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Chapter 44 Dominates the Preparation

Ueki Hidezi really didn't make any progress, but fortunately they brought enough food, at least the 3,000 mouths under his command didn't have to drag down the rations of the Date army, although the food and drink were not comparable to the standards of the Date army, but they didn't make a fuss, especially under the black hole of the iron cannon. biquge.info Although Hideshi Ueki and the 3,000 people under his command did not cause any substantial damage to Matsuyama Castle, it made the people in Matsuyama Castle who were already in turmoil even more panicked, the original number of Date troops was actually not very large, and the news from Dadu City was one or two thousand, with the strength of Matsuyama Castle, it was able to resist one or two, waiting for the emergence of changes. The appearance of Ueki Hidezi made them suddenly think of what they had overlooked, the Date family has now occupied ninety percent of the land in China, and a large number of powerful people have all fallen under his command, and they will definitely try their best to send troops to help in the war, the little Ueki Hidezi has sent three thousand troops, and the rest of the powerful people will definitely show themselves well in front of the new lord, and the number of people will increase, and the pressure on Matsuyama City will also increase.

Now ninety percent of the guards of Matsuyama Castle are guarded on the Great Matsuyama Castle and the front mountain, and there are less than one layer of guards stationed at the head of Tenjinyama Maru and Komatsuyama Castle as sentinels, and Matsuyama Castle is generally divided into four parts: Omatsuyama Castle, Maeyama, Tenjinyama Maru, and Komatsuyama Castle, of course, the subdivision is more than that. When night fell, the Ueki army retreated to the new station, Mount Eddie, and Ueki Hideshi led several close retainers to Takakura Mountain Castle to meet Masahiro, and Masahiro did not embarrass Ueki Hidezi too much, and Haosheng appeased for a while, after all, 3,000 people are still useful at critical times, even if they are 3,000 pigs, they are still of great use at critical times.

When night fell, Zhengheng did not let Matsuyama Castle rest well. In fact, where will Songshan City live and rest, people are already in a state of panic. Tsuiheng immediately ordered the front team to make all kinds of noises in an attempt to make the other side think that Date was preparing to attack the city. In fact, this is just a strategic application of political balance, and those earth-shattering noises are just a deliberate sound made by the ashigaru, but when the guards guarding the city heard such a loud noise, they thought that the other party had launched a night attack, so they were all frightened and had no intention of defending.

Zhuang Gaozi stood at the head of Dasongshan Castle and looked at the noisy array under the mountain, his face was very ugly, he was quite researched about Date Mashiro's affairs, and there were many times when he won big victories at night, and other powerful people did not dare to do things Date Masaki would do unexpectedly. Seeing that the torches under the mountain were gathered and there was a posture of attacking the city in one fell swoop, Zhuang Gaozi's heart became more and more impatient, and he pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "Stand up for me, stand up for me, prepare for the stones and wood, don't let the Date army rush up, stand up for the post." "Trying to stabilize the position, the Date army made a sound without stopping, the wooden shield made a strange posture, and the rainstorm-like stones fell on the head of the big Matsuyama castle over and over again, so frightened that many guards did not dare to look up, and could only hide under the city walls trembling, where was there still leisure to guard.

Zhuang Gaozi's face was dark, seeing that a captain of the Ashigaru squad wanted to sneak back to the front mountain without getting his order, it was too dangerous for Damatsu Mountain Castle to be at the forefront, although the front mountain was also close to the front of the formation, but it could avoid the threat from the catapult, and it was much safer than Damatsu Mountain Castle. However, where can Zhuang Gaozi allow others to disobey his orders, and once the Great Matsuyama Castle falls, the defense system of Matsuyama Castle will lack a big corner, which will inevitably cause a chain reaction, and Matsuyama Castle will collapse immediately, and the mouth will keep shouting, and the sword in his hand will not stop waving. Seeing that the ashigaru squad leader completely ignored his order, Zhuang Gaozi angrily waved the sword from his heart and slashed it fiercely, and actually split the head of the ashigaru squad leader in half, half of the head fell to the ground, and the red and white scattered all over the ground so that the remaining guards trembled, and they could only stubbornly resist the disturbing stones and block the Dasongshan Castle.

