Warring States Eagle

In a military tent outside Shuiyan City, Zheng Liang held a temporary assessment.Hirasa Masatada and Chujiro participated in the evaluation.

"Your Highness, the battlefield has been cleaned up. In this decisive battle with the Akasaka family, a total of 17 members of our family were injured, and 2 of them may not be able to participate in the battle after recovering from injuries, but no one died. A total of 18 members of the Akasaka family were killed. 26 people were captured, and the rest fled. As for other supplies, it will take a while to figure out,” Hirasa Masata reported.

"Chujiro, how is your side?" After hearing Hirasa Masatada's report, Masara nodded, then looked at Chujiro and asked.

"Your Highness, a total of 12 people were injured on your side, all of which were minor injuries. There were also no casualties. In addition, this subject has completely controlled the territories of the Dongshan family, the Hanoi family, and the Guanmu family. The Akasaka family's Shuiyan City has just been captured. All the males in the city were hacked and killed, and the female relatives were temporarily detained, and will be escorted to Nodaka Town to settle down gradually later. In terms of supplies, His Highness needs to arrange personnel to go and count them," Chujiro said.

"Very well, you are temporarily in charge of guarding the occupied place, and the peasants and soldiers who followed you are under your jurisdiction. I will leave all the wounded in this battle and 10 uninjured standing ashigaru to you, and at the same time You immediately gather the 50 farmers and soldiers who are still grabbing food nearby, half of them will stay to assist you in managing the newly occupied territory, and the other half will immediately return to Yunoo Castle to help defend the city." Zheng Liang quickly ordered, "Send someone to inform Dongxiang Pingci came here to receive all the affairs here, and told him that all the materials collected this time will be deployed by him at will, but the territory must be settled tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Zhengzhong, go down immediately and arrange for everyone to have a full meal, then gather and set off. We have to arrive at Wanheli City before evening," Zhengliang turned his head and ordered Pingzuo Zhengzhong.

"Yes, Your Highness" Hirazuo Masatada took the order and left.

Wanga Lichuan, as an important river in the northwest of Higashimatsuura, divides several powerful north and south from west to east.On the north bank of Wanga Lichuan, there are mainly the Uemakura family; on the south bank, there are mainly the Akasaka family and the Dono family.Among them, the terrain on the south bank is even more low-lying, so several fertile flat lands were alluvialed by the Wanhe Lichuan. Therefore, although the Shangcang family occupies the north bank alone, the agriculture is actually less developed than the two on the south bank, and the overall strength is even more incompetent. Compared with the above two, if it is not for the good relationship with the many pirates along the coast, every time it is attacked by the above two, there will always be pirates to help, and the Shangcang family has disappeared long ago. <Feng Deyi, first of all, when he joined forces with the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family to send troops to the Dono family, he put the other two together. On the other hand, a surprise attack was carried out, and when the two families were in a bitter battle with the Tangye family, they sneaked up on the Tangye family. Not only did they destroy the neighbor's fields, but they also robbed a lot of supplies.

Secondly, it even secretly encouraged the pirates to attack the Akasaka family's territory, causing the Akasaka family to suffer a lot of losses.Why did Shangcang Xiye do this?The answer is simple, for the Shangcang family to survive.Uemakura Xiye is not a fool either. If the Dono family perishes, it is likely that the Akasaka family will dominate. Will the Uemura family be able to resist alone?Even if you ask the pirates for help, it's still precarious.Therefore, he wants to make a stumbling block from it, not only to prevent the conspiracy of the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family from succeeding, but also to hurt all the powerful families including the three families of the Dono family. There will be more time to develop.In the end his goal was achieved.

While Uemakura Yuino was complacent, in the past few days, there have been rumors in the territory that he is planning to invade the Akasaka family. Some people even pretended to be his samurai and went to the town to mobilize farmers and soldiers.Regarding this, Shangcang Xiye was furious, and immediately sent personnel to search for these swindlers.Just at this time, the envoy of the Akasaka family arrived, and the envoy condescendingly asked whether it was true that Uemakura Yuno invaded the Akasaka family.Feeling that the strength of the Akasaka family has been damaged, Uemakura Yuino, who no longer needs to humble himself, laughed at the messenger without hesitation.As a result, a war of words between Shangcang and Akasaka was triggered.

