"Look, what's that?"

Just as everyone was debating whether the ship that appeared on the sea was the naval army that the Ito family had rushed to support, an even larger ship came in the distance, which suddenly made everyone exclaim.

"Sure enough, it's the Luo family's sailors!" When he saw this huge ship, Saeki was already completely sure that the ship on the sea was the Luo family's navy. At the beginning, when the Luo family's navy continued to harass the Saeki family's navy on the coast of Saeki Bay in Bungo Province from the Bungo waterway, there were such ships in the Luo family's navy. So when Saeki saw such a ship, he recognized it at a glance.

Just when everyone was surprised, they saw that the Luo family's navy on the sea had sent a large number of ships to slowly approach the coastal coast where they were, and soon there was even a direct sound of "tom, tom, tom".

"It's broken, something is wrong, the other party is going to attack us, hurry up and leave the coast." After saying that, Saeki immediately jumped off the rock and ordered everyone to speed up their evacuation.

There is a very powerful big barrel weapon on the other side's giant ships, and Saeki Yui, who had already suffered enough of those big barrels when he fought against the opponent's naval army in Saeki Bay in Bungo Province, was really a little scared. But it is estimated that Saeki is really panicking, in fact, the coastal sea where they are located at this time is not suitable for the small fortune ships of the Luo family to enter, otherwise it is likely to run aground.

In this way, under the command of Saeki Yunao, the troops of the Ito family and the Saeki family who had withdrawn from Aiiwa Fortress marched rapidly.

On the side of the Luo family, when Li Huamei, the chief general of the Luo family's naval army, landed on the sea, it was already midnight. Previously, she was after receiving an order from Masaliang. He personally led the tens of thousands of sailors docked in Saeki Bay of Bungo Province to the coast of Matsuo Castle in the country.

In fact, at the moment of receiving the order from Masayo. Only then did she know that the family had another army from the direction of Higo Province to Matsuo Castle, an important town of the Ito family. She immediately ordered the Luo family and the Xitu temple family under her command to join forces and immediately go into battle. However, after the naval fleet entered the waters of Hyuga Province, she slowed down the fleet's movement and sent several small boats to speed up in advance to reconnoiter the situation in the coastal waters of Matsuo Castle.

After all, the order provided by Masara clearly stated that this time the army of the family that went out from the direction of Higo Province attacked Matsuo Castle in a rushing way, so that once the naval army led by her appeared on the coast of Matsuo Castle earlier than that army, it would inevitably lead the defenders of Matsuo Castle into a state of alert. In this way, it is very likely to affect the effect of the Luo family's army on Matsuo City on the other way.

And just as Li Huamei expected, judging from the information sent back by the reconnaissance ship ahead. At that time, the Ito family's navy along the coast of Matsuo Castle was quietly concentrated near the harbor, which only indicated that the other army had not yet arrived, so she simply ordered the fleet to suspend its movement.

After some waiting, she finally learned from the reconnaissance ship in front of her this morning that the Ito family navy off the coast of Matsuo Castle had left in the morning, and that she had left with a bit of a wolf. At this time, Li Huamei concluded that the other army of the Luo family should have started to attack Matsuo City. So he immediately led the combined naval army to the coast of Matsuo Castle with great momentum. It's just that he hurried early, and in the end he missed the opportunity to unite the army of Isono Yuanmasa, Takasaka Masanobu, Irita Yoshimi, and Mitai Usatake and others, but arrived at the destination tonight.

At this time, the ship in charge of early warning discovered that the military situation carrying the big flag of the Ito family and the Saeki family was found on the coast, and after misunderstanding that Saeki was fighting against the main army of the family on the shore, Li Huamei immediately gave the order to attack. That's where the scene came in the evening.

At midnight, Li Huamei finally landed on the shore. After meeting with Masanobu Takasaka, who had come to greet her, she learned that the area around Matsuo Castle had been completely controlled by Masanobu Takasaka and his army.

