Yoshimi Hiroyori, who was worried, was in trouble at this time, and in front of them stood a small array of rocks, and the bright lights on the array rocks, and the swaying bronze bell-shaped family crest flag told them that the people of the Mikumi family were stationed on the rock.

Mikami Bizen Guard Kanetaka had already subdued Masuda Fujikane, so it was their enemy stationed on the Jiniwa. It was an impossible task for a team of five hundred people to pass through this array without being able to let the other party notice.

Yoshimi Hiroyori asked the two behind him, "Do you want to break it?" ”

Following Yoshimi Hiroyori to the battle at the same time were the same clan Shimose Yorigo and Shimose Yoricho father and son, Shimose Yorigo pondered for a while, and said: "Leave it alone, pass near the Jinyan immediately, Iwashiro, you immediately lead a team to monitor the palace." ”

Iwashiro is none other than his son, Yorijo Shimose.

The sound of gongs and drums soon sounded in the rocks, and a beacon fire was piled up, but no one dared to come out and pester them, as Se Yorigo expected.

On May 11, 1555, when the fog of dawn cleared northward, Yoshimi Hiroyori had to stop, and they saw Terayama Castle, which was in full swing, and the continuous beacon fire of the previous night completely exposed their movements.

The defenders of Terayama Castle obviously had no intention of gathering to defend themselves, and if they chose to defend themselves like those beacons, Yoshimi Hiroyori might as well stage a drama around the castle again, but the defenders all gathered under the castle, and a banner that he could never forget stood in the enemy formation.

Yoshimi Hiroyori stood on the river beach, his back to the sun, and stared at the enemy formation: "This battle is the only chance to take a good look at the strength of the Tsuwano samurai from those who are preparing for China. Don't back down! He commanded sternly before the war.

But when the two armies are in close arms. The exhaustion caused by Yoshimi's overnight climb of the mountain soon became apparent. All at once he was cut in half and returned defeated. "Huh?" Yoshimi couldn't help but straighten up. An enemy rode into sight, and the man violently scattered Yoshimi's army and ran straight towards Yoshimi Hirorai.

The man, wielding a large sword, rushed straight over, rode his horse and shouted, "I am Shinagawa Saburo Uemon, a samurai from Masuda, wash your neck and die comfortably." "Saburo Shinagawa Uemon has yet to meet his lifelong enemy. Naturally, no one except his companions knew about his bravery.

Yoshimi Hiroyori suddenly felt his blood surge, and saw the spear in Shinagawa Saburo Uemon's hand sweeping Nakatsu and savages from time to time, and the blood splashed in the morning glow, like a rainbow. He was forced by Shinagawa Saburo Uemon's momentum to turn away, clenched the blade in his hand, gritted his teeth and didn't move half a step.

Shimose Yorigo stood beside Yoshimi Hirori, stared into his eyes, and said, "Once the young master retreats, he will lose everything. Only by repelling this wave of enemy attacks can we safely evacuate the battlefield. Break out, Iwashiro, attack! ”

Shimose Yorijo held his gun, his footsteps did not stop, he galloped to the river beach, looked directly at the war horse running from Shinagawa Saburo Uemon, his forehead was slightly sweaty, and when Shinagawa Saburo Uemon rushed in front of him, he yelled: "Iwano of Tsu and No, Shimose Yoridingya." ”

Shimose Yoriding is also the Yoshimi family in the future for Yoshimi Masari, Hirori father and son to make great achievements, is a young brave general, and Shinagawa Saburo Uemon is the same age, seeing Shinagawa Saburo Uemon riding over, immediately bowed down, the spear in his hand straight to the horse's head.

Saburo Shinagawa's horse slammed into the horse, forcing him to quickly restrain his horse's head. The cavalry and the infantry duel, the cavalry had a huge advantage, Shinagawa Saburo Uemon was angry from the guts, evil came from the heart, and he roared, aiming at Shimose Yoriding is head and face and threw a shot, a powerful shot.

Shimose Yoriding saw the big gun thrown down, and had to raise the spear in his hand horizontally, and parry hard, for a while, sparks were scattered, and the sound of Jin Tie's scream was deafening, pressing him to kneel on one knee, the tiger's mouth was shattered, blood couldn't help but flow out, and the corners of his mouth cracked, if he hadn't been biting his lip to keep himself awake, he would have been able to numb him instantly with a blow, and then his head was in a different place.

Shinagawa Saburo Uemon was unforgiving, just when he waved his gun, he suddenly felt that someone was holding a gun and had to give up and continue to attack Shimose Yoriding, so that Shimose Yoriding escaped a catastrophe, and the return hand was a return horse pistol, and the person who raided was also Yoshimi Hirori's guard, and saw that Shimose Yoriding could not deal with it alone, so he stepped forward to rescue.

