Warring States Eagle

Regarding the changes in Oda Nobunaga's home, the Luo family detectives lurking in Owari country collected the information at the first time, and planned to send it back to Kyushu for Zhengliang to check at the end of the year.

On the other hand, Zhengliang has already begun to prepare to send troops to the eastern part of Bungzen country and the northeastern part of Bungo country.During this period of time, under the calculations of the Luo family's several schemes, these two regions have fallen into chaos.Under the coordination of Otomogi Town, the northeastern region of Bungo country barely avoided large-scale turmoil, but in the southeastern region of Bungo country, due to the lack of talented generals to coordinate, each family worked on their own. The war eventually led to riots of varying degrees in their respective territories.

Seeing that the time had come, Zheng Liang immediately decided to go to the two places.This time, the Luo family's strategy for these two places was divided into six armies.

The first army marched out from Sanguo Temple in Zhucheng County of Buzen Kingdom, and attacked Shangmao County, which was occupied by Shangmao Yamada's family.The general of this army is Yoshida Shigemasa, the deputy generals Takeuchi Hisamori, Jindai Victory, Ueda Shinji, Kuroki Miren, and the army is the one-eyed Roshi Masamune of the Roshi family.In addition, he also cooperated with Yoshida Shigemasa's military retainers Anto Jiatada, Shishi Settsu, Yufu Weiji and others.In terms of military strength, there are 500 people in total, including 2000 permanent ashigaru troops and [-] farmers and soldiers.

The second army set out from Moji Port, with the purpose of using the navy as the main force, waiting for an opportunity to cooperate with the first army's attack, and harassing and sneaking attacks on the southeastern coastal areas of Fengqian Kingdom.The chief will be Takashi Murakami, and the deputy generals will be Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamizuura Zhongjiao, Tsuruta Nao, Yupu Zhen, and Kanqin Qing.In terms of military strength, the first squadron of the navy has 600 permanent sailors, [-] temporary farmers and soldiers, and [-] ships are closed.There were forty ships early in the morning.

also.The military adviser Yamamoto Kansuke will serve as the military adviser of the two armies.Assist in coordinating the joint operations of the two armies.There are also lieutenants Andel, Masanobu Takasaka and others under his command.In terms of military strength, there are 500 standing cavalry of the second standing cavalry team, [-] iron cannons of the iron cannon team, and three large cylinders specially transported from Hizen Guoxuefu City.There are more than [-] logistics farmers and soldiers, as well as messengers, etc. in total.

As a result, the first and second armies alone had more than 4000 troops.

The third army set out from the city of Rishou in Hita County, Bungo Country, and they followed the mountain roads of Yemaxi and Yufu Mountain to attack Shimo County, which was controlled by the Ye Naka family in Bungo Country.The chief will be Masao Kinoshita, the deputy generals will be Komon Shigetada, Watanabe Michi, Tetsunosuke, Inudo Ryan, Takeuchi Hisakatsu, and the army will be Masahide Rashi.In terms of military power.There are more than 900 people in the first standing ashigaru team of [-] standing, farmers, soldiers and other logistics personnel.

The fourth army marched out from Hiborn Castle in Kusu County, Bungo Country. They followed the mountain path of Mt. Yubu to attack Usa County, which was controlled by wealthy families such as the Sugi family and the Usa Omiya Shi family.The chief will be Akuta, the deputy will be Asakura Sodi, Shimabara Junshige, Fukuda Nobukiyo, and the army will be Kawada Yoshiro.In terms of military strength, there are more than 900 people in the [-]th standing army of the third standing Ashgaru team, farmers, soldiers, and other logistics personnel.

In addition, the military adviser Kakukuma Ishimune will serve as the military adviser of the third and fourth armies, and will be responsible for coordinating the strategies of the two armies.These two armies have a total of more than 3000 people.

The fifth army marched out from Takasaki Mountain Castle, Oita County, Bungo Country, and they would attack along the coast of Beppu Bay to Luming Yuecheng, the important town of Otomo's family in Hayami County.The chief general Oishi Tomohisa, the deputy general Yoshikawa Xingjing, Wen Zhusuo Jianjing, the well bottom Fufang, Rufa Temple Huize, and the military eye paid Luo's assistant.In terms of military strength, there are 500 standing troops of the fourth standing Ashgaru regiment, and [-] peasant soldiers.

The Sixth Route Army set off from the port under Tsurumaki Castle in Haibu County, Bungo Country.The purpose is to use the navy as the main force to wait for an opportunity to cooperate with the fifth army's strategy.Carried out harassment and sneak attacks on the coastal areas in the northeast of Bungo.Takeshi Murakami and Echigo Wakabayashi were the chief generals, Ujiu Junsada, Uto Xingxing, and You Pugao were the deputy generals, commanding 300 ships in Guanzhou and 700 ships in Xiaozao.In terms of military strength, there is a fourth standing navy squadron with [-] people and [-] farmers and soldiers.

The two armies were led by Masara as the overall general. Under Masara's command were Lieutenants Masahiro Isino, Mitsuki Akaana, Nakamoto Tanao, Yoshimi Irita, Toshimasa Honda, Hidemasa Akemine, Michiyuki Tachibana, and Nagabo Shiroi. , Hado Takashi, Qingjing Takashi, Sagara Taketo, Reizumi Takayoshi and others.