"In that case, Isono Motomasa, Irita Yoshimi, and Mitai Utake are going all out to stop the enemy forces in the direction of Bungo Province, and why don't you and I join forces to pursue the rout in the south?" After a comprehensive understanding of the local situation, Li Huamei immediately built Yì Road. As a native of the Ming Kingdom, Li Huamei is much more flexible than the local generals of the Warring States.

was mentioned by Li Huamei, and Takasaka Masanobu immediately moved. Although the lord Gongzheng Liang demanded that the area around Matsuo Castle be taken as much as possible, and then build fortifications in the mountain road leading from the land of Hyuga Province to the territory of the Saeki family of Bungo Province, and make every effort to intercept the tripartite alliance of the Ito, Shimazu, and Saeki families from the Bungo country.

But now that they have taken full control of the territory in the area near Matsuo Castle in advance, not long ago, there was news from Isono Yuanchang on the other side that they had taken control of the mountain road area and had begun to build fortifications in the mountain road overnight. Even Irita Yoshimi and Mitai Utake in Matsuo Castle are organizing men and supplies to help Isono Tamasama.

As for Takasaka Masanobu's own side, he was responsible for guarding against attacks from the central region of Hyuga Province in the south to avoid affecting the interception of the war on their side, so why not attack and defend? What's more, with the manpower and material resources on Isano's side, combined with the terrain of the mountain road and the mountain road defense tactics previously granted by Lord Gongzheng Liang himself, unless the three coalition forces from the direction of Bungo Province have their wings, it will definitely not be able to break through the blockade of the army of Isono Yuanchang.

"In that case, it's better to join forces with the navy." Thinking of this, Takasaka Masanobu immediately discussed with Li Huamei the matter of a joint attack by the two armies.

On the second day, Takasaka Masanobu personally led his 3,000-strong army from Aiiwa-jin to Kamigawa Castle, the gateway to the central region of the country, and the 5,000-man navy led by Li Huamei (leaving more than 5,000 sailors to assist the land defenders in guarding the coastal areas of Matsuo Castle) sailed out again.

And when the two armies of the Luo family came out, Saeki Weizhi's army was because they had a fierce battle with the Luo family yesterday to defend the city, and then fled overnight at night, so in the early hours of the morning. Finally, the crowd could no longer hold on. Eventually, after crossing the Okita River, we arrived at a mountain. Saeki ordered the army to rest on the spot by the river temporarily.

"Big ...... Oh no, my lord. Just as Saeki was lying in the tent and had just closed his eyes, he suddenly heard the urgent screams of his retainers. After opening his eyes in a daze, Saeki saw a figure rush in in a panic.

"What's going on?" In desperation, Saeki had no choice but to rub his eyes and ask.

"Oh no, it's coming, the Luo family is chasing it." The retainers who came in immediately exclaimed loudly.

"Chasing?" At this time, Saeki Yui's brain was still a little dazed, but after a slight pause. He immediately understood what the retainer meant, so his eyes immediately opened, and he grabbed the retainer kneeling by the collar with one hand and asked, "What did you say?" The Luo family chased after him. ”

"Yes...... Yes. The retainer was clearly still in a state of panic, and even his voice seemed to stutter a little.

Hearing the retainer's affirmative answer, Saeki simply climbed up directly, and then walked out of the military tent quickly, directly to the hillside next to the military tent, and looked up at Aiyan Mountain in the distance.

In fact, from a straight-line distance, the slope of the mountain where Saeki was located at this time could still vaguely see the general situation of Mt. Aiiwa in the distance, which was higher in the distance. Under the instructions of the retainers who hurriedly followed. Saeki did indeed find that the army of the Luo family on Aiyan Mountain was pouring down from the mountain in a steady stream, and it was in the direction of their army.

"Damn it!" See this. Saeki immediately scolded angrily.

He originally wanted to scold the master of the Luo family for not being faithful, but the other party really took the initiative to give them the way to retreat last night, and did not chase them overnight, so it was not completely said that it was untrustworthy, but in the face of such a situation, they had to continue on the road anyway, so he immediately shouted:

"Camp, quick. Continue on the road. ”

"Huh?"

Not long after resting, he suddenly had to rush again, and immediately led to the complaints of many people. Among them, the retainers who took care of their lord Ito Yuan were particularly dissatisfied. After all, Ito Yuan was injured by an arrow yesterday and was forced to travel overnight, and after a lot of running and tiring, even if he was lying on a wooden board and being carried by his retainers, he still passed out again. Now that I was finally able to stop and rest, I was about to continue my journey, wasn't this a determination to kill my lord? So Ito Yuan's retainers immediately quit, and even took the initiative to mobilize the soldiers of the Ito family.

