At noon, in the second line of defense.

Kong Youde held his lunch box steadily, looking at the Void Hidden Mountain in the north. Halfway up the mountain, smoke from the gunpowder explosion reached into the sky, visible even from kilometers away.

"Major, here comes the meat." His personal soldier pushed open the door on the observation platform, walked over, and handed over his lunch box, "Today's extra meal, each Dongjiang Army soldier can take half a catty of pork, and the lieutenant and above can choose beef." ”

The soldier smiled apologetically: "But I'm late, and I only have canned meat." ”

Kong Youde did not respond to the words of the pro-soldiers. He put down his lunch box and took off the binoculars from his waist to take a closer look.

Through the eyepiece, he could vaguely see that the Morning Star Banner fluttering on the Void Fortress had disappeared and had been replaced by the family crest flag of the Karatsu Domain.

"Void Fortress... "That kind of city," he muttered in a low voice, "and in just one morning, it was taken..."

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The time returned to about 10 o'clock in the morning, when Kei Oda's army launched a general attack.

Several mortars that had been forcibly pushed into effective range spat out tongues of fire, and the gravel loaded into the muzzles was pushed out of the chambers by gunpowder, striking the walls like a gust of wind, instantly knocking down the Saga musketeers who were shooting in rotation.

Wearing a rattan shield, with a knife tied to his waist and a ladder or plank on his shoulder, Ashigaru ran wildly under the cover of musketeers and cannons, past the corpses of the previous battle dead, and tried to set up a ladder at the head of the Void Fortress wall.

After the mortar salvo was finished, how long did Yao immediately beat the dust on his head, stood up from the city wall, and vigorously blew the whistle hanging around his neck: "Beep! ”

"Hurry up, damn coward!" The squad leaders running on the ramparts hit their men with sabers, and occasionally kicked their buttocks, "Get up now!" Get ready to shoot! ”

Ozaki tied the leather rope with his foot, pressed the hilt of the knife with his right hand, and stood still in the morning sun, silently watching the charging Oda army... and Kei Oda, who holds a katana.

"Bang!"

As soon as the Franc cannon finally stopped hissing, a line of musketeers stood on the city wall and aimed their guns at the Oda army under the castle.

As soon as Ozaki subconsciously closed his eyes, the continuous sound of gunfire came into his ears. When he opened it again, Oda Kei, who was dressed in black and footed, had already convulsed and fell to the ground.

After a moment of silence, Ozaki raised his right hand and motioned for Yamamoto beside him to step down.

"Wait for the Oda Legion to take control of the city wall, and then we will attack."

Yamamoto paused, then retreated, not speaking. He was once worried that his lord would see his friend die, so he was furious and forcibly attacked. Now it seems that he has underestimated the calmness and forbearance of the lord.

At this time, in the Oda Army, the charging Ashigaru did not notice that the lord had fallen. They withstood bullets all the way, and took advantage of the short time for the defenders on the city wall to change orders, and finally rushed to the edge of the half-foot deep moat.

"Put the plank on it!"

In the midst of hoarse shouts, the heavy, wet mud-coated planks rested on the moat, and the ashigaras who were waiting by the trench immediately crossed the trench with their hands and feet over the trench filled with sharp bamboo chips—several of the men who had slipped into the wet mud screamed and fell down the trench, and were immediately tied into hedgehogs—and pressed the ladder with a hook on top against the wall.

"Onboard!"

The general assault began, and several Franc cannons, which had not yet cooled down, risked being accidentally injured and set fire on the section of the city wall that Oda was attacking, killing the defenders who tried to push the ladder to it.

After Yao yelled for reinforcements, several soldiers pushing large barrels rushed to the gap made by the cannonballs and dumped the boiling water in the barrels.

Instantly, the smell of boiled meat appeared in the air. Boiling hot water poured in from the opening, turning the victim into a large red prawn that screamed and fell down the ladder. In the surging steam, the defenders stepped forward with their axes and slashed at the ladder, only to be shot by the archers who charged with them.

"The musketeers continue to reload! Prepare all the gunners to draw their swords! ”

Fierce hand-to-hand combat gradually staged on the city wall, and several elite soldiers in iron armor rolled from the ladder into the city wall, holding a sword in both hands, and hard against the swarming ashigaru, opening up a small space on the city wall.

After a few breakthroughs, more and more ashigaru men climbed the castle walls and slashed at the soldiers of the Saga Domain.

The musketeers, who were still desperately reloading, became more and more panicked in the close fight, and it was not uncommon for them to raise their guns to shoot without reloading, and there were even many people who put their rods into the muzzles of their guns and fired them.

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang, and a mortar cannon once again erupted a terrifying white smoke, and a rain of rubble covered the soldiers of the Saga and Karatsu domains. As the splashed blood mist was blown away by the wind, a section of the city wall more than ten meters long became a no-man's land, and it was immediately occupied by the Oda army that boarded it.

"Your Excellency, the Oda Legion has taken control of the city."

Ozaki glanced at Yamamoto silently, and pulled out the sword with a "bell": "Pass my order, and the whole army will attack!" ”

How long did Yaxiong hold the knife, looking at the flesh and blood grinding disc that was harvesting each other's lives more than ten meters away, and his legs couldn't stop shaking. He never expected that the Void Fortress, which was once known as the "City That Never Falls", would have a sign of fall in his own hands.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw another black crowd rushing over from outside the city, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and finally couldn't help but turn around and run.

"The general of the Saga domain has run away!"

The ashigaru soldiers of the Karatsu Domain, who were besieging the castle, immediately shouted out, and the morale of the soldiers of the Saga Domain, who had been abandoned, immediately plummeted, and the battle line that had been able to resist began to collapse, and finally the entire line collapsed.

By the time Ozaki took the lead and dragged his sword to the Void Fortress, the Oda Legion Ashgaru who had ascended the castle had already cut the rope connecting the drawbridge with a large axe, so Ozaki was able to storm the Void Fortress from the castle gate.

The musketeers who followed the charge immediately formed two rows, the front half kneeling and the back standing with their guns on helmets in the front row.

With a volley, the Ashigaru of the Saga Domain, which had been blocked behind the castle gate, fell, and Ozaki immediately led the melee Ashigaru to charge.

The first to rush into the castle was Ashigaru with a spear, armed with a spear five meters long and an iron spear at the front, and poured into the city gate in several rows, and the Saga Clan, which had been disrupted by the barrage, was tied into a sugar gourd, and continued to advance with several rows of corpses.

Ozaki followed closely behind the spear phalanx, holding the hilt of the sword in both hands, resting the back of the sword on his right shoulder, the snow-white blade reflecting a terrifying light, boosting the morale of the ashigaru who followed him.

After walking more than ten steps, his eyes suddenly opened up, and he suddenly entered the Void Fortress City. Hundreds of Saga clan ashigaru who had fled the castle walls lined up in the square behind the castle walls, the first of them dressed in the same red furnishings as Ozaki, holding a knife in one hand, as if to come forward to speak.

Ozaki glanced at the man, and a cold smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Yamamoto, give me the gun." ”