Return to the city of Cloud City.

Yokotani Yukiyoshi knelt on the ground and reported the situation in the city to Li Xiaoyu.

"The Uchijima family has a total of three castles in Ohno County, in addition to the main city of Guiyun City, there are also Muhe Castle and Hagi Castle, and now the two castles of Kawajiri, Yamashita and the two family elders, have abandoned the city, and led the samurai under their command to enter Guiyun City to garrison."

"And since the news of our army's departure came out, the news in Guiyun City has been tightly sealed, and our ninjas can't enter to spy on it, so how many troops are stationed has not been clarified."

"It's hard work," Li Xiao nodded, turned his head and said to the retainers, "Since the Uchijima family has concentrated all their forces to trap the lonely city, this also gives me the convenience of catching everything, otherwise it will be a lot more trouble to run around and take people around." ”

"Oh."

With Shioya Qiuzhen, Hirose Zongcheng, and the city lord under Li Xiao, the lord of Nabeyama Yoshiyuki, all agreed with a bang.

On the other hand, the Uchijima family returns to Cloud City.

On top of the arrow turret of the outer pill of Guiyun Castle, the Uchijima clan Li and the Uchijima clan, as well as Kawajiri, the two elders on the mountain all looked down at the Takeda army that was being deployed under the mountain.

Above the city, the wind was fierce, and the clothes of the people were bulging.

Looking down from the top of the city, the mountain road under the city is steep and steep, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the difficulty of Guiyun City with the pool of golden soup.

And when he raised his head and looked at the surrounding scene, the clouds swept in like waves, and they hit the cloud mountain in rows.

This scene of the clouds entering the mountain and returning to the depths is probably the reason why Guiyun Mountain got its name.

As the Uchijima clan who has lived here for a long time, he is obviously very accustomed to this strong wind, he squinted at the formation of the Takeda army under the mountain, and said to his subordinates: "With the Takeda army, dare to attack the city?" ”

The Uchijima clan who defended the city seemed to be very sorry, and blamed Li Xiao, who was on the besieging side, for not bringing enough soldiers.

His son, the Uchijima clan, reported: "According to the information given to me by my sister Xiaolu Liangyori, Li Xiao returned to Yuncheng this time, and he has the most combat power of the two standing Shengang Bei, and the snake tail Bei is stationed in Shengang City, Chengsheng City, and has not been dispatched. And the current enemy is Li Xiaoxinlian's standing flag Benbei, as well as the military strength of the wealthy clans under the command of Shioya Qiuzhen, Nabeyama, Hirose and so on. ”

The old man of the family, Kawajiri, touched the scumbag on his chin and said: "Lord, if it weren't for the estimation of the military strength of the Jiangma family, the Shenbao family, and the sister Xiaolu family, otherwise Li Xiao would have already driven the two standing guards to the city. In this way, it can be seen that Li Xiao is also being attacked from all sides in the flying Etsu, as long as we hold on for a few days, there will definitely be people in the Quartet who will make trouble and copy the back road of the Takeda family. ”

"The rabble," Uchijima waved his robe, pointed his hand to the bottom of the mountain, and said in a deep voice, "Even if Li Xiao prepares the gods and the snake tails, what am I afraid of?" Guiyun City is the first strong city in the world, no matter how many people Li Xiaolai comes, even if Takeda Shingen comes in person, he needs to prepare the price of 10,000 flesh and blood. ”

Uchijima's words are like adding a collective excitement to several retainers under his command.

Several retainers all looked very confident in Guiyun City.

Only Uchijima Shili is still a little sensible, and said: "Sister Xiaolu Lianglai once said that Li Xiao is a world-famous general, and he will never fight an uncertain battle, so we should be careful." ”

Uchijima Clan Li laughed, waved his hand and said, "Even if Li Xiao is scheming, under Guiyun City and my retainers' group, there is nothing to be done. ”

Speaking of this, Uchijima said to his subordinates: "Hang my banner and fight against the Takeda family, I want to see if Li Xiao is really so arrogant?" ”

At this moment, Li Xiao was holding a one-eyed thousand lili tube, looking at Guiyun City from afar, and when the Uchijima clan was in a conspicuous position at the head of the city, he hung out the big flag with black characters on a white background.

Li Xiao couldn't help laughing, and kept patting his knee with one hand, as if he had seen some big joke. …,

When all the retainers saw Li Xiao's appearance, they didn't know why.

Immediately, the monomi in front of him came back to report and said to the retainers that the Uchijima clan hung a banner at the head of the castle to fight against the Takeda family, which read, 'If you want to attack, then attack'

Thinking of Uchijima's domineering lines, Li Xiao couldn't stop laughing, which was the same as an advertisement for a good friend.

Immediately, Li Xiao turned his head and said to the retainers: "After capturing this city, I want the Uchijima clan to wear this flag as a crotch cloth." ”

When all the retainers heard this, they burst into laughter.

In the laughter of the generals, Li Xiao looked at Guiyun City in Guiyun Mountain, and couldn't help but admire: "It's really a strong city."

Usami Minami also smiled on the sidelines, and this time he served as the pen of the main formation, helping Li Xiao deal with paperwork and sorting out information exchanges.

