Warring States Eagle

"You have done a great job this time, and I will definitely ask for additional credit for the two of you after the end of the raid on Buzen Kingdom." In the lobby of a courtyard in Ichinoto Castle, Masao Kinoshita said with a serious expression.

Following the killing of the generals defending the castle, Noyori Kanefō and Hyakuliu Kanesada, the Noyori family defenders in Ichinoto Castle finally lost their determination to resist, and the remaining defenders who were still stubbornly surrendered one after another.In this battle, more than [-] defenders were wounded and killed, more than [-] defenders were captured, and the Luo family also suffered more than [-] casualties.

After Ichinoto Castle was captured by the Luo family, the portal from Bungo Country to Shimo County was completely opened.Due to the constraints of the terrain, in fact, the city such as Changyan City and Baimi City could no longer use the terrain to stop the Luo family's army from continuing to penetrate.If these fortifications of the Nonaka family cannot be captured in a short period of time, then Kinoshita Masao can completely lead the army to bypass these fortifications, and then continue to attack other areas of Xiamo County, or even directly cross Xiamo County to Bungzen Kingdom other parts of the Southeast.

At nightfall, after completely controlling Ichinoto Castle, Kinoshita Masao had time to meet with several representatives of refugees outside the southern city.At this time, the young man and the young man who were mixed into the refugees this time also secretly revealed their identities to Masao Kinoshita.

So after making a promise to provide relief to the refugees outside the city tonight, and arrange the rest of the representatives of the refugees to wait, Masao Kinoshita immediately interviewed the two of them alone.As for these two, the young man is Masara's sidekick Zhong Feidan, and the young man is the servant of Nozomi Aso who was just named Takahashi Shaoyun by Masara. At this time, he has become a member of the Takahashi family.And became a sidekick of Zheng Liang.

This time it was also by chance.Just now when Fei Duan and Takahashi Shaoyun stirred up the refugees in the south to make trouble.Masao Kinoshita's army arrived in the north, so with the unintentional cooperation of the two, Masao Kinoshita's army was able to enter Ichinoto Castle smoothly, otherwise once the defenders relied on the buildings of the fortress and The geographical location blocked the army outside the city, and Masao Kinoshita's army did not know how much damage it would take to conquer the city.That's why Masao Kinoshita solemnly promised to Hidan and Shaoyun Takahashi that he would ask Gong Masara for additional credit for this matter again afterwards.

"My lord is too good. Compared to my lord and all of you here personally attacking the city and fighting bloody battles for our family, what I have done is nothing more than trivial." Compared to Fei Duan, who has always been less talkative.Takahashi Shaoyun, who is only eighteen or nineteen years old but has suffered a lot since childhood, looks much more slick.His words immediately made Kumon Shigetada, Watanabe Michi, Tetsunosuke, Inudo Ryan, Takeuchi Hisakatsu and others in the lobby secretly happy, and their perception of him immediately improved a lot.Previously, I saw that Takahashi Shaoyun was only in his teens, and was promoted by his lord from a humble servant, so the generals present really automatically ignored Takahashi Shaoyun.

Takahashi Shaoyun naturally knew the attitude of the generals towards him.But he didn't care, anyway, in his heart, as long as he could do things for his lord Zhengliang, it was enough to get his lord Zhengliang's appreciation.At the beginning, Zhengliang promoted his status from a humble servant to a warrior of the Luo family, and even had the opportunity to marry Takahashi, the next governor of the noble Takahashi family.He regarded Zheng Liang as the greatest benefactor in his life.

"It's just that I don't know how your lord plans to deal with the thousands of refugees outside the city?" After ingratiating himself to the generals present.Takahashi Shaoyun immediately changed his voice and asked again.

"Oh? Do you have any suggestions?" Masao Kinoshita, who is an important member of the family and a member of the Luo family, also knows that the ability of a retainer who can be directly named by his lord is naturally not bad, so he took The examiner asked in his mind.

