Chapter 479
Battle of Ninja City
Chapter 479 Battle of Ninja City
This letter cannot be written by Hideo, otherwise Hideo will use Hideyoshi to coerce the two great names, which will easily cause conflicts between Hideo, Maeda and Uesugi.
And through Hori Hidemasa's report, it means that Hori Hidemasa relayed what he saw with his own eyes to Maeda Toshiie out of the affection of his colleagues. How Maeda Toshiie does it depends entirely on Toshiie himself.
Hideka believes that such a smart person as Toshiie Maeda will be able to gain inspiration from today's story and respond accordingly.
Sure enough, shortly after receiving Hori Hidemasa's letter, Maeda Toshinaga, the son of Maeda Toshiie, came to see Hideka.
As soon as we met, he said to the Xiu family, "I heard that Your Highness has a big barrel in the army, which is a sharp weapon to destroy the city. My father sent me to ask His Highness for a door to help me break the city."
As for the cannon, Hideyoshi didn't deliberately hold back. Before that, Hideyoshi showed Hideyoshi the shooting of the cannon outside Okayama Castle, but Hideyoshi didn't like this kind of thing, thinking it was just an enlarged version of the iron cannon. .
However, Maeda Toshiie, who watched the shooting together at the time, didn't think so. He thought it would be an epoch-making product, but he suffered from no way to buy it.
When he came to Ueno this time, Maeda Toshiie saw the 3 big gold cannons (12 pounds) and 10 small gold cannons (6 pounds) in the Hideo firearms camp, and he had an idea in his heart.
When Hideyoshi hadn't come to urge the Northland Legion before, it was fine for him to be leisurely and leisurely. I saw Hideyoshi's attitude through Hori Hidemasa in my heart, so I naturally had to borrow it.
"You want to ask me to borrow a cannon?" Xiujia looked at Maeda Toshinaga in surprise, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You don't know how to have a cannon without an operator. In this way, I will share your two cannon groups and let you lead them." Let’s go to Hachigata Castle, but your Maeda family will have to bear their food and wages.”
Maeda Toshinaga didn't think it would be easy for Xiujia to agree, and immediately expressed his thanks to him.
After Maeda Toshiie borrowed the cannon back, there was movement in the bowl-shaped castle soon. The bowl-shaped castle was bombarded by two small gold cannons, but the hearts of the people in the castle had already dispersed.
As the guard of the castle, the Hojo Clan was already frightened when he saw the hearts of the people, and knew that Bagata Castle could no longer be defended, so he had no choice but to open the castle to Maeda Toshiya.
As a condition for opening the city, Maeda Toshiie guaranteed the lives of all soldiers in the city, and promised to have the right to guarantee the life safety of the Hojo Clan.
After the opening of the bowl-shaped castle, Fukaya Castle, which was used as a coordinated defense, was no longer worth defending. Under the persuasion of the Hojo clan, he also chose to open the city.
With the opening of the two castles, the Maeda and Uesugi families were finally able to continue going south, and their next goal was Musashi Matsuyama Castle.
And the progress of the project at Xiu's side did not stop. The time came to late December, and then it became more and more dry. It happened that the three canals on the east side had been completed, and the canal on the south side would take two days.
In order to make the drainage sudden, Xiujia decided to release the water after the construction of the South Canal.
On December 17, 12, after a construction period of 18 days, the four canals were finally completed. At the order of Xiujia, the four ditches simultaneously shoveled the dams surrounding the city, and the water from the marshes around the city began to be discharged along the four canals. .
The water level in the marshes around Ninja City dropped rapidly, which attracted the attention of the defenders in the city.
On the same day, Daodaoji Zhengfan launched a military discussion in the city. They all agreed that the Toyotomi army outside the city must be digging canals to divert water to release the flood.
In order to reintroduce water around Ninja Castle, Masashige Daidaiji sent his adopted son Naohide Daidaiji to lead 500 people out of the city to seize the blocked aqueduct.
In order to make it easier for him to get out of the siege, Daodaoji Masashige asked Narita Chang to personally lead the Narita clan's 800 troops to the east to attract attention.
