Civilization Guardian Front

It wasn't until the man walked away that the faint flames couldn't illuminate his figure, and two people slowly walked out from the shadow of the porch in the Royal Palace.

There was a tall and straight man in a navy blue pattern and a purple haori, and a graceful woman in a purple kimono with a black sleeveless haori.

"Earlier, I was soliciting information from the rest of the vassals, and I didn't show up until the city gate was about to be closed, and I used materials to test it..." Looking at the direction where Lin Xiuzhen left, Chios shook his head slightly with emotion:

"Different from his honest face, this Mamoru Hayashi Sado is a man with deep thoughts."

"Speaking of deep scheming, Mr. Chios is not qualified to say anything about others, zero points." Hearing what Chios said, Changxiu, who has always given people a gentle impression, couldn't help but give the young man a white look, mercilessly Give the opponent a minimum score.

"If you hadn't given your surname specifically, you would have to wait a while when faced with medicinal materials and gifts, and you would have to accept them in the end... Maybe our strategy would be revealed."

"I just thought of this detail temporarily, just in case." With an understatement and a long show of compliments, Chios turned his face and expressed his admiration for the military division of the Oda family beside him:

"If you really want to talk about the key point, didn't Wan Qiandai see through Lin Xiuzhen's secret support for Lord Xinsheng in advance? The other retainers never thought that Lin Zuodu would support Lord Xinsheng's rebellion."

"Is that so? I just wanted to help Master Chios a little bit, and I just happened to know about it." Changxiu didn't take credit for it at all, and the folding fan was shaken open, fanning herself gently.

"Hehe..." The corners of Chios' mouth curled up slightly, showing a smile on his face.

"The next thing to see is when Master Xinsheng of Mosen City raised his troops to rebel."

"Hee hee..." Changxiu folded a fan and covered her mouth with a smile on her face.

"Soldiers, armor, food and fodder are fully prepared, and the two thousand troops can be dispatched at any time, full marks."

Chios and Jangsu, who told Nobuna the deepest truth about his illness, smiled tacitly at each other.

(His Royal Highness, these two people laugh so scary!) The little girl standing in front of the royal hall was sweating on her forehead and shivering, she didn't dare to look at the two people behind her.

......

Aichi County, Momori Castle.

Lin Xiuzhen, who left Qingzhou City, did not return to her mansion, but rode all the way here overnight with a few entourages.

"Stop, you are... Hayashi Sado Mori-sama!"

The samurai guarding the city gate tonight is the leader of the Ashgaru group, Miyai Tsunada, who had met Lin Xiuzhen a few times, barely recognized him through the firelight, and immediately ordered someone to open the gate.On the other hand, he trotted down from the tower, approached Lin Xiuzhen, and asked with a confused face:

"It's so late at night, why did you come from Qingzhou City?

"A...major event happened in Qingzhou City. I have...an important matter to discuss with Lord Xinsheng." Lin Xiuzhen said as she dismounted, took the water bag handed over by the attendant, drank some water, Still breathless to speak.

"This matter is extremely urgent, please report it quickly without delay!"

"Whoa whoa!"

Miyai Tsunechu didn't know why, but the extremely serious aura of the man in front of him made him nod subconsciously, and didn't even arrange a place for Lin Xiuzhen to rest, so he ran to Honmaru on his own.

Half an hour later, Momori Castle Honmaru was in the assessment room.

Hayashi Toko, Kamata Sukijo, Tomino Sakyoshin, Yamaguchi Matajiro, Hashimoto Juzo, Kakuda Shingo, Owaki Torzo... All the retainers who live in the samurai residence in Suemori Castle are here, and they are divided according to their status seating.

The people present were all important ministers under Oda Nobukatsu's command. Although Lin Xiuzhen was not a servant of Nobukatsu on the surface, she was respected by the samurai present as a veteran minister who had been reused since her father Nobuhide's time.

The seat in the front row close to the middle already speaks volumes about his position on Xinsheng's side.

