Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 333 Battle of Kyushu ([-])

The key to breaking the game is that the Shimadzu family can't wait.

On November 14th, Tensho Year [-], after more than half a month of trekking, Hideka finally led the Ukita Army to the upper reaches of the Usuki River by detouring through Ono County.

That night, Hideka set up his team in Zonyoji Temple, and the pioneer Ukita Kanka set up his team in Zunyoji Temple in front, and he came to Zonyoji Temple to participate in the military meeting.

The military quality of Yu Xiduo's army is good. The interpreter sent scouts forward for 10km, and now he is bringing back the latest news.

"Continuing 4km northward along the Kawato Usuki Line is Satsuru Castle. The flag with the apricot pattern is still hanging on the castle, but our scouts arrived and found that the castle had been abandoned. It is said that the defenders in the castle were all We gathered at Usuki."

Then he pointed to Guhuai Castle on the west side of Zuojinliu on the map and Shihong Castle on the north side and said, "The Shimadzu family's Cross Maru flag hangs above these two cities, and they should have been occupied by the Shimadzu family.

The scouts got as close to the two cities as possible, and thought that Shihong on the north side should only be guarded by a few hundred people, while Zhuhuai on the west side should have hundreds of people.After asking Otomo's guide, it was supposed to be to prevent Otomo's family from crossing the river. "

After hearing Ukita's narration about the situation ahead, Hideka turned to Tsusue Sannojo and asked, "Do you know the specific situation at Usuki Castle?"

Tsusue Sannojo is in charge of the ninja army of Ukita, and has a clear division of labor with the scouts, responsible for detecting extremely distant and imperceptible military intelligence.

Nowadays, because of the obstruction of Shihong Castle, the scouts of Yuxi family can't spy on the situation of Usuki Castle in the north, so naturally they have to rely on the Ninja Army to provide information through mountains and mountains.

Hearing Hideka's inquiry, Tsusue Sannojo replied, "According to yesterday's news, the Shimadzu side launched an offensive against Usuki Castle yesterday morning. The offensive was blocked and failed to break through the Usuki Castle defense. The Shimadzu family did not launch an attack on Usuki this afternoon. Offensive, the next move is unknown.

Another thing that the scouts didn't detect was that on the other side of the Huaihuai, Dayou's family was building a city, presumably for confrontation with Dayou's family. "

The information on both sides of the Xiujia complex slowly said: "At this moment, the initiative on the battlefield is still in our hands. The Usuki Kawahiro Shimadzu family wants to cross the river under the eyes of Usuki Castle, and it is absolutely impossible to launch an offensive against the Otomo family on the other side. possible.

At this moment, there are only two roads before the Shimadzu family. One is to cross the river here and attack the Otomo's house on the other side of the Usuki River, and the other is to live under the Usuki castle until the city is broken.

But the Shimadzu family knew very well that the main force of the Toyotomi family was close at hand, and they couldn't delay it.Yoshihiro Shimadzu is not an idiot. After the front line is blocked, he will definitely find a way to break through the defense line of Usuki Castle. "

Qiu Shangjiu's family couldn't help admiring, "Your Highness, do you mean that they will cross the river from the scratching arms and launch a surprise attack on Otomo's house? Now it seems that Major General Zuo Jinwei's move to repair the city is really beautiful."

"If this is the case, I'm afraid it will be troublesome." Akashi Jingqin exclaimed at this point, "Yoshihiro Shimadzu didn't choose to launch an offensive in the afternoon, did he plan to launch an attack on the opposite bank in the next two days? After all, it will be difficult to attack the city after the construction of the city is completed."

Xiujia heard Akashi Jingqin's thoughts and thought it was very possible, so he said to Osafune Tsunamo, "Tsunao, you lead your third team, and set off overnight to stay in Zuojinliu City tonight, don't change your flag after entering the city , waiting for news.

If it is really found that Shimadzu has made a big move, guns and guns will be fired to rule the friendly forces on the opposite bank, and someone will be sent to notify me.

If there is no action on the other side, after our side advances tomorrow, you will be responsible for taking down the city of Huaihuai together with the friendly forces on the other side. "

After hearing Osafune Konao's response, the Hideka said to everyone, "Take care of Hideyoshi here tonight, and tomorrow morning, with the Hoki Legion of the Dazai Hall as the core, launch an offensive against Shimao City, and finally continue to oppress the Shimadzu family northward. "

"Ha Yi" the generals responded.

At the end of the military discussion, Hideka said to Tsusue Sannojo, "Thank you for your hard work tonight, and inform Major General Otomo of Tomuro Castle overnight, and ask him to cooperate with me to contain the Shimadzu family's movements tomorrow morning."

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely do this."

As the Hide family expected, the Shimadzu family was also conducting military discussions at the same time.As Hideo had expected, the Shimadzu family was preparing to launch an attack on the friendly army on the other side.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro's preparations Tomorrow morning, some main forces will be sent to launch a feint attack on Usuki Castle again to attract attention.

