Chapter 35: The Hattori family
Urakami Sochen took a closer look, and there was really a flag of the mother's family mixed with many flags, and then he was relieved, Ota Hara was right, this is just a partial army of the Kuroda family, and they must be trying to induce his father to return to the army by attacking Bizen Province. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info And the Kuroda family will definitely gather all the elites in the front line of Murozu Castle to defend, so there must be no elites surrounding Tenjin Mountain Castle, it must be the army dominated by the Hao clan brought by the Musato Kobei from Sanrong County, and the combat effectiveness will not be too strong. Since this is the case, then I am really confident.
"I know, thank you for the reminder, order the whole army, collective alert, and prepare for the cage city." After Urakami Muneshin figured it out, he began to give orders, and he seemed to be in high spirits, and even the Hattori clan and Ota Hara clan on the side, as well as a few relatives of the samurai, were amazed.
In fact, the reason why Urakami Zongchen has such a performance is also a last resort. Urakami Sokei had two sons, Urakami Sochen and Urakami Chengzong, Urakami Munetsu was appointed as the acting official, and when Urakami Sokei was out of battle, he sat in Tenjin Mountain Castle and temporarily managed the entire Tobi former country; Urakami Seimune sat in charge of the castle and managed the newly recovered Nishibizen region. To put it bluntly, Urakami Zongjing gave the two a chance to compete fairly, whoever wins, who is the head of the Urakami family, and the loser is estimated to get nothing, because Urakami Zongjing himself is the second son who drove away the eldest son of Urakami Masamune, so he will definitely not leave any capital for the loser of this game.
As the son-in-law Urakami Zongchen, facing the competition of his younger brother, and the resources obtained by the two of them are about the same, and even Urakami Narumun is still slightly inferior in the number of retainers allocated, so the pressure is still very great, so he has to make the best version of himself when the opportunity comes, so that his relatives and the important ministers in the family support him. And now is a good opportunity, as long as he can defeat the mother of the little soldier, no, no, no need, as long as the ability to protect the Tenjin Mountain Castle is not lost, as long as he waits until Urakami Sokei returns to the army victoriously, he will be appreciated by these relatives in the city, and as long as the Hattori clan and Otawara Munetoki's father can support him, at least two important ministers have been entrapped, as long as he wins the two of the six big guys through Otawara and Hattori Hisashi, see what Urakami Narumune will take to fight with him.
If the castle Urakami Zongchen shouted loudly, the Kuroda army survived without a word, since the Tenjin Mountain Castle wanted to fight in the cage city, it would definitely not surrender. And the person who shouted was the son-in-law of Urakami Munekei, a big fish, and Sasaki Nagahide, Goto Kikuni and others were excited. Although they came to Tenjin Mountain Castle without a battle, the army had still been on the march for a long time after all, so Musato Kobei did not immediately order the siege of the castle.
As a mountain castle, there is only one road leading from the foot of the mountain to the castle of the gods, and there are no other roads around it unless you take a detour to the other side of the mountain, but there are all woods there, and there is no road for the army to pass, except for hunters who enter the mountains all year round and ninjas who are familiar with field warfare.
After the "attack" rested for half an hour, Musato Kobei ordered the whole army to attack the city, and the crossbowfoot light lined up at the front of the line, and they all had already mounted their crossbow arrows, and marched towards the Tenjin Mountain Castle through the only mountain road.
There were only thirty crossbows in the army of the Musato Kobei, and each of the thirty men carried twenty crossbows. As a result, in the previous battle, there was basically no place for crossbows, and a few samurai took the lead in rushing and easily fell into the city, and the crossbow bolts have not been lost until now. Now it's finally a chance to play, see it! When they encountered Jiancheng, they still had to rely on our crossbows to get out of the horse, and they were all very excited.
