"Damn! Get out of the way! Yoshioka Katsumasa listened to the unbearable abuse on the city wall, and his anger went up. He pushed away a jowa who was about to climb the ladder and snatched the rattan plaque from his hand that had been specially built for the siege. As an ashigaru shogun, he has a katana that ordinary ashigaru does not have to hang around his waist, so climbing the ladder is easier for him. He didn't say a word, put the rattan card in front of him, used his hands and feet together, and climbed up the ladder slowly. His progress was far faster than the other five ladders beside him.

Maarimaru saw that on the ladder next to him, there was a strong Momiji samurai, who was rapidly climbing upward. He knew he couldn't just let him climb up like that. But if you want to shoot with a probe, you have never been able to suppress the archers in the lookout. There was a divine archer on Tokiwanbei's side, and the arrows were deadly, and he had already shot two ashigaru heads and one ashigaru to death. The archers at the head of the city were suppressed and did not dare to show their heads.

However, seeing that samurai climb faster and faster, Maarimaru relented, gritted his teeth, turned over and stood up suddenly, and aimed at the samurai's rattan card is an arrow! He didn't have time to observe the results of the battle, so he hurriedly squatted down. Almost at the same time, three feathered arrows slashed over his head, striking the bricks a meter away at his feet.

"It's so dangerous..."Maarimaru, who had escaped death, let out a sigh of relief, and took a quick glance at the ladder from between the cracks in the battlements, but was taken aback. The samurai seemed to have been completely unaffected by the bow and arrows, and it was estimated that there were more than a dozen arrows stuck in the rattan plate that protected his body, but he kept rushing forward, and he saw that he had rushed to the edge of the city.

"Can't let him come up!" One of the ashigaru generals beside Maarimaru roared angrily, "Auxiliaries! Auxiliaries! Hit him with a rolling stone! Smash him! ”

With a roar of rage, several auxiliary soldiers hiding in the distance had no choice but to grit their teeth and brave the rain of arrows to carry the rolling stones to the edge of the city wall. They understood that if they did anything to fight in the city, the samurai had the right to kill them on the spot.

However, the three men carrying the rolling stones were immediately taken care of by the archers. The archers on the lookout began to concentrate their fire, and three auxiliaries fell one after the other, and the rolling stones slammed into the floor of the wall, rolling by inertia to the battlements, which were right between Maarimaru and the Ashigaru Shogun, directly opposite the ladder.

The Ashigaru general glanced at the Momiji samurai who was getting closer, gritted his teeth, and suddenly put his hands under the rolling stones and began to exert force, slowly lifting the rolling stones to the height of the outer wall between the battlements. However, the sharpshooter who was urging his life shot another arrow, directly into the chest of the ashigaru general. He spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the rolling stone could not hold steadily, and he staggered against the battlement.

Maarimaru glanced at the ladder, and the samurai had almost rushed to the edge of the city wall! If he is allowed to rush up, his ashigaru, who only holds a bow and arrow, will definitely be killed! The instinct to survive caused him to burst out with great strength, and he rushed to the rolling stone with one lunge, holding the rolling stone with both hands, and yelling to push the rolling stone towards the ladder!

"Rain and autumn! A traitor who kills a thousand cuts! Rebel ——! He roared as if he felt an infinite amount of power rush into his arms, and thrust the Rolling Stone down the ladder.

Die. He said silently in his heart. He seemed to have seen the scene where the samurai was powerlessly smashed down by the rolling stones, and he brought several people behind the ladder down with him.

Then his roar came to an abrupt end.

Because he could clearly see that the Rolling Stone had stopped there motionless—in other words, the Red Leaf Soldier was at close range, and he was motionless and carried the Rolling Stone with his rattan card.

Time suddenly became very slow, and the surroundings seemed to become very quiet, so quiet that Maarimaru could clearly hear the sound of his heavy breathing, from weak to strong, and then strong to weak.

Until that angry roar broke the short silence!

"Ah——!h Listening to Yoshioka Katsumasa's roar, he tried hard to resist the rolling stones, kicked the ladder suddenly, and the hand holding the rattan card exerted force at the same time, and suddenly flew the top of the rolling stone out of the ladder and hit the ground below!

He took advantage of the momentum and jumped to the top of the city, condescendingly, looking fiercely at the stunned Pelican archer, the archer who was insulting his most beloved highness!

"Shut up your stinky mouth!" Yoshioka Katsumasa roared angrily and drew his knife in his hand, and while jumping off the wall, he stabbed the sharp katana into Maarimaru's throat fiercely! "You are not allowed to humiliate my Highness like this!"

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Yu Qiuping watched the progress of the city getting faster and faster, but he had mixed feelings in his heart. The defenders of Dataka Castle had been isolated outside the country for many months, and there were no reinforcements from outside, so they were already demoralized, and naturally they could not withstand the siege of the Oda family from all sides. Of the five ladders in front of him, three have already gained a foothold in the city. Takigawa Kazuyi had even begun to arrange for archers to climb ladders into the castle in an attempt to suppress resistance within the castle.

