Warring States Eagle

Under Tachibana Castle.

With the beating of the taiko drum, three long spears stood up like a forest.

On the horse path, an orderly galloped past on horseback, and said loudly, "Let's go with light spears."

"Oh."

The temporary farmers and soldiers who were sitting on the ground stood up one after another, lined up under the order of each group leader, and started to move forward.On the side of the gate, the logistics general Ben Duojun was standing there riding a war horse, and behind him were the logistics farmers and soldiers who loaded bags of general food on the back of the pack horse and Xiaohe's cart.

Under the huge stone wall of Tachibanayama Castle, the flag group composed of messengers held the black eagle flag of the Luo family and walked in the front row.

After the flag group, Ding Ding's armor collided, and the standing ashigaru soldiers were wearing array hats, wearing royal footwear modified by Luo's workshop, wearing straw sandals, and trotting all the way with spears on their shoulders, following behind Behind the flag group, rush out from the gate.The brightly colored black eagle flags of the Luo family behind them fluttered in the wind, dancing in their eyes like black flames from a distance.

Zhengliang sits high on the back of the Nanban horse "Lightning", wearing the iconic Luo's armor. His Nanban headband is held by the soldier's surname Erikou Xinchang, and the longbow is held by Shimadzu Yoshihiro in turn. Hands follow behind.Right now, he was riding his horse downhill slowly along the horse trail in the city, Yamamoto Kansuke, Hidan and other retainers were one or half a horse behind him, following behind.Around him are the cloaked crowd, and behind him is the samurai team.

"Kansuke, is there any new progress in sending envoys to the eastern part of the Chikuzen Kingdom?"

Hearing Masara's words, Kansuke Yamamoto immediately jumped off the horse with the help of several of his retainers.He followed Zhengliang.Respectfully said: "My lord, the Qiuyue family has agreed to advance and retreat with the family, presumably at this time they have already acted according to the plan agreed with the family; the Aso family is still hesitating, but if they learn that Tao Long is plotting On the contrary, after Ouchi Yoshitaka was killed, he would definitely make a choice. Only Shangshou Occupation of Xufei Mountain City refused the family's solicitation, but considering that it was his wife's younger brother Lu Ci who came to persuade him, Therefore, he did not inform his family, Munakata's family."

"Huh!" Zheng Liang snorted immediately after hearing the words, and smacked the air with his horsewhip, saying: "Since he is stubborn, don't give him a chance. This time, when we go out to the eastern part of the Zhuqian Kingdom, we will be the first to step down." Occupy the Ministry."

"Oh." Kansuke Yamamoto, the military adviser accompanying the army, agreed and withdrew.

"My lord," said Kakukuma Ishimune, another military advisor who accompanied the army this time, and he approached Masara on horseback, saying, "Xufei Mountain Castle is the gateway to the hinterland of Munakata's family from the west by land. It's very solid."

Zhengliang also nodded when he heard this.On the left and right sides of Xufei Mountain City are the towering and steep Xufei Mountain and Tsushima Mountain. These two high mountains belong to a section of the Sanjun Mountain Range extending to the northern coastal area.After years of operation by the Zongxiang family, not only the city walls are towering.And it's still a Nimaru city.The geographical location is just stuck at the critical position where the western part of the Chikuzen country enters the eastern part, like a gate, embedded in the northern end of the Sangunshan mountain range that divides the Chikuzen country into two parts, east and west.In history, due to the special geographical location of Xufei Mountain City and the fact that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Munakata family later moved their residence from Baishan City to here.

If Zhengliang's army is blocked under Xu Feishan City, they will have to divert along the sea to the north to Dishima and Dashima. There used to be the Munakata naval base, and now it is a vast expanse of land. Burnt ruins.After arriving there, the Luo family's army will be transported in batches to the Mongakata family's coastal territory on the other side of the mountain forest by using the navy.It's just that another army from the Luo family has landed on that side at this time, and rushing over now is just to join in the fun, and once this army leaves, the army in Xu Fei City can support other places, and even take advantage of it. Seeing the emptiness in the western part of the Chikuzen country, it entered the territory of the Roche family.So no matter what, Zhengliang's army is going to storm Xu Feishan City.

