Warring States Eagle

At midnight, on a marching avenue near the former site of Haijin Castle on the bank of the Chikugo River connecting Hizen Kingdom and Chikugo Kingdom.A group of troops was marching quickly towards Kora Castle in the Chikugo Kingdom with torches.

In front of the team, a general wearing a haori was walking forward while looking nervously at the stars in the sky.This person was Yoshida Shigemasa who was secretly evacuated from Asahiyama Castle overnight.

This evening, Yoshida Shigemasa, who was paying close attention to the movement of Akashi Castle and Yamanaki Castle on the opposite side, received a secret order from Masara, so he urgently and secretly arranged defenses.A few days ago, the Ouchi family aggressively attacked Akashi Castle and Yamanaki Castle.Just when Yoshida Shigemasa was about to sit and watch the two tigers fight.Just this morning, the military flags of the Ouchi family were suddenly hoisted in Akashi Castle and Yamanaki Castle on the opposite side.Only at this time did he realize that the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family might have joined forces secretly.Sure enough, at noon, the news came that the lord of the family was ambushed by the joint forces of the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family.

Fortunately, the protagonist, Ji Ren, has a heavenly face and escaped in the end.After learning that Masara was safe and sound, Yoshida Shigemasa had already secretly prepared.Because he is very aware of the character of his protagonist who refuses to suffer.Since it was overshadowed by the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family.Then my lord will definitely find a way to get back the place.Sure enough, in the afternoon of that day, he received a secret order from Zheng Liang, asking him to secretly lead the army to gather in Gao Liang City tonight.

Since it is required to be "secret", it is natural that the army of the Ouchi family in Akashi Castle and Shannu Castle on the opposite side will not know.Therefore, after leaving enough guards and making some secret arrangements, Yoshida Shigemasa could only evacuate their respective defense strongholds in batches after nightfall, and then gather at a pre-agreed location.Only then began to march towards Kora Castle in Chikugo.

Hurry up and hurry up.It was midnight.Yoshida Shigemasa's army finally arrived near the former site of Kaizu Castle at the junction of Hizen Kingdom and Chikugo Kingdom.Haijin Castle, which was an important stronghold for the confrontation between the Ouchi and Hizen armies and the Chikugo Otomo army, has been razed to the ground at this time.Most of the building materials in Haijin City were used by the slave road repair team of the family as building materials for the marching avenue under their feet.The remaining part of the building materials was to attract the nearby residents to join in the great cause of demolishing the city and building roads, and was promised as a reward for the residents, allowing them to transport them back to their homes for the construction of their own houses.

Looked at the stars in the sky.Tonight is a summer night with few stars for a month.The coolness brought by the heavy rain during the day has gradually disappeared with the passage of time.In its place is the sweltering air of a typical summer night.Among the fields, grass, and shrubs on both sides of the road, frogs and grasshoppers are singing serenades cheerfully.Because I was frightened by the slightly neat marching pace on the marching road.The serenade on both sides of the road was obviously a bit disorganized at this time.

"General! An unknown army is found ahead!"

Just as Yoshida Shigemasa looked up at the sky, Ashgaru, who was in charge of exploring the way ahead, came back to report.When Yoshida Shigemasa heard the words, he immediately looked forward, and sure enough, he saw a small fire dragon approaching quickly in the distance.

"Array! Alert!"

Although it was obviously his own family who dared to blatantly walk around with a torch at such a midnight, Yoshida Shigemasa decisively issued an order to defend on the spot before fully confirming the identity of the other party.Soon, a team that seemed to have only a dozen torches came near Yoshida Shigemasa's team.

"Tat Tat Tat!" The group of visitors stepped out first.

This surprised Yoshida Shigemasa.You know, there are not many horses in the territory, and it is not bad to be able to ride a war horse alone when the battle is about to take place, and it is also very good for the comer to be able to ride a horse and lead a group of soldiers on foot in the wild at night. Riding skills, it all shows.The identity of the visitor is obviously not low.Sure enough, when Yoshida Shigemasa took a closer look at the equipment of the man by the light of the torch.It suddenly dawned on me that the person who came was actually a standing samurai of the samurai team next to Lord Zhengliang.

"Lying in the middle of the night listening to the wind and rain!"

Just when Shigemasa Yoshida was stunned, the samurai riding a horse in front suddenly uttered such a strange sentence a little awkwardly (the ancient Chinese poems at this time really made these samurai very uncomfortable).

