Chapter 538: Hold Me Back
Just after the clan was re-subordinated, the 5,500 troops led by Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Prince Kakushubo, the abbot of Enryakuji Temple, had also arrived outside the castle.
The others didn't know, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki knew that the longbow in the hands of the elite archers under the command of the Takayama clan could shoot a range of 100 meters, so as soon as they reached this distance, they hurriedly stopped the military momentum.
And he and another monk in his forties loosened the reins, stepped forward, only to hear Ashikaga Yoshiaki scold: "The traitor Takayama clan, as a human minister, dared to commit rebellion, and now that the king has arrived, he still does not apologize." ”
"The general's words are wrong, the general can have today's might, it is not my lord's help, when the general almost died, it was I who helped you escape and ascend to heaven, when the general was displaced, it was I who persuaded the lord to help the general restore the old territory, when the general wanted to open up the territory and expand the territory, it was I who sent the army to help the general capture tens of thousands of stones, and now the general has no care to attack, it is really ungrateful, why should we support such an ungrateful villain.
Hmph, don't talk nonsense, if you have the ability, you will capture the city, if it is late, when my father-in-law and father-in-law lead the reinforcements to arrive, you will be called to wait for the ashes. ”
"You ......" After the clan finished speaking, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was stunned and couldn't refute it.
He originally wanted to use this to reduce the morale of the defenders in the city, but now, seeing that the army behind him was whispering, this made the Gaoshan clan take advantage.
And Prince Jue Shufa also wanted to say a few words, but seeing that the mouth of the Gaoshan clan was really good, so after thinking about it, forget it, why do you talk so much nonsense, directly break the city, unscrew the head of the Gaoshan clan, and everything will be solved.
Thinking of this, when he saw Ashikaga Yoshiaki's angry face, he couldn't help but hurriedly persuade: "Lord General, this seat thinks that it is better to break the city directly than to talk about this traitor." What's the use of his hard mouth then?
And this Gaoshan clan sect is the number one enemy of the Buddha, and this seat plans to slash the enemy, and please don't compete for the first place. ”
What Ashikaga Yoshiaki wants most is that the result is for others to contribute and enjoy the results himself. Now that it is Prince Jue Shufa himself who proposes it, he is happy to fight for both sides, only in this way can he greatly strengthen his control over the mountain city, and no one wants to have a stronger force than himself in his own territory.
"Then there's Master Lao." After speaking, I saw him wave his big hand, and immediately led the army to retreat, making way for the 2,000 monks and soldiers of Enryaku Temple.
"Hmph. Overestimate one's strength or oneself. Seeing that the enemy only had two thousand monks left in Enryakuji Temple, and the other troops had retreated to hundreds of meters away, the clan couldn't help but snort coldly and said to himself.
If the enemy's more than 5,000 troops besieged the city together, it would still give the clan a headache, but now that there are only 2,000 monks, then he has absolute confidence that he will defeat them and make them pay a terrible price. Since you are not afraid of death, then die.
And it can also be seen from this that the enemies do not seem to be united. As long as you all want to preserve your strength, then what else is there to fear.
Prince Jue Shu Fa didn't know much about the Oda Army, it can be said that he didn't care about it, he always thought that the combat power of the monks under his command could rank first in the world, and the monks under his command were not even afraid of death, what else was to be afraid of.
Therefore, he did not divide the monks and soldiers under his command into two ways, so he launched an attack on the city from the front, although Luozhong City is not small, but there is only one city wall. There is simply no room for the attack of 2,000 troops, and the number of people who can really line up to attack is no more than a hundred, and the rest can only eat rolling stones and arrows in the back.
On the castle wall, the Takayama clan saw that the enemy was so arrogant that he attacked from only one side, and immediately transferred Tanaka Katsusuke's two hundred spears to the front. Compared with the Oda army, it is still easy to use the army under his command. …,
In addition to the three hundred spears left in the front of the Oda army in the city, the rest are still guarding the other three city walls, one is that one city wall cannot accommodate more than 1,000 troops stationed at all, and the other is that the clan is afraid of the remaining more than 3,000 enemies, taking advantage of his battle with the monks of Enryakuji Temple, stealing the city from the other three sides, although he knows that he is afraid that Ashikaga Yoshiaki does not have such a high IQ, and the upright Hosokawa Fujitaka should not take advantage of the danger, but he also has to be guarded.
The combat strength of the monks and soldiers of Yanli Temple was not unavoidable, and as soon as Prince Jue Shufa gave the order to attack, they rushed towards Luozhong City like crazy, without a trace of hesitation or hesitation.
"Shoot the arrows!" The enemy was already a hundred meters away, so as soon as Prince Jueshu opened his mouth, Omiya Keiren also gave the order to shoot at the same time, and as soon as those monks moved, they collided with the arrows, which gave the city a head start.
