In the territory of the family for too long, rumors of the killing of the family head circulating everywhere.

At the beginning, all the town people were half-believing, but with the description of the peasant soldiers who fled back home and the publicity of several messengers who were said to be the head of the young master, everyone became frightened.

The Luo family is about to come to take revenge.

Those messengers who held the head of the young master of the Too Jiu family were the detectives who sent Zhengliang into the territory of the Too Jiu family in advance to spread rumors. The so-called head of the Young Master is fake. Zhengliang deliberately made the head of the Head's face blurry, making people creepy after watching it and unable to recognize it.

Are you not afraid of the lords here sending troops to surround and kill others with such a big fanfare? In fact, these reconnaissance players are not afraid at all. Except for the dozen guards used to guard Chengyan, all the elite troops of the Taijiu family were killed or captured in the battle of Songhu Lake. At that time, Taijiu family, who was responsible for the western front, was hit hard by Daxi Guozhi, who was raided and injured the most. Even if these peasants escaped for a while, they did not dare to gather together again. Therefore, even if Taijiu family was determined to capture these reconnaissance players, they were still powerless.

What is even more strange is that the head of the family who had been rushing back home for too long did not come forward to clarify the rumors in the territory, and did not even force the peasant soldiers in the territory to guard the city. No one knew what the lord was doing at the moment. This aggravated the fear of the town people. Some town people even began to flee to the wild with their families, intending to temporarily avoid the upcoming war.

As the evening approached, Zhengliang's team swaggered to the city of Taijiu's home, under Jiubao City. On the earthen wall, there were dozens of guards looking at the crowd below as if they were facing a great enemy, and the atmosphere was tense.

"It's strange, there are so few people? What do you want to do for too long?" Masayoshi, who had received the report from the investigation, was puzzled. In theory, Tokubo Yoshi, who escaped home early, should have enough time to summon some peasant soldiers to strengthen the guards. Although it may not be possible to summon too many people under the rumors of Masayoshi, forty or fifty people can always be summoned. But now looking at the number of people on the earth wall, it is obviously beyond expectations. Are there more people in the city lying in ambush?

For this reason, Zhengliang once again found a detective who was responsible for monitoring the movements in Jiubao City.

"Your Highness, after the villain came here, he has been carefully monitoring the movements around him. Except for several town residents who had come to the city to report rumors in the territory, he never saw anyone entering the city again." The detective reported carefully. It seemed that he was afraid that the lord would crack him if he was unhappy.

"Have you seen Too Kubo Yoshi enter the city?" Masara began to suspect that Too Long hadn't come back at all.

"When the villain arrived here, he did not see anyone entering the city. However, according to the description of the townspeople in the castle town, in the afternoon, he saw the head of the Taiju family rushing back to the city in a mess with the help of two samurai masters," Jianfan recalled hard.

"Hmm?" Zhengliang looked at Jiubao City standing on the hillside not far away and pondered. Finally, he seemed to have figured out something and smiled loudly, "Okay, I've been too long, let me see what medicine is selling in your gourd."

After saying that, Zhengliang waved his right hand, and dozens of Luo family soldiers carrying one head in each hand set off again, and came to the city to build a Jingguan.

Everything was exactly the same as dealing with the Nagakura family. The dozens of guards on the earthen wall were suddenly in panic. After seeing the situation of the earthen wall, Masayoshi shouted loudly, "Start!" The troops responsible for piled up Jingguan immediately grabbed the heads, and then threw them hard at the earthen wall. Dozens of heads shot towards the earthen wall like raindrops, one of which fell on the earthen wall, and part of which fell under the earthen wall. The sudden attack of the city immediately barked. Anyone who was hit by these blood-stained heads would be frightened and sweated.

The matter was not over yet, and the young master of the Taijiu family who was tied up was pushed to the city. Taijiu Bao was extremely unlucky. He originally thought that Zhengliang had let him go, but unexpectedly, after being captured, he was tortured by the forces of the Luo family. He really couldn't survive or die. Now, as long as Zhengliang could persuade the guards in the city to open the city gate, he could avoid the promise of death. He also cried and shouted to persuade the guards in the city to surrender. Following Taijiu Baoliang were dozens of captured Jiao from Taijiu's family. They also received the promise that they would be released later. Their mission was to persuade the guards in the city to surrender.

Generally speaking, a city with only a dozen guards can basically be attacked with one attack. However, in order to prevent ambushing in the city, Zhengliang had to continue to carry out psychological warfare as planned. He was attacked one after another, and there was no one in person by the head of the family. The guards responsible for guarding the city quickly decided to surrender.

