After landing and taking Tachibana Mountain Castle from Hakata Bay, Zhang Yun did not rush to advance, but sent people to find out the specific strength of the remaining daimyo on this Kyushu island.

Five days passed, and the people sent out by Zhang Yun began to return one after another.

Tachibanayama Castle, the castle lord's mansion.

Zhang Yun sat on the main seat, Xu Xi stood on his side, and the rest of the senior generals sat horizontally on both sides. There were also more than a dozen spies sent by the Changning Army standing under the hall, and at this moment, they were reporting to Zhang Yun one by one about the situation they had discovered.

From their mouths, it is known that on Kyushu Island today, the most powerful is the Shimazu family, who are in the southernmost part of Kyushu Island, followed by the Kobayakawa family, of course, it can also be said to be the Maori family.

Because, their contemporary governor, Kobayakawa Takakei, is the third son of the previous head of the Maori family, Mori Motosaku, that is, the uncle of Maori Terumoto.

At the beginning, in order to ensure that the Maori family did not decline, the second son was passed to the Yoshikawa family and renamed Yoshikawa Motoharu; The third son passed to the Kobayakawa family and changed his name to Kobayakawa Takakei.

After the Mori family submitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in order to weaken the power of the Mori family, Toyotomi Hideyoshi divided part of the territory of Kyushu Island to Kobayakawa Takakei, making him from a retainer of the Mori family to an independent daimyo.

After Zhang Yun figured out the situation, he decided to take the Kobayakawa family first. On the same day, Zhang Yun issued an order for Zhao Hu to take the second battalion of the Changning Army to the east, and the other two battalions were responsible for fighting in the southeast.

Mihara Castle.

The news of the Ming army's landing at Hakata Port soon reached the ears of the Kobayakawa family. At this moment they were in a hurry, because the head of the house had taken all the samurai out, and now there were less than 3,000 people left in the city, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

I saw a young man about seventeen or eighteen years old sitting on the big seat, with a worried look on his face, and the elders in the hall couldn't come up with an idea, so the young man had to move his eyes to the middle-aged beauty on the side.

"Ahem......" The beautiful woman noticed the young man's gaze asking for help, and made a movement to attract everyone's attention.

The woman lightly opened her lips and slowly spoke: "You family elders, now that the family governor is not here, the young master is young, please help you well and discuss how to repel the Ming army." ”

The boy was the son of Kobayakawa Takakei, Kobayakawa Mihide, and the woman was his mother and the youngest daughter of the previous head of the Kobayakawa family.

Therefore, her words still have a lot of deterrent effect in front of these family elders.

After hearing this, an old family member stepped forward and said, "Madam, young master, in my opinion, it is better to take out the silver taels and let the Ming army retreat." ”

As soon as these words came out, many family elders echoed them:

"Uh-huh, Jisoo has a point."

"Yes, the Ming army's movements are too fast, if we resist, I'm afraid it will be ......"

"The Tachibana family has dropped, let's just give some silver taels."

“......”

Kobayakawa Mihide and her mother heard that the elders were so spineless, and their faces turned red with anger and trembled.

"You... Huh, you guys!! Kobayakawa saw that the old man pointed to the old family, speechless, and then waved his sleeves and walked straight to the back of the main hall.

When the elders saw the young master leaving, they looked at each other, and finally decided to bring the surrender document and go to negotiate with the Ming army. They are just retainers, even if they surrender to the Ming army, they are still powerful.

If you start fighting, you will accidentally die in the war. Who will take care of the concubines he just married?

As soon as they thought of this, the elders didn't dare to stay, quickly selected a good candidate, and rushed to the location of the Ming army with a letter.

Chikuzen Castle, which was the first castle to enter the Kobayakawa family, there were more than a thousand defenders in the city, and the guard general was named Kobayakawa Haneda, who was one of the few young generals of the Kobayakawa family.

Kobayakawa Takakei handed over such an important place to him, so it was natural to see that he was valued.

At this moment, Kobayakawa Haneda was solemn, his eyes staring at the road not far away.

"Stepping on the ......" There was a sound of neat footsteps in the distance, Kobayakawa Haneda's face turned cold, and he waved his hand behind him, "Prepare for battle." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Hu led the Changning army to appear in front of the defenders of Chikuzen City.

The uniform pace, the armor that braved the slightest cold, and the cannons drawn by the carriage made the defenders of the city chill.

Zhao Hu walked to the city gate, and was not in a hurry to attack, and sent a guide to shout forward. The guide received the order, ran to the front of the city with a smile, and shouted loudly: "Ladies in the city, you are only more than a thousand people, and the Ming army outside has more than 10,000 people, and the weapons and equipment are better than yours."

I advise you to surrender, you ........"

"Whoosh!" Before he could finish speaking, an arrow feather flew towards him, shooting down his crotch, and he hurriedly dodged backwards, barely dodging.

"Tick, tick, tick......" The sudden attack made the guide's lower body smart, and then a warmth hit, and he looked down to see that there were water droplets dripping there.

