In the blink of an eye, another day has passed.

In this day's time, the main force of the Date Army took a small boat and bamboo raft to divide into dozens of teams to attack in all directions, and successively eliminated several remnants of the Murakami Navy that tried to resist to the end, although they had not completely captured all, but they dispelled the remaining willingness of the Murakami Navy to break through, and the price paid was only more than 100 casualties, and it can be said that the Date Army achieved an unprecedented victory.

This battle has ended, or the war between Date Masaki and Ouchi Yoshicho, Mori Takakei, and Murakami Takeyoshi ended with Date Masaki's victory, and for Mashiro, with Murakami Takeyoshi's desertion and escape, the Murakami Navy was completely defeated, indicating that the shackles that bound the Date family had begun to collapse. Everywhere the battlefield is being cleaned and the results are counted. This is the time of the recount, and Zhengheng, as the main general, must be present. A rough estimate of Fang Cai's results was that he killed more than 1,000 of Murakami's naval army, killing and wounding 1:10 of his entire army, and taking nearly 5,000 prisoners. This is only the number of the area on the battlefield, and the political balance is not clear about what happened on Manabe Island, nor is it clear what the salt and water army is doing.

This is definitely a rare victory, and what surprised Mashiro even more was that hundreds of large and small ships were captured, and as long as there were enough sailors and generals, the Date family could have a naval army that dominated the Seto Inland Sea in a short period of time. It can be said that after this battle, the power of Murakami's navy in the Seto Inland Sea was swept away, and in the short term, Mishima Murakami had no strength to resist the Date family's navy, and even could only survive against the Date family's snort. As a result, the shape of the entire Chugoku region will change in favor of the Date family.

Ever since Masahiro learned that Yoshicho Ouchi, Takakei Mori, and Takeshi Murakami had joined forces, it can be said that he has always been in a high level of nervousness, and it is only now that he has gradually relaxed. Although he is not directly involved in the fight physically, he is nervous at all times. I don't feel it when I'm in high spirits. Now a little slack. Immediately, I was a little distracted. He knew that he would have to go through a long period of adjustment after the war before he could recover.

Seeing the warships being dragged over, hundreds of enemies becoming prisoners and being bound and escorted to the direction of Okayama, everyone happily packed up the materials left on the battlefield, and couldn't help but feel some emotion.

Zhengheng slowly stood up and looked at the busy Kojima Bay, Noshima Murakami was basically cleared, because the island Murakami was still in chaos, and it was already unworthy of the name to lend a large number of ships to Noshima Murakami. It can be said that the Mishima Murakami Suijun has basically lost the ability to resist the Date family, which has made great progress. The next step is Mori Takakei and Ouchi Yoshinaga, and after defeating Mori Takakei and Ouchi Yoshicho, it is to go to Tsukiyama Tomita Castle to visit Niko Harumu, who is already exhausted, and the general situation is settled.

Murakami Takeshi was still a figure that Zhengheng looked up to a few years ago, but after this battle, he was like a lost dog like those enemies that Zhengheng had defeated, and he could only escape from the edge of the Date family. Before the war, Murakami Takeshi was a big celebrity in the eyes of Masahiro, and Masahiro, who was known as a celebrity collection, once had the intention of soliciting, to be practical, if Murakami Takeshi was still the high-spirited Murakami Buyoshi. For the Date family, it can be said that they are eager to seek talents, and they will be the core ministers.

Right now. Takeshi Murakami, who fled in the wilderness, hmph, even if Zhengheng had the courage to rein in him, he didn't have the courage to come and defect.

When Zhengheng no longer regards Murakami Takeshi as a character, Murakami Takeyoshi himself obviously has no awareness of this, he is anxiously waiting for the news of Murakami Takeman and Murakami on Inushima, and the fleet of the two will be the capital of his comeback.

Apparently let him down.

The cold moonlight sprinkled on the sea, and there was a mess between the islands and reefs of Inujima, which had not had time to be reorganized, and the fishermen in Inujima in the center of the islands had long since disappeared, leaving only dozens of lonely souls and wild ghosts floating on the island complainingly, and a dilapidated shrine in Inujima was in shambles.

There was a defeated army in the vicinity of the ruined shrine, and although there were still four or five hundred men and more than ten warships, the morale of the army had long been completely gone, and the eyes of both officers and soldiers were dim. No matter who you are, you can see that even if such an army is on the battlefield, I am afraid that it will only end up being wiped out.

In the shrine, there was a man sitting on the edge of the wooden corridor who looked at his subordinates outside, looking lonely, rolling inside, his heart was like numbness, his eyes flashed, and he sighed deeply and said, "How can this be? "He is Murakami Takeki, a few days ago he thought that he could dominate Setouchi and a generation of heroes, not only that he thought that in fact, Murakami Takeshi had once dominated the Seto Inland Sea in history, of course, there were still some enemies a few days ago, but Murakami Takeyoshi thought it was only a matter of time. Even yesterday, he thought that he would not lose to Date Mashiro, and that he would have a chance to win a battle.

