Warring States Eagle

In Sugimoto Castle, the main city of Akizuki's family in Yasu County, Chikuzen Country, Kyushu, Kamiya Shaoce, as the envoy of the Luo family, is stating the conditions for peace talks between the Akizuki family and the Luo family.

"Withdraw from Yexu County completely, and recognize the rule of the family over the three counties of Shangzuo, Xiazuo, and Yexu. Give up all the castles in the three counties including Guchu Mountain City and Sugimoto Castle."

Kamiya Shaoce first mentioned the conditions for asking the Qiuyue family to cede Yexu County, especially the need to control Sugimoto Castle and Guchu Mountain Castle.Naturally, there is no need to say more about Sugimoto Castle. Since it is the main castle of the Qiuyue family, it must be completely controlled.As for the ancient mountain city, it is also very important.It is located at the foot of Mt. Kojo in the Sangun mountain range that divides Chikuzen country into east and west parts from north to south. The main road between the mountains of Jiama and Suibo counties in the plain.It is a battleground for military strategists. In order to ensure the safety of the territory of the Luo family in the west of Chikuzen, this fortress must be controlled by the Luo family.

"Send sister and her children to the main family as hostages." After talking about the conditions of the territory, Kamiya Shaoce paused for a while, and finally said the final conditions.

Before leaving, Shenwu Shaoce once discussed with Zhengliang whether to ask Qiuyue's family to send the first son or the second son as a hostage.After weighing it for a while, Zheng Liang finally gave up his original request for Qiuyue's family to send out his first son, and instead asked him to send out his second son.After all, after Shenwu Shaoce's humiliation of Qiuyue's family today, the concubine Chihime who was born in the Shenwu family will definitely be angered by other retainers of the Qiuyue family, which will affect her child's healthy growth in the Qiuyue family in the future. Shao Ce naturally did not allow such a thing to happen.Zhengliang did take this into consideration.also.This time it can be said that Qiuyue's family bleeds a lot.It would obviously be a bit difficult for him to give up his son-in-law.

Therefore, in order to better win over the Shenya family, Shenya Shaoce has obtained Zhengliang's guarantee. After returning to the Luo family, Zhiji, mother and son will live in the Shenya family.When Zhi Ji's son grows up to be six years old, he will become Zheng Liang's surname and stay by Zheng Liang's side.This is tantamount to accepting the personal education of Zheng Liang like Naoshima Naoshige and others. This is the gilded road to becoming an important retainer of the Luo family in the future.Zheng Liang even promised that the Luo family would support Zhi Ji's child to become the governor of the Qiuyue family in the future.After all, for the Luo family, a pro-Ro family governor of the Qiuyue family is more in line with the interests of the Luo family.

"If the peace is negotiated, what benefits will the family have?" Qiuyue Wenzhong asked immediately after Kamiya Shaoce finished talking about the terms of the peace.Although the Qiuyue family is at a disadvantage at this time, for the benefit of the family and to appease all the retainers, Qiuyue's language must be as much as possible for the Qiuyue family to strive for interests.

"My family immediately formed an alliance with the Qiuyue family and opened a safe passage. Make sure that the Qiuyue family can move the army and the people from the three counties of Yexu, Shangzuo, and Xiazuo. If the Qiuyue family is attacked by other enemies in the future, the Luo family We will send troops to help out. If necessary, our family can also exchange strategic materials with you."

After listening to Kamiya Shaoce's statement, Qiuyue Bunzhong was silent for a quarter of an hour, and finally said:

"This matter is of great importance, please let Master Kamiya let me think about it for a while."

"I understand this matter, but please Master Qiuyue to make a decision as soon as possible. The actions of the army outside the city will not stop because I stay here." Shenwu Shaoce nodded upon hearing this, and reminded Qiuyue Wenzhong to hurry up Time considerations, so as not to delay the time of both parties.After all, time at this time is precious to both parties.If the peace negotiation is successfully concluded, the Qiuyue family can quickly return to the territory in the eastern part of the Chikuzen country, and the Luo family can also continue to rapidly expand the results of the war.

After Kamiya Shaoce left the meeting hall, Qiuyue Wenzhong glanced at all the retainers, and then said:

"What do you guys think about the peace talks?"

Facing Qiuyue Wenzhong's questioning, everyone in the meeting hall fell silent at this time.No one seemed willing to speak first.

"Saburobei, tell me."

"My lord!" Seeing that Akizuki Wenzhong asked himself first, Ida Omoyuki had no choice but to salute the former first, and then said, "Is it credible that the Ouchi family came out?" Asking questions, on the contrary, raised new questions.And this question is precisely the one that everyone is most concerned about.

"Mataro." Akizuki Wenzhong didn't directly answer Ida Kiyuki, but instead asked Yoshibe Yashou who was beside him.The latter is almost the most strategic person among the many retainers of Qiuyue language.

"My lord, I'm afraid that the fact that the Ouchi family came out of the battle is true." In fact, it is not difficult to come to such a conclusion after a little analysis.What's more, does Qiuyue's family really dare to bet on the truth of this news?When Qiuyue Bunzhong asked himself, Yoshibe Yashou knew that the lord had actually made a decision to negotiate a peace, and now he was just looking for himself to rescue him.In other words, the lord is now asking him to find a reason for it.Find out the reason for negotiating peace with the Luo family, so as to appease the retainers.