Although Zhengheng looked like he was determined to win, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth twice when he looked at the continuous city defense system of Songshan City, he knew that Songshan City was difficult to beat, otherwise he would not have defeated all the branches around Songshan City before he came to fight Songshan City. Zhengheng watched Hideki Ueki leave slowly, and said to everyone around him with a smile: "Hideki Ueki is also a good example, as long as he gives him a little benefit, he will follow us with all his heart, but we still can't be too arrogant to him, and after the battle of Matsuyama City, you will hand over Hanxiang to him to manage." "The original land of Youhan Township was the Qiuting clan, and later the Qiuting clan declined, especially the Ueno clan and the Zhuang clan entered Matsuyama City, and the Qiuting clan completely lost the Hanxiang family, and the current lord is Yishan Kunishige, but he has already died in the Fengyong area, and the current lord is his youngest son Yishan Kuniyoshi, and Yishan Kunishi is the father-in-law of Ueki Hideshi, and Yishan Kuniyoshi is his brother-in-law.

Ye Shan Yi twitched the corner of his eye, sneered, and said: "Ueki Hidezi is afraid that it will be chaotic again after getting your order, although the current lord of Han Township is young, there are still a few old guys alive, and they are not easy to mess with, and I am afraid that a third of the three thousand people will fall apart." ”

Taoshan Zhenbei did not speak, but said in the direction of Matsuyama Castle: "Your Highness, can you easily capture Matsuyama Castle in this way, I am afraid that it will be a protracted battle, although the catapults can attack the Great Matsuyama Castle, but once they retreat to the front mountain, the catapult is afraid that it will be difficult to transport it into the Omatsuyama City in a short period of time to continue to attack the front mountain." ”

Yeshan Yichao was not as pessimistic as Taoshan Zhenbei, nodded slightly and said: "Tao Shanjun is not bad, but now there are more than 1,000 people in Songshan City, but Zhuang Gaozi killed his two younger brothers, although he temporarily subdued everyone, once the days last, there will definitely be changes, as long as the force pressure is too great, they will definitely collapse, but the problem of catapults is really a bit worrying, if the loss of the attack will be unimaginable, once the loss is too large, it will not be able to deter the powerful people who have gathered over, Or take advantage of the abundance of food to trap them by besieging the city first, and at the same time constantly launch some strong bows and rockets in the city to constantly hit their morale, and when the other party can't hold on, they will come out of the city and send them to death! ”

Regarding the siege plan of the Noyama Masaki Dynasty, Zhengheng was noncommittal, and said with a smile: "The palace Shaosuke has a good plan, but it is not a long-term plan to wait like this, and now the surrounding Nizi, Maori and even Uragami don't know when to come and intervene, so they can only capture Matsuyama Castle before the surrounding daimyo make a move, otherwise there will be endless trouble." He suddenly looked deeply at Matsuyama Castle in the darkness and muttered in a low voice, "It's time for them to act." ”

Taking advantage of the noise in front of the big Matsuyama Castle, a rope suddenly flung up from the bottom of the mountain under the Komatsuyama Castle, and then four black shadows climbed up the rope in turn like apes, if you get closer and observe carefully, you will find that they are wearing the foot equipment of the Zhuang clan, and they are the four guards of Matsuyama Castle, and the leader is still a captain of the ashigaru squad, of course these four people are not the real guards of Matsuyama Castle, they are the surprise attack team led by the Kusama Four Guards. Since receiving Zhengheng's sneak attack order, they have not stopped the drill for a moment, and they have a clear understanding of the situation in Songshan City, the purpose of their trip is the granary, once there is a crisis in the granary, Songshan City will collapse without a fight, their purpose is certainly not to seize the grain and grass, burning it is much simpler than seizing it.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, the Kusama Shibei ghostly climbed up the Komatsuyama Castle flat, crossed a mound, and saw a figure in the courtyard with his back to them, praying for something. Kusama's eyes couldn't help but froze, and he asked one person behind him in a low voice: "Tosa, is it a mistake, how can there be people here?" ”

