Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 158 Three Rivers Surprise Attack ([-]) Occupying Shangzhixiangcheng

Naturally, the Hide family didn't have time to spend time with the young master who was acting like a baby in Songqi. From Songban to Shangxiangcheng, even now it would take two and a half hours to sail. Long.

Sure enough, it was almost midnight when Xiujia crossed the Chita Peninsula and Atsumi Peninsula, and the ship had been sailing at sea for 4 hours. Most of the farms on both sides of the strait had already rested at this time, which also ensured the concealment of Xiujia's surprise attack.

By the time Xiujia arrived at the outskirts of the Shangxiangcheng sea area, it was already 1:[-] midnight. Due to the large hull and deep draft of the Anzhai boat, it could only sail so far. Xiujia needed to switch to a small boat to log in here.

At around 2:6 midnight, after more than [-] hours of sailing, Hideka's feet finally set foot on the ground again. The energy of the body has been almost exhausted. If Shimizu Yuki hadn't supported him from behind, he would have fallen on his back .

After resting for a while, Xiujia discovered that the Vanguard Army had set up several shelters along the beach, so that the troops who boarded various ships could find their own troops so that the people who had traveled long distances by boat could rest temporarily.

Due to the principle of confidentiality requested by the Xiu family, only these containment points were allowed to light torches to illuminate the flags of their own reserve teams.

Xiujia found a samurai resting against the sand dunes and asked, "Which backup team are you from? Where is your backup captain?"

The man looked up at Hideya weakly, and found that he was wearing armor that was far more gorgeous than himself, and was followed by dozens of brightly colored samurai. In Bizen Hashiba's house, only the Hideka who was the head of the family had this configuration.

The man wanted to stand up to answer, but he hadn't recovered from his seasick reaction, lost his center of gravity and fell down, fortunately he was supported by Ashigaru behind him. "Your Highness, I am a samurai from Okubei, and the captain of the equipment is Masayuki Takashima. After a short rest, he told the less reactive troops to go to the countryside first, saying that he was going to support the vanguard in the battle."

The Xiu family was shocked when they heard the word "battle", and continued to ask, "When you arrived, was there still fighting in Shangzhi Township? How many people did the two backup teams of Qinglong Suzaku bring, and they needed a second team to support them?" ?”

In fact, Xiujia asked the question he was most concerned about. If it is said that Zhezhi Sanzhicheng's stealing of the city failed, and Shangzhixiangcheng needs to attack, his surprise attack plan has failed, and his main force's combat intention to log in to Sanhe has been exposed. It's futile to continue fighting, it's better to transport the soldiers who have already landed before the retreat of the navy.

"Ah, I don't know. I logged in later. When I logged in, I only knew that the captain asked us to rest for a while if we were unwell. The captain took the rest and left first." The response was one, and the words became awkward.

The Xiu family didn't see any information, and said to Shimizu Yuki behind him, "You send an attendant to go to Kami no Koshiro first, and ask what happened to Qiu Shangyi's job agency?"

Then he said to Zhuang Qingzhi, who was kneeling and vomiting again, "Jihei, stay on the coast and gather the soldiers of the attendants and bannermen, and bring them to Kami no Sato when they have almost rested."

"In addition, temporarily recruit these soldiers from various reserve teams to rest on the coast, let them use genuine materials to erect a floating pier, so as to facilitate the second wave of army landing tomorrow."

After all, Xiujia took out the blueprint of his own design from his bosom, which was based on the original Xiaozao that washed up on the coast, and was connected with wooden boards to the floating berth wharf.

Zhuang Qingzhi vomited all kinds of dirty things early on, and he was a little slow to respond to the arrangement of the Xiu family. The Xiu family could only hand over the blueprints to another attendant warrior, and asked him to pass on his plans after Zhuang Qingzhi had a rest. discourse.

After Xiu's family arranged everything on the coast, they took Shimizu Yukiya and the others on foot to Shangxiangcheng.

