In Gozeyama Castle Gate, Takeda Gendo, the head of the Takeda family, woke up. He was forcibly awakened by his samurai.
During the day, Takeda Nobutoyo attended the waka party together. Takeda Gendo also drank a lot of wine, and he was still drunk at the moment. Takeda Gendo was very angry when he was suddenly woken up.
However, Takeda Gendo had no time to get angry. The samurai's words caused Takeda Gendo to fall into a brain panic state.
"Lord! Oh no, a fierce battle broke out at Otemon. The Kyogoku family has captured Otemon. Now the Yoshimi family and the Muto family are preparing to retake Otemon!"
"What?" Takeda Gendo suddenly lost all sleep, and exclaimed in disbelief, "How could the Kyogoku family suddenly capture Otemon?"
"It's Lord Yamagata! Lord Yamagata opened the city gate and let in the Kyogoku family's troops outside the city!"
"Shimonosuke?"
"Asshole!" Takeda Gendo roared, "What is Shimonosuke doing! What good will it do him to betray my family!"
"Hurry up and gather your troops and go to Otemon to support the Yoshimi family and the Mutou family!" Takeda Gendo quickly put on his gear and said loudly while tying his laces.
After putting on the gear, Takeda Gendo suddenly thought of something, and then asked sharply: "Where is my lord, have you informed me?"
"My lord is still sleeping soundly and cannot be woken up at all!"
"Oh! It's really God's death for our family!" Takeda Gendo suddenly shed a line of clear tears, and then said with a decisive look: "I, Takeda Gendo, will never let down the trust of my brother. Come with me. Today I will share the life of Gozeyama Castle. Life or death!"
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Masakune Yoshimi and Yuki Muto took the lead in arriving at Otemon with their troops, but before they could reach Otemon, they encountered stubborn resistance from the Amomori family and the Isono family.
At first, Masakune Yoshimi and the two of them did not take the hundreds of ashigaru in front of them seriously, but when the two sides started fighting, Masakune Yoshimi and Tomomi Muto also felt their scalps go numb for a while.
Is Kyogoku's Ashigaru that strong?
Masakune Yoshimi and Yuki Muto rushed up directly with their troops. Their teams were all elite ashigaru selected by the leaders, and they were composed of dozens of samurai from their families. They were the most powerful under their command. Strong combat power.
If it is a normal battle, in order to avoid losing the elite ashigaru of the team, they will basically let other ashigaru go up and consume them first, and then lead the team into the battle.
But in order to recapture Otemon as quickly as possible, both of them directly sent their own team.
However, their team, which they were so proud of, was actually helpless against the Kyogoku family ashigaru in front of them. Soon they even found that they couldn't beat them?
"Are these people the main force of Kyogoku Takamasa?" Itami Masakune and Muto Tomoe secretly thought in their hearts, otherwise how could these Ashigaru have such fighting power?
Itami Masakune and Muto Tomoe had a hard time fighting, and Amemori Kiyosada and Isogata Masaru also had a hard time.
Although the Ashigaru under their command are powerful and brave, their equipment is far inferior to that of the Yoshimi family and the Muto family.
Especially among the ashigaru of the Umori family, many of them don't even have jinkamas, and most of them have bobumaki (white stripes on their heads) wrapped around their heads. Some ashigaru don't even have a decent set of gear.
There is no way, the Yusen family is poor!
Generally speaking, the Ashikaru of the Yoshimi family and the Muto family still have more advantages. Especially when more and more ashigaru began to enter the battlefield, the overwhelming advantage in numbers allowed the Yoshimi family and the Muto family to quickly gain the upper hand.
Amemori Kiyosada and Isono Danmasa commanded the troops to fight and retreat, and soon retreated to Otate's door.
At the same time, Akao Kiyosuna and Yamagata Morinobu on the castle tower were not idle either. They directly threw the stones used to defend the city at the Takeda family's ashigaru.
"Mr. Yamagata, I will leave the castle tower to you. I will go and support Tanba and Yabei right now!" Akao Kiyosuna looked at the situation on the battlefield and knew that it was impossible for the two of Isono Tamashi to withstand the siege of thousands of enemy troops. , so he was ready to play.
