Although the inner castle is a flat castle, after the construction of three generations of Shimazu Takahisa, Yoshihisa, and Tadahiro, the city defense is still relatively strong, although only more than 800 people hold on, it still resisted the first round of attacks by more than 20,000 Toyotomi troops.

The joyo of the inner castle is none other than Shimazu Yoshihisa's cousin, and Shimazu Youmatou, a retainer who owns 30,000 stone in Tanegashima, Yakushima, Okinagabu Island, etc. Shimazu Ihisa lost his father since childhood, so he was raised by Shimazu Yoshihisa, after the Yuan service followed Yoshihisa to the south and the north, repeatedly made military exploits, at the age of fifteen he became the lord of Shimizu Castle, an important town in Osumi Province, and later achieved the first merit of the Battle of Ogawa, which was pinned on by Yoshihisa.

Now Shimazu is more than half a hundred years old, but his bravery has not diminished. At the suggestion of Shimazu Yoshihiro, Shimazu Tadashi gave him the responsibility of defending the inner city before the expedition, which shows the trust of the Shimazu clan in him. In order to strengthen the garrison of the inner city, Yoshihisa specially ordered the Tanegashima clan to rush to produce more than 300 iron cannons, which were sent to the inner city by starry night, and these iron cannons played an important role in dealing with the attack of the Toyotomi army.

Neither Ogasawara Tadakiyo nor Fukushima Masaharu expected the Shimazu clan's defense to be so stubborn, and after the first strong attack was frustrated, Chungsei immediately asked Masaharu to lead a detachment of about 3,000 men to raid Tomuma Castle, which was located at the junction of Satsuma and Osumi.

Tomikuma Castle belonged to Heijo Castle, facing the sea to the south, and was connected to the inner castle and Sadogaha Castle through the Hyuga Street, and although the castle defense was very weak and easy to attack and difficult to defend, it became the key to the victory of the Toyotomi army at this time.

After Hideyoshi's expedition to Kyushu, in order to prevent the Shimazu clan from holding the castle, he forced Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was the lord at the time, to move from the inner castle located in the interior of Satsuma to Tomuma Castle, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend near the border, so as to achieve the purpose of monitoring and weakening the Shimazu clan. Shimazu Yoshihisa knew Hideyoshi's intentions, although he was unwilling, but he had no choice but to become a king and lose the king, so he had to lead a small number of retainers to move to Tomuma Castle to live, and the city fortifications were not repaired much, and it was basically a naked city.

Ogasawara Tadashi's intention was very simple, to make a surprise attack on Tomuma Castle, and use Shimazu Yoshihisa to blackmail Shimazu Ikehisa to open the castle in order to minimize the casualties of the Toyotomi army.

Fukushima Masaharu led his army north by boat, and the Shimazu clan arrived at Tomuma Castle in one step, and immediately surrounded the castle after landing on the shore, and after a short and weak resistance, broke through the four gates of the castle and rushed to the palace where Shimazu Yoshihisa was located.

In order to avoid injuring Shimazu Yoshihisa, Fukushima Masaharu did not use a large barrel to bombard the city, and also informed the besieging general that Shimazu Yoshihisa could not be injured unless he was forced to do so. Tomuma Castle was just Shimazu Yoshihisa's living place, with only more than 100 people in charge of daily security and garrison, and in the face of the sudden attack of the 3,000 Toyotomi army, there was no power to fight back, and within a while, the palace and the surrounding Yashiki were surrounded.

Due to the tense war at Yatsuro Castle, Shimazu Yoshihisa has often discussed countermeasures with his retainers in recent days, so when he learned that the Toyotomi army was besieging the city, he immediately summoned his retainers and went out to meet the battle.

I don't know if I don't see it, but when I go out, I find that the surrounding area of the palace is already full of fires, crowds of people, and even several houses where families live are also surrounded by water, this situation is similar to the Honnoji Temple of the year!

Seeing that it was difficult to break through, he immediately pulled Shimazu Yoshihisa back to the palace, but Fukushima Masaharu did not attack, but shouted to the palace, trying to persuade Yoshihisa to open the door and surrender, so as not to hurt his family and innocent people.

Inside the palace, the candle shadow is dim, and outside the palace, the north wind is lonely. Shimazu Yoshihisa and nine retainers are sitting in danger, this sixteenth generation of lords who once dominated Kyushu and pushed the Shimazu clan to its peak, but now he is helpless, and the persuasion outside the palace continues to rise and fall, but his heart is like stagnant water, and he is not alarmed.

"Matachiro, the old man wants to hear your opinion." Shimazu Yoshihisa had the answer in his mind at the moment, but he still wanted to know what the other retainers thought.

