Warring States Eagle

As the sun was setting, on the battlefield near Itsukushima Komarin, Mori Motoji, Mori Takamoto and others stood on a hillside, looking at the messy battlefield.

This battle basically ended with a big victory for the Maori family.A large number of Tao soldiers were raided by the Maori army, panicked and trampled each other to death. After nearly a day of fighting, only Hong Zhong and his son who were surrounded by Motoharu Yoshikawa's team were left on the battlefield below. That group of men and horses was still struggling, the rest of the Tao family soldiers either died in battle or surrendered, and the rest of the defeated soldiers fled into the forest.

Mao Liyuan was not worried about these routs at all.Seeing that winter was approaching, these rout soldiers would come out of the mountains and forests to surrender sooner or later in the absence of food and clothing.In his opinion, it is estimated that in three or four days, the affairs on the island will be over.The only thing that worried him a little was that Tao Longfang escaped in the end, and his third son Takakage Kobayakawa had already gone to pursue him.I hope that Tao Longfang will be captured in the end, otherwise his planned attack on Zhou Fanguo and Nagato Kingdom will be affected.Moreover, the attack on Zhou Fanguo and Nagato Kingdom must be fast, and they must seize as much territory as possible before the Luo family, which has already established a foothold in Nagato Country's Toyoura County, reacts.

"However, at least everything is still under my control now." Mao Liyuan said to himself.Just when Mao Liyuan was full of ambition, from the other side of the bay, several Maori warriors responsible for guarding the bay were hurriedly carrying a person towards this side.

"Who is it? Stop it for me?" The Maori soldiers who were in charge of guarding the outside immediately stopped when they saw this.

"It's us, hurry up and report to the lord, there are a hundred thousand urgent things to report." A warrior who was carrying someone said immediately.So the situation was quickly reported to Mao Liyuan.And got the approval of Maori Yuanjii to meet.

"Are you Yagoro?" When the person being carried was brought in front of Mori Motonari.Mao Liyuan immediately recognized that the person who came was Yagoro, the retainer of Nami Zongsheng, the naval general at home.At this time, Yagoro's situation is not optimistic.There was a feathered arrow sticking out of his back, and a trace of blood flowed from his mouth from time to time, obviously he was not far from death.

"Master...Master...Master." When his consciousness was blurred, Yagoro seemed to recognize Motozuru Mouri in front of him.

"I'm Motojo, Yagoro, what happened? Where's Nami Sokatsu and the others?" Seeing Yagoro's situation, Mori Moto already had an ominous premonition.

"Master... my lord... let's go... Luo... The family... The navy is here." Migoro said these words intermittently.

"Ah? Luo's family navy?" It was not Mao Liyuan who exclaimed, but Gui Yuancheng who was beside Mao Liyuan.Gui Yuancheng's exclamation was followed by the exclamation of everyone around the territory.

"You mean that the Luo family's navy came here?" Even though he was shocked in his heart.But Mao Liyuan asked as calmly as possible.

"My...family's navy...is lost, go to...the front ship...to block...quick...go..." Originally, Yagoro wanted to tell Mao Liyuan that the Luo family had thousands of warships this time , not only defeated the combined navy of the Maori family, but also planned to blockade the waters near Itsukushima, but in the end he swallowed his last breath without fully expressing it.

"Take him down and bury him properly." Looking at Yagoro who had completely stopped breathing, Mao Liyuan finally ordered with a solemn face, and then he found the samurai who found Yagoro and asked: "How did you find him?" ?”

"Report to my lord, my servant and others discovered his ship while patrolling the nearby waters. At that time, the boat was full of feathered arrows, and there were many traces of burning. It was obviously after a fierce battle. When your servant When I got on the boat, I found that the rest of the people on the boat were dead, and he was the only one who was still alive. After being rescued by us, he asked to come to see the lord." The warrior reported locally.

"Hmm!" Mao Liyuan fell into deep thought immediately after listening.Apparently Yagoro risked his life to report back from a fierce battle.Judging from the signs of the battle on the ship, the battle was quite fierce, and the navy of the family was still at a disadvantage.And it can put the home navy with more than 400 ships at a disadvantage, and it is so difficult to send a ship back to report, so the opponent naturally has a larger fleet.And only the Luo family can have such a huge navy nearby. From this point of view, Mao Liyuan is completely sure that the one who came to sneak attack is the Luo family.Of course, Mori Moto can also choose not to believe Yagoro's words, but Yagoro is a loyal member of the Mori family, and it is impossible to lose his life to deceive him.Besides, under such circumstances, Moa Liyuan would rather believe in what he has than believe in nothing!So Mao Liyuan chose to believe Yagoro's words in an instant.

