naomi Hot Island.
Beside him is his son Seung-mo and Mauri Hot Island, one arm of Naokmo and his adopted son.
Including them Naomi, the three stared at the writ with a bitter look.
The sender is Rushui Kuroda.
And its contents were very simple.
"The vanguard of the Yanagawa attack will give you full strength..."
Naomi sighs badly, so twinkly, the two beside her, darkens their expressions.
"Hmm... this is in what I can only assume was all of Naokimo-sama's prospects..."
And when Mauri spoke to Naomi, Naomi turned her resentful eyes to Mauri.
Why did Naomi send such a gaze?
That is nothing more than because Mauri's point was that he was shooting at the target.
Yes, he had a "prospect" in the Tachibana attack.
Before we can shed light on that, we will need to explain the position they were placed in.
First of all, Naomi Hot Island is not the owner.
As the nickname is "In Royal Gate of the Dragon Temple," he is the minister of the Dragon Temple family.
In other words, the head of Saga Castle-based pre-fattening country is the Ryuji Temple High House on Osaka, and this country is ruled by the Ryuji Temple family.
Most importantly, it is a well-known fact that Naokimo has ruled the country since Naokimo-ji's half-brother, Naokimo-ji, was debated by Shimazu, and there will be no further resistance even if he calls it the Lord.
But apparently, he was a minister of the Ryukyuji family, and it was a terrible circumstance that he would not make all arbitrary decisions about the Ryukyuji family.
It was his son Seung-mo's demise in this battle of Sekigahara that showed up as it was.
Before the battle of Sekigahara began… i.e., before the death of Hideyoshi Tai, Naomi, who was close to Jiayang, sent soldiers to Sekigahara, saying to her son Seung-mo, "Be sure to take his side with Lord Tokugawa".
Already before the war, our high house was on Osaka, where Seung-mo joined us.
However, Seung Mao was ill at this time, and because of this, he was delayed in coming to Tokugawa Jiayang.
By the time Takaya, the young lord, and Seung Mao, who was also young, led an army to side with Tokugawa Jiayang, the road to the east had already been closely monitored by Ishida's soldiers.
Even Misty Hideyoshi, dressed as a boy Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a traveler, was impossible for a general who led an army to slip through the eyes of its surveillance, as much as he had eaten a stop at Yoshie Otani's army on the way.
Stopped by Ishida on the way, they were asked which army.
Seung Mao was only preaching Takamiya to take sides with Jiayang, as his father had said, but Takamiya, only fifteen years old, accidentally put "on Ishida's side" to Ishida's harsh interrogation.
In this unavoidable situation, Seung Mao was to join Ishida Fang.
He succeeded in attacking the Ise side with Jiugu Kalong and Mr. Horiuchi and others.
However, prior to the main battle in Sekigahara, a letter from Naomi stating that "due to the use of the fire, promptly leave the army and return to Saga Castle" led Seung Mao to leave the soldiers with the high house, Takahiro continued to remain on the Osaka, and Seung Mao returned to Saga Castle.
Of course, this was Naomi's ploy.
That is, knowing the situation, he promptly withdrew his soldiers and prevented them from pointing any more spears at Tokugawa Jiayang.
Because of that situation, there was only so much he had to do.
It meets Tokugawa's expectations, that's all.
In this Kyushu, we meet the expectations of Jia Kang...
In order to do this, it was the easiest achievement to see the castle of forces hostile to Jiayou.
But even there, he was lagging behind Kuroda and Kato.
As they dropped the castle one after the other, it was difficult to move, given the position of the Dragon Builder High House and his son.
And now only two houses are the ones he can name big handles...
Tachibana from Tsukuba and Shimazu from Satsuma.
In addition to the distance to Shimazu, adding Kato and Kuroda is difficult to deal with. Even if we bring it into battle more than just one another, there's no doubt that that offense will take time.
But Naomi Hot Island doesn't have time.
Already in Osaka, rewards have been given to the great famous men who fought in Sekigahara.
He had to raise his hand as soon as possible.
When it does, it stays, Tachibana.
Saga Castle, the castle of Naomi, and Yanagawa Castle of the Tachibana family are close by.
Yanagawa Castle is also the former castle of Naomi.
He was crushing his strength and weakness.
Furthermore, it is clear that Zongmao, the castle lord, has just returned from Osaka and his power is a difference between cloud mud, compared to ourselves who have been lightly prepared in Kyushu.
If you think that far, you can move on immediately or into action.
But Naomi didn't move right away.
Because he waited.
Kato or Kuroda will start fighting Tachibana, or Tachibana will surrender from himself...
The reason for this is simply…
Because I don't want to fight.
That is not due to great idealism, such as "I don't want to involve the people" or "I don't want to drain soldiers".
It was simply due to little selfishness that "I don't want to lose my life".
Hideyoshi Tai once said of him,
"Wisdom and courage to take the heavens, but no atmosphere"
I have had a reputation for
That seems to symbolize him now, even at the battlefield, when his hips are heavy.
But what we have to make clear here is that he is a very good warlord and has cited numerous successes in war and diplomacy.
