On September 25, the 13th year of Astronomy, at the same time as the armistice at Yamamotokan, a major battle began in Wakumoto Castle on the other side of Akita Prefecture. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hundreds of ashigaru led by Yoshikei the old Komura of the Tsugawa family, set off from Shikadokan, headed west past Yaryuno, bypassing the narrow strip of land on the southern bank of the Yoneyogawa River, and then continuing south. First, he captured the Noshi Fortress located next to Hachiro Ao, and then organized his troops to march towards Wakumoto Castle, which was second only to Hinoyama Castle by the Andong family.

The castle is second only to Hiyama Castle in the territory of the Andong family, and it is also the largest foreign trade port in the territory of the Andong family. After the loss of Minato Castle, only Wakimoto Castle and Okaijo in the Tsugaru region remained as ports within the Ando family's domain. As the only relatively large port in the territory, Anton Shunji was naturally unwilling to give up the city easily, so he asked his general Hasuda Mitsushige to lead a part of the troops to defend the city.

Kawaki Castle is a port, and the Anto family's navy is also stationed here to fend off threats from the Tsugawa family.

Wakimoto Castle is backed by Noishi Mountain, facing the sea to the south and east, and only the marshland to the northeast is led by a narrow path leading to Wakimoto Castle. The only avenue is from Noishi to the west from Kitaura Castle, where the Toga clan is stationed, then south to Ogakan and then to Wakimoto Castle via Ogakan.

Oga Pavilion and Wakimoto Castle are only more than 1 mile apart, and you can see each other from the towers of both castles. As a branch of Wakimoto Castle, Oga Pavilion is small in scale, and more often than not, it serves as a grain warehouse and military supplies storage for Wakimoto Castle.

On the path leading from Noishi to Kitaura Castle, Yoshiki Komura rode a war horse at the front of the procession, followed by Shuichiro Yagyu and Hirohiro Tsumiki. The three of them were talking about something as they walked.

"Lord Komura, if we want to pass through Beipu City, we must first capture Beipu City. This is the Toga stronghold, do you want to ask for help from Lord Motoyama? Tsumiki asked cautiously.

Yoshikyo Komura shook his head and said, "The pirates are a navy, even if we swagger past outside Kitaura Castle, he Kitaura Kenji will not and dare not send troops to attack us!" ”

"Of course, we are not as good as Toga in the water war, but if Kenji Kitaura dares to lead his army out of the city to fight with us in the field, then I will let Kenji Kitaura know how powerful we are!" After speaking, a smile couldn't help but appear on Komura Yoshikage's face.

"Even so, if we don't solve the problem of losing Toga, in case we lead our army to besiege the castle, Kitaura Kenji will cut off our retreat. Attacking our rear and flanking us with the enemy forces in the castle will not be optimistic. Shuichiro Yagyu on the side said suddenly.

"Hmm." Hearing Shuichiro Yanagi's words, Yoshikyo Komura nodded slowly, and then said, "Since this is the case, then send a message to Lord Motoyama, and let the navy of my family block the sea area of Beipu City and contain the residents of Hezhong." As long as we take the castle quickly, everything will be settled! ”

In fact, the worries of Yoshikage Komura and others are completely unnecessary.

In fact, after learning that the general of the Tsugawa family, Yoshikage Omura, led an army of hundreds of people from Shikadokan towards Wakihonjo. Kenji Kitaura Castle, the lord of Kitaura Castle, had already fled with more than 400 people from the Toga clan.

Kenji Kitaura's Toga and Okubo Nagaki's Hachiro are the only two naval forces in the Anton family's domain. Originally, the combined strength of the two naval armies was the most powerful naval army in the entire Northern Ou region. However, in the last battle of Akita Tsuka, Toga and Hachiro were heavily injured on the banks of the Omonogawa River, and their strength was sharply reduced.

