After a fierce battle, Yu Qiuping began to organize people to clean up the battlefield. The corpses of the enemy and our troops were scattered on the walls of the West City and the stairs of the lower city of the West City. The work of treating the wounded was carried out under the supervision of the guards. In the previous battle,
The daibei had been commanding the orderly soldiers who were temporarily out of use, and helped evacuate the wounded to safety before everyone evacuated from Xicheng, thus saving the lives of many people.
"Be sure to do your best to rescue the wounded. If you need anything, tell me and I will find a way to do it." Yu Qiuping ordered.
"As you command, my lord!" the guard responded.
This siege brought a lot of casualties to Omaezaki Nakahide's team. 11 people died, 14 were seriously injured, and almost all the participants suffered minor injuries. The team lost 25 people, which can be said to be a heavy casualty. This
Among them, nearly half of the deaths and serious injuries were caused by Sasa Masaji's last desperate attack. At that time, Omaezaki Nakahide's team had collapsed, so they had to stabilize their position in time, otherwise everything would be out of control. More than a dozen people in the two battles
All seriously injured people were sent to the castle tower for treatment. Fukushima Yasunari and Omaezaki Nakahide switched places and monitored the west city on his behalf. The casualties of Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutō's troops were not particularly serious, with only 4 people dead and 6
Everyone was seriously injured. The ashigaru who died in the battle were put into newly made coffins by the jaibei.
But in this defensive battle, Imagawa Army played a great exchange ratio. In the city alone, 29 corpses of Zuo Zuo Army were found, as well as 12 wounded who were seriously injured and unable to move. Yu Qiuping did not execute them in cold blood.
Instead, they were first sent to the castle for resettlement. In addition, more than 30 sets of bamboo hemp armor, 11 samurai swords and more than 40 bamboo spears were seized, which were a great supplement to the Imagawa army.
Later, when he saw the Ashigaru holding the tips of their spears and cutting off the heads of the corpses of the Oda family one by one, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt very unbearable. The corpses of the Oda soldiers were sent to the no-man's land of the North City to be burned, and the heads were burned.
Stacked in the castle tower.
"Many of the Ashigaru have never seen blood or killed anyone." Amano Kyoutori saw that Yu Qiuping was a little intolerant, so he persuaded them, "Let them experience these cruel things, and they will no longer be afraid on the battlefield."
"That's it." Yu Qiuping sighed. As the head of the Sasa family, Masaji Sasa escaped the fate of being beheaded. The guards also put him in the coffin.
At this time, outside the city, the Oda family was dragging the corpses of their companions back to the camp. The archery team had been fighting fiercely all afternoon. They were collecting arrows that could still be used. They originally wanted to take the opportunity to attack the Oda army outside the city, but were blocked by the rain.
Qiuping stopped it.
"They are kind-hearted people who want to bring the bodies of their companions back to their hometown," Yu Qiuping said to Charlie. "Such behavior is respectable, so we should not attack. Find an opportunity to return the body of Sasa Masaji."
Give it to them."
At four o'clock in the morning, the Oda family completed the cleaning of the battlefield and withdrew their troops from the city back to the main camp. They brought a total of fourteen ladders, ten of which were damaged during the siege and retreat, and one observation deck was also damaged due to improper use.
The Oda family may not be able to continue their attack due to their strength.
After witnessing the collapse of his own troops, Sasaki Narimasa's mood has been very unstable. After returning to the camp just now, he drew his sword and killed two auxiliary soldiers for some reason. After being stopped by Mori Katsumi, he asked him to wait
Calm down in the tent.
"You can't blame Sasa-sama." Hiroyuki Yoritaka, who was also a member of the Black Mother Clothes with Sasana Narimasa, sighed, "The Sasa family has been in such a miserable state this time."
"The governor himself died on the battlefield." Hidetaka Kawajiri sighed, "Of the dozen samurai we brought, only three came back and two were injured. Of the 100 warriors, only 45 came back alive.
