After that, the army bypassed Mt. Yagi to the west, pointing directly at the nearby big city Katagami Castle, the defender of Katagami Castle was Urakami Sokage's retainer and close minister Nobumasa, speaking of this guard, he was still a little famous in Bizen country, he was just over thirty years old, but he was born in a wealthy family of Bizen country, and when he was six years old, he was able to write a large-character ode to the book, known as a prodigy, and he could recite poetry and learn a lot, so he was recruited by the Urakami family. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info later became the lord of the city because of his internal merits, and after becoming the lord of the city, he was frugal and methodical, and he was a corporal of courtesy, so he had a good reputation before the preparation, and he was very insightful in governing government affairs, but his biggest characteristic was that he was outspoken and dared to admonish.

But he was just ruined in his outspokenness, Urakami Zongjing is a person who is eager for quick success, and the most unpleasant thing is that someone accuses him, and the close minister believes in the government and advises directly, so he just hit the muzzle of Urakami Zongjing. Urakami Zongjing felt that this person was annoying, and was directly assigned to Katashang City, Yijiu County, and since then he has been abandoned here by Urakami Zongjing, and has not been reused by the lord, and it has been eleven years.

Speaking of this close minister, Nobumasa, he was not prepared to submit to the Kuroda family at first, but the Kuroda family has developed rapidly in recent years, especially after bordering Bizen Province, and he has begun to realize the threat of the Kuroda family to the Urakami family. And he paid special attention to the news from the Kuroda family, what new farming methods, what armament building, he knew that once the Kuroda family could not be suppressed, their rapid development would be irrepressible, in this case, if the Urakami family could not eliminate the Kuroda family, then the Kuroda family would inevitably eliminate Urakami, and now after the Urakami family sent troops, the Kuroda family still has the strength to enter Bizen Province, which means that his prediction is not wrong, and the Kuroda family may really destroy the Urakami family this time. Rather than stick to Urakami, it is better to join the Kuroda family, and maybe what he has learned can be put into practice.

When Kuroda's army arrived, he did not hesitate to surrender the Kuroda family. Iate Tomoshi had a long talk with Kontomi Nobumasa, and Imate Tomoshi was surprised by Kontomo Nobumasa's knowledge and internal affairs ability, and directly brought Kontomi Nobumasa to the army as a servant in the army.

After capturing Katagami Castle, the Itetomo clan marched towards Honda Castle, the starting point of the Bizen Kuni side of Tofuku Ako Street. Because of the difficulty of the mountain road, the army came to the city of Honda City in the afternoon of the same day. Honda Castle is an important place for the Urakami army, and the Urakami family has left more than 100 ashigaru to defend the city, and this is the storage place of the Urakami family's grain and grass, and the Urakami family never imagined that the Kuroda family would dare to attack their rear.

Like Sanshi Castle, the defender of Honda Castle is also a diehard loyalist of Urakami Sokei, and under the persuasion of the Kuroda family, he does not accept surrender, but sticks to the castle and makes a posture of living and dying with the city.

Imate Tomoshi could only order the siege again, and under the attack of crossbow arrows, fierce generals, and elite soldiers, Honda Castle fell directly after not being defended for long. Originally, the guards in the city wanted to set fire to grain and grass, which was not cheap for Kuroda's family. However, Xiaohe Liangli, who had entered the city, saw a fire in a place not far from him, and estimated that the enemy wanted to burn grain, so he led people straight to the grain depot, and after killing the defenders, he extinguished the fire and saved hundreds of stones of grain. The defenders of the castle wanted to escape before falling into the city, but they were intercepted by Miyata Mitsuji and killed at the gate of the city.

There were still a few ashigaru people in the city who took advantage of the chaos to run out of the city, but they were all just out of the city, and they were attacked and killed by the Tongxin people who had already been ambushed outside.

After the fall of Honda Castle, Imate Yushi immediately ordered the carpenter who accompanied the army to begin to direct the reinforcement of the castle, this carpenter is a Ming countryman, a slave bought back in Sakai Town, can speak island dialect, and was originally a carpenter, can build a little, so he followed the Yasui Doton brothers to learn the new style of castle construction, and now with the army, specializing in the transformation of the important castle in the occupied area. Of course, the renovation of the city was mainly to drive the captive Urakami Ashigaru in the city and requisition the nearby people.

