Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1021 Enemy Disturbance 7
The battle continued until the sun began to turn westward. I don't know how many people were killed, and I don't know how many companions died. The retreat horn finally sounded - the logistics team and residents in Gonomaru had been evacuated.
After the artillery crew blocked the muzzle with wooden stakes, the defenders on the northern city wall, led by Takashi Mori, Nobuyuki Sanada and Nobushige Sanada, withdrew from the city. At this time, due to Tokugawa Ieyasu's inactivity,
The East City defenders, who were under less pressure from the battle, were able to free up a large number of manpower to assist the friendly forces in retreating. Following the large troops, they ran in confusion for who knows how long until he saw the gate of Shinomaru North Gate closed heavily behind him, and he and Saburo finally
He fell down on the road paved with bluestones as if he was separated. Paralyzed on the ground from exhaustion with him were countless volunteers belonging to the Beicheng garrison.
Yosaburo sat on the ground and gasped for breath. He waited for a long time before gradually regaining his mobility. Only then did he realize that he had been helped by members of the logistics team to a small table to prepare at some point. There was a table on the table.
The same sumptuous lunch. However, Yu Sanlang had no intention to move. Instead, he stood up in confusion and wanted to find his father - the two brothers who grew up together had left one after another in two days, and Yu Sanlang was on the battlefield.
He didn't have time to think about anything else, but as soon as he stopped, he felt terribly uncomfortable. He turned around a few times and found his father on another street corner. He threw himself into his father's arms without saying a word and began to cry bitterly. Wen
The assistant was stunned for a moment and didn't ask any more questions, but he already understood everything. He just quietly stroked the child's back with his hand to comfort him.
At this moment, the volunteers gathered in the corner heard a burst of rapid footsteps. Everyone looked back and found that the veteran named Goro Uchida had come back at some point. His face and the right half of his body were covered with blood.
He was wrapped in bandages one after another, and it looked like he was seriously injured.
"The order from Lord Mouri, the captain of the North City Guards." Uchida Goro raised the white paper in his hand and grinned sadly, "When I followed His Highness on the expedition, Lord Mouri was still not even able to use a spear.
Young man, now he has become a captain and company commander."
"The 7th Squadron of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Beicheng Garrison lost a total of 87 people in the previous battle, including all Red Leaf Army soldiers and garrison troops except Goro Uchida. It was judged that it had lost its effective combat capability and is now headed by
Goro Uchida took over as the squadron leader, transferred to the reserve team, and is on standby in the Shinomaru neighborhood!"
After Uchida Goro announced the order, everyone's expressions instantly darkened. The roar of iron cannons and artillery kept ringing from the top of Shinomaru. There were also many volunteers still fighting in the streets of the Shinomaru neighborhood separated by a wall, but they
There is nothing I can do to help - it only took a day and a half, and more than half of them were dead. So many familiar neighbors will never wake up.
"Becoming a reserve force does not mean that we can do nothing. When the Shinomaru Castle Wall falls, our squadron will switch to street fighting to cover the garrison, residents and logistics teams to evacuate!" Uchida Goro continued to announce in a loud voice.
, "In order to ensure smooth command, we now need to select a few brave people from you volunteers to serve as team captains to take over the positions of the fallen Red Leaf Army soldiers and security forces!"
"Funsuke!" Goro Uchida was the first to call his father's name, which shocked Yosaburo. Wensuke immediately let go of his son in his arms, said "come", and stood in front of the queue.
Saburo stared blankly at his father's back, wondering how that man who was so cowardly that he didn't dare to fight back even as he watched his parents being hacked to death, came to be associated with "bravery". So much so that when his own name was called,
Yosaburo was stunned for a while before he came to his senses.
"You are the ones
I will reorganize everyone as the temporary team leader. You must obey my orders and lead your men." Goro Uchida ordered everyone, but everyone just listened listlessly. Goro Uchida
Seeing this, he let out a long sigh, then cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Cheer up, everyone! Do you want all the brothers who died before to die in vain?"
"We have to hold on for three more days, and the Red Leaf Army will be back on the 17th. Both of my children are serving in the Red Leaf Army. When they come back, Maple Leaf Mountain City will be saved." Goro Uchida took off his helmet, and everyone then
It was discovered that most of his hair was gray, "But within three days, there was nothing left. Maple Mountain Castle was lost, and tens of thousands of members of the Hongye Army fell into the hands of the Oda family. What else can you do to them?"
Fighting? Maple Leaf Mountain Castle has been lost. Madam, the Young Master and the Young Madam will also fall into the hands of the Oda family. How dare you let the Red Leaf Army come to rescue us? If we cannot defend Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, everything will be lost. Oda Nobu
You have all seen the arrest warrant of the chief. If those hundreds of thousands of barbarian warriors from Guandong are allowed to enter the city, how many of the hundreds of thousands of fellow villagers in the city will survive? The people behind you are none other than you.
My own parents, wife and children! If you don’t work hard here, who will work hard?”
"I'm an old man now, and I can't do it anymore, but I know that as long as I can still walk, I have to come out." Goro Uchida sighed again, and shook it off.
His hands were so nimble back then, "But His Highness Hongye taught us countless times during his lifetime that we men must protect those who rely on us! We cannot let them down! Even if we die today, we will die in the battle. Even if we die today, we must die in battle."
If we hold on for another quarter of an hour, our fellow villagers will have one more minute of chance of survival! Even if it is to avenge the late His Highness Hongye, we cannot look like this listless! Cheer up!"
"For Momiji-sama!" Goro Uchida shouted, raising his arms.
