Chapter 587 Tight on the inside and loose on the outside

Two hours passed in a flash, and during these two hours, the clan looked at the castle from time to time, and the Uesugi army did not seem to strengthen the city defenses because of the darkness, not only did they not strengthen it, but even the few ashigaru on the watchtower began to relax because of fatigue.

The clan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, he didn't expect that the world-famous Uesugi army would only have such a level, although this small island city is not close to the front line, but no matter how it is said that it is also wartime, such a defense, once someone attacks, will not be wiped out, and today he led the army here, then their death time has come.

After seeing the clan sect wave his hand easily, the Gao Shan Army also began to slowly advance in the direction of the city.

When the pace of the army stopped, the footsteps of Wasuka Masakatsu and Mizuse Uemon did not stop, and they each held a dagger in their mouths, divided into left and right, and cautiously continued to walk in the direction of the city.

Touching the watchtower and killing the ashigaru on it was already familiar to them, so although the two of them were careful, it was very easy.

When they turned into the city, Ashigaru on the watchtower didn't notice it at all, and was still chatting about something, but just as the two of them were about to succeed, they suddenly heard people shouting from several directions in the city: "Enemy attack!" There are enemies stealing the city. ”

They shouted as they burst out of the darkness and rushed towards Masakatsu Bee and Uemon Mizuse.

"It's a dark whistle! There is a change in the plan, Mizuse Uemon, there is no point in attacking the watchtower, I will open the city gate as soon as possible, and the enlarged army will come in. ”

As he spoke, Masakatsu Wasuka jumped down from the watchtower. Went straight to the city gate, and so did the Mizuse right guards.

The enemy actually used a dark whistle, which made the clan unexpected, but now it was too late to say anything, and the arrow had to be fired, so he heard the clan immediately order: "The whole army listens to the order, and the plan remains the same." Attack the city! ”

As soon as the clan's voice fell, the troops under his command immediately dispersed and rushed towards their mission position. And Watanabe Moritsuna led the Seiko Ashigaru to surround the clan in the middle.

Since he was discovered by the enemy, the clan has been pinching his strength, and he is not afraid of anything else. I'm afraid that Wasuka Masakatsu and Mizuse Uemon can't open the city gate, as long as the city gate can be opened smoothly, then even if the enemy comes to attack by himself, it's already too late, and once the city is not opened, not only will the two of Wasuka Masakatsu be in danger, but the theft of the city will also become a tough battle.

Although the clan believed that it was still himself who won the victory, the enemy had a city to defend, and his combat strength was not much worse than that of his own army. In this way, the loss of the family will inevitably be huge, and if this is the case, it will go against the original intention of the clan.

The Uesugi army was worthy of the elite division, and when they received the news of the enemy's attack, they not only did not panic. Instead, they quickly put on their armor and picked up their spears and ran towards the surrounding walls, although they were not led by samurai, but they did not mess up at all, as if they were training as usual.

At this moment, more and more Uesugi family ashigaru are rushing towards the castle gate. Wasuka Masakatsu and Mizuse Uemon suddenly increased the pressure, the two watchtowers were at the corner of the city, some distance from the city gate, and there were still secret whistles on the way, although these ashigaru were not the enemy of the two, but they greatly reduced their speed, watching more and more ashigaru rushing towards him, he both realized that if this continued, not only would it be hopeless to open the city, but even he would definitely be under siege, and it would be difficult to retreat with his whole body.

They were still a few dozen meters away from the city gate now, and the Uesugi family Ashigaru who rushed was about this distance away from them, and when they saw that the matter had come to this point, when Wasuka Masakatsu hacked another ashigaru to death, he only heard him say loudly: "Mizuse Uemon, you go to Kaejo immediately, and I will solve these ashigaru." With that, he rushed towards the three ashigari who were gathered around Mizuyoemon. …,

Mizuse Uemon saw that a few more ashigaru had rushed to the front, and there was no time for him to hesitate, so he immediately followed Wasuka Masakatsu's words, and Wasuka Masakatsu turned around and engaged those few ashigaru, but just for a moment of stopping, more and more enemies surrounded him, and many ashigaru came to defend on the castle wall, so as not to let the Takayama army outside the castle climb over the wall.

There were only two Ashigaru guards at the gate, and although these two Ashigaru bravely rushed towards Mizurai Uemon, where were they opponents, Mizuse Uemon only paused slightly, and then cut off the heads of the two Ashigaru with a left and right slash.

With a "squeak", the gate of Kojima City was finally opened, and the Takayama Army rushed in without hesitation at the moment when the city gate was opened, the task of the ninja army was to bring a large number of casualties to the enemy, and now the enemy has all poured into the city walls, so there is no need for them to go to the training ground, Mizuse Uemon is to lead dozens of ninjas, and immediately go to relieve the siege for Wasuka Masakatsu.

