Mt. Hirai, located 3.5 kilometers northeast of Miki Castle, is where the main formation of Hosokawa's army is located, and at this time Hosokawa Shinyuki has returned, and 30,000 large sabers and guns are lined up, waiting for Hosokawa Nobumoto's order.

"It's a pity that the water level of the Minanouch River is shallow and the reefs are dense, which is not suitable for the navigation of ironclad ships, otherwise... Hey..."In the military tent, Hosokawa Nobumoto sat on the marching horse and sighed slightly, without this sharp weapon, the cost of attacking the city will also become greater.

"Lord, in fact, you can besiege the city and cut off food." Kuroda Takataka suggested on the side, he had lived in Harima for a long time, and naturally heard about the solidity of Miki Castle.

"No, that's too time-consuming." Hosokawa Nobumoto shook his head, he knew that in the siege of Miki Castle in the original history, Hashiba Hideyoshi became famous for using the tactic of cutting off food and forcing Miki Castle to surrender.

But he scoffed at it, because it took two full years for this siege tactic to be declared victorious, and there was nothing to boast about.

"If you attack strongly, the loss will be very large, even if the family is well-armed, but there are still more than 6,000 enemy troops in the city, and it is the defending side..."

"Attacking first and seeing, and being cowardly without a fight is not my principle of doing things." Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at Miki Castle, the standard stone wall structure was much stronger than the ordinary wooden and earthen structure.

"Yes, then please ask the lord to give an order, and the subordinates will always pay attention to the casualties of their own army." Takataka Kuroda took the initiative to take on the most tiring job.

"The whole army obeys the order! Target Miki Castle! Offensive! Hosokawa Nobumoto suddenly got up and waved the command fan in his hand fiercely.

"The Lord has an order! Target Miki Castle! Offensive! Yoshitsugu Otani quickly ran out of the account and read out the lord's order aloud.

"Thunder Artillery Battalion! Advance! Tuozhi Qingguang shouted and led the iron artillery battalion to attack, preparing to suppress the city.

"Sakamoto Bei! Sortie! "Sanada Masayuki came to the front of the army, and in this siege battle, Sakamoto was the first formation.

"Saga Bei! Forward left! "Oura Weixin led the reserve to defend the left flank of the camp.

"Dinghai Bei! Forward right! Gamo was responsible for defending the right flank of the team.

"Shima Bei! Form a circle! Stay on standby! Tao Zhongyuan led the team to form a circular battle formation and firmly protected Hosokawa Nobumoto's big tent. The other Sanuki Four Clans, the Hosokawa Trio, and Hosokawa Shinyuki formed the first, second, and third lines of defense in the camp.

"Wind Riding Camp! Come with me! "Honda Tadakatsu unfurled the banner of the wind and led the cavalry to cruise around.

"Shoot!"

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Green smoke rose everywhere, iron artillery roared, and the thunder artillery battalion took the lead in receiving fire.

The walls of Miki Castle were semi-enclosed, protected by sword screens, and the defenders fired through the narrow spaces in the walls. This kind of hiding behind the wall and attacking through the hole greatly protects the safety of the defenders, and the besiegers can only kill the defenders from this narrow hole, which undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of the siege.

"Archery!" Bessho retainer Kume Kukatsu commanded the defenders to shoot arrows and counterattack.

Whoosh! Arrows were fired down Sasama towards the Hosokawa Iron Artillery Team.

"Watch for secrecy!" Igazaki Michishun shouted loudly, and in front of the iron cannon Ashigaru was a huge wooden plank, which was specially used to defend against arrows.

Wow! The sound of arrows nailing to the planks is rarely seldom hit.

"Shoot! Keep shooting! Takuzhi Kiyoshi commanded with a loud voice, and their attacks had little effect, so they could only hit Sayama as much as possible, suppress the city as much as possible, and reduce the frequency of the defenders' counterattacks.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The cannons rang out, and the defenders took refuge behind the wall, allowing the projectiles to hit the wall.

"Sakamoto Bei! Assault! Sanada Masayuki saw that the firepower on the castle was suppressed, and with a wave of the sword in his hand, he gave the order to attack the city.

"Oh!" Sakamoto, who had been waiting for a long time, let out a shout and rushed to Miki Castle.

There is a moat in front of Miki Castle, and the water in the river is naturally diverted by the Misuchi River, and there is only an earthen bridge about two meters wide in front of the gate. The originally huge Sakamoto Bei marched here, and was suddenly compressed into a long snake.

Stomp, stomp! Running on this earthen bridge, the echo stirred up the tiny waves of the moat, and under the morning light, the sparkling light was refracted in all directions.

"Archery! Stop them! Priority is given to the special ashigaru! Kumi Kukatsu also saw the demolition team mixed in with the crowd, their unique hand shields and roasted clay pots, which stood out.

Whoosh! The defenders used their angles to shoot arrows at the Hosokawa army on the earthen bridge.

Wow! Burst! Jingling! The vast majority of the arrows are either shielded or armoured, and occasionally hit some unprotected places, causing casualties.

"Quick! Ignition! "The demolition team is familiar with the road and arranges baking explosives at the city gate.

Ahh The lead beats actively, running towards the end of his life.

Boom! Click, click! Once again, the blasting of the city gates made a huge contribution.

"Rush into the city! Kill! Miyoshi Masaysu took the lead in rushing towards the breached gate, they had already attacked the city like this countless times, and the tacit understanding between them was just right.

Clear! Rushing through the city gate, there was no such sudden enlightenment as before, but a wall ten meters away.

"Not good! It's a cypress-shaped tiger's mouth! Miyoshi Masayasu was shocked, he didn't expect the builder of Miki Castle to be such a high-end defensive building.

The so-called fang-shaped tiger's mouth is very pale in words, and it is the most intuitive way to imagine the tiger's bloody mouth. "Tiger's mouth" is the location of the tiger's teeth, that is, the door, is the entrance, the usual "tiger's mouth" is directly in the city.

The addition of a barb shape is equivalent to adding another mouth-sized confined space in the "tiger's mouth", and one more leading to the "esophagus" in the city. The "tonsils" of the "esophagus" are naturally a solid gate, but this second door is not in a straight line with the "tiger's mouth" gate, but on the left or right side of the side wall of the "mouth", which is L-shaped. This structure can compress the enemy's space again to the greatest extent, and if you enter here, you will be attacked from three sides by the defenders.

Suppose the second door is broken through again, then there is a zigzag slope (esophagus) behind the door. The entire slope leads directly into the city at an angle of 45 degrees, and it is open-air, and the ground on both sides can be ambushed to attack the enemy from a high position.

"Shoot!" Kume Kukatsu waited for this time.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The iron cannons are all here, although there are not many of them, but they are simply unique to use here for defense.

Puff puff! "Ugh!" "Ahh The Hosokawa army fell in rows, and although there was armor, and although the armor was also made of a breastplate protrusion to strengthen bulletproof, it was impossible to defend against all the shots from three sides.