The overcast sky brightened at some point, and a few rays of sunlight poured down, painting the iron-gray towers and the rolling hills outside the city with shining gold edges. The loud roar of the boom carried out the sleeping Maori Longkei who was lying under the battlement wall, and the messy footsteps and shouts of the soldiers sounded from all around, which somewhat cleared Maori Longkei's mind.

Date Masahiro's army began to attack the castle again, and this was the third day after Ouchi Yoshinaga fled, and it was also the seventh siege in two days. Dressed in armor, Mori Takashi looked at the retainers around him with bloodshot eyes, who had not closed their eyes for two days and two nights.

The most surprising thing about Yoshinaga Ouchi's escape was Mori Takakei, who fled back to the mountain castle of Yoshida County. He also knew that Date Masaki, who had been victorious, would not stop there, but would continue to attack the mountain castle of Yoshida-gun. What worries him even more is that the enemy, in addition to Date Masaki, also has to add almost all the people of Aki Country.

On his own side, the forces that were originally on the same side as him have now become vassals of the Date family, and Ouchi's power in Aki has all been lost, and Izumo Province has not officially divided the winner or loser until now, even if he wants to find Austrian aid, it also makes this Mori Takakei, who is known as the little Mori Motosho, look around at a loss.

In this way, there will inevitably be an important setback. Before he could think about what to do, he had just received the bad news that Yoshinaga Ouchi had escaped, and in the middle of the night, Date Masaki's army had already uprooted all the castles except Yoshida-gun Mountain Castle one after another, and even Aoyama Castle, which was close at hand.

Now there are less than 1,000 troops in the city, and outside the city is Date Mashiro's army, which has reached 25,000. There were no reinforcements. In order to provide military rations to Yoshinaga Ouchi, he exhausted the granary of Yamashiro in Yoshida County. The final outcome of this battle seems to be predestined, and the only thing that is not certain is the moment of the destruction of the city and the date of his own death.

Mori Takakei didn't think of breaking through and leaving like Ouchi Yoshicho, but since the Date Army, who had let Ouchi Yoshicho play a lot of tricks in Ginzan Castle a few days ago, he was ruthless and surrounded Yoshida-gunyama Castle, not giving Mori Takakei a chance to escape.

Mori Takashi lowered his head and sighed deeply. He looked at the battlefield below the city, and from here, countless soldiers in bamboo armor hurried with sacks on their backs under the command of the captains. The sack is thrown into the trench that connects the Tajibi River.

Maori Longjing spat heavily on a mouthful of bloody spittle, and asked several retainers around him, "How is the battle situation?" ”

One of the retainers bowed down and replied: "Nakabu Daisukeden, Date Mashiro has launched an attack for the seventh time, and this time the enemy's stone cannons have been transported to the area of the Arashiki Shrine, and now they are covering the soldiers to fill the trenches, and the soldiers who counterattack have suffered heavy casualties, and the trenches on all sides are afraid that they will not be useful." The city is willing to protect the Central Affairs Dafu Hall and break through the bloody battle with the young master, and please make a decision as soon as possible. With that, he knelt down, and the retainers and soldiers around him fell to their knees.

Mori looked at the retainers and soldiers who were kneeling around him, and watched as the moats filled under the city. Tears slowly flowed from the eyes of groups of Date family soldiers armed with various weapons as they lined up and headed towards the mountain castle of Yoshida County. Tears blurred the eyes. Memories are starting to blur too. Now, what fills the heart of Maori Longjing is what his father, Maori Yuan, once taught him, to make the Maori family a grand goal of the world, but it is broken in his hands.

With no reinforcements outside, Mori looked at the Date army surrounded by groups outside. Mt. Takahut to the north, Mt. Fudai, which was once the mountain castle of Kikoharu Raider, Mt. Kakibara across the river from the Enogawa River, Mt. Koi and Mt. Kushigami across the Tajibi River, and the mountains a little further away all have the flag of the Date Army swaying.

With such an encirclement, can you still break through in a bloody battle?! Obviously not having the slightest confidence, and he didn't want his loyal retainers and soldiers to pay the price of their lives in vain, it was useless, so he slowly said, "No need. ”

Saying that, Mori Takakei stumbled towards Honmaru in despair, and with the change of Mori Takakei, it would naturally affect the soldiers below, and the strength of the defense was almost reduced to a minimum in a short period of time.

Heihachi Miyazawa, who was commanding the battle in front of the Ozaki Maru, as a veteran general who had been in battle for a long time, discovered that the situation in the city was definitely changing at the first time, and immediately sent people back to the Chinese army to inform Masahiro of the enemy's situation. He took the opportunity to strengthen the offensive, hoping to capture the mountain castle of Yoshida County in one fell swoop.

Miyazawa Heihachi understands that once Yoshida-gun's mountain castle falls, Aki will be included in the Date family's sphere of influence, and he will leave Numata Village to move to other places, and if he wants to get a good place, he must look at the gains and losses of the war, and today's table will be an important reference.

