Not only his own people were shocked, but even the people in Odawara City were frightened, the Takeda family's very precious big iron cannon, Hojo Shiyasu had seen it, but it was not as powerful as the other side at all.

Even Yamamoto Kansuke was unexpected, he had heard that the Ogasawara family had a weapon that was more powerful than a large iron cannon, but there was only one in the previous battle, and now there are a few more, and the power is much greater.

Hojo Phantom Nunnery was the first to wake up and said: "Such a sharp weapon, non-human can stop it, you see that the earth and stones of the city wall have been cracked, back and forth several times, the city wall may not be able to hold it!" ”

Hojo Yasukasu said: "You must hold it, tell Tsusunari, you must resist the offensive on the first day!" Let the rest of the army come to the rescue! ”

He turned back to Kansuke Yamamoto on the side, and Asahina Taino sent by the Imagawa family and said, "You two must send reinforcements, otherwise the family will be wiped out by the Uesugi family!" ”

Yamamoto Kansuke's face was solemn, and the consequences of the Hojo family being destroyed by the Uesugi family were not something that their Takeda family could bear.

Without the Hojo family to contain the Uesugi family, the coalition forces of the two Koshishin families would be able to seize the Suwa land from the weakened Takeda family this year.

With the loss of Suwa, the Takeda family was left with only Minamisaku-gun to enter Shinano, and at the same time, Kai's connection with Ina was severed, and in this case, Ina would also be lost.

In the end, the remaining Minamisaku County was also difficult to support, and if nothing else, Suwa County was lost, and the remaining county and a half were lost one after another.

Once Ogasawara Yoshinaga unifies Shinano, will the Takeda family be far from the fate of destruction?

Yamamoto Kansuke hurriedly said: "Your Highness Hojo rest assured, I will say that the lord will help His Highness, if there is no military strength of the Ogasawara family, Odawara Castle should be in no danger!" ”

When Tamu Mototada heard this, he immediately understood that what Yamamoto Kansuke said was a plan to save the enemy, but he also had a concern: "Looking at the battlefield, the Ogasawara family's army is not much.

In my opinion, this is probably because Ogasawara Yoshicho is worried that His Highness Takeda will attack Shinano, right? Shinano was already on guard at the moment. ”

Kansuke Yamamoto nodded and said, "That's true, but it's not the main family, and at this time, the Imagawa family can't stay out of it."

Once there is a problem with both the main family and His Royal Highness, and only His Royal Highness Imagawa's family is concerned, in the face of Ogasawara and Uesugi, I am afraid that the captured Mikawa will be spit out at that time. Right? Asahina. ”

Asahina Tai was able to look at Kansuke Yamamoto, he knew that since the alliance of the three families, whether it was Takeda or Hojo's accident, Imagawa could not stay out of the matter, he nodded and said, "What Yamamoto said is extremely true. ”

A hint of hope rose in Hojo's heart, and he nodded: "In this case, then please leave it to the two of you, I will continue to hold on to Odawara Castle!" ”

At this moment, the cannon roared outside the castle, and Kansuke Yamamoto lost his army to the lieutenant general, as did Asahina Taino, and the two left from the sea together and went to the port of the Imagawa family to disembark.

Although the pirates of the Sazumi family in Anbo are very powerful, but in the face of the pirates of the Imagawa and Hojo families, Satomi Yoshiyao did not dare to let his pirates go to death.

Regardless of the views of both sides on the appearance of artillery, the damage of this kind of field light artillery for the siege is not very obvious, and it is more of a deterrent, but it is still possible to blast through the gate, and most of the arrows are wooden, so the basic bombing targets of the artillery team are arrows.

Hojo Tsunari now hid behind Ishigaki as low as he could, the arrow he was in had been destroyed by artillery, and he himself was almost killed, but fortunately his own retainers saved him.

Now Hojo Tsusunari no longer has the demeanor of Dihuang Hachiman, and he can only order those miscellaneous soldiers to risk death to watch the movement outside.

Of course, many miscellaneous soldiers were already frightened, many were kneeling on the ground to worship the Buddha, and there were also miscellaneous soldiers who had collapsed and wanted to escape, but were killed by some samurai, and more miscellaneous soldiers crowded under the stone wall and cried bitterly.

Hojo Tsunari gritted his teeth, he could only say to the retainers around him: "Let people look outside......"

"Boom ......"

As soon as Hojo Tsunari heard the sound of cannons, he subconsciously stopped talking because he heard a trace of unusual sound.

Sure enough, a samurai rushed over and crawled: "Report! Gang Cheng, the gate has been broken! ”

Hojo Tsunari's eyes suddenly turned red and said, "Hurry up, let the Ashigaru troops go up!" ”

"Prepare for the Kuszuki troops, don't hide anymore, shoot arrows as soon as the enemy approaches!"

