Letting go of the good times but not attacking the city, even Aoki Kazuki couldn't help but wonder: "What exactly does the Maori army want to do, why do you rest during the day and attack the city at night, is it the tired enemy strategy of the Amano sweeper?" ”

Under the tense situation of confrontation between the two sides, the sun set again, and countless bonfires reflected the sky red, but the city was quiet compared to the hustle and bustle outside the city. After eight days of bloody fighting, each soldier was physically and mentally exhausted, and despite the best efforts to reduce the number of hand-to-hand battles, the Maori army's several attacks still consumed nearly half of its strength, and the last count of the number of men before the sun went down showed that there were less than 1,800 men still in combat strength. The Mori family's war of attrition was more deadly than the battle of defense, and Aoki inferred that if this continued, the castle would fall within ten days.

It is not only the Toyotomi generals who know the truth in the castle, but of course Katsutoshi Kinoshita, who is based on Ninomaru.

"Half of the troops have been lost, and the Maori army is getting more and more fierce, and it seems that it is really impossible to hold it." Katsutoshi Kinoshita's thin body was reflected in the candlelight, casting an equally thin black shadow on the tatami mat.

"My lord, what do you mean......" asked the waiting side.

"That's not what I meant," Katsutoshi Kinoshita interrupted nervously, "That's what Kodaiin meant!" This letter was written by the High Terrace Temple, and all I did was to obey her will. ”

"Yes, yes, it's the villain who lost his word." Approaching the side, he hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Then according to what Fang just said, reply to the Maori sweeping department." Katsutoshi Kinoshita carefully folded the letter that had been shot into the city and carried it into his arms, and with this physical evidence, even neither side would dare to touch his life in the future.

Just after midnight, one of Kinoshita's retainers climbed the wall and quickly shot a reply into the Maori circle.

The first to get the reply was Ankokuji Huiqiong, who trotted all the way to Amano's Motomasa's main camp and happily handed him the letter.

Motomasa Amano calmly finished reading the letter and said lightly: "Pay attention to the arrow of Ninomaru tomorrow night. As long as the arrow is on fire, it is the time for you to make meritorious contributions. ”

That night, in order not to make Aoki suspicious, the Maori army once again hit the superior forces to attack the Zhibu Qulun, but this time the Maori army was somewhat "absent-minded", hastily organized two rounds of general attacks and then Mingjin withdrew the troops, everyone knows that tomorrow night is the real big battle.

For a whole day on April 6, Motomasa Amano shuttled from camp to barracks, constantly cheering for the army that had been trapped under the city for ten days. Although only the main generals knew about the plans for the night, the sergeants were all inspired by Amano Motomasa, and the crowd was excited, roaring to fight Fushimi's defenders to the death, this kind of noise and shouting was exactly what Amano wanted to see the most, in his eyes, only such a bloody soldier was worthy of being a sergeant of the Maori family.

Late that night, at the same point in time as yesterday, the Maori Army again launched an attack on the Zhibu Qulun. However, this time the number of troops was reduced a lot, and the 10,000 soldiers led by Ankokuji Huiqiong quietly lay in ambush outside Ninomaru, waiting for a signal from inside the city.

Just after the early hours of the morning, the Maori army finally waited for the signal they wanted, and a fire broke out from an arrow loaf near Otateguchi, Ninomaru, and the sky was lit up with flames. Katsutoshi Kinoshita in the castle finally couldn't bear the pressure and succumbed to the coercion of the Maori army.

"Don't act rashly just yet!" Ankokuji Huiqiong instructed the generals of each army, "Wait for Major General Wakasa to blow a hole in the city wall, and our army will attack from there." ”

It didn't take long for Huiqiong of Anguosi to finish speaking. I only heard a muffled sound of "boom", and a section of the city wall next to Otekou collapsed in response, and a two-meter-long gap suddenly came into everyone's eyes.

"It's time. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the time to make a contribution! Anguo Temple Huiqiong's excitement was beyond words, as a monk, such words came out of her mouth, it really made people cry. With the order of Anguo Temple, the forward of 2,000 people rushed to the gap under the rain of bullets and rushed into the city.

"My lord, the arrow oars in the east are on fire!" At this time, Tsunasa Sano, who was guarding Oteguchi, received a return from the envoy.

