Chapter 116: Fierce Battle in Hushi City
Murakami Yoshikiyoshi was furious, and directly ordered his subordinates to attack the city, and he himself ran back to the main camp.
Ueda Nobukata relied on Toishi Castle to be a fortified castle, so he only brought a reserve of Matsuo Castle to come, plus more than 200 Sakushi people from Ishishi, and more than 200 troops from the Tonata family, as well as his own 200 banners, to make up 1,200 troops.
Although the Murakami family has 4,000 troops, the strength cannot be spread out on the narrow road, and the last reserve is already very reluctant.
This time, Akaike Shuryo was appointed as the first mover and led a reserve to attack, but fortunately, this was the other side of Toishi Castle, and the mountain road was in good condition, unlike the cliff ahead.
Akaike is a veteran, he led the reserve team to the halfway point, and then found a flat place for the troops to rest, and then attacked as a team, so that the army could maintain full strength.
He first sent his retainers to lead a group to lead the battle, and soon encountered the bows and arrows of the defenders, and the vanguard gradually approached Toishi Castle with the help of the wooden tree.
Akaike immediately led the rest of the army and quickly approached Toishi Castle.
At this moment, a burst of iron cannons rang out, which were fired by Ueda Nobukata's Hachimoto samurai, a total of fifty cannons.
All fifty of these Hachimoto samurai learned the iron cannon, and then Ueda Nobukata made the iron cannon Ashigaru as a reserve, and equipped all the iron cannons with the Hachimoto samurai.
In addition to the thirty iron cannons that he had participated in the war before, Ueda Nobukata has produced another twenty iron cannons in the past few months, and when it comes to winter, Ueda Nobukata will expand its production.
In particular, thirty iron cannons participated in several battles, and the chambers of the guns were already old, and if they were used a few more times, they would explode.
With several rounds of iron cannon fire, the vanguard of the Akaike team was routed, all the wooden trees were destroyed, the front row of ashigaru suffered heavy casualties, and the retainers who led the troops were killed on the spot.
Akaike Shuliang hurriedly led the army to retreat, and found that the enemy had iron cannons, even he did not dare to attack it.
When Murakami Yoshikiyo heard the sound of the iron cannon, he immediately said angrily: "Damn, this bastard Ueda made an iron cannon without permission!" ”
Yadai Masakuni on the side said: "My lord, the minister has already said that this person Ueda Nobukata will definitely build an iron cannon privately and let you investigate, but you don't listen to persuasion." ”
Murakami snorted coldly, ignoring Yadai Masakoku's taunts, but said to Suda Mankoku: "You lead your family's iron artillery team to help!" ”
Suda Mankoku drove away and led thirty iron guns to help Akaike repair Ryo.
Murakami Yoshikiyo had these thirty iron cannons, some of which were captured, and some of which were built by the craftsman who handed over to Ueda Nobukata.
Suda Mankoku arrived at the mountainside with the iron artillery team and made peace with Akaike Repair Ryō. They rested for a while and prepared a batch of wooden trees before continuing the attack.
Ueda Nobukata was in the castle and said to Yazaki Heizou beside him: "Heizou, Suda Mankoku has led the iron artillery team up, you can do it yourself." ”
Yazaki Heizou nodded at Ueda Nobukata and said, "Thank you very much for the opportunity given by the lord, the minister will definitely kill Suda Mankoku." ”
Because of Ueda Nobukata's deliberate guidance, and Yazaki Hirazou was also a little suspicious, Yazaki Hirazou pressed the death of his father-in-law in Matsuo Castle on Suda Mitsukuni's head.
Tsuneta Takanaga next to him said: "Ueda Palace, when I first arrived at this house, I haven't made any merits, so please let the troops lead the troops to attack from the horse exit." ”
Ueda Nobukata smiled: "Okay, Takanaga, you can take someone there and wait, as soon as the sound of the conch sounds, you can attack." ”
Takashi Tsuneta walked out overjoyed, and immediately called out to his men to tidy up the team.
Outside the castle, the vanguard of the Akaike Army once again arrived at the Land of One Stone, followed by Suda Mankoku with an iron artillery team.
After a stone's throw away, the vanguard of the Akaike Army approached within the precise range of the iron cannon.
