The sound of water murmuring in a mountain stream makes the forest seem more peaceful. The setting sun shone on the tips of the trees, dragging a long tail. Whether it's a homing bird or a foraging beast, they are far away from this once-peaceful valley. Because in the canyon that used to be like a paradise, a large group of Luo family's troops are now in ambush.

This is a valley in the mountains of Aono Mountain on the border between Oita County and Kuju County of Bungo Province in Kyushu. The soldiers in the valley were taking out the katana on their bodies (at this time, the workshop of the Luo family was already able to forge good quality katanas, and the production was good, so almost every standing guard would be equipped with a katana, even if it was a spear or a bow and arrow), carefully placed it on the ground, and then moistened the clothes cloth on the body with stream water, and gently wiped the bright blade with these clothes, and the look on his face was as if he was admiring his most beloved woman.

"A soldier who does not care for his weapons is not a good soldier."

These are the words that instructors talk about the most when recruits attend boot camp. In fact, the main reason is that in order to extend the life of weapons as much as possible, Masarashi reduces the consumption of raw materials such as iron ore (raw materials are required to reforge these damaged weapons). Of course, increasing the lethality of weapons in battle is also one of the reasons.

Standing under a big tree in the valley, Masara looked at the quiet crowd and nodded secretly. This is the military strength of the Luo family.

At this time, it has been more than ten days since the Luo family left Fenghou Kingdom in mid-March, and it is almost the end of the month. From the information sent by Black Eagle overnight last night, Masashi learned. After the departure of the army led by Zhengliang. Shiga kinto, who went straight to the guntaka castle, still stayed in the castle and couldn't hold out. The official document who was in charge of the siege of Gaocheng was helpless.

And Takasaka Masanobu, who was in charge of staying in Okajo, tried to deceive the wealthy clan near Okajo in Ono County into Okajo again in the name of Irita Yoshimi, but in the end he was discovered by Irita Qincheng, who had just arrived. At this time, the wealthy clans in Ono County realized that the upper reaches of the Ono River had completely fallen into the hands of the Luo family. Irita Kinsei, who had lost his castle and his son, gritted his teeth, resolutely abandoned his pain, and quickly called on some of the wealthy clans in Ono and even Oita to gather a team of more than 3,000 people, and came to the border between Ohno and Naoru to confront the Luo family in Okajo.

Regarding the current situation in Zhiiri County, Masara is not worried at all. With the strength of the army led by Takasaka Masanobu, Yoshikawa Kokei, and Honda Masanobu in Okajo, plus the cavalry led by Isono Yuanmasa, Akaxue Mitsukiyo, and Tao Nakamoto, it was enough to prevent the Otomo family's army from stepping into even an inch of land that went straight to the gun. Moreover, the family governor and military power of the local wealthy clan have been taken by Zhengliang by his side. The relatives and clansmen of these wealthy families were sent to Takamori Castle in Higo Province and placed under house arrest, which was enough to ensure the stability of Naokiri County. As for the high castle of the North Shiga family, as long as the official document is loyal and does not make mistakes, it is enough for him to hide obediently in the city and not be able to shrink out.

Now what Masahiro is worried about is the situation of the second and third route armies. Due to the distance, until this time, Masato had not received the latest information about the two armies.

And after quietly seizing Kumamu Castle in Oita County, Masara was also faced with two strategic directions, one was to go east directly into the hinterland of Oita County, and then besiege Funaikan, the ruling center of the Otomo family. It's just that since the Funachi Pavilion is also heavily guarded at this time, Masara will definitely not be able to capture the Funachi Pavilion in a short period of time, so Masara is likely to be counter-surrounded by the troops of the Otomo family who came from all over the country.

The other direction of the strategy is to the west. First deal with the reinforcements of the Otomo family who are rushing to Kakumuli Castle, and then turn around and attack Oita County. The advantage of this direction is that it is possible to deal with enemy reinforcements while covering up the capture of Xiong Muli City. It can also be connected with the second and third armies. The disadvantage is that at this time, I don't know the situation of the second and third armies of the road, and once one of the armies changes, Masayo's army is likely to fall into the quagmire of confrontation between the island and the Otomo family's reinforcements.

