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The shadow of war looms over the entire Kitakyushu, and almost everywhere there is a scuffle, and both sides have gathered a large number of soldiers and horses to fight to the end for their own ideals. Otomo Yoshijin knew that only by repelling Yoshicho Ouchi and Ryuzoji Takanobu before Date landed, would there be a chance of survival. Once the Date army landed, whether it was Ouchi Yoshinaga, Ryuzoji Takanobu or Akizuki Wengen, Yang or those wealthy clans who had not yet raised an army would take the opportunity to fall into the ground.

The first to be attacked was Umemurai Castle in Kaibe Prefecture of Bungo Province, facing the invasion of the Shimizu Division, the thousands of Date Family's Shikoku Legions, who had broken through the coastal defenses. Five or six hundred people from Meimu Li City from the city lord Saeki Weijiao were nervously preparing for the cage city battle.

The Shimizu Department is led by Shimizu Soji, but this time it was led by Shimizu Soji's younger brother Namba Mutada, who stood outside the city of Meimuli and looked at the noisy Meimuli Castle, with a confident smile on his face, thinking that everything was under control.

Namba Zongzhong clenched his fists, his eyes were firm, and he said to the young military general beside him: "Zuo Jin, I know everything about my brother's intentions, but judging from the intelligence, the Kyushu people have always been xenophobic, if we wait until the Kyushu people divide the victory and defeat, I am afraid that we will have to face the siege of the Kyushu people at that time." ”

The young military commander called Zuo Jin, it was Shimasa Katsuhiro who fought bravely in Yamato, but with the success of Date Kamiraku and the construction of Osaka, Shima Katsutake, like many ambitious and ambitious young people, went to Osaka Castle to find opportunities. When Shimizu Soji returned to Osaka Castle to report on his work, he met Katsu Shima, and the two sides met like Mars hitting the earth, and they sympathized with each other, and recruited him as a retainer with a high salary of 1,000 koku. On this expedition, Shimizu Soji deliberately asked Shima Katsu to follow Namba Muntaka to check and fill in the gaps.

Shima Katsu was not as optimistic as Namba Sozhong, his face was very solemn, and he was silent for a long time.

When Namba Muntaka saw Shimakatsu's expression, he estimated that he didn't believe his words a little. Namba Sotada relied on his second brother to ascend to heaven, but he was not complacent at all, and he thought that he was no worse than his second brother.

Namba Sozhong said quietly: "Left, judging from the development of today's battle situation, the three families of Bunzen Ouchi, Hizen Ryuzoji Temple, and Chikuzen Akizuki besieged the Bungo Otomo family, and Otomo Yoshijin can be said to be embattled. We are the first wave of landers of the Date family, if you are Otomo Yoshijin, what choice will you make when you hear the news that the Date family has landed? ”

Shimakatsu's heart sank, he glanced at Namba Munetada, bowed slightly, and asked, "You have the idea of besieging the city and sending reinforcements?" ”

Namba Sotada said with a smile: "Otomo Yoshijin needs to prove his worth no matter what the purpose, whether it is a battle or a surrender, even if he knows that we are fighting the idea of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, he has to come and fight with us." ”

Shima Sheng pondered for a long time, his face was not a little happy, and he said solemnly: "That's true, but after all, we are a guest army, and we are not familiar with the geographical environment, and if we are not good, we will fall into the trap of the Otomo family, so it is better not to take risks." ”

Namba Zongzhong glanced back at Shima Katsu Meng, and said with a smile: "Zuo Jin, you are a new minister, no wonder you don't know about this matter, do you know what three more than the Date family has?" ”

Shima Sheng wondered: "Which three are more?" ”

Namba Muntaka stretched out a hand, wrenched his fingers and said, "There are more than three members of the Date family, many samurai, many policemen, and many secret agents." Samurai and policemen, you must have felt it too, but there are many secret agents, I'm afraid this is the first time you've heard of it, and this is what the second brother told me before leaving. There are secret agents of the Date family everywhere in the world, and Bungo Kingdom will naturally not be left behind. So even if I can't wait for the Otomo family to know about Bungo Kingdom, I can still close the gap between the two sides to the greatest extent. ”

Shimakatsu suddenly understood the source of Namba Muntada's self-confidence, but it was also the first time he had heard of the so-called three of the Date family, and the samurai and police were still able to understand, but this secret agent was the first time he had heard of it, and he looked up at Namba Munatada.

Namba Muntaka didn't squirm, took out a topographic map from his bosom, spread it out, pointed to the Umemu Castle on the map, and said, "I'm waiting here for now, and now the Date family's navy is on the sea, and it can land in the harbors of Bungo Province at any time. On the other hand, the Otomo family needed to cross mountains and mountains to rescue Umemurai Castle, so the only way to transfer troops from Bungo Ohno along the Izaki River was to do so. The rest of the mountain roads are dangerous, and it is difficult for a single horse to travel, not to mention that you have to bring enough military rations. ”

Shima Katsu nodded and said: "I still need to send people and horses to harass Tsu Jiumi and make a landing, and also, we must also attack Meimuli City in a real and false way, otherwise Otomo Yoshijin is afraid that he will see the plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and it will not be good to retract." ”

Namba Muntaka said: "Left near, you led a thousand men to continue the siege of the city, making it appear that the army was still there, and I led the rest of the army to the Izaki River Valley to ambush it. ”

Dao Sheng was taken aback and said, "Or should the last general go to ambush, it is better for you to sit in this formation?!" ”

Namba Sozhong said with a smile: "Zuo Jin still doesn't trust me!" ”

Shimakatsu said that he didn't dare.

Umemurai Castle is under siege by the Date family, and the one-foot house at the sea gateway to the inner castle of Bungo Prefecture will also be caught in the flames, and the Otomo family can be said to be truly embattled. However, seeing his loyal ministers at the time of crisis, Saeki Yukyo of Umemu Rei Castle insisted on fighting in the cage city, and the young Wakabayashi Zhenxing did not surrender.

Ruolin Zhenxing sat at the head of the city, pursed his lips and looked at the fire outside the city.

A personal soldier helped him wrap up the gunshot wound on his thigh. Date is famous for its firearms, and after using Wakabayashi Echigo to persuade the one-foot house to surrender, he used the musketeer to strike hard at the one-foot house, and Wakabayashi Zhenxing, who was on the front line, was bitten on the thigh and scraped off a piece of meat, but it was no big deal.

The armor was removed, the wound was cleaned, the wound medicine was applied, and it was bandaged. Ruolin Zhenxing's face was extremely pale, he didn't expect his father to be so brittle, and he fell into the hands of the enemy, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, and the only way to be loyal and patriotic is to abandon filial piety.

How to deal with it? Wakabayashi Zhenxing looked at the defenders who suffered heavy casualties, and no one expected that the Date family would open fire after the first refusal, and the defenders who came to see the situation cried and cried for their mother, and the castle tower was like a Shura hell.

However, Ruolin Zhenxing was worried, he didn't know what to do? The only way to ask for help is to ask for help from Otomo Yoshijin in Funai City! However, Wakabayashi Zhenxing looked at the Date Navy army that surrounded the island, and knew that he wanted to pass through it to deliver a letter.

Ruolin Zhenxing sent three waves of more than ten clippers, but all of them were sunk and unable to break through.

Under the pressure of the Date family, Otomo Yoshijin did not fulfill the Namba sect's wishes, but ordered Toji Michiyuki to lead 30,000 Chikugo and Higo coalition forces to reinforce the Shaoji family and strike hard at Ryuzoji Takanobu. He himself led his headquarters to Naita Castle Sankai Ouchi Yoshicho.