The smoke of the daytime has just cleared.

Li Xiao pressed the katana in his hand, and took Shima Shengmeng, Shigang Kazuyu and others to patrol the night.

Although it was the height of summer, the night in the mountains was cold, and the only houses on the mountain were for the wounded soldiers to rest, so most of the soldiers of the Takeda Army were snuggled together and slept on the horse road.

After a day of heavy rain yesterday, the clothes and armor of the Takeda soldiers were already covered with mud, but they were worried that the Echigo army would come to attack at night at any time, so no one disarmed and rested.

Even in the fierce battle, the whole Takeda army was exhausted, almost to the point that they could fall asleep while standing with a spear, and more importantly, the water consumption was reduced, and the water consumption per person was not even half of the usual one. Despite this, everyone only has two days to drink.

If you continue like this, what will happen in two days.

However, fortunately, Takeda won Lai, Li Xiao had a high prestige in the army, and in this first day, the Takeda Army had not yet shown any fluctuations in military morale.

Li Xiao patrolled to a place, but saw Dazang Chang'an and several warriors on duty at night, holding bamboo tubes and chatting while drinking water.

Li Xiao recognized that they were all samurai from Takeda Katsuyori's side, such as Akiyama Kinhisa, Ohara Jitadashi and others.

When several of them saw that it was Li Xiao, they hurriedly saluted and said, "See Lord Li Xiao." ”

Li Xiao nodded, and first asked Dazang Chang'an, "Has the drinking water been distributed today?" ”

Dazang Chang'an nodded and said: "People's drinking water is divided, but there is no way to do it." ”

Li Xiao nodded and said, "When there is really no water, you must kill the war horse and quench your thirst with horse blood." ”

Dazang Chang'an lowered his head when he heard this, the war horse is the same as the katana, and it is another life of the samurai.

Every samurai has at least one katana, but the war horse is different, and being able to ride a war horse is the mark of a high-ranking samurai. At present, it is all about to reach the point of killing horses and drinking blood to quench their thirst, which shows how dangerous the situation is.

"My lord," Dazang Chang'an hesitated for a while, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Lord Li Xiao, we can get through, didn't we just win a big victory over the Echigo army yesterday?" ”

Li Xiao turned his head to look, Dazang Chang'an's words represented the voices of Akiyama and Ohara Jizhong, and saw that these people were all worried, they were also not low-level warriors, and their mentality was like this, not to mention the ashigaru under them.

Yes, according to a fortified city like Yanjiao City, as well as a sharp weapon to defend the city such as an iron cannon, Li Xiao is confident that he can win one or two battles, but even if he continues to win, it will not be a decisive factor for the entire battle situation, and the disadvantage of the entire army is not much that can be reversed by victory.

Li Xiao was not optimistic about estimating that it would be impossible for Iwajicheng to support it for a few more days under such a sharp offensive of the Echigo army. Add to that the lack of water, and it's even worse.

Li Xiao raised his eyebrows, looked at Dazang Chang'an and asked, "Are you worried that we won't be able to support it?" ”

"No," Dazang Chang'an hurriedly shook his head, and said as if to cheer himself up: "Lord Li Xiao, you have repeatedly led us to create miracles, and this time it will definitely be okay." ”

At this time, the ashigaru who was resting on the side also gathered around.

They asked anxiously, "Lord Li Xiao, what plan do you have to help us get out of this predicament?" ”

"Yes, Master Li Xiao, say a few words!"

Li Xiao turned his head to look, and saw that although everyone had worry on their faces, there was a kind of expectation in their eyes when they looked at him, as if he was their last expectation, and he could lead them to reverse the battle situation with his own strength.

Li Xiao knew that they trusted him in their hearts, and looked forward to being able to come up with some strange plan to help them get out of this difficult situation, just like the battle of Baigen Mountain.

Facing everyone's hopeful eyes, Li Xiao smiled quite firmly and said: "Don't think too highly of me, I'm also an ordinary person, with two shoulders and a head, nothing special." ”

When Li Xiao said this, everyone laughed.

The more he said this, the more the crowd thought he had some other tricks.

