The Date family is no longer a small force in Bei China, it has grown into a powerful force, his every move is no longer a family matter, and it affects the whole body, when the news of the Date family attacking Boqi and Izumo came out, his neighbors were a little relieved, and there was no need to worry that the Date family would come to attack them.

The news of the Date family's attack on Boqi and Izumo Province came out, and the war between the two major inner families of Zhou Fang and Nagato once again fell into a dull war, but I never thought that Date Masahiro would reopen the battle line, fight on both sides, and break into Iwami Province.

Ouchi Yoshitaka listened to Leng Izumi's words, his face darkened, and said: "I didn't expect that the little guy in the preparation would grow up so quickly, it seems to be reckless, but it is also in line with his character, but in this way, I am afraid that the pace will be accelerated." ”

Leng Quan Longfeng responded, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Lord, if Yoshimi is asking for help, do you send troops?" "The matter of Jinguang Zonggao was caused by him, of course, it was clear to the outside that Yoshimi was doing it, but Ouchi Yoshitaka knew the inside story.

Yoshitaka Ouchi was about to respond, when someone urged the horse to hurry from the side and rear, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust. He raised his hand to signal, and everyone immediately fell silent.

But seeing the cavalry roll the saddle and dismount, he bowed to the ground and said: "Qiqi Great Imperial Palace, the pottery thief has gathered a large army, sworn to go on the expedition, and has set off from Ruoshan Castle at noon, with a total strength of more than 13,000. ”

Iida Daikisuke Kosuke is stationed at the forefront of Hinoyama.

"So fast!" In the queue of attendant knights, several irrepressible exclamations were issued at the same time. And since the cold spring Longfeng, the faces of everyone below are a little heavy. For this former companion. and single-handedly forced them to a dead end, embarking on the road of escape, the unparalleled general of the Western Kingdom. Although the people were noisy about the pottery thief. There is more or less fear in my heart.

Ouchi Yoshitaka groaned slightly, and then bowed his head and said: "Let him hold the mountain of the sun for two days, and after two days, he can break through by sea." Ladies and gentlemen, let's get back to camp as soon as possible. "Because the Yashiro Island sailors fell to Date's house, Yoshitaka Ouchi has always had an absolute advantage at sea.

Everyone was about to turn their horses back, but they didn't expect a team of more than a thousand people to cover up from the side, dressed in all kinds of shabby foot equipment. It looked disorganized, but the cold glow of the knives and guns in their hands showed that they were no ordinary bandits.

How can a bandit be on such a scale?

The leader is the general Yamazaki Xingsheng under the command of Ouchi Yoshinaga, this master of art and courage, with the analysis of Ouchi Yoshitaka's character, as well as accurate information, Ouchi Yoshitaka will ride a horse and gallop out every ten days and half a month to personally investigate the intelligence.

Yamazaki Yoshimori immediately formulated a plan to assassinate Yoshitaka Ouchi, and got Yoshinaga Ouchi's approval, and everyone knew that once Yoshitaka Ouchi was killed, the war that decided to defend and Nagato would end in a dramatic way. At the same time, it is also a way to minimize consumption.

Lengquan Longfeng shouted in a low voice: "Your Highness, you go first." I'll wait for the queen to buy you a little time, hurry up to the camp, and lead the army to encircle and suppress this thief. With that, he stepped forward and stood in front of Yoshitaka Ouchi's horse.

Ouchi Yoshitaka obviously didn't have the idea of escaping alone, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he shook the sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "What to say, I swore when I left Zhou Fang that I would not abandon a retainer who trusted me in the future." ”

As he spoke, everyone listened to Yoshitaka Ouchi's words, and they all showed fanatical expressions.

Ouchi Yoshitaka shook the knife in his hand and said: "The knife in my hand is already unbearable, kill it with me, I want to see who can block my way?" Follow me and kill! With a flick of the reins, he galloped his horse to the far side.

Yamazaki apparently did not expect Yoshitaka Ouchi to have such a bloody side, and he grew up at a time when Yoshitaka Ouchi was obsessed with Kyoto culture and stayed away from politics. Originally, according to the plan, when they covered up, Yoshitaka Ouchi fled alone, and then the five cavalrymen he was secretly hiding would be the last killer move, killing Yoshitaka Ouchi in one fell swoop.

Ouchi Yoshitaka's bravery suddenly broke Yamazaki's wishful thinking, and when the siege was not yet closed, more than 30 cavalry covered the past from the gap, and there was a great chance of being broken out, but the team of thousands of people was really difficult to hide.

In addition, the armor of more than 30 cavalry is all brilliant, where can Yamazaki Xingsheng tell who is the real Ouchi Yoshitaka, he once saw Ouchi Yoshitaka is just a fat old man, and none of the more than 30 cavalry in front of him is fat.