At noon on August [-]th, after receiving the news from Akasaka's spies that the guards in Wanheli Castle had been reduced by half, the cunning Uemakura Yuino did not act immediately, but encouraged the pirates to go looting again. He personally led the troops of the Shangcang family to the north bank of Wanhe Lichuan, waiting for the opportunity to move.These pirates are nothing more than money. Now that they have been paid by Shangcang's family, they can also gain a lot from the next robbery. Of course, they are happy to agree.As a result, the coalition forces composed of several pirates attacked the territory of the Akasaka family in a mighty manner.The citizens of the Akasaka family, who had just recovered their peace, fell into dire straits again.

The young master of the Akasaka family in Wanheli City just dispatched reinforcements to support Shuiyan City in the morning, and before mobilizing some farmers and soldiers to help defend the city, he got the news that the pirates had invaded on a large scale.The young master of the Akasaka family was immediately stunned. How long has it been since the pirates attacked last time? Why did they come again so soon?In desperation, he had no choice but to lead his troops to drive them away (if they don’t drive them away, if the only remaining fields are also destroyed by pirates, the Akasaka family will not be able to survive the winter safely this year, and the leaders will also riot).The troops of the Akasaka family who hurried out of the city were ambushed by pirates in a narrow passage. The young master of the Akasaka family was killed on the spot, and the remaining troops of the Akasaka family were defeated.The pirates, who had won a complete victory, took advantage of the victory to pursue and directly entered Wanheli City.

Masaragi and Hirazuo Masatada led 36 cloaked men, 27 low-level samurai, and 50 standing ashigaru to a hill one mile away from Wanheli Castle. Thick smoke was billowing, and the flying smoke and dust almost covered the afterglow of the setting sun.

"What's going on here? Could it be that it's too late?" Zheng Liang was taken aback, and everyone behind him was also surprised, and then looked up at the lord, waiting for his final decision.

"Damn it, who can tell me what's going on?" Zheng Liang was a little annoyed, and he was still one step too late.

"Your Highness, Your Highness" At this moment, a voice came from behind the crowd, and a familiar figure walked through the crowd and came in front of Zheng Liang.

Zheng Liang took a closer look, and it turned out to be Yinuo.Immediately he became furious, and cursed at Yinuo, "What's the matter? Why are you here? Shouldn't you have collected information from various places in Yunowei City, and then reported it to me in time? Now How did you come here?"

"Your Highness...Your Highness" Yinuo knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, "There is a special situation here, and I think it is necessary to come here to confirm it in person, so I came here. Please punish the crime, Your Highness."

"Hmph, I'll settle the score with you when I go back." At this point, Zheng Liang can only put aside his crime of leaving without authorization for a while, "Say, what's going on?" Zheng Liang pointed to Wanheli City in the distance asked.

"The pirates along the coast once again invaded the territory of the Akasaka family, burning, killing and looting everywhere. The young master of the Akasaka family in Wanheli Castle attacked in desperation, but was ambushed by the pirates and died on the spot. The troops of the Akasaka family in the castle were defeated. Captured Wanheli City, looted it, and set fire to the city," Yinuo briefly reported.

"Pirates?" Zheng Liang didn't expect even pirates to get involved, "Then, these pirates have indirectly helped us?"

"Yes, Your Highness," Yinuo immediately echoed, "but this place will only belong to us after all the pirates have withdrawn, and I just got the news that the troops of the Shangcang family have assembled on the north bank of Wanhe Lichuan."

"Huh?" It seems that getting here is not so smooth, "Come on, let's take a look at the front."

Zheng Liang decided to go to Wanheli City to see what happened before making a decision.

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"Ah? No? Please don't." When the troops of the Luo family arrived near a town, they encountered a few pirates who surrounded a woman by the side of the road and kept tearing at the woman's clothes.The woman begged helplessly.

