On August 28, 1563, Toji Michiyuki led 5,000 troops and horses from Saga Castle. The reason for the www.biquge.info dispatch of troops was due to reports that Ryuzoji Takanobu was lurking in Ashigari Castle in Ojo-gun, and although Toji Michiyuki defeated Ryuzoji Takanobu's army and captured Saga Castle, Ryuzoji Takanobu was never found, and Nabeshima Naoshige was nowhere to be seen. In this way, Hizen Province's crusade against Ryuzoji Takanobu will not be perfect, and I am afraid that it will eventually fall short.

Toji Michiyuki thinks that after the Date family sets foot on the land of Kyushu, more than ninety percent will ask the Otomo family to withdraw from the currently occupied land in the name of retaking the old domain for Ryuzoji Takanobu, and only by killing Ryuzoji Takanobu can they have no worries.

Knowing that Ryuzoji Takanobu was lurking in Ashigari Castle in Ojo County, Toji Michiyuki led 5,000 troops and horses to the crusade. Inform Toji Michiyuki that Ryuzoji Takanobu is hiding in Ashigari Castle is the two ministers of the Ryuzoji family, Chiba Yinren and Egami Takeshi.

The love-hate relationship between Chiba Yinren, Egami Takeshi and Ryuzoji Takanobu will not be mentioned here for the time being. Toji Michiyuki's army was extremely fast, and arrived at Ashikari Castle at noon on August 29. It is doubtful whether Ryuzoji Takanobu is in Ashikari Castle, but it is true that the core figure of the Ryuzoji family, Hyakutake Xian.

Bai Wuxian is also the core figure of the Ryuzoji family, and the last to see the cronies and retainers of Ryuzoji Takanobu, he should know the final whereabouts of Ryuzoji Takanobu. Toji Michiyuki knew from Chiba Yinren and Egami Takeshi that Hyakumaki Ken was a lover, and that his wife, Hyakumtake Fujiko, was living in Ashigari Castle.

The strength of the defense of Ashigari Castle was only about 250 men. However, Hyakku Kenkane and Hyakku Fujiko clearly had no intention of surrendering Kaejo, believing that they would be able to sustain Ryuzoji Takanobu to ask for reinforcements from Date House. What's more, this is only an insignificant small walled city, and the hope of defeating the Great Friendly Army is really very slim.

However, with the encouragement of his wife, Hyakutake Fujiko, Hyaktake Kenkan still braved the tragic situation of the entire Zhuren clan to rebel against the Otomo family.

Toji Michiyuki didn't expect the little Ashikari Castle to block his steps, he looked at the simple Ashikari Castle, and his face was very ugly. He silently counted the time, it had been four days since he set off from the inner city of the Bungo Mansion, and he had roughly completed the strategic purpose of attacking Ryuzoji Takanobu, and now only Ryuzoji Takanobu was gone. He knew that time was not on the side of the Otomo family, and the battle between Otomo Yoshijin and Ouchi Yoshicho had not yet been decided, and once Date Army landed in Bungo Province on a large scale, I am afraid that he would no longer have time to stay in Hizen Province.

Therefore, Toji Michiyuki and his subordinates, as well as the people of Chikugo and Higo countries, all did their best to seize the Ryuzoji Takanobu, whether they lived or died, and eliminated the influence of the Ryuzoji family at any cost, so as to obtain more bargaining chips.

With this kind of urgency and ardent hope, Toji Michiyuki and his subordinates have been exhausted and sleepless all night in the past few days, and finally found a clue to the Ryuzoji Takanobu, but this key clue can not be seen.

That night, Yoshihiro Kanri, who was also one of the three elders of Otomo, sent his second son, Yoshihiro Sunshichiro Zhenli, to rush to the front of the army, and quietly came to Toji Michiyuki's tent under the leadership of Yubu Weixin. This Yoshihiro is none other than the historical Takahashi Shoun, whose eldest son was later able to inherit the mantle of Tachibana Michiyuki and become known as "unparalleled in the Western Kingdom, undefeated general, martial god, and victorious general".

