I don’t know how many people died to deliver the soil to the city. This method of piling soil to climb the city was very inefficient. The civilians were afraid of being shot by the defenders at the top of the city. Even if they were killed, they did not dare to continue pushing the carts to fill the city. Several soldiers
Mufu immediately showed his sword and started killing on the spot, killing more than a dozen civilians before driving them back to the front of the battle.
Perhaps seeing the efficiency of filling the land in plowing the land, a new method was added this time, allowing a small number of civilians to carry simple logs as simple siege rams and continue to attack the city. The cold-blooded and cruel military commander was supervising with a sword.
, a team of archers and ashigaru were in position behind them, waiting for orders at any time. The cries of the civilian laborers spread far to Hachimanhara, and they stumbled and carried the simple wooden ladders.
How many peasants rushed to the city and were quickly shot back by the defenders on the city. They were immediately hit by a volley of arrows from the ashigaru from behind. The peasants were at a loss and huddled under the city, wailing and holding the flatbed trucks to continue to pile soil.
The number of people who hit the city gate remained unchanged even after death. The attack organized by the Takeda Army greatly exceeded Murakami Yoshikiyo's expectations, and the passively defensive Kaijin Castle fell into a precarious situation.
Takeda Nobushige stared at the civilians dying one after another, and frowned tightly: "Sanada's method of correcting this is really unkind. The civilians are the most precious wealth of our samurai family. Victory is gained with the lives of the civilians.
It’s really undesirable!”
"Dian Mangdian has a kind heart! However, my lord's request is to capture Haijin City as quickly as possible. If we don't do this, I don't know how long it will take to break the city. If we can't capture Haijin City, we will miss my lord's great cause."
You can't bear the consequences if you wait." Sanada Yukitaka smiled disapprovingly, thinking that Takeda Nobutushige was still a little pedantic. Takeda Harunobu's generals pressed the order so tightly, how could they capture Kaijin Castle without any special means? He had missed many times in the past few years, so he was prepared.
He had had enough of being implicated, and he had to fulfill the orders given by Takeda Harunobu no matter what method he used.
Takeda Nobushige is the kindest samurai in the Takeda family. This kind-hearted general is deeply loved by the Takeda family. Of course, he is also jealous of Takeda Harunobu. Several boys in his family have always regarded Takeda Nobushige as the perfect samurai in their minds. If not
Yukitaka Sanada had made up his mind not to take sides, and would definitely be happy to make friends with this gentle and humble samurai.
Yukitaka Sanada's tactics indeed worked extremely well. During Japan's Warring States Period, except for cults such as the Ichikou Sect, which used ordinary people to attack the city, no Japanese people dared to risk the world's disapproval. However, this time Yukitaka Sanada used his tactics to
The general's order was urgently carried out, and Takeda Nobushige could not express his dissatisfaction even though he was dissatisfied.
The siege battle gradually reached its climax. The main force of the Takeda Army focused on the Otemon. More than two thousand elite soldiers gathered in front of this small gate. Takeda Nobushige did not hesitate to hold the battle in person to boost the morale of the soldiers.
, the city's guard, Murakami Yoshikiyo, was also unambiguous. He took out all the noisy utensils in the city and beat them with ping-pong-dong-dong to boost Erlang's energy.
Hundreds of civilians in the city were surrounding the wooden pillars. It was too slow to hammer the wooden pillars with people on their shoulders. However, the Takeda family lacked skilled craftsmen, so they had to urgently use a flatbed truck sold by the Kira family to slightly modify it. The three trucks were put together to stand on top.
Several wooden stakes and hemp ropes were hung to make a siege vehicle.
More than two thousand tiger and wolf elites howled and rushed to the city. The civilians braved the rain of arrows and held on to the wooden ladder to protect the samurai. A group of ashigaru gathered at the city in an disorderly manner. As soon as two or three people climbed up, they were stopped by the people from the city.
The defenders pushed down the wooden ladder, and a pot of boiling water poured down the ladder. More than a dozen people rolled around under the hot wooden ladder. The civilian husband was so burned that he almost died, and the Ashigaru armors couldn't be taken off, and they were boiling.
The water poured into their clothes and they cried out in agony. More than a dozen people were killed on the spot by the burn.
From Uoki's attack to Shenshi's, Baibai sacrificed hundreds of lives and still could not break through the walled city. Sanada Yukitaka's face was livid and he ordered: "The gold diggers cannot stop. We must dig out another passage as soon as possible. This must not be dug." Under the enemy's main force, if you cause trouble and ruin the lord's great cause, no one will save you!"
