Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Family Needs Continuity
Ito Yoshisuke's eyes shrank, and he muttered to himself, "I didn't expect it to come so quickly." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Seeing this, Tomoko Ito also ran to the balcony, and the Shimazu family's army came into their field of vision more and more.
"When!when!when!" The alarm bell was sounded by the guards, and the soldiers who had already prepared hurriedly ran towards the square of Honmaru.
"Your Excellency!" a retainer in armor called out the door.
"Okay Tomoko, go and hide, the next thing is not something that girls can participate in. With that, Yoshisuke Ito took off the katana from the knife rack and walked out of the house.
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"As I expected, they don't have any soldiers left. Ao Xingfeng looked excitedly at the castle under the mountain, and only a few hundred people gathered in the square of Honmaru.
"Everyone, work hard! Ao Xingfeng roared.
"Hey, hey, hey!" the soldiers shouted with the same excitement, the enemy was all a group of peasants, there was no threat as an opponent, and more importantly, their heads could be exchanged for rewards (the reward system of the Warring States period in Japan).
"My lord, we don't have to storm the city, the other side has a very small number of troops, and most of them are composed of farmers, we will besiege but not attack, or it will not be long before they will be defeated. Chao Jian suggested on the side.
"It makes sense, since the other party is already in a losing situation, then there is no need to consume the people in your hands. Ao Xingfeng agreed with Chao Jian's view.
Walking through the fertile fields, Ao Xingfeng specially told the soldiers not to destroy the crops when collecting grain, which was already his own territory in Ao Xingfeng's eyes.
In the end, Ao Xingfeng's army was stationed three hundred meters away from the Higo Castle Honmaru, this distance is very safe, even a marksman is difficult to cause very effective damage at this distance, and at the same time, at this distance, it can make the soldiers in the Honmaru have psychological pressure, after all, the enemy's army is stationed in front of him like this, and everyone will have psychological pressure.
On the walls of Higo Castle Honmaru, Yoshisuke Ito observes the Shimazu family's army.
"Cut off our food source and replenish logistics on the spot at the same time? Is this planning to besiege the city and let us destroy ourselves?" Ito Yoshisuke guessed Ao Xingfeng's purpose in three or two clicks, but even then he was helpless, even if he knew the other party's purpose, he had no way to solve it, you said that going out of the city to face the battle and win the battle? The current army of the Ito family is far behind the Shimazu family in terms of quantity and quality, and going out of the city to meet the battle in such a situation is tantamount to seeking death.
"You can only use tricks, but what should you do?" Ito Yoshisuke calculated the situation of various strategies in his mind, but the previous posture of Ao Xingfeng fighting was deeply imprinted in Ito Yoshisuke's mind, and no matter how he deduced it, in the end, when he faced Ao Xingfeng, Ito Yoshisuke would always not even breathe.
Glancing at the crooked melons and cracked dates under his hands, and even the peasants who were a little unstable in their weapons, Ito Yoshisuke was angry for a while, no matter whether the opponent chose to storm or besiege the city, he was not an opponent at all in this regard, plus the terrifying martial arts of the enemy general, although there were only more than 500 people on the opposite side, but in fact, the combat strength was between 700~900 people.
"The gap is just too big. Yoshisuke Ito shook his head and sighed, then looked back at Higokan.
The Shimazu side where the tent was stationed.
"Chaojian, you choose someone as a messenger to go to the Ito family, let them surrender quickly, if they surrender, the city lord will still be their Ito family, but if they don't surrender, when the city is broken, the Ito family will be removed from this world. Ao Xingfeng said.
Chao Jian was ordered to leave, and a group of retainers began to tout Ao Xingfeng's martial arts in the account.
"I hope they can understand right from wrong, or tonight will be their time of death. Ao Xingfeng said to himself, the matter in this world is also more urgent, otherwise Ao Xingfeng may continue to besiege the city until the Ito family has no fighting spirit.
"Huh?" Ito Yoshisuke saw a man walk out of the Shimazu family's tent and walked towards the castle.
"I have come as an envoy of the Shimazu family to persuade you to surrender, if you are willing to surrender, you will all keep your current position, but if you refuse, Lord Ao Xingfeng will completely remove you from this world!" said the envoy with great arrogance as he was being targeted by hundreds of arrows.
Ito Yoshisuke gritted his teeth, didn't the people of the Shimazu family know what face was? In front of so many people to say the content of the persuasion, if he agreed, in the eyes of others, wouldn't he be an incompetent person who was greedy for life, afraid of death, and greedy for power?
Although Yoshisuke Ito was very angry in his heart, he was forced by the other party to take advantage of it, and in order to protect his beloved family, Yoshisuke Ito had to think about the scale of his reputation and relatives, which side should be tilted.
While Yoshisuke Ito was like an ant on a hot pot going crazy, Ao Xingfeng practiced his sword in the camp.
No matter how Ao Xingfeng danced, the retainers applauded again and again, because Ao Xingfeng already had his own legend in this world, and he repelled the enemy with one enemy and one hundred, and all the characters with their own legends left in history.
"The head of the family is the strongest god of war in the whole of Japan!" said a retainer with a red face.
"Those ghosts and gods in this state are like chickens and dogs in front of the head of the family, and they are not the enemies of the family at all. Another retainer said with the same red face, and that proud look was as if he was praising himself.
"Look at the strong body of the head of the family, it's like a god descending from heaven!"
"And the dragon under the crotch of the head of the house, compared to the grace of the master of the house, which no woman can bear. ”
"Go, go, how can a woman be worthy of the head of the house, according to me, the head of the house will beat ten in one night!"
"Come on, you guys. Ao Xingfeng was a little embarrassed on his face, he didn't expect this group of retainers to be described more and more explicitly, in such a public occasion, this is really a bit too much, but Ao Xingfeng likes this group of shameless and not very well-behaved retainers, unlike other famous retainers, his retainers are not only very loyal, but the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not so stiff.
Leaving behind his retainers, Ao Xingfeng returned to the big tent alone.
The retainers began a new round of discussions.
"My lord, I have something I want to report. The adjutant showed his figure and said prostrate in front of Ao Xingfeng.
"Say, don't be so formal. Ao Xingfeng said casually, and then sat down in his chair.
"As the only heir of the Shimazu family, the retainers will be very turbulent if they don't have children, and once you appear, the Shimazu family will cease to exist, so many retainers are also worried about this, so in order to calm the retainers' doubts, I implore your lord to marry and have children as soon as possible to calm the retainers' wavering hearts. The adjutant's head was pressed against the yellow earth.
"Is that so? But I saw them all giggling before?" Ao Xingfeng wondered.
"They just don't dare to speak in front of you, but I can see through their hearts. ”
Ao Xingfeng was silent, thinking to himself that I already have a beloved, how can I take root here with others? But how can this be good, if you want to conquer Japan, you must first stabilize the emotions of your subordinates, and it is not a way for them to continue to worry like this, Ao Xingfeng fell into deep thought.