Warring States Eagle

On a winding mountain road from Takamori Castle in Aso County, Higo Country, Kyushu to the upper reaches of the Onogawa River in Bungo Country, a group of troops is marching in a mixed manner.

"Wow, sister, look, there is a stream there, why don't we go and sit there?"

At this moment, a moving voice like an oriole resounded in the silent mountain.As soon as the moving voice fell, another tired male voice sounded at the same time:

"My lord princess, my lord is worried about the safety of you and His Royal Highness Princess Nong at this moment, so we'd better go on our way as soon as possible."

It was Honda Shoshin who spoke.Today, he thought he was in the bad luck of eight lifetimes. He was happily in charge of sending the family members of the noble family, such as Tian Yoshimi, who entered the county of Bungo country, to Takamori city for temporary house arrest. However, when he was about to return to Bungo, he But Kansuke Yamamoto forced him to send Mihime and Nohime, who had just been found by Black Hawk, to him, and asked him to escort the two "bosses" to Fenghou to meet Masara.

Honda Zhengxin wants to cry but has no tears.If he had known that he would encounter these two female devils, he would not have accepted the task of escorting the enemy's family members even if he was killed.

"Hmph, what's the rush? Teacher Yamamoto must have sent someone to report our situation to Father in advance." Meiji rolled her eyes and said immediately.Based on her understanding of Zheng Liang, Zheng Liang is absolutely furious at this time, and a fool will rush over to scold him at this time, so during the previous journey, she sometimes said that she wanted to enjoy the scenery, and sometimes said that she was tired from walking. After a while, he said that he was thirsty. Anyway, he wanted to do everything possible to delay the time to meet Zheng Liang.

"Look, how many beautiful flowers grow on the cliff? Why can they grow in a place full of rocks?" At this time, he was wearing light clothes.Nohime, who was wearing a bamboo hat, took off the hat in an instant.The silky long hair flicked gently.Then he looked at the flowers in the opposite cliff and said curiously.

When Honda Zhengxin heard Nonghime's words, he immediately murmured in his heart that it was not good. Sure enough, at this time, Miki also straightened her waist, and said to Honda:

"Nonghime sister wants those red flowers."

It's true that when someone was dozing off, someone gave me a pillow, and Miki was trying every means to delay her progress. If Nohime said this at this time, she would naturally take advantage of the opportunity to make a big fuss.As for whether Honda Masanobu and others can pick those red flowers.Well, she didn't expect them to collect it at all.

Seeing the two bosses playing tricks, Honda was convinced, and immediately took two steps closer, ready to whisper to the two of them in a low voice.

"hiss!"

At this moment, Zhengliang's mount "Bailihei", who had been obediently following behind Meiji, suddenly turned his head and hissed at Honda Masanobu, and then "clacked" the stones on the mountain path with his hooves.Originally, Bailihei, who only allowed Zhengliang to ride alone, recognized Miki as the little master at any time after this incident, and now he saw Honda Zhengxin's cunning face.Naturally, he felt his malicious intentions, so he immediately faced each other with anger.There is a great plan to kick Honda Zhengxin with its iron hoof at any time.

"Eh!" Seeing this, Honda Zhengxin had to take two steps away, and then said in a low voice: "You two elder sisters, it's not that I don't want to remind you, if you go late, with the temper of the lord, it is very likely that someone will be sent here. Inform the two eldest sisters to return home, and even temporarily put them under house arrest."

"Hmph, he dares?" Meggie pouted her lips immediately when she heard the words, raised her head and said, but immediately her expression became depressed.In fact, Honda believed what he said now, and with Zhengliang's temper, it was likely to happen, so the little guy became distressed.

"Let's go." Nong Ji was more straightforward, whispered directly, and then put on the bamboo hat again and continued on the road.

After hearing the words, Honda Zhengxin immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.And the standing ashigaru standing around Mihime and Nohime in charge of guarding secretly gave Honda Masanobu a thumbs up and praised them secretly.Damn it, these two aunts were finally settled by their own army.

Just when Honda Zhengshin and others rushed to Zhengliang's place, Zhengliang received two urgent reports in a row.One is naturally the report that Yamamoto Kansuke has sent the black eagle to find Mihime and Nohime, and the other is the report that the third army led by the executioner was defeated outside Kumamurei Castle in Oita County, Bungo Country Report.

The main reason for this disastrous defeat was Naoshima Naoshige's greed and aggressiveness.

It's just that Naoshima Naoshige doesn't belong to the first army led by Zhengliang?Why did he go to the third army now?

Oh I see.According to Masaragi's previous deployment, when the first army led by Masara left Takamori Castle, Enjoji Nobuyoshi was the main general, Komon Shigetada was the deputy general, and Naoshima Naoshige's right line was directed to Takamori Castle. Marching northeastward, and then approaching the Nanshan Castle of the Minamishiga family at the foot of the south side of the Jiuju Mountain Range.

As for Minamishiga's Minamiyama Castle, Masara had only one strategic goal, which was to put pressure on it so that the army in the castle could not support other areas, especially the upper reaches of the Onogawa River.And because it is just an auspicious attack, it does not necessarily have to attack the city, so after the enemy in Nanshan City has given the illusion that they have enough troops to attack the city, the army of this route will quietly separate part of the army and rush to the third army. , to assist the third army to intercept the support from other places of Oyou's house to Muli City at the corner of the Nine Pearl Army.

