When Takamasa Saji came down, he only listened to Watanabe's number of horses, and asked in a bit of a panic: "Lord, the Li family's water army has now captured the two water villages of the family, and it seems that there is no intention of retreating, this... How that should be? ”

"Report, lord, the big thing is not good, the Ataka Navy has been wiped out by the Maori Shimadzu coalition army two days ago, and I ask the lord to decide." As soon as Watanabe finished speaking, he saw a man dressed in the bow of the boat running in from outside in a panic, and shouted directly without even saluting.

"Fart, what are Maori and the Shimazu Navy, if this kind of news that disturbs the morale of the army is reported again, it will not be spared, get out!" Originally, after this defeat, the Nine Ghosts Jialong was hesitating to send someone to Awaji to transfer the Ataku Water Army to participate in the battle, although the combat effectiveness of the Ataku Water Army was worse than his own, but because he had already prepared, he could still fight with the other party, and now he suddenly heard that the Ataku Water Army was destroyed, his first thought was not to believe it, and the second thought was that this was fake news spread by the enemy.

After all, even if the Maori Navy and the Shimazu Navy are combined, they are only about the same number of ships as the Ataka Navy Army, and whether they can win or not will not be said first, but it is impossible to be eliminated by the other party, and the enemy's two Navy armies do not have such weapons as iron cannons, so it is impossible to cause panic in the Ataka Navy Army.

And although the lord was angry, the bow of the ship did not mean to leave, but continued: "Lord... Lord, this is not a rumor, but... Rather, it was the news brought by Lord Noguchi under the command of Lord Ataka himself. ”

"Noguchi Nagamune!" When this name was spoken, the Nine Ghosts Jialong only felt a flower in front of him, and almost fainted, Noguchi Nagazong is an important minister of the Ataku family, he naturally knows this, since it is the news sent by Noguchi Nagazong, it will definitely not be fake news, but how did the special Ataku Navy Army be destroyed so easily, what is the big deal! This news was like a thunderbolt in the heart of the Nine Ghosts Jialong, and now he only had one thought, that is, the Gao Shan Water Army was probably going to be completely finished.

Seeing that the lord was about to faint after hearing the news, Funakoshi Masayuki hurriedly rushed to his side, held the lord up, and said loudly: "Please also take care of your body, as long as there is a mountain hall, this family will not perish, lord... ”

The Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka did not pay attention to the persuasion of Funakoshi Masayuki, but after a moment of relief, he immediately asked the bow of the ship to bring Noguchi Nagamune, he must understand how the Ataka Navy was eliminated, after all, the Ataka Navy is not only the Takayama family's water army, but also nominally his own command, now that the Ataka Navy has been destroyed, if he doesn't know anything, how to ask the lord for help, and how to ask the lord for help.

With the arrival of Noguchi Nagamune, it didn't take long for everyone present to know from his mouth how the Ataka Water Army had been completely wiped out, and at this time they were speechless.

And now the only thing they can think of is to hold on to the water village and ask for help from the Gaoshan clan.

But it's obviously too late to ask the lord for help now, and I don't know how much time it will take to come back and forth, and by the time the Takayama family's reinforcements arrive, the Kumano Navy will have long ceased to exist at that time.

At this time, the nine ghosts have also calmed down, and it is obviously too late to go to Odawara Castle to ask for help from the lord, but you can ask for help from the wise lord of Owari, Toba and the west coast of the Ise Peninsula, the road to Owari is not blocked, if there is a wise lord to help, then even if the Kumano water army is eliminated, it can also ensure that Shima is not lost, Shima is too important to the Takayama family, its existence is the same as the Nagamune family, it is to contain the Kinai Kishita army, if it is lost, then it is convenient to go out to fight without scruples.

Thinking of this, I only heard the Nine Ghosts Jialong say: "I have already made a decision on this matter, although it is too late to ask the Lord for help, but we can completely ask the wise Lord for help." ”

"My lord, now that Ise has been occupied by the Kinoshita family, even if Wise Lord is willing to lend a hand, he won't be able to get by." As soon as the Nine Ghost Jialong finished speaking, he only heard the Nine Ghost Family's retainer Aoyama Tadashi speak.

This point has been thought about by the nine ghosts Yoshitaka for a long time, although it can't be passed by land, but because the Ichika is east of the Ise Peninsula and the other water village is east of the Ise Peninsula, the other party can't block the sea route to Owari at all, so since the land route can't be passed, then the only way is to take the sea route.

However, if you want to transport troops by water, you will have to use a large number of ships, and if these ships are sent, it will be no different from abandoning the Toba Fortress, and once there are no ships, it will no longer be possible to restrict the landing of the other side, and Toba Castle will be the last line of defense against the enemy's attack.

But is there any other way but this, obviously there is no more, so after making a decision, the Nine Ghosts Jialong sent all thirty ships out, and also transferred all the troops in the water village to Toba City, wanting to use this city to resist the enemy's attack.

However, what is exciting is that Li Dan still does not seem to have the intention of attacking Toba Castle, although after the arrival of Maori and Shimazu Naval Army, he launched an offensive on this city with 3,000 troops, but there are still 1,000 and 5 troops in the city, and they can't capture this city at all for a while, although they occupy Toba Castle, but they have no way to do it for a while, and finally have to send people to Himeji Castle to report to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, hoping to dispatch the military forces of Ise and other countries to completely wipe out the Kumano Naval Army.

And since Owari and Toba are not far away, Akechi Mitsuhide, who was stationed at Cheongju Castle at this moment, was the first to see the envoy Funakoshi Masayuki sent by the Nine Demons Yoshitaka.

After receiving the news, Akechi Mitsuhide was also very shocked, especially when he heard that there were Ming people participating in the war this time, and the other party also had more than a thousand iron cannons, he also changed from shock to a little panicked, but he didn't know the importance of Shima, although there was no order from the lord, but he definitely couldn't sit idly by and ignore this matter.

But let him send an army to rescue, this matter made him hesitate, Shima country is important, but Owari is also on the front line, if he really sends a large army to the rescue, then what should Owari do, he doesn't believe that Kinoshita Hideyoshi will not take advantage of the emptiness of this country will not send the Ise army to attack, by then it is still unknown whether the Kumano water army can be saved, but Owari will definitely not be able to keep it. Moreover, the opponent has thousands of iron cannons, which is enough to inflict a lot of casualties on the troops under his command.