Warring States Eagle

At the gate of Hinaki Castle in Bungo, Kyushu, a scuffle is unfolding.

"die!"

Masaragi cut off the head of an Otomo samurai whose leg he had cut off.Then Zhanmu glanced around.

Although there are less than 30 people on my own side.But most of them are brave men who have experienced many battles.What's more, there are fierce generals Masahiro and Isino Masahiro.So when they faced the Otomo's army, which had only a few warriors, but farmers and soldiers occupied more than half of it, they seemed fearless.After a big battle, several people were killed by Zheng Liang and Isano Masahiro one after another.The army of Dayou's family was killed and retreated steadily.

"Kill!"

The house was overcast and rainy, and at this moment, there was a sound of shouting and killing in the distance.It turned out that more than 200 Luo family's cloaked people and samurai mixed troops finally arrived.

"Run!"

I don't know who yelled it first, seeing the Luo family's army coming in like a tide from a distance, the Otomo's army who was besieging Zheng Liang and others suddenly dispersed in a rush, and fled in all directions desperately.Even the soldiers who were blocking the entrance of the city gate started to retreat.

In the distance, Zheng Liang even saw many women and children screaming and fleeing from the walled city in front of them.

"Not good!" Zheng Liang yelled in his heart that it was not good, because these women and children obviously ran out from the city, but they didn't run out from the gate in front of them, which meant that there were other gates in the walled city, and It has been opened at this time.Thinking of this, Zheng Liang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Kill!" So Zheng Liang immediately yelled to kill, stepped on the grain piles and grain carts at the city gate, jumped into the city gate, and began to kill into the city. Naturally, Isano Yuanchang and others followed closely behind him.The army of the Luo family who arrived later began to treat the injured cavalry and horses on the one hand.On the one hand, he began to clean up the debris at the city gate and followed in the footsteps of Zhengliang and others to kill into the city.

"Fire. Look. It's on fire over there." Zhengliang, who had just rushed into the city, was about to send someone to search for the whereabouts of Otomo Yoshikan, when he suddenly heard an ashigaru shouting beside him.

Looking down in the direction pointed by Ashgaru, I saw a thick column of smoke rising above the east side of the walled city.

"Go and have a look!" Zheng Liang ordered immediately.So the team was divided into two, Zhengliang led some people to the mansion of the city lord, and the other part went to the fire.

As for the other city gates, Zheng Liang no longer plans to send people to guard them.If the enemy really escaped, they must have left earlier than those women and children who were fleeing in a panic.After such a period of time, people have already run away.And there are at least two roads outside the city.There are still quite a few forests. Given the number of troops in Zhengliang's hands at this time, if they pursue them separately, they will inevitably lead to weak troops, and they may be ambushed.So it's better to control this city thoroughly first and then make plans. This is the safest arrangement.Lest you get your head and steal the chicken, you won't lose the rice.

And just as Zhengliang had expected in his mind, when he arrived at the city lord's mansion, he found that there was not even a single person in sight.

"My lord, it's not good. The fire is the warehouse where the food and other supplies are stored. The subject captured a prisoner and interrogated them, only to learn that these supplies came from the logistics supplies of the Otomo's army." At this time, Isino Yuan Chang hurried to report.

"What?" Zheng Liang was taken aback.If you let everyone continue to burn.Not only was a batch of free supplies lost in vain, but the fire was even allowed to burn until the entire city was burned down.If the support of Suncrow City is lost, it is very likely that this place will become a field battlefield where Ouchi and Ouchi join forces to fight against the Luo family.This would mean that the Luo family did not get the city walled here, and also lost a defense and advantage.

"What a ruthless scheme! Is it for me to choose? Whether to continue to lead people to hunt you down, or to stay here to put out the fire and preserve supplies and the city." Zheng Liang thought to himself.So he quickly made a decision:

"Here's an order to immediately organize people to put out the fire with all their strength, and at the same time send people to scout the surrounding situation."