In the face of the Luo family's upcoming invasion of the Dongzhuqian country, Shang'an, the occupying department in Xu Fei's city, had already made sufficient preparations. He had mobilized all forces in the territory before, recruiting soldiers over the age of 15 and under the age of 50. Men, gathered more than 500 people in the army, plus the 500 people originally supported by the Ouchi family, there are now more than 1000 people.He has already made plans for the cage city battle.

You must know that although Xu Fei City is not a big city, it is built on a steep mountain, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack.And before that, enough food and grass were stored in the city, and there were iron cannons, which are sharp weapons for defending the city, so the soldiers in the city felt at ease.Even if the Luo family's army attacked with all its strength, Zhanbu Shang'an was confident in defending and inflicting enough damage to the Luo's family's army.

What puzzled Zhanbu Shang'an was that after arriving at the foot of Xu Feishan City, the Luo family was not in a hurry to attack. The defenders put on a posture of a protracted war.

"Lord Zhanbu Shang'an, what do you think the Luo family's army is doing?" Xiangyue Zexiao, the Ouchi family's garrison commander who was stationed in Xu Fei City, immediately responded to the strange behavior of the Luo family's army. Asked by Zhan Bu Shang'an.

"Hmph, have you seen it, Master Xiangyue? Is there a main flag of the eagle with the golden family crest in the opponent's army formation? That is the exclusive main flag of the Hizen Eagle Roshi Masara. The cunning Hizen Eagle is just under the city. What about it?" Zhanbu Shang'an said immediately.

"This?" Xiangyue Zexiao, who was standing on the top of the city, looked in the direction Zhanbu Shang'an pointed, and indeed saw a golden banner in the middle of the Luo family's army formation. The golden eagle above is shining in the sun.

"Hmph, Hizen's Eagle is nothing more than that. Master Zhanbu, look at it. The Luo family army who came to attack the city is not even 1000 strong. With such a force, why are there more than [-] people guarding it?" The opponent in this city?" Looking at the golden banner of the Luo family, Xiangyue Zexiao felt that the Luo family was demonstrating against them, so he said immediately.

"Lord Xiangyue, don't underestimate that cunning eagle. The other party has always been scheming, but no matter what the other party is, as long as we stick to the city wall and can't defend it, then naturally we can stop the other party's tricks." Sensing Xiangyue Zexiao's intention to belittle the Luo family's army under the city, Zhanbu Shang'an, who had known the combat effectiveness of the Luo family's army for a long time, reminded him immediately.Anyway, this time he was determined to hide in the city and couldn't get out.With the cliffs on the left and right sides of Xu Fei Mountain City, and the geographical location connected to the hinterland of Zongxiang's family at the rear, the Luo family's army cannot besiege them, so they can only forcefully attack from the west. As long as they can't hold on, the Luo's family will also There is nothing he can do about it.

In the next few days, the Luo family did not storm Xu Feishan City, but rested during the day and used harassment tactics at night.Zhanbu Shang'an had known about Luo's family's tactics for a long time, but only after experiencing it personally did he realize how despicable and shameless it was.

Whenever the sound of killing and drumming continued outside the city at night, Zhanbu Shang'an had to send more soldiers to the city wall. The soldiers were exhausted after coming and going.Later, Zhanbu Shang'an thought of a way to deal with it, that is, divide the soldiers into several groups, and then take turns guarding the city wall when the Luo family came to attack the city, while the rest continued to rest.But this approach is also limited.After all, these soldiers are mainly composed of ordinary citizens. When they are harassed at night, even if it is not their turn to go to the battlefield, they are still frightened and unable to rest peacefully, resulting in being harassed and exhausted.If it continues like this, even if the Luo family's army from outside does not rush in, these soldiers defending the city will mutiny.

Simply ignore the harassment from the Luo family and not send reinforcements to the city?What if the Luo family really changed from a harassment war to a siege war?You must know that although the city wall of Xu Fei City is high, the other party also has those long ladders that can be climbed.Then the city will be captured soon, and Xu Fei City will be in danger.A simple harassing tactic by the Luo family immediately made the city helpless.

(Thanks to "spring Chenxi" for the evaluation vote.) (To be continued..)