In the early morning of June 14, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), Beicheng.
The heavily armed defenders stood on the top of the city, waiting for the upcoming invasion of the Oda Army, and Yosaburo was one of them. The veteran who took good care of him just said that the banner of the Oda Army opposite was Kawajiri Hidetaka.
Oda Nobunaga was born in a black female robe, and he was also a fierce general in the military - this made Yosaburo nervous. However, he looked at the iron gunners and archers beside the wall in front of him, but he slowly calmed down.
Heart - these are also the leaders of the army who have experienced hundreds of battles. They are the world-famous Hongye Army. They can't be worse than those Oda Army.
"The people there are inexplicably dense, and they are still so far away..." Junji Mitsui, who was standing on the battlements watching the Oda family's advance, felt a little bit strange, and ordered a recruit next to him, "You go
Send an order and ask Mr. Maori if you need to pay attention to those things."
The recruit nodded in agreement and turned around to run towards where Takashi Mouri was on the tower. But before he could take a few steps, Mitsui Junji behind him had already called him.
"No need, look carefully." Mitsui Junji pointed at the dense crowd that was slowly dispersing. At the same time, he waved and shouted to all his subordinates at the top of the city, "Everyone lie down and hide behind the walls! Except for
Artillery crew members are prohibited from returning fire!"
Yosaburo didn't understand Mitsui Junji's order, but out of trust in their squadron leader, he immediately lay down on the wall like the others. Putting his ears against the wall, the vibration of the earth became clearer, and Yosaburo
Saburo could feel that thousands of troops were heading towards the city. However, suddenly a series of loud noises that were completely different from the footsteps filled his ears, followed by a deafening roar. Saburo felt a sting in his ears.
, hurriedly raised his head slightly from the wall. The next moment, the earthquake-like vibrations and explosions in the city wall almost knocked him over.
By the time he reacted, he was already enveloped in smoke and dust, and the walls were covered with dust and gravel. His ears had not recovered from the loud noise just now, and his head was dizzy. He struggled to stand up.
"Lie down and don't move!" Mitsui Junji saw that Yosaburo actually wanted to stand up, so he shouted again, "It's the enemy's artillery team that is bombarding the city wall!"
Mitsui Junji was right. What was lying outside the north gate of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle at this moment was the more than two hundred artillery pieces that the Oda family had built and accumulated over the past few years. They ranged from three-pounders to twelve-pounders. They were installed last night.
It has just arrived. Compared with the huge number, the 20 nine-pound cannons on the north gate wall of Maple Leaf Mountain City seem so weak.
"The target is the enemy's artillery team, fight back!" After the artillery team of Mitsui Junji's team lay down to avoid the first round of attacks, they immediately got up and calibrated, and fired a shell at the position of the local artillery team. At the same time,
, the artillery at the top of the city also flashed fire, and fired at the artillery of the Oda Army. With the cover of the wall stacks, the artillery at the top of Maple Leaf Mountain City could shoot out from the gun window. Even so, faced with such ten
Even with twice the firepower suppressed, the top of Maple Leaf Mountain City was still beaten so hard that it couldn’t even lift its head.
In the midst of flying sand and rocks, Yosaburo, who was lying on the ground unable to move, shouted at the top of his lungs to Mitsui Junji, hoping that his shout could cover the roar of the artillery and the collision of the shells hitting the city wall, "Captain! What should we do?
manage!"
"Lie down and don't move!" Junji Mitsui yelled in response, "Didn't I tell you?"
"We are all lying down, what should we do if the enemy climbs up?" Yosaburo lay down obediently and did not dare to move.
He continued to yell and asked.
"Are you a fool? Who dares to climb the ladder when the artillery is still firing? The most you can do is hit the city gate! Our city gate is very strong and we are not afraid of collision, so the artillery can't collapse our wall, so there is nothing to be afraid of!" Mitsui said Junji took advantage of the short gap between the rounds of shelling to shout out a long sentence, "When the gunfire stops and the ladder is put up, let's get up again!"
"Yes!" Yosaburo, who suddenly understood, shouted in response, but was immediately stung by the next round of shelling.
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Although the Oda family's shelling did not bring many casualties to the city, the suppressive effect was still very significant. The Yuqiu Army, which had very limited long-range troops, simply did not dare to let the precious soldiers stand up and shoot at the risk of the artillery, so they could only watch helplessly. They waited on the ground for the Oda family's chariots, ladders, lookout towers, and siege oars to be pushed to the bottom of the city. The moment the bombardment stopped, the defenders at the top of the city immediately fell into a bitter fight.
Yosaburo finally waited until the bombardment was over. After seeing many people around him getting up, he climbed up without hesitation and ran to the corner of the stairs behind him. He picked up a piece of wood stacked there and planned to put it on the shelf. He rushed in the direction of the ladder, preparing to knock down the enemy soldiers who were climbing the city. However, just as he lifted the tree and turned around, he was suddenly stunned on the spot - he saw about twenty meters outside the city wall in front of him. There was a lookout that was almost as high as the city's head. Standing on the lookout were a dozen iron gunners. One of the Oda iron gunners was holding a cannon with a lit match and staring in his own direction. The next moment, he pulled the trigger.
