Chapter 351
Maori Attack
Chapter 351 Maori Attack
With the blowing of the conch, all the upper and lower parts of the rock house moved, especially the samurai of the Mori family. They had not fought a battle since they landed in Kyushu, and everyone was resting and lazy.
Now hearing the lord blowing the conch horn, many people didn't even have time to react.
Some people even took off their clothes and clothes, bathed and played in the river below the city. The sudden conch disrupted everyone's original rhythm, causing the army under the rock house to be extremely panicked.
Although the Ukita army is a little slack, it is generally better than the Mori side. Even when there is no war, the samurai will organize the ashigaru three-day training according to the order.
A few days ago, when Ukita was training here, the ashigaru members of Mori's family who were resting were watching Ukita's training queue, sprinting and fighting training like watching a play.
At that time, they didn't understand very much. It is obvious that the lords have not arranged for a war. Isn't it time for everyone to rest?
If you choose not to rest, what will you do when it comes to high-intensity combat?
But now the results of Yuxiduo's training have shown up. The conch horn sounded almost at the same time. Yuxiduo's army reacted quickly. It's almost ready.
Mori Terumoto, who was standing at the top of the city and going down the city, looked at the huge difference between the two armies, and couldn't bear to lose face, "His Royal Highness, the Secretary of State, really has an excellent army. With such an army, is it possible that all Can't you take down the Shimadzu house across the way?"
Xiujia smiled and didn't reply, everything that needs to be said has been said, the two sides have agreed that this time Yuxi's family is just plundering the formation and will not participate in the attack.
It took about an hour from the sound of the conch to the completion of the formation of the Maori family. The sun in April (March in the lunar calendar) was already a little hot, and some signs of looseness and laxity appeared in the army formation under the city. .
This point is unavoidable even for the Ukita Army of the Xiu family. After all, it is an army of the old era, and it is not comparable to the people's army of later generations.
After the army array was prepared, the Maori warriors who had received orders in advance each took their own squadrons out and ran towards their goals.
Anayama Nobutada and the others ran to Xiu's side excitedly, thinking that a battle was about to be fought.
In the end, I saw that the high-ranking samurai Shimizu Nobuya and Akashi Kageki on Xiu's side didn't even wear full clothing. After careful inquiring, I found out that Yukiduo's side only took on the role of raiding the formation and didn't go to the battlefield at all.
Anayama Nobutada was instantly discouraged when he heard the news, as if he had lost his soul, he followed Shimizu Shinya like a conditioned reflex.
By the time the Mori House was ready, the sun was already in the middle, staring at the warm sun of Kasuga. A total of 5 people from the two armies marched towards the Chikugo Yamakuma line of defense.
宇喜多家2万5+毛利家3万5应该是6万，但是后方筑前各城秀家都留了兵力驻守，再加上驻守岩屋城本阵的军势，所以出击的总兵力只有5万人。
People in this era are used to eating only two meals a day. The first meal is usually around 9-10 am, and the second meal is 3-4 pm. After all, there are no business activities at this time, and everyone goes to bed early after dark went.
So although it was said to be staring at the sun and attacking at noon, Maori was well fed and didn't complain much about going out.
The army marched to the forward position, and Terumoto Mori set up his base at Miyajiyama Castle at the forefront, which was the border between Chikuzen and Chikugo. Of course, the Shimadzu's line of defense was further south.
The first line of defense is 2.5 miles away from Yinan, Miyajiyama Castle, relying on the original Kojima Shrine and Shinokuma-sho Castle built next to it.
The castle is a Nimaruhira mountain castle. Although the castle is not big, after seeing the castle at the foot of the mountain, Mori Terumoto's eyelids kept twitching, and he couldn't help but glance at Hideo next to him.
He didn't quite believe that such a small town would hinder the progress of the Xiu family. Such Erwan Pingcheng must have been expanded on the basis of the stronghold. He took it.
"It seems that this kid is not telling the truth. He can't attack anything. He doesn't want to attack at all." Then he looked to the left and right sides, his brows furrowed even more, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, "This city of Chikugo Kingdom Is this side of the building dense?"
Of course he didn't know that the Shimadzu's building of the castle in Chikugo was carried out under the indulgence of the Hide family. Although the Hide family would often put on a show and send troops to attack to interrupt their pace of building the fort, the Shimadzu family was still at the same time. Over the course of several months, several fortifications were built on the frontier of Chikugo.
