Chapter 60: The Battle of Odawara Castle

For many days in a row, Shinwu's army carried out an unprecedented carnival under the city.

They sang and danced in the city, and when they were not in the city, they barbecued downstairs.

Kiyoichi Hojo was confused at the moment, but he had no way to tell the difference.

Until one day, he saw the appearance of Shintake,

When Nobutake appeared in Odawara's Seishita, Hojo Kiyoichi saw that the soldiers under the castle had suddenly changed, and they immediately packed up their props, singing, dancing, and stage plays.

They are all like real soldiers, and they all take up their swords and guns again in the city,

I saw that Xinwu was reprimanding those generals, and those generals also lowered their heads and didn't say a word,

Kiyoichi Hojo understood, it turned out that these activities were spontaneous by these soldiers, and Nobutake didn't know,

It turns out that this Shinbu can't completely command his own army, Hojo Kiyoshi smiled, it seems that what the Ming Temple said at that time was true, this Shinbu is just an incompetent person,

After Hojo Kiyoichi saw this Shinbu reprimand, their army began to attack again,

They began the siege, carrying long ladders, shouting and rushing to the bottom of the walls,

Countless bows and arrows flew at the city, and many muskets fired at the city.

Some of their few cannons also opened fire on the city.

This kind of posture Hojo Seiichi is not afraid, although he is young, but he can judge that the enemy's artillery is not many and not powerful, and it cannot cause huge losses to the city.

Sure enough, after the few enemy shells were fired, they began to attack,

At this time, Hojo's army continued to fire from the top of the castle, and their bows and arrows, rolling stones and logs were all smashed into those ladders.

The soldiers of Shinbu fell down one after another,

A few soldiers who climbed to the top very bravely, and saw that they were about to climb the castle tower, and they were easily pushed down the ladder by the soldiers of Hojo Seiichi.

Downstairs in Odawara Castle, there were screams and wails,

This siege lasted for most of the day,

Seeing that it didn't make sense for him to continue fighting like this, and it would be the same if he continued to fight, the commander of Xinwu's army said something to Xinwu from a distance,

Kiyoichi Hojo looked at all this with a telescope with contempt,

He looked at the camera, the commander repeatedly gestured to Shinwu, maybe that meant that it was pointless to fight like this,

I saw Xinwu looking at his castle tower for a long time, and then sighed,

Then Shintake took his entourage and left the battlefield,

The next day, Hojo Kiyoichi saw Nobutake again, and at this time Nobutake's army was about to retreat, only to see the chaos at the scene, and Nobutake was watching there, with no expression on his face,

Kiyoichi Hojo watched there, and suddenly the hatred could not be restrained, he felt that if Shinbu left here, he would go to Kyoto to take revenge, it would be beyond his power,

It's better to be here, to destroy Shinbu here,

At this time, Hojo saw that there were not many people around Shinbu, he wanted to attack suddenly, Shinbu couldn't escape, and the people who looked at him had no fighting spirit, they must be very flustered when they suddenly attacked, and the chance of their own success must be very high.

The more Hojo thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and he hurriedly went down to the castle tower,

"Come on, everyone gather urgently, the army on the castle tower should not move for the time being, the other troops in the city will gather immediately within half an hour, do not alarm the enemy outside the castle," Hojo gave his general an order,

The generals went to gather their armies,

Half an hour later, Hojo Kiyoichi saw that Nobutake was still on the front line, and he stood on a high place and looked here, as if he was very depressed.

Hojo muttered to himself: "Shinbu, not only are you depressed that you can't take my city, but you will be even more depressed that I captured you, I want revenge, I want to avenge my father's death, you wait." ”

After saying that, Hojo went down the city wall,

"General, we have gathered 20,000 people, this is all the people in the city, there are about 10,000 people on the city tower, they will be kept as a reserve, in case there is any situation, the reserve team can attack to expand the results of the battle or rescue."

He saw that the soldiers were ready, and he nodded,

"After leaving the city, five thousand cavalry will stay with me to charge first to capture Xinwu, and the rest will follow me as cover to prevent the enemy's large army from encircling us." Kiyoichi Hojo said,

"Okay, General." The general who was ready to attack said,

"After we get out of the city, temporarily put away the suspension bridge in your city, and put it down when we successfully return." Hojo admonished,

"Okay, General." The general who defended the city said,

"Okay, let's go out of town, success or failure in one fell swoop." Kiyoichi Hojo said,

The city opened quickly, and Kiyoi Hojo rushed out with his cavalry, moving as fast as an arrow from a string,

Kiyoichi Hojo walked the hunched back line, and his actual target was the hillside where Shinbu stood.

When he quickly rushed to the not far distance of Shinbu, he had already seen Shinbu,

At this time, the desire for revenge stimulated him, and he beat his horse vigorously, and he was about to reach the front of Shinwu.

At this time, he heard a shout from behind, and saw countless troops slaughtered on the flanks of the small pastoral city, and they quickly cut off the retreat between themselves and the army behind.

Not only did the armies cut off their retreat, but they tried to rush into the city.

"Put on the drawbridge, put on the drawbridge." The general defending the city shouted vigorously,

But it was too late, and those troops were already mixed with the troops of Hojo Seiichi who were preparing to leave the city, and rushed into the city.

At this time, the defenders of the city put away the drawbridge, regardless of whether there were their own people on it, and many soldiers fell off the drawbridge one after another, wailing there,

But the people who rushed in were all masters, and they quickly killed the soldiers guarding the drawbridge and lowered the drawbridge.

Zhu Houzhao watched everything from a distance on another hillside, he knew that with his guard's skills, it would be a piece of cake to do such a thing.

At this time, the people of Xinwu continued to crowd into the city, Hojo Kiyoichi looked back at all this, he knew that it was too late, and it would be useless if he turned back, he looked at the Xinwu in front of him, he gritted his teeth and rushed over,

"Xinwu, where to go, take your life." Hojo rushed over with his own cavalry,

At this time, Hojo Kiyoichi had just rushed up the hillside, only to see Shinbu turn around and run away, and Hojo hurriedly chased after him.

Kiyoichi Hojo found some people running around him,

Those people quickly came to his side, and Hojo Kiyoshi slashed at it with a wave of his knife, and the one in front of him dodged it in a few strokes, and then rushed up and threw Hojo under the horse.

Hojo Seiichi's men were shocked, and they wanted to rush to rescue Hojo Seiichi,

But they found that Kiyoichi Hojo had a knife on his neck, and the person next to him shouted at them: "

Lay down your arms and surrender quickly, or he will be dead. ”

Kiyoichi Hojo's men looked at each other, and at this moment they had no other way out than to lay down their weapons.