Chapter 490 Prelude to the War
Due to the distance, Zhengliang, who was in Changyan City of Hou, was still ignorant of what was happening in Yuming County, Feihou. At this moment, he was "training" several young surnames around him very easily.
"Yihachiro, in your opinion, what should I do when facing this Otomo family's invasion?"
Honta Masato, known as Yahararo, had long been accustomed to Masaru's method of being sophisticated at any time, so he immediately frowned and thought. He knew that if he didn't answer well, he would be punished to copy thousands of words from the Luo family's text. This is not a good job.
On the other side, Yoshiro Kawada was obviously stunned by the scene he saw in front of him. In his opinion, such a scene would not appear in ordinary wealthy families, and this is undoubtedly the best way to learn for them. The head of the family seemed to be their teacher, and always used this method to convey to them a lot of knowledge that they had never had the opportunity to come into contact with before.
Yoshiro Kawada is ten years old this year, while Masato Honda, Naoshima Kaorshima, and even the new Shimazu Yoshihiro are only eight years old. It is because he is relatively older, so since he came to the Luo family to follow Masara, he has rarely spoken on his own initiative. He is very "age-minded" and chooses to listen more and speak less.
At present, this head of the family is really a strange head of the family. Often many things appear to be very different in him. For example, when the Otomo family came to this time, because he was a little surname from Masayoshi, he could attend the evaluation meeting of the Luo family, so he heard a lot of inside information with his own ears.
For example, this time, the Otomo family came from Fenghou to Zhuhou with an army of 50,000. At the same time, in Feihou, the five island naval forces also had a large army pressing against the Luo family. If it were other wealthy families, when facing such a large army, the family would have been in a solemn atmosphere. However, the Luo family was different. Under the leadership of this strange head of the family, the Luo family members united and did not panic.
Now, even though there was news that the Otomo family's army had entered the border of Jihou, the strange head of the family was still in the mood to investigate the little surname around him. This was really too strange.
"If the ministers arrange it, the ministers will secretly dispatch elite soldiers from all over the country to the vicinity of this place without disturbing the surrounding powerful people, and then fight to the Otomo family." Just when Kawada Yoshiro was still surprised by what he saw, Masato Honda had already thought of the answer.
"Yes." Masayoro nodded secretly. With the help of his training in the past two years, Honda Masato has made great progress in strategy.
Just when Masara was considering the little surname around him, Naoshima, the little surname of Naoshima, who is a kitchen supervisor today, has come to the city lord's unique kitchen. Masara often arranges some work such as standing guard, copying documents, cleaning stables, carrying shoes, and kitchen supervisors. The four of them take turns to take charge of different jobs almost every day. Today is Naoshima's favorite kitchen supervisor job.
"Are the meal ready?" Before the person could enter the kitchen, Naoshima began to shout loudly.
"Hurry up, I'm hungry. Oh? No, it's not that I'm hungry, but that my lord is hungry." It seemed that I felt that what I said was ambiguous, so Naoshima Kuroshima quickly corrected the situation.
"The meal is ready." The understaff in the kitchen said quickly.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Naoshima Kaorushima replied pretentiously, then picked up the chopsticks with ease, "Well. The taste is good! That's it."
The meal was served in a bowl. The soy sauce made of chicken, shredded radish, a plate of roasted fish, and some seasonings. It was usually three dishes and one soup. Today I added abalone and a catfish with walnut juice. Because the fishermen from Akihiro brought the catfish, they made this special dish. Naoshiro Kojima brought the catfish into his mouth without hesitation.
Naoshima Kokushima is now trying out food, which is something that every kitchen supervisor must do before delivering food to Masarara. However, every time he tried out, Naoshima Kokushima always ate a little more. But today he ate a lot. Such a move even surprised the servants in the kitchen.
At this moment, the men who were watching Naoshima performing in a daze suddenly changed their faces and they knelt on the ground.
"Master Hikari!" At the same time, a thunder sounded behind Naoshima, and it was Masara's voice.
After hearing Masara's voice, Naoshima Kungshima not only did not panic, but instead showed an undetectable bright smile. Then he immediately turned around and knelt on the ground, and then replied loudly: "Here!"
"Am I your lord?" Zhengliang glanced at the dining table and asked angrily.
"Yes!" Naoshima Kumishi was already sitting upright at this time, but his face was not timid. "What's the point of being here?"
"Come to the meeting hall."
"Yes, it'll be here soon. You pack up the tableware immediately." Naoshima Kwanshima was extremely calm and followed Masarara and went out. The series of actions made it hard to imagine that he was just an eight-year-old boy.
