The Sakai family in Toyogo Kyushu Konobuki Prefecture is used in the city, Shimazu Takaha, Ito Yoshiyuki and Sakai Koko are conducting the first official meeting of the coalition.

At some point, it suddenly started to rain outside, drizzling, as if it was about to peel off the tender buds of trees. The valleys and streams outside the city were like heated milk, filled with a layer of mist.

"So that's it. I didn't expect that Masara Luo was so treacherous." After listening to the story of the Sahiro Yoshikao about the various actions of the Luo family in the past month, Takahiro Shimazu sighed. The strange and abominable performance of the Luo family is by no means a trivial matter. According to Masara Luo's previous style, there must be conspiracy. Because of this, he, who had been worried about the disappearance of Shinna Tadaomoto, has now calmed down again. He wants to carefully study the previous combat plan, and then discuss with the Iton family and the Sahiro family again.

Shimazu Takaha was thinking this way, but Sahiro Yuko told Shimazu Takaha and Ito Yoshiyuki: "Two, a few days ago, the Luo family sent people to send several heads at night."

"Hmm?" Shimazu Takahisa and Ito Yoshiyuki were stunned again after hearing this, and looked at Sahiro Yoshiko at the same time, waiting for him to continue talking.

"One of these heads is Zuo Saburo who was sent by our family to the Luo family to lurk. As for the other heads, they are probably the subordinates of the two adults, right?" Sabuki said.

"I'm afraid it's true." Ito Yoshiyuki nodded first after hearing this. As for Shimazu Takahisa on the other side, he nodded slowly.

Although they did not confirm it personally, from the words of Sabuki, they had basically concluded that all the detailed works sent to the Luo family had been discovered. The Luo family threw the heads of these detailed works into the city to increase psychological threats to everyone. This is not the most important point. More importantly, since Zuo Sanro and others' detailed works have been exposed, it means that the Luo family has been prepared, so they cannot be careless. The three of them couldn't help but think about it.

"Since that's the case, we should raise the gun and strait the invading Luo family." After the three of them were silent for a while, Shimazu Takahisa suddenly said.

"Not bad!" Sakai Weijiao also loudly agreed. Now the Luo family has reached his territory. He has no choice but to avoid it, so he naturally hopes that the Shimazu family and Ito family can help with all their strength.

While speaking, the map of the area where the Luo Family is stationed is unfolded in front of the three of them. From the map, starting from the direction of Yicheng, there are only two roads that can attack the area where the Luo Family is stationed.

The first one is the simplest one, which is to go straight along the east coast of Kurusu River until you reach the shaped area where Kurusu River begins to change. Here you will encounter the dense forest area of ​​the east coast area, and this dense forest is accompanied by dangerous mountains, but the Luo family has used the terrain of this dense forest to build fortifications.

Obviously, with such a geographical advantage, it is extremely easy for the defensive side to resist the invading enemy here. If the Luo family arranges a team of iron cannons in such a terrain, then the attacking side will definitely not be able to destroy this defense point unless it is willing to suffer major damage. What's even more terrible is that this is the first defense point of the Luo family. There is no longer many such defense points later. It is estimated that after all these defense points are destroyed, the attacking side will no longer have the strength to attack the Luo family's base camp in the rear.

As for the west bank, there are many difficulties along the way. First, before approaching the Luo Family Dayingzi, there is a dense forest opposite to the dense forest on the east bank. The only thing that is to be happy is that the terrain of this dense forest is relatively flat and there is no dangerous terrain. Moreover, before this dense forest, the attacking troops can also go around directly along the edge of the river.

But when we get here, we will encounter even bigger problems. Although the attacking army bypassed the dense forest on the west bank and reached the flatness of the central part of the Kurusuke River, the military force still needs to cross the river in front of us, which is seven or eight meters wide to reach the Luo Family Camp on the other side. The only one who can cross this river is the only cable bridge at this time.

While the rope bridge was controlled by the Luo family, the Luo family archers and iron artillery on the east and opposite sides were able to shoot in full swing areas near the rope bridge. Even the dense forest of the west bank that had been spared in the rear became a clamping attack of the army that could attack them from the rear. In this way, the attacking army would be really attacked by the enemy from both sides.

Therefore, if we want to defeat the Luo family's camp in one fell swoop, after the three of us discussed it, we all thought that it was possible to attack on both sides at the same time.

"But, where should our main force be placed?" After deciding to attack the overall strategy, Sahiro Hokage asked again. He had been so angry that he was depressed by the Luo family's actions of plundering territory. This time he was looking forward to the attack on the Luo family. As for staying in Yicheng and confronting the Luo family, both the Sahiro and Shimazu family were at a disadvantage.