While Imate Tomoji led the 800 main force to rest at Honda Castle, Miyata Mitsuji and Urakami Kiyomune led 30 crossbows and 30 standing ashigaru, and 100 peasant soldiers to attack Fukuura to the west of Honda Castle.

The Fukuura clan is just a small wealthy family in Ekuku, and Fukuura is a small hill built on the mountainside, and when the Kuroda family's army came far outside the mountain, they had already seen the military momentum under the banner of Kuroda. After a short period of deliberation, the clansmen who stayed at home decisively opened the door of Fukuura to welcome Miyata Mitsuji's army into the house, and said that the Fukuura family surrendered to the Kuroda family.

Later, under the leadership of the Fukuura family, Miyata Mitsuji's army persuaded the Gansheng family to surrender and conquered the Hankawa family. In the end, he turned around and gathered 400 men of Miyata Koji of the Fukuura family and the Gansheng family to the north, passing through Xirakuji Temple, capturing the Fujino family and occupying a large area of land behind Honda Castle. After that, Miyata Mitsuji led 400 people back to Honda Castle to participate in the renovation of Honda Castle, preparing for the attack of Urakami Sokei.

When the Imate Tomoshi attacked the front line of Honda Castle, the Musato Kobei set out from Yamatsuda Castle and marched all the way to the west, and the castles along the way, such as Kanaya, Nantani, Yoshimo, and Yoshida, all fell in sight of the wind, and none of them resisted, and by the time the 800 Muri army came to Tenjin Mountain Castle, it had become an army of 1,000 people.

Tenjin Mountain Castle is the residence of Urakami Sokei, the first fortified castle in Waki County, built on the mountain. The guardian of Tenjin Mountain Castle is Uragami Munetsu, the eldest son of Urakami Munekei, and Otawara Sotoki, the son of Hattori Hisashi, the son of Hattori Hissaka, and Otawara's sister-in-law. There are 100 ashigaru and 300 peasants and soldiers in the mountain city of Tenjin. It wasn't until the army of Musato Kobei came to the castle that Tenjin Mountain Castle knew that the Kuroda family had attacked.

Urakami Sochen stood at the head of the castle, looked at the 1,000-strong army of the Kuroda family outside the city in shock, and immediately anxiously asked the Hattori Jingjia and Ota Harahara Sotoki: "Kuroda army, it's the Kuroda army, how did the Kuroda army come to the castle of Tenjin Mountain Castle, didn't my father lead the army out of Harima Province and attack the Kuroda family?" How could the Kuroda family come here, is it ......" Speaking of this, Urakami Munechen felt that what he was thinking was too terrible, and he couldn't accept it for a while, so he didn't continue.

You must know that Urakami Zongchen, as the son-in-law of the Urakami family, was left behind as the guard of the Heavenly God Mountain City, to put it bluntly, Urakami Zongjing wants to see if his ability as an heir can be qualified. And Urakami Munechen is very confident in his father's crusade against the Kuroda family this time. Because the Urakami family almost attacked the Kuroda family's Murozu Castle last time, if it weren't for the Ukita family's trouble, they might have already captured Murozu Castle.

This time the Urakami family attacked Murozu Castle, and the number of troops did not have to be less than last time, Urakami Zongchen was actually very confident in the Urakami family's strategy this time, he thought that he was just a guard with mixed qualifications, and there would be no danger at all, but now that the Kuroda family is here, and thousands of people are coming, he is really panicked.

"Young master, don't think about it, you see, in addition to the Kuroda family's Fujiba flag, there is also the Muri family's banner in the other party's banner, this should be the military strength of the Kuroda family's Muri Kobei in Rong County, this is definitely a special team. Maybe the Kuroda family is dying, so they try to disturb the rear of the family in this way and force the lord to withdraw his army. Young lord, there are still 400 people in the city, don't panic! When Otawara Munetoki saw Urakami's appearance, he immediately spoke out to appease.

"Yes, the young master doesn't need to panic, with me, I will definitely protect the safety of the young master, there are more than 400 of us, as long as we defend the city, we will defeat Kuroda," the Hattori clan said confidently.