【Adult! The enemy is besieging the city! 】

【Okay!】 Everyone, work hard! You must not lose the city to the enemy in vain! 】

【Hi Yi!! 】

The Oda army began to attack the city, and the defenders in the city walls also began to shoot the enemy with bows and arrows, and more than a dozen iron cannons also played a role sporadically, and a bloody war began!

[Folks, take out all the cauldrons that can be used in the city and boil the water, this weather is cold, and the wild boar in Sakuma is estimated to be frozen enough, how about we invite him to a bowl of hot soup?!] 】

Mitsuto Saito mobilized the citizens to boil water to deal with the enemies who climbed the city, and the citizens responded one after another, which shows that the Saito family is not bad to the people in the territory, and everyone is willing to serve when the territory is in danger.

【Grandchildren! It's so cold! This bowl of hot soup was given to you by your grandfathers! Drink it!! 】

Saito Mitsuto is also a person who has seen a big scene, facing the fierce Oda army outside the city, he did not panic at all, but methodically ordered his subordinate samurai and lords to fill the hot pot with boiling water, and when the Oda army climbed the ladder to the wall more than two feet high, all poured down.

[Ah!! 】

【Wow!! 】

The soldiers of the Oda Army were all burned to the flesh, and several people who were very badly burned passed out on the spot.

[Brethren, do not panic! 】

[We are the samurai of the shogunate, the righteous army who came out to fight on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and this little scene can't scare us!] 】

[Everyone is lining up to go on!] Whoever kills your enemies is rewarded! 】

The generals of each queue were busy integrating the troops, and Sakuma, who was sitting in the rear, frowned, originally he thought that he would be able to level this city in a while, but he didn't expect it to be unsatisfactory at the beginning.

[Lord Xuanfan, we just noticed that many people are also fighting, it seems that the people in this bowl-shaped city don't want their own family to manage this city, in this case, please allow us to let go of the fight, it's a big deal to slaughter the city! 】

Masaoku Yamaji, who was beside Sakuma Morimasa, looked at the busy Kamirugawa people at the head of the castle and said to the pioneer officer Sakuma Morimasa.

[Okay, it's almost the New Year, and I don't want to do this kind of slaughter of the city, since they are stubborn to the end, then they want to have a good New Year, you just fight, do whatever it takes, occupy this city! ] 】

【Hi Yi!! 】

[Up, up, cheer me up, who dares to cower, military law serves! ] 】

Under the high pressure of the officers, the lowest Ashigaru soldiers could only climb the ladder and rush upward, and in the process of charging, from time to time someone fell from the top like rain, and the archers and iron gunners on both sides shot desperately, and the arrows and projectiles grazed people's ears like flying locusts.

The boiling water in the cauldron poured down, causing a stir in the attacking ranks, and the burned people rolled on the ground with their faces covered, and those who were not burned screamed and retreated, taking advantage of this opportunity, several ladders were pushed down by the soldiers and civilians of the bowl-shaped castle, and not only that, but there were also several people in the castle, in front of everyone, took off their pants, exposed their buttocks, and made a mechanical insulting gesture to the Oda army.

I didn't expect to gnaw hard bones this time, so I'll rush them all! 】

Yamaji Masakook, as the war supervisor, rode on his horse and watched the wounded soldiers retreat to the rear in twos and threes, they lowered their heads as they passed by him, not daring to look at this hot-tempered general, but Yamaji Masakoku could feel the confusion and pain and anger in their eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh as he stared at the bowl-shaped city that had become rock-solid because of the unity of all people.

Originally, there were less than 1,000 people in the city, and everyone thought that they could win by fighting casually, but they didn't expect that the participation of the people would greatly increase the combat effectiveness and defense of this city.

The attacks of his own soldiers were like waves, but they quickly became shattered and torn apart, and some of them had even rushed to the top of the city, but they were either killed by Saito's military weapons or beaten to death by the people who swarmed him with sticks and stones.

[Hell yes!] 】

Yamaji Zhengguo gritted his teeth, his teeth itching, but he could only watch his doomed failure, and any strategy seemed to be useless in the face of this strong castle.

The battle lasted from early morning to noon, and the Oda army not only did not do as they had thought before, but also lost more than 200 people, of course, the bowl city was not much better, and more than 300 were killed, most of whom were inexperienced in battle, but even so, the strong help of thousands of people still made the city look impregnable.

[Forget it, it's not a way to fight like this, it's time to eat soon, everyone eats something first and then makes plans.] 】

Sakuma Morimasa, who was unfavorable, was full of helplessness, so he had to order someone to blow the retreating conch, and when he heard the sound of the conch, the attacking Oda army and the defending Saito army were relieved, and the remnants of the defeated army retreated from under the bowl-shaped castle, looking at the enemy who retreated like a tide, and the soldiers and civilians standing on the head of the castle stood and cheered, in their opinion, they won the battle!

