A bowstring sounded, and a large number of arrows were fired at the samurai and ashigaru at the castle.

Some samurai and ashigaru were shot one after another, but the wood in their hands, boiling water, and boiling oil still fell.

The heavy slamming of the timbers on the wagon made a loud noise, but the sturdy wagon still firmly blocked the timbers.

Boiling oil and boiling water were also poured on the body, which had little effect on the soldiers hiding in the car.

At this time, more Mongol archers came up from behind, and they kept firing arrows at the city.

A steady stream of arrows fell on the castle, crushing the ashigaru and samurai who barely dared to look up.

Those young men of the Wa Kingdom also kept carrying a large number of earthen bags and rushed towards the Imperial Palace, and then piled up a large number of earthen bags under the city.

Looking at everything that was happening in front of him, Konoe Shinhiro was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

How could things have come to such a point that if they continue like this, the palace will be finished.

At this time, he saw Hattori Masashige, and then yelled at him, "What about the reinforcements you said?" Didn't you say that reinforcements would arrive in two days? Why is it still missing? ”

Looking at those bad-tempered Konoe Shinhiro and the nobles, Hattori Masashi hurriedly said, "They should be soon, please be sure to hold on." Just hold on for another day or two, and they'll be there. ”

"Hold on, if you keep going, the palace will not be able to hold on."

A minister couldn't help but say angrily.

The others also complained, feeling that the speed of Tokugawa Iemitsu was too slow, and they hadn't even arrived yet.

Regarding the complaints of these ministers, Hattori Masashige did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. After all, the difference between the identities of the two sides is too far.

"We can't go on like this. We have to find a way to destroy the enemy's car. ”

Konoe said angrily.

The nobles nodded. After deliberating for a while, everyone finally came up with a solution, which was to attack with fire.

At this time, a Mongol cavalry rushed towards Tuolei.

"Your Royal Highness, we have found a large number of enemy infantry about thirty miles to the south, numbering about one hundred thousand."

Hearing this, everyone was surprised.

An army of 100,000, how can there be so many enemies?

Tuo Lei's face was impassive. But there was some anxiety in my heart.

Just give him a day, and he will be able to storm the Imperial Palace and capture the Emperor alive, but will the enemy give him time?

"What do we do now?"

Jebel said to Towray.

Tuo Lei pondered for a long time, and now he had five thousand troops pinned down by the enemies of the Honnoji Temple.

The attack on the palace also required 10,000 troops, plus the men and horses guarding the large camp.

It is estimated that he can mobilize only about 20,000 cavalry.

"I will give you 20,000 horses, will you be able to hold back these enemies? All you need to do is hold on for a day. ”

Tuo Lei said in a deep voice.

Su Butai looked at the sky, and then said: "There is no problem during the day, but I am afraid that they will take the risk of attacking at night, and it is too bad for us to fight at night." ”

By this time it was already afternoon. It is estimated that it will be dark in another hour and a half.

Hearing this, towing mines is also an extreme headache.

"Try it as much as you can. I'm going to take this place as fast as I can, and I'm not willing to take the emperor. ”

Tuo Lei said.

Subutai and Tetsube nodded, and after gathering their troops and horses, they hurried south.

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More than twenty miles from Kyoto, a large army is advancing in the dust, and this army is the rescue army of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was very bad, because this invasion was the first time in the history of the Wa Kingdom that the enemy had penetrated into the heart of the Wa Kingdom, and even the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom could be captured by the enemy.

This is definitely an unbearable shame for Tokugawa Iemitsu, who aspires to be a generation of emperors, so he has to rescue the emperor no matter what.

"Shogun, we're not far from Kyoto. The soldiers are tired from afar, so why not let the soldiers rest before going to Kyoto. ”

At this time, a tall old man with gray hair said.

Among the generals here, this old man seems to stand out from the crowd.

Because there are fewer old people in the army, not to mention an old man with a figure of nearly one meter nine, among these generals, he is simply like a giant.

"Okay then, just follow Fujido-sama's words."

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought for a moment and said.

His army has indeed been very hard to travel in the past few days, and the scout has just reported that he has just encountered the Mongol cavalry, and he may soon encounter a surprise attack by the enemy's cavalry, so it is indeed time to let the soldiers rest.

So after an order, the endless army finally stopped, and then began to rest.

"Fujido-sama is nearly seventy years old and still leads the army to recruit in person, so it must have been very hard along the way."

Tokugawa Iemitsu said to the old man with a pleasant face.

When he learned that Tokugawa Iemitsu was going to take the army himself, he insisted on leading his troops to the army, despite the opposition of others and his advanced age.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was very moved by Fujido Takatora's behavior and felt that he was the real loyal minister.

In fact, the life of Fujitang Gaohu is also quite legendary, but the loyal ministers are definitely not to talk about.

Like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he started as a civilian, and spent almost all of his life in war, experiencing countless battles large and small.

And he also worked with Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Iemitsu, and his qualifications were on par with Date Masamune.

But the most criticized thing in his life is that he changed a total of eight heads of the family (including Tokugawa Ieyasu), and he kept changing his head of the family for status and money, and even betrayed his own governor later.

In the Battle of Sekigahara, in order to defect to Tokugawa Ieyasu, he played the role of a shameful traitor.

As a subordinate of Toyotomi Hideyori, he revealed all the information of the Western Army to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and finally led to this 170,000-scale battle, which was decided in one day.

He is extremely disdainful, and his descendants have brought this style to the fullest.

In the Battle of the Shogunate in 1868, the most famous of which was the Battle of Fushimi Toba, the descendants of Fujido Takatora did not hesitate to betray the shogunate army and shell them after seeing the defeat of the shogunate forces.

"Where, for the sake of the general, even if you go to the soup and fire, you will not hesitate."

Although Fujido Takatora's spirit was a little poor, he still said with a strong smile.

Fujido Takatora was very eloquent and knew how to understand his intentions, and it was for this reason that he was deeply trusted by Tokugawa Ieyasu in his later years. (To be continued.) )