"Rustling ......"

Between heaven and earth, it rained heavily in an instant.

"Damn it!"

Takahashi Shaoyun stood at the arrow of Ninomaru and scolded extremely angrily, he had just received a report from the retainers who he assigned Tai Tian Yasushi to command, and after learning that Tai Tian Yasushi that guy was about to retreat, Takahashi Shao Yun was already a little annoyed, but before he could reply from this news, God suddenly rained again. This is simply a great blow to the defenders.

Because once it rains, then the iron cannons, fire oil and other defensive means can not be used, although the Hojo family's iron artillery team has also been affected by this, but the most severe impact is still the side of the defenders. Sure enough, as the heavy rain fell, the sound of iron cannons that had been resounding incessantly in Ninomaru in Edo Castle from morning to noon suddenly came to an abrupt halt at this moment, and the defensive morale of the defenders was also stunted.

"Bang! Bang! ”

While Takahashi Shaoyun was still angry, the attack of the Hojo family did not stop because of the rain, and only the sound of wooden stakes hitting the door was heard, and there was a rush.

Outside of Ninomaru, Horikiri, which the Hojo Army had paid a heavy price for casualties in the morning, and had not been able to fill it up, had been filled in an instant. The Hojo Army braved the heavy rain with the arrow shields, and the arrows that crossed from time to time, and the ashigaru soldiers were constantly shot, shot by the arrows, and then fell into the mud and wailed, while the ashigaru soldiers on their side continued to attack without asking.

Despite the defenders' archers, the Hojo Army was now in full swing, regardless of casualties. And rainy weather also has a great impact on the range, aim, and bowstring toughness of the bow and arrow. But for now, it can only be used reluctantly.

Ninomaru Castle. Straw sandals stomped through the mud. The muddy water splashed everywhere, and the heavy rain caused the hats on the head of the Hojo Gun's head to rattle chaotically, and the flags and fingers were also wet and became submissive. The rain slipped down from the armor, and the black pressed a large area of the Hojo Army, which could not be seen from the beginning, drenched, standing in the distance with spears in hand, eyes fixed on the city gates.

The tenacity of the Ninomaru Gate is not as strong as that of the Tengu Maru Otemon. Eight tall Hojo warriors with wooden stakes in their hands struck hundreds of times, and several white marks, one deep and one shallow, appeared on the gate of Ninomaru Castle. The break is instantaneous.

Seeing this scene, Takahashi Shaoyun finally looked up to the sky and sighed, and finally said to himself: "I'm still not as good as the lord, it seems that it can only be like this." ”

Just now, he can still be a little complacent about delaying the Hojo family's army in Edo Castle, and even thinks that how can he compare his past achievements with the lord and the government in the past, but the truth is so cruel. With the retreat of Taitian Yasushi and the arrival of heavy rain, Yiqiē has become a utopia. He was even thinking that if the lord was good again, there would never be such a situation as Taitian Kangzi.

This time it's really a bit of a failure! After thinking of this, Takahashi Shaoyun immediately made a final decision, and he quickly began to transfer his subordinates and all the nearby Taitian family horses to the gate.

Just as Takahashi Shaoyun was gathering everyone, outside the city gate, seeing that the city was about to be destroyed, in order to boost morale, Shimizu Yasuei personally sounded the taiko drum.

"Boom! Boom! ”

Countless men and horses are mobilizing, and the spear teams erected like forests are constantly being transferred from afar. As soon as the gates were breached, the Hojo army poured into the gates with sheer numerical superiority.

And at this moment, on the Hojo clan Yasumoto outside the city. Despite the heavy rain, the battle in the distance was not very clear. But one by one, the Hojo generals stretched out their heads and stood in the heavy rain, staring closely at the battle on this side of Edo Castle, and the rain clanged on their heads. Everyone has one thought, is Edo Castle going to be destroyed today?

But in the military tent, Hojo Shiyasu was indifferent to the battle situation in Edo Castle.

Seeing this, Hojo Phantom An, who was with Hojo Shiyasu, turned his head to look at the pouring rain outside the military tent, and still asked Hojo Shiyasu: "My lord, why don't you care about the battle of Edo Castle at all?" ”

Hojo stopped playing, shook his head, and said, "This castle will be destroyed, but I am more concerned about the reinforcements of Tai-Tian Shimasa and Satomi Yoshihiro, who were rapidly approaching Edo Castle before. ”

"Hmm!" Hojo Phantom also frowned when he heard this, "Judging from the information sent back before, the other party suddenly stopped moving forward after learning that the family had arrived at Edo Castle one step ahead of them, and I really don't know what the other party is planning!" ”

While Hojo Shiyasu and Hojo Phantom were discussing the strange move of Tai-Tian Shimasa and Satomi Yoshihiro to reinforce the army, Edo Castle, Ninomaru.

At this moment, the Ninomaru Castle Gate, which everyone was looking at inside and outside the castle, finally collapsed with a "boom", and at the same time, sawdust flew in the castle gate with the collapse of the castle gate.

The moment has finally come when the gates have been breached.

"Oh!"