When the "arrows" were seventy steps away from the city, the Urakami defenders began to shoot arrows at the castle under the order of Ota Hara Muneki, and the same thirty bows were light, and only two of the thirty arrows hit, and the hit rate was terrible. Even the two arrows that hit hit the Kuroda army's hat, and did not cause any damage to the Kuroda family. Another round of arrow rain, this time five arrows hit the Kuroda family's crossbow, but there were still no casualties to the Kuroda family.
At this time, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru had already entered the effective range, "free fire", and thirty crossbow ashigaru, led by Ashigaru's small head, shot the crossbow arrows that had been wound long ago. The sound of "poof, puff, puff" and a few metal entering the body is extremely obvious when both sides are very quiet. Originally, there were thirty bow-footed lights standing at the head of the city, which seemed a little crowded, but now, there were a few fewer people, and the head of the city was instantly empty.
"Damn, is this what my father said about the Kuroda family's sharp arrows? Don't stop, keep shooting, and if you don't want to die, shoot faster. Otawara Muneki saw that several people on his side fell to the ground in an instant, and the other Bowashigaru stayed there and did not move, his brows furrowed, brandishing his katana, and shouting loudly.
Bow Foot Light recovered from the shouts of the Ota Hara Dynasty and fought another confrontation with the Kuroda family, but this time there was a Kuroda crossbow Ashgaru who was unlucky and was shot through the hand armor of his left hand, and the arrow was in the flesh and could not fight again, and the Urakami army killed and wounded six more people.
The Kuroda family's crossbowshigaru small head found that at a distance of fifty paces, the Urakami family's bow shots were not high, and the damage of the bow and arrow was not high, so he decisively ordered all the crossbowshigaru to retreat to a distance of fifty steps and shoot again. In this way, the Kuroda army can guarantee that the losses will be minimal and the results will be maximized.
"Damn, as my father said, the people of the Kuroda family are so cunning. All the archers retreated, and the other ashigaru and peasant soldiers all went to the castle to prepare for a white-knuckle battle. Seeing that the Kuroda family retreated to fifty steps before continuing to shoot, Ota Hara Munetoki punched the city wall and gave a loud order.
Urakami bowed ashigaru all down the castle, and samurai, ashigaru, and peasant soldiers quickly blocked the city walls, waiting for the Kuroda family to attack. These people who went up to the city had just seen the power of the Kuroda family's bow and crossbow, and they were afraid that they would also become live targets, with their heads down, or cats behind the battlements. However, instead of continuing to shoot with crossbow arrows, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru retreated, allowing the friendly troops behind to step forward and give up their position to the castle walls, ready to attack the castle wall directly.
The Kuroda family erected a ladder on the city wall, and dozens of wealthy soldiers began to ascend the city first, and they quickly stood on the top of the city and targeted their weapons at the previous master's house. Some of these wealthy samurai wanted to make a good impression in front of the Kuroda family for the sake of their family, and some wanted to gain some merit so that they could get some land for themselves, anyway, no matter what they were for, they were extremely heroic.
Musato Kobei nodded at the performance of these wealthy families, he was quite satisfied, as the old minister of the Kuroda family, he knew the Kuroda family's style of acting, and he would not watch them go to death, after all, the Kuroda family would rule Bizen Province in the future, and it would still be inseparable from these wealthy people. So Musato Kobei waved his hand and asked Sasaki Nagahide and Goto Keikuni to lead the reserve team to follow and kill.
The Hattori clan is a rare fierce general among the younger generation of the Urakami family, and when he saw the Kuroda family's army going up to the castle, he rushed towards the place with the most people with a katana. His katana slashed at a wealthy samurai, and before the wealthy samurai could react, a long, deep wound was cut on his body, and he didn't have time to scream before he fell to the ground.
After that, he hacked two more Hao warriors to death in a row, and a young warrior saw that people on his side were being killed in a row, shouted and rushed towards the Zong family.
"Interesting, in the Shimouragami family, the Hattori clan." Hattori looked at the young samurai, patted the katana and said loudly.
"Kugi Valley Cultivator" The young man replied coldly.