The reason is that most of the reserved grain of the Sakai family was burned down, and the Shimazu family and Itong family must need long-term support to the place. So the longer the time is, the greater the losses the three families will inevitably suffer. Since this is the case, why not fight directly with the Luo family and fight to repel the Luo family?

"The east coast of Kurusugawa." Facing Sahiro Yuko's question, Shimazu Takahara replied without hesitation, "How about the three thousand reserve troops stationed there, as the Palace Army, your subordinate command?"

"No, let's go down and take the lead." Facing Shimazu Takahisa's invitation, Sahiro Yoko said, "I am more familiar with the local terrain."

"Then please, please, yourselves." Takahisa Shimazu said immediately. Ito Yoshiyuki, who was standing by, nodded in agreement. He thought that the Sahimazu Church tried his best to avoid taking on the task of a pioneering formation that would inevitably suffer heavy losses. After all, the military strength of the Sahimazu family is really limited. If the loss continues, it will really greatly reduce the weight in front of the family and the Shimazu family. Now the Sahimazu family takes the initiative to take on the task of the pioneering formation, so both him and the Shimazu family are satisfied this time. Then he will do his best to deal with the Luo family.

"Your Excellency, how many troops are there in the Luo family this time?"

"There are probably no less than 5,000 people." Sabuki said a little ashamed. He was really annoyed. Even now, his subordinates still haven't figured out the specific number of Luo family troops this time.

"It's just 5,000 people, but we mobilized three troops. It would be strange if we fail, we won't be laughed at by future generations." Ito Yoshiyuki said immediately after hearing this.

"Yes." Although I was always alert, in order to increase my morale, Takaha Shimazu also agreed. So, on this day, the three of them quickly discussed the offensive strategy and specific division of labor against the Luo family.

The next day, three coalition forces of tens of thousands of people officially came out from the Sahiro family's use of the city. Among them, Ijiyuan Tadakura, Uehara Naoki, in the north of the castle, led 2,000 Shimazu family members; Sahiro Yoko Sahiro family members were led by Sahiro Yoko; these two groups would be the main force of the east coast attack. In the west of the castle, there were 2,500 Ithiro family members led by Ithiro Yoyo. This group would be the main force of the west coast attack. As for the more than 3,000 mixed troops led by Shimazu Takahara in the south, they were used as reserve forces, ready to support the attack of the two groups at any time. The army of tens of thousands began to march towards the camp where the Luo family was located.

On the other hand, the fortifications around the camp of the Kurusugawa Rakan family are also in full swing. The one-eyed Dragon Army of the Luo family, the chief general of the first outpost defense position on the east coast, was commanding people and building defensive fortifications.

"If the opponent's army comes, can these fortifications stand?" Looking at the position in front of him, Masatozo of the Luo family thought. As early as when the Shimazu family and Ito family reinforcements arrived at the border of the Sabuki family, the Black Hawk of the Luo family lurking in the local area had already investigated the situation of the reinforcements of the Shimazu and Ito families.

"I heard that the enemy must have ten thousand troops."

"Can we resist here?"

"What are you afraid of? When the war starts, we will retreat to the rear. Besides, there are tens of thousands of people here."

Seeing that the numerous temporary workers who were carrying soil and stones were robbed by the Luo family from the Sabuki family's territory and whispered from time to time, Jiuqiro whipped them and urged them to work quickly.

"We are a natural danger here, better than thousands of soldiers and horses. We will definitely win this battle! Don't make a small plan!"

Jiuqiro was a local leader of the Sabuki family. He was extremely simple and a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers. Later, he directly joined the Luo family's military and became a reserve officer.

He originally fell in love with a girl named Xingzi in the original village and was about to get married. However, Xingzi met a retainer from the local Sabuki family while out and was attracted to him.

"If I am caught, I will live and die with you." One night when I was about to be forced to marry this retainer of the Sabuki family, the two decided to choose a suitable time to elope and go to the territory of the Luo family, which was rumored to be a good place to live.

Fortunately, just as the two were preparing to take action, the plundering army of the Luo family actually arrived. Jiuqilang and Xingzi families became the leaders of the Luo family, and the two could be together with peace of mind. They always regarded their happiness as the Luo family brought by Jiuqilang, who was brought by the Luo family, and with his hard work and constant requests, he happened to encounter the opportunity to recruit soldiers on the spot in the Luo family's temporary registrar, so he finally became a reserve reserve for the Luo family.

