Warring States Eagle

Tianwen 13th year (1544), early summer.

It has not rained for days, and the city is very dry.There are bonfires all over the city.The red flames were reflected on the white wall, and the center of the mansion hall on the eve of the expedition seemed to rise like a mirage, which looked extraordinarily beautiful.Yoshikam, the 42-year-old Bungo Guardian Otomo repair doctor who is slightly fatter this year, opens the skirt of his armor tightly to wipe the sweat from his armpits from time to time.He hadn't put on the ornate helmet yet, but hung it on the bed behind him, but his arms and legs were already covered with armor, making him look extraordinarily mighty.He was barefoot and sat on a tatami stool with a piece of deerskin draped over his leg.

The Zhuang Xing Banquet is ready.There are Shengli and kelp to accompany the wine on the three-sided table of Baizhaer.

As soon as the news from the border town arrived, he immediately drank Zhuangxing wine and threw a cup to set off.

Sitting next to Otomo Yoshikan is his important minister and military advisor Usuki Kamsu, with an imperceptible smile on his face.On both sides are the retainers and veterans, lined up in one row, which seems to be somewhat similar to the family style of the Hizen Roche family. [

Otomo Yoshikami has great ambitions since he was a child. When he was 13 years old, his family was judged by a powerful man, the most powerful man in the crowd.Qin Man thought that Yi Jian, who had just acted as the governor of the family, was still young. In addition, Yi Jian, the governor of the family, was seriously ill and there were so many responders, so this is not successful?Unexpectedly, after counting all the organs, the only thing missing was that Yijian's grandfather Otomo, who was over 60 years old at the time, ruled by himself!Qin Zhi secretly mixed his retainers into the camp of Qin Man, destroyed the army of Qin Man from the inside, and even met with Qin Man in person to force him to surrender.Yoshinaga passed away on August 15, 8th year of Yongzheng, and Otomo Yoshikan formally inherited the Otomo clan. In the first month of 11, his grandfather Otomo Chinji also passed away.The fate of Otomo rests entirely on Yoshikami's shoulders.then.He finally began to advance towards the status of Sengoku daimyo.In order to fully grasp the state affairs.Eliminating the danger of resistance from people with the same pattern and other surnames among the people of the country, he gradually attacked the powerful people in the country.After decades of fighting on the battlefield and in politics, Yijian finally eliminated the powerful retainers in the country and completed the unification of power.But just when he was sharpening his sword and preparing to flex his muscles in Kyushu, he met the Ouchi family who was advancing to Kyushu.

"Our enemy is Buzen's Ouchi. And..." he always whispered to everyone, "and my brother Kikuchi Yoshitake..." He was always on guard against this brother, because he was in the past dozens of years. In the past few years, I have experienced too many betrayals.So he hates the betrayer the most.And Kikuchi Yoshitake is precisely the traitor.

However, recently, his words have changed unknowingly, "Our enemies are Ouchi from Buzen, and Luo Shi from Hizen..."

Yes, after sending someone to carefully sort out all the information about the Luo family, Otomo Yoshikan completely eliminated the previous contempt for the Luo family, and replaced it with unprecedented attention, and even a faint fear.The expansion momentum of the Luo family is really too fierce.It has only been more than four years, and it is already a powerful force that can almost sit on an equal footing with the Otomo family.He has always been sensitive to the enemy's information, he realized.This will be another big house.

It must be killed before the Luo family has fully grown.This was the only thought in Dayou Yijian's mind.For this reason, he sent people to secretly contact all the powerful people around Luo's family in an attempt to form an encirclement circle against the Luo's family.

There are supporters for the invitation from Otomo's family, and there are also those who politely refuse.The supporters are naturally the Wudao navy.They, who were alone at sea, had no choice but to put all their eggs in one basket.If the Luo's family were to decline this time because of this, they would naturally be willing to come down and beat the dog in the water.In addition, there are also the wealthy families in the central and northern parts of Higo who have always followed the lead of the Otomo family.

The euphemistic refusals are naturally the Sagara family and the Shimadzu family.

"Hmph, stupid guy, sooner or later you will all be hurt by the sharp claws of that Hizen eagle." Otomo Yoshikam was naturally very unhappy about the rejection of these two families.

