In the military tent, the request made everyone in the big tent shocked and couldn't help but ponder.

Soon, the Hoshino family governor Hoshino Zhenyasu and the Kusano family governor Kusano town, who were also from Chikugo Province as the one who asked for the note, also requested the transfer of their family territory.

Although there was a strange scene of several retainers jointly asking for the transfer of their own fiefdoms, everyone at the scene, whether it was the party concerned or other retainers, knew very well why such a scene occurred. For the wealthy family in the Warring States Period, the most important thing is mainly to consider the two points of survival and interests, as the governor of the wealthy family, these retainers naturally know what kind of choices they should make when and when they should be.

Therefore, for a while, as a local wealthy family in Chikuzen and Chikugo, he was thinking about how to ensure the survival and interests of the family, and as a wealthy family in Bungo, he was thinking about how to avoid facing such a situation in the future. Of course, for these wealthy families in the Bungo area, the Luo family also needs their local efforts to help stabilize the territory in Bungo, so they naturally don't need to ask for their own territory to be transferred. But there are lessons to be learned.

So not long after the end of this incident, the wealthy families who had not been transferred, such as Irita, Yoshioka, Luji, Ogami, and Kita-Shiga, issued urgent orders at home, forcing the family members not to leave the family's territory for half a step, and at the same time only allowed to receive guests of the Luo family, and even they took the initiative to apply to Masato for the Luo family's legal rules and regulations (which is tantamount to taking the initiative to show a cooperative attitude to Masaliang), and then brought it home so that the family members must memorize it by rote, so as to prevent them from violating the laws of the Luo family's territory in the future.

For the act of forcing several wealthy families to automatically apply for the transfer of territories in this way. Masara didn't think it would cause a fierce revolt from his retainers at all. Warring States period. A family is itself a collection of interests. As long as enough benefits are given, the retainers will continue to support you. This special period of emphasizing big fish eating small fish is not a time to pay attention to kindness, but to be tough when it should be tough (just like Maori Yuan asked the local wealthy family of Anyi to sign an umbrella affidavit). Now that the Luo family has such strength, they are naturally able to do such things. If it is replaced by other wealthy families, they will even make the move of sending adopted sons to these families and replacing them. And the reason why Masara didn't do this was because he didn't have so many sons. There are not so many daughters, and the second is that with the guarantee of the territorial system, the retainers can only rely on the Luo family, and cannot be dominant.

After dealing with the rebellion in Chikuzen and the decision of the three families including the Kansusho to transfer the feudal to Higo Province, Masarashi immediately led his army and began to return to Gibu Castle in Bungo Province. On the way back, he finally received the information about the supplies he received after the destruction of the temples and shrines of Chikuzen Province. There were more than 10,000 taels of gold and nearly 10,000 taels of silver. The most important thing is to find more than 80,000 koku of grain (these temples and shrines are simply a small daimyo).

With more than 80,000 stones of life-saving food, the food problem within the territory can be alleviated to a certain extent. Therefore, Masarashi is already considering whether to attack the remnants of the Otomo family. But soon, his plan was forced to cancel.

News came from Bungo. Otomo Yoshijin, who had been missing for a long time, reappeared. Legend has it that after falling into the river, he was swept away by the river to a village downstream, and then rescued. After waking up, Otomo Yoshijin hurriedly said goodbye to his life-saving benefactor's family, and then secretly returned to Bungo alone (it is estimated that he didn't even dare to believe his own retainers anymore at this time, for fear of being attacked again). After an arduous journey, he finally arrived at Kunighito Prefecture of Bungo Province. At this time, he was sending people to seek the support of other daimyos, and on the other hand, he inherited the position of governor of the Otomo family with the support of many Otomo retainers.