"Kill" Zheng Liang directly ordered everyone to kill him without saying a word.

"Ah? Who are you? Not good, it's the Akasaka family who are here, run away!" Several pirates saw a large group of people suddenly appearing, and they rushed towards them fiercely and shouted immediately, When you find that the other person is not kind, you will be afraid of leaving the woman behind.The two pirates who ran slower were shot through their calves by the arrows, and immediately fell to the ground and screamed again and again.

After the woman was settled, the two injured pirates were brought to Zhengliang.

"My lord, please forgive me, please forgive me!" The two pirates kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Hmph, if you answer my question obediently, I can promise to let you go. If you don't cooperate, hum..." After finishing speaking, Zheng Liang pulled out Ji Gangyi with a "Cheng".

"Ah! My lord, we can say everything, we can say everything," the two pirates were startled by Zhengliang, and immediately shouted.

"Very good, tell me now, you belong to that pirate group? Where are the other pirates?" Zheng Liang asked.

"My lord, the small ones belong to the Sugino people; because the defenders here were killed and scattered, after looting all the things in the city, everyone dispersed, and each went to find things elsewhere." One of the pirates knocked. said.

"Yeah! Take them down," Masarai winked at Hirasa Masataka, and then ordered.Hirazuo Masatada understood and immediately had the two pirates pulled down, and after a while there were two screams.

The pirates are separated, which is both good news and bad news!The good news is that you don't have to face a large number of pirates who have assembled. The bad news is that you can't defeat these pirates at once, and you can't drive and kill them one by one?It seems that we should go to Wanheli City first to have a look.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Zheng Liang had just given the order to move on, and Yinuo hurried over, "There are more than 30 pirates coming from the other side of the forest."

"Hiding" Zheng Liang made a decisive decision, ready to attack these pirates.Even if they occupy this place, they will still face these pirates in the future. Since there will be a battle sooner or later, why not take this opportunity to weaken them?Soon, a team of more than 30 pirates came to the place where Luo's family set up an ambush.

"Hahaha, chief, the next town is very rich, and there are a few very nice women," a thin man flattered a thick-browed man.

"Oh? Even if you know how to do it, if it's true as you said, you can choose one of those women."

"Ah? Thank you, leader, thank you, leader." As the group of pirates marched forward, they fantasized about the bountiful harvest to come.

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh" the Luo family's sneak attack was launched as scheduled, the pirates in the mountain road were suddenly hit, and fell into chaos instantly, Zheng Liang immediately led more than 100 Luo family troops to fight out.

"Ah? It's from the Akasaka family, kill, kill me!" a pirate exclaimed.

"No, that's not the crest of the Akasaka family." Some pirates still have time to carefully observe the crest of the enemy.

The battle ended in less than half an hour, and the pirate leader escaped in embarrassment after leaving behind more than 20 corpses.What Zhengliang didn't know was that the one he let go this time was the leader of the Manyue pirates who had a very good relationship with the Shangcang family.

After clearing the battlefield, the Luo family's troops set out on the road again.Along the way, they eliminated several groups of pirates in succession, and finally came to Wanheli City.Unexpectedly, the gate of the city was still intact, but the inside was already in a mess. The main buildings were basically burned down, leaving only a few small wooden houses still emitting green smoke. A charred corpse.

"Clean up the inside. Although the buildings in this city have been burned down, they can still be used for defense. We will spend the night inside tonight," Zheng Liang ordered.After leaving some people on alert, the rest immediately followed Zhengliang's order to clean up the city.

Just when the Luo family officially occupied Wanheli City, in the Shangcang family camp across the river, Shangcang Xiye also received information from the Manyue people who had fled back.

"Is that so? It's a good thing I didn't send troops there, otherwise I would definitely be ambushed by Akasaka Tokada." Although the Mankoshi people who escaped back couldn't be sure who ambushed them, they had already fought against Akasaka Tokada for more than ten years. Xi Ye concluded that it was Akasaka Tokada who did it.

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