Warring States Eagle

() After offering sacrifices to Itsukushima, the army moved on.

The army of Itsukushima landed in the middle of Anyun Mansion by sea, passed through the residence of the Shirai family, the leader of the Ouchi Navy, and left Zhangcheng, and then joined the troops of the Anyun lords such as Mori Motojiu and Amano Xingding.

The Maoli family showed their best this time, and they were obviously determined to fight to defeat the biggest enemy of the Nizi family.The second son of the 13-year-old Mori Motonaku, and later the number one fighter in the family, Yoshikawa (Maori) Shaosuke Jiro Yuanchun was also among them.

Under the unprecedented crisis of Yoshida County Yamashiro World War I last year.Only 12-year-old Shaosuke Jiro is eager to try, and wants to fight the enemy together with his father and brother.Yuan thought that he was too young, refused to let him play, and ordered his retainer Inoue Kouchi to take Jiro back to Koriyama Castle.After Jiro returned to the city, he was furious, brandished a sword, and made a fuss in the city, no one could stop him.Finally, before the decisive battle on the 12th day of the first lunar month, Jiro led his side servants and ran to Yuanjiu's formation again. He refused, and he said "the one who is invincible" (probably means that he is courageous and does not take the enemy seriously), and he approved Jiro's participation in the battle.It was the day when the north wind was blowing and the snow was flying, so Yuan ordered the whole army to attack. Thousands of Maori, including the [-]-year-old Shaosuke Jiro, rushed to the three-stage formation of the Nizi army, instantly defeating the second, Immediately afterwards, he fought inextricably with Yoshikawa Xingjing, who was famous for his bravery in the third team.And Shaosuke Jiro also became famous because of this battle with Tao Longfang.

What's interesting is that the younger generation who have risen to fame in the past few years, Roshi Masara, Tao Takaya, and Shaosuke Jiro, who are nicknamed the "Three Heroes of the West Country", got together by coincidence to deal with the Nizi family.Of these three, Masaragi is not yet 19 years old, Tao Ryubo is in his 20s, and Shosuke Jiro is 13 years old. It can be said that they are young heroes.

After merging the Mori and other troops, the army passed through the territory of the Kumagai clan and stayed overnight at the local Bodhi Temple Kannon Temple before continuing the journey. The troops of the Chinese lords merged.

At this time, it was already the beginning of March in the 11th year of Tianwen (1542).Continuous long trek.The army was tired, and coupled with the need to integrate the various powerful armies that were constantly joining in, the Ouchi Allied Forces assembled and rectified at the border between Iwami and Izumo.

And Zheng Liang also took advantage of this time to deal with the affairs in the territory.

When he left the territory, Masara first arranged for Hizen guardian Daitogo Heiji, who had been confirmed by the court, to temporarily replace all the affairs of Masara's general territory.As Masaragi's father-in-law, he is also the grandfather of Tang Wangmaru, the next heir to the domain.Zheng Liang believes that Togo Heiji will definitely do a good job in this job.

Except for Dongxiang Heiji's territorial affairs.Masarai also sent Kakukuma Ishimune and Liu Le to assist Togo Heiji in terms of military strategy and internal affairs respectively.All the generals strictly followed the tasks given by Zhengliang before he left, and stuck to their posts, and were not allowed to make any transfers unless they were ordered by Zhengliang.As for the intelligence system.Even though Zhengliang is far away from the territory, he still only obeys Zhengliang.Of course, with the character of Kosuke, the current head of intelligence, there is really no one else who can command him except Zheng Liang.

This has been more than two months.Zheng Liang received a lot of good news from the territory one after another.

First of all, Zhengliang's wives and concubines are happy again.This time, Tsuru, Cho, and Yui Hatano were confirmed to be pregnant almost at the same time.It seems that the hard work of the previous period has been well rewarded.Good news from the lord's wife spread like wildfire in the territory.The wife of the main room has given birth to the heir of the Luo family, and now the wives are confirmed to be happy again.The heirs of the territory no longer have to worry about it.All of a sudden, all the retainers, soldiers and ordinary citizens in the territory were extremely happy.