As the last strength of the Narita family in Ninja Castle, Narita's eldest son certainly resisted such an appointment. After all, it is extremely risky to be a bait.
For Narita's eldest relative, bait is one thing. If he leaves the city rashly, it is very likely that the city will be completely controlled by the Daodaoji family. Then even if the city is finally opened, Ninja Castle may no longer belong to Narita.
But Narita's eldest relative, who was stronger than others, had to agree.
Because his father Narita Yasuki was too sick to be a director, and now he was lying in Ninja Castle, Daidoji Masashige took him hostage.
In addition, Narita's wife and daughter, the current family governor Narita Nagatada and his son, and even his own three sons are all in the city.
The head of Narita has no son, but his younger brother, Narita Nagatada, has a son. The two brothers agreed on the succession order early on.
In other words, Daodaoji Masashige took all the next generation of men from the Narita clan under his control and threatened the Narita clan's cage city to refuse to defend. The reason for leaving the city.
According to the agreement, Narita's eldest relative will leave the city in the early hours of the morning. The leading troops will row out of Ninja Castle, and the follow-up troops will go out from the mouth of Sama and kill to the south of the city.
After the Toyotomi Armament Jonan battle attracts attention, Daidaiji Naohide exits the Nagano Exit to the northeast aqueduct gate.
In fact, for the defenders of Ninja Castle, although Narita Changkin's troops are considered bait, they may still have a chance to return to the city, but Daidaiji Naohide is a completely dead army.
He himself knew very well that he would never return, but he himself knew very well his position in the Daosi family, and he died for the Daosi family.
Because he was the oil bottle brought by his mother when she remarried to Daodaosi Zhengfan. At the age of 9, he was forced to remarry with his mother because his father died in battle.
His follow-up The Way of the Samurai was handed over to him by Masashige Daidaiji, and his mother later gave birth to 4 half-brothers for Masashige Daidaiji, which made him very clear that he had no right to inherit the Daidaiji family.
Because of his embarrassing status, even though he was the eldest son, he was recorded as the fifth son of Daodaoji Zhengshige at the bottom.
Therefore, when Daodaoji Masashige gave him the task of life and death, he accepted the fact very calmly, and very solemnly saluted Daodaoji Masashige, thanking him for his many years of nurturing.
On November 11, before the sky cleared up, Narita led 28 elite ashigaru out of the city in a boat, and slowly rowed to the south side of the earth wall.
This earthen wall is not high, but it is one person taller than the ground. The height of a Japanese person is 1 to 1.4 meters. However, because Narita Choki is on the inside, the slope of the fortress is close to vertical, and the water level drops. The height drops, and the actual height is about 1.5 meters.
Such a height is no longer accessible to ordinary people. They can only take out the hook and lock on the soil barrier and then hang it up.
At this time, when the early morning approached the Buddha's dawn, the soldiers of Sergeant Hori who were in charge of guarding the soil barrier on the south side were about to change shifts. It was the time when their will was weakest. The soldiers leaned against each other to sleep in twos and threes. Someone has come ashore.
The 120 people led by Narita head, after more than 30 people went ashore calmly, began to kill towards Samaguchi. It was not until after killing the second garrison team (group of 2) that they were finally discovered by the early risers.
I saw this peasant man standing under the earth barrier, looking up at the earth barrier, and shouted in horror, "The enemy is attacking! There are enemies coming out of the city~ eh!"
Before he finished speaking, he was shot dead with a bow by a young general in the Narita army.
Fortunately, he successfully conveyed the signal, and the Hori army guarding the south wall fell into confusion when they heard the enemy attack.
Narita took hold of the reality and led the ashigaru soldiers to divide into two groups. One route was led by the young general to kill the Hori army who wanted to gather under the earth barrier, disrupting their army formation, and all the way to kill the city gate in front of the Sama entrance. , I want to meet the companion who has been waiting for a long time in Sama's mouth.
Years of war had made the Xiu family get used to getting up early, because every time the enemy attacked the most in the early hours of the morning, the Xiu family also took precautions.