Oda Nobukatsu, who still looked a little childish, sat in the top seat. He was shaken awake in his sleep, his eyes were a little confused, and he couldn't help yawning when he opened his mouth.

"Huh...Master Xiuzhen, why do you need to discuss things in the middle of the night?"

Xin Sheng's words simply expressed the thoughts of most of the retainers present, they all nodded and looked at Lin Xiuzhen with a questioning expression in their eyes.

Now it's Yin time, which is midnight, which is usually the time when people are fast asleep.

When everyone heard the bell to announce the assessment, they could barely open their eyelids, put on their kimonos with sleepy faces, washed their faces with cold water, and managed to cheer up and come to the Honmaru Palace.

"I'm very sorry for disturbing you all." Although she had a high status, Lin Xiuzhen still nodded sincerely to the retainers present to express her apology.Afterwards, a serious look appeared on the plain Chinese character face, and he said solemnly:

"Although I don't know the reason, His Royal Highness seems to be ill, and the condition is quite serious."

"What, can a fool like my sister catch a cold?" Xinsheng asked in disbelief, as if he couldn't imagine that his sister who always dressed in nondescript clothes and made troubles in his memory would get sick.

"Yes, I have confirmed this matter again and again tonight. In order to test His Highness Xinnai's condition, I also offered my family treasure amber as a medicinal material..." Lin Xiuzhen replied, and he patiently explained to Xinsheng:

"After all, good-quality amber is not only precious but also can be used as medicine. Even a famous country cannot easily obtain it. The surname should be the person who knows the situation of His Highness Nobuna the most. Even though he hesitated, he still accepted the amber. It can be seen that the condition should be true. ."

Lin Xiuzhen's words dissipated the tiredness of everyone present, Xin Sheng and the retainers. They looked at the middle-aged man with a square face in front of the lord, waiting for his next words.

Everyone is well aware of the bloody storm that sentence will cause, but they do not flinch, but look forward to it excitedly.

Sensing the solid and tense atmosphere in the evaluation room, Lin Xiuzhen sat down solemnly, bowed her head facing Oda Nobukatsu, her forehead almost touched the tatami, and said in a deep voice:

"Lord Nobukatsu, His Royal Highness Oda Nobuna is not enough to bear the responsibility of Lord Owari. He has already fallen ill. At this golden opportunity, Lord Nobukatsu can replace him. Please raise your troops!"

Chapter 48? Attack and Defense of Mingzuo Village

Aichi County, Taigawa...

Between Kiyosu Castle and Suomori Castle, Nakoya Castle, the former home of Oda Nobuna, is separated. Although there is a tributary named Tai River that separates the sister and brother's castles, part of Nobuna's direct jurisdiction is located in the east of the Tai River. When Oda Nobukatsu rebelled, Shinoki Misato, which had been occupied by troops, was one of the examples.

Due to the bad record of Nobukatsu's past three rebellions, Nobuna sent the famous general Sakuma Morishi across the Toi River, and after building a fortress in Mingzuka, he led 500 people to garrison here to prevent Nobukatsu from sending troops again to her direct-controlled territory in eastern Sichuan.

Nobuna's arrangement is definitely not unfounded...

When the news of her illness came out at dawn the next day, the horizon revealed light of dawn, and the morning mist had not yet dissipated.An army of more than a thousand people is marching along the official road towards the famous village.

They carried the Oda papaya-patterned flag similar to Owari Daimyo's, but the background color was dyed purple in order to distinguish the difference between Suemori Oda's family and Owari Daimyo's army.

Leading this army is Lin Tongju, a servant general. He is the younger brother of Lin Xiuzhen. He has a Chinese character face similar to his elder brother, but has a beard. Because of such obvious characteristics, no one will mistake the two brothers. .

Unlike his elder brother, who is good at political affairs and diplomacy, Lin Tongju is an out-and-out general. His strong body is wearing a large armor, a helmet on his head, and a sword at his waist. He rides a long spear in the front of the army.

