In the western kingdom of Zhoufang Yamaguchi Castle, Masashi is facing a difficult choice. Just when Masarashi was thinking about it carefully, Kyogoku Takayoshi, who was sent to Kitakyushu by Masarashi as an envoy to the emperor and the shogunate, suddenly asked to return to Yamaguchi Castle at this sensitive time.

This made Zhengliang immediately alert. First of all, it seems that the other party should know about the changes in Minami Kyushu. It seems that the other side has many ways to obtain intelligence, which once again strengthens Zhengliang's decision to implement the sea ban. As long as a sea ban is imposed, prohibiting other forces from entering the inland sea and even the border of the land territory of the Luo family in the name of merchant ships, then the intelligence channels of each force will be greatly reduced.

Secondly, since Kyogoku Takayoshi in Kitakyushu was able to learn about the changes in Southern Kyushu, it seems that the Mori family will learn about it sooner or later, right? Once the Maori family gets the news, how will the Maori family respond? Maybe the ordinary big names and heroes will wait for the changes in the Luo family because of this, but the Mao Li Yuan, who has always been scheming, will definitely not be like this, and Masahiro is really worried about how the other party will make changes to the Luo family.

Of course, Masaliang's worries are not superfluous, after all, he doesn't know much about the real situation inside the Maori family at this time, and he doesn't know that the Maori family is also looking forward to making peace with the Luo family at this time. In Masahiro's view, if Mori Moto, after learning of the changes in southern Kyushu, resolutely united with the Shimazu family and the Ito family to delay the Luo family, so that the Shimazu family and the Ito family in southern Kyushu could be stabilized, then the Luo family would have a headache.

So, if the peace with the Maori family is temporarily negotiated, what kind of benefits will the Luo family get? Masato thought about it carefully. The general judgment of the benefits will be as follows:

One is. In the case of ensuring the security of the border with the Maori family. was able to draw more troops from the fierce battles with the Luo family to quell the rebellion in the newly occupied areas of the western kingdom of the Luo family, and speed up the stability and acceptance of these areas;

Second, so that the Maori family can concentrate their forces against other forces such as the Nizi family, and the Luo family can even send people to incite discord from them, prompting the Maori family to collide with these forces, thereby consuming the strength of the Maori family, the Nizi family and other forces;

Third, the Luo family just took the opportunity to rein in, so as not to invade due to continuous expansion. aroused the vigilance of the forces in Honshu Island and Shikoku and other regions and even united against the Luo family, thus buying a lot of time for the Luo family to quietly digest the newly occupied western territory;

Fourth, as mentioned before, the local battle with the Maori family is too difficult, not only can it not be quickly won by the other party, but it also consumes more strategic resources than originally planned in the process, which is not conducive to the future development and expansion of the Luo family. The so-called persimmons are all soft to pinch, and now the Maori family is indeed not a soft persimmon.

Fifth, compared with the southern Kyushu, the Maori family was defeated by the Luo family one after another. In the face of the continuous invasion of the Luo family, the internal retainers have become more united. This allowed Maori Yuan to command all the forces to fight against the Luo family as he could. Moreover, due to the high mountains and dense forests, the border with the Luo family is narrow, which allows the Maori family to concentrate superior forces to fight against the Luo family's army, making it difficult to make progress in the Luo family's strategy in a short time.

And on the side of southern Kyushu, the forces that confront the Luo family in the first place are not united, at least although the Shimazu family and the Ito family are united, they are both under their own control, not to mention that there are still many forces within southern Kyushu that resist the Shimazu family and the Ito family, and they are inclined to the Luo family. Such a complex southern Kyushu is naturally more conducive to the Luo family's strategy.

Moreover, compared with the Mori family, the border between the South Kyushu region and the Luo family is dozens of times longer and the area is larger, which is conducive to the Luo family attacking South Kyushu from different directions, and it will also be unfavorable for the Shimazu family, Ito family and other anti-Luo family forces to guard against the Luo family at the border.

Therefore, after some analysis, first of all, the plan of attacking the Maori family and southern Kyushu on both sides was first vetoed by Masashi, who not only could not choose this plan, but also wanted to prevent the emergence of such a situation. And now Masayo is most worried that the scheming Mori Yuan would rather sacrifice the immediate interests of the Mori family after getting the news of Minami Kyushu, gritting his teeth and insisting on delaying the Luo family, so that the Luo family faces the dilemma of two battlefields at the same time.

In such a situation, it is about to be the final victory of the Luo family, and a lot of follow-up power will also be consumed, and the Maori family and Minami Kyushu will actually be greatly damaged, and even destroyed by the Luo family. Therefore, this situation is actually a lose-lose situation. For such a situation, although normal people will not choose, it is inevitable that there will be fools who will do so regardless of it.

Having abandoned the plan of fighting on two fronts at the same time, it is a matter of negotiating peace with one side or maintaining the status quo, while the other side is attacking with all its might. It has been analyzed before, and under the same threat to the Luo family, it seems that it is easier to deal with the southern Kyushu family, so Masashi finally decided to negotiate peace with the Mori family, and then concentrate resources and forces to solve the southern Kyushu first.

It's just that even if it is a peace, it must not be the first to be mentioned by the Luo family, otherwise the strategically strategic, Mao Liyuan, will inevitably have some other ideas. So the cleverness of Kyogoku Takayoshi, who is very good at observing the shape shì, was once again reflected.

After returning to Yamaguchi Castle, taking advantage of the opportunity of Masarashi to take advantage of the wind, Kyogoku Takayoshi indirectly asked the emperor and the shogunate to mediate the war between the Luo family and the Mori family. Previously, because the Luo family was on the absolutely strong side, and Masara clearly hinted that he was unwilling to negotiate peace with the Maori family, he naturally did not dare to make such a request, but with the changes in southern Kyushu, Kyogoku Takayoshi knew that the Luo family would inevitably be affected. This can be seen from the fact that he was invited by Zhengliang as soon as he came back, and the governor of the Luo family personally picked up the wind for him. Of course, he also knew that even if there was an accident in southern Kyushu, in fact, the Luo family was still on the dominant side at this time, so when he made the request, it was from the perspective of the emperor and the shogunate, and on the grounds that in order to avoid the destruction of life, he asked the Luo family to raise his noble hand and let the Maori family go.

Naturally, his conscience was full of praise for Kyogoku Takayoshi's ability to do things, but he still pretended to be difficult on the surface, and did not immediately reply to Kyogoku Takayoshi's request, but went back and pretended to discuss with his retainers before sending someone to reply to Kyogoku Takayoshi on the second day and agreed to Kyogoku Takayoshi's request as a mediator. (To be continued......)