In the early morning of July 30, Yu Qiuping finished draping early, and after breakfast, he began to patrol the city.

After all, it was the first time to go into battle, and he was nervous, excited, guilty, and worried and tortured, and he squinted in a daze for a while one night. But just like when he took the high school entrance examination, no matter how much insomnia he had, because he was about to encounter a major event, his spirit could still be highly concentrated. The troops were all ready according to the newly distributed defense map in the morning.

The location of Zhili Castle is on the east side of the official road. Therefore, Yu Qiuping did not leave troops at the east gate. Because if the Oda army wanted to attack from the east gate, it would have to go around Zhitachi. Such a long time is enough for Yu Qiuping to find the problem and then adjust the deployment.

At the North Gate, West Gate, and South Gate, Yu Qiupei arranged for the defense of Fukushima Yasunari, Mimaesaki Nakahide, and Yoshioka Katsumasa. 45 people spread out evenly on the 100-meter city wall, which looks a little thin. For this reason, Yuakihei left Ogawa Yuto's team in the castle tower, and as a reserve, it was ready to reinforce the various castle walls. Yu Qiuping remembered that Napoleon had said that in any case, it was necessary to leave sufficient reserves. To this end, he also left Charles and his thirty or so archers in the castle tower. Right now, the ashigaru people are busy moving rolling stones and simmerwood onto the castle walls. And on each city wall stood several cauldrons, in which boiling oil was boiling. Torches and flint for lighting were also prepared along the walls.

When Yu Qiuping was about to command the battle, he found that he did not have a flag. So Mimasaki Nakahide didn't know where to find a huge red tablecloth, tied it to a wooden pole casually, and erected it in the castle tower, even if it was Yuqiuping's flag.

The cavalry began to move on the official road at about four o'clock, but there was no cavalry close to reconnoiter Zhili City, probably because they didn't think it was worth investigating.

After a while, when the Rolling Stone Raft was almost finished and the ashigaru were resting on the castle wall, some small black dots could seem to be seen moving on a small hill far away from the official road.

"Here we are." Yu Qiuping swallowed his saliva and tried to take a deep breath to calm himself. The crow on the shoulder of Amano Jingde on the side let out a few wails, not knowing what it was expressing.

At three o'clock, those little black shadows finally appeared in Yu Qiuping's field of vision. It was a group of about 200 people, and there were more than a dozen samurai on horseback. They are now about 10 miles away from Zhili City.

The castle tower, where Yuakihei is located, is about 10 meters high. If you use the radius of the earth and the Pythagorean theorem to calculate, it is estimated that you can see more than ten miles, and you may be able to see the camp of the Oda family in the barrel narrow. However, on this official road, there is a small hill that obstructs the view. The place where the Oda family's troops appeared just now was this small hill.

When those troops got closer, Yu Qiuping could see the flags of the troops. In addition to a large flag with a papaya pattern, the flags on the backs of the ashigaru are all other family crest patterns that Yu Qiuping has never seen.

"It's the Takigawa family." Amano Keitoku squinted his eyes for a while and came to a conclusion, "The head of the family is Takigawa Kazuki, a samurai who was born as a ninja, and he is also the best at strategy and strategy, and he is also a famous general of the Oda family. ”

"Pass the order, and the whole army will be on alert." Yu Qiuping instructed the guards, who immediately arranged for the heralds to go to the various city walls. This Takigawa Kazuyi is a famous general often seen by Yu Qiuping in the "Nobunaga's Ambition" series of games, and the general commander and resourcefulness are quite good, and he is also good at iron cannons, that is, Chinese arquebuses.

As soon as he thought that he would have to fight against such a famous military general in Japanese history for the first time, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but feel weak in his heart. But then, he also came up with an excuse to comfort himself, "These people have to grow up for many years before they can become famous generals, and they are not very powerful yet." Yu Qiuping muttered to himself, "Isn't that Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who will make Japan fearful in the future, just a little attendant with straw shoes now." ”

"Ahh Ahh In the narrow room, a low-ranking ashigaru with a short stature and an ugly face suddenly sneezed.

"Monkey, what's wrong? is so weak and can't help the wind, how can you be a shigaru in the Oda family? Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly.

"Please atone for your sins!" Kinoshita Tojiro knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times at once, "The villain has no wind chill!" The villain was just a little excited when he thought that the prestige of the lord was about to spread all over the three rivers. Just sneezed! ”

"Hmph, count you as talking." Oda Nobunaga didn't intend to embarrass him, "Help Yu take straw sandals." ”

At eight o'clock, the troops of the Takigawa family had slowly approached the castle. They left the official road in the northwest of Zhili City and went straight to the north gate of Zhili City. Yu Qiuping can clearly see the outline and number of troops on the castle tower, there are indeed only about 200 people, and there are no auxiliaries, all of them are armored soldiers who come in person.

"Maybe you think it's only a dozen miles away anyway, so you don't need to let the auxiliaries follow." Yu Qiuping made a judgment.

"Sure enough, I didn't bring siege equipment." Fukushima Yasei, who was guarding the northern city, was relieved, "Who would have thought that we adults would be able to repair the city gate in just half a day." ”

At this time, the Takigawa army under the city was slightly commotioned. The castle towns that have been burned on both sides have been turned beyond recognition, and the smell of burnt ruins is particularly irritating. The ashigaru people were originally told by the Ma Dian people who came back last night that the small city of Zhili Castle was only defended by more than two hundred slaves with little combat effectiveness, and the gate of the northern city had also collapsed in half. They just had to go up the slope and it would be a light slaughter.