The guide was filled with grief and indignation, looked at the city head with hatred, and then ran to Zhao Hu. Zhao Hu took in everything, covered his nose, told him to roll down, and said, "Give me a siege!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......." With Zhao Hu's order, the Fran cannon first fired three rounds of salvos at the head of the city. Suddenly, the city wall was full of artillery fire, rubble was flying, and the defenders in the city had never seen such a battle, and they were frantically scurrying around the city.

"Get down, get down, get down!" Kobayakawa Haneda hissed and shouted frantically, but it was muffled by the sound of artillery fire and the cries of the defenders.

"General, be careful!!" A cannonball happened to fall behind Kobayakawa Haneda, and the lieutenant general saw this and knocked him down, and he escaped.

"Whew, whew." Kobayakawa Haneda was dizzy from the shell, patted his head, only to feel his head buzzing, and pushed the deputy general on his body again, shouting: "Fujita-kun, Fujita-kun." ”

The general's neck was covered in blood, and he had stopped moving.

Kobayakawa Haneda pushed Fujita's body away, stood up and yelled at the soldiers: "Don't retreat, don't retreat!" "Kobayakawa Haneda's prestige in the castle was so high that the defenders had to force their fears down.

After the artillery bombardment, the Changning army began to charge. The artillery rushed after the infantry rushed, and the infantry rushed after the artillery and then bombarded.

"Kill, !!" The soldiers of the Changning Army waved their sabers and carried the ladder to the city, and the Japanese soldiers in the city kept throwing rolling stones and boiling water, and from time to time there was a sound of firecrackers.

However, it is a pity that the city wall is not high, and after a round of artillery bombardment, there are not many defenders left, and soon there will be Changning troops pouring into the city, one, two, three......

More and more Ming troops poured into the city, and Kobayakawa Haneda saw that the situation was not good, gathered his troops and retreated to the city, preparing to engage in street battles with Zhao Hu and others.

"Stampede ......" Haneda fled in front with hundreds of remnants of his soldiers, and ran towards the residential areas of the city.

Zhao Hu couldn't tell for a while, he struggled for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and asked the guide to come out and shout: "If they don't come out, the old and the young won't stay." ”

"Bang!" Kobayakawa Haneda heard this in the residential building and slammed his fist against the wall, blood flowing down the wall from his fist.

One of the soldiers proposed: "General, let's not listen to them, they just want to trick us out." ”

Kobayakawa Haneda nodded, gagged his ears, and pinned his head away.

After shouting again, there was no movement, and Zhao Hu asked people to shout again, but there was still no movement.

Zhao Hu roared angrily: "Fence me up, except for women and children, no one will be left." ”

"Yes!"

Tens of thousands of Changning troops poured into the city, searched residential buildings door to door, and all adult men, whether military or not, were beheaded. Suddenly, a miserable howl sounded throughout the city, emitting a strong smell of blood.

In a courtyard in the middle of the city.

"Leave me alone, let me go." A young woman struggled desperately to break free from the Changning Army's grasp, while several men's corpses lay in the courtyard.

She is a weak woman, where is the opponent of the Changning Army. Soon he lost his strength, and was carried by a soldier on his shoulders and assembled at the main camp.

The same thing was repeated in the city, and Kobayakawa Haneda couldn't hold back any longer, and he rushed out of the tunnel with his men and frantically attacked the Nagninyeong army.

"Baga, Baga, Baga, Ya Lu." He roared loudly, waving his katana.

However, after all, he was outnumbered, and in the end, he was the only one left, with five or six stabs in his body, and was surrounded by more than 20 Changning soldiers in the center.

"Hahaha......" Kobayakawa Haneda laughed loudly, blood constantly oozing from the corners of his mouth, looking like crazy. For a while, the onlookers of the Changning Army looked at each other and did not dare to move forward.

"Ahh Finally, with a shout, he rushed towards one of the soldiers, "Uh! The soldier stabbed the spear in his hand and pierced through his body.

He grabbed the spear in his hand and glared at the soldier, who yelled, "Fuck you," and kicked him in the chest as he drew his spear.

Suddenly, blood gushed from the wound, and he covered the wound, supported himself with his knife, and glared fiercely at the soldiers besieging him, as if to lead them to hell.

The soldiers of the Changning Army looked at each other, then roared and attacked him together.

"Poof......" Kobayakawa Haneda was hit hard, spit out a large mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground, his pupils continued to dilate, and finally completely dissipated his vitality.

With the death of Kobayakawa Haneda, Chikuzen Castle was completely destroyed. Zhao Hu gathered his troops and immediately sent heralds back to inform Zhang Yun's battalion to leave.

Zhang Yun camp.

When Zhang Yun learned that Zhao Hu had slaughtered the city, he was first furious, and then quickly relieved. You have to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, otherwise every city will be beaten, and the lives of your own people will not be so worthless.

At the same time, Zhang Yun hurriedly ordered: "Don't rape women, these women will be useful for themselves." Let Zhao Hu watch them well, and don't abuse them. ”

After that, Zhang Yun hurriedly urged the herald to go and give the order.