"What? Do you want the Ashigaru to take a rest?" Yu Qiuping was surprised when he heard the orderer's question, "How can we take a rest when the enemy is facing us?
"Your Majesty," the messenger said, "the Oda family has no siege equipment and is unable to climb the castle tower. They are currently staying in the castle town with nothing to do. Lord Fukushima said that the Ashigaru people worked hard for a long time yesterday. In the evening
I didn’t sleep well either, a good rest will help restore my strength.”
"That's not right." Yu Qiuping was a little persuaded, but his cautious and conservative character still did not allow him to agree immediately, "After all, there are more than 200 people, and there are only about 40 people in Beicheng. Wouldn't it be too much to rest?
Exaggerated."
"Forget it, I'll go and see for myself." Yu Qiuping sighed, still thinking that he should go there. The distance from the castle tower to the North City is less than fifty meters, and riding a horse is only a matter of a few breaths.
At the same time, the Takigawa family was struggling to move out the beam. In order to avoid making too much noise and disturbing the Imagawa army at the top of the city, the rest of the Takigawa family had to spread out, turning over the ruins and creating a
He looked confused.
"The people in the castle are really capable," Takigawa Kazumasuki secretly sighed, "If you cut it off, it will be cut off. This castle town burned beautifully on its own. If it hadn't been burned, none of our actions here would be clearly visible on the city wall."
After Yu Qiuping rushed to the city wall, he saw the Ashigaru people resting together in twos and threes. Some were leaning against the wall, and some were even lying directly on the wall. There were not even two hot oil pans that were being heated.
Go take care of it.
"Hey! Hey! What are you doing!" Yu Qiuping clapped his hands and shouted loudly, "The enemy is right in front of you! Do you still have time to sleep and take a nap?"
"My lord!" "It's your lord!" The Ashigaru hurriedly stood up and saluted after noticing Yu Qiupei's arrival.
"It's too troublesome. In the future, I will change the etiquette for you to salute on the battlefield." Yu Qiuping saw that every ashigaru had to stand up and bow, and felt that it was necessary to introduce the military salute of the modern army, but of course not now.
"How can you relax? There are more than two hundred enemies right in front of you!" Yu Qiuping pointed at the city.
"Sir, you have seen it yourself." An Ashigaru pointed at the Takigawa Army in the castle town and said, "Those Owari guys have no intention of attacking the city at all. They are just picking up rags in the castle town!"
Ashigaru's words caused the people around to burst into laughter. Yu Qiupei then supported the battlements and looked to the north, but the Takikawa army did not know what they were looking for in the gray-black ruins of the castle town.
"An Cheng, what do you think they are looking for?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"Reporting to you, sir," Fukushima Yasunari said respectfully, "I estimate that they may be looking for a complete house as a place to stay. Without a ladder, they will not be able to climb the city wall for a while, so they can really give everyone a rest."
Yu Qiuping lowered his head and looked at the five-meter-high city wall, and then at the Takigawa Army in the distance who did not carry any siege equipment, and felt a little calmer.
"Well, let you rest for a while." Yu Qiuping's words caused everyone to cheer, "I'll bring over Charlie and the archer to help you keep an eye on it. They didn't do much work yesterday and they were still very energetic.
"
When Yu Qiuping sent a messenger to let Charlie come, another messenger suddenly galloped from the south of the city on horseback. He passed by the messenger sent by Yu Qiuping and almost hit him. The messenger shouted while galloping,
"My lord! My lord! There is military information in Nancheng!" This messenger is called Aneshan Nobuyoshi. Because he has the best riding skills, Yu Qiuping selected him as the messenger.
Aneshan Nobuyoshi's anxiety suddenly made Yu Qiuping a little confused. Standing on the city wall, he shouted to him: "What's going on!" This voice attracted the attention of everyone around him, and they all looked at the messenger.
"Nancheng! Outside Nancheng!" Nobuyuki Anayama gasped for air, and his words were a little incoherent. "The Oda family's horseback tribe is constantly wandering around, as if they are going to attack!"
