Faced with Shan's troubles, Duanmu Qingzheng sneered and denounced:

"At the end of the year before last, the Otomo family's coalition invaded Hizen, and someone deliberately put aside the Luo family, the most loyal ally of the Ouchi family, and faced it alone, and later it was a strange defeat to the Otomo family in a good situation. After returning to the territory, not only did he not reflect behind closed doors, but he also talked about the heir of the master and the governor without authorization, as if he had long known the outcome of the war in his own family; Since the envoy of the Otomo family came to Zhoufang, some people have been very close to him, which really makes people wonder if it is secretly connected to the Otomo family! ”

"You?" Shanxing was so angry that he lost his temper directly, and after he suddenly woke up, he immediately knelt down in front of Ouchi Yoshitaka and said, "My lord, Your Majesty requests to fight with him to the death." ”

"Hahaha, come on, that's exactly what I mean, a guy who was scared out of his hands and feet when he saw Otomo's house, and he had no fear in the next." Duanmu said with a smile and a heroic smile.

"Alright, calm down, everybody!" Yoshitaka Ouchi finally spoke. As soon as these words came out, the ministers, Duanmu Qingzheng and others immediately bowed their heads and apologized.

"Tell me about it, Righteousness. Let's talk about the meaning of Zhengliang. Yoshitaka Ouchi continued.

"Dazai Daiji-sama, since the Battle of Sebahara, Ouchi and Otomo have reconciled under the mediation of the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Ouchi and Otomo, but when Dazai Daiji went on the expedition the year before last, the Otomo family took advantage of the emptiness of the Ouchi family to directly send troops to invade Hizen, which shows that the Otomo family is a treacherous person, and it is categorically not credible. On the contrary, not only did the family actively respond to the Izumo strategy of Dazai Daiji, but the head of the family resolutely returned to Hizen with an injury when the Otomo family sent troops to Hizen and personally led the troops to resist the Otomo family, which shows that the family is indeed a close ally of the Ouchi family. Nowadays. The Otomo family sent troops to build the queen again. If the Ouchi family chooses to stand by at this time. Once the Otomo family is strong again in Chikugo, it will definitely be a strong enemy of the Ouchi family. Duanmu Qingzheng said bluntly.

"What do you think?" After listening to Duanmu Kiyomasa's words and muttering for a while, Ouchi Yoshitaka looked up directly at the ministers in the council hall and asked.

"My lord, the Otomo family is the current rival of the family, and the family should immediately send troops to support the Luo family, an ally of the family." Tao Longfang, who had not spoken before, said.

"Oppose, this is a battle between the Otomo family and the Luo family, and there is no need for the family to send troops to build the queen. Caught in the middle of a dispute between the two companies. It was Shanxingyun who raised the banner of opposition.

"What about you?" Yoshitaka Ouchi once again set his sights on the likes of Naito and Sagara Takeren, apparently wanting to hear their opinions as well.

"But the Lord decides everything." Unexpectedly, Naito Xingsheng, who had always opposed the family's dispatch of troops to build the country, no longer expressed his opposition in a clear manner.

"But the Lord decides everything." Sagara Takeren, who has always been tactful, and also to avoid suspicion, also spoke.

"But the Lord decides everything." Seeing this, the rest of the retainers also knelt on the ground and said.

For a while, the choice of decision-making returned to Yoshitaka Ouchi.

"In that case, we'll talk about it later." Yoshitaka Ouchi said simply. At this time, he was still thinking about the tea party this afternoon, so he really didn't pay much attention to the dispute between Otomo and Luo. As a result, the question of whether to send troops to build the queen was put on hold.

For such a result, Shanxingyun seemed very happy. Because at least Yoshitaka Ouchi did not make the decision to send troops. And although Duanmu Qingzheng was still frowning, he was relieved in his heart. Even if the Ouchi family did not decide to send troops, as long as the Ouchi family did not pursue the assassination of the Otomo family's envoy, it would be enough. The most dissatisfied with this result is estimated to be the only one in the Otomo family, but in addition to Ouchi Yoshinaga, who became the son of Ouchi Yoshitaka, there is no one in the Otomo family who can speak at this time.

Just when the three families of Ouchi, Roche, and Otomo were still in the Yamaguchikan around whether the Ouchi family should send troops to Chikugo, Otomo Yoshikan, who was in the main camp of the Otomo family's army in Chikugo, was in a dilemma.

This expedition to the Luo family, although he has built an encirclement of the Luo family, but since the army has been raised, everything has not gone well.

