In the early morning, when the fog cleared, a fire that had suddenly appeared last night was finally extinguished, and it was only then that everyone could fully see the damage caused by a fire. It can be said that almost all the houses near the fire site have been burned, and most of them have even been burned to a pile of charcoal, and the materials in the houses have naturally been wiped out.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Saeki Weijiao, who had not slept all night last night and was red-eyed, was looking at the dilapidated scene in front of him with a blue face at this time. This is the warehouse area where grain is stored in the city, and a fire has almost burned most of the stored grain, relying only on the remaining grain that has not been burned, not to mention the daily consumption of supporting the upcoming reinforcements of the Shimazu family and the Ito family, and even the daily consumption of the main family, I don't know if it can support it for a month.

As for growing grain, it is even more impossible to support the ongoing spring cultivation of the territory. In this way, whether or not the invasion of the Luo family can be repelled this time will be a heavy blow to the Saeki family. There is no need for the invasion of the Luo family, and the Saeki family will destroy itself because of this.

"It seems that we need to ask the Ito and Shimazu families for food and other supplies again." Thinking of this, Saeki Weijiao couldn't help but think bitterly in his heart.

In fact, the status of the Saeki family in the eyes of the Ito family and the Shimazu family is very clear in Saeki Weijiao's heart, to put it bluntly, the Saeki family is their barrier against the Luo family, and it is also their main battlefield against the Luo family. As long as the attention of the Luo family is drawn to the territory of the Saeki family, then it is possible to avoid spreading the war to their territory, thus greatly reducing the losses in the conflict with the Luo family. The Shimazu family and the Ito family. The Ito family, in particular, built their suffering on the Saeki family. This is the main reason why these two families are so active in sending reinforcements to help in the war.

To say that the Saeki family has no complaints about this. That's impossible. But the so-called cannibalism is soft-mouthed and short-handed. Under the continuous harassment and invasion of the Luo family, the Saeki family's family has long been hollowed out, so the Saeki family can only bend their knees to the Ito family and the Shimazu family for help, in exchange for the support of the Saeki family to survive at the cost of becoming a pawn in the hands of the other party.

Not only that, but in order to get the support of these two families, Saeki Weikyo even sent his son Saeki Weizhi and grandson Saeki Weitai to Matsuo Castle in the northern part of Hyuga Province in the rear. On the one hand, it is to serve as a hostage to ask for help from these two families this time, and on the other hand, just in case, to ensure the safety of the back road for the Saeki family, and to leave some blood for the Saeki family.

"It's just that this time the fire must be a conspiracy!" After complaining a little about the shamelessness of the Ito family and the Shimazu family. Saeki then thought again.

The other party is obviously very familiar with the situation of Saeki's family, and you must know that in the past, in order to avoid the situation that the reserve grain was burned all at once, Saeki Yukyo has always stored the grain separately in different places in the city. The reason why all the food was stored together this time was entirely because the reinforcements of the Ito and Shimazu families were about to arrive, and the city needed to provide a place for their reinforcements to stay and store supplies, so they were so free of supplies to make room for them. As a result, on the night when all the grain was gathered together, the warehouse there was set on fire.

What is even more infuriating is that it had just rained yesterday. Arson in such weather is difficult. But the arsonist apparently had been prepared for a long time, and must have secretly stored enough oil and other materials in the city to cause the fire to rise. To be able to prepare so calmly and thoroughly, and to be so familiar with the situation of the Saeki family, then there is only one possibility. That is, there is a fine work in the city. As for the backer behind the fine work, you don't need to think about it, you know that it must be the Luo family.

"Damn!" Come to think of it. Saeki couldn't help but snort angrily.

"Lord, we just caught a suspicious person." That's when it happened. Yashiro, a retainer, cautiously came to report. Now everyone knows that the lord Saeki is on top of his anger, if it weren't for being the person in charge of warehouse protection. It is very likely that he will be angry with the lord for last night's dereliction of duty, and Yashiro will not come to the lord to suffer at this time.

"What?"

As Yashiro expected, Saeki Yukyo, who was on top of his anger, saw that Yashiro was really ready to scold Yashiro with a slap in the face, but after hearing the meaning of Yashiro's words clearly, he paused for a moment, and then continued, "Hurry up and escort people over." ”

"Yes!"

Yashiro, who was ready to be punished after seeing the murderous eyes of the lord, immediately knew that he had finally escaped for the time being after hearing Saeki Yukyo's words, so he hurriedly obeyed the order.

Soon after, Yashiro came to the place where the suspicious person was guarded, and he shouted at the peasant soldiers who were guarding there:

"Quick, drag that guy over."

In the distance, a group of peasant soldiers under a cedar tree were curled up in a ball and sleeping. Last night's fire had left them sleepless, and now that things had finally stopped, they had to get some rest.

They didn't care at all about the fire in the lord's grain warehouse, and the lord wouldn't be kind enough to send them some food anyway, and it wasn't theirs. At this time, they felt a little resentful of their lord, you know, now is the time of spring ploughing, as the main labor force of the family has been forcibly conscripted to the city, only their own mother-in-law with their young children and elderly parents in the field to work hard, suffering their own family not only, but also affecting their own spring ploughing, then this autumn's harvest will inevitably be reduced.

If there is a disaster year or a cold winter, how will their family live? What's even worse is that if this time comes, the lord may not be able to help them. Damn, I fought for your life and death, but my family didn't get the benefits, who wants to die for it. Even if the lord had promised to send half a stone of grain to each household as a reward after the end of this battle, who would believe it before the food arrived?

What's more, this lord is obviously treating them as fools, bullying them and not knowing who the enemy is this time. But the lord was wrong this time. As for the fact that the enemy is the Luo family, someone has secretly spread it in the village before.

Speaking of the Luo family, they are also familiar, in the memories of these peasants and soldiers, more than two years ago, some strange people began to enter the surrounding villages, everywhere to preach the Luo family's various mighty deeds, and at the same time vigorously promote the Luo family's various laws. Now that I think about it, compared to the current lord's territorial law, the so-called Luo family law is simply heaven for them.

Stimulated by these rumors, there were really some villagers who dragged their families in the direction of Luo's house, and since then there has been no news, only those mysterious rumors brought back the news that it is said to be these moving villagers, and it is said that they are living well. It's just that, even so, they won't fully believe it until they see it with their own eyes.

But even so, it also made them know that the enemy Luo family was powerful this time, and fighting against such a powerful enemy, isn't this looking for death? The lord even said that he would send food as a reward after the battle, but if you fight such a powerful enemy, you can easily die. Life is gone, even if the lord really fulfills his promise afterwards, there will be no blessing to enjoy, and at that time, I don't know if the lord will pay the dead to their families, if not, then it will really be a vain death.

In such a situation, who would want to give their lives? So when there was a fire last night, they were just acting on the periphery, and they didn't follow the lord's orders to put out the fire with all their might, and they didn't bother to search for suspicious people. As for the guy tied under a tree next to him, he was unlucky, and he met the adult who was looking for a scapegoat everywhere, and he happened to be very panicked, so he was arrested as a small worker. In their eyes, the poor creature looked like he was going to die. Just as they were dozing off and muttering in secret, the adult who was usually in charge of the warehouse really came.

Faced with the adult's order, a middle-aged peasant soldier among the crowd had no choice but to agree, and at the same time called two companions who also had a reluctant expression, escorted the poor man tied to the tree, and followed the adult.

(Thanks to "Green Mia" for the daily non-stop tip.) (To be continued......)