Since the samurai in the city also rushed out without armor, while constantly commanding, while doing it himself, he kept slashing the sword in his hand towards the ninja in black armor, since the samurai in the city did not stay in the samurai mansion, there was no need for Maeda Toshiya to lead the army forward, I saw him put the spear in his hand and shouted loudly: "I am the general of the Takayama family, Maeda Toshiie, your opponent is me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he rushed towards the nearest samurai, and the Uesugi samurai was stabbed through by the spear in Maeda Toshiie's hand before he could defend himself.

Maeda Toshiie's daimyo was just as loud not only in the region but also in Echigo, so when he announced his name, he immediately attracted the attention of three or four samurai samurai, who, after slaying the opponent in front of him, led a dozen or dozens of ashigaru to rush in.

Maeda Toshiya is not afraid, not to mention that there are a hundred scimitars by his side, so not only did he not retreat, but instead met up, and the samurai of the Uesugi family were not willing to bully more and less, so they just led the army under their command to fight with the scimitar ashigaru, but as soon as the two armies fought together, the first samurai was stabbed in the arm by the Maeda Toshiie, if he hadn't dodged quickly, I was afraid that his life would be gone, and the remaining few samurai saw this, how could they still have the heart to think about others, after glancing at each other, they didn't even care about the ashigaru under their command, All of them attacked Maeda Toshiya.

Although any of them are singled out, one-on-one, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Maeda Toshiya, but if the three of them go together, it will not be something that the Maeda Toshiya alone can resist, after all, to become a samurai of the Uesugi family, this ability still has some ability.

Maeda Toshiya under the rapid attack of the opponent's three samurai, only three rounds, then unwilling to lose, if it weren't for the commander of the scimitar Ashigaru to engage the enemy Horihide in time to help, I'm afraid Maeda Toshiya would not have been so simple as retreating.

But Hori Hidemasa joined the battle group, which suddenly made him feel a lot more relaxed, although now he is in two against three, he is still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, but because the martial arts of the two of them are more or less better than each other, and they are often together, they have a tacit understanding, so they can also fight with the enemy's three samurai, so that the two of them successfully attracted a small half of the samurai in the city to their side, which greatly reduced the pressure on the other forces of the Takayama family, and also made many Kamiyama family Ashigaru fall into confusion.

It's not that they don't have thoughts, but after years of training, they're used to not thinking, but carrying out orders, so as soon as no one orders them to do something, these ashigaru will immediately feel wrong, but after all, they don't just stand there with a stake and let the enemy cut it, they just don't know what to do next, but the movements of their hands don't stop, and they fight with the enemy closest to them. …,

The easiest army in the city at present is the 200 spearmen led by Katsusuke Tanaka, who entered the castle and rushed past the two armies that were fighting together, and there was no enemy in front of them, because this castle was just the neighboring residence of the Uesugi family, and the head of the Kamiyama family, Murakami Yoshikiyo, was no longer in the castle, so there was not even a single figure in the castle tower.

After Katsusuke Tanaka easily occupied the castle tower, he immediately began to arrange defenses, and he knew that the enemy might attack at any time, so how dare he slack off.

The Gaoshan clan has also walked to the city gate, he saw that the two armies have been glued together, and someone is killed by the other party every moment, so he has to change his strategy immediately, just now he asked the original plan to attack, there is no way, after all, if he rearranged it at that time, it was obviously not in a hurry, but now it is different, the army of the family has rushed into the city, so he also has enough time to arrange.

Although Maeda Keiji was wandering outside the city at this time, his eyes never took off the clan's body.

Not a single enemy rushed out of the city, which made him very bored, and he was equally irritated to watch the other samurai kill in the city, and he could only use the weeds on the edge of the city to vent his anger.

However, just when he was feeling bored, he saw a fine armor ashigaru rushing towards him quickly, and before he could get closer, he heard Maeda Keiji ask loudly, "My lord, has a new order issued?" ”

I saw that the ashigaru nodded, and he shouted loudly: "Maeda-sama, the lord has an order, and he orders you to lead your troops into the city to fight. After hearing this, Maeda Keiji couldn't help but smile excitedly: "Ha Luha, report to the lord, my subordinates will destroy all the enemies in the city." After saying that, he didn't pay attention to the ashigaru anymore, and hurriedly ordered the troops under his command to pass on the order, so that the troops scattered around him moved closer to him.

However, he thought that the speed of the army under his command was too slow, so he was unwilling to wait any longer, for fear that the enemy would be killed by his own samurai, so he did not wait for the forces under his command to converge, and he only rushed towards the city with more than a dozen new team members. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )