As the saying goes, the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly.

In the past half a month, Sakuratake Yamao has not slept a peaceful night, because there is an elusive "ghost army" hidden in his couch.

It doesn't matter if Zhang San can't be caught at the beginning, after all, there is only one person.

But now this army of thousands of people is wanton like locusts in Dongzhou, and the generals of my family still can't find anyone.

Of course, it can't be said to be precise, but it can't be found, but it can't be caught.

....

In order to expand the scope of encirclement and suppression and form a net of heaven and earth, it is natural for the Sakura samurai family to divide the main force into several squads and outflank them from different directions.

Depending on the topography, the number of troops per unit varies from a few hundred to tens of thousands.

However, this "ghost force" in the territory is as good as having the ability to predict, and can perfectly predict the number of interceptors that will be encountered.

But if the number of mortals does not exceed 1,000, it is directly a bloody battle, leaving a corpse and disappearing into the snowy mountains and forests.

If there are more people than your own, they will immediately change their route and start playing hide and seek.

After more than half a month, the casualties of the samurai of this family have exceeded 20,000, and the terrible thing is that the casualties of the other side are almost negligible, and the entire army still retains a complete combat establishment.

It was only then that the head of the family, Sakuratakeyama, calmed down from his anger and realized the seriousness of the matter.

....

The 20,000 casualties had little impact on the outcome of the battle, but the impact on morale was extremely severe.

What's more, now the big merchant owners and the people of the entire Dongzhou no longer fully support the Sakura Sakura family, and even some people are secretly ready to leave Dongzhou.

When the two sides are evenly matched and they are in an extremely awkward position, these "grasses" will even slip away in order to survive.

Now Nishikawa and Higashisu are in chaos, and the situation has changed from the advantage of the Sakura samurai family to the current confusion.

For businessmen seeking stability, the best choice at this moment should be to stay away from strife, and the best place to stay is definitely to go north to Kamino Bay.

In this way, within a few days, the Sakura Warrior family lost at least half of their business supporters.

The encirclement and suppression of the army in the territory is huge, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will affect the next general attack on Xichuan.

....

Sakuratakeyama understood that his supplies were consumed a lot, but that army did not have any supplies to speak of, and it must have moved so quickly that it must not have brought too many supplies.

More than half a month has passed since the encirclement began, and the rations carried by that unit must have been exhausted.

The reason why it still insisted was that it had plundered the grain and grass in the city during the previous attack on the city, and now that the army had been forced into the mountains and forests as the encirclement network became tighter and tighter.

It's winter, and with heavy snowfall, it's hard to find food in the mountains and forests.

It is already a miracle that a thousand-strong army has dragged hundreds of thousands of troops for so long, but this miracle will come to an end.

However, now the pressure on the Sakura Takeshi family is also huge, and in order to prevent any further accidents, Sakuratake Yamao decides to add insurance to this final blow.

....

Inside the Sakura Samurai Mansion.

After listening to the soldier's report, Sakuratakeyama looked sideways at Sakuratakeran, who was sitting next to him.

"Ah Lan, this army that has been rampant in my Dongzhou for more than ten days is at the end of its crossbow, in order to pull out this nail as soon as possible, I still ask you to take action and enter the mountain with the army."

During this time, Sakuratakeyama, who was in a hurry at the disadvantage of the Sakura Takeshi family, stomped his feet, but Sakura Takeran, who was also from his own family, did not react at all.

The same is true now.

I saw Sakura Wulan sitting with her eyes closed, her voice so calm that she had no emotion.

"The affairs in Dongzhou have nothing to do with me."

Seeing that his younger brother had always had this attitude, Sakuratakeyama finally couldn't bear it anymore.

But at the same time, he also knew that Ying Wulan didn't care about the situation of his family at all, and there was only one person he cared about.

"Ah Lan, aren't you looking for that Xia Feng to fight a decisive battle, now this force is obviously sent by him, you should make a move!"

Sakura Takeran remained unmoved.

"The person I'm looking for is Xia Feng, not his subordinates."

"What if he's in that unit."

"Nope."

Sakura Takeran calmly denied.

"Xia Feng is not in that unit, he is still on the south coast, I trust my instincts."

"This ...... Ah Lan, how long do you have to wait? ”

"It's coming."

Sakura opened his eyes, and at this moment his pupils had completely turned a strange blue.

As if talking to himself, his voice was hollow.

"Soon, in a few days, my strength will reach the peak of this life, and I will use the strongest posture to meet the summer breeze!"

....

Under Ying Wulan's clothes, shocking source stone crystals spread all over the entire upper body, and even the neck and cheeks were covered.

Obviously, the dark blue source stone he was infected with was much faster than the normal source stone.

The more severely infected, the stronger the body's acceptance of the source stone energy, and the stronger the corresponding source stone skills.

At the same time, the stronger it is, the more vulnerable it is.

As the infection deepened, Sakura Takeran was getting closer and closer to death.

But he is not afraid of death at all, as long as he can achieve the ultimate showdown with Xia Feng before he dies due to ore disease, he is satisfied.

.....

In a remote mountain range in the hinterland of Dongzhou, Silver Gray's troops were temporarily stationed here.

The cold wind in the mountains and forests was howling, and the air was filled with snow.

More than half a month of high-intensity combat has brought this elite force from Sherag to the limit, and at the same time, the serious shortage of supplies has also put the soldiers under pressure.

It's just that there is no order from Silver Ash, and every warrior from the snowy mountains has no cowardice in his eyes.

Inside the tent, Kakuchi handed a bowl of gruel that had cooled down to Silver Ash.

"Sir."

"Yes."

Compared with half a month ago, Silver Gray has also lost a lot of weight, but those sharp eyes are still calm, as if the desperate situation is still under his control.

But as a close confidant, Jiaofeng was very worried.

"Master, we are running out of supplies, and according to the movement of the enemy army just reported by Penguin Logistics, we have not been able to get out of the mountain from the west this time, so we can only continue to the east and penetrate deeper into the mountains."

Silvergray nodded slightly.

"Let's continue eastward, inform the brothers, and in one hour the whole army will depart."

"Old man......"

Silver Ash stood up, raised his head from the bowl and drank it down, then asked Kakufeng.

"How many days will our supplies last? I mean limit state. ”

Jiaofeng gritted his teeth and said word by word.

"Five days at most."

Hearing this answer, Silver Ash seemed to be silently calculating something in his heart.

Soon, he smiled.

"Well, five days, that's enough."

.....

.....

Nishikawa South Coast.

When Xia Feng was so worried about Silver Ash's situation that he wanted to carry a knife to rescue him himself, finally, the picture he had been waiting for appeared at sea level.

The evening sky was very dark.

"Whew!"

With the low sound of a whistle coming from the sea, a signal flare slowly rose high into the air.

At this signal, all the lighthouses along the coast were turned on, and the entire pier was instantly illuminated.

At sea level, large source stone-driven troop carriers that are so dense that they seem to be impossible to see at a glance appear in view.

The "100,000 Heavenly Soldiers" from the other side of the sea have finally arrived.

On each ship, the flag of lions and roses flew high, and under this flag was the flag of the Central Army of the Victorian Empire.