Chapter Forty-Seven: Fighting to the Death
While the battle of Nagano Castle was raging, Ryohei Castle, not far from Nagano Castle, was also staging a different offensive and defensive battle. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After being ambushed, due to the loss of fighting spirit of the peasants and the fleeing, Miki Naogo had no choice but to return to Liangping Castle with the remaining 20 or so peasants. A lot of Ashigaru didn't know if they ran away or didn't want to come back to die, anyway, there were only more than 20 of the 50 people who went out of the city now.
Ryohei Yoshiki followed in the footsteps of Miki Naogo, and after Miki Naogo entered Ryohei, Ryohei Yoshiki also rushed to Ryohei Castle with Ashigaru.
Liangping Yihui looked at the head of Liangping Yizi on the city tower, and looked up to the sky and shouted: "Father! Yoshiki is here to save you! After speaking, he gritted his teeth and said to the soldiers behind him: "Attack!" The Tsugawa family's ashigaru does not stay! ā
"Kill!" "Rush forward!" Ashigaru behind Ryohira Yoshiki rushed out one after another.
Miki Naogo shouted: "Don't panic! Defend the city, and each peasant soldier will be rewarded with 5 stones! ā
Stimulated by the grain, the peasants and soldiers with low fighting spirit finally mustered up some courage to fight.
However, Ryohei Castle is a flat castle built on the plains and does not offer the same powerful terrain as Nagano Castle. Yoshiki Ryohira and his men began to climb the castle wall without much effort. Since there were only peasant soldiers in Liangping Castle, and there were no archers to suppress it, Ryohei Yoshiki and others climbed the castle tower very smoothly.
"Kill" Miki Naogo howled angrily and rushed towards the first ashigaru to climb the castle tower, slashing him down with a single sword. The peasant soldiers behind Miki Naogo also hugged each other and fought together with the ashigaru who rushed up to the castle tower.
Yoshiki Ryohei also rushed forward in the lead, and his goal was clear, killing Miki Naogo would cause the defenders of Ryohei Castle to rout.
"Ryohei family Ryohei Yoshiki came to ask for advice!" Yoshiteru Ryohira clenched the sword in his hand and said to Naogo Miki.
Miki Naogo also looked directly at Ryohei Yoshiteru with both eyes, "Miki Naogo, the head of the Tsugawa family ashigaru group!" Yoshiki Ryohei takes his life! After saying that, he rushed towards Ryohira Yoshiki.
Yoshiki Ryohei brandished a sword to face the battle, and the force of both sides was not comparable to that of ordinary peasant soldiers, and it was difficult to distinguish between the opponents and the opponents for a while.
The peasant soldiers in Liangping City were not numerically superior, and the peasant soldiers who were only temporarily mobilized did not have much combat effectiveness at all. On the other hand, the ashigaru under Ryohei Yoshiki, although they were all a group of defeated soldiers, they were also regular ashigaru troops before, and their combat effectiveness was far stronger than that of the peasants in Ryohei City.
In a short time, 7 or 8 peasant soldiers fell.
"Killing" Miki Naogo also knows that as long as he kills Ryohei Yoshiki, Ryohei City will turn the corner. The sword in Miki's hand cut through a graceful arc and went straight to the point of Ryohei Yoshiki. Yoshiki Ryohei is also not a vegetarian, and he waved the sword in his hand to block Miki Naogo's attack.
After a short time, all of Ryohira Yoshiki's men climbed the castle tower, and the situation on the field became more and more unfavorable to Miki Naogo and others.
Miki Naogo violently pushed back Ryohea Yoshiki, turned around and ran towards the peasant army. Killed several of Yoshinori Ryohira's men one after another.
Ryohei Yoshiki saw that Miki Naogo was so heroic, and he also commanded this ashigaru to kill him.
After all, there were still too few peasants in Liangping Castle, and when half of the peasants were killed, the situation on the castle tower began to collapse. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Miki Naogo hurriedly shouted loudly. "Retreat to the castle tower and hold the castle tower!"
Miki Naogo retreated with the remaining 10 or so peasant soldiers while fighting, while Yoshiki Ryohira pursued Ashigaru closely.
Ryohei Castle is not very large, and it was not long before the two came to the vicinity of the castle tower. Naogo Miki, who had no way out, gritted his teeth and rushed into the line of Ryohei Ashigaru again.