Yamazaki Yushimori yelled, "Entangle them for me." In order to hide his whereabouts, except for the five cavalrymen hiding in the shadows, the rest of the people did not ride horses, and Yamazaki Xingsheng could only croak and run to the side with a spear.

Ryosen Takaho temporarily took the role of Yoshitaka Ouchi, and shouted loudly: "Stand out! "Ouchi Yoshitaka has few people and horses, and all of them are cavalry, everyone is good at horse skills, and they take care of themselves to break through, they have no intention of fighting, and they don't go to the place where the head is headed.

In order to hide his whereabouts, although there were thousands of people, he did not dare to gather together, and the thick Dongchuan River, which was thousands of meters long, was hidden, although the length was enough, but the thickness was not enough, and he was suddenly attacked by the cavalry, and after slashing more than ten people, he broke out.

Rao was so, and when he arrived at a safe place, he lost a third of his thirty men, all of whom were loyal and brave men selected by Yoshitaka Ouchi from the family of the retainers who fled to Kyushu with him, and were trained as future generals, and ten people were killed in battle at once, and the rest were all wounded, and everyone was bloody.

After returning to the camp, Ouchi Yoshitaka was angry and sent soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Yamazaki Xingsheng, who had already fled into the mountains and disappeared.

Ouchi Yoshitaka mobilized troops and horses to respond to Ouchi Yoshinaga's attack. Located on the west side of Yamaguchi Bay, Hinoyama has always been the eastern gateway to Yamaguchi Castle, and together with Migami Port Castle further east, it forms the forefront and bridgehead against Ouchi Yoshinaga.

Iida Xingxiu stood on top of the array house on the mountain of the sun, looking at the dense flags under the mountain, the people and horses surging, people said, there are more than 10,000 people and horses, boundless. But he didn't have any fear, raised his eyebrows, gritted his teeth and said, "Pottery thief." I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

It turned out that Iida Kohide fled to Kyushu with Yoshitaka Ouchi. But both his father and brother died in the fighting. His wife and daughter were even more humiliated, and committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well, such a tragic experience, how could he not hate Ouchi Yoshicho to the bone, and he couldn't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

At this time, from the far side of the mountain galloped far away, it should be the envoy who thought that the army was at present, and came to persuade him to surrender, and the messenger immediately walked away a hundred steps. As soon as he roared twice, he saw a little cold light flying, hitting him in the throat, and he immediately fell off the horse.

In the past three years, Iida Xingxiu has only known how to practice martial arts and archery in order to avenge his family, and he has a two-stone strong bow from the Ming Kingdom, which can be regarded as a fierce general in the forefront under Ouchi Yoshitaka, and it is precisely because of this that he has become the guard of the Sun Mountain who is at the forefront.

Inside the array room, Iida Xingxiu sneered and put down the strong bow in his hand, and said sharply to the soldiers: "Iida has been loyal to his duties since he followed the lord. Never slack off, but wish that the horse leather would be shrouded. I have been entrusted by the Lord to lead the house. Bento lives and dies with the mountain of the sun. The army must work hard, and those who shake the army's heart will be killed! Those who are ineffective in combat are killed! ”

Ouchi Yoshicho never thought that the small Sun Mountain would dare to resist the crushing of the army, shoot and kill the envoy to surrender, cut himself off, and shouted loudly: "Immediately attack it, slaughter it, put it in the capital, and kill the chickens and monkeys." ”

Wars are often not based on the will of the individual, and Iida Kohide interprets his loyalty in a tragic way, and Ouchi Yoshinaga paid several times the casualties before he captured Hinoyama. The two sides fought fiercely for most of the day, and the two sides went back and forth, climbed the Sun Mountain several times, and were driven down by Iida Xingxiu several times. After all, there were too many people on Ouchi Yoshinaga's side, and finally forced a castle tower in the Sun Mountain to be poorly guarded, and dozens of soldiers successfully landed in the city. These soldiers were all selected from the 16,000 people of Ouchi Yoshinaga, and they were not only skilled in martial arts, but also the most fierce and brave.

Seeing that the loss of the mountain of the sun was imminent, Iida Xingxiu wrote a farewell letter and handed it to his people, asking him to break out of the sea with the farewell book, and he smiled miserably, lit the fire pot stored on the mountain of the sun, and then calmly cut his stomach.

At that time, on the 13th day of May in the first year of Koji (1555), Iida Kohide delayed the battle for Ouchi Yoshitaka to reorganize his armament for half a day, and also made Ouchi Yoshinaga pay a heavy price, killing more than 200 people in the battle, and the wounded were doubled, and no one was spared after the fall of Hinoyama.

