Civilization Guardian Front

"Is this a new hobby, Singer?" The young man Shi Shiran came from the east wing of the house and asked with a smile on his face.

"How...how are you...here?"

I don't know why, once I saw the other party's iconic gentle smile...

(The emptiness in his heart was filled...) Sheng Jia pressed his left chest with one hand, dazed in a daze.

"I've been waiting for you to report the news about Marsen City. I've been waiting all afternoon..." After explaining the reason for staying here, Chios pointed to the surrounding rooms with the bat fan in his hand and said:

"It's really enviable to visit the house of the senior samurai by the way... Wait, what are you rushing here for..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was thrown to the ground by Sheng Jia who got up suddenly and rushed towards him at full speed!

Thanks to his background in fighting and jujitsu, Chios bent his waist to relieve the force, avoiding the tragedy of the back of his head hitting the ground.

"what happened? "

Helplessly looking at the girl on his body, from Chios' perspective, he could only see Singer's brown hair, and that heroic and beautiful face was deeply buried in his chest at this moment.

Greedily sniffing the breath of the young man, the girl showed a reassuring smile for the first time since leaving Mosen City.

"You are not allowed to go..."

......

In Xu Dynasty, Sannomaru Castle of Qingzhou City.

The [-] Oda clan are always equipped with fully armed ashigaru, lined up neatly here, waiting for inspection.

Wearing a purple-red kimono with a black sleeveless haori, Niwa Chohide held a naginata in his hand and stood quietly in front of two thousand soldiers.

After sunset, Changxiu summoned his soldiers according to the established plan, and prepared to rush to Mosen City to quell the rebellion.

Another mastermind of the plan, however, did not arrive on time.

Although I can roughly guess where that man is, and even what he is doing...

(Sure enough, I can't be relieved... Thirty minutes.) Changxiu shook his head secretly.

"Mr. Niwa, you seem to be in a bad mood today..."

"Obviously she always smiles gently..."

"Now you have no expression on your face..."

"Shh, keep your voice down, let Master Changxiu hear what to do..."

Two thousand ashigaru stood upright, communicating in a low voice cautiously.

They had never seen Niwa Chohide with a cold expression.

No one would be surprised if Narumasa Sasa put on such an expression.

But Changxiu is clearly a beauty known for her gentleness. At this time, she has a cold face, and the naginata in her hand seems to be swung out at any time...

(It's really scary!)

All the soldiers shouted inwardly.

"Sorry for the slight delay."

The voice from Ninomaru's direction liberated all the soldiers from their fear.

Changxiu looked over, and saw that Chios, who had already put on the body pill and held the tendon in his hand, was walking towards him quickly.

"I understand what you are busy with, Lord Chios, there is no need to apologize..."

Standing on the ground with the naginata in his right hand and the folding fan in his left hand against his chin, a gentle smile appeared on Nag Hideo's face.

"Your affairs have been settled properly?"

"It's solved, it didn't take much time..." Chios lied without changing his expression.

In fact, it was already dark when he left Shibata Mansion...

After some difficulty, Singer, who turned into a dog-like girl, calmed down, and quietly returned to his home in Wuga Courtyard, and immediately activated the Eye of Calamity...

Relying on the rich experience of the previous holders in wearing armor, he was able to equip the armor within 3 minutes and rushed to join Niwa Nagahide.

"To be honest, it took longer to wear this body."

"Well~ let's take it like this, sixty points." Changxiu looked at Chios for a while, then gave up exploring:

"Everyone is here, everything is ready, so..."

With a wave of her hand towards the southeast, the girl gave an order:

"Target Sumori City, let's go!"

Chapter 60? Seize the East Gate

At night, Mingzhongzhai.

After dispatching troops from Naguye City and making a detour to attack the [-] forest troops led by Lin Tonggu, Ikeda Hengxing and others did not return to Naguye City, but stationed here, quietly waiting for the next opportunity to attack.

Mingzuo Village, which does not occupy a large area, has a bit crowded space after a thousand more Oda troops stationed there.

