Watanabe did have amnesia. It is estimated that after falling into the Akamei River, he hit his head with an unknown object, and then gloriously lost his memory, and now he can't even remember who he is. Originally, Masato was still thinking about how to deal with this person, but now it's okay, as soon as he loses his memory, everything can be solved. Masara immediately accepted him as a retainer without hesitation.

In this way, the Maori dollar is in danger. Because according to history. After the defeat of the Ouchi family's army this time, the Maori family retreated in the direction of Anyu. The Nizi army all recognized this guy, and when they chased and killed, they were enthusiastic, and they screamed. In Iwami Oezaka, the father and son of Maori Yuan were really tired, and they were about to be caught up by the Nizi army, and the father and son almost hugged their heads and cried, and at this time someone urgently needed to make sacrifices to buy time for the father and son to escape. The most reluctant is that Watanabe-tsu stood up and became the queen of the palace. Watanabe put on the armor of Mori Motosa, and with the remaining six Mori loyal ministers, he led the Niko pursuers to Ohama, and all fought to the death.

In addition to letting the son of Miri-dori inherit the name of Watanabe's family and restore the Watanabe family's status as the elder of the Mori family, he also warned future generations of Mori governors that they should never depose the Watanabe family, and until the Edo period, when the Mori Choshu Domain held the "armor opening" ceremony every year, the Watanabe family was the first to start.

Now that the people behind the palace have been abducted by Zhengliang, then Maori Yuan will have to ask for more blessings by himself. What's more. Masara even asked people to take Watanabe's token to Watanabe's residence, intending to abduct the entire Watanabe family into the territory of the Luo family.

After settling down the matter of Watanabe-dori, Masarashi asked Isono Yuanchang to continue to slowly return to Hizen with great fanfare along the road he came from, under the banner of Masara. Accompanied by Shinnosuke Akabane, Danzo Kato, Ahri, Hidan, and Hidemasa Akimine, he rushed to the coast of the Seto Inland Sea ahead of schedule, and then returned directly to Hizen Karatsu by boat, and returned to Hizen Kishigatake Castle on September 10, 11th year of Astronomical Year.

Learned that Masato had returned. Kakukuma Ishimune, Togo Heiji, Kosuke, Onishi Kuniji and other important ministers rushed to meet one after another.

"How's it going?" After all the retainers saluted, Zhengliang immediately asked.

"At present, it has been proved that the Otomo family has gathered more than 3,000 people in Chikugo. Coupled with the rest of the soldiers of the Chikuzen Hao clan, His Majesty estimated that the total strength of the Otomo family this time would probably be 10,000. "Fortunately, I reported.

"Those 3,000 people should be the direct troops of the Otomo family, right?" Shinnosuke Akabane asked.

"According to the information from Black Hawk, it is the direct force of the Otomo family." Kosuke continued.

"With such a blatant mobilization of troops, what does the Otomo family mean? Even if you're planning to attack Fatzen, it's not so obvious. Togo Heiji said suspiciously.

"The Otomo family is tempting. He needs to confirm the reality of the Ouchi family, although Yoshitaka Ouchi has personally led the main force to Izumo, but before the reality of the Ouchi family is confirmed, the Otomo family is ready to test it first. Shinnosuke Akabane said.

"Did Otomo Yoshikan come in person this time?" Masara asked.

"No, the news from the Ouchi family Sugi family, Otomo Yoshikan stayed in Bungo. In order to cope with the changes of the Higo Kikuchi family. Kosuke immediately reported.

Kikuchi family? Come to think of it. The current head of the Kikuchi family, Kikuchi Yoshitake, is the younger brother of Otomo Yoshikan. It seems that as recorded in history, this Kikuchi Yoshitake secretly allied with Yoshitaka Ouchi and the Sagara clan, and at the same time excluded powerful retainers of the Jo, Akashi, Kumabe clan, and other close friends, trying to firmly hold power in his own hands. This change is probably secretly instigated by the Ouchi family, right? Is it intended for Kikuchi Yoshitake to contain Bungo in Higo? But with Kikuchi Yoshitake's strength, it's obviously unrealistic, and is Kikuchi Yoshitake really so stupid?

"Have you found out what the generals of the Otomo family are this time?" Masarashi continued to ask.

"Now that I know the way, there is only Yoshihiro Kanri as the general general, and there is also the famous general of the Otomo family, Toji Kenren. The other generals are not very clear, but the various wealthy clans of Chikugo are also secretly mobilizing troops this time, obviously responding to the secret call of the Otomo family. As a fortunate assistant who replaced the position of the intelligence cabinet of Onishi Kuniji, he reported in detail.

