"Ha Luha, good!"

Looking at the heads of Sugi Shigeki, Sugi Takakei, Nagano Yoshibo and others placed in front of him, Masara Ha Lu smiled.

The Battle of Ogura Castle ended with the capture of Sugi Shigeki and Sugi Takakei, and the Luo family finally captured Ogura Castle, one of the bridgeheads in the northern part of Bunzen Province. At the same time, in a fierce battle on the shore of the Shikawa River in the southeast of the Ogura Plain, with the arrival of 500 cavalry sent by Masarashi to support, the combined forces of the Sugi family and the Nagano family were completely defeated, and the hapless Nagano Yoshibo fled frantically due to an eye injury due to the horse he was riding, leaving Nagano Yoshibo who was thrown to the ground.

He himself was then slashed by the forces of the Ra clan who were chasing him, along with the retainers of the Nagano clan who accompanied him in battle. The army of the Luo family pursued even more victoriously, and directly killed Nagano Castle, the home city of the Nagano family. After seeing the head of his lord and being persuaded to surrender by Sagara Takeren, who had a good relationship with the Nagano family, the orphans and widows of Nagano Yoshibo, who were in charge of staying behind in Nagano Castle, finally chose to surrender in Kaejo, and then the other castle of the Nagano family, Komigatake Castle, also surrendered. As a result, most of the territory of Qifu County, located in the northernmost part of the Fengqian Kingdom, has fallen into the hands of the Luo family.

At this moment, Masayo is following the custom of the Warring States to inspect the enemy's head in front of everyone after the war.

"My lord, the Nagano family has surrendered to the family, what should be done with the retainers of the Nagano family and the families of the Nagano Yoshibo?" Toshimasa Honda, who was in charge of disposing of the prisoners, asked.

"What do you suggest, two military advisors?" Masara then asked.

"My lord, according to my subordinates, since Nagano Yoshibo, who was against the lord, is dead. There is no longer any need to hold the orphans and widows behind them accountable. After all, the family is a force that has recently entered the country of Bunzen. The Lord is just going to send goodwill to the local wealthy clan by sparing the orphans and widows of the Nagano Yoshiba. Kakuma Ishizong thought for a moment. Be the first to speak.

"Not bad." Kansuke Yamamoto also nodded in agreement, "Sugi Shigeki, Sugi Takakei, and Nagano Yoshibo, who are against the main family, have been taken by the family, and the Nagano clan who voluntarily surrendered has been forgiven by the lord, just to convey the meaning of the death of those who oppose me and the life of those who obey me to the rest of the wealthy families of Toyozen Province." ”

"Hmm." After listening to the advice of the two military advisors, Masarashi also nodded, and then said to Honda Toshimasa, "Confiscate the Nagano family's territory." Ordinary prisoners of war will join the slave team of the family to serve the construction of the family's local territory in the Toyozen Province. The retainers and clansmen who surrendered to the Nagano family were scattered and migrated to Hizen Province, Higo Province, and Chikugo Province, while the orphans and widows left behind by Nagano Yoshibo moved to live in the castle town of Gakufu Castle. ”

"Yes!" Hondajun was rightly commanded.

"My lord! Lord! Just as Toshimasa Honda had just finished receiving his order, an urgent call suddenly sounded from the courtyard outside the council hall of the castle lord's mansion of Ogura Castle. Soon after, the young surname Jiang Li, who was full of joy, ran in.

"What?" Masashi asked majestically. He was obviously a little dissatisfied with Jiang Li's rude behavior now.

"Your Majesty, see the lord!" At this time, Esato Kouxin, who also realized that he was a little rude, also hurriedly saluted.

"What's going on outside the city?" Just when Jiang Li Kouxin often made a salute to apologize, Masahiro also heard the louder and louder noise outside the city, and it was estimated that Jiang Likou Xinchang came in this time to report something related to this, so Masahiro immediately asked.

"My lord, my family's navy has arrived at the harbor outside the city." Jiang Li's message is often reported immediately.

"Oh? Is it finally here? Hearing this, Zhengliang also frowned and said to himself. In fact, although the navy arrived a day after the time limit he set for this time, Masara was still dissatisfied with the speed of the navy. Normally. The naval fleet should have arrived the day before yesterday. Now Masahiro wants to see what the generals of the navy who came to report and tell them what they are doing during this time, which has caused the arrival time to be delayed for so long.

Soon after. This time, Murakami, the main commander of the naval army who was in charge of accompanying the land army led by Masashi, solemnly walked into the meeting hall. It's just that Murakami's grand dress at this time is a little weird. I saw that his upper body was naked, and he was tied with a few wooden strips. In Zhengliang's view, this is a bit of a guilty plea. It is estimated that because on the sea, after temporarily unable to find bamboo sticks, Murakami had to use wooden sticks instead. As a result, the guilty plea became the "guilty plea".

"This? Grand, what's going on with you? After seeing Murakami dressed so strangely, and as soon as he entered the council hall, he knelt on the ground, so that the entire council hall retainers looked at each other and didn't know what had happened, so Masarashi immediately asked.

"My lord, your subordinates are guilty! Please, the Lord punishes you! Hearing Masayo's inquiry, Murakami, who was kneeling at the entrance of the council hall, immediately raised his voice to plead guilty.

