"The people of the Tsukawa family are really not a thing!" Hideji Fiftyme stood outside the Yamahonkan Castle, looking at the Honke Ashigaru who was struggling to climb the Yamahonkan castle wall, and cursed Akechi Mitsuhisa and the others fiercely in his heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Miura's face on the side is also not good-looking.

The two of them originally thought that this attack on the Yamamoto Pavilion would be able to gain some benefits behind the powerful Tsukawa family. However, when the two of them arrived outside the Yamamotokan Castle with their respective forces, Akechi Mitsuhisa told them to lead Ashigaru as the vanguard of the siege and take the lead in attacking the Yamamotokan.

Suddenly, Hideji Fiftyme and Miura Moriji were stunned. The hundreds of elites of your Jinchuan family are not light, so you actually let us little wealthy people take the lead, and there is still a little bit of discipline?

Of course, these two can only think about it in their hearts, after all, the powerful Tsugawa family is not something that the current two families can provoke. finally hugged the thigh of the Tsugawa family, how could he easily offend the important ministers of the Tsugawa family. Thinking of Jiacheng Jiqing, who was besieged in the city at this time, the two of them secretly congratulated themselves in their hearts that they had made the right choice.

Thinking of this, the two of them swept away the haze in their hearts, and hurriedly organized the ashigaru under their command to start preparing to attack the Yamamoto Pavilion.

The Ichime family is 4,100 stone high, and the Miura family is 3,900 stone, and both families sent 200 peasant soldiers this time. There were 400 people in the two families combined, and although the number was far less than the 700 defenders in Yamamotokan, it was enough if it was only a tentative attack.

However, when the troops under their command really began to attack the castle walls, Hideji Igome and Moriki Miura realized that they were completely wrong.

"Lord Fifty-eye, this Tsugawa family is letting us feint, it's just letting us go to death. In less than two quarters of an hour, the family has already lost more than 10 ashigaru. Miura Shengji said anxiously to Hideji Fifty beside him.

Hideji Fiftyme also said with a heavy face, "Who knew that the Yamamoto Pavilion was so difficult to fight, and the family has now suffered more than ten casualties, and if it continues to fight, it will only add casualties." ”

"Then retreat, shall we?" Miura said tentatively.

Hideji Fiftyme thought for a moment, then sighed, "Hey! Hold on for a while, if we withdraw in such a short time, in case Wise Mitsuhisa mistakenly thinks that we are not doing our best, it will be troublesome. ”

Miura Moriki suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed at the castle tower of Yamamotokan, and shouted, "Archer! Suppress the enemy forces on the towers of the castle for me! ”

"Hah!"

As soon as Miura's words fell, twenty or thirty archers suddenly ran out of the Miura family's reserve team and began to release arrows towards Yamamoto Pavilion in a disorderly manner. I don't know if there are really arrows hitting the enemies in the city, but this is the only thing Miura can do at the moment.

On the upper floor of Yamamotokan Castle, Kitei Hirotake and Kasei Kiyoshi respectively led their respective forces to resist the Ashigaru of the Miura family and the Fiftyme family who were besieging the castle. Shimizu Masayoshi stood quietly in the rear and watched the situation on the battlefield closely.

When he saw the archers of the Miura family outside the castle start to shoot arrows at the castle tower, a samurai of the Andong family strode up to Shimizu Masayoshi and said loudly, "Shimizu-sama, the enemy archers have been dispatched, are we going to fight back?" ”

The one who spoke was a head of Ashigaru named Musashi Kojiro under the command of Shimizu Masayoshi, and he was also the samurai who currently commanded all the archers in Yamahonkan Castle.

"Kojiro, against the Ashigaru of the Miura family and the Fiftyme family, you don't need archers to play. Don't you see? In terms of the current strength of the enemy's attack, it is only a tentative attack. At this time, it is pointless to expose the archers of the family. Shimizu Masayoshi said slowly, "It's better to wait for the Tsugawa family's troops to launch a general attack, and then release this surprise." ”

"What your lord says is very true!" After saying that, Musashi Kojiro also stood beside Shimizu Masayoshi and watched the battle on the castle tower.

