"What? Want to take a break? Yu Qiuping was surprised to hear the herald's question, "How can the enemy rest?"

"Your Excellency," said the herald, "none of the Oda family carried siege equipment with them, and they were unable to climb the castle tower, and now they are staying in the castle town with nothing to do. Fukushima-sama said that the ashigaru people were tired for half a day yesterday and didn't sleep well at night, so a good rest will help restore their strength. ”

"No." Yu Qiuping was a little moved, but his cautious and conservative personality still didn't make him agree immediately, "After all, there are more than two hundred people, and there are only forty people in Beicheng, wouldn't it be too exaggerated to rest." ”

"Forget it, I'll go see for myself." Yu Qiuping sighed, still thinking that he was going to go. The distance from the castle tower to the northern castle is less than fifty meters, and riding a horse is just a matter of a few breaths.

At the same time, the Takigawa family was struggling to move the beam out. In order to avoid disturbing the Imagawa army at the head of the castle by disturbing the movement, the rest of the Takigawa family had to scatter and turn the ruins around, creating a chaotic appearance.

"The people in the city really have some ability," Takigawa Kazuki secretly sighed, "If it is broken, it will be broken, and this castle town will burn beautifully." If it hadn't been burned, none of our actions here would have been seen on the walls. ”

After Yu Qiuping arrived at the head of the city, he saw that the ashigaru people were resting together in twos and threes, some leaning against the wall battlements, and some even lying directly on the city wall, and no one even cared about the two hot oil pots that were burning.

"Hey! Hey! What are you doing? Yu Qiuping clapped his hands and shouted, "The enemy is in front of you!" Do you still have time to sleep and nap? ”

"Your Excellency!" "It's my lord!" When the ashigaru found out that Yu Qiuhei was coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

"It's too troublesome, in the future, on the battlefield, change the etiquette and let you salute." Yu Qiuping looked at the ashigaru and had to get up and bow, and felt that it was necessary to introduce the military salute of the modern army, of course not now.

"How can you relax? More than 200 enemies are in front of you! Yu Qiuping pointed to the city and said.

"Your Excellency, you saw it yourself." A ashigaru pointed to the Takigawa army in the castle town and said, "Those Owari guys have no intention of attacking the castle at all, picking up rags in the castle town!" ”

Ashigaru's words caused the people around him to burst into laughter. Yu Qiuping then leaned on the battlements to look north, but the Takigawa army didn't know what to look for in the gray-black ruins of the castle town.

"An Cheng, what do you say they are looking for?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"My lord," said Yasunari Fukushima respectfully, "I guess I'm looking for a complete house to stay in." Without a ladder, they would not be able to climb the city wall for a while, and they could indeed give everyone a rest. ”

Yu Qiuping looked down at the five-meter-high city wall, and then looked at the Takigawa army in the distance, which did not carry any siege equipment, and his heart was also a little calmer.

"Alright then, let you rest for a while." Yu Qiuping's words caused everyone to cheer, "I transferred that Charlie and the archer to help you watch the point, they didn't do much work yesterday, and they are still very energetic." ”

When Yu Qiuping sent a herald to let Charlie come, another herald suddenly rode a horse and galloped from the south of the city, and passed by the herald sent by Yu Qiuping and almost collided. The herald galloped and shouted, "My lord! My lord! There is a military situation in the south city! "This herald is called Anayama Nobuyoshi, because the riding technique is best chosen by Yu Qiuping as a herald.

Xueshan Xinshi's anxiety suddenly made Yu Qiuping a little confused, and he stood on the city wall and shouted at him: "What's the matter! This voice attracted the attention of everyone around him, and they all looked at the herald.

"Southtown! Outside the South Side! Anayama Nobumi gasped for breath, and his speech was a little incoherent, "The Oda family's horses are constantly wandering, as if they are about to attack!" ”

"The Stables? How can the cavalry come up without siege weapons? Yu Qiuping asked with some surprise.

