In Zhengliang's small mud wooden house, at this moment, the atmosphere is solemn.

After listening to Masayo's detailed account, everyone else in the hut fell into deep thought.

"Your Highness, let's still cage the city, the current ashigaru of the territory has only been training for a while, and it is obviously not an opponent to face the bandits", Onishi Kuniji spoke first.

"What? Cage City? Never give in to the bandits. This is the home we have built with blood and sweat, and now that the population of the territory has increased greatly, and the food has been temporarily solved, why can't we fight in the field? If you give up, what face will you have? It's better to die! I insist on fighting the bandits head-on," Tsuda Hiromune immediately expressed his opinion with emotion as soon as he heard about Cage Castle.

"Lord Guangzong. Cage Castle does not mean giving up, we can use the terrain of the town to organize the people to rush to work overnight, build a simple town, and use the terrain to stop bandits. If they can't attack for a long time, they will retreat", argues Onishi Kuniji.

"Well, Cage City is also a solution. Although it will bring turmoil to the people whose territory has managed to settle down, as long as the bandits retreat, they can still recover quickly", Togo Heiji also agrees with this more conservative approach.

"Nope. What if the bandits retreated and came back soon? Or even to take the same methods that used to be used against us, constantly harassing us and destroying our fields? Are we going to be turtles with shrunken heads like we have done before? Watching the fields have no grains, and then people are constantly starving to death? Or are the people forced to relocate? As if he had changed as a different person, Tsuda Hiromune asked several questions at once.

"This ......", Togo Heiji and Onishi Kuniji glanced at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Bang Bang Bang", Masahiro knocked the tatami mat under him with the back of the bladed knife, and the other three people all looked up at Masayo.

"We can even kill wild boars, are bandits more ferocious than wild boars?" , Masarashi glanced at the three of them and asked calmly and slightly mockingly. Both Dongxiang Heiji and Onishi Kuniji are a bit more than defending the city and not enterprising enough, so Masahiro also wants to take the opportunity to knock them down.

"Yes! We can even wipe out the wild boar herd, and we are not afraid of these bandits at all", Tsuda Hiromune patted his bald head and immediately echoed.

"It should be Oishinoji's men who are about to attack us now, and according to the information provided by the captives, they are no more than 30 people at most. Now there are 40 ashigaru in our territory, although the training time is not long, and the gap is still very big compared to these fierce bandits, but the combined combat effectiveness will be stronger than the bandits who fight alone", Masarashi is very confident in the ashigaru he trained by himself, especially after the baptism of fighting with the wild boar herd.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is willing to be the vanguard and kill the bandits", after the morning battle, Tsuda Hiromune was full of confidence, feeling that the bandits could be eliminated as many as they came.

"No, Guangzong", feeling that this bald man is sometimes too impulsive, and will only kill on a rampage, Zhengliang has a little headache, "Ming Chinese said, if you can outwit, don't fight the enemy, we must destroy the enemy while preserving our own strength." ”

"That'...... Your Highness, what should we do? Dongxiang Heiji has already witnessed the miracles created by this son-in-law several times, and now seeing that Masayo is so calm, he simply plans to completely listen to the orders of the lord, anyway, even if he is desperate to defeat the bandits, he has to buy time for his wife, daughter and son-in-law to escape.

"Well, let's talk about the terrain in the direction of the town leading to the bandit cottage," Masarashi asked after a moment of deep thought.

"Your Highness, the woods east of the town and facing the Notaka Mountains may be the location for bandits to invade the town, but due to the complex topography of these woods and lush vegetation, basically the bandits will invade the town through two roads, one is the forest path directly opposite the school field, and in the past, most of the bandits attacked the town head-on from here; Another access route is the upper reaches of the stream that flows in front of the town, and the bandits can come and attack us along the woods next to the stream, and it was through there that the bandits attacked us at night last time, causing us to be caught off guard", said this, Togo Heiji's face was full of sadness. Machiko was indeed badly damaged that night. …,

"I have a plan", after listening to Togo Heiji's words, Masarashi frowned and thought for a while, and then said.

