If a head-on breakthrough does not achieve the goal, it is possible to find a way later, or to make a detour, although Kadokuma Ishizong's request to Usuki's Zhenxu is to break through the blockade of the Kuroda family as soon as possible and enter the Satsuma and Osumi countries.

However, the "fast" mentioned in the middle of this order is only relative, and coupled with the fact that the Otomo family's army of nearly 30,000 people will face the Kuroda family's 18,000 army, Usuki Zhenxu is still very confident in his own large-scale army. Maybe he hasn't broken through to Satsuma yet, and the Kuroda family's army has been dealt with by the lord!

However, this is also the case, and Usuki Zhenxu does have enough reason to have confidence in the army of the Great Ariya, because in Kitakyushu, the Great Ariya is indeed in an invincible position through such a large-scale military operation, and a large small wealthy clan and countrymen are powerless to fight back, and they are unable to take care of themselves.

The Otomo family, which has not gone through the battle of Otogawa, is the pinnacle of its history, even if it is the previous masters of the Otomo family in history, it cannot reach the current height of the Otomo family, and the Otomo family is definitely the most powerful force in the entire Kyushu, and there is no one.

Seeing that the Kuroda family soldiers were ready to defend, the Otomo family soldiers could only start hand-to-hand combat directly. The intersection guarded by the Kuroda family can only accommodate two or three people passing side by side, which can be said to be very narrow and extremely conducive to defense.

If Shigeharu Takenaka was here at this time, he would definitely find that this place was really a good place to block, and it was even more conducive to defense than the Sugao place where he led people to snipe at Mori Motosho back then.

If the Kuroda family had such a favorable terrain for defense when facing the Mori family back then, then even if the Mori family came with 30,000 people, there would never be a situation where the defense line was broken through by the Mori family at that time.

Directly in front of the Kuroda family's army on the mountain road, facing the position of the Otomo family, two defensive horses were set up, just like when the Kuroda family faced the Mori family.

These two horses caused a lot of trouble to the army of the Otomo family, and the defenders of the Kuroda family not only had the advantage of the terrain and had such defensive weapons as rejecting horses, but also the defenders of the Kuroda family were able to integrate into the gun formation that was conducive to defense, and they would also use the plum blossom formation of five or three people for positional defense.

After more than half an hour of fighting, the Otomo family left dozens of corpses and slowly retreated, and the Otomo army, which had the advantage in numbers, was unable to break through the Kuroda family's defense after all.

"Elder brother, the Kuroda family is defending according to the terrain, and it seems that they have been prepared for a long time. At least they had already anticipated that they might be attacked by other forces in the north, so they would set up their position early. But in the current situation, even if we have an absolute numerical advantage of 5,000 people, it will be difficult to make any breakthrough from this place, so what should we do now? Usuki asked, as the younger brother of Usuki Zhenxu, he is also a more outstanding general in the family, and this time he also fought with his brother.

"Hmmm! This time, it seems that we really underestimate the Kuroda family, such a dangerous terrain is only arranged with 300 people, if we erect a barrage, even if we have an army of 10,000, it is estimated that it will be difficult to pass. Usuki continued to squint.

"Brother, what should we do now?" The mortar looked at his brother.

"Before we go out into battle, the task given to us by the military master is to quickly insert into Satsuma and Osumi countries, so that we can make a detour to the rear of the Kuroda family's army, and at the same time make the Kuroda family's army stationed on the border of Hyuga and Osumi countries unable to take care of each other, so that we can effectively cooperate with the actions of the lord.

However, at present, it seems that the Kuroda family's defense is very strong, if it doesn't work, we will find another place that is easy to break through, and if it really doesn't work, we can only ignore the strong burst of casualties. The number of the Kuroda family and the main family army reached at least 15,000 or more, which means that the Kuroda family only had more than 2,000 people in the rear of the entire Satsuma and Osumi provinces, so it was impossible to have more defenders here. As long as we can break through any point, Satsuma and Osumi will not have any obstacles to us, so what about sacrificing a little more people, anyway, it is not mainly our Usuki's people. ”

"What if...... We can't ......"

"If we can't break through, we can only look at the lord's side, there is nothing absolute about things on the battlefield, so leave everything to God to decide." Usuki continued.

"Hey!"

Brother Dongfang came to Sagara Yoshiyo's side almost at the same time, this old man who is over sixty years old, is an old minister of the three dynasties of the Sagara family, and he is also a minister that Sagara Yoshiyo relies on very much, and he is the main think tank of the Sagara family.

"Lord, I have already found out the news, and the Lord of Usuki Zhenxu and they are already preparing to go to other places and find a way to break through the obstacles of the Kuroda family." Brother Dongfang said.

"Somewhere else, right? Since they are not going to waste time here, it means that they themselves are not absolutely sure that they can break through the obstacles of the Kuroda family and enter the country of Satsuma! Sagara Yoshiyo muttered to himself.

"My lord, I don't think so, they are likely to look for another breakthrough. If they can't break through the Kuroda family's defense, they may give up. They should continue to try before that, knowing that Otomo Sorin, is not an empathetic lord. ”

"If that's the case, it's likely that we'll end up using a strong attack."

"That's true."

"So it's possible that we'll be cannon fodder."

"Lord Lord, you must know that this time the Otomo family's action, its main force and the battle between the Kuroda family is the highlight of this time. No matter what the outcome of the battle on our side is, in the end, it will depend on the outcome of the battle on that side. Brother Dongfang said.

"Although this is the case, but after all, this side is also on a mission, this time if the Otomo family is still unable to break through the obstacle of the Kuroda family here, it is likely that we will be asked to attack them as cannon fodder in the end. If we disobey the Yin, the Otomo family will not be able to defeat the Kuroda family in the end, and it will be good to retreat in the end. If the Otomo family defeats the Kuroda family in the end, or if there is a breakthrough here, then we will not have a good time in the future. ”

"What does the lord mean, is it possible that the Otomo family will lose to the Kuroda family this time? This...... This...... Although the Kuroda family did defeat the powerful Shimazu family before, you must know that the Otomo family has an army of 30,000! ”