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Celebrating November 3, 5 -
It was a long day for Somo Tachibana, and it wasn't even noon yet.
"Retreat!! Return to Willow River Castle!!
Zongmao, who gave the decree yes, kicked the belly of the horse carrying a Chiyo who had lost his mind on his back.
Palace Nagawa was under Willow River Castle, and the castle was at the end of his eyes and nose.
Specifically, a short journey down the road to the castle and beyond the bridge that crosses the tributary of the Tsukuba River are already major gates.
He was made one of the four kings of Tachibana, and Lianzhen at ten o'clock, the chief minister, was in charge of the temple.
Calmly settled at any time, he will not let the Otomo soldier near him by repeatedly and without disturbance and accurately attacking the Otomo soldier with an iron cannon.
However, the Otomo soldier, who was imminent from behind, did not persist in pushing him away.
That's Tae-jung's.
"It's not funny to push a fleeing soldier out of his back.
Because if we can get cornered, there might be a strong inversion.
Until the time comes, just follow your back. "
Because there was a judgment that
And when Zongmao's horseback riding leading the way came to the bridge, an incredible sight popped into his eyes.
Oh, my God, the bridge was burned, precisely because it was about to fall now.
"Damn... who the hell..."
... and at that time, from Zongmao's left hand… i.e. the side of Tsukagakawa, an army with the Otomo flag came into sight to storm.
"Somo Tachibana! Ready!!"
It was the army of Yoshihiro Toshiyuki, who was expanding towards the sea.
The role of his army was to drive those who fled from the mansion toward the sea toward the castle, but after finishing his role it was to attack the army of Zongmao, who was retreating to Yanagawa Castle.
The Otomo Squad is approaching from behind, and from the left hand, a separate squad...
Zongmao has no choice but to take a path along the river to his right.
There is a bridge that leads to the castle, so we went there.
But the bridge has also been destroyed by someone.
"We don't have a choice... we're moving on!
Thus Zongmao's army gradually has to leave the castle.
Feeling the heavenly guard of Willow River Castle dwindling its appearance one by one, even more so, Zongmao proceeds along the river in search of a bridge. But that hope finally crushed.
How dare the last bridge burn down?
When this happens, we have to move further forward and towards the castle where the river widths have narrowed.
It was the presence of this river that made Willow River Castle more of a famous castle under heaven.
Using the water drawn from Tsukuba River, he stretched it like a maze, limiting the enemy's route of entry.
But for Zongmao, who stepped outside the castle, the trick now ironically replaced us with a trap that pushed us backwards.
Zongmao finally came to a shallow place with a river bottom that seemed like he could cross the river,
"All right, we're crossing here! After you cross, proceed to the castle all at once!
And I directed him out loud.
Zongmao waited for Lianzhen at ten o'clock of the temple to cross the river, leaving the lead to the horseback general who bound a dozen rides, and he stopped his horse's leg in front of the river.
Chiyo on his back is still not waking up and breathing weakly.
"Almost... Chiyo"
Speaking so gently, it was then that Zongmao also finally tried to cross the river.
"Now! Everybody! Shoot!"
I think the decree of a young woman who is high and clear that
Iron cannons were fired simultaneously from the bushes just across the river.
The attack with the pretend also stops the feet of the elites of Tachibana. The leading horseback riders have been shot at horses and are in turmoil, including those who fell into the river and horses who were surprised by the explosion.
But Zongmao immediately pulled the horseback riding squad together and immediately withdrew it from the river.
"Come on! Not here either! I don't have a choice! We're going further!
Judging so quickly, he tried to reorient himself further away from the castle.
But...
- Wow!!
And suddenly, when I thought the soldiers' voices had risen in front of me, the flag came into sight at the same time.
"Now Hot Island!!
"Are you still here! Tachibana Somo!! Ready!!"
It was Mauri Hot Island who was on his side as a teacher and mentor of Katsumo Hot Island who shouted so.
The day before this, he had met secretly with Yoshioka Apricot, a military master of the Great Friends Army, to hear about this manoeuvre to Somo Tachibana.
So the Hot Island Army also rode her measures, and Seung-Mao Hot Island continued to hit the Yanagawa Castle attack, and Mauri, led by an army of about three thousand, decided to wait for Seung-Mao's army.
Furthermore, from across the river, about a thousand troops led by Yoshioka Apricot poked Somo's side, and from behind, the main unit of Otomo Yoshiyuki, who also joined him, was approaching with four thousand men.