"It's... I don't know below! Anayama Nobushi was a little confused by the question.

"Forget it, I'll go over and have a look." Yu Qiuping said as he walked down the city wall quickly along the stairs inside the north city, mounted his horse and ran towards the south city, met by Charles and his archers who had been ordered to come. The ashigaru on the gate of the northern city also turned around to look in the direction of the southern city for a while. And now the movement on the north city of the Sichuan family was fully seen by Takigawa Yiyi, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to carry the beam to the official road, ten ashigaru, five left and five friends, and began to sprint with the beam of the house. Two samurai warlords followed closely behind them, followed by the Takigawa army, which was more than a hundred strong.

At this time, Yu Qiuping also rushed to Nancheng. After ascending the city wall, he found that the so-called enemy situation that the herald was fussing about, and it was nothing more than thirty horsemen wandering around the city gate, roaring demonstratively from time to time. At this level alone, the ashigaru, who had killed the bandits at most, was nervous, for fear that the war had already begun from them.

"What a fuss, they don't have any equipment, they can't do anything." Yu Qiuping snorted, "I don't know why they suddenly came out to hang out." ”

Suddenly, a sense of foreboding came over me.

At the moment when Yu Qiuping turned around, a violent shouting suddenly broke out on the gate of Beicheng.

"What's going on!" Fukushima Yasunari was stunned and watched as the Takigawa army in front of him took out a huge punch, and ten people rushed towards the city gate with the hammer.

"Oops!" It suddenly occurred to him that the only way to enter the city was to climb over the walls, but also to break through the gates. And the gate of the north city of Zhili City has long been in disrepair.

"What is that, sir!" Charlie, who arrived in a hurry, climbed the city wall with a team of archers, and immediately saw a huge log being carried and knocked over. Seeing that there was only a hundred meters left from the city gate.

"That's the ram! Please stop him quickly. Fukushima Yasunari said anxiously.

Charlie didn't say much, untied his longbow, drew an arrow from the quiver behind his back, and quickly bent his bow and set the arrow at the first person carrying the log on his left. The feather arrow broke through the air, hitting the light lower abdomen. After the first man fell to the ground in agony, the whole team shook violently and almost fell to the ground.

The samurai, who was supervising the battle, hurriedly put his sword back into its scabbard, rushed to the first position on the left, lifted the beam, and continued to charge forward with shouts. Charlie didn't say much, and shot another arrow at the first person on the left. It's just that the samurai's armor seems to be good, and this arrow sank deep into the armor, but it failed to make the samurai fall.

"Is the quality of this feather arrow so poor?" Charlie muttered, and bent his bow again, this time striking the samurai in the face, and the samurai snorted, blood pouring to the ground. Charlie quickly drew his bow and fired another arrow, and the second person on the left also fell to the ground, and the entire ram fell to the ground crookedly due to the imbalance of force on the left and right. At this time, the archers on Charlie's side also bent their bows and arrows, completed a round of throws, and shot an unfortunate unlucky egg to the ground.

"There's a great archer!" Takigawa Yiyi secretly complained, "The archery team is out!" Throw feathered arrows and suppress the archers at the head of the Imagawa family! ”

"Keep up! Come on! Everyone's charging together! Takigawa Kazuyi jumped onto a wall, waved his hands, and urged the whole team to rush forward together. Two more people ran to the beam, and ten men lifted the beam and continued to rush forward.

Takigawa Kazuyi's activity attracted Charlie's attention, and he squinted to estimate the distance, and bent his bow again.

"400 paces, within my range." Charlie twisted his waist suddenly, pulled the bowstring, the bowstring was stretched to an exaggerated arc, and after aiming, his right hand loosened the string, and the sharp arrow slashed through the sky, heading straight for Takigawa Kazuki's front door.

