Chapter 238: Dinghai City's Anti-Siege Battle (1)
Dinghai Castle, located in Hequan Country, has not had a battle for dozens of days at this time, and the commander of Dinghai Bei, Gamo Fuxiu, still does not dare to be careless, and will come to inspect the city defense every day.
Due to the departure of a group of troops led by Honganji Temple and Tennoji Temple, only 5,000 people led by Fenhe Temple were left here, and they were divided into troops to guard Yagi, Nakamura, Tanaka, Jizenji, Sengokubori and Sawawa in the vicinity of Dinghai Castle to wait for reinforcements.
Unfortunately, what they were waiting for was the destruction of a group of troops, and Hosokawa Nobumoto led a victorious army to surround Yagi, while the rebels defending were less than a thousand people.
"My lord, everything is ready to attack." Haruyuki Hosokawa's Sekihara and Tsuda's 500 iron artillery teams lined up neatly outside the Yagi Fortress.
"Hmm!" Hosokawa Nobumoto glanced at the Yagi Fortress, a makeshift fortress enclosed by a wooden fence, with only two arrow turrets and a simple bolt structure.
"Attack!" Hosokawa Nobumoto waved the military equipment in his hand and fired the first shot of the anti-encirclement battle in Dinghai City.
"Oh!" Shimakatsu led Sekihara to quickly rush towards Yagi.
"Shoot!" Tsuda is commanding the iron artillery team and suppressing the fire.
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The projectile passed through the gap in the wooden fence and hit the defenders behind, knocking down a dozen people on the spot.
"Oh!" Sekihara took the opportunity to start banging on the city gate and climbed over the wooden fence.
"Arrows! Archery! Archery! The guard general Taro Nohara stood inside the fortress and commanded in a loud voice.
Whoosh! Although arrows were frequently shot at the turrets, there were only two turrets, each of which could only accommodate a maximum of seven or eight archers.
"Bow foot light! Ejection! ”
Whoosh! The bow ashigaru in the tsunai was lined up in three rows and threw at the attacking Hosokawa army.
Sou! Burst! Sou! Sou! Burst! Arrows rained down, and the Hosokawa army was also shot down by this wave of arrow rain.
"The gun is light! Stop the enemy from climbing over the wall! Spike! "The defenders and the Hosokawa army began to stab each other through the wooden fence, and occasionally a few Hosokawa Ashigaru who climbed over the wooden fence were stabbed into a hornet's nest by the defenders.
"Bow foot light! Ejection! "Miyoshi Yoshitsugu commanded the Miyoshi Army to cover the attack.
Whoosh! Miyoshi bows are also lined up in neat rows, pulling bows and throwing them to suppress firepower.
Burst! "Ahh The defenders were also shot down by this wave of arrows, and more than a dozen people were killed.
"It seems that in siege warfare, bows and arrows still have a certain advantage over iron cannons." Hosokawa Nobugen looked at the two sides in front of him arching at each other, he has been fighting in the field all year round and rarely conducts siege battles, so the Hosokawa family's bowshigaku is a little deserted.
"It seems that this kind of siege warfare will be indispensable in the future, and the proportion of bows and feet should be appropriately increased." Hosokawa Nobumoto decided to carry out a large number of formation of Bow Ashigaru, just as the battle on Koga's side was nearing the end, and he also subdued the Yoshida Shigetaka clan, the bow master of the Rokkaku family.
After Tsutsui Shunkei sent troops to help Akechi Mitsuhide put down the rebellion, Akechi Mitsuhide's forces increased greatly, and soon defeated Isonohara Masa's rebels and recovered Takashima Prefecture in Omi Province. Then Bingfeng turned around and helped Izuura Moriqing to encircle and suppress the Rokkaku family in Koga County, and now the Rokkaku family is already a tree and a tree, and the wealthy families who were originally pro-Rokkaku began to turn away.