Yu Qiuping watched his subordinates continue to make progress, stabbing down one Imagawa army after another... The heart is not only joyful, but also sad. He didn't want his troops to suffer losses, and he hoped that the Imagawa family would be able to hold the city or resist a little longer... Because of the loss of Otaka Castle, it means that all the breakthroughs made by the Imagawa family since the Imagawa Yoshimoto era will be in vain.

Watching the two military flags retreat at the head of the city, the maple leaf flag stood at the head of the city. Yu Qiuping looked at his listlessness, the maple bird and horse print hanging quietly in the windless weather, and his heart was extremely desolate.

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This time, Sasa Narumasa was mainly responsible for the command of the rushing team. Due to the lack of troops of his family, they did not participate in the attack on the city. Instead, with auxiliaries and soldiers, they were surrounded by a rushing car and were trying to crash through the south gate of the Great High City. Since the Imagawa archers at the head of the castle had been suppressed, and the main focus of Rolling Stone and Saalagi was on the ladder, Sasa Narumasa was hardly disturbed. However, even so, he didn't think he could break through the gates before the Oda troops at the head of the castle could kill the castle. Because Otaka Castle was the stronghold of the Imagawa family for a long time, the castle gate has been repaired many times, and it is by no means easy to break open.

However, Sasa Chengzheng hasn't commanded the convoy to hit the door a few times today, and the door is already a little loose? Sasa Chengmasa was overjoyed and immediately asked his subordinates to make more efforts. However, before the hammer could knock down the door, the gate began to open slowly.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, Sasa Naruma excitedly ordered his subordinates to push the door forward, ready to rush into the city first and win a success!

However, as soon as the castle gate opened, a dozen Imagawa family ashigaru knelt down at the gate, and two people fell in a pool of blood next to them. "My lord! My lord! We surrender! The ashigaru people shouted in a gossipy, "Please let the adults surround us with a dog's life!" "Those guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead still want to resist the Oda family, and they have already been killed by us!" "Little one really surrenders! Spare your life! ”

It can be seen that it is estimated that more than a dozen Imagawa family Ashigaru wanted to surrender to the Oda family, so they opened the castle gate as a merit, hoping to obtain forgiveness. Sazuo Chengzheng didn't have time to take care of them, "Get out of the city by yourself!" Go to our lord! "He's still in a hurry to go into the city to grab the credit! However, these dozen or so people have the credit for opening the city, and it is estimated that they will not be reduced to slaves. If Oda Nobunaga is in a good mood, he might even release them back to Suruga.

With the fall of the South Gate, the defenses of the Great High City completely collapsed. The chief of the Ukai hall, who was originally in charge of the north gate, was gone, so he retreated to the castle tower with his subordinates to continue the battle. Nishijo, Higashijo, and Kitajo fell one after another, and a large number of the besieged Imagawa family Ashigaru surrendered. Uden Nagasho did not have enough troops to defend Honmaru and retreated directly to the castle tower. It only took one morning for the Oda family to take down Ninomaru and Honmaru in Otakajo almost bloodlessly and begin to lay siege to the castle tower.

Generally speaking, a siege battle, as long as the city walls have fallen, has basically been settled. Very few people were able to survive enemy attacks with the Urn Castle, Honmaru, or Castle Tower—not to mention that Uden Chosho wouldn't even have reinforcements.

However, the afternoon battle turned out to be extremely difficult. The Imagawa family has been continuously fortifying Otaka Castle in recent years, and the castle tower has been built impregnable. Not only are there winding corridors and stairs, but the Oda family, who are unfamiliar with the terrain, are miserable. There were also a number of traps and shooting holes that were clearly designed for combat, causing a lot of trouble for the Oda family. Most of the 100 or so Imagawa Ieshigaru who resisted in the castle tower were loyal. The undetermined Ashigaru had surrendered long ago, and those who were willing to follow Uden Nagasho into the castle tower to resist were all die-hard samurai or Ashigaru who had followed Uden Nagasho for generations. These people fought to the death, and almost exchanged their lives for their lives to protect the important places in the castle tower. And Uden Changzhao also took the lead many times, rushing to the front line to kill the enemy with his subordinates, which greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of the Imagawa army.

In the meantime, one of the nephews of Uden Nagasho, who also personally led four or five samurai who dared to die, suddenly jumped out of the window on the second floor of the castle tower and went straight to the location of Oda Nobunaga Maji, who was commanding nearby. Oda Nobunaga was caught off guard and was almost hacked on the spot. It was still the hard work of the Maeda Toshiya and other horses that turned the corner into safety. However, Oda Echizen Mamoru and Yamaguchi Missomeru, who were among the Akamato Cloth, were unfortunately killed, much to Oda Nobunaga's great sorrow. The Oda family stormed for two hours, but they were still fighting in the stairwell on the first and second floors, far from the third floor.

Seeing that the sky is getting darker, if the castle tower is not laid down at sunset, things will be very troublesome. Oda Nobunaga then ordered his subordinates to attack the castle tower in turn, not giving Uden Nagata a chance to rest. In the morning, Yu Qiuping had already relied on the merit of taking the lead in ascending the castle to prove that he had broken off with the Imagawa family. Akihei, who had won the trust of the Oda family, was also sent to rotate the lineup and attack the castle tower.