The sudden arrival of Date Masaki made Yoshicho Ouchi, who was besieging Katsuyama Castle, look at the notice in front of him, and his face turned pale. No one in the army dared to touch their heads at this time, and the retainers were even more contemplative, not daring to let Ouchi Yoshicho notice their existence at all.

However, these people are too worried, and Ouchi Yoshicho really doesn't have the heart to find someone to vent his anger at this time. Date Masahiro led a large army into Aki Province, approached the border of Zhou Fangguo, and also sent people into the intersections of various towns and villages in Zhou Fangguo to post notices, denouncing Ouchi Yoshicho's various rebellious behaviors, and playing a righteous name to seek justice for Ouchi Yoshitaka.

The news that the Date army was coming spread very quickly, not only the people of Nagato Province knew about it, but even Zhou Fangguo also knew about it, and even Yoshitaka Ouchi in Katsuyama Castle also knew that not no one in the army besieging Katsuyama Castle wanted to leave a way back.

Although Ouchi Yoshinaga tore up the notice as much as possible, where can this kind of thing stop the mouth of the people, and it is impossible to hide it, you must know that the country of Nagato is extremely empty now, and once the Date army arrives, I am afraid that it will fall immediately.

Whenever I think of Date Masaki, Yoshicho Ouchi always has a sigh of both Yu and He Shengliang. Although he never admitted that the Battle of Aki was his defeat, he had to admit in his heart that he was so embarrassed at that time that he had to give up Mori Longjing and flee back to the territory alone, using Mori Longjing as a palace army to block the attack of the Date army for him.

Ouchi Yoshicho suddenly glanced at the concubine sitting in the next position, Tao Taro Nagafang, he didn't expect Tao Nagafang to be able to successfully delay Ouchi Yoshitaka's attack in the Battle of Momoyama, and also killed thousands of enemy soldiers, which made him very embarrassed.

Yes. It's very difficult. Ouchi Yoshinaga didn't originally want to become the head of the Ouchi clan by himself. He also wanted to maintain a certain disguise. Wanting to support a puppet to come out, he hid himself behind the scenes as a thread, never thought that Ouchi Yoshitaka ran to Kyushu, in order to fight against Ouchi Yoshitaka, he could only change his name and become the head of the new Ouchi clan.

Ouchi Yoshinaga now has two sons, Tao Changfang is his eldest son, and Jiro Sadayori is his sister-in-law. Thinking that he was generous and knowledgeable, he was generally a suitable heir, but he never thought that his eldest son would grow up unconsciously.

Tao Changfang's performance in the war and his momentum in the face of the retainers made him see another self. That's right, that is to say, Ouchi Yoshicho and Tao Changfang look very similar, very similar, both of them have the innate talent of superiors, have the opportunity to decide the victory or defeat, and have the ability to grasp the opportunity.

People must grasp the opportunity to create a trend that sweeps the world, otherwise they can only live in poverty and alleys for the rest of their lives.

Other words. Only by seizing the opportunity with agility, with appropriate planning and appropriate timing. to be a blockbuster. On the other hand, if you let the opportunity slip through your fingers, you will eventually become a failure.

Of course, the timing must be matched with the action of heaven and earth and the wisdom of human beings in order to mature. Therefore, the timing is not judged by appearance, just as a persimmon is red and ripe, but must be brewed before the matter is formed.

Once you really grasp the ripening time, it means that the person has grown up. On the other hand, those who are ready to act before they have mastered the machine will not only waste their efforts, but may even incur the consequences of ruin.

In short, there are very few people who can achieve great things by entering the battlefield too early.

Tao Changfang successfully completed his first battle, but also made Ouchi Yoshicho feel extremely embarrassed, he originally meant to let the eldest son Tao Changfang inherit the Tao family's family business, and become his sister-in-law Ouchi Sadayori's help, just like the relationship between the Ouchi clan and the Tao clan in the past dynasties, now it seems that the relationship between Tao Changfang and Ouchi Yoshinori is more like the relationship between their father and Ouchi Yoshitaka. Once Yoshicho Ouchi can't take care of it, I'm afraid it's time for the two sons to fight each other.

The cowardly sister-in-law is obviously not the opponent of the strong concubine, but this cowardly sister-in-law will have a strong father-in-law, and that father-in-law is a bastard with a history of killing his father and killing his brother, and I am afraid that there will be no more peaceful days in the family.