Secondly, the Ming fleet headed by Wang Hai once again arrived at the territory of the Luo family.This time he came on behalf of Zhu Zining and You Jianxia who were in the Ming Dynasty.In addition to bringing a large amount of goods from the Ming Dynasty, Wang Hai also brought more than 100 refugees who were desperate in the Ming Dynasty.These refugees were all arranged to live in the settlement of Ming immigrants in Yegao Mountain.Liu Le and Li Hongfei are in charge of all their affairs.

In addition, this time Wang Hai also rescued a fleeing craftsman on the way.This craftsman is called Liu Ye.He claimed to be Liu Xian's nephew (Liu Xian, a famous anti-Japanese general in the future, should still be a deputy thousand household), when Japanese pirates attacked a coastal village in the Ming Dynasty again.Unfortunately, he was captured and taken to the pirate lair in the Xuanjietan Goto Islands, where he was used as a coolie for Japanese pirates.By chance, he took advantage of the Japanese pirates' negligence.He stole a Xiaozao and escaped from Wudao, but unfortunately encountered a heavy rain at sea.Even the boat was messed up by mistake, so he had to float on the sea with a plank in his arms.If it hadn't happened to be discovered by Wang Hai's fleet, he would probably have died in the belly of a fish.

After going ashore, he was appreciated by Liu Le because of his talent in astronomy, medicine, and siege weapons. After obtaining Zheng Liang's permission, he was allowed to enter the weapon workshop of Luo's family, and returned to the Ming Dynasty with honor. By chance, he became a member of the Luo Family Weapons Enforcer.Under Zheng Liang's instruction, Liu Ye officially began to build the first siege weapon for the Luo family, the trebuchet.

Wang Hai came to the Luo family's territory for more than half a month to recuperate. After confirming that Zhengliang would not be able to return to the territory in a short time, he returned to the Ming Dynasty with a large amount of Japanese goods, Luo's family's unique snow salt, and silver. .And the Luo family also got a lot of goods from the Ming Dynasty.These goods will be sold to other places in Japan at high prices under the guise of the Shenya family to obtain a large amount of silver, grain, cattle, war horses and other materials.In addition, the Luo's family bought [-] barrels of Ming Guo fire oil and ten fire tubes from Wang Hai.There are also some ammunition.With Wang Hai's contacts, it is very rare to be able to obtain such a large number of firearms.It is estimated that this is inseparable from the help of You Jianxia and Zhu Zining.

Finally, not long after Wang Hai left.The Nanman fleet headed by Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang also visited the territory of the Luo family again.The gold and silver given to them by the Luo family last time made them a fortune.This time their purpose is very clear, it is for gold.The Luo family was also very straightforward and sold most of the gold in the warehouse to the other party.

Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang also brought surprises to Zheng Liang.Zuo Moyang not only brought a ship of more than 3000 catties of saltpeter, but also thoughtfully brought three households of craftsmen.Among the three craftsmen, two are familiar with the purification of saltpeter, and one is familiar with the production of gunpowder.In order to make these three craftsmen on the verge of bankruptcy willing to come and settle in the Luo family's territory, Zuo Moyang paid a very high price.Masaragi was very happy when he heard the news, and immediately ordered these craftsmen and their families to settle in the craftsman town near Kishidake Castle, and at the same time ordered Kamiya Shaozhan to buy a large amount of sulfur.Sulfur is plentiful in Kyushu, and it can be purchased in large quantities very cheaply. Moreover, the iron cannon has not yet been officially introduced to Japan. Sulfur is mainly sold to the Ming Dynasty, and the local price is also very cheap.With saltpeter, sulfur, and craftsmen, the gunpowder workshop of the Luo family finally took shape.

What surprised Zheng Liang even more was that this time Zhu Qinfeng exchanged fifty matchlock guns and ten boxes of ammunition with the Luo family for gold.Fifty matchlock guns?In addition to the matchlock guns and fire systems already in the territory, the Luo family can build an iron artillery team consisting of 63 matchlock guns, 41 fire systems, a small Frang machine gun, and more than 120 boxes of ammunition.When he was happy, Zheng Liang immediately ordered the iron cannon general Ander to expand the iron cannon team to [-] people and intensify training.