Compared to the sturdy and towering Shikamei-Etsu Castle, which was built in a difficult location, the Kifuke Castle and Nai Kanai Castle, which are located along the coast of Beppu Bay, Kunito County, Bungo Province, are much lower and more attractive.

With the convergence of the Fifth Route Army led by Tomohisa Oishi and the Sixth Route Army led by Murakami Takeyoshi, and with the assistance of siege weapons such as the Luo Family's Cloud Ladder and the Flying Fire Meteor, the two teams conquered Mufu Castle and Naita Castle successively in less than a month, and the Kifu family and Nai Jia were exterminated because of stubborn resistance. Subsequently, the two groups of people and horses followed the road along the coast of Kunisaki County, all the way to the territory of the Takeda Tsu family, and they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Takeda Tsu family was trapped in Jiaowei City due to the rescue of Luming Yue City, and took the opportunity to take down the territory of the Takeda Tsu family.

In fact, in order to prevent the invasion of the Luo family, Otomo Yoshitsu Town formed a triangular defense system with the three cities of Jiaowei Castle, Luming Etsu Castle, and Kifu Castle, but unfortunately, the Sixth Route Army led by Murakami Takeyoshi attacked the Tahara family and the Furai family, and then sent a large army into the territory of the Nai family and the Kifu family, so that Kifu Castle and Naita Castle did not dare to go out to support Luming Etsu Castle in order to protect themselves. In addition to surrounding Luming Yuecheng, the army where Masashi was located transported the cavalry teams of Isano Yuanchang, Akaxue Mitsukiyo, Tao Nakamoto and others to the junction between Jiaowei Castle, Luming Yuecheng, and Mufu Castle by boat, and set up checkpoints, completely cutting off the connection between the three cities, thus disintegrating this triangular defense system.

Now, with the south of the castle of Shikaki, the east of Kifu Castle, and the west of the sunrise castle have been conquered, and the north of the Yoshikan family Takada Castle has been attacked by the Fourth Route Army led by Kakukuma Ishimune and Akuta. Jiaowei City, where Otomo Yoshijin is located, has now become an isolated island surrounded by the Luo family's multi-road army.

For Jiaowei City. In view of the tragic lesson of Luming Yuecheng before. Masarashi adopted a siege strategy of besieging but not attacking, and at the same time, he also used methods such as letting the family members of Otomo Yoshi, who was captured in Luming Yuecheng, and the family members of the Tianbei family, who were captured in Sunrise Castle, go to the castle to continuously persuade them to surrender to continuously reduce the morale of the defenders of Jiaowei Castle.

This time, the strategy for the southeast of Fengzen Province and the northeast of Fenggo Province has been prepared for more than half a year, and after the war, it has gone through more than four months, and now these two areas have been included in the territory of the Luo family in addition to Jiaowei City, Takada Castle, Takeda Tsu Castle, Changyan Castle, and Yamada Castle, which are still resisting. And the second-line troops of the Luo family, the internal affairs cabinet and other institutions that followed up are also rapidly taking over these territories.

"Depending on the situation, by the middle of this year at the latest, those recalcitrant cities will fall one after another. By the end of this year, these two regions will be completely integrated into the family's system. Masa-ra pondered while walking in the plum bushes.

"Meet your husband!"

"Meet the Lord."

At this moment, there were a few yellow orioles in front of him, and after Masara came back to his senses, he looked forward, and it turned out that Otomo Yoshikan, the daughter of Masato who only had the name of husband and wife and no husband and wife, was also taking two maids to watch the scenery in the plum bush.

"Today's weather is really good, the snow on the mountains has melted, only a little snow remains on some towering mountains, have you also come out today to breathe?" Masara looked at the innocent girl in front of him and said.

It's a shame to say. In order to appease the newly occupied Otomo family territory as soon as possible, in a letter recently sent to Masarashi by Kansuke Yamamoto, Kakukuma Ishimune and others. They all suggested that Otomo Song, who was living in seclusion in Xuefu City, be invited to the local area, and then ordered him to go to various places in the name of Masahiro's wife to pacify the Luo family and win people's hearts. In the same vein, Ouchi Yoshizun, the sister-in-law of Ouchi Yoshitaka who had just joined the Luo family, was also escorted to various parts of Bungo Province, and in the name that Ouchi Yoshizun had become a retainer of the Luo family, he went around to appease and win people's hearts.

For such a move, Zhengliang was originally a little unimpressed (anyway, these areas are occupied by the Luo family, no matter what these local lords and the local wealthy families who surrender to the Luo family feel in their hearts, this is a fait accompli, and they have to work hard to adapt to this fact), but to Zhengliang's surprise, after these two people came forward, the Luo family's reception of these areas has really accelerated a lot. Sometimes it is really difficult to understand the thoughts of these ancients, as if as these people come forward to appease them, they will immediately strive to surrender to the Luo family according to their wishes, and their hearts will become at ease, and they will no longer feel guilty.

These former ministers and old lords were comforted by this, but it was too cruel for the young Otomo Matsu and Ouchi Yoshizun. Seeing that these former territories of their family have become the territory of the Luo family, and now they have to help the Luo family pacify the wealthy families and people of these territories, it is estimated that they all have different feelings in their hearts.

