Warring States Eagle

In the dilapidated camp of the Allied Forces of the Ouchi family and the Ouchi family on the north bank of the Chikugo River in the Chikugo State of Kyushu, Masara quickly made arrangements for the next strategy of the various teams.

Due to the different degrees of damage to the soldiers of each division in the First World War last night, Zheng Liang directly assigned the peasants, soldiers and standing ashigaru of his center to the other three-way armies, and some lieutenants were also sent out to help.

At this time, Zheng Liang encountered a problem, that is, how to deal with those captives.Just judging from the size of the captives, the number of captives captured this time is twice the strength of the Luo family's army at this time, that is, there are at least 1 captives.How to deal with these captives suddenly became a difficult problem that Zheng Liang had to solve immediately.

kill them?This is definitely impossible, even if those captives knelt on the ground and asked you to cut them down, you don’t know how long it will take to cut them down, and then send troops, then those who escaped will have enough time to run back to the nearby walled city Going to become a force of resistance, Zhengliang's goal now is to compete for the largest warring country before these defeated soldiers regroup and become a force of resistance after dawn.So time is a race against time.Besides, these captives are not fools. If they find something is wrong, they will definitely resist desperately, and it will take a lot of time to calm down.

let them go?This is even more impossible.Although there are nearly 1 captives in front of him, and there are many enemy corpses piled up together, Zheng Liang can basically be sure that there are at least thousands of scattered soldiers scattered in the field at this time, which is different from the captured captives. , These rout soldiers still have weapons on their bodies.God knows what will happen if these released prisoners and these routs gather again.So these captives cannot be let go.

Killing is not.Not to kill and not to.How to deal with these captives has become a difficult problem.

Finally Zhengliang gritted his teeth.Resolutely decided to take the risk of breaking up these captives into three groups and merging them into the three-way army of the Luo family.certainly.These prisoners were without any weapons, and they were not even given a bite to eat.In normal times, they will pretend to be the army of the Luo family to confuse the enemy.When necessary, they will become cannon fodder for siege.

Of course, in order to make them settle down, Zheng Liang also drew a big cake for them.That is, after this battle is over, the Luo family will accept them as local citizens and allow them to live and work here in peace.If necessary, they will also assist them to bring their family members who are not around to settle down together.As for those who do not cooperate, they will be killed directly.In order to demonstrate the determination of the Luo family, Zheng Liang even directly hacked and killed several former Otomo and Ouchi family coalition soldiers leaders who deliberately caused trouble during the period.

After a lot of carrots and sticks, the captives were finally appeased. At this time, the attendant Taketori Sheranmaru walked over quickly and reported:

"My lord, the soldiers in charge of chasing the defeated army found a large number of enemy troops fleeing with all their strength. It seems that there is Yoshikami Otomo, the governor of Otomo's family, in the enemy's formation." During the previous ambush, Taketori Sheranmaru's friend Tao Guanglong Jun hid in order to cover Zhengliang's safety and eventually died in battle.So Taketori Sheranmaru hated the Otomo family and the Ouchi family extremely.Now that he heard about the whereabouts of Otomo's family governor, he naturally hurried to report to Zheng Liang regardless of whether it was true or not, hoping that Zheng Liang would pursue him immediately.

"What?" Zheng Liang was also very surprised when he suddenly heard of Otomo Yoshikam's whereabouts.In fact, before this, Zheng Liang had never known that the leader of Otomo's family this time was Otomo Yoshikami.I don't even know that Dayou Yijian is in the camp here.

Instead, according to Black Hawk's intelligence.However, he knew that the leader of the Ouchi family was Sugi Xingyun, and Huci Jianlian (that is, Tachibana Daoyuki) of the Ouchi family was also in the camp. During the previous arrangements, Zhengliang had also specially arranged for people to search for these people up.Maybe there are big fish hiding among the captives at this time.

Of course, in reality, Zheng Liang does not have much hope for catching these big fish.Because under such circumstances, those powerful generals who were protected by their followers generally escaped first.What is left is often cannon fodder.Now that he suddenly heard that the big fish Otomo Yoshikan was found, Masaragi didn't care whether the news was true or not, and immediately lit up the accompanying cloaked people and the samurai of the samurai team, who found the trace, and chased after him.

