Warring States Eagle

On the mountain road in Kita Satsuma, Nanshu, two blood-red faces faced each other.

"Come on, little one!" Kitahara Kanemori shouted.

"Come on, old guy!" Shimadzu Suijiu shouted back not to be outdone.

As a result, the knives and guns in the hands of the two fought together again.

When the two confronted each other, part of the Luo family's coalition forces stopped retreating to fight back because they were caught up by the Shimadzu's army, while some who ran fast took advantage of the interception of the pursuers by their colleagues behind them. The footsteps of escape.As for the Shimadzu family's army in the rear, they kept trumpeting the Faluo, encouraging their own army to take advantage of the victory and pursue.

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Kitahara Kanemori brandished a broadsword and slashed down from the front.The sword in his hand is a three-foot-two-inch broadsword tempered by craftsmen from the Bingo Kingdom, and it is not light in weight.After a series of battles, Kitahara Kanemori felt that it was a bit difficult for him to wield the broadsword.At the same time, he also woke up at this time.He knew that the few of them were too impulsive just now, but there was nothing they could do.Most of their territory had been occupied by the Shimadzu family before. If they didn't work hard, the family would be wiped out by the Shimadzu family.

Moreover, they have never encountered such a large-scale joint attack of the Iron Cannon Squadron before. Due to the lack of sufficient understanding of the shooting power of large-scale iron cannons, even if they were suddenly attacked and suffered heavy damage, they still thought it was an attack. It was caused by their failure to pay attention to vigilance, which led to their determination to continue charging after being ambushed.It's just that he didn't really realize the power of those iron cannons until now.If he had known that those iron cannons were so powerful, he would not have encouraged his subordinates to continue charging.pity.It's no use regretting now.

As Kitahara Kanemori's opponent in the decisive battle, Shimadzu Tokuhisa naturally would not know Kitahara Kanemori's inner regret at this time.On the contrary, when facing Kitahara Kanemori's oncoming broadsword.He was not afraid, he raised his gun, and at the same time took the opportunity to dodge to the side.If he was hacked by that big knife, he would definitely die without a whole body.After blocking Kitahara Kaneshou's knife, he took the opportunity to see an opening and stab straight there, but Kitahara Kaneshou sneered coldly, and also flashed to the right.Dodged the shot.

At the time of the decisive battle between Kitahara Kanemori and Shimadzu Toshihisa, the main team of Shimadzu Yoshihisa's brigade also came.Seeing that the third younger brother was in a duel with the enemy general, he immediately wanted to make a living, so he called a messenger (actually called a messenger at this time): "You go to the place of Lord Shinna Tadamoto and Lord Kamada Masanian, Yes, I will go to Kawakami Hisuro as well."

"Yes, as ordered..."

"It's really young and energetic. Although I know that this is the third brother's wish to claim the head of the first enemy general in this first battle, but such a duel will hinder our family's pursuit of the enemy's rout. So third brother. Your wish can only be fulfilled next time, and next time being a brother will definitely create opportunities for you." Looking at the third brother Shimadzu Tokihisa who was struggling to attack the opponent's enemy general.Shimadzu Yoshihisa thought to himself.

In this way, under the notification of the messenger, the three stalwart generals of the Shimadzu family, Shinna Tadamoto, Kawakami Masanichi, and Kawakami Hisuro soon came to visit. After receiving Shimadzu Yoshihisa's instructions, the third person also quickly joined the When the battle group.Seeing that his lord was besieged, Kitahara Kaneshou's subordinates immediately joined the battle, but were soon killed by the increasing number of Shimadzu soldiers around him, but in the end, Kitahara Kaneshou became the one under siege. people.Shimadzu Tokuhisa was originally dissatisfied with Shinna Tadamoto and others joining, but after seeing his elder brother, he stopped making a sound.

