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Celebrating 7 Years (1602) Late August -
Hideyoshi Tokugawa left Edo Castle with full capacity. Beside him, Honda Masayoshi acts with him as a military master. And the number of soldiers in his army is fifteen thousand. With those soldiers on his back, he went on the Tokaido with enthusiasm.
Such a Hideyoshi entered Osaka Castle just September 1 after he left.
After taking a break in Nishinomaru, he decided to take off his helmet with his feet on and greet Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who was in Honmaru, on his departure for the Kyushu crusade.
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"Oh! Lord Right General Tokugawa (about Hideyoshi Tokugawa)! Well done, you're here!
And I, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, smiled as usual, welcoming Hideyoshi and bowing my head gently. And beside me, a thousand princesses who didn't ask, "I really want to see my father," sit down for a moment and bow their heads toward my father, Hideyoshi. Seeing us like that, Hideyoshi also lowered one head, he had an uncontrolled smile on his raised face. But what do I say, if we're going to war, I don't feel nervous at all, is this what it is...
While I was thinking about it, I heard from Hideyoshi.
"Master Hideyoshi and a thousand seem fine and above all!
But it's time for Hideyoshi to call you Father.
Because that's how Chiyo and Hideyoshi are going to relate soon! Ha ha!
"Hey, what..."
I suddenly think about what I'm going to say... and I try to say it, but my face turns bright red and the words don't come out. Apparently, it didn't convey much meaning to Chihime, and she has a strange look, comparing me to Hideyoshi.
... and that was then.
- Gohon!
And I thought there was a loud cough sound, and the loose air on the spot, just a little tight.
When I looked at the cougher by accident, Honda Masayoshi, wrinkled between my eyebrows, looked at Hideyoshi with a troubled eye.
"Lord Right, I thought it was time for you to get down to business..."
"Oh, it was! Then…"
And, Hideyoshi corrects his posture and expression. I stretched my spine so I could follow it.
"We are going to succeed in defeating rebels who have no enemies under the heavens in Kyushu.
Let us show the glory of Toyotomi and Tokugawa in this battle, as His Royal Highness once showed the world his glory in his land. "
Of course, I know about this greeting today by a letter that left the meaning and steps as water beforehand, and I decided to give a formal response as directed.
"Um, it's dauntless. Take care of that body. Don't worry about a thousand of them."
And I saw a thousand princesses. She didn't seem very good at these places, trembling at tension, but she looked straight at Hideyoshi and said it out loud.
"Father! Please don't get hurt!
Seeing such a healthy thousand princesses, Hideyoshi smiled, in a gentle tone, telling him to teach.
"Oh Chiya, don't worry about me like that.
Even though my father said he would go to war, I hear that this battle will not be as intense as hitting a spear with a spear.
So it's useless to worry about my father getting hurt. "
- Gohon!!
Once again, a big cough of honesty stuck around the room. Seeing it, Hideyoshi said with his eyes round and honesty.
"Is Hondo having a bad throat?
I heard there was a famous doctor at the school in Kyo, so you should have a look at it on your way home. "
Truthfulness in the rhetoric reinforced the discourse.
"Right Admiral! We're not talking about unwanted things! We don't know where the enemy's ears are."
When I said that, Makoto felt like he turned his gaze for a moment to Yukimura Maida, who was holding back behind me. But such a painful consideration of honesty didn't seem to make sense to Hideyoshi...
"What!? Hondo Sado has enemies lurking in Lord Hideyoshi's room too!? Then this Hideyoshi..."
I dropped my shoulder disappointed when I just said to the way it was, "It doesn't seem like it's useless to say anything anymore".
"My Lord Right Admiral... I was wondering if I could greet you around here any longer..."
"Um, well... well, I've been told by my father to do what Hondo says. Would you excuse me here?"
And Hideyoshi stared at us once more as he uttered extra words that clouded the face of honesty again.
"... so a thousand. Don't worry about my father, so don't worry, I'll wait for my father to return."
"Ha!! Father!!
And, cheerfully, Chihime smiled naively when she replied to Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi, who looked at it and nodded "Yeah," tried to leave the room behind along with Honesty. To him like that, I asked for one.
"Right Admiral... No, Father! When do you arrive in Kyushu and plan to finish the war? I'll be waiting for you along with a thousand. So tell me!
Hideyoshi smiles at me like he feels the same innocence. Honesty, on the other hand, saw Hideyoshi with a bitter face and advised him in a low voice.
"Lord Right... I don't know what the battle will be like because of the water. At last, I was wondering if I could answer Hideyoshi's inquiry..."
"Good, good! Lord Hideyoshi admired my father for what he did! Let's not answer that and say good father!?
Lord Hideyoshi, my father will arrive in Kyushu in the middle of a long month (September) and enter Kurumi Castle. And the battle ends... early in the godless month (October) or something like that...
Since my father's arrival at Tokugawanai Prefecture is scheduled for the end of many months, I plan to clean it up soon afterwards. When the war is over, we'll stop here at Osaka Castle again. Is that okay?
"Yes! Thank you! Father, my lord! Then we wish you victory in Ozaka Castle with Thousand!
"Um, thanks! If it is the prayer of Thousand and Lord Hideyoshi, this Father is also regarded as powerful! Ha ha!
And, laughing in a good mood, he left the room behind.
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Out of Osaka Castle, next to Hideyoshi, who was again a man on horseback, the honesty that spanned the horses approached him as well. The honesty brought bitterness to Hideyoshi with wrinkles between his eyebrows, as he did at Osaka Castle.
