Chapter 651 Flyer Offensive

Jianglang used this enemy-siding strategy several times, and Hosokawa Katsumoto was also anxious, so he sent a number of people to search. Jianglang did not send these people out, but because of these singing, these soldiers all felt homesick. Although the morale of the Kou Mu Army had not been completely shaken, there was one thing that the morale of the soldiers had been somewhat shaken, and this mind was not focused on fighting, but on homesickness.

Jianglang closely paid close attention to Hosokawa Katsumoto's every move. He did not send troops, and Hosokawa Katsumoto did not dare to attack rashly. After all, he now has an advantage in the number of people on the front line, but this battle cannot be delayed for too long. The supply for hundreds of thousands of troops was very heavy, so Jianglang also accelerated his pace.

The night fell again, and Hosokawa Katsumoto patrols the city wall again. At night, he finally couldn't hear the song, and he felt much more at ease. Today, the song made people panic, and the soldier's emotions were greatly affected. If this continues, it is estimated that his army will be in chaos before the battle has been fought.

When the breeze blew, Hosokawa Katsumoto felt a hint of chill, took a deep breath, and looked up to the distance.

But at this moment, some fire suddenly rose from the distance, and the fire seemed so clear in the night.

There was a faint loud noise.

"artillery?"

Hosokawa Katsumoto was the first to think of this, but after a closer look, it was not, because the fire was flying in the air now, with about a dozen.

Soon, the flames arrived above the city and exploded with a bang, and the sky was dyed red.

"Fireworks?"

Hosokawa Katsumoto couldn't help but say strangely, why did anyone set off fireworks at the third update of the night? So he couldn't help but look up at his head.

There is nothing unusual.

So I shook my head. Maybe I was suspicious, but I was still wondering who was setting fireworks here?

Then he turned his head and said to the soldier next to him: "Tell me my order and send someone to see what's going on?"

The soldier immediately went to the flyer to Hosokawa Katsumoto's order.

Hosokawa Katsumoto was still walking forward, but just after walking a few steps, something suddenly fell on his head. He looked down and found that it was a piece of paper, but the paper was full of words.

He picked up the paper curiously. Katsumoto Hosokawa came to the burning torch on the city wall. Then, when the light of the torch was seen, he was stunned. It turned out that the title of the paper was "The Book of the Soldiers of Hosokawa Katsumoto" and the content on it was completely inflammatory language. What should the battle end as soon as possible and then go home to reunite with his family. If the battle stops, he can go back to reunite with his family. At the same time, if the rule of Ashikaga Yoshimasa is recognized, the land will be redistributed, everyone has land and everyone has food to eat, and taxes will be exempted for three years. After three years, the taxes will only be one-third of the original one.

To put it bluntly, it is a reduced version of the policies implemented in the occupied areas, and the signature is Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Seeing these, Hosokawa Katsumoto kneaded the paper in his hand into a ball. Looking up, he saw that countless pieces of paper were falling from the sky, just like snow, and the landing was very wide, almost including all places.

"asshole!"

Hosokawa Katsumoto couldn't help but cursed, and now he understood that those who just now were not fireworks, but some people used fireworks to scatter these things to their camps, and they didn't have to think about it and knew who did this. It was naturally the idea of ​​the scheming general of the Ming Dynasty. A few days ago, he used singing to arouse the homesickness of his soldiers, disturbing the morale of the army, and making his soldiers feel unwilling to fight. He was thinking about going back to reunite with his family, and now he spreading these things. If the soldiers saw them, wouldn't it be even more chaotic? The wavering of the morale of the army cannot be ignored. Moreover, in the occupied areas recently, their series of actions have reached the ears of these soldiers. Adding the leaflets that suddenly appeared in the city some time ago has already shaken the hearts of the people. After all, the self mentioned here has no way to give them.

Thinking of this, can Hosokawa Katsumoto still sit still? Immediately let the soldiers pass the orders and confiscate the papers that fell from the sky.

However, it was obviously over. When the order was conveyed, most of the leaflets had fallen on the ground and were picked up by curious soldiers. Although there were not many people who could read among these soldiers, some were literate, so many people gathered to discuss what was written above.