Isano member Chang got the order and immediately went down to carry it out.And Zheng Liang took advantage of the situation and sat on a wooden table next to him.After repeated pursuits, Zheng Liang's physical strength has also been exhausted, so he also needs to rest now to ensure sufficient physical strength to cope with the next thing.

In the afternoon, the fire in the city was finally extinguished.Zhengliang held a simple evaluation meeting in the council hall in the city.

"My lord, the fire in the city has been extinguished, half of the supplies have been burned, and the remaining supplies are being sorted out." Sodi Asakura was the first to report.

"My lord, there is already news about Otomo Yoshikami. According to the confession of the captives, when our family attacked the city gate, another army of Otomo's family had already escorted Otomo Yoshikami and escaped from the city wall through another city gate. After receiving the news, I have urgently dispatched a team of cavalry to pursue it, but halfway through, I found that Otomo Yoshikam had been picked up by another team that had arrived." Masahiro Isano hurriedly reported.

"Oh? At this time, there is still an army coming to support it? What is the banner of this army?" Zheng Liang asked quickly.

"It seems to be the flags of the Ogami family and the Kifuki family. After receiving Yoshikami Otomo, this army stopped in place for a while, and then quickly returned from the original road. It is expected that they will rush to the rear Kamore Castle." Isano Yuanchang knew that Zhengliang was worried about whether this army would attack Hinaki Castle, so he reported it immediately.

"Well, send the black eagle to closely guard against the enemy coming from this direction." Zheng Liang immediately ordered.The capture of Sunshine City this time was completely unintentional.Previously, Zhengliang had never expected to go deep into Bungho's territory. Now that he had picked up a bargain, he naturally couldn't easily give it back to others.

"My lord, there is another checkpoint of Otomo's family on the Yufu mountain road half a mile away from the city. According to the captives, there are at least 200 troops in this checkpoint at this time. These troops are all under the direct control of the Otomo family. At this time, Fei Duan on the side also reported.

"An army of more than 200 people?" After hearing the news, Zheng Liang couldn't help secretly feeling lucky.If these 200 people were in Rixiu City today, not only would the Luo family not be able to capture the city, they would even suffer heavy losses.

"Order your own army to closely defend the city, but you don't have to take the initiative to attack the checkpoint. If they come to provoke you, you will resolutely attack. In addition, you ordered a curfew on the villages outside the city, and no outsiders are allowed to walk freely outside. The captured Oyou's house All the captives are thrown into the cells, and there is no need to provide them with food for the time being." After all, he has been fighting continuously for a day and a night, and Zheng Liang decided to wait for work and let his army take a rest in Rixiu City first before deciding on the next move.As for his connection with other places in the territory, now with Costin, it will be much easier to solve.Let the Haidongqing who follows Zhengliang be responsible for sending letters regularly.

So for the next two consecutive days, under Zhengliang's arrangement, the Luo family's army began to gradually take over the territory near Rixiu City while resting.

"My lord, I'm gone, those guys are gone." On this day, Masara was checking the material account book left by Usuki Kamhasa when he fled in a hurry, but he saw Taketori Sheranmaru hurried in to report.

"Who left?" Zheng Liang asked unhurriedly.

"Report to my lord, the Otomo's army at the checkpoint in Yubuyue Mountain Road has retreated on its own initiative today, and it seems that they have fled to Buzen Kingdom on the other side of the mountain." Realizing that he was a little rude at this time, Taketori Sheranmaru Report to Zhengliang.

"Are you going to return to Bungo Country through Daofengqian Country? It seems that they don't have much military rations. Seeing that Rinu City has completely fallen into the hands of our family, plus the fact that our family has sent people outside the checkpoint to preach loudly in the past two days. With the disastrous defeat of the coalition forces of the Dayou family and the Ouchi family, it is estimated that they really have to leave." Zheng Liang pondered.

"My lord, a letter from Lord Yamamoto." At this moment, Ari came in with a sealed letter to report.

Zheng Liang immediately took the letter and opened it to read.After a long while, he couldn't help but said to himself: "It seems that the city is in flames! Yoshitaka Ouchi, do you think you are the Tathagata to resist?" (To be continued...)