Ouchi Yoshicho glanced at Tao Changfang, and then at Ouchi Sadayori, his eyes turned between the two, and then said: "The current situation, everyone is clear, Date Masahiro personally led the army to Yinshan City, and it will invade the perimeter in the near future. This time it will be a matter of life and death for the Ouchi clan, Miura Boqing, Yamazaki Takakata, Wakita Takamori, Ikaga Takamasa, the four of you led the headquarters of 5,000 troops to leave behind to assist Ouchi Sadarari to continue the siege of Katsuyama Castle and end the war as soon as possible. Tao Changfang, you and I went out together to drag Date Zhengheng. ”

When Yoshicho Ouchi finally talked about Tao Nagafang, his tone was a little different from usual. It makes people feel that the usual tone is so harsh, and now for some reason it is not enough, and it is a little hesitant. What he said to Tao Changfang was also steady and gentle.

Tao Changfang glanced at his father, and then asked, "A big battle with Date Zhengheng is about to begin, where do you plan to start?" ”

"How is Lotus Mountain City?"

The war against Zhou Fang and Nagato finally began. While Yoshicho Ouchi was still discussing where to fight Date Masaki to the death, the vanguard officer of the Date Army, Hihata Keikin, after receiving an order from Masaki, led 2,000 troops through the border line of the Zhou defense and approached Kurakakeyama Castle. The first to attack was the iron cannon, since the first battle of the Boqi Kingdom, the iron cannon siege has become the usual means of the Date army, two hundred iron cannons fired in unison, the city gate was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, and the city gate was immediately blown to pieces.

Sugidosa Mamori Sadayasu, the lord of Kurakake Mountain, shouted to a young man, "Ryūtai, you lead the squire to block the gate of Nimaru Castle with sandbags, and you must not let an enemy rush in." "Longtai is none other than Sugi Sadayasu's sister-in-law, Sugibu Daisuke Ryutai.

"Yes, Father!" Sugi Takayasu answered, ran out, and immediately filled the city gate with a group of strong young men, and blocked the sandbags with guns, ready to fight the enemy at any time.

Seeing that the gate was blocked, Hihata Kei immediately shouted, "The iron artillery team fired two in unison to bombard the things that blocked the gate. I'm going to see how long they can stop? ”

"Boom...... Boom ......" two consecutive volleys. The sandbag is not a solid thing after all. Moreover, it is said that it is sandbags, most of which are made of some pine wood, so there is no solidity at all, and it can only block the attack of personnel, which can block the penetration of lead bullets, and several small surnames were hit by lead bullets.

"Shingoro...... Jiro ...... "Sugi Takatai watched these friends who had grown up together fall down from lead bullets one after another, and his heart was extremely painful and resentful.

At the end of the second consecutive shot, Hihata Keijin once again gave an order: "Another second consecutive shot." Kumagai Takanao led three hundred death squads to storm the gate, and the follow-up troops followed! "Boom...... Boom ......" Kumagai Takanao has been looking forward to making a head since he surrendered, and he served as the leader of the death squad in the vanguard army on this expedition.

The roar sounded again, and before the smoke cleared, Kumagai Takanao led a three-hundred-person death squad with a sword and spear to rush into the gate that had been bombarded, and as soon as he crossed the city gate, he fought with the attendant team led by Sugi Tai Tadashi, who was already furious.

The squire regiment of less than 100 people stopped the death squad several times its own at the door and did not allow it to enter, and the soldiers behind kept crowding at the door, and Sugi Takayasu knew that as long as he took a step back. I and my brothers are finished, so I can only hold on. Desperately resisted.

However, the disparity in the number of people on both sides was unusually large, the Date army died one to make up for one, and the squire regiment died one less one, and the frequency of the impact was even greater, and the attendants were all wounded in different ways, and Sugi Takatai was also stabbed, but the daring soldier who stabbed him was stabbed in the throat by him with a shot, and he was sure to die.

Kumagai Takanao is the luckiest group of people in Aki, who has worked as an errand under Mori Motosho and Mori Takakei, and who can also live in the new Aki Country's guardian Date family, is rare, he is one of them, and he is also a typical person.

Of course, Kumagai Takanao is a restless lord like his father and ancestors, and of course he knows that he doesn't have enough strategy, and he doesn't think about being the master of the house, he just wants to be able to behave well in front of the new master.

Because he is a direct retainer of Date Masahiro, he went to Iwami Province to conquer Iwami Province, and he didn't get an order from Masahiro, so he could only watch others fight for credit, and he could only watch with his eyes.

finally caught an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but he didn't expect that his death squad was stopped by a small attendant. He was furious, and slew the leader with his sword.