"Master Lin Meisaku, I don't understand, why are we rushing to attack Mingzukazhai?" Ashgaru General Kakuda Shingo rode his horse alongside Lin Tonggu, and couldn't help expressing the confusion in his heart:

"After Lord Xinsheng raised his troops, shouldn't we wait for the Owari nobles to respond and form an army to coerce Qingzhou City?"

"Stupid!" Lin Tongju angrily reprimanded with a wave of his spear:

"If the big fool Owari had just succeeded as the governor of the family, we had raised our troops to revolt, and it was barely possible to cause the powerful clan to respond to send troops, but..."

"The two idiots, Yamaguchi's stepfather and son, actually rebelled first, and they used twice the army to fight the big fool head-on, but they still haven't won! As a result, many wealthy families who were not optimistic about the big fool's succession to the family governor, one by one. The wild woman lowers her head, bah!"

Recalling that Oda Nobuna's status was unstable at the beginning, it was a good opportunity to support Nobukatsu to replace the country's lord. As a result, the great opportunity was wasted by Yamaguchi's stepfather and son...

(Twice the number of troops did not win, that is the first battle of a fool!)

Thinking of this, Lin Tongju couldn't help but spat hard on the ground, and then continued:

"Lord Xinsheng raised his troops a few times ago, how many people did you see responding? Except for a few Chinese people who approached Mosen City, almost none!"

Kakuda Shingo knew that Lin Tong was very irritable, and he was not angry because he was called stupid by the other party, but he continued to ask the question in his heart:

"However, our military strength is no bigger than that of a fool. If there is no one to follow, why do you and your elder brother still persuade Lord Xinsheng to send troops to Zhongzhai?"

"Kakuda, prestige doesn't come from your mouth..." Lin Tongju couldn't help sighing.

"Mingzukazhai is too close to Suesori Castle. If we don't remove this stronghold, we will not be able to hide any movement of our army from the idiot for a long time. Besides, the fortress guarded by a mere 500 people can't be taken down. How can Master Xinsheng win the hearts of the people of Owari? Take effect?"

"So, we must win Mingzunzhai no matter what!" Hearing Lin Tonggu's words, Kakuda Shingo clenched his fists and shouted enthusiastically.

Kakuda Shingo, who has not yet had battle experience, was able to assume the post of Ashgaru general only because he inherited the family resources.The young samurai, who had longed for the battlefield, did not realize at all what a heavy price he would have to pay to win the fortress that he casually mentioned.

"Yes..." The middle-aged samurai replied, unlike young people, he knew the difficulty of capturing Mingzuo Village.

(Regardless of whether the Owari fool is really seriously ill, as long as he can win this village before Qingzhou City reacts, that woman's prestige will be hit, and this battle must not be lost.)

During the conversation, the army came to the main road leading to Naguye Castle in the east of Sichuan, and the Mingzuo Village built in the mountains and forests near the official road finally appeared in front of the Suemori Oda army.

"Everyone stop!" Lin Tongju held his spear horizontally and shouted to stop the advance of the army.

"Array!"

Mingzukazhai, on the four-meter-high multi-layered wooden wall, two hundred ashigaru armed with Marugi bows, each with arrow pots at their feet, hiding behind the bunker, watching the Suemori Oda army.

There is not enough space on the wall for all the soldiers to climb the wall to defend, and the remaining [-] defenders are behind the wall ready to go, ready to support the insufficient manpower area at any time.

"Master Sakuma, there are 500 enemy troops, do you want to ask for help from Qingzhou City?" A low-ranking samurai rushed to the gate of the village to put arrows on the oar, and asked a general who was fully armed and his face was covered by an oni mask.

This samurai who gives people the impression of an Onimusha is none other than the famous general of the Oda family, Sakuma Morishō.

"No need..." The ghost mask made Sakuma Shengzhong's voice even hoarse, as if it came from the mouth of a ghost general in purgatory.

"Niwa Choshuden has long been aware of the enemy's actions, and our only mission is to stay here for three days."

The junior samurai wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Sakuma Morishi had already raised his hand to stop anyone from making a sound.