Although Yoshihiro Zhenli is young, he is already a person with extraordinary bearing, love and righteousness, plus his outstanding talent, and he is also a young man who became famous like Toji Michiyuki, and he completed the impossible task of ordinary people in the first battle, and is considered to be the leader of the younger generation of the Otomo family.

Yoshihiro Kanri sent his second son, Yoshihiro Zhenli, Toji Michiyuki's eyes tightened, and he guessed that an unpredictable change must have happened in the Bungo Kingdom, otherwise Yoshihiro Kanri, as one of the three elders, would not have secretly contacted the leading generals from Otomo Yoshijin.

Yoshihiro Zhenli first greeted Toji Daoxue, and then immediately said: "A few days ago, the inner hall of the house was defeated, vomiting blood and fainting, and asked Toji Hall to return to Bungo immediately to preside over the overall situation. ”

"What?" Toji Daoxue couldn't bear the Zhenhai in his heart, and asked sharply: "What happened, why was the inner hall of the mansion suddenly defeated, and he vomited blood and fainted, why did Dr. Zuo Jin send you here, and what happened in the mansion, one by one?" ”

Toji Michiyuki asked a few questions he urgently needed to know.

Yoshihiro Zhenli knew that Toji Michiyuki was eager to know the details, so he made up his mind, and looked at the only two people in the military tent, Toji Michiyuki and Yubu Yushin, so he replied in a low voice: "Three days ago, after the Tojiden expedition, the Fuuchi Hall led 15,000 people to rescue Naita Castle, and won a small victory in the first battle, and then under the cooperation of the Naita Hachiman Palace and the Tahara Owari Palace, they defeated the Ouchi army in one fell swoop, and Ouchi Yoshinaga led a small number of men and horses to flee back to Bunzen along the coastline. ”

Toji Michiyuki grabbed something at once, and asked anxiously, "Is the inner hall of the palace insisting on pursuing Prince Qingying?" ”

Yoshihiro Zhenli was slightly stunned, but he didn't say anything, in the eyes of the old man of the Otomo family, he called Ouchi Yoshicho more people as Haruei Gongzi, thinking that the battle between Otomo Yoshicho and Ouchi Yoshicho was a brotherly wall, and he told it without a trace of concealment: "Exactly." The inner hall led more than 1,000 cavalry to continue the pursuit, and his father and Yoshioka den, who accompanied him on the expedition at that time, admonished the inner hall, but to no avail. The inner hall finally caught up with Ouchi Yoshicho in the Yasuki River, and at the critical juncture of Ouchi Yoshinaga, the Date family navy suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Anki River, and countless Date troops landed and surrounded the inner hall in the Yasuki Valley. When my father and Yoshioka Hall learned of the emergency, they immediately led a large army to the rescue, but the mountain was high and the road was narrow and difficult to deploy. After a night of fierce fighting, my father and Yoshioka finally rescued the inner hall, but the losses were quite heavy, and the cavalry was lost. Somehow vomited blood and fainted, and his father and Yoshioka had to retreat to Fuuchi Castle. Today, Lady Naita controls the inner castle with the support of Nata Kenki, Tahara Kinken and others. The main battle faction and the main peace faction quarreled, and my father also asked the second hall to return to the inner city immediately to preside over the overall situation. ”

Yubu Weixin was very shocked, he didn't expect that Date Army would actually land in Kunisaki-gun, and also surrounded Otomo Yoshizhen in Anqi Valley in one fell swoop, although he escaped, he could hear from the words that the loss must be very huge, otherwise he would not vomit blood and faint.

However, Toji Daoxue frowned, it is not uncommon for Otomo Yoshizhen to vomit blood, and others are making a fuss, since taking hibiscus cream, Otomo Yoshijin's body has been hollowed out, but I didn't expect it to be so serious this time.