, and a dozen more were injured. Nearly ten people fell to death just outside the city."
"Of the two hundred auxiliary soldiers recruited from the Sasa family's territory, more than a dozen of them died during the attack." Hiroyuki Hiroyuki sighed again, "The Sasa family has been unable to recover for several years. How many of Sasa-sama's
My two brothers have all died in the war in the past few years, and he will be the next family governor."
"When the time comes, help him go to the lord to beg for mercy," Kawajiri Hidetaka glanced at Sasaka Narimasa sitting in the tent with a dull look from a distance, "please exempt the Sasa family from military service for a few years."
At six o'clock in the morning, after discovering that the Oda family had no intention of attacking, Yu Qiuping summoned everyone except the sentry to the castle tower reception room.
"This afternoon's battle was very dangerous and exposed many problems." Yu Qiuping began to summarize, "The most important thing is that our archers are really not good."
"This is my shame. I am willing to accept the punishment from adults." Charlie lowered his head in shame.
"No, I don't blame you." Yu Qiuping waved his hand hurriedly, "The quality of our bows and arrows is not good to begin with, and everyone has not practiced archery much. I asked just now, and they basically learned it while hunting."
"It seems that our archery team cannot compete with the Oda family. In this case, I think we are at a disadvantage if we defend on the city wall." Yu Qiuping said.
"What do you mean by this, sir?" After hearing Yu Qiupei's shocking words, Fukushima Yasunari hurriedly asked, "Is it because we want to abandon the city wall?"
"That's what I planned." Yu Qiuping said.
"Yes! Just like we did just now!" Nakahide Omaezaki shouted excitedly, "Block them on the wall, and then shoot, shoot, shoot!"
"It's not that easy." Amano Keitoku interrupted him coldly, "After the Oda family's reinforcements arrive, it's unlikely that there will be only 200 people attacking the city. They won't attack from one side, but will most likely attack from multiple aspects.
"
"It is impossible for our thirty or so archers to take care of so many aspects. Besides, our troops are not enough to block all eight stairs of the city wall." Fukushima Yasunari added.
"So I plan to lure the Oda army or attack the city from one side." Yu Qiuping said hesitantly. "I still plan to set fire to it."
"You even set a fire! Sir! Are you addicted?" Omaezaki Nakahide exclaimed exaggeratedly.
"Shut up!" Yu Qiuping glared at him, "I plan to cover Nancheng, Dongcheng and Beicheng with planks, straw and other flammable materials, pour them with oil, and wait for the Oda family to attack them quickly.
If it is lit, the Oda family will not be able to attack the city here."
"The city wall is made of stone. It cannot be burned." Amano Keitoku pointed out the flaws in Amakihei's plan. "As long as the Oda family removes all the burning objects on the city wall, the fire will naturally go out."
"That's right." Yu Qiuping frowned, "But I don't plan to light the West City wall. The Oda army on the West City wall will board the city first. We will concentrate our firepower to repel this area first, and then deal with other walls."
"If you only plan to use the city wall to hinder the enemy," the guard suddenly said, "then we can make the surface of the city wall bumpy and put a lot of roadblocks on it."
"Good idea." Yu Qiuping said with a smile. "By the way, we have to block the city gate with stones. In this way, even if the Oda family controls the area near the city gate, they cannot open the city gate immediately. The Oda family's reinforcements
The troops still have to climb into the city."
"Blocking the city gate? This is a taboo for military strategists." Amano Keide began to admonish again, "The city gate is for the defenders to go out of the city to counterattack. Since the defender has the advantage of fighting from the inside, it is easy to mobilize and gather troops to go out of the city.
Strike at the enemy's weak points. And the defender has the advantage of vision from the commanding heights. It can easily see the enemy's movements and command the counterattack troops. In order to prepare for counterattacks in the city, the troops outside the city will be subject to many restrictions. The city gate is
What a huge advantage for the defending side."