At this time, Dayou Yijian didn't know that there was a ferocious eagle chasing after him.In this battle tonight, Yoshikami Otomo was quite embarrassed.He thought that he had already made sufficient preparations for the night attack of the Luo family, but he did not expect that the Luo family would resort to such an unstoppable night attack strategy as the Fire Bull Formation.Yes, on the way to escape just now, they found a burnt cattle in the bushes, and only then did they know what the monster that attacked their camp last night was.

What hit Dayou Yijian even more was that last night he temporarily decided to organize a rout in an attempt to reverse the disadvantage, but it instead led to a key attack from the Luo family's army.In order to protect him from escaping, the most elite warriors of the Otomo family were diverted several times to leave behind.Up to now, there are less than 60 people around Otomo Yoshikami.This time not only the army of more than 1 people was lost, but even the relative samurai who were the foundation of the Otomo family based on the Bungo country were seriously injured.Even if they were lucky enough to escape back to the Bungo country, the power of the Otomo family could not effectively suppress several powerful families.It can be said that Otomo Yoshikami really returned to the pre-liberation overnight this time.

"My lord, we are going to pass the Kusano family's Bamboo Castle ahead, do you want to go to the city to rest?" At this time, a relative samurai came to report.

"No, keep going, don't stop, let alone disturb the Kusano family." Otomo Yoshikamo said immediately.As for the news of last night's big defeat, the Kusano family, which was near the battlefield, would definitely get it soon.With the power of the Otomo family in the Chikugo country gone and the lack of guards around them, I really don't know whether the Kusano family will change the flag on the city wall again and join the Luo family's embrace.He didn't want to be the Kusano family's vote of honor for the Luo family.

Not only the Kusano family, but even the subsequent Hoshino family and Wenzhusuo family, he did not intend to stay. His goal was to return to Hinaki Castle at the junction of Bungo Kingdom and Chikugo Kingdom as quickly as possible.There, the military strategist Kamsuki Usuki was in charge of the rear.Once there, everything is safe.

After running like this for half an hour, everyone was almost exhausted, so they had to stop to rest beside a stream that flows into the Chikugo River.

"My lord, water!" Just as he took off the armor on his body, a blood-stained kin warrior used some wide leaves to get some water from the stream and brought it to Otomo Yijian to drink.

"Go and see if there is anything to eat nearby." After taking the water from the leaves, Otomo Yoshikan raised his neck and drank the water in one gulp, regardless of whether it was hygienic or not, then threw the leaves away and spat hard. After taking a deep breath, he said to the attendants beside him.

After a night of fierce fighting and another morning of continuous running, almost everyone was starving, and there was no village nearby, so Otomo Yoshikam had to order people to look for wild things in the nearby fields to satisfy their hunger.It's just that it's autumn at this time, and when the army of Otomo's family trampled on the fields here before, the farmers who cultivated here have already harvested all the crops here, so at a glance, nothing but weeds and soil Besides, there is nothing left.

Although Yoshikami Otomo was also worried that there would be pursuers coming from behind, but without physical strength, even if they continued to flee, they could not go further.Now at least let everyone take a rest and replenish some physical strength.So in desperation, Otomo Yoshikami had no choice but to order everyone to take off their armor and ran to the stream to catch fish to satisfy their hunger.It is obviously impossible to start a fire to grill fish, because they don't have any fire in their hands, and they are even more afraid of attracting the attention of the Luo family's army.So they are going to eat the fish raw.

It's just that there are not many fish in the creek. Some of the bigger fish have been caught by the farmers here to improve their food, and some of them ran along the water to the Chikugo River.And small fish are not only difficult to satisfy their hunger, but also difficult to catch with bare hands.So after tossing and tossing for more than half an hour, they only caught dozens of small fish, and when they were distributed to everyone, it was really pitiful. Even Otomo Yoshikam, who was the governor of the house, only got two small fish .

Because he was so hungry that he panicked, Otomo Yoshikan picked up the fish and stuffed it into his mouth without thinking about anything, swallowing the small fish head and tail in an instant.

"It's not good, my lord, there is a large group of chasing soldiers coming from behind." At this moment, the relative warrior who was in charge of guarding the perimeter hurriedly ran back to report.

"What? How far is the pursuer from here?" Otomo Yoshikami asked immediately after forcibly stabilizing his instantly accelerated heartbeat.

"It's less than half a mile away from me."

"Run, run!" Knowing that the pursuers were less than half a mile away, Yoshikami Otomo immediately ordered.In a trance, he felt like a lost dog. (To be continued..)