Xiujia, who just got up to take a shower, suddenly heard the noise in the distance, and nervously swallowed the salt tea for gargling, but it made Xiujia suffer from convulsions.
But he didn't care about this, and asked to the left and right: "What's the situation? But the enemy attacked in Ninja City?"
Nobushige Sanada, who heard the uproar, walked out of the shogunate at the first time, turned around and said to Hideo after getting some information outside, "My lord, the defenders in Shinobi Castle came out from the south side, and there seems to be signs of breaking through."
Hearing that Ninja City had broken through, the Xiu family even threw away the wicker branches they were using to brush their teeth, wiped their mouths with a cloth, and asked a series of questions, "How is the enemy's offensive? How many people broke through? Have the attendants responded? Has an envoy for help been sent?"
The Xiu family asked questions again and again, and walked outside the shogunate in person, wanting to check the situation on the south side.
At this time, the sky had not yet fully brightened, and Hideka was standing on the commanding height of Marutoku Mountain. He could clearly see the beacon smoke on the south side of the city, and saw Hori's army and Narita's army fighting together.
This kind of raid has no battle formation at all, as long as the enemy's battle formation is disrupted, it is a victory.
Facing the surprise attack of the Narita Army, the Hori Army seemed to be unprepared, and the several camps guarding the front were instantly dispersed.
Xiujia looked at the fire dragon rushing out to the south from a distance, turned to Takahashi Ryosuke and Nishio Temple Kotobuki and said, "You two lead your backup team to support, and you must block the Daidaiji family back. If you are on the way If you encounter a rebellious army, you can kill it."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head to find Date Masakura, and asked him to lead the Banners to follow him out.
The distance from Marumo Mountain to the south side is not far, but the Xiu family did not go directly to the south side to ensure safety and to facilitate observation. Instead, they first climbed the embankment on their own side and then walked south along the embankment. Go, don't stop until you come to a high platform near the south city, this is the fort where the Xiu family set up artillery.
After taking Xiujia to transfer the position, the sky was already white. Looking at the battlefield in the south of the city, which was already in chaos, Xiujia immediately directed the left and right to support, and at the same time let the iron gunners stand on the embankment and shoot at the Narita army.
At the same time, he commanded the artillery to bombard Samakou, preventing the Narita Junshi from rushing out of the city.
The Hori army's defeat was originally caused by being caught off guard by the Narita army's surprise attack at dawn. In addition, the dark night was used as a cover to see how many incoming enemies were, so the phenomenon of collapse gradually appeared.
From Hideya's point of view, Hidemasa Hori's abilities were mediocre, especially in the face of such a surprise attack, he couldn't organize any decent resistance at all.
Hori Hidemasa was born in the near side of Oda Nobunaga, and participated in many wars with Nobunaga, but until the 9th year of Tensho (1581) with the help of the second Tensho Iga Rebellion and Araki Murashige crusade, Echizen always suppressed Hori Hidemasa was awarded 2.5 koku of Nagahama Castle for his achievements.
In fact, the reason why Hori Hidemasa was able to increase his knowledge and practice by 8 times in the next 8 years was entirely because of his excellent team skills, and he was later awarded Kasugayama Castle 30 koku.
Hidemasa Hori's lack of commanding ability surprised Narita's father. Such a deep line of defense was penetrated by a group of miscellaneous soldiers like himself.
Daodaoji Zhengshige in the city was beyond his expectations when he saw that the southern line was opened up by Narita Nagain's defense line, which made him see the possibility of escape.
Masashige Daidoji knew very well that when Ninja Castle lost the protection of Mizubori, the advantage of the scattered walls of Ninja Castle became its biggest disadvantage. If there is a chance to break through, of course we must seize the opportunity.
Standing on the turret, he saw Narita Changqin open the way, and he immediately asked his third son Benyu to rectify Donhe Yuezhong to break through with him.
But his reaction was slow after all, because Daodaosi Zhengfan didn't intend to break out at first, so He Yuezhong was not ready to break out, but Xiu's reaction was faster, and he quickly surrounded him.
