Chapter 374: Straight to the Dragon's Lair
"Kill!" Xiangzong City shouted to kill the sky, this is the home city of Xiangzong's family.
Knock knock! Boom! Click! Under the cover of the fire of the ironclad ships, the Hosokawa army rushed to Xiangzong Castle like a tide.
"Damn! How did the enemy come over! What about the trolls? Why didn't the water army stop it! "Sawdust flew on the city, mixed with a lot of stumps and broken arms. The castle dynasty Nakayama Taiji was extremely difficult to defend, there were only eighty people in the city, and the enemy army... There were six thousand of them, and such sharp artillery.
Whew... Boom... Click, click! A violent sound came from the city gate, and I saw that the sawdust was flying there, and it was blown to pieces by the Hosokawa blasting team.
"Kill!" The Hosokawa army then poured into the city, burned, looted, and set fires everywhere.
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"Sister! Come with me! Nakayama Taeji rushed into the house, and there was a mother and son inside, and the child was still in swaddling clothes.
"Brother, where are you going? Besides, if a concubine can't run far with a child, it's better to... Why don't you run away with Chiju Maru! Leave me alone. The woman handed the baby to Tajichi Nakayamada, and looked at the child reluctantly.
"Take him away? Why! Nakayama Taiji looked angry, he was here to pick up his sister!
"Anyway, he's your nephew, my own flesh and blood. The woman hid her face and cried, she is the daughter of Xiutong of Xiangzong, and her husband is the son-in-law and adopted son of Changzong and my family. Later, Xiutong was assassinated, and Qintai succeeded to the position of the head of the Xiangzong family, and Qianju Maru was naturally the pro-Thai son-in-law.
"There's someone in there! Over here! Come on! Suddenly, there was a noise from outside the house, and it was the Ashigaru of the Hosokawa family who had spotted them.
"Damn!" Tajichi Nakamada looked out from the crack in the door, there were already many people outside, and it was difficult to get out of the way, let alone a pair of women and children.
"Listen to the people inside! You're surrounded! Drop your weapon! Spare you from dying! "This house is in the center of the Honmaru, and if you want to come to live in it, it's not the castle lord, or the family of the castle lord, and it's a great achievement to be captured alive.
"Damn!" Nakayama Tian Taiji was just about to open the door of the house and go out to fight to the death, but his wrist was stopped by a pair of Qianqian jade hands. When he looked back, it was his sister, who was gently shaking her head at him.
"Hey... That's it..."Nakayama Tian Taiji reluctantly put down his weapon, he obviously knew that it was the Changzong family that assassinated his father, and demoted him to this Nakayama family, but for the sake of his sister and younger brother Xiuzheng, he could only admit that the thief was the main thing and save the life of this little cub.
Soon, the three of them gave up resistance, were captured alive by the Hosokawa army, and brought back to Hosokawa Shinyuki's flagship.
Xiangzong Castle was soon captured by the Hosokawa army, and the strategic materials such as grain, grass, and money hoarded in the warehouse were looted. This is actually the fifth city, and the previous ones such as Anyu City, Xinzhuang City, Jingang City, and Jicang City are all this kind of fate, and this looting operation is estimated to cause heavy losses to the Changzong family.
"Set sail! Keep moving! Target! The Rock of the Ten Cities! Nine Ghost Yuanlong shouted, attacking these small cities was simply a matter of effort. They have a navy and are fast, and Chosamune's army may have just stepped into the border of Tosa Province by now.
The Hosokawa Navy continued to advance, feeling that it had just started and could already see the Chi family's Navy leaving the port, which was not even two quarters of an hour.
"Fire!"
Knock knock! Knock knock! The artillery was fired in unison, and the remaining naval forces in the Ten Cities Rock were sunk in the port before they could be dispatched.
The Hosokawa navy entered the port with the trend, and this was Urado Bay, and the Hosokawa army directly attacked the castle town of Ikejo, ransacked the office, and obtained a lot of money that had not yet been put into the treasury.
Ever since Ikeyori married the daughter of the prince and became a subordinate to the Nagamune family, he has been in charge of the command of the naval army and the trade with Sakai Town, so it can be said that he is in charge of the finances.
"Hehe... It's really not as fast as making money as a maritime business, in a small trading port, it's so rich, tsk... It's really..."Hosokawa Mayuki was a little jealous, he had just ascended to the throne of Awa, and it was just the time when everything was in ruins. In addition, the standing reserve has just been established, and there are places where money is used everywhere, and I am a little hot when I see this countless wealth.
"Hehe... Lord Shimogatata, the lord said, if you win this big victory, half of the wealth will go to you. Honda Masanobu said with a grin.
"Really? That's great! Hahaha! With a military advisor here, there is no doubt about victory. Aha! Mayuki Hosokawa laughed heartily, as if he had already won.
"Lord Shimogata praised it falsely, let's attack Chi City, presumably the Chi family, who is the financial commissioner, still has a lot of money." Honda Masanobu is preparing to teach Changzong's family a lesson this time, and by the way, weaken his family's power.
"Good! Break Chi City first, and then take Gangfeng City! It's all alive! "Hosokawa Shinyuki said it very easily, too, he didn't suffer any decent resistance along the way.
"Okayo City... Hehe... It's useful to keep it. Honda Masashi smiled evilly, and Hosokawa Mayuki couldn't help but shudder when he saw it, every time he showed this expression, he must be holding back some bad idea.
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"Quick! Fast! Advance! Speed up! Rescue Okatoyo Castle! "At this time, the Changzong and my relatives were anxious, and they saw abandoned cities along the way, especially Xiangzong and my relatives himself, whose life and death are now unknown.
I just received another report, Chicheng has also been captured, a large amount of the family's funds have been taken away, and Gangfeng City is even more in danger.
"Quick! Fast! Pass through here, and there you are! "Xiangzong and my department are pro-Thai in the lead, and in front of them is Twenty Zhi Township, which is where they started.
Stomp, stomp! Stomp, stomp! Changzong's army passed through Twenty Branches Township with a familiar road, and as long as you passed the road crossing in front, you could reach Gangcun Township, that is, the castle town of Gangfeng Castle.
Knock knock! The artillery in the distance was like a talisman, urging them through the crossing in front of them, and the dense woods on either side were flanked.
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Suddenly, the iron cannon roared, and there were puffs of green smoke in the woods on both sides, and it was the Hosokawa iron artillery team that was ambushing here.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "Xiangzong, my pro-Tai shouted.
Puff puff! "Ah!!h Changzong's army fell piece by piece, and Xiangzong's pro-Tai also screamed, turned over and fell off his horse, and his body was hit with seven or eight bullet holes, and he couldn't survive.
"Third brother!!" Yuan Qin screamed sadly, and said something in a hurry before he came, and instantly killed thousands of Hosokawa troops from both sides.
"Kill!" The Hosokawa army rushed like a wolf and a tiger, and they had a unified command and tacit understanding of the ability to fight in groups.
The disadvantages of Changzong's army are highlighted, and the peasant soldiers are peasant soldiers after all, no matter how "one collar is sufficient", there is no standing discipline, and they only push and shove each other, and there is no companionship.
If you run away, if one person escapes, someone will follow suit, if ten people follow the trend, there will be a hundred people who will flee, and if a hundred people flee, it will evolve into a rout of a thousand.
Throwing away their armor and fleeing peasant soldiers trampling on each other, this is their truest portrayal.