On the evening of May 23, 1559, the second year of Yeroku, the Ichijo army that broke out in the area around Matsukura in Echichu attacked Uozu Castle. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

As for the cause of the rebellion, it is said that Sasa Narumasa was too cruel to remove the name and exterminate the Shiina clan of the Daimyo of Echichu, which caused dissatisfaction among the locals.

The self-proclaimed nephew of Yasuyin Shiina was the leader of this group and led the siege.

However, although the garrison of Uozu Castle was less than 500 men, it was able to defeat the attack with its powerful firearms, and inflicted a large number of casualties that evening.

Seeing that the situation was impossible, "Shiina Nagayin" immediately ordered the troops to be withdrawn and rested directly in the area of the castle town of Uozu Castle.

The next day, "Shiina Nagayin" regrouped and launched another onslaught.

At the same time, Sasa Chengzheng, who had already marched outside Masusan Castle in Western Vietnam, finally raised the white flag after a four-day onslaught.

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng took the big and small generals Zuo, and sat proudly at a position no more than a hundred steps away from the gate of Zengshan City, waiting for the guards of Zengshan Castle to go out of the city and bow down.

After raising the white flag, about an hour later, the guard came to the outside of the city and kowtowed to Sasa Chengzheng.

"The villain was ignorant by the traitor and resisted the heavenly soldiers for more than three days, and he was really frightened. Now that the city has been removed, the humble is also a precipice, and I have come to ask the adults for their guilt! ”

"Hmm...... You don't have to worry, Zengshan City is still yours, I won't take it away, it's just ...... In the next battle, I hope that you can send troops to accompany the main force of our army, and let me see your sincerity. ”

Sazuo Chengzheng said indifferently, and in a few words, he had already issued a disposition to the Zengshan Castle samurai.

The city lord of Zengshan City didn't expect Sazuo Chengzheng to be extraordinarily tolerant, and his voice trembled with excitement for a while, and he hurriedly bowed down again to thank him.

"Rest in place and wait for the second strike."

Sasa Narimasa gave such an order, and then, the coalition army, which had been advancing all the way, stayed at Masuyama Castle for seven days.

And these seven days were also the most difficult seven days in the history of Uozu City.

A steady stream of people flocked to the city, and they used the simplest dirt bags to fill in the moat of Uozu Castle.

After that, the crowd dismantled the defenses of the castle town on the spot and built a simple ladder for the ant-attached siege castle.

Although the iron cannons on the battlements of Yujin Castle roared incessantly, a crowd also died from the way of the dead charge, and died under the city, piling up layers of corpses.

"Nan no Amitabha!"

"Nan no Amitabha!"

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The believers shouted these six-character mantras and rushed forward side by side with their heads held high.

Even though the iron cannon with thunder struck the believers around them, taking their lives one by one, they were not afraid at all, but quickened their pace, holding their naginatas and farm tools up the long ladder.

A hundred steps away, "Shiina Nagayin" was still riding on a horse, paying close attention to the siege situation, and his young and handsome face was already quite weathered.

Behind him, the black-clothed Zen master was still in the posture of a sword in one hand and a Buddha bead in the other, and said leisurely:

"Let's die! There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south! ”

It's just that although the Zen master Shioma has the heart of Shura, the nominal leader of this group of people, "Shiina Choyin", is not the same.

As a samurai, although he doesn't value the lives of ordinary people, he really lets these people die for a non-existent "death", and Shiina Nagayin's heart is not easy.

Seeing that nearly a hundred more people fell under Yujin City, the young man finally couldn't bear to say:

"Master, today's attack, I think that's the end of it."

"Why?"

"The setbacks in the siege of the city for several days are not good for the morale of our army, and besides, there are too many casualties these days, and it is necessary to allocate doctors and craftsmen as soon as possible to treat the wounded. Of course, Uozu Castle is to be captured, but if our army loses everything, it will not be worth the loss. ”

"Childe's words are fallacious."

Shimoma retorted mercilessly,

"Believers are not only attacking to the death, but also to be able to gain a past life and go to the Pure Land of Bliss in the West. A few injuries are nothing, they are all destined suffering. ”

Listening to this strong rhetoric, "Shiina Changyin" laughed angrily:

"Zen Master Shimo, I don't understand Buddhism, I only know that people live for a lifetime, and if they die, they are gone, and you disregard the lives of believers so much, haven't you ever considered their families and relatives, and have you never thought about their despicable fate of being born as peasants?"

Hearing this, Zen Master Shioma smiled faintly and said:

"Believers follow the instructions of the gods and Buddhas and chant the six-character mantra, which is to go to the western bliss, but to be rescued from this world full of suffering...... Their death for the great cause of the Lord is the glory of the lives of these lowly people. ”

"You ——!"

The young man was so angry that he trembled and couldn't speak, and the Zen master Shioma, who had an indifferent face, stretched out his arm and pointed to the Yujin Castle Road in front of him:

"Listen, is the sound of the iron cannon a little sparser than a few days ago?"

The young man listened attentively, and still heard the sound of iron cannons in the direction of Uozu Castle.

"Whether it's projectiles, gunpowder, or the cannon itself, there's not much left. Even if there were more than 200 iron cannons in stock in Uozu Castle, after seven days of continuous firing, there must have been less than 100 that could be used. ”

It is true that the iron cannon is quite powerful as a thermal weapon, but because the technology is far from mature, the damage rate when used is quite high. According to Shimoma's judgment, the density of the iron cannon fire decreased, and if the ammunition was not bottomed out, the iron cannon was damaged too much, but either way, it was extremely beneficial for them.

The siege of the city continued until the sun turned westward.

After the retreat, some people came to the castle of Uozu Castle to contain the corpses, and it was not until the afterglow of the setting sun faded that Saito Toshizo, who was standing on the castle tower and commanding the battle, breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the room, pulled off his gloves, threw away his headband, and sat down on the tatami mats, gasping for breath.

After a little rest, he got up and walked out of the room, and commanded the guard:

"Go and invite Higuchi-sama and Fuji-sama to come."

A light was lit in one of the assessment rooms of Honmaru, and Saito Rizo did not untie his armor, but sat down on the main seat, closing his eyes and recuperating.

I don't know how long it took, but the dazed Lisan heard two kinds of footsteps, one light and one heavy, and suddenly opened his eyes.

They're coming.

"Higuchi-sama, how many weapons are there in the city?"

Kanethiro Higuchi frowned:

"There are less than two hundred iron cannons that can be used, and the ammunition is relatively sufficient, but the damage of the iron cannons is unavoidable, and there is a lack of craftsmen in the city to maintain the iron cannons.

"What about the grain and grass?"

"The people in the city have little food and enough food, but it is not safe, but it is ......"

Higuchi Kaneyu wanted to speak and stopped.

"Just what?"

"It's just that Yujin City is backed by the sea, and even if you can't hold it, you can escape by waterway, so there are many people who are not determined to fight, and in the past two days, some people have begun to quietly plan to escape by boat."

The topic that Kanetoyo Higuchi found embarrassed was not uncomfortable for Fuji Kamiichi, and he lightly said the crisis of "people's instability", and after a while, Saito Rizo's forehead was already covered with a layer of cold sweat.

"This ...... This will never be allowed to happen! ”

Saito Rizo bit it out word by word.

"I heard that before the lord left, he left three tips for the adults, I wonder if it's time to open the second one?"

Saito Rizo's eyes lit up when he got the reminder, and he reached out and took out the bag, opened it and took a look, but his face was extremely strange.

"Go and ask Akai-sama to come." (To be continued.) )