Yoshida Shigemasa knew immediately after listening that this was the password of the other party's night watchman.If you can't match up at this time, your army will be considered an enemy army.Thinking of this, Yoshida Shigemasa couldn't help but admire the courage of the samurai in front of him.You know, with this team of samurai only a dozen or so people, if Yoshida Shigemasa is really an enemy army, with Yoshida Shigemasa's number of soldiers several times that of the opponent, it is completely possible to wipe out the opponent.In the end, the samurai probably had no choice but to go back to warn the police on his horse.Presumably the samurai was ready to die.

Obviously, the samurai on the opposite side was also aware of this problem. While Yoshida Shigemasa was still thinking, this samurai had already pulled the rein and let the horse retreat a little to his team.Because of Yoshida Shigemasa's hesitation, he produced crystals, and he was ready to deal with Yoshida Shigemasa's attack.

"Iron Horse Glacier is dreaming."

After seeing the action of the opposite samurai, Shigemasa Yoshida immediately responded loudly.This password was passed to him by the messenger himself when Lord Zhengliang sent the order to him today.In order to prevent passwords from falling into the hands of secret agents, passwords are generally only passed on orally (passwords are usually words that are difficult for local people to understand and are difficult to pronounce), and they are changed every half a day.

"The other side is General Yoshida?" After receiving the correct password response from Yoshida Shigemasa, the samurai on the opposite side was obviously relieved, and at the same time recognized Yoshida Shigemasa through his accent.Due to the light of the fire and the distance between the two sides, apart from vaguely seeing the general equipment on both sides, the two sides couldn't recognize each other's faces.If Yoshida Shigemasa hadn't been well-known as the "Number One Archer" in Luo's family, and this samurai had witnessed Yoshida Shigemasa's extraordinary archery skills several times earlier, the samurai would not have recognized Yoshida Shigemasa by virtue of his accent.

"It's down!"

Yoshida Shigemasa replied, and at the same time signaled that the two standing guards who had been standing in front of him and deliberately protecting him before did not need to be on guard.After the latter understood it, he immediately retreated to Yoshida Shigemasa's side, but he was still prepared to stand in front of Yoshida Shigemasa at any time to protect Yoshida Shigemasa.

"Please forgive me, General! I am following the order of the Patriarch to impose a curfew on all places within one mile of Gaoliang City. Please pay attention to the general when you move forward."

After confirming that it was Shigemasa Yoshida who came, the samurai on the opposite side immediately gave Shigemasa Yoshida a military salute unique to the Luo family, and then waved behind him, signaling his subordinates to retreat to the side of the road to give way to Shigemasa Yoshida's army. Out of the way to move on, and at the same time reminded.

"General Lao is here."

Yoshida Shigemasa smiled a little when he heard the words, and then responded after giving a military salute to the Roche family to the samurai on horseback.Yoshida Shigemasa has already understood the meaning of the other party's words.One is that the opposing samurai is apologizing for the fact that he can only salute immediately due to official duties, and the other is to indirectly remind Yoshida Shigemasa to pay attention to obeying the curfew instructions of his lord Masara as he marches forward, and to restrain his troops.

After the handover between the two sides was completed, Yoshida Shigemasa gave an order, and the army under his command immediately started to march towards Gaoliang Castle from the road that the night patrol army gave way.Soon there were only the sounds of neat steps and the "crackling" sound of burning oil on the marching road.

When Shigemasa Yoshida passed near the samurai on horseback, both of them gave each other a little attention salute again.In the dark night, both of them expressed their admiration for the other's military performance.

"As expected, it is indeed the Bantei under the command of the first Yutori of our family!" After seeing the forbidden military quality of the Bantei under the command of Yoshida Shigemasa, the samurai on horseback secretly admired.

"As expected, you are the samurai directly under the lord. Even at this time, you still secretly prepare your subordinates to deal with being attacked at any time. I am also very vigilant." At the same time, Shigemasa Yoshida also praised him.Judging from the actions of the team of more than ten people on the side of the road at this time, it is obvious that the team is still on high alert at this time, even if they know the strength of their team on the opposite side at this moment, they can't He didn't relax his vigilance about being attacked at all.And as the samurai leading the team, judging from his basic posture, he was obviously ready to at least jump into the bushes by the roadside to escape if the situation was not good.

This samurai acted like this, not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because he always abided by his duties.That is the duty of the night watchman.In the event of a change, his first responsibility is to rush back to warn the police.It is also the quality shown by this samurai now that Yoshida Shigemasa can't help but shine. (To be continued..)