Just when the Tengu Maru of Iwazuki Castle was in the midst of a fierce battle.

Uesugi Kenshin, the commander-in-chief of the Echigo Army, as well as Usami Dingmi, Naoe Minoru, Saito Asanobu and other generals, rode their horses to the south of Iwaki Castle, near the Azuma River.

If you look up from here, you can clearly see Iwaki Castle, a middle castle between Tengumaru and Ninomaru, with a cliff on its back, and the terrain is very dangerous.

Uesugi Kenshin pointed his horsewhip upwards and said to the generals on the left and right, "This is the well building used to draw water from Iwaki Castle. ”

Following Uesugi Kenshin's point, everyone saw that five or six wells had been built directly to the Azuma River to draw water from the back of Iwakushi Castle Honmaru.

The overall structure of the well building is mostly a roof made of grass and mud above the cliff, and a fence is built below, and four wooden pillars are spliced and fixed, and they directly extend into the river as a support. There is a winch in the center of the well building, which is used to draw water from the Azuma River.

The generals didn't understand what Uesugi Kenshin meant by bringing them here.

Only Usami Dingman smiled and said, "Lord, do you want to destroy this well tower and cut off the water source of Iwaki Castle?" ”

Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, according to the ninja report, the place where Iwazuki Castle takes water, except for a well in Tengu Maru, is here, if the water source of Iwazuki Castle can be cut off, the Takeda army will definitely be in turmoil and surrender without a fight." ”

At this time, Saito Asanobu asked, "But my lord, how can I destroy this well tower?" You must know that the width of the river here is sufficient, beyond the range of our army's bows and arrows, and the river is also very fast, and it is impossible for people to swim across it. ”

Saito's words made everyone nod their heads, and the builders of the city had already considered that the well tower would be built here, otherwise it would be so easy to be destroyed by people, and the water source of the whole city would be cut off.

Uesugi Kenshin nodded, and said to Usamita, "Suruga Mamoru Mori, I'm afraid there is a way." ”

Usami nodded and said, "It should coincide with the lord." As Saito-sama said, the water here is turbulent, so we can build a bamboo raft upstream, and then use the momentum of the current to lower it and use the bamboo raft to destroy the well building. ”

Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said, "That's good." ”

After listening to Uesugi Kenshin and Usami Dingmi, it suddenly dawned on them.

"As long as the water source can be cut off, in this way, the destruction of the city of Yanjia is in the middle of these days, why should our army bother to attack the city, according to my opinion, Lord Sebu, Lord Nakajo, it is not comfortable at the moment, just listening to the sound of iron cannons, I know that today, their casualties are not small." Saito said in a deep voice.

"No," Uesugi Kenshin said, waving his hand, "there is snow in winter, and there may be rain in summer. Shibe, Nakajo, their siege will not stop. ”

Seeing that Uesugi Kenshin's opinion was so resolute, all the generals sighed and expressed their obedience.

The cage battle in Iwaki Castle has entered the afternoon, and it is in the Tengu Pill of Iwaki Castle at this moment.

Call!

Masanobo gasped for breath, he had just taken the head of an Echigo samurai. In the desperate fierce battle of Fang Cai, if it weren't for the other party's negligence, he would be the one who is lying down now.

It was a bloody battle, and now the corpses of the Takeda Army and the Echigo Army were lying all over the side of Otemon, and there were people who carried and dragged them away, but as the fierce battle continued, no one did the work.

The offensive of the Echigo army was wave after wave, although there were iron cannons and bows and arrows on the curved wheels of Ninomaru and Tengu Maru, but it was still the Echigo army that used the cover of the arrow shield, and there were constantly two or three people, five or six people, and a dozen people who killed in the Tengu Maru.

Although relying on the absolute superiority of forces in Otemonai, the Takeda Army repelled at least a dozen attacks by the Echigo Army, but the casualties on the side of the Takeda Army were also expanding.

Now in the hands of the Odaimun, the iron cannon of the Echigo Army is light, and the iron cannon is set up above the arrow plate, at a distance apart, and the Takeda Army iron artillery team outside the Otemon Gate is bombarded.

Not to be outdone, the iron artillery team on the side of the same Takeda Army asked for the surname to pile up the corpses of the Echigo Army piled up like a hill, directly built them as cover, and hid behind them to shoot at the Echigo Army Iron Artillery Team in the Otemon.