When he arrived at the hall, Masayora knocked Naoshima on the head with the feather fan in his hand, and then said, "Tell me, how should I punish you."
"Please punish me and follow my lord to fight against the enemy's attack at any time." Naoshima said firmly.
"It's true!" Honda Masashino, who was kneeling on the floor, said secretly when he heard Naoshima Kaori. Then he glanced at Yushiro beside him with a little sympathy, as if saying: Fool, you have been taken advantage of by this guy.
"Hmph!" At this time, Masara just snorted lightly about Naoshima's request, but did not respond directly. Instead, he turned around and said to Shimazu Yoshihiro who was beside him:
"As you who are on guard today, Shiro is able to report your companion’s mistakes decisively this time, and he did a good job. This feather fan is used as your reward this time."
After Masaraki signaled Kawada Yoshiro beside him to hand his feather fan to Shimazu Yoshihiro.
But after respectfully taking the feather fan, Shimazu Yoshihiro once again surrendered to the ground, and then begged: "Lord, this feather fan is too precious, and the ministers dare not accept it. But the ministers ask the ministers to allow the ministers to go on the battle and ask the ministers to lead the horses for the lord."
Zhengliang was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything. This time, because he was fighting fiercely with the Otomo family's army head-on for safety reasons, Zhengliang did not intend to take the little surname around him to war.
"Lord, my mother sent a letter from my homeland. She said that my minister was eight years old and should follow my lord to go out to war to lead a horse for him. If the lord does not allow me to go down, then my minister will not be handsome to go back to see my mother."
"Can you keep up with everyone?"
"If you can't keep up, you'll rob the enemy's horse riding."
After hearing this, Zhengliang couldn't help but laugh a little. With just a small body, how could he snatch the war horse from his strong enemy?
"War is inevitable with death, you have to think clearly." Masara decided to use death to scare this future "Keshimazu".
"My mother said that in her womb, the ministers should consider life and death clearly. Therefore, there is only a difference between victory and defeat in war. If the lord encounters danger, Silang will die for you."
Masara looked at Shimazu Yoshihiro in surprise, speechless. He had already considered life and death clearly in his mother's womb. Mrs. Shimazu Yukigi actually asked her son to think that way. No wonder the three brothers Shimazu Yoshihiro, Shimazu Yoshihiro and Shimazu Yoshihiro whom she gave birth to were so powerful.
There is only one difference between victory and defeat in war, how reasonable! Since war is inevitable, then the side that seriously explores the path to victory will win, while the side that is almost inquiry will lose.
But even though Masayoshi was so surprised, he still decided not to take them to the battlefield. So he simply did not answer their request directly, but said:
"Yes, Silang. Today you can do your duty. This feather fan is exactly what you deserve. Now you order you to accept it. However, you actually openly rejected the reward from your lord and offended the majesty of your lord. So you will punish you to follow Bo Fengliuyue in the Luo family temple outside Anyue City to learn swordsmanship. Remember, as long as Bo Fengliuyue does not tell me that you have passed the exam, then you should be ready to stay there all the time."
"Do you know? You are so stupid that your integrity should not be used by others." Zhengliang said at the end.
"Master Yan!"
"exist!"
"Hmph, you know very well. I don't like others to be clever. So the cleaning task for the stables in the next month will be handed over to you."
"Ah?" Naoshima Kaorshima screamed. The reason why he screamed was not because he hated the smell of the stable, but mainly because the mount Masarae, Masarae, was not allowed to approach anyone except Masarae. Last time, he accidentally kicked his butt by Masarae, and now he is kicked and still has a slight pain.
Seeing that Naoshima ended up like this, Honda Masato, who was beside him, almost wanted to laugh out loud. He thought to himself: I'm still smart. Why should I do it even if I know I can't do it?
Yoshiro Kawada, who was on the other side, shook his head secretly. Master Hikaru and Yahachiro were so naughty. Even he was fooled by both of them when he just came here. Now such a punishment is a warning to them.
"Okay, before fulfilling your punishment, I have a task here for you." Zhengliang said at the end.
"If done well, maybe the punishment will be cancelled."
The four of them immediately looked at Masara, especially Naoshima and Yoshihiro Shimazu, their eyes lit up.
"From tomorrow, you will buy Dajiang outside the city." Zhengliang said.
But the four of them, as listeners, were a little confused. What did the lord ask them to buy dashes at this time?