At the same time, he sent his cousin Shimadzu Ikyu to lead 8000 people out of Oiwa Castle, took the mountain road behind Fukura Castle to covertly advance, and went directly to Ruohuai Castle to cross the river and attack the unbuilt Jiaye Castle on the opposite bank.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu is very clear that it is very detrimental to him if the two sides continue to confront each other like this.Stimulated by reinforcements from the opposite bank, Usuki Castle has resisted more intensely in the past few days, and it is no longer possible to take down the castle in a short time.

On the other side of the upstream, Iano Castle has been under construction for more than ten days. If they continue to build it into a permanent castle, then I will really lead the Shimadzu Army to confront Otomo's family along the Usuki River.

But the big friend on the opposite side can afford it, but I can't afford it.

So Yoshihiro Shimadzu, who has always pursued stability, once again picked up Shimadzu's suggestion that he lead the Rangers to launch an offensive against Iano Castle. After Iano Castle is broken, it can form a suppressive force on the friendly army on the other side.

Of course, he also clearly knew that even after Jiaye City was broken, it was still impossible to threaten Otomo Zonglin in Hushi City, because there was still a Shuishan City blocking them in front of them.

Mizuyama Castle is located on the west bank of the Usuki River, and it is the commanding height of the surrounding area. Occupying Mizuyama Castle, you can have a panoramic view of the movements on both sides of the Usuki River.

But this city is a mountain city, and if the Shimadzu family made a desperate attack on Toshiro Castle, this mountain city would be as useless as Maji stationed on Jieting Mountain.

As a result, both sides on the battlefield thought of it together on this day, and each had their own ghosts and started to make arrangements.

On the morning of October 14, [-], the sky had just turned white, and the Ukita army stationed outside Zunxing Temple woke up to the shouts of their superior warriors and began to organize their equipment.

In this matter, each squadron has a special person to set up a fire and start preparing for the morning meal.

It was also because it was located in the Daye Mountains. When the sky just lit up, the whole mountain was shrouded in thick fog. Xiujia rubbed his flushed cheeks with gloved hands, and said worriedly, "This kind of weather is not pleasant. Marching, if you are caught in an ambush, you will be doomed."

Shimizu Shin, who was behind Xiu's family, also spoke, "I have already taken people out for a walk, and the visibility is less than 200 strides. It is indeed troublesome to march in such a foggy day."

Hideka himself is a master of using surprise attacks, so he was naturally afraid that the Shimadzu family on the opposite side would detect his movements first and set up an ambush for him, so he ordered Sanada Nobushige, "Go, let the Akikami Hisa family in the fifth formation He Kamei Tomoki led people to clear the way for the whole army, climbed up the hills on both sides of the mountain road, and checked whether there were ambushes. After confirming safety, let the main force of Dazai hall go first."

"Hi, I'll do it now, my subordinate." Nobushigemi Sanada's custom-made red Nanban body is full, and the stand-up collar on the helmet is particularly wickedly made of the antlers that he wore in the Osaka battle With the decoration and the red centipede flag planted behind it, it is very conspicuous even in foggy days, and it is suitable for sending orders.

About half an hour later, the fog began to dissipate with the rising of the sun. The news of the safety ahead also came from Akikami Hisaya and Kamei Tomoki, so Hideka ordered the whole army to attack Usuki Castle. Drive in.

After marching for about an hour, Xiujia's team drove from Zunxing Temple to the base of Dozuojin Liucheng. The vanguard Ukita Kanjia took advantage of the fog to block their sight and surrounded Shihongcheng.

Following the order of the Kan family, the conch and the sound of war drums resounded on both sides of the Usuki River, and 3000 people from Ukita Hokimoto's team began to attack Ishiko Castle!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" (Battle Drums)
"Woo~woo~woo~" (conch horn sound)

"Kill~" (shouting kill sound)
"What's going on, did the Shimadzu family kill them from the other side?"

"Where is the shout of killing coming from? Has Dayou's house crossed the river? Why didn't the sentry post come to report!"

Yasuji Wakisaka and Yoshiaki Kato who were stationed at Ieno Castle, and Yunobu Yamada who was stationed at Takukai Castle were awakened by the sound at the same time, and their first reaction was that the enemy from the other side was attacking.

The sudden attack in the morning made both sides extremely nervous. Both sides clenched their weapons and widened their eyes to see the situation on the other side through the fog, but they saw nothing but calm.

Although Shihong Castle is a city connecting Fuliang Castle and Ruohuai Castle, the Shimadzu family obviously did not expect that the Otomo family still had a viable force to attack from the direction of Ono County, so only a few hundred people were left here to garrison.

Due to the lack of defenders in the city, Ukita Kanka's team took Shihong City in one charge, and the whole process did not exceed 20 minutes.

As the shouting and killing on the other side gradually subsided, Yasuji Wakisaka and Yoshiaki Kato of Iano Castle also gradually felt relieved.