Rudimentary military tents can be seen everywhere, and miso soup is cooked on the campfire on the hat stand.

The soldiers sat down shoulder to shoulder, chatting about family affairs and rumors while eating, looking like a slightly disciplined slum.

The luxury tents set up with white cloth embroidered with family crests are separated from the general ashigaru camps, and belong to high-ranking samurai.

Inside the white tent...

The chief generals of the One Thousand Oda Army, Ikeda Hengxing, Sasao Narumasa, and Nazuka Village guard Sakuma Morishige sat on three low stools, discussing something seriously...

"My lord, this is a secret letter sent from Mosen City in the evening, please read it."

Wearing a shoulder-length hakama over the kimono, Sakuma Morishi, who still wore a blue ghost mask on his face, took the secret letter from Hengxing, saw the hand-painted hemp pattern on the secret letter, and said slowly in a low voice:

"The ninja army directly under His Highness Nobuna, resonating with everyone..."

"Is Mr. Sheng familiar with the audience?" Hearing the other party's answer, Heng Xing couldn't help asking curiously.

"It's not familiar..." Sakuma shook his head solemnly, and then explained to the two young elites:

"It's very common for a country's daimyo to have ninja troops. The name of the audience is not a secret. It's just that they don't deliberately publicize this name, and people who know it rarely bring it up."

"According to the secret letter, the staff of the Hibiki in Sumori Castle will help us seize the east gate of the Sannomaru at this time..." Narumasa Sasas interrupted the question about the Hibiki, and changed the topic again Back to business.

"It takes about an hour and a half to march from Mingzhongzhai to Mosen City. If you want to arrive on time, you should start now."

"The march of 1000 people is too noisy, it is impossible to approach Mosen City without being discovered..." Hengxing closed his eyes and thought for a while, then put forward his own opinion:

"Send out a small group of people to occupy the east gate with the supporters, and then we will lead the main force to enter the city from the east gate."

Sasama Narumasa and Sakuma Morishige had no objection to this, they both nodded.

"Now Sumori City has no spare power to send troops, and Mingzuo Village doesn't need many people to garrison..." Sakuma Shengzhong folded his hands on his chest, pondered for a while, and then said:

"Leave me 100 people to defend Mingzuo Village, and the remaining 400 people will be used by the two dispatchers, how about it?"

"My lord..."

Hengxing and Chengzheng didn't expect that Sakuma Shengzhong would take the initiative to assign manpower to himself, but he was not very interested in the credit for breaking into Mosen City, and was willing to stay here instead.

"Then, I wish you two martial arts prosperity..."

Without explaining anything, Sakuma Shengzhong stood up and bowed to the two of them, then lifted the tent curtain and walked out.

Seeing this, Hengxing and Chengzheng knew it was not appropriate to investigate, so they returned their attention to the attack on Mosen City.

After half an hour...

[-] Oda soldiers walked out of Mingzuo Village, among them were divided into ten Ma Huizhong and forty Ashigaru, and they accelerated towards Momori City.

Sakuma stood solemnly on top of the empty wall, silently watching the army leave.

"Cough...cough cough..."

Holding his ghost face with one hand, and the ghost warrior who was coughing violently against the wall with the other, he slowly took off the mask on his face.

The back of the blue-faced fang-toothed devil was stained with dark red sticky blood.

"I...will die a worthy death..."

Wiping off the blood on the inside of the mask with his sleeve, Sakuma Morijo put on the ghost mask again, his gaze seemed to pass through Momori City and see a farther place.

"Imagawa Army..."

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At the moment of Haizheng, Mosen City.

There were 200 ashigaru, except for the [-] people who were on duty to watch the night, the rest went to bed early to rest in order to prepare for the upcoming battle of the cage city.

Momori City, which lacks the support of Atsuta merchants, is not as rich economically as Nafuro City. The city has never had more than [-] people in reserve. It only recruits military servicemen when it is necessary to fight, reducing the financial and food burden of the lord.

After Mingzhongzhai was attacked at night, the standing ashigaru suffered heavy damage, and only 600 people remained.Of the 900 defenders at present, about [-] are conscripts temporarily recruited from the castle town and neighboring villages.

