The sunset at dusk shone obliquely on the mountains, and the trees were punctuated by the chirping of birds and the sound of flapping their wings and flying by.

The tranquility of the mountains is between the mountains and forests on the border between Yamaga and Kikuchi counties in Higo Province, and on the other side of the mountain road is the sparkling Kikuchi River.

At this time, many soldiers with sunflower flags on their backs were lying on the ground to rest with a very tired look. At this time, the city relatives and the family of the family were also sitting on a large rock by the Kikuchi River and listening to the reports of their subordinates.

"Lord, the Luo family's pursuers are less than half a mile away from us." A ashigaru replied. For most of the hour, Cheng Qindong and the others, who had withdrawn from around Shenwei City, had been running back behind the Luo family's pursuers, if it weren't for the winding mountain road, which blocked the route, they would have been caught up long ago. It's just that under the continuous march, now the troops are exhausted.

"Half a mile? I'd better go on the road immediately, I'm afraid I'll be caught up by the chasing soldiers behind. Cheng Qindong said immediately.

"Well, the front will soon reach Nabeda, and from there we will cross the Iwano River, and we will be able to return to the territory and get rid of the pursuers." The in-laws also said.

So, after a short rest, the two coalition forces fled in a hurry again.

Soon after, the pursuers led by Tomohisa Oishi also came to the place where Jo Qindong and the others had rested. Seeing the traces of the army on the ground, Oishi Tomohisa continued the pursuit without saying a word.

"My lord, the enemy army is ahead!" Not long after the trip, the detective who was in charge of the front pathfinder came back to report.

"The whole army will speed up, and the capture of the enemy general will not only get military merits as usual, but the general will also be rewarded with an additional five copper coins." Oishi Tomohisa immediately ordered.

At this time, Castle Kindo and the others had already come to the front of the Iwano River.

The Iwano River is a small tributary of the Kikuchi River. It originated in the northern mountains of Kikuchi and Yamaga near Chikugo and Bungo. It crosses the northern border of Kikuchi-gun. The last one converges into the Kikuchi River. And where the Iwano River and the Kikuchi River meet. It is also the place where Yamaga-gun and Kikuchi-gun are divided. For a long time, the ferries on both sides of this place were controlled by the Yamabu family and the Otsu mountain family respectively, but with the army of the Luo family marching into Yamaga County, the Otsu mountain family had already withdrawn the guards of the ferry on this side of Yamaga County yesterday in order to strengthen the defense force of Kamio Castle.

Except during typhoons and the rainy season, the Iwano River is not turbulent and shallow for the rest of the year. An adult can travel directly across the Iwano River to and from the two ferry crossings.

Just before Cheng Qindong and the others finally came to the Iwano River, before they could take a sip of water, the sound of Zhentian's shouting of killing sounded behind them.

"It's not good, the Luo family's chasing soldiers are catching up, run!" Without saying a word, Cheng Qindong and his in-laws jumped on the horses directly, and then the horsewhip "snapped" on the buttocks of the war horse, and the horse jumped into the Iwano River. The rest of the crowd immediately followed, either on horseback or jumping directly into the water, and began to wade to the other side.

"The thief is gone!" Seeing that he was about to catch up with the other party, he found that the small river could be crossed directly by wading, which made Oishi Tomohisa so angry that he smoked through the seven holes. The feats in hand are about to fly away!

"Quick!" Behind him, Tomohisa Oishi shouted more and more. The faster the people in the water, the faster they ran, the more they crossed half of the Iwano River in an instant.

"Your Excellency. Do we want to continue the pursuit? Oishi Tomohisa, who hurried to the river, stopped cautiously, and then watched the other party desperately rush to the other side in the water. A standing member next to him asked at this time.

"Hmph, take a break." Oishi Tomohisa originally planned to directly order the whole army to go into the water to pursue, but he suddenly realized that due to the hasty pursuit, the team he led was all spears and arrows, not even a bow and arrow. And he looked at the other side again, and found that the other party actually had a lot of archers. This is a bit tricky, and once they are halfway into the water, and the other is already ashore, if they turn around and shoot with their bows and arrows, they will suffer. Tomohisa Oishi really regretted not bringing a bow and arrow at this time.

Here, Oishi Zhijiu was hesitant to venture into the water to continue the pursuit, but Cheng Qindong and the others, who were still running wildly in the water, thought that the pursuers of the Luo family in the rear had jumped into the water to chase and kill, so they were still running desperately without looking back. He was about to set foot on the opposite bank, but suddenly several war horses rushed out of the woods on the opposite bank.

"Huh? I'm dying! Cheng Qindong, who was running at the front, saw that there was an unknown military situation on the shore, and thought that it was an ambush arranged by the Luo family in advance, so he immediately shouted in his heart.

"Don't panic, Fei is here!" At this moment, one of the generals who was the leader of the army on the shore suddenly shouted loudly.

"Huh? Kai family? Reinforcements are coming! When the people who were struggling in the water heard that it was someone from the Kai family, they immediately shouted excitedly, and the momentum under their feet immediately increased a little, and they soon climbed onto the shore on the side of Kikuchi County.

"Thank you, my lord." When they got ashore, Cheng Qindong and his relatives thanked Jia Fei directly.

"The two adults don't need to be polite, after receiving an urgent report from the Luo family to march into Yamaga County early this morning, they immediately prepared to mobilize the army in the territory to come to support, and they didn't want the two of them to personally lead the army to Shenwei City, so they had to hurriedly bring a few people to catch up with the reinforcements first, but I heard that the two of them had crossed the river into Yamaga County, but why is this such a scene?" Jia Fei looked at Cheng Qindong suspiciously, and the two said. He could see very clearly the flag of the team on the other side of the Iwano River that was suspected to be the military momentum of the pursuing soldiers, and it was the flag of the Luo family. At this time, he already had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hey, this matter is difficult to understand at a glance, it's all the sinister guy of Luo Zhengliang, let me wait for the embarrassment to return." Cheng Qindong's face was hot when he heard this, and he replied with a little palpitation.

"Really?" When Jia Fei heard this, his heart suddenly chuckled.

"Yes, Shenwei City has fallen, and I thought it should be the Otsu Mountain family who took refuge in the Luo family, and then the two families conspired to make me wait." The in-laws also spoke. Poor Otsuyama Zidong, everyone is already dead, and at this time he has to suffer the grievance of being suspected.

"If this is the case, Yamaga County may not be protected, in order to prevent the Luo family from crossing the river with victory, we should immediately set up a large array here to prevent the Luo family from crossing the river and entering Kikuchi County!" Hearing that Shenwei City had fallen, Kai immediately suggested. (To be continued......)