At this time, Otomo Matsu was stroking the piano in the warm sun, dignified and elegant, and couldn't see a little bit of concern, in the face of the sudden Masaara, she lowered her head in addition to whispering to the peace, and did not dare to meet Masahiro's eyes.

"Oh, it's been a long time since I've heard you play the piano, it's so fascinating, how about playing a song for me here today?" Seeing that Otomo Matsu seemed a little shy, Masarashi immediately said.

Sure enough, after hearing that Masashi not only talked about her favorite piano skills, but also praised her, Otomomatsu, who was originally a little shy, immediately looked up and smiled at Masahiro. In an instant, her seductive skin exuded a soft aura, and her eyes were as pure as a girl.

"The tone is clumsy, I'm afraid it will tarnish my husband's ears."

"You don't have to be humble, the song is beautiful, and the sound of the piano is also beautiful." Masarashi smiled and encouraged. Speaking of which, since he was married to Otomomatsu, he had heard her play, but since Otomomatsu went into seclusion immediately afterward, Masara has never heard Otomomatsu's piano again. Looking back now, is this kind of seclusion life what Otomomatsu wants? After all, as the nominal side room of Masayo, Otomomatsu will never be able to marry again. It seems that after going back, he asked Ju Ji to come forward and send Otomo Matsu to his backyard to settle down.

"Then I'll play a song for my husband." While Masara was pondering, Otomomatsu, who had been encouraged by Masaara, whispered. Then she sat down in front of the piano again and began to play slowly.

Otomomatsu who stroked the piano again is nothing less than a delicate work of art. Eyes, nose, ears, mouth, hands, and feet, how harmoniously matched! Later, Masarashi couldn't hear what Otomomatsu was playing, and he just waited for Otomomatsu's hand to stop.

When Otomo Matsu finished playing another song, the voice of Otomo Matsu's maid reported from the side, "Lord Qiqi, Mrs. Just now, a samurai lord came over and said that if the lord was here, he wanted to meet him, and he was in a hurry. ”

"100,000 urgent? In that case, I must go back, ma'am, and I go. ”

Seeing Masarashi stand up, Otomomatsu was frightened and quickly fell to the ground.

"How are you doing?"

"It's playing very well, I'll listen to it when you have time when you move to the courtyard of Xuefu City."

"Yes." I don't know if Lu Dao heard the meaning of Masayo's words, and after receiving Masayo's reply, Otomomatsu knelt on the ground again and replied in a low voice.

Then Masarashi hurried to the porch of the courtyard, and then he found that the person who came was actually sent by Masarashi to the side of southern Kyushu some time ago.

The origin of the matter is this, before the official departure of Bunzen and Bungo, Masarashi received a letter from the head of the 7th Standing Ashigaru Brigade stationed in the border area of Minami Higo, Kai Jinnao (Dharma name Soun), in which he bluntly stated that during this period of time, there seemed to be a lot of turmoil within the Shimazu family's territory. Masarashi, who learned the news, immediately dispatched Fei Duan to lead people to further investigate. Now that he saw that Feiduan had returned, Masarashi knew that his imminent return was naturally the news about the Shimazu family, so he immediately asked:

"Is there a situation in the original letter?"

"Yes, my lord!" Fei Duan lowered his round head and reported, "His Majesty led people to secretly infiltrate the various parts of the Shimazu family, and it was indeed discovered that the Shimazu family was secretly mobilizing troops on a large scale, and the target seemed to be the wealthy clans in the North Satsuma region who had allied with the main family. ”

"Hmph, if that's the case, I want to see what the Shimazu family is trying to do?" After hearing this, Zhengliang immediately snorted coldly. Anyway, this time the Luo family's strategy for Fengqian and Fenghou is about to end, and the Luo family will really have time to fight with the Shimazu family in the future.

In fact, for some time, the Shimazu family took the opportunity to humiliate the liver family at the banquet, and completely fell out with the liver family, and after the liver family returned to the territory, they began to mobilize the army, which gave the Shimazu family an excuse to attack Osumi Province.

In the face of the humiliation and invasion of the Shimazu family, the liver Fu family was not to be outdone, and the two families fought fiercely for a long time in the vicinity of Gamo Castle and Kajiki Castle in the border area of Osumi Province.

The defeated Liver Fu family naturally did not rest on his laurels, and he secretly united the Shibuya clan in the north of Satsuma (including the three families of Ketatsuin, Takajo, and Tsuruta who confronted the Shimazu family and allied themselves with the Luo family, as well as the Irifuin and Togo families who had been subdued by the Shimazu family but were unwilling to do so), the Ryokari family, the Kitahara family, etc., and the Youneko family of the Osumi Peninsula in the east, and other wealthy clans, ready to unite against the Shimazu family.

On the contrary, at this time, due to the promise of Wang Zhi's Ming pirates and the secret alliance with the Ito family of Hyuga Province, Shimazu Takahisa seemed to have the confidence to confront the Luo family, so after gaining a firm foothold in Nishiosumi, he turned his attention to the North Satsuma region.

(Sorry, in the cold and fever, people are so tired that they overslept and forgot to set a scheduled update to be released.) (To be continued......)