Kaijin Castle was in turmoil, and letters asking for help were sent to Asahiyama Castle one after another. The Kira family did not expect that Takeda Harunobu would be so tough. Kira Yoshitoki was furious and immediately launched a new round of Hachimanhara landing battle, trying to destroy the main force of Takeda Army. Pulled back again, the defender of Nisu City on the other side still couldn't hold back. He led 500 Shinano soldiers to try to support Kaijin City. Before they could get to the city, they were strangled and beaten by the Takeda Army and fled back without their armor.
The operation to land on Hachimangahara failed again, and the soldiers in Kaijin Castle experienced a painful process from hope to disappointment and then to despair. When the land of Shinano once again received drizzle, the bleak autumn wind brought an astonishing news. Fuji Asanobu personally led three thousand cavalry into Saku County. The people in Saku County hastily gathered three thousand soldiers to resist, but Saito's army was defeated in one battle. When the general Mochizuki was in power, Nezuma Masanao killed many people in battle, and Northern Shinano Falling into the passivity of space.
The Takeda Army was in a dilemma. The arrival of Saito Asanobu disrupted all deployments and made all planning a thing of the past. There were different levels of commotion among the defenders in Ohori Hall, Hirota Village, and Yokota Castle. Most of them came from Shinonaka. The southern lords of the country couldn't think of fighting a war if their home base was not protected. Just when the situation was in crisis, the Kira family once again changed their tactics.
On the evening of September 29th, the lights in Asahiyama Castle were brightly lit. Kira Yoshiki impassionedly announced the order to attack Hachimanhara at night. Hundreds of samurai solemnly obeyed the order without any objection. This plan had already begun when the troops were sent to Shinano in June. After brewing, and after large-scale landings in Hachimanhara again and again, the Kira family completely grasped the information on every inch of Hachimanhara.
A more powerful back-up move was the Togakushi ninjas recruited a month ago. A few days after the recruitment of Kira ninjas, the village that had been hidden in the Togakushi Mountains for more than 300 years finally opened its doors to the world. The people moved to Asahiyama Castle Town, and the mountain ninjas who were accustomed to living in the mountains experienced the convenience of life in the castle town for the first time. Many ninjas had never seen a flat plain in their lives, and this time they got what they wanted. The outside world.
The Togakushi ninjas are not as elite as the Iga ninjas, and they are not as good as the Koga ninjas in terms of unity and various incredible specialties. But when it comes to the level of mountain combat, I am afraid that even the Koga who came out of the mountains, Iga can't compare with them. The only other characteristic of Shinano Country is that it has a lot of mountains, with peaks of more than 2,000 meters connected one after another. Many valleys are inaccessible and there is no human habitation all year round. The ninjas who walk in the mountains and forests all year round are all good at mountain warfare.
As a native mountain man of Shinano, his appearance, accent and voice are impeccable. There is no need to deliberately imitate the image of a rustic old farmer. The Takeda family has always been on guard against Kira ninjas with non-local accents, but has ignored the native Shinano people. There is also a ninja army that has been silent for three hundred years.
It's not a good life to have thousands of troops stationed in a walled city without anyone to serve them. In medieval Japan, there was no such thing as heavy troops. When samurai went out to fight in joint battles, they had to be served by minors. Low-level samurai had to rely on civilian servants to serve them. They had already A month ago, under the guise of transporting firewood and fresh fish, he successfully sneaked into the three annoying fortresses on the Yawatahara.
It didn't take long for the Togakure ninjas to draw one map after another of the city's structure, and figure out their shift system and even the rules of code changes. Kira Yoshitoki's eyes were burning with fire, and he worked hard for three days
The moon has finally reached this moment, everything is ready and all it needs is the east wind.
The end of each month and the beginning of the month are the darkest hours of the moon. This day is called the evil day. On this cold night when they could not see their fingers, the Takeda family warriors who had been holding on for three months huddled in the arrow oars sheltered from the wind and took a nap.
He didn't notice the subtle movements of Babaze. Thirteen thousand soldiers with horse hooves quietly walked to the woods not far outside Ohoridate Castle.
After waiting patiently for half an hour, the torches in several arrow oars near the Ohori Hall were extinguished one after another. After a while, they lit up again. This time, the torches were a little strange. The newly lit torches shook back and forth. Miyabe continued.
Upon seeing this, Jun shouted and rushed into the Ohori Hall, which was only a short distance away, with brisk steps.