However, without the support of the archers, the peasant soldiers of the Fifty and Miura families were also uncomfortable.

The unique geographical environment of Yamamoto Pavilion made the peasants and soldiers who besieged the city suffer a lot. The castle wall of Yamamotokan has a slope of 60 degrees, and it is extremely difficult to climb the castle wall. When they were about to climb up to the castle tower, the spears in the hands of the Ashigaru of the Anton family pierced from the castle tower, harvesting the lives of the peasants and soldiers to their heart's content.

Half an hour later, the attacks of the Fifty Eyes and Miura families finally stopped. The peasants and soldiers of the two families retreated like a tide, and for the Yamamoto Pavilion, the peasants and soldiers of the two families never wanted to set foot in it again.

After Miura Moriki and Hideji Igme withdrew their troops, they came to the main camp of Akechi Mitsuhisa with their own hearts.

Seeing that Miura Moriki and Hideji Fiftyme were back, Akechi Mitsuhisa said with a smile on his face, "Two adults, how is the siege going?" ”

Seeing the smile on Akechi Mitsuhisa's face, Miura Shengji and Hideji Fiftyme couldn't smile at all. After more than half an hour of attack, the two families lost nearly 40 peasant soldiers. After all, it is a small wealthy family, far less powerful than the Tsugawa family, and the casualties of 40 peasant soldiers are enough to break the bones of the two wealthy families.

"Wise lord, the defense of the Yamamoto Pavilion is very strong, and the morale of the Ashigaru of the Anto family is also excellent, and in just half an hour's attack, the main family and the Miura family lost nearly 40 peasant soldiers." Hideji Fiftyme said with a sad face.

Akechi Mitsuhisa was also surprised, "I didn't expect that just a tentative attack could cause so many casualties, if we really launched a full-scale attack on Yamamotokan, wouldn't the casualties be even greater?" ”

"Strangely, though, the archers in the siege city in the past would unleash their arrows to slow down the siege. But it is strange that the archers in Yamamotokan did not react when we attacked the castle today. Miura Shengji said suspiciously.

Tozawa Moritsuna, who was on the side, continued, "Could it be that there are no archers in the city?" ”

"No!" Hideji Fiftyme said affirmatively, "Let's not talk about the strength of the Andong family for the time being, as far as I know, there are dozens of archers in the Jiacheng family. Therefore, although it is not known why the archers in the city did not release their arrows, it is impossible that there are no archers in the city. ”

"That's it!" Akechi Guangjiu interrupted the discussion of several people, "Let's ignore the archers for now, let's talk about how to attack the city next." ”

"Lord Fifty-eyed, when you attacked the city today, did you find a weak place in the city?" Akechi Mitsuhisa asked suddenly.

Hideji Fiftyme thought for a moment, and then said, "Since Yamahonkan only has the east side for us to attack, most of the enemy forces in the castle are concentrated in the east. According to intelligence, the number of enemy troops in the city was at least around 700. Therefore, the defense on the east side of the city is the strongest. ”

"As for the west side of the Yamahonkan, there is a rocky mountain, so you can't attack it. There are also the Maiyo River and the Kamiiwa River to the north and south of the castle, and there is only a small amount of open space for our Ashigaru to storm the castle. Hideji Igme continued.

After Hideji Fiftyme finished speaking, Akechi Mitsuhisa nodded and said, "In that case, tomorrow Fiftyme-sama and Miura-sama will lead an army to feint to attack the east side of the castle." Masato Tozawa and Lord Tozawa Moritsuna attacked the north and south sides of the castle, respectively. Although this is not conducive to the deployment of siege forces, it is at least a breakthrough! ”

"I will personally lead the troops to sit in the rear and send troops to support your battle at any time!" Akechi Mitsuhisa continued.