The night sky above Kitanoso is dim and unclear.

It's early spring, and the days are short and the nights are long.

At this time, it was the thickest time of night, and the east had not yet revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly.

It is also the time when people are most tired.

On the artillery fort on the east side of the castle, the large barrels of ashigaru slowly removed the cannon jackets that were used as cover, revealing the muzzles of the black holes in the gates.

Rui Costa, who was wearing leather gloves, was looking in the direction of Kitanosho Castle with a monocular chisato tube.

In the direction of the gate of Kitanosho Castle, a few torches were lit alone.

Under the five-month siege of the city, the Shibata army patrolled the city and only clinged listlessly to the edge of the city, breathing with both hands and warming their hands, without any vigilance at all.

Moreover, the time of dawn is the most sleepy time for people, and the vigilance of the entire North Village City has been put to the lowest.

Rui Costa put down the monocular and reached into his bosom with his right hand and pulled out his brass pocket watch.

Flipping open the lid of the watch, in the silence, you can hear the hands clattering, about to coincide with the Roman numeral five.

"Fill the shells, any cannon, prepare three rounds of rapid fire!"

Rui Costa's voice rang out in a low voice.

In the same way, not far from an underground.

Hashiba Hidecho was dressed in a full-bodied body, half-squatting on the black soil, and the samurai and ashigaru around him were all holding torches.

Grease drips from the torches.

Yu Shiba Xiu's long eyes stared at the deep hole, which was faintly filled with the smell of gunpowder.

At this time, an envoy with a small flag was planted. Hurriedly ran in and reported to Yuchai Xiuyu: "Lord Yuchai, the lord's decree is ready to be prepared." ”

Hashiba Hidecho nodded, and immediately took the torch from the samurai beside him, and pointed it towards the cotton and hemp on the ground.

I only heard the sound of the sizzling, and the light of the fire burned lightly, and it went down the long line to the cave.

The surrounding area was light, and the samurai were evacuated from all around the entrance of the cave. After checking it out, Hidecho Hashiba was the last one to leave.

Suddenly, Rui Costa, who was on top of the fort, closed his pocket watch cleanly, raised his right hand to the sky, and waved it down: "Fire!" ”

Rumble!

Rumble!

The Takeda Army mainly built eight artillery forts on the east and south sides of the city, and almost at the same time, they let out an earth-shattering roar.

The roar of shells. Deafening, the ground began to shake gently.

The cannonballs whistled and mixed with the sound of breaking wind, and after drawing arcs in the sky above Kitanosho Castle, they smashed heavily on Kitanosho Castle.

Shake, shake!

Shibata Katsuya woke up almost suddenly.

Years of experience in battlefield warfare. Shibata Katsuya didn't hesitate for a moment before jumping out of the bed and pulling out the katana under the pillow.

In the middle of the house, the naked Shibata Katsuya is like a chimpanzee, with countless black hairs on his chest. Only a crotch cloth was covered in the lower body, and in the futon beside him, Ah Shi was naked with a white keto body, and he was at a loss for a while.

In the midst of the deafening sound of cannons, in the castle tower, those maids of Owari Mino. Screaming in panic, there was a rush of hurried footsteps everywhere.

This scene is really terrifying.

But Shibata Katsuya is a veteran of the battlefield after all, and by the location of the sword light, he has a lot of peace of mind for a while.

With the flickering oil lamp, Shibata Katsuya saw that the castle tower was shaking a little, and sawdust was spilling from the top pavilion.

At this time, Shibata Katsuie's side approached the samurai and pushed open the paper sliding door. He knelt on the ground with a puff and reported to Shibata Katsuie, "My lord, the Takeda army suddenly launched an artillery bombardment, and there was a shell that seemed to hit the castle tower, and I asked the lord to evacuate Honmaru as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this news, Ah Shi Leng didn't scream, looked at Shibata Katsuya helplessly, and said, "Husband." ”…,

Shibata Katsuya rubbed Ashi's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "What are you panicking, although the artillery fire of the Takeda Army is fierce, there are not many big tubes that can hit the castle tower, and this hit the castle tower is just a coincidence." If you leave this pill, it will only be more dangerous. If you go down with the order, if you move around at will, scream in horror, and disturb the morale of the army, you will be killed on the spot! ”

"Oh!"

When the samurai heard this, he immediately took the order and left.

Soon after, the castle tower fell silent in the midst of this suppression.

After pacifying Aichi, Shibata Katsuya stepped forward with his sword and pushed open the pane, only to see the Takeda Army artillery barracks facing the castle tower.

The big barrel roared, and in the night, the flames spouted from the muzzle of the cannon burst into bloom like small flowers.

