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Compared with Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island is more lively at this time.

Because of its relatively good geographical location, large population, and better economic development, Kyushu Island has formed three great clans on it.

Compared with the other three large islands, Shikoku Island seems to be a wild and barren land like a country bumpkin.

There are no conditions for the formation of large vassals, and they are all small vassals with similar strengths.

The battle scene between them is a bit like the fight between the two Dahua clans for the water source.

The smallest clan on Shikoku Island even has a total population of less than 1,000 people.

Every time there was a fight, all the adult men in the domain had to fight, but this only brought together more than 200 people, or even less than 300 people.

As for the weapons in their hands, a bamboo spear is a good thing, and most people can only use a thick wooden stick.

Don't look at the small number of them, but the folk customs are sturdy.

Those who are not sturdy have long been annexed by others. Those who can survive have more or less brutal genes.

It is because there are a group of people who are almost crazy and can go all out for a little water, so some of the surrounding vassals are lazy to conquer.

It's really not worth it. The benefits you can get after conquering are far less than the price you pay.

In this place, Dahua also started a strategy.

Their method is also very simple, exchanging weapons for women.

On Shikoku Island, only women are worth a little money, and other things really can't be done.

Moreover, the weapons that Dahua took out were not musket grenades, but cold weapons such as steel knives, shields and armors.

This kind of thing that is about to be eliminated in Dahua is an absolute weapon on Shikoku Island.

Holding a steel knife and wearing armor to deal with those who carry a wooden stick, it is easy to create a myth of one against a hundred.

The Tosa Domain belongs to a large domain on Shikoku Island, with more than 9,000 people in its domain.

With a population of more than 9,000, there are more than 500 professional warriors. Every time an adult man is brought into a fight, a team of two or three thousand can be formed.

In the surrounding areas of Tosa Prefecture, they all belong to the more domineering existence.

Its daimyo, Ikehara Orian, is also a relatively ambitious person, and has always wanted to conquer the surrounding area and become an influential daimyo.

However, in the past, their strength could not be crushed, so his battles with other vassals were basically done to the end, and he did not dare to fight too hard, for fear that the losses would be too heavy.

In ordinary battles for interests, everyone will not fight too hard. But if they want to annex the other party, they will definitely fight to the death.

Facing a group of people who were going to fight to the death, Ikehara Orian had to be cautious and consider the gains and losses.

However, since he bought a large number of Dahua iron weapons, he began to expand, directly destroying a small vassal with 2,000 people next to him, and took the land and population of that small vassal as his own.

Among them, those young women who were kidnapped were all used to pay off Dahua's debts.

These steel weapons are very cheap in Dahua, but they are very expensive in Shikoku.

However, Ikehara Orian felt that he was not at a loss. Not only did he obtain these weapons, he also obtained the land of the neighboring clan and some population.

With these weapons, he can continue to expand.

However, when he began to attack the second daimyo, he ran into trouble.

The big name next to him is not stupid. When Ikehara Orian invaded others, those people could see clearly.

After seeing the great increase in Ikehara Oliang's strength, the other famous names still slept soundly.

As a result, other big names began to trade women for weapons.

Some daimyo who couldn't get it for the time being also started to take credit. They got their weapons first, and then they invaded other clans to grab land and women.

Everything they robbed in the past belonged to them, but now only the land was robbed, and the women had to take it to pay off the debt.

Still, it's better than being robbed.

Therefore, other big names have come to Dahua to buy weapons.

Some of them also knew that it would not be possible to continue like this, it would cost Dahua, and it would hurt the root of Fusang.

However, they suffered from the lack of a strong figure to stand up, and everyone fought their own way.

If you boycott Dahua alone, you will end up being captured by other vassals.

Under such a situation, even some far-sighted daimyo had to buy weapons from Dahua.

Even, they bought more.

Because they have lofty aspirations to try to unify the four kingdoms, and then form a powerful force to resist Dahua.

Although he thinks differently from other daimyo, he does the same thing. On the surface, no one is qualified to laugh at anyone.

Ikehara Orian encountered trouble. He attacked a feudal lord with a population of 5,000. More importantly, the feudal lord bought more than 400 steel knives.

These steel knives can kill people with a single knife.

In the first battle between the two sides, more than 600 people died in total, which was quite terrifying.

In the past, when everyone beat with a wooden stick, it was difficult to kill a person for a long time.

And now, as long as you accidentally hit a knife, you will be killed.

As a result of the greatly improved killing efficiency, the two sides quickly forged a deadly feud.

In the past, when they fought, it was not a big deal to kill one or two people. After the fight was over, everyone could still communicate with each other.

And now, with hundreds of deaths on both sides, there is no way to settle this feud.

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If you don't kill the other party completely, you will be afraid of revenge when you sleep at night.

After all, everyone was so close, it only took half an hour to walk.

Every time I sleep, I have to worry about the other party coming to set fire to the house.

Based on this consideration, both sides want to destroy the other.

As a result, the second battle was even more tragic, and almost all the adult men were painted.

In the end, Ikehara Orian won the victory by virtue of the number of people, and also successfully annexed the opponent.

However, his strength did not increase.

The population has increased a lot, but women have to use it to pay off debts and exchange some luxuries.

And the adult men on his side suffered heavy casualties, and the number of soldiers who could fight was greatly reduced. Although they also captured some adult men, these people are not too trustworthy and can only be used for slavery, and cannot be quickly transformed into their own troops.

Their prisoners are different from Dahua's surrender.

On the battlefield of Dahua, most of those soldiers are professional soldiers, they are just like everyone else, and they have no position.

Here in Shikoku, the two villages are naturally opposed.

The women of those who were defeated were robbed, the land was also robbed, and they were expected to serve as soldiers to fight for themselves. This is unlikely and very difficult.

Unless, Ikehara Orian can treat these men equally and divide land and women for these adult men who surrender.

However, even if Ikehara Orian had such courage, he could only take out the land at most, and the women were gone, and they were all sent to Dahua.