Chapter 558: Striving for Merit
In the castle tower of Kitanoso Castle
Shibata Katsuya was already in his armor, pressed the handle of his sword, and stepped on the plank in the attic.
In one corner of the attic, the walls were stained with blood, and several maids lay on the ground.
This was a warning to the rest of the people, even though these maids were brought by Aichi from Owari Mino, but they were also beheaded.
Shibata Katsuya turned a blind eye to this scene.
Under the retinue of several close by, Shibata Katsuya pushed with both hands and opened the door of the castle tower without pop-ups.
The moment the door opened, the noise came and filled the ears.
There was a rumbling sound and the rustling of iron cannons.
Shibata Katsuya frowned heavily and strode down the stone steps.
And the samurai of the Shibata Katsu family behind him, his face sank.
A row of more than 20 ashigaru people, lined up in a gun array, vigilantly guarding the gate of the castle tower.
The leading samurai, who was in his thirties, saw Shibata Katsuie appear, and immediately saluted in front of him, saying, "See the lord." ”
Shibata Katsuya said expressionlessly, "Heiji, follow me." ”
"Oh!"
Shibata Katsuya walked away, and the ashigaru around him collected his spears, all of which followed behind Shibata Katsuie.
From Honmaru all the way to Waimaru, Shibata Katsuya saw that the Ashigaru soldiers were all frightened and panicked.
The shells of the Takeda Army fell in the city of Beizhizhuang from time to time, and the loud roar stimulated the nerves of this group of tired soldiers.
Shibata Katsuya all the way. Constantly summoning the samurai of the flag, Ashigaru, gathered more than 300 people.
When he walked to the Minomaru Otemon Gate, Shibata Katsuya suddenly heard a bang in front of him.
"Open the door!"
"Open the door!"
"The city is broken!"
"Let us in!"
"Otherwise, I'm going to slam the door and abandon Di Huan: mistakenly accept the graceRead the full text!"
The warriors in front of the city gate, who were lightly guarded, saw this and looked at each other.
Soon in front of Ote's door, there was the sound of a heavy object hitting the door.
"Let them in."
Shibata Katsuya shouted with a grim face.
Listening to Shibata Katsuie's order, the garrison samurai immediately opened the city gate.
The gate was only half opened, and a group of ashigaru who had lost their armor rushed through the gate.
This swarm of ashigaru is like a fly without a head. Running blindly.
When these people saw it, behind the door were a row of samurai with swords and guns, and the tall body of Shibata Katsuya stood in it, and they all stopped in their tracks.
Rumble!
The 12-pounder cannon of the Takeda Army hit a city wall not far away.
Even though the walls were strong, the shell had smashed a large crater.
Suddenly the gravel splattered.
Dust struck at the Shibata soldiers.
Shibata Katsuya held a horsewhip in his hand, and with his hands behind his back, he let the earth and stone sieve hit the armor. But he didn't move.
At this time, a well-dressed military general, lost his head, and was escorted to the gate by two people with his hair scattered.
When everyone saw this person, it was Shibata Katsuya's subordinates and Rideshan Norihide.
Tokuyama Norihide raised his head and saw that it was Shibata Katsuya, and burst into tears. Crying and saying: "Lord Repair, the outer pill was broken by the Takeda army, and there are too many Takeda troops to stop it...... His subordinates were all killed ....... ”
Before Tokuyama Norihide finished speaking, he slapped Shibata Katsuya head-on.
Shibata Katsuya slapped it over. He pulled it back with a hard backhand.
Shibata Katsuie's slap was extremely powerful, and Tokuyama Norihide was pressed to the ground from the side, and he was dizzy, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.
Shibata Katsuya shouted in a deep voice, "Escort this person to me." When he turned around, he asked Antuden to punish the crime. ”
"Outer pills haven't been breached yet! It won't take long for reinforcements from this family to arrive and annihilate Li Xiao's army. ”
"Those who advance live, those who retreat die, and those who retreat through the big hand gate will be executed!"
Shibata Katsuya shouted an order, and suddenly the wailing of the big hand door and the sound of begging for mercy rang out.
But Shibata Katsuya is iron-blooded and ruthless. Ashigaru's hat was removed, and the sharp sword in the samurai's hand was raised high, and then slashed down. …,
Suddenly, people's heads rolled.
On the hillside in the north of the city of Beizhizhuang, two flags are erected and two flags are flying high.
"Why hasn't the outer pill of Beizhizhuang City been taken yet?"
A platoon of generals was kneeling in front of the three flag-level generals, Jimbo Nagaken, Hashiba Hidenaga, and Uchijima Clan Takeda Army.
This time, they were entrusted by Li Xiao with the important task of attacking Kitanozhuang Waimaru.
Seeing that the general Terashima was angry, he immediately bowed his head and said, "Back to the lord, I have already broken through into the outer pill, but the counterattack of the Shibata army suddenly strengthened, and the soldiers were expelled again, and now the two armies are fighting in the outer pill. ”
"Bastard!" Shenbao Changxian couldn't help but scold.
At this time, an envoy with a small flag galloped in.
The envoy knelt down in front of Jimbo Nagaken and reported, "My lord, ask Jimbo-sama why the outer pill has not been taken yet. ”
Shenbao Changxian's heart shook, and he said resolutely: "Please reply to the lord, before noon, this legion will definitely take the outer pill." ”
The place where the Takeda Army is in the main position.
After Li Xiao received the reply from the Divine Protection Changxian, he saw the Divine Protection Changxian's main formation moving towards the north of the Zhuang City.
Obviously, it was the god Bao Nagaken himself who came out in person.
Even the general has been dispatched, and it seems that Shenbao Changxian is also desperate.
