"My lord, Tozawa Moritsuna is here," Kuroda Iekan entered the tent outside Umezawa Castle and said to Tsugawa Soji in the Tsugawa family's main camp. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Let him in," Soji Tsugawa said, nodding.

"Hi"

After a short time, Tozawa Moritsuna entered the tent.

"I've met Tsugawa-sama!" Tozawa Moritsuna knelt on the ground and said loudly.

"Lord Tozawa, please get up!" Soji Tsugawa said with a smile.

"Hey!" Tozawa Moritsuna stood up and said, "Lord Tsukawa, this attack on Umezawa Castle has already led 120 people from Ashigaru. Tozawa Masaki was still on his way to this place because Yodogawa Castle was far away from here. ”

Tozawa Moritsuna is the uncle of Tozawa Michimori, the cousin of Tozawa Masashige, who is in the prime of life and has a son, Tozawa Moriyoshi. I always thought that Tozawa Moritsuna would defend Tazawa Castle and defend the Spo family in the east and the various wealthy clans in Iwate County for the Tozawa family.

"Well, with Tozawa-sama's help, it will be easier to take Umezawa Castle." Soji Tsugawa said politely.

"Lord Tozawa, please take a seat."

"Hi"

After Tozawa Moritsuna sat down cross-legged, Soji Tsugawa cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, Umezawa Castle is close at hand now, but Miki Naogo and Tozawa Masashige and others have not yet arrived, so they are not busy attacking Umezawa Castle for the time being. ”

"Let's discuss how to capture Umezawa Castle first."

Hearing Tsugawa Soji's words, Kuroda Iekane, who had just sat down, hurriedly said, "My lord, the enemy army has already caged the city. Although Umezawa Castle is strong, after all, the defenders only have 300 people, so it is easy to capture Umezawa Castle. ”

"The subordinates asked to take the lead, and also asked the lord to send Yoshikawa Hiroya and Nagano Masahi as subordinates, and the subordinates will definitely capture Umezawa Castle." Kuroda said in a firm tone.

Soji Tsugawa said speechlessly, "Mabei, fighting is not only less than many people, how to reduce the loss of our family is something we should consider." With such a strong attack of yours, even if the family captures Umezawa Castle, the casualties of Ashigaru will be very large. ”

"Hi," Kuroda replied helplessly.

Soharu Tsugawa continued, "Did Lord Tozawa know about the situation in Umezawa Castle? ”

Tozawa Moritsuna nodded and said, "Lord Tsukawa, I once served as the representative of Umezawa Castle, and I still know a lot about Umezawa Castle. ”

"Umezawa Castle was built in 1350 in the 5th year of Shohei, and it was originally built as the foundation of the family. Later, after the main family seized Komatsuyama Castle, they moved the headquarters to Komatsuyama Castle, so Umezawa Castle was abandoned from then on. ”

"Later, the Spo family invaded the house, and in order to defend against the invasion of the Spo family, the family rebuilt Umezawa Castle. Since then, it has been constantly improving the defense facilities of Umezawa Castle and expanding it. It was not until the construction of Tazawa Castle was completed. Tozawa Moriyoshi said that Umezawa Castle was proud.

"The Honmaru and Ninomaru of Umezawa Castle are constructed in the Rinkaku style, (Rinkaku style, just like the manzi "Hui", the Honmaru is in the middle, and the outer layer is the Ninomaru, and then the Sannomaru surrounds the Honmaru in the middle. ), so if you want to attack the castle tower of Umezawa Castle, you need to attack Sannomaru first, then Ninomaru, and then attack Honmaru. (Honmaru: "Generally, if Honmaru is captured, it means that the castle is lost.) ”）”

"But Umezawa Castle has complete defense facilities, and Umezawa Castle has two out of the city, one south and one north. Two walkers out of the city have four curling wheels, each of which can accommodate 20 archers. Outside the city, the crown wooden door is used, but the position of the tiger's mouth is curved (tiger's mouth: that is, the entrance and exit of the door, and the tiger's mouth is generally used to describe the narrowness and difficulty of this place. ), which is very detrimental to the offense. ”

"Moreover, there is an independent water source in Umezawa Castle, and it is impossible to cut off the water source of Umezawa Castle. Therefore, if you want to capture Umezawa Castle, you can only attack it. Tozawa Moritsuna said bitterly.

