After a vicious battle, Yu Qiuping began to organize people to clean up the battlefield. The walls of the West City and the stairs of the lower city of the West City were covered with the corpses of the enemy and our troops, and the work of treating the wounded was carried out under the supervision of the pro-guards. In the previous battle, the pro-soldier guard had been commanding the temporarily useless heralds, and before everyone evacuated from Xicheng, they helped evacuate the wounded to safety, saving the lives of many people.

"Be sure to do your best to rescue the wounded, if you need anything, tell me, I'll find a way to get it." Yu Qiuping commanded.

"Yes, my lord!" The pro-soldier replied.

This siege brought a lot of casualties to Nakahide Gozensaki's team. Eleven people were killed, 14 were seriously wounded, and almost all of the combatants suffered some minor injuries. The team was reduced by 25 people, which can be described as a heavy casualty. Among them, nearly half of the deaths and serious injuries were brought about by Sasa Massaji's last desperate assault. At that time, Mizenzaki Nakahide's team had collapsed, so he simply stabilized his position in time, otherwise everything would be out of control. A dozen seriously wounded men from both battles were sent to the castle tower for treatment, and Yasunari Fukushima and Nakahide Omaezaki switched places to monitor Nishijo instead of him. And the casualties of Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yuto's troops were not particularly serious, only 4 people were killed and 6 were seriously injured. The ashigaru who died in battle were put into a newly built coffin by the pro-guards.

And in this defensive battle, the Imagawa army played a great exchange ratio. In the castle alone, 29 bodies of Sasajun were found, as well as 12 wounded people who were seriously injured and unable to move, and Yu Qiuping did not execute them in cold blood, but first sent them to the castle tower for placement. In addition, more than 30 sets of bamboo and hemp armor, 11 katanas, and more than 40 bamboo spears were also captured, which were all great additions to the Imagawa army. After the war, when watching the ashigaru people holding the tips of their guns and cutting off the heads of those Oda corpses one by one, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt very unbearable. The bodies of the Oda Army were sent to the no-man's land of the northern castle to be burned, and the heads were piled up in the castle tower.

"Many of the ashigaru people have never seen blood and killed people." Seeing that Yu Qiuping was a little unbearable, Tianye Jingde persuaded them, "Let them experience these cruel things, and they won't be afraid anymore when they get to the battlefield." ”

"That's it." Yu Qiuping sighed. As the head of the Sasa family, Sasa Masaji escaped the fate of being cut off by his head. The guards also put him in the coffin.

Outside the castle at this time, the Oda family was dragging the corpses of their companions back to the camp under the castle. The archers fought fiercely for an afternoon, and at the moment they were collecting feather arrows that could still be used, and they wanted to take the opportunity to attack the Oda army outside the city, but they were stopped by Yu Qiuping.

"They are well-wishers who want to bring the corpses of their companions back to their hometown," Yu Qiuping said to Charlie, "such an act is respectable, so we will not attack." Let's find a chance to return the body of Masaji Sasa to them. ”

At four o'clock, the Oda family finished cleaning up the battlefield and withdrew their troops from the castle back to the main camp. A total of fourteen ladders were brought, and a total of 10 were damaged during the siege and retreat, and one of the lookouts was damaged due to improper use, and the current strength of the Oda family is afraid that it will not be able to continue the attack.

After witnessing the collapse of his own troops, Sasa Narumasa has been very emotionally unstable. After returning to the camp just now, for some reason, he drew his sword and killed two auxiliaries. After being stopped by Sen Kecheng, let him stay in the camp to calm down.