Then why is he caught up in his desire to "spare his life"?
That stems from the fact that we have fallen very far back from a "certain battle" about the battle.
What is that "certain battle"...
It was about the Battle of Okita.
The battle was a major showdown between the Ryukyuji and Shimazu families, where Ryukyuji was beaten to the point of no complete skin.
And in that battle, the Ryuji family lost everything.
The Lord Ryushin Ryuji Temple, the excellent ministers, and the prestige and land of the Ryuji Temple family...
But Naomi was unable to enter the battle.
But I had no idea that if he had been in that battle, he would have led Ryukyuji to victory.
More than that, I thought, "I would have died then too," and that's why I was so scared of war that I couldn't help it.
And then a great intimidation struck him that if anything were to happen to his life ahead, both the Ryuji family and Hot Island would be crushed by chance.
"You can't just lose your life in battle"
Thus he was determined.
After that, he was unusually obsessed with "how he would not stand on the battlefield and make his own achievements".
For that, I didn't want to get my hands dirty.
And Hideyoshi had seen it through, and he said, "There is no atmosphere."
But even if he were to be given such a painful assessment, he was not going to change himself.
A species with life.
Above all, he believed that it was his own life and that while it was preserved, both the Ryuji family and Hot Island were Antai.
And the current situation, too.
"Let Kuroda and Kato fight Tachibana, where Tachibana was weak enough, advance the great army and cut morale, pressing for the opening of the castle"
In my mind, I decided on measures to achieve results without fighting.
But Hideyoshi wasn't the only one who saw him, as was Rushui Kuroda, the sender of the letter in front of him.
"I'll take care of the vanguard"
This means that:
"The Hot Island Army will face the Tachibana Army."
And that was blackmail.
Naomi no longer has an escape route.
He led the army to fight Tachibana Somo, dubbed the "One of Kyushu's Best Things," which meant it became inevitable.
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After a lot of silence, Naomi snapped with blush.
"I don't know what else to do... go..."
To the words, Mauri bowed his head,
"Yes, I did. I'll be ready in a minute."
And he stood up immediately and followed the scene.
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5 Years of Celebration (1600) October 14th -
Around 32,000 Hot Island troops left Saga Castle divided into three armies. The main force was Naomi and Seung-Mao's parents and children split into two hands and proceeded upstream along Tsukuba River, while the other platoon went out to Ariake Sea.
The battle was also the beginning of a battle that risked the survival of Pot Island in distress.
Meanwhile, facing the Ariake Sea, there is a mansion in Miyanaga...
Even when it comes to the mansion, its territory is still Heijo. And in the grounds, they were turned back with spears and swords in their hands.
But if you look closely, they were all young women or men who were old and lived in hiding.
In the meantime, a voice like thunder sounds inside the mansion.
"If they attack from downstream Tsukagakawa, they will land from the Ariaki Sea in front of them!
Screw that nose first!
Line up the shoreline!
And prepare the country for collapse!
A national collapse is a cannon made for a battle against a castle.
It was made by the master of this mansion… namely Sorin Otomo.
At first glance, who can imagine such a noisy thing being kept in a quiet mansion like the one inhabited by the nobles of Kyo.
And the people who reacted to that voice go ahead and prepare themselves in a agile move.
It was a very sophisticated move, unlike an ordinary woman serving her husband or an old man who had lived a long time.
In other words, what his master had traditionally coached so rigorously was what became the movement of this fire scene.
And at last, when all the preparations had been made, the master appeared in armor.
Its armor, braided with purple yarn, is adorned with apricot leaves everywhere with gold yarn.
A slender, long knife swung at the waist.
Iron cannon on the back, sword on the hand.
and stood in front of the plaza, where they were all gathered together.
"Everyone! Listen up!!
This is a battle betting Tachibana's will and pride!!
The late father, Lord Dao Yue, was thirty-seven victories in thirty-seven fights!
If he were to defeat it in the name of his daughter, the Father who is in heaven would mourn and grieve!
At last, you will never be allowed to lose!!
In the name of Tachibana and this thundercut!!
Declaring so, he pulled out the knife with his right hand, and raised it high.
"Ooh!!!
Its voice, which rises simultaneously, was also centered on the high voices of the women, not the wild ones of the men, but making them feel even gorgeous somewhere.
And the bearer of the call… that is, the master of this mansion is also a woman.
However, if you are a normal woman, your long hair is only as long as your shoulders, for the reason that you are "in the way of the war".
The color is white and healthy, and the tightness of your body is reminiscent of your usual workouts, even though you don't think you're over thirty.
Big eyes are like cats, and the whole thing is up and shining sharply.
And its beautiful side was temperamental, like not allowing any of us to touch it.
This woman's name is Tachibana Chiyo.
He was the wife of Tachibana Somo and the daughter of "Thunder God" Tachibana Dao Snow.
When she sprayed her vertical spine like a wing, she walked out toward the Ariake Sea to lead herself.
At last, a spectacular battle was about to begin between Hot Island and Tachibana, beyond historical facts.