In the battle at the foot of Mount Izumi in Toyoura-gun, Nagato Province, the Naito family's army was defeated under the attack of the Luo family's army rushing out of the mountains and forests and the Luo family's cavalry blocking the retreat in the rear.

Takayo Naito and Katsumata Moricho were killed in battle, many of their retainers and relatives were killed, and even those who did not die in battle were unable to escape due to the terrain, and all of them became prisoners of the Luo family.

After a short rest, after the defenders of Kawasaki Castle, who had arrived after hearing the news, received the prisoners of this battle, Kakukuma Ishimune immediately led a large army to kill the castle of Katsuyama Castle, the important town of the Naito family in Toyoura County, overnight. And that night, with the secret help of Hosaku, who was lurking in Naito's house in the Taolong room in the castle, he opened the gate of Katsuyama Castle at night and took Katsuyama Castle in one fell swoop. Since then, the Naito family's entire plains in the southern region of Toyoura-gun have fallen into the hands of the Luo family.

At the beginning of October of the 21st year of Astronomy, just as the Luo family was reorganizing their army in Katsuyama Castle and preparing to continue the invasion of other areas of Toyoura County in Nagato Province, shocking news came from the Naito's main city, Arataki Castle. Takaharu Naito, who had the best chance of succeeding to the throne of the family governor after the death of Takayo Naito, was about to go out to meet the invasion of the Luo family, but was killed by the retainer because of a conflict with the retainer. The Naito family was instantly plunged into chaos.

So Tao Longfang, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately entered the territory of the Naito family under the banner of assisting the Naito family in resisting the invasion of the Luo family, and secretly began to receive the territory of the Naito family. And some of the Naito retainers, seeing the decline of the main family, took the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of the Tao Long house.

While the Naito family was in chaos, and Tao Longfang was busy receiving the power of the Naito family, the army of the Luo family led by Kakukuma Ishizong also continued to fight. It only took a few days. He captured the castle of Tsuyama Castle, which was located at the mouth of the Kiya River, along the coast of the Nagato Province Shubo Beach, and at the junction of Toyoura-gun and Atsusasa County.

But after the capture of the mountain castle. The army of the Luo family did not take the opportunity to enter the territory of Atsusa County, but after leaving some of the guards to guard the mountain castle, they turned around and headed north along the banks of the Kiya River, incorporating the territory along the way into the territory of the Luo family. Until they came to Yada Castle, another important town in Toyoura County.

Yada Castle was originally the territory of the Qingjing Takashi clan, but it was later taken by the menacing Tao Longfang, and the Qingjing Takashi clan, who lacked a major general, were placed under house arrest in a nearby territory. This time, after receiving the instructions of the letter sent back by Qing Jing Takashi in advance, they immediately launched a riot in the territory. The Tao family defenders of Yada Castle took the opportunity to use this as an excuse to give up the castle. Retreat to the border of nearby Mae Youshi.

At the same time, Tao Longfang also took this opportunity to return the Qingjing Long clan to the Luo family, fulfilling the content of the alliance agreement. These clansmen will soon be sent to Chikugo Province to settle down. Although these clansmen were a little reluctant to give up on these territories, at least since then they could stay out of the range of the Tao family's power that could threaten their clan, and live a stable life, so the resistance was not high. As for the Sagara Takeren clan mentioned in the alliance agreement, it was after the war that these people were exchanged into the hands of the Luo family under the pretext of exchanging prisoners of war.

After taking Yada Castle. After leaving some of the soldiers in the local area to guard the Luo family's army, they immediately entered the local mountain pass. He shuttled through the dense mountains and forests of the area, and successfully captured the Maruja Mountain Castle on the shore of Yau Valley Bay, which had been deserted by the city, in early November. Since then, the entire territory of Toyoura-gun in Nagato Province has fallen into the hands of the Luo family.

At this time, the Tao family's army, which was also located on the border between Toyoura County and Atsusa County and was controlled by the Tao family, finally took action. They marched from the inner town on the side of Atsusa and began to march towards the town of Kayama on the side of Toyoura, in an attempt to retake the castle. Uemura Hontsuna and Roche Shirgoro, who were in charge of staying here, immediately went out to meet the attack, and a "fierce battle" broke out at the border on the side of Atsusa County.

A few days later, the Luo family's army was defeated and retreated to the mountain city, and the Tao family's army also retreated to the inner county town. The two armies then confronted each other at the border.

This battle is actually the final battle of the strategy of the Luo family and the Tao family. The so-called fierce battle is just a good show for other heroes to watch, in order to avoid people from seeing that the two families are colluding with the Naito family this time. In this "fierce battle", not only did not a single person die in the battle, but even the wounded on both sides were only wounded.

After the First World War of the Naito family, the Nagato guardian family, who helped the Ouchi family take care of the Nagato country for several generations, basically withdrew from the stage of history. This time, the biggest beneficiary is naturally the Taolong room. On the surface, he lost the county of Toyoura County in Nagato Province compared to the same period in history. However, the Tao family gradually annexed the Naito family in the remaining four counties of Nagato Province, including Atsusa, Toyoura, Miyu, Otsu, and Abu, as well as the territories of the affiliated Naito family, into the direct domain of the Tao family. In terms of its true strength, the Tao family at this time was even more powerful than the Nagato family that only nominally controlled the Nagato family (historically, it was necessary to control the Naito family).

For such a result, Zhengliang is also happy to see it. After all, the Luo family needs Tao Longfang to act as a striker against the Maori family, the Yoshimi family, and even the Niko family. In addition, this time, with the help of the Tao family, the Luo family also easily got another county of land, so why not?

In December, when the Luo family was busy taking over the newly occupied territory of Nagato Province and beginning to settle the thousands of people from the Zhou Province and the Nagato Province who had been "driven" by the Tao family, good news came from the Moritaka Prefecture of the Gongfang Prefecture stationed in Kyoto, and after receiving the instructions of Masarashi, after some operation of Moritaka Ichichi, the newly appointed shogun Ashikaga Yoshito (later renamed Ashikaga Yoshiteru) officially appointed Masarashi as the guardian of Chikuzen and the guardian of Toyozen.

With the death of Ouchi Yoshitaka, some of Ouchi Yoshitaka's official positions were naturally withdrawn by the shogunate and the imperial court. Although Tao Longfang had also sent people to try to regain these official positions in the name of the Ouchi family, they were blocked by the power of the Nizi family's ministers in the imperial court. On the contrary, it was picked up cheaply by the Luo family.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru's appointment to Masarashi is also a move to win over. Since the beginning of this year, after the mediation of Rokkaku Joyori and Yoshiken father and son, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru reached a peace agreement with Miyoshi Chokei, who defeated Hosokawa Harumoto and took control of the Kyoto region. Hosokawa Harumoto became a monk and fled to Wakasa, while Ashikaga Yoshiteru was able to return to Kyoto from Katata and officially live the life of a shogun.

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