Hirai pulled the string and put the arrow on the string, then let go of the long arrow with his thumb and shot it at the enemy soldier who was rapidly climbing up in the whistling sound, and just like that, he set up the arrow, pulled the string, and threw the huge sandalwood into the enemy group with the other soldiers, I don't know how many times it was repeated. Noshima Murakami's naval army played a battle loss rate that was enough to make them proud, but they did not have the slightest intention of retreating, they all knew that once they retreated without ships, it was a dead end, and after the battle, they saw one companion after another die by their side, and gradually lost their minds, only knowing how to rush and fight.

In just half an hour, the defenders of the city had lost more than 30 soldiers, one junior samurai, and the siege side was several times that, and the surrounding area of the small island was covered with blood, the sea turned red, and the shallows were full of corpses and wounded that no one could pick up.

Murakami's expression was extremely pale, his arm was also painted, a feather arrow wiped off a piece of his flesh, tied it with a clean linen, the blood soaked into the numbness, and he was resting behind a piece of wood. After attacking for more than half an hour, with more than 100 casualties, Murakami Yoshihide was no longer able to climb up, so he had to rest for a while, eat and drink some food, and wait for Murakami's signal.

The lieutenant general who was sitting next to him glanced left and right, and advised in a low voice: "The losses are too heavy, please withdraw your troops quickly." If we continue to attack, our army will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat, and in the absence of reinforcements, it is very good to be able to fight so far. ”

Murakami Yoshihide was stunned, why didn't he want to stay away from the battlefield and leave this ghost place quickly, but now there is still a way out? Only by capturing Kokushima Island and opening up the waterway of the Kojima Strait can there be a glimmer of life, and he said with a sad face: "Where is my way to escape?" ”

The lieutenant general had apparently already figured out a way out. Again, the sound was lowered. Almost into Murakami's ear, Yoshihide said, "My lord." There is only a shallow bay between Kokushima and Kojima, and now the tide has begun to recede, and it is only waist-high, so you can retreat to Kojima from this way. ”

Murakami's eyes lit up, and he stared back at the lieutenant for a while, but the spirit that had just risen down again, and said, "Even if you escape to Kojima, you can't escape without a ship." ”

The lieutenant thought for a moment. He said: "My lord, you don't remember that Murakami Takemitsu led a fleet to attack the salt and water army, and he will definitely come to meet him, even if he can't find the ship, he can hide in Kojima, wait for the situation to change, and slowly figure it out." ”

Yoshihide Murakami's eyes rolled a few times, nodded, seemed to have made up his mind, and suddenly stood up. He pulled out his sword, pointed at the lieutenant general and shouted, "Treacherous villain." In vain, I can treat the Murakami Navy very well, and dare to persuade me to recognize the thief as my father, who am I? ”

Where would the deputy general have thought that Murakami Yoshihide would turn his face and not recognize people, and jumped behind his back to avoid the knife that came over, at this moment, his foot stumbled on the salamina, maybe he stumbled somewhere else, and he fell on his back all of a sudden, watching the knife slash his body.

Two knives, three knives, cut mercilessly. I really want to kill him, and I slash at the lieutenant general. The murderous aura on Murakami's face was unreserved, and while chopping, he was still shouting soft bones, cowards, and bastard words in his mouth, as if he had made a move in anger.

The sailors who were resting around were originally puzzled, and then when they heard Murakami Yoshihide's words, no one stepped forward to persuade them, and they had just experienced a desperate fight, with a large number of casualties among their companions, plus Murakami Yoshihide was the main general.

The lieutenant was rolling on the slow slope of the road, and finally jumped up, and when he realized that he didn't know when the eyebrows had been cut, the blood that flowed into his eyes flowed down, and now he had no time to wipe it with his hands. The adjutant general seemed to have figured it out and howled, "Yoshihide Murakami?!" ”

As he spoke, the adjutant ran towards the crowd, where he ran, where the sailors immediately dispersed, no one wanted to help him, in despair, he turned around and looked, but the opponent's broadsword was tightly pressing. This situation is obviously that the other party must resolutely follow him, chase after him wherever he retreats, and never leave an inch.

The adjutant shouted, "Are you crazy?"

Yoshihide Murakami laughed in a low voice: "Crazy is not crazy, you have too many thoughts." Then he cried out: "Traitor, coward, die!" The knife in his hand slashed at his body, "Wow! It was the cry of death, he had been split in half from his shoulder.

Yoshihide Murakami stood next to the body of the deputy general and muttered in a low voice: "Hmph, now I am the only one who knows the way out!" As he spoke, he shouted: "The whole army is there, follow me to rush to the city, kill all the enemies, and break the blockade." As he spoke, he swung his sword twice and attacked the city again.

