In the mountain road in the northern Satsuma of Southern Kyushu, two blood-red faces looked at each other.

"Come on, boy!" Kitahara Kenmori shouted.

"Come on, old guy!" Shimazu Yuki shouted back without being outdone.

So, the sword and gun in the hands of the two were killed together again.

Just when the two were in duel, part of the Luo family coalition forces stopped retreating and counterattacked because they were caught up by the Shimazu family army, while some fast-running people took advantage of the obstruction of the pursuers from their colleagues behind to speed up their escape. As for the Shimazu family army in the rear, they kept hype roaring and inspiring their own army to pursue the victory.

"drink!"

Kitahara Kasumi waved his sword and slashed it from the front. The knife in his hand was a three-foot-two-inch sword made by the craftsmen of the Youbei Kingdom, and it was not light. After a series of battles, Kitahara Kasumi himself felt a little difficult to dance the sword. At the same time, he also woke up at this time. He knew that the few of them were too impulsive just now, but they had no choice. Most of their territory had been occupied by the Shimazu family. If they did not fight desperately, the family would be destroyed by the Shimazu family.

Moreover, they had never encountered such a large-scale joint attack from an iron cannon team before. Due to the lack of sufficient understanding of the power of large-scale iron cannon shooting, and even if they were suddenly attacked and severely damaged, they still believed that it was caused by their lack of attention to alert, which led to them still determined to continue charging after being ambushed. However, it was only now that he truly realized the power of those iron cannons. If he had known that those iron cannons were so powerful, he would not have encouraged his subordinates to continue charging. Unfortunately, it would be useless to regret it now.

As Kitahara Kasumi's decisive opponent, Shimazu Yukihisaki would naturally not know that Kitahara Kasumi's regrets at this time. On the contrary, when facing the oncoming sword of Kitahara Kasumi, he was not afraid, and pushed his gun and took the opportunity to dodge to the side. If he was hit by the sword, he would definitely die without a complete body. After blocking the sword that Kitahara Kasumi, he also took the opportunity to see a flaw and stab him straight, but Kitahara Kasumi smiled coldly and flashed to the right. Dodged the gun.

Just when Kitahara Kazumaki was fighting against Shimata Yoshihiko, Shimata Yoshihiko's team also arrived. Seeing that his third brother was duel with the enemy generals, he immediately made a living, so he called a messenger (it was actually called a messenger at this time): "You go to Lord Shinna Tadamoto and Lord Kamada Masayona, and also to Karukawa Kamakami."

“Yes, obey the order…”

"I am really young and energetic. Although I know that this is my third brother who hopes to get the first enemy general's head in this first formation, such a duel will hinder my family's pursuit of the enemy's defeated soldiers after all, so my third brother. Your wish can only be realized next time, and I will definitely create opportunities for you next time." Looking at Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was struggling to attack the opponent's enemy general, Shimazu Yoshihisa said to himself.

In this way, under the notice of the messenger, the three powerful generals of Shimazu family, Shinna Tada and Masayono Kamada, Kamada Kurora soon came to pay a visit. After receiving the instruction of Shimazu Yoshihisa, the third person quickly joined the battle. Seeing that his lord was besieged, the subordinates around Kitahara Kamatsu also participated in the battle, but were soon killed one by one by the increasing number of Shimazu family soldiers around him. But in the end, Kitahara Kamatsu became the besieged person. Shimazu Yuki was originally dissatisfied with the joining of Shimazu Tadahara and others, but after seeing his brother, he stopped talking.

Under the siege of Shimazu family, Kazumatsu's physical strength gradually became less strong. However, the Shimazu family was still very afraid of Kazumatsu's big sword, so they only circled around him quickly and did not take the initiative to attack. But when Kazumatsu wanted to retreat, they rushed forward. Kazumatsu had already realized that he was doomed today. For Kazumatsu, who was invincible with a big sword, the first priority of life was to be a real samurai and a real hero. Seeing this scene, Shimazu Houku and others couldn't help but admire him and did not take the opportunity to continue attacking.

"Look at the gun!" But at this time, a Shimazu samurai shouted and shook the spear in his hand. The tip of the spear was about to stab Kitahara Kazumatsu, and the big knife in Kitahara Kazumatsu's hand was blown away and he directly pushed away the spear.

"Ah!" The Shimazu family sarcastic screamed, his arm shook, and the spear in his hand flew out immediately. Kitahara Kaoru took a step forward and slashed at the Shimazu family samurai who had no weapons with one knife.

"Goro is here." At this time, in order not to let the previous samurai get the sword, another samurai Shimazu family warrior immediately took the sword of Kitahara Kasuke. But how could his sword beat the sword of Kitahara Kasuke's big sword, and it was cut into two pieces and flew to the treetops next to it.

