Chapter 257: Katori Castle Breaks Blood
While Sabei was talking, Tsuda Nobusumi had already driven the captives and broke through the first line of defense laid out by Katori Castle, the trench. Tsuda Nobusumi's army, which had rushed through the trench, immediately drove the captives towards the gates of Katori Castle.
The captives, who were forced by the spears behind them to run wildly, dared to stop their steps, and could only run towards the front desperately. Some of the women in the captivity gradually fell behind the men because of their physical condition. The men, who had been ostentatious to them in the past, glanced at them in panic and continued to run ahead. As for the captive children, they should lie down in the trenches now!
The backward women watched as they abandoned their husbands, and their bodies, which were still desperately moving their legs, gradually slowed down.
The men who had already abandoned their wives naturally did not look back at the despair in the eyes of the women, and the samurai and ashigaru behind them did not care, and the desperate women knelt on the ground after stopping their steps, and chanted the sentence "Nan no Amitabha!" Then he was stabbed by Ashigaru, who was following closely behind.
Sabei looked at Tsuda Nobusumi, who had already broken through the trench, and said to Suzuki Heavy Industries on the side: "Goroubei, you go up with iron cannons to support Tsuda-sama, and suppress the iron cannons and bows and arrows at the head of Katori Castle!" Saying that, Sabei said to the seahorse Yijia who was standing beside him with a gun: "Yijia, you should also take the bow-wielding people!" ”
Suzuki Heavy Industries and Kaima Yoshiya, who received the order, quickly walked out of the main camp and organized the army under their own management to advance towards Katori Castle.
Watching the two of them leave the main formation, Right Ichisuke withdrew his gaze from the overwhelming Tsuda Nobusumi army, bowed his head and said to Sabei sitting on the wooden pier: "My lord, Lord Tsuda's side has broken through the trench, why did the Lord send Seahorse-sama and Suzuki-sama?" ”
Hearing this, Sabei glanced at Right Ichisuke, and Right Ichisuke instantly understood that he was a little too talkative, and just wanted to apologize to Sabei, he heard Sabei say: "If we don't send iron artillery and bowers, we won't have any merit in the siege after the battle, even if we sacrificed ourselves to lure the enemy before, but it was Tsuda-sama who finally defeated the people." ”
As Sabei's words landed, the people in this formation instantly became excited, and immediately echoed their words. Hearing this, Fujido Gaohu on the side saw another glimmer of light in his eyes, and his body subconsciously moved in the direction of Sabei. Instead, the right one who asked this question bowed his head and did not say a word.
Seeing that some of the captives who had crossed the trench had already run to the gate of Katori Castle, Tsuda Nobusumi let go of the attendants who were protecting him behind him, and ordered to the people beside him: "Ichiban, reward the sword with a sword, and add a hundred times!" After speaking, Tsuda Nobucheng said to the attendant beside him: "Write down the exploits of Changming under the mountain, and remember to remind me when I go back, loyal and brave people, I never skimp on rewards!" ”
When the attendants on the side heard this, they all nodded yes, and then two standing guards stepped forward and carried Yamashita Changming, who had seven or eight arrows stuck in his body and was shot, to the rear. Tsuda Nobusumi was escorted by another attendant, looked at the captives who had been killed by Katori Castle and his troops, sneered, and then ordered his men to launch a full-scale attack on the gates of Katori Castle.
As the iron cannon group led by Suzuki Heavy Industries began to shoot, Sabei said to the people in front of him: "Everyone prepare, after entering the city, there will be a vicious fight!" When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited, and they all geared up, preparing to fight with the people in the city.
Seeing that everyone was so excited, Sabei then added: "We will be the last straw that crushes the crowd, although the amount is not enough, it is the most critical part, don't worry, wait a while!" ”
After hearing the sound of iron cannons that were no longer planned, Tsuda Nobusumi looked back at the Sabei who was guarded by four or five hundred people, smiled, and said to his men: "Speed up the siege!" I must win this battle! ”
After a fierce battle, the castle gate, which was destroyed by the strength of Tsuda Nobusumi's army, could no longer hold on, and collapsed instantly. The samurai who rushed into the city shouted his name, and the gunmu Fu recorded it in his handbook by virtue of the name of the person he heard first!
Stepping on the corpses of countless captives, Nobusumi Tsuda also led his attendants into the city. After the gate of Ninomaru was breached, a group of people who had been on the castle and shooting the enemy troops below the castle quickly evacuated from the castle.
Tsuda Nobusumi was also attacked by a frenzied counterattack by a crowd after rushing into Ninomaru, but in the face of Tsuda Shinsumi's samurai and standing reserves, the crowd seemed so vulnerable that even if they shouted the Buddha name, it was useless in front of the sharp blade.
The group that quickly withdrew to Honmaru wrestled with the stronger Honmaru and Tsuda Nobusumi's forces. Especially when the captives had been exhausted early, the direct casualties of his troops still touched Tsuda Nobusumi's nerves.
Honmaru's iron cannons and bows and arrows have hardly stopped, and Tsuda Nobusumi also had to temporarily hide behind the house with his subordinates to avoid risks, and the iron cannon projectiles don't matter if you are a general or not, as long as they are hit by the vital point, it is basically a dead end.
Nobusumi Tsuda's iron artillery and archers hid behind wooden planks covered with water-soaked bedding, providing a barrier to face to face with the iron artillery and archers of Honmaru. But ammunition is always limited, and it's even lighter.
Suzuki Heavy Industries and Kaima Yoshiie shot all the projectiles and arrows they were carrying early, and hid at the back of the line, watching the Tsuda Iron Artillery Team, the Archers and the Ichijo group firing at each other.
After listening to the report of the samurai sent back by Suzuki Heavy Industries, Sabei smiled, got up and said to the people beside him, "Everyone follow me into the city!" ”
Katori Castle Honmaru saw that Ninomaru's Oda army was suddenly blocked, and after firing at their iron artillery and bow teams, he found that their iron artillery and bow teams had also begun to retreat to the houses on the side.
Seeing that the Oda army's offensive was stagnant, the crowd in Honmaru gradually rose up to counterattack, but they never opened the gate and rushed out. Seeing that his half-real and half-false plan to lure the enemy was unsuccessful, Tsuda Nobusumi said to the attendants behind him: "Go and invite Lord Mingwei who has entered the city!" ”
After seeing Tsuda Nobusumi, Sabei asked Tsuda Nobusumi, "Seven Soldiers, do you still have extra iron cannon powder?" ”
Tsuda Nobusumi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "The iron artillery team should still have about four catties of gunpowder." ”
Hearing this, Sabei asked again, "Is there still a projectile?" ”
After receiving an affirmative answer, Sabei said to Tsuda Nobusumi: "Shichibei, collect these things and give them to me, and leave the matter of breaking the door to me!" ”
Tsuda Nobusumi looked at the back of Sabei leaving, with some expectation and some loss in his heart. The attendants around looked at their distracted lord and asked in a low voice, "Lord, shall I go and prepare the gunpowder and projectiles that Lord Mingwei wants now?" ”
Tsuda Nobusumi came back to his senses, glanced at the attendant beside him who was asking questions, and then scolded him: "Don't go yet!" ”