The Maori samurai who was on guard suddenly hugged and surprised Hojo Takahiro fell backwards, this fall almost stunned him, and when he got up with a curse, he found that the samurai who had thrown him had lost his breath, a bow and arrow pierced his armor and pierced the back of his neck, and even the throat chakra in front of him was pierced when he looked closely, and Yin Hong's blood flowed down the glittering cast iron arrow to his body, dyeing the array of feathers a piece of blood red.

"What strength, what a strong bow!" How could such a bow technique not make Hojo Takahiro feel frightened, thinking carefully about the short moment, it seems that he remembered that he saw a black dot flying at a high speed just now, and he didn't pay attention to this small detail at the time, and only when he recalled it did he feel the real horror.

The death-like soul-chasing arrow seemed to be a nightmare in his mind, as if the sharp arrow had drilled into his head and taken his life, and the blood in his whole body seemed to flow still, and before he knew it, his back was soaked with sweat.

"That's what I'm afraid of! I was so scared that my whole body trembled, this is the first time! "Take a hard breath to relieve the overly nervous mood, it is not the first time he has experienced a battle on the battlefield, and he has also used the same method to kill several enemies in several death battles, and it is always him who wins in the end, and every time he desperately uses a slight injury to win, he has never missed until now.

But this time, he suddenly felt that his courage and luck seemed to be a little ineffective, and in horror followed by endless shame and anger, Hojo Takahiro jumped up and shouted frantically: "Fight back! Be sure to repel the Kira army! Don't leave me stunned, shoot! ”

"Woo woo woo ......" the poignant conch sounded, it was the horn from the Yamashita Kira army to charge. The military drum also sounded. The rhythmic beat of the drums seems to urge the samurai to fight. The cavalry of the Kira clan, with their superior bows and armor, stood out of the range of the arrows and shot the Maori samurai who dared to come forward.

The people who had no sense of protection were devastated at the first time, dozens of unlucky ghosts died in Huangquan in an instant, and a small number of people didn't know whether they were lucky or unfortunate not to be shot to death, covering their chests and screaming for help: "I was hit by an arrow!" Come and save me! I think I can do it again! Don't give up on me! ”

"Bastard!" Hojo Takahiro finally remembered his duty, recovered from the shock, and gave the order as soon as possible: "Let the people withdraw, don't waste time!" Those who are injured are just thrown down! ”

"Yes!" Received an order from the Governor. These samurai no longer hesitated, kicked down the acquaintance who was still laughing just now, screaming and scolding, and watched as their wounded companion fell from the high arrow oar, and did not move without a few struggles, causing a commotion among the people who had already fled to the city.

"Shoot back!" At the sound of an order, hundreds of arrows came out of the string, and they had an advantage in height compared to the Kira army's upward attack, even if the bamboo and wood bows were not powerful, and the arrows did not have tail feathers to stabilize their flight trajectory. It can still accurately fly to the red cavalry under the city.

"Ding Ding Ding ......" The samurai on horseback laughed as they carried Ashikaga two flags and two flags, and only after listening carefully did they understand that it was the sound of iron armor and arrows colliding. When the Maori samurai in the castle did not react, the samurai on horseback scattered and left in different directions.

The three samurai standing on the arrow turret were stunned for a moment, and one of the young samurai wondered, "How did they escape?" ”

Another older samurai sighed, "Don't say it! Look at what's right in front of you, and you'll get the idea. ”

At this time, a group of black-armored samurai had come to the city, they were not in a hurry to attack, but scattered to half-surround Hojo Castle, seeing this formation, even Hojo Takahiro began to be frightened, the siege of the Kira family did not follow the routine at all, no one knew what trick he would make next, this sense of fear from the unknown made him feel very powerless.

Soon he also noticed the panicked expressions of the warriors under him, so he hurriedly changed his expressions and scolded: "What are you afraid of? Don't forget that Hojo Castle has never been breached in 100 years! Cheer me up! ”

"My lord! Go back first! It's too dangerous here! Hojo Takahiro did not continue to insist, the main song wheel was still with his relatives, and he left in a hurry after a few more words.

At this time, Nanjo Castle was also attacked at the same time, Nagao Keiren led 800 foot light 200 cavalry as the main city of only 300 people, he knew that his duty was to contain, of course, Hojo Yoshihiro in the city must be the same as him, both sides did not have a strong will to attack, simply test a few waves and stop to confront, before the main battlefield is divided into winners and losers, no matter how fierce they fight, there is no point.

