As expected, Oda Nobunaga's face darkened: "Bold!"
Before he could continue, the clever Tokichiro took over the words: "Toshiie! You are looking for death! Fortunately, my lord is not the kind of lord without measure, otherwise you would have been executed by now!"
Du Fei also quickly changed the subject: "Your Excellency Oda! We'd better implement the plan to attack the city as soon as possible! If it's too late, things will change!"
At this time, Maeda Toshiie also realized that he had made a mistake, and immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.
Oda Nobunaga did not continue to pursue the Maeda Toshie's ritual. He immediately ordered the soldiers to put the dead bodies of the Rokkaku soldiers into Oda military uniforms, and took advantage of the darkness to distinguish the true from the false and carried them out with spears, but these dead bodies were very difficult to distinguish.
It is obviously much heavier than a scarecrow. It takes several people and several spears to lift one.
The Hexagon Army on the other side, who had long lost their composure, kept firing without knowing the truth. The gunfire lasted for a long time before it stopped.
Katsumoto, the general of the Rokkaku family, turned around and shouted: "Why did you stop? Keep shooting!"
"I'm reporting to Mr. Katsumoto that we have run out of medicine," the quartermaster said with a confused look on his face.
"It's strange." Katsumoto was confused by some monks: "Why are the people of the Oda family not afraid of iron cannons? They fought for a long time without seeing a single one fall."
At this moment, an earth-shattering cry of killing suddenly came from the Oda army formation! Then the Oda army, like wolves and tigers, suddenly rushed forward!
Only then did Katsumoto realize that he had fallen into a trap. He quickly ordered the soldiers to switch to bows and arrows to shoot, but in front of the Oda army was the Fujika army, which was difficult for bows and arrows to penetrate! The Hexagon soldiers in the Nimaru were thrown away one after another by the glaring swords and guns of the Oda army.
The iron cannons and bows and arrows fled.
Katsumoto also got mixed up with the rebels and tried to escape, but was nailed to the wall of Nimaru by a red-armored Oda military commander holding a spear.
He spat out a large mouthful of blood, looked at the visitor in horror, and shouted: "Inuchiyo! Ah!" Then a small Oda general who followed behind took the opportunity to chop off his head with a sword!
He saw the general smiling and hanging his head on his waist.
"Ah! Fujiyoshiro! You~" Maeda Toshiie was furious when he saw this: "How could you do this!"
Kinoshita Tokichiro, who had robbed Maeda Toshiie of his military exploits, laughed and said, "Don't forget! I just helped you avoid a disaster! This is a favor to me!" After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.
Maeda Toshiie had nothing to do against the slippery Tokichiro. After all, he had really saved him from the siege just now, so he pulled out his spear from Katsumoto's head in frustration!
Led by many fierce generals of the Oda Army like a tide, the Hexagon Army's hurriedly retreating Sanmaru was instantly overwhelmed, and headed straight for the castle tower!
Rokkaku Chengzhen, who had been stunned just now, sat up when he heard the shocking shouts of killing! He stood up with bare feet: "How is the war? Has the Oda army been repulsed?"
He was greeted by deathly silence. He and his retainer Rokkaku Yoshiharu were the only ones in the usually bustling castle tower.
"Yiji, tell me quickly! Did the Oda army retreat?" Rokkaku Chengzhen looked at Rokkaku Yogiji with his cloudy eyes, hoping that he would give him a reassuring answer.
Unexpectedly, Rokkaku Yoshiji stood up suddenly, grabbed his collar, and dragged him to the high platform of the castle tower: "Why don't you see for yourself?"
Rokkaku Chengzhen trembled and looked at the Oda troops swarming under his feet like locusts. He couldn't help but close his eyes and burst into tears.
"Why are you crying!" Rokkaku Yoshiji angrily threw him to the ground: "It's me who should cry! How could I follow a capable person like you! You were not like this before!"
before
Yes, Rokkaku Chengzhen used to be very majestic. He practiced archery diligently since he was a child. As the young master and heir of the Rokkaku family, he did not relax his requirements for martial arts training at all.
He became a disciple of the famous bow master Sukeoka Yoshiharu (now known as Rokkaku Yoshiharu) and continued to improve his bow skills. In the end, even his teacher Yoshiharu was inspired by his courage and courage and joined the army.
His retainers.
At that time, the Rokkaku family occupied a key position near Kyoto and were almost the emperor's personal followers. They fought against the four heroes of the Warring States period but maintained an undefeated record! The strength of the Rokkaku archers was famous all over the world!
But those things seem far away from now
I don’t know since when, Liujia Chengzhen began to change. He became greedy for money and lust, became unkind for the sake of wealth, and became a bully and fear of force. He married one concubine after another and built one palace after another.
His strong and solid arms became softer day by day, his spine became more and more curved and his belly became larger and larger. Gradually, the heroic and skilled Liujia Governor turned into a fat and warm man with dull eyes.
Uncle.
