Warring States Eagle

When Zhengliang led the team to Nohara Castle, what he saw was a deserted and smoky earth rock.Obviously, the defenders of the Ishihara family abandoned the soil and rock, and did not forget to burn the soil and rock when retreating.While arranging manpower to put out the fire, Zheng Liang secretly guessed in his heart, what happened to the Shi Yuan family?How dare you give up Tuyan, which has been in business for several years?

After resting for a while, leaving Onishi Kuniji to lead 30 farmers and soldiers and 10 ashigaru to continue to put out the fire and take over the territory, Zheng Liang led the rest of the people to kill another earth rock, Yuansei City.

Time waits for no one!Since the other party burned the soil and rocks so decisively, it means that something happened at home, and this is the time when Luo's family fished in troubled waters.Riding on a pony, Zheng Liang recalled the events of the past few days while walking, feeling that he had unintentionally encountered an opportunity that the Zen masters called "the time is ripe".

The word "machine" in the so-called "time is ripe" in the East has far-reaching implications.As the text says, people must seize the opportunity to create a momentum that sweeps the world, otherwise they can only live in a back alley and end up in obscurity.In other words, only by seizing the opportunity sensitively and matching the appropriate timing can everything go well.On the contrary, once you let the opportunity pass through your fingers, you will become a loser.Of course, the timing must match the role of heaven and earth and human wisdom in order to mature.Therefore, the timing is not like the ripeness of a persimmon, which can be judged by its appearance, but must be brewed before things are ripe.

Ever since he learned that Huzi Otomo had been killed, he sensitively predicted that Huzi's family would fall into civil strife, and Zhengliang immediately carried out some maneuvers. Isn't this just brewing an opportunity?Then, today, when there was an internal problem in Huzi's family, he accidentally took down the first rock of Ishihara's family, so he was lucky to seize the "opportunity".Now he even hopes that God will continue to be attached to Luo's family so that he can successfully win the next earth rock.And it seems that God was moved by Zhengliang's devout prayers. Just as Zhengliang was praying, the detective who had entered the opponent's territory ahead of time brought good news.

"My lord. The city lord of Yuansheng City in front seems to have received an important order. This morning, he suddenly started to mobilize the peasants and soldiers in the territory. Now the team in the city has just set off and is heading for Shangchuan."

"Hahaha. God bless Luo's family." Zheng Liang laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Pass me an order, everyone slow down the speed of travel, so as not to travel too fast and arouse the other party's vigilance."

Now what Zhengliang has to do is to sneak slowly.Waiting for the other party to go across Dashangchuan, when the time comes, the Luo family will raid the defenseless Yuansheng City, and they will definitely be able to take it down in one fell swoop.Even if the opponent finds out that Chengyan has been attacked, it will be too late to immediately cross over to hit Shangchuan again to help.

After receiving Zhengliang's order, the entire Roche family team slowed down.Zhengliang also dismounted.Walk all the way forward.Since I chose a mountain trail, I didn't meet a single pedestrian along the way.The team marched quietly like this, and when they were two miles away from Yuansheng City, the detective came to report again.

"My lord, it's not good." The detective knelt on his knees and reported, "The other party's team that had already left the city suddenly started rushing back to Yuansheng City for help."

"What?" Zheng Liang was taken aback, and then immediately came to his senses.Since the Ishihara family troops in Nohara Castle would burn the soil and rocks, they voluntarily evacuated.They must have received news of the Luo family's invasion, so when they evacuate, they will definitely send someone to notify the nearby city rock to take precautions.

Hey, I made a mistake. Thinking of this, Zheng Liang slapped his head, and immediately shouted annoyedly: "Quick. Go forward at full speed. We will surprise the enemy's reinforcements before they return to the city rock."

Although the lord has to walk slowly for a while.The requirement of running wildly after a while is a bit puzzled, but the requirement of training for a long time is that the order of the lord is above all else.So after Zhengliang's order was issued, the whole team immediately marched quickly and rushed towards Yuansheng City.

Luo's family always has ashiki and more than enough to wear. This kind of thing has indeed played a great role in the battle, but in a long-distance raid, especially when competing with the other team's most unarmored enemy troops When traveling at speed, it suffers a serious disadvantage.Therefore, even though the Luo family's troops rushed all the way, when they arrived less than half a mile away from Yuansheng City, the last farmer and soldier of the opponent's reinforcements had already entered the Yuansheng City rock.

"Stop! Everyone line up and move forward slowly." Seeing that the opponent had already entered the city first, Zheng Liang had no choice but to give the order to move forward slowly.It's time and fate. In the dark, God seems to treat all beings equally. The Luo family really missed the best opportunity this time.

"My lord" finished setting up the formation under Yuansheng City, and the detective of Luo's family who had been hiding in the nearby forest appeared in front of Zheng Liang in time.

"Tell me about the situation there." Zheng Liang was standing on a small slope at the moment, raised his right hand and pointed in the direction of Yuansheng City, and then asked.