Although Terumoto Mori had a headache when he saw the densely packed city in front of him, he still ordered to the following, "Erlang Saburo (Kumaya Motonao), you and your team are responsible for the first wave of attack in this battle." .”
You may not know much about Kumagai Motonao, but you should know his grandfather Kumagai Nobunao. He is an important minister of the Mori family. Because he will marry his daughter to Yoshikawa Motoharu, he will be reused as a relative of the Mori family.
In the 11th year of Yonglu (1568), Kumagai and his son followed Yoshikawa Motoharu into Kitakyushu.Surround Chikuzen Tachibanayama Castle, the fortress of attacking Hakata, and fight fiercely with the Oyou Army who appeared as reinforcements.
With the fall of Tachibanayama Castle and the subsequent crusade against Teruhiro Ouchi, Kumagai Nobunao finally won 16 shi. Zhixing is the highest existence among the people of the country.
Kumagai Motonao got the order, led his own team of 500 people plus the Chinese people who were assigned to him by Mori Terumoto, a total of 1200 people, and headed towards Shinokuma Castle.
Shinokuma Castle is a flat city, originally just a village, it is unrealistic to build earthen walls within a certain period of time, so just like the boat bridge in Etchu mentioned above, it is built directly on the periphery of the village to form a wall Then insert wooden fences on the city wall to form a city pool.
Xiong Guyuan led his more than a thousand people to battle amidst the rumbling drums.
In fact, Shinokuma Castle on the opposite side had already seen the movement on Miyajiyama Castle's side, and had already been prepared for it, and at the same time sent someone to send a message to Shimadzu Tadacho in the rear.All the changes in Miyajiyama Castle were kept under the watchful eye of the guard of Shinokuma Castle.
Shinozuma Castle is a castle transformed from a village. The castle is not big, and there are only 200 defenders in the castle.
Deyuan is his Dharma name. His real name is not recorded in history, and the dates of his birth and death are not detailed.
However, we can infer from indirect clues that he was a rare long-lived person in the Warring States Period in Japan.
For example, he is the elder brother of Arima Yizhen's wife, Yizhen's righteous brother, and Harunobu's uncle, so it is estimated that he should have been born before 1518.
According to historical records, he served three generations of Arima Harujun, Yoshisada, Yoshisumi, and Harunobu for four generations of patriarchs.
Historically, after Hideyoshi issued the Prohibition Order, he and Lord Harunobu worked hard to protect Catholics, so they were well evaluated among missionaries.Portuguese Catholic missionary Floys called him "a wise and learned figure".
And until 1613, the letter sent by Japanese Catholics to Rome still mentioned his name, so it can be deduced that he lived at least over 90 years old.
Even at this time, Yasutoku Madoka is already 70 years old. He commanded the soldiers of the Arima family to guard at the head of Shinozuma Castle in an orderly manner, always on guard against the attack of the Mori family on the opposite side.
In history, the Ma family deviated from the Shimadzu family almost as soon as they received Toyotomi Hideyoshi's landing in Kyushu, and became the leading party with Naoshima Naoshige.
However, because the four Shimadzu brothers decided to abandon the five countries of Chiku and Hohito and stick to the three kingdoms of Sa, Sumi, and Japan, and because the Shimadzu family’s forces were withdrawn from Hizen, the Arima family dared to toughen up and choose to fight against the Shimadzu family. .
The current strategy of the Shimadzu family is different from that in history. Yoshihisa Shimadzu chose the method of gradually resisting and dragging down the Toyotomi family.
In this way, the Arima family, who is a foreign daimyo, is naturally in the ranks of conscription, and is even arranged to be at the forefront of the defense line as consumables.
Arima Harunobu naturally didn't want to fight the Toyotomi family, but he and many daimyo were required to stay in Yamakuma Castle for defense.
In name, in order to coordinate the forces of various families to resist the Toyotomi Clan, in fact, the head of the family was held as a hostage in Yamakuma Castle, and 1500 members of the Shimadzu family were in charge of the real defense force of Yamakuma Castle.
The life safety of the owner of the family is pinched in the hands of the Shimadzu family. As the first line of defense, An Fude knows that his 200 is a mantis' arm, and he can only risk his life to fight with the Maori family.