But when he rushed into Kojima Bay with his troops, he knew that it was over, and it was completely complete. As long as he doesn't set foot in Kojima Bay, even if Date Masaki has a thousand skills, it will be difficult to catch his whereabouts, not to mention that he still has the most powerful naval force in the Seto Inland Sea before the war.

Right now.

Takeshi Murakami shook his head and sighed, not knowing what to do? At this time, the sound of hurried and chaotic footsteps sounded, and the powerful footsteps shook the earth, attracting the attention of everyone in the shrine, and the sailors who were all in the grass and trees stood up in panic with weapons in their hands and looked out of the gate.

Murakami Takeman hurriedly walked to the main hall of the shrine, and the more than ten soldiers behind him were stationed at the door and did not follow up.

Takeyoshi Murakami saw that Takemitsu Murakami had returned, and he could tell from his spirit that the situation was not very good, but he still stepped forward and asked urgently, "How is it?" How's it going? ”

Murakami Takeman shook his head dejectedly, and said: "The situation is very bad, the salt-saturated water army obviously got the instructions of the Date thief, ambushed on the halfway, attacked the fleet, and finally raided to the mouth of Kojima Bay, I heard that the army was defeated, and the people's hearts were scattered, so the minister had to rush to Inujima with his descendants." ”

Murakami Takeman's half-truthful words pushed his responsibility away. If it was in normal times, Murakami Takeshi would definitely be able to find something to criticize from the other party's words, but now his feelings are also not good, obviously believing Murakami Takemitsu's words, his voice is slightly hoarse: "Yes! Hey, the situation is so worrying! I can't sleep well, you patrol the camp with me to see the defense of Inujima, so that the enemy will not come to sneak attack. ”

Takemitsu Murakami answered, followed Takeyoshi Murakami out of the main hall, and walked outside. Most of the houses left behind by the fishermen who could live on Inujima were dilapidated and uninhabitable, and only a dilapidated shrine near Kokaitan in the south was so dilapidated that it was robbed by Murakami's own soldiers, and a large number of sailors had to choose to sleep in the open. Fortunately, it is the warm season of August, and although it is impossible to light a fire to keep warm, everyone leans together so that they do not freeze to death.

But it is impossible to complain, fortunately, the prestige of the Murakami clan is still there, a fiasco, although the prestige of the people at the bottom of the Murakami Takeshi has disappeared, but no one has instigated everyone to rebel, but there are some guys who complained: "Third brother, have you heard, the salt-saturated water army has defeated the branch and is coming towards the Inujima Islands, do you say we can go home this time?" ”

The so-called third brother sighed, most of the acquaintances who huddled together to keep warm, strangers will not let you intervene, his words can not be described as bold, and he said in a low and hoarse voice: "I don't know if I can go home, but I know that even if I can go home, it is estimated that there will not be too many people who will return home, how can I block the attack of Master Kibi at that time." When it comes to this, nine deaths and one life. ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, knowing that what the third brother said was not good, if it was before the war, they would definitely not be so desperate, but after a sudden trap, they were already completely desperate, just with fifty or sixty ships, how could they break through the encirclement of the salt-saturated water army, even if they broke through and returned to Noh Island, would they be able to block the counterattack of the Date army.

Inushima is not big, Murakami Takeshi walked back to the shrine after a round of inspection, his expression was even more gloomy than before he came out, he didn't hear those unbearable words, but he saw the expressions revealed in the eyes of many people looking at him, which made his mood even more depressed.

Murakami Takeman glanced at Murakami Takeyoshi and suggested: "Lord, the defeat in the battle of Kojima Bay has been decided, and the army has no heart to fight again, so it is better to make plans early, and even if the siege is highlighted, Noh Island cannot return, and please make up your mind as soon as possible." ”

Murakami Takeshi didn't know that the future of the Noh Island Murakami Navy was worrying, but he couldn't accept the reality for a while, and he heard Murakami Takemitsu's urging, and said in a lonely tone: "I don't know what you said, the salt and water army is scattered, fighting separately, and it is not difficult to desperately abandon most of the ships to break out, but even if they break out, Noh Island will not be able to stay, and then the Yashiro Island Navy will not be able to miss the old feelings, and the future is also unpredictable." ”

Murakami Takemitsu was stunned, and when he heard what Murakami Takeyoshi meant, it seemed that he didn't want to break out, so he asked, "What does the lord mean?" ”

Murakami Takeyoshi's gaze looked to the east.

Takeyoshi Murakami obviously underestimated the salt and water army, to be precise, Yan zhòng underestimated the importance of his head in the eyes of the salt and water army, Miyamoto Dentai did not wait for the dawn, and launched a joint siege attack on the Inujima Islands, and the other leaders were not far behind and surrounded the islands one after another. (To be continued......)