Warring States Eagle

"Look, what is that?"

Just as everyone was discussing whether the boat that appeared on the sea was the naval army that the Ito family came to support, another even bigger boat sailed in the distance, which made everyone exclaimed.

"Sure enough, it's the navy of the Luo family!" When seeing this huge ship, Yuichi Saeki was completely sure that the boat on the sea was the navy of the Luo family.When the Luo family's navy kept harassing the Saiki family's navy on the coast of Saiki Bay in the Bungo country from the Bungo Waterway, there were such ships in the Luo's family's navy.So when Saeki saw such a ship directly, he recognized it at a glance.

Just when everyone was surprised, they saw that the Luo family's navy on the sea sent a large number of ships slowly approaching the coastal coast where they were, and soon there was even a direct message of "Tom, tom, tom" "The sound of iron cannons.

"It's broken, something serious has happened. The opponent is going to attack us, so leave the coast quickly." After saying that, Zuo Eki immediately jumped off the rock and ordered everyone to evacuate quickly.

There is a very powerful big-tube weapon on the giant ships of the opponent. When he was fighting the opponent's navy in Saeki Bay in Bungo Kingdom, Saeki Yuichi, who had suffered enough from those big-tubes, was really a little scared.But it is estimated that Saeki Yuimao really panicked too much. In fact, the coastal waters they are in at this time are not suitable for the small lucky boats of the Luo family to enter, otherwise they are likely to run aground.

In this way, under the command of Saeki Yuinao, the troops of the Ito family and the Saeki family who evacuated from the Aiyan stronghold advanced rapidly.

On the side of the Luo's family, it was already midnight when Li Huamei, the general of the Luo's family's navy, landed on the sea.Before that, she had received Zhengliang's order.Only then did he personally lead the tens of thousands of sailors docked at Saeki Bay in Bungo Country to march towards the coast of Matsuo Castle in the past.

In fact, the moment he received Zhengliang's order.Only then did she know that another army of the family had already marched from the direction of Higo Country to Matsuo Castle, the important town of Higo Country.She immediately ordered the joint navy of the Luo family and the Xitusi family to go out immediately.But after the navy fleet entered the Hyuga country's waters, she slowed down the fleet's speed, and at the same time dispatched several small boats to speed up ahead of time to investigate the situation in the coastal waters of Matsuo Castle.

After all, it was clearly stated in the order provided by Masaragi that this time the main army from the direction of Higo Country will attack Matsuo Castle by rushing. After appearing on the coast of Matsuo Castle early, it will inevitably cause the defenders of Matsuo Castle to enter a state of alert.In this way, it is likely to affect the effect of another Luo family's army's attack on Matsuo City.

And just as Li Huamei expected, judging from the information sent back by the scouting ships ahead.At that time, the Ito family's naval forces along the coast of Matsuo City were quietly concentrated near the harbor. This could only mean that the other army had not arrived yet, so she simply ordered the fleet to stop.

After waiting for a while, she finally learned from the scouting ship ahead this morning that the Ito family's navy along the coast of Matsuo City had left in the morning, and they looked a little embarrassed when they left.At this time, Li Huamei concluded that another army of the Luo family should start to attack Matsuo City.So he immediately led the joint water army to the coast of Matsuo City aggressively.They just rushed early, and in the end they missed the opportunity to join forces with Masahiro Isano, Masanobu Takasaka, Yoshimi Irita, Utake Mita and others to attack, and arrived at the destination only in the evening tonight.

And at this time, the ship in charge of early warning discovered the army carrying the banners of the Ito family and the Saeki family's family along the coast. The order to attack was issued immediately.This was the scene in the evening.

At midnight, Li Huamei finally landed.After meeting with Kosaka Masanobu who came to greet her, she learned that the area around Matsuo Castle had been completely controlled by Kosaka Masanobu and his army.

"That being the case, Isano Masahiro, Irita Yoshimi, and Mita Iutake are going to try their best to stop the enemy army in the direction of Bungo Country, and why don't you and my army join forces to pursue the defeated army in the south?" After fully understanding the local situation, Li Huamei immediately suggested.As a native of the Ming Dynasty, Li Huamei was much more flexible than the local generals in the Warring States Period.