Under the siege of the Shimadzu family, Kitahara Kanshou gradually lost his physical strength.However, everyone in the Shimadzu family was still very afraid of Kitahara's broadsword, so they only circled around him quickly at this time, and did not take the initiative to attack.But when Kitahara Kanshou was about to retreat, they charged forward again.Kitahara Kanemori has realized that he knows he is doomed today.For Kitahara Kanemori, who is invincible with a big sword, the first thing in life is to be a real samurai and a real hero.Seeing such a scene, Shimadzu Tokuhisa and others couldn't help feeling admiration, and didn't take the opportunity to continue attacking.

"Look at the gun!" But at this moment, a samurai from the Shimadzu family shouted, shaking his spear.The tip of the spear was about to pierce Beiyuan Jianshou, but Beiyuan Jianshou's broadsword whistling with wind, directly pulled the spear away.

"Ah!" The Shimadzu family samurai screamed strangely, his arm trembled, and the spear in his hand flew out immediately, while Kitahara Kanemori took a step forward, and directly slashed at the weaponless Shimadzu family samurai.

"Goro is coming." At this time, another samurai from the Shimadzu family took Kitahara Kanemori's sword immediately in order not to let the previous samurai sword.But how could his saber beat the big saber held by Beiyuan Jianshou, it was cut in two and flew towards the nearby treetops.

"Lang Lai Ye." Just at the critical moment, it seemed that the younger brother of the samurai who called himself Goro raised his spear and protected his elder brother Goro in time.Unexpectedly, after Shimadzu Suihisa and others withdrew from the battle circle, three Shimadzu samurai came to besiege Kitahara Kaneshou.

"Die!" Kitahara Kanemori didn't care about the attack of the samurai who called himself Lang, but swayed his body and slashed at Goro directly.

"Puff!" Goro suddenly lost his head, and blood gushed out.Almost at the same instant, Lang's spear pierced Kitahara Kanemori's shoulder.

"Hahaha..." Kitahara Kanemori laughed loudly, "I have no strength! Come and get my head. Hurry up!" After speaking, he threw the big knife in his hand and collapsed on the scorching ground .

Lang raised his spear without hesitation and stabbed at his abdomen. As expected, Kitahara Kanemori did not dodge. After being stabbed, he was still lying on the ground, and a large stream of blood flowed out from his abdomen, instantly stained red land around his body.

At this time, the red-eyed Lang picked up the big sword that Kitahara Kanemori had lost, and came behind Kitahara Kanemori.Kitahara Kanemori opened his eyes wide, staring closely at the distant mountains.The blood in his chest and the blood flowing from his shoulder made his upper body tremble violently.Lang raised his sword and cut it down, holding Kitahara Kanemori's head high with his eyes wide open.

"The hero of Kita Satsuma, Kitahara Kaneshou, was decapitated by Shimadzu Karo!" He yelled wildly, his voice shocked the mountains and rivers.Then.Gently closed Kitahara Kanemori's eyes with his hands.

I heard that Kitahara Kanemori was killed.The morale of the soldiers who were still resisting when the Luo family's coalition forces were blocked on the mountain road immediately dropped, and the Shimadzu family's army naturally took the opportunity to accelerate the speed of the siege.

Just when the Shimadzu family went all out to pursue the collapse of the Luo family's allied forces, when Kitahara Kanesuke and others encouraged people to continue to attack the Shimadzu family's army, they took the opportunity to carry the body of Shiga's foster relative to dozens of retreating troops. At this time, the Luo family's standing equipment finally returned to the Luo family's coalition camp.They were the first group of defeated soldiers to escape back to the camp after being ambushed by the Shimadzu family on Sando.

After learning that his general, Shiga Yiqin, had been killed, Luo Shihui immediately rushed over on horseback.

"Master Yiqin!" Luo Shihuiliang got off his horse and strode over. "What's going on here?" he asked aloud.Looking at the dead body of Shiga's foster brother staring straight at the sky with wide eyes, Luo Shi Teruliang was stunned.

At this time, Luo Shihuiliang thought of Shiga Yiqin's strong mother, Shiga Yiqin's wife, and his five-year-old son.According to the laws of the Luo family, the relatives of the retainers must live in the castle town of the daimyo city of Xuefucheng.So Teruyoshi Luo also met Shiga's adoptive mother, wife and son at the year-end retainer banquet.