Just as the retainers of Otomo's family had thought before, Zhengliang was particularly concerned about the remains of Otomo Yoshikami in Murei Castle.And in order to support Komure Castle, Kumamure Castle in Oita County, which is the closest, will definitely send heavy troops to attack.Therefore, Zhengliang naturally wanted to strengthen the number of troops of the third army that played a blocking role, so before the third army of the local army began to attack Kokonoe Town, the supporting reinforcements had already joined them.And Naomi Naoshima is precisely the general of this support army.

Just like Masanobu Honda, after joining the Sixth Standing Ashgaru Team and becoming the team's Gunmetsu, with his intelligence and tricks, he quickly gained a foothold in the Sixth Standing Ashgaru Team, It was also before that he left a good impression on Yuancheng Temple Xinyin as the chief general, so at his request, Yuancheng Temple Xinyin agreed to his request to lead the army to support the third army.

After reuniting with the third army (at this time the other two armies were still marching), Naoshima Naoshige offered another plan to launch a surprise attack on Kokonoe Town.It was the first shot after Luo's family came out of the battle.Then again at his suggestion.The third army took advantage of the victory to pursue.At an extremely fast speed, he reached the junction of the four counties of Jiuzhu County, Zhirui County, Oita County, and Hayami County, directly controlled the main roads there, and completed the goal required by Zheng Liang.

Then the third army stationed on the spot.Not long after, news came from Black Eagle that there was only Shaoliang garrison in Xiongmuli City not far from the station.And Kumamori Castle is an important town in Oita County, and even more so, it is the gateway to the inner building of the Otomo family's ruling center from the west, so Naoshima Naomo was immediately tempted, and he wanted to take Kumauri Castle.

But his suggestion made the chief executive hesitate.Even Vice General Asakura Sodi had to be cautious in his words.But at this time, Naoshima Naoshige has been dazzled by the smoothness of the past, and Black Hawk has repeatedly reported that no ambushes were found near Kumauri Castle, so he began to try his best to persuade the execution of the species.

The executive is a fierce general, and a fierce general who doesn't like to use his brain too much, but as a veteran who has followed Zhengliang since the early days of the Luo family's rise, he is very loyal. His only goal is to honestly execute Zhengliang. task for him.But even such an honest person was finally defeated by Naoshima Naoshige's hype-like words, and finally agreed to Naoshima Naoshige's plan to attack Kumamurei Castle.

So, on the day when Masara's army began to attack the Kita Shiga family on both sides of the Ono River.Under the leadership of Executive Zhongkan and Naoshima Naoshige, the third army began to march towards Xiongmu City.

What they didn't expect was.When they had just crossed the wild rice mountain at the junction of Jiuzhu County and Oita County, they were suddenly ambushed by thousands of troops from Otomo's family army.

How did so many Otomo family forces emerge?It turned out that this was a trick secretly arranged by Usuki Kansu, a retainer of the Otomo family.After learning that the Luo family had controlled the main roads of Mure Castle, the rescue corner in other areas of the Otomo family, Usuki Kamsu decisively ordered the troops raised from various places to disperse into a hidden valley near Kuma Murre Castle.

Although Luo's family has a black eagle watching nearby, due to unfamiliarity with the local geography and the costin that Zheng Liang is in charge of monitoring the sky, he has recently returned to the nest to take care of the other incubator. , This time, they did not follow the army. Due to the lack of aerial reconnaissance support, the Black Eagles of the Roche family have not been able to find these Otomo's forces.In order to lure the Luo family's army to attack, Usuki Kamsu then deliberately reduced the guards of Kumamori Castle, and set up an empty city plan for the Luo family.Sure enough, in the end, the Luo family was tricked.

After Usuki Kamsu learned that the Luo family's army had begun to rush to Kumauri Castle, he quickly led the Otomo family's army who had been hiding in the valley for several days to ambush at a place where the Luo family's army must pass. side.

When the Black Eagle who was in charge of guarding at the front discovered the abnormality, it was already too late. A large number of Dayou's army came out of the woods, and the Luo's family's army scattered by the woods in the mountain forest was suddenly outnumbered.Moreover, fighting in the woods, due to the narrow combat space, they were not able to exert the power of the trio that they have always been good at.It can be said that almost all of this was calculated by Kamsu Usuki.

Fortunately, Asakura Sodi, who had always been skeptical about the benefits that could be easily obtained, stood up at this time because he had traveled to many places and he was from Yamabushi.Being good at fighting in the mountains and forests, he quickly gathered the rout soldiers, chased and fought with Dayou's family in the mountains and forests, and finally fled back to the camp.

But at this time, Dayou's army had already regrouped near the camp, and then came rushing with a thunderbolt, while Luo's army still had a lot of people scattered in the mountains, unable to concentrate their forces to resist. In desperation, the executioner had no choice but to order the army to retreat to Kokonoe Town in Zhigu County.

On the way to retreat in a hurry, Naoshima Naoshige was also filled with remorse. In a daze, he recalled the sentence that Zhengliang had scolded him before: A person who can only be smart will become a general.

After experiencing this big defeat, Naoshima Naoshige finally understood the meaning of this sentence. (To be continued..)