The most important thing is that we should be kind first, honest second, and never forget each other in the future.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky (a preeminent representative of Russian literature, one of the most complex and contradictory writers in the history of Russian literature)

The Light Cavalry Brigade and the Auxiliary Cavalry Brigade under the Seventh Army each had five cavalry teams, and each of the four regiments under its jurisdiction had one Roman light infantry and one Roman auxiliary cavalry.

As soon as the Kasai army appeared on the edge of the battlefield, nine teams of Roman auxiliary cavalry, which had moved quickly, rushed over, and the cavalrymen threw their javelins to restrain the advance of the Kasai army and force them to form a defensive position on the spot.

The Kasai ashigaru, who had stopped, were preoccupied with their javelins when nine Roman light cavalry rushed into their array, and the Roman light cavalry, which was not well suited to a frontal charge, easily tore through the Kasai army's defenses.

With nine Roman light cavalry charging back and forth, and nine Roman auxiliary cavalry firing in a roundabout way, the Kasai Army, an assault force of 2,000 elite ashigaru, lasted less than twenty minutes before it was destroyed, and the Seventh Army won their first victory in the assault on Teraki Castle.

With less than 30 cavalry losses, more than 500 of the enemy were killed, and more than 1,400 of the enemy were captured, and the victory of the cavalry was not insignificant, and even Luculus, who had never easily praised his soldiers, expressed his appreciation for the two cavalry centurions who had returned to his life.

Seeing the cavalry killing the enemy on the battlefield, the infantry on the city wall fought more and more, and the Roman heavy infantry built a series of 'horizontal walls' on the city wall in a column of four or five, dividing the defending Kasai army officers and men into small battle groups of a dozen people.

The agile and light Roman youth army cooperated with each other to strangle the divided Kasai army, especially the head of the Ashigaru group and the general of the Ashigaru army who were trying their best to organize soldiers to defend on the spot, and they were the key targets of the Roman youth army.

The death of a large number of Ashigaru group leaders and Ashigaru generals caused the morale of the defending Kasai Army to drop very quickly, but on the contrary, the soldiers of the 7th Army who killed more and more enemies became more and more demoralized, and their morale became higher and faster, and the speed of the attack became faster and faster!

There were only the last 2,000 standing ashigaru in his hands, and Yasaku Shigetsu, who had not been put into battle, wanted to personally lead the army to reinforce the defenders on the city wall, but the governor of the family, Kasai Harunobu, did not give him a chance at all; Kasai Harumobu, who was determined to live and die with his own city, asked Yasaku Shigetsune to lead the last defenders in the city to retreat into the city, and prepare to fight with the enemy army in the city until the last moment!

As a fierce general known for his bravery, Yasakushige would rather die on the city wall himself than lead his men to fight street battles with a better chance of victory, because this city was the capital of their Kasai family and the home of countless Kasai soldiers!

The battle on the city walls was finally over, and the victorious soldiers of the Seventh Legion, after the Roman light infantry who followed the city wall to take prisoners and take prisoners, marched into the city and began a bloody battle with the defenders of the city.

The officers and men of the Kasai Army, who had the advantage of geography and men in street battles, were always able to launch surprise attacks, inflicting considerable casualties on the officers and men of the Seventh Army who were caught off guard, and it was clear that the officers and men of the Kasai Army underestimated the cruelty of the officers and men of the Seventh Army.

The repeated attacks inflicted heavy casualties on the officers and men of the Seventh Legion, as well as the centurions of the Seventh Legion, which began with the burning of the first wooden building occupied by several Kasai soldiers, and the burning of one house after another, and the brutal fighting spread to the people of the city.

Burning down the houses occupied by the Kasai Army, using the people of the Kasai family in the city to open the way, and torturing and killing prisoners of war to intimidate the other defenders, the soldiers of the Seventh Army, who did everything they could, forced Yasaku Shigetsune, who could not bear it anymore, to lead people to kill them himself.

Even Yasashijo, who possessed the strength of a special samurai, could not hold out for long under the siege of a large number of Roman heavy infantry and Roman youths, and although Yasashi Shigemun was already dead, the defenders' defensive faith was not broken, and the battle was still raging.

The fierce street fighting lasted four or five hours before it came to an end, destroying one-third of the city's houses and one-sixth of the city's ordinary people, along with two thousand Kasai soldiers, and at the end of the battle, Kasai Harunobu set fire to his castle tower with his own hands.

Even though the city was in ruins, Luculus left behind 2,000 soldiers of the Southern Standing Army in the city, and this time, after seeing the heavy price paid by the Seventh Legion for the siege, Nanbu Shinri no longer resented Luculus's orders.

The 7th Legion, which had lost nearly 1,000 soldiers, rested at the foot of Teraike Castle for two full days before continuing its march to Sanuma Castle, the last important city of the Kasai family.

For the Yoneya family, who surrendered on their own initiative, Luculus first left 2,000 soldiers of the southern standing army in Sonuma Castle as usual, and then asked Yoneya Tsunataka, of the Yoneya family, to lead the entire army of Sagaya Castle and march to Hanamaki Castle with the Seventh Legion.

The Yoneya family, who didn't even have the qualifications to refuse, gathered all the standing ashigaru of their family scattered in various towns around Sonuma Castle outside Sonuma Castle in one day, and together with the defenders inside Sonuma Castle, the total number of standing ashigaru of the Yoneya family was as high as 6,000.

The Seventh Army, supplemented by 3,000 soldiers of the Southern Standing Army and 6,000 soldiers of the Yoneya Army, set out for Hanamaki Castle of the Barnyard clan on the second day of its formation.

The reason why Bronno was able to capture Mingsheng Castle with the strength of the Tenglong Legion was not because of the Tenglong Legion, but on the arrogance of Yoshitaka Osaki, and the Tenglong Legion, which stood still outside Mingsheng Castle, gave Yoshitaka Osaki enough time to expand his armament.

As a result, after expanding an army of 50,000 with thousands of standing army Ashigaru and temporarily conscripted peasant soldiers, Osaki Yoshitaka, whose self-confidence had been somewhat inflated, wanted to take the initiative to attack and defeat the Tenryu army outside the city; in this way, the fierce generals of the Osaki family, such as Ichiguri herding cattle, Ichisako Takashi, Shigama Takahide, Nanjo Takanobu, and Miyazaki Takashi, each led an army of 10,000 out of the city to attack the Tenryu army.

Even though there was a three-to-one difference in strength, the Tenglong Legion still used practical actions to make Osaki Yoshitaka understand what the gap was; in less than six hours of bloody battle, the 50,000 Osaki Army lost more than 15,000 casualties, and the Tenglong Legion suffered only 1,300 casualties!

After the destruction of the Osaki family, Bronno left 5,000 soldiers of the southern standing army to garrison Meisheng Castle to guard the prisoners of war, and he himself led the Tenglong army to march to the last fortified castle in Hitachi Province, the capital of the Barnyard family!