Kitakyushu, the Chikugo River on the border between Higo Province and Chikugo Province.

It was already a winter afternoon. The sun shines on the beach of the Chikugo River. Under the sunlight, the puddles of crimson liquid traces still glowed red from time to time.

The beach was littered with signs of fighting, but now there was no more to be seen, except for a pile of corpses lying quietly on the beach, and a group of horsemen watching the captives with fierce eyes.

"Hmmm! Very good. Fujishiro. You're doing a great job this time. After listening to the lieutenant general's report on the battle record, Isono seemed very happy, and praised Fujishiro in front of him from time to time.

I can't help but be unhappy. More than 500 people were killed in the battle of the rescue force of the Puchi family, including the general of the army, Nishimuta Zhenxing, and the remaining 400 people were all taken prisoner.

As for their own side, except for a few newly added unlucky ghosts who fell off their horses and were injured due to excessive nervousness, the rest of them were not injured at all. Moreover, the cavalry of the Luo family even complained from time to time that they had not used a single sword.

In fact, Isono was also very dissatisfied with the Kamachi family's army. The two sides had not yet begun to make contact, and the Roche family's horseback team only symbolically threw a round of javelins in the back.

As a result, more than 50 people died on the other side at once, and even their commander-in-chief, Nishimuta Zhenxing, was shot through the throat. No way, who let the armor he wore stand out most in the ranks. The first thing that the Luo family's cavalry trained was to shoot down the most brightly dressed first. So the town of Nishimuta was a tragedy.

With the death of the commander, the remaining rout troops surrendered one after another. Even ambushed in the nearby woods. The infantry of the Luo family, who were preparing to respond, had almost nothing to do. They all caught a lot of routs. Such a result made all the soldiers of the Luo family very dissatisfied. They are here to fight. It's not for tourism, and it's not for escorting troops.

"Alright. You will be a member of my cavalry team in the future, and if you want to join the lord's cloak, it depends on your own performance in the future. Isono said after looking at Fujishiro.

"Yes. Mr. Xie. Fujishiro said with a happy salute. As early as a few months ago, after hearing that Higo's life was good in the village, Fujishiro secretly went to Higo alone and became a member of the Luo family.

Of course, detectives are not his ultimate goal. After seeing the majestic cloaks of the Lord of the Kingdom, his goal became to become the strongest combat power of the Lord of the Kingdom, a member of the Cloak Crowd.

And this time when he returned to Zhuhou, assisting the Luo family's army in attacking Zhuhou was a good time for him to make meritorious contributions. And he also seized the opportunity today, used his military merits, and became a member of the Luo family's cavalry team, which has a quota of only 200 people. He was one step closer to his goal.

In addition to successfully becoming a cavalryman of the Luo family, he will also receive a paddy field and a large amount of grain for this merit. He had already thought about moving his family to Higo after the war. It's a good place to live and work.

Similarly, like Fujishiro, since the Luo family was preparing to attack Chikugo. There have been hundreds of people who originally lived in Chikugo, and they have sneaked back to Chikugo with their own goals and missions. They will be at the critical moment after the Luo family's strategy. Play their part.

"So, Fujishiro, according to your suggestion, how do you think we should attack Ikutsukan and Kamaike Castle?" After a pause, Isono asked casually.

"Your Excellency." Fujishiro's eyes lit up, and the opportunity for Zhilu Dao to make meritorious service again appeared in front of him, so he immediately said, "We just need to rely on him." ”

"Him?" Isono asked when he looked at Megumi Inano, who had been tied up and was lying on the ground shivering. Luckily, this Harano Kei Jun was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to put on his most beautiful armor and travel with the brigade. If he really dresses too beautifully today, it is estimated that he will be unlucky with the general. So he got his life back because of it.

"My lord, as long as we take him as a reinforcement, Ikutsukan will definitely not suspect it, as long as the city gate is opened, then ......," Fujishiro said.

"That's right!" Isono Yuanchang slapped his thigh and woke up. He suddenly remembered that their lord seemed to use this trick a lot. As for whether Megumi Harano is willing to cooperate, Isono Yuanchang doesn't even need to think about it to know that the other party will cooperate.

Why is Isono so sure? Let's not talk about those punishments that are worse than death, just send a few people from the cavalry team, and Yuan Ye Huijun will agree. Look at Yuan Ye Huijun's clear eyebrows, it is in line with the taste of those cavalry in the team, let them entertain Yuan Ye Huijun well, are you afraid that Yuan Ye Huijun will not cooperate?

Still lying on the beach, Yuan Ye Huijun, who was frightened in his heart, suddenly had a spirit, and he didn't know why, he suddenly felt a sharp pain from the chrysanthemum under him.

At this time, Kamachi Kanmori was standing on the wall of Yanagawa Castle and looking into the distance. He hoped that the good news of the Luo family's withdrawal from the direction of Kamachi Castle could be heard, and even more hoped that the Kamachi family, the Tajiri family, and the Kuroki family would be invited. In such a situation, if the Puchi family loses, they will not be protected. So they should come.

In addition, he has another reliance in his heart. In his opinion, even if Kachijo City and Shengjin Pavilion were occupied by the Luo family. As long as he still has Liuchuan City, he is not afraid of being wiped out.

Yanagawa Castle was built in the Bunkan period of Kamachi Jiansheng's grandfather, Hakuchi Jihisa, and was originally built as a branch of Kamachi Castle. However, as the Kamachi family gradually shifted their development focus to the vicinity of Yanagawa Castle, Yanagawa Castle, the largest castle in the vicinity, was greatly increased. Now it has become the strongest castle in the Kamachi family. With it, Puchi Jiansheng is confident that he will be able to hold out under the attack of the Luo family for one or two years. What's more, it is rumored that this Hizen Eagle doesn't seem to be good at siege warfare, which is even more beneficial to his cage warfare.

Yes, Masato is indeed reluctant to fight a siege war, because this is simply a war with crowd tactics, and even if it is won in the end, as the winning side, there will be a lot of losses.

It's just that Masahiro's reluctance to fight siege warfare does not mean that he is not good at siege warfare. Just when Kamachi Ken was imagining, the army of the Luo family, with the cooperation of Yuan Ye Huijun, who agreed to surrender, pretended to be reinforcements and quickly took the Ikutsukan. And the black smoke that Puchi Jiansheng and others saw in the distance before was just formed by a fire piled up near the Shengjin Pavilion by the Masato faction. Not only to panic the defenders in the Ikutsu Pavilion, but also to confuse Kamachi Kanmori and others.

After successfully taking the Shengjin Pavilion, the army of the Luo family, with the help of the surrendered troops, forcibly seized an empty Puchi Castle, and so far, almost the entire Mizuma County of Chikugo fell into the hands of the Luo family.

When Kamachi Jiansheng received the news of the fall of Shengjin Pavilion and Puchi City, the army of the Luo family had already arrived in Liuchuan. (To be continued......)