At the head of the city, Hirai watched the enemy mutiny under the city with a shocked face, not knowing what was going on. Seeing that the mutiny was over, the enemy was once again preparing to attack, and his mouth kept muttering, and he glanced at the sky, if nothing else, Murakami Buyoshi was about to break through.

Hirai ordered loudly: "Prepare to block the enemy." Then he turned back to the lieutenant general and shouted: "Go and tell Sù Kamisu to defend the front, the tide is about to recede, Murakami's fleet is about to break out, prepare the catapult, and throw it at me as soon as the enemy ship arrives." ”

Murakami Yoshihide's slashing of the lieutenant general was not a whim, he had thought it through, first, fleeing to Kojima was the last retreat, and it could only be used when the army was in a desperate situation, and secondly, it was also forced to force the three or four hundred remnants of the defeated generals under his command to burst out of courage, because he knew that once people relaxed, the morale that they had finally mustered up would fall.

The lieutenant general can tell him where the retreat is, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not announce it to others, once everyone knows the retreat, morale will inevitably fall to the bottom, and it is likely to collapse immediately, which will be very disadvantageous to Murakami Yoshihide, and will attract the encirclement and interception of the Date army.

Sure enough, as Murakami Yoshihide expected, when there was no way to retreat, more than 300 remnants of the defeated army once again burst out with unprecedented strength, launching an attack like a tide, and the momentum of not taking the small string of castles will not rest.

Hirai HD saw his lieutenant die at the broken gate, and was slashed in the chest by the enemy, and the whole person flew sideways. Hirai HD couldn't save him, and watched the deputy general cut off, and screamed weakly.

The battle was so fierce that the enemy really went crazy, and the more than 300 remnants of the defeated army burst out with 200% courage and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the defenders who came to block the attack at the broken gate. Hirai shouted loudly, brandished a spear and a half, and rushed out.

Hirai HD was covered in blood, and the swarthy spear flew back and forth among the enemy, tumbling and flying, desperately eating away at the enemy's life. When Murakami Yoshihide saw that the enemy was about to fight, he also shouted, rushed up with a sword in his hand, and fought with Hirai HD.

The two sides did not fight a few moves before they were divided by the enemy and our soldiers crowded at the gate, and Murakami's side did not have a numerical advantage after all, and was soon driven down by the defenders who rushed in. Hirai HD was obviously unwilling to continue to defend it, and shouted loudly: "Kill me with me, and rush into the sea to feed the fish." ”

Hirai HD, who has always liked to rush and fight, took the lead in rushing out with a spear in his hand, and the nearly 500 Date troops defending the city shouted loudly, followed by Hirai HD like a tiger out of the cage, one by one brave and fearless, desperately killed into the enemy formation.

Murakami Yoshihide stumbled back, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Fight, fight with them!" Reinforcements are coming! It turned out that in front of him, the previously stagnant fleet once again began to row the oars, breaking through the sea and rushing towards Kokushima.

Hirai HD also saw the fleet of the Noshima Murakami Navy approaching, he pulled over an ashigaru captain who was running beside him, and ordered: "You immediately go and inform Kamisu to defend the front, and immediately give me a fierce block on the enemy ship, and the rest of the people do not stop, continue to attack." ”

Murakami Yoshihide saw more and more sailors dying on the battlefield, and knew that if he didn't retreat, he would definitely die, and Murakami Takeyoshi did not come to rescue him, but broke out, and his fate was the same as that of his cousin Murakami Yoshishige, which had been abandoned.

Murakami Yoshihide was still wielding a sword, but the people were getting further and further away, farther and farther away from the remnants of the soldiers and horses, and when he came to a place and looked back and couldn't pursue for a while, there was no one around him, so he immediately took off his armor and jumped into the sea and swam towards the opposite shore.

Kokushima did not calm down because of Murakami's solo escape, and the whistling sound in the sky sounded again, and stone after stone the size of a human head swayed their power towards the fleet of Noshima Murakami's naval army. At the same time, on the side of Laughing String Island, a fierce battle is also breaking out. In order to protect the waterway, Kakuro Hengxin did not forget his duty, and he led a fleet of forty or fifty small morning boats on the side of Kokushima Island, constantly sniping with bows and arrows at any enemy who tried to get close to the copper rope.

Murakami Takeyoshi watched the bloody battle on Kokushi Island, more than 500 elite sailors of the Murakami Navy on the island all died in less than an hour, and saw that the sailors who were cleaning the waterway on the side of Kokushima Island were also blocked, when Murakami Takeyoshi looked back at the shore, he saw that Iwata Xinghiro had been completely wiped out, and more and more thousands of Date troops gathered and shouted: "Send me all the small hayafunes, and the rest of the people will break out with me, and we must win with one blow!" Otherwise, let's finish it together! ”

Roaring.

The whole army set out, opened the road early in the morning, closed the ship behind, and broke through to the sea facing the stones. (To be continued......)