Just as Gui Yuancheng was thinking about how to bypass the Luo family's waters and return to the Maori family, in the Shikoku area where he was about to go, there were also people who were thinking about the Luo family like him.

This is a temple outside the outskirts of Qinquan Temple in Shikoku. A group of people had just arrived outside the gate of the temple. After leaving others to wait outside the gate, a middle-aged man took a five- or six-year-old child, led by a monk at the main entrance of the temple, and went directly to a secluded courtyard behind the temple.

The monks leading the way were all young and strong, and on the way forward, the middle-aged man also saw a group of monks training with spears in a yard. So from the outside, it seemed like a temple, but inside it turned into a military camp.

After coming to the courtyard, in a room with a wooden door open, the middle-aged man saw a young monk sitting cross-legged on a mat with a scroll of Buddhist scriptures between his legs, closing his eyes and holding Buddhist beads and chanting silently. After not seeing him for a while, the image of this young monk changed a lot. He had already been shaved on his head and was wearing a black monk's robe, but his temperament was more calm than before.

After standing quietly in the courtyard and waiting for a while, the young monk finally finished reciting the scriptures. After the middle-aged man left the children around him in the courtyard, he went directly to the young monk's room. After removing his shoes, he walked into the room and took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the young monk.

The young monk took the letter and opened it and read it directly. Not long after, after reading it, he put the letter aside and then began to ponder.

"Hey!" After a long time, the young monk sighed, looked at the middle-aged man sitting opposite and said, "It seems that the rise of the Luo family is inevitable!"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man also nodded with a bitter smile and agreed to the young monk's opinion.

The young monk was Takanobu Takanobu from the Kyushu Himeki Kyushu family. The middle-aged man was Usuki, the retainer of the former Otomo family. As for the six-year-old child who was playing on his own in the courtyard at this time, it was Nagashoumaru, the legitimate son of Otomo Sorin, the former governor of Otomo family. Compared with the history of the Nagashoumaru (Otomo Yoshiron), due to the emergence of the Luo family, Otomo Sorin got married earlier in order to strengthen internal rule and left his legitimate son Nagashoumaru earlier.

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Of course, after living in seclusion, Takanoshiroji Takanoshi accepted the suggestion of Usuki's speed-taking and reading the scriptures. While coming to rest, he also used this to confuse Nagasomumomoto-ri and others. On the other hand, he took the opportunity to secretly establish a relationship with the immediately-shining temple shrine forces and secretly expand his own power. Anyway, Takanoshiroji Takanoshi became a monk in the temple since he was a child. Although he later wandered around due to a series of changes in his family, he was very familiar with how to communicate with the temple shrine.

While establishing his own power in Tosa, Takanobu Takanobu Takanobu and Utsukiki Skills naturally did not forget their respective goals. Takanobu Takanobu hoped to return to Himemaki and establish a Takanobu Takanobu that regained the control of Himemaki and revitalized the Utsuki family. Utsuki Skillss was hoping to return to Takanobu Takanobu and assist the young master Nagashoumaru who was still young to rebuild the Otomo family that controlled the Tomemaki and at the same time revitalized the Utsuki family.

However, if the two wanted to achieve their respective goals, they would inevitably be unable to bypass a Warring States daimyo, which was the Luo family. Therefore, they usually hoped that the Luo family would decline due to a mistake, so that they would have the opportunity to achieve their respective goals. But things went against their wishes, and the Luo family not only did not decline, but became stronger. Especially this time, after the merchants who went from Osumiguo to Sakai Port and passed through the coast of Tosago learned that the Minami Kyushu region was facing the full annexation of the Luo family at this time, it caused the two to sigh just now.

Masaru naturally cannot know the actions and thoughts of the enemies lurking from the Luo family, such as Katsumoto Suk, and Takanomiya Takanomiya Takanomiya. Even if he knows, Masaru will only smile. Don’t say that these guys’ power can only protect themselves at the moment. Even if they are encountered by Masaru, Masaru will naturally deal with them all immediately. After all, even an ant will cause certain harm to you if you are not careful, so Masaru will deal with all potential dangers mercilessly. Similarly, for every opportunity, Masaru will fight for it as long as you have the opportunity.

Now, this is the opportunity that has emerged.

Previously, when Shimazu Takaha, Ito Yoshiyuki, and Sahiro Yoshiko left behind the blocking team and led the army supporting the Sahiro family to withdraw to the direction of Hinaga, Masara first used Sahiro Shin-Take Sahiro to successfully seize the blocking team used by the Sahiro family to cut off the rear and all the territory of the Sahiro family in Toyogoku, thus unifying the entire Toyogoku.

