At the critical moment, the reserve team led by Yudong Ogawa, who was still drinking, rushed to the city. He was already drinking happily and was urging by Yu Qiuping's messenger to go to the north city to support him. They picked up the remaining wood and stone left at the north gate of the city, rushed to the city gate, blocking the wood and stone into the crack that had been gradually broken open. The remaining people pushed their flesh and blood to the gate to resist the fierce impacts one after another. However, the cracks were still getting bigger and bigger.
The people who arrived with Yukito Ogawa's reserve team were Yuqiuhei and Amano Keito. Amano Keito was responsible for commanding the gate, while Yuqiuhei hurriedly climbed the city wall. As soon as he entered the city, a feather arrow flew towards him. Yuqiuhei turned his head suddenly and avoided the deadly feather arrow. Yuqiuhei, who was scared to sweat, had to bend down and run to the center of the city wall, and found Ansei Fukushima who was commanding against the battlements.
"How is it! An Cheng!" The noisy environment around forced Yu Qiuping to yell to communicate with An Cheng Fukushima.
"It's very bad! Sir!" Fukushima Ansei continued to throw stones and maki down while shouting to Yu Qiuping, "They didn't know where they found the Chongcheng Hammer and were hitting the door!"
"Can't you stop it?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"I'm afraid it won't work!" Fukushima Ansei roared, "There are many people below, holding door panels and tables to defend. If the stones can't kill anyone, someone will make up for it once they die."
"Where did the city rushing hammer come from? Where did the door panels and table panels come from!" Yu Qiuping was so angry that he was actually found by the Oda family and hit the ground.
"It seems that I guess it's the beams, door panels and table boards that were not burned in the castle town!" Fukushima Ansei shouted.
"It's not burned! It's not burned for a whole night!" When Yu Qiuping complained, he suddenly had an idea, "Those wooden things have been burned for a long time, and they must be no moisture and are very dry!"
"What does this mean by sir!" Fukushima An Cheng was slightly stunned.
"Quick! Quick!" Yu Qiuping roared at the two feet beside the oil pan, "Carry the oil pan over! Fallen down here at the city gate!"
The two feet were stunned when they heard this, then suddenly stood up, and walked to the city gate with the continuous falling feather arrows in the oil pan. Before they could start pouring oil, one foot was shot on the shoulder by the rung, and let go of his hand in pain and retreated. The oil pan shook and almost poured onto Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping hurriedly stood up and held the oil pan, and leaned over to the top of the city with another foot, leaned forward, pouring all the boiling oil in the oil pan. Yu Qiuping hurriedly retreated, and a feather arrow chased after him, shot onto the armor, bounced away with a "ding bell" sound, but it couldn't be shot in. The other foot pan was not so lucky, and was shot in the middle of the eyebrows and fell to the city with a life.
The boiling boiling oil fell into Takikawa's house below. The oil drips splashed and touched the dozens of light bodies around him, causing a wail. The sound of hitting the city gate stopped again. Yudong Ogawa, who blocked the door under the city wall, had been exhausted and sweating for a long time, and could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Torch! Torch!" Yu Qiuping shouted, and two qin who had just finished ignition of flint came with the torch. Yu Qiuping took the torch and threw it under the city regardless of the tide.
After throwing it, Yu Qiuping didn't dare to let out a breath, leaned against the city wall, quietly waiting for the result of this attack.
Time seemed to suddenly stagnate.
The shouts of killing around him seemed to be inaudible.
Yu Qiuhei could clearly see the mouth shape of Fukushima Ansei's eyes wide open and roaring loudly. He could see the archers around him holding his head and avoiding the bow and arrow. He could see that he had just finished throwing the skull, but he was still not satisfied and roaring loudly.
The torch fell in the air.
This second seemed as long as an hour.
What broke the strange tranquility was the sudden burst of the fire and the screams of the crowd below! Yu Qiuping secretly stuck his head out and looked at the situation under the city wall. He saw that the dozen or so people who had just passed away were now deeply trapped in the sea of ​​fire, with flames scattered on the sea of ​​fire, with flames scattered on the head, clothes, arms, faces, and every part. The dry beams and wooden boards were swallowed by the tongue of fire in an instant. The flames were still expanding. The soldiers of the Takikawa family hurriedly escaped away from the fire people, watching the companions who had just passed away in pain. When the bow and arrow team saw that they had lost the need for cover, they retreated one after another. The Takikawa family retreated like a tide.
Yu Qiuping let out a long sigh and finally kept it temporarily.
Unfortunately, the good times won't last long.
A terrified shout suddenly came from below the city gate!
"Not good! The city gate is on fire!"
Yu Qiuping was shocked, yes, why did he forget that the city gate was also made of wood!
He hurried to the city to command the fire, but found that the entire wooden city gate had been burning.
"No more saved, don't put out the fire!" Yu Qiuping shouted and stopped the foot of the light holding a bucket of water to splash it at the city gate. "You, right away!" Yu Qiuping pointed to the big stone bricks on the edge, the stones and the mud that was about to solidify yesterday. "Build a stone wall behind this wooden door to seal the city gate directly! It just so happened that the flames could help dry the mud and make it complete the construction site faster!"