The officers and men of the Hojo Army were as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, their faces turned red, and the whole army flocked in.

"The city is broken! The city is broken! ”

Countless people shouted at the same moment, the purpose of this was not only to cheer themselves up, but also to shake the morale of the defenders. On the road of Ninomaru, the Hojo army rushed in like a tidal wave, engaging the defenders behind the castle gate.

The design of the horse road in Edo Castle Ninomaru is somewhat similar to that of the road. On the road, which was only five rooms wide, and on both sides were four-room high stone walls, so the area for frontal combat was very narrow, and the Hojo army formed a long line, and the people behind pushed the people in front and rushed forward one by one.

Therefore, the samurai who rushed to the front was ashigaru, and if he didn't move, he wouldn't be pushed forward by his own self behind. If one is accidentally overturned to the ground, the feet of countless people will be trampled on him.

In this narrow front of five rooms wide, only the swords, spears, and naginatas collided sounded, and the soldiers of the two armies slashed at each other without saying a word. People were constantly stabbed or shot and thrown to the ground, but if the injured stopped, the Hojo Army who rushed behind them trampled to death. A dull shout, mixed with a terrible scream before death, the Hojo Army continued to attack.

The forward general of the Hojo Army is naturally the brave Tominaga politician. He wielded the naginata alone with the strength of his arms. Split left and right. Killed five or six defenders in a row. They were all cut into two pieces by him.

"I'm the Hojo samurai Tominaga Masako, who dares to fight with me!"

Tominaga Masato shouted rudely, Toyama Tsunakei, who had been his friend before, had been seriously injured, and now he was afraid that he was more than lucky, so this time he was determined to slaughter the defenders in the city to avenge his friend.

In the face of the rough shouts of the Tominaga politician, the defenders were forced by the momentum of the Tominaga politician, and no one dared to step forward to meet the battle. So he was constantly beaten backwards. Under the pressure of this fierce offensive, the casualties of the defenders suddenly became more and more heavy.

In just a quarter of an hour, the Hojo Army penetrated the nearly 100-meter-long tunnel of the defenders, dozens of defenders were killed on the spot, and the rest were all driven to the open space in the rear.

"Haha! But that's it! ”

Tominaga Masato looked up and smiled, rain and blood on the naginata knife in his hand.

And just as Tominaga Masa's laughter was finished, dozens of defenders suddenly rose from the high stone walls on both sides of the road. All the officers and men of the Hojo Army in the corridor suddenly changed color when they saw this.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The defenders of the Ashigaru group shouted loudly, so. Dozens of defenders who had been in ambush for a long time immediately crowded into the corridor. Full of Hojo soldiers firing arrows.

With such a density of people, you basically don't need to aim, you can shoot with your eyes closed, and you can shoot arrows at such a close distance, not to mention any range, penetration, even if you are wearing armor, it is useless. It's really just one stone.

As a result, there was a bloody storm in the corridor, and a rain of arrows fell, and the Hojo Army wailed again and again in the corridor, and the black crowd fell down in large areas. Five or six Ashigaru Hojo, who were not killed by the arrow, crawled on the ground with his chest in his hand after his body was pierced by the arrow. The entire Yongdao was like a Shura hell in an instant.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The drums of the defenders' counterattack rang out.

Dressed in heavy armor and armed with weapons, Takahashi Shaoyun took the lead, while the rest of the defenders, led by Takahashi Shaoyun, rushed into the corridor together.

Hojo's famous general Tominaga Masaka was about to fight with the other party, but he couldn't even take a shot, and he was shot through the chest by Takahashi Shaoyun. After killing Tominaga Masa, Takahashi Shaoyun didn't look at the body of Tominaga Masa, but threw his gun at the head, and Tominaga Masa's body was thrown to the stone wall on the spot.

"Ahh

Seeing the death of the Lord, this terrible scene, the Hojo Army trembled their legs and exclaimed one after another. As a result, the main general was killed in battle, and he was ambushed by bows and arrows, and the morale of the Hojo army was greatly reduced. Under the overwhelming offensive of the defenders, the Hojo Army was even more defeated.

Seeing that Takahashi Shaoyun was wearing heavy armor and holding a spear, killing like a fierce god, all the Hojo samurai who dared to resist didn't even have a single move (and he had studied the martial arts of the Luo clan stream for so long with the lord Gongzhengliang, and the spear skills were still the best at Takahashi Shaoyun), he was assassinated on the spot, and the defender generals around him were also fierce, and killing people was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables. So, when Takahashi Shaoyun and others came to the front, the Hojo Army, which was facing Takahashi Shaoyun and others, suddenly didn't even have the courage to resist to the last bit.

"Ghost Fierce General, Ghost Fierce is coming, run away!"

"Run, or you'll die!"

"Help! Don't leave me behind! ”

The terrifying shouts of the Hojo Army dead in front before they died made the Hojo Army in the rear sound particularly poignant. Seeing Takahashi Shaoyun coming, the Hojo Ashigaru army on the front line collapsed, as if they had seen a flood beast, shouting all the way, desperately retreating backwards, and they didn't even have the courage to turn back and fight. Even the Hojo Army in the rear of the road lost its courage and began to retreat.

