Iwata Xinghiro heard that Murakami Takeshi had a good plan and a well-founded approach to advance and retreat, so he was relieved, he could be regarded as a lone army, once he was entangled by the Date army, he might fall into a heavy encirclement, and if he was not careful, he might be wiped out, and even he would fall into a desperate situation from which it was difficult to escape.

The large oar at the stern of the ship shook slowly, trying not to make too much noise, pushing the warship up the river towards the mouth of the sea of the asahi ship.

Iwata Xingguang suddenly found that on both sides of the river, there were two black shadows more than one zhang high, looking at the outline of the obvious artificial building, but it was by no means a house, it should be a high platform, calm down and search, and was surprised to find that there were more than a dozen of the same buildings, and asked in surprise: "What is that?" ”

Immediately behind Takeshi Murakami, the leader of the spies who were exploring Ida's territory glanced at Takeyoshi Murakami, and only after getting Takeyoshi Murakami's approval did he reply: "It was the pile platform of the dam built by the Date family on the seashore to dry the Takuto Kojima Bay, which was built earlier than Okayama Castle, probably to block the backflow of the sea water in Kojima Bay, and to prepare for future water management." ”

Iwata Xingguang frowned, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect Date Masaki to want to dry Tuokojima Bay and reclaim the land, if it is not stopped, once it succeeds, it will be able to get ten miles of fertile fields for nothing, and even if it is not successful, it can effectively stop the flooding." ”

Hearing Iwata Xingguang's emotion, Murakami Takeshi replied: "Lord Iwata, I'm afraid that these piles will be occupied first, and in the event of an emergency, there will be suspicious defense facilities immediately." After taking a closer look, Murakami suddenly thought of using these artificial facilities as a defense facility for the first wave of landings.

Finally approached the mouth of the sea. With the continuous sound of a bang, the first team of more than a dozen ships carefully lowered the rocks at the mouth of the seaway. Small boats were lowered from the ship. In the blink of an eye, there are more than 40 ships. A thousand officers and men of the inner army who were hiding in the cabin also poured onto the deck.

Iwata Xinghiro didn't say much, followed the fishing net dragged down, and quietly descended to a small boat. When the first batch of Ouchi troops were all settled on the ship, they replaced the pulp with knives and rowed towards the shore quickly.

One pile after another was captured, and fifteen piles soon fell into the hands of the Ouchi army, and Iwata Xinghiro did not expect that it would be such a smooth success. A smile finally bloomed on his face, it had reached this point, and the Date Army had not yet reacted, and it seemed that this sneak attack had been won.

One by one, small boats rowed to the shore, and a total of 3,000 internal troops were all left on the shore, and Murakami Buyoshi looked at the darkness before dawn and muttered in a low voice: "Date Zhengheng, this time you are doomed." Then he shouted: "All in place, let's go, set foot on Shodoshima." ”

Obviously, whether it's Kohiro Iwata or Takeshi Murakami. It's all careless. Zhengheng, who had already secretly set out from Koyama Castle and ascended to Mingzenji Castle near Okayama Castle, heard the report. He let out a relieved smile, stood up, and said, "It's finally here!" Akabei set out first, lit torches, and went back and forth between the various piles, and the rest of the men took their positions, so that our guests could take a good look at the difference between the standing army and the peasant soldiers. ”

Yeshan Yichao suddenly reminded softly: "Lord, there was a heavy rain a few days ago, and I am afraid that it will not be able to ignite the pile. ”

Zheng Heng turned around, showed a smiling face, and said, "Do you really think that I will put the oil between the piles, no, I can't help but put a little bit of gunpowder, I also built the piles quite strongly, my purpose is not only for them?" ”

Zhengheng suddenly looked at the deep sky and said, "As long as they can destroy the boats in Noshima Village, or even as long as they can calm them for a while, so that they can't escape from Kojima Bay and drag it out until the tide recedes tomorrow, they will know the fate of entering Kojima Bay." ”

The shouts of slaughter rang out suddenly, shattering the silence of the night. From the hills leading to the coast, the voices of thousands of people were heard. Immediately afterwards, one after another snail horns resounded in the sky, showing the tension and busyness before the big war.

A cavalry contingent wearing red cloaks, bronze armor, and antlers that stood up three days ago began to appear on Mount Kasai, which was stationed near Meizenji Castle, and it was Date Akabi, who had pieced together Yamanaka Kasuke and Takeda Shingen.

Since returning to Tsurushou Castle after defeating the provocation of Mori Takakei in Numata Village a few years ago, they have been preparing for today, in order not to attract the attention of the spies, and not to allow the cavalry to appear in the local area on a large scale, but they still let them go around the places where they might appear, and understand the local routes, so that they will not capsize in the gutter.

