On a hill outside Kaijin City, Takashima Komochi's main formation was set up here.
With the relatively high terrain, Takashima Takamochi could easily see the entire battlefield of Kaijin City.
Although the battle did not go as smoothly as expected, Takashima Gaochi did not panic at all, because attacking the city was not their main purpose.
"According to the intelligence returned by Mesuke, most of Kaizu Castle's troops and civilians are concentrated near Otemon, and the battle in the Outer Maru is particularly fierce. Although our ashigaru have already invaded the Outer Maru, there are several warriors in the Outer Maru who are very brave. No fewer than thirty of our ashigaru and samurai have been killed by the opponent's guns."
Tanaka Songhong stood behind Takashima Takamochi and whispered.
Takashima Takamochi half-closed his eyes and carefully considered Tanaka Songhiro's words.
After a long time, Takashima Takamochi said: "Tanaka-dono means that my family's offensive against Soimaru was actually blocked by a few warriors from the opponent?"
"As much as I don't want to admit it, it's true."
"Damn it, Ueda Sonshichiro is a famous samurai in our family, but he can't even attack the outer pill?" Takashima Takamochi was slightly angry in his heart. Even though he knew that attacking the city was not that easy, Takashima Takamochi always believed that his side should be the one. The one who has the upper hand is the right one.
But according to the intelligence returned earlier, the two sides are actually evenly matched now?
There is nothing you can do against Haijin City with your own military strength!
This made Takashima Takamochi a little angry.
"Takashima-den, the person guarding Gaimaru is Kyogoku Sakyo Susumu himself!" Seeing that Takashima Takamochi was a little dissatisfied, Tanaka Matsuhiro quickly added.
"Kyogoku Sakyo-shin again... is it really Kyogoku Sakyo-shin?" Takashima Takamochi was about to pretend, but suddenly he reacted and asked in disbelief.
Tanaka Songhong nodded in acquiescence.
"It's strange. Shouldn't Sakyo Susumu Kyogoku be sitting in Honmaru and commanding the battle? Why would he go out in battle himself?"
"It is a taboo in military use to commit such a dangerous act. It seems that the rumored Yasha Saburo is not invulnerable!" Tanaka Songhong said suddenly with a little pride.
"We cannot capture Soimaru in such a hurry, and the battle at Otemon has reached a stalemate. Should we withdraw our troops temporarily?" Nagata Shigemi suggested from the side at this time.
Takashima Gaochi Shaoyi thought about it and thought it was reasonable.
"This siege is just to test the city's defenses. Now the battle is tense and it will be unfavorable to fight for a long time. I have sent an order for the troops in front to retreat and wait for an opportunity to launch another siege!"
"ha!"
Not long after, several conch sounds were blown near the Takashima family's main formation.
The Takashima family's Ashigaru, who were attacking the city, heard the retreat signal from the rear, even if they were unwilling to do so, they could only retreat in turn.
It's okay for the Ashigaru who haven't yet entered the city, so they can just turn around and run.
Some of the samurai and ashigaru who had already entered the city did not have such a good chance. At this moment, they were surrounded by the ashigaru samurai of the Numata family, and they really could not retreat calmly.
"I, Takashima Jirobei, would like to serve as a royal soldier. Please leave the city as soon as possible!"
"Don't worry Jirobei! Tanaka Hyogo is here to help!"
At this time, it was time for the warriors to cut off their wrists. Some warriors spontaneously stayed behind as palace troops, using their own flesh and blood to cover the retreat of their teammates.
Generally speaking, serving as a palace soldier is almost equal to death. Throughout the entire history of RB and the Warring States Period, few who served as the imperial runner-up had a good ending.
But it has to be said that Takashima Jirobei and others regarded death as home, which bought more ashigaru and samurai in the city time and space to retreat.
When the last samurai climbed out of the wooden fence and exited Kaijin Castle, Takashima Jirobei finally fell in a pool of blood.
Seeing the enemy retreating, Numata Mitsukane at Otemon suddenly collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily.