And in any case, Masato must also make a choice as soon as possible, after all, the occupation of Xiong Muli City will be discovered by the Otomo family sooner or later, although the flag of the Otomo family is still hanging at this time, but it can only play a role in deception. After thinking about it, Masahiro finally chose the direction of the west. And this dusk is when the Luo family's army launched an attack on the Otomo family's reinforcements.

At this time, there was an indescribable depression flowing in the air of the canyon, and the originally clear sky was covered with black dark clouds. This is a sign before the heavy rain is coming.

The sky was gradually darkening, and the arc of light at the end of the setting sun sank into the distant sky, and with the orders of the leaders of each squad, the hearts of all the soldiers began to stir.

Suddenly, a fierce mountain wind whistled in front of everyone, blowing the branches of the tree and swaying up and down, and Masara quickly stood up from under the tree.

"Rumble......" There was a dull thunder in the sky.

Masato looked up at the sky that was almost completely dark above him, and said with a smile:

"God help me, the first thunderstorm in spring, it's best to be close to the enemy camp in such weather."

"Boom!" As soon as Masahiro finished speaking, there was a sudden explosion of thunder in the sky, and a fierce electric light crossed the sky.

"Wow, it's not a good choice to stay in the mountains and forests when it's thundering, so get ready to go immediately!"

Everyone heard the smell of excitement and bloodthirstiness from Zhengliang's words, and they were immediately greatly affected, so they hurried down to gather the army.

"Go, target enemy camp!" After the army was quickly assembled, Masara shouted in the growing mountain wind. As a result, the army quickly began to march according to the path that had been selected early in the morning. Because the mountains and forests had been blown by the mountain wind at this time, wave after wave of the mountain wind, the Luo family's army was able to advance quickly without any scruples.

"Brush, brush, ......"

Just as everyone was about to approach the enemy camp, it instantly rained like soybeans in the sky. Huge raindrops slapped down on everyone's faces, but the passion that could not be extinguished was already burning in everyone's chests. And Masaliang was secretly glad, because considering that tonight's sneak attack needed to rush into the enemy's camp to fight, the role of the iron artillery team that was good at long-range shooting was a little less, so Masaliang left them in Xiongmu City to be responsible for defending the city. If they were here at this time, these iron cannons would have no choice but to abandon the iron cannons and use the katana to kill the enemy.

At this time, the sudden storm not only made the sky darker, but also caused the soldiers of the Otomo family who were patrolling around the camp to be drenched in the torrential rain, and they took refuge in the camp to avoid the rain, and the large raindrops hit the tent in the camp, causing white splashes.

The Otomo family's camp was stationed in a place called Nouehara. The so-called Nouehara is just a flat land formed by the alluvial river at the foot of a mountain. In order to better deal with the second and third armies of the Luo family, at this time, Saito Harima Mamoru and Usuki Kansu divided the Otomo family's camp into three temporary camps. A camp facing the northwestern part of the county was headed by Saito Harima Mamoru to deal with the threat from the Roche's Third Army, which was stationed one mile away.

The Usuki Jiansu was stationed in the camp facing the direction of Jiaomuli City, mainly responsible for cooperating with the defenders in Jiaomuli City to flank the second army of the Luo family stuck between them. As for the last camp, it is facing Kuma-rei Castle in Oita County, and this camp is jointly managed by the retainers of the Kosai family, the Tsukumi family, and the Taguchi family. This time, the retainers of these three families were also ordered to go to Jiaomu Li City with their own military forces to rescue their own governors.

The dense raindrops were like beating war drums, and all the camp guards left their posts to take shelter from the rain, and only a few soldiers who had sheltered themselves were still guarding the door of the main camp, so naturally no one would notice that the dense raindrops were mixed with strange noises. Since the camp facing Oita County is their own territory, the soldiers in this camp are a little loosely guarded, and they don't notice that a group of black shadows in the distance are rushing towards the camp like hungry wolves.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Just as the Luo family's army was about to enter the camp, several trumpeters who followed behind the military formation immediately sounded the conch horn. So in the sound of thunderstorms and heavy rain, there was a long sound of conch horns.

And the low and long sound of the assembly horn ignited the fire of battle burning in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Luo family.

"Kill!"

They quickly shouted and entered the camp facing Oita Prefecture first. (To be continued......)