Kokura Castle, located in the coastal area of the Okura Plain in the north of Bunzen Province, takes it as a starting point, and the northeast direction is the Kirei Peninsula and the Kanmon Strait, which divide the Suhobun Beach in the east and Hibiki Beach in the west, which is the dividing point between Kyushu and Honshu, and in the easternmost part of the Kirei Peninsula is Moji Castle, an important town in Toyozen Province; To the west, Chikuzen Province is connected to the Kokura Plain of Toshimae Province, where Hanao Castle, the gateway to Chikuzen Province, rises. To the north is the Kanmon Strait, and a little more in the open sea is the Hibiki Beach off the eye coast of Chikuzen and Nagato provinces; To the south is the southeastern part of the Ogura Plain, where the Bunzen Nagano and Sugi clans were their domains.

Since Kokura Castle is located right on the coast of the Kanto Strait, and there is a natural dock along the coast, the town under the castle has gradually become a temporary resting place for many merchant ships. Therefore, it is the second most prosperous place in the Kyushu region after Hakata.

In late September of the 20th year of Astronomy, after taking Chikuzen Kunizunaka County in less than half a month, the army of the Luo family immediately and quickly passed through the territory of the Aso family in Chikuzen Province, and then went straight to Kokura Castle, an important town of the Sugi family located in the Ogura Plain.

Matsuyama City's Sugi Chongju was really caught off guard by the Luo family this time. Although he did receive a request for help from the Tsukuzen Sect Statue Family not long ago, in his opinion, even if he did not support the Jongjong Statue Family for the time being, with the mutual support and defense system composed of several cities in the Sect Portrait Family's territory, it was completely able to withstand the Luo Family's time for a year and a half, and during this time, he was also busy with the autumn harvest of the territory and pacifying the wealthy families from all over the Fengqian Country. Due to the killing of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the wealthy clan of Fengzen Province is in chaos, and the Sugi family, as the guardian generation, naturally wants to come forward to appease at this time.

But what Sugi didn't expect was this. The Luo family won the Zongxiang family in less than half a month. And he also got the help of the Akizuki family and the Aso family. Directly skipped the territory of these two families, and instantly entered the Fengzen country. The lightning speed of the Luo family's invasion greatly surprised the good clans of the Bunzen Kingdom, led by the Sugi family.

And because they were not prepared before, the defenders in Kokura Castle at this time were only a few hundred people. After the army of more than 4,000 people of the Luo family came to the castle of Okura, they first controlled the town of Kokura under the castle, and then surrounded the castle, and finally sent an envoy to the castle to persuade him to surrender.

Coincidentally, at this time, the guards of Ogura Castle were Sugi Takakei and Sugi Shigeki, who were originally exchanged by the Ouchi family from the Luo family. Because their territory in Chikuzen was seized by the Luo family, and the members of the Sugi family, including Sugi Xingyun, were killed in the war with the Luo family. Therefore, the two of them hated the Luo family to the core, and they naturally would not surrender at this time. They had already prepared to defend the castle and then wait for the rescue of the Bunzen Sugi family.

Since the defenders of the city were unwilling to surrender, the only way to do this was to besiege the city. In a flat area outside Ogura Castle, Masarashi set up a large array, and when he saw that his emissaries were being shot back by bows and arrows from inside the castle, he immediately held an assessment.

"My lord, since the other party is unwilling to surrender, let's go and level this city!" As soon as he sat down, the main general of the left formation pleaded directly. He was worried that this siege would not have the task of their left formation, so he asked for his life first. The execution of the kind and the words came out. The rest of the generals also asked for their lives.

"All right, everybody. I understand your thoughts, but we must take our own precautions before attacking the city! Zhengliang immediately stopped the generals' pleas.

"Yes, at this time, the main camp of the main family is far away from the territory of the main family, and there is the Aso family in the west, which is difficult to guess, and the Sugi family and the Nagano family in the Toyozen country to the east and south, so the main family should take precautions before attacking Okura Castle." Kansuke Yamamoto also spoke.

"As the military advisor said, at this time, the enemy is being attacked on all sides around the army, so take your own precautions first, and you have also seen that Kokura Castle is surrounded by trenches filled with river water, and if you attack directly, it will definitely cause great damage to your family, and your navy is already carrying some of your siege weapons to rush here, and after the siege weapons arrive, it will not be too late for us to attack the city." Masara said again.

"It's just that, my lord, if the family is kept in this city for too long, the surrounding wealthy clans such as the Toyozen Sugi family will probably have enough time to deal with the sudden invasion of the family. I'm afraid this will not be good for my family's future strategy in Fengzen Country! Another military advisor, Kakukuma Ishizong, reminded.

"Yes, this time the family's siege of Kokura Castle can only be fast and not slow, my lord, my majesty begs me to attack the city." Asakura Zongdi also spoke. In an instant, all the generals in the military tent advocated attacking the city before the naval army delivered siege weapons.

The so-called public will is difficult to disobey, and Masayo had no choice but to agree to everyone's request, so he said: "In that case, Yamamoto Kansuke! ”

"In!"