"Horse back to the crowd? How can the cavalry come up without siege weapons?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.
"This...I don't even know!" Nobuyuki Anesama was asked and felt a little at a loss.
"Forget it, let me go over and take a look again." Yu Qiuping said as he quickly walked down the inner stairs of the North City and down the city wall, got on his horse and ran towards the South City. Oncoming was Charlie and his men who were ordered to come. The archery team and the ashigaru on the north city gate all turned around and looked in the direction of the south city. Now Takikawa Kazuki had a panoramic view of what was going on in the north city of the Kawa family. He immediately ordered his subordinates to carry the beam to the official road. Ten ashigaru, five on the left and five friends, carried the beams and started sprinting. Two war supervising samurai followed closely beside them, followed by more than a hundred Takikawa troops.
At this time, Yu Qiuping also rushed to Nancheng. After climbing the city wall, he discovered that the so-called enemy situation that the messengers made a fuss about was just more than thirty horseback cavalry wandering in front of the city gate, roaring demonstratively from time to time. .Just this level made the Ashigaru who had killed most of the bandits extremely nervous, fearing that the war had already started from them.
"What are you making all this fuss about? They don't have any equipment and can't do anything." Yu Qiuping snorted, "I don't know why they suddenly came out and wandered around."
Suddenly, an ominous premonition came to my mind.
The moment Yu Qiuping turned around, violent shouts of killing suddenly erupted from the gate of the North City.
"What is going on!" Fukushima Yasunari watched in stunned silence as the Takikawa army in front of him magically took out a huge battering ram, and ten men rushed towards the city gate carrying the battering ram.
"Oops!" He suddenly remembered that the way to enter the city was not only to climb over the city wall, but also to break through the city gate. He knew that the gate in the north city of Licheng had also been in disrepair for a long time.
"Sir, what is that!" Charlie hurriedly arrived and led the archery team to climb the city wall. He immediately saw a giant log being carried and hit. It was only a hundred meters away from the city gate. .
"That's a battering ram! Sir, please stop him quickly." Fukushima Yasunari said urgently.
Charlie didn't say much. He took off his long bow, took out an arrow from the quiver on his back, quickly bent the bow and nocked an arrow, and aimed an arrow at the first person on the left carrying a log. The arrow shot through the air. Go and hit the ashigaru in the middle of the abdomen. After the first person fell to the ground in pain, the whole team swayed violently and almost fell to the ground.
The warrior who was supervising the battle hurriedly put his sword back into its sheath, rushed to the first position on the left, raised the beam, and continued to charge forward while shouting. Charlie didn't say much, and shot another arrow at the first one on the left. Human. However, the samurai's armor seemed to be good. The arrow penetrated deeply into the armor, but failed to make the samurai fall.
"Is the quality of this arrow so bad?" Charlie muttered, and he bent his bow again to nock an arrow. This time, the arrow hit the warrior's face. The warrior groaned and fell to the ground bleeding. Charlie quickly drew the bow. Another arrow was fired, and the second man on the left also fell to the ground. The entire battering ram fell crookedly to the ground due to the unbalanced force on the left and right. At this time, the archers beside Charlie also bent their bows and nocked arrows. After completing a round of shooting, another unlucky guy was shot to the ground.
"There is a very powerful archer!" Takigawa Kazumasaki secretly groaned, "The archery team came out! Throw feathers and arrows to suppress the archers at the top of the Imagawa family's city!"
"Follow up! Keep up! Everyone charges together!" Takigawa Yimasu jumped up on a wall, waved his hands, urging the whole team to rush up together. Two more people ran to the edge of the beam, and ten people carried
Lift the beam and continue to move forward.
Takigawa Kazuki's activity attracted Charlie's attention. He squinted his eyes to estimate the distance, then bent his bow and arrow again.
"400 steps, within my shooting range." Charlie twisted his waist suddenly, pulled the bow string, and the bow string was stretched to an exaggerated arc. After taking aim, he loosened the string with his right hand, and the sharp arrow flew across the sky, heading straight for Takigawa Ichimasu's face.