Under the ferocious blue ghost's face, a pair of bloodthirsty eyes gleamed, watching the enemy army outside the city wall change from a long snake formation to a horizontal square formation through the archery holes.

Mingzhongzhai is a fortress built as a strategic deterrent. Safety considerations are secondary. The key point is to be close to the official road and be able to quickly dispatch troops to Sumori Castle Town or nearby villages.Although surrounded by mountains and forests, the terrain is not particularly steep, and the enemy can attack from outside the gate of the village.

However, the current Suemori Oda Army seems to still use the most flat Zhaimen as the main attack point... Sakuma Morishige, who has experienced battles, made a judgment after looking at the enemy's concentrated queue, and ordered:

"Before the door, the archers are ready."

The samurai next to him got the order and immediately put up a banner for the soldiers on the wall.

Kara...

Over a hundred standing ashigaru took out the arrows from the quiver and skillfully put them on the Marugi bowstring.

Suemori Oda Army...

Seeing that the defenders of Mingzhongzhai were well-organized and without any haste, Lin Tongju let go of the last chance of luck, and resolutely raised his gun and shouted:

"First column, attack!"

woohoo~

The Horn of Faluo sounded, and the first column of the Suemori Oda Army, urged by the sound of the attack horn, held up the wooden ladder to climb the city, and ran towards Mingzuo Village from [-] steps away.

The soldier's ladder was placed above his head, hoping that when the rain of arrows fell, he could somewhat block some arrows for himself.However, even the ashigaru who was running knew in his heart that the first batch of attackers were rarely uninjured, and their greatest wish was to survive.

The warriors of Mosen City did not hide behind the soldiers, in order to boost morale, they even ran ahead of the team.

In less than half a minute, the first row of soldiers had already run more than a hundred steps.

The defenders on the wall did not shoot an arrow, but the pressure on Suemori Oda's army was extremely high, which showed that the enemy troops were well disciplined and would not waste arrows.

"Second row, move forward!" Lin Tongju simply stopped probing, and sent an additional row of people forward every hundred steps.

"Third column, keep up!"

"fourth......"

At this time, the distance between the first row of soldiers and Mingzhongzhai came within two hundred steps.

The defenders on the wall of the stronghold finally left their bunkers, raised their bows and pointed at the sky, loosened their right fingers, and shot out a jet of black rain.

Whoosh search!

The arrow took off, climbed to the highest point, and was pulled by the earth, falling straight down...

The place where the black rain fell was right above the heads of the first column of the Dengcheng team.

More than half of the arrows landed in the air, inserted into the climbing ladder, or were bounced off by the ashigaru hat, making a clanging sound.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The remaining arrows pierced into the human body, especially the weakly protected neck, arms, and thighs. More than a dozen people fell down after the volley, and the miserable howls of the injured resounded through the battlefield for the first time.

However, this is only the prelude to this battle.

whoosh search...

The defenders of Mingzhongzhai did not hold back any longer, just as the enemy army sent out manpower to attack wave after wave, they responded with round after round of volleys.

Inside the arrow oar at the gate of the village, Sakuma's solemn expression was hidden under the ghost's face, with his left hand resting on the handle of the sword, looking very calm.

"Before you die, fight and struggle to your heart's content, conspirators..."

The ghost warrior murmured gloomyly, and spread his right hand, revealing that he was holding a note in his palm, on which was written neat and beautiful handwriting:

"I am safe and sound. If I stick to it for a day, the army of my family will arrive soon and wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop."

Chapter 49? Lure the Enemy

On the official road from Qingzhou City to Naguye City, a group of ten warriors galloped on horseback.

Among them, the two leading girls were unusually conspicuous.

The girl who was ahead of everyone, had smooth black hair tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, green eyes with firm eyes on her fair and round face, and the fabric of her clothes under her armor was dyed a gorgeous cherry color.

A woman who is half a horse behind has short shoulder-length red hair, and the two slightly longer strands extend to her chest. She is supported by the wind like weeping cherry blossoms. Her indifferent expression and sharp eyes make it easy for people to ignore her. Beautiful, the purple haori outside the carcass is very gorgeous.