At the head of Qingshan City, Ouchi Qingying looked at the fire dragon that suddenly appeared outside the city, and muttered in a low voice: "I know that you are in it, I know, we can make a break today, whether you win or I win, but...... We're brothers after all! ”

Leng Quan Longfeng said with a firm gaze: "Lord, this battle must be fought, not fighting is not enough to quell the chaos, and it is not enough to show the prestige of the Ouchi family in front of the Otomo family, once the Otomo Yoshizhen takes the lead, it is very likely that there is not much left of the foundation left by the ancestral hall." ”

Shan Chongju suddenly said: "Lord, you treat him as a brother, but what about him, he doesn't even let go of his father and teacher, where can I accommodate you, now we occupy Qingshan City first, as long as Qingshan City is in our hands, he will not be able to pass." ”

Leng Quan Longfeng was not as optimistic as Sugi Chongju, he persuaded: "Lord, the soldiers and horses of the descendants that we can use now are only 5,000, and the 3,000 people in Qingshan City have already evacuated Fengqian Country, once Qingshan City falls, they will not be able to stop the attack of the Great Friendly Army, or do we want to ask for reinforcements?" ”

Ouchi Qingying hesitated for a moment, sighed, he knew the meaning of Leng Quan Longfeng, glanced at the fire in the distance, and replied: "This matter, let's wait until the battle of Qingshan City is decided, but whether it is victory or defeat, I am afraid that we will inevitably invite them to enter Kyushu, but our treatment will be very different." ”

Leng Quan Longfeng bowed his head and was silent, and after a long while, he raised his head and said with blazing eyes: "Yes, if Qingshan City is not guaranteed, why should people take the fire for us, we can only do this, for the future of the Ouchi family, let's fight to the death!" ”

The sound of "death battle" was shouted everywhere inside and outside Qingshan Castle, and the city began to be prepared in an orderly manner with arrows, rolling stones, fire oil, and other defensive items that could be defended. Outside the city, trees were cut down to make siege equipment, and the main array was arranged.

Saying goes. Ten thousand people will cover the sky and the sun. The war of 10,000 people in the Warring States period of the Wa Kingdom can be said to be rare in several years, and in Kyushu, it is even when the probability of victory between one country or even several countries is determined that tens of thousands of troops will be gathered. The black pressure stretches from the main formation two or three miles outside Qingshan City to the bottom of the city, which can be said to be all over the mountains. In addition, hundreds of cavalry galloped across the mountain road, rumbling like thunderous hooves. The central enterprises are not only dusty and dusty, but also have a strong fighting spirit.

There was no such feeling at night, after dawn, the head of Aoyama Castle from top to bottom, everyone was nervous, Ouchi Haruhi looked back, the soldiers behind him were like ants, and the people and banners seemed to have filled Aoyama Castle up and down.

Qingshan City is located on the top of a hill above three or four hundred meters, and it is a dangerous city. But it is not a big city, so naturally there is no need for too many people to defend, and the entry of 3,000 people has already filled Qingshan City. Haruei Ouchi was silent.

However, the face of the Omiya Commander of the Usa Omiya Clan's Omiya Tsunain was slightly pale, and he pressed on the top of the castle to prevent people from trembling his hands and feet, and he asked, "My lord, what should I do?" When he said this, even he himself felt a trilling voice in his words, so naturally he didn't need to talk about others.

Haruhide Ouchi sneered. Forced to calm down: "What are you panicking about? Isn't it more than 10,000 allies? They came from afar, or climbed mountains and waded through waters. Exhausted, we waited for our work, and used 3,000 soldiers and horses to resist 10,000 enemies, and as long as winter came, they would also retreat. ”

Ouchi Haruei's sneering made his generals get rid of the anxiety of seeing tens of thousands of enemies. The will has been strengthened again, and most of the generals who are now following Haruei Ouchi are old men who have been tested for a long time, and they are naturally not afraid of anyone.

That's right, what Haruai Ouchi said is true, they have a strong castle. There were 3,000 defenders waiting for work, and there was enough food and safe water to defend the city for more than half a year. To feed and drink enough for tens of thousands of friendly troops, it costs a lot of food every day.

