At the gate of Higashi Castle in Kyushu Bungo, a scuffle is unfolding.

"Die!"

Masarashi slashed off the head of an Otomo samurai who had his leg cut off. Then he scanned his surroundings.

Although there are less than thirty people on their own side. But most of them are brave men who have fought many battles. What's more, there are also fierce generals Masashi and Isono Yuanchang. Therefore, when they faced the strength of the Otomo family, which only had a few samurai and the peasant soldiers accounted for more than half of the army, they were not afraid. After a great battle, he was killed by Masayo and Isono Yuanchang one after another. The forces of the Otomo family were suddenly killed and retreated.

"Kill!"

The house was cloudy and leaking, and at this moment, a shout of killing sounded in the distance. It turned out to be a mixed force of more than 200 Luo clan's cloaked people and samurai, and finally arrived.

"Run!"

I don't know who shouted out first, seeing the Luo family's army surging like a tide in the distance, the army of the Otomo family, who was besieging Zhengliang and others, suddenly dispersed, and fled in all directions. Even the soldiers who had blocked the entrance to the city gate began to retreat.

In the distance, Masato even saw a lot of women and children screaming and fleeing from the city in front of him.

"Not good!" The political conscience secretly screamed that it was not good, because these women and children obviously ran out of the city, but they did not run out of the city gate in front of them, which means that there were other city gates in the city, and they had been opened at this time. Thinking of this, Zheng Zheng suddenly had a bad feeling in his conscience.

"Kill!" So Masara immediately shouted and jumped into the city gate with the grain pile and grain cart at the city gate, and began to kill in the city, and Isono Yuanchang and others naturally followed closely behind him. The army of the Luo family, which arrived later, began to treat the wounded cavalry and war horses on the one hand. On the one hand, he began to clean up the debris at the city gate and followed the footsteps of Masara and others to kill in the city.

"Fire. Take a look. There's a fire over there. "Masayo, who had just rushed into the castle, was about to send someone to search for the whereabouts of Otomo Yoshikan, when he suddenly heard a ashigaru next to him shouting.

Looking in the direction Ashigaru was pointing, I saw a thick pillar of smoke rising in the east sky in the middle of the castle.

"Let's take a look!" Zhengliang immediately ordered. So the team split into two, and Masara led some of the people to the castle lord's mansion, while the other went to the place where the fire was burning.

As for the other city gates, Masahiro no longer plans to send people to guard them. If the enemy did escape, he would have left earlier than the women and children who were fleeing in a hurry. After such a period of time, people have long since run away. And there are at least two avenues outside the city. There are also a lot of woods, and with the number of troops in Zhengliang's hands at this time, if they pursue separately, it will inevitably lead to weak troops, and they may be ambushed. Therefore, it is better to completely control this city in hand and make plans later, so that it is a safe arrangement. lest you get your head to steal chickens and rice.

And just as Masara had expected, when he arrived at the castle lord's mansion, he found that there was not even a single person in sight.

"My lord, it's not good, it's the warehouse where the grain and other supplies are on fire. His Majesty captured a prisoner for interrogation, only to learn that these materials were all logistical supplies for the Otomo family's army. At this time, Isono came in a hurry to report.

"What?" Masahiro was taken aback. If you let everyone continue to burn. Not only will they lose a batch of free supplies in vain, but they will even let the fire burn until the entire city is burned. If the reliance of Higashi City is lost, it is likely that this place will evolve into a field battlefield where the two families of Otomo and Ouchi will jointly fight against the Luo family. This will make the Luo family not get the city here, and also lose a defensive basis and advantage.

"What a ruthless scheme! Is it up to me to choose? Whether to continue to lead people to hunt you down, or to stay here to extinguish the fire and keep supplies and the walled city. Zheng conscience thought in his heart. So he quickly made a decision:

"Order, immediately organize manpower to extinguish the fire, and at the same time send people to reconnoiter the situation nearby."