Shimose Yoritsu can resist one or two, but it doesn't mean that others can also block the spear in the hands of Shinagawa Saburo Uemon, this move back to the carbine is a trick that Shinagawa Saburo Uemon learned from a wandering monk, I heard that the wandering monk later came to Nara to open a marksmanship martial arts hall to spread the ten-character marksmanship.

The shot was so sudden that it struck the attacker in the chest, and the tip of the spear was heavily attached to the foot, and the foot was stabbed to pieces, piercing through the body. It was also Shinagawa Saburo Uemon who was unlucky, the person who raided didn't know where he got such great strength, and before he died, he grabbed the spear that stabbed into his body and couldn't move, so that Shinagawa Saburo Uemon couldn't pull it out for a while, giving Shimose Yorijo a chance to breathe and counterattack.

Shimose Yoricho saw his friend being stabbed, his eyes were bloodshot, and the spear in his hand pierced Shinagawa Saburo Uemon's body, he burst out with unprecedented strength, and the spear in his hand was extremely fast. Shinagawa Saburo Uemon suddenly became alert, let go of the spear in his hand, turned sideways, rolled off the horse, Shimose Yoriding's spear stabbed the horse's body, and passed through.

The war horse jumped up injured and shook off Shimose Yoriding's body, and fell heavily to the ground. One fell from his horse, the other was thrown out by the horse, and neither of them could stand up for a moment, and the wounded horse ran and jumped hundreds of meters away, and then fell to the ground and convulsed.

At this moment, the foot soldiers on both sides saw their samurai fall to the ground, and rushed forward to rescue them for a while, while some people thought of rushing forward, taking advantage of people's illness to kill people, thinking of killing the enemy in exchange for future and reward. The two armies were entangled, but they didn't let anyone take the head, and they watched each other retreat to the back protected by a dozen foot soldiers.

Yorigo Shimose saw that his son was so embarrassed and injured, so he didn't feel distressed. Suddenly grabbed Yoshimi Hirori, who wanted to rush up, and said, "Young master." The enemy will be thwarted. Withdraw first, as long as you retreat into the mountains, the enemy will not be able to pursue and kill. ”

Yoshimi Hiroyori saw that the two armies were entangled together, and he knew that he was afraid of heavy losses in retreating at this time, and he knew that what Shimose Yorigo said was true, but he was a little hesitant and didn't know what to do. Shimose Yorigo ordered loudly: "Protect the young master and leave, and the rest of the people will wait for my palace." ”

Yoshimi Hiroyori is waiting for this sentence. He said with a sad face and a crying voice: "Bungo, please come to the meeting as soon as possible, Iwashiro and I are waiting for your arrival." As he spoke, he drove Shimose Yoritain and left together, and there were more than 30 people who went with him.

Seeing Shinagawa Saburo Uemon injured and retreating, and seeing the enemy fleeing, he snorted coldly and shouted, "Stop the enemy general!" Saying that, he led the army to the direction of Yoshimi Hirorai's retreat, wanting to stop Yoshimi Hirorai.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, and when there were still more than two hundred steps left between the two sides, Tao Shan Hengchang grabbed a stone strong bow hanging on the saddle. Mounted on an iron feather arrow, he shot an arrow at Yoshimi Hiroyori's back as he ran. Shoot your throat to do a lot of damage. However, the throat is too small to be sure, and the back of the shot is more certain.

One of the samurai who was guarding Yoshimi Hiroyori, looked back and saw a cold arrow coming at him, and pushed Yoshimi Hiroyori away, and he took Yoshimi Hiroyori's place as a substitute for the dead ghost, and was hit by an arrow in the throat, and fell to the ground on his back, staring at the beads of his eyes, coughing and spitting blood at Xingzi.

Yoshimi Hiroyori had already bothered to check the injuries of his life-saving benefactor, so he took a sad look and crossed the Tsu and Nogawa rivers from the shallows, and fled towards the opposite bank. The speed of the horse is getting faster and faster, the distance is getting closer and closer, Tao Shan Hengchang shot two more arrows, but he did not succeed, so he had to hang the bow on his shoulder, waved a spear several times, and came to the shore.

Unexpectedly, Shimose Yorigo with more than 20 people blocked his way. Tao Shan Hengchang watched the enemy general flee to the opposite bank, looked at the more than 20 enemies in front of him, snorted coldly, and ordered them loudly: "Kill them all for me." ”

Shimose Yorigo tragically blocked wave after wave of attacks by Taoshan Hengchang, and finally was stabbed in the body by more than ten spears, the helmet fell to the ground, and a clean head was exposed, the nose was cracked, the hair was scattered, and the blood was splashed all over the riverbank.