"Ruoro is here." At the critical moment, the younger brother of the samurai who seemed to be calling himself Goro raised his spear and protected his brother Goro in time. Unexpectedly, after Shimazu Houku and others withdrew from the battle circle, three Shimazu family samurai came to besiege Kitahara Kazuma.

"Die!" Kitahara Kenjuku didn't care about the attack of the samurai who called himself Rokuro, but instead shook his body and directly chopped off Goro.

"Puchi!" Goro's head suddenly became blood gushed out from the other side. Almost at the same moment, Rokuro's spear stabbed Kitahara Kazumaku's shoulder.

"Hahaha..." Kitanohara Kensuke laughed, "I don't have the strength anymore! Come and take my head. Hurry!" After saying that, he threw out the big knife in his hand and collapsed on the scorching ground.

Liuro raised his spear without hesitation and stabbed him in the abdomen. Kensuke Kitahara did not dodge. After being stabbed, he was still spread to the ground. A large stream of blood flowed out of his abdomen, instantly dyeing the land around his body red.

At this time, Liuro, with red eyes, picked up the big sword thrown by Kitahara Kensou and came to the back of Kensou. Kensou Kitahara opened his eyes wide and stared at the mountains in the distance. His blood and blood flowing from his shoulders made his upper body tremble violently. Liuro raised his big sword and slashed it down, and held up the head of Kensou Kitahara, who was still wide-eyed, with high eyes.

"Kei Satsuma's hero, Kazumaki Kitahara, was taken to the head by the Shimazu Rokuro!" He screamed wildly, his voice shocking the mountains and rivers. Then he gently closed Kazumaki Kitahara's eyes with his hands.

I heard that Kitahara Kazumaki was killed. The soldiers who were intercepted in the mountain road and were still resisting immediately declined in morale, and the Shimazu family's military power naturally took the opportunity to speed up the siege and kill.

Just as the Shimazu family was pursuing the defeated troops of the Luo Family Family, when Kitahara Kasumi and others encouraged their troops to continue to attack the Shimazu family army, they took the opportunity to carry Shiga Yoshiki's body to the dozens of Luo Family Family regulars who retreated to the retreat. At this time, they finally returned to the Luo Family Family Allied troops. They were the first batch of defeated troops who fled back to the main camp after being ambushed by the Shimazu family on the mountain road.

After learning that his general Shiga Yoshi was killed, Luo Shi Huiliang immediately rode over.

"Sir Yiqin!" Luo Shi Huiliang got off his horse and walked over. "What's going on?" He asked loudly. Looking at Shiga Yoshiki's body with wide eyes and staring straight at the sky, Luo Shi Huiliang was stunned for a moment.

At this time, Luo Shi Huiliang remembered Shiga Yoshiki's strong mother, Shiga Yoshiki's wife and his five-year-old son. According to the laws of the Luo family, the relatives of the retainers must live in the castle town of the Daimai Jue Castle. Therefore, Luo Shi Huiliang also met Shiga Yoshiki's mother, wife and son at the banquet at the end of the year.

When I remembered Shiga Yoshi's mother's strong face, Luo Shi Huiliang said quietly: "Don't worry, I will tell your mother myself that you are very brave this time. You are a warrior of the Luo Shi family. I will personally bury you in the tomb of the heroes of our family." After that, Huiliang closed Shiga Yoshi's eyes, then quietly raised his hand and bowed to Shiga Yoshi.

In fact, after suddenly hearing the sound of iron cannons coming from afar in the camp, Luo family Huiliang felt something bad. So while ordering the entire camp to be on guard, he also sent a detective to the battlefield where he was pursuing. He himself was waiting in the camp for the detective to report the news.

After anxious waiting, the first batch of detectives sent out finally came back, but the body of Shiga Yoshiki came back with Shiga Yoshiki. After receiving this news, Luo Shihuiliang no longer cared about asking about the detectives' situation of checking the pursuit of the battlefield before, so he rushed over. When he saw Shiga Yoshiki's body dead, Luo Shihuiliang naturally had to ask about the situation.

"Sir, the villain met Lord Yoshiki and others in the middle of the road..." When asked, the detective immediately reported to Huiliang that they had encountered the Luo family army forces who were carrying Shiga Yoshiki and fled to the camp after they were sent out. Then, several Luo family members who participated in the pursuit of Shimazu family army forces described in detail how they encountered an ambush in the mountain road.

After learning about the defeat of the coalition forces and the fact that Rikikari Shigemin and others continued to attack the Shimazu family's main formation after being ambushed, Luo Shihuiliang couldn't help but curse these people in his heart. At the same time, he also a little bit of apologized. If he had followed Kafari's direct advice at the beginning, instead of being bewitched by the rich families of the Kitasatsu, he would not hesitate, which led to the coalition forces being ambushed by the Shimazu family's later military forces when they were pursuing.