Yamagata Shengxin nodded, "Don't worry, Akao-sama, I'll leave it to you now!"
With Akao Kiyosuna's participation in the battle, the pressure on Isono Yuanmasa and his two brothers was relieved. Akao Kiyosuna and Ashikaru fought out from the flank of Muto Tomoe and went straight to Muto Tomoe's main team.
The ashigaru outside the Muto family are all ordinary ashigaru, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of Muto Tomoe's main team. Therefore, after being attacked by Akao Kiyozuna, those who were beaten were unable to fight back.
Although the Muto family and the Yoshimi family have a large number of ashigaru, the Otemon gate is relatively narrow, and the advantage of the number of ashigaru cannot be fully reflected.
If they were placed in a plain area and surrounded by nearly ten thousand troops, no matter how brave Isono Danmasa and others were, they would never be able to hold out for long.
"Takeda Gendo is here, Yamagata Shengxin comes out to lead him to death!"
Just as the fierce battle at Otemon was in full swing, Takeda Gendo led Ashigaru to kill from the direction of Soimaru.
The Outer Maru is located to the west of Otemon, and there is a special passage connecting Otemon, so Takeda Gendo can easily reach the castle tower directly from the passage.
Yamagata Shinobu was also startled by Takeda Gendo, but looking at the sparse ashigaru behind Takeda Gendo, Yamagata Shinobu also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Takeda Gendo is the head of the Takeda family, and he sounds like he has a very high rank, his command is not much, and the number of peasants and soldiers under his command will not exceed 300.
There were seven to eight hundred people in Ashigaru under Yamagata Shengnobu. Facing Takeda Gendo, Yamagata Shengnobu did not panic at all.
"Inuhachiro, that is the Takeda family's head, the Takeda's junior assistant, and my uncle! If possible, capture him alive, don't hurt his life!" Yamagata Shengxin wanted to command the city. He was in Ashigaru, so he had no time to fight Takeda Gendo, so he could only let Yamaoka Inuhachiro beside him.
After hearing Yamagata Shengxin's words, the murderous look in Yamagata Inuhachiro's eyes also subsided a bit.
"Don't worry, Mr. Shanxian, I know what's going on!"
After saying that, Yamaoka Inuhachiro led dozens of ashigaru and rushed towards Takeda Gendo.
Whether it is Yamagata Morinobu, Yamaoka Inuhachiro, or Akao Kiyosuna and others, they all understand that they alone cannot win. They had only one mission, to open and hold the city gate until Kyogoku Takamasa's army arrived.
Therefore, they did not expect to be able to repel the Takeda family's attack. They only needed to delay the enemy as much as possible and buy Kyogoku Takamasa time.
It turned out that Kyogoku Takamasa's actions were faster than they imagined.
Kyogoku Takamasa knew very well that there were not many ashigaru under the command of Yamagata Shengnobu. Even with the help of Akao Kiyozuna and others, their military strength was much smaller than that of the Takeda family ashigaru in Gozeyama Castle. Therefore, Yamagata Shengnobu had It is impossible for Xin and others to hold on for too long.
Therefore, Kyogoku Gaomasa asked Uesaka Munanobu to command the entire army to march towards Gozeyama Castle in an orderly manner, while he himself rushed up first with the troops of Iguchi, Akan and other people. Numata Mitsukazu also followed closely with the troops of Sakata County.
At this moment, Kyogoku Gaomasa finally arrived with his troops.
Seeing the city gate wide open, Kyogoku Takamasa knew that he had come at the right time, and immediately shouted loudly: "Kyogoku Sakyo is here, don't panic, everyone, the Kyogoku family will win this battle!"
"The Kyogoku family will win!" Aguchi Sadashige and Iguchi Keigen, who were beside Kyogoku Takamasa, also shouted in unison with their peasant soldiers.
Akao Kiyosuna and others, who were fighting hard in the city, also heard the shouts outside the city. When they heard Kyogoku Takamasa's voice, Isono Wanmasa and Amamori Kiyosada suddenly felt that they were full of strength again.
"Hahahaha, Sakyo has entered the palace, you are finished with the Takeda family!"
Compared to the excitement of Akao Kiyosuna and others, Muto Tomoe, Yoshimi Masakune and others felt less comfortable.
"it's all over........."
