Warring States Eagle

"What's the matter?" Otomo Yoshikami asked after the reporting samurai came in.

"My lord, the Luo family sent someone to send a wooden box. According to the person who came, the wooden box contained the head of Mr. Ji Hongjianli of our family." The warrior reported.

"What? Where's the Luo family?" Dayou Yijian exclaimed.

"Report to the lord, the visitor came to the front of our family alone, put down the wooden box and a letter, and left." The warrior reported truthfully.

"Hmph! Where's the wooden box and the letter?" Otomo Yoshikamo asked again after a soft snort. [

The samurai immediately brought in the wooden box and letters placed outside the tent.The one in the wooden box was indeed Ji Hongjianli's head.At this time, Ji Hongjianli's head had been carefully dressed.

"Send it back to Bungo Yoshihiro's house for a good burial." After looking at Yoshihiro Kanri's head, Otomo Yoshikan ordered.Although he lost such a general, Yoshikami Otomo, who was used to seeing life and death, was no longer sad at this time.

After ordering someone to take away Ji Hongjianli's head, Otomo Yoshikan opened the letter sent by Luo's family and read it.

The letter was written by Zhengliang, mainly to tell Otomo Yoshikami that although the two families were at war, he felt the loyalty and bravery of the generals on both sides, so he dressed up and returned the head.Regarding the body of Yoshihiro Kanri, the Luo family originally planned to restrain Yoshihiro Kanli's body and head together, but the body had been discarded by the soldiers of the Kikuchi family who killed Yoshihiro Kanli, and finally had to take Kikuchi Yoshitake The sent first-class costumes were sent back to Otomo's house.

"Kikuchi Yoshitake!" Otomo Yoshikamo gritted his teeth and said to himself after reading the letter.

At this time, Kikuchi Yoshitake, who had already occupied the home city of Higo Akahoshi, did not know that he offered the head of Yoshihiro Kanri to the Luo family in the name of showing favor.Then it was an attempt to direct the anger of the Otomo family to the Roche family.But it was resolved by the Luo's family by returning the head and writing to explain the ins and outs.On the contrary, it once again directed the anger of the Otomo family to the Kikuchi family.

"My lord, I think that it is not appropriate for our family to continue fighting with the Luo family here." Usuki Kansu, who had read Otomo Yoshikan's letter, immediately advised him.

Otomo Yoshikan did not directly respond to Usuki Kamhaya's advice, but instead looked at the map in the big tent and pondered.

"My lord, at this time, the conquest army of our family's Feihou road has been defeated, and the Wudao navy is also wandering along the coast of Luo's family, and our army's road is blocked at the border. It is impossible to advance." Seeing that the family governor still did not withdraw troops Intention, Usuki Kasumu continued, "After the news of the ambushes of our family's vanguard formation and the defeat of Higo's army began to spread among our family's army, and now it is about to enter August, and soon it will be the autumn harvest season, so our family's army Morale has plummeted. Besides..."

At this time Otomo Yoshikan glanced at Usuki Kamsuki, who immediately stopped speaking.

"Continue talking." Otomo Yoshikam frowned.

"Besides, there have been rumors in the army that Shaoer Dongshang was secretly killed by my family, which made many soldiers and generals feel puzzled. It is said that the Luo family will spread this news everywhere..."

"In addition, this time the Luo family took the initiative to return the head of Lord Yoshihiro Kanri, and the Luo family will definitely make a big publicity with the return of the body of the family's Shiga. To show their benevolence..."

"What worries my subjects the most is that Yoshihiro Kanri-sama's family happens to be located in Takada Castle at the junction of Bungzen, which is controlled by the main Bungo family and the Ouchi family, and the Kita Shiga family where Shiga's relatives are located is also located in Bungo. At the junction of the border between Hou and Higo, if the two lords were killed and the two families fell into turmoil, and the surrounding tyrants took the opportunity to enter, it would be extremely detrimental to the family."

"In addition, Kikuchi Yoshitake has already occupied the Akahoshi family's Nifu City at this time. This city has just blocked the connection between the family and the wealthy family in the central and northern part of Higo. In order to prevent the Kikuchi family from further expanding their power in Higo, the main family should send an army as soon as possible. It's better to stabilize the situation of Feihou first!"

Usuki Kamsu said a lot of hidden dangers in one breath, the purpose is to persuade Otomo Yoshikamo to retreat hastily, and not to continue to entangle with the Luo family in Chikugo.Of course, he still has one of the most important hidden dangers that he didn't say, but when he was about to say it, the warrior outside the big tent came in again to report:

"Report, my lord, the detective from Bungo is asking for an urgent visit."

