On the mountain road in the northern Satsuma Kingdom area of ​​Southern Kyushu, Takaro Ijiyuan and others were fleeing in a panic, and behind them were the pursuing soldiers of the Luo family's coalition forces, who were shockingly killing.

While running wildly, Tadaro Ijiyuan regretted it. Although he had been prepared for defeat before, he did not expect that he would be defeated so quickly today. Now he no longer cared about his life and death, but instead worried about the main force of the Shimazu family army led by the young master Shimazu Yoshihisa who was coming later. Once the main force is attacked by these defeated soldiers who have completely lost their courage, it is very likely to cause a greater retreat again. In this way, the harm he caused to the Shimazu family will be even greater.

"I hope the young master's military force has not arrived yet!" Thinking of this, Ijiyuan Zhonglang couldn't help but pray in his heart. He was just afraid that whatever would appear. Just as he rode a war horse and turned a small bend, he saw a team of military forces arranged in an orderly camp in front of him blocking the mountain road. Ijiyuan Zhonglang calmed down and saw that it was really his military force. It was obvious that the young master had arrived.

"Be careful..." Seeing this, Tadaro Yijiyuan opened his throat and began to warn him.

At this moment, a loud "bangbang..." sounded instantly overwhelmed Yijiyuan Zhonglang's warning sound. With the loud noises, white smoke rose in the mountains on both sides of the mountain road, which immediately filled the entire mountain smoke. Yijiyuan Zhonglang was shocked by the sudden appearance, and even the war horse under his crotch suddenly stopped and continued to escape because he was frightened.

Not only was Tadaro Ijiyuan frightened, but even Tadaro Shimazu Tadaro Shimazu and Tadasuke Karayama and other Shimazu family members behind Tadaro Ijiyuan were frightened. They stopped one after another. Some of them even lay directly on the ground.

As for the Luo Family coalition, which was chasing the defeated Shimazu family, was hit by a sudden blow. Most people screamed and fell to the ground before they understood what had happened. The original shouts of killing in the entire mountain road suddenly turned into screams. The Luo Family coalition, which was originally a pursuer, suddenly became the slaughtered.

"Free shooting!"

At this time, Shimazu Yoshihisa on a mountain top east of the mountain road looked at Bai Yan who was filled with the whole mountain and had no choice but to give a helpless order. After receiving his own attack on the Luo Family Alliance camp, he was like Tadaro Ijiyuan before, worried that the main force of the Shimazu family led by him would be dispersed by the fleeing Shimazu family defeated. However, with a sudden inspiration, he temporarily arranged an iron gunner of more than 800 people to occupy the favorable shooting locations on both sides of the mountain road, and then prepared to face the pursuit of the Luo Family Alliance.

Among these more than 800 iron gunners, 500 of them were the first Shimazu family's iron cannon team built by the Shimazu family during this period. As for the remaining more than 300, they were all Ming pirates hired by the Shimazu family for a lot of money. In fact, the money was not unfair. Compared with their own iron gunners, these Ming pirates fought more bravely and cruelly, and the shooting accuracy of the iron cannons was more accurate, which caused more harm to the enemy. In previous battles in the North Satsuma Kingdom and the Nishioyuki Kingdom, these hired Ming pirates played a great role.

At this time, with the issuance of Shimazu Yoshihiro's free shooting order, more than 800 iron cannons that had been arranged on both sides of the mountain road were fiercely fired at the pursuit of the Luo family coalition forces in the mountain road. "Bangbangbang, bangbangbang..."

The sound of guns and cannons was deafening. In the blink of an eye, the noisy battlefield became silent. The iron cannon team used new iron cannons made from the technical support of the Ming pirates. In addition, the previous rigorous training of the Shimazu family and the precise skills of the Ming pirates, so in an instant, more than 800 muskets shot a bloody cemetery on the mountain road.

After a while, this round of shooting finally ended, and the smoke from the mountains gradually dissipated westward. In the mountain road, only the horses without their masters were left crying in the ground, and there were only a few living people left. The sound of killing that had just shook the sky and disappeared without a trace.

"Iron...Iron Cannon?" Shiga Yoshiki, who was lying among a pile of corpses, was muttering to himself in amazement. At this time, his right arm had been penetrated by a bullet, and a large amount of blood was flowing out of the penetrating wound. It was him who led the cavalry to attack the defenders of the Shimazu family's first strike formation behind the Shimazu family's first strike formation. Shiga Yoshiki himself shot the opponent's main general with one arrow (that is, Kawakami of the Shimazu family), thus allowing him to launch a sneak attack on the Shimazu family's allied camp in the rear. When the Shimazu family's first strike formation fled, he led his subordinates to pursue the defeated soldiers of the Shimazu family and were about to create a big victory, but why did he encounter the attack of the opponent's iron cannon here?

Shiga Yoshiki is very clear about the power of the iron cannon. He had already learned about the power of the iron cannon from the Luo family when he was a retainer of the Otomo family. Since joining the Luo family, he has even more power of the iron cannon. In fact, the seventh permanent team on land where he is located also has two hundred iron cannons. However, since these permanent cannons have just been established and are still in training and adaptation, this time the young master Luo Shi Huiliang did not bring them from the border base of Nanfeihou Kingdom.

