Warring States Eagle

The evening sun shone obliquely on the mountains, and there were birds chirping in the woods from time to time, as well as the sound of flapping their wings.

There is a tranquility in the mountains and forests. This is the mountain road at the border of Higo Country Yamaga County and Kikuchi County. On the other side of the mountain road is the sparkling Kikuchi River.

At this time, many soldiers with sunflower flags on their backs were lying on the ground to rest, looking very tired.Chengqindong and Nubu's relatives were also sitting on a big rock by the Juchi River at this time, listening to their subordinates' report.

"My lord, the pursuers of the Luo family are less than half a mile away from us." An ashigaru replied.For more than half an hour, Cheng Qindong and the others who had retreated from the vicinity of Shenwei City had been chased back by the pursuers of the Luo family. If it wasn't for the winding mountain road that blocked the route, they would have been caught up long ago. .It's just that under the continuous march, the troops are now exhausted.

"Half a mile? I'd better go on the road immediately, or I might be caught up by the pursuers later." Cheng Qindong said immediately.

"Well, we will soon reach Nabeta, and from there we can cross the Iwanogawa River, and we will be able to return to the territory and get rid of the pursuers." The family of Nuggets also said.

So, after a short rest, the two coalition forces hurried forward again and fled away.

Soon after, the pursuers led by Dashi Zhijiu also came to the place where Cheng Qindong and others had rested.Seeing the traces of the army staying on the ground, Oishi Tomohisa continued to pursue without saying a word.

"My lord, the enemy army is right ahead!" Not long after moving forward, the detective in charge of exploring the road ahead came back to report.

"The whole army speeds up, capturing the enemy will not only get military merit as usual, but the general will also be rewarded with an additional five copper coins." Oshi Tomohisa immediately ordered.

At this time, Toto and the others had already arrived in front of Iwanogawa.

Iwano River is a small tributary of Kikuchi River.It originated in Kikuchi County near Chikugo and Bungo and the northern mountains of Yamaga County.It runs across the northern border of Kikuchi County.Finally, it converges into the Kikuchi River.And the intersection of Iwano River and Kikuchi River.It is also the place where Yamaga County and Kikuchi County are divided.For a long time, the ferries on both sides of this place have been controlled by the Otsube family and the Otsuyama family respectively. However, as the Luo family's army marched into Yamaga County, the Otsuyama family withdrew yesterday in order to strengthen the guarding force of Kamio Castle. The guards at the ferry on the side of Yamaga County.

Except for typhoons and rainy seasons, during the rest of the year, the current of the Iwano River is not turbulent and the water depth is very shallow.An adult can go directly across the Iwano River to and from the two ferries.

Just before Chengqiandong and others finally arrived at Iwanogawa, before they had time to drink a sip of clear water, there was a thunderous cry of killing behind them.

"No, the Luo family's pursuers are catching up, run!" Cheng Qindong and Wu Bu's family jumped on the horse without saying a word, and then hit the horse's buttocks with a "slap" sound, and the horse jumped into the rock Among the wild rivers.The rest of the people immediately followed, either riding horses or jumping directly into the water and wading to the opposite bank.

"Don't go, thief!" Seeing that he was about to catch up with the other party, he found that the small river could be waded directly, which made Dashi Zhijiu so angry that the seven holes were smoking.The meritorious service in hand is about to fly away!

"Quick!" Dashi Zhijiu shouted louder behind him.Fuyu and others, who were already in the water, ran faster and crossed half of the Iwano River in an instant.

"My lord. Shall I continue to chase?" Dashi Zhijiu, who hurried to the river, stopped cautiously, and then watched the other party desperately go to the opposite bank in the water.A standing guard beside him asked at this time.

"Huh, take a break." Oishi Tomohisa originally planned to directly order the entire army to launch into the water to pursue, but suddenly realized that due to the hasty pursuit, the team he led were all spear ashigaru, even an archer ashigaru. No.And he looked at the opponent again, and found that the opponent had quite a few archers.This is a bit tricky, once they are halfway in the water, and the other party has landed at that time, if they turn around and shoot with bows and arrows at this time, they will suffer.Oishi Tomohisa really regretted not bringing his bow and arrow at this time.

Here Oishi Zhijiu was hesitant about whether to venture into the water and continue the pursuit, but Cheng Qindong and the others who were still running in the water over there thought that the pursuers of the Luo family had already jumped into the water to hunt them down, so they still had their heads shaken. Running desperately without looking back.It was about to set foot on the opposite bank, but suddenly several war horses rushed out from the woods on the other bank.

"Ah? My life is over!" Cheng Qindong, who was running in the front, saw an unknown army appearing on the shore, and thought it was an ambush arranged by the Luo family in advance, and immediately shouted in his heart.

"Everyone, don't panic, Kai is here!" At this moment, a general who was the leader of the army on the shore suddenly shouted loudly.

"Ah? The Kai family? Reinforcements are coming!" The people who were struggling in the water shouted excitedly when they heard that it was someone from the Kai family. This side of the shore.

"Master Qinzhi, thank you very much this time." When they got ashore, Chengqin Dong and Wubu's relatives expressed their thanks to Jiafei Qinzhi.

"You two adults don't need to be too polite. After receiving the urgent report that the Luo family entered Yamaga County early this morning, I immediately prepared to mobilize the army to come to support. I didn't want the two to lead the army to Kamio City, so I had no choice but to Hastily brought a few people to catch up with the reinforcements first, but I heard that the two have crossed the river and entered Shanga County, but why is this happening?" Jia Fei looked at Cheng Qindong and the two in doubt and said.He could clearly see the banner of the army on the other side of the Iwano River that seemed to be the pursuers, and it was the banner of the Luo family.At this moment, he already had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hey, it's hard to tell at a glance. It's that insidious Luo Shizhengliang who told me to return in embarrassment." Cheng Qindong's face turned hot when he heard the words, and finally replied with lingering fear.

"Could it be?" Jia Fei's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words.

"That's right, Kamio City has fallen, I thought it was the Otsuyama family who joined the Luo family, and then the two families conspired against me."Poor Dajin Shan Zidong, everyone is dead, and at this time he has to suffer the injustice of being suspected.

"If this is the case, Yamaga County may not be safe. In order to prevent the Luo family from crossing the river, we should immediately set up a large formation here to prevent the Luo family from crossing the river and entering Kikuchi County!" Hearing that Kamio Castle has fallen, Kai directly suggested road. (To be continued..)