This time, when he heard that the general of the Tsugawa family, Yoshikage Komura, was heading for Kitaura Castle from Noishi, Kitaura Kenji fled with the Toga people very undisciplinedly. At this critical juncture, Kenji Kitaura has decided to escape from the broken ship of Anton's house. Anyway, he and the others were pirates before, and the survival of the Anton family has nothing to do with him, so it's a big deal to start his old business again.

With this idea, Kenji Kitaura fled from Kitaura Castle without hesitation.

However, perhaps God played a joke on Kenji Kitaura. When Kitaura Kenji and the others set off from Kitaura Castle and traveled to the sea area west of the Oga Pavilion, they happened to collide with the Tsugawa family sailors who came to help in the battle.

As soon as the two of them, Tadanobu Motoyama and Shiro Iwafune, who were eager to make meritorious contributions, saw the Toga people flying the banner of the Andong family, they immediately ordered an attack. The Tsugawa family's navy now has 11 ships and 17 Kohaya ships. On the other hand, there were only 4 ships and 9 small ships. In contrast, Motoyama Tadanobu and others undoubtedly have the absolute upper hand.

Seeing this, Kenji Kitaura hurriedly said loudly, "Turn the rudder and retreat in the direction of Wakihonjo!" ”

Seeing that Kenji Kitaura and the others were about to run, Tadanobu Motoyama hurriedly commanded, "The enemy army is going to escape, speed up and rush forward!" ”

Kitaura Kenji knew that he was definitely no match for the Tsugawa family's naval forces, and now he only hoped that Okubo Nagaki, who was stationed at Wakimoto Castle, would find out about the situation here as soon as possible and bring the Hachiro people to support. Only by uniting the strength of the two armies can we have the strength to compete with the Tsugawa family's naval army.

Unfortunately, Kenji Kitura's idea may be difficult to realize. It used to be a tailwind from north to south, but now it is suddenly about to retreat, and it becomes a headwind. Just as the Toga people were busy changing their sails, Tadanobu Motoyama and Shiro Iwafune had already led the Tsugawa family's naval army to rush up.

Kenji Kitaura stood on the Sekibune and looked at the ships that were approaching the Tsugawa family, gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Prepare for battle, the enemy is about to come up!" ”

"Send a signal to Hayazaburo Miyazaki and Senbei, fish scales ready!" Kenji Kitaura said to one of the flag bearers beside him.

"Hah!" The standard-bearer hurriedly picked up a flag and waved it vigorously, and in a short time, three small morning boats and one sekibune separated from Toga's fleet and moved to the left. On the right side, there is also a Guan ship, and the three small morning boats are separated from the large army, making a cruising posture.

Seeing this, Tadanobu Motoyama, who was chasing quickly, hurriedly said to Shiro Iwafune beside him, "Kenji Kitura, this is not going to run!" ”

Shiro Iwafune also nodded and said, "Kenji Kitaura put on a fish scale formation to try his best to hold us back. As expected, the Hachiro congregation of the Anton family should be around here. Kenji Kitaura wanted to stall and wait for Okubo Nagaki's support. ”

"Humph!" Benshan Zhongxin snorted coldly, "Then don't give them a chance!" ”

"Herald! Sama Yoichiro and Shinto Yoichiro attack the enemy's right flank. Heirokuro Shirono attacks the left flank of the enemy, and the rest of the men will attack the enemy general's ship with all my might! Motoyama Tadanobu suddenly said loudly.

Sama Yoichiro and Niito Yoichiro were originally under the command of Shiro Iwafune, among which Sama and Ichiro were from Sado Island and were originally the naval generals of the Hamo Honma family. Because he offended the important ministers in the family, he had to run away and took refuge in Shiro Iwafune. But gold shines wherever it is, and since the Iwafune people took refuge in the Tsugawa family, Sama and Ichiro have been outstanding. Later, together with Shinto and Ichiro, who performed well together, he was trusted by Motoyama to be the general of the left and right wings. Ships responsible for commanding the central defenders of the left and right flanks.