Burning the sky back to Hengshan and counting the number of peasant soldiers, seven of the peasant soldiers in Jiashan Village were killed and more than a dozen were injured in the previous dogfight. Although there were no casualties, the strength of the Yokoyama Fortress was like a mayfly compared to the Asai coalition army.

Just as the burning sky was worried, the cheers of Yokoyama Castle resounded in the sky. Burning Sky hurriedly climbed up the watchtower and saw the Asai coalition army gradually retreating from under Yokoyama Castle. The retreating Asai coalition forces gradually gathered in the military formation, and when Burning Sky saw it, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he repeatedly speculated in his heart about the next move of the Asai coalition army.

Suddenly, a bold idea popped out of Burning Sky's mind, and Burning Sky hurriedly shouted to the standing guard looking downstairs: "How much gunpowder do you still have on you?" After hearing this, Fushiwa Meijiro who was looking downstairs said to Chang Bei: "Let's see how much gunpowder there is?" Zhong Changbei hurriedly opened the gunpowder jar on his waist, and then reported his estimated amount to Fushiwa Akijiro one by one. After hearing this, Fushiwa Akijiro calculated it himself and reported the total amount of gunpowder to the Burning Sky who was watching the enemy's situation.

After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately said to Fushiwa Akijiro: "Akijiro, collect all the gunpowder together, I have another use." Then he hurried down from the watchtower and said to the Haima Yijia who was giving a lecture to the peasants: "Come here, I have something to ask you." ”

After hearing this, the Haima Yijia once again lectured to the peasants: "We can only live up to the name of the Koyamada Ichishi clan in Koshu by fighting to the death." After listening to the words of the Kaima Yoshika, Burning Sky was quite curious about his identity as "Koshu Koyamada". But before Burning Sky could ask the Seahorse Yijia in detail, the Seahorse Yijia turned to Burning Sky and asked, "What did the Lord call me?"

At this time, Burning Sky hurriedly asked the Seahorse Yijia: "This Qi is built by the Yi family, I don't know what the weakness of this Qi is?" After hearing this, the Haima Yijia was a little confused, and lowered his head to the burning sky and asked, "My lord, this is the work of hard work, why do you ask this?" ”

Burning Sky didn't have time to explain to the Seahorse Family, so he said loudly to the Seahorse Family: "Don't ask the Why, answer my question quickly." The Seahorse Yijia glanced up at the Burning Sky, and then bowed his head again and said, "This is a small land, and it is built on a low mountain and surrounded by a large army. ”

Burning Sky was shocked when he heard this, and said to the Seahorse Yijia, "Is this shortcoming easy for the enemy to discover?" After hearing this, the Seahorse Yijia was a little disappointed, bowed his head and said to the burning sky: "If it is Lord Asai, this shortcoming will not escape the eyes of Lord Asai. As soon as Fushiwa Akijiro gathered all the gunpowder together, he said to Fushiwa Akijiro, "Akijiro will bring gunpowder with me and go with me." ”

Then the two men rushed out of the barracks with their weapons and gunpowder canisters, and ran towards the dry grass and bushes at the bottom of the low hill. While leaving Fushiwa Akijiro on guard, he sprinkled the two catties of gunpowder he had collected into a patch of dead grass that connected the dry grass and the low trees on the mountain.

Burning Sky then estimated the distance from here to Yokoyama on the mountain, and then said to Fushiwa Akijiro: "Akijiro, you follow me to the Asai coalition army formation to find out!" After hearing this, Fushiwa Meijiro bowed his head and said to the burning sky: "My lord, I think it is better for my lord to return to the temple first." After hearing this, Burning Sky said to Fuyu Mingjiro: "Knowing yourself and knowing your opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles, Mingjiro don't say much, follow me to the enemy army to explore!" ”

After speaking, Burning Sky waved his hand at Fushiwa Akijiro, and with his naginata, he touched the vicinity of the Asai military formation. Fushiwa Mingjiro saw that the burning sky had run away quickly, and hurriedly chased after the burning sky with a sword.

Touching the two people near the Asai coalition military formation, they hid their bodies through the bushes and looked towards the Asai military formation, only to see some of the samurai and ashigaru in the Asai army eating, but there were samurai and ashigaru guarding around. Burning Sky smiled and whispered to Fushiwa Akijiro, "I saw that Omi no Takashi was quite impressed by the Battle of Barrel Sasama, so I'll return to Yokoyama later." Then the two turned and quietly withdrew from the bushes, and galloped all the way back to the Hengshan Ridge.

When the people in the Hengshan Fortress saw the Burning Sky coming back, they immediately opened the gate of the Burning Sky, and the Seahorse Yijia immediately stepped forward to the Burning Sky and asked, "My lord, collect the gunpowder, if the Asai coalition forces attack the Hengshan Fortress, how can the Standing Artillery resist the enemy with iron cannons?"

After hearing this, Burning Sky said to the anxious Seahorse Yijia: "The Yijia doesn't need to worry, I still have one more thing to ask you about now." ”

After a rest, the Asai coalition was reorganized. The ashigaru who had just eaten and trimmed slowly got up and converged towards their samurai headquarters, while the samurai of Asai were holding sharp swords and yelled at the somewhat grinding ashigaru, "Bastard, hurry up! ”

Asai Nagamasa sat in the main formation, pointed at the small stone next to Yokoyama Castle with his military ration and said: "Ryo kin, you lead the iron cannon and the two hundred Kaga disciples to smooth that small stone from my eyes, and you lead the family flag and a thousand ashigaru to attack Yokoyama Castle, and be sure to break the Ninomaru of Yokoyama Castle before dark." ”

Then the dull sound of the conch came from the Asai military array, and two groups of men and horses rushed out of the Asai military array, each rushing towards the direction of Hengshan Castle and Hengshan Qiang. The sound of golden chimes rang from Yokoyama Castle, and the samurai and ashigaru in the castle immediately got up from the ground and returned to their respective posts with their weapons, while the peasant soldiers who were summoned by Kinoshita Hideyoshi couldn't help but tremble as they looked at the more than 1,000 people who pressed up.

Burning Sky looked at the black pressure of the army coming towards him in the watchtower, and said to the people under him: "The peasant soldiers are ready to bow and bow, and they are always standing behind the door with two guns!" Then Kaima Yoshiya took the peasant soldiers of Kozan to climb the wall, looked at the Asai coalition army that was gradually pressing down at the foot of the mountain, and shouted at the burning air: "My lord, the enemy army is the iron cannon of the Asai family and Kaga Ichichi!" After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately said to the Seahorse Yijia: "Peasant soldiers, go down the wall quickly, beware of the enemy's iron cannon!" ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi in Yokoyama Castle looked at the more than 1,000 enemy troops gradually pressing down under the castle, and asked Takenaka Hanbei, "Hanbei, do we want to give up Ninomaru and introduce the enemy into Ninomaru?" The Takenaka half-guard looked at the Asai army not far away, and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "The time has not yet come for the lord, I need to wait patiently for a while!" ”

Then Kinoshita Hideyoshi asked in a low voice to the Takenaka half-guard, "Can Meishamen be killed from the encirclement of the Asai army?" The Takenaka Hanbei pressed the sword on his waist with his left hand, and pointed at Yokoyama with his right hand and said, "Let's look at the intersection of the young eagle and the eagle, who can be better." After that, Takenaka Hanbei said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "My lord, the reinforcements of Shibata-sama and Niwa-sama have not moved for a long time, and I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. ”

After hearing this, Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to Takenaka Hanbei with his bitterly distorted facial features: "Now let's keep Yokoyama Castle first, and then make other plans!" ”