Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 880 Patrol
Just when Yu Qiupei was about to send an envoy to ask Hideyoshi Hashiba how he planned to treat the legitimate son of the Ukita Nao family who was about to be captured, Sanada Masayuki suddenly said: "Your Highness, I feel that things are not that simple."
"Kibei?" Hearing Sanada Masayuki say this, Yu Qiuping's eyes gradually became serious, "What did you say?"
"Your Highness, I feel that the retainers of the Uki family would not be stupid enough to lead their young master to death." Sanada Masayuki walked to the edge of the sand table and pointed to Shimotsui Castle at the southernmost tip of the Kojima Peninsula and said, "This place is surrounded by the sea on three sides.
, the only land is blocked by our army, and there is no place to run. The retainers of the Uki family also know that they are completely incapable of taking the young master away by sea, so they should not be brought here by the young master. If they want to
Run away, when we were in Okayama Castle, we could directly arrange for someone to take their young master to escape from the Maori family, so why bother throwing ourselves into a trap?"
"Didn't we send a lot of cavalry and ninjas to the west of Okayama Castle to prevent the Uki family from evacuating to the Maori family's territory?" Yu Qiuping recalled the deployment a few days ago, "Maybe they saw that there was no hope of retreat, so they went there.
Evacuated from Shimojinjing Castle."
"If the young master of the Uki family is really in Shimotsui Castle, then I think the defenders will definitely surrender to us in exchange for the young master's safety, instead of holding on like this to the end." Sanada Masayuki gestured to Yu Qiupei.
Gesture, "Their persistence is meaningless except delaying time. If they really consider the safety of the young master, they will definitely not want to let Xiajinjing City be bombarded by Jingzhe Preparation. Otherwise, the cannonballs have no eyes. How many masters will there be in case of Yuxi?"
Anyway, what should they do?"
"Perhaps they want to hold on for a while and find a place to hide the children of the Ukita Nao family." Yu Qiuping tilted his head and thought for a while, then gave a possible explanation.
"If you really want to hide, why not hide in Okayama Castle?" Sanada Masayuki raised his eyebrows, "Hide in the small town of Shimotsui Castle. We searched the whole city and found that there was no place to run. There is such a big area around Okayama Castle.
The castle town looks more suitable no matter how you look at it.”
"You mean..." Yu Qiuping seemed to understand what Masayuki Sanada wanted to express, "The retainers of the Uki family did not take the young son to Shimotsui Castle at all, but hid him in the castle town of Okayama Castle during the evacuation?"
"It should be so." Sanada Masayuki patted the edge of the sand table, "This way it makes sense that these defeated soldiers are stubbornly resisting on the Kojima Peninsula. They just want to attract our attention as much as possible and make us mistakenly think that Ukita
The young master is hiding here, so the ninjas are transferred here from outside Okayama Castle to block and search. This way, the young master and the guards who were originally hiding in the castle town of Okayama Castle have the possibility of escaping."
"You're right, I was almost deceived by them." Yu Qiuping nodded in realization, and immediately ordered Sanada Masayuki, "Then let Aooka quickly lead the team back to search the castle town of Okayama Castle."
"No, Your Highness." Sanada Masayuki raised his hand again to stop Uakiuhei's order, "The Ukita family has been operating in Bizen for many years, and the Ukita Nao family is a master of assassination. It is impossible not to have a mature intelligence system. We
If there is any movement here, problems will be discovered in Okayama Castle, and they may immediately organize Lord Uki to force a breakout. Many of our ninjas have already gathered on the Kojima Peninsula, and it may be too late to rush back."
"Then what do you mean..." Yu Qiuping asked thoughtfully.
"Just do the opposite." Sanada Masayuki smiled at Yu Qiuping, "To put it bluntly, it's a lie."
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On the evening of August 12, the eighth year of Tianzheng (1580), we went to the head of Jinjing City.
"There are a lot of ninjas here." Nagafune Tsunao, who had been paying attention to the situation in the surrounding castle town at the top of the castle, said to his younger brother Nagafune Sakyuki beside him.
"How many people are there in total?" Nagafune Sadahiro asked in a lowered voice, as if there were already enemy ninjas at the top of the city.
"You can't tell at all, it's all well hidden." Nagafune Tsunao gave a somewhat contradictory answer.
"I can't tell the number of people. Brother, why did you say there were so many ninjas?" Nagafune Sadayuki apparently heard the strangeness in his brother's words.
"I previously arranged a dozen secret sentries in the castle town, and I made an agreement with them to have them hide in a safe place and send me a signal from time to time." Nagabune Tsuna raised his finger and pointed at the dead silent castle town outside Shimotsui Castle.
, "And since Youshi, there has been no more signal. They have probably all been caught."
"A dozen secret sentries were arrested in half an hour?" Changfeng Dingxing was shocked when he heard this, "How many ninjas from the Yuqiu family came?"
"The Military Intelligence Department of the Yuqiu family...that is a more powerful existence than any ninja now." Nagafune Tsunao laughed twice and rubbed his hands to hide his nervousness, "But this also shows that we succeeded.
