Chapter 453: Search
"Quick! Fast! Fast! Landing! "The Tsugaru Standing Army landed on Sado Island again.
"Hahaha! It's back again. Morikuni Ikeda laughed happily, he was the deputy Sado officer of the Tsugaru family.
"It's not over yet, there are still remnants of the Hosokawa Army on the island." Takahashi Xingjia on the side looked at the deep mountains not far away, he was the general of the Tsugaru family, the Imperial Insider, and the lord of the castle of "Kokutaka Water Temple Castle" in Luzhong.
The so-called Imperial Cabinet is a kind of honor for Tsugaru to reward the ministers of the family who have made great contributions to the faith, and it is a practice to win people's hearts, just like the Hosokawa family's side approach.
"Hehe... Isn't there Takahashi-sama..."Ikeda Morikuni was not worried at all, and seemed to have great confidence in this Takahashi family, and they brought 5,000 people this time, which turned out to be a standing army for the separation of soldiers and peasants.
"Humph! Needless to say! With that, Takahashi walked to the assembled army and shouted, "How is it? Aren't you done with the assembly yet? Do you want to be whipped so hard! ”
"It's... Be... Hurry up! Hurry up! Takahashi-sama is here! The samurai under his command were submissive, and hurriedly shouted at the soldiers to straighten out.
"Report to Takahashi-sama! The army has been assembled! Please instruct! A mid-level samurai ran over and saluted Takahashi's family.
"Good!" Takahashi Xingjia slowly walked to the front of the army and shouted: "The enemy is like a lost dog!" Escape into the mountains! Now I command! Go into the mountains and hunt for me! Destroy all the people of the Hosokawa family! ”
"Oh!" The Tsugaru army shouted in unison.
"First team! Come with me! A Tsugaru samurai led a group of Ashigaru Kaita towards the mountains in front of him.
"The third team! Advance! ”
"Team Four! With the issuance of an order, the Tsugaru army rushed towards the mountain like a huge net.
Rustling... The Tsugaru army searched for traces of the Hosokawa army in the depths of the mountain, and occasionally saw a shrine, and nervously surrounded it, but after breaking in, there was no one to be seen.
Just stop and go.,When I came across a shrine, I went in and searched it.,Before you know it's been walking for most of the day.,The sky is getting dark.。
"Damn! Where is this Hosokawa army hiding? "Takahashi Xingjia is a little anxious, there are more than a dozen temples and shrines that can hide people in this mountain, and now less than half of them have been investigated.
"Lord Takahashi, it's getting late, and the shrine Tenmangu is not far ahead, why don't you rest there for the night and set off tomorrow morning?" The wife of the Tsugaru family, Mitsuhiro Kiki, saluted and said, After searching for most of the day, the soldiers were very tired.
"Hmm... Also, watch out for people who stay on guard at night. Takahashi Xingjia nodded, anyway, Sado Island is not big, and sooner or later you can find the Hosokawa Army.
"Yes! The whole army obeys the order! Search Tenmangu Shrine! If there are no enemy troops, we will rest there tonight! Mitsuhiro Tsumigi immediately issued a military order.
"Oh!" The Tsugaru army then shook up, quickened his pace, and rushed headlong into the shrine's mountain gate.
With a bang, he kicked open the door of a house, and then rushed in three or four ashigaru. Glancing left and right, the whole house was in tatters, apparently uninhabited for a long time.
"There's no one here!"
"There's no one here either!" The Tsugaru army searched the entire shrine up and down, back and forth, and found no trace of anyone.
"Stand on guard! Get ready to cook in a pot! Mitsuhiro Tsumiki commanded loudly, arranged the defenders who were patrolling the night, and began to camp on the spot.
"Oops... It's finally time to rest, with Saburo, you say... What is the origin of this Hosokawa Army? Dare to rob our Tsugaru family's Sado Island. Tsugaru, who was resting at Tenmangu Palace, was always ashigaru, and began to get together in twos and threes, taking out the rice balls he was carrying and chatting while eating.
"Who knows, to dare to break ground on the head of our pavilion master is simply impatient. This is not... The water army was chased and beaten by us like rabbits! It is said that nearly 100 warships were sunk and thousands of enemy soldiers were killed and wounded. ”
"That's a lot, oh my God! It's worthy of the Lord of Benshan, how like us, I haven't even seen a hair until now! ”
"Hey, you can't say that, it's not good for Takahashi-sama to listen to it."
"Rest assured, he can't hear from afar! Hum... I'm going to kill a few more people in this battle so I can go to the five-color preparation, hahahaha! ”
"Hahaha! I'm going to kill a few more people, and I've heard that there are more than 2,000 enemies, so if you don't move quickly, you'll let the people from the next group take the lead. "The emotional Tsugaru Army is an ordinary weak chicken peasant soldier when the Hosokawa Army.
"That's it! All right! Don't talk about it! Hurry up and get to bed! I'm going to chase the enemy tomorrow morning! Mitsuhiro Tsumiki walked over at this time, interrupting the laughter of the ashigaru.
"Oops... Really, what's the matter with a little more talk, the enemy can't spread his wings and fly from this island. Although he was reluctant, he still obeyed the order, after all, the military order is like a mountain.
In the silence of the night, the birds were asleep without a sound, except... Individual light snoring.
Sand... Sand... An inaudible sound came from the secluded mountains, and occasionally a faint black shadow shone under the moonlight.
"Slow down... Advance stealthily..."Sasa Narumasa said quietly, making a gesture of pressing down with both hands, meaning to take a light step.
It has been almost a year since he was able to become an army, and he has long been out of the inferior nature of the peasant soldiers, and at this time he has groped his way forward in the dark night, and no one has been left behind.
"Your Excellency... Here we are, there! A samurai quickly ran up to the front of Nadomasa, got down on one knee, and pointed to the Tenmangu Shrine not far away, where campfires were clustered.
"Very well, continue to move forward covertly and kill them by surprise." As he spoke, Sasa Naruma was about to beckon his subordinates to move forward.
"Your Excellency... We can't go any further, there are many enemy sentry posts ahead, and we are very vigilant. ”
"Can you clean it up? Don't make any noise? Sasa asked after a moment's thought.
"I'm afraid there is no guarantee, the enemy is well-trained at a glance, and the sentinels are bright and dark, one by one to monitor the other." The samurai shook his head, they weren't elite after all, and they weren't as professional as ninjas.
"Hey... It's a pity, so let's teach them a lesson first. Command the bow foot to step forward! "Sasa Narimasa knows that a night attack must be killed with one blow, and since the enemy is on guard, if he rushes in, he is likely to trap himself.
Rustle... This time the movement was a bit big, and the Hosokawa army was no longer thinking about hiding, and Bowashigaru quickly found a suitable angle to avoid being blocked by branches and other debris.
"Huh? Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Suddenly, there was a rapid warning sound from the shadows, and the Hosokawa army was discovered by a secret sentinel.
"Archery!" Sasa Naruma was no longer hiding, and shouted directly.
Whoosh! Two hundred arrows flew into the air...