As the sun gradually rose, the fog on Edo Castle began to thin out, and Takahashi Shaoyun stood above the arrow turret of Ninomaru in Edo Castle, and saw the Hojo Army's army formation like a mountain and a sea in the distance.

The Hojo Army in the distance moved one after another, and one by one the Hojo siege troops were ready and waiting at the bottom of the mountain. On the mountain road, another group of Hojo troops attacking the mountain arrived, and the black flags behind them swayed like a dense forest.

In front of the Tengu Maru under him, the Hojo Army was intercepted by the iron cannons and bows and arrows of the defenders Tengu Maru and Ninomaru, and was unable to advance to attack the castle for a while.

This Edo Castle is a typical Sengo-style mountain castle design, and the front that can be attacked is narrow, and even though the Hojo Army has an army of 10,000 troops, the maximum number of troops that can be put into the front is only a few hundred in a single attack. Although the Hojo Army had an endless supply of new troops and backups, it was not so easy to take Edo Castle for a while.

And after Ninomaru's narrow room, the sound of iron cannons continued to sound. The defenders' iron cannons were lightweight, holding them in both hands, and aiming with one eye closed. Immediately after each shot, the iron cannon began to be cleared, carefully loaded with gunpowder, projectiles, crushed with a push rod, and loaded with a fire rope.

In this way, the defenders came from the narrow room between Ninomaru and Tengu Maru, and the roar of iron cannons did not stop, pressing the Hojo army to raise its head. And Bow Foot Light was also not to be outdone, and killed any Hojo soldier who dared to expose his body. So, on the road from the arrow board to Horikiri, the soldiers of the Hojo Army lay in ambush everywhere.

And at this time, the Hojo Ashigaru left five under the castle was still with a cat's head, and the head of the Ashigaru group was Rokuro Guard. Hide behind the arrow board together. At this time, the Taiko drum of the Hojo Army was beating again. The iron cannons of the Hojo Army under the castle have also caught up. Dozens of people gathered in a row and took turns firing at the defenders' curved wheels.

The projectiles of the iron cannon hit the stone wall, splashing shallow white ash and making small craters. Although it did not inflict any damage on the defenders' iron cannon ashigaru, it was certainly suppressed by the defenders' iron cannon fire.

"Give it to me!"

Rokuro Beiwei shouted the order again, and dozens of Hojo Ashigaru rushed forward and carried dirt bags.

"Shiro!"

On the left five was taken aback. The ashigaru wearing a hat in front of him is Shiro, a playmate who grew up in the same village as him. Shiro used to be a hunter and spent his days shuttling through the mountains and forests, so he was good at reaching out. I saw that Shiro had just taken a few steps when he was startled by the roar of the defenders' iron cannons above his head, and then immediately retracted into the arrow shield beside him.

After that, Rokuro Beibei kicked him out and scolded, "What's there to be afraid of, the Hojo people have lost their faces to you." ”

Shiro gritted his teeth and rushed forward desperately. With the vigorous skills practiced in the mountains and forests, he avoided several arrows of the Lianjia in one go. Immediately, he picked up a dirt bag from the side of a corpse whose throat had been pierced by a bow and arrow, and then bravely buried his head and rushed forward.

"Well done!"

The fifth from the left had just cheered for this playmate since childhood, when he heard the sound of an iron cannon. Shiro was hit by an iron cannon projectile that pierced his chest and fell limply to the ground.

At this time, Zuo Wu only felt a dull brain and a shock to his body, and then collapsed to the ground, and his childhood playmate died in front of him.

"Give me the fifth from the left." But after Rokuro Bei looked back at the wolf on the left, he immediately scolded: "Unseeded coward? ”

After finishing speaking, I saw Rokuro Guard, and he rushed out of the arrow board. Rokuro Guard, dressed in bright samurai armor, immediately attracted the attention of the defenders.

"Bang! Bang! Two iron cannons rang out, and I saw the body of the Rokuro soldier sway, and one iron cannon shot into the air, but one shot hit the waist. Rokuro Bei endured the severe pain, gritted his teeth, rushed forward to pick up the dirt bag that Shiro had dropped, and rushed straight forward, just three or four steps away from Horikiri, when he shot an arrow from Ninomaru and was shot through his armor from the back, and Rokuro Bingwei shook his body and fell forward to the ground.

