Chapter 257: Earth Dragon Attack

"Purr... "The defenders of Devon City fell asleep tiredly, the Takeda army had been besieging the city for three or four days in a row, and the night was the most peaceful time for both sides.

Rustle! Masaharu Mikoda is leading a squad that is on duty at night, and there are many more squads like him.

He turned a corner, came to the armory, inspected the porter, and was about to leave.

Suddenly, a jar of water next to the road trembled slightly, and the jar water inside stirred up repeated waves.

"Huh?" Masaharu Mikoda leaned over, pressed his ear to the pottery urn, and closed his eyes to listen.

Soon, a faint voice came from the underground, if there was no method of "urn listening", I would not have known that there would be abnormalities underground.

The urn listens to the city, and it is also a weapon for defending the city given by Hosokawa Nobumoto, first digging a deep well and placing a pottery urn. The empty pottery urn is good for listening to sounds, and it can also be used to store water in wartime, and it is just right to judge the general direction of the tunnel by the waves stirred up by the sound waves.

"I didn't expect the Takeda family to be authentic, these sharp weapons of the lord are really handy." Masaharu Mikoda observed the signal released by the "Urn Listening" all the way, and finally found the area with the greatest vibration in a remote alley, and the tunnel exit must be nearby.

"Report...!" A sapper covered in mud quickly ran to Takeda Shingen's camp, waking up many Takeda soldiers who were resting along the way.

"What people!" As soon as he ran outside the camp gate, he was stopped by two ashigaru on duty.

"Yes! If there is an emergency, you need to inform the owner! The sapper put down his weapon and knelt on the ground honestly.

"What's the matter!" A samurai on duty approached and asked.

"My lord! The tunnels have been dug through! Straight into Devon..."The sapper gave the warrior a detailed account of the progress of the tunnels.

"Oh? Finally dug through? Very good! Go down and tell the lord that you can go down. The samurai excitedly ran into the camp and went to report to Takeda Shingen, and after digging for four days, he finally succeeded.

"Excellent! Out of the line! Attack the city tonight and give him a flower inside and out! "Takeda Shingen finally heard a good news, and the feints in the past few days have also paid a lot of price.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Mitsueda took the lead into the tunnel, and soon came to the end.

"That's where you say? Going out from here, it's Ninomaru directly? In the narrow passage behind Sanzhi Shouzhi, there were all Lin troops who were ready to go.

"Exactly! My lord, let's go up quickly..."Tabe Sayoshi smiled flatteringly, imagining that after today, he would probably be a samurai with a general character.

As he spoke, suddenly, the exit was opened, and several heads poked out.

"Hahaha! I have been waiting for you for a long time. Come! Pour the oil! Shenzi Tian Masaji laughed, beckoned, a bucket of good oil was poured on the three branches of Shouzhi and Tabe Zuoji's face was full of faces.

"Huh? Not good! At this time, Sanzhi Shouzhi was already so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky.

"Set fire!" Masaharu Mikoda gave an order and threw down the burning torch.

"Ahh Devon City was on fire, lighting up the entire sky.

"Good! Got it! Sortie! "On a hill not far from Devon City, the banner is clear, and two generals sit under the horse seal to direct the siege.

The leader is a young man with a mediocre appearance, but there is a pride exuding between his eyebrows, and he is the future heir of the Takeda family, Takeda Katsuyori.

He was born to Takeda Shingen and his side room, Suwa Yorishige's daughter Suwa Goroto, and was the fourth son of Takeda Shingen. Due to the untimely death of the son Inomaru born to Shingen's sister Takeda Yoshige and Suwa Yorishige, Katsuyori entered Takato Castle and changed his surname to the Suwa clan to inherit the Suwa family, named Suwa Shiro Katsuyori.

In the eighth year of Eiroku, he married Oda Nobunaga's adopted daughter, Toyama clan.

In November of the tenth year of Yongroku, after giving birth to his sister-in-law, Takeomaru, the Toyama clan died in childbirth.

In October of the tenth year of Yongroku, Takeda Yoshinobu, the eldest son of Shingen's seclusion, killed himself in Tokoji Temple. Because the second son, Nobumi Umino, was blind, the third son died early, and the later sons had passed on to others, so Takeda Shingen recalled the fourth son, Katsuyori, and made him the heir.

However, folk rumors say that Takeda Shingen loves his grandson Nobukatsu very much and wants to adopt him as an adopted son, and before Nobukatsu becomes an adult, Katsuyori will serve as the "formation generation".

"Young master, are you waiting? Why are the fires in the city so messy? It seems that there is only one exit from the tunnel, right? And there's no news of success, is it? Next to Takeda Katsuyori sat a veteran general, Yuan Changyin, who was the elder of the Takeda family, Katsuyori's assistant, and was also one of the twenty-four generals.

"Then they must be setting fire around! Don't miss the opportunity! Devon City must be taken at this opportunity! Katsuyori Takeda said confidently, as his father was watching him from another hill behind him, and he wanted to show him that he was acting decisively and judging accurately.

"Okay." After all, this siege battle was commanded by the young master, and Yuan Changyin had fulfilled his obligations, and now he was unconditionally obeying orders.

I saw Takeda Katsuyori sitting on the mazaar, learning from his father's appearance, and calmly waving the military equipment in his hand, but he was overjoyed and couldn't suppress his excitement.

"Start the siege!" Several hundred-legged people rode out of the formation, and the white leaning flag behind them grinned in the wind, embroidered with hundred-legged centipedes.

I saw them come to their respective armies and shout in a loud voice:

"Wind Army Preparation!"

"Fire Army Preparation!"

"Lin Jun prepares!"

"Wind Army Forward!" A member of the hundred-legged group led the wind army and attacked Devon City.

The hundred-legged people served as heralds on the battlefield and monitored the enemy's movements, and this unit was not allowed to retreat, and everything had to be ahead of the troops. In war, even if an enemy approaches you, you will not run back until you get useful information, even if you die.

"Wind! Wind! Wind! The Wind Army followed the hundred-legged man and began the siege of Devon, and the Iron Cannon joined the battle.

Another name for the Hundred Foot Crowd is the "Envoy Twelve", which was selected by the Takeda family from among the sons of important ministers in the family as a backup cadre for future retainers. The difference with Oda Nobunaga's mother's cloth is that each of the Hyakzu people is qualified to lead the army.

Oda Nobunaga's members of the mother's house were selected from the second male in each household and became directly subordinate to the army, and then a few of these people were selected to become important ministers.

Everyone in the hundred-legged group grows up to be a general or a direct retainer, with territory and soldiers, in fact, they are a second-generation army.

At the same time, on a hill half a mile away, Takeda Shingen personally sat in charge, the "mountain army" guarded the left and right, and a group of important ministers of the Takeda family next to him pointed and commented on Takeda Katsuyori's ability.

Suddenly, there was a strange sound of horses' hooves..., you are lonely, and the young lady warms you with a movie