The battle between Umedo Castle's Tatemon and Otemon ended with the transmission of Kyogoku Takamasa's order.
Kyogoku Takamasa, Kuchiki Takatsuna and others quickly retreated to Ninomaru with their troops.
There are only two gates in Umedo Castle Ninomaru, one on the west side and the other on the north side. After Kyogoku Takamasa retreated from Otemon, he guarded the tiger's mouth in the west, while Kuchiki Takatsuna and others continued to guard the north.
As Kyogoku Takamasa and others retreated, Otemon and Tatemon were quickly captured by the Akabori family troops outside the city.
The first troops to swarm into the city were not the Akabori family's troops, but the Yuanben Commander's troops.
These troops had no organization at all. They rushed into the city as soon as they saw that their side had captured the city.
For these mobs, territory, cities, achievements, etc. have nothing to do with them. Even if our side wins this battle, there will be no benefit to them afterwards.
So everything needs to be grabbed with your own hands.
Umedo Castle is the headquarters of the Umedo family. There are warehouses and retainers' houses everywhere in the city. There are inevitably valuables inside, and it is these things that attract the Ichikus.
Many mobs who entered the city looted everywhere. For a time, Umedo City was filled with mobs and overcrowded.
Fortunately, Kyogoku Takamasa ordered Endo Kyouyo to move the city's materials, money and food to Ninomaru in advance. Although some of them did not have time to move due to time issues, only a few fell into Ikaku's hands.
The soldiers of the Akabori family who entered the city later saw the Ichikui people snatching property everywhere, and some Ashigaru also joined in, and the city was in chaos for a while.
Akabori Tominobu led his team into the city, and it was extremely painful to see such a situation.
"A bunch of bastards, they are so scattered before the war is over!"
"Go on with the order. If there are any more people who don't obey the order and loot the city, they will be killed without mercy!"
Of course, Akabori Tomanobu did not give this order for "faithfulness". In fact, Akabori Tomanobu was not a good person either. How many of those who come out to fight these days will not rob?
It is extremely normal to rob not only property but also people.
Akabori Tominobu is just worried that something unexpected will happen if the war continues to be delayed. After all, among the people of Kitaise, the Akabori family is not the only one to focus their attention on this. It would be embarrassing if a few wealthy families suddenly appeared to pick peaches at this critical moment.
Sometimes, fate is so unpredictable.
Akahori Tominobu was thinking about this one second, and the next second something he didn't want to see happened.
"My lord, we just reported from the reconnaissance that enemy troops appeared thirty miles southeast of Umedo City! Look at the flags, they are the troops of the Kasugabe family!"
Akabori Gunobu was stunned on the spot.
"How dare the Kasukabe family become our enemy?"
"How many men are there in the enemy's force?"
"According to the detective, there should be hundreds of people!"
Hearing this, Akabori Tomanobu's face relaxed, and then burst into laughter: "Hahahahahaha! Does Mr. Kasukabe think that just a few hundred people can snatch Yuan Bengun from my family?"
"You really overestimate your capabilities!"
"Send an order to Hamada Jiro and ask him to quickly resist the Kasukabe family's troops. The others will quickly capture the Honmaru and end the battle here!"
Akabori Tomanobu had not been too anxious before, because in his opinion, Umedo Castle was already in the possession of the Akabori family.
But now the Kasukabe family's troops suddenly appeared. Although the Kasukabe family's strength is very weak, with only a few hundred troops, this is a precursor. Who knows if there will be other wealthy families coming later, so Akabori Tomanobu thought it would be better to resolve the battle quickly.
Naturally, the Akabori family's military deployment could not be concealed from the Kyogoku family's military strength, which was Ninomaru's. When he realized that the troops surrounding Ninomaru suddenly decreased, and the Akabori family's attacks suddenly became rapid and violent, Kyogoku Takamasa station He looked thoughtful on the oar platform behind the tiger's mouth.
"My lord, my reinforcements have arrived?"
After getting off the oar platform, Akao Kiyozuna limped over and asked.
Akao Kiyosuna was once a king, until he was hit by an arrow in the knee...
"Although some enemy troops have evacuated outside the city, it doesn't seem like our reinforcements have arrived. Otherwise, how could the Akabori family only send this few people out of the city?"
"If the guess is correct, it should be other people from Ise who came to kill them."
"Anyway, it's good news!"
"If the order goes down, no one can slack off and defend the city with all their strength. The victory or defeat can only be determined by today's battle!"
"ha!"
.......
"Snapped!"
There is no doubt that this is the sound caused by a slap in the face.
Seeing Yujin Guyin and several other retainers kneeling in front of him, Akabori Guanyin was shaking all over, obviously very angry.
"It's been an hour, why can't we attack the tiger's mouth? What's the use of my family raising you?" Akabori Tominobu cursed angrily with his hands on his hips.
Generally speaking, the most difficult part of siege is the early siege battle. Once the city is captured, the subsequent battles such as Ninomaru and Honmaru will go very smoothly.
On the one hand, the fall of the city caused the morale of the defenders in the city to plummet while our own morale rose.
On the one hand, there is no geographical advantage for those defending the city in the city. What the two sides fight for in street fighting is morale and numbers.
But seeing that thousands of his own people couldn't even attack Ninomaru, Akabori Tominobu was furious.
"My lord, the Kyogoku family is tightly defended, and with the help of the people in the city, it will be difficult to capture the tiger's mouth for a while."
"You won't think of a way if you can't conquer it?" Akabori Guxin said with hatred.
Yujin Guyin and several other retainers looked at each other, then lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Akabori Guanyin again.
Seeing this, Akahori Tomanobu let out a long sigh, MMP is a bunch of pig teammates.
"You can quickly order people to prepare something to ignite the fire, and then light a fire at the tiger's mouth. When the fire spreads, the tiger's mouth will not be attacked without a fight!"
"That's it!"
Akabori Tominobu suddenly turned around and took the saber from the knife-wielding young man, and then said loudly, "I will personally command you, follow me!"
The tiger's entrance of Umedo Castle Ninomaru is dangerous, but the walls on both sides and the square gate of the tiger's entrance are all made of wood. Moreover, the tiger's mouth passage is narrow, and once a fire breaks out, the fire will spread quickly.
Less than half an hour later.
Akabori Tominobu stood outside the tiger's mouth and looked straight ahead. After waiting for a few seconds, he suddenly waved his hand.
Dozens of ashigaru behind him quickly piled prepared fire starters at the cylindrical gate of the tiger's mouth, then lit the fire and turned around to run away. It was so exciting!
Immediately afterwards, the archers on both sides of Akabori Tomanobu also began to bend their bows and set arrows, and then the other ashigaru beside them lit the oilcloth on the arrows.
"Fire the arrow!"
Swish, swish, swish!
For a time, the fire arrows were densely covered, and the entire area near the Ninomaru tiger's mouth was covered with fire arrows.
"Quickly put out the fire!"
Kyogoku Takamasa ran back and forth between the hazama and the oars, observing the fires everywhere.
"My lord, the opponent has started throwing fire starters into the city. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. My lord, you should retreat to the main pill as soon as possible!"
Endo Kyouyo threw Kyogoku Takamasa to the ground, and a fire arrow landed exactly where Kyogoku Takamasa had just stood.
Pushing Kyouyo Endo away, Kyogoku Takamasa struggled to stand up from the ground.
Looking at the raging fires burning all around, and looking at several people and wild warriors fluttering in the fire, Kyogoku Takamasa felt panicked for a moment.
Am I going to be grilled like this?