The roar of the iron cannon did not stop, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

Cough! Cough!

Maba Changfang accidentally inhaled it, and the smell of gunpowder choked people, and he couldn't help coughing violently.

From his point of view, he saw that in the dimly lit Otemen, the muzzle of the iron cannon continued to swallow fire snakes. After each round of the Echigo army's iron artillery shots, a second column of iron guns will follow lightly, and the iron cannons will be set up on the arrow board to shoot to keep the fire uninterrupted, and the roar is deafening for a while.

The Takeda Army's Iron Artillery Team and the Echigo Iron Artillery Team were firing fiercely at each other, and from time to time the Takeda Iron Artillery was shot and lay down, and the empty projectiles hit the stone slag flying everywhere.

At present, the Echigo army is advancing step by step, and has established a support position for the attack in Otemon.

The Takeda Army is only barely supporting now, and although the Baba Shobo that was originally stationed here in Otemon, Hoshina Masanaka has received another wave of support, but most of the casualties have been lost, and the price has been paid by more than 60 people.

Looking at the tired soldiers of the Takeda Army around him, Baba Masabo realized that it seemed that the Takeda Army Tengu Maru's Otemon position here was about to be lost, and now I am afraid that he is going to die here?

Baba Masabo couldn't help but think back to the past, remembering that he was wrongfully expelled from the banner team of Lord Shingen, and then he was angry with his father and came to serve as his ashigaru general under His Royal Highness.

At the beginning, he didn't want to borrow the prestige of his father's Baba Nobubo to make some achievements alone to prove his strength, and then return to his hometown to laugh at those who had mocked him at the beginning, and finally inherit the family business of the Baba family in the name of righteousness.

But is everything in front of me about to dissipate?

What ambitions, aspirations, right now that the Uesugi family's army of 17,000 people is surrounded here, and it is impossible to escape by himself, even if he continues to fight and live a few more days, isn't it the same as martyrdom in the end? In the end, I will become the laughing stock of others.

In this case, it is better to repay the victory on the spot. Father, I'll go first.

Just as Baba Masafang thought so, at this time, a military order from Li Xiao came from Ninomaru, ordering Baba Masafang and the Hoshina Masanori team to retreat immediately.

Lord Li Xiao, what are you thinking, at this time, don't you want to let go of the fight, and still save the military strength? Masayo couldn't help but be puzzled.

But on the side, Baoke Masanori breathed a sigh of relief, he obviously did not have the consciousness to die here. Hoshina Masanori immediately sent people to order the iron guns and Bowshigaru who were still firing in the narrow space on both sides of Tengu Maru, and told them to retreat first.

On the hill of the besieging troops under the castle of Iwajijo.

Katsucho Sebe's face was red as he stared at the Tengu Pill of Iwakujo Castle, who was in the midst of a fierce battle, and so far in the fierce battle, he and Nakajo Fujishi's subordinates had suffered more than 400 casualties.

Although he was prepared for the sacrifice, the number of them exceeded his expectations, and many of them were Echigo's warriors and cronies who had followed him for many years. Despite the heavy casualties they had paid, the city showed no signs of being breached.

The strength of Iwaki Castle, the large number of iron cannons in the Takeda army, and the determination of the Takeda army to resist were a major headache for him.

And Katsucho Sebe didn't know that today alone, the Takeda Army had consumed one-third of the iron cannon ammunition and a quarter of the arrows.

If he can't defeat Tengu Maru today, then this pair of Sebe Katsucho will mean defeat, so how can he explain to His Royal Highness Huihu.

Katsucho Shibabe almost grinded his teeth, and just when he was anxious, from the Tengu Pill in Iwaki Castle in the distance, there was a heaven-shattering cheer!

Is the city broken?

Katsucho Shiba, and Fujishito Nakajo stood up and stared in the direction of Tenguraru in Iwaki Castle, which was almost unbelievable news in their eyes.

Soon the envoy of the front line came back at a gallop, bowed down in front of Katsucho Sebe, and said, "Tell Lord Sebe, Tengu Maru has finally been broken through by our army. ”

Finally confirmed the news, and Katsunaga Shibe's face seemed to be ten years younger in an instant, changing from the depressed appearance of Fang Cai.

He said in high spirits: "Well, very good, hard work, order the follow-up troops to be stationed in Tengu Maru, and never let the Takeda army counterattack to retake it." ”

"Oh, got it."