"I can't blame Zozo-sama." Beehouse Ryū, who was the same black mother as Sasa Chengzheng, sighed, "Sasa's family is too miserable this time. ”

"The governor himself died on the battlefield." Kawajiri Hidetaka sighed, "Of the dozen or so samurai I brought with me, three came back, and two were injured. Of the 100 people, only 45 came back alive, and a dozen were injured. Nearly ten people fell to their deaths under the city alone. ”

"The two hundred auxiliaries recruited from the territory of the Zuo family also killed more than a dozen people during the siege." Beehouse Rylong sighed again, "The Sazuo family can't slow down for several years. Several of Zozo's brothers have been killed in battle in the past few years, and he will be the next governor. ”

"When the time comes, help him go to the lord to intercede," Kawajiri Hidetaka glanced at from a distance, sitting in the camp tent with a dull expression, "Let's reduce the military service of the Sasa family for a few years." ”

At the sixth minute of Shinshi, after realizing that the Oda family had no intention of attacking, Yu Qiuping summoned everyone except the sentry to the castle tower meeting room.

"The battle in the afternoon was very dangerous and exposed a lot of problems." Yu Qiuping began to conclude, "The most important thing is that our archers are really not good. ”

"It's my shame. I am willing to accept the punishment of adults. Charlie bowed his head in shame.

"No, I don't blame you." Yu Qiuping hurriedly waved his hand, "The quality of our bows and arrows is not good, and everyone has not practiced archery much. I just asked, and they basically learned it while hunting. ”

"It seems that our archers will not be able to shoot against the Oda family, and in that case, I think we will be at a loss to defend on the city walls." Yu Qiuping said.

"What do you mean by that, my lord?" After Fukushima Yasunari heard Yu Qiuping's astonishing words, he hurriedly asked, "Don't you want to give up the city wall." ”

"That's what I intended, and I'm not wrong." Yu Qiuping said.

"That's right! Just like that! Nakahide Mimasaki shouted excitedly, "Block them up on the walls and shoot them!" ”

"It's not that easy." Amano Keitoku interrupted him coldly, "After the reinforcements of the Oda family arrive, it is impossible for only 200 people to attack the city, and it is very likely that they will attack from multiple sides. ”

"We have more than thirty archers, it is impossible to take care of so many aspects, and besides, we do not have enough troops to block the eight stairs of all the walls." Yasunari Fukushima added.

"So I'm going to lure the Oda army or attack the castle from one side." Yu Qiuping said hesitantly. "I'm still going to set it on fire."

"And set fire! My lord! You're addicted! Nakahide Mimasaki exclaimed exaggeratedly.

"Shut up!" Yu Qiuping glared at him, "I plan to cover the southern city, the eastern city and the northern city, cover the wooden boards, straw, and other flammable materials, pour oil, and set them all on fire when the Oda family is about to attack, and the Oda family will not be able to attack the city here." ”

"The walls are made of stone. It can't be burned. Amano Keitori pointed out the inappropriateness of Yuqiuping's plan, "As long as the Oda family clears all the burning materials on the castle wall, the fire will naturally be extinguished." ”

"yes." Yu Qiuping frowned, "But I plan not to set fire to the Xicheng city wall, the Oda army on the Xicheng city wall will take the city first, and we will concentrate our firepower to repel this way first, and then deal with the other city walls." ”

"If your lordship is only going to use the walls to hinder the enemy," the guard suddenly said, "then we can make potholes on the surface of the walls, and put up a lot of barricades and so on." ”

"Good idea." Yu Qiuping said with a smile. "By the way, we're going to close the gates and block them all with stones. In this way, even if the Oda family controlled the vicinity of the city gate, they could not open the city gate immediately, and the reinforcements of the Oda family still had to climb the city to enter. ”

"Block the city gates? This is a taboo for soldiers. Amano Keide spoke again and admonished, "The city gate is for the defenders to go out of the city and counterattack. Since the defending side has the advantage of fighting on the inside line, it is easy to mobilize and gather forces to go out of the city to strike at the enemy's weak points. The defending side has the advantage of vision from the commanding heights, so it is easy to see the enemy's movements and command the counterattacking forces. In order to prepare for a counterattack inside the city, the troops outside the city will be subject to many restrictions. The city gate is a huge advantage for the defenders. ”

"But we can't fight back, can we?" Yuqiu spread his hands, "I'm just a rookie, and I've never commanded a war." In this kind of small town, the defense is still relatively similar to a brawl, and I can make do with the command. If I go to the open field and list the formation to attack in a dignified manner, I won't do it at all! It will definitely be pressed to the ground by the Oda army. Yu Qiuping looked around, "Have any of you here commanded the troops in the field alone?" ”

Everyone shook their heads.