Yazaki Heizou immediately let the iron cannon samurai shoot, ten in a row, taking turns to shoot.
After the first platoon of the Ueda army was finished, Suda Mankoku thought that the Ueda army's iron cannon was finished, and immediately stood up and shouted: "Shoot!" ”
"Bang bang bang!"
It was a round of cannon fire, and the walls of Toishi Castle were scattered with wooden blocks, and the screams of the samurai were heard.
On the other side, Murakami's iron artillery team also had iron artillery injuries.
Before Suda Mankoku could react, another row of iron cannons hit him, catching him off guard.
Suda Manguo came to his senses and immediately shouted for retreat.
By this time, the smoke had cleared, and Suda Mankoku had turned around and was ready to leave.
"Bang!"
A solitary cannon sounded, and a lead bullet pierced Suda's armor and into his body.
Suda Mankoku stumbled to the ground, but no one paid attention to him. Akaike Xiuliang saw it and hurriedly led the troops to rush up.
"Woo~"
As soon as the conch sounded, Tsuneta Takayong immediately asked people to open the city gate and led more than 200 people to kill them.
As for the Akaike Army, the vanguard troops were demoralized because Suda Mankoku shouted to retreat, and they ran to the back in one go.
Akaike Shuryo should also retreat, but he sees that something has happened to Suda Mankoku, and he must rush to save people.
As a result, Takakaga Tsuneta rushed forward, and Takakaga Tsuneta directly drove the defeated troops of the vanguard of the Akaike Army to attack the Akaike Army.
Akaike Shuliang was a ruthless man, and immediately commanded the troops to directly defeat the soldiers and stop them from charging into battle.
However, Takanaga Tsuneta led the army to fight in the back, and this group of defeated soldiers collapsed and launched a suicidal attack on the Akaike army, causing the front row of the Akaike army to be broken by the Tsuneta army.
Immediately afterwards, there was a drum beat in the rear of the Tsuneta army, and the ashigaru of the Akaike army thought that the main army in the castle had come out, and many ashigaru shouted defeat, and then fled in a hurry.
The Akaichi army completely collapsed, and Akaiike's repair of Liang was useless, and he was protected by his retainers and directly withdrew to his main camp.
Murakami Yoshikiyo hurriedly ran to look, and found that Suda Mankuni and the Iron Artillery Team had not returned, so he shouted at Akaike and asked, "What about the others in Manchuria!" ”
Akaike Shuliang said ashamedly: "The minister saw Suda Yu fall and wanted to save him, but unfortunately he was defeated by the enemy army who rushed out. ”
Murakami Yoshikiyo's mentality has exploded, and the attack has been defeated twice, and now he has an iron artillery team and a heavy minister.
Immediately afterwards, there was a shout from the side of Toishi Castle, which was a shout representing victory, and Murakami Yoshikiyo completely blew up.
He turned back to his men and shouted, "Attack, keep attacking, and put up another reserve!" ”
Anzhong Ichito Tai and the others hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, and said one after another: "Lord, Toishi City is difficult to break, so it can only be besieged." ”
"Lord, wait for the military strength of the Takeda family!"
"Lord, please calm down!"
Yoshikiyo Murakami waved his baton and shouted, "Shut up! Ququ is just a Ueda Nobukata, what are you afraid of! Continue to attack, and whoever dares to say more will be punished as a traitor! ”
Murakami Yoshikiyo's obstinate behavior disappointed the retainers, and Akaike Shuliang saw the faces of his companions and made up his mind.
He said to Murakami Yoshikiyo: "Lord, give the minister a reserve, the minister will definitely rush to the foot of Toishi Castle, if not, I am willing to die in battle!" ”
Anaka Itto Tai saw that Akaike Repair showed a decisive heart, and he was greatly infected, and he took the initiative to come out and said: "The minister is willing to attack with Akaike!" ”
Anaka Ichito is also a fierce man, and once took his younger brother to harden the Takeda family's military strength in the Battle of Uedawara, resulting in the death of his younger brother.
However, he also killed many samurai of the Takeda family.
Murakami Yoshikiyoshi nodded and said, "I hope you two can take down Toshi City." ”
Akaike Xiuliang looked at Yasuka Ichito and said, "Anzhong, why are you doing this?" ”
Anchu Ichito said with a smile: "How can such a thing only make Akaike Tsuki specialize in the front?" We must fight in the next place, even if we lose, we will not let Chichi Yu go to Huangquan Road alone, and you and I will definitely meet in Elysium. ”
Akaike nodded vigorously, he took over the new reserve, and then prepared a large number of wooden trees.