Household Connection? Depend on! That is, Thori Tachibana Michiyuki? This cow man is here too? Masahiro couldn't help but have a little headache. This famous general, who became famous at the age of 14 because he went on the expedition on behalf of his father, is said to have never been defeated so far. There are also Nayoshihiro Kanri, and there are also a lot of fuel-efficient lamps. The battle between the Ouchi family and the Otomo family was under his brave breakthrough that finally allowed the Otomo family to defeat the Ouchi family's forces. And he is also one of the three elders of the future Bungo.

"What about the current situation on the Ouchi family's side?"

"After perceiving the change in the Otomo family, the general of the Ouchi family, Sugi Xingyun, immediately began to respond, not only sent information about the Otomo family to Haoqiang, including the main family, but also began to mobilize the wealthy families in Chikuzen to participate in the prevention, and many wealthy families have responded one after another." Kosuke continued.

"It looks like a storm is coming!" Masara sighed. He didn't expect that there would be a confrontation between the two camps at this time. After all, according to history, during this period, Otomo Yoshikan did focus on Higo. I didn't expect such a situation to occur. It really caught Zhengliang by surprise.

After the retainer assessment, Masarashi made some dispositions of territorial affairs separately, and then rushed to Kanzaki County to check the terrain.

Geographically speaking, entering the territory of the Luo family from Chikugo can only break through from the reverse of Lotus Pond City. So Masahiro's first stop was Lotus Pond City.

After checking the garrison of Hasuike Castle, Masayo rode his horse to the riverside of the Chikugo River.

I saw that the wide river surface was sparkling at the moment.

"Why are there so many ships on the river?" Masarashi asked suspiciously.

"Your Excellency. Recently, there has indeed been an increase in the number of boats on the river, and some of them have even tried to go ashore from their own territory, but they have been deterred or caught by us? "I was in charge of accompanying the ashigaru report.

"Spies?" Masarashi suddenly thought of the term. Kosuke once reported to Masato that during this time, the number of spies who infiltrated the Luo family's territory increased significantly, and the defenders would receive reports about spies from the people almost every day. Now it seems that the other party has infiltrated the Luo family in this way. After the Luo family occupied this place, for the sake of safety, Masashi had already moved all the people along the coast to settle in other places. It can be said that it is almost impossible to have civilians along the coast here. And now those boats that are constantly swimming along the banks in the river. It's almost certainly all spies.

"Is there a boat nearby?" Masarashi suddenly plans to take a trip to Chikugo Kawakami.

"Returning to your lordship. There is a small river bend near Hasuike Castle. There are all the ships we have collected. Ashigaru replied immediately.

So under the leadership of Ashigaru, Masara and his party divided into four small fishing boats and began to patrol along the river near the side of the Luo family's territory.

Masahiro's main purpose was to check the situation along the coast and see if it was suitable for ships to land. These places will be the focus of Roche's monitoring. After all, if you want to go ashore, the ship will generally choose a place that is easy to dock. Surveillances of these places naturally reduce the depth of the spies. Too many spies have poured into the territory, and even with the strictest precautions, there are still fish that slip through the net.

Currently, Roche controls the coast along which the Chikugo River enters the Hizen side of the Ariake Sea. And because the mouth of the Chikugo River was controlled by the Kamachi clan navy who was subordinate to the Otomo family, the Luo family's navy in the Ariake Sea could not enter here. This also directly led to the fact that the Luo family could only defend passively on the shore, and the defense on the water was beyond reach.

The Chikugo River is at the mouth of the Ariake Sea. At this time, it was still a wide river. This kind of terrain is different from that of later generations. In later generations, there was a small island in the middle of the river here.

"Where is that?" Masarashi asked, pointing to a small, abandoned ferry.

"Your Excellency. It was the Luri Ferry, where the boats of the villagers of Chikugo on the opposite side used to land, and since the border was blocked, few boats dared to come here. Even those who dare to come here are some villagers who plan to settle in their own territory. Ashigaru reports.

"Hmm," Masaro nodded.

In this way, Masarashi surveyed the terrain along the coast near the Hizen side. At this moment, an early warning sound came from the ship in front of the guard.

Everyone immediately followed the prestige, only to see that at a bend, several fishing boats suddenly appeared.

"Who? How dare you sail freely in the territory of the Luo family? Fei Duan, who was in charge of guarding the ship ahead, shouted.

"We are fishermen from the neighborhood. Because he was only interested in fishing, he accidentally broke into here. The other party replied loudly from a distance of about ten meters.

"Fisherman?" Masato smiled: "Lean over!" "Not only is there one more fishing boat on my side than the other side, but there are also obviously more people than the other side, not to mention that just now, the Black Eagle who was following on the shore has also gone to inform the cavalry team that is preparing to meet nearby. So Masato is not afraid of the other party at all.

"You stay where you are, we'll come and check now." Fei Duan, who was instructed by Masaara, immediately said. At the same time, several small boats of the Luo family also began to approach each other.

But the other party is obviously a thief, so he will obediently wait until the Luo family's fleet approaches. Almost as soon as the Luo family's fleet rowed towards each other, they immediately retreated to the opposite shore.

