In the afternoon, the sun was scorching, and although it had just rained lightly in the morning, the air was full of hot and humid molecules, making it feel unbearable.

Next to the spring water, under an old pine tree, Masara lies on his back on a specially made rattan chair, his eyes slightly closed, and he seems to be thinking about life at the moment. Next to Masayo is a crane holding a small fan to gently fan Masayo, and on the other side is a butterfly cleaning the wild fruits sent by the people. Corruption, it's really corruption, Zhengliang kept blaming himself in his heart, and at the same time opened his mouth to swallow a wild fruit that Dongxiang Ju put to his mouth, well, the taste is indeed very sweet.

"Your Highness, Your Highness", just as Zhengliang was about to swallow the second wild fruit sent by Dongxiang Ju, at this time, a hurried voice came from the door of the inner courtyard. Damn, who's bothering me at this time, it's been a few days of lazy afternoons.

Masara opened his eyes angrily, raised his head and looked, only to see that Monomi was rushing towards him, and behind him were two small surnames who couldn't stop him.

"Your Highness", Yinuo knelt on the ground a few meters away from Masahiro, sweating profusely, panting, obviously rushing over, "A fierce battle broke out in Yuno Tail Castle. ”

"What?" , Zhengliang turned over and quickly stood up, "Quick, gather all the retainers to assess." Before the two young people who had just arrived could stand firmly, they immediately turned around again and rushed out.

Soon, Zhengliang knew the whole story from Yinuo's mouth. This morning, the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family, who had jointly occupied Yuno Castle, broke out without warning, and a battle broke out. The battle began as a local skirmish, and eventually turned into a full-scale clash at noon. Later, when the two families were exhausted and both were defeated, the forces of the Dono family, who were supposed to retreat to the city, suddenly came out, and the two families that were attacked by the surprise immediately collapsed. The red-eyed Dono family was willing to let go of this opportunity, and immediately chased after the rout for several miles, and finally refused to give up after the rout army fled the border of the original Dono family.

Although the territory needs time to recuperate, now that there are fighters, it cannot be missed. After hastily consulting with the retainers, Masarashi gathered 20 low-ranking samurai and 40 cloaked people and arrived at the checkpoint bordering the territory of the Dono family in the afternoon. At this time, new news came. The Dono family, who had reoccupied Yuno Castle, had not yet enjoyed the fruits of victory, when they received the news that the Uekura family had seen through the suspicious plan on the border line and began to cross the Zauchi River to invade the territory of the Tangno family. Seeing this, a small number of defeated troops of the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family who were hiding nearby took the opportunity to gather under Yunoo Castle again, and for the sake of the materials that the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family were defeated in the castle and had no time to take away, the two defeated troops miraculously reached a joint covenant, and once again joined forces to attack Yunoo Castle, and dozens of people pounced like fierce beasts on Yunoo Castle, which was not defended by only twenty people.

How can you miss such an opportunity? Since the main forces of the three families are not there, it is the time for the Luo family to be a fisherman and snatch the fruits of victory, and Zhengliang immediately decided to rush to the battlefield with all the strength of the troops in the high village.

On the afternoon of May 31, Yunoo Castle Castle Town.

After half a month of fighting, the castle town of Yunoo Castle was full of broken wood and broken walls, and the lives were devastated. Only a small tributary of the Mangari River still flows quietly in the distance, as if to tell of the prosperity of this place. With a force of 110 men, Masarashi waded through the shallow water upstream of the small tributary of the Manga Richuan River, and then quickly rushed to the vicinity of Yunoo Castle along the path of the Akasaka family's sneak attack on Yunoo Castle. At this time, the gates had been opened from the city by the routs who had climbed through the walls, and fighting was going on in the city. …,

"Kill", Masara pulled out Yoshioka and waved forward, and the troops behind him, led by Heisataro and Tadajiro, rushed to the open city gate like a tide, and the three soldiers who were still in the melee soon found themselves surrounded by enemies several times their size. Wars at this time were generally crushing battles, and after defeating the opponent, massacres rarely occurred. So after several unlucky ghosts were stabbed into hedgehogs, the troops surrendered in a very humble manner. As for the samurai who resolutely organized their troops to resist, Masara graciously gave them the honor of seppuku.

