Since Saeki Weijiao was willing to take on the important responsibility of the queen of the palace, the Shimazu family and the Ito family, who had come to their senses, were worried about whether Saeki Weijiao's strength of less than 1,000 people could withstand the attack of the Luo family's army, so after some discussion, they left their own elite samurai to help Saeki Weijiao defend against the enemy. In this way, there are more than 1,000 people on the side of the Saeki family.

Of course, although it is meant to help, the other meaning is that it is a great sense of surveillance, in case Saeki Yukyo temporarily surrenders to the Luo family.

Soon after, except for the Saeki Weikyo army left behind in the main camp and the teams left by each family to help, the rest of the Shimazu family and Ito family reserve officers and soldiers quickly advanced along the mountain road in the direction of Matsuo Castle and withdrew.

Before leaving, everyone said goodbye to Saeki Weijiao, and Shimazu Takahisa and Ito Yoshisuke, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, couldn't help it, and spilled a few tears on the spot. As for the generals of the Shimazu family and the Ito family, they also came to Saeki Yukyo and said something like "long martial luck, take care of yourself", and then they got on their horses and left.

It's just such a scene, in the eyes of the generals of the Saeki family on the side, it feels like a naked slap in the face. For a while, anger and unwillingness were overflowing. Yes, no one expected Saeki to be able to sustain himself in the face of Roche Masahiro's army of nearly 10,000 (in fact, there were only more than 7,000 people), unless Roche Masashi let them go, or Saeki Masaki had to surrender all the way.

Only, did Saeki Yui Church surrender? No, by no means. Even the few retainers closest to the Saeki Church didn't know why the Saeki Church hated the Luo family so much, and insisted on opposing the Luo family. In fact, when the Otomo family had just collapsed, some retainers took the initiative to surrender to the Luo family. But Saeki never nodded. On the contrary, those retainers who surrendered were increasingly alienated and suppressed by Saeki Yuke.

Of course. At the beginning, Saeki Weijiao suppressed those retainers who advocated surrendering to the Luo family. It was because Saeki was still in the lair of Bungo Province, with the support of a territory and a large number of die-hard retainers, so no one dared to speak up. But now, Saeki Weijiao has lost its territory and a large number of die-hard retainers, and this time Saeki Weijiao took the initiative to take on the task of sending the queen of the palace to death is really outraged, so not long after the retreat of the Shimazu family and the Ito family's army, some of the retainers took their own horses to directly surround Saeki Weijiao in the military tent.

Such a move is almost a rebellion. But on the contrary, it was supported by many people, and those retainers who had always supported the Saeki Vike, although they did not participate in the siege at this time, they all stood aside and watched coldly, and they had no intention of protecting Saeki at all.

The sudden rebellion of the relatives made Saeki Yukyo reluctantly hide in the military tent and was reluctant to come out, but the samurai of the Shimazu family and the Ito family who stayed behind to help saw that the situation was not good, and immediately came to protect the military tent. So the Saeki family's army, who tried to enter the military tent, immediately clashed with these people.

The sudden chaos in the coalition camp surprised Masahiro here. Originally, after seeing the main force of the coalition army begin to withdraw with clairvoyance, and leaving the rear army behind. Zhengliang was already preparing to attack, but he didn't wait for the Luo family's side to attack. The army behind the coalition army is in chaos?

"Suspend the attack!" Seeing this, Masahiro decided to wait a little longer and see what else to see below. Anyway, with the little strength left by the coalition at this time, it is definitely not the opponent of the Luo family's side.

And the Saeki family did not disappoint Masara's waiting, and after a period of time, the coalition camp was divided into two, and a small number of troops under the banner of the Shimazu family and the Ito family left the coalition camp directly and went in the direction of the main force of the Shimazu family and the Ito family who had retreated before. As for the other part of the army, which was more numerous, under the banner of the Saeki family, they stayed where they were, and sent messengers to surrender.

In this way, without spending a single soldier, Masarashi directly got the surrender of more than 800 Saeki family troops, and also got Saeki Weijiao himself as a prisoner. After dispersing these Saeki family troops into his own teams, Masara also sent someone to escort Saeki Yukyo directly to the rear of the city.

Masahiro is ready to let the two brothers, Saeki Zhenzhong and Saeki Yukyo, meet each other. After all, in history, the relationship between the two brothers is very good, and after Saeki Zhenzhong died of illness, Saeki Weijiao also named one of his sons Saeki Zhenzhong, in order to commemorate his brother.

After settling down, Masarashi waved his army again, and the army of the Luo family immediately attacked in the direction of the retreat of the Shimazu family and the Ito family's army.

Just as Masarashi was leading a large army to pursue the armies of Shimazu Takahisa and Ito Yoshiyu, a critical moment was also ushered in in the central plain region of Kyushu Hyuga Province.