In other words, about a thousand troops led by Somo Tachibana were brilliantly surrounded by about eight thousand Otomo and the coalition forces of Hot Island.
Apricots called out loudly for him from across the river against Zongmao, whose march's foot stopped unexpectedly.
"Tachibana Somo! That's it for now!
Surrender without wasting the lives of your soldiers and ministers!!
However, Zongmao did not answer the recommendation and instantly turned his thoughts around on how to get through this difficulty.
First of all, not so many soldiers seem to be on the other side of the river.
In due course, it would be best to forcibly break through here and cut through to the castle.
But it is likely that a female warlord who has advised her to surrender from that riverbank was hunting herself down so far.
In doing so, it must be in your mind to come across the river.
Behind it, maybe Naomi Hot Island's main unit will be waiting by hand...
But there is no castle beyond which to return, even if we turn back the way we came, or if we keep moving forward, we must fight against the great army.
… then there is one thing to do…
Here began Somo Tachibana's spectacular retreat.
"Foot Squad!! Use bamboo and push through the river!!
In keeping with Zongmao's decree, when the ankle carrying a bunch of bamboo came out before the horseback riding squad, he put that bunch of bamboo in front of him.
"Shoot!!
An apricot decree releases artillery simultaneously toward the river.
However, a bunch of bamboo became shields and began to wear artillery shells.
And a single artillery attack followed a quiet gap,
"Move on!!!
And he ordered the whole army to move forward. The Horse Riders are brave enough to outrun the Foot Squad.
Somo, on the other hand, when he flew his horse to the palace, launched an attack on the Great Friend Army and the Hot Island Army, which covered his surroundings.
"The artillery squad! Previous!! Show him the power of Tachibana!
Orders like this surround around about half a circle around Zongmao, and the artillery squad puts up guns.
And by the ten o'clock chastity of his lord,
"Let go!"
Fire was blown simultaneously, along with a short decree that
Whatever it was, it lasted up to three degrees at a speed that didn't go unnoticed.
Besides, it wasn't shot by the dark clouds, it really shot through the enemy's knees and thighs precisely.
Funda Zongmao said that when this happens, you won't get too close to the murmur.
"And then please, Lian Zhen!
And when he entrusted this place to Lian Zhen, who was lying beside him, he continued to cross over to the other shore, and returned the shock to the horseback and foot riding squads who would advance toward the castle.
And by the time Zongmao finished crossing the river, the leading horseback and foot squadron had been in a brawl with the army of Yoshioka Apricots.
However, Tachibana's elite soldier's level of sophistication is about as different from heaven and earth as it was until the other day when he was a vagabond.
That's where the General's Zongmao came in.
It goes without saying that it has further strengthened the minds of the soldiers.
"Everyone!! Show him! The power of Tachibana's army! Yes!!
- Yes!!!
As the voices of the soldiers sounded as though they were ground sounding, the attacks of the soldiers increased their harshness.
Still, it was an army of apricots that had managed to hold up on the banks of the river, but when pressed together, it finally turned up the sound.
"Damn... unfortunately that's it...
Tachibana! You'll regret it... its choice "
"I'm not lost! I'm going home where I need to go! That's just it!
"Everyone! Retreat!!
And when the soldiers were instructed, the apricots withdrew their armies to Willow River Castle and those that departed.
The Tachibana army began to move forward vigorously towards Willow River Castle, like the water with the weir cut off.
... but soon hits a new army.
That was, of course, the Hot Island Army.
But it no longer had anything to do with Zongmao, such as which army his opponent was in.
"Throw it through. Ooh!!
The Hot Island Army, which picks him up, shoots a line of artillery.
Just like earlier, while protecting it with a bunch of bamboo, the foot squad creeps closer together.
... and then.
- Whoa, whoa!
Now enemy soldiers attacked me from my right hand.
"I'm so fucked!!
To that surprise, Zongmao turns his horse's neck to lead his own Kingsamurai squad to deal with it.
There, now another cannon blurs right in front of me.
But that wasn't aimed at Somo.
It was precisely the enemy army that was about to strike that was screwed in the footsteps.
"Lian Zhen!
"I'll take care of this place"
Soon after crossing the river, at ten o'clock Lianzhen and the artillery troops came to rescue Somo.
"All right! I got this place!
Once again, Zongmao moves on to the front line.