"For Your Highness Hongye!" The defeated soldiers of the 7th Squadron shouted out all the frustration, sorrow and pain in their hearts with a unified roar, leaving only the faith to fight until the last moment.
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At this time, on the Gonomaru castle wall.
"It's easy, we took down the outer wall in half a day." Kawajiri Hidetaka crossed his arms and smiled leisurely at the other Oda family samurai beside him, "Why should a bunch of peasants who have never been on the battlefield fight with us?
An elite fighter who has experienced hundreds of battles?"
"The tactics my lord left for us in advance are really effective." Ota Ushiichi recalled the order sent by Oda Nobunaga before the army started to attack, and still couldn't help but admired, "Looking at the soldiers of the Red Leaf Army, even if
We have to fight even if we accidentally injure friendly forces. To put it bluntly, these people are just a mob. Without the backbone of the Hongye Army, they are not an enemy at all. Once we have almost exhausted the Hongye Army, this city will be within reach."
"The resistance at the top of Gonomaru Castle is still very tenacious. Lord Kawajiri and Lord Ohta should be careful." Hori Hidemasa, as a member who participated in the siege of Ishiyama Gobo, reminded very cautiously, "Such a momentum is simply unbelievable.
For the followers of the Yixiang Sect.”
"Even if those bald donkeys came, I would kill them all together, not to mention these people haven't even shaved their heads." Hidetaka Kawajiri sneered twice, looking at the Oda soldiers who were advancing rapidly in the city and the soldiers who were trying to push the artillery into the city.
The Otsutsu team in the city said, "Before nightfall today, I will capture Shinomaru!"
Kawajiri Hidetaka was not boasting casually. In fact, he did have arrogant confidence. When more than two hundred artillery pieces of the Oda family were pushed into the city and began to bombard the top of Shinomaru Castle, the four sides of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle
Nomaru also fell into decline.
With their previous experience in Beicheng, the soldiers of the Red Leaf Army were already very worried when they fought in the city, for fear of being hit by the Oda family's shooting without distinguishing between friend and foe. However, no matter how careful they are, all this is inevitable. When the samurai of the Oda family
When jumping onto the city wall, the Red Leaf Army will always challenge them.
The Oda family's iron gunners and the Otsutsu team identified those highly skilled Hongye Army soldiers. Once they fought near the wall, they would shoot indiscriminately without any explanation, knocking down the Red Leaf Army soldiers in a pool of blood. Although this
The fighting method also hurts the morale of the Oda family, but who said that there are many people on the Oda family's side? How can a 400,000-strong army be afraid of attrition against the more than 10,000 Hongye troops in the city? Even if a reserve team is beaten by friendly forces and complains, the morale collapses
, the worst case scenario is to change to a reserve team. But the soldiers of the Hongye Army died one by one.
However, what the Oda army did not expect was the large-scale street fighting launched by the Yuqiu family defenders. Maple Leaf Mountain Castle was a huge city with countless houses, which also provided an excellent place for street fighting. The volunteers took advantage of the terrain.
He was so familiar with them that he kept appearing and attacking in the streets and alleys, which made the Oda family's siege troops miserable. Hōya Yorōtaka and Kanamori Nagakon were troubled, and finally chose to inspect and eliminate one house after another.
The guerrillas of the Yuqiu Army finally drove them out of the neighborhood in droves. The Oda family's troops blocked several gates of Shinomaru, hoping to trap these guerrillas in the town of Shinomaru.
They were wiped out, but one after another they fled to the east city and withdrew into the Shinomaru through the Shinomaru gate of the east city that had been unable to be sealed.
"What is His Majesty Tokugawa doing?" Hidetaka Kawajiri, who was outraged by the news, galloped his horse to the east city and found that all the reserve units of the Tokugawa army were listlessly grinding away at work, clearly occupying the most important offensive position.
, but they did not even launch a decent offensive. Instead, they blocked all the troops of the Kanto Daimyo behind them. They saw large numbers of Yuqiu troops withdrawing from the door under their noses, but they showed no sign.
"Send an envoy to tell His Highness Tokugawa that in front of the Tokugawa family's retainers and soldiers: 'If this is how the so-called 'Mikawa man' fights, then he might as well give up his position now and give it to the ladies."
He fought well.'" Kawajiri Hidetaka asked the envoy to bring the most vicious taunts among samurai, trying to use provocation to spur Tokugawa Ieyasu to fight. However, not long after, the envoy ran back in despair.
"Sir, His Highness Tokugawa replied and said that he is ready to give up his position at any time. I wonder which female army Master Kawajiri will send?"
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However, no matter how much Tokugawa Ieyasu delayed, the fall of the Shinomaru castle wall was still inevitable. Shinomaru did not have as complete fortifications as Gonomaru, and the number of artillery and shooting holes was very limited. The Oda army was overwhelming.
It was almost difficult to fight back in the face of the superior firepower of the city. The housing under the city provided too many hiding places for the attackers. As the number of Hongye Army soldiers continued to decrease, there were fewer and fewer experienced Hongye Army troops at the head of the city, and the group was leaderless.
It became increasingly difficult for the volunteers to assume the heavy responsibility of defense. The volunteers, who had lost their commanders and backbone, were defeated even though they tried their best to resist. By nightfall, the Oda Army had already stood on the top of Shinomaru.
With the large-scale transfer of logistics teams and residents, street fighting in Shinomaru is about to break out.
In the early morning of June 15, the tenth year of Tensho (1582), when it was just light enough to support the attack, the attack horn of the army of the world sounded. These well-equipped and battle-hardened soldiers rushed into Shinomaruchi
In the urban area of the city, they were greeted by Sanlang and other volunteer street fighting troops composed of the people of Maple Leaf Mountain City.