Warring States Eagle

The sound of gurgling water in the mountain stream makes the forest look more peaceful.The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the tip of the forest, dragging out a long tail.Both the homing birds and the beasts looking for food are far away from this peaceful valley in the past.Because in the canyon that looked like heaven in the past, a large group of Luo's family's army is now ambushing.

This place is a valley in the Qingye Mountains at the junction of Oita County and Kuju County in Bungo Country, Kyushu.The soldiers in the valley are taking out their samurai swords (at this time, the workshop of the Roche family has been able to forge good quality samurai swords, and the output is good, so almost every standing stock will be equipped with a samurai sword, even if It’s the same if it’s a long spear or a bow and arrow), carefully put it on the ground, then wet the cloth on the body with the stream water, and then gently wipe the bright blade edge with the cloth, with a serious expression on his face like Admiring his most beloved woman.

"A soldier who doesn't take care of his weapons is not a good soldier."

This is the phrase that instructors say most often when recruits attend boot camp.In fact, the main reason is that Zheng Liang wants to prolong the life of the weapon as much as possible and reduce the consumption of raw materials such as iron ore (reforging these damaged weapons requires the consumption of raw materials).Of course, increasing the lethality of weapons during battles is also one of the reasons.

Zheng Liang stood under a big tree in the valley, looked at the quiet crowd, and nodded secretly.This is the military strength of the Luo family.

At this time, it has been more than ten days since Luo's family left the Bunghou Kingdom in mid-March, and it is almost the end of the month.Zheng Liang learned from the information that Black Eagle sent overnight.After Zhengliang led the army to leave.Shiga's family, who went straight to Jungao Castle, still stayed in the city and couldn't hold out.Ling Zhongzhong, who was in charge of besieging Gaocheng, had no choice.

And Kosaka Masanobu, who was in charge of staying behind Okakajo, tried to deceive the rich family near Okakajo in Ono County into Okakajo again in the name of Irita Yoshimi, but in the end he was seen through by Irita Kinshin who had just arrived.Only at this time did the powerful families in Ono County know that the upper reaches of Ono River had completely fallen into the hands of the Luo family.Gritting his teeth and resolutely abandoning his pain, Irita, who had lost his home city and his son, quickly called on some wealthy families in Ono County and even Oita County to gather a team of more than 3000 troops and come to the border between Ono County and Zhini County to fight The Luo family's forces in Gang City confronted each other.

Zhengliang is not worried about the current situation in Zhirui County.Relying on the army commanded by Takasaka Masanobu, Yoshikawa Kokeke, and Honda Masanobu in Oka Castle, together with the cavalry led by Isano Masao, Akaana Mitsuki, and Tanao Nakamoto, it is enough to make the Otomo family's army powerful. It is impossible to step into even an inch of land that goes straight into the county.What's more, the family governor and military force of the local wealthy family have been brought by Zheng Liang's side.The relatives and clansmen of these wealthy family governors were sent to Gaosen City in Feihou Kingdom and placed under house arrest, which was enough to ensure the stability of Zhirui County.As for the Takashiro of Kitashiga's family, as long as the official document is loyal and does not make mistakes, it is enough for him to hide in the castle obediently and cannot get out.

Now what Zhengliang is worried about is the situation of the second and third armies.Due to the long distance, Zheng Liang had not received the latest information from the two armies until now.

And after quietly capturing Kumamori Castle in Oita County, Masaragi was also faced with two attack directions, one was to go east directly into the hinterland of Oita County, and then besiege the Otomo family's ruling center, the House Hall.It's just that because the mansion hall is also heavily guarded at this time, Zhengliang will certainly not be able to capture the mansion hall in a short time, then Zhengliang will probably be surrounded by the troops of the Otomo family who came from all over the place.

Another attack direction is to the west.First get rid of the reinforcements who are rushing to Otomo's house in Kakumure City, and then turn around to attack Oita County.The advantage of this direction is that it can eliminate the enemy's reinforcements while covering up the attack on Kumauri Castle.And it can also be connected with the second and third army.The disadvantage is that the situation of the second and third armies is unknown at this time. Once there is a change in one of the armies, Zhengliang's army is likely to fall into the quagmire of confrontation between the island and Otomo's reinforcements.

