A gust of wind blew, making the sound of thousands of leaves rubbing on the trees. Thick dark clouds gathered quickly, the moon in the sky was gone, the stars were gone, and there was darkness everywhere.

The rumbling thunderclouds continued to roll, and the lightning illuminated the dark earth, and then fell into darkness in an instant.

"Your Highness, the other party's situation has been ascertained." On this thunderstorm night, in the lobby of a temple, Kato Duanzo came and went back and forth.

As early as when he learned that a group of several hundred members of the Otomo family coalition army in Haijin Castle had entered the territory of the Shaoji family and was marching in the direction of Hasuchi Castle, Masarashi led a cavalry team of 200 people to take the initiative to attack. At this moment, Masara was stationed in a Jo'an Temple called Satsu River in the Shaoji family. Because the Luo family was suddenly killed in the evening, the monks in the temple were controlled before they could react, and now the entire temple is controlled by the Luo family.

It is two miles away from the Luo's family Lianchi City in the west, and two miles away from the Shao'er family Mutian City in the north.

From the movements of the Shao Er family's successive attempts to sneak attack the Luo family's Lianchi City, Masato guessed the idea of the Otomo family's coalition army. First of all, the frontal battlefield this time must be the junction between the Ouchi family in the north, which controls the Hizen domain, and the Chikugo Otomo family, which controls the territory. Now both sides have gathered their armies around there. Although the Otomo family has not yet declared war at this time, they have already confronted each other.

From a strategic point of view, the Otomo family's deployment of troops was indeed slow, which caused the Ouchi family and the Luo family to have enough time to deal with it. But there is no way around it. After all, a large army was dispatched from Bungo into Chikugo. It is inevitable to pass through the narrow area at the junction of the three kingdoms of Bungo, Chikuzen, and Chikugo, where due to the limited terrain, it is easy to be monitored by various powerful people. Therefore, as soon as the army of the Otomo family entered Chikugo from Bungo, it was discovered by the detectives of each family. Therefore, the Otomo family simply gathered their troops without hurry, and while making adequate preparations, they waited for the strategy of the Ouchi Yoshitaka coalition army in Izumo. While deciding whether to attack or scatter.

And it is estimated that Ouchi Yoshikan also made a temporary decision to raid Hizen, so it seems a bit hasty. Of course, on the whole. The Otomo family still has an advantage, after all, the main force and main generals of the Ouchi family have followed Yoshitaka Ouchi to Izumo to raid the Niko's house.

Now that the news of the Yoshitaka Ouchi coalition army being trapped in Izumo has arrived, Otomo Yoshikan has finally made up his mind to attack the strategy.

In addition to confronting the allied forces of the Ryobe Castle Ouchi family from the front, the Otomo family also launched attacks from the Yamago Castle on the Chikugo side of the Chikushi Plain and the Chikugo River estuary side. And the lotus pond city controlled by the Luo family is a walled city that they are determined to get.

From a strategic point of view, the Otomo family only needs to occupy Mutajo Castle of the Younger Family, and then go north to Sefukuji Castle, which is currently the rear of the Ouchi family. As long as the Sefukuji Castle is taken, it will be possible to form a siege of the main formation of the Lingbu Castle Ouchi Clan's coalition army. And the current performance of the Shao Erjia is also so quiet that people are suspicious. Since he had surrendered to the Ouchi family, he also sent hundreds of soldiers to join the coalition organized by the Ouchi family, but he ignored the team that entered the Ochi family after they set out from Kaizu Castle. It looks like Lao Tzu didn't see anything. So in the opinion of Zhengliang. The Shao Er family has actually rebelled.

In this case, in fact, the Otomo family only needs to go directly through the Murata Castle of the Shaoji family, so why would they have tried to attack Hasuike Castle so many times? Because from Hasuike Castle, you can attack the back of the Otomo family coalition at any time. Once the rear road is blocked, the troops that go deep into the rear of the Ouchi coalition army may be surrounded by people. So in order to make sure that nothing goes wrong, the Otomo family has to get Hasuike Castle in their hands no matter what. In this way, you can put pressure on the Luo family through Mutian City and Lianchi City at the same time, and completely control the situation of this war.

Now, the entire strategy arrangement of the Otomo family has completely surfaced. The northernmost part, along the Tsukushi Plain, mainly plays a leading role. The reinforcements of the Ouchi family before and after Chikuzen were completely blocked, and the connection between Chikuzen and Hizen was cut off. So there won't be much fighting along the way. In the middle, the main formation of the Ouchi family alliance at Lingbe Castle and the main formation of the Otomo family alliance army at Mt. Chikugo formed a frontal battlefield, and the outcome of the battle here determined the direction of the war. To the south, the Otomo family and the Luo family launched a tentative competition in the territory of the Shao Er family. If the Otomo family completely controls this place, then they will completely control the initiative of the war, and they will be able to calmly encircle the Ouchi family coalition forces from the direction of Sefukuji Castle. And the Luo family fell into the direct attack of the other party after the capture of Lotus Pond City, and became a mud bodhisattva, and even it was difficult to protect itself.

And what about the Ouchi coalition army? It's really at a disadvantage.

First of all, the main force and the right-hand man followed Yoshitaka Ouchi to Izumo and got trapped there. At this moment, it can be said that there is a shortage of major generals. Although a group of wealthy clans were immediately summoned, the combat strength of these wealthy clans was almost uneven, and it was obviously a ragtag army, much worse than the combat power of the Otomo family's coalition army, which was dominated by soldiers from the Otomo family.

