There are two gates in Ninomaru in Tsukaitsu Castle, one on the east side and one on the west side, connecting Ninomaru and Main Maru. There are more than ten ludai scattered on the stone wall of Ninomaru.
Numata Mitsukane asked all the archers under his command to board the platform and shoot at the Takashima family's troops from a high position.
The gap between Ninomaru and Honmaru is extremely narrow. Even though the Takashima family has thousands of troops, they can only squeeze into this narrow passage and are in a dilemma.
Such a dense enemy army actually made the archers on the platform smile!
Basically every shot can hit an enemy. Although the Maruki bow held by the archer is not powerful enough, as small wealthy families, the Nagata family and the Tanaka family are just salted fish, so many of the ashigaru's weapons are Very shabby and shabby.
Even for the Takashima family, except for Takashima Takamochi's main team and samurai, the equipment on ordinary peasant soldiers was not much better.
The twenty archers on the platform caused many casualties to the Takashima family's ashigaru.
Numata Mitsukane, Numata and Shichiro and other samurai commanded the ashigaru to guard the tiger's mouth firmly, resisting the enemy's attack with difficulty. At this time, the Takashima family general Ueda Sonshichiro was standing in the ashigaru with a solemn face. Looking at the battle ahead.
"Where are our archers, fire arrows! Suppress the enemy archers on the platform!" Looking at the chaotic troops, Ueda Sonshichiro couldn't help shouting loudly.
Naturally, the Takashima family also has archers, but the archers said that we have no output environment at all!
Because Kaijin Castle was breached, all the Ashigaru who participated in the war were immediately enthusiastic about making meritorious deeds, and every one of them wanted to be the first to rush into Honmaru. Therefore, the tiger's mouth is already crowded with people. Ordinary peasants, soldiers and archers are mixed together, and there is no formation at all.
There are so many people around that there is no room to draw the bow, so how can we talk about releasing the arrow?
Ueda Sonshichiro gritted his teeth, looked at the chaotic ashigaru in front with a livid face, and said angrily, "A bunch of trash!"
"Where are our wooden pillars? You guys are resisting the wooden pillars to cover the ashigaru in front!" Ueda Sonshichiro said to the several ashigaru beside him.
However, after hearing what Sonshichiro Ueda said, several Ashigaru stood there with their eyes wide open for a moment.
Wooden truss?
If I remember correctly, these bulky guys would have been abandoned outside the city long ago during the siege.
"Sir... the wooden raft is still outside the city and has not been brought in." An ashigaru couldn't help but said.
Ueda Sonshichiro was stunned when he heard this, and then said angrily, "A bunch of trash!"
"It really pisses me off!"
Ueda Sonshichiro kicked the ashigaru in front of him to the ground, and said loudly, "Come on me, even if you die, you will tear open the enemy's defense line for me!"
"Whoever dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
In the previous wave of siege, the team led by Ueda Sonshichiro was really useless.
Now that Kaijin Castle Honmaru is right in front of us, if I don't make any achievements anymore, I'm afraid I will have no choice but to go home and "raise pigs".
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Ninomaru only has two tiger entrances. Numata Hikaru and his ashigaru guard the east side, while the west side is defended by Numata and Shichiro who retreated from the Katemon Gate.
The tiger's mouth was so big that only a few hundred people gathered in Ashigaru. At this time, the number of Takashima County soldiers who invaded the city was at least 2,000.
Seeing that they had nothing to do if they broke through the Honmaru, the remaining peasants and soldiers changed their goals and began to plunder the city.
As hard-working peasant soldiers, the biggest motivation for participating in the battle was to pick up the spoils after the war, and robbed property and people along the way. This was the fastest way to make a fortune.
These peasants and soldiers were not organized at all. They robbed valuable things when they saw them and broke into houses when they saw them. For a time, the entire Haijin City was filled with looting peasants and soldiers.
At the tiger's mouth on the west side, Numata, Shichiro and others faced the siege of the Takashima family's superior force. After killing more than ten ashigaru, they also suffered four ashigaru casualties.
Numata and Shichiro were now covered in the blood of the enemy, and their faces were ferocious. Many peasants and soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to step forward. Seeing this situation, Nagata Shigemi in the rear quickly said to Tanaka Songhiro next to him, "Tanaka-sama, this group of people is really difficult to deal with!"
"I didn't expect that Kaijin Castle has been breached. It's incredible that these Ashigaru still have such great fighting spirit." Tanaka Songhiro also said with a look of shock.
Generally speaking, once a city falls, except for a few samurai who will fight the final battle in Honmaru, all other troops will flee. After all, in this era, loyalty to the master's family was still a matter of samurai and had nothing to do with peasants and soldiers.
However, what happened in Kaijin Castle today broke the cognition of Tanaka Songhiro and Nagata Shigemi.
"Lord Tanaka, we can't continue like this, seize the time to eliminate this army!" Nagata Shigemi continued.
"Okay!" Tanaka Songhong immediately drew out his sword and joined the battle. Nagata Shigemi also entered the battlefield under the protection of several flags.
The participation of Nagata Shigemi, Tanaka Songhiro and others boosted the morale of the peasants and soldiers. Suddenly, the peasant soldiers' offensive became more and more fierce, and Numata, Shichiro and others began to struggle.
"Ah!" A scream sounded in the ears of Numata and Shichiro, and a samurai was begged by Tanaka Songhiro.
Numata and Shichiro looked at Tanaka Songhiro in front of them, and immediately shouted loudly, "I am Numata and Shichiro, Ashigaru Kogumi of the Numata family. How dare the enemy generals fight with me!"
Tanaka Songhong laughed and said, "Haha! You unknown person, watch me, Tanaka Shima, take your head!"
"Kill!" Tanaka Songhiro didn't waste any time, and immediately waved his sword and fought with Numata and Shichiro.
Nagata Shigemi was directing the ashigaru beside him to watch the changes. Although the two were now on a united front, from the bottom of his heart, Nagata Shigemi wished that Numata and Shichiro would kill Tanaka Songhiro with one sword.
At this moment, suddenly there was a cry of killing from the direction of the door behind Tanaka Songhong and others!
Immediately afterwards, a force bearing the Kyogoku family's four-eye knotted flag rushed into the city.
"Kill! The enemy is in the city, everyone rush!"
Nagata Shigemi, who was directing the Ashigaru battle, suddenly turned his head in shock and gritted his teeth and said, "It's the troops that attacked the Ueda team before! Damn it!"
Yes, the people coming are none other than the troops from Yamazaki Yamashiro led by Hatayama Chonobu!
After Kyogoku Takamasa escaped from Kaijin Castle, he thought over and over again and decided that he could not just give up Kaijin Castle.
After all, guarding Kaijin Castle was his previous established strategy. Once Kaijin Castle fell, he would declare the complete end of the Kyogoku family's rule over Takashima County. The people of Takashima County can rely on the terrain near Kaijin Castle to contain the Kyogoku family's army.
This result is not what Kyogoku Takamasa wants to see.
Kyogoku Takamasa also has a bigger plan in mind than annexing Takashima County, and this plan has already begun to be implemented. Once Kaijin Castle is abandoned, the success will be in vain.
As for Haijin City, we can only delay the enemy's siege as much as possible.
Kyogoku Takamasa is betting that reinforcements from the Kyogoku family will arrive faster than expected!
Therefore, after thinking for a while, Kyogoku Takamasa ordered Hatayama Chonobu, Doi Mashun and others to take the ashigaru of Yamazaki Castle to avoid the Takashima family's army at Otemon, and instead enter Kaijin Castle through the Otate Gate to kill the enemy. The army was caught off guard.