Most of the people directly led by Xiong Guyuan are from Anyi. Although they are self-governing armed forces of the Chinese people, but fortunately they are from Anyi, the core territory of the Maori family. Over the years, they have raised and robbed a lot through wars. They are armored from top to bottom. The rate is relatively high, and it looks more elite.
In addition, his number was more than 5 of the defenders in Shinokuma Castle, and it was announced that Shinokuma Castle was broken after only one hour.
Although the guard, Anfu Deyuan, was over seventy years old, his foundation was still there for many years, and he was still running vigorously, and he ran back to Yamakuma City with more than a hundred people in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that Shinokuma Castle was falling overnight, Mori Teru moaned a little, and turned his head to Hideka and said, "Is this the Shimadzu Yubing that Your Highness said?" .”
Xiujia was not far away from arguing with him here, and praised him, "This just shows that the Maori army is the best in the world, and my Jibei army is not as large as the Maori army."
After hearing this flattering, Huiyuan laughed out loud, and he became more interested, and ordered someone to say, "Yasaburo (Shishidomoto continuation), the city on the southwest side will be in charge of you."
Shido Motosuke is the grandson of the Shido Takashi family and the son of Shishido Motohide.
Historically, the Shishido Takashi family lived until 1592. Because their son Shishido Motohide was weak, his father revoked his inheritance rights, and directly made his grandson Shishido Motosuke the governor of the family.
In the 6th year of Tensho (1578), like Hideie, he also led the Shindo Army to complete the first battle in the Battle of Last Tsuki Castle.
In the 2nd year of Qingchang (1597), the Battle of Qingchang broke out, and he went to Korea as a Maori army.
In September of the same year, he served as the vanguard of the Maori army in the Battle of Jiksan, and was engaged in the construction of Ulsan Fortress.
In the Battle of Ulsan Castle, which took place from the end of the same year to the beginning of the second year, he fought together with Kato Kiyomasa and others in the case of insufficient food. With the support of Mori Hidemoto and Yoshikawa Hiroe and others, he defeated Ming army.
The Battle of Ulsan was a rare victory between Japan and the Ming army, which is enough to prove the bravery of Shindo Motonsuke.
Historically, after the Battle of Sekigahara, Mori Terumoto was transferred to Shufang and Nagato for 37 koku, but Terumoto still gave him a high collar of 11 koku from Uda Castle, Sawa County, Zhoufang State. And let him become the head of the Maori family.
But because of the little butterfly of Xiujia, the Shishido Takashi family felt sorry for Mori Motojo because they were forced to surrender to Xiujia in the Battle of Beichu. Although he was sent back as a prisoner of war after the war, he still chose He abdicated and passed the position to his son Yuanxiu.
But at that time, Yuan Xiu's body was not considered strong, but it was not weak either, but after a few years, Yuan Xiu could no longer engage in combat.
Therefore, this battle was handed over to his son and successor Yuan Xu as the general general, leading 1800 people from the Shishido family to participate in the battle, assisted by his grandfather Takamoto Shishido.
The Shishido family was the first wealthy family to follow the Mori family. When the Mori home town was still Yoshida Koriyama Castle, their home city was Wulong Castle. This city is only 10 minutes away from Koriyama Castle, and it is on the side of the mountain.
Later, as the Mori family grew bigger, the Shishido family's fiefdoms were mainly in Huisu County, Sankami County, Mitani County, and Nuke County in the Bingo Kingdom. Zongzhixing 43 shi, which was second to none outside the Mori family.
However, although most of their territory is in Beihou Kingdom, the Shishido family still regards the Five Dragon City of Ayi Kingdom as their base city.
Shishido Moto continued to receive the order, and together with his grandfather Shishido Takashi, led his family's army out of Iwaya Castle, crossed the Chikushi River and headed towards the ancient city of Jin.
Tsugu Castle is much more formal than Shinokuma Castle, but it is a branch of Katsuo Castle after all.
Last year, Muneshige Tachibana was able to win with more than a hundred people, not to mention the 1800 people that Shishido Yuan continued to receive.
The defender of the castle was Nobuya Dohara, the family general of the Chikushi family. His father, Yoshiharu Dohara, was killed by the Shimadzu family during the Shimadzu Northern Expedition in 1586.
