When Masarashi received the good news from Yoshida Shigemasa, it was already in the evening of the same day.

At this time, his team was stationed in the dilapidated courtyard of a deserted Aso Shrine on the border between Chikugo and Bungo provinces. He's here for the night tonight.

Since the 500 peasant soldiers temporarily recruited by Togo Heiji had arrived at Higaya Castle in Bungo Province this afternoon, after approving the actions of the various armies, he immediately left some of the wounded cloaks and samurai to lead the newly arrived peasants to defend the castle, and then set off to return to Chikugo Province to command the battle. Masanobu Takasaka and Sodra Asakura were temporarily left behind as the main defenders of Higashi Castle and Yufutake respectively.

Among the good news sent by Yoshida Shigemasa, in addition to the detailed report about the capture of Yamaya Castle, there was also a detailed report on the forced surrender of Akaji Castle.

After the fall of Yamaya Castle, in fact, in the territory of Chikugo Province, only Akaji Castle was left in the Ouchi family. But at this time, Akaji Castle has completely become an island. To the west of it is Asahiyama Castle of the Hizen Province Roche family. To the south is the Chikugo River, and on the south bank of the Chikugo River, it completely fell into the pockets of the Luo family. To the east, the Iwakiriyama Castle and Madiliang Castle of the Chikuzen Akizuki family have also hung the family crest banner of the Luo family, and they obviously belong to the territory of the Luo family. Now, even the only castle to the north that is connected to it has fallen. Akaji City was completely surrounded by the power of the Luo family.

Just when everyone in the city was panicking, a large group of Luo family troops suddenly came outside the city, and at the same time, a samurai who originally belonged to the Ouchi family entered the city with the head of Sugi Xingyun. Obviously, this samurai came to persuade him to surrender.

After several struggles, after being guaranteed his life. The defenders of the city eventually surrendered. So Yoshida Shigemasa took Akaji Castle without succession.

So far. All of the Ouchi family's power in Chikugo was taken over by the Luo family. Now there are only the three wealthy families left in Chikugo Province who have been serving the Otomo family's inquisition office, Hoshino, and Kusano. Masahiro's return this time is exactly what he needs to do to solve the problems of these three wealthy families.

After all, at this time, it was already the third night of the night of the Luo family's night attack on the Ouchi family and the Otomo family's coalition army. Tomorrow will be the fourth day. The news of this big war has had enough time to reach the ears of the wealthy families in Kyushu, and the Ouchi family should have already begun to deal with the Luo family's counterattack at this time. Therefore, Masahiro must try to liberate the troops of the territory as much as possible before these powerful people can make a move. And these three wealthy families are delaying the whereabouts of the Luo family's army all the way at this time, and Zhengliang naturally wants to solve it himself.

Thinking of this, Masara looked at the three boxes placed on a stone next to him. These three boxes contain the heads of Sugi Xingyun, Chikushi Weimen, and Tian Bei Jiansheng. If in his previous life, he saw three heads in such a dilapidated shrine, it is estimated that Masashi would have been so frightened that he would have fled. Now, as if looking at an ordinary object, the slightest panic did not arise in my heart. Even Masahiro himself was a little surprised by this. It seems that after experiencing several lives and deaths, even these things are very open. He has fully integrated into the role of this world and the entire lord.

"Bring the captives in."

After staring at the three boxes for a long time. Masato then spoke. A cloaked crowd not far away immediately walked out of the hall quickly.

Soon, a samurai in his thirties was brought in. This samurai was the same samurai who had rushed to Hizao Castle that day to ask for reinforcements to meet Otomo Yoshikan. This guy fell into a coma after delivering the letter, and was left out of the room by Usuki Jiansu when he fled, and eventually became innocently a prisoner of the Luo family.

The reason why Masayo took him with him this time was mainly due to his special status. This samurai's name is Toji Kenkata, and he is the half-brother of Toji Kanren (Tachibana Michiyuki). And only last year, under the auspices of the Otomo family, Toji Kenren married the daughter of the Kanji family and the daughter of the Kanji Kentoyo (Nishihime/Hoshuin, mother of Tachibana Chiyo) as a side room (in the future, after the daughter of the main wife Irita Kosei was divorced because of the rebellion of Irita Kosei, Hitoshi Ji became the main room). Presumably, going to the first stop of Zhengliang's persuasion with the special identity of the household inspection party will definitely have unexpected effects, and at least you can gain the initial trust of the person who asked the note.

