When the Shimadzu soldiers in front saw this, they quickly stopped. A few unlucky guys were squeezed out by their unidentified companions who didn't stop behind them! As a result, a few more innocent souls ascended to heaven.
"Beast!" Shimazu Yoshiro threw the telescope in his hand on the ground angrily: "There is such a coach! He harms others without benefiting himself!"
But then he calmed down. In fact, thinking about what Sagara Yoshihiro did, there was nothing wrong with it. If his soldiers rushed over, it would not only be these archers who would die.
He finally lost his temper and personally went to the front to command. He stood on the stone wall of the second pill and looked at the third pill opposite the trap. He saw that the barrier there seemed to be very weak.
"Where did you attack just now?" He turned around and looked at Shimazu, who was standing quietly by the side, and asked.
Shimazu was stunned for a moment and said: "We just attacked the front of Sanmaru. It seems that the main force of the Sagara family has gathered inside. There are a large number of archers and some iron gunners. Once we break through the stone wall of Nimaru, they will
They will rush out and shoot at us! Their soldiers’ archery skills are very accurate, so it’s best not to fight them head-on!”
"The only problem is the big pit in the middle! The Sagara family is always in control now, and we can't fill it up in a short time and under the harassment of the enemy!"
Xina Zhongyuan also interrupted and said.
"Huh! What's this?" Shimazu Yoshihiro glared at him and said, "If you can't fill it up in a short time, then fill it in slowly!"
As he spoke, he shouted to the messenger: "Give me my order! Pause the attack! Kawakami's Jiuro team led the soldiers to immediately fill the pit with soil on their heads, and fill up the pit in front of me bit by bit! Hold the formation shield
Soldiers are covering in front! Anyone who dares to take a step back will be immediately beheaded!"
"What? Use a bamboo hat to fill such a big hole?" Xina Zhongyuan seemed to be unable to believe his ears.
"What's wrong? If you can't finish it today, you can fill it in tomorrow! The Xiangliang family's city is surrounded by mountains on three sides. These mountains are as steep as knives and cannot be climbed. Now we don't have time to find the basket, so we have to use this stupid method!
"Shimazu Yoshihiro suddenly stopped when he said this, and a smile suddenly appeared on his originally fierce expression: "Actually, the stupidest method may not work!"
Sure enough, this seemingly absurd and old-fashioned method clearly showed results within a short while. The deep pit was gradually filled up with buckets of soil, and those scary-pointy bamboo stakes gradually became thicker.
Was buried.
Sagara Yoshihiro of the castle tower was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot when he saw this scene. He quickly ordered the soldiers behind Sanmaru to rush out and shoot the Shimazu soldiers who were filling the hole. However, those Shimazu soldiers were covered by soldiers holding shields.
He stood there, not caring at all about the Xiangliang family's arrows and those inferior iron cannons.
The Shimazu iron gunners who occupied the Nimaru Stone Wall Watch Tower were certainly not idle either. They kept firing at the Sagara defenders on the opposite side under the cover of the watch tower.
This time it was a thankless task for the Sagara family, who had no choice but to retreat behind Sanmaru's wooden fence. Since the arrows were about to run out, they had to temporarily stop shooting.
Upon seeing this, Kumu Nagae ordered dozens of his disciples to lie behind Sanmaru, preparing to fight to the end with the Shimazu army that was about to swarm!
At this moment, the chief military officer of the Sagara family, Inudo Ryan, came up with a plan. He ordered his archers to apply kerosene on their arrows, ignite them, and then shoot at the enemy holding the shield!
Unexpectedly, the shields held by these Shimazu troops were specially made. Only the outer layer was made of hardwood and there was an iron shell inside. The flaming arrows did not cause them much trouble.
Sagara's retainer Fukamizu Nagaharu came up with an even more ingenious idea. He ordered his soldiers to bury gunpowder under the wooden fence of Sanmaru, preparing to detonate it when the Shimadzu army filled in the trap and attacked! It would cause them great damage.
His plan was correct, but the plan could not change as quickly as God could predict. Just when he was commanding the soldiers to load the explosives, an unexpected accident happened.
An archer may have been too tired after fighting all day and his fingers were numb, so he accidentally shot a burning arrow onto the wooden fence!
At this time, the wooden fence was full of gunpowder, and a tragedy occurred. The Shimazu army, who was busy filling the hole, suddenly heard a loud noise! The barrier on the opposite side was suddenly blown flat! There was no time to retreat behind the barrier.
