Warring States Eagle

"The so-called alliance is naturally beneficial to both parties. How can we ask for it? As for sincerity... Onikiri is the treasure of the family and is deeply loved by the master of the family. This time, I will give Onikiri to Dazai Shaoer My lord, that is enough to show our sincerity." Facing Akabane Shinnosuke's question, Ijuin Tadaro replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"If the sincerity of the Shimadzu family is just that, then there is no need to talk about the alliance. My Luo family is currently focusing on Chikugo, and there is no need to form an alliance with the Shimadzu family." Akabane Nobunosuke said.After receiving the news that the Shimadzu family's alliance envoy was coming, several of their family's important officials discussed with Zhengliang. Although there were some disputes, they finally decided to form an alliance with the Shimadzu family under Zhengliang's decision.But even if they formed an alliance, they still hoped to get some benefits from the other party as much as possible, so everyone decided that the retainers would be the black faces, and Zheng Liang would be the red faces.

"That's wrong. Who doesn't know that Master Dazai Shaoer's army has already entered Higo, and I'm afraid that all the tyrants in Feihou may not be willing to make Master Dazai Shaoer happy, let alone Dazai Shaoer is still in Chikugo and Otomo's house. Confrontation, if there is any change in the Ouchi family in the north, Dazai Shaoer-sama may face the situation of being besieged." Ijuin Tadaro said bluntly.

Ijuin Tadaro told what Zheng Liang was worried about. Originally, Zheng Liang's plan was to recuperate for a period of time, and at the same time solve the Goto navy in the southwest.Now that the imperial court and the shogunate have given him such an official position, it is likely to trigger a new round of war with the Ouchi family. If the Ouchi family also joins in, the situation will be even more severe.Zhengliang has never taken the covenant with the Ouchi family seriously.In this age of profit.All covenants are but a blank sheet of paper.

"Hmph. If the main family forms an alliance with the powerful clan in the north of Satsuma or even west of Osumi, the Shimadzu family will also face the situation of being besieged." Hearing what Ijuin Tadaro said, Yamamoto Kansuke immediately retorted. [

This is a naked wexe, I saw Ijuin Tadaro smiled slightly, and immediately saluted Masara: "Master Dazai, this is also the reason why our family came to form an alliance. With our alliance, Master Dazai can concentrate on building After, Higo deal with the Otomo family, the family can also calm down the resistance forces in Satsuma. And in order to further express the sincerity of the alliance for this alliance, the family is willing to disclose some information about the Otomo family to Master Dazai.”

"Oh?" Zheng Liang replied noncommittally.

"Just one month ago, an envoy from the Otomo family arrived at the main family and expressed their intention to form an alliance. The main family is also considering it. And the main family also learned that the Otomo family also sent to the Sagara family in Higo and the navy of the Hizen Five Islands at the same time. The various forces have sent envoys."

"Hehe, even if we form an alliance with the Otomo family, for the Shimadzu family who are far away from the Otomo family, this alliance does not seem to be of much use to the Shimadzu family." This time, Masaragi spoke directly.Although Zheng Liang was a little shocked by the information disclosed by Ijuin Tadaro just now, he did not seem surprised at all.Even a little calm.

why?Masara, who is familiar with history, knows that at this time, Nanhigo's Sagara family is in a delicate and chaotic period.This situation will at least wait until a new generation of Patriarchs is born a few years later before it gradually improves.As for the Shimadzu family.Just as Zhengliang said just now, the alliance with the Otomo family is of no benefit to the Shimadzu family. If he joins forces with the Otomo family to deal with the Roche family, once the Roche family is cornered, it may even lead to an all-out attack from the Roche family. The Otomo's family, which is far away, cannot help the Shimadzu's family at this time, so the Shimadzu's family will never become a tool for the Otomo's family to deal with the Luo's family.

"As Dazai Shaoer-sama said, our family does not want to form an alliance with Otomo's family. On the contrary, our family is more willing to form an alliance with Dazai Shaoer-sama." Ijuin Tadaro admitted directly.

"En!" Zhengliang nodded, and then fell into deep thought, as if he was thinking about whether he would like to conclude an alliance with the Shimadzu family.

After a long time, Zhengliang finally said: "I do agree with the alliance, but in order to ensure that you will not go back on your word, I hope that you can send your Matashiro to my family as my surname. Only people have enough reasons to convince these retainers below." After finishing speaking, Zheng Liang deliberately glanced at the retainers below.All the retainers also showed expressions of dissatisfaction with such an alliance very cooperatively.At that moment, Zheng Liang even felt that it would be too wasteful for these guys not to act.