They marched nervously and orderly through the pine trees, and when Katayama Hengcho heard the order, he opened his mask, revealing a young face, smiled slightly, and shouted, "Everyone, let the enemy take a good look at the red torrent of Date Army's red armament." ”

Then wearing a mask, Katayama Hengcho waved his horsewhip, and then took the lead in dividing into two teams, one team to the east to swim across the Hyaken River, and the other team to the west to cross the Asahikawa, respectively from two directions straight into the east and west sides of the pile, the middle part of the hand to the army of the Ming Zen Temple.

The darkness before dawn is not visible. The two or three hundred Ouchi troops gathered around the earthen platform about ten zhang long and wide were nervously and orderly waiting for the arrival of dawn, making preparations before dawn, and some people took a nap to relieve the discomfort caused by seasickness.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from a distance, and then I saw a fire dragon in the distance divided into seven or eight small fire dragons galloping towards the earthen platforms, and the burning flames emitted a scorching light, illuminating the surrounding places within more than ten zhang.

The Ouchi army that had just gathered was startled, and hurriedly gathered around the earth platform in groups of three or five, and the terrible alarm horn sounded throughout the night, and the earth platform was the center suddenly boiled, and it became a mess, some people wanted to gather with their separated companions, some people wanted to hold on to the earth platform and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and most of them were making various preparations to deal with the enemy's surprise attack.

Iwata Xinghiro rushed out of the camp tent that had just been erected, stood on top of the earthen platform, and the first thing that caught his eye was the fire dragons, which were particularly dazzling in the night. These dragons move very fast. What made Iwata Xingguang's face even more sad was that a bunch of bonfires were lit behind the fire dragon, and this bonfire quickly gathered, and in a short time, it had turned into a loose and large jumping fire. Judging from the distribution of torches, it is obvious that the rapid fire dragon is a cavalry team of no less than a thousand people, and there should be an army of no less than 10,000 people after the cavalry team.

The sound of horses' hooves beating like drums as they approached beat beat on everyone's heart, and the tension immediately enveloped the entire coastal area. The general behind the team with a pale face shouted loudly: "Everyone is ready, ready to fight!" Everyone agreed and dispersed.

The Chibei cavalry obviously had no intention of raiding the earthen platform, interspersed between the gaps between the earthen platforms, and under the light of the fire, Iwata Xinghiro's face was even more ugly, and the bronze armor looked mottled and bright under the light of the torches, as if thousands of troops and horses were interspersed back and forth in the middle of the earthen platform.

Two teams that wanted to get closer to Iwata Kohiro collided with Akabi, and were immediately hit by a thunderstorm, and suddenly it was like a frying pan, and the soldiers rushed to the wolves, panicking, and the leaders of the various departments were in a hurry, shouting and directing hoarsely.

Under the frenzied blow of Chibei, two teams totaling four or five hundred people were soon eaten by two teams of two hundred people, and the blood was all over the place, and Chibei trampled on the bloody mud like a wolf, and the sound of killing and screaming was soon drowned in the trampling of horses' hooves.

Iwata Xinghiro didn't know where he had been subjected, and shouted hysterically: "This is a trap!" ”

Murakami Takeyoshi, who was about to pick up the last stone, turned pale, and just looked at the shore that lit up in an instant, he knew that something was wrong, if the Date Army had not been prepared, how could it be possible to light the torches so neatly.

Takeshi Murakami immediately decided: "Failed!" Blow the trumpet, and the whole army will retreat quickly! ”

But just as he opened his mouth to shout, a bright light lit up behind him, and beacon fires were also lit in the mountains of Kojima County, and the sound of soldiers was heard in the Fujito-berth area, and it was obvious that they had been besieged by the Date army.

A ship-leader who stayed behind at Fujito Harari came to the flagship site with a small morning boat shouting loudly, and Murakami Takeyoshi shouted, "What the hell is going on, and what is the situation with Fujitomara?" ”

His cheeks and neck were covered with burnt skin, most of his hair was burned off, and he clenched his teeth: "My lord, it turns out that the Date Army has already dug a hidden soldier hole in Fujitober, Murakami Yoshishige was careless and was suddenly attacked by the Date Army, and most of Fujitobera fell, and now Murakami Yoshishige is resisting stubbornly and is ordered to come down to ask for help." ”

Murakami Takeshi clenched his fists, nodded heavily, and shouted, "What the hell is going on with the sudden fire?" ”

The head of the ship was so fierce that he wanted to straighten up, staggered, crawled on the board, groaned, and replied: "When the Date army was waiting for our army to break into Kojima County, more than ten ships suddenly sailed into the nearby bay. After the first class Fujito Ber was attacked, the more than ten ships suddenly burned, all of them were flammable, and the inferior people wanted to rush to open the ship and open the channel for the army, where did they think that these ships were locked together with iron chains, and they could not break through for a while. ”

Murakami Takeshi roared in a low voice, "Bastard." (To be continued......)