Isono Shomasa immediately went down to carry out the order after receiving the order. And Masahiro sat on a wooden table next to him. After repeated pursuits, Masara's physical strength has also been consumed a lot, so he also needs to take a break now to ensure that he has enough physical strength to deal with the next things.

In the afternoon, the fire in the city was finally extinguished. Masahiro held a simple evaluation meeting in the assembly hall in the city.

"My lord, the fire in the city has been extinguished, half of the supplies have been burned, and the remaining supplies are being sorted out." Asakura Sodra was the first to make a statement.

"My lord, there is already news of Otomo Yoshikan, and according to the confession of the captive, when the family attacked the city gate, another army of the Otomo family had already escorted Otomo Yoshikan to escape from the other city gate. After receiving the news, his subordinates had urgently sent a team of cavalry to pursue him, but halfway through, he found that Otomo Yoshikan had been picked up by another group of troops who had arrived. Isono also hurriedly reported.

"Oh? At this time, there is still an army to respond? Under what banner is this army flying? Zhengliang hurriedly asked.

"It seems to be the banner of the Great God family and the Kifu family, and this army only paused slightly in place after receiving Otomo Yoshikan, and then quickly returned from the original road, expecting them to rush to the rear of the Kakumu Castle." Isono member Masashi Masato was worried about whether this army would attack Higajo Castle, so he immediately reported it.

"Well, send Black Hawk to keep a close guard against incoming enemies in this direction." Zhengliang immediately ordered. This time the capture of Riya City was completely unintentional. Previously, Masahiro didn't expect to go deep into Fenggo's territory at all, but now that he has picked up a bargain, he naturally can't easily snatch it back for others.

"My lord, there is also a checkpoint of the Otomo family in the Yubu Mountain Road, half a mile away from the city. According to the prisoners' confessions, there were at least 200 troops at this checkpoint at this time. These forces are all under the direct jurisdiction of the Otomo family. At this time, the flight section on the side also reported.

"More than 200 troops?" After hearing the news, Zhengliang couldn't help but secretly feel lucky. If these 200 people were in Riya City today, then the Luo family would not only be unable to capture this city, but would even suffer heavy losses because of it.

"Order your army to defend the city tightly, but you don't have to attack the checkpoint on your own. If it takes the initiative to provoke, it will resolutely attack. In addition, a curfew was ordered for villages outside the city, and outsiders were not allowed to walk through the city at will. All the captured Otomo captives were thrown into their cells, and they did not have to be fed for the time being. After all, he had been fighting for a day and a night, and Masahiro decided to wait for his work, and let his army rest in Riju City before deciding on his next move. As for his connection with the rest of the territory, now that Hai Dongqing has it, it will be much easier to solve. Let Hai Dongqing, who is only by Zhengliang's side, be responsible for delivering letters on a regular basis.

So for the next two consecutive days, under the arrangement of Zhengliang, the army of the Luo family began to gradually take over the territory near Riyu City while resting.

"Lord, gone, those guys are gone." On this day, Masarashi was checking the material account book left by Usuki Kensu when he fled in a hurry, but saw Taketori Snake Ranmaru hurriedly come in to report.

"Who is gone?" Masato asked unhurriedly.

"Report to the lord, the army of the Otomo family at the checkpoint in the Buyue Mountain Road has taken the initiative to retreat today, and it seems that they have fled to the Bunzen country on the other side of the mountain." Realizing that he was a little rude at this time, Taketori Snake Ranmaru immediately reported to Masayoshi with a salute.

"Are you going to return to Bungo Province through the Bunzen Country? It seems that their military rations are not much, and seeing that the city has completely fallen into the hands of the family, coupled with the fact that the family has sent people outside the checkpoint in the past two days to loudly publicize the defeat of the alliance between the Otomo family and the Ouchi family, it is estimated that they will indeed not be able to leave. Masato pondered.

"My lord, a letter from Lord Yamamoto." Just then, Ahri came in with a sealed letter.

Zhengliang immediately took the letter and opened it directly and read it. After a long while, he couldn't help but say to himself: "It seems that it is a beacon city!" Ouchi Yoshitaka, should you resist it? (To be continued......)