Warring States Eagle

Due to the long distance, Masara, who was currently in Chikugo Changen Castle, still knew nothing about what was happening in Higo Tamana County.At this moment, he is very easily "tuning" the few surnames around him.

"Yahachiro, in your opinion, what should we do in the face of Otomo's attack this time?"

Honda Masanobu, known as Yahachiro, has long been accustomed to Masara's meticulous way, so he immediately frowned and thought about it.He knew that if he didn't answer well, he would be fined to copy thousands of words from Luo's family.This is not a good job.

On the other side, Yoshiro Kawada was obviously stunned by what he saw in front of him.In his opinion, such a situation would not appear in the homes of ordinary wealthy families. For them, this is undoubtedly the best way to learn.The head of the family seems to be their teacher, always using this method to pass on a lot of knowledge to them that they never had the opportunity to jehu before.

Yoshiro Kawada is ten years old this year, while Masanobu Honda, Naoshige Nabeshima and even the newcomer Yoshihiro Shimadzu are only eight years old.It's because he is older, so since he came to Luo's house to follow Zheng Liang, he rarely speaks out on his own initiative.He was very "sophisticated" and chose to listen more and talk less. [

But now it seems that this Patriarch is really a peculiar Patriarch.Often a lot of things will look very uncomfortable to him.For example, Otomo's family invaded this time. Since he is Zhengliang's minor surname, he can participate in the appraisal meeting of Luo's family, so he heard a lot of insider information with his own ears.

For example, this time, the Otomo family came from Bungo to Chikugo with an army of [-], and at the same time, there were also troops from the direction of the Higo and Goto naval forces pressing on the Luo family.If it is another wealthy family.In the face of such an overwhelming army.There was already a dignified atmosphere in the house.But the Luo family is different.Under the leadership of this peculiar head of the family, all the retainers of the Luo family were united as one, without any panic.

And now, even though the news that the Otomo family's army has entered the border of Chikugo has come from the front, this strange patriarch is still in the mood to study the little surnames around him.This is so strange.

"If the subject arranges, the subject will secretly dispatch the elite soldiers from all over the place to near here without alarming the surrounding tyrants, and then have a decisive battle with Otomo's house." Yoshiro Kawada was still thinking about what he saw. When surprised.Honda Masanobu had already thought of the answer.

"Yeah." Zheng Liang nodded secretly.Under his two years of training, Honda Zhengxin has made great progress in strategy.

While Zhengliang was thinking about the little surnames around him, Naomi Naoshima, who was the chef supervisor today, had come to the exclusive kitchen of the city lord.Zhengliang often arranges some tasks such as standing guard, copying documents, cleaning the stables, lifting shoes, and supervising the kitchen.The four of them will take turns to be responsible for different jobs almost every day.Today is Naoshima Naoshige's favorite work as a chef supervisor.

"Is the meal ready?" Naomi Naoshima began to shout before anyone entered the kitchen.

"Hurry up, I'm hungry. Oh? No, it's not that I'm hungry, but the Lord is hungry." It seemed that what he said was ambiguous, so Naoshima hurriedly corrected it.

"The meal is ready." The servants in the kitchen said quickly.

"Thanks for your hard work!" Naoshima replied pretentiously, and then picked up the chopsticks contentedly, "Yeah. The taste is good! That's it."

Meals are served in bowls.Miso soup made of chicken, shredded radish, a plate of grilled fish, and some seasonings.There are three dishes and one soup on weekdays.Today I added abalone and a catfish with walnut sauce.This special dish was made because the fishermen of the Ariake Sea brought catfish.Naomi Naoshima unceremoniously put the catfish into his mouth.

Naoshima Naoshige is now testing food, which is what every chef must do before delivering food to Masara.It's just that Naoshima Naoshima always eats a little more every time he tries food.But today I ate a lot.Such a move surprised even the servants in the kitchen.

At this moment, the servants who were watching Naoshima's performance with dumbfounded eyes suddenly changed their expressions and knelt down on the ground.

"Master Yan!" At the same time, there was a thunderclap behind Nabeshima Naomo.It was Zhengliang's voice.

After hearing Masara's voice, instead of panicking, Naoshima Naoshige showed an imperceptible bright smile, then immediately turned around and knelt down on the ground, and then replied loudly: "Yes!"

"Am I your lord?" Zheng Liang glanced at the table sternly and asked angrily.

"Yes!" Naoshima Naoshige sat upright at this time, but his face showed no timidity, "What is your lord doing here?"

"Come to the chamber."

"Yes, I'll be there right away. You guys pack up the tableware right away." Naoshima Naoshima was unusually calm, followed behind Masara and went out.A series of actions made it hard to imagine that he was still just an eight-year-old boy. [

In the hall, Zheng Liang hit Naoshima Naoshige on the head with the feather fan in his hand, and said, "Tell me how you should be punished."

