The warriors who boarded the city were only a few steps away from where Yu Qiuping was commanding. The two sides accidentally turned their heads and looked at each other, full of astonishment and surprise. The warrior noticed the exquisiteness of Yu Qiuping's armor.
Zi recognized that Yu Qiuping must be a big shot. He immediately drew the knife in his hand and rushed towards Yu Qiuping.
Yu Qiuping hurriedly pulled out the long sword from the scabbard. This sword was given to him by Toshi Sena when he gave him the armor. It had never been used before. Before he could adjust his posture, the samurai had already drawn the sword and was about to charge at him.
Cut off.
"Oops!" Yu Qiuping secretly screamed something bad. Suddenly, the warrior who came straight towards him suddenly fell to the ground. Although Yu Qiuping didn't understand why this happened, he still quickly raised his sword and dropped it.
, slashed the samurai's back with the knife. The blade penetrated into the armor, and the sticky feeling soaked into the flesh made Yu Qiuping feel sick for a moment. The samurai who was not dead struggled hard, and blood continued to splash along the wound.
When he came out, Yu Qiuping, who had stabbed someone for the first time, almost vomited.
Suddenly, at some point, Omaezaki Nakahide, who was sitting next to him, stabbed the man in the throat with a knife. The warrior vomited a few mouthfuls of blood and stopped moving. Only then did Yu Qiuping discover that the samurai's right calf was under the knife.
, pressing one foot, the owner of the foot is none other than Omaezaki Nakahide.
So this guy just sat down and tripped this samurai! Yu Qiupei smiled at Omaezaki Nakahide, who expressed his satisfaction with his dirty tricks with a proud look on his face.
In these few moments, more and more samurai and ashigaru samurai of the Sasa family rushed to the top of the city. "Archers! Retreat!" Yu Qiuping hurriedly greeted Charlie and led the archers to retreat down the city wall, and Nakahide Omaezaki
He commanded the ashigaru men to fight hand to hand. Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yufuyo on both sides were under less pressure, and several people came to support them.
Among the five samurai who rushed to the city gate first, one of them had been killed by Yu Qiupei and Omaezaki Nakahide. But the other four were extremely brave. Since most of the ashigaru warriors in the two armies were holding long spears, they were at close range.
It was very disadvantageous in a melee, but the katana was an excellent weapon for melee. In addition, the samurai were superb in martial arts. In a few rounds, five Imagawa Ashigaru were cut down to the ground. They were
A large space was opened at the top of the city, and a steady stream of ashigaru climbed up the city wall from behind.
Yu Qiupei and Omaezaki Nakahide quickly moved towards the center to greet them. The two of them used samurai swords to attack a samurai together. The samurai was caught off guard and was slashed in the arm by Yu Qiupei. He immediately retreated with blood flowing. However, the warrior who reacted
The Sasaka Ashigaru immediately launched a counterattack against Amakihei and others, forcing Amakihei and Omaezaki Nakagashi to retreat step by step. Behind them, the Imagawa Ashgaru rushed to help, but they could only hold on to the five-meter-wide wall.
There was a stalemate, unable to close the gap to prevent Zuo Zuo's army from continuing to climb the city.
On the other side of the central city wall, Yoshioka Katsumasa, who was extremely powerful, wielded his tachi to chop and kill indiscriminately. His moves were wide open and closed without any particular rules, but in this small space, he killed the two samurai who were facing him.
He was beaten to pieces. The samurai near the wall tried to strike a blow with Yoshioka Katsumasa, but was shocked and staggered back. He fell off the wall. The other samurai was unable to stand on his own, and Yoshioka Katsumasa relied on the ashigaru behind him.
With the personal bravery of Yoshioka Shengzheng, the situation was opened up and the gap was continuously closed. The two warriors on Yu Qiuping's side saw that something was not going well behind them, so they were distracted and were stabbed by Yu Qiuping.
"Counterattack! Counterattack!" Yoshioka Katsumasa roared with a loud voice, and the Imagawa family Ashugaru on both sides were beating with passion. They were about to drive all the Sazo army off the tower, but suddenly another burst of arrows struck, and for a moment
Several people were injured by arrows, and Yu Qiuping himself was also shot in the shoulder. The armor was of good quality and was not shot through. However, Omaezaki Nakahide's team had unknowingly suffered close to 30% casualties, and there were simply people on both sides.
friendly forces, otherwise the troops may be at risk of collapse at any time.
Yu Qiuping took the time to glance outside the city. The forty or so Oda family archers under the city gate were constantly shooting at the city, and the archers on the observation deck were also constantly harvesting lives. Just now, their target had been the Imagawa family.
The archers and the ashigaru who threw the wood and rolling stones, so Yu Qiuping and other hand-to-hand ashigaru warriors had not yet felt the threat of the arrows. But as the first two types of people withdrew from the battlefield, the firepower of the bows and arrows immediately came towards Yu Qiuping and the others.
