Chapter 155 Clouds
After everything was settled, the team moved forward again. Zhengliang, who made great contributions, was appointed as a forward general, and unified the command of the four powerful men in charge of the front line. It turned out that the position of the young powerful men who withdrew early had been replaced by another young man. After seeing the experience of the forward, although he was reluctant, his strength was not as good as others, and the young powerful men finally surrendered.
This time, Masaliang learned from the morning lessons and directed the front line to move forward slowly, always keeping a close enough distance from the back line to ensure that if an accident occurs, he can get support from the back line in time. The army advanced all the way, first passing through Jinshihara, and then following the foot of the mountain, he arrived at the exit of the Imali Plain, which was alluvial from Taochuan. I saw a rock established on the mountain road. There were now some peasant soldiers standing scattered in the earth rock. At the sight of the situation, you knew that these peasant soldiers were temporarily forced to mobilize.
"Who guards there?" Zhengliang asked, pointing to the Tuyan in front of him.
"Sir, that is the city of a small powerful family subordinate to the Imari family. The head of the family is Colonel Maeda," said the Hodo family's detective, who was in charge of leading the way.
The Maeda family? Could it be a relative of the Maeda family in Ozawa? Masaro couldn't help but think jokingly.
"How are the guards there?" Zhengliang was about to ask in detail about the situation in Fang Yan's situation.
"Sir, there will not be too many guards. Even if there are peasant soldiers, there are only dozens of people," said the detective fan. "And every time my family attacks the Matsuura clan, it will pass from here. As long as you have enough strength, the other party will surrender obediently."
"Oh?" After hearing the words of the detective, Zhengliang was a little surprised. There was actually such a person. Could it be that fence-bearing, and that family is powerful and who is in favor of that family? Someone can tolerate such a guy?
Since the other party may surrender, Zhengliang certainly needs to give it a try. It is better not to fight or not.
Not long after sending an envoy to the other party, Tori's door was indeed opened, and a fifty- and sixty-year-old man walked from inside, leading his descendants to kneel down to show his surrender. Masara didn't even look at the little powerful man. If this powerful man was really a relative of Ohara's Maeda family, the head of the Maeda family would probably be angry to death. This was really too backbone. Of course, you could only secretly despise him. After all, in this era of cannibalism, it was understandable that he would use any means to survive.
Some of the other powerful men were left behind to guard Tuyan and wait for the arrival of the army in the rear formation. Zhengliang led the front line to continue advancing. Through Tuyan, an open small plain came towards him. Although the autumn harvest has ended now, judging from the conditions of the fields along the way, it can indeed be called a fertile small plain, which can be compared with the small plains alluvialized by Matsuura River in Tangjinwan. Along the way, the farmers in the fields hid after seeing Matsuraguchi's team. But strangely, there were no enemy soldiers coming to stop him. Even so, Zhengliang did not dare to take it lightly at all and moved forward carefully.
In less than half an hour, I saw a small town rock standing on a hill ahead from a distance. Since it was all plains, even if the small town rock was built on the hill, it seemed very low. At least such a terrain could allow the use of siege tools to cage the city. The gates in the city were closed. From a distance, the foot on the earthen wall was nervously looking at the slowly approaching Poduo coalition forces. After the vanguard army was temporarily stationed in the distance, Zhengliang had no further orders. It seemed that the other party was preparing to defend the city, so the next thing was to see how the Poduo family was preparing to cage the city.
At noon, the rear army of the Podo family's coalition finally arrived, and nearly 3,000 soldiers surrounded the Ivanli City like ants. After enjoying the lunch provided by the Podo family, the powerful men gathered in the Podo family's tent to conduct pre-war assessments of the Cage City.
"Everyone, this time the coalition forces have reached the city of Imali with great excitement," said Hodoshen, who was sitting in the main seat, with great enthusiasm, "His Highness Masara, this time you led the vanguard army to open the entrance to the Imali Bay Plain, and took the lead in killing at Imali City, making the first contribution again. Our family rewarded the Luo family 50 coins; the Sashi family..." After a bold statement, Hodoshen began to reward on the spot.
Zhengliang looked at the military advisor Bo Duoyuan next to Bo Duosheng. The latter seemed to feel Zhengliang's gaze and nodded slightly to Zhengliang, showing kindness. Zhengliang smiled and even gave him a gift. It seems that someone in the backstage is good. The Luo family has received rewards twice. In addition to Bo Duosheng's purpose of boosting morale, it is inseparable from the secret appreciation of this old man. Of course, Zhengliang is also very clear about this. The other party appreciates you because you are still under his control and does not pose a threat to him. Once you know that your strength may threaten him, the one you give will probably be suppressed.
After rewarding merits, Bodi will once again assign the task of the cage battle. According to the original agreement, the vanguard army did not need to participate in the cage battle, so the Luo family got a task to guard against the opponent's reinforcements. Of course, if the Matsuura family really had reinforcements, Masara would definitely not fight directly, at most it would be a message. Since the ambushed this morning, Masarara knew that the Luo family was just a powerful man defined as a cannon fodder, and there was no need to work hard for the Bodi family.
