On a winding mountain road leading to the upper reaches of the Ono River in Bungo Province from Takamori Castle in Aso County, Higo Province, Kyushu, a group of troops is marching in a mixed manner.

"Wow, sister, you see, there's a stream there, why don't I go there and sit there?"

At this moment, a moving voice like a yellow oriole sounded in the silent mountains. As soon as the moving voice fell, another male voice that was a little tired also sounded at the same time:

"Lord Eldest Princess, the lord is worried about the safety of you and Her Royal Highness Princess Nong at this time, so I'd better hurry as soon as possible."

It was Honda Masanobu who spoke. He thought he had fallen into bad luck for eight lifetimes today, and he was happily responsible for sending the family members of the wealthy clan such as Ta Yoshimi, a native of Bungo Province, to Takamori Castle for temporary house arrest, but when he was about to return to Bungo, he was forced by Yamamoto Kansuke to stuff him with Mihime and Nohime, who had just been found by Black Hawk, and asked him to escort the two "bosses" to Toyogo to meet Masayo.

Honda Masanobu wants to cry without tears. I knew that Lu Dao would meet these two female demons, and he would not accept the errand of escorting the enemy's family members to death.

"Hmph, what's the hurry? Mr. Yamamoto must have sent someone to report the situation to my father in advance. Mei Ji rolled her eyes and said immediately. With her understanding of Zhengliang, Zhengliang is definitely angry at this time, and a fool will rush over to scold him at this time, so in the previous journey, she will say that she wants to enjoy the scenery, she will say that she is tired of walking, and she will say that she is thirsty, anyway, she will do everything possible to delay the time to meet Zhengliang.

"Look, how many beautiful flowers have grown in the cliff? Why do they grow in a rocky place? "At this time, the wearing foot is light and sufficient. Nohime, who was wearing a hat, took the hat off her head in an instant. Long silky hair flicked gently. Then he looked at the flowers in the cliff opposite and said curiously.

When Honda Masashi heard Nohime's words, he suddenly secretly exclaimed in his heart that it was not good, and sure enough, at this time, Mihime also straightened her waist and said to Honda Masashi:

"Sister Nohime wants those red flowers."

It's really dozing when someone sends a pillow, and Mei Ji is in front of her to delay the speed of progress, and when Nonghime says this at this time, she naturally wants to take the opportunity to make a big fuss. As for the question of whether Honda Masanobu and others can pick those safflowers. Well, she didn't expect them to collect it at all.

Seeing that these two bosses were cheating, Honda Masanobu turned his heart sideways, and immediately took two steps closer, ready to whisper to Mei Ji and the two.

"Shhh

At this moment, Masayo's mount "Hyakuri Black", who had been following Mihime honestly, suddenly turned his head and hissed at Honda Masanaga, and his hooves immediately "clucked" and knocked on the stones on the mountain road. Baili Hei, who was originally only allowed to ride by Masahiro, admitted the little master of Mei Ji at any time after this incident, and now he sees Honda Masanobu with a cunning face. Naturally, he felt his ill intentions, so he was immediately angry. There is a great intention to kick Honda Masanshin with its iron hooves at any time.

"Huh!" Seeing this, Honda Masanobu had to take two steps away, and then said in a low voice: "The two eldest sisters, it's not that they don't remind them, if they go late, with the temper of the lord, they are likely to send someone to inform them, let the two eldest sisters go home, and even put the two under house arrest temporarily." ”

"Huh, how dare he?" Mei Ji immediately pouted when she heard this, raised her little head and said, but then her expression instantly became depressed. In fact, what Honda Masanobu said now, with Masayo's temper, it is likely to happen, so the little guy is distressed.

"Let's go." Nohime was even more crisp, whispered directly, and then took the hat back and continued on the road.

When Honda Masanobu heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. And the few standing ashigaru who were standing around Mihime and Nohime in charge of guarding also secretly gave Honda Masanobu a thumbs up and secretly praised him. Nima's, these two aunts and grandmothers were finally settled by their own military eyes.

Just when Honda Masanobu and a few people rushed to Masato's place, Masato received two urgent reports in a row. One is naturally a report that Kansuke Yamamoto has sent Black Hawk to find Mihime and Nohime, and the other is a report that the Third Army led by Kaneji has suffered a crushing defeat outside Kumamu Rei Castle in Oita County, Bungo Province.

The main reason for this fiasco was Naoshige's greed for merit.

It's just that Nabeshima Naoshige didn't belong to the First Route Army led by Masayo? Why did you run into the Third Route Army now?

So it was. According to Masara's previous deployment, after the first army led by Masahiro came out of Takamori Castle, with Enjoji Nobuyin as the main general and Kumon Shigetada as the deputy general, Nabeshima Naoshige's right formation as the military commander marched to the northeast of Takamori Castle, and then advanced to Minami-Shiga Castle under the southern side of Kujuren Mountain.

With regard to Minami-Shiga Castle's Nanzan Castle, Masarashi had only one strategic goal, which was to put pressure on the castle so that the forces in the castle could not support other areas, especially the upper reaches of the Ono River. And since it was only an auspicious attack, not necessarily a siege, this army would quietly divide a part of its army and rush to the third army after creating the illusion that the enemy in Nanshan City had enough military strength to attack the city, and assist the third army to intercept the support of the other parts of the Dayoujia family to the Jiuzhu army Jiaomu Li City.