Only Li Xiao himself knew about his own affairs, he looked at the brightly lit sky at the foot of Iwaji Mountain, and there was no end in sight from the Echigo army barracks, and there was a sadness in his eyes.

On the fourth day of the Battle of Iwaki Castle, Naoe Minoru continued to fight with the Takeda family, and the two sides still fought fiercely for a while, ending in an equal split.

The only remaining water source for the Takeda Army has finally dried up, and Chang'an, the Great Treasure, no longer knows how to support the Ming Dynasty.

But Ming said that it still came after all.

The fifth day of the Battle of the Cage City of Iwaji.

The siege lord of the Echigo army will change hands again, Naoe Minoru, and Yamamotoji will be replaced by Yamashita.

Countless black-armored soldiers of the Echigo Army at the foot of the mountain stepped forward to take over the Tengu Maru position.

Saito Asanobu's face was solemn, his helmet was pierced through the armor and the horses were spurred on the horse path beside him, and the soldiers of the Echigo Army were rolling like a torrent, the dull footsteps on the ground, and the orderly collision of armor sounded.

Saito Asanobu rode his horse to the samurai yashiki of Tengu Maru, and while waiting for Minoru Naoe, who was standing under the house, Yamamoto Temple nodded and said, "The attack is imminent, so I won't dismount and salute the two adults." ”

Minoru Naoe raised his head, looked at Saito Asanobu on the horse, and said, "Saito-sama, have you figured out how to attack Takeda Army Ninomaru?" ”

Saito Asanobu was noncommittal, and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Lord Naoe thought that I would be defeated for the second time under Li Xiao?" ”

Minoru Naoe laughed: "Lord Saito, it's me who is too worried, so I wish you a long time in martial arts." ”

After speaking, a small surname led the horse, Naoe Minoru turned over on the horse, said goodbye to Saito Asanobu, and then stationed in Tengu Maru's Naoe Minorusuna, Yamamoto Temple set a long line and slowly retreated to the bottom of the mountain.

Saito Asanobu held a horsewhip in his hand, stared at Iwaki Castle with both eyes, and said in a deep voice: "This time I want to snow the shame of fighting in Shirane Mountain. ”

The general of the Echigo army to replace Naoe Minotsuna's attack on Ninomaru was Li Xiao's old opponent, the lord of Akata Castle, Saito Asanobu who was known as Echigo Zhong Kui, and the lord of Takemata Castle, Takemata Kiyotsuna.

In front of Iwaki Castle Ninomaru.

The iron cannons of the Echigo army were fired in unison, and round after round of shooting hit the wooden curved wheels on the Ninomaru of Iwazuki Castle, and sawdust flew wildly. From time to time, the Takeda Army's iron cannon Ashigaru, who was hiding behind, was injured by a ricochet.

The huge roar was suddenly deafening.

Li Xiao chapped his lips and stood on the curved wheel of Ninomaru and watched the battle.

The Echigo army still mobilized 200 iron cannons to shoot at the main gate of Ninomaru.

Due to the lack of ammunition, the Takeda Army's iron artillery Ashigaru has not been able to shoot at full strength, so the firepower has been suppressed by the Echigo Army.

At the moment, Li Xiao could no longer stand on the arrow turf to watch the battle against the crazy shooting of the two hundred iron cannons of the Echigogo army, in case he was released by the Echigogo army at any time, his dignified general of the Takeda family would be hung up like this.

The offensive of the Echigo army was rapid for a while.

Saito Asanobu's tactics were Xiao Gui Cao Sui, and he still used the same tactics as Naoe Minotsuna, with iron cannon suppression, light army raids, and the main force on standby.

Saito Asanobu is worthy of being a famous general in Echigo, although his offensive is also lacking in sharpness, but he is old and serious, and does not show the slightest flaw.

He wanted to drag the tide of the war into a war of attrition, in order to wear down the morale, strength and ammunition of the Takeda army.

And the Takeda Army just had nothing to do with his tactics.

At noon, Saito Asanobu finally seized the opportunity and attacked Ninomaru in one go.

The Takeda army counterattacked the Saito army, which had broken into Ninomaru, and the two armies fought without giving an inch, and for a while Ninomaru was once again bleeding.

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