When Li Huamei mentioned this, Kosaka Masanobu immediately became agitated.Although the lord Masaragi's request for these two armies is to take the area around Matsuo Castle as soon as possible, and then build fortifications on the mountain road leading to the territory of the Bungo Saeki family from the Hyuga country, and try to block the Ito family from the Bungo country. The Shimadzu family and the Saeki family's three-party alliance.

But now they have taken full control of the area around Matsuo Castle in advance. Not long ago, there was news from Masahiro Isano that they had controlled the area of ​​the mountain road and started building fortifications in the mountain road overnight. .Even Irita Yoshimi and Mita Iyoutake in Matsuo Castle are organizing manpower and supplies to help Isono Masahiro.

As for Kosaka Masanobu himself, he is responsible for guarding against the attack from the central part of Hyuga Province in the south, so as to avoid affecting the interception war on their side. If this is the case, why not use offense as defense?What's more, with the manpower and material resources of Masahiro Isano, combined with the terrain of the mountain road and the defense tactics of the mountain road personally given by the lord Masara, unless the three coalition forces from the Bungo country have wings, they will definitely not be able to It broke through the interception of Isano Yuanchang's army.

"If that's the case, why not join forces with the naval forces?" Thinking of this, Masanobu Kosaka immediately discussed with Li Huamei about the joint attack of the two armies.

On the second day, Kosaka Masanobu personally led his 5000 troops from Aiyanzhai to the gate of the central part of the country. Army guarding the coastal area of ​​Matsuo Castle) set sail again.

When the two armies of the Luo family came out, the army of Yuichi Saeki fought fiercely with the Luo family yesterday, and then fled overnight at night, so in the early hours of the morning.Finally, everyone could no longer keep going.Finally, after crossing the Okita River and arriving at a mountain.Saeki Yuichi ordered the army to rest temporarily by the river.

"My... my lord, it's not good." Not long after Zuo Eki lay down in the tent and closed his eyes, he suddenly heard the urgent cry of his retainers.After opening his eyes in a daze, Yui Saeki saw a figure rushing in in a panic.

"What's going on?" In desperation, Yuichi Saeki could only rub his eyes and asked.

"It's not good, I'm chasing you, the Luo family is chasing you." The retainer who came in immediately exclaimed loudly.

"Are you here?" At this moment, Yui Saeki's brain was still a little dazed, but after a short pause.He immediately understood what the retainer meant, so he opened his eyes suddenly, grabbed the collar of the kneeling retainer with one hand and asked, "What did you say? The Luo family is chasing you."

"Yes... yes." The retainer was obviously still in panic, and even his voice seemed a little stammered.

After hearing the affirmative answer from the retainer, Yui Saeki simply climbed up, then quickly walked out of the military tent, came directly to the hillside next to the military tent, and looked up at the Aiyan Mountain in the distance.

In fact, in terms of straight-line distance, at this time, the hillside where Saeki Yuinao was located could still vaguely see the general situation of Mount Aiyan, which is higher in the distance.Under the instructions of the retainers who hurriedly followed.Yuichi Saeki indeed discovered that the Luo family's army on Mount Aiyan was pouring down the mountain in a steady stream, and their marching direction was exactly the direction of their army.

"Damn!" See this situation.Saeki Yuiki immediately cursed angrily.

He originally wanted to scold the general of the Luo family for being unfaithful, but the other party really took the initiative to give them a retreat last night, and did not chase after him overnight, so he couldn't say it was an act of disloyalty. , but faced with such a situation, they had to continue on the road no matter what, so he immediately shouted:

"Start camp, hurry up. Continue on the road."

"what?"

Not long after taking a break, he suddenly had to rush again, which immediately caused complaints from many people.Among them, the retainers who guarded their lord Ito Youan were particularly dissatisfied.After all, Ito Youan was injured by an arrow yesterday, and was forced to travel overnight. After a lot of running around, he passed out again even though he was lying on a wooden board and being carried by his retainers on the road.Now that he finally managed to stop and take a rest, he was about to continue on his way. Didn't he intend to kill his lord?So Ito Youan's retainers quit immediately, and even took the initiative to mobilize the soldiers of Ito's family.

"Since you don't want to wait, then continue to rest here. Let's go." Saeki Yuizo didn't bother to continue to analyze, and simply took his son, who was only eight or nine years old, and the others from the Saeki family directly on the road.

