As a retainer of the Tao family who was originally dispatched by Tao Qingxian to the side of Ouchi Yoshinaga, the governor of the Ouchi family, Nogami Fangzhong witnessed with his own eyes what the governor of the clan in front of him went through.

At the beginning, when Tao Qingxian proposed to fight against the Maori family of An Yi Country, he was opposed by many retainers, including the governor of the Ouchi family in front of him. In Nogami Fangzhong's view, the reason why the patriarch of the clan so earnestly asked Tao Qingxian to stop this trip to the Maori family was completely worried that something would happen to Tao Qingxian, who was the pillar of his stable position in the family.

Sure enough, then came the news that the Ouchi family army led by Tao Qingxian was defeated in Itsukushima, not only the Ouchi family was defeated, but even the Maori family, the target of the Ouchi family's attack, was also defeated, and the final winner turned out to be the Luo family who was born out of thin air.

After that, there was news that the Luo family had divided into multiple troops, and at the same time began to fight against Changmen Kingdom, Zhou Fangguo, and An Yi Kingdom. This completely shocked the entire Ouchi family, the Luo family is going to destroy the Ouchi family, and even if it is the overlord of Kyushu, the Luo family's multi-way actions have also made the Ouchi family really feel that the Luo family is much stronger than they imagined.

At the time of the arrival of such a strong enemy, Ouchi Yoshicho, as the governor of the family, actually became panicked, and in the eyes of Nogami Fang Tada, Ouchi Yoshicho seemed to have turned into a walking corpse at this time. At this time, the Tao family, which was the pillar of the Ouchi family, began to be busy filling the power gap left by the death of Tao Qingxian, the governor of the Tao family, and the Naito family and the Sugi family, who had been suppressed by the Tao family before, finally found an opportunity to fight back, so at the moment of the great enemy. Instead, these families began to fight in the nest.

See such a scene. Nogami felt that the Ouchi family was finished. But what he didn't expect was this. Ouchi Yoshicho, who was originally frightened, didn't know why, but suddenly became energetic, and on the one hand, he actively came forward to coordinate the relationship between various families, while advocating joint resistance to the invasion of the Luo family, and even formulated a plan of resistance in the name of the governor of the Ouchi family.

Originally, with the death of his own family governor Tao Qingxian, there was no sense of belonging, but under the actions of the Zongjia family governor Ouchi Yoshicho, he actually found a sense of belonging, and the lord who belonged at this time. Naturally, it was Ouchi Yoshinaga, and he also had new hopes for the Ouchi family because of this.

It's just that the reality once again hit Nogami Fangzhong's confidence, because not long after the defense plan of the family governor Ouchi Yoshicho was introduced, the Sugi family suddenly launched an attack on the Tao family, not only hitting the Tao family hard, but also directly coercing the clan family governor Ouchi Yoshicho to hand over the small surname next to him, the youngest son of the previous Tao family governor Tao Qingxian. What's even more odious is that Sugi Takayasu, the governor of the Sugi family, actually killed Tsurujumaru in front of Ouchi Yoshicho, and the director zhì Ouchi Yoshicho has no prestige at home from then on.

After this incident, in the eyes of Nogami Fang Zhong. The flame of confrontation that had just been raised by Yoshinaga Ouchi was extinguished again. Since then, with the continuous invasion of the Luo family's various armies. First of all, An Yiguo lost contact, and then there was no news from Nagato Country, and finally there was news of distress and loss from all over Zhou Fangguo one after another.

Under such circumstances, the retainers of the Ouchi family, who were still stranded in Yamaguchi Castle, quietly left one after another, and even the soldiers continued to flee, until today, only the retainer Nogami Futada remained with Ouchi Yoshinaga, and the soldiers who defended the castle were only a few hundred.

Yes, the governor of the Ouchi family in front of him has become a loner, and judging from the current situation, it is impossible for any more reinforcements to come to help.

"Lord, please cheer up, the soldiers in the city still need your encouragement!" Seeing that the Ouchi Yoshicho in front of him was so decadent, Nogami Fangzhong had no choice but to persuade him.

"Boost morale? Hehe. Ouchi Yoshicho smiled indifferently when he heard this, and then said, "Fang Zhong, the city defense will be entrusted to you." As he spoke, Ouchi Yoshinaga's eyes remained fixed on the narrow, gradually gloomy sky outside the wooden window.

"Lord ......" Nogami Futashi also planned to try to persuade again, but since then Ouchi Yoshinaga has not responded.

"Hey! My lord, your majesty has retired. Looking at Yoshicho Ouchi in the silence in front of him, after a long sigh, Nogami Fangzhong had no choice but to bow and leave.

In this way, when there was a rumor in Yamaguchi City, and the Luo family's military camp outside the city was in full swing, the night passed like this.

On the second day, under the frightened gaze of the defenders of Yamaguchi Castle, more than 3,000 troops of the Luo family set up a formation under the city, and at the same time blocked the two city gates. Immediately, the army of the Luo family began to invite battles outside the city again. In the face of several invitations from the Luo family, the Ouchi family still did not come out, and it seemed that they had long planned to prepare for the cage battle.

"Lord, let's attack the city!" Seeing that the defenders in the city were shrinking turtles, the deputy general in the formation, Takahashi Shaoyun, pleaded.

"No, the order goes down and orders all armies to set up positions and make preparations for the siege, and they must not be provoked." Zhengliang shook his head and ordered.

At this time, the defenders of Yamaguchi City were obviously frightened birds, and instead of forcibly attacking the city or provoking it, so as to stimulate their blood, it was better to use psychological warfare, as if they were ready to fight but did not start a war, so that the defenders in the city were worried every day, so as to guide them to collapse their spirits over time, which was the tactic of surrendering the army without a fight.

Although I don't understand why the lord did not attack the city, all the soldiers of the Luo family fully carried out Zhengliang's orders. Sure enough, as the Luo family was about to go to war but didn't know when to attack, it soon caused a commotion in the defending army. Although such a commotion was temporarily suppressed by the samurai led by Nogami Fang Tadada, as time dragged on, as long as the Luo family army outside the city made a slight move, it was estimated that it would cause another commotion and even a roar among the defenders in the city. Thinking of this, Nogami Fang Zhong, who was standing on the inside of a battlement, couldn't help frowning.

"Look, sir? From the north, an army is approaching this direction. Just then, a samurai exclaimed, pointing in the direction of the north.

"What?" Nogami was also startled when he heard this, and then immediately looked in the direction that the samurai was pointing. At the edge of the sky, I could see a black line slowly coming towards it. It was indeed the scene of a marching army.

"Is it reinforcements? But where did these reinforcements come from? In that direction? Seeing this scene, Nogami Fang Tadashi immediately thought about it, "That direction can only be the defenders of Tsukiyama Castle." Could it be that the defenders of Tsukiyama Castle learned that this place was besieged, so they sent reinforcements here, if so, although it was not of much use to the shape at this time, but at least it could boost the morale of the soldiers defending the castle! (To be continued......)

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