The opportunity to fight is fleeting, and most of the Ninja Castle led by Narita Changqin are just temporarily recruited farmers, but they can just defend the city, and go out of the city to fight in the field with a passion.
In the past, the Hori army retreated because of Hori Hidemasa's ineffective command. Now, due to the well-trained Ukita army joining in, the problem of the quality of the soldiers is particularly obvious.
In this era of heads and military merits, the heads are divided into three levels, peasant soldiers (Ashigaru), samurai and senior samurai.
Most of the Narita congregation is composed of temporarily organized farmers, and their fighting power is not as good as that of farmers and soldiers. It's a pleasure to cut off your head and repay your merits according to the ashigaru.
In the eyes of Yuxi's soldiers, the Naritas are not even human beings anymore, but a plate of delicious food that is readily available.
The Xiu family brought people here, and just one charge cut off the retreat of the Naritas who were leaving the city; the iron cannons stood on both sides of the embankment and fired a hail of bullets at the mouth of Zuo Jian, repelling the defenders who wanted to go out of the city to support, Zuo On the dirt road outside Jiankou, more than a dozen people who had already left the city were shot into bloody holes.
Facing the whirlwind firepower from Xiu's side, the defenders in Sama's mouth did not dare to come out, and hid behind bunkers one after another, fearing that they would become the target of Yuxi's iron cannons.
Seeing that the defenders were blocked in the mouth of Sama, Hideka nodded in satisfaction, turned to his subordinates and ordered, "The whole army strangled the Naritas who left the city, and brought their leading generals here. I want to see who it is!" Such courage."
"Obey!" Xiu's order was like a drum of war, beating on the hearts of Yuxi's soldiers, shouting to kill the Naritas.
Just when the Xiu family thought that the reinforcements in the city had been blocked, Shigeru Sanada behind him patted himself on the shoulder and said, "Look, my lord, someone from the city has come out."
Xiujia looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a flash of shock passing by, and when he took a closer look, the knight had already charged into Yuxi's formation.
(End of this chapter)
This letter cannot be written by Hideo, otherwise Hideo will use Hideyoshi to coerce the two great names, which will easily cause conflicts between Hideo, Maeda and Uesugi.
And through Hori Hidemasa's report, it means that Hori Hidemasa relayed what he saw with his own eyes to Maeda Toshiie out of the affection of his colleagues. How Maeda Toshiie does it depends entirely on Toshiie himself.
Hideka believes that such a smart person as Toshiie Maeda will be able to gain inspiration from today's story and respond accordingly.
Sure enough, shortly after receiving Hori Hidemasa's letter, Maeda Toshinaga, the son of Maeda Toshiie, came to see Hideka.
As soon as we met, he said to the Xiu family, "I heard that Your Highness has a big barrel in the army, which is a sharp weapon to destroy the city. My father sent me to ask His Highness for a door to help me break the city."
As for the cannon, Hideyoshi didn't deliberately hold back. Before that, Hideyoshi showed Hideyoshi the shooting of the cannon outside Okayama Castle, but Hideyoshi didn't like this kind of thing, thinking it was just an enlarged version of the iron cannon. .
However, Maeda Toshiie, who watched the shooting together at the time, didn't think so. He thought it would be an epoch-making product, but he suffered from no way to buy it.
When he came to Ueno this time, Maeda Toshiie saw the 3 big gold cannons (12 pounds) and 10 small gold cannons (6 pounds) in the Hideo firearms camp, and he had an idea in his heart.
When Hideyoshi hadn't come to urge the Northland Legion before, it was fine for him to be leisurely and leisurely. I saw Hideyoshi's attitude through Hori Hidemasa in my heart, so I naturally had to borrow it.
"You want to ask me to borrow a cannon?" Xiujia looked at Maeda Toshinaga in surprise, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You don't know how to have a cannon without an operator. In this way, I will share your two cannon groups and let you lead them." Let’s go to Hachigata Castle, but your Maeda family will have to bear their food and wages.”