"The western defense of the main camp of this family will be handed over to the rear formation where you are, and the strength of more than 500 people in the rear formation, even if the Aso family in the west changes, it will be able to deal with it temporarily. In addition, he maintained close contact with Shinnosuke Akabane, who was in charge of the affairs of Munakata Prefecture in Chikuzen Province, to ensure the safety of the western part of the camp. "After the last meeting with the envoys of the Akizuki family and the Aso family in the west of the Toga River, Shinnosuke Akabane was ordered by Masarashi to escort the hostages of the Aso family and the Akizuki family back to Ishimaru Castle in Soka County, and was responsible for presiding over the reception affairs of Soka County while closely monitoring the situation of the Azuki family and the Aso family.

"Your Majesty takes orders." Kansuke Yamamoto immediately received the order.

"Execution Tankane, Akaike Nagato, Marumme Yorumi, Uemura Mototsuna, Roche Shigoro!"

"In!"

"The left formation you are in is responsible for setting up camp near Zichuan in the southeast of your own family's main formation, and guarding against reinforcements from the Nagao family and even the Shanjia family in the east."

"Huh? Lord? Hearing such an arrangement from Zhengliang, as the chief general of the left front, he was immediately dissatisfied. He also plans to be the main force in the attack on Kokura Castle.

"Okay, there are only five hundred people in the left formation you are in, if you lose too much in the siege, then the left flank of your family's large array will be a little weak, which is not conducive to the defense of your family's large array. In addition, it is also an extremely important task to intercept the attack of the reinforcements of the Sugi family and the Nagao family in the east, and if there is a mistake, then the main family array will be caught in the front and rear attacks of the opponent. And then you can come to see me. ”

"Yes!" Hearing what Zhengliang said so seriously, he didn't dare to complain anymore. Anyway, for him, there is a battle to fight.

"Now that the defenses to the west and southeast of this formation have been arranged! Then let's attack the city in the afternoon. Akuta and Yoshida Shigemasa listened to the order. ”

"The minister is here."

"The two of you lead the department, Ah Gu attacks the west, and Chongzheng attacks the northeast, whoever captures it first will belong to whoever has a great achievement in the city." Masato ordered.

The two men and all the generals under their command knelt down to receive the order. In the hearts of the generals of the two teams, everyone wants to take the lead in winning the big thing. So after eating at noon, the front of Akuta and the right side of Yoshida Shigemasa both began to attack Kokura Castle almost simultaneously.

In addition to the main general Akuta, there are also deputy generals Asakura Sodrus, Shimahara Junshige, Fukuda Nobukiyo, and Kawada Yoshiro; And Yoshida Shigemasa's right formation also has 500 2nd Standing Ashigaru Squad standing and 500 peasant soldiers, and the deputy generals are Takeuchi Hisamori, Kamiyo Victory, Ueda Shinji, Kuroki Minori, and Roshi Masamune. The two divisions, with a total of 1,000 men, attacked Okura Castle at Oteemon to the west and Otemon to the northeast.

Since Ogura Castle was connected to the land except for the two gates, the rest of the castle was surrounded by deep trenches and rivers were introduced into it, and these rivers were connected to the sea, so the attack could only be made from the two gates.

After the battle began, both the defending and besieging sides fought fiercely. Both Akuta and Yoshida Shigemasa tried to use the most commonly used siege tactics of the Warring States to attack the city by climbing and attacking the city with bare hands. However, after a fierce battle, in addition to increasing the number of casualties, it was not possible to capture the two gates of Ogura Castle until evening.

When Masato gave the order to withdraw the troops, the generals of both divisions came to ask Masato in shame. In the absence of siege weapons, Masara cannot blame them for their poor siege. And after this setback, it also happened to frustrate the pride of these generals. This kind of pride and complacency of theirs was felt by Masahiro when the evaluation meeting was held during the day. It is estimated that they have fought a lot of victories with Masashi before this, so they thought that their army was very powerful, so they secretly became proud.

If this kind of atmosphere is spread in the army, it will be very bad for the combat effectiveness of the Luo family's military situation, and once it encounters a real opponent, it will be easily used by the opponent. Therefore, knowing that there would be a lot of casualties without the help of siege weapons, Masato did not interfere with their siege command, in order to tell them with bloody facts that the war was not as simple as they thought, so as to polish their arrogance.

"My lord, it seems that the generals have also learned a lot of lessons, and if this continues, I'm afraid it will also cause a lot of casualties, you see, is it better to suspend the attack on Kokura Castle from tomorrow, and wait for the arrival of the siege weapons from the naval army before raising troops?" After the generals went down, Kansuke Yamamoto, who was still in the military tent, said suddenly. Obviously, this morning, he saw Zhengliang's intentions, but he didn't open his mouth to warn the generals, and after seeing the casualties of his own army this afternoon, he had to open his mouth to admonish.

"Well, what happened to the casualties of my family?" Masashi also asked.

"In the statistics, Lord Kakukuma Ishizong has already gone down to appease the casualties on behalf of the lord, and the military physician Ming Fengxiu is also leading more than a dozen students from the Roche School of Medicine who came to participate in the actual battle to treat many wounded." Kansuke Yamamoto immediately replied.

That being the case, it seems that this is the only way to go. Summoned the order, let Andel and Irita Yoshimi come to the main account to discuss the matter. After listening to Yamamoto Kansuke's report, Masara pondered for a while and finally ordered. (To be continued......)