Warring States Eagle

In late March of Tianwen 18, the night was filled.Everyone was sitting and resting by the fire in the big tent.

Regarding the previous bet with Masara, Yoshioka Chosuke was actually very annoyed at this time.But he didn't even bother to break his own oath (at this time, most of the ancients valued oaths and curses very much), anyway, he just walked around when the time came.

It's just that he feels sad about the current situation of Otomo's family.First of all, Otomo Yoshikam's death had already had a great impact on him.In this regard, Zheng Liang also told him frankly that Otomo Yoshikam's death was probably related to the injury he was shot by Zheng Liang last year.For Zheng Liang, he didn't hold any grudges in his heart. After all, when the two armies fought, either you or I would die.If the Luo family was defeated last year, then the fate of the Dayou family is the fate of the Luo family at this time.

After a moment of silence for Otomo Yoshikami, he found it difficult to understand that Otomo Yoshikam had designated his last son, Shioichi Maru, as the heir to the family governor.Knowing that he is about to die, and knowing that this move is likely to cause the classification of his retainers, why does Yoshikami Otomo make such a decision?Although he was dissatisfied with Otomo Yoshikami's contempt, suppression and even forgetting of him before, as a family governor, he always believed that Otomo Yoshikan could be regarded as a hero.Such a hero did something wrong at the last moment of his life.But in fact, Yoshioka Nagasuke was wrong to blame Otomo Yoshikam.Otomo Yoshikami did not expect that he would be pissed off by his retainers. According to his plan, he would pave the way for the last son to succeed the family governor before his death.

Beside the fire, Yoshioka Nagasuke was thinking a lot here, but the surrounding former Otomo clans such as Irita Yoshimi already thought that Yoshioka Nagasuke's family had also surrendered to the Luo family.This immediately made these people secretly happy.The so-called sky is falling and there is a tall roof.As Bungo's big family.Since the Yoshioka family has surrendered to the Luo family.Then the surrender of these families will naturally not be afraid of being ridiculed by others in the future.for a moment.Their worries about working for the Luo family dissipated a lot.

Looking at the expressions of these nobles through the firelight, Zhengliang knew that his purpose of deliberately telling Yoshioka Nagasuke had been achieved.Of course, he also hopes that the Yoshioka family can really surrender to the Luo family in the next strategy.Just as the big friends of the Otomo family thought, as the important family of the Otomo family, if the Yoshioka family surrendered, it would have a huge impact on other Otomo family retainers.

In this way, Luo's family spent the night in the temporary camp in the valley, with their own thoughts.the second day.The army moved on.

Half a day later, it was almost dusk, and it was time to find a place to camp. At this time, the black eagle in front finally sent an urgent report. It turned out that they had seen the fields outside the forest.Zhengliang was overjoyed when he heard the words, which meant that they had left the mountains and arrived in Oita County (they had been walking in the mountains for four days, and it was time to end).

"My lord, walk along the edge of the forest from here, and after turning over that big mountain over there, you will find Xiongmuli City. This fortress was built on the mountainside of that big mountain." At this time, the person in charge of leading the way The hunter also spoke.This hunter is a member of the Minamishiga family.Now that Minamishiga's family has surrendered to the Luo's family, he naturally wants to fight for more credit for his family.

"Okay, I will reward the three anti-water fields when I go back." Zheng Liang said happily immediately.The hunter immediately bowed down happily.

"Follow the path pointed by the guide, and be careful not to be discovered." Zheng Liang immediately ordered.

Half an hour later, the army quietly arrived at the back mountain of Xiongmuli City (it was almost dusk at this time, and the farmers on the edge of the forest had already gone home for fear of the wild boars in the forest coming out to hurt people, so the presence of the army did not was not found).Looking out from the forest, the west side of Kumaurei Castle is backed by the mountain where Masara is located, the north and south sides are some reclaimed fields and the tributaries of the Oita River, and the east side is another big mountain.

"Hey, I didn't expect to come to this point in the end." At this moment, Yoshioka Nagasu who was beside him suddenly sighed.

After Zhengliang heard the words, he immediately screamed "Oops", he even forgot to guard against this guy. If Yoshioka Nagasuke desperately shouted the warning loudly at this time, Zhengliang would have to let people storm Xiongmurei Castle.

"My lord, I would like to make a request to you." Just as Zheng Liang was about to launch an attack on Yoshioka Nagatsu at any time, the latter suddenly asked.

"Oh?"

"My lord, I will provide you with a secret, but I hope that my lord will promise to spare the lives of the family members on this condition." Yoshioka Nagasuke stared at Masara and said.

"Are you going to break your oath?" Zheng Liang immediately understood what the other party meant when he heard the words, his eyes flashed coldly, and he said in a cold voice.

"No! I will definitely fulfill my oath to my lord, but if the members of my family are unwilling to follow my decision, I hope my lord will forgive me." Yoshioka Nagasuke calmly faced Masara's eyes, slowly said slowly.