After the news of the coalition pursuing army being ambushed by the Shimazu family back to the camp, it immediately shocked everyone in the camp, but this was still the biggest shock. When the defeated soldiers fled back to the camp, and the Shimazu family's Faruna gradually approached from a distance, the Luo family's camp immediately became uproar, especially after learning that their family army had suffered heavy losses and their families had not yet been left, and they were even killed, Kitasatsu's Rikikari Shigeaki, Kitahara Yukazu, and Kitahara Yukazu's face were even more depressed.

"Young Master, it's time to make a decision." At this time, after learning about all the situation, Kafia was too lazy to care about Ririka Shigemei and others, but directly found Luo Shi Huiliang's suggestion.

At this time, Luo's family Huiliang was also in a dark heart. The original victory was because of a little hesitation at the beginning, which turned into a crushing defeat. If he had listened to Jia Fei's personal advice and stopped the pursuit of the defeated troops of the Shimazu family in time, such a result would not have been caused. The North Satsuma family's wealthy coalition forces, which went to pursue, lost more than 3,000 people at once, and the Luo family also lost hundreds of standings at once. In this way, the original coalition camp of more than 6,000 people was left with more than 3,000 troops, and the main force was the Luo family's army with more than 2,000 people.

If the coalition forces continue to defend this place, it is still possible to defend the camp. However, once they are attacked by the Shimazu family army, the most severely damaged will inevitably be the main force of the Luo family army. The more than 2,000 Luo family army forces in the camp are the main force of the Luo family guarding the border of Nanfeihou. Once they are severely damaged here, they may be restrained by the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family has changed to attack the Luo family's territory in Nanfeihou. Then the consequences will be severe at that time.

It's heavy. So the best way at this time is naturally to retreat, return to the border base, guard his own territory first, and then make plans. However, Luo Huiliang was really unwilling to give up. This time, he not only did not stop the Shimazu family's offensive against the North Satsuma area, but he was even forced to retreat to the territory of Nanfeihou. This was a very shame. As he was determined to get praise from his father Masaru and affirmation from his retainers, it was really a huge blow.

"Young Master, victory or defeat is common in military affairs, please do not hesitate!" At this time, seeing the young master Luo Huiliang's expression unstable, Jia Fei immediately reminded him again. He was worried that if the young master Huiliang did not listen to his honest advice and did not withdraw his troops, he did not know that the dangerous young master would be unable to step onto the land of Feihou again. When he thought of this, he felt anxious. He prayed that as long as the young master retreated to Feihou, he would not be pursued by the Shimazu family, and he could further reflect on him in the future.

However, Jia Fei's words finally made Huiliang alert. Yes, because he was hesitant, the situation that was originally a victory turned to a crushing defeat. So this time Huiliang stopped hesitating, so he immediately issued an order to retreat.

Soon, the Luo family army in the camp began to be sent by the commander: "The young master ordered the withdrawal of troops!"

"What? Retreat troops?" The rich families of Beisamo who had just recovered from the news that their pursuers were severely injured and that their relatives were in danger were very badly injured, and that their relatives were in danger, were immediately shocked again by the news that the Luo family had withdrawn.

"No, we can't withdraw our troops!" Everyone who came to their senses immediately shouted while asking to meet Luo Huiliang.

"Hmph! When will the troops not withdraw at this time? Don't forget that it was your request to pursue before that you were defeated in such a crushing defeat." Huiliang did not meet the rich families of Beisamo, but Jia Fei met everyone in person, but Jia Fei did not give these people a good look.

At this time, the Shimazu family had already issued an order for the general attack. From south to east, Shimazu Yuki, Ijiyuan Tadaro, Yingwajihu, Karayama Tadasuke, Uehara Nao, Shinna Tadamoto, Shinna Tadayao and other brave generals rushed to lead the army. While advancing, these Shimazu family troops shouted: "Don't let an enemy run away, kill all the enemies, and take Huiliang's head!"

This slogan was that after Shimazu Yoshihisa learned from the captured captive captains of the Luo family, Luo family's general, that Luo family's legitimate son Huiliang, immediately let his subordinates learn and deliberately couldn't shout it out, in order to reduce the morale of the Luo family's coalition forces.

"Forget it. Withdraw!" The Luo family's army was packing up supplies without hesitation and preparing to retreat. The Shimazu family's army was approaching in the distance. Faced with such a situation, the North Satsuma family had to retreat at the same time. Of course, the direction of their retreat was not the direction of the Luo family's army, but their respective territories. Since then, the alliance between the Luo family and the North Satsuma family has almost announced that it has ended.

When the Shimazu family's army arrived at the coalition camp, they only saw the dense weeds around the camp, and could not see a single person, only the warm sunshine.

