Chapter 267: A Gamble to Sacrifice Your Life
In fact, after receiving the news that Hata was supporting Sashi's family, Masara had already made the decision to station on the spot to defend and delay the other party. [.] In addition to the reasons mentioned by Kinoshita, there is a more important reason. After the Wave family expressed its support for the Sashi family, those former allies of the Sashi family who were originally in Karatsu because of the coup d'état of the Sashi family were unclear will definitely send troops to support. At that time, if the Luo family still wants to storm the Zuozhi family, it will be equivalent to facing the coalition of the Bojia organization alone.
However, if the Sashi family is not attacked, will the Bojia family let go of the Luo family? The answer is no. Even if the other Haoqiang in Hizen learned that the Luo family annexed the Huzi family, due to the geographical distance, they just paid attention to it, then the Hata family, which is the boss of Higashi Matsuura, is not.
Seeing that a little Haoqiang has begun to threaten his position in less than a year, how will Boduo feel? This is an enemy with great potential, and since it has touched its own interests and even endangered its own position, it must be strangled. Although he had just been defeated in Imari Bay, he was still very rich for the Hakata family, who was the boss of Higashi Matsuura County and had 50,000 koku in land income alone.
At that time, as long as he raised his arms and shouted, the Haoqiang of Yuzu Bay and even along the Matsuura River, including the Sashi family, would respond one after another. Think about it, even if the territorial income of the extinct Huzi family is included in the calculation of the territory, how can the Luo family, whose total land income is less than 20,000 stones, deal with these powerful frontal sieges? Even if you go all out, the best ending is to make the other party suffer heavy damage. And the Luo family is destined to become an inconspicuous small wave in history, drowning in the waves of history.
Now the Pora family just needs to draw the main force to deal with the impact of the defeat in Imari Bay. Once the other party frees up his hand, it is the time when the Luo family is in crisis. So Masahiro was not naïve enough to think that the other party would give him a chance to recuperate.
So, in order to survive. Zhengliang had a crazy idea in his heart. A successful is king, and failure is a crime, and even the idea of becoming a benevolent. Deciding on such a plan requires a great deal of determination. But Masahiro is no longer the Masara he was when he first became a lord, and the continuous wars and intrigues between the wealthy clans have made him develop a decisive and even gambling-minded character when necessary.
So he left Onishi Kuniji to be in charge of commanding ten standing ashigaru and one hundred and fifty peasant soldiers stationed on the spot for defense. After Kizo Shigetada was in charge of negotiating with the other party to delay the time, Masarashi quietly left with thirty groups of wind people, twenty low-ranking samurai, and eighty-five standing ashigaru, accompanied by Kinoshita Masanao and Yoshida Shigemasa.
In order to confuse the other party, in a conspicuous place in the Luo family's military camp. Masara still keeps the tent of the head of the family, and at the same time he also holds the main flag that represents the head of the family, and it is the little surname Takeyoshi Murakami who is responsible for guarding the flag. This little guy has been wandering around with his uncle since he was a child to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, and this time he finally has the opportunity to personally reflect the situation of the confrontation between the two armies, when he learned that Zhengliang arranged such a task for him. I was also very happy.
Don't think that this is a mission to death, in fact, in the eyes of Masahiro, this is a mission that is too safe to be safer. In the opposing camp, it is estimated that except for the Sashi family. There is no strong family that is really willing to confront the Luo family, as long as the strategy to stop the Luo family from continuing to attack the Zuo Zhi family or even destroy the Zuo Zhi family is achieved. They'll just stop. In their opinion, the first thing is that there is no need to incur losses for the sake of others. Secondly, the Luo family's fierce name is not called casually, especially Hao Qiang, who has cooperated with the Luo family, is very aware of the fierceness of the Luo family. Now under the personal leadership of the head of the Luo family, who is known as the "eagle", the combat power of the Luo family's troops cannot be underestimated. If it is forced to do so, no one wants to provoke the murderous star of the Luo family. So, it's actually safest to stay here.
After quietly leaving, Masara soon came to the original Ishihara family's house.
There, Masarashi had a secret conversation with Kosuke, who was stationed here in charge of counting materials, for half an hour.
After the secret conversation, Kosuke rode on his horse with tears in his eyes and headed towards the territory of the Harako family. He needs to immediately find Togo Heiji, who is in charge of cleaning up the territory of the Yomiko family, and then convey the fate of the head of the family. The last two will be arranged according to the fate of the head of the family.
Since it is a big gamble to give up your life, you must be prepared for failure. You can't let your family and retainers be at a loss after your own failure, and even affect them. So Masarashi must make arrangements for the way back, and even Masarashi has written a letter to Zhu Qinfeng, who is playing at the original Huzi's naval base, during the meeting with Yusuke, and when necessary, Kosuke will take this letter to him for help.
As a public luck and Togo Heiji is the most trusted person of Masayo, so this kind of thing can only be done by the two of them. Not only is it the most reassuring, but it is also to avoid the situation that other retainers will be shaken by this. In order to let Kosuke carry out his orders, Masarashi gave him a death order on the orders of the head of the family. If it is not carried out, then seppuku will apologize. After seeing the determination of the head of the family, Kosuke had to tearfully agree.