Maeda Toshinaga didn't think it would be easy for Xiujia to agree, and immediately expressed his thanks to him.
After Maeda Toshiie borrowed the cannon back, there was movement in the bowl-shaped castle soon. The bowl-shaped castle was bombarded by two small gold cannons, but the hearts of the people in the castle had already dispersed.
As the guard of the castle, the Hojo Clan was already frightened when he saw the hearts of the people, and knew that Bagata Castle could no longer be defended, so he had no choice but to open the castle to Maeda Toshiya.
As a condition for opening the city, Maeda Toshiie guaranteed the lives of all soldiers in the city, and promised to have the right to guarantee the life safety of the Hojo Clan.
After the opening of the bowl-shaped castle, Fukaya Castle, which was used as a coordinated defense, was no longer worth defending. Under the persuasion of the Hojo clan, he also chose to open the city.
With the opening of the two castles, the Maeda and Uesugi families were finally able to continue going south, and their next goal was Musashi Matsuyama Castle.
And the progress of the project at Xiu's side did not stop. The time came to late December, and then it became more and more dry. It happened that the three canals on the east side had been completed, and the canal on the south side would take two days.
In order to make the drainage sudden, Xiujia decided to release the water after the construction of the South Canal.
On December 17, 12, after a construction period of 18 days, the four canals were finally completed. At the order of Xiujia, the four ditches simultaneously shoveled the dams surrounding the city, and the water from the marshes around the city began to be discharged along the four canals. .
The water level in the marshes around Ninja City dropped rapidly, which attracted the attention of the defenders in the city.
On the same day, Daodaoji Zhengfan launched a military discussion in the city. They all agreed that the Toyotomi army outside the city must be digging canals to divert water to release the flood.
In order to reintroduce water around Ninja Castle, Masashige Daidaiji sent his adopted son Naohide Daidaiji to lead 500 people out of the city to seize the blocked aqueduct.
In order to make it easier for him to get out of the siege, Daodaoji Masashige asked Narita Chang to personally lead the Narita clan's 800 troops to the east to attract attention.
As the last strength of the Narita family in Ninja Castle, Narita's eldest son certainly resisted such an appointment. After all, it is extremely risky to be a bait.
For Narita's eldest relative, bait is one thing. If he leaves the city rashly, it is very likely that the city will be completely controlled by the Daodaoji family. Then even if the city is finally opened, Ninja Castle may no longer belong to Narita.
But Narita's eldest relative, who was stronger than others, had to agree.
Because his father Narita Yasuki was too sick to be a director, and now he was lying in Ninja Castle, Daidoji Masashige took him hostage.
In addition, Narita's wife and daughter, the current family governor Narita Nagatada and his son, and even his own three sons are all in the city.
The head of Narita has no son, but his younger brother, Narita Nagatada, has a son. The two brothers agreed on the succession order early on.
In other words, Daodaoji Masashige took all the next generation of men from the Narita clan under his control and threatened the Narita clan's cage city to refuse to defend. The reason for leaving the city.
According to the agreement, Narita's eldest relative will leave the city in the early hours of the morning. The leading troops will row out of Ninja Castle, and the follow-up troops will go out from the mouth of Sama and kill to the south of the city.
After the Toyotomi Armament Jonan battle attracts attention, Daidaiji Naohide exits the Nagano Exit to the northeast aqueduct gate.
In fact, for the defenders of Ninja Castle, although Narita Changkin's troops are considered bait, they may still have a chance to return to the city, but Daidaiji Naohide is a completely dead army.
He himself knew very well that he would never return, but he himself knew very well his position in the Daosi family, and he died for the Daosi family.
Because he was the oil bottle brought by his mother when she remarried to Daodaosi Zhengfan. At the age of 9, he was forced to remarry with his mother because his father died in battle.
His follow-up The Way of the Samurai was handed over to him by Masashige Daidaiji, and his mother later gave birth to 4 half-brothers for Masashige Daidaiji, which made him very clear that he had no right to inherit the Daidaiji family.