At the foot of the mountain, in the main formation of the Kira army, Kira Yoshitoki repelled the retainers who tried to put down the formation, waved the military equipment in his hand, and shouted: "It's now, the whole army is attacking!" Defeat Hojo Castle! ”

Takigawa Yoshige led five hundred iron cannons to walk in the forefront, stopping at a distance of thirty rooms outside Hojo Castle, and taking out the introductory poles they were carrying, the defensive power of this kind of wooden plank must be more than an order of magnitude worse than the Fujiki shield, but the advantage is that it can be done very much, with the groove on the cannon, you can make a simple bunker with one or two wooden sticks, and it is the best means of defense against the archery team without iron cannons.

Ashigaru head Nomura Naokaka stood at the forefront, he was the first samurai to be loaded with lead bullet primer, his team was also the fastest team in the iron cannon competition, twenty seconds a round of shooting topped ten teams, when his last iron cannon Ashigaru raised the iron cannon in his hand, only two seconds away from his time, aiming at the arrow turrets on both sides of the Otemon, and shouted loudly: "Target arrow turrets, shoot!" ”

"Bang ......"

The crackling of iron cannons brought up billowing white smoke, which shook the Maori samurai at the head of the castle, and the poor and remote land of Echigo had never seen such a thing like a burning stick, and the sudden explosion of smoke made them think that it was some new firecracker.

In the next moment, they paid a terrible price for their stupidity and ignorance, and a hundred buckshot rounds locked onto two small arrow turrets, covering them with an unimaginable round of fire from a distance of fifty meters, the wooden planks of the arrow oars were all shattered, and the broken wood pieces flew everywhere, and the whole building was subjected to the rain of nearly fifty bullets.

This group of Maori samurai who had never seen an iron cannon before. I also expected to hide in the arrow oars and withstand the attack of the Kira family. They had no idea how terrifyingly powerful this iron cannon was. Before they could react, they fell to the ground and died, and a group of samurai hiding under the arrow oars could only watch their companions being beaten into tattered blood gourds.

Some unlucky ghosts were directly shot in the head, and a high blood mist soared all over their bodies, and the tattered corpses fell from the sky, and after a short time of smashing on the ground, a pool of dark red flesh and blurred blood stains were formed.

"Wan Sheng!" The iron artillery team in front erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and this salvo killed a dozen samurai. He also half-damaged two important arrows, and such a brilliant record was also very morale-boosting.

"The Iron Artillery is on standby, and the Archers are responsible for suppressing the Maori Army on the earthen bars!" One order after another was quickly issued, and it was Matsui Nobuyuki who served as the Yubi, who was very good at arithmetic and calligraphy, and also participated in the formulation of the laws of the Kira family, so it was reasonable that Kira Yoshiki would be in charge of the Yobi in the future.

On Hojo Castle, there was a group of undead samurai who drilled into the arrow turret, and then the iron cannon that had been waiting for a long time exploded, and a burst of smoke dissipated, and the arrow turret had become a bloody Shura field, and the ashigaru who held on the mounds on both sides hurriedly shot arrows and fired back, but the distance was too far to reach the iron cannon team.

Not to mention that there is a step in front of it, which is completely unsolvable. The archers who stood on both sides of the iron artillery team also roared with their might, and they gave a little name to Ashigaru who dared to show his head. Dozens of people were killed and injured in less than two rounds, and the opposite side was also pressed and couldn't raise its head.

"Are you ready for that?"

"All set!" Hondo whispered.

"Then use it, it's a quick fix, there's a tail to clean up behind."

"Yes!" Several people turned over and got on their horses to pass his generals.

After a while, a group of ashichi in black armor rushed out of the formation with a flatbed cart, which was covered with a layer of straw mats, so that the defenders at the head of the castle could not figure out what it was going to do, but they still hurriedly ordered an immediate counterattack, and for a while the arrows splashed down as if they didn't want money, and landed on the armor of the pair of ashigaru, and the rattan shield and the straw mat.

Of course, the Kira family is not unprepared, the five hundred iron artillery team and the five hundred heavy wisteria bow team, each divided into five teams to take turns shooting, none of the Maori soldiers who dared to take the lead survived, the earthen mounds on both sides were full of bullet holes and arrows, only in this less than half an hour of confrontation, there were more than 50 Maori samurai who died on the front line, and hundreds of Ashigaru were killed and wounded, for the entire Maori Hojo family, it was equal to one-third of the retainers killed, and this loss was not heavy.

