Uesaka Munanobu's people haven't arrived yet.
But the battle at Umedo Castle never stopped for a moment.
The Akabori family's troops, which had been holding back for several days, burst out with strong fighting spirit today. Under the heavy bounty offered by Akabori Tomanobu, every Ashigaru rushed towards the walls of Umedo Castle like crazy. .
The reward of "Ichibanjo" is 50 gu. As long as you are the first to climb to the top of the city and survive, then this huge reward of 50 gu will be yours!
When they think of this, the Ashigaru members of the Akabori family have put their lives at risk.
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. With so many people on the battlefield, there will always be a few who are not afraid of death.
At the Otemon gate of Umedo Castle, Kyogoku Takamasa held Iwakiri in his hand and leaned against Akao Kiyozuna with his back, breathing heavily.
There are at least twenty corpses scattered around the Akabori Ashigaru near Otemon Castle. These are the souls of Kyogoku Takamasa and Akao Kiyozuna.
Due to lack of manpower, Kyogoku Takamasa, who boasted of his superb martial arts skills, only left Akao Kiyosuna to accompany him to guard Otemon, while the rest were scattered to the walls around Otemon.
Due to the lack of archers for long-range suppression, the Akahori family troops outside the city could easily approach the city wall and then choose an area that was easy to climb to climb the city wall.
From time to time, one or two ashigaru would climb over the barrier and come to Kyogoku Takamasa's side, but they would soon be chopped down to the ground like the ashigaru before.
Although the combat effectiveness of these farmers and soldiers was extremely low, the numerical advantage could not be reversed by killing a dozen or twenty ashigaru.
"My lord, the southwest side of the oar has been attacked by the enemy, and Lord Nizi is leading people to support!"
"Report! The battle situation in the southeast is tense. Our side has suffered heavy casualties. Please support!"
There is a triple oar at each of the four corners of Umedo Castle, which is mainly used to store weapons and arrows and allow archers to perform long-range suppression on it.
However, there were no archers under Kyogoku Takamasa at all, so the triple oar could not play any role at all, and it became an important target of the Akabori family's attack.
"Is there anyone left who can move!"
Kyogoku Takamasa shouted heartbreakingly behind him.
Several wild warriors covered in blood struggled to stand up from the ground, "Lord Kyoto, if I die in this battle, can you let the world know my name, Hikoro Nagasaka!"
"Good man!"
Kyogoku Takamasa knew the man in front of him. In the past few days of fighting, this man named Nagasaka Hikoro was extremely desperate. At least ten people died under his gun.
"Hikogoro, don't die easily. I have prepared the best Matsunaga ware in Imahama Castle. This is a good wine that is not sold outside!"
Nagasaka Hikoro laughed, then picked up the red spear on the ground and straightened his back.
"Twenty years of my past life have been wasted! Fortunately, I am able to fight side by side with Sakyo in the palace today. Even if I die, I will have no regrets!"
"Come with me if you are still able to move. Let the dead souls of the Akabori family fulfill my name as Nagasaka Hikoro Nobumasa today!"
After saying that, Nagasaka Hikoro ran toward the southeast oar with his spear in hand. Several wild warriors seemed to be familiar with Nagasaka Hikoro and followed him without hesitation.
Looking at Nagasaka Hikoro's back, Kyogoku Takamasa nodded approvingly. The biggest gain from this trip to Ise was not the territory of Enbengun County, nor the property snatched before, but getting to know these people. "Heroes"!
But then again, why does the name Nagasaka Nobumasa sound so familiar?
Is it true? Where have you heard it?
...
Outside Umedo Castle.
Akabori Tominobu rode his war horse and slowly approached Umedo Castle under the protection of dozens of side guards.
Looking at Umedo Castle, which was very close at hand, Akabori Tomanobu's face was so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping with water.
"A bunch of trash!"
"We have clearly breached the city wall, why can't we get in?"
Half an hour ago, Akabori Tomanobu had heard cheers such as "Ichibanjo" and "Ichibanshou" coming from the direction of the city wall. However, half an hour later, Umedo Castle could not be breached. This gave Akabori Tomanobu the urge to kill someone.
Yujin Juyin was frightened when he heard it, and he didn't dare to say anything.
It was the Hazu family's troops that were mainly attacking the Otemon. If the war was not going smoothly, he would naturally be the one to take the blame.
"My lord, there are several people in the Kyogoku family in the city who are highly skilled in military skills. Our samurai have suffered more than 20 casualties. They are really no match for them!"
Yujin Juyin was also helpless.
In order to quickly capture Umehu City and achieve the first success, he had already sent out all his family resources.
But he didn't expect the Kyogoku family in the city to be so capable of fighting. Seeing his own warriors being carried down one by one, Yujin Guyin's heart was bleeding.
At this moment, Yujin Juyin was already starting to retreat.
In fact, Hazuzu Guin and Akabori Tomanobu are not from the same family. The two families did not belong to each other, but the Hazu family was defeated by the Akabori family before. In order to protect the name of the family, Hazu Guiyin took refuge in Akabori Tomanobu.
Now that Utsu Guyin is required to risk such heavy casualties to fulfill Akabori Gunobu, Hazuzu Guyin naturally refuses to do it.
"Lord Shui Zheng, I heard that your youngest son is very smart, and I intend to marry my little girl Ami to him!"
"How about using this Umedo Castle as your bride price?"
Akabori Gunobu on the side obviously guessed what Yujin Guyin was thinking at the moment, and directly threw out a sweet date.
Hearing Akabori Guxin's words, Yujin Guyin's heart moved, and his face began to struggle.
Yujin Juyin had three sons. The eldest son and the second son were the sons of the late main wife, and the second son was the son of the stepmother.
From the bottom of his heart, Yujin Guyin loved his youngest son more, and was even ready to give up the position of governor of the family to his youngest son Saburobei after his death.
However, most of the retainers supported the eldest son, so Yujin Juyin's little idea was not easy to implement.
But if Saburobei can marry Akabori Tominobu's daughter and use the power of the Akabori family, then everything will fall into place.
Thinking of this, Yujin Guyin nodded heavily as if he had made up his mind, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely capture Umehu Castle!"
"Warriors of the Yujin family, follow me!"
Yujin Juyin pulled out the saber from his waist, obviously going into battle himself.
Akabori Guanobu smiled and looked at Hazuzu Guyin striding away with his hands, enjoying the feeling of being able to make others sacrifice their lives with just one word.
These are the benefits of power.
"Idiot, this family is just trying to consume the strength of your Yujin family."
"If we really want to capture Umedo Castle in a hurry, a charge from my own team will be enough!"
The corners of Akabori Tominobu's mouth curved slightly, and an inexplicable look burst out from his eyes.
At the same time, within the territory of the Katayama family in the northwest of Yuanben County.
Uesaka Munanobu, Matsunaga Nagayori and others finally came out of the deep mountains and old forests.
"Gentlemen, Umedo Castle is not far ahead. Sakyo will be waiting for us there when he enters the palace!"
"My Kyogoku family is invincible in Omi, let the losers of Ise see the style of my Omi man today!"
"oh!"
What responded to Uesaka Munanobu was the neat steps and firm roars of the two Senshi Ashigaru!