"Chase!" Masato shouted.

So the two fleets chased each other across the river. Because the Luo family had a lot more hands than the other party, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed to seven or eight meters. At this time, Masato regretted a little that he didn't carry a bow and arrow today due to a temporary situation. Otherwise, at such a distance, the opponent will definitely be shot into a sieve with a bow and arrow.

"Hahaha, His Royal Highness Zhengliang don't want to send him off, don't let Huji Jianlian say goodbye. He will definitely have to compete with His Highness Zhengliang on the battlefield in the future. At this time, a middle-aged man stood on the other side of the boat and smiled at Masaliang's side. The reason why the other party was so calm was because there were already several small boats on the other side of the bank to meet them.

"What?" Zhengliang exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly looked at the middle-aged man who was smiling. But at this time, there were already several people surrounding the middle-aged man, so that Masato couldn't see each other's faces clearly.

The reason why Masara exclaimed was not because the other party called out his name, after all, as a newly rising Haoqiang, his appearance had long been painted into a portrait. So it's normal for the other party to recognize him. Masashi was surprised that the other party actually claimed to be a toji jianren. This is the name before Tachibana Michiyuki changed his name.

Could that be the thunder god Tachibana Michiyuki? It's impossible, doesn't it mean that Thor was struck by thunder, and then he can only sit on the throne and command the battle? In fact, it was Zhengliang himself who made a mistake. At this time, the snow of Tachibana Road has not been struck by lightning. He was not long after, one day in the heat of midsummer, he encountered a thunderstorm while taking a nap under the tree, and there was a thunderstorm to Daoxue, Daoxue subconsciously pulled out the love knife "Chidori" and slashed, and his foot was injured because of this, but Daoxue's bravery on the battlefield coupled with this catastrophe and immortality, gradually became the incarnation of the beautiful name Thor. Even if the foot is injured, the leg strength is no worse than that of the able-bodied, and the subsequent battles still have a record of fighting with saddles and horses, and in his later years, six soldiers were responsible for carrying the public opinion, and sitting on the public opinion to motivate the soldiers to fight. As a result, Chidori changed its name to "Rachel".

"It's the Otomo family's Kenren-sama in front?" Since the other party claims to be Toji Kenren, it is basically the important minister of the Otomo family, Tachibana Michiyuki. This is a big fish, and it is the deputy general of the Chikuzen Otomo Coalition this time. If the other party is captured here, this will undoubtedly be a great blow to the Otomo coalition forces. So determined to take the risk and leave the other party behind.

"It's down there!" Hearing Masayo's question, Tojikan in front pushed away the guards in front of him and shouted in the direction of Masayo's ship.

"Since it's Lord Toji Kanren, why don't you stay here and get to know each other well?" Masara said. At this time, Masato finally saw the other party's face clearly. Medium build, square face, slightly bald hair on sideburns, thick black and neat eyebrows, and a pair of sparkling eyes.

"Ha Lu Ha Ha" Hearing that Masa-liang made such an interesting suggestion, Hu Ji Jian couldn't help but laugh Ha Da Lu, and then saluted and said; "Zhengliang's good intentions are understood, there is no need to get together, and in the future, under the righteous account, there will definitely be time to get together." Toji Kanren's words imply that the Luo family will eventually surrender to the Otomo family.

"Hehe, after that, I'll sweep the couch in the Funai Pavilion to greet you." Masato said not to be outdone. The meaning of this sentence is that the Luo family occupies the lord's mansion of the Otomo family, and Toji Kanren will inevitably become a retainer of the Luo family.

"Your Highness, several more ships from the other side are coming this way." Just when Masahiro was still fighting in the Tojijian Lian fight, several small boats sailed out on the other side. This time, their purpose is not just to answer the household Jianlian, it is obviously aimed at Zhengliang.

"Hahaha, since Jianlian doesn't appreciate it this time, then I'll be waiting for you in the Funai Pavilion in the future." The heroes don't suffer the immediate losses, and now that the other side has twice as many ships on their side, it is better to retreat for the sake of safety.

In this way, a meeting between Masarashi and Tachibana Michiyuki ended like this. Afterwards, Masara secretly regretted that why he didn't kill those ships as soon as he saw them, after all, the closest distance between him and Tachibana Michiyuki was only seven or eight meters. In such a short distance, it was a fierce opponent that was let go.

And what Masato didn't know was that Tachibana Michiyuki was also remorseful afterwards. Knowing that he had already done so, he deliberately slowed down the ship, and even sent the ship back to entangle with the Luo family's ship, so that the receiving ship on his side would come and capture the head of the Luo family. In this way, this opponent who he loves and hates will become a prisoner of the Otomo family.

However, there are times in history when there is really only a difference of seven or eight meters, and the result is completely different. (To be continued.) )