At this moment, Yu Qiuhei was standing on the corridor on the third floor of the castle tower, watching the busy ashigaru people in the city. Now in the second rotation, twenty ashigaru are carrying large chunks of stone and wood one by one, either on a cart or on their backs. The houses on the south side of the castle tower were now in shambles, and the ashigaru, armed with hammers and sticks, were constantly beating on the walls that were still intact, raising clouds of dust. Amano Jingde stood on the front line, did not avoid the dust blowing on his face, and arranged the rotation work to be carried out in an orderly manner. The pro-guards were on the move, helping to carry the heavy pieces of wood and leading the convoy.

"What number are you? Number 31! Don't stand here," the pro-guard beckoned to the stunned Ashigaru, "Go, go to the north city to repair the city wall!" ”

"What number are you? Number 92? The pro-soldier quickly pushed the man back, "Don't run around, listen to Amano-sama's command." ”

"What number are you? …”

……

At the North Gate, repair work is also in full swing. Several improvised scaffolding were erected, and some of the ashigaru were busy removing the collapsed walls, while others were starting to build the walls in the new sections. Raw materials are being delivered in a steady stream, and there will be no shortage of raw materials. There are also some intact parts of the originally collapsed city walls that can be filled. Progress in various sections

At this moment, Charlie was on guard on the city wall with ten archers according to Yu Qiuping's order, and the cavalry of the Oda family in the distance was wandering far away, without any intention of approaching to attack.

"You say, will the Oda family come up and interfere with us?" Yu Qiuping asked Nakahide Gomaezaki.

"Hehe, my lord," said Nakahide Omaezaki, "I dare to pack the ticket, they must be laughing at us for trying to repair the North Castle right now." If it weren't for the adults' arrangement, I don't think we would have been able to finish the repair in a day. Hehe, I really want to see the look on their faces when they see us finish repairing hahaha..."

The official road connecting Owari and Mikawa intersects here in Chitachi, forming a crossroads. The road to the northeast leads to the castle, and the northwest leads to the barrel narrow. The southwest and southeast lead to Kariya Castle and Anxiang Castle respectively. Zhili City, on the other hand, is located at the corner of the two roads in the northeast, southwest and southeast, and northwest, and the east of the intersection of official roads. Further east, there is a small hilly mountain area covered with woods.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Oda family was dismounting and resting on the official road leading to the barrel narrow room in Zhili. Their temporary camp was set up on the hills on the edge of the official road from Anxiang City to Zhili City. Now it's another 50-man cavalry team that has gone there to change the guard, and it has taken on the role of an intelligence barrier. And they only need to monitor Zhili Castle until the evening today, and then they can return to the barrel narrow.

"Hey! Look at those Imagawa troops! Maeda Toshiie pointed to the Imagawa family at the north gate of Chiryu Castle and leaned back and leaned back, "Are they building the castle wall?" ”

"Hahaha..."Maeda Toshiie slapped his spear on the ground, and he couldn't stop laughing, "How long will this be repaired?" Have any of you ever seen a city wall be repaired for days before the battle began? ”

"Don't shoot it, don't shoot it," Asai Masumi choked on the dust raised, coughed and punched Maeda Toshiya, "People are stupid, don't go crazy with it." ”

"I guess tomorrow morning, Lord Takigawa will attack, and they haven't even finished repairing half of it. It is estimated that the materials taken from the demolition of the house in the city are still used, and when will this be repaired? ”

"Lord Takikawa doesn't even need to bring siege equipment, you can go up along that slope." Beehouse Lailong said, "The scaffolding they built was too late to dismantle it when the time came, and it just happened to help us hahaha..."

While a group of young lads were joking in the back, Hidetaka Kawajiri and Naomasa Tsukami were discussing the current situation from a distance.

"Narumi City has never intended to send troops, it seems that it intends to hold the city." Hidetaka Kawajiri said, "The 4,000 auxiliary troops urgently mobilized by Lord Hayashi have already reached the halfway point through the mountain road, and it is estimated that they will all arrive at noon tomorrow." After the main lord's rectification is completed, he will leave Sakuma-sama to defend and will personally attack the whole division. ”

"Tomorrow morning, Lord Takigawa Kazuki and Lord Sasa Masaji will lead the troops to arrive one after another, and depending on the current situation, there is no need to carry auxiliaries and siege equipment." Naomasa took over, "The city wall is only being repaired now, and even if it is repaired overnight, there is no possibility of repairing it tomorrow morning." It would have been possible if they had the materials and the manpower to do so, but according to the intelligence, there were only about 200 slaves there! There was not a single stone ready. ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri and Naomasa Katsuri looked at each other and smiled.