Then, he entered the mountain road overnight to pursue the retreating Shimazu family, Ito family, and the Sahiro family, forcing the three parties to finally leave behind the Sahiro family army led by the Sahiro Yoshikaku, trying to block Masahiro's army again. As a result, the Sahiro family riots, which not only handed over the entire Sahiro family's blocking army to the Luo family, but also sent Sahiro Yoshikaku to Masahiro's presence.

After solving the last blocking force of the Sahiro family, Masara naturally led the army to continue pursuing the troops of the Shimazu family and Ito family that had already escaped. At this time, Shimazu Kihisa and Ito Yiyu had also returned from those who had escaped. They had left behind to help the Sahiro family to block the pursuit army of the Ro family and learned about the situation behind. They were helpless about the Sahiro family's incompetence. The two had to order their subordinates to speed up their retreat.

So after chasing each other, the army of the Shimazu family and Ito family crossed the border of the Toyogo country and arrived at the Horizon Valley located in the territory of Hinata. At the exit of the Yamada Valley in the direction of Matsuo Castle to the south, they encountered Isono Tomosatsu and the Luo family led by Irida Yoshimi to block the army.

During the period after occupying Matsuo Castle and the Longitu Fort, Isono Tomosa and Irida Yoshimi personally led a team to dig a trench in the narrowest mountain path in Wandi Valley. At the same time, they used mud and stone dug from nearby mountains to reinforce the edge of the trench near their position and raised it into a low earth wall. Using the trench as the starting point, a simple fortification was built between the trench to the east and the shore of the Kitankawa to the west according to the previous instructions of the Lord Zhengliang.

There are obstacles in front and pursuers behind. In order to avoid being attacked by the two armies of the Luo family, Shimazu Takahara and Ito Yoshiyuki immediately launched an attack on Isono Tomomasa and Irida Yoshimi's position despite the fatigue caused by the people's death and fleeing for several days.

Due to the limited width of the mountain road, the joint forces of Shimazu family and Sakai family led five feet to form a continuous long spear formation and directly rushed towards the Luo family's position.

The choice to defend in this narrow area was pre-confirmed by Toshimasaki Isono, which was to use the narrow terrain here to make the number of people advantage (at this time, Toshimasaki Isono's army had only more than 1,000 people, while the other side had more than 4,000 people). The joint forces of Shimazu family and Sakai family were unable to spread their troops. Anyway, as long as the mountain road was blocked and persisted until the lord Masaki's army arrived from behind the enemy, it was enough.

Facing the surging Shimazu Ito coalition forces, Ida Yoshimi's iron artillery team had already been filled with ammunition. Faced with the advance of the Shimazu family and the Sakai family, a three-stage attack that the Luo family was good at.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

As the smoke from the ammunition dissipated, Yoshimi Irida observed the shooting results. The soldiers of the Shimazu family and Sakai family in the front row fell down. Seeing that the companions in front fell down one after another, most of the military forces of the Shimazu family and Ito family were elite after all, so they did not retreat because of this, but continued to shout and kill.

"Kill!" Seeing that the Luo family's position gradually approached the Luo family's position, the Shimazu family and the Sakai family's allied forces put down their spears and began to attack the Luo family's formation opposite the trench.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Faced with the continuous approaching of the enemy, the Luo family's iron cannon team continued to attack.

At the same time, the Luo Family Archery Team behind the Iron Cannon Team had already set up a formation on the simple arrows temporarily built in the mountain road, and they all began to shoot arrows one after another. The enemy's guns and foot hats were charged with both hands, so there was no shield that could block the arrows. The armor on their bodies was mostly made of bamboo, and most of them were not as good as the belly curls and dormites on the samurai. So when the arrows came, the foot hats could only press their heads low, hoping that the formation hats on their heads could withstand that one or two.

On the Luo family's position, the sound of bowstrings and arrows breaking through the air were combined with the sound of iron cannons. The rain of arrows and bullets caused the joint guns of Shimazu family and Sabuki family who were charging.

Similarly, when the Shimazu family and Sakai family coalition fired the bow and iron cannon foot light, a fence was set up in the front section of the trench on one side of the Luo family's position (but because it was temporarily erected in the mudstone of the trench wall, it was not stable, and as long as the horses hit all their strength, they would fall down), they were mostly blocked by the low earth walls of the trench in front of the Luo family's army, the fences on the earth walls, and the arrows on the arrows. Therefore, even if an unlucky person occasionally was shot by arrows or iron cannons shot through the gaps between the fences and baffles, the casualties were limited.

Especially the arrow guards on the arrows, the center of which is made of bamboo and straw is covered with outside, so they can not only resist arrows, but also resist the shooting of iron cannons.