Ranbo, who was called Tosa, looked at the map in his arms, shook his head, and said, "There are basically no mistakes, but it is difficult to find out a sufficiently detailed topographic map, obviously this is just a small fork in the road, as long as you cross the front corridor to reach the largest granary in Matsuyama Castle." ”

Kusama Shibei nodded slightly, of course he knew that there were many forks in Matsuyama Castle, and the map they used now was still carefully explored by him throughout the winter, and it was very rare to be able to only be roughly unchanged, and said in a low voice: "Don't act rashly, now we are in the city, or near the castle tower, once it causes a sound, it will be difficult to retreat with all your body, wait, Tosa will go to the right side to investigate the surrounding situation and see if there is anyone, Tanba, you go to the left, but Ma and I look at the point." The two figures disappeared in a flash, and after a while they returned.

Tanbo whispered, "There's only one little maid in the left wing, already?!" As he spoke, he made a decapitation gesture, indicating that it had been resolved. Tosa shook his head and didn't speak, indicating that there was no one on the right.

Kusama Shibei looked at the sky and said in a low voice: "I can't wait, touch it, see the situation, ask about the distance, don't take the fork in the road." The four of them slowly touched it, and when they were about to touch the corner of the back, the back made a voice as crisp as a yellow warbler: "Xiaocui, Xiaocui, hurry up, where are you going?" He sighed as he spoke.

Kusama Shibei looked at each other, it turned out to be a woman, the movement stopped slightly, waved his arm, pounced like a tiger, covered the girl's mouth, dragged the girl into the shade of the tree, but through the moonlight I saw that the woman had a round face, big eyes, a small nose and mouth, and weak facial lines, a little baby face, full of fear and uneasiness.

Kusama Shibei and the other three looked at each other, they didn't expect it to be a woman, in fact, they should have thought that the person in the courtyard would be a woman when Tanba killed a maid. Kusama Shibei whispered, "Damn, it's a female dependent. ”

Tanbo said with a fierce face: "Did you kill her?!" The girl's tears flowed down her face, and her face was full of begging for mercy.

The corners of Kusama's mouth curled slightly, and he said with a smile: "Tie her up, she must be an important person in the city, and take advantage of the commotion to take her away after completing the task, so that she can be given as a gift to His Highness, don't you see that she looks good?!" Kusama's words immediately aroused the approval of the other three, and they all nodded involuntarily yes, and Masahiro's hobby had taught them all badly.

The four guards of Kusama looked at the pale girl who was tied up, and said softly: "Miss is not bad, you can see our master in a while, now I will be wronged first, and wait for us to come back!" Ignoring the girl's struggles, he disappeared into the courtyard and headed for their goal.

Although Zhuang Gaozi transferred most of the guards to Dasongshan City, he did not mobilize the soldiers and horses guarding the granary, and specially pulled a small group of soldiers guarding the Tianshu to the granary, in fact, Songshan City has more than ten large and small granaries, the largest of which is located on the side of the castle guard, and there are nearly fifty percent of the grain stored in normal times, and now the war situation is chaotic, and there was a brotherly incident some time ago, and most of the grain was transported here, and now the warehouse is stored with eighty percent of the grain in Songshan City, once there is something here, Matsuyama Castle will struggle to sustain itself.

Tosa looked at the brightly lit granary, shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "The number of people is about fifty, and it will be difficult to storm them. Kusama Shibei nodded slightly, glanced back at the castle tower not far away, and said fiercely: "Tosa, Tanba, you two go to the castle tower to set a fire, I want to see if they will be indifferent, but don't let people find you, you must make people think that they have touched the fire caused by the fire candle, but Ma, wait a while, you and I will rush up and destroy the granary." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out the dagger that hung from his waist and crouched in the shadows waiting. Soon the castle tower, which was not guarded by many people, burst into flames, and a hurried voice sounded, "The backyard is on fire, the backyard is on fire, put out the fire!" The voice was as sharp as a woman's, like the sound of a woman's dependents, causing chaos in Komatsuyama Castle, and dozens of people guarding the granary couldn't help but stir, and immediately divided most of them to go to the castle guard to investigate the situation, leaving only more than ten people to continue to guard outside, but there was also a dead end immediately.