Oda Nobukatsu's vassals also understand that with this combat power alone, it is unlikely to win compared to Oda Kami Sosuke's army composed of standing ashigaru.

Fortunately, their goal is to defend Momori City for ten days...

Tonight's night patrol of Sannomaru is in charge of the ashigaru group leader Yusuke Ishibashi, and he is accompanied by ten ashigaru, all of whom are members of the Hibiki group who have infiltrated into Sumori Castle.

Similar to Naguno Castle, Suesori Castle is also a hilly castle. Sannomaru, the outermost layer of the outline, has gates in the east, west, and south directions.

The west and south gates are connected to the castle town, so it is relatively lively, even in the middle of the night, you can hear a little noise.On the other hand, the undeveloped area to the east of Mosen City is much quieter.

Ishibashi Yusuke led ten subordinates to patrol from the west gate, and at the same time secretly observed the subordinates and the situation of the defenders in the city.

In two days, after experiencing a big defeat and Shibata Katsuie leaving, the morale in Sumori City was really low, and most of the night watchmen were depressed and lacked enthusiasm.

Most of the samurai rested in the samurai house in Ninomaru, and the soldiers were concentrated in the barracks to the north of Sannomaru.

"Very good, none of them can support the east gate in time..." Yusuke Ishibashi made a gesture to the others after analyzing it.

The ten loud speakers nodded slightly, expressing that they were ready to act.

The patrol came to the location of the East City Gate...

On the east screen wall of Sannomaru in Sumori City, a brazier was set up every ten steps for lighting. An ashigaru stood by the brazier, watching the movement outside the city.

Three ashigaru and a junior samurai were responsible for the oars at the city gate.

"Master Ogawa Katsumasa, did you find anything unusual?" Yusuke Ishibashi led the crowd to climb up the screen wall, and at the same time asked the samurai on the oar at the gate.

"Oh, it's Yusuke Ishibashi..." It took a while for the samurai in the belly armor to recognize him, and after greeting him, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

"How could it be possible to find anything abnormal, if there is any, you should have heard my roar, shouldn't you?"

"That's right..." Saying that, Ishibashi Yusuke patted his head.

"I'm just too worried. I always think about when the enemy will attack. I feel so nervous."

Hearing this, Katsumasa Ogawa sighed, and waved his hands to make the ashigaru beside him stand a little further away, and then he walked less than one step away from Yusuke Ishibashi.

"To be honest, I'm also very nervous, who knows if Suesori Castle can stop Oda Kami Sosuke's army..."

Glanced at Ashgaru who was standing a few steps away, and confirmed that they did not hear what he said, Katsumasa Ogawa continued:

"However, I can't bring this doubt to other soldiers, otherwise morale will continue to drop, and this battle will not be fought."

"It's amazing, I didn't expect Mr. Shengzheng to be concerned about the mood of the soldiers..." Ishibashi Yusuke praised with emotion and admiration.

"You are overrated..."

During the time when the two were talking, the loud talkers had slowly approached the three ashigaru of the city gate scull, and the sentinels of the two nearest braziers.

Ishibashi Yusuke took out a bamboo tube from his waist, shook it towards Katsumasa Ogawa, and pulled out the top plug.

"I happen to have some wine on my lower body, how about a little, Mr. Shengzheng?"

A faint aroma of wine emanates from the bamboo tube, and that kind of sweet smell is not possessed by ordinary turbid wine.

"If you have something important to do, if you want to drink..." Ogawa Katsumasa looked hesitant, a little tempted by this.

"The chief executive's army may arrive within a day or two, and this may be our last leisure."

"Hmm..." After struggling for a few seconds, the samurai was finally persuaded by Yusuke Ishibashi.

Ogawa Katsumasa took the bamboo tube of wine and poured it into his mouth.

"Kuuuuuuuhaha!" Satisfied, Katsumasa Ogawa handed the bamboo tube back to Yusuke Ishibashi, letting out a mouthful of alcohol.