Therefore, he didn't have much affection for the Shimadzu's family. Now that the Toyotomi family's soldiers were suppressing the situation, he only had more than a hundred people in his hands. After a little resistance, he directly surrendered.
The most exasperating thing is that after Tsuchihara Shinan surrendered, he took Shindo Motosuke up Katsuo Mountain and took Katsuo Castle directly.
Katsuo Castle is the main castle of the Chikushi family. It was more or less taken last year because of the relationship between Chikushi and the Takahashi family. It is convenient for Tachibana Munemo. Now it is easy to capture a mountain castle with a three-story wall. , It really shocked the samurai on both sides.
Seeing Katsuo Castle being captured, Mori Terumoto laughed loudly and said, "Is this the Kyushu strong army that Toyotomi-den said? In my opinion, it is obviously vulnerable to a single blow. I don't even need His Royal Highness Guanbai to come personally. Go straight to Satsuma."
After finishing speaking, Mori Terumoto was ready to wave his hand, calling for the main force to come out, thinking about Shimadzu's full-scale attack, and prepared to break through Yamakuma's defense line today.
But at this moment, the sky has gradually darkened, and the Japanese have more night blindness. In the end, under the persuasion of cousins Yoshikawa Motocho and Anguoji Huiqiong, they suppressed their inner excitement and prepared to attack the city again tomorrow.
On the opposite side of Shimadzu, Shinokuma Castle was destroyed in Shimadzu Tadaga's plan. The Arima family resisted for at least an hour, and even killed and captured dozens of people. He had nothing to say.
But the Chikushi family made it impossible to directly open the city and surrender. Once this head is opened, how can this team lead?
But Chikushi Hiromon cried out with snot and tears that it was all done by his subordinates and had nothing to do with him. He was willing to defend Asahiyama Castle to prove his loyalty.
How could Tadashi Shimadzu give him another chance, let alone let him go to lead the army himself? He really didn't know where he went.
But after calming down, he also knew that rashly executing a family of daimyo was not in line with the way of life in the world, so he ordered someone to pull him down to watch and arrest him as a punishment.
(End of this chapter)
With the blowing of the conch, all the upper and lower parts of the rock house moved, especially the samurai of the Mori family. They had not fought a battle since they landed in Kyushu, and everyone was resting and lazy.
Now hearing the lord blowing the conch horn, many people didn't even have time to react.
Some people even took off their clothes and clothes, bathed and played in the river below the city. The sudden conch disrupted everyone's original rhythm, causing the army under the rock house to be extremely panicked.
Although the Ukita army is a little slack, it is generally better than the Mori side. Even when there is no war, the samurai will organize the ashigaru three-day training according to the order.
A few days ago, when Ukita was training here, the ashigaru members of Mori's family who were resting were watching Ukita's training queue, sprinting and fighting training like watching a play.
At that time, they didn't understand very much. It is obvious that the lords have not arranged for a war. Isn't it time for everyone to rest?
If you choose not to rest, what will you do when it comes to high-intensity combat?
But now the results of Yuxiduo's training have shown up. The conch horn sounded almost at the same time. Yuxiduo's army reacted quickly. It's almost ready.
Mori Terumoto, who was standing at the top of the city and going down the city, looked at the huge difference between the two armies, and couldn't bear to lose face, "His Royal Highness, the Secretary of State, really has an excellent army. With such an army, is it possible that all Can't you take down the Shimadzu house across the way?"
Xiujia smiled and didn't reply, everything that needs to be said has been said, the two sides have agreed that this time Yuxi's family is just plundering the formation and will not participate in the attack.
It took about an hour from the sound of the conch to the completion of the formation of the Maori family. The sun in April (March in the lunar calendar) was already a little hot, and some signs of looseness and laxity appeared in the army formation under the city. .
This point is unavoidable even for the Ukita Army of the Xiu family. After all, it is an army of the old era, and it is not comparable to the people's army of later generations.
After the army array was prepared, the Maori warriors who had received orders in advance each took their own squadrons out and ran towards their goals.
Anayama Nobutada and the others ran to Xiu's side excitedly, thinking that a battle was about to be fought.