During the intense repairs under the city, Yu Qiuping returned to the city wall again, confirming that Takigawa Ichiyi had already retreated to the outside of the city town with his troops before he calmed down. At this time, Xicheng and Nancheng both sent a messenger to ask about the situation. With Yu Qiuping comforting each one, the whole city finally stabilized.
After being busy for about half an hour, the new stone gate was finally completed at seven o'clock. Yu Qiuping felt worried and added a few more brackets behind. At this time, the footmen on the city tower were working hard to rescue the wounded.
"Four people were killed, three seriously injured, and six others were slightly injured. You can join the battle after bandaging them." Yu Qiuping looked at the injured footmen and the three dead footmen on the city wall, and his heart felt as if they were torn. The companions who were still talking and laughing just now had already gone to another world in the blink of an eye. Next to the three dead companions, Ansei Fukushima and a dozen sobbing footmen were kneeling. Yu Qiuping walked over and knelt beside them. Looking at the blood on the corners of the deceased's mouth, he tried to endure the tears. He held their hands one by one, whispering softly, and said.
"You are all amazing people. You sacrificed your lives to protect your companions behind you, for honor, and for freedom." Yu Qiuping said, tears still flowing down his face, "Your will be passed on to those of us who are still alive. We will always think of you, and will always think of you who die for freedom and for family. Your will will become our strength to move forward."
"Go with peace of mind." Yu Qiuping suddenly burst into tears and laughed, "You have passed on your will and can leave with peace of mind."
"And we are alive," Yu Qiuping looked around the surroundings, "and we must constantly strive for freedom to practice the will of the deceased, so that their lives and existence are meaningful, all relying on the efforts of our still alive people!"
"Yes! Sir!" everyone agreed in unison.
"Anseen," Yuqiuhei gave an order to Fukushima Ansei, "Your team suffered a 7-person reduction. You exchanged positions with Yudong Ogawa's team to serve as a reserve team. You are fighting this battle very well, have a good rest. Let's start cooking by the way." Yuqiuhei laughed, "Let everyone have a hot meal at noon."
"And, Thompson," Yu Qiuping looked at Charlie, "how much of our bows and arrows are left."
"I just used up nearly two hundred, and there are more than six hundred left." Charlie said.
"Have you used up a quarter of it all at once?" Yu Qiuping sighed, "This is not possible," Yu Qiuping raised his head and suddenly there were many feather arrows shot in from the Oda family on the city wall and on the buildings behind the city wall. "Go and see if you can collect some feather arrows that can be used and add them," Yu Qiuping pointed at the feather arrows scattered in the city in a row.
At this time, the castle town outside the north gate.
The morale of Takigawa's army was sluggish. The uninjured Footballs supported their injured companions, and the burned Footballs kept wailing in pain. The blood on Takigawa's face had not been wiped away. He was sitting on a burnt wooden box with some weakness, looking at his subordinate Footballs angrily and helplessly, listening to Jun Mufu's report.
"Your Highness." Jun Mufu said with a heavy expression. "The family has 22 people killed, 15 seriously injured, and 25 slightly injured."
Takigawa Ichiyi didn't reply, but still looked at the North Gate with some angrily. At this moment, there were more than a dozen unrecognizable corpses under the North Gate city that had been burned by fire. The originally beautiful people were burned into a short piece of black, and their hands and feet were curled in pain, scenting with foul smell, and they could not recognize the original appearance of the birth.
The biggest casualties came from there. More than a dozen people were burned to death by the fire and burned more than a dozen people around him. What made him most heartbroken was the major casualties of the samurai. This time he took 40 samurai warriors in his family, 25 of whom were his flag-born warriors, and the other 15 were family elders or important generals of various families under his command. One 40 people died in a battle at once, and most of them were supervising the battle under the city and burned to death by a fire. This huge casualties made him feel heartbroken
Not only that, because the samurai is the backbone of the military system, the head of the family controls the samurai through the samurai. The loss of a large number of samurai caused Takigawa's control ability to greatly decline. In addition, three samurai died under the arrow of the archer, who helped him block the samurai. He was originally a very talented young man and the target of his training. Before going to war, he promised that young man's young man that he would give him a position as a general when he came back. Unexpectedly, he unfortunately fell here.
The troops suffered more than 30% of their casualties and lost 20% of their troops directly, which was already a huge blow to a feudal army. Before resuming the replenishment of troops, it was difficult for this army to attack effectively again, and they might only serve as a reserve or a left-behind army.
The Takigawa family is not a native of Ohachi. They have a bad relationship with local tyrants such as the Sakuma family, the Shibata family, and the Sasa family. The foundation is not very strong, and they do not have much territory or population. Such a heavy loss may take several years to fully recover.
"Damn it, I actually set fire." Takigawa Ichii spat on the ground hard. Generally speaking, the power of fire attack is not very great. The siegemen under the city have a chance to burn all the siege equipment and evacuate. However, this time, the door panels, tables and beams have been roasted overnight, which is too dry, and with the help of boiling oil, a large fire ignited in an instant.
The Takigawa family was forced to retreat after rectification. Without auxiliary soldiers, they even had difficulty setting up camp, so they had to rest on the spot. After seeing the failure of the siege, the cavalrymen left Nancheng and sent people to report the battle to Tengsanjian.
Chapter completed!