Michiyuki Tachibana, Nagabo Shiroi, Takashi Hatodo, Takashi Aokine, Taketoshi Sagara, Takatoyo Reizumi are all newcomers to the Luo family. This time Masara brought them with him mainly to let these people experience it for themselves. Take a look at the might of the Luo family's army.Among them, Lengquan Longfeng brought Ouchi Yoshitaka and others to join the Luo family in accordance with Ouchi Yoshitaka's order before his death.

After taking Ouchi Yoshitaka to escape under the deliberate cover of Ouchi Yoshitaka, he took Ouchi Yoshitaka to live in seclusion in Toyopo County, Nagato Country, and secretly gathered other people who had scattered and fled that day. stand up.Later, after Luo's occupation of the southern area where the Kanmon Strait in Toupa County was located, he led everyone to join the Luo's family.Masara left Ryotoyo Lengizumi by his side to investigate, and the children Ouchi Yoshitaka, Yoshimi Kobata, and Ryotoyo Nijo were adopted as Masara's surname.The other retainers of the Ouchi family were assigned to serve in various places in the territory.

This time, in addition to the above-mentioned people, Masara was accompanied by Shimadzu Yoshihiro, Esatoguchi Nobutune, Hyakutake Kenkan, Narimatsu Nobukatsu, Yamanaka Yukimori and others.As for Kato Danzo, Hidan, Ahri, Takahashi Shaoyun and others who have been following Masara, they have other tasks. They have sneaked into Otomo's territory in advance according to Masara's order.

As Zhengliang's accompanying army, there are mainly [-] cloaks, [-] standing warriors of the samurai squad, [-] first cavalry standing cavalry, [-] iron cannons standing, and more than [-] others such as messengers.In addition, this army also carried two large cylinders.

The fifth and sixth armies have a total strength of nearly 500 troops.And this time the Luo family's attack, the six-way army dispatched an army of nearly 2000 people, it can be said that the Luo family's all-out attack.

This time, the six armies did not attack at the same time, but they attacked separately according to the tasks of each army.But it was the third army that fired the first shot in this attack.

Why is the third army the first to go out?The reason is that at this time, Shangmo County, Bungzen Country was the place where the riots were the most violent.Moreover, Ichinoto Castle, the gateway to Bungo Country in Shangmo County, seems to be blocked by a large group of refugees recently, because these refugees want to go from the Ichinoto Castle checkpoint to the territory of the Luo family in Bungo Country.However, the city lord, Noyori Kanefo, not only refused to agree to the request of these refugees because of his youth and arrogance, but even hacked and killed several refugees who made trouble on the spot.This action immediately angered the refugees outside the city, and they took up weapons such as wooden sticks and bamboo spears to riot.Now this time is naturally the best time for the Luo family to attack.

Under the leadership of Masao Kinoshita, the third army set out from Riyu Castle in the Bungo Kingdom, and quickly arrived at the last road of the Luo family near the border along the mountain road built by the slave army of the Luo family in the past few years. Checkpoint, Yemaxi.

Yamaxi is located in the middle and upper valleys of the Yamakuni River, which flows into the southeastern part of Bungzen Country and has alluvially formed a plain area. This area is a calcareous lava terrain, which is cut by water to form a valley terrain, including this Yemaxi, Liyemaxi, Shenyemaxi and Oyemaxi are all named after Yemaxi.In later generations, it was even selected as one of the three scenic spots of the Wa country, and the surrounding area was designated as "Yamahita Hidehiko National Park".

At this time, Yemaxi, like a green gem inlaid under the mountain forest, has a sparkle polished on the ripples.According to Masao Kinoshita and others who arrived here, there is indeed no fertile land along the Yama River.If the population is sufficient, a large area of ​​land may be reclaimed, but in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, there were still a lot of fertile land along the Bungo Ono River and other places cultivated. As for the Yama River deep in the mountains, there were only some attempts. Only people who escape from the world will come to settle down, so the Luo's family checkpoint located here is actually not very populated. The more than [-] Luo's family troops stationed there already account for more than half of the local population.

After a short rest in Yemaxi, the army immediately moved on.From here, since it is close to the border of Buzen Kingdom, the mountain road here has not been built by the slave team of our family. The mountain road looks rugged and overgrown with weeds.

The army had to send people to beat the weeds with wooden sticks to startle the dormant snakes and beasts (mainly to drive away the snakes in the grass), push away the weeds blocking the way forward, and move forward slowly. Soon they came to the entrance In the last valley before the border of Shangmo County in Buzen Country.

The sun had already risen to the sky, but when Masao Kinoshita and his party stepped into the valley, they felt cold and silent. The primeval forest is so deep and silent.The towering mountains and forests blocked everyone's sight.

Most of the valleys are valleys several meters deep, and it is difficult to climb up without dying if you fall down, so everyone has to move forward cautiously and slowly.At this time, although everyone wanted to speed up, they couldn't go too fast. Fortunately, there should not be many such mountain paths.Everyone's footsteps made a creaking sound among the weeds, and they walked all the way forward, crossed one or two hills, and gradually became rugged as they walked down.

Just walking out of a valley, a vast field appeared in front of their eyes, and a small river flowing from the mountain flowed through the field.In front of the field is a small cottage built on a hillside.This small cottage is actually only built at the border, which serves as a warning.At this time, several guards in the city wall were chatting idly there.

"Be careful to hide, send someone to touch it and kill the guards on that stockade first." Seeing this, Masao Kinoshita immediately ordered in a low voice. (To be continued..)