Sugitaka Yasutaka was shocked, he had just stabbed an enemy soldier to death, and when he saw a samurai rushing towards him, he shook off the crowd and started a big fight.

Kumagai Takanao was shocked, where did he think that this guy in front of him was so powerful, and he raised his knife in a panic to slash, Sugi Takayasu turned to one side, let go of the knife, and a shot in his right hand just picked the left shoulder of the Nakazaki family. "Oops!" Kumagai Takanao didn't expect that stealing chickens would not be a, and he was so hard that he injured his left shoulder, so he could only continue to fight with a knife with one hand, and at this time, the follow-up troops had rushed forward and rushed away from the fight between the two.

Kumagai was furious, seeing that the other party's main general was getting farther and farther away, he threw the spear of love in the center of his hand, and Sugi Takayasu was careless, and he was pierced hard, and he didn't blink to death! He laughed: "Aha, you will be taken by me Kumagai Taka, who will dare to fight with me!" ”

"It's time to serve your lord!" Kumagai Takanao's words obviously had no effect, and they were counterproductive, they were all people who had followed Sugi Sadayasu and Takatai father and son for many years, and some of their grandparents and grandchildren had grown up eating the food of the Sugi family for several generations, so they naturally knew the Thanksgiving Pictorial.

However, the inferiority in numbers made their charge, the tragic color was far greater than the majestic, and there were countless casualties for a while, the Date army was still slowly advancing, and there were fewer and fewer resisters, but no one turned around and fled, and the wounds of the dead were all in the chest.

Hihata looked at the defenders in the city, sighed and said, "If Yoshicho Ouchi's men are like these people, I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to fight, obviously not." He glanced back at the Lotus Mountain City that was close at hand, and when the Lotus Mountain City was in crisis in Anhangshan City, he didn't even have the courage to send troops to rescue, and watched Anhang Mountain City fall step by step.

When Shanzhentai learned that his sister-in-law had died in battle and that the attendant regiment had been wiped out, he knew that the general trend had gone, so he looked fiercely in the direction of Lotus Mountain City, and said viciously: "Shu Du Longkang, I am waiting for you on the Huangquan Road now." "The lord of Lotus Mountain, Du Longkang, has a very bad relationship with Shanzhentai.

The old man Yuye Jingzheng, who was wearing a color on his body, was also sad and indignant, but he still ran in front of Shan Zhentai, and said with tears in his eyes: "Lord, the old minister will buy you a little time." As he spoke, he raised his spear, shouted his name, and rushed towards the soldiers of the Date Army, who had already gathered around.

Sugi Sadasu knew what Uno Keimasa meant, and gave him time to commit suicide, he sighed, and then walked into the castle tower and committed suicide. In order to buy time for the lord to cut his stomach, the defenders of Kurakake Mountain Castle set fire to the castle tower and chose to die one after another.

On June 4, more than 500 people under the son of Sugi Sadayasu and Ryutai died on June 4, and none of them were spared, and the Date vanguard also paid a heavy price of 231 dead and 340 wounded.

On the same day, Sumi Du Longyasu of Lotus Mountain Castle and Motoyasu Kofang of Seta Castle were not as foolish and loyal as Kurakake Mountain Castle, and wisely chose Kaesong to surrender.

At the same time that Hihata Keijin paid a heavy price to capture Kurakakeyama Castle, on the other side, Taoshan Hengcho, who had received the order, led his headquarters to appear in the mountain pass at the junction of Iwami Province and Nagato Province. Tao Shan Heng knew that for the speed of human walking, the speed at which they traveled was already quite fast, but he still hoped to be faster, faster.

They have only one destination, the core of the Ouchi clan, Tsukiyamakan.

At this moment, the castle of Tsukiyamakan is quiet. Although the soldiers of the Asakura clan knew in their hearts that war was about to break out,

However, the castle was located in the center of the two kingdoms of Shubo and Nagato, and it was set up in the hills, so it was very difficult to attack the Tsukiyamakan from the hills, so the soldiers in the castle thought that it was a very safe castle.

One of the most recent military disasters in Tsukiyamakan was the rebellion of Yoshicho Ouchi, who burned down several streets, and later Yoshinaga Ouchi inherited the Ouchi family business and rebuilt Tsukiyama Castle and became his own castle, and after several years of development, although it was not as prosperous as it was back then, it also recovered a little bit of vitality.

However, how much vitality has been recovered is a matter of the benevolent and the wise. (To be continued......)