The team is getting closer and closer to the gates of Setoyama Castle.! Should we seize the opportunity to launch that plan?

Don't miss the opportunity! Let's start it! After all, Ouchi Yoshitaka is usually closely protected, and now it is rare that after a big victory, the guards are negligent, and it is the best opportunity to launch a plan. Thinking of this, Masahiro pretended to raise his right hand and straightened out the armor on his body, which was a signal to the personnel hiding nearby to immediately launch the plan.

After pretending to tidy up his armor, Masarashi slowly followed Yoshitaka Ouchi in front of him, narrowing the position of the two of them slightly. At that moment, a piercing call of a nightingale was heard from the other side of the woods. Masarashi glanced in the direction of the woods out of the corner of his eyes, and sure enough, he saw that the top of the tree tied with a red cloth suddenly trembled.

said that it was too late, and Masarashi immediately exclaimed: "Dazai-sama be careful! Then he desperately blocked Yoshitaka Ouchi's side.

"Phew!" , a muffled sound of an arrow colliding with a metal object sounded from behind Masayo. Zhengliang felt a shock behind him, and immediately let out a "scream", and then fell to his knees. At the moment when Masato knelt down, a feather arrow had been inserted in his back.

"Protect your lordship!" The guards who reacted immediately surrounded Yoshitaka Ouchi.

"Your Highness!" Kato Duanzo and others, who had been preparing for a long time nearby, immediately surrounded Masashi who had been "unconscious".

"Quick, send His Highness back to the camp for treatment!" Isono shouted.

In the midst of a period of chaos, the "unconscious" Masahiro was carried back to the camp of the Luo family.

The assassination caused a stir among the coalition forces, and Yoshitaka Ouchi was furious, and almost everyone was launched to conduct a carpet search. Hoping to find the murderer, but until the evening there was no gain.

In the evening, the camp of the coalition forces did not have the festive atmosphere after the capture of Seto Mountain Castle, but was enveloped in a tense atmosphere.

"How's it going?" In the military tent of the Luo family, a voice came from the darkness. The owner of this voice is none other than Masahiro himself.

Yes, this assassination incident is just a play directed and acted by Zhengliang. In order to smoothly "hurt" Masahiro. It's been more than half a year since I followed the Ouchi Coalition Army. Some of the goals set at the beginning have been achieved, and there is no need for Masahiro to follow the coalition forces anymore. After all, according to the development of history, this exit will only end in the fiasco of the Great Internal Coalition Army.

But how to get out? This is another headache. Hastily requested evacuation. It will definitely be reproached by the Ouchi family. Everything that was built with great difficulty before will lose a lot. Apparently impossible. After thinking about it, Masahiro finally thought of this bitter plan. Once you are injured, or even seriously injured, you will have a chance to take the opportunity to get out. Of course. This alone is not enough, Yoshitaka Ouchi is likely to let Masarashi continue to stay in the back to recuperate. So there needs to be a more important reason.

This reason is the Otomo family.

Since Yoshitaka Ouchi left the Niko family, the Otomo family, who got the relevant information, began to change one after another. First of all, a large number of detectives were sent into Hizen, and even the territory of the Luo family. In the past few months, the Luo family has arrested more than 20 spies of the Otomo family who were reported by the people. From the mouth of the spy to know the way. The Otomo family is playing the banner of revitalizing the Shao Er family, and is wantonly contacting the old general of the Shao Er Dongshang in Hizen.

And Shao Er Dongshang is also very cooperative with the Otomo family, and he is in front of the saddle and behind the horse for the Otomo family's strategy in front of the building, jumping everywhere. Black Hawk has found his whereabouts several times, but he has cleverly evaded the pursuit or attracted a large number of Otomo guards to protect him.

In the past two months, the Otomo family has finally made a substantial move. That is to begin the secret build-up of troops. Looking at this situation, the Otomo family is preparing to wait for the Ouchi family to get stuck in the quagmire of the Niko family, and launch an attack on Hizen or simply Chikuzen. And whether it is Hizen or Chikuzen, for the Luo family. None of this is good news. At this time, Masato must return to the territory.

Therefore, in order to let the Ouchi family discover the secret operations of the Otomo family in Chikugo, the Luo family deliberately created several incidents in Chikugo. As long as the ninjas of the Ouchi family don't eat dry rice, then they will definitely be able to get a lot of information from them. And just a few days ago, Duanmu Kiyomasa, who was in the Ouchi family, conveyed to Masara that the Ouchi family had discovered the abnormal behavior of the Otomo family. Moreover, Sugi Xingyun, who was in charge of Chikuzen and Bungo during Yoshitaka Ouchi's departure, had already sent personnel to the camp of the Ouchi family's coalition army. Now counted, the person who delivered the information should have arrived in the next few days.

"Your Highness, everything has been arranged." Danzo Kato said to the dark place where the voice came from, "Absolutely no one will be able to find the clues. While reporting it, Kato Duanzo secretly admired. It seems that the strength of the head of his own family is getting stronger and stronger. Even as a ninja, he is. In the ninjutsu of "stealth", it is impossible to achieve the perfection of the head of the family now. If it weren't for the head of the family who took the initiative to speak. He didn't know for a while that the head of the Daoist family was hiding there.

"That's it! For the inquiries of the Ouchi family, you can reply to them directly, my injury is no longer serious, but it is not convenient to see people for the time being. Masaro continued.

"Yes!" Danzo Kato saluted respectfully to the darkness.

"In addition, let Isono Yuanchang continue to pretend to be on guard as if he was facing a great enemy, and the camp of the family will not be disturbed by anyone!" Zhengliang said: "Take advantage of this opportunity, and the plan will also be activated." ”

"Yes!" Kato Duanzang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then immediately took the order. In his opinion, it is obviously a bit early to carry out that plan now, and the timing is not right, once the grass is startled, the chances will be slim in the future. However, after all, this was the order of the head of the family, and he was inconvenient and dared not refute it, so he had to obediently carry it out.

In the days that followed, the Ouchi coalition did not continue to advance, but instead repaired in place. Yoshitaka Ouchi was clearly frightened by the assassination, and before he could figure out the situation, he was determined to fix it for the time being.

But at this moment, another assassination occurred. Mori Motosa's second son, the future Yoshikawa Motoharu, was being attacked by a strong force of men while escorting grain. Although Mori Motosaru's second son escaped, several samurai were killed and wounded, and some of the samurai even escaped to protect Mori Motosashi's second son, and fell into the Akamei River, where they were swept away by the rapid flow of the river due to the breaking of the embankment.

As a result, there was a lot of noise among the army.

"Failed?" It was another evening, in the big tent of Zhengliang, Zhengliang asked slowly.

"Originally, the subordinates were ready to make a move, but the other team of people made the first move!" Kato Duanzo said. Now he's a little annoyed too. Originally, everything had been planned, and it happened to take advantage of the opportunity for Maori Yuan's second son to walk out of the barracks today, but it turned out to be messed up by another team of people.

"Who is Zhilu Dao?" Masarashi continued to ask.

"Judging from the way of acting, His Majesty thinks that it is the new palace party of the Nizi family!"

"Shingu Party? Hehe, it seems that the Nizi family is not willing to sit still! Zhengliang said: "Time also, life also!" In that case, let the matter be stopped. "After being beaten by the grass, it must be difficult to find an opportunity to attack the Maori family in a short period of time.

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