Masara glanced at the three people in front of him, and all three of them were looking at Masara at the moment, waiting for him to issue an order. "Guozhi, gather the territory personnel, under the leadership of the old hunter, and set traps in the deep forests and roads of the two passages. Well, give priority to setting up the edge of the creek and woods, set up a trap belt with a minimum length of 1,000 steps along the creek, dig more pits on the ground, and insert bamboo sticks inside; Make some stakes and spears in the trees; We have to let the thieves who step into the trap area have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground. ”

"Yes, Your Highness", Onishi Kuniji felt that the lord's sentence "There is no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to enter the earth" is too appropriate, and it is chilling to think about the forest full of traps.

"Oh, by the way," Masarashi suddenly remembered something, and immediately added, "let some safe roads and safe areas be left in these trap areas, so that all the archers and old hunters will know these roads and areas well, and they will be responsible for stopping the bandits there." At the same time, some clever lords will be arranged to closely monitor the movements of the bandits."

"Yes, Your Highness", Kuniji Onishi suddenly felt that he was full of confidence in defeating the bandits.

"Heiji, after you assisted Kokuji in laying the trap, immediately organize the people to pack up their valuables, gather in the center of the town, and once you receive my order, immediately lead the people to retreat in the direction of Yunoo Castle", although full of confidence in victory, but also be prepared for defeat.

"Your Highness?" , Togo Heiji was anxious when he heard it. He has made up his mind to follow Masa-liang, and if something happens, he will stay in charge of the decision to buy time for his family.

"Don't argue, Heiji. This is an order, and these are our relatives, and the ashigaru can only fight with peace of mind if they know that their relatives are safe," Masarashi's tone suddenly became quite serious.

"This ...... Yes, Your Highness", Togo Heiji also knew that Lu Dao Zhengliang was right, so he could only reluctantly agree.

"Guangzong, gather the spear ashigaru to the school field, I want to face them face to face the news that the bandits are coming", Masara continued to arrange, "Okay, that's all for the time being, let's all go and prepare separately, there is not much time left for us." ”

"Yes, Your Highness," the three of them bowed and took the order.

As the order to assemble sounded, soon the 29 spears and 11 archers of the territory gathered in the school grounds. Masara slowly walked to the small high platform in the school grounds, glanced at the team in front of him, and then shouted, "Everyone, the bandits have destroyed our homes and slaughtered our relatives several times. Now they are coming again, and more than 10 bandits are about to attack our town. ”

As soon as the ashigaru in the audience heard that the bandits were coming, they immediately let out a commotion, and then quickly quieted down, and they all looked up at their lord. Seeing that the ashigaru people were quieted down so quickly, Masara was very satisfied, and this period of training was not in vain.

"So, will we still be the same as before?" , Masara continued, "Are you going to be slaughtered by them like before? Do we want to let them bully our loved ones as before? Look behind you, ashigaru, tell me, what are you training so hard for? Masarashi asked loudly with his right hand, pointing to the crowd of onlookers who were gradually gathering.

The ashigaru turned to look at the crowd around them, where they had their wives and children, and their neighbors...... Looking at their frightened and expectant eyes, the ashigaru people's blood suddenly boiled, "kill the bandits", and someone in the ashigaru group suddenly shouted.

"Kill the bandits! Kill the bandits! As soon as these words came out, it seemed that the torrent had found 1, and suddenly all the ashigaru shouted.

"Louder, are you just making a little noise?" , Masarashi shouted at the ashigaru in front of him. …,

"Kill the bandits! Kill the bandits! At this time, not only the ashigaru in the audience, but also the surrounding crowd shouted.

Looking at the surging crowd of leaders in front of him, Zhengliang suddenly felt a sense of pride. Gently raise your right hand and signal everyone to be quiet.

After the crowd gradually quieted down, Masara continued, "In fact, are more than 10 bandits terrifying? Masarashi observed the expressions of the ashigaru team in front of him as he glanced at them.

"Are bandits more ferocious than wild boars? No, apparently wild boars are much more ferocious. But what did we just do, we just killed a herd of 20 wild boars", said Masarashi with a kick of a boar's head placed on the edge of the high platform, which was the largest boar head.

The boar's head flew several meters away at once, then rolled on the ground several times with a grunt, and finally stopped. There was a chuckle immediately.

"So, do you say bandits are still scary?" , Masato asked loudly.

"It's not scary! Not terrible! Ashigaru replied loudly.

"Very well, then we have to train more so that these damn bandits will never go back like wild boars. Let them pay with blood! Once again, Masara was satisfied with the morale of the team.

"Blood debt and blood payment! Blood debt and blood repayment! The ashigaru men raised their weapons and shouted loudly.