The so-called paper can't contain the fire (even if Masara plans to hide the news of the alliance, Niko Haruhisa will try his best to announce it, after all, at this time, the defense focus of the Ouchi family is on the side of the Niko family, and after the news of the alliance is announced, the Ouchi family may transfer part of the defense forces on the side of the Niko family to the border of the Luo family, so as to reduce the pressure on the Niko family.) Of course, Masaro knows the impact that the news of the alliance will have after the announcement of the alliance, but everything has its two sides, and while gaining the benefits of being able to attack the Ouchi family on both sides with the Nizi family, it will inevitably lead to the above results. But Masato has analyzed that as long as he ensures that his territory is not affected, and then rejects the outbreak of unfavorable situations from the country, then the Luo family can be safe), rather than trying to cover it up, it is better to spread it widely, and in order to put pressure on the Ouchi family, after the Nizi family and the Luo family signed an alliance, they all invariably carried out large-scale propaganda to the outside world.

Shimizu Castle in Satsuma Province, Kyushu.

"Is this news serious?" In the study, Takahisa Shimazu frowned and looked at the information in his hand and asked.

"The news was released by the Luo family itself, and it is reported that Izumo's Niko family also released the same news, which must be true. Lord, once the Luo family and the Niko family form an alliance, the Ouchi family sandwiched between the two will inevitably react, and the Otomo family, who has been waiting for an opportunity to recapture the Bungo Kingdom, will naturally be unwilling to be lonely. At that time, Kitakyushu will inevitably become a mess, and the Luo family, who is in the middle of the storm, has no time to take care of anything else, and this is a good time for the family to secretly seize KitaSatsuma. Ijiin Tadaro spoke.

"No, don't underestimate Luo Zhengliang, since he dares to make the news of the alliance public. Naturally, it was completely prepared. We can't afford to act rashly. But it is still necessary to be prepared in secret. This time, Takahisa Shimazu was very cautious.

For the Luo family's family governor Luo Shi Zhengliang, he has spent a lot of energy on research this period of time, from its fortune to the present, many moves and battles, on the surface, seem to be on the verge of danger, if the general heroic name is in the position of Luo Zhengliang, he will definitely not make those choices, but Luo Zhengliang is to do it. And in the end, they all won without danger. What does this mean? It shows that Masarashi of the Luo clan must have been carefully considered before making a decision, so Shimazu Takahisa was shocked about the Luo family's sudden disclosure of the news of the alliance with the Izumo Niko family this time.

"Are you ready for the banquet with the liver Fu family?" After pondering for a while, Takahisa Shimazu asked about something else.

"It's ready, but it seems that the liver and the family seem to see the suspicions, so they didn't immediately agree to the family's invitation." Tadaro Ijiin immediately replied.

"In that case, let's change the previous arrangement and remove everyone, this time I just want to have a good drink with this in-laws."

"Huh? Lord? But ......" Ijiin Tadaro was frightened by Takahisa Shimazu's sudden change of mind.

"Needless to say. You just have to ......" Speaking of this, Takahisa Shimazu deliberately lowered his voice a lot. For a while, the study room only sounded the sound of Shimazu Takahisa and Ijiin Tadaro almost like mosquitoes.

While Takahisa Shimazu was secretly discussing with Tadaro Ijiin, Kanesu Liver in Takayama Castle in Osumi Province, Southern Kyushu, also received news of the alliance between the Luo family and the Niko family.

"Haha, God help me! Once the Luo family falls into the predicament of Kitakyushu, those wealthy clans in the northwest of Osumi Province are naturally worried that the Luo family will not have time to take care of the situation here, so they naturally hope to have more allies, and now is a good time for the family to form an alliance with them! Liver Fu continued to look at the sparkling liver in the distance outside the city, and said to himself.

"Someone, immediately call my retainers to participate in the assessment." Thinking of this, Liver Fu Jian couldn't wait to arrange his grand cause.

Like the continuation of the liver payment, the two fathers and sons, Hogo Tadashi and Shimazu Tadashi of the Hogo family in the southern region of Hyuga Province, were also very happy when they learned the news of the alliance between the Luo family and the Niko family.

Although the two of them planned to form an alliance with the Luo family, they were worried that they would lure wolves into the house because of this, so that the Luo family would take the opportunity to extend their power into the Southern Hyuga region, so they hesitated. Now it's different, the current ruling center of the Luo family is located in the Kitakyushu region, and after being entangled in the battle with the Ouchi family, even if the Luo family plans to invade the southern Kyushu region, it will be powerless at that time, and at most it will only be able to send a small part of the force to enter. This was exactly what the father and son wanted to see, so they decisively sent an envoy to Luo's house.