The ground has attracted the ninjas from the Yuqiu family, it’s time to inform the young master hiding in the castle town of Okayama Castle to retreat.”
"Send a bonfire signal for emergency evacuation?" Changfune Dingxing immediately became nervous and took a deep breath.
"As soon as we gave the signal, the guards protecting the young master immediately ran to Bichaka Takamatsu Castle. If there were really ninjas ambushing them, they would ride on the horses prepared before. The ninjas of the Red Leaf Army would definitely not be able to catch up on the plains.
." Nagafune Tsunao nodded slightly and turned his gaze to the north, "Our ninjas who stayed in the north of the Kojima Peninsula have not sent any signals, which means that the ninjas from the Ameki family's military intelligence department have no intention of returning to Okayama Castle.
But most of them are here in Xiajinjing City. They must think that the young master is here."
"The last piece of news that can be passed in is that the Yuqiu family only has a few teams of messengers going back and forth between Okayama Castle and Kojima Peninsula, and there is no big movement." Nagafune Tsunao murmured to himself the information just now, and finally made a decision.
As if determined, "Let's light the bonfire."
"But once the bonfire is lit, will Yuqiu Hongye notice what signal we are sending?" After all, the safety of the young master is at stake, so Changchun Dingxing cautiously confirmed.
"The ninjas from the Yuqiu family didn't have time to rush back. Didn't we calculate it several times?" Nagafune Tsuna looked directly at his younger brother, "Even if the ninjas from the Yuqiu family go back first, we will light a bonfire here.
When the bonfire reached the gates of Okayama Castle, it was too late for Young Master and the others to break through."
"I got it." Changfune Dingxing swallowed and looked back at his brother, "Then let's light the fire."
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Not long after, in Amagi in the northern section of the Kojima Peninsula, in a bush beside the official road, four or five ninjas from the Uki family were carefully hibernating here. Their task was to monitor the traffic conditions of the official road. Once they discovered the brigade's
The ninjas of the Yuqiu family rushed back and immediately lit a bonfire as a warning, allowing the guards of the Uki family lurking in the castle town of Okayama Castle to escape with their young master immediately. However, after they waited for so long, the people passing by the official road were only a few routine transactions.
It's just a messenger, nothing seems to happen.
Just as they continued to stare at the official road with all their attention, the rising smoke from the south suddenly surprised them: "What do you mean? Did you find that the ninjas of Yuqiu's family were driving back, or did you say that they successfully captured Yuqiu?"
Lure all the ninjas to the castle?"
"Don't think about other things, execute the order first." The chuunin who led the team maintained his usual calmness at this moment, gestured to these subordinates and said in a deep voice, "Light a fire, light a bonfire, and notify Okayama Castle."
Under the urging of the chunin, a bonfire quickly rose in the sunset.
"Sir, do you want to retreat now?" Seeing that the chunin had not given the order to retreat, the chunin's subordinates asked uneasily, "Someone will be here soon."
"No, it's a little late now, and the bonfire may not be visible as clearly as during the day." The Chuunin was cruel and ordered in a low voice, "In order to ensure that Young Master can definitely see the signal, we must fight to the death to keep the bonfire lit for a while longer.
, don’t be destroyed by the Yuqiu army coming.”
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At this moment, outside the castle town of Okayama Castle.
"The bonfire is lit."
A group of cavalrymen dressed as messengers who gathered in the southwest of Okayama Castle Castle saw the bonfire lit in the direction of Kojima Peninsula. They stood up one after another, untied the reins of their horses and got on their horses. The leader was the one who was ordered to carry out this mission.
Asahina Yahei's mission.
"Sanada-sama had anticipated it all. We really communicated through the bonfire." Asahina Taihei couldn't help but admire, and glanced at the cavalry around him. They were all Yu Qiupei's guards, and they were ten ten in the name of messengers.
They moved from Shimotsui Castle to the southwest of Okayama Castle inconspicuously, and now the number of them has reached 50.
"Next, our ninjas in Okayama Castle will revolt. If nothing happens, the Uki family's cavalry will save their young master and escape towards Bitchu Takamatsu Castle." Asahina Taihei pointed to the official road to the north,
"As soon as a small group of cavalry appears, we will be ready to pursue them!"
At the same moment, a customer was welcomed into a fabric shop in a remote corner of Okayama Castle Town that had not yet closed. The shopkeeper walked up to greet the business with a smile. The customer said unhurriedly: "Boss.
, are there any new silks?”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then asked calmly: "Here we come, may I ask what kind of sex you want?"
"Sapphire blue." The guest asked in a lowered voice.
"Please come with me." The store manager smiled again and stepped aside half a step to lead the customer into the store. After the customer confirmed that he had reached a safe place where he could not be seen or heard, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Come from Xiajinjing Castle.
The bonfire signal is given, let the young master move immediately."
"I know." The shopkeeper responded and handed the guest a piece of sapphire blue silk. "Stay in the shop for a while before going out to avoid suspicion. God knows if anyone from the Yuqiu Family's Military Intelligence Department has planted spies here.
."
"We can't delay. If the bonfire signal is given, the Yuqiu family might send someone back." The guest said anxiously, "Hurry up and take the young master away."