Chapter 32: Fireflies
Catfish City Duowen Luwu Place:
Thirty or forty ninjas of the Mochizuki family were fighting against the Rokkaku family's army, and many Mochizuki people were attacking the defenders below with iron cannons and crossbows on the turret.
A large number of alarmed Roxagonal samurai and Ashigaru didn't understand what was going on, and how the Mochizuki ninja army, who had been fighting bravely against the Oda army during the day, had now become traitors.
In the middle of the turret, Sugitani's Zenjubo concentrated on firing an iron cannon and killed a samurai downstairs.
"Sugiya, don't really fight! We're not from the Mochizuki family, let's take advantage of the chaos to go out, and the hexagonal hall will definitely listen to our explanation. ”
After the Zenjubo finished firing again, he opened the small bamboo barrel that he had filled with a certain amount of gunpowder in advance, poured the gunpowder into the barrel, and replied while operating quickly:
"Can we get out now? Rokkaku Yoshiharu is this bastard, I can't wait to kill him with my own hands, so let's leave if you want to go! ”
"Ahh Alas~"
Pingji was helpless, he knew that Sugitani Zenjubo's brainless would not listen to persuasion, so he had to shout in his heart: Oh my God! In the next hall, the first iron cannon forger of Jiahe is going to die here before he has time to make a name for himself in the world? It's all to blame for this stupid woman.
The firefly that Heiji scolded angrily in his heart was the woman behind Mochizuki Dingshi when Koga Zhong went to the castle to meet the Rokkaku father and son, and she was also Mochizuki Dingshi's daughter.
Speaking of this riot that shouldn't have happened, it was completely caused by Rokkaku Yoshiji's intentions, and after repeatedly asking Mochizuki Hotaru to enter the Honmaru Bed, he was refused, and Rokkaku Yoshiji, who couldn't hold his face, came to the Tawen Turret with the crowd on his side, injured several Mochizuki family members, and asked people to forcibly bring Hotaru into the house;
He didn't understand that Firefly has a temperament that Mochizuki can't control, although people are as beautiful as flowers, but their character is not a small firefly but a fire; While Yoshiji Rokkaku was focusing on her body, he stabbed him in the lower body with a small blade hidden in his thigh.
Rokkaku Yoshiji almost fainted in pain, and this caused Rokkaku Yoshiharu to start a war with the Mochizuki people, and when Mochizuki learned about it, he was almost angry to death, that was the Rokkaku Governor! Daughter, what about you, from him!
I didn't expect to be angry by Hotaru: Even the Kannonji Temple Castle was destroyed by the Oda Army, he is at most a lost dog, where is there any hexagonal family, why do we Kaga people want to help this kind of bastard!
The two sides have already fought hard, and Mochizuki is unable to control the situation.
As the Hexagonal Army from Honmaru continued to join the battle, more than 20 remnants of the Kurokawa family joined Mochizuki's side, thinking that Aminee Sadakei wanted to take revenge for not protecting Aminee Takakei, and a scuffle began in full swing near Ninomaru Tamon Turret.
And Sugitani Zenjubo is because he has been silently liking fireflies, so he joined the Mochizuki side, with the help of the Sugitani Iron Artillery Team, the Mochizuki side is firmly guarding the line of the Duowen Lu.
In this way, the Hexagonal Army and the Koga people were completely opposed, and there was a third party in the city, that is, the subordinates of the city lord Sakai Sadakei, who chose to guard all the city gates, and did not join the battle for the time being because they did not receive orders from Satie Sadakei.
In the turret, Firefly wiped the blood on his face, and the breathtaking eyes were even more bewitching, and Mochizuki saw that the matter was irreparable at this time, so he said to her:
"You get out of here quickly, and when you return to Koga, you will let Senji inherit the family governor, and you can assist your brother well, and you can take refuge in the Oda family."
Firefly stubbornly yelled at her father:
"If you want to die together, I will bear the things I provoked."
"What do you bear!"
Firefly was shocked to see her angry father yelling at her, this was the first time in her life to see her father do this to her, and the steady roar also spread throughout the Duowen Lu:
"There are enough people in the Mochizuki family who have died because of you today, if you don't listen to me again, I will die in front of you immediately!"
Firefly's tears swirled in her eyes, and she forced herself not to turn her head away.
Mochizuki recovered his emotions for a while, held Firefly's head, and said softly to her:
"I've spoiled you since I was a child, will you listen to your father this time? You and Sugitani, they leave quickly, if I don't hold them back here, you will definitely be caught up and in the next life... Let's be father and daughter again. ”
"Father...... I'm sorry...... Woo~"
Firefly crashed into her father's arms, she finally couldn't control her emotions, this time she really felt that she was going to lose her father, and all her pretense and strength were shattered.