First of all, as the vanguard of Shiga's 1,000-strong army, he was ambushed by the Luo family and suffered heavy losses, and even his important minister Shiga was killed tragically. This is not a blow to him who is determined to give the Luo family a hard blow. More seriously, it was also a blow to the morale of the entire conquest army.

Secondly, when the two armies of Otomo and Luo were facing each other at the foot of Mt. Kora, bad news came from Higo. The expeditionary army of Feihou was ambushed by the Luo family in the territory of Feigo, and not only the whole army was defeated, but even suffered heavy losses. As the general of the expeditionary army on this road, Yoshihiro Jianli was not only captured, but even the army of the wealthy clans of Higo was collapsed, and it was no longer possible to threaten the territory of the Luo family. What made Otomo Yoshikan furious the most was that Kikuchi Yoshitake, who had secretly promised him to reconcile, betrayed him again, not only participated in the ambush battle of the Luo family against the Otomo family, but also specifically attacked the Akashi family, a die-hard ally of the Otomo family, and killed the Akashi family led by the Akami family in the ambush battle, and then even captured the Akashi family's home city, the Akashi family's son-in-law, the Tongjia, who was lucky enough to escape, was forced to flee to Bungo to the Otomo family.

The last is the news from the Goto Water Army. Although at the instigation of the Otomo family, the Goto Navy detained the envoy of the Luo family, Tao Masatora, who came to Goto to make friends. However, the Goto Navy did not follow the advice of the envoy of the Otomo family and killed the envoy of the Luo family. What made Otomo Yoshikan even more disappointed was that the Goto Navy was only assembled on the edge of the Luo family's territorial waters, but it did not launch an attack on the Luo family's water army.

Therefore, since the expedition in June, each of the three armies organized by Otomo Yoshikan has suffered blows to varying degrees or made no progress.

"Damn the Roche family!" Otomo Yoshikan said angrily in his heart. He knew that as long as his army made progress along the way, then the Wudao Navy would make up their minds to attack the Luo family, and the wealthy clan on the Higo side would be reunited, and even a new army of the Luo family might be formed. It's just that he is helpless about the progress of the army at this time.

It has been nearly a month since the two families started the war at the foot of Mt. Kora, and it seems that it is about to enter August, but the army of the Otomo family is caught in a tug-of-war with the Luo family.

The Luo family adopted the trench tactic, constantly digging trenches on the battlefield between the two armies, and then relying on the trenches to block the attack of the Otomo family. This made Otomo Yoshikan, who originally planned to use the numerical advantage to launch a sea tactic against the Luo family, have to fall into a battle with the Luo family for the trench.

It's just that the arrows and iron cannons of the Luo family are too powerful, especially those weapons called iron cannons, and when attacked at close range, even the wooden shields used as protective ones will be shot through by the balls shot by those iron cannons. In order to deal with these weapons, Otomo Yoshikan can be said to have racked his brains, but still with little success. As a result, since the war between the two armies, the army of the Otomo family has not even had a chance to kill the outer edge of the Luo family's main formation. Based on this situation, Otomo Yoshikan's temper is getting worse and worse, and he often finds someone to vent his anger.

As for why Otomo Yoshikan's temper is so short-tempered, Usuki Jiansu, who is a military advisor, is also very clear. While he felt deep remorse in his heart for suggesting that Otomo Yoshikan and Kikuchi Yoshitake negotiate peace, he also hoped in his heart that Otomo Yoshikan would decisively order the withdrawal of troops. With the accident of the two armies of Higo and Goto Water Army, and the army of this road was blocked again, Usuki Jiansu had already expected that this time the conquest of the Luo family could only be done temporarily, and if the stalemate continued, it would only become more and more unfavorable to the Otomo family.

Regarding the proposal to withdraw troops, Usuki Kansu had already proposed it to Otomo Yoshikan, but it was rejected by Otomo Yoshikan. Otomo Yoshikan still had hope of defeating the Luo family's army at the foot of Mount Takara, and he relied on his army of more than 10,000 people.

In this regard, Usushi Jiansu is really a little helpless, in the opinion of Usui Jiansu, there is only one way to break through the trench position of the Luo family, that is, to attack the position of the Luo family regardless of casualties. It's just that in order to do it regardless of casualties, for the sake of maintaining its own strength, neither the Otomo family itself nor the wealthy clans affiliated with the Otomo family will be like this, which is also the reason for the current confrontation between the coalition forces. After sighing in his heart, Usuki quickly opened his mouth and prepared to persuade Otomo Yoshikan to temporarily suspend his army again.

"Report!"

At this moment, a samurai outside the big tent came to report in a loud voice.

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