"The secret you provided is enough to guarantee the lives of your people?"

"It's about the secret of Kumauri Castle."

"Oh?"

"The secret that will help your lord quickly take Kumamurei Castle." Seeing that Zheng Liang was still skeptical, Yoshioka Nagasuke explained again.In fact, this is also his helpless move.Because once Zheng Liang was unable to attack Xiongmuli City for a long time, he would first mop up the surrounding wealthy families.And Yoshioka Nagatsu's family happened to be near Kumauri Castle.

More importantly, due to the long-term suppression of Otomo Yoshikami, the Yoshioka family's walled city is not tall and strong.After seeing the long-range attack capability of the Luo family's army, Yoshioka Nagasu knew that his family could not resist the attack of the Luo family.So he simply made a deal with Zheng Liang here in advance, to keep the family alive first.

After Masara listened to Yoshioka Nagasuke's words, he also thought about gains and losses for a moment.In fact, Yoshioka Nagasuke’s concerns just now are not unreasonable.Most of the wealthy families in the Warring States Period were a combination of the interests of many retainers.Therefore, the words of the family governor may not be effective. In the case of harming the interests of these retainers (the worst thing is that the family governor generally lacks the means to control the power of the retainers like the Luo family), they are likely to be abandoned by the retainers.Therefore, instead of forcing Yoshioka Changzeng to persuade his family to surrender, and eventually causing the two parties to fall apart, it is better to get Kumauri Castle first and then talk about it.After obtaining this stronghold, he can slowly find a way to deal with the wealthy families nearby.Thinking of this, Masaragi immediately nodded and agreed to Yoshioka Nagasuke's deal.

Half an hour later, the sun had already started to set, and everyone was taking out the convenient military rations unique to the Luo family (dried sweet potatoes that have been dried in the sun and a little coarse salt on top, it tastes weird, sweet and salty. But when hungry Eat a few from time to time, it is really delicious) After eating, take advantage of the light of the setting sun to start the official action.

According to Zheng Liang's deployment, he followed Tian Yishi and others to approach Xiongmuli City from the outside, and then launched an attack from the front to ensure that people in the city could not escape and report the news.On the other hand, Enjoji Shinyin, Watanabe Michi, Jindai Victory and others followed Yoshioka Nagasuke with a part of the army and sneaked into the city from the secret back door on the mountain side of Kumamurei Castle.This secret back door is said to be convenient for the guards in the city to escape when the city is broken.Yoshioka Nagasuke also knew this secret because his family had served as the chief general of this walled city.

"Why hasn't there been any movement?" At this time, Zheng Liang and the others had already touched the vicinity of Xiongmuli City, and they would rush to the designated location as soon as there was a noise inside.Some are responsible for containment, and some are responsible for entering the walled city first.

"Look, my lord, the city gate has opened." Just as Zheng Liang was worried, Fei Duan beside him said suddenly.

"Huh?" Zheng Liang hurriedly took a look, and sure enough, he saw the gate of Xiongmuri City opened.

"Kill me!" It doesn't matter if the city gate was opened by one of our own people. Now that the city gate is open, even if there are changes inside, the Luo family's military strength outside the city at this time can completely take this city. Walled City.

In an instant, a large group of soldiers with the Black Eagle emblem printed on their flags rushed out from the forest behind Xiongmuli City, and then swarmed into the city gate frantically, among which were scattered warriors shouting and scrambling to rush forward.At this time, everyone understands that the risk factor has been reduced to a pitiful level, but opportunities for prosperity are beckoning everywhere.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Xiongmuli City was quickly taken down.It turned out that Xiongmuli City at this time was almost an empty city. After interrogating the prisoners, Zheng Liang learned that most of the army in the city was going to support the Dayou family's army who was fighting against the Luo family's second army.

Before Zhengliang set off, new orders were issued to the second and third armies respectively.Regarding the third army that lost the main pass, Zheng Liang asked them to launch an attack on the main pass immediately, and try to hold back the Otomo's army in the checkpoint as much as possible, so as to prevent them from concentrating their main force on the support corner of Muli City.

As for the second army, Zheng Liang's requirement is that they must be stuck on the main road between the reinforcements of Dayou's family and Jiaomuli City, and the two armies cannot be merged.Of course, in this way, the second army will be under the greatest pressure. It will have to withstand the two-sided attacks from the Great Friends' army, Jiaomuli City and Xiongmuli City.Therefore, Zheng Liang had to temporarily issue a recruitment order of 3000 troops to the territory to increase the strength of the Second Army.

But now, Zhengliang has quietly captured Xiongmuli City, hiding behind the army of Xiongmuli City that Dayou's family went to support Jiaomuli City.Zheng Liang instantly became the oriole that affected the entire battle situation. (To be continued..)