Chapter 181: Attack Hojo with all your might
When Hojo Tsunari received the order, he immediately blocked it with a wooden pole, and Ashigaru behind him took a large mallet and a hoe to dig the earth, bury the wood, and build a wooden fence.
The Satomi army, who had already withdrawn from the city gate, bowed their heads and crossed Ogasawara's iron artillery team and headed for Satomi Yoshiyao's main camp.
The Satomi army had been defeated and retreated, and Satake Yoshiaki saw that there was nothing to do, so he immediately let the Satake army retreat.
The Hojo Army was working hard to build a wooden fence at the gate of the castle, and where the samurai walked on the castle wall, Ashigaru was repairing with something.
Yoshicho glanced at it and turned around and said, "The Hojo family still has the strength to fight, so retreat for the time being." ”
Satomi Yoshiyao and Satake Yoshiaki nodded, and ordered the retainers to lead the army to retreat, and the troops led by Yoshinaga pressed the formation in the rear and slowly retreated.
Hojo Shiyasu, who was far away in the Honmaru Castle Tower, looked at the Ogasawara army's military formation, and said with a moving face: "The weapons of the Shinshu army are stronger than our army, and the military appearance is not weaker than our army, but fortunately, there are not many people.
The military strength of the Kwantung countries, I am all in the chest, no matter how many people there are, I am not afraid, now it depends on how strong the army of Echigo Uesugi Masato is. ”
Hojo Phantom said with a sad face: "I'm afraid that the Uesugi Masato Army is not weaker than the Ogasawara Army, otherwise Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru would not have asked Uesugi Masato for help." ”
Tamu Mototada also echoed: "Yes, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru can gain an advantage in Takeda Kai Mamoru is enough to see his ability, he can find the Uesugi Dan Zheng Shaobi Alliance, he must value the strength of Uesugi Dan Zheng Shaobi."
This time, Uesugi Bullet sent 10,000 troops, such a strong army, coupled with the weapons of Ogasawara Shinanomoru, my army may not be able to hold it. ”
Hojo Shiyasu listened to the words of his two advisers, and his face was much gloomy, he was a person who would not pin his hopes on others.
Although he still has some hope for the reinforcements of the Takeda Imagawa family, if the reinforcements come late, the Hojo family will be finished, and he will have to seek a way back for the Hojo family.
The Hojo clan was on the side, he saw that the atmosphere was a little dignified, and he also felt very aggrieved, after all, a few years ago, he watched his father kill the son of the Kanto governor, and his heart was full of pride for the future of the Hojo family, but now it is a big blow.
Hojo Clan said: "Our army still has two reinforcements from Takeda and Imagawa, and when the reinforcements come, continue to hold on, and we will be able to win!" ”
Duomu Yuanzhong frowned, organized his words, and said: "It will take at least two or three days for reinforcements, and there will be many dreams at night, and there will be variables at any time. ”
Hojo Shiyasu listened to Tamu Mototada's words, and seemed to have made a decision in his heart, and said: "Mototada, if Waimaru is conquered by the coalition forces, the family will surrender, how about it?" ”
"Father!" The Hojo clan was a little excited, he couldn't understand, it was just that Waimaru was conquered and the castle town was damaged, why did he surrender?
Hojo Shiyasu looked at Hojo Masa, although his gaze was as usual, but in the eyes of Hojo Masa, this gaze was very majestic and could not be resisted.
Shi Zheng bowed his head very aggrieved.
Multi-eyed Yuanzhong's eyes were red, and his tone was a little choked: "Lord... Home... If you surrender, your lord's life..."
"Amitabha..."Hojo Phantom Nunnery couldn't help but recite a Buddha name.
Hojo Shiyasu smiled: "I have already prepared such an awareness, for the sake of the Hojo family, what is my life and death?" It was decided in this way, and as soon as Waimaru fell, the main family surrendered. ”
"Report! Mr. Kamisuke is asking to see you outside! ”
Hojo got up and walked out, followed by the other three.
When he came outside, he saw a somewhat embarrassed Hojo Tsunari, with blood and arrows on his armor.
He hurriedly stepped forward to help Hojo Tsusunari up, and said eagerly: "Are you injured?" ”
Hojo Tsusunari shook his head and said: "This is all the blood of the enemy, and the subordinates are not injured, the lord, the ministers almost lost the trust of the lord today!" As he spoke, he lowered his head in shame.
Hojo Shiyasu patted Hojo Tsusunari on the shoulder and said, "It's not your fault, even if I'm guarding in front, I'm helpless against the weapons of the Ogasawara family, so I'll do my best." ”
Hojo Shiyasu's words moved Hojo Tsunari very much, and the Hojo family was all concerned.
Compared with Hojo, there is some excitement in the coalition army, who has no grudges between the eight countries of Kanto? It's just that Uesugi Masatoshi is so strong, and at the same time he is oppressed too much by Hojo, so he got together.
Satomi and Satake, who are the most noisy now, actually failed to break through Odawara Waimaru, who has no city gate, and the rest of the countrymen are gloating.
"Oh, I really didn't expect that Hitachi Noo still can't compare to Hojo's Rehmannia Hachiman." This is said by someone from the Utsunomiya family.
"The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, so why don't you know the severity?" This is what the people of the Takeda family said.
This is the total Takeda is divided into Masato Valley Takeda and Hall Minami Takeda, etc., and Masato Valley Takeda is directly changed to Masato Valley as the Miao character.
The Masato Valley family was pressed and beaten by the Satomi family, and Masaki Toshigeru seized the castle of Takeda in the Masato Valley.
The enemies taunted each other, and if this was not stopped, the coalition forces would have fallen out within the alliance, and before Hojo could be destroyed, the coalition forces themselves would disperse.