Thinking of the strong face of Shiga's mother, Luo Shi Teruliang said quietly: "Don't worry, I will tell your mother personally that you are very brave this time, you are a warrior of the Luo family, I will tell your mother personally I will bury you in the hero's tomb of our family." After speaking, Teruliang closed the eyes of Shiga's adoptive father, then quietly raised his hands, and bowed to Shiga's adoptive father.

In fact, Luo Shihuiliang had a bad feeling when he suddenly heard the sound of iron cannons coming from afar in the camp.So he immediately ordered the whole battalion to be on alert, and at the same time sent scouts to the battlefield to check the situation.And he himself was waiting for the detective to report back in the camp.

After waiting anxiously.The first batch of scouts sent out finally came back, but with the scouts came back the body of Shiga's foster relative.After getting the news, Luo Shihuiliang didn't bother to ask about the situation of the chasing battlefield before, and rushed over first.After seeing the dead body of Shiga Yoshiki, Luo Shi Teruliang naturally wanted to ask about the situation.

"My lord, my villain met the foster relatives and the others halfway..." When asked, the detective immediately reported to Hui Liang that after they were sent out, they encountered Shiga's foster relatives who were carrying the body halfway. The process of the Luo family's army fleeing towards the camp.Later, several members of the Luo family who participated in the pursuit of the Shimadzu family's army described in detail how they encountered an ambush on the mountain road.

After learning of the defeat of the coalition forces and the fact that Hishigari Shigemotto and others continued to attack the Shimadzu family's main formation after being ambushed, Teruyoshi Luo could not help but secretly cursed these people for their recklessness.At the same time, he also secretly blamed himself a little bit. If he had followed Kai's advice at the beginning instead of being bewitched by the rich families of Northern Satsuma, he would not have hesitated, causing the coalition forces to be attacked when they were chasing. The Shimadzu family was later ambushed by the army.

After the news of the coalition's pursuit army being ambushed by the Shimadzu's family came back to the battalion, everyone in the camp was shocked immediately, but this was still the biggest shock. When the family's Faluo was gradually approaching from a distance, the Luo family's camp was in an uproar, especially after learning that his family's army had suffered heavy losses and their family members were still missing or even killed. Shigeaki Hishigari, Yoshige Kidain, and Yukan Kitahara sat on the ground more directly, their faces pale.

"Young master, it's time to make a decision." At this time, after learning all the situation, Kai hadn't bothered to manage Shigeaki Ryokari and others, but directly approached Luo Shi Teruliang for a suggestion.

At this time, Luo Shihuiliang's heart was also gloomy. It was originally a victory, but it turned into a disastrous defeat because of a little hesitation at the beginning.If he had listened to Kai's advice and stopped the pursuit of Shimadzu's rout in time, this would not have resulted in such a result.The Northern Satsuma coalition forces who went to pursue them lost more than [-] people, and the Luo family also lost hundreds of standing troops. As a result, only [-] people remained in the coalition camp that originally had more than [-] people. The strength of the army has increased, and its main force is still the Luo family's army of more than [-] people.

If the coalition forces continue to stick to this place, it is still possible to hold the camp, but once they are attacked by the Shimadzu family's army, the most severely damaged will be the main force of the Luo family's army.And the more than [-] Luo's family's army in Daying is the main force of the Luo's family to guard the border of Nanfeihou, once they are here, they will be severely damaged.Or be pinned down here by the Shimadzu family.The Shimadzu family changed their focus to attack the Luo family's territory in Nanfeihou.Then the consequences will be serious.So the best way at this time is naturally to retreat and return to the border station, first defending your own territory, and then making plans.It's just that Luo Shihuiliang is really not reconciled.This time, not only did they fail to stop the Shimadzu family's attack on the Kita-Satsuma area, but they were even forced to retreat to Nanhigo's territory.This is simply a shame and a great humiliation. As a man who wholeheartedly hopes to get the praise of his father Masaragi and the affirmation of his retainers, it is really a great blow.

