Astronomical 18th year (1549), August. The Shimazu family, who were about to take the North Satsuma region, accepted the mediation of the Roche family, the overlord of Kyushu, and suspended their raid on the North Satsuma region.

As soon as this news came out, the wealthy families of Northern Satsuma, who were almost wiped out by the Shimazu family, were naturally overjoyed. And the Sagara family of Higo Kokuma County, who had formed an alliance with them before, couldn't be happier.

"Poof!"

After learning the news that the Hoshikari family and the Kitahara family in the Kitasatsuma, Nishiosumi, and Nishi-Hyuga regions not only abandoned the Sagara family and made an alliance with them, but even began to help the Luo family block the border around Higashi-Kuma County, where the Sagara family was located, Uemura Yoriko, who was already bedridden, immediately vomited a mouthful of blood.

"Father!" Haru Sagara, who was on the side, was taken aback when he saw this. At this time, Manmanmaru (Sagara Yoshiyo), who was only five years old at this time, looked at his grandfather Yoriko Uemura who vomited blood and his father Haruhiro Sagara who was hurriedly wiping the blood stains for his grandfather. At the age of five, he really couldn't understand the crisis Sagara was facing at this time. With the Sagara clan losing allies in these surrounding areas, Sagara is not far from being wiped out.

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"Bang dang!"

The Liver Fu family, who was also in the high mountain castle of Osumi Kingdom, was also taken aback when he learned the news, and even broke one of his favorite Ming porcelain without noticing.

"Did it really come? Kyushu Eagle, have you still put your claws into the South Kyushu region? It's just that at this time, after the North Yuan family, the Ryokari family and other powerful families form an alliance with the Luo family, will they still form an alliance with the main family? In addition, what will happen to Takahisa Shimazu, who was forced to stop attacking Kitamasatsuma? "Come to think of it. Liver Fu Jian couldn't help but look solemn.

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"Huh. It seems that the sneak attack eagle will not be idle after the capture of Fenggo. Now it's coming to Minami-Kyushu again. Dear dear, what do you think about this? In a courtyard in the capital of Kitago in the prefectures of Hyuga Province, Kitago Tadashi, who was in his sixties, asked.

"Father, despite the family's many efforts, the Kitahara family in the western region is still unwilling to unite with the family against the Ito family. Now the intervention of the Luo family just provides an opportunity for the family. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, and the Luo family is the most suitable ally of this family! Tadashi Shimazu said.

"Hmm." Seeing that his son analyzed the truth. Kitago nodded in satisfaction and motioned for Shimazu to continue.

"The Ito family has gone out several times to assist the Otomo family in dealing with the Luo family, so the Ito family and the Luo family are already in an endless hostile relationship. And the main family is also fighting against the Ito family in the southern region of Hinata, and the Luo family is also bordering the Ito family's power range in the southwest direction of Hyuga, and the Ito family has become the common enemy of the main family and the Luo family, as long as the two can form an alliance, they can jointly deal with the Ito family. ”

"In that case, let's quickly discuss with Shimazu Tadahiro the choice of an envoy to the Luo family to form an alliance." Hokgo Tadashi nodded in agreement.

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"Damn! Damn it! Damn Yuken Kitahara! No wonder he has been reluctant to join forces with his own family to deal with the Beixiang family before, it turns out that he has long formed an alliance with the sneak attack eagle! "The capital of the Ito family is in the county town hall. Yoshisuke Ito scolded angrily in annoyance.

"Humph! Since you're willing to take the talon of the Sneak Attack Eagle, let the family destroy you. "Come to think of it. Ito Yoshiyu's eyes immediately turned fierce, "Order, order the army of Sanshan Castle to approach the territory of the Kitahara family. ”

"No! My lord, this must not be done! Seeing that his lord was starting to get nervous again, the retainers below immediately advised, "Lord, it looks like the autumn harvest is coming, and this matter should be decided after the autumn harvest." ”

"Humph! In that case, let's let go of the coward of Kitahara Yuken for the time being. After hearing this, Ito Yoshisuke pondered for a while, and felt that his retainer's suggestion was reasonable, so he finally gave up the decision to attack the Kitahara family immediately.

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As the Ito family's retainers said, the autumn harvest season in September is approaching, and all the powerful and powerful are busy collecting grain. The Wa Kingdom, which had been full of war, instantly returned to calm.

The beginning of September is indeed a harvest season for the Luo family.

On the Bungo side, the Luo family attacked from the north and south, and repelled the combined forces of the Otomo Saeki family and the Ito family in the southern direction, giving the Luo family time to recuperate on the southern border of Bungo Province. To the north, the forces of the Otomo family entered a war of attack and defense in the Beppu Plain, which turned the Beppu Bay of the Otomo family into a ruin, and seriously affected the spring plowing work within the Otomo family.

On the coast of Bungo Province, the Luo family navy took control of the sea route from the coast of Kunitito County of Bungo Province to the coast of Hyuga Province. More importantly, it also formed an alliance with the Saito temple family in the Shikoku region, which is across the sea. The only pity is that the Otomo envoy Usuki, who also went to the Shikoku region to win over allies, escaped.

In the presence of Chikuzen Kuni, the Luo family successfully held an auction in Hakata, raising more than 30,000 koku of grain, and at the same time, initially attracting most of the merchants in the area west of Kyoto, a business alliance controlled by the Luo family gradually took shape.

As for the entanglement with the Ouchi family in Chikuzen Country, due to the Luo family's multifaceted attacks, the Zongxiang family, which belonged to the Ouchi family, was harassed by the Luo family and suffered heavy losses, and this year's autumn harvest is estimated to be a failure, and the population has also lost thousands of people. What's more, the Qiuyue family, which is still a powerful member of the Ouchi family on the surface, has reached a series of alliances with the Luo family to deal with the Ouchi family.

In the southern region of Kyushu, under the operation of Yoshioka Nagamassu, the Luo family successfully forced the Shimazu family to stop the pace of expansion, achieving the goal of initially containing the Shimazu family, and at the same time infiltrating the influence of the Luo family into the southern Kyushu region.

In Kyoto, there were also many promotions in official positions, and even the family character would soon be promoted, and it also took the opportunity to strengthen the good relationship with the imperial shogunate.

In terms of the internal affairs of the territory, after a series of on-site inspections by Zhengliang, the internal affairs of the territory have reached a new level. In addition, this year, Hizen Province, Chikugo Province, and Higo Province have not suffered from war, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the climate is relatively good. It is expected that this year will be a bumper year in these areas.

As for the Chikuzen Province and Bungo Province that had just experienced the war, although the restoration work was vigorously carried out by the Luo family's internal affairs cabinet after the war, a poor harvest was inevitable. But it was enough to be able to basically guarantee that the people would not starve to death in the following winter. What's more, with the end of the autumn harvest, these areas will be led by the Cabinet of Internal Affairs to carry out large-scale paid forced labor (to increase the development of the territory with infrastructure construction, and at the same time solve the problem of food and clothing for the people), it is believed that these areas will have a smooth transition in the following winter.

(Thanks to "'&quo" for being the helmsman of this book; Thanks to "Oriental Prestige, Siroyuin, and Tomorrow Heaven" for being the deacon of this book; Thanks to the monthly pass of "Green Miya, Baishi Jinglian"; Thanks to "King of Lionhearts, Green Mia" for the tip. Thanks to the evaluation vote of "Kinky Little Prince". (To be continued......)