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"Is this your last face-to-face meeting? I'm gonna miss you..."

It was Masayuki Maida who smudged the liquor in one hand. Facing each other are Rushui Kuroda and Hidekang Noboru. After finishing his meeting with Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Osaka Castle, Rushui returned Kuriyama Yosuke and other neighbors to Kyushu one step ahead and joined Hideyokang before visiting Masada Changyuki of this Kyushu Mountain.

Actually, this isn't the first time these three meet. It has been repeated several times to this point. But when September, the deadline for negotiations set by Jiayang Tokugawa, finally approached, it was not necessary for anyone to mention that all three of them had taken note that this meeting was the last.

And around this time, the eyes of Kodoyama's surveillance were quite strict, but even this day, to Hidekang Nobushiro's stare, the samurai watching trembled, and as nothing happened, they came to Chang Xiao.

"It's time to finish..."

And Rushui also says the liquor is snug with one hand. Hidekang inquired about the water.

"Have you finished greeting Lord Hideyoshi?

"Oh... I've done you a solid favor."

Hidekang laughs nicely when Rushui leaks that way without even looking at each other.

"Well, there's nothing left to remember."

"Kakaka! Wouldn't it be as if I were heading on a journey of death!

Chang Xie told him to let his voice down and bathe in cold water against the water that laughed so loudly that it deceived him about something.

"But Lord, are you willing to die?

The high laughter of water stops perfectly at the words. Hidekang's mouth, which was smiling, also tightened, and indescribable heavy air dominated the area.

After that painful silence for a while, as he shook it off, Rushui said in a mild tone as if it had blown out.

"Kakaka! Maybe so! But there's nothing left to remember anymore!

As my last service to the ministers who accompanied me for many years, Hideyoshi remembered my name and face.

I asked the heavenly people and those who gave it up to me to call me by my name and give me a voice...

It seems like everyone's happy now… I've had a great joy too.

Besides, I was able to entrust Hideyoshi with "The Dream I Had With His Highness Taiko".

Therefore, there is nothing left to remember.

But I'm ready to die, but I'm not going to die!

Because if you only break Tokugawa's nose column, you could get your ass slapped by His Highness Tai who waits in the afterlife!

Hidekang, who was staring at such a state of water, also loosened his mouth again as he had decided somewhere to be prepared,

"So it's time to get started"

And I moved on to the point.

………

……

Chang Xiao took a black and white Acer stone when he laid a piece of white, large paper on the spot. And beat it to water.

"Let's start by organizing the situation, Lord Rushui. I'd like you to organize your enemy allies in Kyushu."

"Hmm. Let me tell you something.

First of all, Tokugawa style...

All the great names with more than 100,000 stones of territory, with the exception of Tiger Nosuke, would be to send forth their soldiers as ordered.

The two soldiers, Changzheng Kuroda and Tadahiro Hoshikawa, are looking good to compete, so let's give each other five thousand. Yoshimasaki Tanaka and Hirosaka Terasawa are three thousand each. And Hot Island, aiming to return the stigma, saw that it would give 10,000. "

Chang Xiao leaves a black Acer stone to match its words. Rushui stares at the condition. And then Chang Xiao finished putting down the black Acer stone and went on with the white Acer stone in his hand.

"Next, it is the anti-Tokugawa way...

Somo Tachibana expected 10,000, Yoshihiro Shimazu 10,000, and Yoshio Otomo 10,000. "

Hidekang's eyes widened on the words, and his hands stopped to place Chang Hao's white Acer stone.

"Oh my... 10,000 Otomo in the possession of just 50,000 stones... and you're taking sides in Tachibana Hall..."

"Um... honestly, I was half-hearted until I talked to the Lord's brother-in-law directly, but apparently I meant it."

to that word. Chang Xiao whispered the Acer stone in his hand and whispered,

"After all, I thought it was moving ahead of Tokugawachi Prefecture. People don't know what's in their minds."

And I sighed.

"Otomo also said at first that he was acting in accordance with Tokugawa's dictum, as Maida said.

Take this opportunity to blame the traitors to Tokugawa for a single grip...

That's what Tokugawa wants. "

"That's what my belly-black father would do."

Waters continue as Hidekang sideways saw him say cold away.

