"You mean the kind of weapon that the intelligence mentions makes a loud noise?" After listening to ten-year-old Masaburo's analysis, Takahisa Shimazu said.

"My lord, it is rumored that the Luo family in Hizen has dealings with a strange giant ship on the sea, and I am afraid it is related to the people on this ship." This time it was Tadaro Ijiin, who had just become the elder of the family.

"In that case, let's send someone to Feiqian to investigate first." Takahisa Shimazu decided.

While the Shimazu family was discussing the outcome of the Great War in northern Kyushu, Higo was separated from Satsuma and Osumi by the towering Kunimi Mountain.

This is a small courtyard near the Fukagawa River in Kikuchi Village, Higo Kikuchi County. A middle-aged man of nearly forty years old knelt in the middle of the courtyard, his expression a little cloudy. This person is none other than Shigeharu Otomo, who has changed his name to Kikuchi Yoshitake.

Since changing his name to Kikuchi Yoshitake at the request of his elder brother Otomo Yoshikan and inheriting the Higo Kikuchi family, his life has suddenly become dark. He was a member of the Otomo family, and he should have taken this opportunity to vigorously expand the power of the Otomo family in the thick according to Otomo Yoshikan's idea. However, he didn't want to be a puppet, and even saw himself as a member of the Kikuchi family, and wanted to revive the Kikuchi family's business, but he couldn't get the support of his former retainers at all.

This time, he secretly united Ouchi and the Sagara family to fan the flames in Higo, so that Otomo Yoshikan did not dare to put all his forces into the battlefield of Chikugo.

At the beginning of the war between the Otomo family and the Ouchi family, Kikuchi Yoshitake was disappointed because he received the news that only the Ouchi family's coalition forces had been defeated. This made him very nervous, because once the Ouchi family failed, then Otomo Yoshikan would have the time and energy to settle accounts after Higo.

But suddenly there was a while. He could no longer receive the battle situation on Chikugo and Hizen. During this time, the only thing he knew was that the Arima family, who had always been good friends with him, planned to take advantage of the fire to rob the army, but returned in vain before Hizen.

It's like this tormented waiting. He finally waited for a brand new news today. That is, the Otomo family was defeated. After getting the news. He hid alone in the courtyard and laughed wildly for a long time. Then he picked up the information in his hand again, sat in place, and began to be in a daze.

A brand new name appeared in front of his eyes, and this name was the Luo family. It can be speculated that after this battle, the Luo family will inevitably become an indispensable member of the Kyushu daimyo. Its influence has extended to Chikugo.

So Kikuchi Yoshitake was tempted. If he wants to realize his ambitions, he must get more powerful support, and the current Luo family has obviously become one of his goals. But the Luo family seems to be the sworn enemies of the Arima family, so at this time he is in a contradiction. No matter which side you look for support, you may offend the other side.

Compared to Kikuchi Yoshitake's ambivalent feelings. Otomo Yoshikan can be said to be furious at this moment. With a strength of more than 15,000 people, it can't deal with the Ouchi coalition army of less than 10,000 people.

Yes, until now, Otomo Yoshikan still thinks that the Luo family is just a part of the Ouchi family's coalition army. And this failure is completely a trap laid by the Ouchi family from the beginning.

It's a shame. And this defeat directly led to the postponement of his plan to recover fat. The actions of that damn brother Yoshitake Kikuchi have become more and more unbearable for him. So he originally took advantage of this big victory over Hizen Raiders to dispose of this disobedient brother by the way, and completely recovered Hichigo. Now the dream is shattered.

However, now Kikuchi Yoshitake is nothing more than a clown in his eyes, and after this defeat, Otomo Yoshikan decides to take a break and return to Chikugo. Even if you can't occupy Hizen, you can't let Chikugo, which has always been the power of the Otomo family, be touched by others.

Kikuchi Yoshitake, who was far away in the fat queen, didn't know at the moment that he had escaped a catastrophe. And Masayo, who is in Chikugo, is even more ignorant of the way, and it is precisely because of his big victory that it directly changed the time when the Otomo family took action against Kikuchi Yoshitake to recover the fat. History has changed as a result.

Otomo Yoshikan licked his wounds with red eyes and prepared to make a comeback, but Sugi Koyun, who had fled back to Chikuzen Takatorii Castle as the nominal winner, was equally unhappy.

The defeat of the Otomo family was not only not his honor, but his shame. A shame even more humiliating than the defeat of the Otomo family. Because he was indeed completely defeated by the Otomo family.

What's even more ironic is that he has repeatedly ridiculed the head of the Luo family in the coalition camp as a nouveau riche, and all his past achievements are just luck. As a result, it was this "nouveau riche", who in his eyes was useless, who defeated the forces of Otomo, who had already defeated him.

The impact of this battle on the Ouchi family and his Sugi family was quite far-reaching.

First of all, due to the death and injury of a large number of soldiers and generals, the strength of the various wealthy clans in Chikuzen has dropped greatly, especially the Harada family guarding the northwest, and the sons are almost dead.

Secondly, because of the incompetence he showed in the war, especially against the background of the achievements of the head of the Luo family. This led to dissatisfaction and even contempt for the Sugi family in the hearts of the wealthy families in Chikuzen. This will greatly affect the rule of the Sugi family, who is the guardian of Chikuzen.

The most serious thing is that due to the heavy damage caused by the coalition forces in the Middle East Feiqian Hao, it was easier for the Luo family to control these Dongfeiqian Haojia after the war. And with the fall of these wealthy families, it was officially announced that the influence of the Ouchi family in Hizen officially dissipated, and Hizen really became the world of the Luo family in the future.

This is the last thing Yoshitaka Ouchi wants to see, so Sugi Xingyun is ready to wait for Yoshitaka Ouchi to be punished after returning from Izumo. Now he desperately hopes that Yoshitaka Ouchi's strategy in Izumo will be a complete success. Because in this way his punishment could be mitigated a little.

However, history will prove that his idea is completely impossible, so he is destined to be a tragic figure.

Of course, he should also be glad that there is a more tragic character than him.

This is Shao Erdong Shang.

As an ideal and ambitious head of the family, Shao Erdong can be said to have done his best to revitalize the glory of the original Shao Er family. However, he met the wrong person at the wrong time.

Twice in a row, at the moment when he was about to repeat the glory of the Shao Er family, he fell at the feet of one person.

This person is Luo Zhengliang.

At this moment, in the eyes of Shao Er Dongshang, Luo Zhengliang is already the embodiment of a devil. He prayed all the time that Amaterasu would send down divine punishment to punish this hateful Luo Masara.

It's a pity that the Amaterasu god he believes in can't fight the Hachiman Bodhisattva promoted by Masayo, so instead of finding divine punishment, he has attracted disaster.

Since being rescued by the Puchi family, Shao Er Dongshang has been having nightmares almost every night during this time, dreaming that he is being chased and killed by a large number of people every day.

Tonight, he woke up from the tatami mat sweating profusely.

Wiping the sweat from his thinning face, he sat up. In the dark, he noticed a person standing in front of the tatami mat.

He suddenly had a stirring and immediately looked at it. (To be continued......)