"My Lord Right Admiral... this is at Osaka Castle..."
Hideyoshi replied with a smile as soon as he saw the honest one.
"Was there a problem? Didn't you just go say hello to Lord Hideyoshi, as your father said?"
"I was wondering if your mouth was a little too much... didn't you know that there was a son in that place who was still making suspicious moves Akira Maida...
If you tell us about the battle like that, maybe we'll lose our enemies. "
Hideyoshi chuckles when he hears such honest bitterness. Honesty seemed increasingly uninteresting in the way it was, and I opened my mouth to say a few more novels.
... and that was then. Hideyoshi smiled and spoke loudly and honestly.
"Little ones! Your lord!
"What... what...?
And with his face tightened, Hideyoshi spoke in good faith with a distinctive clear voice.
"Did you think I'd forget Maida's face when she had a hard time in Sekigahara! As much as I want to plead guilty to death so that I don't have to look at that abominable face again even now.
But that's also a story that's already passed...
Now, who can fathom this Tokugawa?
Even if I knew it in my hand, I'd lose enough vessels to overwhelm my enemies to rule the heavens!? Ha ha!!
To this word of Hideyoshi, Masayoshi bows his head and pulls away. And away to the point where I couldn't reach him, I blurted and snapped.
"Young... it's like before I learned about the defeat in Triangara..."
For honesty, every fall visit these days brings cold to my body. Is the body particularly heavy today because it is still the turn of the season?
"After all, it seems that Hideyoshi's vessel could not be made large due to the degree of failure in Sekigahara..."
And I sighed loudly.
Honta Masayoshi wore a kind of philosophy that "failure is what widens a man's vessel" in this way. It goes without saying that it was learned from his own experience and from the half-life of the esteemed monarch Tokugawa Jiayang.
And if you are asked now what is missing from Hideyoshi, the successor of Jiayang, you will instantly answer this "size of vessel grown by failure".
For Hideyoshi, whose one failure is no longer becoming irrevocable, there may no longer be an opportunity to encourage its growth… that is how honesty was pessimistic.
But...
He couldn't have even noticed.
One of Hideyoshi's odd failures in this "planned not to be a war" Kyushu crusade is that it will drive Tokugawa Momentum to a dead end, etc...
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Celebration Sep 10, 7 -
Upon arrival in Kyushu, Hideyoshi Tokugawa's army entered Kurumi Castle as it was. There, not only Yoshizhi Tanaka, the castle owner, but also Kyushu warlords such as Nagata Kuroda, Tadahiro Hoshikawa, Hirosaka Terasawa, and Naomio Hot Island had already entered the castle, and carefully welcomed Hideyoshi.
Furthermore, when nature and cheer gushed from the soldiers who saw Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi, concerned that the cheer was directed at him, entered the room on the top floor of Kurumi Castle, which arrived in Honmaru, nay, a little high.
He looked at the scenery from there and tried to exalt his mood even more. Then, as he opened his temple vigorously, he stared under his eyes.
In front of me is the Tsukuba Plain, where Inaho glows golden with a fruitful fall. Behind it are mountains like Takayama and Feiyue. When the refreshing autumn breeze blew, Inaho seemed to shake and wave, a beautiful view enough to make Hideyoshi forget the fatigue of his journey.
But...
In such a beautiful landscape, Hideyoshi felt one discomfort.
"... hmm...? Flag...?
If you look closely, at the foot of that mountain you can see something like a flag. And when you look at that flag, how dare it be filled with armored soldiers...
To this sight, Hideyoshi's face turned blue.
"Which soldier is that?
Hideyoshi inadvertently asked Yoshimasaka Tanaka, the castle owner of Kurumi Castle, who stood next door.
"It's in Otomo's soldiers."
"Enemy or ally... which is it!?
Unexpectedly, the tone intensifies. Then Honda Masayoshi, who quietly approached beside him, replied so that he could bite.
"Enemy…"
"Oh my..."
When he was overwhelmed by that number, he looked further around him, looking away.
Then... Hideyoshi pointed to a different mountain. Did you point to Takayama earlier, this time pointing to Feiyue?
"Yay! There are soldiers at the foot of that mountain! Which soldier is that?!?
"Tachibana Somo... in.
Whatever… is in the enemy. "
Hideyoshi quickly turns his gaze again. Then this time it was inside the Tsukuba Plains, and I found it filled with many soldiers even where it was just a little higher.
"Whose army is that?
"It's in Shimazu. … on the enemy."
"What's on your side!? Where are your allies!?
Hideyoshi's voice is rising out of a rush for enemy armies to lay formation around Kurumi Castle in front of him. But Honesty answered at the relaxed pace as usual.
"Don't worry. We have more allies than our enemies.
But now from the Lord Right Admiral, the back part...
The soldiers on your side are standing by along Tsukagakawa River, so they just didn't get into the current sight of Lord Right. "
Did Hideyoshi relieve himself somewhere of that word of honesty, and when he restored his complexion, Hideyoshi questioned his honesty even more.
"But now it's going to be hard to march to Willow River Castle without waging a war, as Father said...?
"You are right.
If my lord hadn't known to enter Kurumi Castle once, things might have been different again. "
Hideyoshi brings a surprising look to that word of honesty.
"Why has it become known..."
In response to Hideyoshi's crush, Masayoshi replied with a bitter smile, after Hideyoshi's side.
And...
One messenger came from behind Tsukuba Plains towards Kurumi Castle.
It was... Rushui Kuroda...