He stepped back with his left foot, and his right foot followed his left foot back, and the whole person took a big step backwards in an instant.

At the same time, Zuo Yuezhai's hand holding the long knife in the ghost court shrank back a distance, and the long knife stretched forward for a distance. Although Zuo Yuezhai's body of the Ghost Court retreated, the long knife stretched forward for a distance, and as soon as he retreated, the distance of retreat was instantly made up by the length of the long knife.

[That's it! Enough of playing with you! Great-grandson, go die! 】

The martial arts movement of the Yiliu Criminal Department has come to an end tonight.

When his head was cut off by Ghost Court Zuo Yuezhai without any mud and water, the wise Kogoro, who was watching the battle from a distance, looked stupid.

[Who the hell is that old guy?] It's so powerful?! 】

Wise Kogoro didn't know Oni Court Zuo Yuesai, so naturally he didn't know who the old general in front of him was.

[Wise man, is there any good way to break the city?] If the fight continues like this, the casualties of the brothers are very high! 】

In the face of Sakuma Morimasa's inquiry, Wise Kogoro spread his hands and made a gesture of "I can't help it".

[Keep attacking, I don't have any good way. 】

In fact, both now and in his later years, throughout Akechi Kogoro's thirty-year military career, siege was not his strong point, although this gentleman's field combat ability was very high.

Whether it was the Oda army that besieged the city or the Date army that took the city, the soldiers on both sides showed great courage and quality in this bloody battle, although the besieging troops suffered heavy casualties, but under the control of wise Kogoro, they still launched a tidal charge in an orderly manner, and behind them were the archers and iron artillery teams that served as cover. These hundreds of archers and gunners were also selected from among the various reserves, with his own iron artillery team as the backbone. They are all strong bows and good guns, and their archery skills are excellent. Although it is from the bottom up, their arrows and projectiles are also a huge threat to the officers and soldiers defending the city, and there are constantly soldiers on the head of the city who lose their combat power by arrows, which is probably the fire cover in the ancient cold weapon battle.

Every archer and iron gunner was equipped with a large skull, and this backward weapon was not intended to be used by Akechi Kogoro, but at the strong suggestion of Sakuma Morimasa, this weapon was taken out again.

It only serves to provide protection for archers and gunners, ensuring the power and continuity of arrow and projectile suppression. This is also the subtlety of Akekogoro's formation this time.

[It's really worthy of the shogunate's army, its combat effectiveness is very strong, and those local chickens and dogs in the northeast don't look like them at all! 】

The enemy is strong!

The deepest feeling for this is the Endo Kishin and the Oni Court Zuo Yuezhai who led the soldiers to fight back at the head of the city, the two elders of the Date family, although the casualties caused by the archers under the city to the city defenders are far less than the losses of the siege troops, but now Endo Kishin and the Oni Court Zuo Yuezhai are indeed bright, what they lack now is logistics support, and personnel support. Once the Oda army ascended to the top of the city, it was immediately a short-handed battle, and the Date army, which had lost external support, no matter how much it could fight, would only fail in the end.

This wise Kogoro moved according to the situation. The vision is accurate, and he is the enemy's key point as soon as he makes a shot, and he is indeed a good general.

(This assessment is completely wrong.) Wise Kogoro didn't know about the logistics of the city, if he knew that his opponent was already short of food. It is estimated that there will be no siege, but a siege. ）

But now is not the time to admire the enemy. Endo Kishin and Ghost Court Zuo Yuezhai both joined the battle directly, especially the seventy-year-old Ghost Garden Zuo Yuezhai, who is a lot older, and has just been injured, but he is indeed the first soldier to be hastily bandaged, watching his main general violently overturn the ladder of the enemy army attacking the city, and the morale of the soldiers defending the city is greatly boosted.

Endo Kishin was also shouting a fierce battle, one by one the ladders were overturned to the ground, and another ladder was erected up to the city, and the soldiers who rushed up behind were ignorant to the comrades who were wailing on the ground at this time, only to go up the ladder and launch an impact, and the two sides formed a stalemate for a while.

[It turns out that the old man is Zuo Yuezhai in the Ghost Garden, hum, people are not old, and they beat Lao Huang Zhong...... This old man is quite strong, interesting......]

Looking at the ghost court Zuo Yuesai who was fighting in the distance, Wise Kogoro, who had just learned his identity from the mouth of his general, narrowed his eyes.

In many forums in later generations, the strength of Date samurai was appreciated, and wise Kogoro also had a lot of feelings after coming to Kanto, and now in this hard-fought siege battle, whether it is the Oda army attacking one side or the Date army defending one side, the kind of indomitable blood and murderous spirit shown by the Oda army on the defending side is rare in later generations, and this kind of tragic battle can truly reflect the soul of an army, and that scene can really make any man boil.

Wise Kogoro's face sank like water at this time, constantly directing the army's attacks through various gestures, although he was not a peerless marshal like Oda Nobunaga at this time, but the momentum exuded from his body was heartbreaking.

The battle lasted until noon on the third day, that is, almost forty hours.

