Chapter 228 Intelligence and Assassination
The intelligence system of the Forest Ninja on the main island is somewhat weak. Most of the intelligence is collected from the public through wandering ninjas and cooperating merchants. Naturally, they cannot be the first to know the real high-level decisions, so Yan Xu still doesn’t know what the Mori family is trying to do. However, judging from the other party’s bluffing performance, the counterattack he is expecting is probably not going to happen in the short term, otherwise they would not use the marriage as a means of delaying time.

But they really thought he was a country bumpkin, thinking that he would be unable to walk after hearing that he could marry the princess of the Mori family. Thinking of this, Yan Xu sneered. Unless the Mori family gave him a white-haired, red-eyed, 1.4-meter-tall animal-eared loli to raise, there would be no hope.

However, judging from the actions of the Mori family, it is obvious that the news of the fall of Amano Castle spread faster than Yan Xu imagined. Therefore, not only the Mori family took action, but even the enemies of the Mori family took action, which led to the Mori family being unable to mobilize troops on a large scale in the short term.

Without sufficient troops, the Mori family naturally did not dare to attack the Moroboshi family, who were able to occupy Amano Castle in a short period of time, because they had no guarantee of victory. They were even more afraid that the Moroboshi family would give up and completely destroy the entire Amano Castle, and then return to the sub-island.

Although the fire burned Amano Castle, in fact, due to the range and the isolation zone, only the port and the commercial area were destroyed, and other areas were not greatly affected. The previous evacuation was purely due to the wind direction, which caused a large amount of smoke and dust to flow back, making it impossible to breathe, so they had to evacuate.

In addition, after the fire, the cornerstone of the port is still there, and it can be rebuilt quickly as long as there are enough materials. As for the commercial area, those greedy businessmen will bring their own money to rebuild it, so there is no need to worry at all.

The castle, warehouse, and shipyard that were not affected by the flames are the real core of Amano Castle.

The castle of Amano Castle was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it had countless traps. If it hadn't been for the smoke backflow, it would not have been lost in such a short time.

The huge warehouse area stores large amounts of food, weapons and equipment, and supplies.

Because the general of the Mori clan who was guarding Amano Castle was full of mysterious confidence in the Mori clan, it was not burned down and remained intact.

These, together with the shipyards and workshops with a large number of skilled workers, are enough to build a fleet, organize an army, and launch a protracted war. This is the true foundation and deterrent power of Amano Castle.

Therefore, the Mori family was eager to retake Amano Castle, but the Mori family's opponents would never allow the Mori family to retake Amano Castle. The two sides pulled each other, which actually bought Yan Xu enough time.

"This is interesting. Could it be that the next wave of envoys will be the enemies of the Mori family?" Yan Xu said, touching his chin.

Although the Mori family makes the Fuejima and Otomo families worry all the time, they actually have their own opponents, and their number is not small.

For example, the Kono family and the Miyoshi family on the second island had joined forces with the Otomo family at the beginning, so that the Mori family's navy never dared to forcibly attack the two islands.

At the same time, the Amago family, which is adjacent to the Mori family on the main island, is not a weakling either, otherwise how could they stop the Mori family from heading towards the center of the main island.

The complex situation between multiple forces on the main island and the secondary island gave Yan Xu a headache, because during the Warring States Period there was never just one enemy, and allies and mortal enemies were constantly changing, so the changes in the overall situation had to be taken into account, which was undoubtedly something Yan Xu was not good at.

In fact, the entire Fukeshima, that is, the old guy Kadokuma Ishimune, has a broader vision and overall view. It was he who pushed the Otomo family to form the Fukeshima Alliance with the Kono family and the Miyoshi family to resist the invasion of the Mori family's navy and took the opportunity to develop the Otomo family into the first force in Fukeshima.

If the Otomo family had not developed too fast, and the Mori family had not been targeted by them, and the Kono family and the Miyoshi family, who felt the pressure, were not in harmony, the Otomo family would never have stopped at the secondary island. However, because they rarely set foot on the main island, and the information transmission was inconvenient, Kadokuma Ishimune did not dare to say that he truly understood the changes in the situation on the main island, and he could not pat his chest to guarantee anything to Yan Xu, especially after Yan Xu mobilized the army to attack the main island, he had to stay in the rear to command the overall situation, otherwise there would have been chaos.

Yan Xu actually guessed it right. Then many forces sent envoys, some to threaten, some to form an alliance, some to propose marriage, some to be stupid, and some to offer rewards, which really opened his eyes.

Yan Xu left all these to Fu Ji to deal with. Although he looked like a pervert, when he was not a pervert, he had the elegant manners of a nobleman, and the charm in his eyes could not be hidden. He was popular with both men and women, young and old, because the Japanese people liked him that way.

"Master, this is the latest development of the Mori family." Sen Yu was transferred by Yan Xu to be responsible for integrating the intelligence network of the main island, so the efficiency of intelligence has been greatly improved.

"We have trained 10,000 peasant foot soldiers and 3,000 semi-professional foot soldiers. It's really a big deal." Yan Xu raised his eyebrows and said easily.

For the Moroboshi family, which is gradually turning to firearms, no matter how many ordinary soldiers come, it will be useless. Unless there are ten times more of them and they charge fearlessly, it will be possible to defeat the Moroboshi family.

Unfortunately, this is not realistic. Ordinary foot soldiers do not have the awareness to charge under explosions and bullets. Samurai with such awareness are too few and too precious. Even a powerful clan like the Mori clan does not dare to do so.

"The Mori family must have found out the details of how the Moroboshi family captured Amano Castle. They also know that they cannot defeat the Moroboshi family with these information, let alone recapture Amano Castle. So these are just cover-ups." Yan Xu narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fingers. Considering the character of the Japanese, they would most likely use some unpresentable means.

At the beginning, the Mori family was able to introduce the Ishidō team, a professional assassination team, to the Otomo family to assassinate him. After arriving at the other party's territory, there was naturally no reason not to use it.

Mori Yu also thought of this, and his eyes became even colder. You know, as ninjas, they are shouldering the mission of protecting their masters, so any assassin is their mortal enemy, the kind that they will fight to the death.

"Master, I will arrange the guards in secret." Sen Yu said with his head lowered.

"Well, I will grant you higher authority and let Zhiniang and others assist you. This time your opponents may not only be ninjas." Thinking of the Onmyoji and monsters on the main island, Yan Xu did not dare to be careless. He is far from being invincible now. If he is really alone, his fate will not be any better.

"Hey, Sen Ninja will protect the master with his life." Sen Yu said resolutely, then stepped back and began to mobilize manpower.

In fact, Yan Xu has always been wary of this, so he did not live in Amano Castle, or even in any building, but set up a large tent outside Amano Castle.

There are ninjas hiding around the big tent, as well as the most elite hatamoto, and soldiers outside it. There are no civilians, ensuring maximum safety.

But Yan Xu also understood that this was no way to stop the enemy's assassination, and he could only make more preparations.

(End of this chapter)