The Shimazu family and the Sakai family moved forward with difficulty in the rain of arrows and bullets. During this period, the soldiers of the Shimazu family and the Sakai family continued to scream and fall down. Even the soldiers who were lucky enough not to shoot, when they rushed to the trench, they found that although the trench was not deep, they directly reached the mountain cliffs and rivers on the east and west sides (because they were in a high position, they could not connect with the river, and there was no river water in the trench). On the south side of the trench was a low earth wall established on the edge of the trench and a fence erected in the earth wall. Through the gaps in the fence, they saw the barrel of an iron cannon and the muzzle of black holes. So after another sound of iron cannons, these coalition soldiers who had been lucky enough to rush in front of them eventually fell down.

In the Luo family's position, seeing that his own formation had caused such great casualties to the Shimazu family and the Sakai family coalition forces, Isono Shimazu family said happily to Yoshimi Irida, "Haha, the fortifications designed by the lord are really clever. If our Luo family forces encounter similar terrain in the future, they must do this."

After hearing this, Yoshimi Irida smiled slightly, but thought to herself. I guess Hoshimasaki Isono had forgotten that after he explained the construction method of this kind of defensive fortification to them, he also emphasized that such defensive fortifications is pretty good for defense, but if he is used for attack, he will block his own people.

Of course, depending on the situation, Iino Tomosaki was in the mood at this time, and it was not easy for Irida Yoshimi to discourage his excitement, so he had to say, "Your Excellency, don't worry, the good show is still coming."

At this time, another team of footmen from the Shimazu family and Ito family coalition were integrated. After rearranging into a formation, the first group of Shimazu family and Sakai family coalition forces continued to fight to the Luo family's position.

After being hit by the iron cannons and bows of the Luo family, the first group of Shimazu family and Sakai family, who had suffered heavy casualties and were even showing signs of defeat, were reorganized and continued to fight towards the Luo family's positions.

Although the enemy's army was dense, the Luo family's iron cannons and bows could easily hit the enemy, but after the two enemy troops joined forces, there were too many enemies. Even if someone kept falling down in front of them, some smart guys actually learned to use the bodies of their companions as cover to keep approaching the Luo family's position.

Since the trench in front of the Luo family's position was more than two meters wide, and although the earth wall opposite the trench was low, it could not directly cross the trench and jump onto the earth wall, the coalition soldiers who charged in front of the trench all fell into the trench, and then got up from the trench in a mess, trying to climb onto the earth wall.

At this moment, with Yoshimi Irida's order, the attack of the Luo Family Iron Cannon Team stopped suddenly. Then, dozens of simple clay pots (made by the Luo Family Ceramic Workshop) were thrown into the trench. As the clay pots broke, a large amount of tincture oil spilled out, not only spilled the bottom of the trench, but also made many coalition soldiers trying to climb the earthen walls covered with tincture oil.

At the same time, as several burning torches were thrown into the trench at the same time, the trench suddenly turned into a fire ditch, and the coalition soldiers inside immediately became firemen. Everyone screamed and rushed towards Beichuan, which was west of the trench. However, after running a few steps, most of the people were shot by the iron cannoners or archers of the Luo family, so they could not continue running, and fell directly into the trench, screaming and rolling, and finally silent. Even the lucky ones who jumped into the Beichuan River were shot and killed by the Luo family archers who were built on the side of the river.

When the coalition soldiers who had not yet arrived at the trench later saw this scene, they stopped one after another, and even some turned around and ran away. The coalition troops in the mountain road suddenly became in chaos. Even if the top generals in their respective teams kept shouting, it would be useless.

"Blow the magic snails and stop the troops!"

On a slightly flat mountain valley behind the coalition forces, looking at the coalition soldiers who were lying slowed down in the mountain road ahead, Shimazu Takaha and Ito Yoshiyuki looked at each other and ordered helplessly.

"Woo, woo, woo..."

As the retreat order sounded, the coalition soldiers in the mountain road finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated like a tide, leaving only the corpses covered with the ground, even piled up into a small hill in some places, and the mountain road dyed red by blood. A lot of blood even gathered into the river and flowed directly into the Beichuan River next to it, dyeing the coastal waters along the Beichuan near the mountain road red. Even the turbulent water currents of the river could not flush out these red water bodies for a while.

"Do you send troops to attack?" Seeing this scene, even Irida Yoshimi was a little excited, so she said to the chief general Isono Tomokazumaki.

"No!" Isono Shin-ho shook his head, "According to the lord's previous order, we just need to stick to our position and block the enemy here. We will never be allowed to take the initiative."

"Yeah!" Yoshimi Irida had no choice but to give up this idea. In fact, he really hoped to take the initiative to attack because they still had hundreds of killer weapons in their hands and had not used them yet.