This time, he personally led the troops and led a team of people to be the vanguard, and each ashigaru brought a wooden tree.
He said to his retainers: "Ladies and gentlemen, today the Akaike family gambled everything and killed Toishi Castle!" ”
"Oh!"
"Attack!"
Akaike repaired Liang carried a piece of wood and led the vanguard to launch an assault.
Ueda Nobukata also had his army ready, and when the Akaike vanguard entered the land of one arrow, the archashiks immediately shot arrows.
This time, the Akaike vanguard just buried their heads in the advance, completely ignoring the arrows, and even if someone fell, they ignored it and continued to march.
It wasn't until the vanguard entered the thirty paces that the iron cannon reappeared, and many wooden cannons were damaged, and then the damaged ashigaru fell to the ground.
Soon the wooden trees in the second row were also damaged, and most of the wooden trees repaired by Akaike were broken, so he threw them away directly, raised his spear and shouted: "Forward!" Advance! ”
"Poof..."
An arrow feather struck Akaike Ryo in the shoulder.
The retainer next to him immediately stepped forward and handed out his own wooden tree and said, "The lord is a minister!" ”
Akaike Shuliang pushed away the retainers and shouted, "Leave me alone, keep going, put up my banner, and keep going!" ”
With tears in his eyes, the retainers ran to the front of Akaike Shuliang with a wooden stick and shouted, "Forward! ”
Many of the retainers of the Akaike family, the samurai and the standing ashigaru were encouraged, and they ran to the front with wooden trees held high and shouted, "Forward, forward..."
After five rounds of iron cannons, more than half of these men were killed and wounded.
However, the other ashigaru and samurai of the vanguard arrived at Toishi Castle, and Yasunaka Ichito Tai also arrived with a follow-up force.
"Bang!"
An iron cannon rang out, and Akaike Repair Ryo who rushed to the bottom of Toishi Castle was shot in the head, and his entire head was broken, and he fell directly to the ground.
The retainers of the Akaike family, as well as the samurai ashigaru, immediately howled and launched a siege battle against Toishi Castle.
Because of the death of Akaike Shuryo in battle, his subordinates did not retreat, and they kept shouting to advance and died under Toishi Castle.
Yasanaka Ichito was also greatly encouraged, and he also held high the banner of Akaike and shouted forward, encouraging his men to continue their attack on Toishi Castle.
"It's really tragic, knowing that it is death, but still without hesitation, just like the beautiful and fleeting cherry blossoms." Sanada Yutaka sighed.
Ueda Nobukata saw that there were few who could fight, and he happened to brush up his prestige, so he said: "Flag team, attack with me, such a warrior is worth my ride!" ”
At this time, Azuma Kiyotsuna, Tsuneta Takayong and others also asked for battle.
Ueda Nobukata just showed off his demeanor, and called out a group of his men to lead the most elite troops to attack.
Ueda Nobukata rode a horse and led Qimoto to open the city gate and fight out from the horse's exit, and shouted: "I am Ueda Nobukata, who dares to fight with me!" ”
A samurai of the Akaike clan shouted his name and rushed to Ueda Nobukata, before Ichai was killed by Ueda Nobukata's ten-character gun.
Then another samurai from the Anchu family rushed out, and Ichikai was killed again.
Anaka Ichito saw Ueda Nobukata who was blocking and killing the gods and Buddhas, and he was not afraid, but felt that this was his destination.
He also rode a war horse and rushed to Ueda Nobuya and shouted: "I am Anaka Ichito Tai under the command of Murakami Yoshikiyo, and Ueda Nobukata will fight with me!" ”
Ueda Nobukata had heard of Yasunaka Ichitota's reputation, and he replied, "Okay, Yasukatsu, I'm ugly!" ”
Anaka Ichito shouted angrily and drove his horse forward, and Ueda Nobukata also rode his war horse to charge.
Twenty steps were fleeting, and I saw a big head flying up, and the blade next to Ueda Nobukata's ten-character gun directly cut off the head of Anaka Ichito Tai.