The Akizuki family is a family of Chikumae Eisu-gun since the Kamakura shogunate, and is known as the "Three Wealthy Clans of the Ōzo Clan" along with Harada and Takahashi. It is said that the Ōzō clan is the last descendant of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty of the Han dynasty in China, and according to the records of the Kojiki, the Japanese Shoji and the Kiki, he crossed to Japan at the end of the Han Dynasty and was in charge of the storage of official property during the Japanese Imperial Court, and held the position called "Daizo".

Of course, there are other theories, and some people believe that because they lived in the Bichu Daizo Valley, this Daizo was not an official name, but a place name. In the fourth year of Tenkei (941), the Saikai Rebellion launched by Iyo Fujiwara Juntomo was known as the "Tenkei Rebellion" in history. Harumi Ozo joined the army led by Yoshiko Ono, and because of his contribution to quelling the rebellion, he was assigned to Chikuzen in Kyushu, where he served in Dazaifu and built the defense system of Kitakyushu.

The main stream of the Ōzo clan was the Harada family, and later the wild branch became Akizuki, Takahashi, Tajiri, Egami, Mihara, Togami, and Koganimaru. With the development of history, such as Mihara, Togami, and Koganimaru, these wealthy families have gradually been submerged by the tide of history, and in the process of the rise of the Luo family, the Egami family was wiped out, and the Tajiri family took refuge in the Luo family, and the Akizuki and Takahashi families, who were far away in Chikuzen Country, were faced with the problem of how to choose when the Luo family's army arrived.

As for the Qiuyue family, now the Zhengliang lion is asking the Qiuyue family to give up Yesu County like a big mouth, which is obviously difficult for the Qiuyue family. After all, this is where the Qiuyue family started, and most of the Qiuyue family's clansmen live here. Therefore, for the unreasonable request of the Luo family, the Qiuyue family resolutely denied it. Even some of the retainers asked to go out of the city to fight the Luo family. In fact, they were not clear about the situation outside the city at this time, and they thought that the Luo family was just pretending.

Of course. Qiu Yue Wenzhong finally rejected the suggestion that the retainers go out of the city to fight to the death against the Luo family. After all, we can continue to negotiate. There are always conditions on which both sides can reach an agreement. Not to mention the fact that the defenders of less than 2,000 people in the city are fighting a field battle with an army of thousands outside the city. Isn't this a good use of one's own shortcomings to the enemy's strengths? The Autumn Moon Bungen hasn't gotten angry because of annoyance.

In his eyes, the Luo family needed to race against time to expand the results of the battle at this time, and since this was the case, the Qiuyue family could naturally negotiate slowly without fear. It's just that he doesn't know what to do, in the eyes of Masahiro, the Qiu Yue family's power in Yesu County has seriously hindered the Luo family's continued expansion of power to Chikuzen Kingdom, unless the Qiu Yue family takes the initiative to give up Yesu County, otherwise the two families will inevitably have a fight. This is not something that can be resolved through negotiations.

At nightfall. Just when Qiu Yue Wen was about to personally supervise the battle again to deal with the harassment of the Luo family's army every night, a person was hoisted in the city wall at this time. Just as he was about to ask the soldiers defending the city why they had lifted people up without permission at this tense moment, he found that the people who had been lifted up turned out to be acquaintances.

This acquaintance is the retainer of the Akizuki family, Ohashi Toyogo, who took the initiative to open the door and surrender in the mountain castle before. As soon as he saw the autumn moon who had been reunited for a long time, Ohashi Toyogo Mamoru immediately knelt on the ground and shouted with tears:

"My lord! Finally seeing you. ”

In the past few days, Da Qiao Feng Houshou can be said to have experienced a life of ups and downs, originally he thought that this time he was dead, but in the end he was personally received by the legendary figure this evening (the last ambush was only a stand-in), and even unexpectedly freed after the last. So at this moment, after seeing the familiar lord and colleagues, he couldn't help but choke in his heart.

The same. Qiuyue Wen was also pleasantly surprised when he saw Ohashi Fenghouhou. After losing contact with this retainer on the way to escape, he once thought that the other party was more than lucky, and even the bad news of the other party's death had been passed on to the other party's family. Now that he suddenly saw that the other party came back safe and sound, he was naturally very happy. Similarly, Mino Fukae and others around him were also pleasantly surprised.

"My lord, my subordinates have important information to report."

After a salute between the monarchs and ministers, Ohashi Fenghou immediately said. His return this time can be said to be both forced and voluntary. Naturally, he was forced to return because he was commissioned by the legendary big man. And voluntarily, because he came back voluntarily after learning about the predicament faced by his family.

