Warring States Eagle

It was already midnight when Yoshida Shigemasa's army arrived at Kora Castle.

In the darkness, the towering Gaoliang Castle is like a monster that devours everything, guarding the main road to the Nanzhuhou Kingdom from the east. At the same time, it looks up at the east, as if it wants to swallow that piece of heaven and earth into its belly.Yoshida Shigemasa knew that in the land in the east, a large number of troops from the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family were gathering.As the sun rises tomorrow morning, this newly built strong city will usher in a bloody test.

In fact, Yoshida Shigemasa was a little anxious at this time.This kind of anxiety is not because the enemy is very powerful at the moment of the war, but because he is worried that because his team fails to arrive at Gaoliang City in time, the Lord Zhengliang's strategy for tonight will be delayed.You know, the best time for night raids tonight has already passed by this time.If he really wanted to sneak attack the opponent, Lord Zhengliang would have ordered the army to set off long ago.

It's just that this worry disappeared as Yoshida Shigemasa entered the courtyard where the lord was.Because he saw a few people in the yard.It's just that the state of these few people at this time is really a bit unflattering.

The first thing that catches the eye is Shinji Ueda, the lieutenant of the fourth Ashigaru standing team of the family.This guy is showing his breasts at this time, looking like a Chinese Maitreya Buddha.On the side of Ueda Shinji, who is also the deputy general of the first ashigaru standing team, Akaike Changren, is also dressed in the same way.It is estimated that these two people can't bear the weather that suddenly becomes sweltering after a heavy rain.

Relatively speaking, the appearance of the first standing ashigaru team lieutenant Asakura Sodi and the sixth standing ashigaru team lieutenant Komon Shigeta near Akaike Changren is much more normal.At least they are still in armor at this time, looking like they are ready to go into battle at any time.The only thing that surprised Yoshida Shigemasa was that everyone seemed to be in a more relaxed mood at this time.There is no sense of the current enemy at all.There is no sign of an imminent expedition.See such a scene.The original anxiety in Yoshida Shigemasa's heart finally dissipated.

"Master Yoshida, you are finally here! The Lord is inside." After seeing Shigemasa Yoshida hurried into the courtyard, Lieutenant General Nakamoto Tiano of the First Standing Cavalry Division who was resting near the gate of the courtyard came over immediately and bowed. Said loudly.

"Snapped!"

Before Yoshida Shigemasa could reply, Tao Nakamoto suddenly slapped himself on the left side of the face.Just when Shigemasa Yoshida felt awkward, Nakamoto Tao complained:

"Damn mosquito! Been biting all night!"

This sentence of Tao Nakamoto immediately aroused Yoshida Shigemasa's deep feelings.Mosquitoes are quite rampant in summer.After traveling in the middle of the night tonight, they were actually infested by mosquitoes along the way.When Yoshida Shigemasa's team finally arrived at Kora Castle, almost everyone had already left several red envelopes after being bitten by mosquitoes.The only thing I am grateful for is.Since the roads are all built marching avenues mixed with low-quality cement, at least they have reduced the trouble of being infested by blood-sucking leeches.

"My lord has already ordered people to prepare wormwood for each team's garrison. I saw a few maids preparing something to light the fire just outside the door. As long as you light a few handfuls of wormwood, the mosquitoes in the yard will naturally be much less. "Just as Tianwei Zhongyuan was still complaining, a familiar voice sounded from the gate of the yard.Shigemasa Yoshida immediately turned around to see that the visitor turned out to be Takekichi Murakami, the commander of the third standing squadron of the Navy, who was in charge of guarding Orange Bay, Amakusa Beach, and Yatsushiro Sea.Looking at the tired look on his face, he knew that he just rushed to Gaoliang City overnight just like himself.Takeshi Murakami, who was so far away, also rushed back, which surprised Shigemasa Yoshida.I couldn't help thinking in my heart, it seems that the lord must make a big move next.When he thought that there would be a hearty battle soon, his blood immediately surged with enthusiasm.It seems that it has seeped out of the battlefield at this time.It's just that what he didn't notice was that he was so excited.The sweat on his body flowed out from all over his body like a stream of water.

After exchanging greetings with everyone in the courtyard, Shigemasa Yoshida and Takekichi Murakami hurried into Masaragi's meeting hall.In the meeting hall at this time, a pre-war assessment meeting was going on.