The Hojo clan was also overjoyed, his initial battle was quite smooth, and it seemed that fighting a war was not as complicated as he imagined. Because of the excitement, this well-cultivated Hojo prince really didn't stop those vulgar people from urinating on the castle to insult the retreating enemies.

Although the army was withdrawn, but soon, Saito-kun received the worst news, the Kamirugawa Bridge and Kawai Castle were lost, and Yura Kuni Shigeru and Sanada Masayuki in the Oda army, each led 500 soldiers, and killed the soldiers and civilians of these two strongholds, among them, the defense of Kawai Castle was the Saito family's old Shiraishi Books, and he was asked for by Sanada Masayuki's son Sanada Nobuyuki.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, the Kamirugawa Bridge and Kawai Castle were the most important defensive strongholds of the Bowl Castle against the enemy from the north, and they both fell without even holding it out for a morning, so the situation of the castle would be even worse.

Indeed, at the beginning of the afternoon, the Oda army began to attack the castle again, but in the morning, the heavy snow had stopped, and the wind was no longer blowing, which reduced the obstacles to the Oda army's attack, and in addition, because of the addition of the Ueno and the ancestors, the Oda army began to gradually gain an advantage.

In the evening, the siege equipment of the Oda army finally arrived, and the ram began to knock on the city gate over and over again, and also knocked on the morale of the Saito army.

[Brother, you can't beat such a small town with a big palm。。。。。。 What's the matter, the pioneer officer doesn't want to be a pioneer anymore? Haha, that's just right, you don't want it and I want it, since that's the case。。。。。。 】

[Shut your mouth!] I'm just not going to be able to fight very well for a while, and soon it's getting dark, and you see I'm not going to take the city down. 】

Thanks to the fact that the person standing here to bury Sakuma Morimasa is his brother Sakuma Yasuma, and if he wants to change someone else, the grumpy pig samurai has already whipped it over, but after a day of fighting, he has not yet defeated this city that is defended by a ragtag army, which is indeed a little unreasonable.

At this moment, Sanada Masayuki came on horseback and said:

[Lord Xuanfan, I have an idea. 】

[Ann Defense said.] 】

[The enemy relies on the strength of the city's people, we can start from this aspect, concentrate a considerable amount of troops to attack the city's people, and then intimidate them with the thick heads of the dead, these city-dwellers are just hillbillies who have never seen the world, who know that the war is more cruel than they imagined, as long as we make more frightening things, we should be able to scare them. 】

[Mamoru Anfang's idea is good, but does it really work? Those hillbillies can fight so far, and it is estimated that they will not be easily intimidated. 】

Sakuma Morimasa scratched his head and said:

[I also thought of attacking the city's citizens in the morning, but the mud-legged men not only did not flinch, but fought more and more fiercely, which was different from what I originally thought. 】

Masayuki Sanada asked:

[So how do adults use soldiers?] 】

[It is to surround the whole city and keep attacking.] 】

[My lord, this is not good, if you do this, it will help the morale of the people of the Great Wall. 】

[What do you mean by that?] 】

[If the adults surround the whole city, it is equivalent to cutting off the way of life for everyone in the city, I think even the most timid cowards, when there is no way out, will become brave, which is why the whole city will fight to the death with the adults。。。。。。 If the adults are willing to set aside a way back for them, I think this group of people will soon become the first step in the collapse of the Saito army! 】

[Reasonable, reasonable, feelings, I forced them into this virtue, then。。。。。。 Eh, by the way, Amamoru Anbo, if I do this, won't I let that old boy Saito Mitsuru go? 】

[Haha, my lord, if Saito Samasuke is really willing to go, I think my lord will be happier than if you die here。。。。。。 】

Sanada Masayuki showed a meaningful smile, and Sakuma Morimasa laughed after a little thought.

【Good!】 Good! Good! Anfang Shouzhen is worthy of being a famous military advisor, and he really has a hand。。。。。。 I'm going to do it, and I'm going to take the city before dinner!" 】

【Hi Yi!! 】

[No wonder even the Shin Xuan Gong of the year said that your Sanada family is all treacherous like ghosts, and that's really the case, haha. 】

Maybe he was too excited, Sakuma Morimasa's mouth was out of the door, and Sanada Masayuki was speechless for a while, [treacherous like a ghost]? Is this a boast of yourself?

Sakuma Morimasa immediately ordered a change of strategy, and there were four gates in the city, east, west, south, and north under his command, and the attack firepower of the north and west gates was strengthened, while the south gate and the east gate were withdrawn from the combat power.