"However, since Tokugawachi Prefecture received the news that it was ambitious to target the heavens, it seems that it has changed its mind. I said I was prepared to risk my life to protect Kyushu from Tokugawa's hands."

I look up at Rushui as Chang Xiao puts down the white Acer stone.

"How far can I trust you?

"Now there's nothing else I can do but trust. If the war is in our favor, let's consolidate our minds."

Chang Xiao, who made a noise and lined up the white Acer stone with patchouli, twisted with a voice as low as water.

"Is that all you got on your side? Such as the Water Palace."

"No, I'm still here. Dragon Temple High House, 5,000. And my own soldiers are about a thousand and five hundred."

Chang Happy's hand stopped again at the words of Rushui.

"What...? Dragon Temple High House... so... this guy was surprised..."

There is no reason for Chang Xiao to be surprised. When it comes to Takaya Ryuji Temple, he is the head of Saga Castle before Fat, and Naomi Hot Island, who will compete as Tokugawa this time, will be his minister.

"I'm tired of being just a 'decoration' anymore..."

And Hidekang says with a smudge and a sense of reality. And Rushui continued.

"The Dragon Built Temple has already left Saga Castle and entered the Lotus Pond Castle before fattening as well to collect soldiers. Naomi Hot Island is trying to persuade me, but apparently we're going to fight separately."

Once again, Chang Xiao said with a little excitement that he would finish putting the patchouli patchouli and white Acer stone down.

"Shimazu, Ryuzu-ji Temple, Otomo... do you mean that the former Sanjie of Kyushu are all going to join forces! Ha! This is hilarious!

And he looked excited and cold, and now he asked Hidekang.

"Next is Tokugawa's move. Lord Nobujo, can you tell me about the movements of the great names outside Kyushu?"

In that inquiry, Hidekang began to speak in a calm tone with a correct posture.

"Yes, I did.

First of all, it is Tokugawa main army, the number of which is roughly 30,000. Apparently, we're splitting it into two hands. "

"My son and my father...?

When Chang Xiao asked, Hidekang nodded kokuri.

"It seems that Kotha's conquest of Kyushu will bring even my brother Hideyoshi to the rank of Admiral.

Let Hideyoshi go first. "

"You want me to put a foil on a bad piece of crap!

Ha! That's tearful kindness!

To the words of Chang Yue, Hidekang narrowed his eyes and said with a little intensification of his tone.

"It's up to Hideyoshi's future work to decide if he can't do it well or not, and he can't decide now.

But at least there is certainly no war merit.

I know you were going to mention that at the battle of Sekigahara earlier, but like anyone else, I was handicapped by it...

This time, a great opportunity to return that lapse. You're going to earn the kung fu and let the world know that you are the holder of my father's successor's credentials. "

Rushui looked at Hidekang with a smile on his face.

"I understand Tokugawa Squad well. Next, let us know what the other celebrities are doing."

and encouraged ahead. Hidekang also continued quietly as he returned to his slightly reddish cheeks.

"Yes, from those in Tokugawa Spectrum bills, Honda Tadashi has assembled three thousand, Sakahara Yasushi three thousand, and Ao Pingjiachang two thousand and soldiers. These three will go to war."

"Will Honda Loyalty also come out... I didn't know that Honda, known as the East Underheavenly Double, and Tachibana, known as the West Underheavenly Double, would be relative...

That's all I want to see in this fight. "

And Chang Xiao looks like he can't contain his excitement. But Hidekang only kept calm.

"Except for the Tokugawa Spectrum bill... the two houses of Iyo, Kato Kaming and Fujido Takati, each assembled two thousand soldiers under the castle, and likewise two thousand soldiers were assembled by Hideyoshi Ikeda of Sowing.

Perhaps these three will join the war.

And these are the movements of the great names outside Kyushu. "

Chang Xiao sighed deeply when he saw it, finishing a sloppy line of black Acer stones.

"As it is, Tokugawa is 70,000 and the opposing anti-Tokugawa is more than 36,000.

About double the force difference, just say Tachibana, Shimazu, how long can it hold up... "

In response to such changxiao, Rushui said in a low voice.

"Lord Chang, don't get me wrong. In the first place, Tokugawachi Prefecture doesn't really intend to fight."

"Hmm... what makes you think that?

Chang Xiao said, "What now? When he pointed his strange face at Rushui all the time, Rushui replied in a flowing tone.

