After a sacrifice on Itsukushima, the army continued to advance.

The army of Itsujima went up to land in Anyun Mansion via sea route, passed through the Shirai clan leader of the Ouchi naval army and left Zhangcheng, and then merged with the troops of the Anyun lords such as Maori Motoju and Amano Xingding.

The Maori family made all the jingyings this time, and it was obviously determined to fight to defeat the Niko family, the biggest enemy. The second son of Mori Motozu, who was only thirteen years old, was also among them.

In the unprecedented crisis of the battle of Yoshida-gun Yama Castle last year, Jiro, who was only twelve years old, tried to kill the enemy with his father and brother. Yuan thought he was too young and refused to let him go, and ordered his retainer, Kazuo Inoue, to take Jiro back to Koriyama Castle. Jiro returned to the city and was furious, wielding his sword, making a big fuss in the city, and no one could stop persuading him. Finally, before the final battle on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Jiro led his close servant to Yuanju again, and Yuan was in the forefront, both for the morale of the army or just to protect his son. He could not refuse his courage again. He said, "The one who is too great is not the one who is brave enough to take the enemy seriously" (probably because he is brave enough to not take the enemy seriously), and then approved Jiro to join the battle. It was the north wind that was strong and the snow was flying. Yuan ordered the entire army to attack. Thousands of Maori, including the twelve-year-old Shaosuke Jiro, rushed to the third stage of the Nizi army to set up a formation, and instantly defeated the second one. Then he fought with Yoshikawa Hikaru, who was known for his bravery in the third formation, and was indistinguishable from it. And Jiro also became famous in this battle with Tao Longfang.

Interestingly, the young generation who became famous in several years and were nicknamed "Three Heroes of the Western Kingdom", Tao Longfang and Jiro Shaosuke got together by chance in order to deal with the Nizi family. These three people were not yet nineteen years old, Tao Longfang was in their twenties, and Jiro Shaosuke was thirteen years old, which was really the time when they were young heroes.

After joining the Maori and other troops, the army passed through the territory of Kumaya and stayed in the local Bodhi Temple Guanyin Temple before continuing its journey. During this period, the army passed through the Okura Mountain Castle of Yoshikawa, and left the Nishiyama Castle of the Hashi family, and finally merged with Ishimi and the troops of the lords of the Chinese people of the country.

At this time, it was the early March of the eleventh year of Astronomy (1542). After a long continuous journey, the army became tired, and the need to integrate the powerful troops from all walks of life that were constantly joining in, so the Datui Alliance gathered and made rectifications at the border between Ishimi and Izumo.

Zhengliang also took advantage of this time to deal with matters in the territory.

When he left the territory, Masara first arranged all the affairs of Hiraki Hiroshi who had been confirmed by the court to temporarily take over the territory of Masaraki Hiroshi. As Masara's father-in-law, he was also the grandfather of the next heir of the territory. Masaraki believed that Hiroshi Togo would do this job well.

In addition to the affairs of the general territorial affairs of Togo Heiji, Masara also sent Kakuma Ishisou and Liu Le to assist Togo Heiji in internal affairs. Each general strictly followed the tasks given by Masarara before leaving, adhered to his duties, and did not make any mobilizations. As for the intelligence system, even though Masarara was far away from the territory, he still obeyed Masara alone. Of course, with the current general manager of the intelligence, no one else could command him except Masarara.

In more than two months, Zhengliang has connected to a lot of good news from the territory.

First of all, Masayoshi's wives and concubines were happy again. This time it was Shira, Butterfly and Hatano Yui were confirmed to be pregnant almost at the same time. It seems that the hard work of the previous period has been rewarded well. The lord's wife has spread all the news of the joy spreading in the territory. The wife of the Masayoshi has given birth to the heirs of the Luo family, and now the ladies have been confirmed to be happy again. The heirs of the territory are no longer worried. For a moment, in the territory, both the retainers and soldiers and ordinary lords are extremely happy.

Secondly, the Ming fleet led by Wang Hai once again arrived at the territory of the Luo family. This time he came on behalf of Zhu Zining and You Jianxia, ​​who were in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to bringing a large amount of Ming Dynasty goods, Wang Hai also brought more than a hundred desperate refugees in the Ming Dynasty. These refugees were arranged to the Ming Dynasty immigrant settlement in Yegaoshan. Liu Le and Li Hongfei were responsible for all their affairs throughout the process.

In addition, this time, Wang Hai rescued a fleeing craftsman halfway. The craftsman was named Liu Ye. He claimed to be Liu Xian's nephew (Liu Xian, a famous anti-Japanese general after ri, should still be a deputy thousand households). When the Japanese pirates attacked the coastal village of Ming Dynasty, they were unfortunately captured and taken to the pirate's nest on the Wudao Islands of Xuanjietan, and were used as a coolie for the Japanese pirates. Under the opportunity, he took advantage of the Japanese pirate's negligence to steal a Xiao Zao and escape from the Wudao Islands, but unfortunately encountered heavy rain at sea. After the accident, even the boat was caught, so he had to hold a wooden board to float on the sea. If it weren't for being discovered by Wang Hai's fleet, he would probably have been buried in the belly of the fish.

After he got ashore, he was appreciated by Liu Le because of his astronomy, medicine and talent for siege weapons. After obtaining Zhengliang's permission, he was allowed to enter the Luo family's weapons workshop and gloriously lost the opportunity to return to the Ming Dynasty and became a Luo family's weapon. Under Zhengliang's instruction, Liu Ye officially began to build the first siege weapon for the Luo family, a siege machine.

Wang Hai came to the Luo Family territory for more than half a month. After confirming that Zheng Liang was unable to return to the territory for a short time, he brought a lot of ribian goods, the unique snow salt and silver of the Luo Family. The Luo Family also obtained a lot of ribian goods. These goods were sold to other places in the ribian at high prices under the guise of the Shenwu Family to obtain a large amount of silver, grain, oxen, war horses and other materials. At the same time, through such trading methods, the infiltration of intelligence into the surrounding areas was strengthened. In addition, the Luo Family purchased twenty barrels of Ming Dynasty turtle oil and ten ignition systems from Wang Hai. There were also several ammunitions. With Wang Hai's connections, it was commendable to obtain such a number of firearms. It is estimated that this was inseparable from the help of You Jianxia and Zhu Zining.

Finally, shortly after Wang Hai left, the Southern Barbarian fleet led by Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang also visited the territory of the Luo family again. The last time the gold and silver that the Luo family gave them made them a big profit. This time their purpose was very clear, which was for gold. The Luo family was also very happy and sold most of the gold in the warehouse to the other party.

Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang also brought surprises to Zhengliang. Zuo Moyang not only brought a ship of more than 3,000 kilograms of saltpeter, but also thoughtfully brought three craftsmen. These three craftsmen were familiar with saltpeter purification and one was familiar with gunpowder production. In order to make these three craftsmen who were on the verge of bankruptcy willing to settle in the Luo Family territory, Zuo Moyang used a great price. After Zhengliang learned the news, he was quite happy and immediately instructed these craftsmen and their families to settle in the craftsmen town near Anyue City. At the same time, he ordered the sacred house Shaozhan to buy a large amount of sulfur. There are so many sulfur in Kyushu that can be purchased in large quantities very cheaply. Moreover, the iron cannon has not been officially introduced to the riben, and sulfur is mainly sold to the Ming Dynasty, and the local price is also very cheap. With saltpeter and sulfur, and with craftsmen, the Luo Family's gunpowder workshop finally took shape.
Chapter completed!