Chapter 251: Discord
Because of its strategic location, the Luo family has always intended to occupy this place
It's a pity that the pirates on this peninsula are too powerful, and a rash attack is likely to cause great losses. After all, the Luo family only has a few shrimp and crabs, and they can't afford that loss. In addition, during that time, various emergencies were overwhelming, and the Luo family also needed to recuperate for a period of time, so Zhengliang suspended the strategy. In order to guard against the invasion of these pirates, Masara had to send a large number of troops to guard the border there.
It wasn't until later, with the gradual rise of the Luo family's navy and the domination of Banwu Bay, Masahiro intended to use these pirates to train the Luo family's navy, so under the instruction of Masahiro, the Luo family's navy strengthened the invasion of the Ribi Peninsula, and even blocked the nearby sea area.
These pirates are constantly clashing with the Luo family and even fighting small battles, while fighting at home. This is also the result of Zhengliang's deliberate creation, under the fanning of the infiltrated Luo family, and because of the attack by the Luo family, these pirates are also forced to seek survival through mutual cooperation and even annexation.
Two days ago, Masara received a message from the detective who was lurking in the Hibiki Peninsula, saying that there was a fire fight among the pirates in the Hibiki Peninsula, and several pirates were greatly damaged. With a wave of his hand, Masarashi made a decisive decision and sent a task to the 4th Standing Ashigaru Brigade under the command of Hirasa Masataka, who was stationed there, and the Luo family's navy in Itaya Bay, ordering them to march immediately to the Hibiki Peninsula.
The battle lasted for two days, and this time Masara did not go in person. After all, with the territory constantly expanding. It is more important to have things to do, and you can't always do everything. Therefore, this time, Ashigaru General Heisa Masataka and Navy General Sun Goro are jointly responsible. The two of them are from two directions, water and land, with the cooperation of the island. Make your way to the various pirate dens.
The war went unexpectedly well. In his letter, Hirasa Masataka even used the word "like a bamboo" to describe it, which was often said by Masara during those ashigaru training, that is, to teach these ashigaru to take advantage of the situation and seize the fighter.
The battle was actually over last night. The Luo family took the entire territory of the Hibiki Peninsula in one fell swoop. Twenty-three pirates were killed, 313 pirates were captured, and more than 500 women, children, old and weak, but dozens of pirates escaped by boat. Twelve ships were captured, and a number of knives and guns of various types were seized. A few coins. The battle led to an unexpected result, that is, after learning that the Hibiki Peninsula had been captured, some pirates such as Sugi Manzhong on the western coast of the Luo family began to move out of their dens located along the coast. We started moving to Fukushima and Takashima on the other side. By the time he wrote this letter, his team had already begun to kill the pirates' dens.
After reading Heisa Masataka's letter, Masarashi breathed a sigh of relief, and the headache of the pirate problem was finally alleviated. At least in the territory controlled by the Luo family, there are no more pirates.
"Pass my orders. The fourth team was ordered to step up and drive some of the pirates off the western coast away from the land bordering the house, but not to pursue them, and not to engage them, just force them to leave," Masarashi commanded. These pirates are outlaws. Since they are willing to evacuate on their own initiative, it would be the best. There's no need to fight them for the time being.
"The north of Manhori is the Śrí Peninsula to the Hibi Peninsula. In the future, it will be used as the station of the fourth team," Masarashi continued to command, "Command the navy. Intensify efforts to clean up the waters of the Hibiki Peninsula and bring the waters along the coast there into the patrol area of the Navy. Those old and weak women and children have moved to settle in the territory, and notify Togo Heiji to make proper arrangements. As for the captives, they were all filled into the army of slaves. "Coupled with the original more than 300 slaves in the territory, there are now more than 800 slaves in the Luo family. …,
"Yes," Yinuo quickly recorded. He will convey Masayo's order to the Fourth Foot Light Team and the Navy Army later.
"Your Highness" The blue shadow flashed, and I don't know when, a black shadow was already kneeling in front of the door of the council hall. For the safety of Zhengliang, in addition to the daily guards, some black eagles were secretly arranged to protect Zhengliang.
"This is an urgent letter from the front" After receiving a nod of permission from Masayo, Black Hawk walked in quickly, and then respectfully handed a letter to Masa.
There are a lot of urgent reports today.
Masahiro took the letter and read it.
"Okay" After reading the letter, Zhengliang drank loudly. It turned out that the nail that had been ambushed in Yoruko's house for a long time finally came into play. A day ago, Tomomitsu Oishi, an important minister of the Huzi family, was suspected of colluding with Ishihara and the Luo family, and was ordered by the head of the family to be arrested and put in prison. The general in charge of the search, Shinbei, even searched for letters of collaborating with the enemy in the home of Oishi's family. Under the conclusive evidence, the head of the Oishi family was completely imprisoned, while his wife, young son and daughter, who were still minors, were placed under house arrest and waiting for their fate.