"So, the scuffle was caused by the woman who was held in the cabin?" , An hour after occupying Yunoo Castle, Masarashi sat on the main seat of the council hall of the castle lord's mansion and asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, confirmation from the mouths of those captives," Tadajiro said.

After receiving Tadajiro's definitive reply, Masarashi felt ridiculous, he couldn't believe that it was a woman who caused the infighting between the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family. It turned out that this morning, a head of the Ashigaru group of the Standing Stone family led a few people to search for households in the nearby mountains and fields as usual, asking for more farmers' belongings, not wanting to find a beautiful daughter of a farmer's family in a small ravine, and immediately prepared to rob it. It just so happened that at this time, another team of the Akasaka family, Ashigaru, passed by, and the ashigaru led by the woman's beauty made his eyes green, and he also joined in the robbery, and the two sides immediately clashed, and the last was the more numerous Akasaka family Ashigaru team to win.

The head of the Ashigaru group of the defeated and injured Tateishi family immediately ran to the young master of the Tateishi family, who was in charge of staying behind, and cried that the Akasaka family had robbed the beautiful woman who was going to be dedicated to the young master. The young lord who had long seen that the Akasaka family was not pleasing to the eye (the Akasaka family, believing that their strength was stronger than the Tateishi family, had repeatedly made trouble in the meeting to divide the newly occupied land), immediately led people to theorize and demanded that the woman be handed over. The Akasaka family turned their noses up at this, and the young master of the Tateishi family, who felt that his dignity had been insulted, forcibly searched for it, which led to a conflict, and in the chaos, the young master of the Tateishi family was wounded by random arrows (most likely the work of the Dono family's spies), and the young master of the Tateishi family, who was furious, gave the order for a full-scale attack on the Akasaka family. As a result, a full-scale infighting broke out between the two families. Presumably, because of the disagreement over the distribution of interests, the heads of the two families are estimated to vomit three liters of blood after hearing the news in their respective homes.

"Give the woman back to her family, and organize the peasants in the nearby mountains to move to Notaka Village, which will likely become a battlefield again," Masarashi instructed, "What about the harvest this time?" ”

"Your Highness, this time a total of 36 spears, 4 Maruki bows, 120 stones of miscellaneous grain, 37 prisoners were captured, and no one in the family was injured, but no other materials such as swords and coins were found", the first and fourth standing ashigaru team military commander Fu Luo Shi Kizaburo Yu reported, "The military merits have been counted, and it is estimated that 5 stone miscellaneous grains will be distributed." After saying that, Roche Kisaburo couldn't help but be overjoyed. During this attack, he claimed the head of a seriously wounded samurai. Although it is a bit of a danger, being able to win the enemy's head in the official first battle at the age of less than 16 is already a sign of bravery.

"Pinzo, how's the situation on your side?" , Masara looked at Taro Hirasa who had been keeping his head down and not making a sound. In fact, another reason why Masarashi was so eager to capture the castle was that he learned from Hirasataro that when Kijiro Dono was the lord of the castle, he had set up a secret warehouse in the castle and secretly accumulated a large amount of materials to be used to seize the throne. With the experience of the secret warehouse of the wild mountain bandits, Masara is quite looking forward to it.