"Assault?" Soji Tsugawa glanced at the unhappy Kuroda Iekane, and continued to ask, "But if we attack strongly, the losses of our army will definitely be very large." ”

Tozawa Moritsuna nodded and said, "Tozawa Masayasu and Hanagu Mori only need two separate guards for the two out of Umezawa Castle, and they can block our army from the outside of the city, and the archers in the city will cause us a lot of damage at that time." ”

Soji Tsugawa said unwillingly, "Isn't there any other way than to attack?" ”

Tozawa Moritsuna shook his head and said, "There is no way, but to attack." ”

At this time, Yoshikawa Hiroya on the side suddenly spoke: "Lord, why don't you let your subordinates and Lord Kuroda launch a wave of offensive first, and then make a final decision after seeing the specific situation?" ”

Soji Tsugawa thought about it and felt that it could only be like this, so he said, "Okay, that's the only way." ”

As he spoke, an ashigaru reported from outside the tent, "My lord, Lord Miki Naogo and Masato Tozawa have already felt it. ”

Then, Naogo Miki and Masashige Tozawa walked into the tent.

"I've seen the lord (Tsugawa-sama)," the two saluted.

"Hmm," Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "Let's take a seat first." ”

"Hi"

Then Tsugawa Soji explained the situation that had just been discussed, and explained the situation that had just been discussed, and then said loudly, "Kuroda Iekane! ”

"The subordinates are here!" Kuroda Iekane said excitedly.

"Ordered you to lead a team of Ashigaru to try to attack Umezawa Castle first." Soji Tsugawa said, "Yoshikawa Hiroka, you bring a team of Ashigaru to assist, if things are not right, retreat at speed, and you can't fight." ”

"Hey!" Kuroda and Yoshikawa Hiroke hurriedly replied.

"Masahei Nagano, Yoshimori Totoki, the two of you will lead a team of archers to suppress the formation for the Kuroda family and the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family, and suppress the archers in the city." Soji Tsugawa continued.

"Hi"

"The battle begins!"

"Hi"

Inside Umezawa Castle, a ashigaru hurried to the castle tower.

"My lord, the Tsugawa family is attacking!" Ashigaru said breathlessly.

Tozawa stood up and asked, "How is the enemy army?" Where is the attack? ”

"Back to my lord, the two teams of the enemy army are attacking the south and north of the city respectively." Ashigaru replied.

Tozawa Zhengan nodded, turned around and said to the Flower Drum Sheng Qin behind him, "Lord Flower Drum, you immediately lead the troops to defend the north of the city, I am responsible for guarding the south of the city, be sure to hold the enemy's offensive, and drag it until tomorrow!" ”

"Hi"

.........

"Kill!" "Rush!"

Ashigaru, under the command of the Kuroda family and commander, rushed towards the castle in the southern part of Umezawa Castle. Masahei Nagano led a small group of archers to follow.

After coming out of the city, he looked at the crown wooden gate not far away, Kuroda Iekane, drew his sword, and said loudly, "Attack!" ”。 Although it was a tentative attack, Kuroda Iekan still hoped to attack the castle in one fell swoop, as long as he could capture this out of the castle, the back of Sannomaru and Ninomaru would be relatively simple.

"Kill!"

"Shoot the arrows!" "Hurry up and release the arrows!" On the edge of the castle, the two curved wheels on the left and the right were filled with archers from Umezawa Castle, and under the command of a samurai, the Ashigaru of the Chaotsugawa family, which was densely packed with arrows, flew in.

From time to time, the sound of a bow and arrow hitting a plank was heard. This is the "wooden tree" used to defend against bows and arrows during sieges. When Ashigaru was attacking the castle, he would hold this wooden pole and place it outside the castle, which was actually a wooden board to defend against arrows.

However, this kind of wooden tree is not used as a shield for battle, but only used to defend against bows and arrows on the offensive road, and after approaching the city wall, it will be placed on the ground and will abandon the wooden tree to continue the siege. And this wooden canopy will become a protective measure for the archers who will cover the siege troops later.

The ashigaru men of the Tsugawa family slowly approached the walls of Umezawa Castle with wooden trees in hand, and the archers on the curved wheel were still shooting arrows. Even with the cover of the wooden tree, there are still many Tsukawa family's ashigaru unlucky arrows that fall to the ground.

The Kuroda family, protected by several flags, also joined the attack, and it wasn't long before the Tsugawa family's ashigaru men approached the castle. Umezawa Castle is a flat castle, and although the wooden walls of Sannomaru are not high, there is a moat, and attacking from under the moat is attacking from the bottom up. In this way, the topography of Umezawa Castle was raised vigorously.