At five o'clock in the afternoon, the 1oo people from the Sasa family and the 1oo people from the Mori family arrived near Zhili City one after another. Following were fifty horses and cavalry left. They also carried auxiliary soldiers with a number of up to 8 o'clock, as well as siege equipment dragged and carried behind the auxiliary soldiers. The soldiers were also wearing armor, but handed the armor to the auxiliary soldiers behind them, and they only held weapons.
"A dozen ladders and three watchtowers." Yu Qiuping looked at the huge siege equipment and his throat couldn't help but feel a little dry. He looked at the auxiliary soldiers of the Oda family army in front of him busy setting up camp, and the size of the camp seemed to be extraordinary.
"I guess there will be a lot of people coming." Yu Qiuping sighed.
At this time, the Oda family in the northwest of Zhili Castle was next to the camp built. Ma Feng's Naomasa and Kawajiri Hidetaka had just had a fierce quarrel with Takigawa Ichii.
Takigawa Ichiyi accused Ma Huizhong of ineffective investigations, so that he did not force the siege equipment to attack the city, and so many people died in vain. However, Sasa Narimasa said that at that time he had already dissuaded Takigawa Ichiyi not to attack. It was Takigawa Ichiyi's attack that he thought he was a clever plan.
"The lord will come out soon and will meet with us before sunset. When the lord comes to judge, don't argue, sir." Sasa Masaji tried to smooth things over, "Everyone is a samurai who lives and dies together. If the enemy sees us like this, wouldn't it be laughed at?"
After Sasa Masaji and Moriko-seen's troops arrived, the total number of Oda troops outside the castle reached about 1,200. Among them, the number of soldiers reached more than 400, which had already formed a 2:1 advantage over the defenders in the castle. Fortunately, Takigawa Ichii had just suffered a severe blow, and Ma Chou was responsible for intelligence blocking and reconnaissance, so he was unable to join the siege. The only one who could really attack the city was the new 2oo.
"It's already noon, it's really a delay." Sasa Masaji looked at the sun hanging high above, "Originally, we should have all arrived at Anxiang City at this time."
"The longer it takes, the more unfavorable it will be. When the troops of Imagawa Izumi and Suruga arrived, the battle will be impossible." Kawajiri Hidetaka said with some annoyance, "Originally, at this time yesterday, this Zhili Castle was at your fingertips. At that time, no one thought they could come up with any tricks, so he didn't hit them." He slapped his thigh in anger, "I don't know what was born. In the past half a day, Kitaki rebuked the attack of Lord Takigawa."
"At least one day delayed." Naomasa Shizuo sighed, "The people who entered yesterday are definitely not ordinary people. Could it be Toshi Senashi?" Naomasa Shizuo suddenly asked in confusion, "I heard from me that I saw the banner of Semasa Shizuo near Okazaki Castle the day before yesterday." He paused and pointed to the red tablecloth floating on the Tenshou Pavilion in the city, "Use this inappropriate flag as a banner, either an unknown person or just to hide his identity."
"This possibility is not ruled out." Sen Kecheng didn't say much, but just briefly expressed his own opinion.
"It won't delay a day, at most half a day." Sasa Masaji waved his fist, "After lunch, we immediately took the siege equipment to attack the city. Humph, those more than 200 slaves have ever seen the big scene of siege? We had a ladder, and we pushed the platform forward to see how they defended?"
"Will there be too few 2oo people? There are more than 200 people on the other side?" Sen Kecheng reminded.
"It's okay," Sasa Masaji waved his hand, "It's just a slave, this is enough. Besides, we're in a hurry."
"The right method is the safest. Unlike someone who wants to do tricks, he ends up in vain." Sasa Naruta snorted coldly, and Takigawa Kazuki glared at him angrily.
"Hey! Hidden help!" Sasa Masaji scolded his younger brother angrily, "Have you read so many books and read them all into the dog's belly? The lord praised you for being unreasonable and being strict with your work is not to encourage you and your colleagues to make things difficult for you and your colleagues!"
"Brother said yes." Sasa Naomasa hurriedly clasped his fists to apologize, his cheeks turned red. He turned around and bowed to Takigawa Ichii, "Master Takigawa, I offended many times today, and I hope to forgive me."
What's wrong with me? Sasa Narimasa was very regretful. Unlike ordinary Warring States samurai, he was familiar with a lot of classics and was proficient in Sinology. He was a famous and elegant scholar in the Oda family. Because he was not close to human nature, was straightforward, and was fair and strict in dealing with people, he was nicknamed "Asura" by Oda Nobunaga.
However, due to the unsuccessful war, Sasa Naimasa was in a bad mood. In anger, he directly collided with Kazui Takigawa, who was usually disagreeing with him because he often violated the rules.