"So, I can't use it anyway, so it's better to block it." Yu Qiuping said, "You can avoid hidden dangers." Besides, as long as we don't let the Oda family outside the city know that we have blocked the city gates, don't they still have to be honest and careful? ”

In the end, even Amano Keedoku was persuaded by Yu Qiuping. The plan to block the gates was thus decided.

"Blocking the city gate means that there is no way for everyone to retreat. Do you all agree? Yu Qiuping looked around.

"Lord Yuqiu came with great hardship to accompany us to live and die together, how can I be reluctant to give up this cheap life!" Yoshioka Katsumasa patted his chest and shouted in a loud voice. "The words are not coarse." Ogawa Yudong took a sip of wine, "We will all live and die together with Lord Yuqiu." ”

"Also, we're going to build some fortifications in the city." Yu Qiuping frowned, "If there is still a fight, we will definitely break out in the street fighting in the city." But now many houses in the South Side area have been demolished, and we have to rebuild the fortifications. ”

"I'll draw a picture of this later, let's rest for a while, and then take turns collecting stone and wood." Just as Yu Qiuping was hesitating about how to design the fortifications, Ashigaru from a city wall came in a hurry.

"My lord! Oh no! As soon as Ashigaru rushed into the castle tower, he shouted out of breath, holding the door with one hand and pointing in the northwest direction with the other hand tremblingly, "Majirin! Oda Nobunaga's horse seal is here! ”

By the time Yu Qiuping and his party hurried to the northwest corner of the city wall, the tall horse seal was already about to march to the camp of the Oda family. Surrounded by the horse print, are nearly a thousand ashigaru people with papaya-patterned flags on their backs. After these ashigaru, followed by the auxiliary soldiers who could not see the end in sight, dozens of ladders and a dozen lookouts were slowly transported along the official road, carrying a large amount of armor and carts full of food.

"Is Oda Nobunaga's direct army?" Yu Qiuping looked at the sea of red papaya flags, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, "It's time to come to the real thing." ”

At eight o'clock, the mighty Oda family was still slowly entering the camp tent that had been repaired before, and the more Yu Qiuping looked at it, the more amazing it became, and the number of reinforcements in this wave might exceed 3,000. Compared to the reinforcements, the 1,000 people who stayed under the city seemed so small.

At this time, inside the camp of the Oda family. Although the army had not yet fully entered the camp, Oda Nobunaga himself had already taken the lead on horseback. Horses are not allowed to run in the barracks, and of course, Oda Nobunaga has never followed such rules since he was running shirtless. At this moment he was riding a jet-black horse, galloping through the tent and heading straight for the main tent, and the soldiers around him avoided his galloping route in panic. The retainers behind him could only dismount and run briskly, trying to keep up with him. A few older ones are really a bit unbearable.

When Oda Nobunaga rode into the main tent, the herald who reported Oda Nobunaga's arrival had just arrived. As soon as the Oda family leaders who had hurried out of the tent were about to go out to greet them, they saw their lord pulling the reins in front of the main tent, and the horses stood up, and then their front hooves slapped heavily on the ground. The crowd hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Smack!" Oda Nobunaga's face was not good, and he didn't look at everyone, and threw the folding fan in his hand to the ground.

