The news of Otomo Yoshijin's disappearance after falling into the river soon spread back to the Luo family. In this regard, Zhengliang can only be said to be providential.

After asking Ahri to lead people to continue to search for traces of Otomo Yoshizhen in Zhou Fangguo, so that he could see people in life and corpses in death, Masara concentrated his attention on the situation inside Otomo's family.

At this time, within the Otomo family, after the efforts of Irita Kinsei, the Minami and Kita Shiga families, the Ichmanda family, the Roji family, and the Wakabayashi family of the Bungo Navy Army, who were in the same valley as Irita Kinsei in the Ryuji River (i.e., Ono River) valley, chose to follow Otomo Yoshikan's last words and serve Shioichimaru as the family governor. However, the Saeki family in the Saeki Bay area, the Tahoku, Yoshixian, Tahara, Kifuke, Naga, Furai, Takedatsu and other wealthy families in the Kunisaki Peninsula, as well as the Saito, Kosaii, Tsukumi, and Taguchi families in the belly of Bungo Province all supported the sister-in-law Otomo Yoshijin. In addition to these families, the Otomo family, the Yoshioka family, the Usuki family, the Okami family, the Sada, and the Shibata family remained silent and formed a neutral force. As for the other weaker wealthy clans, they took these three camps as the benchmark, chose the camp to join respectively, and then waved their flags and shouted.

At this time, the dispute between the Otomo family and the governor has entered the open. And the news of Otomo Yoshikan's death can't be hidden. This great change in the Otomo family suddenly shocked the surrounding Haoqiang.

Among them, the most anxious is naturally the Ouchi family. Yoshitaka Ouchi is very angry at this time, and he plans to take the opportunity to invade Bungo Province, right? Because they had to deal with the invasion of the Niko family in Iwami Province, and at the same time, they had to guard against the Luo family, which could tear up the agreement at any time because they had already accepted the population of the Ouchi family, and the Ouchi family really didn't have the energy to invade the Otomo family. Otherwise, the Ouchi family may face the dilemma of going to war on three sides.

Be a qualified ally and help the Otomo family smooth the transition, right? However, Otomo Yoshijin, who was considered the most ideal heir of the Ouchi family, disappeared at this time. Could it be that the second son, Otomo Haruei, was elected to power? At least he's also the heir of the Great Inner bloodline. I'm afraid this will only backfire. If you think about it with your brain, you know that this will be opposed by the retainers of the Otomo family. Use military momentum to exert pressure on the border. In order to force the retainers of the Otomo family to choose Otomo Haruei? It seems that the strength of the Otomo family is not bad. This trick may not work.

Just when Yoshitaka Ouchi was very bright-headed. The Saionji family in Minami Iyo Province in Shikoku across the sea was greatly relieved, and since Otomo Yoshikan succeeded the Otomo family governor, he had invaded Minami Iyo Province several times. The Saionji family, which is the only way to enter Minami Iyo Province by sea, has always been the main target of the Otomo family's invasion, and now with Otomo Yoshikan's death, at least the Saionji family can free up their hands to have a good fight with the Utsunomiya family, the Kono family, the Ohno family, and the Ichijo family who invaded from Tosa.

And the Ito family, which is also adjacent to the Otomo family's territory, Bungo Province, was shocked, but immediately thought of the Hizen Eagle that had occupied Higo Province. So while paying attention to the situation within the Otomo family, he stepped up his precautions at the border with the Luo family's territory. As a result, Mitai Utake of Hyuga Kuniyama Castle fell into a day of panic every day.

At the same time, the Sagara family in Higashi-Kuma County and the Shimazu family in Satsuma also paid attention to the situation of the Otomo family. Of course, they hope that the Otomo family will not have an accident, after all, the Otomo family can contain the Luo family, at least they can buy them more time to accumulate strength, but things are often contrary to hope.

In the middle of March of the 18th year of astronomy (1549), the Luo family officially went to the Fenghou Kingdom.

