Chapter 400: The Words of the Omen
The sparse starlight could not penetrate the clouds, and darkness covered the earth.
There were bursts of exclamations from the camp of the Young Ers' coalition army, as if they had gone crazy. The soldiers who woke up were crying and choking, and hurriedly picked up their weapons and skewered around the camp.
The heart is anxious, the fire is blazing, the horse's hooves are roaring, and the herald is galloping, "There is an enemy attack, there is an enemy attack!" ”。
The hurried and panicked soldiers, without the command of the general, suddenly disorganized and lost their formation, resisting in vain.
"Kill!" Countless horses' hooves flashed in the light of the camp's fire. The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, accompanied by bursts of screams.
In the dark, it has long been impossible to distinguish friend from foe, and the only way to identify is that those who are riding on horses are their own people, and those who are standing on the ground are enemies. And the cavalry of the Luo family has long been out of formation, just riding on horses and slashing everywhere in the camp of the Shao Er family. The only pity is that due to the rain just now, the tent of the camp of the Shao Er family cannot be burned, otherwise the enemy coalition forces will be even more chaotic at this moment.
"That's it! Almost! Blow the conch horn and let the people inside retreat! Masato said. For more than half an hour, the camp of the coalition army has been swept back and forth several times by the cavalry of the Luo family. Many of the soldiers of the Young Second Coalition Army were either injured or slashed, and the most depressed were those who were accidentally injured by their own families. At the same time, under the repeated collision of the Luo family's cavalry, many soldiers simply escaped from the camp and hid nearby.
The only regret is that I couldn't break through the gate of Gwangtokuji Temple. There was a concentration of most of the generals of the coalition forces. If they are killed, it will definitely be a great blow to the coalition forces. Masahiro even misses those hot oils. If it weren't for the hasty march and the fact that they didn't carry these oil oils, even if it was after the rain now, with the help of the oil oil, Masato would definitely be able to burn the entire Guangdeokji Temple together.
"Woo woo..." With a command from Zhengliang, the long conch horn sounded.
The cavalry of the Luo family, who were still rampaging in the camp of the Otomo family's coalition forces, began to evacuate one after another. Fearlessly regrouped near the coalition camp, Masayashi led the brigade back to Joanji Temple slowly.
The morning of the second day. The news came that the coalition forces of the Otomo family had begun to withdraw to Kaizu Castle. In last night's battle, the Luo family turned the Otomo family coalition upside down at the cost of dozens of injuries. Although I don't know how much they have suffered, judging from the fact that the other side began to withdraw troops on the second day, it is obvious that the damage is not low.
"Your Highness, why don't you pursue from behind?" Isono immediately suggested.
"No, I'm afraid that now the Shao Er family has received the news of the defeat and retreat of the coalition army." Zhengliang shook his head.
"Your Highness is worried that when the family is chasing the alliance of the Otomo family, the Shao Er family will intercept it from behind, and then attack the family with the coalition army?" Isono immediately came to his senses.
"Not bad!" Masarashi nodded. Although this may not happen, it is necessary to prevent it. Judging from the current situation, there must be a problem with the Shao Er family. Masayo even suspects that the young two gentemen who had been exiled to Chikugo have returned to Mutajo. Come on now. Masato really couldn't figure out what kind of calculation Sugi Xingyun, who was the general of the Ouchi family coalition this time, was playing. Although in the name of uniting against the coalition forces of the Otomo family, he summoned the current head of the Shaoji family, Shaoji Zhengxing, to Lingbu City and put him under house arrest. But didn't he think that Shao Er Ziyuan was the actual controller behind Shao Er's family? That's it, the Luo family should deal with their own affairs first.
So, after confirming the retreat of the Otomo family's coalition forces, Masara also withdrew to Hasuike Castle with his men. After two encounters, the Otomo family lost to the Luo family, and the Otomo family obviously made adjustments and simply put their focus back on the main battlefield. For the time being, no more troops were sent in the direction of Hasuchi Castle. The Luo family also got a respite for this.
After two months of repeated trials and preparations between the two camps, on November 13, 1542, after the news that Yoshitaka Ouchi's army was confirmed to be trapped in the snowstorm, the Otomo family officially launched a strategy against Hizen in the name of reviving the young family. And the young two Ziyuan, who returned to Muta City, also announced at the same time that he would return to the leadership of the young two family and joined the camp of the Otomo family.
After getting the news of the rebellion of the Shao Er family, Shan Xingyun was furious and cut down the young two Zheng Xing who was about to be hostage. Then he went out to Mutian Castle, but the Otomo family had already prepared, and hurriedly went out from Haijin Castle and approached Lingbu Castle. In desperation, Sugi Xingyun had no choice but to stop the crusade of the Shao Er family and instead deal with the coalition forces of the Otomo family. The two sides fought each other on a flat ground a mile away from Lingbu City.
"Your Highness, there is a request from the Ouchi family to crusade against the Shao Er family." At this time, the Luo family received a request from Shanxingyun.
"Hmph. Is it finally willing to whisper and ask for each other? Masato scoffed.
"Although Sugi Xingyun has always been rude to the family, this matter is related to the two families against the Otomo family, if the family does not agree to this request, I am afraid it will cause public anger." Kakuma Ishizong, who was in charge of guarding Hasuike Castle, said.
"Send a small force and go around Mutian Castle a few times." There is a plan in the political conscience. Since the Shao Er family dared to brazenly raise the anti-flag, they must be ready to be attacked. So Masahiro is reluctant to touch this hard bone.
"Is the situation over there confirmed?" After deciding on what to do, Masarashi asked Kato Duanzo below.
"It's confirmed. Except for the Nishimuta family, who followed the Shao Er family to raise the anti-flag, the rest of the former Shao Er family's retainers such as the Shen Dai family and the Ling family did not change. And in order to show loyalty, the head of the Shendai family and the Lingbu family was also personally responsible for the misalignment of Shaoer Zhengxing. Kato Danzo immediately replied.
"Is that so? We will continue to keep a close eye on the movements of these companies. "Zhengliang commanded. Historically, as a die-hard member of the Shao Er family, Masashi always felt that these families would definitely not be willing to work for the Ouchi family.
Just as Masarashi was in full swing to deal with the attack of the Otomo family, Masara's second child was about to be born.
"So, is it just a few days away?" Outside the Tsuru's room, Kikuhime, who is the main mother, asked.
"Yes, ma'am!" The maid Ajiu asked respectfully.
"Lady Ruohe gave birth to a baby boy, you will help me get a Buddha statue from the Buddha hall immediately."
"Yes." Ajiu was clearly confused by Madame's strange order.
"Listen, you know this, and you must not tell anyone about it."
"Yes. Slaves and maids will never ...... However, do you want to inform adults about this? Now she finally understands Madame's intentions, but this practice is obviously disadvantageous for the wife who gave birth to her son-in-law. If Lady Crane had given birth to a son, and it had been reported that a Buddha statue had disappeared from the temple that day, the people would have taken it as a good sign. In this way, the reputation of Mrs. Crane's son will be greater than that of her sister-in-law. In the case that the head of the family has not yet decided on the heir of the family, this is very unfavorable to Mrs. Ju. Feeling that his wife has always cared for her, Ajiu boldly reminded her. (To be continued.) )