"Sugitani!"
Sugitani Zenjubo heard Mochizuki Dingshi call him, and hurriedly ran over, only to hear Dingshi tell him:
"I've handed over the firefly to you, so get out of here and return to Koga as soon as possible, or take refuge in the Oda family."
"What about you, my lord?"
"If I am not there, everyone who is still fighting will only become the target of slaughter, and if I don't continue to command the battle, you will not be able to get out at all to attract the defenders in Tulei."
Mochizuki did not continue to explain to Sugitani, but shouted to his old buddy:
"Three cases put ropes."
"Oh!"
Sanzong and the others immediately put down the ropes used by the two ninjas, and Sugitani understood the meaning of Dingshi, and he didn't have a mother-in-law, so he directly pulled the firefly and walked to the window.
"Come here."
The seven gunners of the Sugitani family, Heiji, immediately ran over, and when they learned that they were going to escape, they immediately threw away the iron cannon that would become a burden, and only Sugitani's own special dark red iron cannon was carried behind him.
Firefly glanced at her father with a desperate look for the last time, and she knew that this parting was a farewell; At this moment, she regretted it very much, why couldn't she be as humble as other female ninjas, how could her body be as important as her father's life.
Just as Sugitani and Hotaru fled along the rope, Rokkaku Yoshiken and Akee Sadakei arrived with a large number of troops, and the ninjas on the Mochizuki side could no longer resist.
Especially when Akee Sadakei learned that Yoshiharu Rokkaku was injured by Mochizuki Dingshi's daughter and fell unconscious; Immediately ordered the whole army to attack and completely exterminate the Koga people, so that they could not become a hidden danger to this city.
Due to the addition of Catjiang Zhenjing, the various strongholds of the Moon Gazer under the Duowen Turret were quickly pulled out, and no one was alive, and the remaining remnants of the army retreated to the Duowen Turret, relying on the terrain advantage to start a brutal battle with the Hexagonal Army in the corridor;
He also threw out the roasted jade, a throwing weapon in a clay pot filled with gunpowder, which was commonly used by the navy; The huge sound in the narrow space and the fragments of the clay pot gave the Hexagons great shock and damage, causing the opponent's offensive to temporarily stop.
Hexagonal Yixian looked at Duowenlu, who had been unable to attack for a long time, and shouted through gritted teeth:
"Set me on fire."
Catie Zhenjing was taken aback, such a large Duowen Turf was an important defense facility that he spent a lot of money to build, and the Oda Army had not retreated yet!
He just wanted to stop it, but when he thought of what happened in Qulun just now, he still chose to be silent, and slandered in his heart: Now you know my pain! Burn it! None of us owe anyone anything.
The fireflies hiding in the trenches outside the city looked at the Duowen Lu, which was surrounded by flames, and tears rolled down their faces; She bit her arm fiercely, trying her best to restrain her emotions; The Hexagons, who were still searching not far away, were attracted by the fire and did not continue to them.
Sugitani whispered in Firefly's ear:
"Hurry up, don't let Dingshi kill them in vain."
Hotaru and Sugitani and the others took advantage of the chaos to disappear into the night......
The hexagonal Yixian in the city listened to the screams on the oars with satisfaction, and from time to time someone couldn't stand it and jumped down and fell to his death.
Duowen Lulu slowly began to collapse, and Catjiang Zhenjing looked at this tragic scene, and said faintly:
"From then on, the Rokkaku family and the Koga people will not share the sky."
The fire in Catjiang City was also discovered by a strange army that appeared nearby, and a team of nearly 300 people looked at Catjiang City curiously one by one with torches.
Hotaru and Sugitani, who had just escaped, just happened to bump into this team and were caught.
A large number of ashigaru surrounded them with scythes, and Sugitani was a little curious about the strength of this army, was this the Oda army? There were no flags in sight indicating which samurai it was.
At this time, several samurai on horseback slowly approached, and Sugitani saw that one of the samurai was actually carrying a four-eyed knotted banner behind him, and his heart sank to the bottom, could this also be a hexagonal army? He didn't notice that it was a flat four-eyed knot that was slightly different from the hexagonal one.
"Did you escape from Catfish City?"
A handsome samurai stepped out from behind, and Sugitani vigilantly pulled the firefly behind him; And Firefly's eyes were straight, she had never seen such a beautiful man.
The warrior seemed to see what they were thinking about, and tapped his shoulder lightly with his military equipment, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, we are the army of Odakata, in Shimotakechu Hanbei Shigeji, please tell me everything you know...... Otherwise......"
Hotaru looked at the cruel smile on the pretty face of the half-soldier, and he actually had a trace of fear in his heart.........