The two sides of the fierce battle gathered in the wilderness outside Kaneno Castle, and in the spring, the sun rises, and the young grass spits new flowers, but the vitality is obscured by the banner that obscures the sky and the sun.

Shibata Katsuie has lost hope for the future, and is completely reckless, his forces have been completely concentrated, and he is breaking through in the direction of Hashiba Hideyoshi with all his strength.

According to intelligence, because he was dissatisfied with Shibata Katsuie's order, Shibata Katsutoyo, the son who had always had a bad relationship, openly disobeyed the order, and was pulled out and beheaded on the spot by Shibata Katsuie!

For a while, the three armies were solemn, and they were so angry that they even beheaded their own sons, and who else dared to jump out and be restless?

So the three armies tried their best to move forward and desperately attacked the city, and the army of Yushiba Hideyoshi, which was originally superior, was miserable.

I fully understand Shibata Katsuie's mood at this time, he is not running for victory, he is for revenge, not only to take revenge on Hashiba Hideyoshi, but also like those so-called relatives who sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and watch their own son die!

In his worldview, the whole world has actually collapsed, and what he wants to do is to drag his old enemy to destroy together!

Kaneno Castle is no more than thirteen or fourteen meters high, and the walls on both sides of Shibata Katsuya are crumbling on a few charges, and as a last resort, Hashiba Hideyoshi sent Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori and other warriors who are among the seven guns of Shibatake, and led the sergeants to take the initiative to go out of the city, relying on the city wall to carry out a strong entrapment on the Shibata Katsuya headquarters.

But I didn't expect that Shibata Katsuya would not retreat at all, it was completely a posture of daring to die and desperately, returning blood for blood and repaying life for life!

From morning to noon, the two sides have suffered nearly 10,000 casualties under the small city of Kaneno! And the numbers are growing!

"It's not the way to go on like this! Left Chancellor. Kuroda Rusui stood behind the iron shield at the head of the city and looked down, with a worried face: "It's strange that although Shibata Katsuya has always been brave, he will never be so disregarding life and death. ”

Hashiba Hideyoshi frowned and said, "What the hell are you messing with him in the south?" I don't think it's like his usual style. There must be a reason for this. ”

Kuroda Rusui thought for a while, turned around and shouted: "Bring up the Shibata Junashibashi who was captured just now!" ”

Someone went down by himself, and several people grabbed a man covered in blood and came up, and pressed him down in front of Hashiba Hideyoshi and Kuroda Rusui.

"Say! What the hell happened to Katsuya Shibata? Why such a desperate attack? Kuroda asked sharply.

The man was silent, but kept his head down and begged for death. Seeing this, the samurai next to him immediately rushed up to punch and kick the captive, and kept shouting and scolding.

The ashigami had already been seriously injured, and seeing that he didn't have long to live, he scolded without hesitation: "You monkey subordinates sent someone to assassinate my family's noble fifth young master, and Lord Shibata wants your life to pay tribute, what else is there to say?" Just wait for you to die! Shibata Jun is not afraid of death! ”

Fifth Young Master? Shibata Katsutada? He's dead? Yushiba Hideyoshi and Kuroda looked at each other like water, no wonder Shibata Katsuya wanted to work hard, it turned out that the root of the heart and liver baby's life was cut off!

"Who did it!" Hideyoshi Hashiba asked again.

The warrior continued to scold, "It's not you monkeys! Lord Shibata will definitely kill you all and avenge the Fifth Young Master! For the Dead Soldiers...... Yes! ”

What should be known is already known, how could Yushiba Hideyoshi have the heart to listen to his nonsense here, and with a slight swing of his head, the samurai behind him slashed over, and the captive understood.

"Sun Qilan did it." Kuroda Rushui clenched his fists: "He assassinated Shibata Katsutada, and deliberately disguised himself as us to attack Shibata Katsuya, creating the appearance of our two joining forces, attracting Shibata Katsuya to attack us!" Desperately with us! ”

"......" Hideyoshi Hashiba was silent, thinking, this kind of inference is definitely the most likely one. Judging from the war in Beiyue, this method of transferring flowers and trees is the usual trick of the Ming Dynasty, but it is helpless, why can he succeed frequently?

Suddenly, he thought of something and asked urgently, "Where is Sun Qilan and Daming's army now?" Why haven't they said good aid come yet? ”

One of the people behind him replied: "I just received a tip, the first part of the Ming Army has assembled eighty miles away in the southeast, with a red scarf in his arm, waiting to assemble." But the particularly powerful naval army disappeared, and it was suspected that it was on the Sun family's warship, and I was afraid that it came by land and water. ”

When Hideyoshi Hashiba looked back, it was his trusted staff member Ishida Mitsunari. This young man, who was less than thirty years old, was resourceful and sophisticated, and won his trust.

"Is the intelligence reliable? Thirty percent. Hideyoshi Hashiba asked.

"Part of it is reliable. The part on land has been connected, and although the other party did not talk to our scout, he did not attack when he saw the red scarf on the scout's arm. Ishida replied.