Although it took advantage of it, and releasing the arrows in advance allowed Shigeto to grab one more chance to release the arrows, but because the enemy had just entered the range, it did not cause them too many casualties.
Seeing that the monks outside the city had received a round of arrows, the clan sect did not hesitate or pause at all, and still rushed towards the direction of the city at the fastest speed.
Seeing this, he couldn't help frowning, the combat power of the monks of Enryakuji Temple is also a little stronger, even if it is an elite army like the Matsunaga Army, after seeing the range of Shigeto Bow and Ashigaru, they are also stunned in place, and this group of monks and soldiers don't care about it at all.
said before that they are not afraid of life and death, and the clan still has some disbelief, after all, as long as they are people, there is no one who is not afraid of death, the difference is only whether they have the courage to face death, most of the brave have become samurai, and most of the rest are just living at the lowest level, because they simply do not have the courage to fight hard and fight for themselves and their families.
And after seeing these monks and soldiers, this made the clan completely believe that there are really people in this world who are not afraid of death, and they can no longer even be called people, people are afraid of death, and they are not afraid, so they are not people, but killing machines.
The only language they understand is violence, and only when they fall in a pool of blood will they know what you are talking to them.
A short distance of 100 meters, if there is no pause, in the blink of an eye, although the heavy vine archashishigaku are very hard, all hoping to shoot one more arrow, but the reality is cruel, when they finished the third round of shooting, although they caused about 200 casualties to the enemy, but did not stop the enemy from rushing to the city.
"Flag Ashigaru stepped forward and blocked it for me, and the Oda family ashigaru smashed me with a stone." Without waiting for Katsusuke Tanaka to order, the clan took the first step and said.
After shooting an arrow, Shigeto Bow Ashigaru had retreated behind the two armies, although they could not see the target, but there were too many monks outside the city, too concentrated, and they could shoot a few with their eyes closed, and there were many arrows in the city, so they could be wasted.
Shigeto bow ashigaru kept firing back behind the two armies, and the spear ashigaru in front of the line had already exchanged hands with the enemy, although the spears in the hands of the two hundred spear ashigaru under the command of the Takayama clan were not as long as the Oda family ashigaru, only less than three meters in length, but the young knives in the hands of the monks were shorter, adding up to less than two meters, as the so-called one inch long and one inch strong, don't look at it is just an extra meter of distance, but those monks outside the city can't rush at all, and those who rush over also fall quickly.
And the Oda army behind the spear ashigaru, at this time was not idle, I saw them pick up the stone, smashed it hard outside the city, and all the brains that were hit by the stone were shattered, even if some were lucky enough to be smashed limbs, or hit the body, it was also miserable and cried, losing the ability to fight, and the uninjured monks were blocked by these wounded, and the offensive was weakened, but in this way, they will pay a greater price, and sure enough, as the clan thought, the casualties of the monks outside the city are increasing rapidly. …,
Just when the clan was secretly proud, he suddenly found that the rate of fire of the heavy vine bow began to slow down, the sharp weapon of the heavy vine bow, even many samurai may not be able to pull it apart, and the heavy vine bow can be pulled away, and it is not easy to shoot accurately, if they are required to keep the best condition for a long time to shoot, it will be difficult for some strong people, so their high-intensity, non-stop shooting only lasts for about a pillar of incense, and their physical strength is a little unable to keep up, although they are still pulling the bow and releasing arrows, but the speed has dropped by half from just now.
The clan knew in his heart that they must not be overworked, otherwise, even if they could repel the enemy today, but tomorrow, it is certain that the next time the enemy attacks again, he will definitely not be so reckless this time, if there is less heavy vine bow and foot light, it is equivalent to less buffer, if the enemy is allowed to attack the city without hindrance, then the pressure on the defending army is undoubtedly huge.
But now that they were ordered to stop shooting, the clan was a little reluctant.
Although they couldn't aim, but under the command of Omiya Jingren, the covering shots they carried out could still cause a lot of damage to the enemy, but outside the city was the group of madmen in Enryakuji Temple, and every time they died, the certainty of defending the city would be a little greater, so for a while, even the clan was a little hesitant.
Alas, it seems that there are still too few ranged attack units under his command, and it is true that Shigeto Bow Ashigaru attacks are powerful, but it is not easy to recruit such ashigaru, and it would be great if there was a ranged attack force that could be replaced now......
When Clan Zong Gang thought of this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, who said that there was no replaceable long-range attack team, wouldn't the thirty ninjas under his command be completely competent.
Although the enemy has attacked the city anyway, he does not require any range, as long as he grabs a sword and throws it with a crackle, the casualties caused to the enemy are not necessarily worse than those of the rattan bow.
Thinking of this, I heard the clan immediately say: "Ishikawa Goemon, I order you to immediately lead the ninja to replace Shigeto Bow and Ashigaru, and use the shuriken to greet the enemies outside the city." ”
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