Soon after, another shell whistled.

In the middle of the main maru, Shibata Gungashi, who guards the castle tower, is holding a hat and dodging the cannonballs in embarrassment.

Shibata Katsuie's face was as pale, and he stared straight at the artillery fortress in front of him.

Rumble!

The cannonball that blasted towards Honmaru finally fell, smashing into a house close to Honmaru.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, and half of the house collapsed in a flash.

Shibata Katsuya snorted coldly, raised his sword at the big barrel that the Takeda army was still roaring, and shouted loudly: "With this big tube, I can't break my city defense, Li Xiao, my Shibata's martial arts are blessed by the god Hachiman, you can't help me." Under the city of this northern village is your graveyard. ”

Ijiro, who was squatting in the tunnel, was above his head, and the cannonballs kept whistling by.

Every time a cannonball lands, you can make Ijiro feel a gentle shaking of the large cylinder from the surface of his feet.

Ijiro nervously took out the bamboo tube next to him, brought it close to his mouth and swallowed it.

However, the trembling of the arm caused most of the water on the bamboo tube to spill in half.

Now is the time of day and night, and the dew penetrates enough, and the whole body is cold.

But now Ijiro didn't feel it at all, just holding the bamboo gun in both hands and squatting in the tunnel.

Along with Ijiro, there were countless of his fellow villagers, all like him at the moment, squatting in the tunnel, staring straight ahead.

Rows of erected bamboo spears on the tips of the guns. Drops of dew, trembling, slid down the blade of the gun.

At this time, the samurai lord Yuichi Nojiri on the side had already pulled out the sword at his waist and shouted at them, "Ready!" ”

Listening to Nojiri's shouts one by one, Ijiro reflexively straightened up from the tunnel, chanting words and praying to the gods and Buddhas for protection.

At this moment he thought of his mother, and of his wife.

And in the ashigaru beside Ijiro, countless people performed the same actions as him, and many others converted to Catholicism. They silently drew a cross on their chests and kissed the cross that hung around their necks.

"Steady!"

Yuichi Nojiri shouted again, only to hear a commotion, and there were large swaths of the sharp tips of the guns pressed down in front and back, and they shook gently in the breeze.

Ijiro held his breath at the moment and kicked his right leg back in the dirt. The whole person is like a stiff bowstring, and under the array, in the horizon parallel to the horizon, is the wall of the North Sho Castle.

Boom!

Suddenly, Ijiro was unstable on his footing and almost fell to the ground.

Kitanosho Castle in the midst of artillery fire. There has been an anomaly.

I saw that under the night sky, countless sand powder and stones rushed into the sky in an instant.

This is the direction of the north side of Kitanoso Castle.

In an instant, the three sections on the north side of the north side of the castle are more than ten meters long each. and a stone arrow oar, all of which turned into mud and sand and rubble, flew all over the sky and sent them into the sky.

The sand and stones that fell from the sky hit the long feet of Yu Chai Xiu, making a long thin sound. …,

See this scenario. Yu Shiba Xiu slammed his fist into the mud in front of him.

Suddenly, Yuchai Hidecho turned his head and shouted, "What are you waiting for!" the horn. ”

"The blasting of the Earth Dragon Attack has been successful!"

Shigang Yiyu reported to Li Xiaoyu.

Li Xiao had already seen everything from the monocular thousand-mile tube.

At this moment, as the shelling progressed, the sky began to brighten, and the field of vision gradually became clearer.

Li Xiao's face was not much joy, and he said, "It's not worth being happy." This explosive powder is all the money of this legion. ”

All of a sudden, the whimpering conch sounded from all sides.

In each place, a similar scene was played, and the katana sword in the hand of the general of the Takeda Army before the position fell, pointing straight to Kitanosho Castle.

In the dark night, behind this general, countless ashigaru suddenly poured out!

Like a flood of sluices, the sound of earth-shattering shouts and killing surrounds the city of Kitanozhuang.

The Takeda Army launched a general assault on the castle from all sides of the castle to the north.

The crowd is surging, and in the cold night, the naginata knife and spear form a jungle one by one, and the flow of people is endless at a glance, and it is surging on all sides.

The artillery fire of the Takeda Army still did not stop, and it extended to the rear one step closer.

……

"What? Li Xiao made a general attack on Azuchi? ”

Oda Nobutada has a problem with lazy beds, so if there is no assessment and important things, he has to sleep every day, and he has three bars in the day.

Oda Nobutada sat up from the bed and saw the bright sunlight shining through the paper in the pane of the window.