Compared with the excitement of the two fathers and sons, Kitago Tadashi and Shimazu Tadashi, the wealthy families of KitaSatsuma, Kitaosumi, and Nishi-Hyuga who had just formed an alliance with the Luo family were not happy. Especially the wealthy clans of Northern Satsuma, which directly bordered the territory of the Shimazu family, they were really worried that the Luo family would not be able to suppress the Shimazu family because of this, so they immediately sent envoys to the Luo family's home city, Xuefu City, to ask for a meeting with Masahiro. What they didn't know was that it was their joint move this time that indirectly prompted another thing to happen.

In the capital of Hyuga Country, Ito Yoshiyu, who received information about the Luo family, became suspicious. Like Shimazu Takahisa, he has indirectly fought with Luo Zhengliang several times, and he has also done special research on Luo Zhengliang, so he also thinks that the Luo family decisively announced the news of the alliance this time, and there is obviously some conspiracy in it. Thinking of this, he immediately decided to postpone his recent attack on the Kitago family in the southern region of Hyuga after the autumn harvest, and instead strengthened the defense of the border between the Ito family and the Luo family. He planned to see the Luo family's next move first, and then carry out the next step of the Ito family's plan.

Bungo Province Awami is the town of Otomo Yoshiki in the castle of Mingetsu, gun. During this period of time, he was overwhelmed by internal affairs problems. Due to a series of conflicts with the Luo family during spring plowing this year, the autumn harvest in Kunisaki-gun, Ami-gun, and half of Kaibe County controlled by the Saeki family was poor. In particular, the Bepputan area, which was the main battlefield of the conflict and was also a major grain-producing area in Ami-gun, had a harvest of less than 20% of what it had been in previous years. This made the Otomo family fall into the brink of food shortage.

At the beginning, most of the grain, grass and coins of the Otomo family were stored in the warehouse of the Inner Fu Castle, so with the surrender of the opening of the Inner Fu Castle, the family of the Otomo family was almost completely copied by the Luo family at once. The town of Otomo, which fled to Mingyue Castle, could only rely on the support of the wealthy clans in Kunisaki County, most of Ami County, and half of Kaibe County to support the daily operation of the Otomo family. And this time the conflict with the Luo family has more or less affected the autumn harvest of the various wealthy clans' own territories, so now these wealthy clans can't fully support the Otomo family.

Although Otomo Yoshizhen's command, martial arts and internal affairs ability are good, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Now he can only use the money and food from the retainers and wealthy families to dig up and supplement the normal operation of his family, and at the same time, he has also sent an envoy to ask the Ouchi family for help.

Now that he had suddenly received news about the alliance between the Luo family and the Nizi family, it was indeed good news for him. At least in the case of facing both the Luo family and the Nizi family at the same time, the role of the Otomo family to the Ouchi family is even more important. At this time, for the Otomo family's request for money and food, the Ouchi family had to agree if they didn't agree. As for whether to take this opportunity to cause some trouble for the Luo family? Then it depends on the rescue situation of the Ouchi family.

The Shikoku region is separated by a sea from Kyushu. The Xitu Temple family, who had just been forced to form an alliance with the Luo family, also received relevant information, but at this time, Xiyuan Temple had no time to take care of it. Because the Ohno family and the Utsunomiya family, who are in Iyo Province with the Nishitoji family, began to move again after the autumn harvest ended. At this time, he did not ask the Luo family for help, which was already a great favor to the Luo family.

In a courtyard of Nakamura Castle of the Tosa Ichijo family, which is adjacent to the Saitoji family, the uncle of the new family governor Ichijo Yasumasa is discussing important matters with another important minister of the Ichijo family, Toi Sozan.

"What do you think of the request of the envoys of the Luo family and the Otomo family?"

"Hey, although the Otomo family is a consistent ally of the family, and the mother of the family governor is still the daughter of Otomo Yoshikan, but it has declined, and it is obvious that it can't help the family much. And the Luo family has been making a lot of noise recently, and it would not be a good thing if the family rashly offended him. Now the envoys of the two families have almost arrived at their homes at the same time, and it is really difficult for both parties to offend. ”

"Report!" Just as Ichijo Yasumasa was about to continue listening to Doi Muneyama's opinion, a servant's announcement came from outside the room.

"What?"

"Report to the head of the family, there is an adult outside the mansion who claims to be from the Kyoto family and asks to see him." The servant immediately reported.

"Oh?" After hearing this, Ichijo Kangzheng and Toi Zongshan couldn't help but glance at each other, and their hearts suddenly became thoughtful.

As one of the five families (the other four are the Konoe family, the Kujo family, the Takaji family, and the Nijo family), the Ichijo family is divided into the main family stationed in Kyoto and the branch family rooted in Shikoku Tosa. Since Ichijo Bo-dori inherited the position of the governor of the family, although the two families have been exchanging letters, the family rarely sent people to Tosa, but now it is the new death of the previous governor of the family, and the new successor of the new governor, and the envoys of the Luo family and the Otomo family arrived at the special moment of the Ichijo family at the same time, which seems to contain a lot of indescribable information. Thinking of this, a piece of Kang Zheng immediately said:

"Please!" (To be continued......)