"Biography!" Dayou Yijian's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words. Could it be that something went wrong in his own backyard?So he immediately let someone come in to report.

"Meet the lord!" The person who came to report was an elite detective from Otomo's family. Due to his long escape, his whole body was already drenched in sweat. [

"What happened to Bungo?" Otomo Yoshikam asked immediately.

"Report to my lord, there is no abnormal event in Bungou." The visitor said immediately, "But news came from Zhou Fang of the Ouchi family that Ohara Jianyuan, who was sent by the family to the Ouchi family, was assassinated. It is rumored that Luo Shi The assassins at home."

"What?" Yoshikami Otomo was taken aback.

"My lord, please ask me to ask." After learning that Ohara Kanmoto was killed, Usuki Kasumu who was on the side immediately said, "After Ohara Kanmoto-sama was assassinated, did the Ouchi family take other actions? ?”

"No, when the villain rushed to Chikugo, he had not received any information from Chikugo about the unusual behavior of the Ouchi family." The visitor reported truthfully.

"Even the culprit who was assassinated by my family, Mr. Ohara Jianyuan, wasn't hunted down?"

"My lord, it is said that on the night that Lord Ohara Kanmoto was assassinated, a confidant of Ohara Kanmoto-sama and a maid of His Highness Ouchi Yoshinaga also disappeared, and Ohara Kanmoto-sama was also killed in the mansion of His Highness Yoshinaga Yes, so the Ouchi family believed that this was done by members of the family, so they did not continue to track down the murderer."

"Hmph, Ouchi Yoshitaka! Good, very good!" Otomo Yoshikam said angrily.

"My lord, for the present plan, the only solution is to withdraw the troops! Otherwise, once the Ouchi family gets involved in this dispute, it may not be a good thing for the family." Usuki Kansu quickly advised.

"En!" At this time, Otomo Yoshikami no longer insisted.Because after Jianyuan Ohara was assassinated at the Zhoufang Yamaguchi Pavilion, the relationship between the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family became a bit delicate.If the Ouchi family suddenly stood on the Luo family's side, and then attacked the Ouchi family's territory from the north bank of the Chikugo River to the south bank, then the back road of the Ouchi family's main formation at this time would most likely be blocked by the Ouchi family. ah.After weighing it up, Otomo Yoshikan finally decided to withdraw his troops.It's just that even if the troops are withdrawn, it's not so easy to retreat. Once the Luo family is allowed to follow and attack, it is likely to be a chasing battle.Otomo Yoshikam didn't want to go to crusade against others, but was chased and beaten by his opponent in the end.This would be a big blow to the prestige of Otomo's family.

"My lord, you can summon Toji Kanren, who is in Akashi Castle at this time, to come. If he is the rear line of this withdrawal, it will surely ensure that the retreat is in case of failure." Usuki Kansuke saw that Otomo Yoshikam was worried. reason, so it is suggested.

"Okay, let's act accordingly." Otomo Yoshikam agreed.

For the next few days, although Otomo's family continued to attack the Luo family's position every day, they were secretly preparing to withdraw their troops.

Finally, on the night of August 13, [-], Dayou's family left behind a small number of people in the camp, and then quietly retreated.

In the early morning of the second day, Zheng Liang, who was in the big tent at the foot of Gaoliang Mountain, learned the news when the last part of the remaining soldiers of Otomo's house also retreated quickly.

"Military division, what do you think of Otomo's retreat?" Zheng Liang, who got the news, did not immediately order the pursuit, but asked the retainers around him.

"My lord, when you received the exact news about the assassination from the Shubo Yamaguchikan, didn't you already predict that the day when Otomo's family would withdraw was not far away?" Kansuke Yamamoto replied.

"What does the sergeant mean?"

"Don't hesitate, the withdrawal of Otomo's troops this time must be true. Even if there is fraud in it, as long as the family is more cautious when chasing it, it will definitely be in the way." Kansuke Yamamoto said.

"Well, have you found out what's going on in the opponent's rear?" Zheng Liang nodded in agreement with Kansuke Yamamoto's suggestion, and then immediately turned his head to ask Black Hawk who came to report.

"The rear of the enemy's retreat is quite organized, and it seems to be preventing the pursuit of our family." Black Eagle said immediately.

"Oh? Who is the leading general in the opponent's rear?" [

"Household Jianlian!" (to be continued...)