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In addition to taking the opportunity to annex the power of the Naito family in the Nagato country, Tao Longfang took the initiative to approach the Luo family for two purposes this time.

One is to take the opportunity to ease the crisis of famine in the territory, ask Luo's family for food, and throw some displaced people due to the famine to the Luo's family.

The second is to sign a covenant with the Luo family to ensure the stability of the western land border and the southern sea border of the territory, so that he can free up his hands to resolve the turmoil in the territory and deal with Yoshimi Masahiro's intrusion with all his strength.

Regarding Tao Longfang's small calculations, Zheng Liang had already guessed all of them after reading Tao Longfang's letters.It's just that if they can get Toyopo County of Nagato Country, it won't be a bad thing for the Luo family.

From a geographical point of view, the Nagato country is located in the westernmost country of Sanyo Road in Honshu.It borders Iwami State in the northeast and Zhou Fang State in the southeast.To the south is the Kanmon Strait, and on the other side are Buzen and Chikuzen.The middle part of the country is the westernmost part of the mountains of the West Country, and the Atake River, the Kiya River, the Houdong River, and the Housa River flow through it, forming a relatively large plain area.In particular, there is a vast Uno Plain near the coast of Suonada between the two rivers, the Houto and the Houza.

And Fengpu County is located at the westernmost end of Nagato Country.To the east of it are the three prefectures of Asa, Mine, and Otsu in the Nagato Kingdom, and to the north, south, and west are the sea.As long as this county is under control, the Luo family will be able to completely control the west sea areas such as Hibiki Beach and the Kanmon Strait, so that they can focus on dealing with Iki Island and Tsushima Island in the ground waters.

At the same time, the territory of Fengpu County is mainly dominated by mountains and forests, and all the fields and settlements of the people are almost concentrated on the coast and along the rivers in the county, but it is a place that is easy to manage and easy to defend.in.Marugoyama Castle is located in the northernmost part of Toyoura County, at the mouth of the Kurino River and on the shore of Yuya Bay.It guards the only passage from the coastal area of ​​Otsu County into Toyopo County.At the same time, it is also an important naval base of the Nagato Kingdom along the coast of the Sound Beach.

And located in the northeast of Fengpu County, Yada Castle (originally the territory of Takashi Qingjing, but now occupied by Tao Lingfang), towering in the valley formed by the alluvial of the Kiya River, controls the city from the east. Mine County and the Otsu County area to the northeast enter the fortress of Tooura County.

Go south along Zibei to the south across the Kiya River in Toyoura County until you come to the mouth of the Kiya River on the coast of Sufangada. had to commit suicide).From Qieshan City to the east, along the coast of Zhoufang Beach, you will soon see the Uno Plain, the largest plain where the Nagato Kingdom and Zhou Fangguo are united.

Because most of the area is forested.Therefore, as long as the above-mentioned three castles of Marugi Mountain Castle, Yada Castle, and Mountain Castle are controlled, it is equivalent to controlling the land connection between Toyoura County and the rest of the Nagato Country.At the same time, it is also the only way for the Luo family to invade the Nagato country and the Ishimi and Zhou Fang countries around the Nagato country in the future.

Now there is a choice in front of Zhengliang, which is to suspend the attack on the southeastern part of Bungzen country. Taking advantage of this opportunity, with the Tao family acting as an internal response, take the opportunity to continue the power of the Luo family into Nagato country. In order to prepare for the future Raiders of the Luo family in the West Country, it is better to give up this opportunity and take all the Bungzen and Bungo countries as soon as possible according to the original plan.

Faced with such an opportunity, Masaragi naturally could not be arbitrary, so he summoned more than a dozen important family officials including Kansuke Yamamoto, Ishimune Kakukuma, and Heiji Togo to Kokura Castle for discussion.

After some discussion.Everyone agreed that the so-called opportunity should never come again.It is rare to have the cooperation of the Tao family.At the same time, both the Luo family and the Tao family need to maintain peace in the border area with each other afterwards, so that the main family can transfer most of the Nagato country's troops back to the Buzen country in time, so everyone unanimously agreed to reach an alliance agreement with Tao Longfang .Of course, the Luo family also put forward new requirements on the exchange of food and population.

In the end, after some negotiations, the Tao family was willing to exchange one county of Fengpu County in Changmen Country and [-] famine population in exchange for the covenant of the Luo family and [-] shi of grain.

For this part of the famine population that Tao Longfang dumped to the Luo family as a burden, although it will indeed increase the internal affairs burden of the Luo family to a certain extent, the Luo family just needs a large number of people to fill the newly occupied Chikuzen country and Toyo In the Qianguo area, on the one hand, it is to make up for the population lost due to natural disasters after this year, and on the other hand, it is also to further break down the control of some small wealthy landlords in the area, so that the Luo family can further strengthen the rule and control of these areas.

As for the food support for Tao Longfang, in Zhengliang's view, if the Tao family's assistance in the Luo family's battle in Fengpu County, Changmen Country, is exchanged for [-] shi of grain, and in exchange for the Tao family voluntarily giving up Fengpu County In the west and north, it is also very cost-effective.

Besides, Zhengliang didn't want Tao Longfang to fall down so soon.If he fell, the Luo family would face the Mori family of Aki country and the Yoshimi family of Iwami country to the east and northeast respectively.Moreover, according to the news from the Izumo Kingdom, the Nizi family has also accelerated their strategy of attacking the eastern part of the Iwami Kingdom during this period of time. The two are allies, but after the death of the common enemy Yoshitaka Ouchi, it is hard to say whether they can continue to meet as allies.

Before Kyushu, Iki Island, and Tsushima Island are not completely resolved, Zheng Liang really does not want to fall into the quagmire of the West Country.Besides, Zhengliang also hopes to use the Tao family as a transition zone, and let Tao Longfang act as the vanguard against the Maori family and the Nizi family, so Tao Longfang cannot fall down at this time.

In late September of Astronomy 21, after reaching an alliance agreement with the Tao family, in this autumn harvest season, the Luo family, with the military adviser Kakukuma Ishimune as the general general, executed Tankanen, Akaike Changren, Marume Ramie, Uemura Motozuna, and the Luo family. The fifth standing ashigaru team of Shingoro is the main force, combined with the iron gun team of Ander and Yoshimi Irita, the first regular cavalry team of Masahiro Isano, Mitsuki Akaana, and Zhongyuan Tianwei, and some farmers Bing and the Shiroi family's army, a total of more than [-] people marched out from the Nagasaki Castle in Toyoura County, Nagato Country. The first target was Katsuyama Castle, the important town of the Naito family in the southern part of Toyoura County.

It was Takashi Naito who was in charge of guarding Katsuyama Castle.This guy had never faced the Luo family's army head-on before, so naturally he didn't know how powerful the Luo family's army was.Moreover, he just needs to establish military exploits that will convince the whole family to suppress his uncle Takaharu Naito who is competing with him for the position of governor, so he disregards the advice of some retainers who have followed Naito Xingsheng and the Luo family army against the Warring States. More than a thousand guards unexpectedly dispatched more than 2000 people out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Luo family's army.

(Thanks to "ic0121, Lumia" for the reward; thanks to "ic0121" for the evaluation ticket; it's the middle of the month, and there has been no monthly pass and reward for a long time. I beg everyone for a monthly pass and a reward.) (To be continued...)