In the end, I saw that the high-ranking samurai Shimizu Nobuya and Akashi Kageki on Xiu's side didn't even wear full clothing. After careful inquiring, I found out that Yukiduo's side only took on the role of raiding the formation and didn't go to the battlefield at all.
Anayama Nobutada was instantly discouraged when he heard the news, as if he had lost his soul, he followed Shimizu Shinya like a conditioned reflex.
By the time the Mori House was ready, the sun was already in the middle, staring at the warm sun of Kasuga. A total of 5 people from the two armies marched towards the Chikugo Yamakuma line of defense.
宇喜多家2万5+毛利家3万5应该是6万，但是后方筑前各城秀家都留了兵力驻守，再加上驻守岩屋城本阵的军势，所以出击的总兵力只有5万人。
People in this era are used to eating only two meals a day. The first meal is usually around 9-10 am, and the second meal is 3-4 pm. After all, there are no business activities at this time, and everyone goes to bed early after dark went.
So although it was said to be staring at the sun and attacking at noon, Maori was well fed and didn't complain much about going out.
The army marched to the forward position, and Terumoto Mori set up his base at Miyajiyama Castle at the forefront, which was the border between Chikuzen and Chikugo. Of course, the Shimadzu's line of defense was further south.
The first line of defense is 2.5 miles away from Yinan, Miyajiyama Castle, relying on the original Kojima Shrine and Shinokuma-sho Castle built next to it.
The castle is a Nimaruhira mountain castle. Although the castle is not big, after seeing the castle at the foot of the mountain, Mori Terumoto's eyelids kept twitching, and he couldn't help but glance at Hideo next to him.
He didn't quite believe that such a small town would hinder the progress of the Xiu family. Such Erwan Pingcheng must have been expanded on the basis of the stronghold. He took it.
"It seems that this kid is not telling the truth. He can't attack anything. He doesn't want to attack at all." Then he looked to the left and right sides, his brows furrowed even more, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, "This city of Chikugo Kingdom Is this side of the building dense?"
Of course he didn't know that the Shimadzu's building of the castle in Chikugo was carried out under the indulgence of the Hide family. Although the Hide family would often put on a show and send troops to attack to interrupt their pace of building the fort, the Shimadzu family was still at the same time. Over the course of several months, several fortifications were built on the frontier of Chikugo.
Although Terumoto Mori had a headache when he saw the densely packed city in front of him, he still ordered to the following, "Erlang Saburo (Kumaya Motonao), you and your team are responsible for the first wave of attack in this battle." .”
You may not know much about Kumagai Motonao, but you should know his grandfather Kumagai Nobunao. He is an important minister of the Mori family. Because he will marry his daughter to Yoshikawa Motoharu, he will be reused as a relative of the Mori family.
In the 11th year of Yonglu (1568), Kumagai and his son followed Yoshikawa Motoharu into Kitakyushu.Surround Chikuzen Tachibanayama Castle, the fortress of attacking Hakata, and fight fiercely with the Oyou Army who appeared as reinforcements.
With the fall of Tachibanayama Castle and the subsequent crusade against Teruhiro Ouchi, Kumagai Nobunao finally won 16 shi. Zhixing is the highest existence among the people of the country.
Kumagai Motonao got the order, led his own team of 500 people plus the Chinese people who were assigned to him by Mori Terumoto, a total of 1200 people, and headed towards Shinokuma Castle.
Shinokuma Castle is a flat city, originally just a village, it is unrealistic to build earthen walls within a certain period of time, so just like the boat bridge in Etchu mentioned above, it is built directly on the periphery of the village to form a wall Then insert wooden fences on the city wall to form a city pool.
Xiong Guyuan led his more than a thousand people to battle amidst the rumbling drums.
In fact, Shinokuma Castle on the opposite side had already seen the movement on Miyajiyama Castle's side, and had already been prepared for it, and at the same time sent someone to send a message to Shimadzu Tadacho in the rear.All the changes in Miyajiyama Castle were kept under the watchful eye of the guard of Shinokuma Castle.
Shinozuma Castle is a castle transformed from a village. The castle is not big, and there are only 200 defenders in the castle.
Deyuan is his Dharma name. His real name is not recorded in history, and the dates of his birth and death are not detailed.
However, we can infer from indirect clues that he was a rare long-lived person in the Warring States Period in Japan.