However, now I didn't expect that the Shimazu family actually brought iron cannons. Judging from the sound just now, there were at least 500 iron cannons participating in the battle this time. Such a large-scale iron cannon, and the other party also occupied geography, and his side was in the mountain road, so he could only be shot. Thinking of this, Shiga Yoshiki was only afraid in his heart, and even forgot the pain that kept coming from his arms.

"Victory... Victory!" Just when Shiga Yoshiki was still afraid, on the side of Shimazu family's army, Shinna Tadayao raised his spear and shouted.

"Ah! Victory, this is our victory, the victory of the Shimazu family samurai." The rest of the Shimazu family soldiers who did not participate in the battle just now, only watched nearby, and were ready to take the orders of the young master at any time, all woke up at this time. They cheered in ecstasy.

It is no wonder they have performed. After all, the reputation of the Luo Family's ever-victorious army had put too much pressure on the Shimazu family. When you find that you are about to fight against a giant, as long as you are a normal person, you will be afraid. Now the Shimazu family is in front of everyone and solve the seemingly powerful Luo Family army without any effort (in fact, most of the pursuit of the Beisatsu family's military forces are the military forces of the North Satsuma family, but the proportion of the Luo Family army is very small). From this moment on, the myth of the invincible power of the Luo Family army was shattered in their minds, and when everyone faced the Luo Family army, they no longer felt afraid.

After seeing such a scene, Shimazu Yoshihiro couldn't help but feel happy. What he wanted was this result. He had known before that his decision to force the fight against the Luo family coalition was objected by many retainers. If it weren't for his father's prestige and his ability he had shown earlier, everyone would not dare to make a statement even if they had any objections, otherwise his decision to take the initiative would definitely be resisted. Now his gambling has finally ushered in the dawn of victory, which means that his status as a heir at home will be even more firm, and some of his decisions will be implemented more in cooperation.

Just as the Shimazu family cheered, the Luo family coalition troops on the mountain road were completely defeated at this time. Everyone who was lucky enough to be unaware of the loss of being shot was at a loss. Shiga Yoshiki knew that he had to stand up and reorganize the camp at this time. Otherwise, as long as the Shimazu family iron artillery teams in the forests on both sides of the mountain road shot again, these people would stay here. He knew that he had to take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's shooting and was still replenishing ammunition to prepare for another shooting, and commanding the people who had been hit to evacuate this place almost like a shooting range for them. As long as they could withdraw the camp, there would be a ray of hope of victory in this battle today.

However, although he did not die in battle at this time, he felt that he was about to die with the blood flowing out of his arms. With this idea, he started fighting staggeringly, and then opened his throat and shouted: "Everyone..."

With a "bang", the gunshots were deafening, and Shiga Yoshiki, who was shot, immediately fell to the ground again. This time it was not because he took the initiative to pounce on his face, but because he was hit on the forehead, his helmet was shaken open, his hair was messed up, and blood gushed out of his messy hair.

"Ha...he" Shiga Yoshi said helplessly, "It seems that he is really going to stay here today. But you can't fall down so quickly. You have to let them retreat, retreat!"

"Hmph!" Thinking of this, Shiga Yoshinomi groaned, holding the sword, and trying to stand up again. At this time, he found that his eyes were blurred, and in the eyes of others, with a large amount of blood flowing out of his forehead, he looked like a red-haired ghost.

"Bang!" Shiga Yoshiki's performance attracted the attention of the Shimazu family. Seed Shimazu's sharpshooter, Eishi, in the iron cannon team, immediately aimed at Shiga Yoshiki and gave Shiga Yoshiki a fatal blow to the neck. This time, after Shiga Yoshiki fell down, he could no longer stand up, and even rolled his eyes and fell into a pool of blood. But Shiga Yoshiki's heart still muttered to himself: "Retreat...Retreat..."

"Sir!" At this time, some nearby subordinates finally discovered Shiga Yoshiki's situation and immediately surrounded him.

"Wood board!" Seeing that Shiga Yoshiki was seriously injured, someone shouted. But in such a battlefield, how could there be wood board?

"Ha!" Shiga Yoshiki opened her mouth and wanted to say the order to retreat, but found that no matter how she opened her mouth, there was no other sound in her throat except for the sound of breathing before her death. The blood on his face blurred his vision. Although he opened his eyes, he could not see anything. Only the face of the Lord Masayoro still appeared clearly in front of him.

"Lord, I'm sorry!" He shouted sadly in his heart. Fifty years of life, just halfway through, Shiga Yoshiki was already standing in front of the gate of hell. Although everyone has a death, once they really face death, infinite sadness, infinite regret, and infinite attachment all surged into their hearts.

Immediately afterwards, Shiga Yoshiki remembered his old mother. Yes, mother, this is the person Shiga Yoshiki wanted to meet at the last moment of his life. He also had an old mother in his family. But his old mother, like many widows in the Warring States Period, was a strong and competitive middle school husband. If she knew that Shiga Yoshiki was afraid at the moment, she would undoubtedly swallow her tears and scold: "He is not my son. He is so unwilling."

"Mother, mother..."

When the subordinates who surrounded him found that Shiga Yoshiki's breathing was getting harder, someone immediately shouted, "Wood planks! There are wooden planks there! Bastard! Wood planks!"

At this time, Shiga Yoshiki could no longer hear these shouts. However, at this time, a sound came to his ears very clearly:

"Get together, gather quickly, attack, and defeat the enemy!"

"Bastard, damn it!" This was the last sentence in Shiga Yoshi's heart when he took his last breath.
Chapter completed!