As the sun set, the Hosokawa army retreated like a tide, and the Ryuzoji army held it with great difficulty.

Naoshige Nabeshima walked at the head of the city, looking at the tired defenders and the badly damaged city defenses, he knew very well in his heart that if it hadn't just fallen a heavy snowfall, the cold and the ground was slippery, I was afraid that this city would not be able to hold even a day.

"No... I can't just die here, I'm not reconciled! Nabeshima Naoshige clenched his fists, as the number two person of the Ryuzoji family, he owned half of the territory of the Ryuzoji family. However, as he grew older, his ambitions grew, and sometimes he dreamed that he had replaced the Ryuzoji family.

And in the battle of Okita, they entered the ambush circle preset by Hosokawa Motokatsu, and the dense iron cannon fire suddenly attacked from all directions. The stunned soldiers of Ryuzoji trampled on each other, with countless casualties, and Takanshin of Ryuzoji Temple, known as the "bear of Hizen", also died in the chaos.

As soon as Longxin died, the lives of the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers were all pinned on Naomao. At this time, Naomao suddenly felt a godsend, so he simply ordered the four heavenly kings of Longzao Temple to serve as the palace army, causing them all to die in battle, and the Ryuzoji family became Naomao's Yiyantang.

"That's not the plan! Damn it! Just a little bit! Nabeshima Naoshige looked up to the sky and sighed: "Hey... Seemingly... That's all it can be... It's just that the odds of success... Not big..."

In the dead of night, the two sides died down, waiting for tomorrow to fight again.

"My lord... Lord... Did you sleep? Outside Hosokawa Motokatsu's tent, Katakura Keitsuna's voice was heard.

Hosokawa Motokatsu, who was sleeping inside, was awakened by the voice, slowly opened his eyes, sat up and asked, "Jing Gang, what's the matter?" ”

"My lord, the city has sent someone to ask to see you." Katakura Keixuna said respectfully outside the tent.

"What do you say?" Hosokawa Motokatsu didn't mean to get up at all, and his current status is not something that anyone can see if they want to.

"Anyway, he's Nabeshima's retainer. This time, I came here to secretly invest in my Hosokawa family. Katakura Jinggang had already asked in advance, and he told the truth of the matter again.

"I want to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, hehe..." Hosokawa Motokatsu put on a windbreaker, got up and lit the lamp oil: "Jinggang, come in." ”

"Yes!" Katakura Jinggang lifted the curtain and walked in to salute.

"What do you think?" Motokatsu Hosokawa motioned for him to sit down, and he sat cross-legged himself.

"The subordinates think... It's all up to you, my lord. "Katakura Jinggang didn't dare to make a mistake, and he never suggested such a major thing.

"Hehe..."Hosokawa Motokatsu shook his head with a smile and said: "If he had surrendered earlier, he might have sealed him a place to live, but now that the general trend has been decided, he is still thinking about the old set... Gee... Outdated. ”

"What do you mean?" Katakura Keixuna leaned forward and asked in a low voice.

"It's late, it's useless to do anything, just let him perish with the Ryuzoji family. Let him keep his loyal name to the end, which can be regarded as his last reward. In just a few words, Hosokawa Motokatsu pronounced a verdict on the rise and fall of a person, or even a family.

"Yes, the subordinates understand, so they will reply, and they will not disturb the lord's rest." Katakura Jingzuna saluted respectfully, and then left on his own.

"Ahh It doesn't look like it will take a few days... You can go back. Hosokawa Motokatsu yawned, got up and walked out of the tent, suddenly shivered, shrunk his neck and hurried back, it was too cold outside...

"What! The Hosokawa family actually refused! Nabeshima Naoshigeo stood up and offered to surrender to the castle and was refused, which made him very embarrassed. He gathered his loyal subordinates together for a coup d'état at night and a murderous sacrifice of the city.

"It's... This... What should I do? Everyone was suddenly confused, originally planning to sacrifice the city to live, but now that it is good, it is really coexisting and dying with the city, and the mentality suddenly fell from heaven to hell.

"Bastard..."Naoshige Nabeshima gritted his teeth with hatred, and his eyes flashed with a fierce gaze.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Since the Hosokawa family refuses to give us a way to live! We're going to have to fight to the death! Naoshige Nabeshima immediately took the opportunity to inspire, since the matter has come to this point, the only way to carry it to the end is to die...

In the early morning of the next day, the Hosokawa army launched another sharp offensive, and although the Ryuzoji army tried its best to resist, it could not withstand the combined attack of long guns and short artillery.

The gates were quickly breached, the Hosokawa army swarmed into the city, and the Ryuzoji army was slaughtered all over the field, and Nabeshima Naoshige fought until the last moment, achieving his reputation for loyalty and righteousness.

The head of the Ryuzoji family, the Ryuzoji Masana, was also forced to commit suicide, and the last rebel force in the land of Kyushu was eliminated, and the Kyushu Expedition ended. However, the Otomo family, who was one of the parties to the war, was punished.

Hosokawa Motokatsu used the excuse that in the First Battle of the Capital Basin, Otomo Yoshitomo retreated from the battle, and only retained the territory of 370,000 koku of Otomo Iebungo. And took this opportunity to make the Tachibana family independent from the Otomo family and became the daimyo of 150,000 in the three counties of Chikuzen Province.

And Tachibana Chiyo naturally submitted to the Hosokawa family, and will also follow Hosokawa Motokatsu and return to Beijing to meet the king.

The Hosokawa army returned to the sea ship and began to sail back, and on the way back, the reserves of the daimyo of each vassal came ashore and returned to their families, while the head of the family continued to follow Hosokawa Motokatsu to Kyoto.

The news of Hosokawa Motokatsu's return reached Kyoto first, and the interior ministers such as Nakajima Kiyonobu, Kagawa Tadaji, Nakajima Akinobu, and Konishi Takasaku immediately began to arrange a celebration ceremony, and Hosokawa Nobumoto's shogun took office at the moment when Hosokawa Motokatsu returned to Beijing.

The bustling clusters on both sides of the streets of Kyoto and the joy of the townspeople are all over the place, and the centuries-old chaos is finally coming to an end, which means that there will be no more tragedy like the Onin War in Kyoto.

Kaimachi, as an important port in Osaka Bay, is also an important gateway to the Gyeonggi area.

As soon as Hosokawa Motokatsu landed, he clearly felt a different state, and the joyful atmosphere of Kyoto was infected.

On both sides of the pier were the townspeople who welcomed the road, and they all knelt on the side of the road one by one, sincerely welcoming the triumphant return of the army.

The first was the Hosokawa Banner main team, led by Ito Yubei, with 2,000 spears standing in a row. The second is Hosokawa's 3,000 iron cannons, and the iron cannons in his hands are full of the smell of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield. And then there are the Hosokawa samurai of the invincible team, this group of people does not need to draw their swords, and they walk in front of the townspeople with an icy murderous aura!

In the end, Hosokawa Motokatsu rode the "shower", mighty and domineering, and a female general behind the side was even more heroic, the two complemented each other, and they were a perfect match for heaven and earth.

The journey was not far, and soon we were on the outskirts of Kyoto.

Hosokawa Motokatsu looked at Kyoto from afar, and the training of more than half a year had made his originally immature face now add a bit of sophistication.

"Kyoto, I'm back." I want to talk about "Mortals Through the Law of Survival" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~