"However, you should inadvertently mention to the leaders of the city that my lord will face Otomo Yoshiki on the front of Gaoliang Mountain. The purchase of Otomo was prepared to defend Changyan City behind Gaoliang Mountain." Gaoliang Mountain was located between the Luo Family controlled Changyan City and the Otomo Family's Shoot City. Its foot of the mountain and the Chuhou River not far away formed a relatively narrow flat area.
"Ah? Lord, is it leaking such a major secret?" The mature Kawada Yoshiro asked immediately.
"Idiots, you should not make a big splash, be more mysterious. Do you understand?" said Zhengliang.
After Masarara finished speaking, Naoshima Kaorshima immediately looked at Masato Honda, and the former even blinked at the latter. Although Yoshiro Kawada had no expression, he probably guessed the intention of his lord in his heart. Only Yoshihiro Shimazu gritted his teeth and thought nothing, but he only thought about completing the task tomorrow.
The next day, the four of them ran outside Changyan City as Zhengliang ordered and started buying Dajiang. At the same time, they spread the news that Zhengliang general set up a formation in Gaoliang Mountain to fight in their respective ways.
"Is the situation true?" At dusk that day, several mysterious guys gathered here in an inconspicuous wooden house in Changyan City. The leader asked.
"This information was revealed from the other party's close surname Xiao. After all, the other party is just a child who has not yet been in Yuanfu, and it is more convincing than what the adults in Yuanfu said." Another person confirmed.
"We must not underestimate the eagle in front of Fat, otherwise we will fail when we come this adventure."
"The general Kinoshita Masaru in the opposite city has already led people to the foot of Kaorai Mountain three days ago to set up a large formation." Another report was made.
"If so, it seems that this news is likely to be true."
"Since that's the case, then I'll break out from the border separately. Whoever can get out will pass the news to the lord immediately." The leader said at the end. The border guards of the Luo family were too powerful. At that time, more than 30 of them broke through the border and entered the territory of the Luo family's territory. Now there are only five people left. So they had to take the risk of breaking out separately, trying to win one person out.
After discussing the plan to break through, the five people quietly left the wooden house. But what they didn't know was that in a wooden house near the wooden house, Ali was monitoring the people with two black hawks.
"You, go back immediately and report to your lord, and say that the fish has left." Ah Li first ordered a black eagle beside him. The latter immediately took the order and left.
"Then, sir, what should they do?" The other black hawk asked how to deal with these Otaku family's detailed works.
"Hmph, to avoid their suspicion, leave two people and let them leave, and kill the rest." Ah Li said...
"What are the Lords going to do?" Just as the Luo family and the Oto family and the two ninjas and detectives fought each other, the leaders under Changyan City also secretly discussed it.
The news that the Otomo family's army was about to come is unconcealed. So half a month ago, most of the territories were known to the land behind.
People were paying attention to this war. If it were in the past, only those leaders who were about to go to the battlefield would have paid so much attention to such a battle between the two overlords of Kyushu.
However, it is different now. After becoming the ruler of the Luo family, they got free land. If there was no grain, they could borrow from the Lord, or even borrow farm tools and oxen from the Lord. Everything could be paid back by participating in corvee service or using the food obtained in autumn. For ordinary rulers, the land was their heaven, and now Zhengliang gave them the heaven. Therefore, most of them hope that the Luo family would win this battle.
"The people cannot endure the fate of being killed and hurt by Daming forever. One day, they will join forces with the wild samurai, raise the banner of resistance, and join the uprising led by the sect. Moreover, Daming in troubled times regards other Daming as opponents. In order to deal with the enemy, they have to oppress and exploit the people, which will undoubtedly arouse resentment from the people and establish an enemy for themselves internally. In this way, no matter how they strengthen their military equipment, it is tantamount to putting firewood to put out fires. But they did not notice this at all. Lord Zhengliang is very different from their practices. With his broad mind, he allows merchants to do business freely in the territory, freely allocate land to the people, encourage them to reclaim the land, let the people gradually become rich, and take the initiative to reduce taxes and labor. Therefore, he can go to war without any worries, but the Otomo family... the Luo family will win."
The Luo family's detectives were still lobbying everywhere in the territory, in order to keep the territory stable before the war began.
During this period, the Otomo family army, which had officially started from the Toyoko, was already pressing forward step by step. The vanguard army had already built the Hoshino family's Myami Castle. The Otomo Yoshiki's original formation also reached Nagai Castle.
When Ototo Yoshiki left, he had already left troops to garrison the Imperial Household; at the same time, in order to monitor the movements of the Imperial House, he also sent a large army to Takada Castle at the junction of Fenghou and Fenghou. Then he personally led a large army of 50,000 to head straight to Jihou.
Chapter completed!