Door.
"Sir! Be careful!" A Hatamoto samurai had been paying attention to the powerful archer just now. When he saw him aiming behind him, he realized something was wrong. He hurried towards Takigawa Kazumasu, jumped suddenly, and helped him block this attack.
An arrow. However, the bow and arrow directly penetrated Hatamoto Samurai's neck. He couldn't even shout, and fell to the ground after shaking. Hatamoto Samurai's blood splashed on Takigawa Ichimasu's face.
However, Charlie had no chance to shoot the next arrow. He quickly reached the effective shooting distance - forty archers from the Takigawa family who were 100 meters away from the city wall immediately drew their bows and shot arrows, throwing them at the top of the city. Charlie hurriedly squatted down and hid on the wall.
Behind him, three feather arrows suddenly flew over where his head was. And there was an archer nearby who couldn't dodge and was shot in the abdomen. He fell down in pain and was dragged behind by his companions. And the Ashigaru at the top of the city
At this moment, they all squatted down with their heads in their hands, trying to avoid the bows and arrows.
"Counter the opponent's archers!" Charlie shouted the order in blunt Japanese. However, the untrained archers did not fire in a neat volley, but stood up and shot arrows in twos and threes. Except for Charlie, who hit one person, the other thirty
Several people only shot one enemy soldier, but one of their own was shot dead on the spot and two others were wounded.
"We are at the top of the city! It's a shame that the archers at the top of the city are suppressed by the archers below the city!" Charlie roared angrily, quickly stood up and fired another arrow, and then turned around with the force of pulling the bow.
He lay down and dodged the five arrows fired at him. However, the other inexperienced archers at the top of the city did not even have the chance to get up and take aim. As soon as they stood up, arrows were shot at them, forcing them to bend down.
Avoid.
"If this doesn't work, we should try to fire a volley." Charlie thought, but there was no good chance.
While the Imagawa family's archers at the top of the city were being suppressed, the battering ram had already rushed to the bottom of the city. Ten people worked hard and, with the shouts of one, two, one, slammed the battering ram against the gate. "
Boom!" A loud noise came from under the city wall. This was followed by the sound of knocking on the door one after another, mixed with the excited chants and killing calls of the Takikawa family soldiers.
"Don't be afraid of the arrows!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Fukushima Yasunari raised his arms and shouted. He personally carried a stone brick. Ignoring the threat of the arrows, he leaned out of the city wall and smashed the stone down the city, screaming.
The sound of banging on the door came from below the city and stopped for a moment. Seeing the ashigaru taking the lead, the other ashigaru followed suit. One by one, they yelled and rushed forward to smash stone bricks or wood at the gate of the city.
Go. However, the Takikawa family archery team soon discovered the counterattack method of the city defenders, and concentrated their firepower to shoot directly above the city gate. Two ashigaru were shot in the arm and had to temporarily withdraw from the battle. But this also gave
Charlie organized a volley of opportunities.
"Flat shot! Flat shot! Don't throw it!" Charlie emphasized loudly, "Three, two, one! Get up!" Following Charlie's roar, the archers stood up at both ends of the city wall and faced the Takikawa family archers.
The position was a volley. The Takikawa family's archers were caught off guard, and five people were shot at once. They were forced to readjust the shooting direction and concentrate their firepower on the Imagawa family's archers. At this time, the Takigawa family's follow-up ashigaru troops also
Swarming to the city, they held various unburnt defensive equipment, such as door panels and table panels, picked up from the ruins to protect the operators of the battering ram. Once someone fell, someone would immediately take over.
Position. This kind of heroic performance will be observed and recorded by the military commander, and there will be rewards and promotions after the war, so the Ashigaru people never tire of it.
The sound of banging on the door has become more violent since the recovery, and the fragile city gate is already crumbling. Fukushima Yasunari has no choice but to watch the city gate being breached. "It's going to be over!" Fukushima Yasunari
He was extremely panicked. Once the Takikawa Army entered the city, Ashigaru, who had not been trained much, would definitely not be able to defeat the Takikawa Army.