"My lord, please punish me and go out with my lord, and resist the enemy's attack for my lord at any time." Naoshima Naoshige said firmly.

"That's right!" Masanobu Honda, who was kneeling on the floor beside him, said secretly when he heard Naoshima's words.Then he glanced sympathetically at Matashiro at the side, as if to say: Fool, you have been used by this guy.

"Hmph!" At this moment, Masara just snorted softly at Naoshima's request, but did not respond directly. Instead, he turned and said to Shimadzu Yoshihiro, who was beside him:

"Matashiro, as you who stood guard today, did a good job decisively reporting the mistakes of your companions this time. This lupine should be your reward this time."

After finishing speaking, Masara signaled Yoshiro Kawada beside him to hand over his feather fan to Yoshihiro Shimadzu.

But after respectfully receiving the feather fan, Yoshihiro Shimadzu worshiped on the ground again, and then pleaded: "My lord, this feather fan is too precious, and I dare not accept it. However, I begged the lord to allow me to go out and let me Lead the horse for the lord."

Zheng Liang was taken aback when he heard that, but didn't speak.This time, it was due to the head-on fierce battle with the Otomo army, out of safety considerations.So Zhengliang didn't plan to take the little surname around him to the expedition.

"My lord. Your mother sent a letter from your homeland. It said that this subject is already eight years old and should follow the lord on the expedition and lead the lord's horse. If the lord refuses to let me go down, then this subject will go back to see my lord mother."

"You lead the horse for me, can you keep up with the crowd?"

"If you can't keep up, grab the enemy's horse and ride it."

After hearing this, Zheng Liang couldn't help but want to laugh.With such a small body, how can he snatch a war horse from an enemy as strong as an ox?

"War is inevitably accompanied by death, you have to think about it carefully." Zheng Liang decided to use death to frighten the future "Oni Shimadzu".

"Mother said it. In her womb, the subject should think clearly about life and death. Therefore, the only difference between victory and defeat in a war. If the lord is in danger, Matashiro will die for you."

Zhengliang looked at Yoshihiro Shimadzu in surprise, and said yes.Life and death have been considered clearly in the mother's womb.Mrs. Shimadzu Yuki made her son think that way.No wonder her three brothers Shimadzu Yoshihisa, Shimadzu Yoshihiro and Shimadzu Suihisa are so powerful.

How reasonable it is that there is only the difference between victory and defeat in war!Since war is inevitable, the side that seriously explores the way to victory will win, and the side that tries too hard will lose.

But even Zheng Liang was so surprised.But he still decided not to take them into battle.So instead of answering their request directly, he said instead:

"Matashiro. Today you can do your duty faithfully. This feather fan is exactly what you deserve, and I order you to accept it now. However, you openly refused the reward from the lord, which offended the majesty of the lord, so I will punish you and go to Kishidake Castle Let’s learn swordsmanship from Bo Liuyue in the Luo’s family dojo outside. Remember, as long as Bo Liuyue didn’t tell me that you passed, then you should be prepared to stay there forever.”

"You know? You are so stupid, your integrity should not be used by others." Zheng Liang finally said.

"Master Yan!"

"exist!"

"Hmph, you know very well that I don't like other people's tricks. So I'll leave the cleaning of the stables to you for the next month." [

"Ah?" Naomi Naoshima screamed.The reason why he screamed was not because he hated the smell of the stables, but mainly because Bailihei, Zheng Liang's horse, in the stables did not allow anyone else to get close to it except Zheng Liang.Last time he was accidentally kicked by Bailihei, and now he is still hurting from the kick.

Seeing Naoshima's final fate, Masanobu Honda almost wanted to laugh.I thought: I am still smart.Why do you force yourself to do something you know you can't do it?

On the other side, Kawada Yoshiro shook his head secretly.Master Yan and Mi Hachiro are too naughty, even he was teased by them when he first came here, and now this punishment can be regarded as a wake-up call for them.

"Okay, before fulfilling your punishment, I have a task for you here." Zheng Liang finally said at this time.

"Well done, maybe the punishment will be lifted."

The four immediately looked at Zheng Liang.Especially Naoshima Naoshige and Shimadzu Yoshihiro's eyes lit up.

"Starting tomorrow, you will buy soybean paste for me outside the city," Zheng Liang said.

But the four listeners were a little confused, what did the lord ask them to buy miso at this time?

"However, you should inadvertently mention to the people in the city that my lord is about to face Otomo Yoshikam at Gaoliang Mountain. The purchase of miso is just for the purpose of defending the Changyan Castle behind Gaoliang Mountain." Gaoliang Mountain is located exactly The Luo family controls the area between Changyan City and Otomo's Bamboo City.Its foot of the mountain and the Chikugo River not far away form a relatively narrow flat area.