"I guess I was hit by a shell from outside the city, after all, there was a lot of gunpowder in it." Sano Tsunamasa was speaking, but was shocked by the sudden shout, he quickly climbed up the arrow oar on the west side of Oteguchi, followed the sound and looked to the east, only to see that the city wall not far from the city gate had cracked a hole, the Maori army was constantly fighting from outside the city, dozens of soldiers were fighting hard, but still could not resist the Maori army's attack, not only that, the Maori army that entered the city was reduced to zero, respectively, to Taiko Maru, Nishinomaru, Uemon Captain Koro, Jibu Koro, for a while, Most of Ninomaru became the bridgehead of the Maori army, and the army outside the castle relied on it to slaughter inside the castle.

"Traitor, there must be a traitor!" Tsunade Sanno hurriedly ran down the arrow turret and asked in a hurry, "Who is in charge of guarding the town?!" ”

"Lord Kaiyu, it's Major General Wakasa!"

"Bastard, something that is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Tsunamasa Sano immediately ordered the war horse to be brought in from the side, jumped up, grasped the reins in one hand and drew the sword in the other, and roared angrily: "We have served three generations of Toyotomi lords (Hideyoshi, Hideji, and Hideho), how can we let such a villain insult a lifetime of fame?" Come with me and drive the rebels out of Fushimi! ”

"Drink!" Under the order of Tsunamasa Sano, the remaining hundred or so sergeants immediately rushed into the rolling torrent of the Maori army, trying to use their own flesh and blood to drive the 4,000 enemy troops who had already rushed into the city out of Fushimi.

However, the battle situation was out of control like a burst of embankment, and Sano Tsunamasa alone was no longer able to stop the attack of the Maori army, and more than 100 people were instantly drowned in the sea of people, and the head of Sanno Tsunamasa was unknowingly taken by the samurai, leaving only a headless corpse lying next to Oteguchi - there was still some distance from the gap.

With the loss of Ninomaru, Taikomaru, who had the least number of troops, also fell in an instant, and Naosumi Nakae, who had worked tirelessly to bring reinforcements from Ise, also became a ghost. Immediately afterwards, the right emon captain Qulun, Nagoya Maru, and Nishinomaru fell one after another, and in addition to Hirano Nagayasu, who tried his best to break through and retreat into Honmaru, Mitsuyoshi Terada, and Shigetoki Suzuki, who guarded Nishinomaru, were all killed in battle.

In less than an hour, except for Matsunomaru, the outer positions of the main pill were all cleared, and the Jibu Qulun, which has always been the focus, was isolated at this time, even though more than 1,000 troops were concentrated, but in the face of tens of thousands of Maori troops, after all, they could not escape the fate of the annihilation of the whole army, and the general who defended the city, Aoki Dingju, committed suicide by seppuku - this is the only remaining nephew of Aoki Ichiju, his brother Aoki Hiroki died in the battle in Kihata Mountain a few days ago.

Since Matsunomaru, which was connected to Honmaru, went straight to the north of the city, Hirano Nagatai, who had broken through into the city, repeatedly persuaded Aoki Kazuki to break through from there, and there was only 5,000 troops led by Ninomiya Yuchen, and there might be a chance to escape.

"Yuanjiang Shou, we are also old acquaintances." Aoki sat quietly on the tatami mat of the palace and said to Hirano Nagatai, who was physically and mentally exhausted.

Hirano Nagatai nodded and said with emotion, "During the Battle of Shidake, it was your subordinate. ”

"My lord is too modest," Aoki smiled, "The prestige of the seven guns of the old man has never been able to look up to him, this time you can help me defend the city, the old man is very pleased, now that the city is about to break, please take Juzhen to break through together." ”

"Won't you follow me to break through?" Hirano Nagatai was taken aback.

"The old man is here to buy time for you and the others, otherwise no one will be able to escape!"

"But you've lost two nephews, and I can't bear to let you die for you." As he spoke, Hirano Nagatai sighed heavily.

"Guangju and Dingju were both killed in battle, and I can't explain to my brother anymore, only in this way can I have a little peace of mind! Juzhen's parents died early, and if you are lucky enough to take him to break through, tell him that he will be passed on to my brother's branch, which can be regarded as preserving the family name. After speaking, Aoki stood up, walked slowly to the corridor, looked up at the night sky filled with gunsmoke, and said in a deep voice: "Without further ado, Yuanjiang Shou should leave quickly!" (To be continued, please search, better update faster!)