In any case, Zheng Liang had to make a choice as soon as possible. After all, the matter of occupying Xiongmuli City would be discovered by the Otomo family sooner or later. Although the Otomo family's banner was still flying at this time, it could only serve as a deception.After much deliberation, Zheng Liang finally chose the direction of heading west.And this dusk was the time when the Luo family's army launched an attack on Dayou's reinforcements.

At this time, there was an unspeakable depression in the air of the canyon, and the originally clear sky was covered with black clouds.This is a sign before heavy rain is coming.

The sky was gradually dimming, and the last arc of the setting sun sank into the distant sky. Following the orders of the leaders of each team, the hearts of all the soldiers began to agitate.

A sudden gust of violent mountain wind whizzed past in front of everyone, blowing the branches of the tree up and down, and Zheng Liang quickly stood up from under the tree.

"Rumbling..." There was a dull thunder in the sky.

Zheng Liang looked up at the almost completely dark sky above his head, and said with a smile:

"God help me too, the first thunderstorm in spring, it's best to be close to the enemy camp in this weather."

"Boom!" Just as Zheng Liang finished speaking, there was a sudden thunder in the sky, and a sharp lightning flashed across the sky.

"Wow, it's not a good choice to stay in the mountains and forests when there's thunder. Get ready to go!"

Everyone heard the excitement and bloodlust from Zheng Liang's words, and they were immediately affected, so they hurried down to gather the army.

"Let's go, target the enemy's camp!" After the army quickly assembled, Zheng Liang shouted in the increasing mountain wind.As a result, the army quickly began to march along the path chosen early in the morning.Since the mountain forest was already being blown by the mountain wind, the waves were rumbling, so the Luo family's army was able to advance quickly without any scruples.

"Swipe, swipe..."

Just when everyone was about to approach the enemy camp, it rained like soybeans in an instant.Big raindrops slapped on everyone's faces, but the unquenchable passion has already burned in everyone's chest.On the other hand, Zheng Liang was secretly thankful, because considering that tonight's sneak attack required rushing into the enemy's camp to fight, the role of the iron artillery team, which is good at long-range shooting, seemed a little less, so Zheng Liang left them in Xiong Mou The city is responsible for defending the city.If they were here at this time, these iron cannons would have to give up the iron cannons and use the samurai sword to kill the enemy.

At this time, the sudden storm not only made the sky darker, but also made the Otomo soldiers patrolling around the camp drenched in the rain. They hid in the camp one after another to avoid the rain. On the tent in the big camp, there were patches of white water splashes.

The big camp of Otomo's family is stationed in a place called Nouehara.The so-called Nogamihara is nothing more than a flat land formed by the alluvial river at the foot of a mountain.In order to better deal with the second and third armies of the Luo family, Saito Harimamori and Usuki Kansu divided the camp of Otomo's family into three temporary camps.Saito Harimamoru is in charge of a camp facing the northwest of Zhirui County, mainly to deal with the threat from the third army of the Luo family stationed one mile away.

And Usuki Kamsu was stationed in the camp facing the direction of Kamure Castle, and was mainly responsible for cooperating with the defenders in Kamure Castle to attack the second army of the Luo family stuck between them.As for the last camp, it faces Kumare Castle in Oita County. This camp is jointly managed by the retainers of the Kosai family, the Tsukumi family, and the Taguchi family.This time, the retainers of the three families were also ordered to take their own troops to Kamuri City to rescue their family governor.

The dense raindrops were like drums beating. All the camp guards left their posts to take shelter from the rain. Only a few soldiers who had their own shelter were still guarding the gate of the camp. Naturally, no one would notice the dense raindrops. The sound of raindrops was also mixed with strange noises.Since the camp where it is located is facing Oita County, which is its own territory, the soldiers in this camp seem to be a little loosely prepared, and they have not noticed that there is a group of dark shadows in the distance like a pack of hungry wolves. The battalion rushed.

"Woooooooo..."

Just when the Luo family's army was about to enter the camp, several trumpeters following behind the army immediately blew the Fa Conch.So amidst the sound of thunderstorms and heavy rain, there was a long sound of the conch horn.

And the low and long sound of the assembly bugle ignited the fire of battle in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Luo family.

"Kill!"

They shouted quickly and rushed into the camp facing Ichinomori, Oita County first. (To be continued..)