"Ha! So stingy. I don't even leave anything for us!" Tadasuke Karayama couldn't help but sarcastically as he looked at the messy coalition forces abandoning the camp.

"Look for the enemy's traces immediately!" Shimazu Yoshihisaki saw this situation in the coalition camp, and immediately ordered. Soon, the detectives who were ordered to leave traces on the base ground and left behind were sent back to discover the military power of the Luo family and the rich people of the North Satsuma family.

"Young master, continue to pursue." The retainers immediately asked.

"No, stop the pursuit and camp on the spot. After confirming the enemy's intentions, Shimazu Yoshihisa decisively issued an order to camp on the spot. According to the Shimazu family's research on the Luo family's governor, Shimazu Yoshihisa knew that the Luo family's governor, Luo family Masara, was a scheming guy. Now no one knows whether Luo family's legitimate son Masarara, the Kyushu eagle, was as scheming as his father. Although the Shimazu family won by chance this time, it is more appropriate to take a steady and steady approach for safety. Anyway, even if you miss this opportunity to pursue, at least the Shimazu family has saved the fruits of this victory.

Of course, the reason why Shimazu Yoshihisa did not pursue the deeper force of the Luo family's army was first of all because judging from the news of his own investigation report, the Luo family's retreat camp was kept very tightly, and even if Shimazu family pursued, they would not get much benefit from the other party.

What's more, the main purpose of the Shimazu family this time is to occupy the North Satsuma region. What needs to be done most now is to take advantage of this opportunity to win and attack the remaining areas that have not been unified in North Satsuma. As for the Luo family, it is better not to offend too much. At least before fully controlling the Satsuma country and entering Osumi country, you cannot have too fierce confrontation with the Luo family, otherwise it will affect the Shimazu family's strategy in Mian Kyushu. In order to avoid overstimulating the Luo family, Shimazu Yoshihisa even decided to send people to send all the bodies of the Luo family soldiers killed this time back to the Luo family's military base at the border later.

Secondly, if the army is pursued this time, the army is naturally the most suitable for the pursuit. However, although the cavalry of the Shimazu family is said to have 1,000 people, there are actually only more than 400 war horses, and the remaining more than 500 horses are just ordinary horses. In order to form a cavalry of this thousand people, the Shimazu family not only spent a lot of money and food, but also brought all the old, young, sick and weak horses in the territory. Once the real war is faced, these horses that are not war horses are likely to not obey the command or even turn around and run away. If cavalry is sent to pursue this time, once the Luo family resists with all their strength, the cavalry of the Shimazu family will definitely suffer a lot of losses. This will naturally have a lot of impact on the Shimazu family's next strategy plan for the North Satsuma and Nishioyu.

Finally, in this time, in the Shimazu family's iron cannon team, there were actually only more than 600 people, and the iron cannons in their hands were forged by the Shimazu family's wealth. However, even so, regardless of quality or range, these iron cannons were not as powerful as those in the hands of the Ming pirates. Of course, the iron cannons in the hands of these Ming pirates were not called iron cannons by them, but muskets. This time, in the North Satsuma guide, these hired pirates did play a big role, but according to the agreement previously set by the Shimazu family and the pirate leader Wang Zhi, once a conflict with the Luo family was involved, these pirates had to withdraw from the battlefield to avoid direct conflict with the Luo family. The pirate leader seemed very concerned about having a direct conflict with the Luo family.

Judging from the information obtained from the detailed investigation of the family, the Ming pirate group led by Wang Zhi seemed to have cooperated with the Luo family in trade, and the two sides also reached certain agreements for peaceful coexistence. If so, these pirates would naturally not be willing to directly confront the Luo family's army.

When attacking the Luo family coalition forces pursued the troops, in order to help the Shimazu family, Shimazu Yoshihisa deliberately concealed the news that the Luo family's military power was also in it. Since Shimazu Yoshihisa had deceived the other party once, if he really continued to pursue the Luo family's military power, he would no longer be able to conceal the news about the Luo family's military power from these Ming pirates. Not only did he expose his previous lies, but he would even have a feud with Wang Zhi for this reason. After all, at this time, the Shimazu family still needed help from these Ming pirates headed by Wang Zhi.

As for the other rich families of the North Satsuma who also fled, Shimazu Yoshihisa was not worried at all. After today's war, although the Shimazu family's army was damaged by hundreds of people, it was naturally much better than the thousands of people of these rich families. What's more important is that after this war, the morale of these rich families' resistance was severely hit. With low morale and weakened strength, Shimazu Yoshihisa was confident that he would unify the North Satsuma in a short period of time and incorporate it into the territory of the Shimazu family, thereby truly unifying the entire Satsuma Kingdom.
Chapter completed!