The Otemon gate that had blocked Kira's army countless times suddenly opened a gap. It turned out that the Togakure ninja had successfully assassinated the patrolling soldiers nearby and secretly opened the gate. Miyabe Tsugujun led the two armies into the Ohorikan without much hesitation and was caught off guard.
The Takeda defenders immediately captured the castle, and the castle lord Ogiwara Masaaki was executed by the Kira ninjas in his sleep. In less than half an hour, a fortified castle with 3,000 defenders was captured.
Then the follow-up main forces poured into Ohori Hall one after another. Miyabe Tsurujun received the order to continue to seize the city, so he rushed to Hirota Village with his reserve team non-stop, taking advantage of the defenders being unprepared to capture the city again.
When Miyabe Tsurujun's army rushed into Yokota Castle, the lord of Yokota Castle, Imai Nobumasa, was so startled that he woke up in time. Facing the Kira army coming from all directions, he chose the extreme method of burning the castle tower to show his strength to Mount Chausu.
A raging fire was so conspicuous in the dark night. The Takeda Army on Chasu Mountain quickly discovered the military situation. Takeda Harunobu was awakened from his sleep by the Shodai people. He hurriedly put on his coat and stared at the blazing flames in the distance. He was shocked. Except for the people under the mountain.
Everything outside the fire was so dark that it was difficult to see the specific situation, but the faint screams were real.
"No! Yokota Castle is the closest to Mount Chasu. Yokota Castle is on fire but the other two cities are silent. The three cities must have been lost! But I don't know how many defeated troops have retreated. We must do our best to save these defeated troops.
Army!" Takeda Harunobu immediately made the decision to dispatch the army to rescue the defeated army.
Nagasaka Mitsukane stopped Takeda Harunobu and shouted loudly: "My lord! You must not do this! Go and see how the military strength of this formation is shaken. Once the three cities are lost, we will have no place to stand. The only solution for now is to be quick."
Retreat your troops quickly!"
Iitomi Tomasa pushed the thin Nagasaka Mitsuken away and said sternly: "Nagasaka Chikugoshou, please pay attention to what you are saying! Are you trying to trap the lord in injustice? Then Kira Yoshi called me the Takeda family.
It’s not like you don’t know anything about it. For this plan, you should save the defeated army in time and then make a decision!"
Takeda Harunobu hesitated for a moment and then fell silent. It was absolutely impossible for him to abandon the samurai and retreat in embarrassment. If Saku County fell into the enemy's hands, his retreat would give up half of Shinano's country. The unwilling Tiger of Kai was determined to fight again.
He gave it a try, so he ruthlessly pretended not to see the eager and expectant look in Komai Masatake's eyes.
Upon seeing this, several members of the clan rushed forward and pushed the weak Shodai aside, and escorted Harunobu Takeda out of the tent in a swaggering manner. Masaru Komai jumped to his feet angrily and cursed: "That idiot Itomi Homasa is harming people.
You are harming yourself! If we do not get rid of these sycophants like Itoto Homasa, our Takeda family will never have peace!"
"Takabaizai, don't be depressed. Now we have no choice but to risk our lives. Let's hurry up and follow the lord's main formation!" Atobe Nobuaki urged his colleagues to catch up quickly. The 12,000-strong Takeda Army's main formation hurriedly set out to reach the target.
Heading towards Yokota Castle, the two armies collided once again on the dark Hachimangahara on a bad night.
The vanguard of the Takeda Army was Takeda Chibei led by Iitomi Genshiro Masakai. Iitomi Masakai had never encountered Takigawa Tokiyoshi. Seeing the Takeda Army who had killed him crying and howling, throwing away his helmet and armor, he couldn't help but feel angry. With his bravery and self-confidence, he fought hard.
They bumped into Kira Chibei. It happened that Kira Chibei was chasing and defeating the Takeda army who had retreated from Yokota Castle. They were unprepared and rushed over to fight against Kira Chibei.
Although Kira Akabi was not panicked when he encountered a sudden attack, the knights of each team covered each other and gradually distanced themselves under the command of the general. When Iitomi Masakage saw Kira Akabi turning around and retreating, he thought they were scared, and he snorted, and his thin body exploded.
He let out a fierce roar: "Whoever gets the benefit of Taki River will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold, and those who know how to do it can walk a hundred steps. But if you are brave enough to rush over with me, today's achievements will all be due to this!"
Takigawa Tokiyoshi was suddenly startled when he heard the shouts in the distance. He thought to himself that I haven't even thought about beating you yet, and then he shouted loudly: "What a great Takeda Akabi, who really dares to fight with me, Keijiro?"
