Seeing this, you will need to say that Ito Yoshisuke and Sagara Yoshiyo, the two great forces in southern Kyushu, were honestly in their own territory after the second battle of Takachiho Mountain, and they did not dare to touch the tiger whiskers of the Kuroda family, for fear of provoking this giant, where did the little Kitahara Tadazawa who was only a lord of 30,000 koku come from! Could it be that you have lost your heart and gone crazy?

But this time, you really can't blame the Kitahara family, it's not so much that Kitahara Tadasawa is bold, it's better to say that their actions, which seem absolutely crazy to outsiders, were forced out by the Kuroda family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the battle of Takachiho Mountain, the Kitahara family sent all the elite soldiers of their own family. As a result, when the Kuroda family was about to retreat, no one notified the Kitahara family, which directly led to the Kitahara family, which was originally in the middle of the entire team, and most of the soldiers were dumplings by the Kuroda family, and the losses were extremely heavy, and nearly half of the soldiers were killed and injured in Takachiho Mountain. Less than 500 people fled.

Kitahara Tadasawa knew that the remaining soldiers of less than 500 people, let alone resist the attack of the Kuroda family, at this time, even if they faced their neighbors Sagara family and Ito family, as well as Liver Fu Kanliang and Liver Fu Kane, who had already taken refuge in the Kuroda family, they could easily clean themselves up.

However, there is one thing Kitahara Tadasawa still knows, that is, the last thing to rely on to fight a war is territory and population. Although the fact that there is a large territory and a large number of soldiers does not mean that you will definitely be able to win the war, but in the absence of territory and the scarcity of soldiers, there are basically only two paths to choose from: subjugation and destruction, not to mention facing the Kuroda family.

In addition, the Sagara family in the north doesn't seem to have any interest in the land of the Ryokari family, and has never interfered in this piece of land that originally had a share, so Kitahara Tadazawa, who has been sick and indiscriminately admitted to the hospital, decided to take a risk this time and occupy the old territory of the entire Ryoshika family.

As long as he obtains this land, the territory of his Kitahara family will almost double, although it is not simply a doubling of strength, but this land can bring a lot of feedback to the Kitahara family, whether it is the population, or the strategic resources that the Shimazu family has given up, it does not matter what he desperately hopes for.

So after the Kitahara family went out to the territory of the Ryoshika family and successfully occupied this land, the first thing they did was to gather all the remaining population and transfer it to their own territory.

The population in the vicinity of Ryokari House Castle had already suffered a great loss of population after the first Battle of Mt. Takachiho, followed by the massacre of the Shimazu family.

After the defeat of the Battle of Takachiho Mountain, the Shimazu family also spent a day gathering the young adults in the domain of the Ryoshika family, and brought all of them to Higo Province, which is nearly a thousand people. So in this devastated land, if there are mountains full of wood, there is basically not much population left.

But it's also relatively good to have a few people left, and thousands of people may not be anything to the Kuroda family, but the Kitahara family still values it very much. A small family has lost the opportunity to choose many times, even if this thing is picked by others, you still have to take it back, or even hold it as a treasure, this is the situation that the Kitahara family is currently facing.

Now the Kitahara family has screened the people of the old collar of the Ryokari family again, almost now if you go to this land, you will find that almost except for some old people who have basically lost their ability to move, there are almost no people who can move around in the villages, it can be said that for their own sense of security, the Kitahara family has searched very thoroughly this time, and all that can be taken away has been taken away, which can really be said to be left without leaving a living.

After almost all the population was looted, even the bandits and robbers who could be found in the entire area were all arrested by the soldiers of the Kitahara family and sent to Kitahara City together with the people, and among them were several members of the Kuroda family, who were quite cooperative, so they did not arouse suspicion, and smoothly mixed into Kitahara Castle and became an important source of internal intelligence for the Kuroda family.

After this series of angry actions of the Kitahara family, Kitahara Tadazawa found that the population in his territory had doubled, and the Kitahara family recruited strong men to enlist in the army, and got more than 600 soldiers.

Unfortunately, when they were done with everything and still had a fluke mentality, they got the news that the Kuroda family had also occupied and begun to organize the Minami Hyuga country, and the Kuroda family's army was ready to attack their newly acquired land.

I heard that the Kuroda family sent 6,000 people this time, and Kitahara Kanekuni, who stayed behind in the land of the Ryoshika family, after weighing it for a full second, decisively took the 400 people under his command and withdrew from this land that had almost become a ghost land.

And when Imate Yukiyo marched all the way with the army, he was very puzzled when he saw the villages that had been turned into empty lands and the abandoned castles.

Before he left the battle, Imate Yukiyo had already received the news that this place was occupied by the Kitahara family, so he was ready for a hard battle.

What I see now is that since I entered this land, I haven't seen a single person in the whole process, Imate Tomokiyoshi has been fighting with the Imate Tomoshi since he was fifteen years old, and I've seen a lot of situations so far, could it be that the Kitahara family is preparing to fortify the wall? Ite Yukiyoshi thought about it himself, and it seemed that he would not be able to know the actual situation until he went to the original residence of the Ryogari family.

At this time, Goto Keikoku quickly chased after him, and reined in at the side of Ite Tomokiyo, as if he had something to say.

"Goto-sama, why did you get to the front?" The 300 members of the Goto family of Goto Kikuni are the rear of the entire army, and it stands to reason that he should be in the back, and Ite Tomokiyoshi is personally riding a horse at the front of the army, so he has such doubts.

"Lord Imate Tomokiyo, after entering Kitasama, I wanted to come and tell my lord, but I had just entered this territory at that time, so I was afraid that I was too careful, and I was afraid that it would disturb the morale of the army, so I didn't come. But now that we've been in this plot for half an hour, I can't help but come and remind you. Goto said.

"Goto-sama wants to talk about the desolation of this place?" Iteki asked with a frown.

"Hey! It seems that the adults have already found out, but they are doing this more! Goto said.