Kusama Shibei felt behind one of the guards, stepped forward and covered the other's mouth, and the dagger in his hand grazed his neck, the guard's eyes widened in disbelief and wanted to turn his head to look at his killer. It's just that the wound on his neck instantly expanded, and the blood immediately spurted out like half of a spring, and then the severe pain invaded his entire brain like a tide half, and suddenly he lost a qiē, and fell softly into the arms of Kusama Shibei, and was dragged behind by him. But the horse also succeeded, and the disappearance of the two guards opened the door to the grain and grass at once.

Kusama Shibei pretended to pee under one of the vents of the grain and grass, but the horse climbed up to the vent with a rope under his cover, lit the fire pipe, and threw the fire pipe filled with black oil into the vent, and after a while, black smoke came out of the vent. Tajima jumped down and nodded lightly at the Kusama Shibei, and the two looked at each other with a slight smile, and immediately disappeared into the night.

The fire on Komatsuyama Castle quickly attracted the attention of everyone on the mountain and below, Zhuang Gaozi looked back at the situation of Komatsuyama Castle with a grim expression, and shouted loudly: "What happened, why did this happen?!" After a while, one of the guards came and knelt on the ground and reported: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, there is an enemy attack on Komatsuyama Castle at night, and now the castle tower and the granary have been set on fire, and the fire is full of fire, which is difficult to extinguish." As he spoke, Zhuang Gaozi's body couldn't help but shake, and he understood that once the grain in the granary was burned, it would be difficult for Songshan City to hold on for a long time.

Zhuang Gaozi hurriedly shouted: "Hurry, hurry, hurry up and put out the fire!" When he arrived, the entire Komatsuyama Castle had already been turned upside down, and at this moment the castle tower was extinguished, but the granary was blazing like a fire dragon, rolling in the house, and the windows at the door were spewing thick smoke and spitting tongues of fire, and suddenly there was a loud "boom", and the fire dragon broke through the door, rolling and roaring in various places...... For a while, the fire was shining in the sky, reflecting the red Suga, and because of the dry weather, it was burning at one point, and the fire was not big, but when everyone rushed to fight the fire, it was too late, and they saw that all the grain and grass were burned down, and morale was suddenly greatly reduced.

Zhuang Gaozi rushed to the fire, seeing that most of the army's rations that had been forcibly requisitioned were turned into ashes in an instant, the army had no food and grass, and the chaos without a war could continue, so he couldn't help but be angry, and shouted urgently: "Heaven will kill me!" ”

Zhengheng, who was sitting in Takakura Mountain City, saw that Matsuyama City suddenly caught fire, and knew that the Kusama Four Guards had succeeded, so he laughed loudly: "Have you seen all the people in Matsuyama City, it is not a coincidence, but the special team I sent to do it, the food is burned, and the strength of the troops will inevitably be greatly reduced, and if you wait for a few days, I am afraid that it will fall apart immediately." ”

The eyes of Yeshan Yichao and the others lit up, and they didn't expect that Zhengheng would come to such a hand, obviously the noise just now must have been to attract most of the guards of Matsuyama Castle to Damatsuyama Castle and relax the garrisons in other places, and the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain was used quite properly, so that Matsuyama Castle suddenly lost the food supply to continue to defend, and the siege of Matsuyama Castle suddenly became bright.

When the day was a little brighter, Kusama Shibei and the others returned to Takakura Mountain Castle and immediately brought a face-to-face meeting with Masahiro. When Masahiro heard that the Kusama Four Guards had returned, he nodded, and then walked to the bottom of the castle tower, and saw the Kusama Four Guards kneeling on the ground, their whole bodies blackened with soot. Kusama Shibei bowed and said: "Your Highness, the ministers are fortunate to have fulfilled their mission, successfully burned down the granary in the city, and captured one person to return, please check." As they spoke, the guards carried a sack and untied the ropes, revealing a head of black hair.

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