When Yichang saw this chaos, he was like the alliance of the princes of the Three Kingdoms and the Eighteen Roads, and it was not possible to go on like this.
Yoshicho hurriedly said to Zhenghu: "Uesugi Palace, we can't let them go on like this, everyone must cooperate sincerely, this is not a one-person matter."
Although today is just a temptation, I also see the bravery of the Hojo family, and tomorrow, everyone can go together. ”
Uesugi Masatori nodded, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, I've seen Mamoru Anbo today, and Mamoru Satake has done his best, and I also see it."
The attack on Hojo is not a family matter, it is a matter of my Kanto, tomorrow, all the kings will attack the city together, and strive to take it in one fell swoop! ”
"Oh!"
The people of the country immediately rejoiced, and now they had the opportunity to drink soup.
The next day, the allied forces waved their flags, the whole army was dispatched, and Usami Dingmitsu came forward and arranged for the Kwantung people to attack the east, west, and north sides of Odawara Castle respectively.
The main attack was the place where Hojo Tsusunari was located, which had already broken the city gates, and this time Uesugi Masatora's Echigo army was the main force, and Yoshinaga led his 3,000 men to assist.
The siege time was signaled by the completion of the Ogasawara army's artillery, and the four guns bombarded Odawara Castle until the guns turned red and the muzzles began to deform.
Yesterday, most of the wooden fence that the Hojo family had built at the gate of the castle had been destroyed.
Uesugi Masahu waved the military in his hand, and the Echigo army quickly marched, and the first one was Oni Kojima, and Kakizaki Keijia led his troops to suppress the formation.
At the same time, Yoshinaga's close attendants, led by Ryu Iwashita, marched behind Onitishima Island, followed by Miki Otsuki with an iron cannon Ashigaru.
The entire offensive sequence is the Onikojima team, the Iwashita Ryu team, the Otsu Miki team, the main force of the Echigo Army, and finally the Kakizaki Keijia team.
The Onikojima team marched in accordance with the normal queue, and the front row of ashigaru was all holding wooden trumpets.
Although Odawara Jojomaru was bombarded by artillery, his audacity was a deterrent, and after the artillery stopped, Hojo Tsunakami urged his subordinates Ashigaru to prepare for a counterattack.
As soon as the Oni Island team entered the land of arrows, the defenders on the city walls began to shoot arrows.
Oni Kojima looked through the gap in the wooden canopy, turned around and shouted, "What about the bow-foot? Fight back! ”
Onikojima quickly gathered behind him, and they all stood up and shot arrows at the defenders on the city walls.
Immediately, Hojo Bowshigaru on the castle wall counterattacked, and some Echigo Bowshigaru who had no time to hide were shot.
Oni Xiaodao couldn't wait any longer, and shouted: "No matter, move forward, move quickly!" ”
Ghost Xiaojima, who was in a hurry, directly picked up a piece of wood by himself, rushed to the front, and shouted to his subordinates behind him to move forward.
With the ghost island taking the lead, the vanguard advanced very quickly.
Iwashita Ryu saw that the speed of the vanguard troops was speeding up, and he was not far behind, and said to the samurai beside him: "We are the close attendants of the lord, don't be afraid of death, we must play the martial arts reputation of the Shinano samurai!" ”
Hojo Tsunari, who was defending the city, was very worried when he saw that the thousands of vanguard troops of Echigo and Ogasawara were attacking much faster than Satomi Satake.
Soon, the Onikojima team broke through to a distance of twenty paces, and was soon blocked by the iron artillery team of the Takeda family and the Imagawa family.
Oni Kojima was also almost shot, he hurriedly retreated, hid behind the bamboo bundles in the second row, and shouted: "Iron Cannon Team! ”
The Echigo Iron Artillery quickly stood behind the bamboo bundles and fired at the enemy troops behind the wooden fence at the city gate.
At the same time, the Iwashita team and the Otsuki team, who were already behind the Onikojima team, fired at the top of the city wall to suppress the defenders.
After the two sides shot at each other at the city gate, Oni Xiaodao immediately shouted: "Spear foot light team, attack!" ”
The samurai behind him shouted, "Kill! "Assault with me!" "Echigo's Katsuzaburo is here!"
A team of ashigaru followed the samurai from both sides and rushed out, and Ashigaru followed with a large wooden mallet.
These ashigaru with large wooden mallets went to destroy the wooden fence at the gate of the castle, and Onitajima rushed to the gate with his subordinates, and immediately hid to the side, and then Ashigaru began to dig under the wooden fence to loosen the soil.
And Ashigaru, who was holding a large wooden mallet, stood by the gate and began to smash the wooden fence.
In a few moments, the wooden fence outside the gate was destroyed, but there was still a wooden fence inside the gate.
At this time, the ashigaru people carried the bamboo bundle and walked inside, followed by the iron cannon ashigaru.
Immediately after that, there was the sound of a large wooden mallet smashing against the wooden fence in the city gate.
The wooden fence lasted less than a moment, and then collapsed, and the ghost island team entered the city's corridors.
As soon as they entered, the first thing they encountered was Hojo Tsunari.
Hojo Tsusunari stood behind his own military formation, and shouted: "Come and get a name!" ”
Oni Kojima patted his chest and said, "The other side is very good, Uncle Ben is the ghost island of Echigo!" Are you the head of the Rehmannia Hachiman Hojo Uesuke? I'm the one who takes your head! Kill it! ”
Hojo Tsunari was annoyed and shouted: "The warriors of the Hojo family, follow me to attack!" ”
"Kill!"
"Sine!"
The ashigaru troops on both sides stabbed back and forth in the corridor, shouting and killing.
On both sides of the road, the iron cannons of the Hojo, Takeda, and Imagawa families, as well as the Bow Ashigaru, stood above to shoot at the Onikojima team.