This time, the Luo family was divided into four armies, and the first army was personally served as the general by Zhengliang, which was divided into four formations: the main formation, the right formation, the left formation, and the rear formation. The main general of this formation is also Masarashi himself, and the deputy generals are Watanabe-dori, Kamiyo Victory, Feidan, and Taketori Snake Ranmaru. There were 100 cloaks, 400 samurai of the samurai, 200 ashigaru of the 5th Standing Ashigaru Brigade, and 1,300 peasants, for a total of 2,000 people. The main leader of the right formation will be Yuancheng Temple Shinyin. The adjutant general was Shigetashi Kumon, and the military commander was Naoshige Naoshige, and there were 400 standing ashigaru troops and 1,100 peasants and soldiers, for a total of 1,500 people. The main commander of the left formation was Masanobu Takasaka, the deputy general Yoshikawa Kokei, and the military head paid Honda Masanobu, and there were 200 standing ashigaru troops and 1,300 peasants and soldiers, making a total of 1,500 people. The rear formation is divided into cavalry team, iron artillery team, and logistics team. The main commander of the cavalry team will be Isono Yuanchang, and the deputy generals will be Akaxue Mitsukiyo and Tao Nakamoto, with 500 standing cavalry; The main commander of the iron cannon team was Prussia (since Andel had another task, Masara had to bring Prussia, who was in charge of forging large barrels and iron cannons), and there were 150 standing iron cannons; The chief general of the logistics team, Toshimasa Honda, has 1,000 logistics peasants and soldiers. Together, there were six thousand six hundred and fifty men.

In addition, the military advisor Kansuke Yamamoto is in charge of Takamori Castle in Aso County, Higo Province, and is in charge of the overall intelligence system (i.e., the command of Black Hawk, Scouts, and Heralds) and the logistics system. Accompanying Kansuke Yamamoto to stay at Takamori Castle was physician Hidemasa Akimine.

The second army of the road, the main general is Kinoshita Masanao, the deputy generals Akaike Choren and Andel, there are 400 standing ashigaru troops, 1,600 agricultural soldiers, and 60 standing iron artillery ashigaru. Two thousand and sixty people.

The third army, the main general will be the executive plant, the deputy will be Asakura Sote, and the military will pay for the Luo clan Masahide, with the first standing ashigaru team standing ashigaru 600 people, 1,400 peasants and soldiers, a total of 2,000 people. The rest of the teams and generals who were not called up stayed on the spot and took care of their respective duties.

The three-way army, totaling about 10,000 people, began to march to the border of the Otomo family's territory.

The first to fire the first shot was the Third Route Army. Led by local hunters, he crossed Mt. Ichimoku at the border between Higo and Bungo provinces in the evening, and then went deep into the northwestern border of Bungo along the edge of the northern foot of the Kuju Mountains, and on the second day, they attacked the most important town of Kuju in the county. This Kuju Town is not the famous tourist attraction known as the "dream" of the first bridge in the country in later generations, but is now a basin formed by the accumulation of volcanic ash formed by the eruption of an active volcano on the Kuju Renshan Mountain. Because of the fertility of the land, it became the center of Naori-gun.

Shibata Reineng, the defender of Asahidake Castle in Kue Town, was caught off guard, and before he could even close the city gate, he was killed into the city by the forces of the Luo family. After a great battle between the two, Shibata Reineng was finally defeated, and was pierced in the thigh by a shot by Asakura Sodrus, and finally died in the chaos. Asahidake Castle immediately surrendered as well.

After completely controlling Asahidake Castle and Kuju Town, he led a large army to pursue the victory, and directly killed the Kusuzu River at the junction of Bungo Naoru County, Kuju County, Oita County, and Ami County, at the foot of Aono Mountain. Here, he once again started a fierce battle with the local wealthy Liguang family, and finally more than 100 people led by the Liguang family's governor Liguang Jianjiao were killed, and the rest of the resistance forces fled to the mountains. In addition, the soldiers' physical strength has reached the limit, and the logistics in the rear are a little unable to keep up, so they have to rest on the spot.

At this time, the rest of the Luo family's two armies also began to go into battle. Since both armies had to pass through some roads that were being watched by the other side, Masarashi simply put on a generous attack form.

Kinoshita Masanao's Second Route Army officially set out from Bungo Province and marched towards Kakumuli Castle in Jiuzhu County. accompanied by the only large cylinder of the Luo family.

On the other hand, Masayo's side was divided into two routes, one was led by the main general of the right formation, Nobuyin of Enjoji, who led the right formation of 1,500 people to the northeast of Takamori Castle, and then marched to Nanzan Castle of the Minami Shiga family under the mountain on the south side of the Kuju Renshan. Masarashi himself, on the other hand, took the rest of his army and marched to the upper reaches of the Rojigawa River (Ono River) on the border between Bungo Province and Aso Prefecture of Higo Province. (To be continued......)