"I have to say goodbye! Lord! Please take care of yourself!" Rokkaku Yoshiji threw the bow in his hand and turned around to leave.
Is it really over? Since the Hexagonal Mother-in-Laws of the castle tower could not hold on, the Oda army outside had already begun to burn the castle tower when they were unable to attack for a long time.
The hexagonal defenders in the castle tower could not open their eyes due to the thick smoke. There were constant hexagonal soldiers who could not bear the smoke and rushed out desperately to fight with the waiting Oda army. The original content in the castle tower was
The few defenders are getting fewer and fewer
Rokkaku Chengzhen looked at Rokkaku Yoshiji's bow that fell to the ground and sat blankly, completely ignoring the arrows that had been shot in like a rainstorm.
This bow was given to Rokkaku Yoshiharu who had made great military exploits when he was most proud after defeating the arrogant Takeda Army.
Am I really done?
Suddenly Liujia Chengzhen stood up from the ground and grabbed the bow on the ground!
He pulled out the arrows shot by the Oda army from the wooden wall, desperately reached out to the castle tower terrace, opened his bow and shot at the Oda army below!
After all, he still has the foundation of practicing bow and arrow for many years. In an instant, several of the Oda troops below were hit by his arrows and fell down!!
At this time, Rokkaku Chengzhen had no other thoughts in his mind. He only hoped that the random arrows and iron cannons of the Oda Army would kill him. He stretched out most of his body without thinking about his own safety, and kept shooting at the enemy troops underground.
Getting more and more agile! He seemed to have regained the feeling he had when he defeated the Takeda cavalry in the past.
Strange to say, although the Oda army below kept firing, none of the locust-like bows, arrows and lead arrows could kill Rokkaku Chengzhen! Occasionally, a few stray arrows hit his plump body, and he was already dead
He pulled it off without a care!
At this time, the troops of Oda Nobunaga and Du Fei had already entered the captured Sanmaru. When Oda Nobunaga heard that the castle tower had not been captured yet, he angrily slapped down the forward general Sa who came to deliver the message.
Zuo Chengzheng: "Trash! There are only a few people! Is it difficult?"
Sasana Narimasa covered his burning and swollen face and said aggrievedly: "My lord, you don't know what to do. The Rokkaku family's castle tower has a dense structure, with iron plates and water layers inside, and it is full of iron gunners! We
Even though many soldiers were shot to death, they still couldn't get in! Even if they set fire to the castle tower, they would be doused by the layer of water prepared in advance!"
"Oh? Such a thorough defense?" Du Fei was slightly surprised after hearing this. He held down the furious Oda Nobunaga: "Brother Nobunaga! Don't worry, they have no way out now. It will only be time before they are eliminated.
question"
"No!" Oda Nobunaga's stubborn temper rose again: "I don't believe it! Who can stop my offensive? Send the order! Keep burning! Burn them dry for me! I don't believe that his water layer can
An endless stream!”
Sasaki Masahan retreated tremblingly. As soon as he returned from the commander's camp, he was surrounded by several forward generals such as Abe, Tokichiro and Maeda Toshiie: "How is it? What did the lord say?"
"You guys are quite clever!! You don't even dare to approach my lord at this time, so you tricked me! You got a hard slap!" Sasaki Narimasa said angrily.
Tokichiro scratched his head anxiously: "If this continues, it won't be a matter of getting slapped. Let's find a way quickly!"
"Let's see! It's better to use explosives!" Tokichiro's subordinate Hoshizuka Koroku, who was a ninja, said.
"Good idea!" Maeda Toshiie clenched his fist fiercely: "Then blow up this stubborn old turtle to death!"
At the same time, Oda Nobunaga in the commander's camp was already discussing the next strategy with Du Fei. Oda Nobunaga pointed to the version city on the map and said: "This place is the last obstacle for us to enter Beijing! We
Just follow the original plan and capture this place!"
"This place seems to be also the territory of the Rokkaku family?" Du Fei asked Oda Nobunaga, pointing to the city marked Rokkaku - Hino Castle on the map.
"Ah! That's right!" Oda Nobunaga said disdainfully: "It's just a small city, of no use, it can be burned down with a fire! We don't need to pay attention to it at all! Now we are just a few steps away from entering the capital.
It’s just one step away, there’s no reason to waste time and military power on that small place!”
Du Fei remembered that the vines he picked came from here, so he said to Oda Nobunaga: "This place must be captured! Once we enter Beijing, some people will definitely regard us as a thorn in their side! Maybe they will welcome us.
Besieged by multiple forces! We must be fully prepared! We only have hundreds of vine armors now, which is far from enough~~~"
Then he paused, pointed to the small Hino Castle and said: "Although the location here is not important, the products are directly related to our vine armor production. It would be too inconvenient if it was always controlled by the remaining power of the Rokkaku family.
Besides, it’s difficult to guarantee that after today’s battle, the rattan armor we use will not be imitated by famous masters with ulterior motives! Therefore, it is urgent to master this place!”