"Lord Hijikata, Cage City can certainly reduce our losses, and at the same time, it can also narrow the gap in numbers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 But one thing you should know is that the grain and grass in the city at this time can only be eaten by thousands of people for two months. There is no chance of marching and fighting, everything has a contingency, and we have to think more. Moreover, once we only defend Fukuyama Castle and abandon other strongholds, the Maori army can completely bypass Fukuyama Castle and directly attack Bei China, and in the end, we still have not achieved the goal set by the young master to lay a nail in Bigo and protect Bei China's territory! Yoshida Nagatoshi said at this time.

"Hmmm! Yoshida-sama is right, but what do you think we should do? Hanafang Masayuki nodded and asked.

"First of all, what Hijikata said is very right, it is very necessary to be in Fukuyama Castle now, after all, Fukuyama Castle is the only fortified city in our hands now, and we can only rely on Fukuyama Castle to achieve the purpose of delaying the Maori family's advance." Yoshida Nagatoshi said to everyone.

Everyone nodded.

"At the same time, I think that we may be able to station some of our men in the two castles on the north and south sides of Fukuyama Castle and Nogami, and Ichimura Castle is the way back for us, and Nojo Castle is also located in the key place where the Mori family will attack, and these two castles and Fukuyama Castle can form a horn and watch over each other. That's the idea below. I would also like to ask you to take a closer look. Yoshida said.

"Well, that's a good point, in that case, let's divide it between Ichimura and Nogami...... No, the three hundred centaurs think it's horns, but everyone, who wants to go to the two cities to garrison? After Hanafang Zhengxing finished speaking, the heads of the Hao family were silent.

"The idea is under the order, and the wish is to go to Wild Castle to garrison." Yoshida Nagatoshi said loudly.

"Let's go down to the city, the village!" Miyake Ieyoshi, who had been very silent, said at this time.

"In that case, Ichimura and Nogami will hand over the two castles to the two adults. Two adults, this battle is dangerous, I hope you two adults take care. When necessary, the two of them don't need to be too persistent, they can return to Fushan City, but the young master has always emphasized that there is hope in life! Hanabo Masayuki said to Yoshida Nagatoshi and Miyake Ieyoshi.

"Hey!"

No matter how the Kuroda family arranged, after all, Numata Castle was not far from Fukuyama Castle, and soon Kobayakawa Takakei led an army of 8,000 to the territory of Fukatsu County.

"Lord, in front of you is the branch of Fukuyama Castle, I really didn't expect the Kuroda family to dare to leave people in the city and village city, this time the family came with an army of eight thousand, and the Kuroda family arranged it like this, isn't this letting these people die?" Takahei Iguchi said with a smile.

"Lord Ikuguchi, don't be careless, I've already fought with the Kuroda family twice, have you seen any unrealistic arrangements for the Kuroda family?" Takakei Kobayakawa asked.

"This, the lord is right, there is really no one!" Ryuhei Iguchi said with some embarrassment.

"So everyone, although we have an absolute advantage in numbers this time, the Kuroda family is still not to be underestimated, and we must go all out in every battle, do you understand?" Kobayakawa Takakei said loudly on his horse.

"Hey!"

Soon, Kobayakawa Takakei's army surrounded Nogami Castle, but Kobayakawa Takakei did not rush to attack, but led everyone to check the situation of Nogami Castle.

Nojo Castle is a mountain castle built on a hill, surrounded by coastal plains, and the appearance of such a hill does seem a little abrupt, of course, Fukuyama Castle is even more abrupt, so Kobayakawa will cautiously take people to check the terrain here.

There was no river nearby, but there was no sign of any Kuroda soldiers coming out to draw water, indicating that there was water in the castle. Moreover, on the surface, there is only one gate in the small castle, facing the direction where Kobayakawa's army came to the west, and the terrain on several sides is relatively high, so it seems that it will be difficult to besiege this castle.

"My lord, although this city is small, but with plenty of food and grass, it seems that there is not much better way than to storm it." Takakei Hiraga said.

"It seems that this is indeed the case! It's just that the Kuroda family's bow and crossbow are strong, and the iron cannon is shocking, I don't know how many strong bows and crossbows there are in this small wild castle! Kobayakawa Takakei looked at Nogami Castle not far away and said with some distraction.

"This time, our forty brothers are going to have a good fight and leave a deep impression on the Maori family!" A crossbow of the Kuroda family was half-kneeling at the head of Nogami Castle at this time, and he didn't feel nervous at all, but said very excitedly.

The Kuroda family's crossbow Ashigaru had already begun to pay attention to Kobayakawa Takakei and his party when they appeared, and the young crossbow Ashigaru who spoke before had been using his crossbow to aim at Kobayakawa Takakei not far away, but unfortunately Kobayakawa Takakei and his party were obviously also on guard, just standing at a distance of about two hundred steps, pointing at the castle, which made this young man very angry.

Because of the previous expansion of the Kuroda family, the number of crossbow ashigaru has also expanded from the previous 500 to 800. The reason why Kuroda Vocational High School Raiders Misaku didn't bring much crossbow is because Misakuni really made the current Kuroda Vocational High School not interested. Therefore, Kuroda Vocational High School took away a hundred crossbow ashigaru recruits, and the remaining 700 crossbow ashigaru, of which Bichu, Tajima, and Inaba each had 100 and 250 people stationed in Harima Province, and the last 150 people were all stationed in the territory of Bigo Province.

When Hanafang Masayuki decided to divide his troops to defend, he also distributed crossbow ashigaru, and allocated forty people to Ichimura Castle, twenty people to Nogami Castle, and ninety crossbows to Fukuyama Castle.

"Okay guys, the Maori family has raised an army of 8,000 this time, and the battle will be extremely difficult after that, now everyone should go back to the city to rest, and then there will be more opportunities to kill the enemy."

The one who spoke was the head of the Kuroda family's crossbow light squad, called Katsuzaburo, who was born as a farmer in Sakuma County, Harima Province, and was also one of the first hundred crossbow ashigaru of the Kuroda family, and was a very experienced shooter, and he was usually kind to people, and he also had a certain prestige, and if he could return to Harima Country smoothly this time, he should be able to get the position of crossbow foot light head.

In fact, he had already gotten the news that he was going to be promoted, after all, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru had expanded from five hundred to eight hundred, and as the first batch of crossbow ashigaru, he was still a marksman, and his chances were indeed very big. For him, who was born as a farmer, being able to get the opportunity to become a retainer of the Kuroda family, even if it was the lowest retainer, also represented the transformation of his identity, so he was very grateful to the Kuroda family in his heart. (To be continued.) )