Chapter 930: Strategic Adjustment
In late February of the second year of Yonglu, under the leadership of Zhengliang, the Luo family's army of more than 20,000 people advanced together on land and land, and rushed towards Meimuli City of the Sabu family.
In terms of land, the Luo family army officially launched the battle from Rishan Castle in the north of Haibu County, Fenghou Guo, and advanced along the coast. After crossing Gaoping Mountain and Yanyue in the border area, the entire army crossed the Sumikawa, and finally set up a formation at the foot of Chima Mountain in the south of Haibu County, and faced Meimu Licheng on Meimu Li Mountain opposite.
At the same time, the navy led by Li Huamei also launched a battle from Beppu Bay, Fenghou Kingdom, and rushed into the Sabuki Bay with great momentum. Since the Sabuki family's navy was destroyed by the Luo family's navy several years ago, the Sabuki Bay, east of Meimuli City, instantly became the world of the Luo family's navy, with nearly 500 warships covering the sky and cruising in the surrounding waters.
On the second day after the Luo family's army set up camp on the ground and land, more than 2,000 reinforcements led by the adopted son of Xiyuan Temple, Shishenji, finally arrived by boat (his navy was also incorporated into the Luo family's navy at the same time), landed safely on the coast east of Meimuli City, and successfully joined the Luo family's army.
After arriving at the Luo Family Camp, Nishiyuanji Gonghiro also asked for the Luo Family Masara to see him and gave the command of the Xiyuanji family's military power to Luo Family Masara.
In fact, Nishizoji Gonghiro had objections to the order given to him by his father Shizuki Shizuki before he set off. Although the Xituji family and the Luo family were allies, and the strength of the Luo family was at its peak at this time, even so, the Xituji family did not need to hand over the most important control of the military power to the other party, right?
You should know that the military power of these more than 2,000 people is the lifeblood of the Xitu Temple family. In order to gather these more than 2,000 people, my father gritted his teeth and spent a lot of money to mobilize the territory. Although the invasion of the Luo family by the Luo family in the northern Yiyu area, the largest enemy of the Xitu Temple family, the Kono family, the Iyu Utsunomiya family, and the Ono family were threatened by the Luo family on land and sea to varying degrees, so he could not be distracted from the Xitu Temple family. As for the family in the south of the family, the family in the south of the family took the initiative to show kindness to the family because they were an ally of the Luo family, which greatly improved the situation around the family.
But these more than 2,000 people are the main military forces in our territory after all. Once they are seriously damaged in this guide, their strength will be seriously affected, and they will even be invaded by the Kono family, the Iyu Utsunomiya family, and the Ono family.
It is really difficult for Nishizoji Kohiro to understand this, and recently Nishizoji Kohiro also discovered that since the last time that the old family, Qingzong of the family, was sent by his father to the Luo family, brought back a secret letter written by the Luo family's governor, Masayoro. His father's mood suddenly improved, and he even held several banquets recently. His father's recent strange changes naturally made Nishizoji Kohiro deeply uneasy.
Masayoshi naturally didn't know about Nishizoji Kyuhiro's concerns, but according to the previous agreement in the letter, Nishizoji Mishen had to send reinforcements to support this time. In fact, at this stage, it is still impossible to completely surrender to the Luo family at this time. However, when the Luo family captured the last half of the Haibu County in Fenghou Kingdom, he even directly entered Hinaga and Mian Kyushu, making the Luo family directly become the only daimyo name that was across the sea from the Nishizoji family to the west. Then Nishizoji Mishen would surrender, and it was even possible that the Nishizoji family would become the first external daimyo name of the Luo family.
In fact, with the continuous development of the Luo family and the continuous advancement of the wheel of time in history, at this stage, in Zhengliang's view, the foreign policy of the Luo family should have changed. In the past, because the Luo family was weak and implemented a system different from this historical era, the Luo family had to ensure the consistency of all voices in its territory, so almost every step of expansion indicates that it was a mortal enemy of the local famous families.
Now, after more than ten years of development and expansion, the Luo family has established a large enough and solid base in Kyushu and the western country, and has guaranteed self-protection. Then, if the Luo family continues to implement the strategy of completely fighting the local wealthy family Daming every time they go to a new territory, even if the Luo family continues to expand, although the expansion speed will be greatly delayed.
However, the wheel of history will no longer wait for the Luo family. Now is an important historical turning point in the entire Warring States Period. If Masayoshi hopes to take advantage of this moment to make the Luo family leave a strong mark in the history books, then they must avoid being delayed by the surrounding forces. In this way, the Luo family naturally needs more allies and more helpers, and the Xituji family is one of the helpers appointed by Masayoshi. This time the strategy for Nan Kyushu is the first step for Masayoshi to win this helper.
Just when the Luo family army accepted the reinforcements of Xituji, the Shimazu family and Sabuki family coalition troops in the opposite city of Meimuli were in a panic. Since the Luo family army crossed the mountains and entered the territory of Meimuli City, Shinna Tadamoto, the Shimazu family, as the lord general, and Sabuki Shintaki, the Sabuki family, immediately retreated the defenders outside the city into the city, and then stopped moving. On the one hand, they waited for the opportunity to attack, and on the other hand, they waited for the arrival of reinforcements from the rear.
In fact, it is not that Xinna Zhongyuan and Sabuki Shin-tung were unwilling to take the initiative to fight against the Luo family's army, but in fact, their troops were too small compared to the Luo family's army's military power.
Since the Luo family destroyed the Otomo family and occupied most of the Fenghou Kingdom, and even pointed directly at the remaining half of the Nanhai county, the Sabuki family has been attacked and harassed by the Luo family. First, there were only a few naval forces with limited strength successively attacked by the Luo family and finally destroyed by the Luo family. Then, after taking control of the coastal waters of the Sabuki family, the Luo family began to continuously harass the Sabuki family's territory from the coast. During this period, the Sabuki family also joined forces with the Ito family's naval forces in the Hinata country south, trying to drive the Luo family's naval forces out, but even the Ito family's naval forces were defeated several times by the Luo family's naval forces, so the Sabuki family could only endure the continuous harassment of the Luo family alone.
Over the past few years, after being constantly harassed by the Luo family from the land and coastal areas, the farmers outside Meimuli City were either looted by the Luo family or moved away by the Zuo family. Therefore, there was a wilderness outside Meimuli City. Due to the limited military strength of the defenders, even if they were reclaimed by the military force, they would be destroyed by the harassed military forces of the Luo family. From then on, Meimuli City became a complete military fortress. However, in this way, due to the lack of farmers, the number of defenders in the city was even smaller. In this case, how could the defenders in the city dare to leave the city to fight against the Luo family?
Chapter completed!