Takatsuka Castle, the second stop of the Shimazu army's retreat, officially left the battlefield when it arrived here. This castle is a transportation artery connecting Nakahigo and Minamihigo, and it was originally the northern defense base of the Sagara family, but now it is the Shimazu family.

Goo-goo... The owl at night begins to chirp, searching for its own prey.

Takatsuka Castle, which was supposed to be pitch black, was illuminated brighter than daytime by a large number of torches, and there were also a large number of ashigaru patrolling outside the castle.

This is because from here, all the way south is close to Yatsushiro Bay, and its own navy is estimated to be more than lucky, so it began to be more careful.

In the castle lord's room, the candle flame flickered, and Shimazu Yoshihiro sat on the main seat. In front of him, kneeling was a ninja in black.

"Duan Jiulang, I order you to sneak back to China as soon as possible and investigate the reality of the Hosokawa Army! Keep an eye on them at all times! As soon as there is a situation, return quickly! Shimazu Yoshihiro ordered in a deep voice, the person in front of him was the leader of his Shimazu family's mountain sneakers.

The Yama Divers are a ninja group formed by Shimazu Tadara (Yoshihiro's grandfather), a daimyo of Satsuma, who organized ten practitioners on Mt. Kinmine who were proficient in medicinal herbs, minerals, martial arts, etc., and contributed a lot to the unification of the Shimazu family in the three kingdoms of southern Kyushu. Later, instead of Tadashira, he commanded the mountain dives in Shimazu Yoshihiro, which was mainly used to collect the enemy's movements, and then carry out fishing and wild ambushes!

"Yes! The villain understands! Be of good cheer, Lord! "Duan Jiulang has a gray beard, he is already in his sixties, he has been serving the Shimazu family for three generations, but he is still working so hard.

There's no way, after working for so many years, the reward is only enough to make ends meet, and he hasn't picked up the coffin yet.

"Well, go ahead!" Yoshihiro Shimazu nodded, signaling that Duan Jiulang could go out, in their eyes, the ninja was just a useful tool.

"Yes!" Duan Jiulang responded, and the words he originally wanted to say swallowed back into his throat.

"Huh? Is there anything else you can do? Shimazu Yoshihiro frowned, and Duan Jiulang didn't go out immediately.

"Uh... Be! The villain will do it! Duan Jiulang still didn't open his mouth after all, he knew that the Lord would not approve of his promotion to samurai.

"Humph! This Duan Jiulang is getting more and more grinding! Is it time to think about a different person? Shimazu Yoshihiro said to himself, he was tired of seeing Duan Jiulang's old face.

"Forget it, wait until you defeat the Hosokawa family this time, and then make plans." With that, Yoshihiro Shimazu stood up and blew out the candles in the room. Even in the face of the huge Hosokawa family, he is confident that he can still defeat it for three reasons.

First, they are familiar with the terrain, which is geographically advantageous; The second is that the weather is getting cooler and cooler, and autumn is coming soon, and if it is a long battle, it will not be good for the Hosokawa side. In the middle of winter, the cold wind on the sea was biting, not to mention the war, and the cold also froze Hosokawa Ashigaru to death.

This third is the most important part, which is the most proud and tried and tested fishing of your side! It can be described as a classic tactic that can win more with less and fight all over Kyushu.

Whoosh... A few figures flashed in the owl's eyes.

"Boss!" A group of black-clad ninjas gathered, and a leader-like ninja had his hands behind his back and turned his back to them.

"Are you all here?" The leader spoke through the mask, his voice buzzing.

"Yes! It's all here! "The one who spoke was probably a middle ninja.

"Hmm." The leader turned around, and the moonlight hit his mask, although he couldn't see his face clearly, his eyes revealed sharpness, it turned out to be Duan Jiulang.

"This mission, as usual, is to find the enemy's traces, closely monitor his every move, and create opportunities for our troops to surprise their troops." Duan Jiulang didn't know how many times he had said this, but every time he said it, he felt a little lost.