"Sasa is so serious. This time I am really reckless." Takigawa Ichii looked at the top of the city of Chili City. "Originally, the defenders in the city had already been trapped, but there were capable people who used fire to defeat the enemy. I really admire him."
"Master Takigawa, victory or defeat is common in military affairs." Sasa Masaji comforted, "After lunch, I will definitely conquer this city and vent my anger for Takigawa. However, I may need to borrow Takigawa's archers. Although Takigawa's army is unable to fight again, the archers can still be used, right?"
Before the beginning, the defenders of Zhilicheng had just let go and had enough food. After only a quarter of an hour of rest, the Oda family in the northwest of the city left the camp and started to operate. This time, the Oda family did not attack the north gate that had been sealed up the city gate, but went south along the official road, pushed the watchtower, carried the ladder, and headed straight to the west gate of Zhilicheng. Seeing this, Yu Qiuping sent all the archers to the west gate and went to the west gate of Xilicheng himself to take charge.
The Sasa Masajima of the Oda Army was in front of him, and Moriko was in the back. In front of Shizuo Castle, he lined up the open ground outside the west gate to reorganize the formation. A large number of horse cavalry were moving in the northwest and southwest corners of the city wall, ready to curb the Shizuo Castle defenders' possible attack on the city.
Five nearly 8-meter-long ladders were each carried by more than a dozen auxiliary soldiers and prepared at about 30 meters away from the city wall. In the middle of these ladders, there are three watchtowers about 6 meters high. The watchtower is a thick wooden board with multiple wheels at the bottom. Above the wooden board is a small tower with a high tower, and there is a space for people to stand on the top of the tower. Five archers stand on each watchtower. These watchtowers will be siege the city.
When he was pushed to a position close to the city wall, the archers could shoot against the archers on the city wall at a height of about the same height as the city wall. In addition to the 15 archers of the Sasa family, there were thirty Takigawa Army archers under the city wall, under the city wall, and the 15 archers of the Mori family were also assigned to the front line and handed over to Takigawa Ichiya to command together. In terms of the number of archers, the Oda family had a nearly 2:1 advantage over the Imakawa Army.
After Yu Qiuhei realized the intention of the Oda family to attack one side, he also adjusted his troops on the city wall. Omaezaki Nakahide, who was in charge of the Nishi Castle, shortened the defense line to the center of the city wall. Ogawa Yudong of the Nishi Castle and Yoshigang Katsumasa of the Nishi Castle each sent 25 reinforcements to take over the positions on both sides of the city wall. The oil pans of the Nanshi Castle and the Nishi Castle were also carried to the Nishi Castle. On the Xi Castle, a red leaf forest was crowded with red leaves on the city wall.
Before three o'clock, the Oda family, who had finished the formation, slowly approached the city wall with a drum sound. The auxiliary soldiers pushed the bulky watchtower and slowly moved forward, while the auxiliary soldiers carrying the ladder were much lighter and soon approached the city. This immediately encountered fierce attacks by Imakawa archers. Charlie directed the archers to concentrate on the ladder. The four people walking at the front of the ladder in the middle were quickly caught in the arrows, and the entire ladder also shaking and fell to the ground.
Soon, several auxiliary soldiers rushed forward with the cloud ladder. During this period, Charlie successfully blocked the approach of the two cloud ladders on both sides of the left and right. However, after all, there were only thirty archers on the top of the city and could not take care of the entire defense line. At both ends of the Xicheng City Wall, two cloud ladders were slowly stood upright by the Oda family's auxiliary soldiers shouting horns, and then suddenly loosened and placed on the city wall. While the auxiliary soldiers cheered, the Imakawa family soldiers on the city wall began to try to push the cloud ladder away. The auxiliary soldiers pressed the bottom of the cloud ladder tightly and fixed it. The soldiers under the city wall kept fighting with the soldiers on the city wall. The Sasa family soldiers were about to rush towards the two built ladders.
Jigang Shengzheng was trying hard to push a ladder down in front of him. The blue veins on his arms swelled up, his muscles were tense and almost deformed, and he shouted loudly at the top of his lungs.
"Three! Two! One! - Start!" Jigang Shengzheng and the five feet around him shouted horns and lifted them hard. The ladder was slightly raised. Jigang Shengzheng pushed the ladder out of the wall. The top of the ladder slid down against the outer wall of the city wall, making a harsh friction sound.
In the northwest corner, the ladder was unable to be pushed down the city wall.
"Sir! Stop drinking!" A footman approached and shouted at Yudong Ogawa with grief and anger, "Push it down!"
"Wait for me - finish this sip." Yuto Ogawa held the bottle with a red face, letting the last few drops of inferior water into his mouth. "Oh, let me see." He staggered to the side of the ladder, and tried hard, but it didn't move at all. He hurriedly looked up and saw three or four Sasa family soldiers who had already begun to climb up the ladder. The weight of the soldiers made the entire ladder more stable.