What made Masayo grit his teeth the most was that the guy Usuki Kansu actually fled back to Guodong County, and even went to the Shikoku region on behalf of the Otomo family. As for the Ouchi family, at this time, they also supported the restoration of Otomo Yoshizhen with great fanfare. He even sent reinforcements to Aoyama Castle on the border between Toyogo and Toyozen provinces, ready to come to the aid of the Otomo family at any time when the territory of the Otomo family was attacked by the Luo family. And the Ito family was also invited by Otomo Yoshijin to officially go out to help the Saeki family's army, which was facing off against the Luo family's army in Bungo Kaibe County.

"My lord, the Ming State has a saying, and it is close to the attack, and this statement is very clear about the strategy that the family should adopt at this time." After returning to Gibu Castle, the military advisor Kansuke Yamamoto admonished Masayo in the face of such a complex surrounding environment.

This time, due to the repeated important information provided in the previous raids, Yamamoto Kansuke's family received a large number of territorial rewards in Bungo Province, and became the largest wealthy family in Bungo Province in one fell swoop (this is a counterweight for Masarashi to the local wealthy clans). In addition, Kansuke Yamamoto himself was promoted to the elder of the Luo family. Along with him, there are Kakuma Ishimune, Akabane Shinnosuke, Kinoshita Masanao, Yoshida Shigemasa, plus the previous Togo Heiji, at this time there are already five elders in the Luo family (three of them are a family).

In addition, Akuta, Oishi Tomohisa, Executor Tankane, Enjoji Nobuyin, Andel, Murakami Takeyoshi, Tao Masato, Guna Tong, Murakami Grande, and Andel were promoted to generals, plus the previous generals Isono Yuanchang, Kai Qinnao, Nabeshima Kiyobo, Irita Qincheng, Nafu Shinkage, Arima Qingjun, Liu Le, and there are also seventeen generals in the Luo family. And Watanabe-dori, Asakura Sote, Kumon Shigetada, Yoshikawa Kokei and others also became generals because of their accumulated military merits.

"Out-of-range?" Kansuke Yamamoto's words suddenly made Masarashi wake up. The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and Zhengliang was so confused by the successive wars that he even forgot this trick used in China's Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

If you want to attack from afar, you must first look at the situation around the Luo family. To the north of the Luo family is the Ouchi family, which spans the Kitakyushu and Seikoku regions, to the northeast is the Otomo family, which is still breathing, and to the northwest is Iki Island, which is mired in civil strife. To the south, there is the recalcitrant Sagara family, and the Shimazu family, which has allied themselves with the Luo family. To the southeast is the Itoya, which is growing in power. In addition, in the Shikoku region across the sea, there are also powerful forces such as the Nishitoji family, the Utsunomiya family, the Ohno family, the Kono family, and the Ichijo family.

From the analysis of the situation of friends and enemies, the Ouchi family, the Otomo family, the Sagara family, the Ito family, and the Iki Island Hata family can be said to be the sworn enemies of the Luo family. Among these enemies, the Otomo family, the Sagara family, and the Iki Island Hakata family were far inferior to the Luo family at this time. It is the potential of the Luo family to consider the key strategy in the next step. As for the Ouchi family. There will be a long-term confrontation.

So he gathered several retainers together and discussed them. Masashi immediately made a deployment:

He ordered Shinnosuke Akabane of Hanayama Castle in Chikuzen National to lead his army to approach Soka County, and at the same time put pressure on the Ouchi family, forcing the Ouchi family to compensate for the invasion of the Chikuzen Luo family's territory. As for the conditions for compensation, it is also the population.

This time, Hakata captured so many captives of the Muneka family and the Ouchi family in Chikuzen, just in time for the Ouchi family to send their families over. Although the Ouchi family will take advantage of this to send some fine works in, these people will only be sent to Higo to settle down, and the mountains and rivers are far away. The usefulness of these details is very limited.

Moreover, Masahiro also knew that the Ouchi family at this time was not willing to start a confrontation with the Luo family, and if the Luo family put on an appearance of confronting it to the end, the Ouchi family would naturally compromise. Anyway, more than 80,000 stone of grain was seized from the temple shrine, and the Luo family had the confidence to wrestle with the Ouchi family. Let's see who shows the determination to fight to the end more vividly.