According to the intelligence analysis of all parties, with Li Xiao's current military strength, it is absolutely impossible to break through Guiyun City.

And once the siege is prolonged, the situation will definitely shift to the side of the Takeda army.

According to Usami Nami's judgment of Li Xiaozhi, he fought with troops, always quick and decisive, and often preemptively struck, and the last capture of Nabeyama Castle was a good example.

With the convenience of standing without mobilization, it only took one day from the battle to the capture of Nabeyama City, and when the sister Xiaolu family reacted to the opportunity, the peasant soldiers had not yet been assembled.

And this time, he wanted to attack the Uchijima family, but he made a big noise before, so that the other party was prepared in advance, and then attacked the fortified city, which is a taboo in the art of war.

Since her emergence as Li Xiao, Usami has often compared the other party to Uesugi Kenshin.

Whenever Li Xiao was fighting, she would often think from the perspective of Uesugi Kenshin and guess the other party's actions.

And this battle to attack Guiyun Castle, with Usami Nami's understanding, even if Uesugi Kenshin was here in person, with his unparalleled decision, it would be impossible to capture the Uchijima family Guiyun Castle in a short period of time.

But she just understood that with Li Xiao's methods, she would never rashly do something uncertain, and suddenly this contradictory proposition made her frown, and she was very puzzled for a while.

Could it be that the lord's means of capturing Guiyun City is what is on this cart.

Usami watched as the small lotus pack team carried it out, and commanded the ashigaru to carry it with great effort, a bronze object.

Usami clearly remembers that when Banner Benbei rushed from Josheng Castle to Kamioka Castle, it was such a bulky thing that greatly delayed Banner Benbei's marching speed, which could have been reached in one day

Foot walked on the road for three days.

This thing looks like a large iron cannon, but it is not, the iron cannon is made of iron, and this thing is clearly made of copper, what is the effect?

Thinking of this, Usami Nami looked at the Nanban who was half-hearted and dressed like a samurai, could it be some kind of weapon that this Nanban presented to the lord.

Rui Costa looked particularly energetic today, especially the hair that looked like a bad vegetable, and today he deliberately used vegetable oil to wipe it carefully, and it was often very bright from afar, and the only deficiency was that when he smelled it closely, it emitted an extremely uncomfortable smell.

Now Rui Costa waved the whip in his hand to command his footage, and the pair of worn riding boots on his feet, which were already very worn, were polished by him today, and now he kicked his feet, and clucked on the rocky ground.

Under the various fingers of Rui Costa, the ashigaru people piled up bags of dirt that had just been filled from the banks of the Zhuang River in less than a hundred places near Guiyun City.

In the rear, dozens of Ashigaru are trying to carry a mortar cannon one by one.

In front of the earthen bag, on the side of the road, Li Xiaoqi's original gun was light, and the bow was waiting for the battle, beware of the inner island army's momentum rushing out of the city to destroy his own artillery position. …,

Rui Costa glanced back, and saw that Li Xiao was staring at his side, and at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little hairy in his heart.

At the beginning, he promised Li Xiao that ten mortars would be manufactured within a year, but in the past year, he finally only delivered seven of them.

This has made Li Xiao very unhappy.

Therefore, in the siege of the city, if his mortar cannons can't have a good performance, then his career as a Franco samurai of the Takeda family will be said to BYE immediately! BYE!

Right now, looking through his monoculars, there was a dense crowd of Uchijima samurai ashigaru standing at the head of the castle, and they didn't seem to know why, so they vied with each other to watch.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Rui Costa's face.

At this time, the artillery position in front of Guiyun City had been constructed.

Rui Costa gestured to his thumb, his eyes open and closed, left and right for a while, and gestured OK to the abuta, indicating that the distance was just right.

After that, Rui Costa waved his hand and said domineeringly: "In the name of God, put the cannon on me"

Since there were no cranks, screws, and gun mounts for field guns, adjusting the height of the muzzle, correcting the bearing, calculating the radian, and the trajectory of the shell's route became a matter that had to be painstakingly calculated.

Rui Costa picked up a branch and gestured it on the ground, after all, he was not uneducated to become the second mate of the Pharaoh.

However, this scene, in the eyes of those who have not come into contact with Western mathematics, seems to be particularly unfathomable.

Many people think that Rui Costa, using the methods of the southern barbarians, is engaged in some kind of witchcraft to calculate the other party.

Didn't wait long.

Under the illumination of the sun, the muzzles of the mortar cannons were cold and flowing, and the seven mortar cannons opened their bloody mouths one by one, facing the top of Guiyun City.

"Filled shells"

"Done"

Immediately, Rui Costa changed his obscene temperament in the past, and his eyes revealed a solemn color, and he slowly pulled out the sword on his waist, and said loudly: "Ready"

Ashigaru raised the torch in his hand.

"Ignition"

The arquebuses sparkled and grew shorter and shorter.

Everyone held their breath, and those who already had experience in launching were all pale, and some smart people had already stuffed grass roots into their ears.

Knock knock

The roar of the big cylinder suddenly sounded, and in the ninth year of Eiroku, it was the first time on the big stage of Japan's Warring States period, and it woke up the heroes of Hida Echichu, ......,