No. 129 Rumors are rife

Cai Dao handed over all these complicated things to Takagi Shinyouemon, Tiezhu and the chief dart head Li Dahu, with only one task - to set up camp. And he himself stayed on the 'Meizhou Island'.

At this time, Kentaro Matsuura in Matsuura Castle stood on the city wall and observed the situation outside the city, and he could naturally see that there was a group of rabble under his nose. It's just such a simple task as setting up camp, and the team of 800 people is chaotic, and Wuyang is like a swarm of headless flies.

The situation in front of him seems that as long as you open the city gate and lead the troops out to rush, you can disperse the incoming enemy. However, Kentaro Matsuura had already been frightened and didn't dare to open the city gate at all, not to mention that most of his elite pirates had fed the king in that ghost place in Nagasaki, and even those who came back looked like bears like him.

If there are no elite soldiers available, what is the difference between the garrison soldiers inside the city and the rabble outside the city?

In fact, in fact, if Kentaro Matsuura really dared to immediately lead his group of weak chickens into battle, Cai Dao's 800-man servant army would really collapse on the spot.

Kentaro Matsuura is afraid of being pitted, obviously he has strength and opportunities, but because he is afraid of the other party's means, he can only watch the other party wantonly camp on his own territory, but he has no idea of hitting the city.

After a busy afternoon, this group of untrained servants finally set up a temporary camp. Cai Dao didn't have any generals, but fortunately, with the help of those experienced dart masters, no matter the location of the camp, the defense was strong, etc.

Anyway, he can't find any flaws in this otaku.

After a night's rest, Cai Dao didn't make Kentaro Matsuura feel better.

Cai Dao specially instructed that after nightfall, every other hour, Takagi Shinyuemon would send a brigade of 100 people to Matsuura Castle and beat a gong and drum lively.

A simple tired tactic, the reason is very simple, after two consecutive times, Kentaro Matsuura, the old fritter, also figured out the other party's intentions. However, if you really ignore the other party, if the other party suddenly attacks the city, it is really possible to be attacked on the city wall. Therefore, this old fritter can only send as many soldiers to guard carefully on the side of the drum.

The night was spent without any surprises.

The next day, whether it was Kentaro Matsuura in the city, or Takagi who led the army and those wandering samurai of the Wa Kingdom, just when everyone thought that the nobleman of the Song Kingdom would break his promise and let these 800 servant troops attack the city as cannon fodder, Cai Dao issued a strange order - build a walled siege.

As mentioned earlier, Matsuura Castle is surrounded by mountains on both sides and faces the sea on one side, and there is only one direction leading to the plain outside the castle.

Cai Dao's order was to let these servants under his command leave only about a hundred on the coast, and Takagi led the others to the only land exit of Matsuura Castle, and then set up a strong camp to block the gate of Matsuura Castle.

Of course, in order to guard against Hizen Province, it is very likely that other forces will send troops to relieve the siege of Matsuura Castle and attack them from behind. Therefore, he also specifically instructed Takagi to send a few teams.

It has been detecting the movements of forces in other directions, and the second is to temporarily cut down trees or cut roads to block possible reinforcements from the other side.

Yesterday afternoon, the camp was chaotic because most of them were inexperienced; The second is that the two sides do not understand the language, although the dart master knows what to do, but he can't speak the Japanese language, so he can't command these people; The third is that at that time, although Cai Dao recruited many samurai as officers, he did not appoint middle-level officers, except for Fujiwara Lanling, the squadron leader of 100 people, the other samurai were only leading the squad leader of ten people.

After careful observation yesterday, Takagi promoted the samurai, who had done a very good job of organizing at that time, to squadron leader. Therefore, although the servant army that has set up a camp outside Songpu City today is 200 fewer than yesterday, the speed of the camp is a full speed faster than yesterday.

In addition, there is an interesting thing, the runner-up in the officer competition, that is, the shortest Saibei samurai, has been demoted from yesterday's squadron leader to Takagi's personal bodyguard today. Because, although this guy's kung fu is high, her appearance and way of dealing with people are really unconvincing. In order to save her face, Takagi had to give her such a position, which can be regarded as making the best use of it!

The camp was set up, Cai Dao did not let the servant army attack, and after lunch, the disturbance of the city continued. However, this time, Cai Dao changed his approach.

