Why did Masara go to such great lengths to besiege these Huzi family troops in the canyon? After all, it's because the territory needs free labor.

At present, there are three things in the territory that urgently require a large number of people: clearing the fields, repairing the water conservancy, and building roads. In the first two, almost all the people were involved, and the construction of roads was left without manpower.

As the territory continues to expand, how to quickly deploy troops becomes a problem. The best way to solve this problem is to build wide roads that allow troops to pass quickly.

And the main force of road construction in the current territory is the captive. These captives mainly come from two places, one is the pirates at sea, with the rise of the Luo family's naval army, the pirates in the sea near the Luo family have become the key targets, and the captured pirates have become part of the Luo family's slave army and joined the road building army; The other was the captives of the war and the meticulous work that blended into the territory, and they also became another source of slaves for the Luo family.

But to quickly build roads in the autumn and winter, a large number of men were needed, and it was not enough to be close to these captives. The people in the territory basically participated in the maintenance of their own fields and the repair of water conservancy facilities. So there was a shortage of manpower. And now, the answer is in front of you.

Yes, Zhengliang is planning to capture these Huzi family troops alive, increase the size of the Luo family's army of road-building slaves, and speed up the progress of road construction. In addition, Masashi has a deeper purpose, which is to cause instability within the territory of the Huzi family. The loss of so many young and strong men at once will inevitably affect the farming of the Huzi family's territory, and the farmers who have temporarily lost the main labor force of the family will also be dissatisfied with the lord because of this. Therefore, why not do such a thing as being able to increase the free labor force in your own territory and at the same time be able to fight your opponents?

Of course, the ideal is beautiful after all, but the actual operation is not the same thing. These besieged Huzi soldiers are not stupid, and they will not be captured just because the enemy shouts two sentences of "surrender or kill", and then obediently obey the mercy.

on this. Zhengliang has already made arrangements. After a confrontation between the two sides for a while, Masara had several fires set up near the exit of the canyon and roasted pork. These things have been prepared for a long time. The pork, on the other hand, is salted pork that has been marinated after wild boar has been hunted in the past. After fighting for most of the day, and then running away with all their might, these besieged Huzi soldiers were already hungry, and now they saw that the opponents outside the canyon were actually roasting meat with relish. I couldn't help but feel that my whole body was weak, and my determination to fight suddenly dropped to the lowest point.

At this time, several Luo family soldiers who had been hiding inside before these Huzi family troops fled into the canyon quietly blended into the crowd. Since these Huzi family troops are all from various villages in the territory of the Huzi family, it is inevitable that they will not know each other. In addition, most of the people were peasant soldiers, and there was no flag to mark their own formation, so these Ashigaru of the Luo family were easily regarded as companions who were trapped at the same time.

Seeing that the timing was about the same, a fine worker in the crowd dressed as a soldier of the Luo family suddenly threw down his weapon and shouted: "I won't fight, I surrender." Then pretending to be cautious, he slowly walked out of the canyon exit and came to the formation of the Luo family.

Seeing such a situation, Masato immediately waved his hand. The two cloaked people walked up quickly. Then, with a straw rope twisted from the hay that had been prepared for the sku, the Ashigaru of the Luo family, who was disguised as a peasant soldier of the Yomiko family, was tied up decently. After the binding was completed, the "surrendered" peasant soldier was taken aside and guarded, but instead of being mistreated or even killed, he was rewarded with a small piece of meat. What was even more shocking was that the piece of meat was hand-fed by the Luo family, who was guarding the captive. …,

When did the captives also have such good treatment? So people open their mouths wide. Surprised.

"I won't fight either", "I'll go with you"...... Subsequently, several other Luo family ashigaru who pretended to be peasant soldiers of the Huzi family also threw down their weapons and walked out of the canyon. They were also tied up and treated as meat rewards. And it's the treatment of being fed meat by people.

With the "surrender" of these "companions", the real Huzi soldiers around them became agitated. Looks like those guys out there are telling the truth! Look. After a few of them went out to surrender, although they were tied up, they were not killed, and they still had meat to eat?

"Let's surrender, none of them have been punished, come to think of it, those adults outside will not kill us" At this time, the remaining Luo family troops hidden in the crowd began to launch propaganda according to the original instructions of the lord.

"yes, I think it's better to surrender, right? Not a few words", "I surrender"......