"Young master, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, please don't hesitate!" At this time, seeing the young master Luo Shi Huiliang's expression was uncertain, Jia Fei immediately reminded again.He was worried that if the young master Huiliang didn't listen to his advice and didn't withdraw his troops, the young master who didn't know the dangerous situation might not be able to set foot on Feihou's land again.Think of these.He felt anxious for a while.He prayed that the young master only needs to retreat in the direction of Feihou.Then he won't be chased by the Shimadzu family, and he can make him reflect deeply later.

However, what Jia Fei said directly made Huiliang wake up. Yes, it was because of his hesitation before that the situation that was originally a victory turned into a disastrous situation, so this time Huiliang no longer hesitated, so he The order to retreat was immediately issued.

Soon, the army of the Luo family in the camp began to be ordered by the messenger: "The young master ordered the troops to withdraw!"

"What? Withdrawal?" The northern Satsuma nobles who had just recovered from the news that their pursuers had been ambushed and suffered serious injuries and that their relatives had been hit by ominous fortunes were immediately shocked again by the news of the Luo family's withdrawal.

"No, we can't withdraw our troops!" Everyone who came back to their senses immediately shouted while asking to meet Luo Shihuiliang.

"Hmph! If you don't withdraw your troops at this time, when will you wait? Don't forget, it was you who asked for the pursuit before that caused such a disastrous defeat." Huiliang did not meet the nobles of Northern Satsuma, but Kai personally met everyone, but Kai was straightforward but didn't give these people a good look.

At this time, the Shimadzu family had already issued an order for a general offensive.From south to east, Shimadzu Toihisa, Ijiin Tadaro, Ewa Hisago, Kawayama Tadsuke, Uehara Naoki, Shinna Tadamoto, Shinna Tadao and other brave generals of the Shimadzu family scrambled to lead the army to kill Running over, these Shimadzu's army marched forward while shouting: "Don't let an enemy run away, kill all the enemies, and take Huiliang's head!"

This slogan was made by Shimadzu Yoshihisa immediately after he learned from the captured Luo family coalition prisoners that the general of the coalition army was Luo Shi Teruyoshi, the descendant of the Luo family governor Luo Shi Masahiro, and he deliberately refused to shout it, in order to lower Luo Shi The morale of the coalition forces.

"That's all. Withdraw!" The Luo family's army was packing supplies regardless of the situation, and then prepared to retreat.In the distance, the army of the Shimadzu family is also approaching.Faced with such a situation, the noble families of Northern Satsuma had no choice but to retreat at the same time.Of course, the direction of their retreat was not the direction of the Luo family's army, but their respective territories.Since then, the alliance between the Luo family and the noble families in Northern Satsuma has almost been declared to be over.

But when the Shimadzu family's army arrived at the camp of the coalition army, they only saw the dense grass around the camp, and they couldn't see a person, only the warm sunshine.

"Oh! You're really stingy. You didn't even leave us anything!" Huashan Zhongsuke couldn't help but sarcastically looked at the messy ground and the abandoned camp of the coalition forces that was emitting thick smoke.

"Look for the enemy's traces immediately!" Shimadzu Yoshihisa immediately ordered when he saw the situation in the coalition camp.Soon, the detectives, who were ordered to follow the traces left on the ground, sent back news that they had discovered the forces of the Luo family and the powerful families of Northern Satsuma.

"Young master, continue to pursue." All the retainers immediately begged.

"No, suspend the pursuit, camp on the spot, and discuss after confirming the enemy's intentions." Facing the turbulent crowd, Yoshihisa Shimadzu decisively issued the order to camp on the spot.According to the Shimadzu family's research on the governor of the Luo family, Yoshihisa Shimadzu knew that the governor of the Luo family, Masara Roshi, was a scheming guy. As scheming as his father, although the Shimadzu family won by chance this time, for the sake of safety, it is more appropriate to adopt a steady and steady approach.Anyway, even if they missed this opportunity to pursue, at least the Shimadzu family could keep the fruits of this victory.

