Okura Castle is located in the coastal area of ​​the Okura Plain in the north of Toyomaeki. It is based on it. The northeast is the Qiji Peninsula and the Katsumera Strait, which divides the east and the west. This is the division point between Kyushu and Honshu. On the eastmost part of the Qiji Peninsula is the Mushi Castle, the important town of Toyomaeki. To the west is the Katsumera Kingdom connected to the Kokura Plain in Toyomaeki. There is the Katsumera Castle, the gateway of Toyomaeki, which stands at the Katsumera Strait. To the north is the Katsumera Strait, and the slightly distant sea area is the Katsumera and Nagato. To the south is the southeastern part of the Kokura Plain, which is the territory of the Toyomaeki Nagano and Sugi family.

Since Kokura Castle is located on the coast of Kishune Strait and there are natural docking piers along the coast, the town under its city has gradually become a place where many merchant ships dock and rest temporarily. Therefore, it is the place where the prosperity of the Kyushu region is second only to Hakata.

In late September of the 20th year of the First World, after taking down the Kuromaki Kyotozo County in less than half a month, the army of the Luo family immediately quickly passed through the territory of the Kuromaki Kyotozo family, and then rushed to Okura Castle, an important town in the Kokura Plain of the Shan family.

Sugiju of Matsuyama Castle was really caught off guard by the Luo family this time. Although he did receive a request for help from the Sect of the Chuanqian Guo not long ago, in his opinion, even if he does not support the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect, he could withstand the one who had been a year or two for a year. During this period, he was also busy with the autumn harvest of the territory and pacifying the rich families of the Fengqian Kingdom. Due to the murder of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the wealthy families of the Fengqian Kingdom were in chaos. The Sugi family, as the guardian generation, naturally had to come forward to appease him.

But what Shan Zhongju didn't expect was that the Luo family took down the Zong Xiang family in less than half a month. He also received the help of the Qiuyue family and the Aso family. He skipped the territory of these two families and instantly entered Fengqian Kingdom. The lightning-like invasion speed of the Luo family surprised the good tribes of Fengqian Kingdom headed by the Shan family.

Because he was not prepared before, there were only a few hundred defenders in Kokura City. After the Luo family's army of more than 4,000 people first controlled Kokura Town under the city, and then surrounded Kokura Castle, and finally sent an envoy to the city to persuade him to surrender.

Coincidentally, the guardian of Okura Castle was Sugi Takayaki and Sugi Takaki, who were exchanged by the Ouchi family from the Luo family, who was the first to be exchanged by the Ouchi family from the Luo family. Because their territory in the Luo family was taken away by the Luo family, and the members of the Shan family, including Sugi Takayoshi, were killed in the war with the Luo family. Therefore, they both hated the Luo family to the core, and naturally they would not surrender at this time. They had already made a decision to defend the city and wait for the rescue of the Fengmae Sugi family.

Since the defenders in the city were unwilling to surrender, they had to attack the city. In a flat land outside Okura Castle, Masara set up a large formation, and after seeing his envoy who was persuading to surrender retreated by bows and arrows in the city, he immediately convened an assessment.

"Lord, since the other party is unwilling to surrender, let's go and level the city!" As soon as he sat down, the left formation leader general and general General Zhong Ken begged directly. He was worried that this siege would not have the task of their left formation, so he asked first. As soon as the execution of Zhong Ken said, the other generals also asked for their orders.

"Okay, everyone. I understand your thoughts. We must be prepared for ourselves before siegeing the city!" Zhengliang immediately stopped the generals' request.

"Yes, at this time, my camp is far away from my territory. There are the Aso family in the west, which is difficult to guess, and the Sugi family and Nagano family in the east and south. The family should take precautions first and then attack Kokura Castle." Yamamoto Kanasuke also said.

"As the military advisor said, at this time, the enemy is on all sides of our army, so we should be prepared for ourselves first. In addition, you have also seen that the surrounding area of ​​Okura Castle is filled with trenches with rivers. If we attack directly, it will definitely cause great damage to our family. The navy of our family is already carrying some of our family's siege weapons to come here. After the siege weapons arrive, it will not be too late for us to attack the city again." Masayoro said again.

"But, lord, if my family was restrained in this city for too long, the surrounding wealthy families such as the Toyomaesugi family might have enough time to deal with the sudden invasion of our family. This may be unfavorable to my family's future strategy in the Toyomae country!" Another military advisor, Kakuma Ishisou, reminded.

"Yes, this time my family's siege against Okura Castle can only be fast but not slow. Lord, please ask me to attack the city." Asakura Sodi also said. In an instant, all the generals in the military tent advocated siege before the navy arrived.

As the saying goes, everyone's will is difficult to disobey, Masaruo finally had to agree to everyone's request, so he said, "Since that's the case, Yamamoto Kazusuke!"