Fighting man! Listen to the generals, follow me and kill the enemy general! What we samurai do is to make a living with blood on the edge of the knife. Today's achievements depend on coming here to get it right away. Follow me and charge!"
Kira Chibi's two thousand knights agreed in unison like tigers roaring in the mountains. Takeda Chibi was shocked and felt a chill in his heart. Iitomi Masakage was slightly dazed, knowing that this general's method was definitely not a fool who gained a reputation in vain, so he immediately refused.
Dare to be lazy, he cheered up and commanded more than a hundred elite cavalry from left to right to form a semicircle towards Takigawa Shiyi.
Takigawa Tokiyoshi saw a red-armored cavalry general charging towards him, followed by a Takeda four-cut hibiscus flag. He knew that the man was an enemy general, so he ignored the Takeda Akabi mounted samurai who was charging towards him and yelled, "Clamp down."
The horse rushed forward, facing the seven or eight Takeda Chibei on the opposite side. He raised his hand and waved, and the big gun swiped at their heads like a long dragon.
The Takeda Akabis rushed forward in such a hurry that they did not expect that Takigawa Tokiyoshi would come directly to meet them. They could not hold back their momentum for a moment, but this unavoidable grab rubbed their shoulders and cut into the fragile throat chakra, from their throats.
The neck was swept across, and Yin Hong's bloodshot spurted out with a "hissing" sound. The warriors on horseback were shot dead before they showed even 100% of their martial prowess. The next moment, Takigawa Tokiyoshi had already fallen to death from those warriors.
The samurai slipped through the gap.
Swinging the big blood-red gun like a tiger, he came down the mountain and met his death. Takeda Chibi had never seen such a powerful enemy. Not only was he tall and powerful, he looked like a monster, but he also had endless power. He swung the big gun like a mace.
Smash it, even if the tough guy resists this attack, he will be hit until he vomits blood, and even the war horse will be shocked and his nose will spurt blood. It is so unreasonable and heartless.
After a while, it seemed that he was tired of wielding, and he switched to another set of spear skills. Each of the red spears and pens moved like dragons and snakes. Each one pricked the throat chakra and brought up a bright red blood flower, darting back and forth like a swimming fish.
He is leisurely and lazy, moving vertically and horizontally as if he were strolling in a leisurely courtyard, as if he were entering a deserted place and killing thousands of soldiers, but no one dares to challenge him.
Seeing this situation, Iitomi Masakage didn't dare to stay and die. Without even notifying his generals, he turned around and fled to the west with the flag. More than two hundred Takeda elites who had just been sworn to were dead in just a moment.
General Takeda Jimmy looked around and realized that the general turned around and retreated, but he still dared to meet the enemy. He whistled and ran away like a loose wild horse.
The one-sided situation with the same two thousand troops was completely beyond Takikawa Tokiichi's expectation. Seeing Iitomi Masaki running away from afar, he curled his lips in disapproval and laughed: "That's Akabi of the Takeda family.
Is that all? It looks like that! I thought that the general of this army was also a man, but he didn’t want to run away without even showing his face. How dare he call himself Chi Bei? Don’t let such villains taint me, Chi Bei.
The reputation!”
Kira Chibei didn't just rush here with a light car. They brought the iron artillery team to the main battlefield of Yokota Castle. What they are competing for now is how fast the two sides are. Today's Chibei is not what it used to be. An elite man with two horses.
It has stronger battery life and can carry friendly troops to launch surprise attacks at critical moments.
Takigawa Tokiyoshi still wanted to pursue him. What was helpless was that the Takeda family responded very quickly. More than ten thousand troops rushed over with a rumble. Unfortunately, he did not expect it to be so smooth before going out. Kira Akabi rushed deep into Fushi Shinoi alone.
With no cover in front of the formation and lack of support behind him, Kira Chibei did not dare to fight, reined in his troops and retreated slowly, and Takeda Harunobu also took the formation and retreated to Chasu Mountain when he saw the situation was good.
In addition to this cavalry collision on the main battlefield, the battle between the Takeda defenders in the three castles lasted until daybreak on September 30. The remaining defenders of the three castles knew that no more reinforcements would come.
They all gave up the idea of resisting and walked out of the house to wait for the prisoners, which also made Kirajun, who had been nervous for most of the night, relax.
This time, more than 4,000 people were captured, 800 were killed and more than 3,000 escaped. The main reason was that in the middle of the night and the dark wind, it was difficult to see what was going on outside. Some of the defenders risked their lives and rushed out to stop them, but the Kira Legion's pursuit
He also had many worries and ultimately missed the opportunity to expand his victory.