The Imagawa family's archery team has just retreated from the city wall. On top of the city, there are only about ten ashigaru from the Sasa family on the city. They are all mixed with the Imagawa army, making it impossible to aim and shoot. However, the city wall is narrow, and those who can engage in hand-to-hand combat can
There were only a few people standing in the front row in Ashigaru, and a large number of people behind were shot at by arrows pointlessly. After two rounds of shooting, nearly ten people had been hit by arrows, and a dozen more people were scratched by arrows.
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"No, we can't be attacked by bows and arrows in vain on the west city wall." Yu Qiuping retreated from the front line slightly, panting heavily in the back row, quickly thinking about the response plan in his mind, "We are small and cannot withstand the consumption. Such consumption
It’s such a loss.”
"How can we avoid being shot by these archers?" Yu Qiuping glanced at the archers who were planning to shoot again under the city wall, "Now on the city wall, whoever has more people will suffer! Because only those at the front are involved in the battle.
People, the people behind are still being shot at. It’s a great target to aim at! If Oda’s family is small, our archers can’t shoot! Now we are being beaten by more than we can!”
"Yes!" Yu Qiuping suddenly thought of a way to deal with it, "Then it would be great if there were more people from the Oda family on the city wall! Isn't it because we use more to defeat fewer people! After leaving the west city wall, their archers
There’s no way to cover and shoot!”
Positions are dead, but people are alive. If a position can no longer bring an advantage to the defender in terms of scene or exchange ratio, then why should we defend it? Give it up as soon as possible!
Retreat to a better position and form a local advantage!
"Quick! Quick!" Yu Qiuping suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs, "Imagawa troops on the west wall must obey the order and all withdraw from the west wall!"
"Shengzheng! I taught you over there! Guard the southwest corner of the city wall!" Yu Qiuping shouted to Jigang Shengzheng who was separated, "Zhongxiu! Take your people and retreat from the stairs.
Retreat to the bottom of the stairs and defend! Block them on the city wall!" Yu Qiuping turned around and gave orders to Omaezaki Nakahide. Omaezaki Nakahide immediately raised his voice and asked all the original West City guards who had been separated to go down to the city. Yu Qiuping
Before descending the city from the north side of the stairs, he asked Ogawa Yufuyu to guard the northeast corner of the city wall and prevent the Oda army from attacking the north city wall. The Imagawa army quickly retreated like a tide, making it impossible for the Oda army shooters to aim at once.
The arrows fired in a hasty change of direction failed to cause many casualties.
When Ame Qiupei retreated from the city, Amano Keitoku had already led the reserve team in the castle tower to the stairs below the city. He joined Omaezaki Nakahide's troops who had been cut off from the rear, and together they built a defense line around the stairs to hinder Sasa's army's attack.
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"Thompson! Take your people to the castle tower!" Yu Qiuping shouted to the archers beside the castle tower!
"Get ready to counterattack!" Yu Qiuping raised the corner of his mouth slightly when he saw more and more Zuozuo troops on the city wall starting to pursue them.
Due to the retreat of the Imagawa Army, the Sazu Army's climb to the west city became unimpeded. Soon, almost all Sazo Army soldiers had climbed onto the narrow city wall, and there was a crowding phenomenon around several ladders.
The archers outside Tai and Xicheng lost their shooting targets for a moment and looked at each other in bewilderment.
"What? Is this a victory?" Masaji Sasa, who was supervising the battle below, saw that the Imagawa army actually gave up on the west city wall. "Is the morale so low? They fought for only a short time and then retreated?"
Sasa Masaji was a little unbelievable, so he climbed up a ladder and planned to go to the west city wall to take command in person. Behind him, the soldiers of the Mori family were also preparing to start climbing the city.
However, Sasa Masaji's climb to the city was not smooth. The team in front of him could not move no matter what. After struggling for a long time, he finally squeezed onto the city wall. The scene in front of him surprised him. He originally thought that the Imagawa family had given up.
Resistance, the next step should be the pursuit of the defeated army by your own army.
However, he found that his troops were blocked on the west city wall and were in a dilemma.
Where the West City Wall and the North and South City Walls are connected, the corner is very narrow, making it difficult to deploy troops. The Imagawa Army has about forty men in each of the South City and North City guarding the corners. It is difficult for the Zuozu Army to attack the South City and North City no matter what.
The city wall. Those Ashigaru who tried to go down the stairs of the west city and then enter the castle tower were blocked by the teams of Fukushima Yasunari and Omaezaki Nakahide who gathered in front of the stairs. Some people wanted to jump directly from the middle of the stairs.
He went down, but was immediately stabbed to death by the Imagawa family's ashigaru who were waiting for him below. The two ashigaru armies stabbed each other with spears from a distance in the middle of the stairs.
What's even more deadly is that both the west city wall and the stairs leading to the south and north walls are now exposed to the sight of the Imagawa family's archery team on the third floor of the castle tower. They are shooting non-stop, every time
A salvo would hit five or six people. The dilemma faced by Imagawa's army just now was now his turn.
Sasa Masaji watched his men fall one by one, but was unable to open up the situation, and his eyes turned red. Behind him, the Mori family had already begun to climb the city. If they wanted to withdraw from the west city, they would definitely be blocked, and they would have to pay more.
Massive casualties.