As the city gate slowly opened, the Luo family's soldiers entered the city carefully under the constraints of Zhengliang. The area in the city was not large, and before confirming that there were no abnormalities in other places, the Luo family surrounded the Tianshou Pavilion in the center of the city. According to the maid in the city, after the city lord came back, he moved directly into the Tianshou Pavilion. Except for the two warriors who occasionally issued orders, they never saw the city lord again.

"Breaking the door open", Zhengliang ordered. Several feet were lifted lightly and immediately launched a fierce attack on the gate of Tianshou Pavilion.

With a "boom", the door fell down, and several cloaks that had been prepared long ago flashed in. Then Zhengliang followed closely behind.

The first thing that caught my eye was two white-clothed warriors who were lying in pools of blood. It seemed that they died loyally for the master's family. After someone moved the bodies of the two warriors away, everyone walked along the stairs to the second floor of the Tianshou Pavilion again.

The second floor has a smaller space, with only one Daguang Room similar to a daily living room. A cloaker gently pushed open the paper door of the Daguang Room. Masara saw Tokubo Yoshi lying on a tatami, and obviously had been dead for a long time. A bandaged wound could be seen on his abdomen. It should have been during the battle at noon, just like his unlucky son, he was accidentally injured in the chaos. The difference is that his son was only injured in the calf, while he was obviously fatal.

There was a letter next to the tatami. After checking that there was no abnormality, the cloakers handed it to Masarara to read it. Masarara took a letter named to him and read it slowly. The letter first praised Masarara, and then said that Taikubo was unfortunately injured when he escaped. He knew that he was seriously injured and soon died, so he wrote this letter. Taikubo, who knew his son's ability, predicted that after his death, Taikubo's family would sooner or later die, and asserted that after the battle at noon, Masarara would take the opportunity to attack the two families quickly. Finally, Taikubo asked Masarara to treat his two daughters kindly, and Taikubo's territory was given to Masarara as the dowry of the two daughters.

Slowly putting down the letter, Zhengliang looked up at the sky outside the Tianshou Pavilion. The sky was bright red, and the afterglow of the sunset shone on everything on the earth. The woods in the distance swayed gently in the strong wind in the evening, forming tree waves.

The abominable Tokubo Yoshi, even after his death, he would have to plot against him. If others occupy this place, they would definitely be wary of the Luo family after learning the content of this letter. Once Masara learned the content of this letter, they would inevitably attack this place under the banner of dowry mentioned in this letter. As for how to let Masara know the content of the letter, it would be much simpler. Tokubo Yoshi must have arranged personnel outside the city. Once Masara did not occupy this place, rumors would be spread. No matter what the result, Masarara would be passive. And for Tokubo Yoshi's son, Tokubo Yoshi must have made other arrangements, otherwise it would be strange if Tokubo Haru returns here to see this letter.

Unfortunately, what Tokubo Yoshihide did not calculate was that his son was captured before him, resulting in no one organizing the overall situation in time to resist the attack of the Luo family. The two warriors downstairs were also told that their young master was captured at the last moment, and even after being persuaded to surrender outside the city, they were disappointed and loyal to them.

Looking down at the Tokubo Yoshihiro who seemed to have a calm face, Masara once again felt the cruelty of the war between the wars between the nations and the clans. The head of the family who had been famous for his marriage diplomacy had no children to accompany him at the last moment of his life. It can be imagined how miserable this middle-aged man was at that time.

"Burn him well." Masayoshi put the letter in his arms and ordered that since the person was dead, and he gave such a great gift to the Luo family, it was natural to bury the other party. "According to the plan, go quickly to stabilize the new territory. As for the young master of the Taiju family, give him a pleasure." In fact, Masayoshi has never intended to keep his promise to Taijukuo Haru. In such an era, he never needs to keep his promise to the enemy.

Several cloaks bowed to receive the order.

After an hour, Zhengliang, who had basically controlled the entire territory of Taijiu family, began to inspect the new territory in a manner. At this time, a detective came hurriedly.

"Your Highness, the Dog Bark Valley is occupied by the Ishida family," said Denfan hurriedly.

The Gou Bark Valley is an important road from the northern territory of Taijiujia to other northern powers. Moreover, the fertile fields in the valley are an important source of food for the Tojiujia. Going north along the Tojiujia, the Ishida family borders the Tojiujia.

"Ishida family?" Masara asked in confusion.

"The Ishida family has a marriage relationship with the Taikuo family. The current head of the Ishida family is Taikuo Yoshi's son-in-law. This time, the other party came under the banner of rescuing his father-in-law. After hearing that His Highness had occupied Taikuo family's main city, he quickly retreated and finally stopped in the Dog Bark Valley, as if he planned to set up a checkpoint there to guard against the family." The detective was obviously prepared, and after seeing Masayoro's doubts, he immediately analyzed.

"Hmph, it seems that someone needs to hit it," Zhengliang said fiercely.

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Chapter completed!