However, Li Xiao looked at it from the top of the mountain.
Covered in the artillery fire of the Takeda Army, Kitanosho Castle.
On the road leading from the inner pill to the outer pill, the flag of the two wild goose gold is surging rapidly.
Shibata Army's Ashigaru Masashi swath poured out from within, threw in Waimaru, and joined the fight with the Takeda Army.
Under such a battle, the two sides fought almost inch by inch, inch by inch.
The Takeda Army advanced unusually slowly, almost to a standstill.
Li Xiao immediately said: "Order Rui Costa to concentrate all the large cylinders on the artillery fortress and face a city wall to the east. You're going to blast me a gap. ”
So that the order went.
Soon after, the roar of the Takeda Army's big barrel stalled.
But only a moment later, in the east of the castle in Kitanosang, artillery fire rang out again.
Li Xiao raised his monocular Qianli Cylinder and looked at it, only to see the place where the artillery fire of the Takeda Army was concentrated.
Countless earth and rocks splashed into the sky.
"Command Kamioka to assault the east of the city!"
Li Xiao said word by word.
Since Hideji Kano became Tango and the deputy general of the Wakasa Army, General Kamioka Biso was replaced by Yoshitsugu Otani.
Kamioka Beino is Li Xiao's starting unit, and is known as the first elite of the Hida Echichu Army.
Its general generals are such as the island victory, the feather firewood hidenaga, and the Fujido high tiger. Hideji Kano has successively become the flag-top general of the side out of the town.
And Otani Yoshitsugu was able to come from behind, overwhelm Yamamoto Kanzo, and the two of them became the general of Kamioka Bei, which has its own merits.
After receiving Li Xiaojun's order, Otani Yoshiji led the army to move quickly under the city.
Suddenly, Li Xiao heard a rumbling sound in the distance.
With the unremitting efforts of the big tube. A gap of several meters finally opened in the eastern part of the city.
"Good!"
Li Xiao clenched his fists, and now the Shibata army is gathered in the north of the city, fighting fiercely with the gods and the others.
The eastern part of the city is very poorly defended, and now is the time to break it.
Originally, the person in charge of attacking the east of the city was the leader of the Banner Shots, Fujido Gaohu, who led the water shooters.
When Fujido Gaohu saw the city wall in front of him, he was blasted out of a large hole of several meters by the big cylinder. Rise from the top of the mazar at the moment.
At this moment, Fujitang Gaohu seemed to see the location of the 100,000 stone-level daimyo and beckoned to him from afar.
Suddenly, Fujitang Gaohu looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "What a god to protect the family, the Yuchai family." The Uchijima family is not worth looking at in front of me, and the first credit for breaking the city is my Fujido Uncle Gaohu,"
"Ladies and gentlemen, the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service has arrived, and you want a woman in the field. Just give me all my might. ”
Speaking of which, Fujitang Gaohu put a heavy pressure on the military equipment in his hand.
At the moment when Fujido Takatora gave the order, he suddenly saw an army and rushed into the walls of Kitanosho before his army.
"Bastard, who dares to rob me of Uncle Fujitang's credit." At this moment, Fujido Gao Hu shouted angrily. …,
"Returning to the lord, it's Kamioka Bei!"
"What?" Fujido Takatora slammed his fist hard. The one-meter-nine-tall body was particularly terrifying.
"Ohtani Pingma, what is it, uncle, when I was the lord, he was still farming, and he dared to get ahead of me today." Fujitang Gaohu's face turned pale, and he shouted loudly, "Rush in for me!" ”
All the forces of Fujido Takatora in the east of the city are out of battle.
Fujido Gaohu himself was also dressed in a full sleeve and carried a big gun in his hand to fight in person.
The Shibata Army, located in the east of the city, was already short of troops.
When Yoshitsugu Ohtani's ashigaru team climbed the castle wall, less than 100 people came to stop it.
Kamioka's standing is not only a good tactic for the Western Phalanx, but also a good one.
The two sides fought for a while in the walled city.
Finally prepared for Kamioka, and the Fujido High Tigers broke into the outer pill together, and the unscrupulous husband had no pop-ups.
And at the same time.
On the side of Azuchi Castle.
Mori Naga Ke led the advance of the Oda army, and was hurrying to the direction of Echizen day and night to support Shibata Katsuie, who was besieging Kitanosho Castle.
Along the way, the forest chief can lead a 600 cavalry army and quickly advance.
Riding on a war horse, the forest chief can have a resolute gaze.
After Nagashino's First World War, not only Mori Nagaka's younger brother Mori Ranmaru accompanied Nobunaga to die in the battle on Kawakami Mountain.
There are also Mori Nagake's other two younger brothers, Mori Nagataka and Mori Naga's family, because of their beauty, they are known as Nobunaga's small surnames together with Senranmaru.
As a result, Nagashino fought a battle, and Mori Nagako's three younger brothers were killed together.
Mori Naga was saddened, and he had already regarded Li Xiao, who had killed Lord Nobunaga, as well as his three younger brothers, and the Hida Echichu Legion as their greatest enemies.
So Oda Nobutada ordered to come to the aid of Kitanosso.
Mori Changke led the command, led the horseback team of his family, and hurried first as a pioneer to the north of the village.
Looking at the direction of Beizhizhuang, Sen Changke said in a deep voice on his horse: "Before sunset, my horseback team can rush to Beizhizhuang City, and then Li Xiao will fall into the situation of being attacked on your back." ”
When Mori Changke was galloping, he suddenly rode in front of the horse team and reined in the horse together.
Just as he was waiting for Mori Chang to drink, he suddenly saw the bridge over the river in front of him, which had been destroyed in advance.
The road to Kitanoso is cut off. (To be continued)