As the sun set, on the battlefield near Itsukushima Komabayashi, Mori Mototosa, Mori Takamoto and others stood on a hillside, looking at the chaotic battlefield.

The battle essentially ended with a resounding victory for the Maori family. After nearly a day of fighting, at this time on the battlefield, except for the team of Hongzhong father and son who were besieged by Yoshikawa Motoharu's team below, the rest of the Tao soldiers were either killed or surrendered, and the rest of the rout fled into the mountains and forests.

For these routs, Mao Liyuan is not worried at all. Seeing that winter is coming, in the case of lack of food and clothing, these defeated soldiers will come out of the mountains and forests to surrender sooner or later. In his opinion, it is estimated that in three or four days, the affairs on the island will be over. The only thing that worried him a little was that Tao Longfang had finally escaped, and his third son, Kobayakawa Takakei, had already gone in pursuit. I hope that Tao Longfang will be captured in the end, otherwise he will be affected by the attacks on Zhou Fangguo and Changmen that he has already planned. Moreover, the attack on Zhou Fangguo and Nagato Country must also be fast, and the Luo family, which has already established a foothold in Fengpu County, Nagato Country, must seize the territory as much as possible before they can react.

"But, at least, for now, everything is under your control." Mao Liyuan muttered to himself. Just when Mori Moto's ambition was complacent, from the other side of the bay, several Mori samurai who were in charge of guarding the bay were hurriedly carrying a person towards this side.

"Who? Stop me? Seeing this, the Maori soldiers who were in charge of guarding on the periphery immediately shouted.

"It's us, go and report to the lord, there are 100,000 urgent things to return here." A samurai who was carrying people immediately said. So the situation was quickly reported to the Maori Yuan. And it was approved by the Maori Yuan to receive the meeting.

"You're Yagoro?" When the person being carried is brought to the Maori Yuan. Mori Moto immediately recognized that the person who came was the general of the family's navy, Yagoro Mi Munekatsu's retainer. At this time, the situation of Yagoro was not optimistic. There was a feathered arrow stuck in its back, and a trace of blood was flowing from its mouth from time to time, obviously not far from death.

"Lord...... Host...... Lord. When he was confused, Yagoro seemed to recognize the Mori Motosho in front of him.

"I'm Motoku, Yagoro, what's going on? What about Nami Sosheng and others? Seeing Yagoro like this, Mori Yuan already had a sense of foreboding.

"Lord...... Public...... Come on...... Gauze...... Family ...... The trolls are coming. Yagoro said this sentence intermittently.

"Huh? Roche's water army? It was not Maori Yuancheng who exclaimed, but Gui Yuancheng beside Maori Yuan. Gui Yuancheng's exclamation, but immediately the people near the territory also exclaimed.

"You mean the Luo family's navy is here?" Although the heart is also shocked and abnormal. But Mao Liyuan still asked as calmly as possible.

"Ben...... Home Water Army...... Defeated, on the ...... Former ...... To block...... Fast...... "......Originally, Yagoro was going to tell the Mori family that the Luo family had thousands of warships this time, and not only defeated the combined naval forces of the Mori family, but also prepared to blockade the sea area near Itsukushima, but in the end, he swallowed the last breath before he could fully express it.

"Carry the man down and bury him properly." Looking at Yagoro, who had completely lost his breath, Mori Moto finally ordered with a solemn face, and then he found the samurai who found Yagoro and asked, "How did you find him?" ”

"I would like to report to my lord that his lord and others found his ship while patrolling the nearby seas, and it was full of feathered arrows and there were many burnt marks. Apparently after a fierce battle. When the subordinates waited to get on the ship. It was found that the rest of the ship was dead, and he was left unbreathed. After being rescued by us, he asked to come and ask to see the lord. Samurai reported locally.

"Hmm!" After listening to this, Mao Liyuan immediately fell into deep thought. Apparently, Yagoro had returned from a fierce battle at the risk of death. Judging by the signs of the battle on the ship, the battle was quite fierce, and the family's sailors were at a disadvantage. And if it can put the naval army with more than 400 ships into a disadvantage, and it is so difficult to even send a ship back to report the news, then the opponent naturally has a larger fleet. And the only one who can have such a huge naval army nearby is the Luo family, and from this point of view, Mao Liyuan is already completely sure that it is the Luo family who came to sneak attack. Of course, Mori Moto can also choose not to believe Yagoro's words, but Yagoro is a diehard member of the Maori family, and it is impossible to lose his life to deceive him. Besides, in such a situation, Mo Ahli Yuan would rather believe that he has it than believe that he has nothing! So Mori Moto instantly chose to fully believe Yagoro's words.