And from the few intermittent words of Yagoro before his death, Mao Liyuan also instantly concluded that the Luo family's navy that attacked this time had at least a thousand ships, thousands of ships, and at least it was reproduced Tens of thousands of people?And at this time, even with the addition of the navy troops who are not alive or dead at this time, the Maoli family only has a force of more than 1 troops. How can this be the opponent of the opponent?Moreover, it seems that the navy of the family has been defeated by the navy of the Luo family, and the purpose of the navy of the Luo family is also obvious, that is to block the waterways around Yandao and besiege them on the island.If this is the case, then the Maoli family will also fall into the same predicament as Tao Longfang before.Thinking of this, Mao Liyuan couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

But even though he realized that he had fallen into a predicament, Mao Liyuan was still in control, and did not immediately show any panic on his expression. On the contrary, he was quickly looking for a solution.However, no matter how he thinks about it, any solution is futile if the safety of the waterway cannot be guaranteed.For example, he can take advantage of this time to quickly gather all the materials on the island to fight against the Luo family who arrived, but even if there are more materials, after being cut off from the coastal land of Anyi Kingdom , There will also be a day of sitting and eating, and then these Maori troops on the island will only end up being massacred.Therefore, for An Yiguo's family business, the only way now is to run away.

Unlike Tao Longfang's arrogance, even though he dispatched the main force of the family's navy, Mao Liyuan still left a dozen ships as a link to the coastal land of Anyi Kingdom.Now this time comes in handy.It's just that there are only a dozen ships after all, and at this time on Yan Island, even if it was damaged in today's fierce battle, there are at least seven to eight thousand retainers and soldiers in the Maori camp. The scale certainly cannot be transferred back to the coast of Anyi Country in a short period of time.It seems that the strong man will cut off his wrist.

After making the final decision in his heart, Mao Liyuan immediately ordered all the retainers who had just heard Yagoro's words before his death to keep the secret.Fortunately, these retainers are all loyal members of the Maori family, and they are also people who will be taken away overnight by Maori Yuan, so they naturally took the initiative to help Maori Yuan and kept the secret.

Later, Mao Liyuan used the name of being attacked by Nizi’s family on the border of Anyi Kingdom (at this time, Mao Liyuan still had a little luck in his heart, he still hoped that the news of the arrival of the Luo family’s navy was false, so that even if it was really attacked After confirming that the Luo family did not come, then he can use this as an excuse to explain to everyone), gathered all the retainers in the vicinity for a temporary assessment meeting, and at the meeting, Mori Moto could send his son Mori Takamoto, Yoshikawa Motoharu, etc. My descendants arranged to return to Anyi Kingdom overnight, and left the noble families of Itsukushima Local, Bigo Country, and Bichukuo who were slightly alienated from him on Itsukushima, pretending to be in charge of the finishing work of the Itsukushima War.

These ignorant wealthy families immediately became secretly happy. Not only did they not have to follow the Maori family to fight against the terrifying Nizi family, but they could also stay on Yan Island to clean up the collapse of the Tao family and Ouchi family who had no fighting spirit. Bing, this is simply a good job to give credit for!

So, in the evening, Mao Liyuan immediately gathered the elite of his direct lineage, and then boarded the boat one after another to leave.However, after everyone boarded the ship, the fleet didn't move immediately.Because Mao Liyuan had to wait for the team of the third son Takakage Kobayakawa, who had gone away because of chasing Tao Longfang, to return and leave together.After making a decision in his heart, he immediately ordered someone to search for Kobayakawa Takakage immediately.

After waiting in this way, Mao Liyuan not only did not wait for Kobayakawa Takakage and others, but instead waited for the alarm brought back by his own patrol boat. It turned out that his own patrol boat had already spotted a series of flames rising from the sea one mile away. up.Apparently those were all glowing when the torches were lit by the fleet that came here overnight in the night.

After getting this news, the last bit of hope in Mo Liyuan's heart that Yagoro's news was false was shattered.Because he didn't send anyone to convey any order to the navy before, according to the previous order, in fact, they should continue to pursue the Tao family navy and you at this time, and take the opportunity to seize Tao on the coast of Zhou Fangguo. Home, Ouchi home navy stronghold.Moreover, according to the original agreement with the Mishima sailors, the Mishima sailors will only help the Maori family sailors for one day.After a day, they have the opportunity to return to their lair.And even if the Mishima sailors want to fulfill the agreement and return to their old nest, they will not return overnight, at least they will wait until tomorrow, when it is easier to sail during the day.So now it is basically certain that the sailors coming here are definitely not their own sailors.

Seeing that the danger was approaching, and the third son Takakage Kobayakawa hadn't returned yet, Mori Moto had no choice but to grit his teeth, cut his wrist again, and gave the order directly.

(Sorry, due to network reasons, I logged in for a day today, and I can only log in and post it now.) (To be continued..)