"Ah? My lord, have you revealed such an important secret?" the seasoned Kawada Yoshiro asked immediately.

"You idiots, don't make a big deal out of it. Be more mysterious. Do you understand?" Zheng Liang said.

After Masara finished speaking, Naoshima Naoshige and Honda Masanobu immediately looked at each other, and the former even gave the latter a bright wink.Although Kawada Yoshiro didn't have any expression, he probably already guessed the master's intention in his heart.Only Yoshihiro Shimadzu gritted his teeth and didn't think about anything. He only thought about completing the task well tomorrow.

On the second day, the four of them went outside Changyan City and started buying soybean paste as Zheng Liang ordered.At the same time, they used their own methods to spread the news that Zheng Liang would set up an army to fight against Gao Liangshan.

"Is the situation true?" At dusk that day, in an unremarkable wooden house in Changyan City, several mysterious guys gathered here.I saw the leader asked.

"This information was revealed from the mouth of the other party's close surname. After all, the other party is just a child who has not yet taken Yuanfu, so it is more convincing than what an adult in Yuanfu said." Another person confirmed.

"You must not underestimate the Hizen eagle, otherwise I will be in vain when I wait for this adventure."

"Masao Kinoshita, the general in the opponent's city, has led people to set up a large formation at the foot of Gaoliang Mountain three days ago." Another person replied.

"If so, it seems that the news is likely to be true."

"Since that's the case, let me wait for a few people to break out from the border separately. Whoever can go out will immediately pass the news to the lord." The leader finally said.The border guards of the Luo family are too powerful. At the beginning, more than 30 of them broke through the border and entered the territory of the Luo family in Chikugo. Now there are only five of them left.So they had no choice but to take the risk of breaking out separately, trying to win over one person who could break out.

After discussing the plan to break out of the siege, the five quietly left the wooden house.But what they didn't know was that in a wooden house near this wooden house, Ali was watching these people with two black hawks.

"You, go back and report to the lord immediately, and say that the fish has left." Ari first ordered a black eagle beside him.The latter took orders immediately.

"Then, my lord, what should they do?" The remaining black eagle asked how to deal with the secret work of these big friends.

"Hmph, to avoid their suspicion, it's okay to leave two people behind and let them go, and kill the rest." Ari said...

"What is the lord planning to do?" Just as the ninjas and detectives of the Luo family and the Dayou family were fighting each other, the leaders of Changyan City also secretly discussed.

The news that Dayou's army is about to kill cannot be concealed.So half a month ago, it was known to most of the citizens in Chikugo's territory.

People are paying attention to this battle.In the past, only those citizens whose families were about to go to the battlefield would pay so much attention to such a battle between the two overlords of Kyushu.

However, this is no longer the case.After becoming the lords of the Luo family, they got free land. If they had no grain, they could borrow it from the lord, and even borrow farm tools and cattle from the lord. Everything can be obtained by participating in corvee or using It can be repaid by the way of grain obtained in autumn.For ordinary citizens, the fields are their sky, and now Zheng Liang has given them the sky.Therefore, most of them hope that the Luo family can win this battle.

"It is impossible for the common people to endure the fate of being slaughtered and hurt by daimyo forever. One day, they will join hands with the wild warriors, raise the banner of resistance, and join the uprising led by Ichikomune. Moreover, daimyo in troubled times, regardless of The other names are opponents. In order to deal with the enemy, they have to oppress and exploit the people. This will undoubtedly arouse the resentment of the people, and it is equivalent to setting up an enemy for themselves internally. In this way, no matter how they strengthen their arms, it will be different. Yu took the salary to put out the fire. But they didn't notice this at all. Master Zhengliang is very different from their approach. With a broad mind, he allows merchants to do business in the territory freely, distributes land to the people for free, encourages them to reclaim the land, and lets the people of the territory The villagers gradually became richer and took the initiative to reduce taxes and duties. Therefore, he can go out without any worries, but the Otomo family... the Luo family will surely win."

The detectives of the Luo family are still lobbying everywhere in the territory.The purpose is to keep the territory stable before the war begins.

During this period, the Otomo family's army, which officially set off from Bungo, was pressing harder and harder.Myoken Castle of the Hoshino family, which the Vanguard Army has built.And Otomo Yoshikami's main formation also arrived at Changyan City.

When Ouchi Yoshikan left, he had already left soldiers to garrison the inner hall of the mansion; at the same time, in order to monitor the movement of Ouchi's family, he also sent a large army to Takada Castle at the junction of Bungo and Bungzen.Then he personally led an army of [-] to Chikugo.

For a time, Chikugo was clouded with battle clouds.The two heroes of Kyushu.Roshi Masarai and Otomo Yoshikam finally meet head-on on the battlefield. (to be continued...)