Of course, Yoshihisa Shimadzu did not pursue the deeper reason for the Luo family's army. First of all, according to the news reported by his own investigation team, the Luo family's retreat camp was kept very tight. How much benefit you get.

What's more, the main purpose of the Shimadzu family this time is to occupy the Northern Satsuma area. What needs to be done most now is to take advantage of this opportunity of victory to attack the remaining areas of Northern Satsuma that have not yet been unified. As for the Luo family, try not to be too aggressive. Offended as well.At least until they take full control of the Satsuma country and enter the Osumi country, they can't have too much confrontation with the Luo family, otherwise it will affect the Shimadzu family's strategy in Nanzhou.In order to avoid over-irritating the Luo family, Yoshihisa Shimadzu even decided to send someone to send all the bodies of the Luo family soldiers killed this time back to the Luo family military garrison at the border later.

Secondly, if they were to pursue the Luo family's army this time, cavalry would naturally be the most suitable army for the pursuit.However, although the Shimadzu family’s cavalry claims to have 1000 men, there are actually only more than 400 war horses in it, and the remaining more than 500 horses are just ordinary horses. In order to form the 1000-man cavalry, the Shimadzu family not only spent a lot of money Money and food, and all the old, young, sick and weak horses in the territory were brought here. Once faced with a real war, these horses that are not war horses are likely to disobey the command or even turn around and run away.If the cavalry were sent to pursue this time, once the Luo family resisted with all their strength, the Shimadzu cavalry would definitely suffer a lot of losses.This will naturally have a lot of impact on the Shimadzu family's next strategy plan for North Satsuma and Nishi Osumi.

In the end, in this Shimadzu family’s iron cannon team, there are actually only a hundred or so iron cannons that really belong to the Shimadzu family, and the iron cannons in their hands were forged by the Shimadzu family’s exhaustion of their wealth, but even In this way, regardless of quality or range, these iron cannons are not as powerful as those of the pirates of the Ming Dynasty.Of course, the iron cannons held by the pirates in the Ming Dynasty are not called iron cannons by them, but fire blunderbusses.This time in the North Satsuma strategy, these hired pirates did play a big role, but according to the previous agreement between the Shimadzu family and the pirate leader Wang Zhi, once it comes to the conflict with the Luo family At this time, these pirates must withdraw from the battlefield to avoid direct confrontation with the Luo family.This pirate leader seems to be very scrupulous about having a direct conflict with the Roche family.

Judging from the information obtained through careful investigation by the family, the Ming pirate group led by Wang Zhi seems to have cooperated with the Luo family in trade, and the two sides have also reached some agreements of peaceful coexistence.If so, these pirates would naturally not want to directly confront the Luo family's army.

And this time when attacking the Luo family coalition forces to pursue troops, in order to get these pirates to help the Shimadzu family, Shimadzu Yoshihisa deliberately concealed the news that the Luo family's military strength was also there.And since Shimadzu Yoshihisa has already deceived the other party once, if he really continues to pursue the Luo family's military power, then he will no longer be able to hide the news of the Luo family's military power from these Ming pirates. Lies, and even turned against Wang Zhi because of this, Shimadzu Yoshihisa naturally did not want such a situation to happen.After all, at this time, the Shimadzu family desperately needed the help of these Ming pirates headed by Wang Zhi, whether in terms of commerce or force.

As for the other noble families of Northern Satsuma who also escaped, Shimadzu Yoshihisa was not worried at all.After today's battle, although the Shimadzu family's army suffered hundreds of casualties, it is naturally much better compared to the thousands of casualties of these wealthy families.More importantly, after this war, the morale of the resistance of these powerful families has been hit hard.With low morale and weakened strength, Shimadzu Yoshihisa is confident that he can unify Northern Satsuma in a short period of time and include it in the territory of the Shimadzu family, so as to truly unify the entire Satsuma country.

(Thank you "Jun Juan" for the reward. I would like to ask everyone for a monthly ticket. So far, this book has only one monthly ticket for this month. I am sad. The enthusiasm for coding has dropped to freezing point.) (unfinished to be continued……)