Hojo Tsusunari stood up and immediately commanded his samurai to move and lead the various divisions to attack.

After all, he has already boasted about Haikou and wants to stick here, if he loses it on the first day, what face does he have to live in this world, and what face does he have to live to see Hojo Shiyasu?

If this is the end, he might as well fight and die, so it is also the honor of death.

Under the encouragement of Hojo Tsunari, the ashigaru of the Hojo family moved, and those panicked miscellaneous soldiers also moved under the urging.

And outside the city, artillery has already shelled more than a dozen rounds.

Miki ran up to Yoshicho and said, "My lord, the artillery is almost at its limit. ”

Yichang nodded and said, "Fang Gang, go and inform the Guan Ling Hall that you can prepare to attack." ”

Fang Gang, who inherited the name of the house generation, suddenly said: "Ha! ”

Then he ran to the rear, and he quickly ran to the front of the Uesugi Masahu formation and said, "Leader of the palace, my lord said that he could attack!" ”

When the surrounding generals heard this, they immediately became in a commotion, and now the gate of Odawara Castle Ishigaki has been broken down, and many arrows have been destroyed.

Therefore, they all showed earnest expressions, and they all wanted to be the vanguard of the siege.

Uesugi Masatoshi looked around, and he was also thinking in his heart whether to fight for the first wave, but when he saw the Hojo family's Ishigaki crowded, he looked at the people of Kanto and asked, "Who of you wants to be the pioneer?" ”

Satomi Yoshiyao was the first to jump out and said: "Managing the Hall, of course this matter is for me to do it, and I should do it!" ”

And Yoshiaki Satake, who is known as Hitachi no O, did not let go of this opportunity, not only to plunder the wealthy Odawara Castle castle castle town, but also to appear in front of Uesugi Masatora.

So Satake Yoshiaki also hurriedly said: "Satomi is too full of what he wants to say, in this Kanto land, my Tokilu Sasuke family is also a character, and the task of taking the lead is in charge!" ”

Satomi Yoshiyao saw that Yoshiaki Satake had come forward, and his face also showed a solemn expression, he knew that the young military general in front of him was not a simple character.

Yoshiaki Satake, a famous general of the Satake clan who inherited the past and the future, was born in 1530 (the 3rd year of the reign of the Emperor) and died in November 1565 (the 8th year of the reign of Eiroku).

In the Warring States Period, the most famous of the Satake family is naturally the Bandong Taro Satake Yoshishige, who is known as the "Ghost Yoshige", he is the son of Yoshiaki, Yoshige is not only a brave man on the battlefield, but also a master of diplomatic strategy, and has the quality of a fierce general and a wise general, which is a major protagonist in the political circles of the Kanto region at that time, and Yoshishige was only six years old at this time.

The second thing that people are more familiar with is Yoshishige's son, Yoshinobu, the founder of the Akita Domain in the Edo period, and the friendship between this young man and Ishida Mitsunari and his performance in Sekigahara also made him a supporting role on the historical stage.

Why is it said that Yoshiaki Satake, who is not famous, is a famous general that cannot be ignored?

As one of the few famous families in the Seiwa Genji, of course, the Satake clan did not suddenly pop out of the Yoshishige generation, since Kamakura, the Satake clan, the overlord of Hitachi One Country, and the process of its Sengoku daimyo was completed in the era of Yoshiaki Satake.

Yoshishige Satake completed the prosperity of the Satake family on the basis of Yoshiaki.

After all, Yoshiaki Satake died because he was frail and sick, and at the age of thirty-three, he had to give up the position of head of the family to Yoshishige, who was only sixteen years old, and Yoshiaki, who died young, died before he could fully exert his talents.

However, he can be regarded as laying a good foundation for his son.

Of course, in this Kanto, in addition to the Satomi family and the Satake family, there are also the Chiba clan of the general manager, the Takeda family of the lower general manager and other Chinese people who are clamoring to fight.

However, Uesugi Masatora knew that this first battle must be carried out with momentum, and the morale of the Hojo family, which was already low, must not be reinvigorated.

So Uesugi Masatora said, "I heard that the Hojo family's Odawara Castle is a rare fortified castle in the Kanto region. Before, I had only heard about it, and I already thought that this city was difficult to conquer.

When I saw it today, I originally thought it was true, but with Ogasawara Shinanomoru 's weapon, Odawara Castle was not indestructible.

However, I think it's too early to despise the Hojo family now, and it's probably inappropriate to let only one family take the lead, so it's better for Yoshiaki and Yoshiyao to be together, right? ”

Satomi Yoshiyao glanced at Yoshiaki Satake, and then thought about Uesugi Masato's words, he felt that it made sense, if he really didn't take it, not only would he lose his troops and generals, but he wouldn't have grabbed anything, which would be a big loss.