The two arrows on both sides of the Otemon Gate have become veritable places of death, as long as those who dare to climb up are killed without exception, the wooden piers in front of the arrows have been completely shattered by the fierce fire, and even the baffle behind the arrows has been shattered, and you can see the other side from outside the city.

The Maori samurai in Hojo Castle did not expect the Kira army to have such a powerful firepower at all, including Hojo Takahiro, who was stunned, and Hojo Takamasa stammered: "Legend has it that the Nanban brought a kind of iron cannon on Tanegashima, this is the iron cannon of Nanban, right?" It's really scary. ”

"To use this weapon is to be spurned by the gods and Buddhas! It's so cruel! Hojo Gaoding couldn't help it, watching his relatives and friends die under the iron cannon one by one, and when the death was miserable, red and yellow splashed everywhere, such a barbaric weapon was more terrible than decapitation, no wonder he wanted to curse indiscriminately.

"What to do? Can you hold on to this fight? Everyone looked at Hojo Takahiro, and at this time he was still silent, Hojo Takamasa anxiously pulled his brother, "If you fight like this, the samurai will not be able to withstand it, and Ashigaru will also hide, and the morale will be completely gone!" You're going to have to figure it out! ”

"Wait!"

"Wait?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

"That's right! Just wait! Wait for Oda to cut the reinforcements! That's it! I'll leave the rest to you! Hojo Takahiro had lost the courage to rush out of the big gate to fight to the death, and hurriedly left two sentences before leaving the assessment room.

His negative statement immediately attracted a burst of dissatisfied complaints: "At the beginning, I said that everyone would join hands to fight against the long tail together, and then jointly send troops to divide the entire Echigo, how did it become like this in the end!" What about the allies who said they were going to rebel? Didn't Usami Joshimitsu promise to do well? Why is there no sound? ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and another samurai said angrily, "Why are we dying so many people for?" The main hall is not thin on our Maori family, why rebel? Wasn't it good before? ”

"Don't talk about it! My Maori family has already received two hundred taels of gold from the Takeda family, and there is no way out for everyone! Hojo Gaoding gritted his teeth and said: "There is only one battle!" The army that survived Oda Kiridanmasa will come to our rescue! ”

A tattered armor envoy stumbled in, and when he saw everyone, he shouted for help: "Oh no! Otemon is on fire! It's such a big fire, we can't put it out at all! ”

"What?" More than a dozen samurai all jumped up at the same time, rushing out in a hurry, only to see a thick smoke billowing in the direction of Otemon, and red flames jumped high, the fire not only burned Otemon, but also ignited the arrows on both sides and the nearby wooden structures, hundreds of ashigaru also didn't care about defending the city, and hurriedly carried wooden barrels to the well to fetch water to extinguish the fire.

But they were destined to do nothing, and the dry firewood that had been piled up outside the big hand gate was stained with rosin, grease, sulfur, and saltpeter had long since turned into a boiling flame, and until this flame was extinguished, any effort was useless, and no small bucket could extinguish such a large fire.

"Oops, if the big hand door is burned, won't we be in danger?" The tiger's mouth in front of the main curve wheel in Hojo Castle could not stop the onslaught of the Kira army at all, and according to this play, it only took a few rounds of iron cannon fire to break the door, and they all died here without staying up until the evening.

"The morale of the army is already in chaos! What are we going to do? ”

"Yes! What to do? Hojo Takading and Hojo Takamasa glanced at each other, and said with a wry smile: "I can only go to my brother to make a decision." ”

At the same time, Kira Jun had clearly seen all these changes, and Hontashi said in a very relaxed tone: "The samurai can't hold back the ashigaru, they themselves have begun to mess up, and it won't be long before Kaicheng surrenders, right?" ”

"Report!" An Iga ninja in charge of the sentry hurriedly rushed to the front of the battle, bowed and saluted, "Lord of the Hall!" Two quarters of an hour ago, an army of more than 500 men appeared two miles to the northeast, and was currently heading towards Hojo Castle, and it was expected to arrive within a quarter of an hour. ”

"Oh? Coming so fast? Kira Yoshitoki smiled slightly, estimated the time and the speed of the march and the route of the march, and then ordered: "Let them hurry up, don't delay until the end and be preempted by the cavalry!" Let Jing Liandian transfer two hundred cavalry over to assist our cavalry in the attack. ”

"Yes!" The Iga ninja quietly retreated. (To be continued......)