Warring States Eagle

It was already three days later when Zheng Liang received the summoning order from Shaoyi's family.

In the meeting hall of the lord's mansion in Ye Gaoshan, the head of the Luo family gathered together.

"What do you guys think about the convening of Shaoyi's family?" Zheng Liang said expressionlessly.

"No, there must be risks in going here," Dongxiang Heiji said loudly first.Zheng Liang is not only the head of the Luo family, but also his son-in-law. In his opinion, any risky things should not be taken.

As soon as Dongxiang Heiji said this, most of the retainers spoke in agreement.

"Go, you definitely can't go," Tsukuma Ishimune said, "It's just that this attack on Matsuura County by our family must have aroused the awareness of other tyrants, even the Shaoyi family can't sit still. "

"Hmph, since the loss to the Ouchi family, the strength of the Shaoyi family has dropped drastically, and now they only maintain part of the territory of Sangen, Kanzaki, and Zuojia, and the height of the stone is only [-] shi, which is not enough at all. Fear" Akabane Shinnosuke sneered as he fanned his Akabane fan.

"Even if the opponent's strength has dropped drastically, there are still loyal and powerful loyalists such as Oda, Baba, Yokoki, and Xiaohe. At the same time, Chikushi, Jindai, Chihiro, Arima, Omura, and Saigo also bowed their heads to him, and even the powerful Ryuzoji family He also maintained a posture of obeying orders," Kakukuma Ishimune analyzed, "This time, Omura and Xixiang sent envoys to appeal to the Shaoyi family in the name of the territory being invaded, and the Shaoyi family, which had already been put on alert, It must be an opportunity to restrict the family."

"Although the tyrants such as Chikushi, Jindai, Chibo, Arima, Omura, and Xixiang still bow their heads to the Shaoyi family, they actually have different ideas. Strong and proud," Akabane Shinnosuke said, "Although these tyrants seem to obey the call of the Shaoyi family, they are not unbreakable."

"Your Highness, if my family rejects the convening order sent by the Shaoyi family with the righteousness of protection, I am afraid that the other party will take the opportunity to attack. The sudden rise of my family is not only a threat to the Shaoyi family, but also a threat to other powerful powers." Kuma Ishimune's implication is.It is very likely that the Shaoyi family will use this to launch a siege order against the Luo family.

"Hehe, I have long been concerned about this matter," Zheng Liang said with a smile.This sentence also showed his attitude towards the summoning order of the Shaoyi family.

"Loyalty, after the Dacun family and the Xixiang family sent envoys to the Shaoyi family, are there any other actions?" Zheng Liang asked.

"Except for the continued increase of guards at the border of the territory bordering the main family, there are no other changes. It's just that the main family's navy received a message from the pirates of the Goto Islands that cannot be confirmed for the time being," Mu Zuo Shigetada immediately replied.

"Pirates from the Five Islands?"

"Exactly. Your Highness. They sent a message to the navy patrolling the waters near Hirado Island, bluntly rejecting the proposal of the Omura family to jointly invade their territory."

"Your Highness, no matter whether the news is accurate or not, it is clear. The Pirates of the Five Islands do not want to fight against our family," Kakukuma Ishimune said immediately.

"Hmm. What advice does the military adviser have for this?" Zheng Liang nodded.

"Pirates are nothing more than profit," Kakukuma Ishimune said, "The family can open Hirado Island to these pirates for trade. Of course, after entering the waters of the family, these pirates must abide by the laws of the family."

"Turning an enemy into a friend?" Zheng Liang said in a sentence.

"Exactly. Our family wants to reduce the hostile forces around our family as much as possible, and these pirates are exactly the forces we can win over."

"Are these pirates going to trade with us?" Zheng Liang asked.

"Hehe, Your Highness, the items looted by these pirates also need to be purchased, and those goods even include people," said Onishi Kuniji.

"Population?" Zhengliang was surprised, "Okay, we will follow this method. The focus is on buying the gold, silver and population of those pirates, and the goods can be sold on Hirado Island. In addition, for safety reasons, the people on Hirado Island All the citizens have moved to this side of the land, and Hirado Island will only be used as a trading island in the future, and only the soldiers of the family will stay on it." Zhengliang finally made up his mind.Anyway, the Luo family doesn't have the energy to entangle with these pirates at present, so it's better to use them to obtain some benefits that the Luo family needs.

"As for the discussion with these pirates. Do you think it would be more appropriate for those people to go?"

"Your Highness, there are several naval forces that are not weak in the Goto Islands, so it is better to send two people to go at the same time." Onishi Kuniji immediately suggested, "Our navy generals Sun Goro, Masatora Tao and these pirates Some of the chiefs who have dealt with them before. Just the right guy."

"Okay, let's order these two people to go to the Wudao Islands to discuss this matter with those pirates," Zheng Liang decided.

"Your Highness, the Arima family, the Omura family, and the Saigo family in Nanhizen must be guarded," Akabane Nobunosuke reminded. <At the time of farming, the Omura family and the Xixiang family no longer had enough troops to attack the family.As for the Arima family, due to their growing strength over the past few years, they obviously intended to overwhelm the neighboring Xixiang and Omura families, and even had conflicts with these two families several times, so these three families could not be united. "

"Of course, we must also prevent them from joining forces unexpectedly, Zhisuke" Masara shouted after thinking for a while.

"Chen is here!"