The Ito family was located in the county seat, also known as Sadohara Castle. Sadowara Castle, which had previously served as the residence of the Ito family, was suddenly destroyed by a fire, and a new castle was rebuilt from the ruins of the burned castle. At this time, everyone in the Ito family was gathering together with heavy faces to discuss how to deal with the army of the Luo family who was preparing to attack outside the city.

"With all due respect, with the number of defenders in the city and the army of the Luo family outside at this time, even if you fight to the death, you won't be able to last two days." Ito Yuki spoke.

Previously, after abandoning Kamogawa Castle and retreating voluntarily, Ito Yuki, Saeki Yuenao, and Yonera Shigenao and others have been coming to the Central Plains area. It's just that after arriving in the plain area, Mira Shigenao, who was at the rear, directly turned the direction of the escape of the men and horses, and took his own horses to the western border town, the home of the Mira family, Ogawakan.

Seeing that Mira Shigenao and them scattered and fled, both Saeki and Ito Yuki breathed a sigh of relief, after all, Mira Shigenao was not only at the back of the fleeing team, but also the smallest group of people, and even if the Luo family army that was chasing after them did not directly follow Mira Shigenao's army, they would inevitably divide their troops to pursue, so that the pressure on both of them would be greatly reduced.

It's just that what they never expected was that seeing Mi Liang's team going farther and farther, the pursuers of the Luo family not only did not divide their troops to pursue, but also accelerated the pace of march and pursued them to their side. Seeing this, Saeki and Ito Yuki had no choice but to grit their teeth and continue to flee, and in order to distract the Luo family's pursuers, they also deliberately took the men and horses to the most densely populated area in the plains.

As for the many castles in these plain areas, they had already been warned in advance by Ito Yuki when they took control of Menchuan Castle, so a group of defenders were more or less gathered in the city. However, the main general of the Luo family's chasing army seems to really plan to bite Saeki and Ito Yuki's team to the death, and even directly bypass these castles along the way and chase them closely.

And those castles along the way, with only those people in the city, it is difficult to even hold on, and it is even more impossible to take the initiative to stop the pursuing army of the Luo family, so they can only watch the three teams stage a pursuit drama between their various castles, until Saeki Yui and Ito Yuki entered the county town of Ito, which has the most defenders in the local area, and this drama is over. It's just that with the arrival of Takasaka Masanobu's land chasing army, and the approach of Li Huamei's Luo family naval army on the water, a cage battle against the capital county is about to begin.

"Judging from the current situation, the enemy army outside the city has been several times with us, and is preparing siege materials, our army is not only limited in the strength of the defending army, but also insufficient to defend the city, it is a fluke to be able to hold it for a day." A retainer also spoke out.

A frightened gasp rang out in the assessment room.

"When will reinforcements arrive?" Ito asked.

"The messenger for help has been sent before, but the army of the main family is concentrated in three places at this time, one is the 5,000 people of Matsuyama Castle in the southern Hyuga region, the other is the 6,000 people of Kakuto Castle at the junction of Hyuga Province, Satsuma Province, Osumi Province and Higo Province, and the last place is 3,000 people from the Ogawakan of the Mira family at the border with Higo Province. As for the remaining two castles, they must also be on guard against the invasion of the army of the Luo family from Higo Country, and even if they come to support, the reinforcements are limited, and they will not arrive until at least the day after tomorrow. Immediately, some retainers reported helplessly.

"Do you want to burn the city?" After listening to this retainer's report, many people in the assessment room couldn't help but think in their hearts.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud thunderclap that shook the roof. The assessment room fell silent, only the heart, throbbing with the fluttering wall ash.

"What's wrong?!"

"Boom! Bang! ”

With a loud bang, the walls of the county town seemed to groan overwhelmed. Great fear was suppressed in their hearts, and the defenders of the city were suddenly pale with terrified faces.

"What's going on?" , Ito Yuki and the others, who came in a hurry, asked the retainers in charge of guarding the city wall.

"Big tube! The enemy brought in three large cylinders and began to bombard the city. ”

"What's going on now?"

The retainers sighed gloomily: "The enemy's big tube is too far away from the city, our bow and arrow are difficult to reach, and the power of the enemy's big tube is huge, I'm afraid my city wall will be difficult to reach!" Before the retainer could finish speaking, there was another loud noise, and then there was a "sand", and the mud and stones in a corner of the city wall were smashed into a gap, and a large number of mud and stones fell down.

"Ahh The nearby defenders immediately sat down on the ground in fright.

"Is there really nothing to be done?" Seeing this, Ito Yuki looked around blankly, and almost every face around him was terrified. (To be continued......)