After that, Kato Shigetsu secretly took his second son as a hostage and went to the Kodera clan to ask for submission. and dedicated his own Nomura Castle for the Kuroda family's army. However, Kato Shigetoku put forward a request, that is, he hoped that after the Itami family was destroyed by the Kuroda family, he could find a descendant of the Itami family and keep the name of the Itami family so that it would not be cut off.

Kato Shigetoku's request is logically excessive, because his current status is just a surrendered person, he does not have this qualification, and it is not bad that the Kuroda family did not take advantage of the situation to destroy him.

However, after thinking for a moment, the Kodera clan agreed to his request and agreed to keep the name of the Itami family. However, the Kodera clan also kept an eye on who would inherit the family name of the Itami family, which he did not say. And for Kato Shigetoku, as long as he can keep the name of the Itami family, it doesn't matter who inherits it, anyway, he doesn't care about blood.

Kato Shigetoku clearly knows that as long as the Kuroda family makes a move against the Otomo family, the final result will definitely be the extinction of the clan, and it is impossible to retain the direct bloodline of the Itami family. In that case, it really doesn't matter who inherits the Itami family.

After that, the matter was also sent to Kuroda Vocational High School along with the news of Kato Shigetoku's surrender.,As for who will inherit Kuroda Vocational High School, it's really been thinking for a long time.,Finally, Kuroda Vocational High School solicited the idea of the Imate Tomoshi clan.,It was decided that the Itami family would be inherited by the fourth son of the Iate Tomoku clan, who had become an adult.,And because of the inheritance of the Itami family.,Change your name to Itami relatives and friends.。

The Itami family only has an army of 700 people, and after knowing the Kuroda family's movements, they have all been assembled. But I don't know what the structure of Itami's mind is, he only left 400 people in the Jucheng Itami Castle, and the other 300 people stayed in the fortified castles of Segawa Castle, Asada Castle and Fukoyama Castle, hoping to slow down the Kuroda family's advance layer by layer.

Kiyohide Nakagawa, who is a major force in Settsu, led 300 people to defend Ikeda Castle, which is a few grades higher than Itami Castle, or was easily attacked by the Kuroda family, how much of a role did his three small castles and Itami Castle have in front of the Kuroda family? If the Itami family gathered all the horses together, it might be a little low-grade, but after dispersing the forces, the result is obvious.

But Itami was not only unwilling to submit to the Kuroda family, but also made a fatally wrong decision to send him a word, that is, to do, no to do no.

Segawa Castle, Asada Castle, and Futakoyama Castle are the fortified castles of the Itami family, but in front of the Kodera clan, they are relatively strong castles. He couldn't look down on such a defense at all, so he didn't have any strategy, just launched the simplest charge, Segawa Castle and Asada Castle were captured by the army of the Kodera clan, and the two hundred defenders surrendered more than one hundred and twenty people after the main general was killed.

Compared with the smoothness of Segawa Castle and Asada Castle, Erzishan Castle encountered a little trouble, because of the terrain advantage, and the area of Erkoshan Castle itself is not large, so it is very conducive to defense. The Kodera clan attacked for three days but could not take it, and for a time the morale suffered a great blow.

At this time, Ogami Kecheng stood up, and he led his 100 men to make a decisive charge, and successfully attacked the city. After that, Nikaido Hideka and his people also followed, and then he successfully opened the city gate and suppressed the Erzishan Castle.

For this reason, Ogami Kasei's own uncle Ogami Kunisei, Ichimagami Ogami Daisuke, and Ogami Hinata Mamoru were killed, eight relatives died, and more than 30 people were killed and wounded by the 100 teams he led. His team can be said to have been crippled after this battle.

In recognition of Ogami's achievements, the Kodera clan granted him a certificate of appreciation immediately after the war, rewarding him with 800 koku in addition to the current territory of the Oue's family, as compensation for his losses.

The fall of Futakoyama Castle greatly boosted the morale of the Kodera family's army, and it also meant that there was no barrier in front of Itami Castle, the home of the Itami family, and after the Kodera family's army crossed the Kitagawa River, after a rapid march of two miles, it was Itami Castle, because the southeast side of Itami Castle relied on the Itan River, a tributary of the Yodo River.

Itami Castle is 1,700 meters long from north to south, 800 meters wide from east to west, and belongs to the slender city in the north-south direction.

However, such a reasonable defense system was abandoned by Itami Tadashi, who instead counted on the three castles of Segawa Castle, Asada Castle, and Futakoyama Castle to delay the Kuroda family. If it is said that it is Kuroda Vocational High School, as a last resort, how can it be to gather troops around the castle.

There are stone walls around Itami Castle, and it is said that the stone walls used for the castle are the oldest stone walls tentatively recognized by the Japanese archaeological community, and the Gowa Offering Pagoda is also a stone structure in its entirety. There is also a mound on top of the stone wall, and there are three bori outside the castle, and these traces are still preserved to this day.

If these three paths are an insurmountable gap in front of other opponents, but for the Kuroda family, because of the suppression of long-range firearms, it is nothing. It didn't take long for the Kuroda family to fill it all in.

When the Araki clan took his sisters-in-law, Araki Clan Kiyoshi and Araki HD, and his own 300 men, under the leadership of Kato Shigetoku, from an impregnable place in the southeast corner of Itami Castle, and attacked Itami Castle, Itami Tadashi finally knew that he had done wrong. He immediately sent people to submit to the Kuroda family, as long as the Kuroda family could guarantee the Itami family's 20,000 koku.

For Itami's request to be loyalist, the Kodera clan couldn't cry or laugh, is this person really having a problem with his brain? How did he get the position of the head of the family, and how did he lead the family to live until now under the shadow of Nakagawa Kiyohide.

Now that the situation is very clear, he still wants to ensure his safety, and he doesn't ask the Kuroda family's submission requirements, so he makes his own request, and he doesn't put himself in the right position at all.

If Itami's loyal relatives just want to keep a land of 5,000 to 8,000 koku in exchange for the safety of themselves and their families, perhaps the Kodera clan will also consider it, after all, there are still 200 enemy troops in the city, and how can they reduce the damage to their own army.