Warring States Eagle

After nearly an afternoon of hard work yesterday, a trap area of ​​nearly 1000 steps has been arranged on the two trails leading to the bandit cottage.Now, Onishi Kuniji is organizing people to continue to set traps for the village on the edge of the woods near the direction of Ye Gaoshan, which has the meaning of turning the surroundings of the village into a place of death.

And Zhengliang led the ashigaru to train on the school field.The bandits are about to attack, and special training must be carried out in a targeted manner. "My lord, the person in charge of the sentry has returned." At this time, Sahachiro, surnamed Xiao, hurried over to report.

"Oh? Let's go, take me there to have a look." Hearing this, Zheng Liang asked Tsuda Hiromune to continue leading the team for training, while he walked quickly to the outside of the school field.At this time, a 13-year-old boy came over. Luo Shi took a closer look and saw that it was Shingoro, one of the three captains of the patrol team.

"Shingoro pays homage to Your Highness," Shingoro gave a standard military salute to Masamune.

"Well, what's the matter?"

"Your Highness, we have discovered a team of ten bandits who are now stationed by the stream and listening to their conversations. They are planning to attack us along the stream in the evening," Shingoro Hui reported.

"Oh? There are only ten people? Are you planning to attack us?" Zheng Liang felt strange, wouldn't the bandits only count people like that?

"Yes, Your Highness. Their original purpose was to investigate our situation, but the bandit leader changed his mind and decided to attack us. It seems that because of this, there was a dispute with the members of the team." Shingoro saw the lord The adults were puzzled and continued to report in detail.

"Very good, Shingoro, your information is very important. When Shinsan comes back, tell him that he can go to the warehouse to receive a bucket of miscellaneous grains as a reward for this mission." Zhengliang was very satisfied with this information.Regardless of why the bandits changed their minds and decided to attack the village first, it was a good thing for the territory that they did so.What Zhengliang is most afraid of is that the bandits will gather together to attack the village. Even if the village wins, it will be a miserable victory.Now they are attacking in batches, which is exactly what he planned.

"Thank you, Your Highness", Shingoro was very happy to be rewarded unexpectedly.

"Heiji, for the ashigaru meal, prepare a bigger lunch, add more fish and pork; in addition, add an extra meal in the evening (Japan only eats breakfast and lunch at this time). Guozhi, allocate some manpower to the children Strengthen the traps on the creek and the forest path, and find a way to add more traps," Zhengliang turned and told Togo Heiji and Onishi Guangzong who came in a hurry.

"Yes, Your Highness," the two hurriedly parted ways after taking orders.

"Then, we'll just wait for our guests." After finishing his order, Zheng Liang turned to look at the lush mountains.

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Time flies by, and soon, a round of red sun gradually sinks to the west.Looking from a distance, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the land of the wild mountains, covering everything with a blush.

After dinner, Zheng Liang divided the team into three groups.Eleven bow and arrow ashigaru and eleven spear ashigaru led by Tsuda Hiromune entered the woods near the creek, preparing to attack the bandits in the dark; the other eleven spear ashigaru led by Onishi Guoji Lurking in Ye Gaoshan near the intersection leading to the village, ready to ambush the fleeing bandits or block the invading bandits.The remaining seven spears were with Zheng Liang, ready to deal with emergencies or to reinforce the two groups in front.

As for the bandits, they were impatient. If they hadn't worried that attacking too early would alarm the village, instead causing the villagers to escape early, Yue Daitou would have ordered everyone to enter the woods.After finally surviving an afternoon, seeing the sun was about to set in the west, Yue Daitou hurriedly woke up his subordinates who were sleeping like dead pigs, then entered the woods by the bank of the stream, and started heading towards the village.

After nearly an hour of slashing and stabbing, the ten bandits finally came to the trap.At this time, the night had already fallen, and the cold moonlight shone on the woods, but the woods were still pitch black.

"Your Highness, should we light the torches? It's too dark here, we can't see the way at all," Song San suggested.