A Date samurai wanted to step forward and cut off his head, but Taoshan Hengcho stopped his behavior and said, "What a loyal and brave man, although he is an enemy, he still deserves our respect, and he simply made a coffin from a wooden board and sent it to Miyazawa Heihachi." ”

The adjutant general asked, "My lord, do you want to pursue?" ”

Taoshan Hengchang shook his head and said: "Just let them go, I hope that Ouchi Yoshitaka can value Yoshimi Masayori's affection and send troops to the rescue, otherwise, where will the battle merit come from?" You must know that Qinghe Hengxiu's gang of guys are now full of ambition. ”

With the escape of Yoshimi Masayori and the killing of Shimose Yorigo, the Yoshimi army, which was still resisting, lost their courage, and except for a few who fled, the rest were either beheaded or surrendered on their knees. Saburo Shinagawa Uemon was knocked to the ground, dissatisfied and wanted to hack all the captured Yoshimi troops to death.

Taoshan Hengcho stopped Shinagawa Saburo Uemon's atrocities, looked at the two hundred and thirty-five captives who were kneeling on the ground and let them be slaughtered, and said with a smile: "It's better to let Miyazawa-sama deal with it, he has much more experience in dealing with prisoners than us." "Obviously, he was talking about Miyazawa Heihachi's massacre of prisoners and the placement of Kyokan, and this matter has become the beginning of many of the Date family's retainers attacking Miyazawa Heipachi, of course, the sour tone shows that he is quite jealous of Miyazawa Heipachi.

Miyazawa Heihachi's actions made Taoshan Hengcho and others impressed again, and they even treated them all and sent them to Sanhonmatsu Castle and put them back, and at the same time there were one hundred and forty-three heads that went back, and at the same time, the body of Shimose Yorigo was also sent back.

Yoshimi Masari looked at the defeated soldiers who had lost their souls, knowing that these people were no longer able to fight, and the corpses of Shimose Yorigo, he asked Yoshimi Hiroyori and others about the whereabouts of them in a distracted manner, but someone saw Yoshimi Hiroyori with more than ten people running into the deep mountains and old forests.

Yoshimi Masariri secretly prayed for the safety of Yoshimi Hiroyori and others, and then appeased the defeated soldiers, and all of them were placed in the North Pavilion independently, and they were monitored, for fear that there would be a spy of the Date family among them.

On May 13, 1555, the day was clear, and the clear blue sky was like a dome, reflecting the rippling blue sea, making it look peaceful and serene. The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence around them, and more than thirty knights in splendid armor galloped along the west bank of a river called Houdongchuan, and the sound of horses' hooves often startled the flocks of wild ducks perched in the reeds on the shore, causing them to hover in the air and make one rattle after another.

The leader was Yoshitaka Ouchi, who was once the ruler of this land, and at this moment there were wars between Nagato and Zhoufang, so he was dressed in military uniform and hung a long sword at his waist. Since he suffered an underestimation in his life, he ran to Kyushu and regained his armor, and now he has finally set foot in the country of his dreams.

Riding the horse to a stop at the mouth of the Atsuto River, facing the cool breeze blowing from the Seto Inland Sea, Ouchi Yoshitaka said to Ryoizumi Takatoyo who followed behind him: "Time flies really fast, the pottery thief has no strength left, and Nagaoka is also ready, with the current situation, most of the winners and losers will be decided before winter." ”

There was a subtle smile on Leng Quan's face, and after listening to Yoshitaka Ouchi's words, he replied: "The pottery thief is perverse, the twilight is poor, and he has already lost the hearts of the people. ”

Ouchi Yoshitaka despised Ouchi Yoshicho on his face, but deep down he was a little worried about this military general he had once been the most optimistic about, the military general who commanded the entire Ouchi army, nodded slightly, and said: "This is exactly what I am worried about, Fang adopts a step-by-step approach. ”

Ryosen Takatoyo said: "What the minister is worried about now is not the pottery thief, but the movements of Date, I heard from the merchants, the Date family is now at war on both sides, the east side of the Boqi and Izumo countries are like a broken bamboo, and they have surrounded Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, and the west side has broken into Iwami Province, and they have surrounded Tsu and Nozohonmatsu Castle. ”

The country of Wa is so big, a small fight over a hundred miles of land is afraid that no one will know, the movement of the Date family has always been a matter of concern to the surrounding princes, and now the Date family is at war on both sides, and the east side of the invasion of the country of Boqi, plus the Tsukiyama Tomita Castle is indeed under siege, and the line of people who do not know the truth will definitely think that the Date family is leading, and as for Iwami country, it is even closer at hand. (To be continued......)