Since the die-hard samurai basically followed the Shinbei, they all fled to the jungle with the Shinbei, and the people who hid in the canyon were some peasant soldiers and Ashigaru, only a few low-level samurai, and the dragons were leaderless, and gradually some people came out of the canyon to surrender to the Luo family. Then, slowly, more and more people surrendered, and even those who were still interested in resisting saw that the remaining troops in the canyon were no longer enough to resist the attack of the Luo family, and they had no choice but to surrender. What else can you do without surrendering? Everyone is gone, and as long as the other party comes to make an impact, he will go to the king of Hades. These peasants and soldiers of the Huzi family are not stupid, and they know how to judge the situation. After all, participating in the war is just to have a meal, and now that you are about to lose your life, it is better to save your life first. The green mountains are there, why worry about no firewood?

"How's it going?" Seeing that the forces of the Huzi family in the canyon were gradually surrendering, the political conscience said that his plan had succeeded, so he took several cloaks and turned to monitor the movement in the direction of the upper wall.

"Your Highness, all the people in the canyon have surrendered, and in addition to the captives captured by us along the way, we have captured a total of 83 captives this time," Onishi Kuniji, who was in charge of the inventory, came to Masayo and reported, "At the same time, dozens of swords and spears of various standards were seized. It's just a pity that the grain that was burned. "The food that Onishi Guozhi said refers to the military food that the original Huzi family brought. Time was pressing, and after raiding the opponent's grain team, he had to take a small part of the grain, and most of the rest was burned by a fire. Now that I think about it, I knew that these guys from the Huzi family were so sloppy, it was better to take the grain slowly. As soon as he thought of those grains, Onishi Kuniji felt pity.

"Hehe, the rule of the country, there will be gains and losses, those burned grains, in exchange for the disruption of the other party's troops, this is still a good deal. So let's arrange for a few men to guard the captives, keeping our promise to give each a small piece of roasted meat, but taking care to keep them hungry. Otherwise, they will have the strength to try to escape, and even if they don't, it will increase the risk of our escort," Masashi ordered, "and arrange for all the troops of the family to be fed at once, and our friends should be coming soon." ”

The "friends" that Masara refers to are none other than the Ishihara family. There has been such a big movement here, and the Ishihara family, which is less than a mile away, will inevitably be aware of it, not to mention that the letter sent by the Masato must have been delivered to the new governor of the Ishihara family at this moment.

"How can this be?" After reading the letter sent by the Luo family, the head of the Ishihara family was shocked. Unexpectedly, I just beat the jackal. Tigers are ushered in again. And it's a tiger that has been waiting for an opportunity to grab food. Thinking that the last time his home city was forced to give up, and even the most important strategic city was captured by the other party, the new governor was a little frightened. This tiger is several times more terrifying than the Huzi family. If the other party decides to attack him, then ...... The more the governor thought about it, the more panicked he became. Even though it was autumn, it was refreshing in advance, but a lot of sweat still oozed from my forehead. …,

"Your Highness, since the other party is willing to secretly assist the family this time, then there is absolutely no malice towards the family for the time being." A retainer said.

"This discrepancy" Another retainer immediately retorted, "The other party blatantly entered the territory of the family, and even appeared near the city of the family at this time, and the intention can be described as difficult to guess." ”

"Hmph, if the other party intends to take down the home city, why do you need to help when the Huzi family attacks the family? As long as you hide on the side, wait for the two families to lose, and highlight the sneak attack, the family will definitely suffer. ”

"Why do you defend the Luo family so much? Could it be that he is secretly connected with the Luo family? The other party immediately retorted. As soon as these words came out, the retainers immediately fell into a scolding relationship. The heir of the previous governor was assassinated by his retainers, and this sentence can be described as a secret mystery and viciousness.

"That's it!" The old ministers and guards in the family, who had been bowing their heads and frowning and thinking hard, shouted.

The crowd immediately fell silent. This family elder is now a high and powerful person, and even the generals in the family are willing to listen to his opinions, and looking at his ruthless methods to clean up the relatives who betrayed his retainers today, everyone can't help but be quiet.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, the guards slowly saluted the newcomer's superintendent, and then said, "Your Highness, for the sake of today." Only according to what the other party said in the letter, send 100 copper coins and send the other party out of his own territory as soon as possible. Of course, at present, the Zong family already has the intention of destroying the main family, so the main family is not afraid to consider forming an alliance with the other party. ”

"What the old man said is very true," the new family governor who had already been six gods and no master immediately agreed.

"My lord, it's not good" At this time, a ashigaru trotted in and shouted, "His Royal Highness went out of the city with his entourage to the camp of the Luo family." ”

"What?" Everyone in the room exclaimed. (To be continued......) ……，