For example, he is the elder brother of Arima Yizhen's wife, Yizhen's righteous brother, and Harunobu's uncle, so it is estimated that he should have been born before 1518.
According to historical records, he served three generations of Arima Harujun, Yoshisada, Yoshisumi, and Harunobu for four generations of patriarchs.
Historically, after Hideyoshi issued the Prohibition Order, he and Lord Harunobu worked hard to protect Catholics, so they were well evaluated among missionaries.Portuguese Catholic missionary Floys called him "a wise and learned figure".
And until 1613, the letter sent by Japanese Catholics to Rome still mentioned his name, so it can be deduced that he lived at least over 90 years old.
Even at this time, Yasutoku Madoka is already 70 years old. He commanded the soldiers of the Arima family to guard at the head of Shinozuma Castle in an orderly manner, always on guard against the attack of the Mori family on the opposite side.
In history, the Ma family deviated from the Shimadzu family almost as soon as they received Toyotomi Hideyoshi's landing in Kyushu, and became the leading party with Naoshima Naoshige.
However, because the four Shimadzu brothers decided to abandon the five countries of Chiku and Hohito and stick to the three kingdoms of Sa, Sumi, and Japan, and because the Shimadzu family’s forces were withdrawn from Hizen, the Arima family dared to toughen up and choose to fight against the Shimadzu family. .
The current strategy of the Shimadzu family is different from that in history. Yoshihisa Shimadzu chose the method of gradually resisting and dragging down the Toyotomi family.
In this way, the Arima family, who is a foreign daimyo, is naturally in the ranks of conscription, and is even arranged to be at the forefront of the defense line as consumables.
Arima Harunobu naturally didn't want to fight the Toyotomi family, but he and many daimyo were required to stay in Yamakuma Castle for defense.
In name, in order to coordinate the forces of various families to resist the Toyotomi Clan, in fact, the head of the family was held as a hostage in Yamakuma Castle, and 1500 members of the Shimadzu family were in charge of the real defense force of Yamakuma Castle.
The life safety of the owner of the family is pinched in the hands of the Shimadzu family. As the first line of defense, An Fude knows that his 200 is a mantis' arm, and he can only risk his life to fight with the Maori family.
Most of the people directly led by Xiong Guyuan are from Anyi. Although they are self-governing armed forces of the Chinese people, but fortunately they are from Anyi, the core territory of the Maori family. Over the years, they have raised and robbed a lot through wars. They are armored from top to bottom. The rate is relatively high, and it looks more elite.
In addition, his number was more than 5 of the defenders in Shinokuma Castle, and it was announced that Shinokuma Castle was broken after only one hour.
Although the guard, Anfu Deyuan, was over seventy years old, his foundation was still there for many years, and he was still running vigorously, and he ran back to Yamakuma City with more than a hundred people in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that Shinokuma Castle was falling overnight, Mori Teru moaned a little, and turned his head to Hideka and said, "Is this the Shimadzu Yubing that Your Highness said?" .”
Xiujia was not far away from arguing with him here, and praised him, "This just shows that the Maori army is the best in the world, and my Jibei army is not as large as the Maori army."
After hearing this flattering, Huiyuan laughed out loud, and he became more interested, and ordered someone to say, "Yasaburo (Shishidomoto continuation), the city on the southwest side will be in charge of you."
Shido Motosuke is the grandson of the Shido Takashi family and the son of Shishido Motohide.
Historically, the Shishido Takashi family lived until 1592. Because their son Shishido Motohide was weak, his father revoked his inheritance rights, and directly made his grandson Shishido Motosuke the governor of the family.
In the 6th year of Tensho (1578), like Hideie, he also led the Shindo Army to complete the first battle in the Battle of Last Tsuki Castle.
In the 2nd year of Qingchang (1597), the Battle of Qingchang broke out, and he went to Korea as a Maori army.
In September of the same year, he served as the vanguard of the Maori army in the Battle of Jiksan, and was engaged in the construction of Ulsan Fortress.
In the Battle of Ulsan Castle, which took place from the end of the same year to the beginning of the second year, he fought together with Kato Kiyomasa and others in the case of insufficient food. With the support of Mori Hidemoto and Yoshikawa Hiroe and others, he defeated Ming army.