"Shigemasa and Takeshi are here too. Find a place to sit down." After seeing Shigemasa Yoshida and Takeshi Murakami, Zheng Liang nodded and said to them.

The two saluted Zheng Liang immediately, and then sat down at the end of the retainers in the meeting hall.Since the lowest status of everyone here is the chief general of a team in the family, except for a few elders and military advisers, the rest of the people don't need to pay too much attention to the position of their seats.Besides, according to the habit of the Lord Zhengliang, the seats in such pre-war assessment meetings are generally in the order of first come, first served.

After taking his seat, Yoshida Shigemasa looked around the meeting hall for a while, and found that almost all the main ministers in the family were present except those who had important garrison tasks.Sitting near the lord Masara were military advisors Ishimune Kakukuma, Kansuke Yamamoto, Shinnosuke Akabane, and old Togo Heiji.Slightly inferior is the leader of the fourth standing ashigaru team, Masao Kinoshita, who serves as a member of the family.And Kato Duanzo, the main general of the family and the commander of the territory's messenger unit, was sitting beside Masao Kinoshita.There is also the chief general of the First Standing Cavalry Division, and Masano Isano, who is also a member of the family, is sitting on the left side of Masao Kinoshita.

What surprised Yoshida Shigemasa the most was that even Kai Chinao, Kosaka Masanobu, and executive Tankanen, who were supposed to be far away in the Higo country, were also present.As the chief commander of the newly established Seventh Standing Ashgaru Division in the territory, together with Masanobu Kosaka as his deputy, Kaichi has the important task of guarding the Shimadzu family in the south of the territory and the Sagara family in the east.And the first standing ashigaru team under the command of the executive species has the important task of ensuring the stability of the territory of the newly acquired Higo country.

Such an important general has come here at this time. It can be seen that this time, my lord is determined to fight to the death with the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family.As for the reason why these people came to Gao Liang City ahead of him because of the distance, he quickly figured it out.It's nothing more than passing through the waterway.Although our family has vigorously promoted the construction of the marching avenue, generally speaking, if the wind is down, it is much faster to travel by water than by land with two feet for the same distance.Most importantly, it can save soldiers' physical strength.

"My lord, why don't you launch a sneak attack right away? I think this is a good time to launch a sneak attack on the enemy!" Obviously, the evaluation has been held for a while, and the evaluation meeting has already entered the main topic at this time, so Shigemasa Yoshida is very excited. Soon I heard Kinoshita Masao's question.This is exactly what Yoshida Shigemasa was puzzled about, so he immediately listened attentively.

After hearing Masunao Kinoshita's question, Kansuke Yamamoto and Shinnosuke Akabane, who were sitting on the left side of Masara Shimo, looked at each other thoughtfully, then suddenly smiled at each other, and finally continued to sit upright with a look of preparation The state of listening to the explanation of the lord Masara.

In fact, after hearing Masao Kinoshita's doubts, combined with a series of arrangements made by the lord Masahiro tonight, Kansuke Yamamoto and his doubts about Masao Kinoshita have already had their initial thoughts.Of course, out of the way of being ministers, at this time, they all chose to remain silent.Retainers who are too smart and do not know how to restrain themselves will not live long, and at such a moment, it is time to demonstrate the wisdom and strategy of the lord again, which is conducive to increasing the majesty and weight of the lord in the hearts of the retainers. Know how to choose.

Masara also instantly caught the small movements of Kansuke Yamamoto and the two below, and at the same time, he also took a little look at Ishimune Kakukuma on the right.I saw that Kakukuma Ishimune also had his eyes slightly closed, looking like an old monk sitting still.Seeing the performance of these important wise ministers in the family, Zheng Liang also instantly understood the intentions in their hearts.Zhengliang is not a pedantic person, so he immediately nodded secretly to a few people to show that he understood their intentions (this is not only to express his gratitude to these retainers to show his wooing, but also to show Zhengliang's extraordinary resourcefulness on the other hand, It is used to warn these wise ministers, in case they have unnecessary thoughts because they think they are superior in strategy and despise the Patriarch), and then officially began to explain the final intention of all the arrangements tonight. (to be continued..)