"My lord, I have been watching the neighborhood for the past few days. This morning, the city suddenly sent people to the various towns below to mobilize farmers and soldiers. Although the samurai did not say why it happened suddenly, they said that these people were going to attack the city. of."

oh?Could it be that there is indeed civil strife in Huzi's family?After hearing the detective's report, Zheng Liang couldn't help guessing.

"Very good, now let's talk about the situation inside this city rock." Zheng Liang nodded, motioning for the detective to continue reporting.

"My lord, plus the troops who just came back to help, there are at least a dozen warriors and nearly 200 peasant soldiers."

"Hiss..." Zheng Liang frowned suddenly.Now there are more troops in the city than on our side.Although the combat effectiveness of the peasants and soldiers is not high, they are large in number. As long as they stick to their defenses, Zheng Liang will indeed be unable to forcibly capture Xiachengyan.

what should I do?After dismissing the detective who came to report, Zheng Liang looked at Yuansheng City not far away on the top of the hill, and suddenly felt that he had no way to start.

Forcibly attacking, don't even think about it, now the number of troops in the city is greater than his own.

Using fire attack?Looking at the narrow mountain road into the city, Zheng Liang shook his head and decisively gave up this idea.To attack with fire, someone must first be able to approach the city gate smoothly, but according to this terrain, by the time the Luo family's troops approached the city gate, it is estimated that more than half of them have been damaged.

Cut off the water?According to the investigation report just now, there seems to be a mountain spring in the opponent's city.In desperation, Zheng Liang had no choice but to adopt the method of sao harassment.

Once the plan is established, it is time to implement it.Zhengliang first sent some people to various towns to forcibly drive those townspeople to gather under Yuansheng City, forcing them to persuade their relatives in the city to surrender; secondly, at night, they continued to carry out harassment wars in an attempt to exhaust the opponent physically and mentally.In this way, the two sides fought back and forth for two days, and the battlefield seemed to be in a confrontational situation.The soldiers of the Luo family took over the people in the city rock and had no choice but to do anything, and the people in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

Aggrieved!These were the two words that Zheng Liang wanted to say the most.This is the first time he's engaged in a cage battle in an upright manner. He didn't expect to be so aggrieved. The opponent is like a tortoise, making you unable to strike.Judging from the current situation, the only option is to continue the siege and wait for the day when the other party runs out of food and surrenders.The question is, how long will this last?One day, two days?Or one month, two months?Zheng Liang was standing on the shore of the sea estuary where he hit Shangchuan, his heart was burning with anxiety.

The longer the delay, the worse it would be for the Luo family.

Yuansheng City is located at the mouth of Dashangchuan River, sailing along the bay all the way, it is the naval base of Huzi's family, and on the west side of the bay is the famous Natoya Castle, there are still only a few Small fishing town.And Dashangchuan, which is not far from Yuansheng City, is the territory of the Ishihara family.It can be said that the location of Yuansheng City is exactly the throat of the Huzi family's sphere of influence. Neither the Huzi family nor its branch family will sit back and watch such an important city being seized. It is foreseeable that the other party will soon Reinforcements will be sent to the rescue.

Another thing that disturbed Masara was that there seemed to be some changes in the pirates headed by Imakawa along the Genkai Beach north of Hisaishi Castle, the Hara Ishihara family.According to Zhengliang's plan, after quickly taking down the two city rocks of the Ishihara family on the west bank of Shangchuan, they finally turned to kill the pirates there. As a result, the army is dragged here, and the whole plan is frequently aborted.What makes Zhengliang even more angry is that it has been two days since the Luo family launched a strategy. As an ally of the Luo family, the Sashi family in the south has stagnated after the destruction of the Takano family. It seems that they are doing something secretly. There has been no news from the family's sailors so far, making Zheng Liang wonder if he was being played like a monkey by the other party.

"My lord, my lord" At this time, a detective from the Luo family came running quickly from afar.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Liang asked after Tan Fan came to him and bowed his knees.

"There was news from the sea that the Matsuura family's navy attacked the Huzi family's navy today."

"Oh? How's the situation?" Damn, are you finally willing to move?Zheng Liang breathed a sigh of malice in his heart, and continued to ask eagerly.

"The navy of Huzi's family seems to have been prepared for a long time, and the two sides are fighting fiercely."

"Isn't there any news from the other side?" Now that the Matsuura family's navy has received news, Zheng Liang is more concerned about the reaction of Huzi's family and its branches.The attack of the Matsuura navy is a good thing and a bad thing.The good thing is that it can reduce the pressure on the Luo family, and the bad thing is that when the Huzi family is facing the enemy, each family temporarily put aside their conflicts and unite with the outside world.

"My lord, there is no news from the other side yet."

"Okay, I see. You go down and continue to monitor, and report back as soon as you have any news." After confirming that there is no news, Zheng Liang waved his hand, indicating that the detective can go down.

Detective Pan took the order and bowed away.

"Time is also fate. Let's see who can seize the opportunity in this storm." Looking at the endless river below his feet, Zheng Liang muttered to himself. (To be continued..)