The Battle of Ulsan was a rare victory between Japan and the Ming army, which is enough to prove the bravery of Shindo Motonsuke.
Historically, after the Battle of Sekigahara, Mori Terumoto was transferred to Shufang and Nagato for 37 koku, but Terumoto still gave him a high collar of 11 koku from Uda Castle, Sawa County, Zhoufang State. And let him become the head of the Maori family.
But because of the little butterfly of Xiujia, the Shishido Takashi family felt sorry for Mori Motojo because they were forced to surrender to Xiujia in the Battle of Beichu. Although he was sent back as a prisoner of war after the war, he still chose He abdicated and passed the position to his son Yuanxiu.
But at that time, Yuan Xiu's body was not considered strong, but it was not weak either, but after a few years, Yuan Xiu could no longer engage in combat.
Therefore, this battle was handed over to his son and successor Yuan Xu as the general general, leading 1800 people from the Shishido family to participate in the battle, assisted by his grandfather Takamoto Shishido.
The Shishido family was the first wealthy family to follow the Mori family. When the Mori home town was still Yoshida Koriyama Castle, their home city was Wulong Castle. This city is only 10 minutes away from Koriyama Castle, and it is on the side of the mountain.
Later, as the Mori family grew bigger, the Shishido family's fiefdoms were mainly in Huisu County, Sankami County, Mitani County, and Nuke County in the Bingo Kingdom. Zongzhixing 43 shi, which was second to none outside the Mori family.
However, although most of their territory is in Beihou Kingdom, the Shishido family still regards the Five Dragon City of Ayi Kingdom as their base city.
Shishido Moto continued to receive the order, and together with his grandfather Shishido Takashi, led his family's army out of Iwaya Castle, crossed the Chikushi River and headed towards the ancient city of Jin.
Tsugu Castle is much more formal than Shinokuma Castle, but it is a branch of Katsuo Castle after all.
Last year, Muneshige Tachibana was able to win with more than a hundred people, not to mention the 1800 people that Shishido Yuan continued to receive.
The defender of the castle was Nobuya Dohara, the family general of the Chikushi family. His father, Yoshiharu Dohara, was killed by the Shimadzu family during the Shimadzu Northern Expedition in 1586.
Therefore, he didn't have much affection for the Shimadzu's family. Now that the Toyotomi family's soldiers were suppressing the situation, he only had more than a hundred people in his hands. After a little resistance, he directly surrendered.
The most exasperating thing is that after Tsuchihara Shinan surrendered, he took Shindo Motosuke up Katsuo Mountain and took Katsuo Castle directly.
Katsuo Castle is the main castle of the Chikushi family. It was more or less taken last year because of the relationship between Chikushi and the Takahashi family. It is convenient for Tachibana Munemo. Now it is easy to capture a mountain castle with a three-story wall. , It really shocked the samurai on both sides.
Seeing Katsuo Castle being captured, Mori Terumoto laughed loudly and said, "Is this the Kyushu strong army that Toyotomi-den said? In my opinion, it is obviously vulnerable to a single blow. I don't even need His Royal Highness Guanbai to come personally. Go straight to Satsuma."
After finishing speaking, Mori Terumoto was ready to wave his hand, calling for the main force to come out, thinking about Shimadzu's full-scale attack, and prepared to break through Yamakuma's defense line today.
But at this moment, the sky has gradually darkened, and the Japanese have more night blindness. In the end, under the persuasion of cousins Yoshikawa Motocho and Anguoji Huiqiong, they suppressed their inner excitement and prepared to attack the city again tomorrow.
On the opposite side of Shimadzu, Shinokuma Castle was destroyed in Shimadzu Tadaga's plan. The Arima family resisted for at least an hour, and even killed and captured dozens of people. He had nothing to say.
But the Chikushi family made it impossible to directly open the city and surrender. Once this head is opened, how can this team lead?
But Chikushi Hiromon cried out with snot and tears that it was all done by his subordinates and had nothing to do with him. He was willing to defend Asahiyama Castle to prove his loyalty.
How could Tadashi Shimadzu give him another chance, let alone let him go to lead the army himself? He really didn't know where he went.
But after calming down, he also knew that rashly executing a family of daimyo was not in line with the way of life in the world, so he ordered someone to pull him down to watch and arrest him as a punishment.
(End of this chapter)