Overall, it was a good record. Miyabe Tsurujun, who was in the vanguard, captured three cities in a row without stopping, which was a great achievement. Yoshitoki Kira called him over to give him special praise and promised to give him some credit if he made greater achievements.
Just after daybreak, Takeda Nobushige's messengers were scattered on the Hachimangahara. In the middle of the night, the shouts of death on the Hachimangahara were heard clearly by Takeda Nobushige's team on the other side. Several impatient samurai ran to the big tent to ask for a fight.
He sent them back to sleep. It was a dark day, dark and windy, and they couldn't even see the scenery in the distance. How to rescue them.
If we rashly rush to Hachimangahara with eight thousand main force and run headlong into the Kira Army's main formation, we will not only make a joke, but also kill people. At least we have to endure it until dawn and quickly send someone to inquire about the news. When we learn about Hachimangahara,
The three fortresses were changed overnight and I was so shocked that I was speechless for a long time.
Sanada Yukitaka saw that he had a serious look on his face and had not said a word for a long time, so he explained: "Don't panic in the Toimama Palace. All we can do now is to capture this Kaijin Castle. After capturing this city, we will imitate the Hojo family's strategy and use the prisoners as hostages."
Exchange the prisoners of the three cities, and then negotiate for peace. If this city is not destroyed, everything will be over. We will not even think about the Senkuma River, so we can find out that the Kira Navy's ships are widely used to control Hachimangahara.
There are several important shoal crossings nearby, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy to find out the news next time.”
Takeda Nobushige shook his head as if he didn't care, and turned to say seriously: "My family is not panicked, but we are worried about the difficulty of the family business. As soon as Saito Asanobu entered Saku County, the news was intermittently unavailable. I don't know about the guards at the rear.
Whether the army can withstand Echigo Zhongkui's attack, as long as they have a clear mind and defend the city, the three thousand cavalry will be unable to do anything to us in the short term."
"The Kira army will probably not continue to attack today. No matter what, we have to be the first to capture Kaijin Castle. I will leave it to you this time!" Sanada Yukitaka chose to avoid talking about Saku-gun because he is more powerful than anyone else.
Everyone knows what kind of stragglers the countrymen are in the absence of Sakugun Dai Oyamada Masatatsu. I am not telling them now because I am afraid that Takeda Nobushige will be even more worried. If he decides to withdraw to Chausu Mountain to join the main formation at all costs,
Yukitaka Sanada's military exploits this time are about to come to naught.
Takeda Nobushige's army used its main force and once again used the magic weapon of the civilians to assist Kaizu Castle. Eight thousand soldiers led four thousand civilians and rushed over. The sound of the gold diggers digging with all their strength reached the Kira Army's main camp in Ohorikan. Since midnight, Kira
Since the army landed at Ohorikan, Kira Yoshiki has not left here even half a step. He single-handedly commanded to strangle the remaining defenders, organize the defense and prepare for the battle at the front, and was busy taking stock of the food and equipment in the city for half a night. He just squinted for a while when he heard
The sound of killing was heard in the distance.
"How long can Haijin City survive?"
Hattori Masashige suddenly appeared at the door of the main tent, leaned down and replied respectfully: "The Murakami Habayashi Temple said it can still last for three days, but I would like to ask the owner to make preparations in advance to prevent any unexpected events."
"Three days? I think it's good if he can survive today!" Kira Yoshishi smiled and shook his head: "The civilians attacked the city. Yukitaka Sanada is so courageous. He is a capable minister and wise general! It's a pity that Takeda got the advantage in vain.
Family! Murakami Habayashi has done a good job. If it were other samurai who guarded Kaijin City, I am afraid that this city would have been captured long ago. I must save him and let the boys have a good rest. There will be a night battle tonight.
!”
As soon as it got dark on September 30th, the main force of Kira's army left the three dilapidated castles and disappeared into the wilderness of Hachimanhara. At about 10:00, a burst of drumming noises came from Nemose on the south side of Hachimanhara, from Mt. Chasu
Looking down from a distance, one can see nearly ten thousand torches flickering like sparks. The Takeda Army was shocked and immediately realized that this was the Kira Army heading towards the Takeda Nobushige Army on the south bank of the Chikuma River. Once the Kira family defeated the Takeda Nobushige Army
The consequences were disastrous, and Takeda Harunobu knew that this battle was inevitable. (To be continued.)