Originally, Shimakatsu Takeshi set the target of the attack on Ze Castle, which was at the southernmost tip of Yamato Province and the farthest away from Shinkiyama Castle, and if he could capture this castle, it would be more likely to be defended. ^//^

However, when he saw that the morale of the army under his command and the monks and soldiers of the temples was completely gone, even if the city was only defended by four or five hundred people, it would be difficult to take it, if he failed to capture the city, then he would be entrusted by the lord to the second, and the most important thing was that if the city failed, the temples would have the last trace of expectations for the lord, and if they wanted to ask them to send troops to assist in the battle in the future, I am afraid it would be impossible, and he would become a sinner of the Tsutsui family.

Thinking of this, Shima Katsu had to change the target of the attack to Shishi Yan, this small stone is the closest to the family, and there are only 100 ashigaru defenses in the city, and the lord Shishi Yuansheng is even more incapable, I am afraid that when he sees the arrival of the army, he will abandon the city and flee without fighting, or return to his own family.

Shishi was too close to Tsutsui Castle, and the distance between them was only more than a mile, so when Shimakatsu led his army to a few hundred meters away, Shishi Yuansheng found out, and when he learned that there were thousands of enemies outside the city, as Shimakatsu thought about, before he launched an attack, he led his army to escape from this fortress and went to Shinguiyama Castle to take refuge in Naito Ruan.

The reason why he chose to flee and not return to Shun is because he knows that the strength of the Matsunaga family is far from being invincible to the Tsutsui family, and Matsunaga Shu has always been merciless to repeated people, if he submits to the other party, then when the Matsunaga family army arrives, then the family will be destroyed, but if he flees without a fight, although he will be punished for this, but he can regain the territory, in contrast, it is more beneficial for the family to flee.

And Shima Katsu saw that the enemy had fled, and he did not chase after him, but immediately led the army into the city, but he did not plan to leave the army to defend, firstly, because there was not much army to defend this small hill this time, and there was also a point that these ten cities were located in the plain, there was no danger to defend, and the wall was low, even if the army was sent to garrison, it was impossible to block the attack of the elite of the Matsunaga family, so he just wanted to take advantage of this to train the troops, so that the army under his command could restore some morale, and his ultimate goal was Zecheng.

Soon, Shimakatsu led his army into the empty bar, but because it was too small to accommodate 1,200 troops, and it was afraid that it would not be long before Matsunaga's army arrived, he stayed here for only a short time before leading his army away.

However, although it can be seen that the morale of the army under his command has risen, but it has not yet met his requirements, so Shima Katsutoshi did not recklessly lead the team to Zecheng but led the army to Longwang Mountain Castle, although the name of Longwang Mountain Castle is a city, but its scale is larger than the ten cities and limited, and this fortress is in the southwest of Tsutsui Castle, not far from Zecheng, if this city can be captured, then this city can be included in the rule of the family, if the Matsunaga family wants to attack here, Then you have to cross Tsutsui Castle and Kofukuji Temple to get here, so as long as you can capture Ryuwangsan Castle, then it can be said that as long as the Tsutsui family is not destroyed, then this castle will not be taken again.

However, the status of this dragon king mountain castle guard Tahara Nagalusuke in the Matsunaga family is not high, but he is not a local wealthy family, but a serious retainer of the Matsunaga family, he will not be as spineless as Toshi Yuansheng, and he will resist to the death to be expected, otherwise, even if he leads the army to escape, it will be difficult to escape the fate of seppuku in the end, which is also the reason why Katsutoshi did not attack here in the first place.

Sure enough, when he led his troops to appear outside the Dragon King Mountain Castle, Tahara Nagalusuke immediately began to command the 150 troops in the city to fight in the cage city.

However, it was already a little late to start preparing at this moment, and as soon as Shimakatsu arrived, he launched an attack on the city without stopping for a moment. Although the city was too small for all the 1,200 troops to be put into battle, the attack of 600 troops alone was not something that Tahara Nagalusuke and his troops could resist. …,

And in order to improve morale, Shima Shengmeng did not command the battle in this formation, but rushed to the forefront, and was the first to launch an attack on the Dragon King Mountain City, although the current reputation of Shima Shengmeng is not obvious, but this martial art is very invincible, and Tahara Chang Lusuke did not put the other party's young samurai in his eyes at all, he believes that the opponent's army is too much, I am afraid that it will not take long for the city to be breached, and now if you want to retreat from the enemy, there is only one way left, that is, to win the opponent's main general, only in this way, can the enemy retreat.

Thinking of this, I saw that he immediately came to the section of the city wall that Shima Katsu attacked fiercely, and wanted to take it with his own hands, but when the two of them fought, in order to wait for him to think more, he was asked for by Shima Katsu Meng, and he didn't even have time to regret it.

And among the defenders in the city, there are only a dozen people in the real banner, and the rest are peasant soldiers, when they find that the city lord has been killed, how can they still be in the battle, so they flee one after another, and the island Shengmeng is only to capture the city, and there is not much interest in these peasant soldiers, so they do not block, let them escape, to avoid losses.

After capturing this city, seeing that the lord will personally take the enemy defenders like a killing god, he can't help the morale array, although it has not yet recovered to the peak, but with the current morale, it is enough to capture Zecheng.

And this city is to be included in the family, and there is no room for mistakes, so Shima Katsutaki left a low-ranking samurai to lead a hundred troops to garrison the city, and on the other hand, he led the rest of the army to sail to Zecheng after repairing for two hours.

Zecheng is located in the southwesternmost part of Yamato country, if you go further south, it is a natural barrier Takami Mountain, and to the east of this city, is Mt. Yoshino, but it can be said that Zecheng is surrounded by mountains on both sides, if you wait to capture here, then the Tsutsui family can seize Yamato a country, retreat can be stationed here, resist the attack of the Matsunaga family, don't look at the Matsunaga family has thousands of elites, but with the danger of this city, as long as there is not an internal problem, then, it should not be too much of a problem to think of holding on until the reinforcements appear.

Therefore, in Shima Shengmeng's view, this city must be taken, must be taken, and if you don't take advantage of such a great opportunity as now, then you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life.

And Zecheng and Akiyama Castle are both territories under the rule of the Akiyama family, when attacking the ten cities, Shima Katsu Takeshi has sent someone to find out, the head of the Akiyama family Akiyama Naokuni is not in the territory now, but by the order of Matsunama Tong, leading two hundred banners to help it defend in Shingui Mountain Castle, it can be said that now it is not only Ze Castle, even its residence Akiyama Castle is also a defensive emptiness, otherwise, Shima Katsu Takeshi will never dare to fight the idea of this city.