As Yashiro relayed to Saeki Yukyo, Masarashi was indeed building a simple castle at the base of the Kurusu River at this time.

It was precisely because of the need to build a fortress that a lot of manpower and material resources were naturally needed, and before the slave brigade in the rear arrived, Masara had no choice but to dispatch troops to the nearby areas to loot people and materials.

In addition to the castle, Masayo also prepared to build a strong fortification around it. From now on, it will be used as a base for fighting against the combined forces of the Saeki family, the Ito family, and the Shimazu family. Although on the surface at this time, the Luo family seems to be imposing and occupies a great advantage, but according to the habit of Zhengliang, everything has always been set according to the situation of failure, and the current fortifications are the next hand in case of failure.

Of course, Zhengliang has arranged compensation for the looted population and their belongings, after all, these people are already the lords of the Luo family at this time. The form of compensation is naturally to provide them with fields, houses, farming tools, etc., in exchange for the materials and labor they bring with them at this time.

The specific method is to send the old people, women and children in the population who have returned from the loot to the territory of the area of Meimuli City that has just been occupied in the rear, anyway, there are no people there at this time, and the territory has been deserted for a certain period of time, just so that these people can go there to settle down and turn it into a normal territory again. Of course, in order for these lords to settle down, in addition to strictly enforcing the Luo family's daily support laws, benefits such as tax reductions and exemptions must be provided for a certain period of time.

As for the young men who were plundered. In order to quickly build the fortress and the surrounding fortifications, they can only stay in the barracks for the time being to continue building the fortress, and then go to the rear territory in batches to visit their families during the construction period, and then return here to continue building the fortress, otherwise these young men will not be able to work with peace of mind. At the same time, after experiencing the benefits of the Luo family, these people have also become strong supporters and lobbyists of Zhengliang's subsequent plans.

As for the reason for Masa's sudden construction of the castle, for the sake of his long-term plans and Masara's previous layout, Masara only explained a few of the retainers who needed to cooperate with his plan and layout, and the others were kept in the dark. Thankfully. It seems that since this time it has been out of battle. These retainers had become accustomed to the sudden strange behavior of their lords, especially after they had taken the fortified city of Meimulli City in the past, and the retainers no longer had any objections to Zhengliang's strange behavior, but instead tried to carry out Zhengliang's order.

Not to mention. According to the plan proposed by the Lord Gongzheng Liang in the assessment of the military account before. They will soon begin to loot the people and goods of Saeki on a large scale. Although according to the military regulations of the Luo family, there are great restrictions in the action, but it is rare to have the opportunity to do one. Everyone was already preparing in secret. But the lord said that whoever can plunder the most people and materials will get great military merit.

In Saeki Castle, Saeki Weijiao didn't know at this time that he would face a full-scale invasion of the Luo family, and now he was just angrily sending Yashiro, who was released back to pass the message, to recuperate, when he was immediately asked to see an important person who came back unexpectedly.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" In the wooden house, the desk that had been kicked over by Saeki had not yet been set, but at this time he couldn't care about it, but looked at the unexpected visitor kneeling in front of him very strictly.

"Elder brother, my brother escaped." Kneeling on the ground was none other than one of the castle lords who had previously been in charge of defending Umemurai Castle, Saeki Zhenzhong, the younger brother of Saeki Weijiao.

"Escaped?" Saeki Weijiao was suspicious in his heart after hearing this, the previous Yashiro was released after the Luo family took the initiative to bring them to the Luo family's camp, and now the younger brother who had been missing for several days in front of him escaped from the Luo family's camp, should this younger brother sue him again, it was the governor of the Luo family who came to pass the word, right? Or is there something wrong with this brother?

"Yes." Saeki Zhenzhong nodded solemnly, "Brother, Meimuli City fell after the city gate was broken by an extremely powerful weapon of the Luo family. ”

"A very powerful weapon?"

"Yes, this weapon can shoot a huge iron ball, and it will destroy the city gate in one fell swoop, and after seeing that it can't be resisted, the younger brother has no choice but to pretend to surrender to the Luo family."

"You?"

Hearing that his younger brother had surrendered to the Luo family, Saeki almost didn't stand up and gave the other party a kick directly, but then he thought of the situation at that time, and it seemed that his younger brother was helpless, so he held back.

"Alas, woo woo woo ......" At this time, Saeki Zhenzhong also suddenly cried, and then continued, "Brother, it's gone, everyone is gone. ”

"Huh? What's missing? ”

"It's the army of the family that followed the surrender of the younger brother, after they surrendered, they were all escorted by the Luo family to the territory of the Luo family in the rear, until the younger brother escaped, and still did not get any news from them, the elder brother, it is really gone, they are gone, woo woo woo ......"

"Hey!" Looking at his younger brother Saeki Zhenzhong with a dirty face at this time, Saeki Weijiao couldn't help but be a little soft-hearted, at least this younger brother escaped from the other party's camp, and as soon as he returned here, he first came to ask to see himself, and he could be regarded as worthy of the dignity of Saeki's family. Of course, as the head of the family, he still needs to be tough-hearted, so he immediately asked: "When you escaped from the Luo family's camp before, what did you see, immediately give me one by one." ”

"Yes, sir." Seeing that his brother's face was stern again, Saeki Zhenzhong immediately nodded solemnly.

"Elder brother, the younger brother pretended to surrender to the other party, and then took advantage of the opportunity to escape after gaining a certain trust from the other party.

"Excellent! Come on! Saeki nodded immediately.

"At this time, the Luo family's camp seems to be building a fortress."

"Is it really a castle?" Saeki Yukyo was surprised.

"What? Brother also knows this information? ”

"Hmm!" Saeki Weijiao nodded, but he didn't continue, mainly because he didn't want to tell the story of Luo Shizhengliang releasing his retainers back to spread the word, after all, when he thought of it, he felt angry.

And Saeki Zhenzhong also seemed to see that his brother Saeki Weijiao suddenly became unhappy, so he didn't continue to ask, but continued: "Brother, let the younger brother come and point out the location of the other party's construction of the castle for you." ”

As he spoke, Saeki got up and went to another desk in the room, and took out a rolled-up map from below. As an important minister of the Saeki family, and the younger brother of Saeki Weijiao, he is naturally very familiar with the placement of various items in the room.

Soon, a map of the city and its surrounding territories unfolded in front of the two of them. The castle was built on Mount Oshiyama at the confluence of the Kurusugawa, Naogawa, and Nouchi rivers. The place where the Luo family's camp is located is on the east bank of the Kurusu River, which is less than three miles away from the castle. The location here happens to be the location of the Kurusugawa River in a zigzag shape, and the Kurusugawa River just changes from the flow direction from south to north to the east to west, and the Luo family camp is located in the north of the zigzag, and the direction of the castle has become north and south.

Although according to the geographical location, if the Saeki family's army wanted to attack the other side, they only needed to go straight down the Kurusu River from south to north, and they could attack the Luo family's camp from both sides of the east or west. As for attacking from the water, it will be impossible. Because the Saeki family did not have ships at all at this time, and the camp of the Luo family was established in the north of the Kurusugawa River at this time, due to the influence of the current of this terrain, the ships could not play a role in this terrain at all, and even became the target of the shore defenders.

Since it is not possible to attack by water, then it is only possible to attack by land on both sides of the river, but is this feasible? (To be continued......)