The Takashima family's offensive was very rapid.
Thousands of troops, led by hundreds of samurai, launched an offensive towards Otemon and Soimaru of Kaizu Castle.
Although the archers defending the city fought back hard, their numerical disadvantage was very obvious at this moment. The sparse arrows could not stop the enemy's attack on the city, but in the blink of an eye, the enemy rushed to the edge of the water bank.
Haijin City is a flat city, and the city's defense no longer relies on the steepness of the mountain like ordinary mountain cities. What's more, it relies on the water bank surrounding the city.
The water bank of Kaijin Castle was dug manually. Due to the amount of work and the small overall structure of the city, the width of the water bank was not enough to withstand the enemy's attack.
The Takashima family was well prepared in advance and made numerous rafts from trees cut down in the nearby woods.
A group of three or five ashigaru rushed to the edge of the water bank under the cover of another group of ashigaru holding wooden poles.
Soon, rows of simple wooden bridges built with wooden rafts stretched across the water bank.
Afterwards, the main siege force crossed the water bank and reached the city wall unimpeded.
The wall of the city wall is at a 45-degree angle. It is made of rammed earth to form a wall foundation, with wooden piles on top. It seems indestructible, but it can be easily climbed.
Siege weapons such as engineering ladders are not useful in ordinary siege warfare.
Because the walls of most castles are difficult to climb and not high enough, any ashigaru who is slightly stronger can easily climb up without relying on any tools.
At this time, the defenders of the city could only rely on bows, arrows, stones, rolling logs and other defensive weapons to fight back.
Numata Mitsukane, who was sitting on the Otemon gate, silently looked at the enemy troops climbing up against the city wall. He couldn't help but feel his scalp numb when he saw that the city wall was so densely packed that it seemed like there were so many ants adsorbing on it.
However, Numata Mitsukane was only slightly stunned and quickly adjusted.
"Open the secret door and throw stones!"
"Smash these bastards to death!"
Numata Mitsukane yelled at the nervous civilian husbands around him with a ferocious look on his face.
Following Numata Mitsukane's order, the ashigaru who had been prepared earlier removed some movable wooden boards under the fences. At this time, one by one "secret door" appeared in front of everyone.
Under the command of the ashigaru, the civilian husbands quickly picked up stones one by one and threw them out through these secret doors.
The stones spun, jumped, and tumbled on the walls, and soon fell into the middle of the siege of Ashigaru.
Some rocks are not big and may not kill people at once, but people's instinctive reaction to danger will cause them to make some evasive actions. If there is nothing on the ground, don't forget that these Ashigaru are climbing the city wall.
Just letting go of their hands a little was enough to make them lose their support and fall off the wall.
More importantly, if the ashigaru above falls down, it will also pull down the ashigaru below or even nearby.
However, after falling, you can still get up and climb again, but this will slow down the pace of the siege.
And some large stones can directly break the arm or even fall directly on the head, causing bleeding. These ashigaru will no longer have any fighting power.
But the effect of stones is limited after all, although they can kill some of the enemy's troops attacking the city and slow down the enemy's siege speed. But this was not enough to completely repel the siege of the Ashigaru.
After a quarter of an hour of stalemate, when the first Ashigaru climbed up the city wall and climbed over the wooden fence, it was announced that the real battle had officially begun.
"Ono Saburo Ichiban took advantage of his meritorious service to achieve it!"
"Hahahaha...Ah!"
The Takashima samurai who was the first to climb over the wooden fence just looked up to the sky and let out a cheer, and then he was hit in the neck by an arrow from Numata Mitsukane who was on the Otemon gate tower.
"Idiot, an arrow that wasn't fatal in the first place made you want to raise your head?"
The warrior's attire has a "throat chakra" at the throat, which can not only prevent the enemy from quickly cutting off his head, but also prevent the fatal threat posed by arrows.
However, when the samurai named Saburo Ono raised his head and laughed, he exposed a large area of his neck except for his throat.
Soon, Saburo Ono fell down with reluctance, holding his bleeding neck.
If you can survive and rely on Ichiban's merits, if you are asking for a few heads, you can also get a few sentiments. Unfortunately, Saburo Ono has no chance.
However, the fall of Saburo Ono had no impact on the entire battle. At the same time as Saburo Ono fell, several more samurai successfully climbed over the wooden fence. Soon, more than ten samurai and ashigaru came in.
Dozens of Numata family samurai and ashigaru who were placed at the fence immediately rushed forward, and the two sides soon engaged in a melee.
At the same time, the battle on the other side of the Otemaru Gate was going to be even more intense.
Kyogoku Takamasa was now covered in blood, and there were only a few samurai left around him. There were at least two to three hundred members of the Takashima family's Ashigaru who had entered Sotomaru. If the Kakura at the west corner of Sotomaru had not been lost, Kyogoku Takamasa and others would have had no way to retreat at this moment.
"My lord, there are more and more enemy troops, and the Outer Maru can no longer be defended. Please leave the Outer Maru and station in the Ninomaru as soon as possible!"
Lin Zhengxin, who was on the corner oar, was holding a heavy cane bow and staring closely at the side of Kyogoku Takamasa. Once an enemy tried to attack Lin Zhengxin, he would immediately send an arrow.
As soon as he finished speaking, a samurai beside Gaomasa Kyogoku stepped forward to bully him.
Lin Zhengxin, with quick eyesight and quick hands, immediately turned his aim to the side and at the same time released his right hand holding the arrow tail.
"ah!"
The samurai let out a scream, covered his right hand holding the sword and took two steps back suddenly, and was quickly supported by several ashigaru beside him.
Lin Zhengxin touched the quiver on his back, and his expression suddenly changed!
No more arrows!
After glancing around, several archers were already throwing small stones with stone ropes, and they had obviously finished shooting their arrows.
Now there are enemy troops everywhere in Outer Maru, and there is also a war at Otemon, so arrows cannot be sent at all.
As for weapons like slings, although their lethality is acceptable, Lin Zhengxin doesn’t know how to use them!
I can’t care about that much anymore!
Lin Zhengxin gritted his teeth and jumped down from the corner oar. He knocked back the ashigaru in front of him with several swords and then directly killed Kyogoku Takamasa's side.
Kyogoku Takamasa had just pulled out the gun head from an ashigaru, and couldn't help but smile when he felt the solid back leaning against him.
"Saubei, you did a good job!" Kyogoku Takamasa smiled and praised.
Lin Zhengxin's frail appearance has always given people the impression that he is a weakling with no strength, but today he single-handedly defended the west corner and shot at least a dozen enemy soldiers, which really made Kyogoku Gao Zheng was impressed.
"Lord, we can't hold this place any longer, we'd better retreat quickly!"
"Evacuate to where?"
"If Sotomaru is lost, the enemy can directly attack Ninomaru. Then won't the Numata Echichu defender at Otemon be attacked from both sides?"
Lin Zhengxin looked anxiously at the more and more enemy troops gathering around him, and stamped his feet anxiously.
"Lord!"
"You are a man of ten thousand gold, and you are responsible for the revitalization of our family. How can you be in this small Haijin City..."
"Shut up!" Kyogoku Takamasa interrupted Lin Zhengxin's words unceremoniously, and then glanced at the cowering enemy troops around him with a look of contempt, "There is only one person in this world who can take the life of Kyogoku Takamasa. !”
"That's...that dead author who often cuts out updates!"