The Xiangliang soldiers who left were also killed or wounded by the bombing, crying for their fathers and mothers.
When Sagara Yoshihiro saw this, he wanted to slap Fukasumi Nagachi in the face, although he felt guilty. He quickly ordered the remaining soldiers to retreat to Shimaru.
"This is the last line of defense. Once it is breached, we will have no choice but to commit seppuku at the castle tower." Sagara Yoshihiro had gathered all his family members together, ready to order them to commit suicide when the city was breached.
At this time, Yoshimi Sagara came forward wearing a large armor: "Father! What can I do for you?"
Sagara Yoshikika silently looked at this son who was simple and kind-hearted, and shook his head gently. He suddenly shouted: "Ryan, the dog boy! Escort Yoshikika first! You know what I mean."
Dog boy Ryan nodded solemnly, grabbed the dancing Sagara Yoshikami, and pulled him away alive.
"Let me go! Dog boy! You are so brave!!" Sagara Yoshikon was still struggling desperately on his hands and feet, but was knocked unconscious by a strong blow from the sturdy dog boy Ryan and carried on his shoulders.
I saw Quan Tong Ryan tying Sagara Yoshikika tightly to his back with a rope, putting on steel claws on his hands, and starting to climb step by step toward the knife-like mountain behind the city.
At this time, the Shimazu soldiers who had worked so hard to fill the hole finally took advantage of the enemy's low-level mistakes and made a positive result. Although the entire hole was not filled in, the bamboo stakes that emerged had been buried.
Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was holding back his anger, waved his hand: "My soldiers! Attack quickly!!" (Young men, charge for me!)
These Shimadzu soldiers were so tired from filling in holes that they were half dead. They were so angry that they all rushed towards the last line of defense like bison with their butts on fire!
Sagara Yoshihiro had put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart. He no longer had any fear. He sat quietly on the top of the castle tower and calmly made himself a cup of tea.
At this time, Xiangliang's retainers had sensed the omen of destruction, and each of them was worried. Some of the loyal retainers personally stepped forward to help the soldiers defend the four pills. Some of the people with evil intentions were already wandering around, trying to wait for an opportunity to open the door.
The main gate of Shiwan is now open.
There are only more than thirty archers left on Shimaru's protective wall.
Finally, a military commander named Kazamura Miwa took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness to quietly open the gate of Shimaru and let in the wolf-like Shimazu army.
When the last resister of the Sagara family fell, Sagara Yoshihiro on the castle tower had calmly drank his last cup of tea.
Looking at the Shimadzu soldiers swarming towards the stairs, he laughed and mocked himself: "I have been making tea for a lifetime, but today I made the worst tea!"
After that, he cut himself in the abdomen with a knife.
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Shimazu Yoshihiro looked at Sagara Yoshihiro who had committed seppuku and cut off his head with one knife: "You are too impatient and don't wait for me to help you." (Complete seppuku process: after the seppuku has been completed,
The opponent behind him must immediately chop off his head to show respect for the opponent. Of course, if he feels that the person is not worthy of respect, he does not need to behead him.)
He stood on the high castle tower and smiled wildly as he looked at the exquisitely constructed human castle below him. From then on, the Shimazu family opened the road to attack Kitakyushu! The Ryuzoji family and the Otomo family were right in front of them!
"Dongxiang! Your troops fought the most bravely and suffered the greatest losses in this siege! I will list your merits in front of my father! Oh, by the way, how are the military rations I asked you to prepare?" Shimazu Yoshihiro
Suddenly I regretted: There is no need for a protracted war! Buying these military rations at high prices consumes military resources too much!
"Young Master, the Chamber of Commerce in Yashiro Town generously donated military rations to us without taking a penny!" Dongxiang, who was in high position, did not forget to speak kindly for his brother Du Feimeng: "It's all because Du Fei, the director of the Yatsushiro Town Chamber of Commerce, admires Young Master.
We hope that our Shimazu family can reorganize Yatsushiro Town!"
"Oh, really." Shimazu Yoshihiro was in a great mood when he won. He accidentally said something that made him regret it and kept him awake for several nights: "Then I will exempt him from taxes for three years~~~ Even if I pay him
We have money for military rations." (When he later found out the approximate monthly income of Du Fei Inn, he was so angry that he spurted out blood: "Nani~!!!!")