"Ah? Not good, there are pursuers behind."

At this time, some sharp-eyed fellows also spotted the Luo family's army that was constantly chasing after them from a distance.Although everyone can vaguely see the situation of the Luo family's army from a straight-line distance at this time, judging from the actual distance, the Luo's family's army is still more than half a day away from them (the two sides are actually separated by a hill, and the Luo's family's army is about To catch up with them, you have to go down the mountain first, then climb over a relatively low mountain, then go down the mountain, cross the Okita River, and then climb over some mountains before you can reach where they are).But everyone was quite alarmed.

"Hurry up and withdraw!"

Seeing the Luo family's army chasing them, everyone who just woke up like a dream hurriedly followed Zuo Eki Yuichi and others and fled.Of course, when escaping, some of the Ito family's samurai still didn't forget to scold Saeki Yui for being incompetent behind their backs, and even believed the Luo family's lies, and now they are being chased.

And Kosaka Masanobu at the back is paying close attention to the movement of Saiki Yuinao's army in front. Compared with Saeki Yuinao who can only check the situation with the naked eye, he has a team from the Nanban in his hand, which is called by the lord Masaragi. The tool of clairvoyance.Through his clairvoyance, he had a clearer understanding of the situation of Saiki Yoshinomo's party. When he found that the other party hurriedly set up camp and continued on their way, he immediately urged the army under his command to speed up the pursuit.If he could keep the army in front of him here, it would be much easier to attack the central part of Hyuga country, so he is now very much looking forward to eating the opponent.

In this way, the two sides were chasing after each other. At noon, Saeki Yuinao and others in front were about to arrive at Kadogawa Castle, the gateway to the central part of Hyuga Province.

Kadogawa Castle, as the land that must pass through from the northern Hyuga region to the central Hyuga region, is built directly in the mountains. After passing Kadokawa Castle, it will go up a gently sloping downhill terrain and enter the central part of Hyuga country. It is the first small plain in the region, and then through this small plain, and then through a slightly narrow coastal plain, you will directly enter the largest plain in Hyuga, where the residence of the Ito family, Satohara Castle, stands.Therefore, the strategic position of Menchuan City is very huge.

At this time, the defenders of Kadogawa Castle saw the deserters headed by Saeki Yuinao from a distance, so they fled here temporarily yesterday, and temporarily organized hundreds of farmers and soldiers to defend the city. The two brothers, Yuban Ito, were standing at the gate of the city to welcome Yuinao Saeki and others who were busy in the world.

"Master Saeki, who is this?" Seeing Yuichi Saeki in such a mess, the two brothers Ito Yuki and Yuban Ito couldn't help but look at each other, and there was a team of at least a thousand people behind Yuina Saeki, which made the two of them feel uncomfortable. I can't help but worry about Ito Yuan who was still with Saeki Yuinao before.

"You two, if you have any questions, please wait for a moment. I believe your retainers will arrive soon." But before Ito Yuki and Ito Yufan could continue to ask, Saeki Yuinao directly interrupted them Instead, the words of the two said, "As for the safety of this city, please leave it to the two of you. Farewell." After finishing speaking, Saiki Yuichi simply bypassed the two of them and walked directly into the gate of Kadokawa City.

"Oh, it seems that the two of them haven't recruited enough troops to defend the city yesterday. In this way, even if they add more than a thousand remnants of soldiers who followed him, they still cannot resist the Luo family's chasing troops behind them." Walking into Kadokawa City, Saeki Yuizo kept thinking.

Based on the situation of the Luo family's naval forces seen last night, the Luo family has at least added tens of thousands of reinforcements. In this way, if the Luo family continues to attack the area behind the country with all their strength, there will be at least an army of tens of thousands of people. Based on the previous incompetence of the Ito family's navy, it is naturally impossible to be the opponent of the Luo's family's navy, and once the opponent's navy goes around along the coast to the back of Menchuan City, then Menchuan City will become the turtle in the urn of the Luo's family.Thinking of this, Yuichi Saeki already had more thoughts in his mind.

(Thanks to "Bai Shi Jing Lun" for the support of the monthly pass; thanks to "leely" for the support of the reward.) (To be continued..)