As soon as Du Fei returned to his territory, he saw many remnants of the Shimazu family's troops running in panic on the road.
He grabbed a soldier who was running away and even threw off his bamboo hat and asked fiercely: "What's going on? Are you the defenders there?"
I saw the soldier taking several deep breaths, and then he calmed down after seeing that it was a military commander of my family and said: "The coalition forces of Ryuzoji Temple and Otomo family are calling! They seemed to know that we were in civil strife, and attacked our garrison at noon.
There are so many people in our county that we really can’t resist them.”
Did Otomo and Ryuzoji join forces? Du Fei was thinking that since the Otomo family had just suffered a heavy blow, there should not be many soldiers that could be sent out. The Ryuzoji family had been seriously divided during the year. Only Nabeshima Naoshige's nearly two thousand elite soldiers were a real threat.
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Du Fei suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity for him to expand his territory. He immediately ordered his army to change from the front to the rear, and march at full speed towards the county town that had just been captured by the coalition forces of Otomo and Ryuzoji!
When they rushed to the county seat at lightning speed, the allied forces of Otomo and Ryuzoji there had not yet finished clearing the battlefield.
Their soldiers were in loose groups, rummaging through the dead bodies for anything useful, whether they belonged to the enemy or their own side.
Suddenly, a younger Otomo found several coins on the body of a Shimadzu soldier. He shouted excitedly! Just as he was about to stuff the money into his pocket, he was stopped by a tall and fat dragon beside him.
The soldier who built the temple grabbed him: "I discovered this first! Let go, kid! Otherwise, I'll beat you up all over the floor!"
The little soldier from Dayou's family also showed no sign of weakness: "You discovered it first, so why didn't you put it in your pocket? How could you leave the money aside? You should let go!"
Seeing that the little man refused to let go, the soldier from Ryuzouji Temple became angry. He used his body advantage to push the little man to the ground with a fierce thrust.
The little man fell to the ground and was very angry. Just when he was about to call out to his companions for help, he suddenly seemed to see something and froze!
The tall and fat Ryuzoji soldier saw this and said to him triumphantly: "What's wrong? Why didn't you say anything? If you're afraid, I'll tell you that I'm the number one samurai of the Ryuzoji family."
Before he finished blowing, a Shimadzu cavalryman roared from behind and beheaded him! His head rolled to the feet of the little Otomo soldier!
This man was Du Fei's vanguard officer Dongxiang Zhongwei. He killed several unprepared coalition troops one after another and waved his hand towards the county town with the city gate wide open: "Great opportunity! Rush!"
Only then did the coalition forces, who were searching for trophies all over the place, finally regain their composure and run toward the city gate in despair, rolling and crawling.
Unexpectedly, because there were so many of them and they were walking in such a hurry, they suddenly got stuck near the city gate! Only then did the coalition soldiers who had been napping on the city wall wake up and hurriedly lowered the city gate.
Because he was so panicked, he didn't even notice the soldiers crowding under the city gate. The stone gate weighing several hundred kilograms smashed down, and dozens of people died immediately!
Except for a small group that got into the city by luck, the remaining coalition forces, who had suffered a lot, were unable to advance or retreat. They were forced alive into a blind corner by the city gate by Du Fei's army.
Dongxiang Zhongwei was about to wield his sword and lead his troops to kill them, but was stopped by Du Fei: "Wait! You have no way out! Your master has completely ignored your life and death and locked you out to die! For
Is it necessary for such a master to continue to work for him?"
Those coalition forces who thought they were bound to be suspicious looked at me and I looked at you, and they slowly began to whisper in agreement: "Yes, what he said makes sense."
When Du Fei saw that the defenders at the top of the city were already preparing to shoot, he quickly shouted: "Be careful! They are about to release arrows! If you don't want to die, come with me! If you serve as a soldier here, you will get eight salary per year!"
"Eight Guan Salary!" This sentence was very convincing. Some coalition forces who were originally hesitant suddenly became determined: "We will go with you!"
At this time, the coalition soldiers at the top of the city panicked and shot down the city with bows and arrows. Several trapped coalition soldiers were accidentally shot. At this time, everyone joined Du Fei's legion without hesitation, following Du Fei.
Fei's army withdrew from the shooting range of their bows and arrows.
Dongxiang Zhongwei looked at the city head and said to Du Fei confidently: "The defenders here are not very strong! And the command seems to be very messy! Let me lead the troops to capture it in one fell swoop!"
"Wait a minute!" Du Fei used his binoculars to carefully observe the movements of the enemy troops at the top of the city, and saw that there were some iron gunners among the archers.
***, he didn’t expect that the Huotong he sold to Longzao Temple would one day be used against him! He pulled over a coalition soldier who had just surrendered and asked: "Who is your commander? How many people do you have in total?"
"Sir, I am a member of the Ryuzoji Nabeshima Naoshige Army. The commander is Eriguchi Nobunaga. We have less than a thousand people in total, and most of them are deployed in the port city in front. There are only less than 300 people here because the main force is
I'm stationed at the fortress, so I didn't come here.
Eriguchi Nobujo? Du Fei thought of the swordsman who was defeated by him when he tried to collect protection money in the town. Unexpectedly, he also became a general of the Ryuzoji family, but it seemed that his ability to command battles was not as outstanding as his swordsmanship.
Du Fei then asked: "Where's the friendly army?"
"The Otomo Army seems to be led by a military general named Takahashi Shoun. But he is not here currently. He seems to be leading a large force to set up defenses in the port city in front. The Otomo Army currently in the city is a man named Tenmanda Chimi
The number of people leading the team is about five hundred."
In other words, there are less than 1,000 people in the city minus the nearly 100 people who were killed outside the city and the 100 people who surrendered. Now there are 500 people in the city, which is good. Du Fei was thinking about it while mumbling something.
"Sir! Let me capture the city! With this level of defense, we won't lose many men even if we attack!" Oda Shikatsu was also eager to give it a try.
But Du Fei didn't say anything, and he asked patiently: "You just captured the city, didn't you?"
"Yes, we started to attack the city at noon. When you came, we had just captured the city for a few hours."
"Then how much military rations do you have in the city? How much did you bring with you?"
"We didn't bring much military rations with us. We only had enough food after three days of marching all the way. Dayou's side didn't seem too optimistic. Originally we thought we would have some food when we conquered the city, but we didn't know that when they fled, they
All the military rations were burned down. I am in charge of military supplies, so I know better. Now we are about to run out of food."