Fortunately, along the way, Tsuzhi Sanzhicheng and Takayama Clan set up road signs for Xiujia. On the nearly three-kilometer road from the coast to Shangxiangcheng, the vanguard army has cleared all the villages and strongholds to prevent news from leaking.

Along the way, the Xiu family was also reflecting on their own reflections. Even if they were accustomed to their own means of transportation in later generations, they were all messed up by the long-distance transportation just now, not to mention these soldiers composed of farmers. Not even a boat is mentioned.

The transshipment distance of the ships crossing the sea to attack Sanuki before was much shorter than this. It is no wonder that so many soldiers reacted to seasickness this time.

Hideya looked at Yukiya Shimizu as if nothing had happened behind him, and he asked curiously, "Why didn't you react at all?"

"I liked playing on the river since I was a child, and I am familiar with water. Besides, didn't His Highness ask everyone not to eat dinner? Sure enough, this method is very effective. I don't even feel like vomiting and seasick."

When Xiujia heard this, he was a little taken aback, and then remembered that this master had brought him his dinner. At that time, he had just woken up, and at the same time, he had something on his mind, so he forgot the order he had given, and finished eating habitually dinner,

Xiujia looked at him in surprise and said, "Have you not eaten? Why did you bring it to me?"

"Ah! Your Highness just asked the soldiers not to eat dinner to prevent seasickness. Your Highness didn't tell me not to eat tonight's dinner? So I brought it up as usual. Didn't Your Highness enjoy eating?" Seeing this harmless smile, I wanted to go up and punch him.

Perhaps because of the message from the Xiu family's envoy, not far from Shangxiang City, the Gao Shan Clan went out of the city to welcome the Xiu family in person.

The first thing Xiujia said when he saw the commander-in-chief of the Vanguard Army was to ask him about the details of the battle. "Did the ninja army of the Sanzhicheng Tsuge take control of Shangxiangcheng first? Why did the soldiers on the beach say that you still encountered a battle?"

"I met a few villages along the way. In order to ensure the confidentiality of the news, I discussed with Mr. Yizhijie and took everyone in the village to Shangxiang City for custody. Maybe the commotion was a bit big, and the soldiers on the shore misunderstood Thought there was a fight."

"By the time we arrived at Shangxiang, the entire city was already under the control of Lord Zhezhi, and we didn't fight." Hearing the Xiu family's inquiry, the Gaoshan clan explained to the Xiu family while walking.

When the Xiu family heard that Shangxiang City had opened the city without blood, they felt certain about it, and continued to ask, "Now there are two backup teams in the Vanguard, how many people can take action in each?"

"Qinglongbei has gathered about 800 people, Suzakubei has more, only 1000 people, and we got Yijiubei and Yuyebei, hundreds of people each arrived in Shangxiang City."

"Your Highness, each reserve team in the battle across the sea takes its own ship. This battle is not like the last time we crossed the sea in Sanuki. Only the leading ships are allowed to light their lights. Many ships lost their positions during the voyage, so it will take time to gather the army."

Xiujia naturally knew the difficulty of fighting across the sea at night, and Xiujia was already very satisfied that their two vanguards could do this.

The Xiu family did not question him, but said, "Suzaku Bei will no longer go to the countryside to continue gathering. You will immediately take Suzaku Bei to the two sides of Sangen Mountain to station and recuperate. At the same time, keep an eye on the movement outside the canyon. You only need to enter the canyon to block it. Don't go out until my next order arrives, this matter is very important, you should do it quickly."

After receiving the order, the Takayama clan led the Hide family to Shanggo Honmaru, then turned around and led the Suzaku people in Shanggo to the Sangen Canyon on the northwest side for defense.

And Hideka continued to meet Tsusue Sanzhicheng and Qiu Shangjiujia and others in Shangxiangcheng, exchanged information, and gave them orders for the next step.

(End of this chapter)