Ten days later, Hosokawa Nobumoto set out from Kyoto with an army of more than 30,000 men, preparing to take the sea route to the Shikoku region.

Twelve days later, he landed in Sanuki Province and arrived at Fujime Castle in Toyota-gun, which was close to Uma-gun in Iyo Province and was both a national gate and a bridgehead for attacking other countries.

"Your Majesty, see the lord!" Outside Fujime Castle, Kagawa Motokyi and others knelt on the side of the road to welcome Hosokawa Nobumoto's arrival.

"Well, get up. Jiaqing, Yuanlin and Cunzhi are also here. Hosokawa Nobumoto was on his horse, and when he saw that the four wealthy clans of Sanuki were coming, he couldn't help but nod.

"My lord, please." As a local wealthy family, Kagawa Motojing obediently took the reins of the horse and opened his eyes for Hosokawa Nobumoto. The others followed behind, not daring to trespass in the slightest. Joke! The lord is here, who dares not to come?

Soon, the group entered the center of the city, where the lord lived.

"Lord, the residence is shabby, and the majesty of the lord is lost, please punish the lord!" Kagawa Motokei bowed down, and his whole body was soaked with sweat. Fujime Castle is just a simple small city, not even a castle tower, and he was suddenly notified, so he didn't even have time to prepare, for fear that he would be punished by the lord because of this incident.

"It's okay, get up, there's not so much attention to when you go on the expedition." Nobumoto Hosokawa waved his hand, not caring at all.

"Thank you, lord!" Kagawa Motokyo raised his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"The army will rest here for three days, and in three days it will invade Iyo Province! During this time, you will need to ensure that the army is fed! Hosokawa Nobumoto suddenly said seriously, it doesn't matter if you live well or not, the key is that the army's food and accommodation cannot be sloppy.

"Yes! Your Majesty has made arrangements, please rest assured. "Kagawa Motokei, as the friendship of the landlords, should ensure the food and accommodation of the army.

"Well, that's good. Okay, is there anything else you guys are up to? Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the four of them again, as if he had something to say.

"Uh... Lord... In the evening there were four of us... Well... A table of wine was prepared... The most well-known geisha in the area was also called... Think... Think..."In the end, it was Xiang Xijia who said tremblingly, he followed the lord first.

"Eat... It's not... Well... Alright then, just tonight. Originally, Hosokawa Nobumoto wanted to refuse, and he usually went out to eat and live with the troops. But after thinking about it, the local wealthy families can't see each other a few times a year, and they are a little angry after a long time, and they just want to get close to themselves.

"Thank you Lord for your face!" The four of them breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the four of them still had a certain status in the hearts of the lord.

The night's delicious food, wine, singing and laughter passed quickly, and three days later, Hosokawa Nobumoto marched in the direction of Iyo Province with all his army.

"My lord, after passing the Miura Port in front, you will enter the territory of Iyo." The army followed the coastline all the way west to the port of Miura.

"Alright, you guys go back." Hosokawa Nobumoto stopped his army here to rest for a while, and when he ran out of lunch, he immediately hit the road.

"My lord, don't you really need the military strength of your ministers? The subordinates and others have already brought the standing army. Tokawa and the others asked in a low voice again, desperately wanting to go out together.

"No, you go back and settle down in the territory, and I will ask you to send troops if necessary." Hosokawa Nobumoto didn't want them to get a piece of the pie, even if he didn't do anything, he would have to give them a reward more or less. From this point, it can be seen that the strength of the Hosokawa lord's family is strong, and if it is placed in the other daimyo families, it is impossible to hide far away with the wealthy family.

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"Chang'an, have you brought all the cave explorers?" Seeing that the Sanuki Four Wealthy Clans were gone, Hosokawa Nobumoto turned around and asked Okubo Chang'an.

"How dare you disobey the lord's orders, they are all brought." Okubo Changan hurriedly came over to salute and replied respectfully.

"Very well, according to the intelligence, after passing here, you will be able to reach Kawanoe Castle in Iyo-Uma County. And the southern mountain range of Kawanoe Castle all the way to the west, to the area of Shini County is full of copper mines! Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, the largest Besko Copper Mountain was close at hand.

"Right here?" Okubo Chang'an was a little unexpected, he thought that Tongshan was deep inland, but he didn't expect it to be so close to the coastline.

"Yes, prepare well, your cave explorers will soon come in handy." As he spoke, Hosokawa Nobumoto patted Okubo Chang'an on the shoulder.

"Lord, the army has already used lunch, and it is ready to go out at any time!" Honda Masanobu walked over at this time and saluted Hosokawa Nobumoto respectfully.

"Good, um... Let Sakamoto be the first vanguard. Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to let Sanada Masayuki be the pioneer.

"Yes! Lord! After saying that, Honda Masanobu went down to arrange the army.

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"Sakamoto Bei! Gather! Sarutobi Sasuke shouted loudly.

"Look to the left... Even! Forward... See! Sarufei Sasuke gathered the team, ran to Sanada Masayuki in broken steps, and knelt on one knee: "Lord Qi!" Sakamoto is ready! Please advise! ”

"Excellent! Target: Iyo Kunigawa no Ejo! Alert forward, go! "Sanada Masayuki came to the front of the army and gave the order to attack.

"Oh!" Sakamoto raised his banner and walked in unison.

"Sekihara! Let's go! Shima Katsu led his army to follow.

Stompe! Stompe! The 30,000-strong army marched mightily, with guns in the clouds and a clear banner.

Kawanoe Castle is a major transportation hub connecting Iyo, Sanuki, Tosa, and Awa, and is located on the summit of Mt. Washio next to the Kawanoe River, and is the residence of the local wealthy Tsumia Tomoharu.

At this time, his wife Tomoharu was standing on the arrow turret, holding an iron cannon, and was looking out of the city with a serious expression. He is extremely good at iron cannons, and has the title of a bird that can fall.

In fact, because Shikoku was poor, there were very few iron cannons introduced, and his wife and bird friend Haru spent a lot of money to buy an iron cannon, and he held it all day long to show off, and the cowhide of the falling bird was blown out like this.

But today... He saw a whole three thousand iron cannons ...

"Siege!" Hosokawa Nobumoto gave an order, and this kind of small town is too lazy to talk nonsense.

"Shoot!" Takuzhi Kiyoshi commanded in a loud voice.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The iron cannons roared in unison, and pieces of projectiles roared towards Kawanoe Castle.

Puff puff! "Uhh The city was hit by this burst of iron cannons, and several people were planted.

"Ahh A loud scream came from the arrow oar, and his wife and bird Yuchun were hit by several bullets in his body, and he fell down from above. At the moment of falling, it showed a frightened appearance, as if to say, can the iron cannon hit so far and so accurately?

With the death of Tomo Tori, the wife of the bird, Kawanoe Castle soon gave up resistance, and the Hosokawa army immediately entered the city and won the first battle! Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future