Chapter 317: A Ride (1)

It's foggy!

At this time, Masara was riding on a war horse, walking slowly on a mountain road. After defeating the combined forces of Kamimatsunura and Goto yesterday, Masaro officially settled in Karafune Castle. In the evening, news came that Hirota Castle had been captured by the men and horses of Tomohisa Oishi and Yasumasa Kyoteda.

In order to avoid the suspicion of the rest of the heroes who participated in the deliberation meeting, Matsuura Masashi had already withdrawn almost all of Hirota Castle, leaving only a few peasant soldiers to guard it, so this time the men and horses of Tomohisa Oishi and Yasumasa Kyoteda easily captured Hirota Castle.

After receiving the news that Hirota Castle had been incorporated into the territory of the Luo family, Masara left Ming Feng Hidemasa to lead a hundred logistics peasant soldiers and the wounded of this battle to stay in Tangchuan Castle, and he himself led the remaining generals and the army to rush to Hirota Castle overnight.

There are two reasons why Masahiro left overnight, one is to vacate enough space for Ming Feng Xiuzheng to treat the wounded, and the other is that the scene of the massacre that Masayo saw during the day was too shocking, such a city, almost all the people in it were slaughtered by the cage hand Tian Anchang, when he thought of that scene, Masato felt a little weird, and simply left this ghost town.

After arriving at Hirota Castle that night, Masara received information about the nearby Omura family, Gawara Castle, and after a summary with his military advisor Kakuma Ishimune, Masara decisively attacked this morning, taking advantage of the negligence of the defenders of Kawara Castle and the lack of soldiers, to take Kawara Castle in one fell swoop.

After taking Kawon Castle and resting for a while, Masarashi left Tomohisa Oishi and Masahide Roshi, who had been lightly wounded in the battle, to lead 100 peasant soldiers and wounded soldiers respectively to stay at Hirota Castle and Kawon Castle. Masara led the remaining generals and the army to continue to advance, and the front of the army was directed towards Matsugaku Castle.

Matsugaku Castle is located between the Void Kurama Mountains and Omura Bay, and is one of the two passages leading to Minamihizen on land (the other passage is located on the coast of the Ariake Sea, controlled by the Arimake family), and the land route is a castle that can be opened by ten thousand people, and the waterway can also overlook the entire sea surface of Omura Bay, which can be said to be extremely strategically important. As long as he gets this city, the Luo clan can enter the territory that can attack the Omura family, and retreat to ensure that the territory behind him is not invaded.

Due to the narrowness of the mountain path, the army had to be divided into three groups. The first group is composed of more than 90 cloaks and more than 20 subordinates of the cage hand Tian Anchang, with Zhengliang as the general, a few people who are close to the side responsible for guarding, and the men of the cage hand Tian Anchang are responsible for leading the way at the front.

The second group consisted of more than eighty low-level samurai, and the leading general was Aguta. The third group is composed of more than 170 second standing ashigaru teams, and the leading general is Kakuma Ishizong.

The army marched all the way, but since entering the mountain path of the Void Hidden Mountain Range, the speed of the team had to slow down. Because the fog in the mountain is so great that it is basically impossible to see clearly from a distance of about ten meters. The army had to advance slowly but carefully.

"Hehe, Luo's Palace, every spring ploughing season, the mountains here will be foggy, but today it is particularly dense" Tian Anchang, who was on the side, saw Zhengliang's brows furrowed, and couldn't help but analyze. Now his twenty-odd people are considered to have taken refuge in the Luo family. In the opinion of Yasumasa Cage, as long as he can take revenge on the murderer of the Matsuura clan in Hirado, he is willing to do it. This time he went to attack Matsugaku Castle, and he was one of the most enthusiastic supporters.

Just when Yasumasa was talking about the situation of the Void Hidden Mountain for Masato. On a hill next to the mountain road, two people were discussing in a whisper.

"Whew!" One of them took a big breath and said as if he had survived the catastrophe, "I was almost discovered, what a danger!" ”

The other person next to "Hmm" seemed much calmer, just constantly looking at the moving Roche Fan through the gap in the grass.

"You say, did the troops that were ambushed in the woods ahead of them go towards this team on the mountain road?"

"What the hell? What do they have to do with me and the other two? Just don't affect either of us," said the man at first. The first time was when they accidentally found a team of people in ambush in the woods in front of them, and there were a large number of them, fortunately the two of them were alert and ran fast, otherwise once they were discovered by the people in the woods, they would inevitably be wiped out. But what they didn't expect was that the two had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and immediately met the troops of the Luo family, if they hadn't taken advantage of the fog to hide behind a hill on the side of the road, it was estimated that they would have been caught by Luo Fang now. There were two false alarms in a row, and the feeling of the rest of the life after the catastrophe arose spontaneously.

