In the eighteenth year of astronomy, in the camp of the Luo family outside the city of Muli City, the corner of Fenghou in Kyushu, spring was very strong. The surrounding mountains are endless, and everywhere is verdant.

Masarashi stepped on the morning dew and inspected the soldiers gathered outside the city. In his opinion, this force is strong and absolutely reliable.

After walking around the camp, Masato began to walk back to his big tent. Fei Duan and Taketori Snake Ran Maru have been following closely behind. Masahiro glanced back at them and said, "I really didn't expect that last night's battle would go so smoothly." ”

"It's all up to the lord to bless the sky." Fei Duan immediately replied with a smile.

"Are they all here?"

"I'm already waiting for my lord in the tent." On the other side, Taketori Snake Ranmaru also spoke. In the morning, it was he who was responsible for sending people to inform the generals to come to participate in the assessment.

"Okay."

Masato nodded, raised his face to the rising sun, and walked into the big tent.

"Meet my lord." When the people in the big tent saw Zhengliang, they immediately saluted.

"Hmm." Masarashi walked slowly to the main seat and sat down, then glanced at everyone.

In last night's battle, Masara led the army of the Luo family of more than 3,000 people to raid the camp of the Otomo family, which caused great chaos to the army of the Otomo family. Later, the army of the wealthy clan of the former Otomo family, who had been on standby for a long time, also rushed to help under the leadership of Irita Yoshimi, and then received the execution of the letter written by Masayoshi on the way, and also led the third Luo family, which had only more than 1,000 people left, to join the battlefield. At this time, the balance of victory had completely tilted to the side of the Luo family.

In the end, he also received an order from the cloaked people around Zhengliang who crossed over from the chaotic battlefield. Kinoshita Masanao personally led 3,000 men to help. Only more than 2,000 people remained, led by Ander. In case the defenders of Jiaomu City went out of the city and attacked the camp. Fortunately, although there was some awareness in Jiaomu City, no one dared to come out to investigate the situation.

The combined attack of more than 8,000 people on three sides of the Luo family completely encircled the camp of the Otomo family stationed in the field of Uehara at the foot of Aono Mountain. After fierce fighting in the first half of the night, the camp of the Otomo family was completely occupied, and then the Luo family began to clean up the battlefield until this morning. And last night, after confirming that the battle had been won, Masashi also went to the second army camp in Jiaomuli City under the protection of his subordinates to rest.

After last night's battle. The generals in the big tent were also somewhat damaged, and I saw that Watanabe-dori, Kamidai Shengli, Enjoji Shinyin, Akaike Nagaren, Executor Tanekane, and Asakura Sodri were all more or less tied with straps. And because Masara is the main general, in addition to participating in the fight at the beginning, he later focused on the command of the battlefield under the protection of Fei Duan, Taketori Snake Ranmaru and others, while Irita Yoshimi and other newly surrendered Cheng Hao clan generals were not injured because they were responsible for intercepting the rout of the Otomo family on the periphery. In addition, Masanao Kinoshita was also unscathed in the Great War. Of course, there are also two people in the big tent who are dissatisfied because they did not participate in last night's battle, they are Luo Masahide and Nabeshima Naoshige, who were ordered to guard the camp of the Third Route Army on the border of Naoru County. Prevent the Otomo family's rout from breaking through from this direction, and thus enter the northwestern area of Zhiri-gun, which has become the territory of the Luo family, to cause chaos.

"I'm sorry. Ladies and gentlemen, due to the tight schedule, I have not been able to give you a good rest, so I have asked you to come to participate in the assessment. Seeing the tired faces of everyone, Masashi first said apologetically.

"Serve the Lord." Although everyone felt a little tired at this time, they were very excited in their hearts. Especially the people of the second and third armies, they felt that there was almost nothing that the lord could not do, and suddenly a divine soldier descended from the sky and attacked the support army of the Otomo family from the impossible rear in one fell swoop, completely changing the situation of Bungo. The wealthy families of the former Otomo family of Xintoucheng were also shocked, and they were even more deeply aware of the military strength of the Luo family and the strength of the Luo family, and they were even more deeply aware of the close followers of the Zhengliang along the way, and invisibly, their fear and loyalty to the Luo family increased a lot.

"Well, let's talk about last night's harvest." Masato immediately began the formal assessment.

