Zhou Fangguo, Changfu City, and across Tsushima Strait, they looked at Mensi City from afar.

After the war with the Otomo family, Mori Mori moved here from Anyi's main castle and commanded the war in Kyushu remotely.

In fact, the other side is now in the hands of the Maori army. It is said that it is more convenient for him to be in Menshicheng. However, that will affect the authority of the two sons, restrain their hands and feet, and will be detrimental to combat.

Moreover, since the serious illness two years ago, Mori Mori's body has collapsed and he can't withstand too heavy military affairs. He accepted the advice of his two sons sadly and took the helm of the battle while recuperating in the Changfu.

Sometimes things go against their wishes. In the past few months, the war on the front line has been deadlocked, and the material supply and personnel exchange have been carried out step by step, and there is not much annoying news. And I also heard that the naval forces of various Kyushu families were frantically retaliated by the Ming fleet because of the reckless sneak attack by the Matsuura family. Even the Fenghou navy of the Otomo family was not spared. It is said that Ruolin Zhenxing was blinded.

On the contrary, the Maori territory, which had been pacified for many years, became uneasy, and one thing after another was a mess.

First, the Nizi family general Kanosuke Yamaakana, who had escaped, contacted 350 Nizi family members after running secretly for many years. He also visited the orphans of Nizi family who became monks in Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto. After returning to secular life, he changed his name to Nizi Katsuki, as the banner head of the Nizi family's revival.

But facing the resourceful and combative Maori father and son, Kanosuke did not dare to act rashly. Until this time, the main force of the Maori army was dragged in Kitakyushu. He thought that the opportunity had come, so he resolutely raised the banner of the "Nizi Zaixing Army". With the help of the former Nizi family ship general and the commander of the Tango Nasa Nasa, the commander of the Nazi Nasaka, landed from Oki Island through the US Po Pass and announced Nizi Zaixing.

The Nizi family was born in a noble family and was once the prefect of the 11 countries in Nishimotoshu. Although it has now been destroyed, there were countless old ministers like Kanosuke and Japansuke. Soon the Aoshi army expanded to 3,000 people. Using Mashan Castle as a stronghold, it began to attack the original castle of the Nizi family, Tsukiyama Tomota Castle.

Mori Moto, who received the news, was very surprised and quickly mobilized troops from Zhou Fang and other places to reinforce. He cleverly arranged the troops and used the favorable terrain to defeat Kanosuke's attack.

Seeing that he could not regain the Tomota Castle on Tsukiyama, Kanosuke pointed his troops at Ishimi and Boqi. Wherever he went, the old ministers of the Nizi family joined one after another, and the momentum was very great.

This kind of rebellion that the master has revived is the most difficult to quell. He has to use his superior forces to achieve overwhelming victory in order to completely give up. Otherwise, if he relaxes a little, he will rekindle again.

The main forces of the Maori army were all in Kitakyushu, and most of the troops left behind were not so reliable... The Maori family started too low, the Nizi family and the Oui family had too thick foundations, so that Maori Yuan had exhausted his best years in his life just by completing the snake swallowing elephant.

In order to integrate the armed forces in the territory as soon as possible, he adopted a relatively relaxed system of two Sichuan and retained a large number of fiefs and troops of Nizi and the retainers of the Neighbors. These people were grateful and fought very well in their daily lives. But now the old master has regained the banner of "resurrection", so how could these people not be shaken? It is not surprising that they let go of water in front of the formation, secretly invest in the enemy, and even turn against each other directly.

Maori Yuan judged the situation and could only use his kindness and power to win the hearts of the people while ordering the cities to take a defensive position and temporarily avoid their edge. It will be delayed until the beginning of next spring, and the two sons will free up their hands.

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It took great effort here and finally made arrangements, but I got news from there - the big family is going to have a better time!

Ouchi Gidehiro actually received the approval letter from Kyoto and was about to return to Zhouchang under the escort of the Fenghou Navy - Izumo Kingdom is the base of the Niko family, and the two countries of the Zhou Dynasty's Guardian are the base camps of the Ouchi family.

A few days ago, after receiving the news from Kitakyushu, Muri Mori immediately couldn't sleep at night.

The Nizi family and the Omen family are not scary in themselves. He didn't take it seriously when the two families were in full swing. Now they are just reviving. What's so scary about the change of strength and weakness? What's scary is that behind these two people are the shadows of Otomo Sorin and Oda Nobunaga.

The former is easy to say, but the purpose is nothing more than to make him unable to take care of himself and he can only withdraw his troops from Jiuzhou. However, the latter is to see the flaws and will hit the deadly demon king with one blow!

Now Kanosuke is making him feel troubled. If Ouchi Kiyoshi also lands in rebellion, he will have to withdraw his troops from Kitakyushu to suppress the rebellion, so as to prevent Oda Nobunaga from finding an opportunity and starting a war.

So he recognized the order of Kohayakawa to transfer Yashima Navy to the rescue of Akihoura, and ordered the island navy to patrol the front and back waters to prevent the enemy from just making a fuss and landing from elsewhere.

After the order was conveyed, Maori Yuan was in his residence, anxiously waiting for the results of the battle from the front line...

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In the middle of the night, the sound of rapid footsteps sounded in the residence, and the warrior guarding outside the door hurriedly scolded: "Speak quietly, the lord just fell asleep!"