At the moment when the fire flashed, Yosaburo instinctively held his head and crouched down, and passed death in an instant. However, the luck of his companions around him was not so good. The iron gunner was thrown to the stage by the Oda army. The close-range shooting hit three people instantly, and they fell down with blood blooming on their chests. Yosaburo, who was squatting there and not daring to move, glanced around with his peripheral vision and found that dozens of observation towers had been pushed to Beicheng City. Taking advantage of their large numbers and the few long-range soldiers in the Yuqiu family's garrison, the Oda army directly pushed the observation tower to the face of the city wall, allowing large numbers of iron gunners to shoot at the Yuqiu army on the wall. The large number of volunteers who were caught off guard were shot to death at the top of the city as if they were targets because they were not good at covering. The blood quickly spread and gradually covered Yosaburo's shoes.
Yosaburo watched helplessly as his companions around him were knocked down one by one, while the ladder in front of him shook more and more - this meant that someone had climbed to the top of the city. The ladder was facing him, and once that person climbed up , he was the first to bear the brunt and could not escape. Just when he hesitated, he saw another young man from the next street carrying a small piece of rolling stone and rushed over, regardless of the projectiles flying around him, yelling Said: "For His Highness Hongye!"
However, the young man's luck was not so good. He was shot by two iron gunners who reacted. The rolling stone in his hand fell to the wall, and the man was knocked to the ground. Yosaburo felt the blood all over his body for an instant. He surged up, and with his bravery, he suddenly stood up, picked up the stone that his companion failed to smash, and rushed towards the wall. At the same time, he shouted: "For His Highness Hongye!"
However, Yosaburo, who rushed to the wall with a rolling stone, realized that the good luck that had blessed him with a safe day would not always favor him. On the lookout directly opposite him, three people had already finished changing ammunition and raised their iron cannons to aim.
If he killed himself, he would die in just one breath. But at this moment, Yosaburo couldn't care about anything else. All he wanted in his mind was to smash the stone hard at the fast guy on the ladder in front of him.
climb to
The enemy at the top.
I'm going to die...but I died to avenge Hongye-sama! Just like my father said, I can be reborn in the Pure Land, and Hongye-sama will take care of me there!
"For His Majesty Hongye!" Yosaburo roared at the top of his voice, and at the same time he threw the rolling stone with huge force towards the enemy who was almost climbing to the top of the city, smashing him down together with the two people behind him.
The next moment, there was a flash of fire in front of him, and Yosaburo, who had no time to adjust his posture, closed his eyes in despair. However, a moment later, the pain of the bullet penetrating his body did not come. He opened his eyes in surprise and found that the observation deck in front of him was directly in front of him.
Seventy-eight fell to the ground and collapsed. The iron gunners on the lookout screamed and struggled at a loss. As a result, the three shots just now lost their accuracy. Yosaburo turned his head to the right and found that the artillery crew around him was rapidly moving.
After clearing the chamber and reloading, I realized that it was their one shot that had directly destroyed the nearby observation tower.
"Why are you in a daze again? You just want to die, right?" Before Yosaburo could react, he was pulled to his knees again, and then a big hand looked at his head and pressed him down.
After knocking down the wall, Yosaburo looked up and found that it was Junji Mitsui. While quickly loading the smoking iron cannon in his hand, he greeted Yosaburo, "Have you seen the box in the corner? Inside is
Baking bombs! You can take a few volunteers over there with you, bring the baking bombs to me and light them, then throw them at the observation towers, and you can light them all up! Wait for me first!"
After Mitsui Junji said that, he immediately turned over and fired another shot, hitting an enemy soldier who was about to climb to the top of the ladder. Then he suddenly turned his head back, and as expected, there were immediately several Oda family iron gunners on the observation platform shooting at him just now.
Shoot from a standing position.
"Now! Take advantage of them to reload!" Mitsui Junji, who had successfully attracted attention, pushed Yosaburo hard in the back. Yosaburo didn't hesitate and rushed to the corner, followed by three or four others.
Each of the volunteers over there took back two baking bombs, lit them against the wall with Mitsui Junji's flint, and then threw them towards the lookout.
"Don't throw it away so early! You bastards!" Junji Mitsui, who was leaning against the wall and panting heavily in the hail of bullets, cursed while reloading, "Throw it away so early, and it doesn't explode until it hits the ground. What's the matter?
What's the use? It's only useful if they explode when they hit the observation deck!"
After saying that, Mitsui Junji immediately ducked and moved quickly behind the wall stacks. After switching to another wall stack, he suddenly turned over and shot another soldier who was climbing a ladder. He squatted down to hide from the gun and shouted again:
"Do it again! Now!"
He, Saburo and others ran over again, ran back with baking bombs, and asked Mitsui Junji to help them light them with flints.
"Listen to my count! Three, two, one, throw!" Junji Mitsui pressed down his hands to signal his subordinates not to worry, and issued the order only after the countdown was over. The volunteers did not dare to raise their heads, but swarmed towards the observation deck with the baking bombs.
They threw them randomly, but three of them finally hit the target. After the explosion, screams continued on the observation deck, and then a fire broke out.
"Beautiful!" Junji Mitsui roared excitedly, and several volunteers also roared to vent their anger. However, before they could start celebrating, they suddenly found a ladder opening nearby and suddenly jumped onto a man carrying a papaya.
The Oda samurai of the flag! The Oda samurai turned his head and glanced, and found Yosaburo and others leaning against the wall, and immediately came to kill them ferociously. Yosaburo was so frightened that his whole body became weak and he could not move.
Chapter completed!