The fall of one city means the destruction of all four cities...
Because all the fighting forces in these six cities were mobilized by Tokugawa Ieyasu...
This is a huge pit...
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"Bang!"
A cannon sounded, and a soldier fell from the top of the city, causing the ashigaru defenders to scream:
"The city lord was beheaded by an enemy general..."
The lord of Noda Castle, Suganuma Sadei, was hit by artillery and died instantly.
Under Noda Castle, the artillery team's two hundred ashigaru, organized by veteran drivers and Sanada Yukimura, carried out advanced three-stage shooting or two-stage shooting.
Because of the fixed speed of loading gunpowder, three-stage shooting is a waste. Just shoot alternately in groups of two, which is faster and better coordinated!
At this time, all the artillery soldiers looked in one direction with dumbfounded eyes...
A blond-haired foreign instructor named Solanta was holding a cannon exactly like theirs, and proudly blew a plume of blue smoke rising from the muzzle.
"I am the Gun God Solanta! Different fireworks..."
Solanta, grinning like a ghost.
A cannon, after being polished and soaked by Solanta, and the old driver suffering from pain all night long, finally added a spring with a hammer...
In the hands of Solanta, this artillery, which has an increased range of 200 meters, completely blasted the head of the city lord of Noda City with one shot...
Solanta's bravery and marksmanship greatly increased the artillery soldiers' confidence...
It has always been difficult for artillerymen to obtain the head of an enemy general as a reward for their military exploits, so promotion is very difficult.
Who killed the enemy? Even more arguing...
However, Solanta's shot opened another window to the general's name for these two hundred artillery soldiers...
"Bah bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
A continuous, neat and regular gunfire continued, completely suppressing the scattered counterattacks on the top of Noda Castle.
Miraculously, no one among the siege artillery troops under the city died...
The fixed gunpowder makes the cannon's firing range seem to be dozens of meters longer than usual.
Just in these tens of meters, life has become two heavens and eternity!
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The death of Suganuma Sadei caused the ashigaru defenders who were already panicked and had no intention of fighting to collapse!
At this time, how could they think about who the hell was attacking under the city?
All they thought about was one word: escape!
escape!
Hurry up and escape from this city! They were originally cannon fodder soldiers who were old, weak, sick and disabled...
At this time, can the Tokugawa ashigaru escape?
The two hundred artillerymen of the Takeda family were all killed with smiles on their faces, and the devil-like smiles were always blooming on their faces...
Smiling and laughing, the muscles on their faces became stiff, but the artillery soldiers were still laughing...
Smiling from ear to ear...
They fired shot after shot at an extremely fast speed!
Although Noda Castle had a commanding advantage, it didn't work. In the time it took for him to fire one shot and reload gunpowder, the other party could fire five or six shots.
Total suppression, the ashigaru on the wall could not show their heads at all. As soon as they stood up, they were hit in the head by volley guns and died...
I don’t even have a chance to shout a word about Amaterasu! How pitiful...
"boom!"
Then there was an earth-shaking loud noise, and a huge gap was opened inexplicably at the main entrance of Noda Castle.
Then...
One after another, the cavalry, all covered in blood red, rushed in waving their sabers...
A group of elite cavalry riding on harnessed war horses, they are red ghosts from hell...
Run quickly, the only way to survive is to escape from Noda Castle...
"Haga? That's the Chibeki? It's actually the Takeda family's Chibeki. Devil... hurry up and gather the city."
The sharp-eyed Tokugawa generals recognized the forces to which the siege cavalry belonged...
Takeda family......
"Baga, you're so cute? The city gate is broken, and you still want to pick up a ball? Go away..."
When life and death are at stake, it doesn't matter whether you are a general, a retainer, or a samurai. If you block the way to escape, the low-level Ashigaru will kill you...
The privileged class is ridiculously fragile in the face of life and death...
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There was chaos in Noda Castle. The soldiers, low-level generals, retainers and civil servants were all at a loss what to do.
They didn't know what happened after just one night?
Didn't the Tokugawa family go to Takeda to marry him?
Why did they attack me at the door of my own house?
Noda Castle is so important, it is the center of the entire Mikawa region and the Tokugawa family...
There were some military generals and retainers who were sensible and knowledgeable about military matters. They looked at the smoke-filled Noda Castle Ninomaru Castle Tower with dull eyes and said:
"Noda Castle has fallen, the foundation of the Tokugawa family is gone...annihilation is right in front of us!"
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Standing several miles away, looking at the fallen Noda Castle, Liu Shiba turned to Baba Nobuka and other Takeda family retainers, and said with a faint smile:
"This is Noda Castle, which Lord Shingen was unable to capture after months of effort? Look, the city is broken..."
"Lord...has the city really been destroyed?"
Baba Nobuka squinted his eyes, as if he was in a dream.
The entire siege process, from the beginning to the city's destruction, took less than an hour...
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Climbing and detouring from the mountain road, it took a lot of effort and more than a thousand ashigaru from the Takeda family to get three hundred red horses.
When the Ashigaru were resting at the foot of the mountain, Liu Shiba directly asked Takeda Katsuyori to order Yamamoto Tenfang to lead the Chibei Cavalry to attack Noda Castle.
The only difference is that each Chibei rides a war horse and two people!
The Akabi Cavalry warriors, with 200 artillerymen, a total of 500 people, launched an siege against the unprepared Noda Castle with lightning speed.
When a group of infantry and archers from the Takeda family rushed to Noda Castle to support them, they found that all that was left for them was to clean up the battlefield...
Noda Castle fell instantly...
Baba Nobuka, Takeda Katsuyori, Sanada Masayuki and his son, and other military generals and retainers of the Takeda family who followed the expedition, were all dumbfounded...
Looking at the burning Noda Castle, everyone was speechless...
The most difficult battle on the city wall was like a joke...
The strongest city gate opens in seconds...
The most difficult battle around the city became a pursuit battle...
All the Tokugawa soldiers in Noda Castle fled the city...
As the general, Takeda Katsuyori looked at Noda Castle with bulging eyes, wiping his eyes in disbelief...
"Report to the General! Ashigaru General Masayuki Sanada, Honda Ergo, and Archer General Toyoda Suika, please ask for instructions, do you want to go out? After you go out - don't know what to do?"
A red-faced messenger came back from Noda Castle and threw himself at Katsuyori's feet to ask for instructions.
After a long time, Takeda Katsuyori wriggled his lips with difficulty and said doubtfully:
"Nani? You still need to ask me? What do you do in normal times? How do you do it now..."
The messenger raised his head and responded strangely:
"In normal times? Either withdraw the troops and negotiate a peace deal, or accept the surrender of the general in charge of the city, but! The guard general was shot to death by Master Solanta..."
"Find any retainer to surrender."
Takeda Katsuyori's thinking is a little messy. You are a general who defends the city and is stationed at the castle tower. How come you were shot instantly?