Matashiro, the second son of Shimadzu Takahisa, the current governor of the Shimadzu family, was later called Shimadzu Yoshihiro "Oni Shimadzu" and "Oni Shimanzi".Zhengliang is now asking the Shimadzu family to provide hostages.

During the Warring States period, if the two parties formed an alliance, if their strengths were equal and the situation was also equal, the two parties generally adopted the method of marriage or sending hostages to each other.And when one party is weak or in a bad situation, it is often necessary to send hostages to the strong party.

At present, the Luo family's forces have almost completely controlled Hizen, occupying most of Chikugo, and even got their hands on Chikuzen and Higo.

And what about the Shimadzu family?This time happened to be an important moment for its development. Although after nearly ten years of hard work, it finally defeated Shimadzu Mihisa, who was originally the most powerful in Satsuma, and indirectly controlled the Izumi Shimadzu family, but at present the Shimadzu family only controls After entering the Satsuma Peninsula, to be precise, it only mastered the nine prefectures in Satsuma, including Zengshima, Hioki, Addo, Hebe, Ewa, Ibusuki, Giri, and Keshan. There are still many hostile forces in the five counties of Kagoshima, which occupy almost half of Satsuma. The Osumi country next to it also has many hostile forces. It is a daimyo with less than 15 koku and surrounded by enemies. Obviously weaker than the Roche family.The current situation of the two families is similar, so generally speaking, it is reasonable for the Luo family to ask the Shimadzu family to provide hostages.

Of course, under normal circumstances, when encountering such a situation, the two families can also conclude a covenant that does not require exchanging hostages, but Zheng Liang has no such intention.

Therefore, Ijuin Tadaro returned to Satsuma Shimadzu with Masara's alliance conditions.Although the Shimadzu family was quite controversial about Zhengliang's conditions, Shimadzu Takahisa, as the head of the family, showed his courage at this time, and finally agreed to Zhengliang's request.

Soon, the two families formally reached a covenant: Takahisa Shimadzu's eight-year-old second son, Matashiro, became a hostage by Masara's side.Since then, the Luo family can deal with wexes from Higo, Chikugo and even Chikuzen with peace of mind, and the Shimadzu family can also continue their great cause of Satsuma unification with peace of mind.

Of course, secretly, both parties know that this covenant is nothing more than a blank sheet of paper. If the benefits are sufficient, both parties are willing to pay enough to tear up the covenant.Just like in history, after the Shimadzu family unified Satsuma, they immediately tore up the covenant with the Sagara family and pointed the gun at Minamihigo yyng.

Not long after the Luo family formed an alliance with the Shimadzu family, news came from the Ouchi family that Ouchi Yoshitaka was about to welcome Hachiro, the son of Otomo Yoshikam, the governor of the Ouchi family.

Tianwen 13th year, [-] AD, March.The house building of Bungo Otomo's house.

"Everyone, this is a letter written by Ouchi Yoshitaka. Ouchi Yoshitaka wants to accept Hachiro as his son and inherit the Ouchi family in the future." Ouchi Yoshitaka said.Youzi is like a parent and child, but it is not necessary to live with the adoptive father like an adopted son. [

"Hachiro and the young master are both descendants of his wife. Although his wife is no longer here, the blood relationship between Hachiro and the Ouchi family cannot be changed. It is not surprising that Ouchi Yoshitaka has this idea." Usuki Kansu said.

"My lord, this is a good thing. My lord already has His Highness Yizhen as his successor, and it is just right for Qingying to join the heir Ouchi's family." Irita Qincheng immediately agreed.

"Currently, the Ouchi family and the Luo family are in an alliance. If we can improve the relationship with the Ouchi family by virtue of Ouchi Yoshitaka seeking Hachiro as his adopted son this time, I believe that when there is another conflict between the Ouchi family and the Luo family, the Ouchi family will not Let’s intervene again.” Usuki Kamsu also agreed.

Otomo Yoshikan, who was still thinking about it, his eyes lit up immediately after hearing Usuki Kamsu's analysis.

(Everyone, the fourth update has been delivered today. Recently, I am looking for a rental house to move, and I am really busy. These four chapters are also coded out by staying up all night. If you think it is okay, please reward some monthly tickets, rewards, Subscription and tickets or something. Thank you.) (To be continued...)