"Uncle, I thought the Toyotomi army must have come prepared, and now the inner city is probably ......" This Matashichiro's name is Shimazu Toyohisa, the eldest son of Yoshihisa's fourth brother Shimazu Iehisa, as the lord of Hinata Satohara Castle, the two of them had a close relationship after Yoshihisa moved to Tomuma Castle, and he was only ordered to come to discuss the relief of Yatsushiro Castle the night before, but he never thought that he would be besieged here, and he couldn't help but feel a little flustered and worried.

"Just say what you want to say, I don't have time to listen to your analysis now." Tadanaga Shimazu, who was sitting next to Yoshihisa, said impatiently. As the elder of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Tadashi was in the inner city and Shimazu Ihisa guarded the castle together, but every few days he would come to Tomumuma Castle to ask Yoshihisa for peace. Zhongchang's personality is relatively impatient, and he can't help but feel a little resentful when he sees Fengjiu still spitting at such a time.

Speaking of Shimazu Tadashina, he is still Shimazu Toyohisa's uncle, and under his reprimand, Toyohisa hurriedly said his thoughts: "Now Satsuma can't spare troops to rescue Yatsuro Castle, and the defeat of Hachiro (Shimazu Tadashine) is inevitable; The inner castle is located in the south of Tomuma Castle, and to attack Tomokuma must first capture the inner castle, which means that the inner castle should have been conquered at this moment...... I don't want to raise the morale of the enemy, but the facts are in front of me, and if I want to keep the Shimazu family's foundation, even if it is to save the family name, my uncle has only one way, and that is to go out and surrender. ”

As soon as Fengjiu's words came out, the hall was surprisingly quiet, all the important ministers of the Shimazu clan were present, and no one came out to object, even the voice accusing Fengjiu of being greedy for life and afraid of death did not appear. Shimazu Yoshihisa looked around, smiled slightly, and sighed in his heart: "I can bend and stretch, this is my retainer of the Shimazu clan." ”

Yes, many Sengoku daimyo chose to commit suicide when faced with enemy encirclement, and some even killed their wives and children to avoid being humiliated by the enemy. However, the Shimazu clan is different, as a Kyushu daimyo that has continued from the Kamakura period to the present, this clan has experienced too many battles and seen too many castles destroyed, so their ideas are not the same as ordinary Sengoku daimyos, and they believe that people are the guarantee of the survival of the family, and if the people are gone, it is impossible to talk about restoring the family name.

Therefore, whether it was in the face of Hideyoshi's Kyushu conquest, or the historical Battle of Sekigahara, or even the Saei War at the end of the Edo period, the Shimazu clan did not use "jade crush" as an alternative, and the quality of being able to bend and stretch like a cedar seems to have been injected into the blood of the Shimazu clan, which is why when Shimazu Toyohisa proposed surrender, no retainers stood up to oppose it. Long look at the first release of Chinese network.

Seeing that the ministers had no objections, Shimazu Yoshihisa bowed slightly, got up and tidied up his clothes, took a deep breath, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, the old man is defeated in the hands of Toyotomi again." ”

As the door of the palace slowly opened, Shimazu Yoshihisa walked out of the palace surrounded by everyone, Fukushima Masaharu immediately dismounted when he saw this, walked to Yoshihisa and the others in three steps and two steps, and said to Yoshihisa respectfully: "Repair (Yoshihisa's official position repair doctor) This move is really happy, and now the two armies in the inner city are fighting fiercely, please follow me to persuade you, so as not to lose your life." ”

Shimazu Yoshihisa knew that the inner city had not yet been captured, but at this point, he had no choice but to give in, and immediately rode on the war horse prepared for him by Zhengqing, and galloped towards the shore with everyone. In the early morning, a warship carrying Yoshihisa and others arrived at Kinko Bay, and Yoshihisa and Toyohisa came to the inner castle to persuade Shimazu Ihisa to surrender.

At this time, the Toyotomi army had conquered Sannomaru and was fighting fiercely with the Shimazu army in Ninomaru. Shimazu Ihisa thought that he could only commit suicide in the end, but he didn't think that Yoshihisa would come at a critical moment, and after a little hesitation, Yoshihisa finally decided to open the city.

After dawn, Shimazu Yoshihisa immediately sent a message to Shimazu to lead the inner castle, demanding that the castle lord and joyo give up resistance. After receiving the news, the Toyotomi coalition forces outside the Yashiro Castle also informed Shimazu Tadatsune in the castle in time, and Tadatsune knew that the general situation had gone, and he also surrendered in the evening of the same day. At this point, the war in Kyushu basically came to an end, and Kato Kiyomasa really thought that the sky was like water, and after resting for two days, he led the army to attack Bunzen, and he was bound to settle the general account with the Kuroda clan.