"Guilty? What are you guilty of? Zhengliang immediately pretended to be puzzled.

"My lord, because of the impulsiveness of the ministers, the time for the arrival of the navy has been delayed. So ask the Lord to punish you! Murakami pleaded again.

It's just that Murakami's grand answer suddenly made Masato feel strange. What is it that makes this naval general, who has always been calm and steady, and is almost forty years old, actually "impulsive". So Zhengliang immediately said: "Tell me in detail why you delayed." ”

"Yes, my lord!" After receiving Masahiro's order, Murakami solemnly immediately reported to Masayo what happened to the naval army he led during this period of time.

This time, the navy led by Murakami Matsui had a total of 400 standing members of the first detachment of the navy, 600 peasant soldiers, 100 Xiaozao, 15 Dutcha boats, and 80 closed ships; and the standing reserve of the second detachment of the navy was 200 men, 300 peasants and soldiers, 7 Dutch ships, 40 small early ships, and 30 closed ships. In addition, there is also the large fortune ship of Li Huamei, who is independent and responsible for escorting the army. The accompanying generals included the main generals Murakami and Li Huamei, and the deputy generals Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamitsuura Tanekyo and Fukuda Kanji.

When the army sailed from Hakata Port to a certain area of Hibiki Beach off the Chikuzen Sea, they encountered several Uchi navy ships patrolling there, and after those ships took the initiative to escape, in order to prevent these ships from returning to ventilate and attract a large number of Ouchi naval troops, Murakami decided to follow these ships after consulting with the others.

The sailors of the two families chased me all the way at sea, and in the process, Murakami and others met several batches of Ouchi's sailors. It's just that to the surprise of Murakami and the others, even if they have entered the sea area under the traditional jurisdiction of the Ouchi family, these Ouchi family sailors seem to have changed their normal way to avoid confronting the Luo family's navy.

And it is estimated that it was too smooth, and by the time they found out that they had unknowingly entered the Kanmen Strait, it was already too late. Several of the Ouchi family's ships took the initiative to meet the Luo family's navy that was gradually approaching. Behind these Ouchi ships are also gathering nearly 200 Ouchi naval vessels. In the eyes of Murakami and others, this time it was inevitable that the Luo family navy and the Ouchi family navy would have a fierce battle in the Kanmen Strait.

Just as Murakami was solemnly preparing to order his naval army to meet the attack, Li Huamei's boat, which came from behind, directly took over the task of meeting the oncoming several Ouchi family ships. Subsequently, Li Huamei directly used the two large cylinders that had just passed the test from the Luo family's big tube workshop this year to attack.

With one shot, he directly sank one of the Ouchi family's Guan ships. So something happened that surprised everyone in the Luo family even more. I saw that the rest of the Ouchi family's naval vessels, which were originally violently killing the Luo family's fleet, immediately turned around and left, and the nearly 200 naval ships that were originally concentrated in the rear also scattered and fled.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, Murakami found that they had a chance to seize the port of Moji, which was empty due to the escape of the navy. As long as this port city is captured, it will indicate that Murakami's navy will be able to set foot in the Zhoufang Beach and even the Seto Inland Sea.

For the Seto Inland Sea, Murakami has a special mood. He and Murakami Takeyoshi were hunted down and killed after losing the battle for the governor, and had to leave the Nojima Murakami Navy in the Seto Inland Sea. Even after so many years, and their two uncles and nephews have also received a large number of fiefdom rewards in the Luo family, he still thinks about the Noshima Murakami Navy in his heart, hoping that one day he can return there and regain the position of family governor for Murakami Takeyoshi to inherit. Now, as long as you take Mojigang, then you will be one step closer to this wish. So under the influence of selfishness, Murakami solemnly began to encourage everyone to attack the empty Moji Port and Moji Castle.

Under Murakami's solemn instigation, everyone finally thought that this was the best time to seize the bridgehead between Mojigang and Mojijo, which was a bridgehead between Bunzen Province and Nagato Province and Zhou Defense Kingdom. So more than 200 warships and 1,500 Luo's naval troops, led by the generals, took the opportunity of the escape of the Ouchi family naval army guarding the harbor to break into the Monji Port, and took advantage of the situation to kill the city of the Monji Harbor.

At first, the remaining defenders of Moji Castle were still desperately resisting, but after being shot several times by Li Huamei's Fukubune in the bay, and several people were killed by solid shells, the defenders of the castle abandoned Moji Castle in panic, and then fled to Matsuyama Castle, the castle of Bunzen Sugi on the southern coast. So the Luo family successfully took the port of Monsi and the city of Mensi.

Just as everyone was cheering for this, another group of sailors came from the other side of the coast of Nagato Province in the Kanmen Strait. These naval forces were responsible for guarding Nagato Province's bridgehead in the Sekito Strait. They hurried to support after learning that Mojigang had been attacked, only to encounter the Luo family's naval army. So after being knocked over several ships in a row by Li Huamei's fortune boat, these sailors fled in embarrassment. The Luo family's naval army pursued the victory even more, and took advantage of the situation to take the castle of Akizaki located at the checkpoint of the Kanmen Strait of the Honshu Changmen Country. (To be continued......)