Now that Ashigaru has been killed in battle, Zuo Wu knows that he can't stay here any longer, otherwise he will be executed for fear of war. He wiped his hand on his face, shouted "ah", and strode forward. At the same time, another team of Hojo Gunashi with dirt bags on their shoulders rushed up.

The fifth on the left mixed in the crowd, and from time to time the people around him were hit by the defenders' iron cannons and bows and arrows, and they fell to the ground. He just rushed forward in one breath, staring at the dirt bag that Rokuro Beibei had dropped. And Zuo Wu was like a god protecting him at the moment, not a single projectile found him, but an arrow hit his iron cannon wrapped in the hat, and it did not penetrate.

Left 5 finally picks up the dirt bag dropped by Rokuro Guard and successfully throws it into Horikiri. There were also more than a dozen Hojo Ashigaru who had successfully arrived and threw the dirt bag into Horikiri. He saw that Horikiri had been filled up for the most part, except for the front of Otemon, the bottom of the other Horikiri parts was full of bamboo spears with upside down, sharp blades upward.

Zuo Wu secretly rejoiced, and began to run towards the place he had come, about a dozen paces, when the defenders' iron cannon fired another volley. Nearby Hojo Ashigaru fell down one after another, and Zuo Wu suddenly felt a pain in his right leg, as if something had gotten into it, and it hurt hotly. He finally threw himself on the ground, turned his head and looked back, only to see a bloody hole in his right thigh, which was bubbling with blood.

"I can't die here." Zuo Wu only felt tears in his eyes, and when he said this, he remembered his wife who was waiting at home for a moment. Zuo Wu suddenly had a will to survive, and immediately stretched out a hand to cover his thigh, supported the ground with one hand, and crawled forward among the corpses.

"Ten more steps, no, eight more." Zuo Wu's eyes widened, and although his vision was blurring, he muttered in his mouth. At this moment, another group of Hojo Ashishi, carrying dirt bags, rushed up.

When the left five climbed back to the arrow board, he heard a burst of cheers from all around, and many Hojo Gunashigaru were shouting at the same time, "Horikiri has been filled!" ”

Zuo Wu smiled reluctantly, and finally fainted at a moment. At this time, more than a dozen Ashigaru members of the Hojo Army, holding a wooden stake that lit a fire at the front, rushed towards the gate together.

The iron cannon general of the Lianjia kept drinking orders. Iron cannon ashigaru shoots at the Hojo Army. One after another, there will be Hojo Ashigaru. Knocked to the ground. Although the soldiers of the Hojo Army in front of them continued to die in battle. But the follow-up men and horses are still pouring in, and this endless combat power makes the defenders feel a boulder pressing on their hearts. Even Takahashi Shaoyun shook his head when he saw this.

The Hojo Ashigaru stepped over the filled Horikiri and slammed the burning Oki towards the Otemon of the Renjia family. The Hojo Army's offensive continued, and although hundreds of corpses had been left in front of the Tengu Maru, the Hojo Army's offensive continued uninterrupted.

Under the command of Yasuhide Shimizu and Nobuyi Kasahara, a team of aboard a team with heavy casualties was replaced. And then it was replaced by a new force. The reward for attacking Edo Castle was raised again, and both samurai and ashigaru were the first to attack Edo Castle and were awarded 200 koku to Chiyuki.

Listening to the roar of iron cannons on the Tengu Pill, Yasuei Shimizu turned pale, holding the military ration in his hand, pacing back and forth, while his eyes were always on the Tengu Pill in Edo Castle. At this time, an envoy rode a fast horse and came to the main camp of the Ichiban team. Dismounted, bowed to Yasuei Shimizu, and said, "My lord, Ono Ashigaru team." The Yamagami Ashigaru Brigade suffered heavy casualties and lost its combat strength, Ono-sama was killed in battle, and Yamagami-sama was wounded by an arrow. ”

Yasuei Shimizu nodded expressionlessly, and said, "The order is for the Ono team, the Yamagami team to retreat, replace it with the Tanaka team, and attack the Kinoshita team." ”

"Oh!"

After receiving the order, the envoy moved neatly on the horse, and then Shimizu Yasuei heard it from afar.

"Team Tanaka, Team Kinoshita, come back with me." Immediately there was the sound of a string of armor colliding, and another group of ashigaru people with black flags on their backs and spears on their shoulders ran up the hill in small steps.