"Well, okay, light the torches, but pay attention to extinguishing all the torches when approaching the edge of the forest, so as not to alarm those untouchables." Tsukidaitou agreed with Songsan's opinion, and immediately issued an order.

The woods in the dark night are particularly gloomy.The bandits lit their torches and moved on.Everyone was walking, and suddenly, a piece of mud covered with fallen leaves suddenly split, and a bandit fell down before he could scream, and then groaned.Another bandit hurriedly took a torch to shine inside, and saw that the bandit who fell into the pit was pierced by bamboo sticks all over his body, and it seemed that he would not survive.

"Ah! Be careful, there is a trap." The ashigaru was frightened by the scene in front of him, and hurriedly yelled and stepped back. At this time, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from the back of his head, and was about to turn around to check, "touch " With a sound, a black object hit the back of his head, and his head suddenly became dizzy, and the whole person fell forward, just fell into the pit, and then there was another scream from inside, this The unlucky bandit became the companion of the bandit who fell in first.

"Ah!", a bandit walking on the other side suddenly sank into the soil. Although he reacted immediately and pulled a nearby bush in time to prevent him from falling in completely, his feet had been pierced by bamboo sticks, and he suddenly felt miserable. It's called Lianlian.Another bandit behind him immediately went to pull the injured bandit up, but a long arrow shot out in the dark, and it just shot into the bandit's neck, and the bandit fell down with a muffled grunt.

In a blink of an eye, three bandits died tragically, and one bandit was injured and fell to the ground. Everyone was stunned.Song San walked at the back, seeing that the situation was not good, he uttered a cry, turned around and ran back first.The rest of the people, including Yue Daitou, also turned around, and Sa Yazi ran back. "Whoo, whoosh, whoosh", at this time, in the darkness, several arrows were shot from all directions, "Ah, ah, ah", accompanied by three screams, the three bandits fell to the ground.

"No, don't leave me behind, come back quickly," a bandit yelled in the dark and got up, trying to continue to escape, but fell down all of a sudden, apparently shot by an arrow in the thigh.

"Kill", a shout suddenly came from the darkness, and then dozens of torches were lit.Dozens of people rushed out from the surroundings, and the bandits who were injured and fell to the ground were captured alive in an instant.

"Catch those who are alive, don't kill them. The master said that these guys are still useful. If they are dead, just cut off their heads and take away the useful things." This is the voice of Tsuda Hiromune.

"My lord, there are too many trees, which hindered our pursuit. We couldn't catch up for a while, and those guys ran away." At this time, a panting ashigaru came to Tsuda Hiromune to report.

"Stop chasing them, let them come back. Those who run away will be greeted by someone. Hurry up and clean up here. Damn, staying in this woods full of traps at night makes people panic!", While giving the order, Tsuda Hiromune looked at the surrounding environment with lingering fear.

At the same time, Zheng Liang, who was waiting at the edge of the woods, looked at his watch. The time was 8:42 pm, nearly 4 hours since the teams left.So far, there has been no news from the teams.Zheng Liang stood there quietly, looking at the hazy mountain forest in front of him under the moonlight.Togo Heiji, who was next to him, was a little impatient for waiting, and kept pacing up and down next to Zheng Liang.He was feeling very uneasy at the moment, this would be a battle to reverse the fate of the territory.

"Ah!..." There were several screams in the dark night, which seemed particularly abrupt in this silent moonlit night.Dongxiang Heiji stood still with a "whoosh" and looked towards the direction of the scream, which was the woods near the stream.

"Your Highness, look..." Togo Heiji was already at a loss.

"Well, it seems that the battle has begun. Don't worry, Heiji, we will win." Masara patted Togo Heiji on the shoulder and comforted him.

Half an hour later, there was a "rustling" sound from the grove, and dozens of torches came out in a long queue.A hearty laugh was heard from a long distance away, "Hahaha, Your Highness, it worked, hahaha", it was obviously Tsuda Hiromune's voice.

Zheng Liang couldn't help but muttered in his heart, "Is there a need to be so happy? Even if we win all, there are only 10 people."