"Oh?"

Qiu Yue Wen paused when he heard this, then nodded, and then motioned for everyone to follow him back to the council hall. In fact, he also knew that at this time, the bridge Fenghou Shou was able to penetrate the encirclement of the Luo family's military outside the city and come back safely, so he naturally had nothing to do with the Luo family outside the city, and even came back to act as a messenger. He wanted to know what the Luo family had to say at this time when the Luo family let his retainers come back.

"Lord, just tonight, Gong Zhengliang has personally led an army of more than 3,000 people to the outside of the city." As soon as Ohashi Toyogo Mamoru sat down, he reported it directly. This information was specially asked by Zhengliang to come back and report it before he left.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Qiu Yue Wen nodded. As early as in the evening, some retainers came to report that the Luo family's military strength had increased again. Now that I heard the exact report of Ohashi Toyogomori, I naturally didn't feel nervous. In his opinion, with the defenders of nearly 2,000 people in the city, and many of the warriors of the Qiuyue family, as long as they do not go out of the city to face the battle, if the siege army of the Luo family outside the city does not have tens of thousands of people, it will be difficult to conquer the city. And he had also carefully checked that before Zhengliang's army came, the Luo family's army outside the city was only more than 3,000 people (the remaining more than 1,000 people were sent to besiege the nearby ancient mountain city), even if the newly arrived army at this time was only five or six thousand people, Qiuyue Wen was naturally able to defend the city.

Qiuyue Wenzhong's idea is a fact. In the Warring States, if there are no siege weapons, it is difficult to conquer the situation when there is only a sea of people tactics, and the generals who defend the city are brave and strategic. It's just that Qiuyue doesn't know that the Luo family has a lot of siege weapons.

"The Ouchi Castle and Akaji Castle in the west and north have been captured by the Luo family, and Sugi Xingyun and others have died." Ohashi Bungo Mamoru then broke out important information.

"What? Yamaya Castle and Akaji Castle have fallen? ”

Before Qiu Yue Wen could react, all the retainers in the council hall had already taken the lead in exclaiming. The news is unbelievable.

"Really?" Even Akizuki Wenzhong confirmed to Ohashi Bungo Mamoru in disbelief.

Ohashi Bungo Mamoru smiled bitterly when he heard this, in fact, he also hoped that it was fake. But this is something he has personally experienced. Even the gates of the mountain city were opened by his own hands. So he immediately nodded and said:

"My lord is absolutely true about this. If you don't believe me, take a look at the wooden boxes I brought back. Among them is the head of Shanxingyun. In fact, Ohashi Toyogo Mamoru didn't dare to say that this was ordered by Masaara, because before he came back, Masara had already categorically decided that Qiuyue Wenzhong and the others would definitely not believe his words, so he specially asked him to bring back the heads of Sugi Xingyun and others.

So after getting permission from Akizuki Wen, the attendants outside the council hall immediately brought up the three wooden boxes that Ohashi Toyogo Mamoru had brought back. When the first wooden box was opened, it was the head of Cedar Xingyun that had been treated with lime. And the second box contained the head of the Tsukushi Tsuki, and when the third box was opened, Akizuki Wen, who had already believed in Ohashi Toyogomori's words, immediately asked suspiciously:

"Who is this person?"

"My lord. This person is a retainer of the Otomo family, Takita Saemon. It was taken by the Luo family in order to protect the escape of Lord Daisuke Yoshikan of the Otomo Division. Daisuke Yoshikan-sama of the Otomo Department is also said to have been seriously injured by Masarashiko, and the Otomo family's important town of Higashi Castle on the border of Bungo Province has also fallen into the hands of the Luo family. "Ohashi Bungashi broke the bombshell news again.

"In addition, the three families of Chikugo Province, Hoshino, and Kusano have also surrendered to the Luo family, and your majesty witnessed the military strength of these three families and the governors of the three families in the camp of the Luo family this evening." As if afraid that everyone would not believe him, Ohashi Toyogo Mamoru continued.

Subsequently, Ohashi Toyogo Mamoru recounted what he had seen and heard and what he had done since he fled that night. In particular, it is important to understand that the Luo family has a siege weapon that can emit huge projectiles, and this weapon can directly break through the city gate.

Everyone in the Qiuyue family has been listening quietly, and the atmosphere that was originally quite active has gradually become solemn. Obviously, the current situation is very unfavorable for the Qiuyue family. The Luo family, which had solved the troubles of Chikugo Kuni's Daitomo family and the nearby Ouchi family, was already able to deal with the Qiuyue family with all their strength at this time. Previously, Qiu Yue Wenchong thought that he could resist the attack of the Luo family, which was scattered, with the strength of the city, and it was obviously a little difficult at this time.