Of course, although he became a reserve reserve, due to the manpower and the lack of special training for the Luo family, Kyukiro's current work is mainly to supervise the general leaders from the Sabuki family's territory to supervise fortifications. Therefore, sandbags, fences, piles of soil, soldiers, and civilians are busy without distinction. Because here, both officers and soldiers, and the people, regardless of men, women, and young, will face the same fate: either defeat the enemy, or be in a great position; or die in the battlefield and expose the wilderness of the body.

It was late March. The cuckoos circled among the mountains and forests, making a shrill cry. Most of the fortifications have been built.

"Kill!"

"Run!"

In the woods on the other side of the construction site, there is also a lot of exercises. No matter where the enemy comes in, be sure to repel them. If the enemy is careless, they will immediately go out and avoid the real and attack the virtual.

"If we quietly hide here and do not move, the enemy will detour to other places to divide the troops. We must never let the enemy's plan succeed. We must nail them here. Let them not advance or retreat. We will be surprised and attack them unprepared. Remember." A general who seemed to be a retainer of the Luo family said loudly to the trained soldiers under his command.

Everyone was busy training, with knives and slashing targets, poking soil bags, throwing stones, and shooting arrows. Looking at this scene, Jiuqilang laughed a few times: "Hahaha... In this way, our army will win, we will win, we will win!"

At the beginning, there were very few people around him who followed him to laugh. However, as the Luo family army continued to train, the invincible confidence gradually became established, Jiuqilang smiled, and everyone around him also opened his mouth and laughed, making his throat itchy.

On the afternoon of March 27, Shimazu, Ito, and Sabuki's three-way coalition forces finally approached. With the ignition of the Luo Family's detectives burning in front of them, the Luo Family's position quickly began to prepare.

"Look. There is a sea of ​​flags everywhere, it's really spectacular!" After climbing to a mountain, Jiuqilang suddenly sighed after seeing the enemy in the distance. For some reason, he had the urge to stay in his position to meet the enemy.

The many leaders of the Sakai family around looked along the direction pointed by Jiuqiro, and saw crowds of people coming like a tide, which scared many people's legs immediately weakened. The number of 10,000 people is often heard from the people around them, but I didn't expect that there were so many.

"Okay, follow the orders and return to the rear immediately!" At this time, seeing that these local leaders were panicked, Luo Shi Masazong, who was the leader of the frontline position, immediately ordered.

"Yes." Many leaders who were originally responsible for building fortifications immediately led the people and began to quickly go backwards under the command of many supervisors. Seeing that the war was about to begin, they naturally hoped to stay away from the battlefield as much as possible.

"If I were also from a samurai family and wanted to command so many people, even if it was only once, I would be satisfied." While obeying the order, Jiuqilang began to command the people to evacuate in an orderly manner, he peeked at the Masatozong of Luo's family who was standing at the highest point on the mountain, and couldn't help but think in his heart.

"Get together quickly and get armed." At this time, the Luo family Masatozong also quickly ordered. Under his order, the Luo family's regular staff, who were the main force of the frontier positions on the East Coast, immediately began to wear helmets and armor (the Luo family's equipment weighs a lot, and under normal circumstances, in order to maintain physical strength, the regular staff will not always wear it on their bodies).

Seeing his subordinates quickly starting to equip, Luo's Masaru was naturally very satisfied. The Luo family army was very armed quickly, but it was famous far and wide, and as his subordinates, he naturally could not slacken in any way. This time, in order to gain the opportunity to be the main force of the frontier position, he had been competing with many of the heads in his family for a long time.

After finally fighting for this activation, as the main general, he was preparing to fight, but he did everything in detail and thoughtful. All the dry firewood branches, thatch, etc. in the position were clean and neatly cleaned up, so that the enemy could easily put out the fire when setting rockets; some shrubs in the position were also cleaned up, so that only after the enemy rushed into the position could he be able to dance the sword; the ammunition depot should be protected; the iron artillery team should act quickly and in a timely manner; the use of drinking water should be strictly controlled. As a result, the enemy did not attack that day and the fire did not start.

"The enemy seems to be resting, but we have nowhere to use our energy and feel uncomfortable."

The next day, with movement, the enemy began to approach the position. Once a person finds a reason to not be afraid of death, he will be extremely bold and even think that life and death are no different. Even if he can save his life, he will do whatever he wants. Judging from the enemy's approaching, it is obvious that the enemy is preparing to attack the position directly.

"Since that's the case, then come." When he discovered the enemy's intention, the chief general Luo family's Masato Sect had already put life and death aside.

"Sir, they finally come up." Saemon Seiyoshi, the leader of the standing team, came to ask for battle at this time, "I will take the initiative to attack, and attack him unexpectedly."

After hearing this, Masatozo almost wanted to scold him immediately, but stopped talking again, just frowned and said, "Saemon, you have a lot of courage."

