Chapter 82 The more chaotic the better
Kadokuma Ishimune first concentrated all the seriously injured on two boats, using the excuse that it was for the convenience of treatment. This did not arouse suspicion and was also agreed by others. After all, the constant wailing of the seriously injured day and night was a torture for anyone.

Then one night, two cargo ships full of seriously injured soldiers unfortunately collided with each other, resulting in all the seriously injured soldiers falling into the sea. Miraculously, even the seriously injured soldiers in the cabin were killed.

Along with the faint sounds of wailing, not a single seriously injured person was rescued in this accident.

Kadokuma Ishimune was very angry about this and believed that this was a serious dereliction of duty, so he personally tied the sailors on the two ships to the deck and whipped them.

However, many people actually knew what happened that night. They didn't say it because they knew it was the best way, because everyone could see that the wounded soldiers would not survive.

Knowing this fact, even the lightly injured soldiers were filled with panic and despair at this moment, because their wounds were swollen and rotting, their bodies were hot but they felt cold, and their minds were sometimes clear and sometimes dazed. It was obvious that their injuries were getting worse and there was no sign of improvement at all.

Just at this time, a rumor spread that these wounded soldiers were actually cursed by ghosts, which was why their bodies and souls were tortured.

The rumors turned the surviving wounded soldiers into a plague that everyone tried to avoid. Everyone looked at them with disgust, cursing them for not dying yet, and at the same time worried whether the curse would be contagious.

Many wounded soldiers could not bear the pressure from the surroundings and chose to jump into the sea, while everyone just watched coldly. No one tried to stop them or even tried to persuade them. With everyone's tacit consent, the wounded soldiers voluntarily and were forced to jump into the cold sea one by one and sank into the sea without much struggle.

In the end, there were only one or two hundred captives who returned to the Otomo family alive, which was only one in ten compared to when they set out. Most of them were hatamoto and samurai, and there were only a few foot soldiers.

During the whole process, Kadokuma Ishimune could have stopped it, but he never said a word. Even when the wounded knelt in front of him and kowtowed desperately, his expression did not change at all, because he was the one who was secretly pushing all this forward.

The reason why Kadokuma Ishimune did this was very simple. He was not taking the opportunity to eliminate Otomo Munemori's power, nor did he have any selfish motives. It was because the Otomo family was about to face a huge challenge and it was impossible to waste resources on the wounded who were destined to not be rescued.

Given the condition of these wounded soldiers, it would be better to kill them quickly rather than giving them false hope and letting them struggle to death in real pain and despair.

So Kadokuma Ishimune had people escort the seriously injured soldiers who were unable to move, and then used rumors to push those cowards who were hesitant. While giving relief to the wounded soldiers, it also saved the Otomo family a lot of expenses, killing two birds with one stone.

Otomo Sorin was very clear about this matter, but the two had no intention of discussing it. It was not even within the scope of their thinking and discussion. Instead, they began to think about how to deepen the relationship with the Moroboshi family, because for them, this was a major event concerning the future of the Otomo family.

In the eyes of those in power, people are like weeds in the field, they will never die. Even if there is a fierce war, as long as the war is over, there will always be people coming out from the corners and continuing to live and reproduce as before, and all they have to do is collect taxes.

But the resources are different. Except for food and timber, either there is there or not. Not to mention the secondary islands, even the main island has always been plagued by resource scarcity.

The situation on the secondary island is even more serious. At the same time, because of the relationship with the Mori family, other supplies are still easy to deal with, but weapons and iron materials are difficult to transport to the secondary island.

It took several generations of the Otomo family decades of accumulation to have a standing army of 5,000. What was limited was not the population but the equipment.

Therefore, obtaining more weapons and equipment from the Moroboshi family is a major event that can change the fate of the Otomo family. The death of many people for this is nothing. As long as the Moroboshi family asks, Otomo Sorin is even willing to personally chop off the head of his younger brother Otomo Munemori and send it as an apology.

If you don't mind, it would be even better if you could accept my two daughters as well.

It's a pity that the two of them over-imagined Yan Xu and didn't test him. But we can't blame them for over-imagining. A fool can still make random guesses, but these two are rare smart people. It's just that the times have limited their thinking and vision. In addition, they have never been exposed to time travel, so it's normal to deduce this very reasonable answer based on the existing information.

Compared to the Otomo family, which was scheming in various ways, the Moroboshi family was relatively calm. And just as Yan Xu and Yi Yu Jing had expected, the real target of the Fukushima family was indeed the Sagara family. And with the help of God, they attacked and beat the city in just two days, and launched a brutal siege without stopping.

But this has nothing to do with Yan Xu. The ones who are anxious are the Shimazu and Otomo families.

Unfortunately, the Fukushima family was well prepared and sent 500 soldiers to set up camp at the fork in the road of the Shimazu family.

If the Shimazu clan wanted to get through, they had to either take down their camp and open up the road at the risk of huge casualties, or take a detour and continue forward at the risk of being chased from behind.

In fact, neither option was a good choice. The Shimazu family, which had already suffered heavy losses, could not afford more losses, so with only 500 people, the Shimazu family had hastily assembled thousands of people, unable to advance or retreat.

After achieving a strategic goal with only 500 people, the Fukushima family made further efforts and transferred the troops saved here to the location of the Otomo family. They also spent a huge amount of money to build a wooden mountain castle, which played the same role and prevented the Otomo family from acting rashly.

In the past, the Otomo family only needed to send out a thousand men to block the Yama Castle, and then send another thousand or two thousand men deep into the Fukushima family to make the other side retreat.

The problem is that the Otomo family now has only 3,000 standing troops, and they need to be stationed in various important places to guard against the Mori family. They cannot be easily mobilized, and the training of new recruits has to wait until spring, otherwise frostbite alone is enough to make people collapse, not to mention the extra expenses. Under such circumstances, how can they dare to use force easily?

It can be said that the Fukushima family's dispatch of troops this time completely took into account all forces except the Moroboshi family. If successful, it can be said that they won the game.

As for why the Moroboshi family was missed, perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Shizuka Ichiha had previously invited Kazuo Sagara to join the Moroboshi family.

Yes, both Yan Xu and Yi Yujing felt that this battle was related to Kazuo Sagara.

Because only he is so familiar with the Sagara family and the Shimazu family, and can influence the war situation.

In any case, for Yan Xu, the more chaotic the Fushima is, the better, because only in muddy waters can one fish. If they maintain a stable balance as before, the Moroboshi family will be unable to do anything, because no matter what they do, they will become the target of public criticism.

So even though the territory's reserves were already very tight, Yan Xu still sold a lot of weapons, equipment and food to the Shimazu and Sagara families.

Especially the cans printed with cat and dog patterns were a great weapon to boost morale. The two families were so grateful that they wanted to kowtow to him a few more times on the spot.

Unfortunately, Yan Xu soon lost the mood to care about these things because the territory was haunted.

After confirming this, his scalp went numb on the spot and he wished he could bring back Guan Erye who had been sent back to the Guandi Temple as soon as possible. It was really too scary and he was afraid that the quilt that was immune to all evil could not withstand it.

(End of this chapter)