After sending the retainers back with a solemn heart. Qiu Yue Wenzhong returned to the room in the backyard where he usually reads with a gloomy face, and then thought about it alone.

Roche Masara released Ohashi Toyogomori back. Although it is not explicitly stated that the conditions for the Qiuyue family to accept the peace proposal, its purpose is already self-evident.

"Husband-sama." Just as Qiu Yue Wen was pondering, a soft voice sounded behind him. Qiuyue Wenchong turned his head to look, and it turned out that the person who came was his favorite side room Zhiji. I saw the latter kneeling on the ground at this time, but holding two letters in his hands.

"Ji-hee, what is this?"

"Have you forgotten, Husband? The concubine once said that someone from the concubine family would come to contact the concubine recently. Ji Ji said immediately.

"Oh!" Qiuyue Wen also recalled it at this time. Tomohime's main family is the Kamiya family of Chikuzen Province (which has now been moved to Hizen Province), and yesterday a letter from the Kamiya family shot into the castle from outside the castle. Akizuki Bunzo has also read these letters, and it is nothing more than a letter to understand the situation of Chihime who is trapped in the city, and to say that the connection will continue to be shot at the western city wall tonight.

Under normal circumstances, this would be considered an enemy collaborator. It's just that Ji Ji is really favored at home, and he also gave birth to a second son for Akizuki Wen at the beginning of this year (in the future, he was famous for rebelling against the Otomo family, nicknamed "Chikuzen Tiger" Autumn Moon Tane), plus the guilt of tearing up the alliance with the Luo family, which caused the in-laws Kamiya family to fall into an embarrassing position in the Luo family (in the original alliance between the Luo family and the Qiu Yue family, the Kamiya family was the most active and contributed a lot), so he agreed to let Ji Ji go to the west wall tonight to wait for the letter from home. Now it seems that Ji Ji has already got the letter from home.

"Lord Husband, this time the elder brother sent someone to shoot two letters into the city, one for the concubine and the other for the husband." Ji-hee, who is still in a weak state due to giving birth to her second son, continued.

The women of the Warring States are generally very miserable, once they give birth to a child, many people will die early because of dystocia or weakness, even if the child is saved, many will die because they are not well raised, so for the men of the Warring States, the birth of their own women is definitely a major event that needs to be waited for, if you don't pay attention, it will be the end of losing your wife and children. And due to the harsh living environment, the lifespan of women in the Warring States period is generally only about thirty years.

Even the daughters of wealthy families are actually generally miserable, in addition to being used as a political tool, once their husbands die or the family makes an unfavorable choice, in order to save their lives and their children, they either want to remarry or become a monk, or even commit suicide, and they cannot avoid the fate of a general short life because of the poor living environment.

Among them, the most typical ones are the first beauty of the Warring States period, Aichi was martyred, Nohime was inexplicably missing in the historical records, Tachibana Chiyo died of poverty, Tachibana Michiyuki's side room Sehime committed suicide after her brother Muneaka Clan's betrayal of the Otomo family eventually led to the destruction of the family, and the adopted daughter Yukihime (the eldest daughter of Nobunaga's sister-in-law Kantaro Toyama) who married into the Takeda Katsuyori family died due to postpartum weakness.

Of course, Sengoku women are also smart and even courageous, such as Zhiji at this time. Although she was very favored in the family, she obeyed her own woman's way and hardly participated in the jealousy of the daughters in the family. And when her husband's family and the suzerain of her own family fell into a battle, she resolutely took on the role of communication despite her own weakness.

At the same time, in her heart, she always remembers the kindness of Masara who rescued her from pirates in Matsuura County, Hizen Province, and escorted her back to her home. So after learning in her brother's letter that there was still an opportunity to improve the relationship between her husband's family and the head of her family, she couldn't wait to participate in it.

When Qiuyue Wenzhong received Ji Ji's letter, his heart was first warm. Because at this time, Ji-hee not only handed him the letter that Kamiya Satsu wrote to him, but also handed him the letter that Kamiya Sausei wrote to Ji-hee alone. This shows that Ji Ji has nothing to hide, this is to take the initiative to avoid suspicion to avoid dissatisfaction in the family, and reduce his burden to put out the fire.

Gently taking the letter, Qiu Yue Wen tore off the seal of the fire paint, and then read it slowly.

(Thanks to "Little Lee" for the commuter pass.) Today will erupt a little, "10,000" more. Here we are asking for commuter passes, tips, and recommendation tickets. (To be continued......)