On the night he was thrown into prison, there was news that Oishi had committed suicide in fear of crime.
"Ha Lu Ha Ha" After Masara saw this news, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, "Order, let the ambush in the territory of the Huzi family to investigate a large number of Oishi Zhiman was secretly killed by his family master." ”
"Yes," Black Hawk immediately ordered.
"Have those people already brought?" Masara asked.
"It's being transferred, and tonight we can cross Kamitsu to reach our own territory," Black Hawk bowed back.
"Okay, you go down and deliver my order" Getting the news he wanted, Masarashi waved his hand and signaled that Black Hawk could go down.
The latter dodged and disappeared into the chamber......
Compared with the good news of the Luo family, at this moment, in the meeting hall of the Huzi family, there is a strong smell of gunpowder.
A slap sounded.
"Bastard, who told you to kill Jimitsu?" Yomiko Masayo slapped Shinbei's face.
The latter knelt on the ground, slapped him like this, and then said aggrievedly: "Your Highness, it wasn't your subordinates who killed you!" His Majesty didn't know that he was dead. ”
"Didn't you kill? Haha" The political friend laughed angrily. As the head of the family, how could he not know the contradictions between the retainers below? Although this is to suppress his dead father's old ministers and can be left alone. But suppression is okay, and people must not be killed. To do so is to the wrath of the people. So Huzi Masayo is angry now.
Because of the sudden death of Oishi Tomomitsu, it triggered a rebellion by the Oishi family. Those samurai who had been following the Oishi family suddenly attacked the guards stationed outside the Oishi family, and although the rebellion was finally suppressed, Oishi Tomomitsu's wife, a young son, and a little daughter were nowhere to be found. The so-called cutting grass without eradicating the roots will cause endless troubles. What made Huzi Zhengyou even more headache was that this incident left a very bad impression on the rest of the retainers, especially the old ministers of the previous father. At this tense moment, it greatly affected the unity of the Yomiko family.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty has been wronged! It really wasn't killed by your subordinates! Shinbei said aggrievedly. Xinbing Wei Zhilu said that as long as his tone came out, the head of the family would be a lot more angry. After all, when I was young, I used to be a man who was the head of the young master's family. The so-called one-night husband and wife are one hundred nights. Now that the new guard is putting on such a posture, the other party will definitely remember those past events, and then remember the old feelings of the past, and the head of the family will definitely be angry.
Sure enough, seeing such a posture of the new soldier, Huzi Zhengyou's tone was a little slower, but there was such a mistake, and it was necessary to find a way to remedy it. Just as he was about to scold the new guards and then discuss what to do, a samurai walked in quickly: "My lord, there is an urgent report from Karatsu. ”…,
Yomiko Masayo walked quickly in front of the samurai, picked up the secret letter and tore it open, and then looked at it directly.
"Ha Lu Haha" After reading the letter, Huzi Zhengyou looked up to the sky and smiled, and then suddenly his face stiffened, turned to look at the samurai and said, "Immediately call all the retainers to come and evaluate." ”
After receiving the order, the samurai walked away quickly.
"Shinbei, I'll give you a chance to make up for your merits now" After the samurai walked away, Huzi Masayo said coldly under the Shinbei. According to his original idea, he was going to stage a bitter ploy with the new guards no matter what, and punish the new guards slightly. Otherwise, Oishi Tomomitsu's matter will definitely not be good, and those retainers who are loyal to his father will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble. Although he is now in charge of the position of the governor, those retainers rely on the young age of the head of the family, and they are not very face-selling to him. They will certainly not let go of such an opportunity.
"Your Highness?" The new guard immediately knelt on the ground, waiting for the order of Toko Masantomo.
"Gather your men immediately, I will allocate another 50 ashigaru to you, and you immediately rush to the Ishihara family's home and behead the Ishihara family," Huzi Masayo said fiercely. As early as two days ago, one of the remaining two branches that had not yet surrendered had secretly surrendered to him. Only the Ishihara family is still holding on, and now after the big event in Karatsu, he can't wait any longer.
"Your Highness, the other party is defending the city, and it is difficult to capture it in a short time" The new guard felt that this task was a little difficult for him. Especially when I remembered the scene of the last big defeat and returned, I returned in a cold sweat. Thankfully, he had chosen the right escape route, otherwise he would have been heard from like those who had disappeared.
"When you get there, someone will open the gates to answer you. Even that hard-headed officer and soldier guard will not be long in life," Huzi Zhengyou said indifferently, "This time I want you to make meritorious contributions, otherwise the matter of Zhiman's killing this time will definitely not be able to stop." ”
"Yes, Your Highness, Your Majesty promises to leave no one in the city behind" Shinbei heard from the words of Yokoko Masayo that he could not refuse. Thinking of the usual methods of this family master to treat those uncooperative retainers, he immediately became cold from the bottom of his heart, so he hurriedly said. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )