With the fall of Baishan City, the residence of the Zongxiang family, the Zongxiang family was almost wiped out by the Luo family, and with the help of the former ministers of the Zongxiang family, the cities of Kite Prison City, Shimaru City, and Banyuan City also surrendered to the Luo family one after another. Immediately after that, the retainers of the Internal Affairs Pavilion who had been waiting in Xu Fei Mountain City immediately went to various parts of the Zongxiang family to start receiving new territories, and in less than half a month, the Zongxiang County, which was the gateway to the eastern region of Chikuzen Province, fell into the hands of the Luo family.

In the middle of September of the 20th year of Astronomy, after converging with the military forces of various routes, the army of the Luo family once again penetrated deep into the eastern region of Chikuzen Country. Among them, one hundred cloaks, four hundred samurai warriors, two hundred iron artillery teams, four hundred first standing riding teams, and one hundred second standing riding teams are standing as the main formation of Zhengliang; 500 3rd Standing Ashigaru Brigade Standing Guard, 500 Peasant Soldiers as Forwards; 500 2nd Standing Ashigaru Brigade Standing Formation, 500 Peasant Soldiers as the Right Formation; 200 5th Standing Ashigaru Brigade Standing Formation, 300 Peasant Soldiers for the Left Formation; Five hundred peasant soldiers, one hundred scouts, fifty heralds, and fifty black eagles were in the rear.

In terms of generals, the general general and the general of the main camp are Masarashi himself, Kakukuma Ishimune is the military division of the army, Isono Yuanchang, Takasaka Masanobu, Andel, Akaxue Mitsukiyo, Tao Nakamoto, and Irita Yoshimi are the generals of this station, and Shimazu Yoshihiro, Esato Koukou Nobutsune, Hyakuzumi Kenkan, and Narimatsu Nobukatsu are the military surnames; Akuta is the main general of the forward, Yoshiro Kawada is the forward division and military eye, and Asakura Sode, Shimahara Junshige, and Fukuda Nobukiyo are the forward deputy generals; Yoshida Shigemasa is the main general of the right formation, Takeuchi Hisamori, Kamidai Victory, Ueda Shinji, Kuroki Minori, and Luo Masamune are the deputy generals of the right formation, of which the one-eyed dragon of the Luo family Luo Masamune is also the right army Mufu; The executive is also the chief general of the left formation, and Akaike Nagato, Marumme Yorumi, Uemura Hontsuna, and Roche Shinanoro are the deputy generals. Among them, Roche Shingoro is also the military head pay; In the rear, Kansuke Yamamoto, the military division of the army, was the main general. Toshi Honda is the deputy general. Ming Fengxiu is a military physician, and he led more than a dozen students from the Roche School of Medicine who came to participate in the actual battle to provide medical security for this trip.

In the entire Luo family's army, there were a total of 2,600 standing soldiers and 1,800 peasant soldiers, totaling more than 4,400 people. The entire army marched out of Ishimaru Castle in Soka County. Along the way, when a large number of black eagle flags appeared in the array of the marching Luo army, the people who were harvesting in the autumn along the way abandoned their farm tools and hid back to their homes.

This area belongs to the interaction area of the Muneaka family, the Akizuki family, the Aso family, and the territory directly under the Ouchi family, even when the Ouchi family was the guardian of Chikuzen Province. The local clan of Soka, the Aso family, and the Akizuki family all had disputes over the ownership of the area, so the villagers here were used to the life of always changing lords. Originally, they were still the lords of the Soxiang family more than ten days ago, but a few days ago, as a group of Aso family troops were stationed nearby and approached the Ishimaru Castle of the Soxiang family in front, this place changed to the territory of the Aso family. It's just that three days ago, the army of the Aso family didn't know what Lu Dao was, and they took the initiative to withdraw without being attacked, so they didn't know whether Lu Dao belonged to the lord's lord. And they also took advantage of the time when the war stopped to rush to the fields to harvest this year's grain.

And when they saw the Luo family's military strength appear on the avenue, they quickly discovered that the family crest they saw this time was different from the family crest of the lord near them, and they instantly realized that something was wrong. As a result, the villagers, who had long learned how to survive the war, immediately fled without even the farm tools and food in the fields. The sudden appearance of an army of family crests that had never been seen before in the land between several lords was a sign that there was another war going on. Naturally, they hurried away.

Kansuke Yamamoto, who was in the back of the battle, also found out about this situation, so after consulting Masarashi, he sent several detectives into the nearby village and began to spread the truth that the Luo family had become the new lord of the place. And find a way to reduce the resistance of the local people to the Luo family. This is mainly to avoid these local villagers from becoming the eyes and ears of the enemy or even your killer at a critical moment (just like Akechi Mitsuhide died at the siege of the villagers while escaping).

The army marched along the field road until it came to a place called Mizumaki on the west bank of the Enga River, the largest river in the eastern part of Chikuzen Province. There is a wooden bridge connecting the east and west banks of the Enga River.

Along the west bank of the Enga River to the north, to the mouth of the Enga River, the Aso family's Yamaga Castle stands here, and this area is also the domain of the Aso family. And along the west bank of the Enga River to the south, you will soon see Kengaku Castle belonging to the Akizuki family. From Kengaku Castle to the south, the area on the west bank of the Enga River has since belonged to the territory of the Akitsuki family.

And further east along this bridge of Mizumaki is the Aso family's Hanao Castle. Located on a narrow beach between Mt. Shiikura to the south and Cave Bay to the north, Hanao Castle is an important gateway connecting Chikuzen Province and Bunzen Province, and it can be said that the coastal area to the north of Chikuzen Province is the domain of the Aso family.

However, in the area south of the Aso family's domain on the east bank of the Taga River, there is a part of the Ouchi family's direct domain. In this area, there are Hatakeyama Castle of the Ouchi family, Takatoriyama Castle (a castle where the Luo family and the Ouchi family were allied), and Kaharudake Castle. These areas are across the river from the Akizuki family's territory on the west bank of the Enga River.

When Masayo's army was about to enter the territory of the Aso family through the bridge in front of him, there were already three groups of men waiting by the bridge for a long time, so Masara immediately ordered the whole army to camp on the spot, and then met with these three groups of people.

Among the three groups of people, two of them are the Akizuki family and the Aso family. The person who came from the Qiuyue family was a retainer in the family and the sister-in-law of the family governor Qiuyue Wenchong. The Aso family is also a retainer in the family and the three-year-old son-in-law of the family governor Takashi Aso.

According to the alliance agreement reached by the previous Luo family, the Akizuki family, and the Aso family, the three families will jointly fight the territory of the Ouchi family, and in the Chikuzen country area, the territory of the Muneka family is owned by the Luo family, the Ouchi family's Hata Mountain Castle and the area near the city are under the Aso family's strategy and occupation, and the Ouchi family's Takatoriyama Castle and the area near the city are under the strategy and occupation of the Akizuki family. And after the Luo family takes the territory of the Soka family, the Akizuki family and the Aso family will open the passage inside the territory to allow the Luo family's army to pass through it, and then attack Kokura Castle in the border area between Bunzen Province and Chikuzen Province.

This is a tripartite win-win pact, but the three parties are wary of each other, and each has its own intentions. (To be continued......)