In the mountain road of Bungo Province Kaibe County in Kyushu, the Luo family's brigade is marching mightily under the leadership of Masayo, and it is the beginning of March, and the peach blossoms on both sides of the mountain road are budding and the cherry blossoms are blooming.

Three days ago, after being attacked by the Luo family, the gate of Umemori Castle finally collapsed, and the defenders of the Shimazu family and the Saeki family in Umemori Castle hurriedly fled into the main maru of Umemori Castle, and the outer maru of Umemurai Castle was officially declared lost.

And just as the army of the Luo family entered the castle to occupy the outer pill, and Ander also moved the large barrel into the outer pill to prepare to arrange a new large barrel position, so as to attack the gate of the inner pill in the Uemuri castle, a defender envoy with a small flag was hung down from the wall of the inner pill by a bamboo basket, and then ran to the main camp of the Luo family to announce his surrender to Masaara.

The surrender of the defenders almost didn't make Andel angry, "Damn, I'm fighting well!" But he had no choice but to order his men to stand by.

After receiving Masayo's acceptance, the gate of Meimuli Castle was also opened, and a column of dejected samurai warriors of Meimuli Castle began to walk out of the gate. As soon as they walked out of the gate, they threw their spears and knives aside. After unarming, they knelt down in front of the door. And part of the Luo family's army, which was responsible for guarding the prisoners, also began to receive the weapons that were dropped on the ground, while guarding these prisoners.

These captives would later be sent to Lishan Castle to become part of the Luo family's slave road construction brigade, but because they surrendered to the Luo family on their own initiative, the period of enslavement was only one year. A year later, they will regain their freedom and become the lords of the Luo family, and return to reunite with their families who have been scattered and resettled throughout Kyushu (Masarashi is determined to settle the southern Kyushu once and for all. And the time should be controlled within one year, for this. He has set up a big game, waiting for a showdown with the Shimazu family and the Ito family).

See this happening. Masayo, who was riding on the lightning horse of the Southern Barbarian, also waved his hand and said to his subordinates: "Kill into the city!" ”

Although most of the defenders led by Saeki Jintada have surrendered, there are still some diehards (mainly the Shimazu family defenders) who are still fighting against the Luo clan army who entered the Uchimaru earlier.

At this moment, the retainers of the Luo family all admired Zhengliang. In this extremely short cage battle, such a strong and towering Meimuli City actually fell. More than 600 samurai warriors in the castle surrendered, but the army of the Luo family did not suffer any casualties for the time being.

As for the recalcitrant elements of the Uchimaru, with the entry of the Luo family's army into the city, they were also quickly destroyed, and this time in the cage battle, no one from the Luo family was killed, and only a dozen people were injured (wounded in the fierce battle with the recalcitrant elements). And the defending side. More than 200 people were killed in the battle (more than 20 people died in the fierce battle of Outer Maru, and the remaining nearly 200 people were stubborn elements of Inner Maru, all of whom were killed). As for the three people who committed suicide in the courtyard, they were ordered by Masato to be buried on a hill in Meimuli Mountain. This is deliberately done by Zhengliang, who wants to let these three people watch the Luo family's army continue to advance on the top of the mountain, and return with a great victory.

After repairing the city for a few days, Zhengliang left Li Huamei's navy to stay in the local area temporarily, and ordered it to wait for the personnel of the Internal Affairs Cabinet and the Military Pavilion who were coming from the rear to prepare to receive the new territory, as well as some of the temporary peasant soldiers defending the city, before advancing by water. As for Masashi, he led the army to continue to fight again, to the last stronghold of the Saeki family. It was also the place where the Saeki family started to use the castle to march.

As with the previous roads, the road was lined with wooded mountains, and the group marched through the cols, carrying a large amount of military supplies. So go very slowly. Crossing the Pansho River south of Umemurai Castle and crossing Mt. Sama and Mt. Takajo, the army of the Luo family officially entered the area where the Saeki family used the castle. But at this time, the army was still marching through the mountain range, and it was still a long way from the city. The cherry blossoms on both sides of the mountain road seem to overflow from the valley, spreading all over the mountains. Extraordinarily charming.

Along the way, from time to time, you can still see scattered farmhouses in some relatively open places on both sides of the road, but when the detective went to the guard, he found that there were people walking inside. I think it was these peasants in the farmhouse who discovered the Luo family's army and fled into the nearby mountains and forests in advance to take refuge, or they were reminded to take refuge in the city.

In this way, the team marched all the way and arrived near a river called the Kurusugawa River on a drizzly day. The air is filled with a strong spring atmosphere, the rain feet are as thin as silk, and the loneliness of the march and the softness of heaven and earth are blended together.

"Counting it, there should be information these days, right?" In a meadow next to the river of the Kurusu River, Masayo, who was feeding the horses, suddenly said something in his heart.

"Report." In the drizzle, just as Masara had expected, a detective who seemed to have been riding a horse for a long time and had a weathered face was brought to him.

"My lord, an express from Minami Kyushu!"

"Oh? Is it finally here? Hearing this, Zhengliang's eyes lit up immediately, and then he quickly took the information sealed in the detective's hand, opened it and looked at it. The content of the information mainly describes the situation of the Shimazu family, and according to the Black Hawk of the main family lurking on the border between Satsuma Province and Hyuga Province, it is known that the reinforcements of the Shimazu family have just crossed the border area and entered Hyuga Province a month ago.

"The Shimazu family's support army must be here to support the Saeki family, and in a month's time, it seems that the other party should have almost arrived." After reading the information, the political conscience thought in his heart.

The intelligence was delayed for a month, and it was already very good for the intelligence system of the family, after all, in order to deal with the Luo family, the Shimazu family and the Ito family were doing their best to investigate and do their best in the territory, and they avoided the joint round-up of the other party, and then passed through the Higo country and the Bungo country, and after several relay transmissions, they were finally able to deliver the information to the hands of Masayo, which was really good for the other daimyo families who could not even establish such an intelligence system in the Warring States at this time.

Just when Masara learned that the reinforcements of the Shimazu family had gone out a month ago and went to the territory of the Saeki family to prepare to unite with the Saeki family and the Ito family to resist the invasion of the Luo family, the Shimazu family's army was indeed as expected by Masato and was coming to the Saeki family's castle with all their might.

However, they also encountered a lot of trouble at this time.

(Thanks to "aya198106" for the two valuable monthly passes; Thanks to the "Little Fifth Floor" for the 100 points of reward. (To be continued......)