In this way, the odds of winning on the Ouchi side are still quite large. Seeing that the generals had regained their morale, Haruei Ouchi thought for sure that victory would definitely belong to him. There were many calculations in my heart, one after another, and then one after another was denied, and in the end, only one name remained in my heart: "Satta Takaju." ”

Satta Takaju, that's right, is the lord of Aoyama Castle, because he has been guarding the border of Fengzen and Fenggo all the year round, he is naturally not a showy scribe, but an ugly-looking military man. Ouchi Haruei is also cold, and one of his two side rooms is the daughter of this rough man. Takari Sadai said in a sullen voice: "Please command!" ”

Ouchi Qingying pointed to the enemy formation in front of him, which was as vast as the abyssal sea, and said, "You take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and rush to rush." After speaking, he attracted the attention of the generals, you must know that there are tens of thousands of people in the enemy formation in front of you, and there are hundreds of cavalry cruising around, so you still rush out, not looking for death.

Soda Takaju has a rough appearance, but his heart is quite delicate, if he doesn't say a ugly man, he is afraid that he will immediately turn against him, even if he marries his own daughter as a side room, he asked suspiciously: "My lord, what is the reason for this?" ”

Ouchi Qingying naturally knew that if he didn't say a cause and effect, not only would Sadada Takaju not be convinced, but the morale of other people who had been improved with great difficulty would also plummet, and said: "If you can't hold on, your morale will soon be discharged, and I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it for long." The enemy had just arrived last night, and this morning they had set up their formations and cut down trees to build siege equipment. Look, what do you think they will do when their cavalry runs on the mountain road with a sluggish expression, and so do their horses, and their banners are eye-catching, but there are not many heads moving? ”

Leng Quan Longfeng squinted his eyes and said, "I'm afraid they are all resting in the military formation?" ”

Ouchi Qingying nodded and said, "That's right, but I'm slightly sure of this matter." Satta Takaju, after you rush out, you don't have to worry about the military formation, just rush to kill the cavalry, and shoot the grass and trees in front of the enemy army formation with rockets. ”

Fifty percent sure, enough. Sadada Takaju turned back to his horse with a gust of wind, pulled out the three spears stuck in the ground, and shouted loudly: "Sons, put the drawbridge and kill me out!" Three hundred men and horses rushed out in order, and rushed out of Qingshan City with a roar.

The cavalry general of the Great Friendly Army, Toji Kanlian, waved the big sword in his hand, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said in a low voice: "Saemon really deserves to be the first wise person of Bungo, and if he pretends to be in a state of malaise, he can deceive the enemy, but he only deceived about 300 people. ”

The battle has already begun at the front, and the three guns are not suitable for wielding. Takaju Sada rushed straight with three guns in his hand, and three people were killed by him one after another, and hundreds of archers who followed him lit rockets and shot out, and for a time smoke rose from both sides of the mountain road.

Toji Kenren didn't expect the enemy to attack with fire, and the smoke flew all of a sudden to disrupt his position, and he roared and brandished his broadsword and rushed in front of Sada. He roared loudly: "Otomo Yoshizhen's subordinate Toji Jian Lian is here, dare to fight me?" ”

Soda Takaju has lived in the front and rear borders of Bun for a long time, and of course he knows that Toji Kanren is the first cavalry general under the command of Otomo Yoshizhen, and he has won the title of Thor in history, and his natural force is extraordinary. Although Takaju Sada is strong in his own arms, he is not as reckless as he looks.

Soda Takaju raised his head and crossed over to Toji Jianlian, seeing the crowds in the military formation, he knew that he had fallen for the plan, but he smiled and said, "Toji Jianlian." Have the courage, I admire Takaju Sada, do you have the ability to fight? But he didn't move.

Toji Kenren squinted his eyes and saw that there were twenty or thirty guards around Sadda Takaju, and there were hundreds of archers shooting arrows behind him, if he rushed forward, he would definitely fall into the trap, and he was strong in force, and said in a vicious voice: "Shameless man." ”

Takaju Sada loudly laughed at Toji Ken and the guts of the rats, saying that he wanted to challenge but did not dare to fight Yunyun. Anyway, it was a reversal of the black and white thief shouting to catch the thief, and he turned the horse's head. Laughing and shouting: "Gallless rats, grandpa, I won't play with you!" "Hurried out, hurried back.

Toji Jian was so angry that he waved the sword in his hand again and again, he didn't just rely on brute force to climb to the current position, naturally he knew that rushing forward with two fists was invincible to four hands, but he was much more clumsy than Takashi Sada. I had to use the country of the Japanese people to scold the eight Yalu and scold them again and again.

The brazen Sadada Takaju returned to Aoyama Castle like a victor, and for a time the flames and smoke rose outside Aoyama Castle, stirring up the hatred of the big friendly army from afar, but they were helpless, so they only hated to kill into the city and cut the enemy with a thousand knives.

Just as Haruhide Ouchi expected. The Great Friendly Army did need to rest when they came from afar, but after all, they had the advantage in numbers and were able to squeeze out some of them as ambushes to ambush the enemy.