"Oh!" The Hosokawa army let out an earth-shattering cheer, and the rudimentary gate of Yagi was breached, and the Hosokawa and Miyoshi coalition forces poured in like a tide.
"Kill! Give it to me! No return! "Nohara Taro led the defenders to defend the gate, hoping to drive the Hosokawa coalition out of the army.
"Hosokawa Shogun Katsujima! Come and take your head! Shimakatsu lunged in front of Nohara Taro and slashed at his neck with a knife in hand.
"Drink!" Nohara Taro raised his knife to stand it, but his strength was far less than that of Shima Katsu, and he was directly pressed to his knees on the ground, and his face was red.
"Hmph, your head is down! Drink! Shimakatsu sneered, and with a force of both hands, he suddenly pressed half of Nohara Taro's body to tilt, and then suddenly stabbed him with a backhand, cutting off half of his head.
"Oh!" When the Hosokawa army saw the victory of the commander, their morale was greatly boosted, and they howled and rushed towards the defenders, who were already discouraged.
"My lord, the enemy has sent reinforcements from Nakamura and is rushing to this side." Hattori Masaaki hurried over.
"Got it, brother-in-law, I'll leave it to you." Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded and said softly to Yoshitsugu Miyoshi.
"Big brother! Just take a look! "Miyoshi Yoshitsugu led 2,000 Hanoi to meet the only 500 Genrai reinforcements.
"Kill!" Inside the Yagi Chamber, the two sides launched a fierce fight, one side was like a rainbow, and the other side had no way back and was dying to resist.
"I... I give up! One of the Ashigaru of the Roots threw down his weapon and begged for mercy on his knees, and several Hosokawa Ashigaru restrained him with their spears.
"I... I also surrender ... I surrender too! Eventually, the trapped Genlaids gave up their resistance and fell to their knees begging for mercy.
"Gather the troops and burn the Yagi Block!" The battle had come to an end, and Hosokawa Harushita had given the order to set fire to the fire.
Call! In the fire, Yagi was reduced to nothing!
"Chase! Take advantage of the situation to take down Nakamura! "Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was chasing down the Nerai army, and when they saw the fire in Yagi, they had no intention of fighting and fled to Nakamura.
"Close! Close the door! Damn it! "Nakamura's gate was blocked by the rout that poured in, and it was impossible to close it.
"Kill! Capture Nakamura! The Miyoshi army then covered up and succeeded in capturing the city gates.
"Ahh The defenders of the fortress scattered and fled, and their defenders had long since died in the chaos.
"Die!" Miyoshi Yoshitsugu slashed the last of the resisting ashigaru to death, and the surroundings had been cleared, and many of the surrendered Genrai were kneeling on the ground and trembling.
"Take the prisoners and set Nakamura on fire!" Miyoshi Yoshiji wiped the knife clean and put it into the sheath.
"Yes! Set! When his subordinates received the order, they immediately took action and lit the fire with a fire starter, and Nakamura was also engulfed in flames.
"Pass the order! Return to Dinghai City, rest for the night, and fight again tomorrow. Seeing that the siege of the north of Dinghai City had been broken, Hosokawa Nobumoto immediately led his troops into Dinghai City.
As night fell, the Hosokawa and Miyoshi coalition forces, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, fell asleep one after another, and the commander of Dinghaibei, Gamo Fuxiu, led the defenders and dutifully carried out night patrols.
Da Da Da Da..."Lord... Lord..."There was a knock on the door, and Hosokawa Nobumoto heard the sound and slowly woke up.
"Is it Yahachiro? Come on in. Hosokawa Nobumoto sat down in his clothes, and Honda Masanobu gently opened the barrier and came in and saluted cross-legged.
"Disturbing the lord late at night, my subordinates are afraid."
"Okay, let's talk about anything quickly, there must be something important here at such a late hour."
"Yes! I just got the information from Mikawa, and the Tokugawa family and the Takeda family have a decisive battle in the Mikatahara area of Tokashiki Chigun, Enoe Province...", you are lonely, and the young lady warms you with a movie