However, what greeted them at this moment was the repaired north gate, and the head of the castle was full of energy, and Ashigaru with a red leaf stuck in everyone's helmet. Surprisingly, they did not have a flag on their backs.

"What does that mean?" Takigawa Kazuki frowned, rubbing a pinch of mustache on his chin with his left hand. "Order, call me the people in black clothes over there."

After a samurai on horseback galloped away, a few of the Oda family cavalry cruising on the official road left the group and went to the queue of the Takigawa family.

"Zozo-sama, what's going on?" Takigawa Kazuyi glared at Sasa Narumasa who rushed over, and pointed to the north gate wall of Zhili Castle from afar, "The information that the Ma Xia people gave me yesterday is that the north gate city wall has collapsed. ”

"Takigawa-sama isn't very polite." Sasa Narumasa glanced at Takigawa Kazuyi's team and responded without showing weakness, "There is no way to attack the city without siege equipment." Do you just sprinkle your anger on others? ”

Takigawa Kazuyi's eyebrows were about to twist into a pimple, and his eyes seemed to be on fire, "Wrong intelligence, missed the fighter, do you know what a sin this is?" ”

"It's not me who missed the fighter!" Sasa Narumasa pointed in the direction of Tsukasama, "I only came to change shifts last night, and it was Hidetaka Kawajiri and Naomasa Tsukasa who conveyed the information. If Takigawa-sama has any grievances, you can talk to them. ”

Takigawa Kazuyi took a deep breath and calmed down, "I blamed Sasa-sama just now. He said.

"Hmph," Sasa Naruma snorted, "Don't dare to be, Lord Takikawa, I only know how to report truthfully, and I don't know anything else." ”

"In that case, the siege of the city has to be postponed." Sasa Narumasa said, "In order to conquer Ansho Castle and Okazaki Castle, the lord has already built some siege equipment in the barrel saga. Wait for the auxiliaries to transport them..."

"No, you don't." Takigawa Kazuki suddenly interrupted Sasa Narumasa's words. "Just use my 200 people, and you can lay down Zhili."

"Oh?" Sasa Seimasa glanced at Takigawa Kazuki mockingly, "Aren't you joking?" Without siege equipment, adults can't even enter the city. Do you cut down the gates with a sword? ”

"Nope." Takigawa Kazuyi ignored Sasa Narumasa's taunts, but reached out and pointed to a ruin in the burned castle town on the side, "See there?" Takigawa Kazuki said in a low voice, as if he was afraid of being heard by the Imagawa soldiers at the head of the castle, "There is a huge beam there, which has not been burned down, and can be used as a ram for the city." ”

"Although they repaired the north gate city wall, the gate of Zhili City itself has been in disrepair for a long time, and it cannot be repaired no matter what, so we will directly knock the city gate open."

"It's not that easy." Sasa Chengzheng laughed, "Your Excellency swaggered out the beams in front of the defenders, and then went to hit the city gate." The people of the city had long since blocked the back of the city gates. ”

"No, it won't." Takigawa Yiyi smiled slightly, "The plan will be calculated." There must be a capable man in the city who can repair the city wall in half a day. Then the whole city must be complacent because of this," Takigawa Kazuyoshi glanced at the Momiji soldiers of the Oda family, who triumphantly laughed at the castle walls, and they also made noise from time to time.

At this time, on the city wall, the ashigaru of the Imagawa family was wantonly laughing at the Oda family downstairs.

"Haha, Owari guys, there's a kind of you climbing up!" A foot light hands pressed against the wall, shouting excitedly.

"Come on! Come on! Siege! I didn't expect us to repair the city wall in one day! The other ashigaru shouted and waved his arms excitedly, causing the people around him to cheer.

Yasunari Fukushima looked at everyone's excitement, and although he felt that something was wrong, he didn't stop it, just smiled on the side. After all, he himself was immersed in pride.

"They will focus too much on the walls that have just been worked on and think that they can only enter the city by climbing over them, and ignore the gates. This will cause them to be very underestimated, causing them to slack off until we bring in siege engines. Takigawa Kazuyi continued. Until then, they won't even focus on defense. ”

on the city walls.

"My lord, what are we doing here? I was so tired yesterday that I didn't have a good rest," a ashigaru complained to Fukushima Yasunari, "Before Owari brought the ladder, he couldn't climb up at all, so what's the use of us spending it with them?" ”

"Yes, yes, my lord," the other Ashigaru took over, "It's better to let the big guy take a good rest and conserve their strength, so that they can have strength when the time comes, right?" Didn't you have to rest well before fighting bandits? ”

"This will only be done after consulting Lord Yuqiu," Fukushima Yasunari called a herald and passed the order to Yuqiuping to ask for a break. The ashigaru on the city wall has already gathered together to rest as a matter of course.

Takigawa Kazuyi chuckled, "Next, I need the help of the Ma Dian people. As he spoke, he pointed to the guide, "We will quietly find out the beam, and in order not to attract attention, we need adults to go to the south of the castle and suddenly approach the city wall and harass the Imagawa army." As soon as their attention was distracted, I rushed to the gates, smashed open the old wooden gates, and stormed into the city! ”

"My lord's clever plan, I was disrespectful before." Sasa Naruma arched his hand and left to prepare. Takigawa Kazuyi also cautiously commanded his troops to approach the beam.

And the Imagawa army, who was elated on the city wall, was ignorant of the changes in front of them.