"Since my lord's inquiry, I will also state what I think in my heart. Please forgive me for any inappropriateness." Faced with Kinoshita Masunao's rhetorical question, Takahashi Shaoyun was not stage-frightened, but generously accepted his orders. .

"From my point of view, due to the large number of displaced persons outside the city, we should use the methods of attracting and disintegrating them to dredge them up."

"Oh? What is wooing? What is differentiation?" Masao Kinoshita asked immediately after hearing this.

"My lord, the so-called wooing, a large number of refugees gathered here is nothing more than the lack of food and clothing at home, and they were instigated by the rumors of the family to come here, hoping to enter the territory of the family from here, and then get relief from the family. It is the so-called honesty. Ben, now our family is going to turn the rumors we released back then into truth, so as to gain the hearts of the people and increase our family's prestige. In addition, if this matter spreads to the enemy's various places, it will also be a kind of morale for the enemy The attack is a greater temptation to the enemy's territory, which in turn aggravates the turmoil in the enemy's territory."

"Of course, the so-called relief is also relief that must be differentiated."

"Oh?"

"My lord, I deliberately paid attention to the number of guards in the city when I went down to the city. Presumably the number of troops on the way my lord is really limited this time. If there is still a part of the army left to guard the city, we will continue to attack later." There will be fewer troops. So why don't we take the opportunity to use the relief opportunity to separate the young and strong outside the city from the old, young, women and children, and send the old, young, women and children to the north of the city for temporary resettlement, while the young and strong will stay in the north of the city. Among the army of our family, let him wave the flag and shout when our family fights?"

"I have been among the refugees for a period of time, and I found that they have long complained about the local lords and powerful families. If these young adults with complaints are put into the territory behind the family through this city, I am afraid it will bring a lot of trouble to the back of the territory of the family. In this case, why not use their dissatisfaction with the local lords and nobles and guide them to vent their grievances on the local enemy camp."

"As for how to separate these young and strong citizens from those old, young, women and children, in my opinion, as long as someone is sent to register their respective information, and while giving relief, at the same time giving a promise of reunion afterwards, these people who have just experienced life and death Refugees will naturally cherish the chance of survival in front of them."

"Although this may slow down the progress of our army's attack, but because of this, we can control these unstable refugees and be able to use their power, so our family will get several times more than this time. Large army. This is my plan to win over and divide the refugees."

"En." After listening to Takahashi Shaoun's explanation, Kinoshita Masao nodded, and then asked everyone in the lobby, "Everyone, what do you think of this plan?"

"It's possible!" Everyone nodded immediately.Anyway, when the lord Zhengliang asked them to go out this time, he only said one sentence, that is to catch the unprepared, create chaos, and fight steadily.After capturing Ichitodo Castle, the purpose of attacking it by surprise and creating chaos was naturally achieved. Now this strategy is the embodiment of steady and steady.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's act according to this plan." Masao Kinoshita immediately made a decision when he saw that there was no objection from the crowd.

Then he said to Fei Duan and Takahashi Shaoyun, "I have already sent people back to Bungo's Hinou Castle overnight, and informed the cabinet retainers who had gathered there before. Presumably, they will be here tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I will arrive soon, the resettlement of refugees and the acceptance of nearby territories still need to be handled by the vassals of the Interior Cabinet in person, and during this period, the two need to continue to hide their identities and return to the refugees to spread rumors that are beneficial to the family."

"This matter is our responsibility this time, and we must do our best." Fei Duan and Takahashi Shaoyun immediately saluted and said.In fact, in order to cooperate with this army's future raids in Fengqian country, they will maintain their status as refugees until the end of the Luo family's raid.

On the second day, when Kinoshita Masunao, Takahashi Shaoyun and others cooperated to win over the refugees outside Ichinoto City.The first, fourth, and fifth armies of the Luo family also formally marched towards their respective targets according to the deployment time set by Zhengliang.All of a sudden, this series of appearances meant that there would be more flowers in the southeastern part of the Bungzen Kingdom and the northeastern part of the Bungo Kingdom, making the wealthy families in these areas feel a little overwhelmed. (To be continued..)