This killer move is the shield player of hundreds of people who were resting in the rear at this time. These shield players were formed by the Lord Zhengliang based on the suggestions of some Ming ministers who had immigrated from the Ming Dynasty. They imitated the shield player in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, these shield players were all from the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, as he stayed in the Luo family for a longer time, he found that there were quite a few people from the Ming country in the Luo family's territory. Basically, no matter where he went to the Luo family's territory, he could meet the people from the Ming country on the road. It is said that the lord could get a lot of refugees from the Ming country every year through his relationship with the Ming country merchants. He even kept buying Ming slaves who suffered in the pirate fleet from the Ming country pirates along the coast of Satsuma. After these Ming people entered the Luo family, they would be placed in villages in various parts of the Luo family's territory and merged with the local territories.

The most prominent point of this integration is that among the Luo family's military power, more and more Ming states have led the people, and many of the positions in the Luo family have taken over the Ming states. Although these Ming state ministers only account for a small part of the senior retainers of the Luo family, the number of Ming state ministers among the grassroots retainers below accounts for almost half of the number of Ming state ministers.

But speaking of this, compared with the local hierarchy, there is no way to say about these Ming hierarchy. Not only are they taller. Many people have a good cultural foundation, especially when learning the unique characters and languages ​​of the Luo family. Although at the beginning, these Ming people did not know the words and languages ​​of the Luo family, like their local generals and soldiers, as time delays, people will soon find that the Ming people mastered new characters and new languages ​​much faster. At the same time, in the military, the Ming hierarchy's bodies were generally better than the local hierarchy, and were more likely to accept the unique hierarchy training method of the Luo family.

It is precisely because of the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty's leadership of the people, and the service of the shield soldiers was proposed by some Ming state ministers, and the new recruits could only be trained by the Ming state ministers who proposed this new soldier and had served as such a soldier in the Ming state. Therefore, this time the shield soldiers of more than one hundred people were temporarily selected from the Ming state's leadership of the people.

Of course, in Yoshimi Irida's opinion, the lord Masaru seems to be just a test-oriented attitude to establish this new recruit. However, in the previous attack on Matsuo Castle, this team of shield soldiers did play a lot of roles, which made Yoshimi Irida, who had always doubted the combat power of this new team, sigh and even envious of the main general of this team of shield soldiers. Moreover, he also believed that as long as this team of shield soldiers attacked the opposite Shimazu and Ito coalition forces with the hedgehog formation that night in Matsuo Castle, and his iron cannon team supported the rear, he would definitely be able to defeat the coalition forces on the opposite side.

However, as the chief general Isono Toshimasaki said, before leaving, the lord Masayoshi had repeatedly instructed him that this time they were only responsible for holding onto the position and blocking the other party's way. During this period, even if there were civil strife and murder within the enemy, they would never be able to leave the position half a step away.

Although in the General Academy of the Luo Family Academy (after each war, Zhengliang would organize his generals to conduct some post-war summary and analysis study meetings), he had learned the so-called "the generals are not subject to military orders outside the country", and in the current situation, there is no problem in exercising this knowledge.

But since the main general Isono Masato refused, he naturally would not say more. After all, many retainers are coveting the position of the leader of his Iron Cannon Team (after all, they can always receive tasks, and they not only have many more opportunities to obtain military merit, but also many times much easier). He finally took advantage of this opportunity to jointly attack with his family's important minister, Isono Masato, and had a good relationship with Isono Masato on the road, so he naturally would not waste the results he had worked hard.

So, Isono Tomomasa and Irida Yoshimi defended their positions according to Masara's previous orders. In the following period, even if the Shimazu family and Ito family were contacted several times forcibly attacked, they still could not break through the trenches of their positions. Soon after, the army led by the lord Masarasu also pursued from the mountain road to the north. From then on, the army of Shimazu Kihisa and Ito Yoshiyuki were completely surrounded by the Luo family from both north and south.

Faced with such a situation, Shimazu Takaha and Ito Yoshiyuki were both anxious. So they even launched a more fierce attack on the positions where Isono Ishino and Irida Yoshimi were located even more crazily (because they had suffered several defeats to Masaruma, and even if they defeated Masaruma, they were still in the territory of the Luo family in the rear of Masaruma, and there was no improvement in their situation, so they did not attack Masaruma's position).

However, Masara naturally would not allow them to attack the southern positions with all their might, so Masara also personally commanded the army. On the one hand, he established the same fortifications as Isono Isoda Yoshimi in the north and began to harass the coalition forces of the Shimazu family and Ito family in the mountain road in the north.

So the two sides confronted each other in the mountain road.
Chapter completed!