"More than a thousand people came one after another, and even a small Zhili with only more than two hundred slaves couldn't beat it? I even suffered defeats! Oda Nobunaga scolded, "What kind of face do you have, you shouted before the war to defeat Okazaki!" ”

"The Lord is angry! In the inferior sin deserve death! The Oda family did not dare to get up, and they all fell to the ground to plead guilty, and kowtowed to the ground again and again. Oda Nobunaga was still unsatisfied, and continued to scold: "You gang! Yu defeated 1,500 people from the Matsudaira family, and killed and wounded less than 100 of his own. You're good! You're good! Oda Nobunaga laughed angrily, picked up the scabbard with his backhand, and whipped it Takigawa Kazuki's back, and kicked Kawajiri Hidetaka and Naomasa Tsubasa, "First of all, the intelligence mistake!" People have obviously repaired the city wall, but they don't have to say that they don't need to bring siege equipment! And then without waiting for the siege equipment to forcibly attack the city! After that, he was killed by others with siege equipment! ”

"Ahh You're very capable! Oda Nobunaga laughed, "After fighting for half a day, there are almost two hundred dead and wounded, and still no Zhitachi has been defeated!" You might as well just stand under the city and watch, anyway, the result will be the same, and you don't need to die! ”

Everyone was scolded by Oda Nobunaga and couldn't raise their heads, but kowtowed like pounding garlic, Oda Nobunaga took a few deep breaths and calmed down, "Forget it!" Get up! ”

Oda Nobunaga finally relieved, and everyone got up with relief.

"Uchizosuke?" Oda Nobunaga looked around and didn't see the shadow of Sasa Naimasa.

"Sasa-sama seems to be emotionally unstable," Hidetaka Kawajiri hesitated to phrase, "It's... The back tent rests too. Do you want to call him over? ”

"Forget it," Oda Nobunaga shook his head, "I'll tell him later, the next head of the Sasa family will be him, let him cheer up quickly." ”

"What about the remains of Massaji? Where is it? Oda Nobunaga asked again.

"Lost in the city." Sen Kecheng said with a gloomy face, "The subordinates are incompetent. ”

"Is that so?" Oda Nobunaga glanced at Chitachi Castle, and a forest of red leaves on the city wall was particularly eye-catching, "What's going on with those Imagawa troops, why don't you plant the flag, all with red leaves." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and no one could answer Oda Nobunaga's question.

"Presumably they saw Yu's army too." Oda Nobunaga snorted disdainfully, "Send someone to persuade you to surrender, and those who know the times should also surrender." ”

"Lord, they have killed so many of our brothers and Lord Zozo, and now they can go down with one drum, how can they be spared!" Beehouse Lailong said with some excitement.

"Time is running out." Takigawa Kazuyi dissuaded, "The soldiers are in a continuous hurry and need to rest. Now it's getting late, and it is estimated that I can't take it down before nightfall, and I will have to return it then, and I will not be able to fall into the city tomorrow. ”

"If it's persuasion, we'll be able to move on tomorrow morning. Our time is running out, and the Imagawa family's reinforcements are estimated to be coming soon. Takigawa Kazuyi continued to explain.

"And that man, who can defend the city in your hands for two days, is indeed a talent." Oda Nobunaga smiled slightly.

"Lord, I can stay and monitor Zhili City and protect the back road." Sen Kecheng suddenly said, "Please don't waste time in the small city, and quickly attack Anxiang City." ”

"Mori-sama, this is too dangerous." Naomasa interjected, "Narumi and Tsukake still have a lot of Imagawa troops, and the Shibata-sama and Sakuma-sama who stayed behind in the barrel sagama did not have an advantage in the army. If you bury hidden dangers here, there will be endless troubles. ”

Sen Kecheng didn't continue to talk, but began to think.

"No matter, send someone to persuade you to surrender first." Oda Nobunaga picked up the folding fan on the ground and nodded to Maeda Toshiya among the stables, "Inuchiyo, you can go." When you get there, take a look at it, if it's Sena Shitoshi, you don't need to persuade him to surrender, if it's someone else, ask him about his official position first, and then say that the Oda family is willing to let him lead the old department and give him a fief of 1,000 koku, while the official position remains unchanged. ”

"If he doesn't surrender." A hint of ruthlessness flashed between Oda Nobunaga's eyebrows, "Just find a way to directly hold him hostage and force him to open the door." If not, lead him to the city walls, and we will snipe him with iron cannons. Once you're done, you can escape on your own, and our army will attack the city. ”

"Be serious." Oda Nobunaga saw that Maeda Toshiya was still looking immodest with a hippie smile, so he reminded him.