"Lord...... Isn't it a second thought! After retracting his gaze from Sakurai's hurried back, Takenaka Hanbei said in a somewhat hesitant tone. The quail is only a few hundred stones of grain, and even if it is lost, it is not a big deal. In another two or three hours, it will be dawn, and then we can easily take Higashiyakura Castle and cut off the return route of this Shimazu army. The operation that our army originally planned three days later could only have the effect of this, so this small loss is not significant! ”

"I think so too, but I'm afraid that the Shimazu army won't cooperate!" I leaned back in my chair and looked up at the top of the tent, a wry smile on my lips.

Then I suddenly remembered the joke from a long time ago, that is, a person who was worried about a certain dog did not know that "a barking dog does not bite!" This sentence. In a sense, I'm in the same mood as that person at the moment.

"Abandon these 3,000 people and take away our grain and grass station, I'm afraid that they will start a final battle with us next!" I spoke softly and slowly, as if I was speaking to him and wanting to be talking to myself. "The quail is not important to us, but Shimazu is not necessarily aware of this, and it is not just a grocery warehouse in a political sense. I doubt that the Shimazu Army will be doing anything, and whether they will risk another fish and a broken net to fight a large-scale and protracted battle with us in this mountain. I wouldn't be afraid of them under normal circumstances, but now I can't afford to put it off, and even if they want to kill themselves, I don't have the strength to accompany them. Not only to win, but also to win a decent victory, to use this victory to strengthen our façade. In that case, we need to crack all his stratagems at the beginning, so that they will be discouraged before they can be used, and there is no other way but to surrender! ”

The half-guard of Takenaka sat there with his head hung down, and I didn't hear him sigh or not. For him, he couldn't wait to return to, but he didn't want to take too drastic measures against the Kyushu forces at this time. It seems like a dilemma, and running back in the dust will change the overall situation.

"Do you have any experience with the Shimazu family's big ideas?" I asked suddenly. To be honest, in these few encounters, I felt that the strategy and tactics of the Shimazu family were a little strange and even confusing.

"Oh, this...... I can't say it for a minister! The half-guard of Takenaka raised his head, his eyes flashing and straightened up. Since the abdication of the Shimazu family, it has actually been a situation in which the four brothers have been in power together, and although Shimazu Yoshihisa succeeded him as the governor of the family, it was decided through consultation on many things. In terms of the personalities of the four people, they have grown old and steady; Yoshihiro is resolute and resolute; years of wit and calmness; Ichiku is brave and tenacious. These four people are all rare talents individually, but when they are put together, especially when the distribution of power is not so disparity, some contradictions are inevitable, but there have been no big problems until today! ”

"It's really enviable!" I suddenly thought of the future of my sons, and sighed with feeling.

"This is an advantage of the Shimazu family, and there will always be people who compromise when their own people are in trouble!" I don't know if the Takenaka Hanbei was intentional or if he really didn't hear it, so he ignored my previous sentence. Depending on the situation, the four Shimazu brothers will choose a tactic that everyone can accept, and this tactic will not necessarily favor one person's thinking. This kind of thing may be difficult for ordinary people to accept, but it is also difficult for opponents to master. As far as my personal feeling is concerned, the tactics of the Shimazu army tonight are closer to the cooperation between Yoshihiro and Suijiu, but looking at the attack method of the 3,000 men and horses of Higashiya Kurakura Castle, it seems to have a bit of a shadow of a long time! ”

I was silent for a moment, such a samurai group is really enviable. If they were from a group of wild samurai, I would definitely try my best to recruit them and reward them heavily, but now it can only be an illusion. To be honest, it will be difficult for the Shimazu family in Kyushu to be the person I trust the most in the future, and it will be difficult to change no matter how many new connections are made.

Shimazu! It's really loved, hated and can't be helped, and it always gives people a feeling that it's hard to start.

"See the lord for the minister!" In the cranky silence of me and the half-guards of Takenaka, Kusunoki Mitsunari hurried over. It's been a few years since he didn't work directly as a ninja, and he's a little blessed now, but he's certainly at this age.

"Guangcheng, can the team leave now?" I asked in a voice not very sure.

"In accordance with the Lord's orders, everyone is in place!" Kusunoki Mitsunari nodded with his hand on the hilt, at this time he was more like a military general than a ninja.

"Well, Takenaka-sama will give you the task!" I made a faint gesture, and then kicked the "ball" to Hanbei Takenaka.

