When Masara and his team arrived at Nohara Castle, they saw a building empty and smoking. Obviously, the defenders of the Ishihara family abandoned this earth rock and did not forget to burn it when they retreated. While arranging for people to extinguish the fire, Masarashi secretly guessed in his heart what happened to the Ishihara family? Actually gave up the soil rock that had been in business for several years?

After taking a short rest, leaving Onishi Kuniji to lead 30 peasant soldiers and 10 Ashigaru to continue to extinguish the fire and take over the territory, Masarashi led the rest of the people to kill another earth rock, Motosheng Castle.

Time waits for no one! Since the other party burned the soil and rock so decisively, it means that there is a situation in the family, and this is the time when the Luo family is fishing in troubled waters. Riding on a pony, Masara recalled the events of the past few days as he walked, and felt that he had inadvertently encountered what the Zen masters called "the time is ripe."

The word "opportunity" in the so-called "ripe time" of the Oriental people means far-reaching. As the text says, people must seize the opportunity to create a trend that will sweep the world, otherwise they can only end up in obscurity. In other words, only by seizing the opportunity sensitively and with the right timing can everything go smoothly. On the other hand, if you allow opportunities to slip through your fingers, you will become a loser. Of course, the timing must be matched with the action of heaven and earth and the wisdom of human beings in order to mature. Therefore, the timing is not like a persimmon that is red and it is ripe, it can be judged by appearance, but must be brewed before the thing is ripe.

Since learning that Yomiko Otomo was killed, he sensitively anticipated that Yoko's family was about to fall into civil strife, and Masato immediately carried out a series of vertical and horizontal attacks, isn't this the time to brew? Then, today, he accidentally encountered a moment when there was a problem within the Yomiko family, and he easily took the first castle rock of the Ishihara family, so he was lucky to seize the "opportunity". Now he hopes that God can continue to be attached to the Luo family, so that he can successfully take down the next earth rock. And it seems that the heavens were moved by Masayo's pious prayer, and just as Masara was praying, the detective who had already entered the other party's territory in advance brought good news.

"Your Excellency. The city lord of Yuansheng City in front seemed to have received an important order, and suddenly began to mobilize the peasant soldiers in the territory this morning. Now the team in the city has just started and is heading to Da Kamikawa. ”

"Hahaha. Heaven helps the Luo family also," Zhengliang laughed when he heard this, "Pass on my order, everyone should reduce their speed of movement to avoid moving too fast and arousing the vigilance of the other party." ”

Now all Masahiro has to do is sneak slowly. Waiting for the other party to cross the river and leave, when the Luo family raids the empty Yuansheng City, they will definitely be able to fall in one fell swoop. Even if the other party finds out that Chengyan has been attacked, it will be too late to immediately cross the Kamigawa River again to help.

After receiving Zhengliang's order, the entire Luo family team slowed down their march. Masahiro also dismounted. All the way on foot. Since I chose a mountain trail, I didn't encounter a single pedestrian along the way. The team marched quietly like this, and when it was still two miles away from Yuansheng City, the detective came to report again.

"My lord, it's not good," Scout Fan reported on his knees, "The other party's team, which has already left the city, suddenly began to rush back to Yuansheng City. ”

"What?" Masashi was taken aback, and then immediately came to his senses. Since the Ishihara family of Nohara Castle will burn the earth and rock, they will take the initiative to evacuate. They must have received the news of the Luo family's attack, so when they evacuated, they would definitely send someone to notify the nearby Chengyan for precautions.

Hey, I made a mistake, thinking of this, Zhengliang patted his head, and immediately shouted in annoyance: "Hurry." Full speed ahead, we're going to surprise the opposing reinforcements before they return to the city. ”

Although the lord will have to walk slowly for a while. I was a little puzzled by the requirement to run wild again for a while, but the requirement for training for a long time was that the orders of the lord were above all else. Therefore, after Masaliang's order was given, the entire team immediately marched quickly and rushed towards Yuansheng City. …,

The Luo family's ashigaru was fully worn, and this kind of thing did play a big role in battle, but it was a serious loss in long-distance raids, especially when competing for the speed of the other team's enemy forces, which were mostly unarmed. Therefore, even if the Luo family's troops were in a hurry, when they arrived less than half a mile away from Yuansheng City, the last peasant soldier of the opponent's reinforcements had already entered the Yuansheng City Rock.

"Stop! Everyone lined up in formation and advanced slowly" Seeing that the other party had already taken the lead in entering the city, Masato had no choice but to give an order to slowly advance the guard. It's really time, fate, and in the dark, God seems to treat all living beings equally, and the Luo family has indeed missed the best opportunity this time.

After the "adult" set up the formation under Yuansheng City, the Luo family detective, who had been hiding in the nearby mountains and forests, appeared in front of Zhengliang in time.

"Let's talk about the situation in there" Masarashi was standing on a small dirt slope at the moment, raised his right hand and pointed in the direction of Yuansheng City, and then asked.