It's just that he never thought that for these two families, if Luo's family is an eagle spreading its wings ready to pounce on others, then Dayou's family is a sinister tiger.To a certain extent, the Sagara family is even more afraid of the tiger that the power of the Otomo family has directly threatened the edge of his territory.In the same way, the Shimadzu family also needs the shield of the Sagara family to stand in front of the Otomo family and even the Luo family, so that he can continue to concentrate on development.Therefore, they would naturally not agree to the invitation from Dayou's family.Otherwise, they are fools who have been sold and returned the money.

Of course, Otomo Yoshikan no longer cared about the real thoughts of the Sagara family and the Shimadzu family.Because his plan against Luo's family is about to be carried out.In addition to successfully distracting the Luo family's attention from the Five Islands Navy from the rear, Otomo Yoshikami also split his troops to attack the Luo family this time.

All the way, he personally served as the general, starting from the inner hall of Bungo Mansion, and then entered Chikuzen through the junction of Bungo, Chikuzen, and Chikugo, and fought to the death with the Luo family in Chikugo.

The other route is led by Yoshihiro Kanri, who has just recovered from his injury and is preparing to avenge the humiliation of Hizen's disastrous defeat last year, as the general, with Higo's wealthy families as the main force, marching from Higo to the Luo family's Chikugo territory.

In order to prevent the Ouchi family from interfering, Ouchi Yoshikan not only repaired the relationship with the Ouchi family by taking advantage of the opportunity that Ouchi Yoshinaga was sent to the Ouchi family as a son, but even sent people to sneak into the territories of the Ouchi family. A large number of rumors about the Luo family's wexe theory were spread in an attempt to prevent the Ouchi family from intervening in this decisive battle between the Ouchi family and the Luo family.

"Now is the time to deal with the eagle of Hizen." When everything was ready, Yoshika Otomo thought to himself.

"My lord, it's not good." At this moment, Heihachiro, who was in charge of guarding the young boy Dongshang, ran in in panic to report.

"Why are you panicking?" Otomo Yoshikam, who was dissatisfied with Heihachiro's gaffe, asked Otomo Yoshikam in a dignified voice, although he was dissatisfied with this valet who had been with him since he was a boy.

"My lord, the young master Dongshang" Heihachiro said with sweat on his forehead.Because of Cai Cai's flustered actions, he has become the focus of attention in the entire meeting hall at this time.

"What's the matter?" Otomo Yoshikam's majestic voice sounded again.

"Young...Young Master Dongshang just suddenly suffered a sudden illness, and just now...he died." Heihachiro was lying on the ground at this time, trembling all over. [

"Say, tell me quickly? What's going on?" Otomo Yoshikam was furious.He is currently launching a conquest against the Luo family in the name of seeking justice for the young man Dongshang.Now one of the protagonists, Shaoer Dongshang, died at the critical moment of the army's expedition?He almost vomited blood from anger.

"I...I don't know." The sweat on Heihachiro's forehead rolled into the size of soybeans, and his whole body was already drenched in sweat.But he really didn't know why the second Dongshang would die by himself without anyone entering his residence.When he found Shaoer Dongshang, Shaoer Dongshang had already collapsed in the courtyard, foaming at the mouth, and still had a few bottles of sake in his hand.

"Useless stuff." After hearing Heihachiro's answer, Otomo Yoshikan stood up and kicked Heihachiro to the ground.After being kicked over, Heihachiro immediately got up and continued to kneel on the ground.The surrounding retainers who were watching the play immediately knelt down on the ground as respectful gestures.

"My lord, please calm down!" Seeing that Otomo Yoshikan was showing signs of going berserk, Usuki Kamhasu immediately explained, "The most urgent task is not to find out the cause of the death of the young master, but to completely seal the news of the young master's death. "

Dayou Yijian immediately suppressed the anger in his heart when he heard the words, and quickly said to the retainers in the meeting hall, "The matter just now must not be allowed to spread outside this meeting hall, otherwise if it leaks, the leaker will stop it on his own." The retainers immediately took orders respectfully.

"Heihachiro, besides you, how many other people know about this?" After instructing all the retainers, Otomo Yoshikam looked at Heihachiro who was still kneeling on the ground again and asked.

"Only the guards who are in charge of guarding Master Shao Er's mansion know." Hei Hachiro hurriedly replied.

"Then during this period of time, you should stay in the mansion and not go out, and even your family members are not allowed to contact you." Otomo Yoshikami immediately ordered.

At this time, Dayou Yijian was trying to block the death of Shao Er Dongshang with all his strength, but when he ordered the blockade measures in the meeting hall, a black eagle from the Luo family had already brought the news of Shao Er Dongshang's death to him. Zhuqian left. (to be continued...)