During this time, the Oda army had more than 3,000 casualties, and the Date army was not much better, with the deaths of more than 1,000 soldiers and the lives of more than 20 generals.

Wise Kogoro wrote in his "Notes on Yunzhou"————

In 1584, the twelfth year of Tianzheng in our country, July 15, the battle under the command of Bucai, the second stage began, the attack and defense of Xiongdi City became the focus, Date was able to defend with the advantage of numbers, more than 10,000 troops squeezed and gathered on the Xiongdi City, since the army several teams after hard fighting, with several charges had boarded the city, but Date was slightly back, continued to defend stubbornly, the army was driven down the city, suffering from the inability to expand the results of the battle, the situation was in danger of stalemate.

It can be seen from this that this battle was fought fiercely and hard.

However, when "Yunzhou Notes" was written here, it had actually entered the last chapter, and some more chapters were about to enter "Yuzhou Chronicles" (later renamed "Wuzhou Kyogen").

On July 17, the war finally took a turn for the better———— Uesugi Keihu arrived!

It is worth mentioning that Uesugi Kenmasa died on July 10, that is, this day happened to be the last day of his first seven.

However, for this gentleman's belated arrival, Wise Kogoro didn't say anything, and after a few words of greeting, he threw himself into the process of fighting again.

With the input of the Uesugi army, the battle will naturally be more convenient.

On July 18, Xiongdi City was finally broken under dozens of sieges.

However, the destruction of the city does not mean that everything is over, on the contrary, a new war has just begun.

More than 10,000 Date troops withdrew from the south gate to Kurokawa Castle in Aizu, and the Sakuma family's Yamaji Masaoku and Kinoshita Moto, both of whom were defeated.

Sakuma Morimasa was furious, and after scolding these two useless retainers, he personally led his troops to chase the Date army.

Wise Kogoro looked at his back and said to Uesugi Keitora:

[Echigo-samamo, please come and clean up Kumachi Castle, and I'll go after the enemy!] 】

[Okay, when this is done, I will also go to meet you. 】

Uesugi Keitora agreed.

In the Sakuma army, there are more than 30 generals who come to pursue, and they take Sakuma Morimasa as the general, and at this time they are roaring and rushing, and the tiger is fighting like a mountain, and the momentum is compelling!

[Bastard of the Date family! ] Don't run! Your heads are all owned by me Sakuma Morimasa! 】

Sakuma Morimasa's momentum exploded in full force, he was originally a fierce general of the three armies, and it can even be said that if he followed Oda Nobunaga's side, he would have entered the core of the Oda family like Hashiba Hideyoshi or Shibata Katsuya and others, and he would have risen step by step. (However, this gentleman lacks a sense of the overall situation and is always impulsive and willful, so it is estimated that Oda Nobunaga will not let him be the commander of the legion.) ）

This person is extremely strong and should not be underestimated.

And in the Date Army, the one who is responsible for breaking off the whole army happens to be the Ghost Court Team!

The leader is the Ghost Court Zuo Yuezhai and the Ghost Court Tsunayuan who has just recovered from his injury.

[Who is the person who is chasing?] It looks like it's very powerful. 】

Ghost Court Tsunagen originally had the intention of killing the thief, but at this moment he was shocked, and he didn't dare to fight with Sakuma Morimasa, so he turned the horse's head to kill the other side, picking a soft persimmon and pinching it.

It's not that Ghost Court Tsunagen is a coward.

Ghost Court Gangyuan is actually not completely healed, as the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break the muscles and bones, and it is only ten days of work, so it is possible to ...... so quickly However, he was good enough for a man, and despite the severe pain caused by the bumps in the horse, he rushed all the way to kill, looking majestic, helping the Date army withstand the impact and advance steadily.

[Stinky boy! You're looking for death! 】

Sakuma Morimasa was furious and hurriedly killed, he was holding a cyan sword, on which a whirlwind swirled, as fast as the wind, as fast as lightning.

Where did Ghost Court Gang Yuan dare to fight, he hurriedly retreated, with a frightened look on his face, he knew that even if he was not injured, he would not be this Jun's opponent, not to mention that he was still a sick man...... Running away now is not a shame for me at all!

He comforted himself, but his father didn't think so.

[Bastard thing! Your opponent is me! 】

Fortunately, Zuo Yuezhai of the Ghost Court was by his side, and at this time, he stepped forward, a refined sword, under the illumination of the setting sun, bloomed with golden light, and the divine tiger roared, facing Sakuma Shengzheng.

[Old thing! There's a set! I'll fight you! 】

Sakuma Morimasa praised it, and at this moment, the ghost court Zuo Yuezhai was shining in armor, like a god, which was terrifying, and it looked like a hard bone that was not easy to deal with.

However, Sakuma Morimasa is a battle-hardened general, where would he be afraid of a veteran like Ghost Court Zuo Yuesai, on the contrary, the stronger the enemy, the stronger his battle hope.

With a sneer, he rushed over, the knife in his hand danced, and suddenly the wind around him howled, this is his family's knife technique, not only attaches importance to strength, but also the speed is extremely fast. (To be continued.) )