"Sir, I'm just trying to scare the enemy."

"Don't say it again!" Luo's Masatozo stood up and immediately walked down to the highest point of the mountain. "Waring against the enemy head-on, how many people will die? Have you ever considered it?"

"As long as you fight, you will have sacrifices. I think you can get at most fifty or sixty people..."

After hearing this, Masatozo Rao paced back and forth, then turned around and stared at Shizuomon sternly: "The other party looks like there are at least four or five thousand people. We could have hid in positions and used iron cannons and arrows to attack the enemy. But you have to abandon these advantages to fight against the enemy. Is this a good deal?"

"Originally, we could easily attack the enemy, but we had to fight with the enemy. How many people would be lost in vain? Didn't you expect that? You should never attack rashly! In this battle, dying vigorously is not a hero, but a real hero is the one who survives strongly, do you understand?"

Shizaemon stopped talking.

"Not only do you know, but also let everyone know. You can't lose your life too early." After saying that, the Luo family Masatozong went to the position without looking back.

"Sir, the enemy is beginning to get closer, what should I do?" When Masatozong of Luo came to the position, someone screamed. Of course, it was not only Masatozong of Luo who was observing the enemy here.

"Ah, sir, the enemy has been coming in a steady stream." Someone shouted again.

At this time, the Luo family Masaru was like a rock, motionless. He glanced a little at the corner of his eyes and found that the two new recruits who were obviously new to the regular team this year. They seemed to have never participated in any battles, so it was normal to be nervous at this time. So he immediately smiled and cursed: "I'm so anxious!"

Although he was scolding these two guys in his heart, it was definitely not the time to vent his anger. Instead, he had to be more calm so that he could stabilize the morale of the army. So when the enemy's vanguard arrived not far from the position, he actually burst into laughter, "Ha, ha... the iron artillery team, the bow and arrow team are ready!"

"Yes." The main generals of the Iron Artillery Team and the Archery Team immediately took the order.

Just after the Luo family Masaru sent the order, the enemy suddenly began to speed up.

"Sir, the enemy has already..." Seeing this, his subordinate immediately reminded him.

"Wait a little longer."

The position under the jurisdiction of the Luo Family Masato is located at the fortifications of the Luo Family family on the east coast of Kurusugawa. In this front line, the three people, Kamiyo Seiri, Luo Family Masato, and Ueda Shiji are responsible for the three left, middle and right. As the main position in the middle, since the geographical location is exactly a terrain with a mountain, once the position is occupied by the enemy, then the Luo Family family's defensive position on both sides and the Luo Family Masato behind the Luo Family Masato

The subsequent positions of the family will be in a position of being overlooked by the enemy and are at a disadvantage. Therefore, the strategic position of the position of the Luo family Masato Sect is particularly important, which also leads to the fierce attack of the enemy. In order to protect the position with all its strength, Zhengliang deliberately arranged 380 iron cannons to support it. As for the archers, there were thousands of people. In addition, the other general long-spike soldiers were equipped with bows and arrows as temporary archers.

At this time, facing the enemy's rapid approach, Masato Sect of Luo tried to control his emotions and pretended to be relaxed. He looked back at the people under his command, and then shouted: "Okay! When the enemy enters ten distances, start shooting. Remember, you must shoot correctly and accurately."

In fact, the distance between ten is already quite close. As long as you are not blind, whether it is an iron cannon or a bow or arrow, as long as you shoot at the enemy's crowd, you will definitely hit the enemy. The Masatozong of Luo's family hopes to cause losses to the enemy to the greatest extent, so he will endure it and wait for the enemy to enter such a close distance before allowing the shooting to begin.

"Prepare! Aim!" As the enemy was about to enter the shooting distance of ten, the Luo family Masazong did not dare to speak loudly, but waved his hand quickly. At this time, the enemy's archers had already begun to attack the Luo family's position, but because of the obstruction of the people's heads, the arrows shot into the woods were only nailed to the trunks. The latter was blocked by branches and leaves and slowly fell to the ground, and could not harm the Luo family's defenders.

At this time, the sky had begun to clear, and the common mountain mist in the local area during this season had begun to dissipate. The rapids crossed the two sides of the Jiurusu River and rushed away. The bright sunshine shone on both sides of the straits, which was particularly magnificent.

"Bang, bang..."

"Swoosh, swosh..."

With the sound of gunshots and arrows, the echoes echoed on both sides of the Kurusu River, like a roar of thunder. The enemy troops approaching quickly immediately slowed down, as if they were blocked by something, causing a lot of chaos in an instant.

"Ah..." Then, screams came from the enemy.
Chapter completed!