These soldiers were born poor people. One of the big reasons for joining the army was to rely on salary to support their families. Another reason was that their families could not support them at all. They were only in the army. Land was a luxury for them. They could only rent land from landlords, and they worked hard for a year, and they could not even make ends meet. However, those landlords, without work, did not go to the fields, or planted, but could have rich clothes and delicious food and happiness, just like Du Fu's poem: The rich family smelled of wine and meat, and the road was frozen to death!

Because of these, there are actually great conflicts between these people and those rich families.

How many of these soldiers who came to join the army were the children of rich families? They were not children of poor families, so they were treated as consumables, and no one cared about them even if they died.

In this book, it depicts a scene that only they can appear in their dreams. There is no war, there is their own land, and there will be a wonderful harvest after hard work. In the end, there will be no food or clothes that can't be warm.

With the influence of the late night singing some time ago, when these soldiers saw these flyers, they naturally couldn't help but think of their family members who were suffering at home, unable to fill their stomachs and not covered their clothes. Their homesickness was naturally aroused.

At the same time, another question emerged, and many people were thinking in their hearts, what was the purpose of this war? If we really didn’t fight and could have such a life, why fight?

Moreover, as long as Hosokawa Katsumoto is still in power, the things described here cannot be realized at all, and his family will still be frozen and hungry.

If Jiang Lang's enemies around him have shaken the morale of the army, the current flyer offensive has fundamentally shaken the hearts of these soldiers, at least they will wonder whether this battle is worth fighting. Of course, the most important point is that the signature is Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who is the highest ruler.

When Hosokawa Katsumoto discovered the problem, he immediately sent his own direct troops to start confiscating these flyers, or because one was Hosokawa Katsumoto's direct troops. Just like the imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty, these direct troops usually look arrogant and do not take these ordinary soldiers seriously at all. When confiscating, they inevitably seem very rough. Because of the influence of the contents of the flyers, the soldiers now seem very unstable, so disputes also occur. During the disputes, the situation of taking action also begins to occur, which further stimulates the soldiers. Although these are some small riots, it is undeniable that the riots further aggravate the soldiers' dissatisfaction.

However, Hosokawa Katsumoto doesn't care about so much now. He has taken very severe punishments to these riot soldiers, with the purpose of hoping to suppress the soldiers' resistance through power.

Although this approach did make it much more convenient for the personal guards to confiscate them, there were countless leaflets falling from the sky. And of course these soldiers were not the kind of honest people, and some of them secretly kept the leaflets. At the same time, there were also discussions in private, which had become a trend and could not be stopped at all.

The matter of Hosokawa Katsumoto was originally over, but in fact it was not the case. After launching the first flyer, Jianglang ordered people to launch the second flyer. This flyer was more sensational than the first one, and even more exciting the soldiers' hearts that were already very unstable in the lesson.

This is different from the first song. There are still traces to follow for the first time. This time, there is no way to confirm that these fireworks are there, because every time they are suddenly launched, and after the launch, they immediately disappear without a trace. No one knows when and where they will be next time.

Hosokawa Katsumoto was so worried about this that he also sent a spy to ambush, intending to investigate and confirm that the fireworks were fired there, but every time, these spies would be killed quietly, and the flyer still soared into the sky.

Every time the flyer falls from the sky, it will greatly stimulate the nerves of Hosokawa Katsumoto. Now there are more and more unstable factors in the army, which is already very unfavorable to the stability of the army.

Another thing happened at this time, that was that the Ming army began to move and approached here.

This time, the Ming Dynasty was coming in full force, and a total of nearly 300,000 troops were transferred.

Hosokawa Katsumoto has no other choice now, so he has chosen to deal with it, and has also gathered a large army to be ready to deal with the attack of the Ming soldiers at any time.

But unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty did not attack directly, but set up camp at a distance from Hosokawa Katsumoto Castle, and set off an offensive momentum. At the same time, artillery and other artillery were almost all introduced into the position.

It looks like a big battle is imminent.

But to Hosokawa Katsumoto's surprise, the Ming Dynasty did not choose to attack immediately, but this did not make him feel very good. Instead, he had a very vague premonition in his heart.

And this premonition quickly became a display.
Chapter completed!