Just as Kinoshita Masanao's Third Route Army was entangled with the Mori clan army on the border of Yama Prefecture and Yoshida Prefecture in Aki Province, good news came from the eastern region of Aki Province and the southern region of Bigo Province.

The first is the Fourth Route Army, which is responsible for attacking the eastern region of Aki Country. Under the leadership of Shigemasa Yoshida, the Fourth Route Army quickly captured Kimura Castle and Takayama Castle in the coastal area of Shatin County in the east, and then began to attack the central part of Shatin County.

The eastern region is the base camp of the Kobayakawa family in the Mori family and the Ryori system, and it occupies an important position in the Mori family. Even when he realized that he had been forced to flee because he had been forced to flee because he had been picked the fruits of the final victory in the First Battle of Itsukushima, Mori was still concerned about how to ensure that the area would not be lost. Therefore, he deliberately took the governors of the local noble clans such as the Hiraga family and the main retainers and samurai in the area, and fled back to the coastal land of Aki Province by boat, and immediately ordered these people to immediately rush back to the territory of the eastern region and join forces with the Kobayakawa family to resist the attack of the invading enemy.

And local wealthy families such as the Heiga family did return home in accordance with Maori Motosho's wishes, before the Luo family's army continued to attack the eastern region. It's just that what Mao Liyuan didn't expect was that at this time, the Luo family had two trump cards to attack the eastern region of An Yi Kingdom.

The first trump card is naturally the relics of Ouchi Yoshizun and Ouchi Yoshitaka's original blood book. With the help of this trump card, the Hiraga family, who had been loyal to the Ouchi family at the beginning, but had to be forced to join the Maori family after the death of Ouchi Yoshitaka, first threw themselves into the arms of the Luo family, and then at the instigation of the Heiga family, many local small wealthy families also rebelled against the Maori family. Became a member of the Roche family.

Of course, even if there is a local Pinghe family and other wealthy families. But after all, the Kobayakawa family is the biggest wealthy family in the area. If you want to completely take the eastern region of Aki Province, you must solve the Kobayakawa family. And at this time, the second trump card, that is, Takakei Kobayakawa who was unfortunately captured, came in handy.

When the army of the Luo family attacked the castle of the Kobayakawa family, Shigemasa Yoshida would tie Kobayakawa Takakei, who had gagged his mouth with rags, to the front of the battle array, and use Kobayakawa Takakei as a shield to launch a fierce attack on each castle.

Seeing this scene, the defenders of the Kobayakawa family couldn't help but scold the Luo family's military strength, but they didn't dare to really make a move against Kobayakawa Takakei who was tied in front of the battle. After all, Kobayakawa Takakei is not only the governor of the Kobayakawa family. And he is the third son of the former governor of the Zong family, Maori Moto. After the deliberate smearing of the Luo family at the beginning, as well as everyone's personal experience, everyone knew that the Maori Yuan was vicious. Even if Kobayakawa Takakei in front of the enemy is killed now for the sake of the so-called Mori family and the overall interests of the Kobayakawa family, it is very likely that the Mori family will retaliate afterwards, so no one wants to attack Kobayakawa Takakei's side. For this reason, everyone seemed to shrink back. At this time, even Kobayakawa Takakei, who had a heroic heart for the benefit of the family, could only stare dryly when he saw such a situation, because his mouth was gagged and his hands and feet were tied.

In this way, it not only hit the morale of its own army. In addition to increasing the morale of the Luo family's army, it made it easier for the Luo family's army to attack the city with the help of the weakness of the defenders who did not dare to attack Kobayakawa Takakei. So in just over a month. The Kobayakawa family was attacked by the Luo family with the two trump cards in their hands. As a result, some of the previous arrangements of the Maoli Yuan have lost their effectiveness.

So after seeing that his layout was miscalculated, why didn't Maori Yuan immediately remedy it? After all, the rebellion of the local small wealthy family is still a trivial matter, but the matter of his third son is a major matter! If it really doesn't work, as long as he personally gives an order, he will be killed by Kobayakawa Takakei, who is a shield, then the eastern region of An Yi Country will not collapse so quickly.

It's just that, during this time period, in fact, Maori Yuan is still trying to escape back to the territory of the Maori family?

After fleeing back to the western part of Aki Province overnight, they immediately divided their troops and began to quickly head to the Maori family's lair area. Fearing that the wealthy clans in the vicinity, who originally belonged to the Ouchi family, would rebel at this special time (after all, the Maori family had only occupied these areas for less than two years). The so-called conspirators will always worry too much, and Mao Liyuan, who has always been conspiring, is naturally worried that he will be killed by other people's conspiracies at this time), and the defenders in the nearby castle are really limited, and even if he temporarily settles there, he is likely to be surrounded by enemy troops who arrive later, and even if he really wants to escape, he will not be able to escape.

In fact, just as Mori Yuan had predicted, during the day on the second day of disembarkation, they learned that the nearby castles in the western part of Aki Province, including Sakurao Castle, had fallen into the hands of the Luo family, and it was only at this time that Mori Yuan locked the thieves who came to steal the victory peach as the Luo family.

While gritting their teeth and determined to make the Luo family look good in the future, everyone also had to think about how to escape. Because after learning that this area was controlled by the Luo family, Mao Li Yuan immediately realized that the Luo family's fat front eagle would definitely chase after learning that he had escaped, so he immediately ordered a team of more than 100 people to disband on the spot, scatter and flee back to their respective territories or Yoshida County, the old nest of the Mao family, and reunite in the future. After everyone left, there were only a dozen people left by Maori Yuan's side, Maori Takamoto, and his second son, Yoshikawa Motoharu.

The old fox is the old fox, and Mao Li Yuan did predict Masayo's actions in advance, so when the various teams of the Luo family began to set up a large number of checkpoints in the local area to check for the escaped Mao Li Yuan and others, Mao Li Yuan and others had already left the western region and came to the central region of An Yi Country, which was not far from the territory of the Kumagai family.

Just when Mori Motoji and the others thought they had arrived at safety, they suddenly learned that the Kumagai family had been wiped out by the Luo family's army, and the central region had gradually fallen into the hands of the Luo family. At this time, Mao Liyuan really realized the horror of Luo's opponent, even if he was resourceful, he never understood how the Luo family had achieved such great results in such a short period of time. This time, Mao Liyuan really thought that he had met an opponent who was a chess opponent.

After learning that the Kumagai family had also fallen, Mori immediately expected that the ensuing checkpoint investigation would soon begin. And this time, Mao Liyuan didn't dare to rush forward, after all, at this time, the army of the Luo family had already rushed ahead of him, and these areas were already mainly mountainous areas, just with his pair of lame legs, he couldn't quickly leave the sight of the Luo family, so he immediately led everyone into the mountains and forests. (To be continued......)