For the lord, it is absolutely impossible to be the first to say that he is going to negotiate peace with the Luo family.Because once you negotiate peace with the Luo family, it means you have to accept the terms of the Luo family.In this way, not only the family of the lord will be forced to relocate, but also the families of everyone in the meeting hall must be relocated.This has already touched the vital interests of the retainers. If Qiuyue Wenzhong expresses his position at this time, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among the retainers.So Yoshibe Yasuhiro became the spokesperson of Akizuki's genre.

"If the main family can repel the Luo family or force the Luo family to fight before the Ouchi family goes out, it will be fine." Sure enough, after Yoshibe An Yishu said the above words, some retainers said immediately.They still cling to the last shred of fantasy.

"Hehe, do you think our family can repel the Luo family's army?" Yoshibe An Yishu was so angry that he laughed this time.As soon as these words came out, even Fukae Minomori, who was always hot-tempered and brave, fell silent.Not to mention repelling the Luo family, it is now difficult to even protect Sugimoto Castle.

"If you don't want to make peace, you can leave the family here. Presumably Hizen Taka will accept you." Yoshibe Yasuhiro said again.Everyone frowned immediately when they heard this.Will the Luo family accept us?is it possible?No matter how generous the lord would be, he would not allow the family members of other powerful families to live in his territory.If they stay here, all that awaits them is surrender or genocide.

Therefore, around whether to accept the conditions of the Luo family to negotiate a peace with the Luo family, there was a continuous debate in the Akizuki family's council hall. In order to accept what kind of peace terms.

In the evening, Kamiya Shaoce finally returned to the Luo family's camp outside Sugimoto Castle with Akizuki's reply.

"My lord, it's a good luck not to disgrace my life!" After seeing Zhengliang, Shenwu Shaoce immediately replied.

"Oh? It seems that the Qiuyue family chose to compromise?" Zheng Liang said with a smile: "It's just that they may not agree to the terms of the family so easily?"

"My lord is a fortune teller!" Shenwu Shaoce took the opportunity to pat his ass, and then said seriously: "As for the matter of giving up the city, the Qiuyue family hopes that the handover will take place after the family completely withdraws from the three counties."

"Hehe, I'm still worried that my family will betray their trust and take advantage of their relocation to sneak attack! This condition can be agreed to them, but the ancient mountain city must be handed over to my family first." Zheng Liang said.As long as they control the mountain city of Guchu and cut off the connection between the Qiuyue family's three counties of Yexu and the two counties of Jiama and Suibo separated by a mountain, even if the Qiuyue family is playing tricks, the Luo family will not be afraid.

"The Qiuyue family categorically rejected the acknowledgment of the family's rule over the three counties of Yexu, Shangzuo, and Xiazuo in the external statement."

"Yeah!" Zheng Liang nodded when he heard the words, agreeing to the conditions of Qiuyue's family.For ordinary rich families, after the territory is occupied, they have to publicly declare the legitimacy of the enemy's rule over their occupied territory. This obviously damages their own prestige, and the Qiuyue family will naturally not agree.Zhengliang can also understand this. In fact, as long as the Qiuyue family is willing to withdraw from Yexu County voluntarily and no longer hinder the Luo family's next strategy, Zhengliang's goal has been achieved. It is not impossible to agree to these small conditions. .

"As for the alliance between the two families, the Qiuyue family hopes to do it secretly."

"Hmph, are you still unwilling to openly break with the Ouchi family? Are you planning to please both sides?" After hearing this, Zheng Liang knew the plan of Qiuyue's family. Form an alliance to get the maximum benefits from both camps.

"Forget it, let him go."

Zhengliang thought for a while, and finally agreed to Qiuyue's family's request.At present, the main goal of the Luo family is to seize the western part of the Chikuzen country. As for the eastern part of the Chikuzen country, it is difficult to attack and govern because it is blocked by the mountains of the three prefectures; In the eastern part of the country, the only passage is through the territory of the Qiuyue family, which will inevitably conflict with the Qiuyue family again. This is something that the Ouchi family likes to see, and it also affects the strategy of the Luo family to compete for points and expand the results. Naturally, it is not advisable; the third is that the eastern part of the Chikuzen country is directly connected to the Buzen country controlled by the Ouchi family, which is very easy to attract attacks from the Ouchi family. Caught in a duel, after all, there are still many tigers and wolves around the Luo family.

The most important thing is that after this incident, the rift between the Qiuyue family and the Ouchi family can no longer be filled.Therefore, Qiuyue's house is a buffer zone between Zhengliang and Ouchi's house deliberately left behind, and it is even more of a nail in the coffin.

Of course, because Qiuyue's family was persecuted so badly this time, Qiuyue's family would not treat Luo's family well.It's just the lesser of two evils.All the Qiuyue languages ​​​​that put interests first, naturally know that they should move closer to that side.

(Thanks to "King of Bones" for the monthly pass, and "leely" for the reward. Today, we will continue to make changes, and we will continue to beg for monthly passes, rewards, and recommendation tickets.) (To be continued...)