The information of the Oda family was very fast, but within two hours, the information of Li Xiao's onslaught on the castle of the north was sent to Oda Nobutada's hands.

Oda Nobutada read the letter paper repeatedly, and said in a deep voice: "I originally thought that Li Xiao gathered his heavy troops under the city of Beizhizhuang to encircle the point and send reinforcements, lure our army to the north, and annihilate it. ”

"And now, it seems that he really intends to be in the north of Zhuang City."

At this time, a report from outside the door said, "My lord, Wei Ren, the two lords of Kawajiri, are asking to see you outside the door." ”

"Please."

Oda Nobu said.

The sliding paper door was pushed open, and Akechi Mitsuhide and Hidetaka Kawajiri both walked directly into Oda Nobutada's room.

"Lord, do you already know the battle situation in Beizhizhuang City?" Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't wait to speak.

Oda Nobutada nodded and said, "I know, what do you think?" ”

Wise Mitsuhide immediately said: "I think Li Xiao's intention to storm Beizhizhuang City now is to capture Beizhizhuang City before the main force of his family arrives, so as to avoid the situation of internal and external enemies. ”

Oda Nobu said, "I think so too. ”

"So now, we have to send troops right away." Akechi Mitsuhide said directly.

Hidetaka Kawajiri immediately stepped aside and said, "But under Azuchi Castle, the army of the famous people of the wealthy clans in various places has not yet arrived. ”

Wise Mitsuhide glared at Kawajiri Hidetaka with his eyes, brushed his sleeves down, and shouted condescendingly: "This is the moment of the last moment, I can't take care of it!" ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri didn't expect the power of Akechi Mitsuhide's anger to come to this, and he didn't know how to react at the moment.

Oda Nobutada looked at Akechi Mitsuhide, nodded, and said, "That's right, the herald immediately went out to reinforce Kitanosho Castle." ”

……

Behind the curved wheel of the walls of Kitanoso Castle.

Sakuma Morimasa pressed the sword in his hand and slowly paced left and right.

He put the end of his horsewhip on it, and the head pocket on his forehead, and opened his eyes to look.

In the light of the early morning, countless people on the opposite side were crowded.

The Takeda Army's attack lineup was like a big tide, wave after wave.

Its military momentum is as if it is endless, and there is no end in sight.

"Crazy, crazy, in my life, I have never seen such a tactic used in siege!" Sakuma Morimasa said with a red face, "If it were someone else, I would definitely scold him for being incompetent, but this is not the case with the commander of the Takeda Army, Li Xiao's general is really incredible, I can't understand it." ”…,

In front of the endless crowd of the Takeda Army, Sakuma Morimasa seemed to feel a kind of helpless loneliness.

At this time, Sakuma Morimasa stood still, waved his horsewhip, and shouted: "Bow ashigaru and iron cannon ashigaru are all prepared for me, don't aim, shoot directly!" ”

After issuing the order, Sakuma Morimasa said in a deep voice: "The Takeda Army is determined to attack the gap in the blast, and I must defend this place to the death. ”

Just when Sakuma Morimasa had just pulled out the sword.

In front of the Takeda Army, the iron cannon Ashigaru was ready.

The Takeda army was light with iron cannons, and in the process of running, Qi Ran half-knelt on the ground and fired a volley at the curved wheel at the head of the city.

The Shibata army, which was preparing to shoot with his bow and arrows and with iron cannons, was unable to dodge, and fell from the top of the castle like dumplings.

"Bastard! Fight back for me! ”

Sakuma Morimasa shouted.

Ijiro held a bamboo gun and strode through the crowd.

Now his mind was blank.

The heart is beating like a giant drum, and the legs are just running involuntarily.

The fellow villagers beside him all looked hideous, and they were shouting something like crazy.

It's just that Ijiro's head is cloudy, and he can't hear clearly, but he only remembers the faces that flew quickly in front of him.

He was just staring at the gap in the city wall where sand and gravel fell.

Run, forward!

And the Shibata Army fired!

Ijiro watched as an arrow flew past him, piercing directly through the body of Ashigaru beside him.

Immediately another person was born, and his head was blasted open by the iron cannon projectile, and he fell straight down.

Ijiro felt that before Shibata's shot, the advancing speed of the people around him stagnated slightly.

But at this moment, Nojiri ran up with a wave of his sword, bared his big yellow teeth, and shouted heavily in front of everyone.

Come and go just two sentences, repeat and repeat.

"If you die, you live, and if you are lucky, you die!"

The meaning of this sentence has been explained by Yuichi Nojiri, and in other words, it means in the vernacular, that is, the place where the corpse stands on the battlefield, those who have the heart of death will live, and those who fear death will die! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )