"Your Excellency!" Hirano Nagatai shouted, kowtowed heavily to Aoki, and although he couldn't bear it, he finally got up and left. But suddenly, a dense sound of iron cannons sounded from the north of the palace, followed by the neighing of horses and shouts, hitting everyone's eardrums from far and near.

"Could it be that Matsunomaru has also been breached?!" Aoki was a little surprised, and immediately picked up the sword, scolding left and right: "Everyone follow me to escort Yuanjiang Shou to break through!" ”

"Drink!" Suddenly, more than 100 people gathered around Aoki Ichiju, and under the leadership of this veteran, they were ready to go to Matsunomaru to support Aoki Jusada.

At this moment, an envoy galloped from the direction of Matsunomaru, came to Aoki and Hirano and hurriedly dismounted and bowed: "Lord Kaiyu, Honda Inaba Mamoru Toshimasa, Kamizumi Lord Taitsuna led two thousand troops including Overlord Bei to support, and has now broken through the Maori army to surround and break into Matsunomaru, please quickly gather forces to break through to Matsunomaru!" ”

"Is that true?!" Aoki couldn't believe his ears and asked loudly.

The envoy also replied loudly: "Really, it is worthy of the reserve directly under the lord, first three strikes, and then a horse assault, the Maori army blocking the city gate was instantly chaotic, and the main water of Shangquan took the opportunity to enter the city to join Lord Aoki Jusada, but Ninomiya has already asked for help from the main formation, presumably the Maori army will be killed soon, and the two adults are invited to retreat north quickly!" ”

"It's insane! Lose your marbles!! Aoki Yiju looked wooden, trembling lips and repeating the same words, but everyone on the side was not as calm as him, all of them were so excited that they burst into tears, screaming and howling, roaring happily, Hirano Nagatai even grabbed Aoki's arm, and said excitedly: "Overlord Bei, the lord's Overlord Bei!" ”

"Please also ask the two adults to withdraw their troops quickly!" Under the repeated urging of the envoys, Aoki Kazuki and Hirano Nagatai quickly gathered the remaining more than 300 troops and retreated towards Matsunomaru.

Entering Matsunomaru, a white armor and white flag suddenly came into view—a unique attire for the Overlord, and these well-trained and high-morale Hideho samurai were working with the Aoki Army to clear out the Maori army that had broken into the maru. Not far away, the main water of the upper spring also vigorously brandished its spear, wantonly provoking and killing the Maori army that had fled around it, and the entire Matsunomaru had already been covered by a sea of gunsmoke and fire. From the soldiers, it was learned that Ninomiya was wounded in the right shoulder by an iron cannon and had fled to the east gate.

Seeing Aoki Kazuki enter Matsunomaru, Toshimasa Honda, who was fighting, immediately stepped forward and asked with concern, "Is the boss injured?!" ”

Aoki stroked the half-cut arrow cluster that had been shot into his arm, and said excitedly: "It's okay, thank you for your hard work!" ”

"Since it's okay, let's get out of the city quickly!" Toshimasa Honda turned his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Kii Mamoru has broken through, and all the soldiers will return to Koriyama Castle immediately!" ”

"Roar, roar, roar!" I heard that Aoki was unharmed. All the soldiers were excited. Due to the imminent arrival of Maori reinforcements. There was no time for any greetings, so it was immediately decided to take Aoki Juzhen and Kamiizumi Taitsuna as the vanguard, and quickly ran along the Kyoto street in the direction of Koriyama Castle.

The army of Ankokuji Huiqiong had just wiped out the remnants of Jibu Qurin, and when they attacked Honmaru, they were desperately blocked by more than 80 soldiers behind Ganganden. It was not until two hours after the breakout that he attacked Matsunomaru, and by this time Ninomiya had already led the regrouped army of 5,000 in pursuit of Mt. Tamon, which was the only way to enter Koriyama Castle, where Tamonyama Castle, which Tamonyama Castle, which Takyoshi had operated for many years, stood in the middle of it.

Due to his unfamiliarity with the terrain and the fear of repeating the scene of Mt. Tsugetsu again, Ninomiya had to send someone to investigate every mountain he passed, and it was not until the sun rose the next morning that he arrived at Mt. Tamon, the boundary between Omi and Yamato.

The altitude of Duowen Mountain is 115 meters, but the height is only 30 meters, and Duowen Mountain City is built on such a small hill that is not high. Although his position is not superior, he is a vital part of Peking University.

To the east of Mt. Tawen is the entrance to Yamato, "Narazaka", and to the south of the Yamato River, the Yamato River flows from Iga to Osaka Bay, becoming a natural line of defense. Cross the Yamato River. The southeast and due south are the famous temples of Yamato, Todaiji Temple and Kofukuji Temple, respectively, and the monks and soldiers in these two places are also known for their fierceness; Further south is the "Southern Capital" Nara, an ancient capital located in the Nara Basin that has been reduced to a symbol of culture and has little strategic value, so Hideho only appointed the Nara Governor to be in charge of local security and civil affairs; To the east of Nara is Koriyama Castle, the center of Yamato, and once you break through Koriyama, you will enter the hinterland of Hidebo's skills, and it will be even more difficult to resist at this time. Therefore, no matter what, it is necessary to hold the North Harmony with Koriyama as the core, which is also the death order given by Hideho to the Sugiwaka clan.

Standing in front of the Maori army, the Tawen mountain castle is magnificent and magnificent, with a four-story castle tower as the center, white walls around it, a row of longhouse-shaped arrows on the solid stone barriers, and bows and iron cannons pointing directly at the Maori army at the bottom of the mountain through the narrow room. Forty years ago, the world to the evil pine permanent show began to build this city, named this new style of longhouse arrow oar after "Duowen Lu"; Twenty years ago, due to Matsunaga Hide's repeated rebellion, Oda Nobunaga appointed Tsutsui Shunkei as the new Yamato guardian, and he demolished this magnificent castle in order to build Tsutsui Castle, and a year later, Matsunaga Shu committed suicide in Shinkiyama Castle, and since then Tawenyama has been silent in the long river of history for 15 years, until Fukushima Takayoshi took office as the acting official of Kitawa Yamato, and this famous castle was able to regain the light of day.

Looking at the mountain city not far away, Ergong finally stopped.

"Such a fortified city is definitely not something that 5,000 people can capture, and we must send people to ask for help from the sweeping department." Ninomiya hurriedly ordered the envoy to go to Fushimi to ask for reinforcements from Motomasa Amano, who was cleaning up the battlefield.

At this time, there were 3,300 troops in Tawenyama Castle, of which 300 were the remnants of Fushimi's army, and Aoki Kazuki felt remorseful for his disobedience to Hideho's military orders, which led to the near-total destruction of the 5,000-strong army, and he repeatedly asked to stay at Tawenzan to atone for his crimes, and although Honda Toshimasa agreed to his request, he still placed him in the relative safety of the south of the castle, and the defense due north was handed over to Kamiizumi Taitsuna.

Hearing that instead of catching up with the remnants of Aoki Kazuki, Ninomiya Kanchen licked his face and asked for help, Amano Motomasa suddenly became angry and scolded in front of Mori Motoyasu and Ankokuji, not caring about the face of this younger brother at all.

"The enemy has entered the city, and the pursuit has lost its meaning, go back and tell your lordship, let him quickly withdraw to Fushimi, and don't lose the Maori family again!" Motomasa Amano said unceremoniously to the envoy.

"Sweep the department, don't you plan to take advantage of the situation to capture Duowen Mountain?" Huiqiong, who had just achieved battle exploits, asked curiously.

Motomasa Amano shook his head, and complained: "You calculate, from March 25 to march to Fushimi, it has been twelve days now, and it has taken so long for a small Fushimi Castle, if you attack the strong defense system of Beidai and a month, wouldn't it take a month?" Five days ago, I got the news that the right house had led troops into the lower field, which means that now the three families of the lower field have been eliminated and entered the Aizu place, and the Tokugawa family must have also received a crusade order to take advantage of the situation, and Uesugi and Tokugawa all contained the right house according to the plan, and instead of capturing the Mitoyama and cutting off the Noo corridor, our army lost nearly 9,000 troops in this Fushimi Castle, excluding the 10,000 left in Osaka, and the army that the family can mobilize now is only 27,000 people. With 27,000 people to break through the impregnable wall of Peking University and the defense line, how many people will be left even if they win in the end? The rest of the people went to attack Yudong Mountain Castle again, but the defense line of Guancheng there was not inferior to Beidahe, even if they fought hard to win, I am afraid that only me, the general who could reach Minong, was the only one left, so what was the point? Although I am unwilling, but after all, I can't have both fish and bear's paws, with the current strength of my family, it is really a fantasy to want to capture Yamato and enter Minono, so I quickly sent someone back to inform the lord, and said that the Dahe raider should be put on hold for the time being. ”