"My lord! Be careful! "A samurai of Hagimoto had just been paying attention to the very powerful archer, and when he saw him aiming at the rear, he realized that something was wrong, and hurried towards Takigawa Kazuki, and jumped sharply to help him block the arrow. However, the bow and arrow pierced directly through the neck of the Samurai of Hachimoto. He didn't even scream, he shook and fell to the ground. The blood of the samurai of Hachimoto splashed Takigawa Kazuyi's face.

However, Charlie didn't have a chance to shoot the next arrow. Quickly reach the effective firing distance - the forty archers of the Takigawa family, 100 meters from the castle wall, immediately drew their bows and shot arrows, throwing them at the head of the castle. Charlie hurriedly crouched down and hid behind the battlements. The position of his head flew over three feathered arrows at once. Nearby, an archer, who could not dodge, was shot in the abdomen and fell in agony, dragged to the rear by his companions. And the ashigaru people at the head of the city also squatted down with their heads in their hands at this moment, trying in vain to dodge the bow and arrow.

"Counter the opposing archers!" Charlie shouted the command in stiff Japanese. However, the untrained archers did not fire in a neat volley, but stood up in twos and threes to shoot arrows, and except for Charlie, who hit one, the other thirty or so men only shot one enemy soldier, but they were killed on the spot and two wounded.

"We're at the head of the city! It is a shame that the archers at the head of the city are suppressed by the archers under the city! Charlie roared angrily, got up quickly and fired another arrow, then then pulled his bow and fell to his stomach, dodging the five feathered arrows that came at him. However, the other inexperienced archers at the head of the city did not even have a chance to get up and take aim, and as soon as they did, they were immediately shot with feathered arrows, forcing them to bend down to dodge.

"That's not going to work, you should try to get a salvo." Charlie pondered, but there was no good opportunity.

At the time when the archers of the Imagawa family at the head of the city were suppressed, the ram had already rushed to the bottom of the city, and ten people were full of strength, and under the shouts of one and two, they slammed the battering ram into the gate. "Boom!" A loud bang came from below the city walls. This was followed by a continuous knock on the door, mixed with the excited trumpets and shouts of the soldiers of the Takigawa family.

"Don't be afraid of feathered arrows!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Fukushima Yasunari raised his arms and shouted, personally carrying a stone brick, ignoring the threat of feather arrows, leaning out of the city wall, and smashing the stone under the city, a miserable scream came from the city, and the sound of hitting the door stopped slightly. The other ashigaru saw that Ashigaru was the first to take the lead, and they also followed suit, screaming one by one, rushing forward and smashing the stone bricks or sassalwood to the gate of the city. However, the Takigawa archers soon discovered the counterattack of the defenders of the castle and concentrated their fire directly above the city gate. Two consecutive ashigaru shots in the arm had to temporarily withdraw from the fight. But it also gave Charlie the opportunity to organize a salvo.

"Flat shot! Flat shot! Don't shoot! Charlie emphasized, "Three, two, one!" Rise! With a loud roar from Charlie, the archers rose at both ends of the city wall and fired a volley at the position of the Takigawa archers. The Takigawa archers were caught off guard and were shot five people at once, and were forced to readjust the direction of their shots and concentrate their fire on the Imagawa archers. At this time, the follow-up Ashigaru troops of the Takigawa family also poured into the castle, and they all carried all kinds of defensive equipment such as door panels and table boards that were picked up from the ruins, and there were no burned defensive equipment to protect the operators of the battering ram. As soon as someone falls, someone next to them immediately takes over. This kind of heroic performance will be observed and recorded by the military eye, and there will be rewards and promotions after the war, and the ashigaru people will enjoy it.

The sound of the door slamming became more and more violent from the beginning of the recovery, and the fragile city gate was already crumbling, but Fukushima Yasunari had little choice but to watch as the city gate was about to be breached. "It's over!" Fukushima Yasunari was infinitely panicked in his heart, once the Takigawa army was allowed to enter the city, then his own Ashigaru who had not trained much would definitely not be able to defeat the Takigawa army.