"It's been too long." Hidetaka Kawajiri sighed again, "The two days spent in the barrel room were almost meaningless. ”

"Just wait for the auxiliaries to assemble." Naomasa was relieved, "Setting up camp and carrying armor and food and grass doesn't need to consume the physical strength of the soldiers. ”

"But if we had made up our minds earlier, we would have attacked Zhili on the 27th, and we might have already laid down Anxiang City today." Hidetaka Kawajiri thumped his own scabbard in frustration.

"It's not that simple, knowing that the city wall collapsed, it can indeed be blown down in one go. Anxiang City is an important town that has been in operation for many years, how can it be fought without siege equipment? Do you rely on the soldiers to go to the woods to cut down trees, build ladders, and then attack? What a drain on physical strength. Naomasa said, "It's just that Zhili Castle should indeed be fought earlier." They had no morale for the first two days, and there were not even any guards in the city. If it weren't for the Imagawa scouts, I would have wanted us to get off our horses and go into the city, but unfortunately I couldn't get out of my hands. It would have been nice for the lord to send a few hundred people earlier. ”

"After those cavalry ran in today, it seems that they are going to boost morale." Hidetaka Kawajiri analyzed, "When I heard someone shouting loudly inside, the whole city cheered up and began to repair the walls. It's probably going to be a lot of trouble. ”

"Could it be some big guy who went in?" Naomasa guessed, "It's all to blame on the two Sakuma-sama, after the bucket was defeated, they desperately stopped the adults from continuing to attack, and they thought they should accept it when they saw it, and they didn't even take down Zhili Castle." ”

"No matter, if they don't break through when they get to the unitary, let's go back and resume our lives. Tell Takigawa-sama that you don't need to bring siege equipment and auxiliaries. Hidetaka Kawajiri said with some excitement.

"The lord has built a lot of siege ladders and lookouts in the barrel narrow, and after Zhili City is conquered, Anxiang City can also be laid down." Naomasa said with a smile.

"If you want me to say, it's better to honestly attack Narumi City, Dagao City and Yuhang City and regain the lost territory." Hidetaka Kawajiri shook his head in disagreement, "After the lord knocked down the barrel Sasama, he focused on securing the back road, and wanted to invade the hinterland of Mikawa. ”

"Who made Zhili City so easy to fight," Zhi Naomai smiled again, "Such an important place, the garrison is so shabby, where can the lord give up this piece of fat, who is willing to gnaw the hard bones of Minghai City?" ”

At the beginning of the day on July 29, as the sun set, the cavalry of the Oda clan in the northwest of Zhili took a look at Zhili Castle from a distance and then mounted their horses and left. Instead, there was another group, the Tian family cavalry, which appeared southeast of Zhili, and they roamed the official road, forming an intelligence barrier that hindered Okazaki's collection of information.

"Eh, with those 50 riders, don't think about breaking through." Yu Qiuping looked at the southeast and then set his eyes on the north city. In the past afternoon, the work had been mainly about cleaning up and stockpiling materials, and the repair work was not very fast. It is estimated that after another rotation, all ashigaru will rush to the north city for major repairs, and the progress of the project will be rapidly accelerated. So far, there have been no mistakes.

After another half an hour, the collection of stones and wood had been completed, and all the ashigaru went to the northern castle to repair under the leadership of Amano Keitoku and the pro-bei. Yu Qiupei himself took off his heavy armor and worked on the construction site like most shirtless ashigaru. This has greatly increased the enthusiasm for work. Ashigaru people see their great benefactor, and now they are the first to save their lives, who is willing not to work hard?

As time passed, the sun gradually sank into the horizon, and the ashigaru lit a large number of torches on the castle walls and continued the repair work. Although we had been working all afternoon, we were already very tired. But seeing that the project is about to be completed, no one wants to give up. Finally, at four o'clock, the last bricks were laid and the scaffolding was dismantled.

It was jokingly called by the Oda family, and the castle wall was to be repaired for several days. With the efforts of Yuakihei and Ashigaru, the project was completed in half a day.

However, just as the ashigaru people were excitedly preparing to cheer, Nakahide Gozenzaki hurriedly whispered to stop everyone. "When you shout like this, don't the Oda family also know that we have repaired it?" He smirked and said, "Then won't they know to prepare when they come tomorrow!" ”

While complaining about the insidiousness of Nakahide Omaezaki, the ashigaru went to the well to wash up briefly, and then went back to the barracks to sleep.

Yu Qiuping was so tired that he almost couldn't open his eyes, and he also planned to go to the bedroom of the castle tower to have a good rest, but he suddenly remembered one more thing, so he found Amano Keitoku first.

"Amano-sama..."Yu Qiuping was interrupted by Amano Keitoku as soon as he spoke.

