In the letter written by Kamiya Shaoce to Qiuyue Wenzhong, he described the situation faced by the Qiuyue family at this time in more detail, and once again emphasized that the Luo family had a lot of siege weapons in their hands, and the little force in Sugimoto Castle at this time would definitely not be able to resist the attack of the Luo family's army, and the idea of trying to cage the city was even more undesirable. In the end, he did not forget to persuade Qiuyue Wen to find a way to negotiate peace with the Luo family.

"Peace? I also hope to negotiate peace! It's just that the conditions of the Luo family are too harsh! After reading the letter, Qiu Yue Wen smiled bitterly in his heart. In the end, Qiuyue Wen still chose the cage city battle. It was not so simple to get him to give in.

And Masahiro is well aware of this. Especially at this time, the power of the Akizuki family has spread all over the six counties of Kuramate, Kama, Hona, Yasu, Shizaza, and Kaiza in Chikuzen Province, occupying most of the territories in the most famous Chikuho Plain and Chikushi Plain in Kyushu, and the strength is already a small daimyo.

Even though the Luo family took the opportunity to occupy the two counties of Lower and Upper Seats, and was jointly attacking the Yesu County, the Akizuki family still occupied all the counties of Kama and Hoba, and even occupied a lot of territory in Kurade County. What made Masahiro feel even more depressed was that Qiuyue Wenzhong's sister-in-law was in Suibo County at this time, and the retainers of the family were also quite supportive of the Qiuyue family. The implication is that even if Masashi kills Akizuki and captures the Akitsuki family's Yesu County this time, the Akitsuki family can quickly re-establish the new head of the family and cause trouble for the Luo family.

Therefore, under these supports, Qiuyue Wen would not compromise with the Luo family so easily. Masarashi immediately launched an attack on Sugimoto Castle on the second day.

Although Kinoshita Masanao had surrounded Sugimoto Castle before, he never launched a siege battle, mainly because the number of captives in the Luo family's army at that time was too many. Since they were all forced to surrender temporarily. When people's hearts are not stable. No one can be sure whether these captives will defect at the time of the siege.

But the situation is different. With the addition of Zhengliang's fresh army, and in the past few days, several groups of local peasant soldiers of the Luo family have been reinforced from the rear of the Luo family. Therefore, at this time, even if these captives are about to defect, they don't have to worry that their own camp will not be able to deal with it.

What's more, Masato adopted a new cage city tactic today. When three siege weapons with a strange shape were placed in front of Sugimoto Castle, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone inside and outside the city.

As the first time to participate in the battle of the Luo family, the military strength of the three wealthy clans of Hoshino and Kusano naturally did not know what these strange weapons were, and as the main general, the inquisition office, Hoshino Zhenyasu and Kusano Zhenren were even more suspicious of whether these weapons were the weapons that had been rumored to be able to shoot huge iron balls.

At this time, in the castle of Sugimoto City, Qiuyue Wen also had the same thoughts as the three of them, and he was very afraid of this new weapon of the Luo family. But he was also prepared overnight last night, as long as the city gate was unstable, he would have people immediately seal the city gate with sandbags, so that even if the Luo family broke the city gate, they would not be able to pass through the city gate in time. It's just that this preparation of Qiu Yue Wenzhong was almost done in vain, because the Ohashi Bungo Guard on the side said that this was not the kind of weapon he mentioned yesterday, and it was the first time he had seen this kind of siege weapon.

"What the hell are these things?"

While everyone was speculating, the weapons finally attacked. With the Luo family's weapons that had only arrived from Hizen recently, Liu Ye gave an order. The catapults, which had already been prepared, were immediately activated.

The pebbles, soaked in oil and packed in rudimentary clay pots, were ignited and whistled like a cannonball into the city. The burning clay pots began to burst in the air due to the high temperature, and the burning pebbles inside shot directly into the people of Sugimoto Castle.

Sugimoto Castle on top of the castle walls. The sound of the cobblestones crashing against the city wall was instantly drowned out by the wails of the peasant soldiers, and only the cruel scene of hundreds of people suddenly covering their foreheads and bleeding could only be seen.

Pebbles fall from the sky. Coupled with the amount of force projected by the catapult, the force of the impact on the human body is very huge. If you are wearing heavy armor such as large armor, then you will only feel a chest tightness and there is not much to do, but the foot equipment of the peasant soldiers is quite thin, and most of them are made of bamboo pieces in series, and the harm under such an impact is quite huge, not to mention that many of them do not even have foot equipment.

If these pebbles fall on the head, it will break the blood flow of the head. Although not fatal, injuries in the army are more serious than death. Injured people need care and healing. As a result, hundreds of people were lost on the city walls in an instant.

Such a scene stunned everyone present. For a long time, these generals only knew that when attacking the city, they generally directly filled it with a sea of people, allowing soldiers to climb the city wall with their bare hands, and they didn't expect that they could attack the city like this. After seeing the Luo family's siege weapon, even the three of them were afraid, if they chose to carry it to the end, then how long could their city be defended under the attack of such a weapon?

And Qiu Yue Wen and the others in the city were even more able to break away from the city wall from the meteors flying in the sky under the desperate protection of the attendants. But this moment of horror has been unforgettable for them. Originally, Akizuki was skeptical of Ohashi Bungomori and Kamiya Shaoze's description of the Luo family's siege weapons, but now that he has experienced it himself, he is convinced.

This kind of pebble clay pot named "Meteor Flying Fire" by Masato is generally lethal, but it is better than a large strike area, and it is full of deterrence to the enemy, which is a kind of attack weapon for the current Warring States wealthy family. Several rounds of "Meteor Spikes" were fired in a row, mixed with bows and arrows in between, and soon Sugimoto Castle became a rumor, and even with the supervision of the law enforcement team, the soldiers on the city wall hid under the city wall one after another.

Strangely, after several rounds of attacks, the assault outside the city suddenly stopped. Just as Qiuyue Wenzhong and the others were about to go up to the city wall to check in person, a relative warrior hurriedly came to report that it was the Luo family outside the city who sent someone to ask to enter the city. After learning the identity of the comer, Qiu Yuewen ordered someone to bring in the envoy of the Luo family in a bamboo basket.

"Lord Kamiya, I don't know why the Masarashi Gong of the Tomb sent you here?" After the two sides finished saluting, Qiu Yue Wenchong asked straight to the point. To be honest, Qiu Yue Wenzhong was quite surprised that the envoy sent by the Luo family this time turned out to be Shenwu Shaoce.

"Lord Qiuyue's words are wrong. This time, it was not sent by the lord of my family to come from below, but after pleading with death, he invited himself. Shenwu Shaoce gave an answer that surprised Qiuyue Wengen.

"Oh?"

"It's not a secret, I thought that the Qiuyue family was not far from the disaster of extermination. I came here this time, not only to meet the most beautiful side with Lord Qiuyue, but also to come for the safety of my sister. ”

"Bold!"

When the retainers of the Qiuyue family in the council hall heard that Shenwu Shaoce bluntly said that the Qiuyue family was about to be wiped out, they were immediately furious and accused Shenwu Shaoce. (To be continued......)