Warring States Eagle

After everything was settled, the team moved forward again.Zheng Liang, who has made great contributions, was appointed as the forward general, and he unified the command of the four tycoons in charge of the front line.The position of Xiaohaoqiang who had withdrawn early has been replaced by another Xiaohaoqiang appointed by Boduo.After seeing what happened to the striker, although he was unwilling in every possible way, his strength was not as good as others, and this little tycoon finally succumbed.

This time, Zheng Liang learned the lesson from the morning and commanded the front line to move forward slowly, always keeping a close enough distance from the back line to ensure that in the event of an accident, they could get timely support from the back line.The army marched all the way, first passing Jinshiyuan, and then following the foot of Jinshan Mountain, to the exit of the mountain road of Imari Plain formed by Taochuan alluvial.I saw a soil rock built on the mountain road.There are some farmers and soldiers standing here and there here and there, and it is clear from the situation that these farmers and soldiers were temporarily forced to mobilize.

"Who is guarding there?" Zheng Liang asked, pointing to the soil and rock in front of him.

"My lord, that is a small and powerful Honjo belonging to the Imari family, and the owner is Maeda Osamu," said the Hata detective who was in charge of leading the way.

The Maeda family?Could it be a relative of the Maeda family in Owari?Zhengliang couldn't help thinking jokingly.

"How are the guards there?" Zheng Liang was about to ask the other party about the situation in Yannei in detail.

"My lord, there won't be too many guards. Even if you add farmers and soldiers, it's only a few dozen people," said the scout, "and every time our family attacks the Matsuura clan, they will pass through here. They will obediently surrender and surrender."

"Oh?" Zheng Liang was a little surprised after hearing what Zhen Fan said.There are still such people.Could it be that it's a fool's errand, whichever one is more powerful, so he will take refuge in that one?How could anyone tolerate the existence of such a guy?

Since the opponent might surrender, Zheng Liang would of course have to give it a try. It would be better not to fight if he could.

Not long after sending an envoy to persuade Tuyan to surrender.Sure enough, the gate of Tuyan was opened, and an old man in his 60s or [-]s walked in, leading his descendants to kneel on the ground to show their surrender.Zheng Liang didn't even look at the little Hao Qiang.If this tyrant is really a relative of the Maeda family in Owari, it is estimated that the head of the Maeda family will be pissed off.It's also just too spineless.Of course, you can only secretly despise it. After all, in this era of cannibalism, it is understandable to do whatever it takes to survive.

Another small and powerful family was left to guard Tuyan, waiting for the arrival of the rear army.Zhengliang led the front line and continued to move forward.Passing through the earth and rocks, there is an open small plain in front of you. Although the autumn harvest is over now, judging from the conditions of the fields along the road.It can indeed be called a fertile small plain, and it can already be compared with the small plain formed by the alluvial Matsuura River in Karatsu Bay.Along the way, the farmers in the field ran away when they saw Zheng Liang's team.But the strange thing is that no enemy soldiers came to block it.Even so.Zheng Liang also did not dare to take it lightly, and proceeded carefully all the way.

In less than half an hour, I saw a small city rock standing on the top of a hill in the distance.Since these are all plains, even Xiaochengyan is built on top of a hill.It also looks very low, at least this kind of terrain can already allow the use of siege equipment to carry out cage cities.The gates of the city are closed.From afar, I can see that the Ashgaru on the earthen wall is nervously watching the front line of the Bodo Allied Forces slowly approaching.After the vanguard army was temporarily stationed far away from the city gate.Zheng Liang had no further orders.It seems that the opponent is preparing to defend the city to the death, so the next step is to see how Bodo plans to cage the city.

noon.The rear army of the Bodo allied forces finally arrived, and nearly 3000 soldiers surrounded Imari Castle like ants.After enjoying the lunch provided by Bodo, all the tyrants gathered again in the camp of Bodo to evaluate the cage city before the battle.

"Everyone, it's really gratifying to congratulate the coalition forces on their way to the city of Imari." Sitting on the main seat, Hatsumori said with pride, "Your Highness Zheng Liang, this time you lead the vanguard to open the entrance to the plain of Imari Bay. , and even took the lead in killing the Imari castle, and once again made the first contribution, the family rewarded the Luo family with 50 guan; the Sashi family... ".After some bold words, Bo Duosheng began to discuss meritorious deeds and rewards on the spot.

Zheng Liang glanced slightly at Bo Duoyuan, the military adviser next to Bo Duosheng. The latter seemed to feel Zheng Liang's gaze, and nodded slightly to Zheng Liang, expressing goodwill.Zheng Liang returned the salute with a smile.It seems that it is good to have someone in the backstage. The Luo family received the reward twice, except for Bo Duosheng's purpose of boosting morale, it is inseparable from the old man's secret appreciation.Of course, Zhengliang is also very clear about this.The other party appreciates you because you are still under his control and do not pose a threat to him. Once he knows that your strength may threaten him, he will give you the best possible suppression.

After rewarding meritorious deeds, Bo Duo once again assigned the task of cage battle.According to the original agreement, the forward army did not need to participate in the battle of the cage city, so the Luo family got a task of guarding against the opponent's reinforcements. Of course, if the Matsuura family really had reinforcements arriving, Zhengliang would definitely not directly confront him. At most, he would just ventilate Let me know.Ever since he was ambushed this morning, Zheng Liang knew that the Luo family was nothing more than a powerful cannon fodder, and there was no need to work for Bodo.