He suddenly understood the reason for all this reversal. Just now in Xicheng, 240 people from the Oda family defeated more than 100 people from the Imagawa family. Naturally, the Oda family had the advantage. But after the Imagawa army released his troops to the city, at this moment it was
More than 200 people from the Imagawa family defeated his army of less than 100 people.
"Where are my samurai!" Masaji Sasaki became angry. As one of the seven guns of Azukizaka, he naturally had a sense of bravery. He shouted, and several samurai with superb martial arts skills and well-equipped weapons gathered around him.
Next to him. "Come with me! Rush to the castle tower! Expand our position! Let the troops behind us continue to climb the city!"
Or simply kill the enemies in front of him. He said to himself in his heart. This way he can control the city gate and let Sen Kecheng's troops enter the city.
After that, he pulled out his katana from the scabbard. He shouted and rushed out, pushing aside his own ashigaru blocking the way on the stairs, and plunged into the Imagawa army formation. Several samurai behind him immediately followed him.
The Imagawa Army Ashgaru was caught off guard, and many people were killed at once. A shallow hole was torn open in the defense line. The Sasaka Ashigaru immediately started to follow. The morale of Omaezaki Nakahide's team suddenly dropped to the bottom.
, the Ashigaru were retreating steadily and had no intention of resisting. After suffering a heavy setback, they collapsed helplessly, discarded the bamboo spears in their hands, and fled towards the friendly forces at the castle tower.
Seeing that things were not going well, Fukushima Yasunari and Omaezaki Nakahide drew their swords in their hands. They surrounded Sasa Masaji and barely blocked his advance. However, the other samurai became more and more courageous as they fought, slashing and killing the one holding the spear.
The Imagawa Ashigaru and Fukushima Yasunari's troops on the side rushed to meet the defeated Omaezaki Nakahide's team, and at the same time blocked the gap to prevent the Sasa Ashugaru on both sides from killing them and taking control of the city gate. However, only the remaining
Fukushima Yasunari's one-man army was gradually unable to resist.
"Thompson! Kill him!" Yu Qiuping saw that Masazu Sasa was charging too fiercely, and in desperation, he shouted directly in front of the two armies.
Before he finished speaking, the sound of loosened strings sounded from the castle tower above his head.
"Within 50 steps, you will never miss!" Following Charlie's low roar, the sharp arrow shot straight into Sasa Masaji's throat. Sasa Masaji, who was charging, was directly hit by this powerful momentum.
He fell backwards, and the blood spurted from his mouth was almost as tall as a man. After struggling on the ground for a few times, he reluctantly died in battle with his eyes wide open.
Seeing the death of the family master, the samurai beside them instantly collapsed emotionally. Howling like crazy, they rushed towards the corpse of the family master and tried to drag the body back. Fukushima Yasunari and Omaezaki Nakahide caught up and killed each other with one sword.
The two samurai who had been unable to attack for a long time were defeated. The morale of the Sasa family, which was supported by the bravery of the family leader, completely collapsed. After fighting hard for more than half an hour, they had already suffered nearly 30% casualties. The samurai who were responsible for commanding and supervising the battle were all on the front line.
People can restrain the behavior of the ashigaru. The ashigaru who were shot by bows and arrows in vain could no longer bear it. They threw down the bamboo spears in their hands and fled out of the city one after another. Many people were squeezed down the stairs and walls among each other. Then
Several samurai who wanted to protect the head of the family were killed one after another by the Imagawa army.
"Every unit! Turn to counterattack!" Yu Qiuping raised his arms and shouted, and the three teams that could still fight began to counterattack the Zuozuo Army in front of them. The Zuozuo Army who fled in a panic was chased and assassinated many people, and they crowded around several ladders.
You fought for it, pushing your companions away and trying to get off the ladder yourself, but no one was willing to turn around and fight.
Mori Katsunari and Takigawa Kazumasu didn't expect that Sazuo's army, which had been going smoothly just now, would suffer a disastrous defeat after attacking the city wall. They hurriedly ordered the archers to shoot arrows at the top of the city to cover their evacuation.
"Don't chase! Don't catch up with Xicheng! You're going to be a target!" Yu Qiuping sternly stopped the pursuit of Ogawa Yudong and Yoshioka Katsumasa, "Stay on your city wall! Just let the archers shoot!"
"But sir! If we rush forward, we will probably shoot a few people to death, but we can hack to death as many as a dozen people!" Yoshioka Shengzheng, his face flushed with anxiety, shouted towards Yu Qiuping in the center of the city, "Let us chase
ah!
"No!" Yu Qiuping rode his horse to the south wall and shouted, "We don't have enough people! We can't withstand the attrition! Anyway, this army has collapsed and won't be able to attack again within a few days. There is no need to fight for them."
Sacrificing the lives of my brothers! I want to take as many people back to Junfu as possible!"
Yu Qiuping's words made Yoshioka Katsumasa suddenly realize. The Imagawa army gave up the pursuit, and only the archers kept shooting at the escaping Sazuo army.
At two o'clock in the morning, all Oda troops evacuated the city wall, and the second attack failed.