Because of his embarrassing status, even though he was the eldest son, he was recorded as the fifth son of Daodaoji Zhengshige at the bottom.
Therefore, when Daodaoji Masashige gave him the task of life and death, he accepted the fact very calmly, and very solemnly saluted Daodaoji Masashige, thanking him for his many years of nurturing.
On November 11, before the sky cleared up, Narita led 28 elite ashigaru out of the city in a boat, and slowly rowed to the south side of the earth wall.
This earthen wall is not high, but it is one person taller than the ground. The height of a Japanese person is 1 to 1.4 meters. However, because Narita Choki is on the inside, the slope of the fortress is close to vertical, and the water level drops. The height drops, and the actual height is about 1.5 meters.
Such a height is no longer accessible to ordinary people. They can only take out the hook and lock on the soil barrier and then hang it up.
At this time, when the early morning approached the Buddha's dawn, the soldiers of Sergeant Hori who were in charge of guarding the soil barrier on the south side were about to change shifts. It was the time when their will was weakest. The soldiers leaned against each other to sleep in twos and threes. Someone has come ashore.
The 120 people led by Narita head, after more than 30 people went ashore calmly, began to kill towards Samaguchi. It was not until after killing the second garrison team (group of 2) that they were finally discovered by the early risers.
I saw this peasant man standing under the earth barrier, looking up at the earth barrier, and shouted in horror, "The enemy is attacking! There are enemies coming out of the city~ eh!"
Before he finished speaking, he was shot dead with a bow by a young general in the Narita army.
Fortunately, he successfully conveyed the signal, and the Hori army guarding the south wall fell into confusion when they heard the enemy attack.
Narita took hold of the reality and led the ashigaru soldiers to divide into two groups. One route was led by the young general to kill the Hori army who wanted to gather under the earth barrier, disrupting their army formation, and all the way to kill the city gate in front of the Sama entrance. , I want to meet the companion who has been waiting for a long time in Sama's mouth.
Years of war had made the Xiu family get used to getting up early, because every time the enemy attacked the most in the early hours of the morning, the Xiu family also took precautions.
Xiujia, who just got up to take a shower, suddenly heard the noise in the distance, and nervously swallowed the salt tea for gargling, but it made Xiujia suffer from convulsions.
But he didn't care about this, and asked to the left and right: "What's the situation? But the enemy attacked in Ninja City?"
Nobushige Sanada, who heard the uproar, walked out of the shogunate at the first time, turned around and said to Hideo after getting some information outside, "My lord, the defenders in Shinobi Castle came out from the south side, and there seems to be signs of breaking through."
Hearing that Ninja City had broken through, the Xiu family even threw away the wicker branches they were using to brush their teeth, wiped their mouths with a cloth, and asked a series of questions, "How is the enemy's offensive? How many people broke through? Have the attendants responded? Has an envoy for help been sent?"
The Xiu family asked questions again and again, and walked outside the shogunate in person, wanting to check the situation on the south side.
At this time, the sky had not yet fully brightened, and Hideka was standing on the commanding height of Marutoku Mountain. He could clearly see the beacon smoke on the south side of the city, and saw Hori's army and Narita's army fighting together.
This kind of raid has no battle formation at all, as long as the enemy's battle formation is disrupted, it is a victory.
Facing the surprise attack of the Narita Army, the Hori Army seemed to be unprepared, and the several camps guarding the front were instantly dispersed.
Xiujia looked at the fire dragon rushing out to the south from a distance, turned to Takahashi Ryosuke and Nishio Temple Kotobuki and said, "You two lead your backup team to support, and you must block the Daidaiji family back. If you are on the way If you encounter a rebellious army, you can kill it."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head to find Date Masakura, and asked him to lead the Banners to follow him out.
The distance from Marumo Mountain to the south side is not far, but the Xiu family did not go directly to the south side to ensure safety and to facilitate observation. Instead, they first climbed the embankment on their own side and then walked south along the embankment. Go, don't stop until you come to a high platform near the south city, this is the fort where the Xiu family set up artillery.
