Chapter 297 Kyushu Wind Rises
"I wonder what Your Highness is referring to?" Fukushima Masaru asked.
Hidebori led the generals to the map and pointed at the Kagawa and analyzed: "The river goes down and merges with the Kagawa into the sea. It is downstream and the water surface is wide, just used by the Uesugi army. But look at the trend of Mizuhori, it is tilted to the southeast. Therefore, Fukuhara Castle is in a basin or plain in the southeast of the Kagawa River, and the key mountain city in the southeast is higher than Fukuhara Castle. This further shows that Fukuhara Castle is located in a river basin. This city in this river basin often relies on the water system to protect itself, but they overlooked one thing, that is, once the downstream is blocked, the river water will flood other places with low terrain, and these small basins are the first to be hit. Fukushima Servant, do you understand what I mean?"
"Your Highness is so clear, how could Zhengzhu not understand? Please rest assured that Zhengzhu will definitely capture Fukuhara Castle!" Fukushima Masaru nodded seriously, immediately returned to the front line, summoned 20,000 soldiers to start filling and blocking the river channel of the river. The rivers are generally wide in the lower reaches but slow in the flow rate. The water surface of the upper reaches is narrow but the water flow is turbulent, so it is not difficult to fill and block the river channel of the river. After Hideopo, he mobilized 20,000 people to do it together, and finally basically completed the blockage of the river channel in the late tenth night.
Since it was late at night and far from Fukuhara Castle, the Uesugi army in the castle did not discover Hideo's plan. Therefore, it was not until the flood broke through the embankment, overwhelmed the earth and rushed into the castle, that Ichikawa Yatsutsuka woke up from his sleep and hurriedly escaped from the Gotan to run to a higher place in the castle.
However, even if there are high places, how high can the cities built in the basin go? The scale of the flood even exceeded Xiubo's expectations. Not only did it instantly flood the basin, but it began to flood out of the basin after being soaked in the water bore. Fortunately, Xiubo's military power was deployed on nearby terraces or hills. These overflowing floods did not affect it. Only some nearby farmland and several villages suffered casualties and injured hundreds of people.
Since it was late at night when the incident happened, Hideopo did not know the situation in Fukuhara Castle. It was not until the morning of the next day that he climbed to the platform where the vital mountain city was located and truly appreciated the grand scene of "land turns into a flat lake". The city of Fukuhara, which was still clearly outlined yesterday, was completely in the water. Whether it was Mizuho, Tula or Oden, they were gone. The basin had turned into a dam, and the water of the river roared into the lake, wrapping the mud and sand to make the entire lake surface turbid. At the other end of the lake, the river water overflowed a plain and then flowed into the lower river channel, and finally it still flowed into Naka River.
"Apart from a few arrows, nothing can be seen." Fukushima Masaru walked to Hideopo and sighed: "This scene reminded Masaru of the scene when Taige flooded Takamatsu."
"There are four thousand people just gone, and God's power is much stronger than that of us mortals after all." Hideosaki ignored Fukushima Masato's feelings and said to himself: "If Ichikawa Zuemon hadn't resisted desperately, I wouldn't have been willing to use God to deal with them."
"This is God's will. Your Highness does not need to blame himself. Just imagine, if you don't do this, there will be more casualties and injuries. You have to do so." Fukushima Masano was a rough man, and it was already rare to be able to say this.
"By the way, did you find any survivors when cleaning the battlefield this morning?" Xiu Bao turned around and asked.
Fukushima Takaki nodded and replied: "So far, only thirty-six people have been raised, and the others are probably..."
"This is what you said, God's will." Shui Bao smiled and comforted him: "After this battle, the soldiers were very tired. After cleaning the battlefield, they should go back to Toriyama Castle to rest for a few days."
"No hurry, wait a little longer. Logically speaking, there is news on Fumimi." Hideo was a little worried about Fumimi's situation. If nothing unexpected happens, the Maori army has now advanced into Kinki and the real war is about to begin.
The distance from Osaka to Kyushu is slightly far from Shimonobu, but the summoned messengers spread the news of attacking Hideopo in Kyushu as they could walk on water. For a moment, there were rumors and rumors. Whether it was the Shimazu clan, the largest name of Kyushu, which owned three prefectures, or the rich Miyagi, the main lord of Hita Castle, which had only 5,000 stones, the entire island mobilized the maximum internal forces. The sound of metal knocking for forging weapons and the sound of roaring the training army was one after another. Although the troops had not been moved, it was already "black clouds were pressing against the city and the city was about to be destroyed", which really made people breathless.
Since the first port for the envoy to arrive was Hakata Port in Toyoshi, the Kuroda family, which was close to the place, was the first to get the news that at this time, the main force of the Kuroda family had already followed the Kyushu Army to conquer Aizu, and the remaining troops were pitifully few. Fortunately, the scene was barely able to be kept in Nakatsu Castle with the Black Sky and the water.
The same situation as the Kuroda family, except for Satsuma Shimazu family, Himegu Kato family, and Kyushu's powerful Daime all sent the troops to Aizu in order to gain Hideo's favor, and then gain a share of the Ming Dynasty's future tentative trade, or obtain a 10,000 or 20,000 stones of additional seal from the Taigao hidden in Kyushu.
The dark sky is like water. This old lord, who was seen by everyone, often wandered around the city town after Kuroda Nagamasa sent troops. He was just to comfort him, and to inspect the city's security, leisurely and leisurely. However, after receiving the order from the Kyushu Damingsou to fight against Hidebo, Kuroda Rushui changed his leisurely life and immediately convened the remaining retainers who were in charge to convene a meeting.
At the meeting, Hei Tian Rushui looked stern. After scanning the retainers in the seat, he whispered loudly: "Finally, the time has come to decide the general trend of the world! I, Kurota, must not miss this opportunity!"
The old ministers who were summoned did not know what the purpose of Kuroshi's words were. They looked at each other and said nothing. After a long time, Inoue Kyuro Yuemon asked: "What does this mean by the old lord? The elite of this family have already taken the battle with the lord. Although there is an order from Osaka, the current strength of the lord can be used, and the best strategy is to cage the city."
After hearing this, Rushui smiled slightly: "Eemon, I have been with me for so many years. Now every tea soup, Go, songs and fun are full of fun. Are you already slow to think about it? I really can't smell this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? The inner palace, Aizu Nayan, the right government, the decisive battle between the three families will not end in one or two days. Let me see that it will last for at least a hundred days. As long as there are these hundred days, my Kuroda Rushui can sweep Kyushu and unify China, at least it will be the time to fight! When the Eastern Kingdom decides the winner, the one who survives by luck but is exhausted will face the challenge of unifying Kyushu. The Chinese troops will be the decisive battle that determines the belonging of the world!"
"The old lord has a great plan, but you have ignored An Yi-aka's arrogance. China is his ability!" Yuemon Inoue reminded him with admiration and worry.
Chapter completed!