As soon as the gunshots rang out, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the tall figure who was calmly commanding in the chaos of the army collapsed after a pause.

Ueda Nobukata was very happy to see Yokota Takamatsu fall and shouted loudly.

And the Takeda army camp was all scolding, and even Takeda Harunobu's face was extremely ugly, and he saw Ueda Nobukata who shot him.

This is a sworn enemy, and the idea came to Haru's confidence.

The samurai of the Yokota family suddenly cracked their teeth and roared angrily: "My lord! ”

"Yokota!"

"Damn! Murakami's secret arrow hurts people, and he wants to avenge Yokota! ”

Because of Yokota Takamatsu's death, many samurai rushed to the place where Takamatsu was standing.

Ueda Nobukata waved his hand and said, "Iron Artillery Team!" Shoot! ”

There was another deafening burst of gunfire, and several of the dozen or so samurai who were charging ahead fell.

The second row of iron cannons stepped forward and fought another round, and several samurai fell again.

More than half of the samurai who wanted to avenge Yokota Takamatsu were killed or wounded, and the rest immediately ran back.

Of course, Ueda Nobukata would not have taken this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and immediately shouted: "Pursuit!" ”

Hundreds of Saku's soldiers rushed down, like tigers descending the mountain, screaming and screaming, they were the ones who were chased by the armor army before.

At the beginning, they were just like the current arm, no, even worse, they were defeated, and their wives, sons, daughters, family and relatives would be taken away as slaves.

The light and strong would be pulled to work as coolies, mining, etc., and women and children would be sold as commodities to others, or to be used as concubines.

With such hatred, the three hundred Sakushi pursued and killed the armor army with the most ferocity.

However, Yazawa was still sensible, and after chasing and killing for a while, he accepted it and led his troops back.

The first attack of the Takeda army failed, and it also lost a general, Yokota Takamatsu.

Harunobu Takeda looked at Yokota's body for a while, remained silent, and then left. Komai Takahakusai prayed for Yokota Takamatsu for a while before leaving.

Takeda Harunobu did not stop the siege because of Yokota Takamatsu's death, he just let the Yokota reserves, which suffered heavy losses, withdraw and rest.

In Toishi City, Yazawa always laughed and said: "Hahaha, today is the most enjoyable, watching the appearance of the A army fleeing, it is really a big breath of evil!" ”

My wife Kiyotsuna nodded and said: "In the past, we were always chased by the Takeda army, and we were extremely embarrassed, dreaming that we could defeat the A army one day, but at this time, I still don't believe it." ”

Ueda Nobukata said with a smile: "Today's is just the vanguard of the First Army, an appetizer, and there will be a fight next." ”

Yazawa was now full of confidence and said, "Toishi Castle has a rugged terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as can be seen from today's attack.

As long as we can stop the Takeda army from climbing up the cliff and make them untenable, even if he has 7,000 men, he will not be able to take the castle. ”

Ueda Nobukata didn't believe it, but he still said: "The Takeda army also has iron cannons, and today they ambushed Yokota Takamatsu, although they were caught off guard by the armor army.

However, the generals of the Takeda Army who came to attack the city for the second time will definitely not be defenseless, so they should be more careful when the time comes. ”

Ueda Nobukata said to Yazawa that he wouldn't follow next time, anyway, Yasawa was the actual commander of Sakuzhong, and it would be enough to have Yazawa always go to the front.

The Takeda family's second siege of Toishi Castle was carried out two days after the death of Yokota Bichu Takamatsu.

Takeda Harunobu decided to let the iron cannon participate in this operation, supporting the troops of Oyamada Nobuyi with firepower. After all, it is already an established fact that there are iron cannons in Toishi City, and it is a disadvantage if there are no iron cannons on your side.

On that day, the 11th day of September in the 19th year of astronomy (1550), the sky was clear. The Oyamada team prepares rope ladders and ropes and approaches Toishi Castle.

It didn't take long for them to reach the same southwest cliff as when Yokota Bichu attacked Takamatsu. When climbing to the upper limit of the slope forest, Shinyu Oyamada let the soldiers rest. Until here, the practice was the same as that of Yokota Bichumoru.

"The Iron Artillery Corps assemble here." Nobuyu Oyamada gathered the iron artillery team in the shade of a tree.

After resting for a while, the team began to attack the black pine on the mountain. As soon as you see the shadow of the enemy, you will aim and shoot, and the stones will not be able to withstand the bullets, and the enemy will definitely retreat, and we will take the opportunity to climb the cliff. Shinyu Oyamada said to Anhara Kanmichi.

The Iron Cannon General (equivalent to the Ashigaru Commander) Yasuhara Kanmichi said, "Leave the matter of the Iron Cannon to your subordinates!" ”

Since his service in the Battle of Shiojiri Pass, Yasuhara has always been proud to serve as the commander of the iron gun.

He had the illusion that the generals who wielded this new weapon were far superior to the other generals who wielded knives and spears. The number of iron cannons was increased to 30 more than at the Battle of Shiojiri Pass.

Yasuhara Kanmichi spread the iron artillery team appropriately, ready to shoot at any time.

"As long as it's sunny, no weapon can compare to a foreign gun." Yasuhara said with great ambition.

Nobuyari Oyamada gave the order, and with the sound of the horn, the soldiers climbed the cliff together.

The Saku people, who had been waiting and lying in ambush beforehand, gently pushed down the rocks and fired arrows.

"Shoot!"

When Yasuhara's command broke through the silence like the sound of cracking, thirty foreign guns rang out loudly at the same time. The ten Saku who were in charge of pushing rocks and archery on the cliff rolled down lightly.

"Here's your chance, climb now." Nobuyi Oyamada gave the order, and the soldiers climbed towards the top of the mountain.

Sakushi's ashigaru seems to have fled under the power of the iron cannon, and there are very few Sakushi who push down rocks and shoot arrows, and when they occasionally appear, they become a live target for the Yasuhara Kando Iron Cannon Team.

The leader of the Koyamada team was a man with a thin stature who was good at climbing trees.

He climbed to the top of the cliff, tied the rope to the root of the tree on the cliff, and tied the rope ladder. The Oyamada team connected these rope ladders and climbed up one after another. The Sakusa people seemed to be cowardly and retreated into the city without a fight.

When Oyamada Nobuyu climbed the rope ladder to see Toishi Castle, the front force of dozens of Ashigaru members of the Koyamada team was already approaching the castle gate.

Shinari Oyamada was one of the best generals in the First Army, and the soldiers who followed him were all warriors from the county and had never suffered defeat.

In the Battle of Uedawara, he once entered the base camp of Murakami Yoshikiyo with dozens of cavalry to relieve Takeda's crisis, and he was the strongest unit in the A Army.

Nobu Oyamada has a wait-and-see view of Toishi Castle. Toishi Castle, built on a wide plateau, looks quite solid. Although I did not expect that such a small town would be guarded by 500 soldiers, the stone walls and castle towers were very high.

The castle was filled with a chilling tranquility that gave Koyamada a sense of foreboding.

"Don't chase after the poor!"