After taking Xiujia to transfer the position, the sky was already white. Looking at the battlefield in the south of the city, which was already in chaos, Xiujia immediately directed the left and right to support, and at the same time let the iron gunners stand on the embankment and shoot at the Narita army.
At the same time, he commanded the artillery to bombard Samakou, preventing the Narita Junshi from rushing out of the city.
The Hori army's defeat was originally caused by being caught off guard by the Narita army's surprise attack at dawn. In addition, the dark night was used as a cover to see how many incoming enemies were, so the phenomenon of collapse gradually appeared.
From Hideya's point of view, Hidemasa Hori's abilities were mediocre, especially in the face of such a surprise attack, he couldn't organize any decent resistance at all.
Hori Hidemasa was born in the near side of Oda Nobunaga, and participated in many wars with Nobunaga, but until the 9th year of Tensho (1581) with the help of the second Tensho Iga Rebellion and Araki Murashige crusade, Echizen always suppressed Hori Hidemasa was awarded 2.5 koku of Nagahama Castle for his achievements.
In fact, the reason why Hori Hidemasa was able to increase his knowledge and practice by 8 times in the next 8 years was entirely because of his excellent team skills, and he was later awarded Kasugayama Castle 30 koku.
Hidemasa Hori's lack of commanding ability surprised Narita's father. Such a deep line of defense was penetrated by a group of miscellaneous soldiers like himself.
Daodaoji Zhengshige in the city was beyond his expectations when he saw that the southern line was opened up by Narita Nagain's defense line, which made him see the possibility of escape.
Masashige Daidoji knew very well that when Ninja Castle lost the protection of Mizubori, the advantage of the scattered walls of Ninja Castle became its biggest disadvantage. If there is a chance to break through, of course we must seize the opportunity.
Standing on the turret, he saw Narita Changqin open the way, and he immediately asked his third son Benyu to rectify Donhe Yuezhong to break through with him.
But his reaction was slow after all, because Daodaosi Zhengfan didn't intend to break out at first, so He Yuezhong was not ready to break out, but Xiu's reaction was faster, and he quickly surrounded him.
The opportunity to fight is fleeting, and most of the Ninja Castle led by Narita Changqin are just temporarily recruited farmers, but they can just defend the city, and go out of the city to fight in the field with a passion.
In the past, the Hori army retreated because of Hori Hidemasa's ineffective command. Now, due to the well-trained Ukita army joining in, the problem of the quality of the soldiers is particularly obvious.
In this era of heads and military merits, the heads are divided into three levels, peasant soldiers (Ashigaru), samurai and senior samurai.
Most of the Narita congregation is composed of temporarily organized farmers, and their fighting power is not as good as that of farmers and soldiers. It's a pleasure to cut off your head and repay your merits according to the ashigaru.
In the eyes of Yuxi's soldiers, the Naritas are not even human beings anymore, but a plate of delicious food that is readily available.
The Xiu family brought people here, and just one charge cut off the retreat of the Naritas who were leaving the city; the iron cannons stood on both sides of the embankment and fired a hail of bullets at the mouth of Zuo Jian, repelling the defenders who wanted to go out of the city to support, Zuo On the dirt road outside Jiankou, more than a dozen people who had already left the city were shot into bloody holes.
Facing the whirlwind firepower from Xiu's side, the defenders in Sama's mouth did not dare to come out, and hid behind bunkers one after another, fearing that they would become the target of Yuxi's iron cannons.
Seeing that the defenders were blocked in the mouth of Sama, Hideka nodded in satisfaction, turned to his subordinates and ordered, "The whole army strangled the Naritas who left the city, and brought their leading generals here. I want to see who it is!" Such courage."
"Obey!" Xiu's order was like a drum of war, beating on the hearts of Yuxi's soldiers, shouting to kill the Naritas.
Just when the Xiu family thought that the reinforcements in the city had been blocked, Shigeru Sanada behind him patted himself on the shoulder and said, "Look, my lord, someone from the city has come out."
Xiujia looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a flash of shock passing by, and when he took a closer look, the knight had already charged into Yuxi's formation.
(End of this chapter)