Zhengheng, who was sitting in the main array of Aoyama City on Guangjing Mountain, heard Miyazawa Heihachi's return, and his eyes flashed, and he said slowly: "Look at the current situation, the defenders in the city are almost to the limit, and Maori Longjing is still not as good as his father." ”

Now Zhengheng has little interest in these famous generals who have left a great name in history, Maori Yuan was angry with him, Maori Takayuan and Yoshikawa Motoharu died under his guillotine, and Maori Longjing in the city is afraid that it will not escape the doom.

Of course, if a famous general who left a reputation came to join him, he would not refuse people thousands of miles away, and Miyazawa Heihachi, who was commanding operations outside Ozaki Maru, was reused, and of course, this also made the generals of the country express their dissatisfaction.

Masahiro laughed at himself, and instructed the guarded attendants: "Quickly go and tell Sù Taoshan Masayori, Kiyokawa Henghide, Matsushima Hengkatsu, Ueno Masanaga, Katayama Morinagu, Yoshida Masanari, and Kawasaki Yorihiro, let them step up their attack on the land, don't slacken." ”

The heralds immediately divided into several horses and went forward to give orders.

With a bang, Zhengheng suddenly stood up and asked urgently, "What happened?" Investigate quickly. ”

After a while, the herald came back to report that Miyazawa Heihachi had boarded the Ozaki Maru, but the defenders ignited the gunpowder piled on the Ozaki Maru in desperation, causing an explosion, and the Ozaki Maru fell into a sea of fire, and Miyazawa Heihachi was caught off guard and suffered more than 50 casualties.

Standing at the head of the city, looking at the surrounding sea of fire, and seeing that the defenders were still resisting stubbornly, the always brutal Miyazawa Heihachi gritted his teeth and squeezed out the voice of the order from between his teeth: "Kill me all!" "The order was given to slaughter the defenders of Ozaki Maru.

The offensive intensified again, Miyazawa Heihachi was stranded in Ozaki Maru, and the offensive in the rest of the places intensified again, and all the fortresses and castles in Yoshida-gun's mountain castle were in a desperate situation. One castle after another was uprooted, and by the third day of the siege of Yoshida-gun, only Honmaru was left stubbornly resisting.

Inside the Honmaru, Maori Takakei had his hair scattered, his eyes were scattered, and his face looked extremely pale, and he sat on top of the head, stroking the desk that his father and ancestor had touched, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but it was all in vain.

"Uncle!" A voice interrupted Mori Takakei's thoughts, and he turned his head to see that Mrs. Naito was standing at the door with Mori Terumoto, who had just turned one year old, her voice was graceful and elegant, and she said, "Uncle, the enemy army has already attacked the front of the city, I don't know if there is a veto?" ”

Maori Longjing was speechless, Gui Yuancheng, who inherited his father's diplomatic practice, knelt down at the door in despair, raised his head and said: "Shaofu Palace, I can't resist it, please also ask Shaofu Hall to lead the Maori clan to make a decision!" I will never let the enemy get closer, and I ask the Shaofu Hall to hurry up! ”

As he spoke, Gui Yuancheng rushed in the direction of the door.

Maori Longjing looked out in fear, with a look of despair, he obviously didn't expect that things had reached a desperate situation, originally he had a lot of opportunities, but now why did such a thing happen, he looked up at Mrs. Naito, took a deep breath, and said: "In this way, the Maori family can't be saved after all!" As he spoke, he stood up, drew the blade in his hand, and walked towards Mrs. Naito.

Mrs. Naito squeezed out a bleak smile: "Really?!" This is the end of the matter, Taro, and your mother will go with you to find your father on the Yellow Springs Road! I flew with my wings, going back and forth between fantasy and reality. As he spoke, he closed his eyes and prepared to die.

"Ahh With a scream, Mrs. Naito did not usher in the piercing of the blade, but heard a scream, which seemed unusually abrupt among the many screams, close at hand, she opened her eyes and saw a long arrow piercing the air into the throat of Mori Takakei.

The power contained in the bow and arrow was so great that it made him fly backwards, and the tip of the arrow came out through his neck, shooting Maori Longjing to the ground, his hands and feet were still twitching slightly, his face was full of horror, he did not leave a word of self-talk, and died a miserable death.

A majestic samurai with a terrifying aura came from outside the door with a longbow in his hand, half-squinted his eyes and glanced at the stunned Mrs. Naito, and then at the Maori Takakei who fell to the ground, turned his head and sneered at the person behind him: "Quan Zuo, the first credit is mine." ”

It was Katayama Moricho who called the power to do it, but he didn't care, showed a calm smile, and said, "Ueno Masada, I never thought you would have such a hand. ”

Ueno Masaga laughed, pulled out his sword, stepped forward and grabbed the head of Tsukiyo of Maori Takakei, and cut at his neck, his originally bulging eyes turned blood-red for some reason, and he seemed to be glaring at everyone in the room fiercely. Masaga Ueno smiled, lifted the head of Mori Takakei, shook the sword, shook off the bloodstains, tore off a piece of cloth from the side, wrapped it in a mess, and walked towards Mrs. Naito.

Katayama Moricho smiled and said, "Ueno Masada, stay, since the first merit has been taken, the rest will be handed over to the lord to decide." (To be continued......)