Although I don't know what happened on the other side, as long as it doesn't attack the city that I am guarding, it has nothing to do with me. I only need to be stationed until the army of Gangshan Palace arrives to be invincible.

But Yushin Yamada in the city of Ruohuai was not so lucky. The shouting and killing in the north had just stopped, and he wanted to send out scouts to investigate the situation.

Rather, the scout had just left the city and didn't run far, even scrambling and running back. Before reaching the city, he shouted loudly, "The enemy~! The enemy is attacking!"

Seeing the spy's terrified appearance, Yunobu Yamada grabbed his clothes and slapped him, "Bastard, give me some energy. How many people are there on which side?"

The spy stammered and replied, "I don't know, I can't see clearly in foggy days, I just know that the whole road is paved."

"Bastard." Yamada Yunobu was about to continue scolding, but he heard his colleague, who was also assigned to him by the Shimadzu family, Yori Ibusuki Tadamasa shouting at him, "Master Yamada, come and see."

Hearing Ibusuki Tadamasa's call, Yamada Yunobu threw the "little chicken" in his hand to the ground, and striding to the top of the city with his mouth curled up, his samurai sword in hand.

But in the next second, he could no longer be arrogant, and the expression on his face changed from arrogance to surprise, to fear.

Because in front of him is really a group of troops that can't be seen at a glance. Because of the cover of the thick fog, the tail of the army is hidden in the thick fog, and it is impossible to count how many enemies there are.

This is not the most frightening thing, the most frightening thing is that the troop in front of them has a terrifyingly high rate of armor, even the ashigaru are fully equipped.

From the top of their heads, although the flag fingers on the backs of the soldiers have all kinds of family crests inserted, the flag bearers at the head are indeed holding a Wusan Tong pattern flag.

"Toyotomi's family is here!" Yamada Yushin flashed this thought in his mind.

It's just that he couldn't figure out how the Toyotomi family came here, and why they came out of the mountains of Bungo, instead of coming from Ieno Castle and the other side of the Usuki River.

But before Yunobu Yamada thought about it for a long time, the Toyotomi army on the opposite side had already begun to change formation, and the iron cannons advanced to the trench at the foot of the mountain under the cover of wooden dungeons and bamboo beams.

When the iron cannons arrived, Yunobu Yamada realized that not everyone on the opposite side was wearing armor. These iron cannons were wearing thick clothes, which did not look like armor.

But before he observed the Toyotomi family's military formation, following the order of the opposing commander, "Bump, bang~" the iron cannons fired a volley at Chouhuaicheng.

At the same time, the bow clan Qing in the formation also began to tilt their arrows towards the city.

After all, Huaihuai City is a branch city, relying on the mountain is his greatest honour, and the screen board of Chengshang Qulun is a combination of wooden shelter and fence, and there is no rammed earth core in the middle of the screen board, so it can't stop it at all. Iron cannon projectiles.

"Pa la pa la pa la~" More than 200 bullets fired from iron cannons hit the small city of Guhuai, directly punching the city wall full of holes, and the iron bullets directly shot through the screen and hid behind The body of the Shimadzu family soldier.

Even for warriors wearing full body suits, iron bullets from iron cannons ruthlessly shot through their body lines, deeply embedded in their flesh, bleeding out a splotch of blood.

"Ah~"

The screams continued to resound in Guhuai City, and Yamada Yunobu was able to save his life under the cover of his trusted retainers.

Looking at the confidant retainer samurai pressing on him and spitting out blood, Yunobu Yamada, the elder of the Shimadzu family who participated in the Takajo Cage Battle, couldn't help panting.

But before he could react, the ashigaru people in the castle had already stretched their bows and thrown arrows into the city with a Marugi bow in their hands. He could only continue to use the corpses of his retainers to cover himself from the arrows.

After finally hiding in a house, Yunobu Yamada issued orders to the outside, "Block, block the opponent, and shoot back quickly! Inform Dochi-sama, let him bring troops to Sannomaru for support!"

But Naoko Hsafuna didn't give him time to make arrangements, and the second round of iron cannons rang out again, killing the Shimadzu people who had just filled the vacancy at the top of the city.

At the same time, Xinhe of Changzong's Ministry under the city began to lead Changzong's team and began to attack the city gate.

The soldiers carried huge logs and slammed into the fragile crown wooden door with shouts of "Hey Hoo~ Hey Hoo~".

In just about 5 minutes, even before the reinforcements of the Tuji family above felt it, the fragile shrubs in Huaicheng fell in response.

"Dong dong dong dong!" As the crown wooden door was smashed, the sound of the war drums of Toyotomi's house in the castle began to become more and more urgent.

"Hey~ hey~ roar!" With a shout, the soldiers of Changzong's family rushed into the city amidst the sound of rumbling war drums, holding long spears and stabbing anyone they saw, without giving the people in the city any time to react.

(End of this chapter)