In addition, Masashi Kinoshita, who was stationed at Takasakiyama Castle on the border between Bungo Oita and Ami-gun, headed north and directly invaded the Beppu Bay Plain in Ichima Hirakawa.

The Beppu Bay Plain, which would later be the city of Beppu, is also home to the famous Beppu Hachiyu (hot springs). This plain was formed by the erosion of rivers from the mountains to the west as they flow into Beppu Bay. It is the most fertile place in Ami-gun. At this time, the Otomo family was left with only the entire county of Kunisaki County, as well as half of Quicki County and half of Kaibe County. In order to maintain enough military strength to confront the Luo family, they must fight for every inch of land in these three places to support the army. And Zhengliang is precisely to grasp one point. Constant harassment of the Otomo family.

After analysis, the Otomo family and the Luo family's territory are in two areas. In the Saeki Bay area of Umibe County to the southeast, since the border area is full of beaches and forests, which can help the defense of the other side, it is not of much sense to enter their territory to harass them, and they may even be ambushed by the other side. The Beppu Bay Plain in Ami-gun, Quicki County, in the northeast, is different, where after coming out of the Takasaki Mountain Castle controlled by the Luo family, you can directly enter the coastal plain area of the Ichima Pingchuan Land, so the army of the Luo family can be wantonly destroyed, and at this time, the Otomo family, who is very concerned about the fertile land, will naturally not be a shrinking turtle, and will naturally send troops to fight, and even lure the Ouchi family to come to help in the battle. So in the future, this will be a meat grinder for the Luo family against the Otomo family and the Ouchi family.

The so-called attack is the best defense, and the two places of Chikuzen Soka County and Bungo Sumi County will help to change the passive situation around the Luo family. In addition, for the invading Ito family's military situation, the Luo family can completely respond by static braking. Whether it is Nakatani Pass at the junction of Ohno-gun and Kaibe County, or the Kohirayama area at the junction of Tsukumi Bay and Saeki Bay in Kaibe County, the Luo family can take advantage of the favorable terrain to defend the danger and let the other party return in vain.

As for diplomacy, it is also necessary to take a proactive approach. The first is to send an envoy to the Ouchi family (who happened to accompany the previous envoy to the Luo family's Joibo to return to the Ouchi family) to protest against the Ouchi family's tearing up the peace agreement and attacking the Luo family's territory in front of the building, and to cooperate with the military situation of Tachibanayama Castle to put pressure on the Ouchi family.

Shikoku, too, sent envoys, and the Otomo family used to have many enemies there. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, so Masarashi decides to send someone to Shikoku to win over allies, just like the Otomo family. This time, the one who took the initiative to ask for the envoy was Kizo Shigetada, who had just returned from other places. In addition, Masara is also preparing to send Ahri and others, who have just returned from Zhoufang, to set off with Kizo Shigetada, and the goal of Ahri and others is naturally to assassinate Usuki, a retainer of the Otomo family who has also rushed to Shikoku. Last time, Usuki Kan ran away, and this time he must not let this guy out of the Shikoku region alive.

Similarly, adhering to the principle that the enemy of an enemy is a friend, Masarashi decided to send an envoy to Izumo Niko's house again. The last time the envoy sent to the Nizi family had returned, although the Nizi family was also courteous to the envoy of the Luo family, but the Nizi family did not immediately reply to the alliance between the two families. Masashi can see from the attitude of the Nizi family that the Nizi family seems to be proud of their identity, and at that time, the Luo family was still under the joint siege of the Ouchi family and the Otomo family, and life and death were uncertain, so he looked down on the Luo family a little, and with the young and vigorous character of Nizi Haruhisa at this time, it was very likely that he had this thought. But with the defeat of the Luo family over the combined forces of Ouchi and Otomo this time, they even almost destroyed the Otomo family. At this time, the Luo family already has the qualifications to sit on an equal footing with the Nizi family, and the alliance can naturally sit down and talk about it.

It's just that the matter of who to send to the Nizi family made it difficult for Zhengliang. (To be continued......)