In March 1563, after thinking about it without receiving any instructions from Nobunaga, the clan finally decided to attack Higashimino in order to get Oda Nobunaga's attention.

Dozens of steps to the west of him, there is a crystal clear stream, which is shallow and narrow, but it is a tributary of the real Kiso River.

When the clan leader of 100 iron spike riders appeared a few hundred meters outside the city, he could still see Ashigaru outside the city fetching water with a wooden barrel.

It didn't take long for a hundred young sword ashigaru led by Yamauchi Kazutoyo to arrive. "My lord, let my subordinates take this city." Yamauchi Kazutoyo pulled the reins and came to the clan and said.

Seeing that Yamauchi Kazutoyo was positive, the clan couldn't help but ask, "Oh? Is there a siege strategy? ”

Kazutoyo Yamauchi was stunned for a moment, strategy? What other strategy can there be for attacking the city, just rush forward directly, thinking of this, Yamauchi Kazutoyo shook it.

I only heard the clan scold with a smile: "It's really a loser, why don't you learn from Kagawa Tadaji, if you fight like that, this has just been trained, but you will be tossed up again." It's been with me for so many years, and I haven't grown at all. ”

Yamauchi Yifeng scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Hehe, lord, forgive your subordinates for being stupid, I haven't thought of any good way for the time being, and I ask my lord to order it." ”

Seeing that he humbly asked for advice, the clan sect no longer took the hall, and pointed to the stream with one hand and said: "Look at this stream, although it is narrow and shallow, but it is the source of water in this city, as long as it is cut off, the enemy will have no water to use, and in less than two days, the enemy will have to go to the city and our army for a field battle, when the time comes, as long as the iron thorn horse is an assault, the childish sword is light and then covered up, Ha Luha, it is difficult to win." ”

After hearing this, Yamauchi Yifeng looked at the lord with a look of admiration and said: "The lord is wise, and his subordinates will take people upstream to cut off the water source." ”

After Yamauchi Kazutoyo led a hundred young sword ashigaru to leave, the clan leader led a hundred iron thorn cavalry to set up a position thousands of kilometers outside the city, which was the most suitable distance for cavalry to launch a surprise attack.

Standing on the observation deck of the castle tower, he had already spotted the enemy as soon as they appeared, and he had been observing the enemy's movements here.

Seeing that the enemy army was small, and half of the enemy formation was cavalry, he gave up the idea of going out of the city to fight, and after he asked his retainers to defend it strictly, he went back to the inner room to eat. Ape Peck Castle is very close to Owari, and he can encounter things like this several times a year, so Tajiji Ryo has long been accustomed to soldiers coming to the castle. In troubled times, you must have the consciousness of being a person in troubled times, and he has always done a good job of this.

A day later, Tajiji saw that the enemy army outside the city still did not move, and began to wonder in his heart, although it was not cold outside, it was also very cold, could it be that the enemy came to see the scenery? However, when he saw that only a hundred cavalry were left outside the city, and another hundred were missing, a sense of foreboding began to rise in his heart.

Not long after, a samurai hurriedly walked in from outside, only to hear him say in a panic: "Lord... Lord, the big thing is not good, the water source in the city has been cut off by the enemy, and the water stored in the city is only enough for two days, and his subordinates are willing to lead the army out of the city and engage in field battles with the enemy. Please also ask the Lord to decide. ”

Tajiji Repair Liang was also flustered after hearing this, because the Ape Peck Castle was next to the tributary of the Kiso River, so he had not made reserves, and suddenly heard that the water source was cut off, and he really didn't know what to do.

If you don't go out of the city to fight, even if the enemy doesn't attack, they will be trapped in the city, if you go out of the city to fight, don't look at the enemy's small army, but they are all cavalry, how to fight this battle?

Duo Jian Zhi Liang was originally a person who did nothing, and with the virtue of his ancestors, he was able to sit on the territory of Ten Thousand Stones in Ape City, but now that the situation is critical, he is even more likely to suffer from gains and losses.