And from the intermittent words of Yagoro before his death, Mao Liyuan also instantly concluded that the Luo family naval army that attacked this time had at least thousands of ships, thousands of ships, and at least tens of thousands of people and horses were reprinted? And at this time, even if you add the naval army troops who don't know the life and death at this time, the Maori family only has more than 10,000 troops, how can this be the opponent of the other party? Moreover, it seems that the Honk's navy has been defeated by the Roche's navy, and the purpose of the Roche's navy is also obvious, that is, to block the waterways around Itsukushima and besiege them on the island. If this is the case, then the Maori family will also be in the same predicament as the Tao Long House before. Thinking of this, Mao Liyuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

But even though he realized that he was already in a difficult situation, Mao Liyuan was still very strong, and did not immediately show any panic on his expression, on the contrary, he was quickly looking for a solution. However, no matter how he tried to do it, any approach would be futile if he could not secure the waterways. For example, he can take advantage of this time to quickly gather all the materials on the island to fight against the Luo family who arrived, but even if there are more materials, after being cut off from the coastal land of An Yi Country, there will be a day when they will be empty, and then these Maori troops on the island will only be slaughtered. Therefore, for the sake of An Yiguo's family business, there is one way now, and that is to escape.

Unlike Tao Longfang's arrogance, even if the main force of the navy at home was dispatched, Mao Liyuan still left more than a dozen ships as a link with the coastal land of An Yiguo. Now this is the right time to come in handy. It's just that after all, there are only a dozen ships, and at this time, even if it is damaged in today's fierce battle, there are at least seven or eight thousand retainers and soldiers in the Maori family's camp, and with the size of the fleet, it will definitely not be able to transfer all of them back to the coast of Aki Province in a short period of time. It seems that the strong man is going to break his wrist.

After making the final decision in his heart, Mori Moto immediately ordered all the retainers around him who had also heard Yagoro's words before his death to keep it a secret. Fortunately, these retainers are all die-hard loyalists of the Maori family, and they are also the ones who will be taken away by Maori Yuan overnight, so they naturally take the initiative to help Maori Yuan keep it a secret.

Subsequently, Mao Li Yuan in the name of the border of Aki Kingdom was attacked by the Nizi family (at this time, Mori Yuan still had a trace of luck in his heart, he still hoped that the news of the arrival of the Luo family's navy was fake, so that even if it was really confirmed that the Luo family did not come, then he could use this as an excuse to analyze it to everyone), gathered all the retainers in the vicinity for a temporary assessment meeting, at the meeting, Mori Yuan could arrange for his own descendants such as Mori Takamoto and Yoshikawa Motoharu to return to Aki Country overnight, The wealthy families of Itsukushima locals, Bigo Province, and Beichukuo, who were slightly estranged from themselves, remained on Itsukushima, and were in charge of the finishing work of the Itsukushima War.

These wealthy families who were kept in the dark immediately became secretly happy, not only did they not have to follow the Maori family to fight against the terrifying Nizi family, but they were also able to stay on Itsukushima to clean up the defeated soldiers of the Tao family and the Ouchi family, which had no fighting spirit, this was simply a good errand to send credit!

So, in the evening, Mao Liyuan immediately gathered the elite of his own lineage, and then boarded the ship one after another to prepare to leave. However, after everyone boarded the ship, the fleet did not set sail immediately. Because Mao Liyuan still has to wait for the return of the team of the third son, Kobayakawa Takakei, who had gone away because of the pursuit of Tao Longfang, and left together. After making a decision in his heart, he immediately ordered someone to immediately go and find Kobayakawa Takakei back.

In this way, Morimoto not only did not wait for Kobayakawa Takakei and the others, but waited for the alarm brought back by his own patrol boat, which turned out to be his own patrol boat that had already discovered a series of long dragons of fire rising in the sea a mile away. Apparently they were all lit by the flotilla that had come here overnight in the darkness of the night, when they lit the torches.

After getting the news, the little hope in Morimoto's heart that Yagoro was fake was also shattered. Because he did not send someone to convey any orders to the navy before, according to the previous order, in fact, they should continue to pursue the Tao family navy and you at this time, and take the opportunity to seize the Tao family and the Ouchi navy stronghold along the coast of Zhou Fangguo. Moreover, according to the original agreement with the Mishima Navy, the Mishima Navy's Navy's will only help the Maori Navy's army for one day. After a day, they have the opportunity to return to their lair. And even if the Mishima sailors want to fulfill their agreement and return to their own lair, they will not return overnight at night, at least until tomorrow, when it is easier to sail during the day. So now it is basically certain that the navy that is coming here is definitely not its own sailor.

Seeing that the danger was approaching, the third son, Kobayakawa Takakei, had not yet returned, so Mao Liyuan had no choice but to grit his teeth, break his wrist again, and directly give the order to set sail.

(Sorry, for network reasons, I logged in for a day today, and now I can log in and post it.) (To be continued......)