"If you don't want to wait, then continue to rest here. Let's go. Saeki didn't bother to continue the analysis, so he simply took his son Saeki Weiding, who was only eight or nine years old, and other members of the Saeki family went directly to the road.

"Huh? Not good, there are pursuers behind. ”

At this time, there were also sharp-eyed guys who found the army of the Luo family that was constantly chasing in the distance. Although everyone can still vaguely see the situation of the Luo family's army in a straight line at this time, from the actual distance, the Luo family's army is still half a day's journey away from them (the two sides are actually separated by a mountain, and the Luo family's army wants to catch up with them, first to go down the mountain, then to climb a relatively low mountain, then down the mountain, cross the Okita River, and then climb over some mountains before reaching their place). But the crowd was quite alarmed.

"Hurry up and get out of here!"

Seeing that the army of the Luo family was pursuing, everyone who had just woken up like a dream hurriedly fled behind Saeki and the others. Of course, when they fled, some of the samurai of the Ito family did not forget that Jì secretly scolded Saeki for being incompetent behind his back, and even believed the lies of the Luo family, and now the guide is being pursued.

And Takasaka Masanobu in the back is closely watching the movements of Saeki Weizhi's army in front, compared to Saeki Weinao, who can only use the naked eye to investigate the situation, he has a tool from Nanban, which is called clairvoyance by the lord Gongzhengliang. With a clairvoyant, he had a clear understanding of Saeki's situation, and when he found that the other party hurriedly set up camp and continued to hurry, he immediately urged his army to speed up the pursuit. If he can leave the army in front of him here, then the next strategy against the central region of Hyuga will naturally be much lighter, so he is now looking forward to eating the other party.

In this way, the two sides chased after each other, and at noon, Saeki Yui Nao and the others, who were in front, were about to arrive at Gate Kawa Castle, the gateway to the central region of Hyuga Province.

Kadogawa Castle is a land pass from the northern Hyuga region to the central Hyuga region, and it is built directly in the mountains, and after passing through the Kadogawa Castle, you will walk up a gently sloping downhill terrain to enter the first small plain in the central region of Hyuga Province, and then pass through the small plain of guò, and then pass through a slightly narrow coastal plain area, you will directly enter the largest plain area in Hyuga Province, and the Ito family's home city of Sadogahara-jo stands there. Therefore, the strategic position of Mogawa Castle is very huge.

At this time, the defenders of Kamogawa Castle saw the deserters led by Saeki Weizhi from a distance, so they temporarily fled here yesterday, and temporarily organized more than 100 peasant soldiers to defend the city, Ito Yuki and Ito Yuban, two brothers, at this time standing at the city gate to greet Saeki Weizhi and others.

"Saki-sama, what are you?" Seeing Saeki Yui so wolf, the two brothers Ito Yuki and Ito Yuban couldn't help but look at each other, and Saeki Yui Nao still had a team of at least a thousand people behind him, which made the two of them worry about Ito Yuan who was still with Saeki Yuzhi before.

"Two, if you have any questions, you can wait for a while, I believe that your retainers are about to arrive", but without waiting for the two brothers Ito Yuki and Ito Yufan to continue to ask, Saeki Weizhi directly interrupted the two of them, and instead said, "As for the safety of this city, please leave it to the two of you." After finishing speaking, Saeki simply bypassed the two of them and walked directly into the gate of Mogawa Castle.

"Heh, judging by the situation, these two people haven't recruited enough troops to defend the city yesterday, so even if they add more than a thousand remnants of soldiers who came with them, they can't resist the pursuit of the Luo family behind them." While walking into the castle of Menchuan, Saeki Yui kept thinking.

Based on the situation of the Luo family's navy that I saw last night, the Luo family has at least increased tens of thousands of reinforcements, so if the Luo family continues to attack the area behind the country with all its might, then there will be at least an army of tens of thousands of people, and with the incompetence of the Ito family's navy before, it is naturally impossible to be the opponent of the Luo family's navy, and once the opponent's navy goes around the coast to the rear of Menchuan City, then Menchuan City will become the turtle in the urn of the Luo family. Thinking of this, Saeki already had more thoughts in his heart.

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