Seeing this scene, Qing Shui Yasuying said with a grim face: "Defenders, I want to see how long you can support today." ”

Edo Castle Tengu Marimae.

"Bang! Syllable! ”

The loud sound of the stake pounding on the Otemen kept ringing. Above Ninomaru, the roar of iron cannons was incessant, and the arrows were even more inclined to rain down. A dozen Hojo ashigaru hands held the shield aloft and covered it, resisting the fire of the defenders' iron cannons and bows.

In the castle cave of Otemon, six samurai armed with swords stared at the shaking thick wooden gate with a wary look. And beside them, seven or eight burly, bare-armed Hojo Ashigaru held a large wooden stake burning at the front of the front in their forehand, and hammered Tengumaru's big door one by one.

The bows and arrows and iron cannons of the defenders were non-stop, and from time to time there was an unlucky Ashigaru Hojo who was accidentally shot or shot by an arrow and fell to the ground.

Whenever someone was wounded or killed, the Hojo Army in the rear would immediately rush to Otemon to replenish the position of the dead ashikatsu. On the mountain road farther away, the mountain wind was howling, and countless Hojo Ashigaru held their breath and stood behind with guns and knives, just waiting for the moment when Otemon was breached.

"We can't let them hammer the door with a stake anymore." Takahashi Shaoyun said in the Ninomaru arrow. He turned his head and shouted softly to the defenders below, "Throw me the porcelain vase." ”

"Oh!"

The defenders agreed, and then on Ninomaru, several defenders took out seven or eight porcelain bottles, and then they threw them at Otemon. The porcelain vase slammed into the vicinity of Otemon, and the Hojo Army's ashigaru shield shattered one after another. The liquid inside suddenly spilled all over them.

When the Hojo Gunashigaru sniffed his nose close to the wet place, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he shouted, "It's not good, it's fire oil." ”

As soon as they finished speaking, there was a loud shout from Edo Castle Ninomaru.

"Shoot the arrows!"

In the narrow room of the Ninomaru warp wheel of the defenders, several arrows wrapped in musk cloth were shot towards Otemon.

The fire ignited in an instant when it met the oil, and suddenly the Otemon Castle Cave fell into a sea of fire. The Hojo Army, which was on fire, jumped and shouted, threw out the shield in their hands, and then rolled on the ground to extinguish the fire. At this time, on the defender Ninomaru, the iron cannon bow and arrow fired a salvo at Otemon, and after a round, there was no longer a living Hojo Army in Otemon.

The head of the Hojo Army Ashigaru in the distance, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he glanced back, and saw that the Hojo Ashigaru people behind him were all pale when they saw this scene. After the fire on Otemon was extinguished, another group of Hojo Army samurai ashigaru, carrying the arrow shield, rushed to Otemon to take the place of the original dead in battle.

The sound of the hammer at the Otemen sounded again, and the little oil bottles that the defenders had at this moment were all gone.

Then the defenders Ninomaru got on the arrow and began to face the mountain road. Condescendingly throwing stones. Several of the shield boards were smashed to pieces. Together with the Hojo Army, who were hiding behind, they were crushed under the stones.

The Hojo Gunashigaru was hindered by stones. And not allowed to go into battle. The head of the iron artillery team hurriedly ordered the iron artillery team to shoot at the arrow oar, which forced the defenders to stop the tactic of throwing stones.

Takahashi Shoun was still carefully observing the battle situation, and for the time being, it was not the main thing to inflict a lot of casualties on the Hojo army, and what the defenders needed was to delay time. At present, the defenders have done a good job, and the Hojo Army, despite its outnumbered numbers, has been unable to break through in front of the Tengu Maru.

At this time. Takahashi Shaoyun heard the sound of someone hurriedly stepping on the arrow plank.

"What's the matter?" Takahashi asked.

"Lord Hui, Lord Tai-Tian Yasushi, let me tell you that Tengu Maru's big gate is about to be breached."

"Well, I see," Takahashi said without hesitation, "immediately send the reserves to support." ”

"Oh!" The other party said yes and hurriedly went downstairs.

Takahashi Shaoyun looked at the Tengumaru Ote's door, and the loud sound of the wooden stake hitting the door was still ringing. Takahashi Shaoyun shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If you want to capture Tengu Maru." It's not that easy. ”

And at this time, in front of the Edo Castle Tengu Maru Otemon. Tai Tian Yasushi is staring at the big hand door with a calm face.

