"What does the lord mean, is it possible that the Otomo family will lose to the Kuroda family this time? This...... This...... Although the Kuroda family did defeat the powerful Shimazu family before, you must know that the Otomo family has an army of 30,000! Brother Dongfang understood what Sagara Yoshiyo meant, but he also said suspiciously.

"Lord Dongfang, I think the battle between the Otomo family and the Kuroda family is not a matter of numbers."

"It's not a matter of numbers?"

"There is an old saying in the Ming Kingdom: the general will be in the plan but not in the brave, and the soldiers will be fine but not in the many. Don't look at the Otomo family has 30,000 soldiers, but when I fought with the Kuroda family before, didn't the adults see that the soldiers of the Kuroda family are all elite in a hundred battles, and they all have the combat effectiveness of one as ten. Under such circumstances, how much combat effectiveness do the 30,000 soldiers of the Otomo family, mainly peasant soldiers, have in the face of such a team? ”

"That's true!" Brother Dongfang nodded in agreement.

"It's just that there is a variable in the middle, that is, how much combat effectiveness can be added to the army by the two divisions on both sides."

"Strategists on both sides?"

"The Kadokuma Ishimune of the Otomo family and the Shigeharu Takenaka of the Kuroda family."

"These two adults are incredible characters, and they do have the ability to change the entire situation on the battlefield. However, in the end, when it came to the battlefield, it still had to settle down to the fight of the two soldiers, and there were still too many changes on the battlefield. My lord, since we are likely to become cannon fodder for the Otomo family in the future, we must prepare as soon as possible. ”

"You're right, but I guess the Otomo family shouldn't have used us as cannon fodder from the beginning!"

"What does the lord mean by the Kitahara family?"

"Hmmm! That's right, they'll be the first to be sent! We'll be able to adapt then, and now is not the time to offend the Otomo family! ”

"The meaning of the lord has been understood, and this time it seems that the Aso family is more sensible!" Brother Dongfang sighed.

"Hmmm! The Kai Soun of the Aso family is indeed a powerful character! If it weren't for him, what would the Aso family be, do you expect that weak Aso general, in that case, I would have annexed the Aso family a long time ago. ”

"Lord, I think that the Aso family will not send troops this time, but it is worth considering!"

"Oh! What do you mean......"

"That's true, but it's likely that everything will have to wait until the end of this joint battle, or a little later, the Aso family will make their own reaction. It's just that I can't figure it out why the Aso family is so optimistic about the Kuroda family this time, and after the lord finished talking just now, I feel that we have to leave a way back like the Aso family. ”

"That's right, we have to leave the way back, Aso...... Kuroda family ......"

The Otomo family's Usuki Town continued to make a detour for nearly an hour, and finally found a suitable mountain road to pass, but before he could go far, he saw another army of the Kuroda family, which was about two or three hundred people.

Under the order of Usuki Zhenxu, the Otomo family began to attack again, but this time the terrain was not much better than the last time, and it was still impossible to break through the Kuroda family's obstacles after attacking for a long time.

The Otomo family then found a junction again, but this time in the valley of the mountain, with high terrain on both sides, and it was also easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's just that there are also Kuroda soldiers here to defend, but the number is only a hundred.

"Brother, this seems to be an opportunity!" Mortar identification said.

"Shiro, the most important thing in marching and fighting is to be cautious, you must be cautious in everything, don't make a conclusion too early, I'm afraid it's not so easy here, let the Kitahara family go up and test the defensive strength here, and then we'll make a decision." Usuki said solemnly.

"Brother, why is that?"

"The terrain here is complicated, and the Kuroda family has two or three hundred people in other places, but there are only 100 people here, which is really suspicious. I don't want to have an accident, it will only be my Otomo's people who will lose that way, so I might as well let these allies go up and test it. ”

"Hey! I know it under it. The mortar identification said.

When he learned that the commander of the Otomo family, Usuki Zhenxu, wanted to make his Kitahara family soldiers the front team to attack the Kuroda family, Kitahara Tadazawa, the head of the Kitahara family, felt a sense of helplessness in his heart.

Sure enough, as Sagara Yoshiyo said before, even if the Otomo family needs to find a suitable cannon fodder, they also need to weigh the current strength comparison of the two allies. The Kitahara family, which has 30,000 stones, and the Sagara family, which has more than 100,000 stones, are not heavyweights at all, and it seems that the Kitahara family is better to bully in comparison.

Last time in Mt. Takachiho, the five southern Kyushu daimyo jointly attacked the Kuroda family. As a result, the weakest Kitahara family, who had no room for negotiation, had no choice but to accept the position in the middle of the Chinese army, and finally became the worst victim in the battle of Takachiho Mountain because of the cheating behavior of the Shimazu family.

And this time, because they were easier to bully, the Otomo family assigned them the task of cannon fodder without asking their opinions, which reminded Kitahara Tadasawa of the previous battle of Takachiho Mountain. I can't help but give birth, the baby is bitter, but the baby doesn't cry.

The law of the jungle is the best proof of this era. And the Kitahara family, as a weakling, is undoubtedly the best bully of the Otomo family. And in the face of the Otomo family, the overlord of the six countries of Kitakyushu, the Kitahara family does not have any ability to resist.

However, no matter what order the Otomo family issued, the Kitahara family still had to obey the assignment of the Otomo family in the end, as cannon fodder in front of them, and be the first to attack the defensive position of the Kuroda family, which is the sorrow of the weak.

The Kitahara family was looked down upon by the Otomo family this time, in fact, there is a reason. This time, they went to battle with the Otomo family, but they only sent a team of 300 people, and these 300 people were newly recruited peasant soldiers who were not fully equipped.

Not long ago, these people were ordinary people living on the land of the Ryohara family, and because of the slight seizure of their lives by the Kitahara family, they were forcibly escorted from the land of the Ryokara family to the Kitahara family, and inexplicably became the soldiers of the Kitahara family.

What kind of situation is shown by such a team, everyone can imagine. An army with a small number of people, and the equipment and weapons are not neat, the military appearance is extremely scattered, and the combat effectiveness is extremely low, how can you make the Otomo family look down on his Kitahara family?

Anyway, under the order of the Otomo family, Kitahara Tadazawa reluctantly took the three hundred soldiers under his command and set up the position as late as possible.