The rain stopped quickly, and it took about another hour or so. After that, we sailed very fast, and at about half past three in the afternoon, we reached the sea outside the castle of Awa.

I left my office and walked up to the deck, by which time almost all the people on board were busy, and in addition to the normal sailors and gunners, there were many sailors brushing the water on the deck with large mops. Although the ship already has a fairly good drainage system, it is not completely possible to avoid the presence of stagnant water.

There is a croaking sound on the ground, which is extremely uncomfortable to listen to, probably because of the heavy body armor, and the sound under my feet is especially loud. I sighed and kicked towards the top of the ship, where in addition to the squire guards, there were warblers and Yuki in soft armor.

"How's it going?" In front of the steering wheel, I saw Hanbei Takenaka, who had come up first, and he had come to prepare for the attack.

"Everything is ready, there is still no movement in the raising city ahead!" As he answered, I set up my binoculars and looked forward, and the castle on the coast was quiet. Maybe it's too peaceful!

"They should have spotted us, but it's unlikely that we'll be putting up too much resistance!" I thought I was clever at it.

"The lord is right, it's impossible not to see such a large fleet appearing on the sea in broad daylight!" Hanbei Takenaka had apparently seen the ninja who had come to answer him. "The concealment of this operation is very good, and the Miyoshi family is not aware of it at all. According to the latest information, there are no more troops here, and the defenders are only 500 people! ”

"Maybe it's already increased, but you don't know!" I smiled and put the binoculars away, and stomped around for a moment. "Shi Yuan is there!"

"Just now he told Weichen to check the condition of the equipment again, and he may be back soon!" The half-guards in Takenaka didn't hear half of what I was saying.

"Lord!" At this time, Shinhachiro suddenly climbed up from the deck below, wearing armor and carrying his "Shura's Wrath".

The mountainous island battles were not suitable for cavalry, so this time I was prepared to fight with infantry and iron artillery. But anything can be unexpected, so I also brought five hundred Cossack light horsemen and two hundred armor horsemen. Even people and horses really took up a lot of space, and this time the first horse led the team was Shinhachiro.

"Lord, let me lead the team to attack the Raising City!" He ran up to me and said. "Since I arrived at the First Cavalry Reserve, I have never had the opportunity to personally lead the team to attack the city. It's exciting to charge as a cavalryman, but it's tiresome to do one thing all the time......"

"There are only five hundred foot guards in the city, so are you still interested?" I asked Shinhachiro directly that it wasn't hard to guess what he wanted.

"Only so few troops!" Shinhachiro immediately froze and opened his mouth wide. "It's worth fighting for this little bit of a rival, I think you're all a little bored! Then I'll go and rest for a while, and I'll call me ...... when I eat," he said, picking up his spear and preparing to turn and go down.

I suddenly felt that Shinhachiro seemed to be living a much more relaxed life than I was, and the answer may be a little strange, but at least he has a hobby that he loves terribly. Why can't I just give it a little stimulation? "You wait first!" I stopped him.

"Shall we start dinner now?" Shinhachiro turned his head and asked unexpectedly.

"What time is it?" I couldn't laugh or cry. "I want to participate in the first round of the charge in person in a moment, how about you open the way for me?"

"Is this necessary......" Shinhachiro was a little strange.

"What Lord Zhuxing said is very true, there is really no need for this!" Before he finished speaking, the half-guards of Takenaka grabbed it and hurriedly dissuaded: "Although the troops are weak, it is not a small city, and there will be stray arrows and missiles when the two armies are fighting." The lord is the commander of an army, there is really no need to take such a risk! ”

"I'm not the first person to charge, so there's nothing to worry about!" I spread my hands out in a relaxed gesture. "Both Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin have faced an equal army of people in person, and they haven't seen anything happen to them. When I was in the barrel of Sasama, I also participated in the attack on Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp with His Royal Highness the Lord's Inner Palace, and I was wounded in a brave battle. I have regressed a little over the years, but it is far from the point where I will fall down at the first touch......" I said that the "brilliant achievements" of the year were like a river, and I only said that the people around me were stunned. Anyway, it was impossible for any of them to know the truth of the year, and all they saw was the commendation order signed by Oda Nobunaga himself.

"My lord, let's think about it again!" Takenaka Hanbei still wants to dissuade him, anyway, he knows my martial arts background.

"It's not a big deal, today I'll let you see me striding into the City of Support!" I took out the "Dai" and raised it to the sky, showing a heroic and dry cloud appearance.

"Hey......" The half-guards in Takenaka had no choice but to turn around and call a large group of more skilled flags and guards to personally arrange the setting of the "guard circle".

"Look, lord!" Just as I was constantly YY, Goto Matabei suddenly pointed in the direction of the raising castle and called me to arrive. "The gates are opening, are they going to flee?"