In the afternoon, after sufficient rest and preparation, the Podo coalition forces officially began to launch a cage battle against Imali City. The method of cage cities was still the old routine. Several selected strong feet carried wood and focused on attacking the city gates. The rest carried the simple wooden frames temporarily made at noon to attack from all directions at the same time. Although it may take a little time, it is inevitable that the fall of Imali City will be. There are only more than 100 people in the city, while there are more than 2,000 coalition forces attacking. In addition, the city was built on a relatively low hillside (it is already the highest hillside in the Imali Bay Plain), which facilitates cage battle, so the city will fall sooner or later.
After stopping on a small slope hundreds of meters away to admire the spectacular scene of the battle in the city, Masayoshi turned around and looked at the mountains in the distance. In the distance, the highest peak was the Black Hair Mountain, which contained high-quality porcelain clay. The famous Imari fired ceramics from there. In Masayoshi's eyes, the several small peaks seemed to have become gold mountains.
"Your Highness" was just as Zhengliang stopped and looked into the distance, and Yinuo came quietly to report.
"How is it? Is there any news?" Zhengliang turned around and asked.
"Yes, Your Highness. I just received the news from Black Hawk. There have been no major personnel transfers in these two ri Imali City, but a small number of suspicious figures have entered the city and never walked out of the city again," said Yino.
After receiving the remaining Yamakura to Notao Mountain, Masara asked Ichiro to establish the first batch of Ninja Black Hawks. Because the Hado family's strategy time was relatively hasty, the newly established Black Hawks had not had time to train, and they directly devoted themselves to the intelligence spy work of this strategy before they could train.
"Oh?" Masaruo frowned in confusion, and then continued to ask, "What's going on in Hirado Matsuura?"
"Their first reinforcement army has arrived in Imatsu Castle. But they did not come immediately to support Imari Castle."
"Well? How far is Izumi Castle coming here?"
"It's only less than two miles away, and if you take the water route, you can get there soon."
After hearing the report of Ichino, Masara felt that there was something wrong. Since the waterway was coming in a flash, why didn’t the Matsuura family send reinforcements? It seemed that it was better to prepare a little. Thinking of this, Masara immediately said: “Tell Black Hawk, pass me the order and ask Sun Goro from Naganya Bay to lead some of the naval forces to secretly go to Imali Bay. Be sure to arrive tonight.”
"Yes, Your Highness" Yi Promise and left.
After Ionuo left, Masara looked towards the direction of Izumi City in the distance. The sky in the afternoon seemed much darker. The originally clear and clear distant mountains seemed hazy under the dark sky. Izumi City, located between the mountains and the bay, seemed vaguely separated at this moment.
In the evening, after repelling several attacks from the coalition forces, the defenders in the city finally collapsed. The city lord Imari Kazumi led his legitimate son and his retainers to open the city gate and surrender. Hataho was very happy about this, not only saved Imari Kazumi from his death, but also prepared to let him be the vanguard to capture Imari Kazumi.
That night, the first battle was won, and the coalition was filled with joy. Many powerful camps heard light drinking and scolding, and some even cried women in the cries.
However, the camp of the Luo family was quiet.
"What's going on?" Masarara, who was sitting in the main seat, asked the ninja Ichiro in blue in front of him.
"Your Highness, most of the powerful soldiers have been plundered to the nearby town. Now the coalition camp is relatively empty," Ichiro reported, "In addition, Sun Goro's navy is already near Fukushima in Imali Bay. Black Hawk has also checked the evacuation passage. If an accident occurs, he can quickly leave the coalition camp."
"Zhongzhong, where on your side?" Masarara looked at Kizao Chongzhong on the right and asked.
"According to His Highness's instructions, he gave some of the copper coins to the warriors. The rest were buried directly in the soil in the camp." Mu Zao Chongzhong bowed and reported.
"Well, I would like to remind everyone again that once there is a change in the camp, abandon all the heavy objects, including this time the food, and quickly follow the Black Hawk to escape. Yinuo, you must continue to closely monitor the situation of the powerful in the camp. Yiruo, you are more adapted to the progress in the dark, and you will rely on you for evacuation at that time." Zhengliang said, "As for these coins buried underground, there is always a ri we will come back here to retrieve them with our own hands."
"Yes, your highness" all the retainers in the military tent received the orders.
At the same time, two people sat opposite each other in a military tent in the Podo camp. One of the tall and thin middle-aged men said, "How are you preparing?" This middle-aged man was Imari Kazumi, who just surrendered this evening.
"Sir, although they were watched by the warriors of the Bodo family, they were all ready. The young master also placed a safe place," said another short middle-aged man.
"What's going on outside the camp?" Imari Kazuzu continued to ask.
"Although the Hodo family only sent a small number of people to the city to accept it, and the others including Hado Sheng remained in the camp and did not enter the city, as long as the Hodo family's troops were solved at that time, the ambush inside could be killed directly here. I believe that the Lord Okawa Nai clan in the city can give the adult a satisfactory result," the short middle-aged man replied, "As for the minister, Colonel Maeda, the uncle of the minister, has pretended to surrender according to the plan. At that time, as long as the ambush ambushed near Imayama, he will definitely be able to seize Imayama's remnant."
"Okay! Lord Matsuura promised that after this incident, the sea area between Imali Bay and Fukushima will belong to me. At that time, you will receive 100 stones to follow." Imali Jiajun seemed very happy.
"Yes, sir, Maeda Tachikawa vowed to serve the Imari family to death." Maeda Tachikawa immediately bowed and knelt down on the ground and whispered.
"Then, let's follow the plan," said Imari Kazumi, waved his hand.
Chapter completed!