He asked Takagi to select some of the servants from the servant army who spoke neatly and had a particularly loud voice, holding a specially made brass horn, and began to shout non-stop around the wall on the flat ground.

The general content is as follows:

In order to punish the people who dared to invade the Song Kingdom, the Song army would attack the city within three days. In order to hurt the innocent people when the city is broken, it is hereby reminded that the people in the city will hold the gate tightly during these three days, and there is nothing particularly important, and try not to go out. When the city was broken, the Heavenly Army killed anyone it met on the street.

"Humph! Three days, he is delusional! When Kentaro Matsuura heard the news, he stood up angrily, drew his katana from his waist, and split the table in front of him in half with a single sword.

The tone is serious, the eyes are firm, and the action of drawing the knife and breaking the wood is even more in one go. However, this can also deceive those who don't know him, but anyone who knows him can see that the lord's actions are just a brilliant show.

"Big brother, you say, will the people from several counties near Hizen Country come to our rescue?" His second brother asked in a low voice.

This time, it was kind of poking his lung tube.

In the past, Kentaro Matsuura relied on his large pirate group and the fortified Matsuura Castle. didn't take the other forces of Hizen Country into account at all, and even often took action to clean up those counties that wanted to secretly develop maritime power.

This time, he himself made a sneak attack on the fleet of the Song Kingdom, causing great trouble. Those people did not bring troops to come and gather with the people of the Song State to attack his Songpu City, which was already good.

Someone will come to his rescue? It was simply impossible, and he never had the luxury of expecting it.

Now, the only thing he can rely on is himself and the Matsuura Castle that his family has built for hundreds of years.

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Time passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was the afternoon of the third day. In addition to the daily disturbance of the city, Cai Dao did not let his servant army do any more actions.

Kentaro Matsuura and the people in the city are also becoming more and more stable, while the people outside the city are becoming more and more agitated, and Takagi is almost unable to suppress these samurai under his command. Just now, unable to withstand the many news from his subordinates, Takagi sent someone to ask Cai Dao for advice, but the answer he got was still the same sentence.

Cai Dao told Takagi to keep him waiting, and the city would be broken within three days.

In fact, Takagi and those servants didn't know that there was not much food on the 'Meizhou Island'. If these people learned the truth, the servant army, whose morale itself was on the verge of collapse, would definitely collapse immediately.

And that's not all.

At this time, in Nagasaki Port, rumors about Cai Dao's expeditionary army were also flying all over the sky.

Since Matsuura Castle has not been captured for a long time, most of the rumors in Nagasaki are not favorable to Cai Dao and them.

Early in the morning of the third day of Cai Dao's departure, people began to spread all kinds of rumors in the streets and alleys of Nagasaki.

For example, in a well-known tavern, such a play was staged.

A tavern regular, "Have you heard?" The army of the nobles of the Song Kingdom has been scattered by the Songpu Party! ”

"No, it won't! Then why didn't their big ship come back? Isn't there still their ship moored in the harbor? "Most of the drinkers don't know the strength of the two sides, and they don't have any doubts about whether Cai Dao lost the battle, but they are just curious about this.

"Cut, I don't know. Those two ships and the ships on this side are not all the way at all, and you don't want to think about why the noble man went to war, why didn't they go with them. Besides, since that noble man lost the battle, how could he have the face to come back. He had already led the remnants of the defeated army and fled back to the Song Kingdom by boat. ”

"No, it won't! Isn't that noble man still in Nagasaki? The soldiers guarding the warehouse are the nobleman's men! ”

"It's just a few dozen subordinates, and for those big shots, the lives of their subordinates are as important as their face."

"Hmmm! That's really the way it is. By the way, what about his goods? The one who spoke had a greedy look in his eyes. Not only him, but everyone who listened to the excitement around them also showed the same expression.

The drinker glanced contemptuously at the questioning one, and whispered, "You better put out your little thoughts!" The goods there have long been targeted by Lord Fujiwara, so how can it be our turn? ”

"You are talking nonsense, how can he be defeated! Kentaro Matsuura's virtue, if he really wins the battle, he will definitely spread the news throughout Kyushu. But now, here in Nagasaki, I have seen people from the Matsuura Party! Suddenly, a half-old child burst out of the crowd and asked loudly.