"Ahh I ran over and hurriedly pulled out my binoculars and looked at the city again. Sure enough, the gate of the city of raising slowly opened a crack, and it really looked like someone was moving. "Hurry up......," I was in a hurry.

"Lord, what's wrong?" Just in time for Kamiya Shiyuan to come back from his inspection below.

"See? The gates of the city of upbringing over there! I pulled Kamiya Shiyuan and pointed to the other side and said.

"Look...... See! "He startled my face and didn't understand what it mattered.

"Fire the cannon and scare everyone who comes out, but don't hurt them!" I quickly commanded him, as if it were a strategic decision.

"Boom...... Although Kamiya Shiyuan was puzzled by my order, he immediately carried it out. But he just couldn't figure it out: what is a big deal to run such two people, isn't it easier to attack the city like this?

However, to say that the deterrent effect of these few blows is really huge, and the city gate was closed again without anyone coming out.

"Lord, is there anything wrong?" The half-guard of Takenaka hurriedly walked over after the arrangement was finally completed, he was really afraid of me at the moment and some demon moths.

"It's not a big deal, I just want to make it a little fun to go into battle in person!" I'm really feeling a little bit funny right now. Although I had made some preparations beforehand, it seemed far less interesting than my impromptu motion.

"There is no indication of surrender from the enemy, are we going to shell the castle?" Kamiya Shiyuan came to ask for instructions again.

"Don't be so troublesome, let's land and attack directly!" I smiled mysteriously and shook my head in rejection of the suggestion. "Go put the dinghy down, I'm going to land myself!" I took my saber and prepared to go down from the ship's tower.

"Lord, let's call the troops of Lord Kerr or Lord Otani up!" Takenaka Hanbei still tried to make a last-ditch effort.

"What is it called participating in the war, I must land with the first wave of troops!" I categorically deny this.

"This ...... Be! He turned his head to Kamiya Shiyuan and ordered, "Go and prepare a small boat for the lord, it must be the safest!" Then he winked again.

I rowed to the shore in a small boat specially prepared for me by Kamiya Shimoto, which was not surprising in the past, but gradually I felt that something was not quite right, but I still couldn't say why. It wasn't until I went ashore with the guards that I realized that the oarsmen had been instructed to row slowly on purpose, and at this time, the troops of Ke'er Caizo and Otani Yoshitsugu had opened the city gates, and there were more than a thousand people entering the city!

I entered the city, and the battle for the main passage was almost over by this time, and there were some corpses of defenders lying on the ground, but the buildings were not much damaged, so it can be seen that the confrontation was not very fierce.

On both sides of me are Ying, who are wearing soft armor, and Ah Xue, and on the periphery are the guards on the inside and outside of the three layers, not to mention me, even Shinhachiro, who is at the forefront of the team with a gun, has not encountered a living enemy. It's not a battle anymore, but I can completely understand the feelings of Hanbei Takenaka and Shigen Kamiya.

"My lord, please stay!" Your Excellency the castle tower of Honmaru, an ashigaru general blocked our way. "There are still a few enemy troops in the corner who are stubbornly resisting, please go to Ninomaru to rest first!"

"If I can't even see a resisting enemy, then what's it called being in battle! Get out of the way! I brushed him off and walked on.

One is that it has just rained, and the other is that no firearms have been used, so no fires have been lit anywhere. Sure enough, there were more than 20 Miyoshi samurai covered in blood on the stairs of the castle tower resisting, because the terrain was too narrow, and the attackers below could not exert all their strength for a while.

"Shinhachiro, go!" I ordered.

"Okay!" Shinhachiro shouted and strode forward, and Ashigaru, who was guarding below, was accidentally knocked down by him several times. With a diagonal swing of the "Shura's Fury" in his hand, he knocked down three enemies that blocked him and half of the staircase handrail.

Although these two dozen or so are also samurai with some skills, they are like chopped melons and vegetables in front of Shinhachiro. The one at the back of the queue saw that the situation was not good, so he ran upstairs with his saber upside down.

"Hmm!" I glanced back at one of the guards, who immediately took off the longbow he was carrying and raised his hand to an arrow, and the Miyoshi samurai rolled down with a grunt.

All resistance was removed, and I slowly ascended to the top floor of the castle tower, where the doors were closed and the voices of people could be heard faintly from within. "Stop!" I stopped one of the flags kicking the door, turned back to someone and said, "Ying and Xue follow me in, everyone else is waiting here!" ”

"Oh......" It's not that no one didn't disagree with my decision, but they all flinched under my stern eyes.

I came to the door and slowly stretched out my hand, and Ying and Xue followed closely behind me with their weapons in hand.

"Madame, don't!" Just as the door opened, there was an exclamation from inside the room. A richly dressed woman was holding a short knife and trying to stab herself in the chest, while another, who appeared to be a maid, held her knife-wielding hand tightly.