Iida Kohide's death not only did not suppress Yoshitaka Ouchi's heat, but was like adding a handful of firewood, which made Yoshicho Ouchi perverse, especially the backbone who now follows Yoshitaka Ouchi, most of them were forced to leave their hometowns back then, and most of their families died at the hands of Yoshicho Ouchi.

Human emotions such as grief and hatred are all generated by their own feelings, so if you look at it from the eyes of the world, you will often think differently. For example, the death of Iida Kohide was supposed to be just a common battle death in the troubled times of the Warring States period.

However, when Iida Yoshihide's death sparked heated discussions, especially when Iida Yoshihide's clansmen spread throughout Ouchi Yoshitaka's army with his farewell book, the farewell book was filled with loyalty to Ouchi Yoshitaka and hatred for Ouchi Yoshinaga's desire to eat his flesh and drink his blood, coupled with the tragedy of finally embarking on Huangquan Road to find his father, brother, wife and daughter, which immediately resonated with many colleagues.

At this time, the morale of Yoshitaka Ouchi was even higher than that of the people who embarked on the road home, and Yoshitaka Ouchi took advantage of this atmosphere to quickly prepare for a decisive battle with Yoshicho Ouchi, and appeared everywhere in the army wearing armor. In order to boost morale, Yoshitaka Ouchi personally traveled to various places to comfort the soldiers and spread the news that Yoshinaga Ouchi was about to be defeated.

In the face of such an urgent situation, even Yoshicho Ouchi, who has always been heroic, probably has no time to easily defeat Yoshitaka Ouchi. The time sequence entered May 15, and in just two days, the two major inner clans nervously deployed the final layout.

Of course, the actions of the Date family in Iwami Province forced both sides to have an unprecedented sense of oppression, which made both sides expect the decisive battle to come as soon as possible, and the opportunity for a decisive victory was finally formed, but no one expected it to come so quickly and violently.

The flames of battle between the two armies were first ignited on 16 May at the city of Frostfall on the east bank of the Houdong River.

Since Yoshitaka Ouchi's side had a great advantage in terms of naval forces, Yoshinaga Ouchi wanted to cross the Atsutogawa River safely, and if he could not encounter the tragedy of half-crossing, he would not be able to cross the river at the mouth of the river, and the frostfall castle built on Mt. Frostfall was an insurmountable obstacle.

The former owner of Frostfall City, the Houdong clan, has long since disappeared, and now the castle is controlled by Tao Longyasu and Tao Longhong, father and son, who are also a branch of the Tao family.

Ouchi Yoshicho rebelled, Tao Longkang, Takahiro father and son still stood by Ouchi Yoshitaka's side, followed Ouchi Yoshitaka to flee to Kyushu, this time landed in Nagato Province, he was appointed as the lord of Frostfall City, and at the same time there were more than 1,500 soldiers brought back from Kyushu.

Tao Longkang saw that the army of Ouchi Yoshiko was coming, and the city general Tao Longkang told his son Tao Longhong to defend the frost city, and then go out of the city to crusade against the attacking enemy army, and his reason was also very sufficient: "If the enemy army is allowed to continue to advance, then it will definitely affect the safety of the general, so I must stop them immediately." "The deeper reason is that as a branch of the Tao family, he should have been the object of suspicion, but he was appointed as the lord of the frost city with an extremely important position, and the time has come to repay the favor.

So, Tao Longkang led two hundred warriors and thirty cavalrymen to come down from the mountains of Frostfall Mountain and rush into the enemy's camp. If you encounter an army led by ordinary people, and you are attacked when you are not able to gain a firm foothold, you are afraid that you will be attacked immediately.

But he has to face his master's praise as the "unparalleled general of the Western Kingdom", and Ouchi Yoshinaga, who has retreated from the hands of the one-eyed dragon Date Masahiro in the preparation of the time, if he can be defeated by such an easy surprise attack, he will not have to survive.

Although the first line of position was broken, Ouchi Yoshicho, who was relieved, immediately began to order the surrounding soldiers to surround him, except for the 3,500 men led by his eldest son, Tao Nagabo, who were left to protect the flank, and Yamazaki Yoshimori led a thousand mobile troops, there were tens of thousands of troops following him.

Ouchi Yoshicho, who was raided, suddenly felt humiliated, and he ordered loudly: "Hurry up and outflank the past, there will be no fish that slip through the net!" "He has always been cautious in the face of his enemies, and he has been able to deal with them even in the most difficult times.

At the sound of the order, the two armies immediately fell into a fierce battle.

Tao Longkang did not have any fear in the face of the enemy army that was surrounded by him, calmly responded, bravely advanced, entangled with the enemy army, hundreds of people crowded into a narrow canyon between the white blades, blood splattered everywhere, and the screams came one after another. (To be continued......)