"Your Highness, the secret warehouse is still intact and has not been discovered by the rest of the family, this time a total of 15 swords, 30 spears, 25 pairs of simple bamboo armor, and more than 500 stones of miscellaneous grains were harvested from there," Hirasataro reported in a low voice, "In addition, the head of the original head of the courtier's family, Kijiro Dono, and the body of Sakuma, another important minister of Kijiro Dono, were found in the secret room. After the most seppuku, he apologized. ”…,

Seeing that Hirasa Taro's face was gloomy, Masara couldn't find a suitable word of comfort for a while, and was silent for a while, and finally said, "Let's bury him thickly, as for the head of Kijiro Dono, it will be preserved with lime." ”

"Your Highness, ...... are you?" , Hearing Masayo's order, Hirasataro felt a little puzzled.

"Is Your Highness ready to befriend the Dono family?" , at this time Roche Kisaburo asked.

Masaro nodded slightly, "The Dono family is currently being attacked on both sides, and after this big war, its strength has also weakened. In the past, it was because of the inability to reconcile with the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family, and in order to avoid being attacked on the back, they had to take two risks to try to retake this place. Now that there is a family for him to resist the threat of the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family, even if he is unwilling, presumably the Dono family will reluctantly accept the status quo. Moreover, there are three enemies in this place, and being able to temporarily make friends with the Dono family can also greatly alleviate the threat of the family. ”

"Your Highness, the Dono family may not agree to the kindness of the family, right?" , said Taro Hirasa.

"Return the head of Kijiro Tangno, and then take out 300 koku from the miscellaneous grain seized from this place to exchange weapons with the Dono family, the territory has been repeatedly invaded, and the Dono family's income from this year's autumn harvest must have decreased, with these 300 stone of grain, they will be much better. Pingzuo, you're in charge of this," Masarashi said. As a former samurai of the Dono family, it was only fitting for Hirasataro to take on this mission, and at the same time, Masarashi also planned to test his loyalty. As for the grain, the Luo family has also captured a lot after several wars, not to mention that now you can buy food from the Huzi family, but weapons cannot be purchased, and it is also cost-effective to exchange these grains for a little weapon.

"Yes, Your Highness," Hirasa Taro bowed to the order, "but I wonder what kind of reply His Highness needs from the other party?" ”

"Hehe, the other party won't reply," Masarashi smiled and said.

"Huh?" , The retainers were taken aback, since they knew that the other party would not reply, why did they do so many things?

"The original territory of the family was occupied, and now you need the help of others to tide over the difficulties, and if you force the other party to reply, it will only make the other party ashamed and embarrassed, and in the end you will not hesitate to fight with your own family, so you only need the other party to agree to exchange weapons with your family," Masara analyzed. As long as the other party is willing to agree to exchange materials, it means that the other party acquiesces in the goodwill of the Luo family.

"Your Highness is clever", after fully understanding Masahiro's intentions, everyone had to deeply admire the wisdom of the lord.

After ordering everyone to go down, Masara summoned Monomi Bantou Kazuno, who had just rushed back, alone. "What's going on with a few of them?" , Masarashi asked.

"Your Highness, after the main force of the rout returned to the territory of the main family, and learned that Yuno Tail Castle had been lost, the head of the Akasaka family was furious, beheaded the retainers who were in charge of staying behind, and then regrouped the team, and seemed to be preparing to invade this place again", Ichino cautiously looked at Masayo's face, found that Masato looked calm, swallowed his saliva, and continued to report, "The forces of the Dono family have been engaged with the forces of the invading Kamikura family. As for the Tateishi family, a strange thing happened, the young master of the Tateishi family, who had only been slightly injured, was seriously injured and died during the retreat. ”

"Huh? Died of injuries? Masahiro smelled the conspiracy from the news in an instant, "Hahaha, it seems that the family has one less rival for the time being." ”

Seeing Zhengliang talking to himself, Yinuo, who was kneeling on the ground, was confused, and he didn't know why Zhengliang was suddenly so happy.

"Continue to closely monitor the movements of several companies," Masashi said later.

"Yes, Your Highness", Yinuo bowed and bowed, and walked out of the hall quickly.

"Pass the order down, let everyone be vigilant and ready for battle," Masara commanded to the little surname behind him.

It seems that there will be another big war.

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