"You mean, Sun Qilan is on the water?" Hideyoshi Hashiba asked again, "What does he want to do?" ”

Ishida Sancheng said with a smile: "Sun Qilan's ability, sixty percent is on the water, three percent is at night, and one percent is on land." He took the sergeant to the sea, and only then did he say that he clearly had the sincerity to cooperate with me and defeat the Shibata Katsuie, and I don't think you need to worry about this, Minister Zuo. ”

"Huh, you just believe him like that?" Kuroda Rusui didn't like this young offspring very much. His presence made him feel very uncomfortable, because he was no longer able to concentrate on the former, and took away a large part of the trust that Minister Zuo had placed in him.

"I always feel that this Ming Dynasty man can't be trusted, he has too many thoughts, and if he trusts too much, I'm afraid that he will suffer a lot." He added.

"If you don't trust him, should I deal with the mad dog Shibata Katsuya myself?" Ishida Mitsunari smiled very lightly: "And then let the Ming Dynasty people who are waiting for work come to us in the back and stab us?"

Kuroda said angrily: "You said that if Sun Qilan shelled us from behind and bit us back for Shibata Katsuya's helpers, how should we deal with it?"

Hideyoshi Hashiba looked at Ishida Mitsunari, for some reason, he seemed to like Ishida Mitsunari more as a young man, perhaps seeing his shadow from him.

"Because he has no interest in doing that." Ishida Sannari smiled and was still extremely confident: "From the fact that he helped Shibata Katsuya in Shibatake Mountain before, and this time he chose us to cooperate, it can be seen that he only wants benefits, not who he chooses and who to rely on."

"And what does he get for us?" Kuroda asked with a gloomy face.

"Allies!" Ishida Sancheng replied very strongly: "Sun Qilan is the descendant of Zhang Juzheng, the former first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and he will not like it." He came back from the West to fight this battle not for personal gain, but more like a duty for his elders! Very respectable! ”

"I admire my enemies!" Kuroda said angrily: "What is Your Excellency's position!"

"Samurai's position!" Ishida Mitsunari replied in a loud voice: "Samurai, respect the brave and righteous samurai, even if he is an enemy!"

Kuroda Rusui was about to scold angrily, but was interrupted by Yushiba Hideyoshi: "What Sancheng said is right. Qilan crisscrosses the sea and needs a stable Fuso as a rear. Shibata Katsu's eyes are above the top, but he is short-witted and sparse, and he is by no means a reliable person. ”

After a pause, he seemed to think of something: "I finally understand why he wanted to help Shibata Katsuya before - he needs us not to unify the world, so he deliberately supports Shibata Katsuie!" He didn't look favorably on him when he helped Shibata's old dog, it was precisely because he was in a weak position! ”

"Exactly! Left Chancellor. Ishida Sansei didn't care about Kuroda Rusui's hostility at all, and still talked eloquently: "So Sun Qilan chose to cooperate with us at this time, indeed to help us defeat Shibata Katsuya, but there must also be a consideration of using this to consume our side and our inability to enter again." ”

"Hmph." Yushiba Hideyoshi smiled: "That's right, he wants to make limited compensation!" After all, when he was in Zhiyue, if it weren't for his horizontal intervention, Shibata Katsuya would not be able to get away with it now. ”

"So what now?" Kuroda Rushui is worthy of being a generation of military advisors, and he adjusted his state very quickly: "Should we take the initiative to get in touch with Sun Qilan and pull them into the battle as soon as possible?" ”

"As it should be, we want to find them and come up with some lead that he has to join in, so that he can't be left alone! After all, this mad dog in front of him is too fierce! Hashiba Hideyoshi looked at the two armies fighting under the city wall, gritting his teeth.

"The best thing to do is to set fire to make the situation on the castle even more critical!" Ishida Mitsunari suggested again: "Since Sun Qilan's purpose is to help us fight against Shibata Katsuya, he must not want to see us fall into passivity, so showing weakness has become the best way at present!" ”

"Good! Just show weakness! Yushiba Hideyoshi shouted happily, and suddenly there was a crisp sound of "dang" next to him, but it was a bullet that hit the big shield beside him, which frightened him and shrank his neck and hid deeper!

"Arrange it! Hurry up! I'm sure Sun Qilan is lurking somewhere around here! Hideyoshi Hashiba hid behind the bunker and commanded.

No one laughed at him for being cowardly, after all, it was this "timid mouse" guy who almost unified most of Dongying, and then he had a high probability of becoming the master of the entire Dongying!

In the face of power, no face, no image, are just accessories. No one will laugh at a man who has suffered humiliation but has won the final victory, and for those strong men who have died halfway, people will just say a few more beautiful words in the memorial service.

"Minister Zuo, I found Sun Qilan's army!" Ishida Mitsunari shouted, "Look at the sea over there! East! ”

Hashiba Hideyoshi raised his head boldly, leaned out of the city wall and looked out, and was overjoyed.

He saw hundreds of warships, large and small, heading in the direction of Kaneno!

"Quick! Do as you say! Hideyoshi shouted at Ishida Mitsunari: "The sooner the better, to enlist their support!" ”

Ishida Mitsunari went as ordered, and soon the castle was full of smoke, and it was a crumbling scene.

Both sides of the fierce battle noticed the incident, and soon they both noticed the presence of a third party at sea—the least numerous, but probably the most terrifying!

The real melee is about to begin!