But what Zongmao saw there was not the self armies of the momentum of the bamboo earlier, but the appearance that was forcing the strong enemy to struggle.
"You're strong... Lord Naomi..."
Zongmao looked over the plain that stretched before him, along with Fufu Yanagawa Castle.
It is filled entirely with the flag of the Pan-island army, and if it were a mortal general, this landscape alone would make his face blue in despair and lose his willingness to fight.
And the strength of Naomi Hot Island's army stands out in Kyushu.
But... Zongmao was different.
"Along the river! Continue along the river and limit the direction of attack from the enemy!
Just think of breakthroughs!! Hey!!
Calmly and accurately conveying the situation's instructions to the soldiers on the front line, they themselves led the platoon to the struggling front line.
"No cowards in Tachibana! You lords are strong!! Push back with pride!! Yes!!
When the horse riders on the front line breathed back into Zongmao's encouragement, pushing back the enemy, they rode horses simultaneously and took a path along the river to pave the way for all the armies.
I made sure it was replaced there, and the foot squad put an end to the Hot Island Army assault.
But the pressure of the Hot Island Army is weak.
The soldiers of Tachibana, stretched along the river, withstood the pressure and continued to advance one step and another towards the castle.
One more and fewer soldiers, but still moving forward, Tachibana Army.
There Lian Zhen came forward and advanced to Zongmao.
"My lord, please flee on your own. We will clear the way." In order to give Chiyo a quick rest in the castle, you must make a decision. "
"But... I'm not leaving you lords..."
And, even while Zongmao is reluctant, the war situation changes.
And it was further hell waiting for them like that...
"You're here... destroy it!!
Dodd, dodd, dodd!
What an iron cannon was showered from across the river against the Tachibana armies that were moving like turtles along the river.
Dealing with this attack was just delayed.
Even when it came to the river, it was close to the moat where the water was just pulled, its width was not so wide, and it was possible to aim sufficiently from across the river.
In other words, in anticipation of their marching along the river, there was an army waiting in line for the artillery squad.
"Guru! What the hell is that old man!?
"Ka! It is an easy-to-aim product.
Set your aim at that unconscious woman on the horse!
Other than that, you don't have to aim!
Kill him! Kill him!
Yes... it was Tae-jung manipulating the Great Friend Army behind his back.
By his decree, the artillery was simultaneously directed at the Qian Dynasty on the back of Zongmao.
- Protect my lord!!
When a loud voice was raised with no one, the line was disturbed, and people gathered around Zongmao.
"How despicable!! Chiyo, I'll protect you!
Everybody! Don't mess with the line!
Pull the foot squad along the river, the horseback squad get off the horse and deal with the Hot Island Army!
This is the mountain range! Let's go!!
Zongmao gets off his horse, keeps her on his back, makes a cover and walks a little away from the river. The artillery is relentlessly showered to chase it, but the attack was launched by a foot squad that appeared in front of Zongmao.
But Tae-jun's aim was no longer met.
He was aiming for Zongmao to get off his horse. That was a measure not to miss on a single ride.
Now that he carries a thousand generations, Zongmao's actions have now been quite limited.
"You don't have to go after a woman anymore! All you have to do is shower as many artillery cannons as you can let their armies stretch vertically!
Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! "
In front of Zongmao and the others, Yanagawa Castle looks large, and they must be able to confirm it from the castle.
But it seemed close and far away, and it was hard to get to the Great Gate.
Still diligently, Zongmao eats up his teeth and moves forward.
There was no sensation in his arm, which already held Chiyo on his back, and he was paralyzed from the waist down, and whenever he took a step, his body snapped.
But it doesn't spill a single stupidity, and it keeps making hectic voices against enemies who encourage and imminent surroundings in order to masterfully manipulate the artillery squad.
There was no despair or impatience in that voice, and as usual, the strength and pride of not giving up in any adversity was restored.
However, Naomi Hot Island against him, of course, and the tactics of the old Thai man, were extremely skillful.
Reading the opponent's breath and subtly altering the artillery interval kept the opponent nervous, and as Tachibana soldiers attacked by a more intense sense of fatigue, where their defense was sweetened, they concentrated their artillery fire and defeated them.
The walls of the soldiers who twitch and protect Somo become thinner.
The late autumn sun is still high and, together, warms the air that makes you feel winter.
It's still a long day on November 3rd.
However, the distance between Tachibana Somo and Yanagawa Castle remained remote.