"My lord, the villain has been monitoring the neighborhood for the past few days, and this morning the city suddenly sent people to the various towns below to mobilize the peasants, although those samurai did not say why this was the case, but they said that these people were preparing to go to the castle."

Oh? Could it be that there is indeed civil strife in the Huzi family? After hearing the detective's report, Masahiro couldn't help but guess.

"Very good, now let's talk about the situation inside this castle rock" Masarashi nodded, motioning for the detective to continue reporting.

"My lord, plus the troops who have just returned to help, there are at least a dozen samurai and nearly two hundred peasant soldiers in it."

"Hiss" Zhengliang suddenly frowned. Now there are more troops in the city than on his side. Although the combat effectiveness of the peasant soldiers is not high, but there are a large number of them, as long as they insist on defending to the death, Masashi will indeed not be able to forcibly capture Xiachengyan.

What can I do? After sending away the detectives who came to report it, Masashi looked at Yuansheng City, which was standing on the top of the mountain not far away, and suddenly felt that he had no idea where to start.

Forcibly attack, don't even think about it, now the number of troops in the city is more than your own.

Fire attack? Looking at the narrow mountain path into the city, Masarashi shook his head and decisively gave up this idea. To attack with fire, first of all, someone must be able to approach the city gate smoothly, but according to this terrain, by the time the Luo family's troops are close to the city gate, it is estimated that most of them have been damaged.

Water cut-off? According to the report of the detective just now, there seems to be a mountain spring in the other party's city. In desperation, Masahiro had no choice but to decide to use the method of harassment warfare.

Once the plan is set, then it is time to start implementing it. Masato first sent some people to various towns to forcibly drive those townspeople to gather under Gensheng Castle and force them to persuade their relatives in the city to surrender; Secondly, at night, it is a constant harassment war in an attempt to exhaust the other party. In this way, the two sides fought back and forth for two days, and the battlefield seemed to be in a situation of confrontation. The Luo family's troops were helpless against the people in the city, and the people in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

Aggrieved! These are the two words that Zhengliang wants to say the most. This is the first time he has fought in a cage battle, but he didn't expect it to be so aggrieved, the other party is like a turtle, so you don't know where to start. Judging from the current situation, there is only one day left when the siege will continue and wait for the other side to run out of food and surrender. The question is, how long will this last? One day, two days? Or a month, two months? Masahiro was standing on the shore at the mouth of the Kamigawa River at the moment, and his heart was anxious.

The longer it drags on, the more detrimental it will be to the Luo family.

Motosho Castle is located at the mouth of the Kamigawa River, sailing along the bay and heading out to the shore where the Yomiko family's naval base is located, and on the west side of the bay is the location of the famous Famous House Castle, where there are still only a few small fishing towns. And beyond the Kamigawa River, which is not far below Yuansheng Castle, is the territory of the Ishihara family. It can be said that the location of Yuansheng City is exactly the throat of entering and exiting the range of the power of the Huzi family, whether it is the Huzi family or its branches, they will not sit idly by and watch such an important city rock being captured, and it can be predicted that the other party will soon send reinforcements to the rescue. …,

Another thing that disturbed Masarashi was that the pirates along the Genkai Beach north of Ishihara Ikushishi Castle, led by the Imagawa people, seemed to have changed their minds. According to Masahiro's plan, it was to quickly take down the Ishihara family after hitting the two castles on the west bank of the river, and only after the last time did he turn his troops to kill the pirates there, but now the army is dragged here, and the whole plan is frequently miscarried. What makes Masara even more angry is that it has been two days since the Luo family launched the strategy, as an ally of the Luo family, the Sashi family in the south has stagnated after the destruction of the Takano family, and it seems that they are secretly doing some things, and there is no news from the water army of the Hirado Matsuura family at sea so far, which makes Masato wonder if he was being played by the other party as a monkey.

"My lord, my lord" At this time, a Luo family detective in the distance ran quickly.

"What?" After the detective came to the front and curtsied, Masato asked.

"News came from the sea that the sailors of the Matsuura family attacked the sailors of the Huzi family today."

"Oh? How's it going? "Damn, are you finally willing to move? Zheng Conscience breathed a slight evil breath in his heart, and continued to ask eagerly.

"The water army of the Huzi family seems to have been prepared for a long time, and the two sides are fighting fiercely."

"Hasn't there been any news from the other side?" Now that the Matsuura family's water army has news, Masara is now more concerned about the reaction of the Yoruko family and their separation. The attack of the Matsuura Navy is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that it can reduce the pressure on the Luo family, and the bad thing is likely to cause the Huzi family to temporarily put aside the contradictions and unify with the outside world when the enemy is present.

"My lord, there is no news from the other side."

"Okay, I got it. You go down and continue to monitor, and report back as soon as there is news" After confirming that there was no news yet, Zhengliang waved his hand and signaled that the detective could go down.

Detective Fan took the order and bowed away.

"Time, life. Let's see who can seize the opportunity in this storm," Masara muttered to himself, looking at the endless river flowing under his feet. (To be continued......)