Otomo Yoshizhen was constantly harassed during the day, and rested at night, all for five consecutive days, precisely to paralyze Aoyama Castle. On the night of the sixth day, the night of September 27, Toji Kanfang, the younger brother of Toji Kanren, led thousands of soldiers to attack the cat's waist along the valley and the slopes of the mountain.

Tojikan appeared during the day, and was naturally exhausted at night, but today he also followed Otomo Yoshijin and stared at the calm Aoyama Castle with red eyes, silently praying that Tojikan could capture Aoyama Castle in one fell swoop and open the passage for the follow-up troops.

Otomo Yoshijin, Yoshioka Nagamasa, Toji Kenren and others only thought that the plan had succeeded, but they didn't know that the castle head Ohuchi Haruei watched the movement under Aoyama Castle in silence, his eyes were calm, like ice cubes, as if waiting for his brother to repent.

When the Otomo army was about to approach the main gate, the hand of Haruei Ouchi waved down at will, as if a strong wind had rolled up, and the iron cannons, strong bows, maruki bows, and sagi trees were launched from the hidden castle towers one after another, forming a cross attack, and the roar of the iron cannons shook the heavens and the earth, and the soldiers of Otomo Yoshizhen suddenly fell down like mowing grass, and the corpses rolled all over the hillside.

The first team of 800 pioneers only returned less than 100 people, and all the generals and generals died on the mountain, all of which happened in a tea time. Toji Kanren searched for his younger brother in the crowd, but could not find it, and he was so sad that he shed two tears.

Otomo Yoshijin couldn't believe his eyes, and they ordered a fierce counterattack, and then a larger attack began.

However, the second attack was still a copy of the first, and it still ended in failure, and the third and fourth attacks were followed...... failed again and again, Ouchi Qingying didn't expect that his brother also had such a resolute spirit, and he didn't use a single soldier in the vice city, which was simply red-eyed.

Toji Kenren, who avenged his brother, was also red-eyed, and he led the vanguard despite everyone's opposition, slamming the main gate of Gotsuyama Castle in various ways, and did not forget to shoot arrows at the castle, of course, Haruei Ouchi did not forget to order the soldiers to fire iron cannons and bows and arrows to counterattack.

The sky is gradually brightening, and the castle castle that has been fought all night is still in the hands of Ouchi Haruying, and the corpses under the city are all over the field, and there are thousands of corpses on the way forward in the first battle last night, if it is not impossible to identify it in the night, the big friendly army is afraid that it will immediately collapse.

After dawn, the Great Friendly Army was still unstable. Otomo Yoshijin hurriedly came forward to appease people's hearts, if he rushed out of Qingshan City again at this moment, Otomo Yoshizhen was afraid that it would collapse immediately, but Ouchi Haruei also suffered a lot of losses.

Ouchi Qingying saw that the situation was gradually tilting in the direction of his own side, and he didn't show much joy, he and Otomo Yoshizhen were brothers after all, and they were born from the same root, so he was too anxious, he said in a low voice: "Brother, I won this battle, you better retreat." ”

Otomo Yoshijin never thought that Aoyama Castle would be so difficult to attack, he would not throw all the capital of his family in the country to gain a foothold in Aoyama Castle, today's failure, he will gather enough soldiers and horses again tomorrow to get it back, and he immediately made up his mind, it was time to leave.

Finding the generals of the Great Friendship Army, the Great Friends Yoshizhen said a little decadently: "It's time to retreat." He had great authority among his men, and everyone was so frightened by the casualties in front of them that they were eager to retreat, so they immediately agreed.

A battle was fought against the grain, and all of them suffered heavy losses. Otomo Yoshizhen lost his troops and lost his generals, and after returning to the house, he had to appease his generals so that he could fight again in the future. Haruei Ouchi defeated Otomo Yoshijin and his reputation grew, but his family knew about his own family affairs, and he was also greatly damaged.

This is the first time that the brothers Yoshijin Otomo and Haruei Ouchi have met each other, and it is predictable that this will not be the last, this time the younger brother defeated the elder brother, and the younger brother understands that he will lose all the games if he loses once, and the elder brother has the capital to come again.

Sooner or later, a winner will have to be decided. Whether it is Haruei Ouchi or Yoshijin Otomo, they are all aware at this moment.

With this kind of awareness, Ochi Harueichi and Otomo Yoshijin withdrew from Bunzen Province, and immediately convened a meeting of the retainers to hold an evaluation meeting, and then made a resolution to ask Date Masahiro for help. The burden of diplomacy naturally fell on the shoulders of Takahoshi Coldumizumi, an old friend of the Date family. (To be continued......)