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"The defense of the west side of our camp will be handed over to the back formation where you are. In the future, the force of more than 500 people in the formation will be temporarily dealt with even if the Aso family in the west changes. In addition, we will closely maintain contact with Akaba Nobusuke, who is in charge of the Sozo County affairs in the Chimaeki Kingdom, and ensure the safety of the west side of the Tokabuki family." Last time, after the meeting with the Akizuki family and the Aso family's messenger was completed, Akaba Nobusuke was ordered by Masara to escort the Aso family. The hostages of the Akizuki family returned to Ishimaru Castle in the Sozo County, and were responsible for presiding over the reception affairs of the Sozo County. While also closely monitoring the situation of the Akizuki family and Aso family.

"My subordinates receive the order." Yamamoto Kansuke immediately took the order.

"Executed Okamaka, Akachi Nagato, Marume Rami, Guemuramoto Tsuna, and Rakra Shingoro!"

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"The left formation where you are located is responsible for setting up camps near Zichuan to the southeast of our formation, and guarding against the reinforcements of the Changwei family and even the Shan family in the east."

"Ah? Lord?" Hearing Masayora's arrangement, the executive officer of the left leader was immediately dissatisfied. He also planned to be the main force in attacking Kokura Castle.

"Okay, there are only 500 left formations in your area. If you lose too much in the siege, then the left wing of our family's formation will appear a little weak, which is not conducive to our family's formation's defense. In addition, blocking the invasion of the Sugi family and the Nagao family reinforcements in the east is also an extremely important task. If something goes wrong, then our family's formation will be trapped in the opponent's front and back attacks. And you should raise your head to see me when you are in the middle."

"Yes!" Hearing Masayoshi said so seriously, he didn't dare to complain anymore. Anyway, for him, there was enough war to fight.

"Since the defenses on the west and southeast sides of our formation have been arranged! Then let's attack the city in the afternoon. Aguda and Yoshida Shigemasa follow the order."

"I'm here."

"You two lead your troops, Aguda attacks the west, Chongzheng attacks the northeast, whoever conquers the first will belong to the city." Zhengliang ordered.

The two and the generals under their command knelt down and took the order. In the hearts of the generals of the two teams, each wanted to win the best. So after lunch, the front row where Aguda was located and the right row where Yoshida Shigemasa were located began to attack Kokura Castle almost at the same time.

The front line where Aguda was located was 500 third-ranked football teams, and 500 peasant soldiers. In addition to the main general Aguda, there were also deputy generals Asakura Sodi, Shimahara Junshi, Fukuda Nobuki, and Yoshiro Kawada; and Yoshida Shigemasa was located, there were also 500 second-ranked football teams, and the deputy generals were Takeuchi Kuroyuki, Kamiyo, and Masato of the Luo family. The two divisions had a total of 1,000 people, and they started attacking Okura Castle from the Oshou Gate to the west of Oshou Gate and the Pshou Gate to the northeast.

Since the two gates of Kokura Castle are connected to land, extremely deep trenches have been dug around the other gates, and rivers have been introduced into them. These rivers are connected to the sea outlet, so they can only attack from the two gates.

After the battle began, both the defending and siege parties fought fiercely. Both Aguda and Yoshida Shigemasa, at the beginning, they tried to use the most commonly used human-sieged siege tactics in the Warring States Period and use the method of climbing and siege with bare hands to attack. However, after a fierce battle, in addition to a lot of casualties, they could not capture the two gates of Kokura Castle until the evening.

When Zhengliang issued the order to withdraw the troops, the generals of both departments came to apologize to Zhengliang in shame. In the absence of siege weapons, Zhengliang could not blame them for their ineffective siege. Moreover, after this setback, they just slammed the pride of these generals. When their pride and complacent situation was held during the day, Zhengliang felt that they had won many victories before. So they thought their military power was very powerful, so they became proud of themselves.

If this kind of atmosphere is passed down in the army, it will be very bad for the Luo family's military power. Once they encounter a real opponent, they will easily be used by their opponents. Therefore, even though they know that there will be many casualties without the help of siege weapons, Zhengliang did not intervene in their siege command, in order to tell them with bloody facts that war is not as simple as they think, in order to get rid of their arrogance.

"Lord, the generals seem to have learned a lot of lessons, and if this continues, it will probably cause a lot of casualties. Look, will the attack on Okura Castle be suspended from tomorrow and wait for our navy to transport the siege weapons to arrive before launching troops?" After the generals went down, Kanasuke Yamamoto, who was still in the military tent, suddenly said. Obviously, he saw Masayoro's intention this morning, but he did not speak to warn the generals. After seeing the casualties of our army this afternoon, he had to speak to advise.

"Well, how were the casualties of our family?" Zhengliang asked immediately.

"According to statistics, Lord Kakuma Ishisong has already gone on behalf of his lord to comfort the casualties. The military doctor Akimoto Hide is also leading more than a dozen students from the Luoshi Academy Medical College who came to participate in the actual combat this time to treat many wounded people." Yamamoto Kanasuke immediately reported.
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