"Kusunok-sama, please come and see!" The half-guard of Takenaka pointed to the map on the table, and then took the lead. His attitude was firm and confident, and there was no doubt about the plan. "Now there is an Shimazu army intending to attack our army's quail, numbering about 3,000, because it is suspected that this may be Shimazu's trick to lure the enemy, so it is impossible to send infantry to stop it. Now you're going to lead the ninja army out of the back camp and cut diagonally into the back of this Shimazu army, along the way...... ...... here, and then follow until the quail. Don't rush to attack, wait until they start attacking the quail and then flank from behind. Pay attention to the speed of progress, report back immediately if there is a situation, and we will also pay attention to your situation there at any time, and the troops will set off in an hour! ”

Kusunoki Mitsunari's gaze slid along the map with Takenaka's fingers, nodding or snorting from time to time.

"Is there anything you don't understand?" Hanbei Takenaka asked at the end.

"It's only five miles away from the camp, and it's the strength of the ninja army like mountain and field warfare, so I don't think there will be any problems!" After looking at it for a while, Nanmu Guangcheng straightened up and replied confidently.

"Let's go! Be careful! I said one last thing.

After Kusunoki Mitsunari left, there was silence in the big tent again, and Takenaka Hanbei and I had nothing to say for a while. At this time, naturally don't want to sleep anymore, and besides, the bustle of table tennis at the front camp gate has no intention of stopping. Time passed minute by minute, and it was already past three o'clock in the blink of an eye.

"At this time, Guangcheng must have already handed it over, right?" I finally got to it.

"It's almost time!" Hanbei Takenaka took out his pocket watch and looked at it again.

The actions of the Shimazu family made me not very happy, I didn't sleep all night and the noise of half a night was my anger upgraded, everything was planned well, why didn't the Shimazu family know how to "match" it! I reached out and rubbed my temples on both sides, trying to calm myself down.

"Repay the Lord!" A stereo sounded at the tent door, and the squire who looked up to see him standing was ghosted. I closed my eyes and shook my head vigorously, and when I saw that there were two people standing there, Sakurai Sakichi was a little farther away from them.

"What's the matter, you say it first!" I pointed to the person on my left.

"Kusunoki-sama has arrived at the location and launched an attack, and everything is going well so far!" He returned.

"What about you!" It couldn't have been more normal, and I turned to the person on my right.

"Lord Otani, who is stationed in the front camp, urgently reports: The gate of Iwaken Castle is open, and the Shimazu army is pouring out of the nest to kill our camp!"

"What?" I could barely believe my ears, so I glanced at the half-guards of Takenaka, stood up and walked outside.

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When we arrived at the camp gate, Ban Naganobu, Tsuda Kazusu, and Otani Yoshitsugi were already standing here, and when they saw me and the Takenaka Hanbei coming, they ordered their subordinates to protect them while keeping a certain line of sight out of the way.

It was the darkest time before dawn, and the moonlight was sinking in the west to provide little light. The light in the camp is far less effective than shining on oneself, and in this way, most of it was extinguished by the order of the companion letter because of my arrival. In the haze, a large area of activity appeared in the gray opposite side.

"The Shimazu army has dispatched at least 20,000 men, and it is still pouring out!" The companion letter reported to me.

I nodded, not knowing what to say, or how to describe Shimazu's stupidity. I have more than 40,000 troops in the big camp, and there are powerful firearms, and I take the initiative to attack in this situation, and their heads are all broken. "Pull up all the iron artillery reserves, and allocate another 5,000 people to Jiji!" Just in case, I strengthened my defense.

The supporting troops had not yet been brought in, and the Shimazu army had already begun to attack, and a large number of ashigaru armed with spears and small bamboo hats on their heads shouted and rushed forward, but the armor on their bodies looked a little strange.

"Bang, bang, bang......" The half-squatting and the two rows of iron cannons standing upright behind the fence have not stopped firing, and after such a long time, I have to say that physical strength and energy have decreased to a certain extent. However, it was stimulated by the sudden appearance of the Shimazu army, and secondly, the dense enemy reduced the difficulty of aiming, so everything seemed to be going well.

When they were about a hundred paces away from the wall, the Shimazu army on the opposite side began to fall, but this was not obvious in the lack of formation in the running attack, and they soon approached the edge of the antlers outside the wall and began to tear down the obstacles.

"Bang, bang, bang......" The iron cannon continued to sound, and people outside kept falling, and many of them were lying on the branches of the antlers in front of them, causing new difficulties for the companions behind. At this time, the advantages of advanced weapons are manifested, and the roar of compact shooting is never interrupted.

At this time, I looked at it and slowly felt that something was wrong, although the smoke filled the air when the iron cannon was fired, and it was constantly causing casualties to the enemy troops on the opposite side, but I still felt that something was wrong, in short, it seemed to be a little different from the scene I had seen before!