In the middle of the castle, the retainers of the Akiyama family, after seeing that the enemy had arrived outside the castle, immediately sent people to Shinguiyama Castle to report to the head of the family and ask the Matsunaga family for reinforcements, and immediately arranged defenses

Since Zecheng is surrounded by mountains on both sides and Longmen Waterfall to the west, if you want to attack, you can only attack from the north.

And Shima Katsu suddenly saw that the city wall was crowded, obviously the enemy had been prepared, so he had no choice but to storm the city, and this time was no exception, Shima Katsu Meng in order to boost morale, still did not stay in the formation, but personally went into battle.

Because the first two battles to capture the city were too smooth, so whether it was the Tsutsui family Ashigaru or the reinforcements sent by the temples, they underestimated the combat strength and determination of the defenders of Zecheng, they took it for granted that as long as they waited for an attack, then they would soon be able to capture the city, however, the reality was completely contrary to their ideas, because they could only attack from the north, they could only put in a maximum of 300 troops to fight, and although the defenders in the city were only 200 people, they relied on the terrain, so even if Shima Katsu Takeshi personally led 300 troops to attack, and there is no chance of attacking the city.

In Ze Castle, the defender saw that the enemy army had retreated, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, this city is not far from Akiyama Castle, even if it is difficult for the lord and the Matsunaga army to lead the army to come in time, but it will not be long before the reinforcements of Akiyama Castle will arrive, so if you want to hold on until the Matsunaga army comes to help, you will be more sure.

And after the island Shengmeng had no choice but to retreat, he also knew that there was not much time left for him, and if he didn't hurry up, he was afraid that he would miss the opportunity, but it was obviously hopeless to storm and capture the city, so he had to think of other ways. //**//

Thinking of this, Shima Katsutoshi couldn't help but look at Mt. Yoshino on the side of the castle, Ze Castle was built on the mountain, if he could climb up the mountain and attack from the side of the castle, then he would be able to capture the castle while the enemy was unprepared. I wonder what the master thinks? ”

After hearing this, Fukuzumi Shunhiro couldn't help but nodded, in his opinion, this is also a way to do it, if he can't capture the city by the time the enemy's reinforcements arrive, then there will be no more chance. So this plan is dangerous, but he can't think of any other way, so it's worth agreeing to.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "What the adults said is reasonable, but please be careful." ”

Seeing that he agreed, Shimakatsu didn't hesitate and said, "Then without further ado, I'll lead the army to set off." ”

When Shima Katsutsu led a hundred Tsutsui family flags to Ashigaru left, Fukuzumi Shunhiro led the crowd to attack Zecheng again after almost half an hour, but this attack was different from the last time, the last time was desperately trying to capture the city, and this attack was to attract the attention of the enemy, and the longer it dragged on, the better, so I saw that Fukuzumi Shunhiro did not order his troops to attack, but kept trembling with the enemy, so that because the losses were not large, there was no sign of defeat and retreat of the troops under his command.

It took less than an hour for Shimakatsu to lead a hundred troops, and finally crossed Mt. Yoshino and quietly came to the side of Sawajo.

I saw him hiding in the dense woods, looking in the direction of Zecheng, only to see that the city wall facing his side was empty, Shima Katsu saw this, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, I saw him take out the sword on his waist, pointed in the direction of Zecheng, and ordered: "Attack." ”

Since there were not many defenders in Zecheng, the samurai defending the city had already moved all their troops to the front to defend against the enemy in order to block the enemy's attack, and in his opinion, it was impossible for the enemy to attack from the other three sides, but it was because of his carelessness that he failed to keep the city. …,

When Shima Katsu led a hundred troops to climb the city wall, the defenders of the city only found out, but even if they found it now, it was too late, and Fukusumi Shunhiro and his monks saw that the Tsutsui army had entered the city, and they couldn't help but boost their morale, so that the fortified city could be quickly breached, and it seems that the Matsunaga family is nothing more than that.

The defenders in the city were only 200 in total, and it was enough to resist a frontal attack, but if they wanted to divide their troops to resist the attack from both sides, they would have more than enough strength to resist.

Seeing that the enemy has entered the city, the samurai in the city have no way, and at this time, the 100 troops led by Shima Katsutoshi have entered the city, although they can still hold on, but the 200 troops under his command see that the enemy has become a flanking attack, how dare they resist, they have fled, and soon the people who are still resisting in the city are only the samurai and more than 20 banners under his command, but at this time the city gate has been opened, how can he stop the attack of more than 1,000 troops with only more than 20 people, so soon under the siege of the army led by Shengmeng and Fukuzumi Shunhiro, The forces that were still resisting were like waves, and they were annihilated by the sea of people.

Zecheng was very important to the Tsutsui family, so after the resistance of the castle army was extinguished, Shimakatsu immediately sent someone back to Tsutsui Castle to report the good news to the lord.

However, as soon as he sent Ashigaru out, the four hundred reinforcements of the Akiyama family had already arrived outside the city, and the city had been completely occupied by Shima Katsuto, and the army in the city was already more than double the reinforcements of the Akiyama family, and the terrain was strengthened, not to mention that the other party only had four hundred troops to help, even if there were two thousand people, it was impossible to break the city.

However, now that Zecheng has been captured, Shima Katsumo's confidence has also swelled, and most of the troops of Akiyama Castle have been gathered here, the defense of Akiyama Castle must be empty, and now whether it is the Ashigaru of the Tsutsui family or the monks of the temple, after these battles to seize the city, the morale has reached its peak, if you don't have to wait for peace now.

Therefore, Shima Katsutoshi did not have the intention of resisting the enemy, but decided to conduct a field battle with the enemy, with high morale and numerical superiority to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the victory to lead a large army to attack Akiyama Castle, in this way, he will definitely be able to capture the city in one fell swoop, thinking of this, only to listen to him immediately opened his mouth and ordered: "Bu Shi Fujimasa, you lead a hundred troops to garrison here, I and the master lead the remaining army to the enemy to fight, when defending the city, you must pay attention to the surrounding area of the city, and do not let the enemy steal the city." ”

"Yes, please rest assured, your command will live up to your trust." After saying that, Bushi Fujimasa immediately stepped back to arrange defense matters.

And Shima Katsu Takeshi and Fukusumi Shunhiro immediately reorganized their troops, led a thousand ashigaru, opened the city gate and went out of the city to meet the enemy.