So after the Toji Kanfang was brought in, Masarashi pointed to the three wooden boxes that had been opened and said:

"I guess you already know who these people are?"

The latter immediately nodded. Originally, after learning that he had been captured, he was resolutely unwilling to surrender to the Luo family. As a result, after experiencing the so-called "ten tortures" of those Roche Black Hawks, he decisively chose to give in.

"Tomorrow I will send someone to escort you to Changyan Castle with these three gifts," Masaro continued, "You don't need to persuade the Questioning House to surrender. You just need to tell the people of the family who asked you all about everything you have experienced from that night to the present. ”

After the latter received Zhengliang's instructions, he immediately nodded in understanding. So on the second day, Masara led his army to join Kai's army outside Changyan Castle, and then Toji Kanfang came to the gate of Changyan Castle alone and loudly reported his identity.

"Let him in." After learning that the person who came was the household examiner, the family governor who was in his fifties finally chose to meet the household examiner.

The Toji Kan Fang who was received was finally pulled up to the city by the soldiers of the Question Note Office at the head of the city with bamboo baskets and ropes, and then the Toji Jian Fang saw the photo of the Question Note Office.

"What are you doing here?" After the two sides met and saluted, they asked straight to the point.

"Boss, on this trip, I am on the order of the good government to give gifts to the boss." He replied immediately, and at the same time put the gift he brought with him in front of the photo of the questioner.

"Gifts?" The inquisition office took care of the gifts that had been placed in front of him one by one. I saw that there were four things in the gift, namely three wooden boxes and an account book.

"This is a gift from the good government to the boss, please take a closer look." Speaking of this, Toji Jian Fang slowly opened the wooden boxes one by one.

When the heads of Sugi Xingyun, Tian Bei Jiansheng, and Tsukushi Weimen were presented one by one in front of the retainers of the Question Note House in the council hall, it immediately caused a commotion. Although some people were still skeptical when they heard the news of the defeat of the Otomo family and the Ouchi family's coalition forces, they were completely convinced after seeing these heads.

The impact on the hearts of the retainers was very huge, and no one could have imagined that an army of nearly 30,000 people would be defeated by the Luo family. Some of them were even excited, because some of their relatives had led the army of the Questioning House to join the camp of the Otomo family, and these people had not heard from them until now, and now they finally knew a little bit of news clearly, and they couldn't wait to ask Tojikan about the news of their relatives.

"What is this book?" The person who asked the note is worthy of being a person who has experienced half a century, although after seeing these three heads, his heart is also fluctuating, but he still quietly took the initiative to change the topic.

"I'm sorry, my lord, I don't know about this thing, so I'd better see it for myself." Seeing that the photo of the question note was not angry because of his rude behavior of taking out the head in person, Toji Jian Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he really didn't know what was written in the account book, after all, he would never dare to open the account book without the permission of Zhengliang, so he had to bow apologetically and replied.

So he picked up the account book in front of him, and slowly opened it. As he continued to read the contents inside, he couldn't help but feel a monstrous wave in his heart, even more panicked than when he saw the heads of Shan Xingyun and the others.

This account book is the material account book that Usuki Jiansu left out in the city of Rijo, which records in detail the quantity and situation of various materials stored in the city.

Could it be that the city of Riya has also fallen? I couldn't help but think. It is important to know that the reason why he insisted on not surrendering Kaicheng until now is mainly because as long as the Otomo family still has a chance to return to Chikugo Kingdom, then the Wenzhu family should not switch to the Luo family. However, if Hizo Castle is captured by the Luo family, then it will be equivalent to cutting off the opportunity for the Otomo family to enter Chikugo Province again, at least for a short time, the Otomo family will not return to Chikugo Province. And the home of the question note has completely become an island.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sweat profusely. The Eagle of the Fat Front, the Eagle of the Fat Front, you are really powerful, and you almost hit the key point of the question note with a small account book! (To be continued......)