The samurai waited for a long time, and in the end he did not make up his mind to go out of the city to fight. I only heard him say: "You step back first, this matter is related to the survival of my family, I want to think about it." ”

After that, he didn't forget to add: "No one can leave the city without my order, so you can retreat first." ”

The retainers listened to the lord's words resolutely, and no longer admonished, and turned to leave after retreating.

After another two days, Yamauchi Kazutomi outside the city was a little uneasy, he thought to himself, the lord said that the enemy would go out of the city to fight in the field within two days, but it has been several days, why has the enemy not moved at all? It seems that the lord's strategy is not every time. If you had listened to yourself from the beginning, you might have broken through this ape pecking city long ago. Thinking of this, Yamauchi Kazutoyo opened his mouth and said: "Lord, it's been a few days, and it's not a way to wait like this, so it's better to let your subordinates come forward to attack the city." ”,

A few days passed, and the clan was a little impatient. Could it be that the enemy still has water in the city? This shouldn't be, if there is a water source in the city, then why would they go outside the city to fetch water, isn't this an extra move? I'm afraid that the enemy city has a lot of fresh water in stock, and it seems that it will take some time.

"You don't have to say more, in my judgment, the enemy will soon be out of the city, and you continue to keep an eye on the enemy's movements. Step aside. The clan still said very resolutely.

Just when Yamauchi Ichitoyo was about to withdraw from the big tent, he only heard a flag ashigaru report outside the tent: "My lord, the defenders in the enemy city have moved, and it seems that they are gathering and preparing to leave the city." ”

After hearing this, the clan's eyes lit up, and it seemed that his judgment was not wrong. There is no water source in the enemy's city. I only heard him immediately order: "Order, prepare immediately, as long as the enemy is three hundred meters away from the city, immediately let the iron thorn cavalry launch a surprise." ”

"Yes, my subordinates will do it."

After a short time, I saw the gate of Ape Peck Castle wide open, and four hundred ashigaru rushed out of it under the leadership of the samurai.

The Iron Thorn Cavalry had already been prepared, and seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, Yamauchi Kazutoyo saw that the time had come, and with a move of his spear in his hand, he shouted loudly: "Attack!" ”

As soon as the words fell, they rushed to the front in the lead, and the hundred childish sword ashigaru were outflanked from both sides. The cavalry already had an absolute advantage over the infantry, and coupled with the sharpness of the military thorns, the clan looked forward in this formation, only to see the flesh and blood flying on the battlefield in front, and many enemies were knocked down by the war horses, so that the cavalry behind them crushed their heads.

Where is this war, it is simply a massacre. Almost all of the silver buckets worn by the Iron Thorn Riders were stained red with blood, and in addition to the blood dripping from the bayonets in their hands, some of them also had a small section of intestines and other internal organs hanging on them. This scene is crazy, crazy and disgusting.

And the enemy, already shocked by such a sharp attack, in their eyes, these cavalry were not people at all, but out-and-out devils. They couldn't even think of resisting, and now they only had one word in their minds, and that was to run, and the faster they ran, the better, and the farther they ran.

Among them, a few ashigaru were already frightened by this bloody scene, and even when they fled, they had forgotten about it, and stood in place, waiting for their lives to be harvested.

Yamauchi Kazutoyo killed at this time, how to allow these enemies to escape from in front of him, he killed, while shouting, commanding the childish knife Ashigaru who had rushed up to encircle the enemies who wanted to escape, although many enemies still broke through the encirclement, but there were many more enemies who were surrounded on three sides, these ashigaru saw that they could not escape from the left and right, so they had to turn around and flee to the Ape Peck Castle. As they ran, they shouted to the samurai on the city walls, "Open the door!" Open the door and let us in! At this point, they have long forgotten their identity, and as long as they can survive, even if they are punished, it is worth it.

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