"Is it news from Akihoura?" In the room, Mori Moon slept very lightly and opened his eyes when he heard the movement outside.

"Yes, lord." The messenger said in a deep voice.

"Help me up." Mori Moto ordered, and slowly sat up under the maid's service, letting the messenger come in and speak.

"Tell me."

"Yes..." The messenger took out a blood-stained battle flag from his arms, held it high above his head, and said in a crying voice: "Today, with the help of the Ming Dynasty fleet, the Fenghou Navy attacked me, Akihoura. Yayoshima Navy, and fought, but the entire army was wiped out. Commander Shirai was seriously injured and died of treatment!"

"Ah..." Maorimoto was dizzy and almost fainted. The retainer on the side quickly pinched Ren Zhong and stroked his chest, so that he could pass through this tone.

"Has Hirohiro Ouchi landed?" Maori asked in a weak voice.

"Land in." The messenger nodded and said sadly: "Our troops on the shore want to stop it, but the firearms of the Ming Dynasty fleet were really powerful. After a bombardment, the young men suffered heavy casualties and could not resist the coalition forces of Ouchi and Otomo's family. They were killed and fled. Then they took the banner of "Ouchi Zaixing Army" and marched towards Yamaguchi Castle with great fanfare!"

"How many people do they have?" Maori Yuan quickly calmed down after storms.

"At first less than a thousand people." The messenger replied quickly, "But the old ministers of the Damen family continued to lead their subordinates to join, and the number of people would soon increase."

"Well..." Mori Moon nodded and asked again: "Where is the Indo Island Navy? Have you ever fought with the Ming Dynasty?"

"Not yet." The messenger replied.

Maori Mori then waved his hand and said, "Let's go down first."

When the messenger left, the room fell into a dead silence.

All the retainers who rushed over after hearing the news felt a big deal - a "Nizi Zaixing Army" made their rear in chaos. Now the "Big Nei Zaixing Army" appeared again, how can we deal with this?

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty fleet was actually bribed by Zong Lin and turned the gun to become an accomplice of the Otomo family! Or were they just doing a show? This old monk's skills are too clever...

Lao Wang from Usuki Castle sneezes repeatedly, I am not, I don’t, don’t talk nonsense!

However, they had not lost their confidence and were still looking at their lord with hope. This old man led the Maori family to transform from a small city lord to the most wise general of the Warring States Period who was overlord of the Western Kingdom! Maori Yuanzu, who had the wisdom of Kong Ming!

Compared to the dangers I encountered in the past, this time is nothing. The lord will definitely come up with a solution to lead the Maori family to escape danger!

However, Maori Yuan fell into a long silence. He sat there like a clay sculpture until dawn.

When the morning light shone on his wrinkled face, the retainers clearly saw turbid tears flowing from the corners of his lord's eyes.

"Lord!" Everyone was shocked. They only saw Yuanji's tears when the lord's eldest son, Takamoto Mori, died of illness. "I don't know what will make the lord so concerned?"

"It's okay, I just thought of Takayama. It would be great if he was still alive." Maorimoto wiped his tears with his cuffs and said desolately.

"Yes..." The retainers also burst into tears. This was not to please the lord, but to be really sad. Takamoto was the son-in-law of Yoshitaka Ouchi. After he replaced his father as the governor of the family, he made the legitimacy of the Maori family in Nishimotoshu as rock-solid. Moreover, Takamoto Mouri was kind-hearted and generous, and had unparalleled leadership. If he was alive, there would be no Tainu's retainers following Hirohiro Ouchi to rebel.

"If it really doesn't work, please ask the third young master to bring his troops back to suppress the rebellion." An old minister suggested.

Maori Yuan nodded slowly and said, "I have to return the troops, but not only Takayama is going to come back, but Yuanchun also wants to bring his troops back. This "Jiuzhou Guide" has ended here."

"ah!"

"Lord, think twice!" The remaining officials couldn't help but change their expressions, which meant that all the previous efforts were wasted! "We have paid a huge price for this battle. But the Otomo family is already at a loss. As long as they persist, they will definitely not be able to survive this winter, and birds and beasts will scatter! "

"Lord, let's do our best and lose all the time!" A retainer reminded again: "My Maori army has retreated from Kitakyushu once. If we retreat again, not only will all our previous efforts be wasted, but the hearts of the people in Kyushu will be lost. Those who support us, the city lords who will be abandoned again, will never respond to us next time!"

"Yes, lord, at least half of the troops should be left in Kitakyushu. Keep the front line from Lihuashan City to Mensi City!" The retainers proposed one after another.

"That would only allow the Otomo family to eat half of our troops." Maorimoto shook his head flatly and said, "No matter how we conceal, the withdrawal of such a big noise will soon be known by the princes of Kyushu. When they know that we have withdrawn half of our troops from Kyushu, how do you think you will react?"

"They will realize that something is wrong behind us and the Otomo family is invincible." The retainers said arduously.

"Yes, since that's the case, who dares to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight? They will quickly support the Otomo family to avoid being hit by him after the war." Mori Moto said lightly: "In this case, the Otomo family can easily replenish their troops and supplies, and their morale will naturally rise. Our left-behind army lacks enough troops, and they have to worry about whether the Ming Dynasty fleet will be cut off from its retreat, and their morale will inevitably plummet."
Chapter completed!