Secondly, the coalition forces are not in harmony. Obviously, this time, Shanxing, as the main general, made a stupid move, and he didn't completely join forces with the Luo family. If you don't take the initiative to unite with the Luo family, you will even summon a large number of Hizen wealthy families to join the coalition. These local wealthy families include the Shao Er family, the Shendai family, the Ling family, etc., and they can be said to be some people with different hearts.

At the end of the day, the strategic location is at a disadvantage. Katsuo Castle, which is the northeast of Lingbe Castle as the main camp, is located at the junction of Hizen, Chikuzen, and Chikugo at the junction of the Chikushiro border on the Tsukushi Plain, and is currently being attacked by the Otomo family, and the road leading to Chikuzen in Hizen has been blocked by the Otomo family, and a large number of troops cannot come over. Mutian City, southwest of Lingbu City, is controlled by the Shao Er family who have secretly taken refuge in Zhengliang's opinion. To the northwest, Mise Castle is held by the Kamiyo family. Once the Kamiyo family rebelled, the Ouchi family coalition army was under siege. The only remaining exit is the Luo family's territory to the west, but Masara currently has no plans to open the territory to the Ouchi family.

After analyzing the current battlefield situation, Zhengliang judged that the war situation in the direction of the Luo family would greatly affect the trend of the entire battlefield. So after learning that a unit of the Otomo family had entered the territory of the Shao Er family, he immediately reacted and came to the territory of the Shao Er family with a cavalry team that was easy to move.

In this matter, Kato Duanzo, who was in charge of investigating the movements of the Otomo family's troops, finally returned.

"Where are they now?" Seeing Kato Duanzo returning, Masarashi immediately asked.

"Your Highness, due to the imminent rain, the other party will spend the night tonight in Guangde Temple, a mile away, and there are about a thousand people. The general is the Takita Kansheng of the Otomo family, and the deputy general Shiga is in person. Kato Duzo replied.

"Very good, pass the order, let everyone eat and rest immediately, without delay!" Masara said: "You are also lucky, after the order is completed, you should also go and rest." ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Kato Duanzo commanded.

After sending Kato Danzo away, Masaro asked his attendants to bring a rudimentary version of the map, and looked at it with the help of a black oil lamp unique to Japan.

"Wow!" At this time, the heavy rain that had been brewing for an evening finally began to fall. Looking at the courtyard through the entrance of the lobby, I saw the wind and rain stars, as if looking for something on the ground, east and west bumping. A red flash in the distance to the north seemed to lift a black cloud and reveal a large patch of blood. "Rumble" rolling thunder resounded across the land.

What a stormy night.

At the same time, in the camp of the Otomo family coalition at Guangtoku Temple, a mile away, various main generals were gathering in the hall of the temple for a night banquet.

"Come, everyone, please drink this cup together! This strategy will rely on your great help! The main general, Tian Bei Jiansheng, said loudly. On such a stormy night, there will definitely be floods, not only will he not be able to move, but even the enemy will inevitably be trapped in place, so he is very assured of the safety of the army.

Of course, he is not a fool, and the generals who are fortunate enough to participate in the banquet here are all generals of the army, and for ordinary soldiers, they are not allowed to drink, and they are not even allowed to move around at will.

In this way, the Otomo coalition army was stationed on the spot while the main general drank in the temple and the soldiers took shelter from the rain in the camp outside the temple.

Just when Tian Bei Jiansheng thought that everyone would stop because of this heavy rain. In the early hours of the morning, 200 cavalry led by Masara quietly appeared near the camp of the Otomo family's coalition forces.

By this time the rain had stopped, the thunder had disappeared, and the wind had lessened, but it was so strong that it made people tremble. When such a gust of wind passed, everything seemed to be somehow good, and even the willow tree waited for something in disbelief. At the same time, lightning flashed from time to time on the horizon. It was with this lightning that Masarashi saw the road clearly, and walked along the road that the detective had already probed Hao. Fortunately, these horses have received some training, and they have survived in the wild when they were captured, and they are not afraid of thunderstorms in the wild, so that the army can reach here so smoothly.

In the dark, Zhengliang was covered in armor, and even wore the Nanban helmet given by Zhu Qinfeng.

"Your Highness, all the people are already in place!" At this time, Kato Duanzo walked over quickly. Due to the darkness of the night and in order to avoid alarming the Otomo coalition forces, the troops dispersed when they arrived nearby. Now Kato Duanzo has come to Masarashi to make sure that all the cavalry is now in place and ready to attack.

"Kill!" Masayo let out a loud shout, followed by a whistle from the black hawk beside him. A pleasant whistle is the most effective signal in the quiet of the early morning. The Luo family cavalry officially began to attack.

Masarashi tightened his feet on horseback, and the "Baili Black" vine field under him jumped up, and followed the cavalry in front of him who lit torches and began to advance.

At this time, several camp guards of the Otomo family were standing in front of a battalion commander, dozing off while guarding the gate of the big camp. In a blur, they heard a crisp whistle, followed by a tremor of the earth ahead. When they looked ahead, they saw only a few torches speeding towards them.

Seeing this scene, the guards immediately prepared to warn, but suddenly more than a dozen javelins flew from the darkness in front of them, hitting them, and the guards fell to the ground screaming.

"Kill!" Like a tiger descending from the mountain, the cavalry of the Luo family shouted and rushed into the camp of the Otomo family's coalition army, which was still in silence...... (To be continued.) )