The man who was still paying attention to the Luo clan slowly turned his head, looked at the latter and said, "Do you still want to avenge your family?" ”。

"Yes, of course I think, one day, my Jiangchuan Clan Sect will definitely kill back to Beizhong" Jiangchuan Clan Sect immediately said. His family was originally a member of the Chinese, and the head of the family was Jiangchuan Qingzong, and he was the heir of the Jiangchuan family. It's just that before he could inherit the position of family governor, the family was annexed by the Mimura family, his father died in battle, and he had to become a ronin. He once swore that in his lifetime, he would definitely kill back to Beizhong and wipe out the Sancun family.

"Don't you want to?" The Jiangchuan clan also asked rhetorically. He knew that the companion next to him had the same experience as himself. This companion of his is called Date Masahiro, who is also the son of a wealthy family in the middle of the family, and after the family was annexed by the Shinmi family, he had to become a ronin samurai in order to avoid being pursued.

"In that case, then our opportunity has come" Date Masahiro did not answer the rhetorical question of the Egawa clan just now, but said in a somewhat eager tone.

"What does that mean?" The Egawa clan didn't understand what Date Masahiro meant.

"You say, with what happened to the two of us at the moment, how many heroes would be willing to take us in? Even if they are willing to take us in, how many heroes can have the ability to lead us back to Beizhong? Date continued.

"This?" When the Jiangchuan clan heard this, he immediately became speechless. He remembered what happened to the two during this time. The two met by accident in Izumo.,Both are neighbors at the end of the world.,So they wandered together.。 It's just that they have prepared to take refuge in several Haoqiang, and those Haoqiang either dislike them or can't help them, and in the end they have to continue to wander in order to meet the master.

"What do you mean by that?" Now that Date Masahiro suddenly said such a sentence, the Egawa clan couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Take a closer look at the troops in the mountain path," Date said.

Hearing this, the Egawa clan immediately carefully observed the Luo clan on the mountain road through the gap in the grass.

"The pace is neat, the morale is high, it is indeed a combatable division, what kind of strong flag is this?" After observing it, the Jiangchuan clan couldn't help but praise.

"Look closely at their banners," Date Masaki said angrily, "On the white flag, the eagle spreads its wings, and the gods favor it, and they are invincible. "What Date Mashiro is talking about now is the slogan that Masarashi deliberately promoted in order to cover up the sudden appearance of firearms in the next battle of Kishigaku Castle, and specially dispatched detectives to infiltrate various places in Hizen, mainly to cover up the fact of firearms under the pretext of divine help. Date and the two have been in Hizen for several months, and they are very familiar with the slogan they heard on the street.

"Huh?" Hearing Date Masahiro's words, the Egawa clan immediately carefully looked at the military flags of the marching army on the mountain road. Sure enough, I saw a white military flag, and the eagle that had been black was clearly on it.

He turned his head to look at Date Masahiro in surprise and stammered, "Are you saying that the army in the mountain path has suddenly risen recently, defeated the combined forces of Hatata and Takazoji with lightning speed, and dominated the Luo family in Matsuura County, Hizen?" ”

"Hmm" Date Zhengheng nodded, and then continued, "Judging from the current situation, there is no doubt that it is the army of the Luo family, and the head of the Luo family should be in the ranks. "Such a powerful team can only be Qiben. And the flag is generally only with the head of the family.

"The 'Matsuura Eagle' who cut off more than a dozen heads in World War I?"

"Hmm!"

"This?" The Egawa clan became excited. He is most willing to listen to the martial deeds of the "Eagle of Matsuura" spread among the sake houses. Listening to these deeds, he had the feeling that he was personally on the battlefield.

"Listen" At this time, Date Zhengheng's expression suddenly became very serious, "The ambush soldiers in the woods in front must be heading for the army of the mountain road, if the two of us can inform the Luo family of this news at this time, we can get a place to live." ”

"You mean to go to the Luo family?" The Jiang Chuan clan finally understood, "However, although the Luo family is indeed a powerful man, even stronger than the power of the original family of the two of us, we are just looking for a strong man who can lead us to kill back in Beizhong." Although he admired the deeds of the "Matsuura Eagle", when faced with the question of whether to take refuge, the Egawa clan hesitated. At least for now, the Luo family is not the master in his heart.

"Hey, Clan, have you eaten today?". Date Mashiro sighed, and then suddenly the subject changed.

"It's... "Before he could finish speaking, his stomach began to speak angrily.

"Let's find a place to live first," Date Mashiro turned to his feet and began to walk down the hill. Yes, they have been in a food panic recently, and the money on them has long been used up, and the only remaining katana is a status symbol and cannot be sold, so they have to go into the mountains to find wild fruits, wild vegetables, and even wild beasts to eat. If it weren't for that, they wouldn't have encountered the Luo family's forces here.

"Wait for me" The Egawa clan, who came back to his senses, found that Date Masahiro had already walked to the foot of the hill, and was about to go to the mountain road, so he hurriedly said.

"Who?" A few ashigaru, who were in charge of guarding, heard the sound of someone suddenly talking nearby, and hurriedly shouted.

"It's us, please tell your lords, we have important military reports," Date Mashiro hurriedly shouted. Then he walked out of the avenue, while clutching his katana in his hand. Although he plans to join the Luo family, he must have a weapon in his hand to protect himself before ensuring safety.

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