Outside Omori Castle, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and all the princes were desperate to drive their subordinates to climb the city wall in order to obtain the distribution of Iwami silver mines, but unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, the result was all in vain.

The Ming army on the city wall was so tenacious that no matter how they attacked, they would eventually be defeated.

To tell the truth, the princes from all walks of life felt very unwilling, because the number of Ming troops on the city wall was obviously only a few thousand, and their tens of thousands of troops continued to attack fiercely, how could they not take it?

They really couldn't figure out this question, but Oda Shingen, who was watching the battle from behind, saw it clearly.

Obviously, the Ming army has a special firearm, that is, the kind that can be thrown out, and the lethality is quite terrifying, as long as it is within a few steps of the explosion, it will basically be hit, and the Ming army is relying on this firearm to block the allied forces of the princes again and again.

However, the number of such firearms in the Ming army seems to be very limited, and they will not use them until the critical moment.

Yo Xi, very good, that's what he wants!

These cannon fodder were used to consume the firearms of the Ming army, as long as all the firearms and ammunition of the Ming army were consumed, it would be easy to take Omori Castle and even the entire Iwami Province.

He had even begun to fantasize about how he would use the proceeds from the Iwami Silver Mine to expand his men after taking Iwami Province, and how he would clean up the Ashikaga clan and establish his own shogunate.

His plan has been implemented relatively smoothly so far, but there is one person who seems to have seen through his plan, but he just can't do it, and this person is Takeda Shingen.

Does this old fox also want to reap the benefits of the fisherman?

That's not going to work!

He thought for a while, and then ordered aloud: "Go, please ask the deputy general to come over." ”

Soon, Takeda Shingen led a large group of guards, followed behind the herald's personal guards, and came leisurely on horseback.

Oda Nobunaga pretended to be curious: "Takeda-kun, why don't you go up, look at this situation, our side and the Ming army defending the city are already evenly matched, as long as we work harder, it is estimated that the Ming army in the city will not be able to resist." ”

What he meant by this seemed to be saying, if you don't go up, I'm going to go, and don't say that I'm robbing the military merit when the time comes.

Takeda Shingen sneered in his heart, are you an idiot when I am too?

At this time, look for death!

He could see it clearly, the coalition of princes from all walks of life seemed to be on the offensive, but there was no substantial progress, and even sixty or seventy thousand horses did not even rush to the city wall.

Obviously, the defenders in the city still have some energy left, or rather, these cannon fodder are not enough.

At this time, he was also going to be cannon fodder, of course he wasn't so stupid, at the very least, he had to wait for someone to attack the city wall and consume part of the strength of the defenders.

He pretended to be polite and said: "Your Excellency General, I don't dare to rob you of military merits, or you go first, and it is enough for me to follow behind and pick up some cheap." ”

Yaga, you old fox.

Oda Nobunaga scolded secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring: "I said that if you press the formation here, you naturally can't go back on your word, but, depending on the situation, as long as you work hard, you can take this big forest castle, I'm really anxious, otherwise, it's better to trouble you to work hard." ”

Phew!

You old fox, you want to consume my strength, dream!

Takeda Shingen also scolded secretly in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be calm: "This siege is generally protracted, looking at the current situation, the defenders in the city should still have spare strength, we want to take it in one fell swoop, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, otherwise, let them withdraw and repair it first, and then continue tomorrow." ”

When Oda Nobunaga heard this, his eyes couldn't help but narrow.

It seems that this old fox will not be able to live or die.

He pretended to look up and looked at the situation on the battlefield carefully, and then nodded slightly: "Well, it seems that it will be difficult to take Omori City today, so let's let them withdraw first and then think about it in the long run." ”

After that, he directly raised his hand and shouted: "Mingjin, collect the troops." ”

"Bang bang", a sound of gold sounded, the princes of the siege of the city, you look at me, I look at you, and found that everyone did not have the intention of breaking the kettle and fighting to the end, and in the end they could only stomp their feet helplessly and retreat with their men and horses.

Seeing this, Yu Dayou on the city wall couldn't help frowning and hesitating.

These guys are retreating like this, do you want to fire all the power and leave as many people as possible?

He looked at the neat men of the Oda and Takeda clans in the distance, and finally gave up on the idea.

At this time, if he ordered to fire with all his power, fired continuously with muskets, and then bombarded with artillery, most of the sixty or seventy thousand Japanese who rushed up would probably have to stay.

However, in this way, his firepower was completely exposed, and the Japanese would definitely not dare to attack again.

Is it enough to wipe out 30,000 or 40,000 Japanese in this battle?

He believes that it is not enough, and at least half of the more than 100,000 Japanese robbers must be eliminated to make people frightened!

Therefore, he did not give any orders, and just watched the Japanese retreat like a tide.

In this battle, the Japanese did suffer heavy casualties, but most of them were wounded rather than killed, and the real dead were probably about 10,000 people, and the others were basically injured by bullets or thunder, which was not enough to be fatal.

The princes of all walks of life went back to count the number of casualties, and they were really shocked, but they were not frightened by this, in their opinion, the firepower of the Ming army was nothing more than that, and the reason why more than 10,000 people were killed was mainly because they did not have a targeted defense against the firearms of the Ming army.

In the afternoon of this day, in Oda Nobunaga's humble tent, all the princes were full of unwillingness, as if Oda Nobunaga had not withdrawn his troops, they would have been able to take Omori Castle.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help sneering in his heart, but on the surface, he still patiently explained: "Everyone, it's hard work, the battle in the morning, it's really a pity, originally Takeda-kun and I were ready to rush up and help everyone take Omori Castle, but before the war, I said that I wouldn't snatch military merit from everyone, and if I led the army to rush up again, it would be a bit too much to say, so I asked everyone to withdraw and discuss it again." ”

When the princes from all walks of life heard this, they all showed a look of thought, this guy, did he really keep his promise or let them be cannon fodder?

After all, everyone is not stupid, they have all killed and injured more than half of them, but Oda Nobunaga's men and horses have nothing to do, and it would be a bit too much to say if they couldn't detect any more cattiness.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga still sneered in his heart.

It seems that this plan to get away with it has to be played again.

He continued unhurriedly: "The general asked me to be the chief general, but I hid behind to watch the play, it's really a bit unreasonable, otherwise, tomorrow I and Takeda-kun will lead the army first, and when we are about to capture Omori Castle, everyone will rush up again, what do you think." ”

This guy wants to pick up a bargain!

When the princes from all walks of life heard this, this idea involuntarily popped up in their minds.

They have consumed tens of thousands of horses today, and the tricks that the defenders in the city can use are estimated to be almost exhausted, and if Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen lead the army first tomorrow, it is very likely that they will be able to take Omori Castle in one fell swoop, and when the time comes, they will still be a fart!

Their main camp was four or five miles away from the city wall, and it would take a quarter of an hour to lead the army to run over, and if Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen both led their troops to rush up the city wall, they would probably not be able to catch a bite of soup if they led their troops to rush over.

This will definitely not work!