Just as the retainers of the Otomo family had thought before, Masara was particularly concerned about the body of Otomo Yoshiken in the city of Murai. And in order to support Kakumuli Castle, the nearest Oita County, Kumamu Castle, will definitely send heavy troops to attack. Therefore, Masara naturally strengthened the number of troops of the Third Route Army, which played a role in interception, so before the Third Route Army began to attack Kuju Town, the supporting reinforcements had already converged with them. And Nabeshima Naoshige is precisely the general of this support army.

Just like Honda Masanobu, after joining the 6th Standing Ashigaru Team and becoming the commander of the team, with his intelligence and small means, he quickly established a foothold in the 6th Standing Ashigaru Team, and it was he who left a good impression on the Enjoji Temple Shinyin as the main general, so at his request, Enjoji Shinyin agreed to his request to lead the army to support the Third Route Army.

After converging with the Third Route Army (the other two armies were still on the march at this time), Nabeshima Naoshige made another plan to carry out a surprise attack on Kuju Town. fired the first shot of the Luo family's Fenghou. Then it was at his suggestion. The Third Route Army pursued the victory. At a very fast speed, he reached the junction of the four counties of Kuju County, Naoru County, Oita County and Quicki County, and directly controlled the main roads there, completing the goal required by Masato.

Then the Third Route Army was stationed on the spot. Not long after, news came from Black Eagle that Xiong Muli City, which was not far from the garrison, was only Shaoliang garrison at this time. And Kuma-rei Castle is also an important town in Oita County, and it is the gateway from the west to the Funaikan, the ruling center of the Otomo family, so Naoshima Naoshige Nabeshima was suddenly tempted, and he wanted to take Kuma-rei Castle.

But his suggestion made the chief executive hesitate. Even the deputy general Asakura Sodri said that he should be cautious. But at this time, Naoshige Nabeshima had been carried away by the smooth flow that had been going on before, and Black Eagle had repeatedly reported that he had not found an ambush near Xiong Muli Castle, so he began to try his best to persuade him to carry out the kind of manga.

The executive is a fierce general, and he is a fierce general who does not like to use his brains too much, but as a veteran who has followed Zhengliang since the early rise of the Luo family, he is very loyal, and his only goal is to honestly carry out the tasks given to him by Zhengliang. But even such an honest person was finally defeated by Nabeshima Naoshige's sky-like words, and finally agreed to Nabeshima Naoshige's plan for a sneak attack on Kumamu Li Castle.

Thus, on the day that Masara's army began to attack the Kita-Shiga family on both sides of the Ono River. Under the command of Tanekan and Nabeshima Naoshige, the Third Route Army began to march towards Kumamu Castle.

What they didn't expect was. As soon as they crossed the Wild Rice Mountain at the junction of Kuju County and entered Oita County, they were suddenly ambushed by thousands of troops of the Otomo Army.

How did so many Otomo family forces come about? It turned out that this was a trick by the retainer of the Otomo family, Usuki, who secretly arranged the good luck. At the beginning, after learning that the Luo family had taken control of the main route for the rescue of the rest of the Otomo family, Usuki Jiansu decisively ordered the troops from all over the country to disperse into a hidden valley near the Xiong Muli City.

Although the Luo family has a black eagle to check nearby, due to the unfamiliarity with the local geography, and the other Hai Dongqing who is responsible for monitoring in the sky next to Zhengliang has recently returned to the nest to take care of the hatching eggs, this time there is no action with the army, and after the lack of aerial reconnaissance support, the black eagle of the Luo family has not discovered the military strength of these big friends. In order to lure the Luo family's army to attack, Usuki Jiansu then deliberately reduced the defenders of Xiong Muli City, and laid out an empty city plan for the Luo family. Sure enough, in the end, the Luo family still won the scheme.

After Usuki Jiansu learned that the Luo family's army had begun to rush to Xiong Mu Li City, he quickly led the Otomo family's army, which had been hiding in the valley for several days, to ambush on both sides of a road that the Luo family's army must pass.

When the Black Eagle, who was in charge of guarding at the front, discovered the abnormality, it was already too late, and a large number of Otomo family troops came out of the woods, and the Luo family army, which was scattered by the woods in the mountain forest, was suddenly outnumbered. Moreover, fighting in the woods, due to the narrow space where they can fight, they have not been able to exert the power of the three-talent array that they have always been good at. It can be said that almost all of this is taken into account by the quick calculation of the mortar and pestle.

Luckily, because he had traveled a lot of places and was himself from a mountain background, Asakura Sote, who had always been skeptical of the benefits that could be easily obtained, came forward at this time. He was good at fighting in the mountains and forests, quickly gathered the rout, fought and walked with the Otomo family in the mountains and forests, and finally fled back to the camp.

But at this time, the army of the Otomo family had been reorganized near the big camp, and then rushed with the power of thunder, and the army of the Luo family was still scattered in the mountains at this time, unable to concentrate forces to resist, and in desperation, the execution of the army had to order the army to retreat to Kuju Town, which went straight to the county.

On the way to retreat in a hurry, Naoshima Naoshige's heart was also full of remorse, and in a daze, he recalled the sentence that Masara had scolded him before: A person who can only be clever has become a general.

After this defeat, Naoshige Nabeshima finally understood the meaning of this sentence. (To be continued......)