"As for the situation and terrain of these three tyrants, you must be very familiar with them who have visited there before," said Masaragi. Some small conflicts were created by some people, so that they not only could not concentrate their manpower on spring farming, but also made it impossible for them to attack the family. This matter is up to you. In terms of manpower, Black Hawk will cooperate with you."

"Yes, Your Highness," Akabane Shinnosuke led the order.

"Iki Island, is there any latest news recently?" After arranging the countermeasures for the south of Luo's house, Masaragi began to look at the sea area to the west of the territory.

"Your Highness, apart from the conflict between the Bodo branch family and the main family that I reported to you last time, there is no other new news," Kizuo Shigetada replied.

"Is that so?" Zheng Liang thought about it.After arriving on Iki Island, the Hata clan tried to integrate the branch families, but this move was opposed by several powerful families headed by the Ri Taka family, which led to a confrontation. Although the two camps did not start a war, the atmosphere of the cold war quietly spread.

"I plan to send an envoy to Rigao's house to discuss the cooperation between the two companies. I wonder who can take on this important task?" Zheng Liang asked.Zhengliang hopes to intervene in the conflict between the two sides, taking the opportunity to delay the pace of unification of Iki.Moreover, the resources of Iki Island can also be obtained through the Rigao family. After all, the cattle there are just the materials that the Luo family urgently needs.

"Your Highness, I am willing to take on this important task," Mu Zuo Shigetada recommended himself.

"Okay, then please be loyal to you," Zheng Liang nodded.Shigetada Muzuo was already acquainted with Ri Gao Zongyi, so he was the right person for this trip.

"Your Highness. Although there are ways to deal with the threats from the west and south of the family, how should the tyrants in the east, who pose the greatest threat to the family, deal with it?" Kakukuma Ishimune asked.

"Unite the crowd!"

"Unite the crowd?" All the retainers became puzzled.

"Hehe, let's talk about the Harada family north of the main family and adjacent to the Karatsu Bay of the main family." Masahiro said with a smile, "You are loyal. Tell me about the envoy sent by the Harada family a few days ago."

As soon as Zhengliang said this, Zhong's retainers were all surprised.Only now did they know that the Harada family, originally located in the Chikuzen country and currently surrendered to the Ouchi family, had sent an envoy.

"Yes, Your Highness." Mu Zuo Shigetada bowed to accept the order. "Five days ago, the Harada family sent an envoy to send a valuable gift, expressing their friendship with the family."

"Yes." After Kizuo Shigetada finished speaking, Zheng Liang nodded, confirming that what Kizuo Shigetada said was true, "The Harada family's intention of friendship has been accepted by the family." Back when the Luo family was still weak, Harada tried to take advantage of Masamori When visiting Bodo, it was not good for Zhengliang.Now the Luo family has risen suddenly.It even threatened the Harada family, of course the Harada family became nervous, after all, Chikuzen is not a quiet place.So after Luo's family occupied Tangjin, they hurriedly sent people to make friends.Although he secretly hated the methods of the Harada family, but as a qualified lord.Zhengliang still knows how to choose and endure.Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, not to mention that he is not a modest gentleman at all?

"The Harada family maintains the two counties of Yito County and Shima County in the Chikuzen Kingdom, which happens to be the necessary place for the main family to enter Chikuzen. At the same time, the territory of the main family is also the necessary place for the other party to enter Hizen. For the sudden rise of the main family There must be some fear," Kakukuma Ishimune said.The implication is to remind Zhengliang that although the other party takes the initiative to make friends, he must guard against it.

"Well, not only can't we relax our defenses against the opponent, but we must strengthen them. We must pay attention to loyalty and send more detectives to the territory of the Harada family after we go down." Zheng Liang nodded and said.

The latter took command immediately.

"When there are countermeasures for the south, west, and north, then only the east is left." Zheng Liang finally said the focus of the retainers' concerns. "The east is the area controlled by the Shaoyi family. As you said, Although the Shaoyi family has the righteousness of Hizen's protection, the powerful families in the east are not monolithic."

"How does Your Highness plan to respond?" Kakukuma Ishimune asked.

"We can send people into this area, secretly spread all kinds of rumors, and even intentionally create skirmishes between various powerful forces. The more chaos this area makes, the better," Zheng Liang said.

"The Longzaosi family has already negotiated peace with our family, and has long been disobedient towards the Shaoyi family. This family can take advantage of this."

"The Qiuyue family located in the Chikuzen country is even more adjacent to the Chikushi family, the important minister of the Shaoyi family. The main family can use the relationship between Shenya and the Qiuyue family to make friends with the Qiuyue family, and use the Qiuyue family to contain the Chikushi family."

"Your Highness, the Qiuyue family may not be willing to help the family contain the Chikushi family?" Some retainers raised objections.

"Hehe, if the Zhuzi family responded to the call of the Shaoyi family and dispatched the main force to deal with the family, what do you think the Qiuyue family will do?" Zheng Liang laughed.

"Your Highness is wise," all the retainers immediately reacted and praised quickly.

"Kyomasa, after the assessment is over, you, as the emissary of the main family, will pay a return visit to the Harada family first to numb the other party's defense against the main family, and then with the help of the Kamiya family, go to the Qiuyue family to express your friendship," Zheng Liang ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness." Duanmu Qingzheng was immediately overjoyed to be so reused shortly after he joined the Luo family.

"Everyone, in addition to the above-mentioned countermeasures, our family has one more big help," Zheng Liang said, looking towards the north of the territory.

"Your Highness is talking about the Ouchi family?" Kakukuma Ishimune, who noticed the direction Masara was looking at, asked thoughtfully.

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