Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of war are ringing in unison.

Outside the Honmaru of Atsushiga Mountain Castle, there is a thick wooden defense line, and behind it is a neat Hosokawa army, ready to attack the castle at any time!

The Tsukawa army was also in strict formation in the Honmaru, and the iron cannon Ashigaru hid in the turret, looking nervously at the Hosokawa army opposite.

The main building in the innermost part of the castle is usually the residence of the castle lord and the military and political center, and the castle tower is generally built in the main building.

The Honmaru of Atsu-Shiga Yamajo Castle is built on the top of the mountain and is shaped like a centipede according to the shape of the mountain, with the head as the entrance, the gate as a thickened multi-gate turret, and the corner as a double turre, which is connected by a ferry turret.

Most of the wooden buildings on the castle are called "turrets", which were originally used as warehouses to store arrows, and later were widely used in city defense, so that they could hide soldiers from aerial attacks. Its architectural characteristics are similar to the shape of a tower, so it is completely possible to call the oar a tower, for example, the arrow oar is the arrow tower (the tower has a roof).

Moreover, the oars are not simply raised from the ground, and the builders often pile up some stones to increase the height of the city defense, and the oars are built on these stones.

The multi-door oar, for the multi-door long house structure of the oar, and the corner oar and the corner oar connected between the flat oar, also known as the ferry oar, the corner oar, the double oar, the flat oar, that is, the three-layer, two-layer, one-layer oar. The flat oars are equipped with iron cannon firing ports, and the corner oars and door oars are equipped with panes for long-range attacks or to observe the enemy. In addition, the lower part of the corner oar and the door oar has added a "stone fall", which can fall both stone and water.

The triple turret is one of the largest buildings in the castle, and the largest turret in the castle is the "castle tower", which means "guardian of the gods high above". A typical castle tower has at least three floors, and may have up to seven floors, but their exterior often does not match the actual inner structure, due to the fact that the castle tower's basement is buried deep under a stone wall, and the number of floors above the ground is different from the number of floors seen from the outside.

In fact, starting from Honmaru, it can also be seen as an independent small city, and the biggest difference between him and Ninomaru and Sannomaru is the castle defense. The castle defense of Honmaru is all turrets, that is, there is volume inside and a roof in the upper part. The fortifications of Ninomaru and Sannomaru are all walls, which can be simply understood as a wall, such as earth walls and wooden walls.

The opening of the shooting port on the pier is called a narrow opening, and sometimes some stones are piled up under the pier to increase its own height, and there are some obstacles such as dog walking.

"Iron cannon ready!" Hosokawa Iron Cannon adjusted his position, hid behind the plank line, and raised his gun to aim at Honmaru's turret.

Tsuda looked back at the handsome flag in the distance, and sitting below was the former army general Hosokawa Toshimaru, waiting for the order.

Hosokawa Senimaru looked at the only gate of the Honmaru with his eyes level, thoughtfully.

He knew that this must be a tiger's mouth, and he was reviewing whether there was any omission in the offensive deployment.

Clever Pill was right, this was indeed a fang-shaped tiger's mouth, but behind it there were two gates, true and false, one leading to the Honmaru Castle and the other to the bottomless cliff. Even if you enter the real second gate, it is a winding alley surrounded by high turrets.

At the end of the road is the four-story castle tower, the last stronghold of Atsu-Shiga Mountain Castle.

"My lord, our army is ready, do you give the order to attack?" Motomasa Asai looked at the time and respectfully asked Senakamaru.

"Well, offense." Senchomaru nodded, his tone was flat, and he gave the order for a general attack.

"Attack!" Motomasa Asai turned around and yelled at the herald.

Woo... Woo... The herald sounded the horn of the attack.

"Shoot!" Tsuda roared as such, and raised his hand to shoot it.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The iron cannons roared in unison, and a large number of projectiles flew towards the city defense oars.

Cracking sound... It hit the city wall with a sound like popping beans, and the Tsugawa iron cannon Ashigaru hid behind the wall.

"Archery!" Order.

Airplanes! Airplanes! Airplanes! Hosokawa bows are lined up in three columns, and three salvos are fired, forming a unique rainbow bridge.

Ding-bang... Arrows rained down on the top of the oar, on the alley inside the Honmaru.

"Shoot!"

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The second round of iron cannons fired in unison, followed by the third round!

Behind each large plank were three iron gunners, who fired alternately, forming a continuous three-stage cycle.

"Forward!" Tadashi Akai led the attack, he is the nephew of Naomasa Akai and the head of the Akai family.

"Oh!" The front row held a bamboo shield aloft and slowly stepped out of the open passage.

Stompe... Stompe... The Akai team was also transferred from the Hosokawa Nakagawa Army, and Hosokawa Nobumoto removed the reserves of the previous army, which had suffered heavy losses, and replaced them with a new new force.

"Shoot!" Seeing that the Hosokawa army was attacking, Minohe Harumasa immediately gave the order to block the attack.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The Tsugawa Iron Artillery Team began firing from the Sasama Pass in the turret.

Cracking sound... The projectiles kept hitting the planks and hitting the bamboo shields.

Burst! "Ugh!" An Akai ashi fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, and there was a bloody hole in his left eye.

"Onward! Keep moving! "Akai Tadashi is in command of the team, and this is just the beginning.

"Open the pane!" Nobunaka Kunohe was in charge of guarding the gate, and he saw the rapid approach of the Hosokawa army through the observation holes in the multi-gate turrets.

Click... With a click, the planks on the pane were opened one by one, and a tall iron cannon sticked out of the window.

"Shoot!" Nobunaka Kunohe roared.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Dense projectiles shot out, hitting the bamboo shield with a crackling sound.

Puff puff! "Uhhh The Tsugawa iron cannon was condescending, and many projectiles crossed the bamboo shield and hit the ashigaru in the back row, and fell down on the spot.

"Hold it high! The bamboo bundle shield will lift me high! Akai Tadashi shouted loudly.

"Yes!" Holding the bamboo shield of the foot lightly gritted his teeth, and then sent the bamboo shield upward, in this way, because the center of gravity is up, it will be more difficult to hold.

"Move the Igazaki Iron Artillery Team up and aim for multiple turrets! Suppress the shot! Seeing that the enemy's fire was fierce, Senimaru immediately rushed to the side of Asai Motomasa and said that he had been observing the enemy's situation.

"Yes!" Asai Motomasa lowered the leader's order, then turned around and shouted at Igazaki Michishun who was waiting not far away.

"Attack!" Michishun Igazaki immediately led the reserve into battle.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The thousand-man iron artillery team fired in one round!

Cracking sound! Cracking sound! The gunfire was like splashing water, directly covering the entire wall.

Puff puff! Quite a few projectiles passed through the panes and hit the people inside.

"Uhhh The Tsugawa Iron Cannon Ashigaru was beaten by this round of volleys, and more than a dozen people fell, and those who were not dead were still wailing on the ground.

"Carry the wounded down! Keep shooting! Fast! As soon as Nobunaka Kunohe saw the approaching Hosokawa army, he gritted his teeth and could only fight hard.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! This time it was the turn of the Tsugawa Iron Cannon to roar.

Puff puff! "Uhhh The Akai team fell another large group, and the closer they got, the more casualties they inflicted.