"I wonder what Your Highness is referring to?" Masanori Fukushima asked.

Hideho led the generals to the map, pointed to the river and analyzed: "This river is further down with the Naka River and rushes into the sea, and this place is downstream, the water surface is wide, and it is just used by the Uesugi army, but if you look at the trend of Mizuhori, it is inclined to the southeast, so Fukuhara Castle is located in the basin or plain southeast of the Sukawa River, and the key mountain castle in the southeast is higher than Fukuhara Castle, which further shows that Fukuhara Castle is located in a riverside basin, and the castles in this riverside basin often rely on the water system to protect themselves. But what they overlook is that if the downstream is blocked, the river will flood to other low-lying areas, and these small basins will bear the brunt. Fukushima squire, do you understand what I mean? ”

"Your Highness said it so clearly, how could Zhengzheng not understand, please rest assured, Zhengzheng will definitely capture Fuyuan City!" Fukushima Masanori nodded earnestly, and immediately returned to the front line, gathering 20,000 soldiers to start filling the river channel of the Sukawa River. The river is generally wide downstream but the flow rate is soothing, the upstream water surface is narrow but the water flow is turbulent, so it is not difficult to fill the lower reaches of the river, Xiubao mobilized 20,000 people to work together, and finally basically completed the blockage of the river in the middle of the night on the 10th.

Since it was late at night and far away from Fukuhara Castle, the Uesugi army in the castle did not discover Hideho's plan, so it was not until the flood broke through the embankment, overflowed the earthen ramparts, and roared into the castle that Ichikawa Botsuna woke up from his sleep and hurriedly fled from the palace towards a higher place in the castle.

However, if a city built in a basin can be as high as it is, even if it is high? The scale of the flood even exceeded Hidebo's expectations, not only flooding the basin in an instant, but also flooding the basin after it was filled with water, and then began to flood out of the basin, but fortunately, Hidebo's forces were deployed on nearby terraces and hills, and these overflowing floods did not affect it, except for some nearby farmland and several villages, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

Since it was late at night at the time of the incident, Hideho did not know much about the situation in Fukuhara Castle, and it was not until the early morning of the next day that he climbed the platform where the key mountain castle was located and truly enjoyed the grand scene of "land turning flat lake". Fukuhara Castle, which was still a sharp outline yesterday, has been completely submerged in the water at this moment, whether it is a water hori, an earthen fortress, or a palace, all of them are gone, and the basin has become a dammed lake at this time, and the water of the Mikawa River roars into the lake, carrying the mud and sand to make the whole lake turbid, and at the other end of the lake, the river flows into the downstream river after overflowing a plain, and finally flows into the Naka River.

"I can't see anything except a few arrowheads." Fukushima Masanori walked up to Hideho and said with emotion: "This scene reminds Masanori of the scene when Taiko flooded Takamatsu. ”

"Four thousand people are gone, and the power of the heavens is much stronger than us mortals after all." Ignoring Fukushima Masanori's emotion, Hideho said to himself: "If it weren't for Ichikawa Saemon's desperate resistance, I really wouldn't want to use heaven to deal with them." ”

"This is the will of God, Your Highness does not need to blame yourself, just imagine, if you don't do this, I am afraid that there will be more dead and wounded, and you are also forced to do it." Masanori Fukushima is a rough man, and it is rare for him to be able to say such a thing.

"Anyway, did you find any live holes in the cleaning of the battlefield this morning?" Hideho turned around and asked.

Fukushima Takayoshi nodded and replied, "So far, only thirty-six people have been fished, and the others are probably ......."

"That's what you call providence." Xiu Bao smiled back and said comfortingly: "After this battle, the sergeants are very tired, so after cleaning the battlefield, let's return to Toriyama City to rest for a few days." ”

"Don't worry, wait a little longer, it stands to reason that there will be news over there soon." Hideho was a little worried about Fushimi's situation, if nothing else, the Maori army had now advanced into, and the real battle was about to begin.

The distance from Osaka to Kyushu is a little farther than to Shimono, but the summoned messenger is able to take the waterway, and quickly spread the news of the crusade against Hideho throughout Kyushu, for a while, rumors, rumors spread, whether it is the Shimazu clan, the first daimyo of Kyushu who owns three states, or the Hita Castle lord Miyagi Fengsheng who is only 5,000 stone high, the whole island has carried out the maximum mobilization in the territory, the sound of metal knocking of forging weapons, and the rough shouts and shouts of training troops one after another, although no troops have been mobilized, but it is already "black clouds crush the city to destroy", It's really breathless.

Since the port where the envoy first arrived was Hakata Port in Bunzen, the Kuroda clan near the place was the first to get the news, and at this time, the Kuroda family, the main force of 5,500 people, had already conquered Aizu with the Kyushu Legion, and the remaining troops were pitiful, but fortunately, there was a dark sky like water sitting in Nakatsu Castle to barely control the scene.

In the same situation as the Kuroda family, at this time, except for the Shimazu family in Satsuma and the Kato family in Higo, all the powerful daimyo of Kyushu sent their troops to Aizu in an attempt to gain Hideho's favor, so that they could get a share of the future exploration and trade with the Ming Dynasty, or they could obtain 10,000 or 20,000 koku from the Taiko Hidden Land in Kyushu.

The sky is like water, this old lord in the eyes of everyone, after Kuroda Nagamasa sent troops, often wandered around the castle town with nothing to do, one is to chat for comfort, and the other is to patrol the security in the city by the way, leisurely, happy and leisurely. However, after receiving the order to attack Hideho from the daimyo of Kyushu, Kuroda Rusui changed his previous leisurely attitude and immediately convened a meeting of the retainers who remained in the domain.

At the meeting, the dark sky was as awe-inspiring as water, and after he glanced at the retainers under the table, he said loudly: "Finally, the time has come to decide the general trend of the world!" I, the Kuroda clan, must not miss this opportunity! ”

The old ministers who were summoned didn't know what the meaning of the words "The sky is like water" was, and they looked at each other and were speechless. After a long time, Inoue Kurou Uemon asked, "What does the old lord mean by this?" The elite of this family has already gone out with the lord, although there is a crusade order from Osaka, the current strength in the territory can be used, and the cage city is the best policy. ”

Hearing this, Rushui smiled slightly: "Uemon, after following me for so many years, now every tea soup, Go, song meeting, and smelting tour are all enjoyable, is it that your brain is dull, and you really can't smell this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Neifu, Aizu Nayan, and Youfu, the decisive battle between the three of them will end in one or two days, and it will last at least 100 days, as long as there are these 100 days, I Kuroda can sweep Kyushu and unify China, at least it will be a soldier in Soruma! When the winner of the Eastern Kingdom is decided, the one who survives but is exhausted will have to face the challenge of my unification of Kyushu and China's forces, and that will be the decisive battle that will determine the ownership of the world! ”

"The old lord's plan is very good, but you ignore An Yizhong's words, China is his skill!" Inoue reminded with admiration and concern.

"So what," Heitian sneered, "is like a swamp, it's easy to get in and hard to get out, even if you go in a hurry, there will be a proper arrangement, Ukita, Maeda, and the military strength of Youfu's skills, do you think An Yi Nayan can get out?" Besides, attacking China was the second step of the old man's plan, and now it seems that the Honke family will not be able to win, but once the forces of the Kyushu daimyo are united, and then land in Honshu, the strength at that time is not comparable to that of the Mori clan. That's it, my lords, are you willing to follow the old man to do a big job?! ”