Several huge wooden reinforcements were erected behind the thick wooden door of Otemon, but despite this, the thick wooden door was still slammed, and each impact caused dust to fly near the door frame, and fine sand particles fell down, as if it were crumbling.

Now a team of gunashigaru is holding up their guns, lined up in two columns, standing behind the big gate. In the outer circle of the spear, more than 20 joint family bows and iron cannons are light, all aiming their bows and arrows at the entrance of the Otemen hole, ready to fire at any time.

As for the Hojo Army Ashigaru on the attacking side outside the Otemon Gate, they were sweating profusely, and they slammed the Otemon Gate hundreds of times with their hands holding a large wooden stake that was burning with fire. Now that Otemon is finally showing a trend of not being supported, these Hojo Ashigaru people are happy and even more energetic.

"Bang!" After a shout.

Finally, I heard a loud bang! The gates of Tengumaru Otemon fell with a bang. The Hojo Ashigaru in the Otemon Gate was overjoyed, and as the first samurai or ashigaru to attack Tengumaru, they could obtain the territory of two hundred Chiyuki. Ordinary ashigaru can also get an immediate promotion to samurai.

"The gates are broken!"

On the mountain road, the cheers of thousands of Hojo troops resounded in one place. They were already waiting impatiently.

"My five assistants are a gun!" One of the Hojo samurai led by self-reported his name and first rushed into the Otemon, and Gosuke reported his name in order to confirm his military exploits and to facilitate the future military to pay for his merits and rewards.

After the samurai Gosuke rushed in, the Hojo army around him also swarmed to follow, and on the mountain road, the Hojo army also rushed out of the arrow board and rushed towards the Otemon Gate of Tengumaru. The moment Gosuke stepped into the big door, his face changed.

"Not good!"

Gosuke was just about to turn around and return to the place when he heard a salvo of iron cannon roaring behind him. Gosuke suddenly felt as if he had been hit by an iron fist, and then the whole person threw himself forward to the ground.

"Rush! The gates are broken! ”

On the mountain road, the black flag of the Hojo Army sounded loudly, and countless people rushed towards the Otemon Gate of Tengu Maru at this moment, intending to occupy the castle gate immediately.

And at this moment, on the Ninomaru and Tengu Maru of Edo Castle, the iron cannons of the defenders were light and bowed, and they were in full swing. Countless arrows fell, and the sound of iron cannons resounded incessantly.

After a burst of gunsmoke, the Hojo Army, who rushed to the castle gate from the mountain road, was put down by more than 30 people with iron cannon bows and arrows on the spot, so the Hojo Army Ashigaru was beaten and retracted behind the arrow board again.

At this time, two or three Hojo Ashigaru, who had just rushed into the castle, also fled with their backs from the tiger's mouth at the castle gate, but a few arrows shot out from the narrow space of the Tengu Maru warp behind them, but they caught up with them and penetrated the bamboo armor behind them.

After a fierce battle, all the soldiers of the Hojo Army who entered the city gate were finally knocked down or repulsed, but at this time, Taida Yasushi, as the main general, suddenly ordered: "Retreat, retreat immediately." ”

"Huh? My lord? "Some of the soldiers from the Enoe Province were very surprised, even if the Otemen Gate of Inomaru was breached today, the coalition forces could obviously use the terrain here to resist the entry of the Hojo family's army, but why did this lord of the Taitian family suddenly order a retreat?

"Retreat, this place can't hold anymore." After finishing speaking, Taitian Yasuzi didn't care about the people and horses brought by Takahashi Shaoyun anymore, but directly ordered the people and horses belonging to the Taitian family to start retreating.

"What's the matter now, the Hojo family army outside is about to attack again." Looking at the rapid evacuation of the Taitian family's army, everyone in the Yuanjiang Imagawa family immediately looked at each other.

"Let's go and meet Takahashi-sama." Immediately, everyone separated from the Taitian family's army and began to go to the defensive station where Takahashi Shaoyun was located.

As for this team of Tai-Tian family horses, they really didn't dare to continue to follow, after all, with Tai-Tian Kangzi, a chief general who made people feel insecure, they were really a little worried about their own safety.

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