"My lord, the enemy troops near Otemon and Outer Maru have retreated. We have managed to hold on to the first wave of enemy attacks!" A samurai wiped his bloody saber and said with relief.
Numata Mitsukane took off the star chasing bag on his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then continued to ask: "How is the condition of Soimaru?"
"Sakyo entered the palace and almost blocked the enemies of Gaimaru with one person. However, the casualties of our family were not small. More than half of the twenty Ashigaru stationed at Gaimaru were killed."
"Let the reserve team go up and withdraw the injured Ashigaru to Ninomaru for repairs."
"ha!"
"Lord, look!"
As soon as the conversation between Numata Mitsukane and the samurai ended, a bow-wielding samurai standing on the oar platform next to the tower suddenly pointed in the direction outside the city and shouted in surprise.
Numata Mitsukane quickly climbed up from the ground and strode to the top of the tower to look outside the city.
"That's... the military strength of Yamazaki Castle?"
........
Hatayama Asanobu was very excited at the moment.
As early as when the Takashima family began to attack the city, Hatayama Chonobu had already led the troops of Yamazaki Yamashiro to ambush in the woods at the foot of the mountain, always watching the battle situation of Kaijin Castle.
Originally, Hatayama Asanobu was planning to wait for the Takashima family's ashigaru to attack the city before fighting out to cut off the escape route. However, he did not expect that after an hour of fighting, the Takashima family was blocked outside the city and was helpless.
Hatayama Chaobu could only worry on the sidelines.
Several times, Hatayama Chonobu wanted to rush out with his troops, but his reason told Hatayama Chonobu to calm down.
Soon, the troops of the Takashima family who were attacking the city began to retreat, and Hatayama Asanobu immediately knew that his opportunity had come.
When the retreating Takashima soldiers saw that the defenders in the city did not leave the city to pursue them, they put down their last precautions and moved slowly towards their own formation like refugees fleeing.
Many ashigaru were playing and playing while walking, and the entire retreating Takashima family's troops had no formation or discipline at all.
Hatayama Chaobu seized the opportunity and immediately commanded his troops to rush out of the woods.
The Takashima family's troops were completely unprepared and were directly defeated.
Some ashigaru had their heads separated before they even figured out what happened, and the whole team was in chaos.
Hatayama Chonobu personally held the sword and used his not very superb martial arts to fight his way into the formation.
After slashing left and right, several ashigaru died under Hatayama Chonobu's sword.
At this moment, Hatayama Chonobu seemed to be possessed by the God of War, and there were almost no Ichigo enemies encountered by Ashigaru along the way. The blood that splattered from time to time quickly turned Hatayama Chao's body red, and the wailing and screaming that kept ringing around made Hatayama Chao's confidence surge.
"I am Hatayama Nauchosuke, come here if you are not afraid of death!" This is a cry from Xianyu!
Hatayama Asanobu stood in the crowd and shouted loudly, with such extraordinary momentum that the Takashima family Ashigaru around him were frightened and did not dare to approach.
At the same time, Onoki Kunishige, Nagasaka Nobumasa and others also started the harvest mode, and one unlucky ashigaru fell to the guns of the two.
Doi Shinshun also led the miners into the battlefield, following Hatayama Chaobu and others to harvest the remaining enemies.
Among the Takashima family's troops, Ueda Sonshichiro saw that his troops were beaten to the point of being unable to fight back, and knowing that he could not defend himself against the enemy, he immediately issued an order to retreat.
The Takashima family's secondary formation in the rear also saw the crisis of their own troops in the front and rushed to support them.
"Hatayama-sama, please don't hesitate to fight. Our number is too small. It will be dangerous if we are surrounded!" Doi Mashun quickly came to Hatayama and shouted loudly.
Hatayama Chonobu, who was in the mood to fight, also suddenly woke up. Seeing that he had chased him to a place less than one mile away from the Takashima family's main formation, he couldn't help but feel frightened.