The terrain in the road is originally narrow, and the so-called narrow road meets the brave wins. As soon as the morale of the Hojo Army was discharged, it was a thousand miles away, and they trampled on each other. The Hojo Ashigaru men threw away their guns and armor, and the wolves fled backwards, some began to yell hysterically, and some even lost their courage and knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, and then the defending samurai who pursued behind them mercilessly cut off their heads.

Takahashi Shaoyun and the others continued to move forward without hesitation, and at the same time, they were killing with guns and knives, crushing behind the butt of the Hojo Army and rushing all the way. Driven by this, the Hojo Army trampled on people back and forth, trampled on people, and oppressed people, and most of the people killed and wounded by the Hojo Army were done by their own people with their legs, and only a small part were killed by the defenders.

Takahashi Shaoyun and the others were all blood-soaked and heavily armoured, and the rain soaked with blood, and the defenders who caught up behind them were almost all the way forward with pieces of minced meat.

Under the assault of Takahashi Shaoyun and others. The Hojo Army was attacked like a steamroller by the defenders. Push all the way forward. In an instant, the Hojo army was pushed back eighty meters, and they were pushed back to their original position of Ninomaru Gate, and the defeat continued.

Seeing a large group of crying fathers and mothers, the Hojo Army, who was running for their lives, was defeated and withdrew from the city gate, Shimizu Yasuei, who was the main general of the forward, couldn't react for a while, and the Hojo Army was still full of momentum all the way, singing and marching forward, how could it be like this now.

"Bastard. What's wrong? ”

Yasuei Shimizu pulled over one, almost crying bitterly and crying, and scolded.

As if he had lost his soul, the Hojo Ashigaru shook his head, pointed to the position at the gate of the castle and said, "Yes...... Yes, the defenders...... The ghost...... Ghost Warrior. ”

Hearing this, Qing Shui Yasuying loosened his hand, and his color changed, and at the same time he couldn't help but exclaim:

"Ghost General?!"

At this time, the battle continued, and the defenders drove the Hojo army out of Ninomaru. Not satisfied, he shouted from the broken city gate.

When I saw such a scene. At this time, Shimizu Yasuington couldn't think about who was so powerful that he was known as the "ghost general", so he immediately transferred his horse Huizhong, but Shimizu Yasuying's horse Huizhong had not yet engaged in the battle, and was scattered by the current retreating Hojo Ashigaru.

In the narrow terrain, the Hojo Army was crowded with each other, and the advantage of large numbers of troops could not be developed at all. After Takahashi Shaoyun and others led the army out of the city gate, the defenders attacked more than once, and even several samurai who rushed in front had more than a dozen wounds all over their bodies, but they were endless, and the sound of killing shook the sky for a while.

Although the Hojo Army was in Shimizu Yasuei, although Shimizu Yasuei organized a group of soldiers to resist, the two sides only fought for a while, and his soldiers and horses were scattered.

The Hojo Army was really defeated all the way at this time. Along the mountain path, the Hojo Army threw corpses all over the ground, and these corpses could not be contained on the mountain road, so they were kicked aside, so that the trees on the slope near the side of the cliff were also covered with the corpses of the Hojo Army.

The Hojo army was defeated, and now all of them retreated to Tengu Maru, and they were able to hold on to a few rooms with strong bows, barely holding out the defenders' attack. Hojo Ashigaru, who retreated and survived, nested behind the house like frightened rabbits, looking at the menacing defenders outside Tengu Maru.

Takahashi Shaoyun waited for such an opportunity, so he held a gun alone and fought against the Hojo Army outside the gate:

"Who dares me Takahashi Shaoyun to fight!"

Takahashi Shaoyun's words clearly reached the ears of every Hojo soldier, and there was a sudden silence in Tengu Maru, and all the Hojo soldiers in the city were dejected, and no one dared to step forward to face the battle.

"Hahaha......" After a burst of laughter, Takahashi Shaoyun decisively led his subordinates to flee Edo Castle from the trail that had been determined before.

Yes, he had already learned that Taida Yasushi was about to retreat from the battle and recapture Honmaru and planned to defend to the death, and then it rained heavily, Takahashi Shoyun knew that he could no longer stay in Edo Castle to hold on, and he planned to break through the siege and look for reinforcements from Taida Shimasa and Satomi Yoshihiro who were coming, and then use this support army to entangle Hojo Shiyasu.

And now, it's the best time to break through, as for Yasushi Taida, who is still unaware of Honmaru at this time? Hmph, it's better not to take such a guy with you, otherwise you really don't know when you will be killed by the other party.

And with the rapid breakthrough of Takahashi Shaoyun and others, the news of the Hojo Army's fiasco in the attack on Edo Castle Ninomaru also spread to the side of the Hojo Army's main camp.

Hojo Yasutetsu sat in the big tent with a blue face, and the military equipment in his hand had long been thrown aside by him. Finally, there was a roar from inside the tent.

Hojo said angrily: "Damn, you must not let Takahashi Shaoyun escape, I would rather not Edo Castle, quickly, send someone to chase me!" ”

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