"Grass!" Ogawa Yudong cursed angrily, then pulled out his knife from the scabbard, "Everything is ready, Mr. Ou Zhang is coming up!"
"It would be great if there was a moat." Yu Qiuping was a little upset when a ladder was completed just after the siege. He walked quickly to the north, wanting to supervise the battle situation himself.
At this time, the fastest climbing foot was about to reach the top of the city. He held a spear in one hand, climbed up with his hands and feet, and suddenly shot Ogawa Yudong. Ogawa Yudong doves sideways, and the iron spear tip poked out from his side. He cut off the bamboo spear rod of the spear with one knife, and the tip of the spear fell on the city wall, and there was only a wooden stick left in the foot. At the moment of Zugyu's panic, Yudong Ogawa leaned out of the wall and cut him down the ladder with a backhand. The other foot immediately climbed up to continue attacking. However, since the ladder could only climb one person at a time, it would soon be sieged at the top of the city. The northernmost ladder had no progress, and Zugyu on the ladder behind him hesitated and dared not go forward to die.
"Food pan! Food pan!" Yu Qiuping, who arrived, immediately called two feet to hold the oil pan, intending to pour it while the foot on the ladder was hesitant and dared not go forward. The two feet rushed to the wall excitedly, and poured the whole pot of oil far out of the wall as soon as they tried their best, pouring all the oil on the last unlucky guy at the end of the ladder. The man screamed and rolled on the ground, and the people around him avoided him in a slight sense.
"Don't pour it so randomly!" Yu Qiuping was angry with these two feet, "Go back and continue cooking oil!"
"Yudong, come here!" Yu Qiuping directed Ogawa Yudong and he carried another oil pan near the city wall, explaining to the people around him, "Take it slow and pour it down bit by bit along the handrails on both sides of the ladder." Yu Qiuping and Ogawa Yudong carefully poured the boiling oil along the handrails of the ladders, and the foot below immediately let go of the left hand with a scorch. Yu Qiuping poured it to the right handrail again, and the foots on a row of ladders had to hold the foots of the middle of the ladder with both hands to maintain balance.
"Come on, torch!" Yu Qiuping set fire again and ignited the ladder. Although the ladder was not as spectacular as the beams in the morning, it was still ignited quickly. The few squads in the back had time to howl and jump off the ladder. The people who were staying in the middle were burned and fell to the ground in pain. The ladder burned by the fire quickly lost its function and collapsed on the ground.
Just when Yu Qiuping was proud, Yudong Ogawa suddenly pulled Yu Qiuping and pulled Yu Qiuping behind the wall. He said this very quickly, and nearly ten feather arrows shot up the city head "swooshing" and aimed at Yu Qiuping's position just now.
"Opple's archer." Yu Qiuping took a quick look outside the city from the gap between the battlements. It was about 70 meters away from the city wall. There were more than 40 archers spread out on the entire front, thinking about aiming at the top of the city to shoot.
Because the opponent's archers suppressed the city, the situation was exactly the same as in the morning. The Imakawa family archers who had not trained had no way to shoot with the Oda family archers, and soon they were unable to block the other siege troops. After a while, five new ladders were driven to the city, and the Oda family soldiers began to climb the city along the ladder. Except for Charlie who could effectively counter the other archers, the others could only show their heads and shoot the bows and arrows at the ladders, and then quickly retract their bodies to avoid being shot by the Oda family archers. Such blind shooting only caused some trouble to climb the city, but could not really prevent the troops from climbing the city. The foot guarding the city was lightly opened
He threw the marble and the rolling stone down towards the ladder. Everyone brought rattan cards or shields to press the center of gravity on the ladder, trying hard to withstand the attack, and found a way to unload the marble and the rolling stone to both sides of the ladder. From time to time, Sasa's foot was shot down by the marble and rolling stone, because he could not withstand the blow, and slid down with his companions behind him. However, as several watchtowers were pushed up, Sasa's archers shot down from a high point 20 meters away. The marble and the marble who were responsible for throwing the marble were seriously injured and killed. Even Yu Qiuping and Mimaezaki Nakashui had to command. Every time he leaned out to throw the marble, he took a huge risk.
The Imakawa family archers worked hard to shoot the archers on the watchtower, but the results were very little. The Oda family archers under the city also kept shooting at the top of the city, twice the number was different, leaving the Imakawa family archers who were already incompetent in skill and helpless.
The most rapid climbing of the city were the three ladders in the center of Nishicheng, because they were most effective cover by archers. Under the instruction of Sasa Masaji, several samurai warriors personally took the battle and took advantage of the few moments when the rolling stones and arrows were not so fierce, and climbed quickly.
Chapter completed!