In the afternoon, after a full rest and preparations, the Allied Forces of Bodo officially began to launch a cage battle against Imari Castle.The cage city's method is still the old routine, a few selected strong foot lightly carry the wood and focus on attacking the city gate, and the rest of the people carry the crude wooden frame made temporarily at noon to attack from all directions at the same time.Although it may take a little time, the fall of Imari Castle is inevitable.There are more than 100 people in the city at most, but the attacking coalition forces have more than 2000 people. In addition, the city is built on a relatively low hillside (it is already the highest hillside in the Imari Bay Plain), which is convenient for cage battles. will fall.

After standing on a small slope a few hundred meters away to enjoy the spectacular scene of the cage battle, Zheng Liang turned around and looked at the mountains in the distance.In the distance, the highest peak is Black Hair Mountain, where there is high-quality porcelain clay. The later famous Imari-yaki ceramics were fired from there.In Zheng Liang's eyes, those small peaks seemed to be golden mountains.

"His Royal Highness" just as Zhengliang was standing and watching from a distance, Yinuo quietly came to report.

"How is it? Any news?" Zheng Liang turned around and asked.

"Yes, Your Highness. I just received a message from Black Eagle. There has not been any major personnel transfer in Imari Castle in the past two days, but a small number of suspicious people have entered the city and have never left the city again." Yinuo said.

After taking the rest of the Shanqian people to Ye Gaoshan, Zhengliang asked Yiruo to form the first batch of Ninja Army Black Hawk.Due to the rush of time for the Raiders of Bodo this time, the newly established Black Black Eagle has not had time to train, so it has been directly involved in the intelligence and espionage work of this Raiders.

"Oh?" Zheng Liang frowned suspiciously, and then continued to ask, "What's going on in Hirado Matsuura?"

"Their first support army has arrived at Iimori Castle. But they did not immediately come to support Imari Castle."

"Huh? How far is it from Fansheng City to here?"

"It's only less than two miles away. If you go by water, you can get there very quickly."

After Zhengliang listened to Yinuo's report, his first feeling was that there was something wrong.Since it takes a short time to go by water.Why didn't the Matsuura family send reinforcements?It seems that it is better to prepare a little bit.Thinking of this, Zhengliang immediately said: "You tell Heiying, pass on my order, let Sun Wulang in Banwu Bay lead some naval forces to secretly go to the vicinity of Imari Bay. It must arrive tonight."

"Yes, Your Highness" Yinuo took the order and left.

After Yinuo left, Zheng Liang looked towards the direction of Fansheng City in the distance.The afternoon sky seems to be a lot darker.The mountains in the distance, which were originally clear and bright, appeared hazy under the gray sky, and the city of Fansheng, which was located between the mountains and the bay, seemed to be indistinct at this moment.

In the evening, after repelling several attacks by the coalition forces.The defenders in the city finally collapsed, and the lord of the city, Imari Iasumi, opened the city gate and surrendered with his son and other retainers.To this.Bo Duosheng was very happy, not only spared the death of Imari Jiajun.It is also planned to use him as the striker to attack Fansheng City.

It was night, the first battle was won, and there was joy among the coalition forces. There were ashigaru drinking and cursing in many powerful camps, and there were even women's cries in some camps.

However, the Luo family's camp was completely silent.

"How's the situation?" Zhengliang, who was sitting on the main seat, asked the blue-clothed ninja Yiruo in front of him.

"Your Highness, most of the powerful troops have gone to the nearby towns to plunder, and now the coalition camp is relatively empty," Yi Ruo reported, "In addition, Sun Wulang's navy is already near Fukushima in Imari Bay. Black Eagle The evacuation channel has also been checked, and in the event of an accident, you can quickly leave the coalition camp from there."

"Shigechu, where's your side?" Zhengliang looked at the wooden Shigechu on the right and asked.

"As His Highness ordered, after distributing part of the copper coins to the warriors, the rest were directly buried deep in the soil of the camp," Muzuo Shigetada bowed back.

"Well, let me remind everyone again that once something happens to the camp, throw away all the heavy objects, including the food this time, and quickly follow the black eagle to leave. Yinuo, you must continue to closely monitor the situation of the strong man in the camp. , you are more used to marching in the dark, and the evacuation will depend on you when the time comes," Zheng Liang said, "As for the coins buried in the ground, one day we will come back here and retrieve them with our own hands."

"Yes, Your Highness." All the retainers in the military tent took orders one after another.

At the same time, in a military tent in the Boduo camp, two people sat facing each other, and one of them, a tall and thin middle-aged man, said, "How are you getting ready?".This middle-aged man is obviously Imari Iejun who just surrendered this evening.

"My lord, although I'm being watched by the warriors of Bodo, I'm all ready. The young master has also settled in a safe place," said another short middle-aged man.

"What about the situation outside the camp?" Imari Jiajun continued to ask.

"Although Bodo only sent a small number of people into the city to receive them, and Bodosheng and others also stayed in the camp and did not enter the city, but as long as the Bodo troops in the city are resolved at that time, the ambushes inside can be directly killed. Heading here. I believe that Lord Okawachi in the city can give you a satisfactory result." The short middle-aged man replied, "As for the subject, the uncle of the subject, Maeda Dazuo, has pretended to surrender according to the plan. The ambushes near Jinshan Mountain will definitely be able to take advantage of the chaos to recapture Jinyueyan."

"Okay! Mr. Matsuura promises that after this event is completed, the sea area from Imari Bay to Fukushima will be owned by our family, and then you will receive 100 koku to fulfill it." Imari Jiajun seemed very happy.

"Yes, my lord, Maeda Tachikawa swears to serve the Imari family to the death." Maeda Tachikawa immediately knelt down and whispered.

"Then, follow the plan," said Imari Jiajun, waving his hand.

"Yes, my lord." (To be continued...)