Day after day, year after year, they repeated the same way of life, and the Shimazu family won one victory after another, but their treatment did not improve.

"Yes!" Ninjas make it their duty to obey orders.

Whoosh... They dispersed one after another, leaving only Duan Jiulang's lonely figure.

"Hey... O Lord... You promised me... Samurai status... Hey..."Duan Jiulang felt that his life's efforts were in vain, and in the end... He still couldn't get rid of his lowly status and won a bright road for future generations.

Half a month later, the Hosokawa navy returned to Kagoshima Bay, and Satsuma Tairayama Castle caught fire, heralding the fall of all coastal areas of Shimazu-Satsuma Province.

Hosokawa's army used Koshikishima as a frog jumping point, and from the west coast to the east coast, they destroyed Kameiyama Castle, Akune Castle, Kushikino Castle, Ichiuji Castle, Isaku Castle, Kaseda Castle, Lion Castle, Tsuchiyakura Castle, Kiri Castle, and Senwa Castle along the way, and captured Shimazu Tadanaga, Ijiin Tadado, Honda Kinsadada, Hirata Munehiro and other members of the Shimazu family and important ministers.

The people of Satsuma have also been so frightened that they have been unable to sleep lately, and there are rumors everywhere about the demonized Hosokawa army, the hideous artillery, countless iron cannons, and the thunder-like rage, leaving a deep sense of fear on the locals.

"Young master, after this Hirayama Castle, you will enter the territory of Osumi Province, first of all, Gamo Castle and Kajiki Castle." Shen Yu said respectfully, in front of her, it was the young master of the Hosokawa family: Hosokawa Motokatsu.

"Good! Rest on Sakurajima tonight and attack early tomorrow morning! "Hosokawa Motokatsu now fully trusts Shen Yu, not only because she is the eyes and ears left by her father, but also because of the accuracy of her information recently.

"Yes!" The people took the command, and each one smiled, and his laughter was based on the pain of the enemy.

Now, as the battle line moves eastward, the sea supply base has also been moved from Koshikishima to Sakurajima.

"Young master, there is a suggestion below, I don't know if it's okay?" Ito Yuhei suddenly spoke, and because of his recent achievements, he was gradually able to speak on such occasions.

"Lord Ito, please." Hosokawa Motokatsu is more polite, as the battle line moves eastward, the role of his Ito family becomes more and more obvious, after all, it is the head snake.

"There is nothing to say about this Jiazhi Wood City, it is the liver that guards the city, he is the man who pays the liver and is prosperous, and it is destroyed." Ito Yubing pronounced the other party's death sentence in just a few words. Indeed, Liver Fu Kankuan also learned the news of his father's death at this time, and the country hated the family, and vowed to fight to the death with the Hosokawa family.

"However, this Gamo Castle has always been the residence of the Gamo clan, a wealthy family in Osumi, and has been harassed by the Satsuma Shimazu clan since the Kamakura period. The fifteenth governor of the family, Kamyu Shigekiyo, once took the initiative to subordinate the liver to the family and contend with the Shimazu family, but unfortunately in the end the army was defeated and belonged to the Shimazu family. Passed down to the sixteenth generation of Gamo Fan Qing, presumably deep down, he also wanted to leave the Shimazu family as soon as possible. ”

"So... Under the thought... You can play one faction and pull one faction. If the young master allows, he is willing to serve as a messenger to persuade the Kasumi family. "Ito Yubing is familiar with the origins of these families, and he just took this opportunity to propose a strategy to divide and win over.

"Hmm... Very well, then attack Kajigi Castle early tomorrow morning. As for Gamo Castle... Ito-sama will be handed over tonight. Hosokawa Motokatsu thought about it for a while, and felt that it was difficult to kill all the people of the Shimazu family, so it was better to cultivate some local forces in the local area, which would also facilitate the control in the future.

"Lord Shengming!" Katakura Keixuna also agreed very much and praised respectfully.

"Young Master Shengming!" The rest of the people also chimed in, causing Hosokawa Motokatsu to laugh. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~