He said: "I still have the wisdom of the palace and admire it. ”

Yoshiaki Satake was also thinking the same way, and he hurriedly thanked Masako Uesugi.

So the two families marched together.

Satomi Yoshiyo went to see Yoshiaki Satake in person, after all, Yoshiaki was weak and sick since he was a child, and he couldn't go into battle in person, and he has always been in charge of the Chinese army.

Yoshiaki saw Satake Yoshiaki and said, "Satake, just now you also listened to the words of the leader of the palace, and I think it makes sense in the next place, now the two of us work together to take the stone wall of the castle town, and then you and I will take the lead in going in and divide the castle town into two, how about it?" ”

Yoshiaki listened to Yoshiyao's words, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "What Satomi said is very reasonable, now that the enemy is present, it is necessary to cooperate closely. ”

So Satake Yoshiaki and Satomi Yoshiyao sent their henchmen to lead the attack, and these two henchmen had already been mentioned by their own lords, and the two immediately divided their labor and cooperated to lead the troops to attack.

And Yoshicho led Miki and waited for the Ashigaru troops behind him to come up.

By the time the forces of the Satake family and the Satomi family came, the artillery had been stopped for a long time.

Hojo Tsunari, who was in the city, was still wondering, why did the other side stop, it turned out that the other party was preparing to attack the city, and he immediately called out to his subordinates to prepare.

On Yoshinaga's side, he personally came to Satake to meet the two families, invited the two main generals to come over, and said, "I will cover the forces of your two families and quickly approach Odawara Castle."

When the time comes, you must urge your own teams and don't let them scatter. ”

The commander of the Satomi family's army asked, "Ogasawara Palace, I don't quite understand. ”

Yoshicho pointed to his own artillery team and said, "When you advance, my family's artillery team will continue to attack, of course, this will not hurt you, but I am afraid that the ashigaru and miscellaneous soldiers of your two families will panic, so I hope you will manage it well in advance." ”

The generals of the two families hurriedly nodded and said, "Thank you Ogasawara Hall for your advice." ”

The two families returned to their own military formations, and then led their troops to attack.

As the cannon sounded, the armies of the two families moved rapidly, and the samurai shouted one after another, urging their own ashigaru and miscellaneous soldiers to pay attention to their speed.

Those ashigaru are okay, after all, there are many battles, and they have been trained, but those miscellaneous soldiers are a little unbearable, and many of them are already shaking on both legs, especially with artillery behind them.

If it weren't for the samurai pulling out their bright swords to force them, even if their artillery would not attack them, they still couldn't help but be afraid, and they just wanted to escape from this terrible battlefield.

At the same time, the Hojo family's side was also uncomfortable, Hojo Tsunari originally thought that the enemy's Ashigaru troops had been dispatched, and this terrible weapon would stop, but now he seemed to be covering the Ashigaru troops approaching.

He couldn't help but marvel at the power of this weapon, and at the same time marvel at the ingenious use of this by the enemy generals.

He urged his subordinates: "Samurai of the Hojo family, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, hold on to this castle!" Once the city is broken, your wives, sons, and daughters will be taken captive and enslaved by the enemy! Kill! ”

"Kill!"

"Long live the Hojo family!"

"Onboard!"

Hojo Tsunari held the red gun in his hand, he raised his head slightly to look at the approaching enemy soldiers, and said with a fierce look: "Come on!" I must let you know the martial name of Rehmannia Hachiman! ”

Seeing that the forces of the Satake family and the Satomi family had entered the land of one stone, Tsuna Hojo stood up and raised his gun: "Shoot!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the Hojo family immediately stood up, drew his bow and shot arrows.

Fortunately, the two armies were well prepared.

"Raise your shield!"

The ashigaru in the front row of the two families raised their wooden poles to block the arrows, while the archashigaru in the back drew their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the defenders on the city wall.

Wooden canopies were also tied up on the city walls to guard against enemy arrows from outside the city.

At this time, the samurai of the two families shouted one after another: "Assault! Kill it! ”

"Kill!"

Some of the elite Ashigaru howled and rushed out, at this moment, the Ishigaki Castle Gate had been opened, so there was no need to carry the bumper wood, but it was still necessary to carry a ladder to attack the castle, and at the same time, some Ashigaru needed to attack the castle gate to attract enemy fire.

Hojo Tsusunari needed to sit on the city walls, and the guards at the gate below, he handed them over to his retainers.

Hojo Tsunari said to his retainers: "My safety will be entrusted to you!" If you don't hold it, I'll die here. ”