After slashing down a ashigaru with a knife, Miki Naogo shouted loudly: "For the sake of the Tsugawa family, fight to the death and not retreat!" Kill! Perhaps it was Miki Naogo's bravery that inspired the peasant soldiers, and the peasant soldiers behind Miki Naogo also came out to deal with Miki Naogo. The ashigaru of the Ryohei family was hindered by the martial arts of Miki Naogo, and for a while he did not dare to step forward again.
Ryohei Yoshiki said angrily: "What are you afraid of? There are only a few people in the Tsukawa family, kill it! Ask for a reward of 10 times for the enemy's general! ā
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and the two bold shouts rushed to Miki Naogo. Miki Naogo did not retreat, but advanced, first slashing one of the ashigaru to the ground with a single sword, and then sideways dodged the spear stabbed by the other ashigaru, and slashed through Ashigaru's neck with a backhand.
In an instant, 2 ashigaru were killed, and the ashigaru of the Ryohei family didn't dare to step forward again, and both sides didn't dare to act rashly for a moment.
At this time, the army outside Liangping City has been advancing rapidly towards Liangping City.
"Quick! It seems that there is a battle in Liangping Castle, so speed up and rush in! ā
It turned out that after receiving a notice from the Nagano government office, the Kuroda family of Kakuroyama Castle hurriedly went to the Kusakigawa Displaced People Settlement Site to organize 200 displaced people who were still training and cultivating their land, and marched towards Nagano Castle. While walking outside Ryohei Castle, the astute Kuroda Iekane discovers an anomaly in Ryohei Castle. With a few corpses scattered outside the castle and shouts of killing coming from inside the castle, Kuroda Iekane decisively realized that there was a battle in Ryohei Castle.
Although it was uncertain which army was attacking Ryohei Castle, Kuroda Iekane would not sit idly by and hurriedly commanded the displaced people to rush into Ryohei Castle.
Outside the castle tower, Miki Naogo is already at the end of the crossbow. When Yoshiki Ryohira personally came on the field and rushed over with Ashigaru, although Miki Naogo resisted, it was to no avail.
After the last peasant soldier fell, Naogo Miki was also seriously wounded. He was shot in the abdomen, and his arms and thighs were also slashed by Yoshiki Ryohira one after another.
Miki Naogo mustered up his last strength to keep himself from falling.
Finally, the figure of Kuroda Iekane appeared in Miki Naogo's eyes. "Aid..... Reinforcements! Here it comes! Miki Naogo fell down with relief.
The corpses of the Tsugawa family peasant soldiers found along the way had already made the grumpy Kuroda Iekane angry, and the moment he saw Miki Naogo fall to the ground, Kuroda Iekane finally broke out.
"It's the remnants of the Ryohei family! Kill! Avenge Miki-sama! ā
"Huh"
Ryohei Yoshiki looked at Kuroda Iekane who rushed over in disbelief, and shouted, "How can this be? Didn't all the troops of the Tsugawa family go to Nagano Castle? Why are there still so many people? ā
Yoshiki Ryohira recovered from the shock, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Kill! Rush."
In an instant, the two armies collided together!
Kuroda Iekane raised the spear in his hand and struck angrily, instantly piercing the bodies of the two Ryohei family Ashigaru. Then, Kuroda Iekane drew his sword and continued to charge. His eyes are firmly fixed on Yoshiki Ryohei in front of him! Miki Naogo is the elder brother of Mrs. Xiaolan in the lord's side room, and Miki Naogo is the status of a member of the family. Kuroda Iekane really hates Yoshiteru Ryohira, the culprit who "killed" Miki Naogo!
Ryohei Yoshiki knew that it was useless to run away at this time, and brandished a sword to resist Kuroda Iekane's fierce attack! However, how is Yoshiki Ryohira a mere opponent of Kuroda Iekane?
With a painful cry from Yoshiki Ryohira, Yoshiki Ryohei fell down unwillingly! A spear was already stuck in Yoshiaki Ryohira's chest.
"The enemy will be taken by me, Kuroda Mahei, and I'm going to take it," Kuroda shouted loudly. "The enemy general is dead, why not surrender early?" Seeing that Yoshiteru Ryohira's men were being captured, Yoshiteru Ryohira's men dropped their weapons and turned to flee, but unfortunately they were surrounded by a group of peasant soldiers from the Tsugawa family and had to surrender.
Kuroda Iekane hurriedly ran to the "corpse" of Miki Naogo and shook violently. "Miki-sama! Miki-sama! ā
It was not the "corpse" of Naogo Miki who responded to him, but a cough.
"Ahh Miki-sama, are you still alive? Kuroda said happily.
"Kuroda-sama, if you don't let go, you're really dead" Miki Naogo reluctantly squeezed out a smile.