"First, Tokugawa Hideyoshi, who arrived in Kyushu earlier, must have persevered in advising him to surrender, making it look like he would attack in the Great Army. Just the troops who plan to arrive in Kyushu ahead of schedule are overwhelming the anti-Tokugawa forces in terms of numbers.

If it's possible for Tokugawa, I want him to bring it to Cage Castle.

But as long as Shimazu is here for reinforcements, it's hard to imagine Tachibana caging in Yanagawa Castle alone.

On the battlefield, a stifling confrontation will ensue.

Of course, Hideyoshi should include a strong saying from Uchi: 'Never start a fight lightly', and even if you allow local skirmishes, you should definitely avoid direct collisions with Tachibana and Shimazu's main unit.

But if you go through the attitude of indestructibility forever, it is possible that Tachibana and Shimazu will see your feet.

When that happens, Hideyoshi Tokugawa will set a "deadline of no war" on his own, and if he doesn't surrender by then, he will be threatened with attack.

And the main unit of Uchifu will be coming from Tokaido to Kyushu in a relaxed manner.

You will be welcomed along the way, and some of the great names will join you to fight together.

Thus the great army led by Uchifu arrives in Yanagawa just before the "deadline of no war" set by Hideyoshi.

It overwhelms Tachibana and Shimazu by swelling the army to the same size as His Highness Tachibana's Kyushu crusade, once said to be 200,000.

At last, it would be an arithmetic of surrendering the two without fighting "

"Like the role of Komaki once..."

Hidekang's face clouds with the word "role of Komaki" by Chang Yue. Because the battle between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Jiayang in this role of Komaki prompted Hideyoshi to be adopted by the Toyotomi family. However, he immediately returned to his original expression and inherited Rushui's words.

"If you do, the longer you prolong, the more disadvantageous the anti-Tokugawa forces will be."

"That means a short showdown… and in the field…"

When I told him to twinkle so, Chang Hao's eyes glowed sharply.

"such as the Water Palace. You got a winner in the field?

Rushui, who took that sharp glance of Chang Yue as nothing, replied with a grin on his mouth as usual.

"Kakaka! Who do you think I am!? Most of all, I'm not very good at field combat, but I'm not falling so fast as to lose to Tokugawa!

But if Hideyoshi Tokugawa has set a "deadline of no war" … for that reason, too, if he is given a reason to shield the people, such as waiting for the people to finish the harvest and evacuate….

When that happens, there's one way you can hit it...

In order to be able to do that... there is only one condition. "

And when I told him to stand up, Rushui put up one finger. Chang Xiao asks as he peeks into the eyes of Rushui at the end of his finger.

"What is that condition...?

Rushui did not answer the query immediately, but stared at Chang Xiao and Hidekang. Chang Xie and Hidekang, on the other hand, take a breath and stare at such a thing as water.

The perimeter around which the night book had already descended was in the dark, which seemed to weigh its silence extra heavily.

And as with the atmosphere, Rushui opened his heavy mouth and said the terms.

"Stop the troops of Tokugawanai..."

Chang Xie and Hidekang remain silent in their words. Rushui continued.

"That is, if we don't get there by the" deadline of no war, "this one can start the fight."

Then…

"Ha ha ha!! Funny!! That's a really funny big beat!!

Good! I'm good at stalling!

Again, this is a great opportunity for me to blow a bubble in the inner house!!

That story! I'm on it! Rushu Palace!!

Chang Xiao laughs joyfully everywhere. The samurai at the root are dying their cheeks red, as if they had been rejuvenated over ten years old, with blood all over their excitement.

And people's excitement seems to be something that infects others. Hidekang also, when he shuddered for a long time, loosened his mouth and laughed out loud.

"I'll do it too!!

"Oops!! Rushu Palace!! I'll leave Kyushu to the Lord!! Be sure to stop and show this one!

This battle! I won't let you do what you like in Tokugawachi Prefecture!! Ha ha!!

"Kakaka!! Fine! I'll take care of it!! If you defeat Hideyoshi's army, Tokugawanai will have to pull the army at that point. In that case, this fight will be won!!

The three of them laugh and put their hands together. And as we squeezed each other's hands forcefully, Chang Xiao spoke up on behalf of him.

"Ouch!! This is not the place to fight!! It's not gonna get wet!!

The great martial arts... opens here...