After hearing Taira Nobu's words, most of the twenty Taira warriors' eyes flashed with excitement, and they shouted in agreement.
A few people are afraid of death and dare not show it.
Fuso people follow the crowd, not to mention they are also warriors.
Talk about face.
"Master Harunobu. There are currently many ronin gathered outside the city. Please serve the Taira family. What do you think?" A samurai asked with his head lowered.
Ping Qingxin said without hesitation: "Recruit them as many as you want."
"Promise them. If they survive, give them generous rewards. Those who perform well can be hired as retainers of the Taira family."
Retainers were hereditary and their number was almost fixed.
The rogue who lost his master was very poor. It is also very difficult to become an official again.
Taira Qingxin's promise is like rain to Ronin, even if he knows that the chance of winning is slim. Rongers will also join the battlefield.
"Yes." The warrior responded, turned around and went down.
Immediately, most of the warriors went down, leaving only three people. They discuss the defense with Taira Harunobu.
"No matter how many ronin are recruited, with our military strength, it is impossible to defend Sanfang City. But I have sent people to Kyoto for help."
"It will take at least three days for reinforcements to arrive. That means we need to hold on for three days."
"The castle is too big. So I plan to abandon the Third Pill and retreat to the Second Pill. I will move all the personnel, food, and supplies from the Third Pill to the Second Pill."
Ping Qingxin said in a deep voice.
"Yes." The three warriors looked at each other and responded without hesitation.
Under the approach of the giant Han army, the Taira clan warriors did not flinch, and launched an operation led by Taira Harunobu. Soon after, Taira Harunobu and all the samurai and ronin put on armor, and the soldiers all held weapons, abandoned Sanmaru, and guarded Nimaru's wall.
At the same time, some people in the castle town fled, and some closed their doors and windows and hid in their homes, praying that the Han army would not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Amid the imminent storm, Lu Liuliang led three thousand troops, carrying ladders and some military rations, to Sanfang City.
Lu Liuliang was riding on his horse, looking at the layout of the city with a look of confusion on his face.
Why doesn’t this city have an outer city?
Castle towns do not have walls.
"It's just short and capable. The castle is small, but its defense power is doubled." Lu Liuliang raised his head and looked at Sanfang City in front of him, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"However, no matter how strong the defense is, it cannot withstand the Han army without sufficient troops."
Lu Liuliang looked at the sky, and then said to the messenger: "Find a brave person to go to the city to persuade them to surrender. The King of Han has an order. As long as they can open the city and surrender, their personal and property safety will be guaranteed."
"Yes." The messenger responded and immediately went down. Soon after, a courageous man appeared in the Han army who understood Fusang language and went to Sanfang City.
Not long after, a small flag officer in the front rushed to Lu Liuliang's horse with an ugly face, bent down and reported: "General, the person we sent to the city to persuade him to surrender has been killed."
Lu Liuliang was furious, raised his sword and said: "If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished by drinking wine."
He took three deep breaths, calmed down the anger in his heart, and ordered: "Let Chen Yong lead five hundred households to attack from the east."
"Zhang He, Li Chen, and Zong Xiao led their troops to attack from other directions."
"The remaining one thousand households stay here as a reserve team."
"Tell everyone not to embarrass the Han army. We must attack the city before dark."
"Yes." The orderer agreed, turned around and went down to deliver the order. The Han army quickly dispersed according to the order and launched an attack on Sanfang City from four directions.
The Han army was temporarily and hastily reorganized, but they were all professional soldiers, which did not affect their cooperation.
"kill!!!!!!!!!"
Chen Yong's five Baihu Han troops, led by Baihu, entered the vacant Sanwan. Then they set up a formation in Sanmaru.
The armored swordsmen were in front carrying ladders, and the archers were either behind the bunker or under the protection of the shield soldiers, shooting arrows at the Taira army on Nimaru.
"Whoosh whoosh!!!!"
Countless arrows flew towards the Taira army. The samurai and soldiers of the Heike army hid behind the parapet. While avoiding the arrows, they also poked their heads from time to time, bent their bows and fired arrows at the Han army.
"Swish swish!"
The armored swordsmen of the Han army were not afraid and moved forward with arrows in hand. Someone was hit by an arrow, gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.
Someone fell into a pool of blood without saying a word.
After reaching the city wall, they quickly erected the ladder and leaned against the city wall. Then, some of them held down the ladder, while others climbed up the ladder using their hands and feet.
The city wall of Erwan was not very high, and the materials for defending the city were not prepared. The samurai and soldiers of the Heike army did not even throw stones at the Han army. They could only push the ladder with their bare hands.
But the ladder was pressed down by Han soldiers and could not be pushed easily.
The arrows of the Han army fell like raindrops from the parapet. The samurai and soldiers of the Heike army pushing the ladder were hit by the arrows, and screamed like raindrops, falling from the sky.
Lu Liuliang didn't brag.
With the elite of the Han army, the Ping family is currently empty.
It is not difficult to break into Sanfang City before dark.
Only a quarter of an hour passed, and the Taira army was unable to defend Ermaru. Under the command of Taira Harunobu, we retreated to Honmaru.
But even it is the last stronghold, the strongest Honmaru. It could not stop the Han army's attack, and soon began to falter.
Inside the castle tower.
Ping Qingxin wore a red armor and an oni mask on his face, with only a pair of eyes exposed.
He sat calmly on the small bench, looking like a sculpture.
In front of him stood two attendants.
"Master Harunobu. Master Suzuki died in battle."
"Lord Jingxin. Lord Gaohu died in battle."
An attendant broke in from outside and brought no good news. The Taira warriors fell one by one like shooting stars.
"Lord Harunobu. Honmaru can no longer defend himself." Finally, the attendant broke in from the outside and said in a panic.
"I didn't expect the Han army to be so strong. I want to hold on for three days. It's just a fool's dream." Ping Qingxin under the ghost mask sighed, then raised his right hand to take off the mask, raised his head and said to the two attendants: "Why? I take off my armor."
"I want to commit seppuku."
"Yes." The two attendants responded tremblingly, and then stepped forward together to untie Taira Harunobu's armor.
After Taira Harunobu took off his armor, he put on a blue yukata, knelt down on the tatami, held his wakizaki with both hands, and stabbed it into his belly calmly and heavily.
and made a cross-shaped wound.
The process is very painful.
One of his attendants cut off his head, ending his suffering.
It didn't take long for the Han army to attack the main pill of Sanfang City.
The officers kept giving orders.
"The king has an order not to burn, kill or loot. Gather the people in the city and deal with them in a unified way."
“Inventory and protect granaries.”
In the castle town. When Lu Liuliang learned that the city was broken, a smile appeared on his face. Then he ordered: "Investigate the grain and oil store in the castle town immediately."
"Collect food and cooking oil"
"Remember, buy with copper coins. No robbing is allowed."
As orders were issued one by one, the Han army controlled the city in an orderly manner and collected the most important food.