"My lord, in the battle last night, I captured the heads of the Saito family, Saito Harima Mamoru and the Usuki family, the Kosaii family, the Tsukumi family, the Taguchi family, the Sadaka family, the Shibata family, and other local wealthy generals in Bungo Oita County." Masanao Kinoshita immediately reported. Since he was the only general who was not injured after the fierce battle last night, the post-war clean-up had to be handed over to him to co-ordinate.

"Why are they all generals of the local wealthy families in Oita County?" Zhengliang wondered.

"My lord, according to the confessions of some of the captives, this is mainly because Oita County is the closest to Kakumu Rei Castle, so the local Hao clan army is naturally the main force of the first batch of reinforcements, in addition, His Majesty also learned that the Tian Bei family, the Yoshixian family, the Tahara family, the Kifu family, the Nai family, the Fulai family, the Takeda Tsu and other wealthy families on the Kunisaki Peninsula are also mobilizing their troops, and they will enter Oita County as the second batch of reinforcements, and then wait for the opportunity to support various places." Fei Duan, who was in charge of the interrogation, immediately replied.

"I see, is there any trace of the pestle?" Masarashi immediately remembered Usuki Jiansu, one of the three elders of Fenggo's future, and he learned from the captives of Xiong Muli City that one of the generals of this reinforcement was Usuki Jiansu, so Masara was now eager to know the situation of this person.

"My lord, I couldn't find this person among the captives, I'm afraid he escaped last night by taking advantage of the chaos." Fei Duan then said. Although the camp of the Otomo family was surrounded by the 8,000 troops of the Luo family last night, there were also more than 4,000 people in the Otomo army, so in the dark night, there were still many people who took advantage of the chaos to escape.

"Did you escape? It's a pity. Masarashi nodded. This "pity" contains two meanings, one is a pity for not being able to capture the Usuki, and the other is a pity for the fate of the Usuki. Because even if he escaped, he could only escape into the nearby mountains, but in addition to this mountain road, there were hundreds of miles of mountains and forests nearby, and for Usuki Jiansu, who had no ability to survive in the wild, unless he ventured to escape to the village controlled by the Luo family along the road, there was only one way out.

Even so, Masashi did not intend to let go of the Usuki, so he immediately ordered: "Post a paper in the territory controlled by the family, order the arrest of this person, and reward the captor with ten anti-paddy fields and one stone of rice." Fei Duan immediately received his order.

"My lord, a large amount of grain was also found in the camp of the Otomo family this time, and the specific amount is still being cleaned up." Kinoshita Masanao then reported again.

"Good, good!" Zhengliang was also happy when he heard this. Without going through a long journey, I don't know the hard work of logistics on the road. Take the example of the Second Route Army that marched from Hita-gun to Kakumuli Castle in Jiuzhu County. When the road conditions are still good, the logistics and transportation team also spends a lot of time transporting grain. And for the third army, which was completely mountained in the first half of the offensive route, there was almost no logistical support left. This is also the reason why Nabeshima Naoshige advocated an immediate sneak attack on Kuju Town, which went straight to the northwestern part of the prefecture, for the sake of the grain stored in Kuju Town. After that, the logistics of the Third Route Army were basically provided by the newly occupied direct entry counties.

As for the army led by Masahiro himself, it was not bad in the southwestern part of Zhijin County in the early stage, and the logistics materials were supplied by their own families in the early stage, and in the later stage, they were supplied by the newly occupied territory in the southwestern area of Zhijin County. But after entering the Jiulianzhong Mountain Range, the logistics support was basically blocked, and due to the rugged and narrow mountain roads, the logistics team led by Honda Toshimasa in the rear couldn't keep up with Masayo's speed at all, so Masara simply let Honda Toshimasa slowly follow up. Later, when Masarashi was preparing to go out to attack the reinforcements of Usuki, the news came from the rear that Honda Toshimasa was still on the way.

Therefore, being able to seize a large amount of grain here can really be said to solve the urgent need of the Luo family's army. Otherwise, Zhengliang can only rely on the method of fighting to feed the war and seize logistics materials. This method is not harmful to the army that has no intention of staying, but it is even more harmful to the Luo family who will stay and rule this area in the future. Taking Nanfeihou as an example, due to the resistance of the local lords and temples, the Luo family's army directly advanced in the way of warfare, and even now, many local lords still maintain a hostile attitude towards the Luo family, which greatly hinders the rule of the territory. (To be continued......)