"Adults can just call Jingde." His indifferent tone, even if he said polite words again, was still emotionless. I don't know when, the crow flew back and was perched on his shoulder.

"Okay, Jingde, I want to ask, is it possible for the Oda family to launch a night attack, do you need everyone to take turns to be on duty at night?" Yu Qiuping asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, sir, it's impossible." "Even on the night when the moon is at its brightest, the ashigaru people can't see clearly, and it's difficult to run, let alone fight. ”

"Huh? Can't you see clearly! Yu Qiuping said in surprise, and turned his head at the same time, "Why do I think I can see it clearly?" ”

"Maybe adults start with snacks." Amano explained, "My subordinates can barely see anything now. ”

"Is that so?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, indeed, in ancient times when there was no large amount of vitamin intake, most people should have suffered from severe night blindness.

"So..."Yu Qiuping asked hesitantly, "How did those night raids go?" ”

"Night raid? Very little, very little. Amano Keitoku was also a little surprised, "Why do you ask this?"

"This..."Yu Qiuping wanted to say that in the various romance novels he saw, there were always a large number of camps robbed at night and sneak attacks at night, which seemed to have become commonplace.

"The ashigaru people can barely see anything at night, so it's impossible to fight." Keitori Amano explained.

"Then why not with a torch?" Yu Qiuping was still unwilling, and those night attacks in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms all proved to be impossible.

"Night attack with torches?" Nakahide Mimaezaki, who happened to be passing by, laughed out loud when he heard it, "You can figure it out!" Isn't that the target? The one who shines the brightest with a torch must be himself! Mimasaki Nakahide smiled from ear to ear, "As long as you see that it's not your own person, won't you die with an arrow?" Whoever struck at night with a torch hahaha..."

Yu Qiuping's face was a little unbearable when he was mocked, so he straightened his chest and put on a full official appearance, "Ashibashi!" How to talk to your Ashigaru general! ”

"Ah~" Mimasaki Nakahide snorted weirdly, "That's what my lord said!" The villain knew that he was wrong, so the villain went to attack at night with a torch. With that, he ran away.

"This guy." Yu Qiuping scolded with a smile, "Then arrange only a dozen people to take turns to keep vigil." ”

Just as Yu Qiuping arranged the vigil and was about to go to bed, Tianno Jingde grabbed him.

"My lord, there is one more thing that has not been done." Amano Keitoku said in a low voice.

"What's the matter?" Yu Qiuping saw the latter's serious look, although he had always been serious.

"Please allow me to burn the castle towns around Chiritsu Castle." He said coldly.

"What? Why! Yu Qiuping suddenly fell asleep, "Why are you burning people's houses?" It is estimated that almost half of their family property is burned, how can the people survive the winter? ”

"No, you can't." Yu Qiuping shook his head decisively.

"Your Excellency," Amano Keide still didn't flinch after seeing Yuqiu's poor color, and he arched his hand, "These castle towns are of great help to the besieging side. They could be stationed in it, make fires for cooking, and the houses were also used as bunkers for bows and arrows. "They may even tear down houses on the spot to make siege equipment, just like we did by demolishing houses and repairing city walls, saving us the trouble of running around in the forest, and at the same time causing us a big problem in early warning." ”

Seeing that Yuqiu's plane was loosening, Amano Jingde added, "If the defenders are strong, they can really not care about this. But we are now overstretched and underarmed, and we can't afford it..."

"But... What are those people going to do? Yu Qiuping muttered, still a little reluctant. This house is all the savings that have been passed down from generation to generation, and the property they can't take away is also left here... In the past few years, the people on the border have had a hard time, so burned..."

"My lord, if you burn one less house, you may have to exchange it for a light life." Amano Keitoku's voice was low and even a little cruel, "Don't you understand which is more important, the property of the people or the lives of these brothers? ”

Yu Qiuping was silent for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.

"I see, please take someone to burn it." With that, he walked back to the room alone.

Lying on the tatami mat, it was not long before the sound of burning flames was heard from outside the castle, and the beating flames lit up the sky outside Chitachi Castle. The scorching heat came from outside the window.

The houses in the castle town of the greedy devourer of the tongue of fire, each house, is the property that the family has accumulated for half a lifetime. And they are being consumed by the fire they have sanctioned. Yu Qiuping's mind seemed to have come to mind, and the people who returned to their homes were crying bitterly in front of their houses that had turned to ashes.

"Am I running counter to my own ideal of alleviating the suffering of the people?" Yu Qiuping sighed. "But I must defend this city, or hundreds of us will die. But is this just an excuse? ”

"Miss," Yu Qiuping muttered, "would you be disappointed if you saw me make such a decision?" ”