"Successful? That's great, God bless the Luo family!" When Dongxiang Heiji heard the good news, he quickly knelt down on his knees and shouted towards the sky.

Soon, the team going for the sneak attack completely walked out of the woods, and Tsuda Hiromune, who was in charge of leading the team, quickly walked towards Masara and Togo Heiji, "Hahaha, Your Highness, my lord, it succeeded. Three died, four were captured alive, and they escaped." Three. Hahaha," he said, raising an object in his right hand.

Zheng Liang took a closer look, shit, it turned out to be a head, still dripping with liquid.

"However, Your Highness," Tsuda Hiromune approached with eyes full of resentment.Looking at the head still dangling in his hand, Zheng Liang quickly moved away from this guy.

"Your Highness, don't run away, I have a very important request," Tsuda Hiromune saw Zheng Liang walking away, thinking that he had understood his request, and hurriedly chased after him, pleading.

"Stop, Guangzong, first put down what you're holding, if you have any request, just say it," Zheng Liang said quickly.Damn, Zheng Liang is not afraid of killing people, but he can't accept this disgusting behavior of using other people's heads as toys.

"Your Highness, it's...it's like this," Tsuda Hiromune threw the head in his hand to an ashigaru behind him, and then said falteringly.

"I said, Hiromune, when did you become a mother-in-law?" Zhengliang said quickly, unable to bear Tsuda Hiromune's hesitation.

"Your Highness, I ask you not to participate in such an ambush next time. I'm really panicking! If there is a vanguard action, I will take responsibility." Tsuda Hiromune finally expressed his thoughts.

Zhengliang couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words. This guy is really hopeless, but now there are pioneering actions for him, so he can only deal with it casually, "Okay, Guangzong, I will think about it next time."

Unable to stand Tsuda Hiromune's resentful face, Masara quickly called Togo Heiji as a shield, and then quietly waited for the result of the other team.About another hour or so later, there were footsteps on the path leading to Yegao Mountain, and a fire dragon slowly walked along the path.

"Your Highness, I have a duty to entrust you," Daxi Guozhi knelt down on his knees as soon as he came to Zhengliang, and said with great regret.

"Oh? Did something happen?" Zheng Liang felt very strange. The few bandits who escaped should be easily captured in a panic.

"Your Highness, only two bandits were captured alive this time, and one of them jumped into the creek and escaped by diving," Onishi Kuniichi said suddenly.

"Ah! It's good to have captured two alive. And it's also a good thing that someone helped me report to the mountain." Zheng Liang could only comfort him.

"Huh?", Onishi Kuniji, Togo Heiji, and Tsuda Hiromune were all puzzled by Masara's words.Seeing their expressions, Zheng Liang smiled, and then continued to explain, "In the past, we were worried about bandits attacking us. We only worried that too many bandits would come at once. Now the bandits are splitting into factions and attacking the village. This faction is the most powerful, and they have the power to gradually annex other factions. This time they have been hit, and they will definitely send people to attack us after they know. We must try to defeat the bandits one by one in batches, so as not to They have more time to integrate, once they are integrated, even if we defeat the bandits in the end, we will suffer heavy losses."

"Oh", the three of them suddenly realized, and then admired the lord's resourcefulness.

"Heiji, tie these captives to the pillars in the central yang square of the village, take care of the wounds a bit, don't let them die, I'm still useful," Zheng Liang glanced at the surrounding situation, and began to arrange.

"Yes, Your Highness," Dongxiang Heiji bowed immediately, and now he admired the young lord more and more.

"Guangzong, tell the ashigaru who participated in the operation tonight that each person will be rewarded with five buckets of miscellaneous grains; then arrange for them to rest as soon as possible, and it is estimated that the bandit's counterattack will come soon," Zheng Liang continued to arrange.

"Okay, I will arrange it right away." After bowing, Tsuda Hiromune immediately turned around to arrange it. After all, the ashigaru and others were indeed tired after a busy night.

"Then, Guozhi, please come to our guest and tell him that there is a new companion who needs to be confirmed by him," Zhengliang finally turned to Onishi Guozhi and said.