It's really fate, if the Luo family's fleet passed a moment earlier, or Tao Longfang was a moment late, then Tao Longfang would not have died. Of course, if it were the most investigated, if Tao Longfang hadn't been hiding in the deep mountains and dense forests for the past few days, he would have already learned the news of the Luo family's entry into Itsukushima, and he would not have ended up like this.

On the night of October 3, the body of Tao Longfang was delivered to Masahiro's ship. Looking at Tao Longfang's face with an unwilling look, Zhengliang couldn't help but sigh. Even with the intervention of the Luo family, this famous general, who was known as the "Unparalleled General of the Western Kingdom" in history, could not escape death in the end. It's really a fateful time!

At this time, it was already the third day since the beginning of the bloody battle of Itsukushima, and time waited for no one, and the escaped Maori Yuan might have fled back to Jucheng at this time to prepare to raise troops to resist the Luo family's invasion of An Yiguo. Therefore, Masahiro must hurry up and start implementing his plan. So, that night, Masato spread the news of Tao Longfang's suicide to Itsukushima.

As the news of Tao Longfang's death spread, the belief that supported the Tao family's hearts also collapsed. In addition, there were Ouchi Yoshizun and other retainers of the original Ouchi family who took the opportunity to come to surrender on behalf of the Luo family at this time, so on October 4, a large number of Tao family troops led by Hongzhong Takabao came out of the mountains and forests and began to surrender to the Luo family.

As for the many Maori families who were still waiting and watching, they also came to surrender under the general trend. In just one day, almost all of the Maori and Tao alliances on Itsukushima who were originally fighting each other surrendered to the Luo family. And those forces that had previously decided to resist the Luo family to the end were also destroyed by the rest of the forces in the past two days as a vote against the Luo family.

October 5th. The two armies of Toucheng were under the command of the Luo family. Begin collecting the corpses of two armies around Itsukushima. In the end, there were more than 12,000 corpses. In the initial melee of more than 30,000 people, in the end, there were less than 20,000 people left, of which the Tao family's army suffered the heaviest losses, leaving only a few thousand. Historically, due to the rapid victory of the Maori clan and their timely persuasion to surrender, in fact, only a few thousand people died in Itsukushima in the First World War (some say that it is more than 4,000, some say that it is more than 8,000, anyway, there are different opinions). The rest of the Tao army basically surrendered to the Maori. But this time, because of the temporary intervention of the Luo family, not only did the time to surrender be delayed, but Zhengliang also deliberately indulged the fighting between the Tao family's army and the Maori family's army, which caused such a large number of casualties.

Such a large number of troops killed and captured in an instant had a great impact on the Nagato Province, Zhou Defense Kingdom, Angi Kingdom, Bigo Province, and Beichu Province in Sanyang Province. With so many samurai soldiers out there, these areas suddenly seemed a little empty.

On October 6, on the shore of Itsukushima, a large number of corpses were densely lined up on the beach, and the blood of the dead poured into the sand and seawater, and actually invaded a large area of the coast. A terrifying tide of blood surged in front of Itsukushima Shrine. After washing the corpses, the corpses were buried on the spot. After a few years, the forest where the corpses were buried quickly grew into a dense forest of high forests, and it is said that at night in early October, the local lords would hear the sound of cries and killings from time to time in the dense forest......

As for the remains of Tao Longfang, at the request of many retainers of the Tao family, Zhengliang ordered him to be dressed and placed in a coffin, ready to be sent back to the ancestral tomb of the Tao family for solemn burial in the near future. And at this time, people such as Igaga Minbu, Gaki and Sado Mamoru, Yamazaki Kanyu, Hirochu Takaho father and son all had the idea of martyrdom for Tao Longfang, and after learning the news, Masarashi immediately gathered these people, and then only said one sentence to them: "Do you want to avenge Tao Longfang?" ”

Just this sentence completely dispelled the will of these people, and at the same time added an elite to the Luo family that was as brave as chicken blood once they faced the military strength of the Maori family.

And just when Zhengliang was gathering the hearts of the Tao family's army, the Luo family's army that was originally attacking various places in Anyi also made gratifying progress. Since the area south of the mountain castle in Yoshida County generally does not need to guard against the invasion of foreign enemies, this time when Mao Li Yuan went out to conquer Itsukushima, almost all the military strength in the territory of the wealthy families in these areas was sucked away, and now the various armies of the Luo family came to such a blitzkrieg, so it made the invasion of the Luo family seem a bit devastating.

At this time, the executive species and commander of the 5th Standing Ashigaru Team had completely taken Saeki County in Aki Province, and handed over the local defense and reception work to the second-line peasant troops of the Luo family and the various institutions of the Luo family. After leaving a part of the army to garrison the border with Zhou Fangguo in the west, the remaining troops of the 5th Standing Ashigaru Brigade quickly rushed to Sha Tin County in Aki Province to assist the 2nd Standing Ashigaru Brigade that was there to completely take Sha Tin County.

The 1st Standing Ashigaru Brigade under the command of Kinoshita Masanao also completely took Numata and Takamiya Counties in Aki Province at this time, and handed over the local defense and reception work to the second-line peasant troops of the Luo family and the various institutions of the Luo family.

Since the area where the army was located was the most likely area for Mori Motosho and the others to flee, Kinoshita Masanao sent a large army to start gathering heavy troops on the border of the neighboring counties of Yama and Takada (where the Yoshikawa family and Mori Castle were located, respectively), and in addition to forming an imminent attack on these two armies, he also sent additional men to set up a large number of checkpoints in the area that had been occupied in an attempt to intercept Mori Motosho and others.

As for the 2nd Standing Ashigaru Team under the command of Yoshida Shigemasa, they had just taken Amano Iebu Castle and Caisaki Castle after a fierce battle yesterday, so that Amano and the others, who had just stepped into their own territory, had to flee into the mountains and forests immediately, preparing to flee to Yoshida-gun Maori Castle through the mountain trail. They firmly believe that as long as the family can recover this time, they will take back their territory sooner or later.

After taking the territory of the Amano family, the two counties of Numata and Kamo in Aki Country basically fell into the hands of the Luo family. After handing over the local defense and reception to the second-line peasant troops of the Luo family and the various institutions of the Luo family, Yoshida Shigemasa immediately led the second standing ashigaru team to kill the Shatin County, which was directly under the Kobayakawa family and the Mori family.

As long as Shatin County is captured, it will not only be able to break one of the arms of the Maori family's two rivers system, but also open the door to Bigo Province. (To be continued......)