After settling everything, Masato set off again.
After two hours of urgency, Masashi and the others finally arrived at their destination.
The first temporary general of the "Your Highness" who had been waiting here for a long time, Tadajiro, and the military commander Fu Luo Shiroro saluted Masayo.
Masarashi nodded, and after sitting on the main seat, he looked up at the retainers who were kneeling in front of him, and then said solemnly, "Everyone, I have decided to sneak attack Kishigaku Castle today. ”
"Huh?" The retainers were taken aback. I didn't expect the head of the family to suddenly rush here, it turned out to be a raid on Kishigaku Mountain Castle? However, it was Kishidake Mountain Castle! The main city of the Bojia clan. It can be said that it is the first fortified city in Ximatsupu, and if you want to raid there, it is equivalent to directly confronting Boda, which is ...... The decision of the head of the house was too sudden.
"Black Hawk, tell you about the current situation in Kishigaku Castle" Masarashi waved his hand, stopping the retainers from talking, and then looked at Black Hawk, who had just been ordered to come to report it. In fact, on the way here, Masara had already received a report from the Black Hawk, and Hata had indeed transferred most of the city's guards to the ship overnight, and then returned to Karatsu Castle along the Matsuura River.
Black Eagle immediately told the retainers about the situation in Kishigaku Mountain Castle, which he had already reported to Masayo.
"Tadajiro, is the path I let you open secretly?" After the Black Hawk finished his report, Masarashi looked at Tadajiro, who bowed his head and pondered. At the beginning, in order to better spy on the intelligence of the Hadoga, and even prepare for the attack on the Matsuura family launched by the Hasaka family, in the event of an accident, he could escape, so Masara secretly ordered Tadajiro to open a small path in the mountains and forests.
"Your Highness, the trail has been opened, and the detectives and Black Hawks of the family are currently using this trail to spy on Hakata's intelligence," Tadajiro replied immediately.
"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have made up my mind. In order to quickly attack the other party, I personally led thirty cloaked people and samurai to set out first, and snatched the mountain castle of Mount Shimogishi with lightning speed, while the rest of the people led the rest of the troops to join the fourth team that was rushing and arrived immediately, so as to deal with the counterattack that the other party would come later" Masarashi stood behind him, his eyes resolute and said. On the way in the morning, Masarashi had already given the order for Hirasa Masatada, who was stationed on the Ribi Peninsula, to lead the 4th Standing Ashigaru Brigade to converge.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty is willing to go with you" Now that the head of the family has made up his mind, all the retainers expressed their willingness to fight side by side with the head of the family.
In the end, Masarashi chose Kinoshita Masanao, Yoshida Shigemasa, Ichino, and the Black Eagle leader Ichijo, who was familiar with the terrain, to accompany him, while Tsuda Hiromune stayed behind and waited until he joined up with Hirasa Masatada, and then led his family to Ashigaru with him. Tadajiro and Shingoro Roche were responsible for mobilizing peasants to guard the coastal frontier in the western part of the territory.
After the assignment was completed, Masarashi had a full meal with the cloaks and samurai, and immediately under the leadership of Black Hawk, he entered the secret passage leading to Kishigaku Castle.
The entrance to the trail is at a small corner called Bear Peak, which is said to have been called Bear Peak because of the presence of giant bears.
Along the path that had been carved out, which could only accommodate two people walking side by side, everyone walked all the way forward.
According to Black Hawk's report, after walking out of Kumamine, you will pass through the mountains of Mt. Takatake, Mt. Kishicha, and Mt. Ridake, and finally you will reach Mt. Kishidake, where the main castle of the Hakuta family is located.
In the afternoon, there was silence in the mountains, and since it was already winter, many animals were hibernating. But Masato felt that the temperature in the mountains was still very suitable, at least if he was to kill here, it would definitely be better than outside the mountains. Because of the fierce fight outside the mountain, it is very likely that the bones will not adapt due to the cold.
After careful observation, Masara found that the trail was also connected by some natural mountain paths along the mountain. The scenery along the way is also beautiful, but Masashi has no time to appreciate it. He was now going to get out of the dense forest before it got dark, and then rush to the outside of Kishigaku Castle, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Masaro must occupy Kishigaku Castle at this moment with no troops and two of the most important military forces of the Hata family far away from here. More importantly, Masarashi got a very important piece of information from Black Hawk that the head of the Hata family, Hatamori, was actually in Kishigaku Castle. Moreover, he sent some of his right-hand men and his subordinates to the border of confrontation with the Ryuzoji family, as well as Karatsu.
As long as Hatamori dies, there is a good chance that Bokata will fall into civil strife. At that time, the Wave family will not be able to organize enough troops to launch a counterattack on Kishiyue Castle, which is occupied by the Luo family. As long as this period of time is over, the Hakata family, which is mired in civil strife, will fall into self-consumption, and at the same time, according to this Kishiyue Castle, which is nailed like a nail in the hinterland of the Hakata family's territory, the Luo family can slowly launch the invasion of the multi-wave family. In this way, the Luo family will definitely slowly turn around the current mortal chess game. At that time, it is still unknown who will kill the deer.