Just as Kinkota was thinking about what strategy Kinoshita Hideyoshi would use to face the Asai family, Kinoshita Hideyoshi suddenly got up and asked Kinaka, "What does Mingshamen think about this?" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky thought about Kinoshita Hideyoshi's intentions, and then got up and bowed his head to Kinoshita Hideyoshi and said, "I thought that now I can't wait for a chance of winning." ”

After hearing this, all the samurai in the castle tower got up and shouted angrily at the burning sky: "Mingshamen, disturbing the morale of the army before the war can be punished. Then there were a few sturdy warriors, with gloomy faces, walking towards the Burning Sky. When Burning Sky saw it, he said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Takenaka Hanbei, "Can you listen to what your lord is going to say?" ”

Seeing that the half-guard of Takenaka nodded to himself, Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to the burning sky: "Say it! Then he got up and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, "Kinoshita-sama, what is the strength of the army in Yokoyama Castle?" After hearing this, Kinoshita Hideyoshi hesitated for a moment, and then said with an unchanged face: "Our army can mobilize a thousand troops. After hearing this, Burning Sky smiled and said, "Will Kinoshita-sama really be able to mobilize a thousand troops by then?" ”

The warriors listened to the conversation between the two, and immediately fell into deep thought, yes, are those lands really reliable? At this time, the half-guard of Takenaka looked at the burning sky and said to the burning sky: "How does Ming Shamen think we should deal with it now?" After hearing this, the warriors also turned their heads to look at the burning sky, and when the burning sky saw this, he said to the warriors: "Do you know the lord's treatment of the incompetent and lost the city?" ”

After hearing this, the samurai were even more complicated, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi was even more shocked when he heard it, and sat down on the cloth ball. Seeing this, Burning Sky said to the pale samurai, "If any of you try to surrender to the enemy, do you know that your family members are still in the castle or in Gifu, and you don't say what will happen after the castle is broken, will the lord spare them?" ”

After saying that, Burning Sky looked around at the samurai around him, and continued to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, please put away your luck quickly, I can only survive if we fight now; You must know that the lord defeated Imagawa-sama that year, and the enemy army was several times that of me, and it was a battle for the survival of the Oda family, when the lord had no reinforcements, and I waited for Shibata-sama and Niwa-sama to support, so why not be afraid of the Asai coalition army; I am willing to be sent by Kinoshita-sama to fight against the Asai coalition with you. ”

As the words of the burning became clearer and clearer, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's complexion gradually improved, and at the same time, his heart became clearer about the intention of the burning of the sky. Only by letting the samurai know that they can see things clearly, can they make up their minds to fight to the death. Looking at the Takenaka Hanbei beside him with an admiring face, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's opinion on the burning of the sky gradually changed.

As soon as the words of the burning sky fell, the half-guards of Takenaka stood up and said to the samurai: "You and I have fallen into the place of death, but the art of war is cloudy: 'Put yourself in the place of death and be born', for the sake of our family and the dignity of the samurai, I hope that you will work together to hold on to Yokoyama Castle." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi even got up abruptly and said loudly after the Takenaka half-guard finished speaking: "This battle is about our survival, and I am willing to live and die with you to fight against the Asai coalition army." After hearing this, all the warriors raised their arms and shouted: "May I live and die with the lord!" ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi then said to the burning sky: "Mingshamen, you need to defend Yokoyama in this battle and share the pressure for Yokoyama Castle. After hearing this, Burning Sky bowed his head and said: "I live and die with Yokoyama in the bottom, and I hope that Lord Kinoshita can deploy ten iron cannons for the use of guarding the mountain below." ”

After hearing this, Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to the Takenaka Hanbei: "Hanbei, you go and ask Hidecho to deploy twenty iron cannons and send them to Yokoyama. Then Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to the samurai: "The five hundred ashigaru in the city is the foundation of the city, and as for the other peasants, please mobilize as much as possible." After the samurai were assigned, Kinoshita Hideyoshi hurriedly concluded the assessment and ordered his subordinate Gonbei to deliver his letter of request for help to Shibata Katsuie and others.

After the burning of the sky returned to Hengshan, the Haima family also rushed over with the peasant soldiers from Jiashan Village. Burning Sky looked at the Jiashan peasant soldiers, who far exceeded the number of thirty recruits, bowed his head to the Haima family, and asked the Haima family, "Can the village be settled?" After hearing this, the Seahorse Yoshiya nodded, and then said to the burning sky: "I heard that the 3,000 troops of the Asai coalition army are all elite, and Kinoshita-sama has a clever plan to retreat from the enemy?" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky said in a low voice: "The land near the river is not a place where we can be surprised, if we rush to send troops, I am afraid that it will be easily defeated by the Asai coalition army; Kinoshita-sama decided that Yokoyama Castle should be held for now, and asked for help from his family, and then waited for an opportunity to repel the Asai coalition forces. After hearing this, the Seahorse Yijia nodded, and then said to the burning sky: "These peasant soldiers are all men with bows, and they will definitely play a big role in guarding the wall. Burning Sky looked at the peasant soldiers behind the Seahorse Family, waved his hand at the Seahorse Family, and motioned for him to enter the chamber first.

After Kinoshita Hideyoshi and the others hurriedly prepared for a day, they saw the Asai coalition forces stretching along the road in the watchtower of Yokoyama. Soon there was a crisp sound of gold in Hengshan City, and Burning Sky looked at Hengshan City, which was about to enter the alert not far away, and shouted to his subordinates: "I live and die with you." Then he mobilized the peasants with bows to the wall, and arranged the standing equipment with iron cannons at the perforation behind the wall.

After a while, the Asai coalition army set up a formation a few hundred meters below Hengshan Castle, and then Asai Nagamasa, dressed in armor, walked to the front of Hengshan Castle. Asai Nagamasa pressed the sword on his waist, looked at the Yokoyama Castle in front of him, and suddenly pointed at Yokoyama Castle with the military in his hand and shouted: "Out of the battle!" As soon as Asai Nagamasa's voice fell, the samurai behind him rushed to Yokoyama Castle.

Not far away, the burning sky watched the Asai coalition army launch an attack on Yokoyama Castle, and he was a little worried, after all, Yokoyama Castle was not a fortified city, and there were only five hundred ashigaru and less than three hundred peasant soldiers in the city. How long can it last in the face of the overwhelming offensive of the Asai coalition army, and the Asai family can mobilize other troops in the territory to assist in the siege at any time.

When the samurai of the Asai family took the lead in rushing less than 100 meters below Yokoyama Castle, countless arrows flew out of Yokoyama Castle. But these arrows did not bring much harm to the samurai of the Asai family, and these samurai people did not care about the arrows on their bodies, and grabbed the weapons in their hands and rushed towards Yokoyama Castle. Some of the samurai who rushed to the front could already see the frightened faces of the peasants behind the walls, and just as they were about to approach the city gate, a burst of gunfire suddenly broke the balance of the battlefield.

The warriors who boasted of their bravery fell not far in front of the gate of Yokoyama Castle, and white gunpowder smoke also fluttered over Yokoyama Castle. Asai Nagamasa, who was on the horse, frowned, looked at the samurai who fell at the front, and said to his subordinates: "Ryū, you lead a five-hundred-man iron artillery team to support the friendly forces besieging the city!" Ryo Asai, who was half-kneeling behind the horse, listened to it and replied loudly: "Obey!" Then he shouted to the leaders of the iron artillery groups behind him: "Follow me out of battle!" ”