"But we can't fight back at all, right?" Yu Qiu spread his hands, "I'm just a rookie and have never commanded a battle. In a small town like this, defense is more similar to a fight, and I can still make do with command.
If we go to an open area and form an attack formation in an upright manner, I won't know how to do it! I will definitely be pushed to the ground by the Oda army and beaten." Yu Qiuping looked around, "Have any of you here ever commanded an army alone in a field battle?
"
Everyone shook their heads.
"So, since it's not of use anyway, we might as well block it." Yu Qiuping said, "This can avoid hidden dangers. Besides, as long as we don't let the Oda family outside the city know that we have blocked the city gate, won't they still be there?
Do you want to be honest and careful?"
In the end, even Amano Jingtoku was convinced by Yu Qiuping. The plan to block the city gate was decided.
"Blocking the city gate means that there is no way for everyone to retreat. Do you all agree?" Yu Qiuping looked around for a week.
"Master Yuqiu came here after all the hard work and lived and died with us. How could I not be willing to part with this miserable life!" Yoshioka Shengzheng patted his chest and shouted at the top of his voice. "What you say is rude and unreasonable.
Coarse." Ogawa Youdong took a sip of wine and said, "We will live and die together with Mr. Yuqiu."
"Also, we need to build some defenses in the city." Yu Qiuping frowned, "If there is still fighting, we will definitely have street fighting in the city. But now many houses in the Nancheng area have been demolished, and we
The fortifications must be rebuilt.”
"I will draw a diagram and design this later. Let everyone rest for a while, and then take turns to collect stones and wood." Just as Yu Qiuping was hesitating about how to design the fortifications, an ashigaru who was watching on the city wall hurried over.
"Sir! It's not good!" Ashigaru shouted breathlessly as soon as he rushed into the castle tower. He held the door with one hand and pointed to the northwest with the other hand tremblingly, "Horse seal! Oda Nobunaga's horse
The seal is here!"
By the time Yu Qiuping and his party hurried to the northwest corner of the city wall, the tall horse seal was almost marching into the Oda family's camp. Surrounding the horse seal were nearly a thousand people with papaya patterns and flags on their backs.
Ashigaru. After these ashigaru, they were followed by the auxiliary soldiers who could not see the end. Dozens of ladders and more than a dozen observation towers were slowly transported on the official road, and they also carried a large amount of armor.
and a cart full of grain.
"Is this a unit directly under Oda Nobunaga?" Yu Qiuping looked at the sea of red papaya flags and couldn't help but take a deep breath, "We're going to get real."
At eight o'clock in the morning, the mighty Oda family was still slowly entering the previously repaired camp. Yu Qiuping became more and more astonished the more he looked at it. The number of this wave of reinforcements may exceed 3,000. Compared with the reinforcements, the number of people who were originally staying under the city
A thousand people seem so insignificant.
At this time, in the Oda family camp. Although the army has not completely entered the camp, Oda Nobunaga himself has already taken the lead on horseback. Generally, horse racing is not allowed in military camps. Of course, with rules like this, Oda Nobunaga never goes naked.
He had never obeyed the rules since he was running around. At this moment, he was riding a black horse, galloping in the camp, heading straight to the main tent, and the soldiers around him were panicking.
Avoid his running route. The retainers behind him could only dismount and run quickly, trying to keep up with his pace. The older ones were really overwhelmed.
When Oda Nobunaga rushed into the main tent on horseback, the messenger who reported Oda Nobunaga's arrival to the main tent had just arrived. As soon as the senior generals of the Oda family who hurriedly walked out of the tent went out to greet them, they saw themselves
The lord reined the reins in front of the main tent door, and the horses stood up, then slapped their front hooves heavily on the ground. Everyone quickly knelt down and saluted.
"Bang!" Oda Nobunaga looked unkind, and without even looking at the crowd, he threw the folding fan in his hand to the ground.
"More than a thousand people came one after another, and they couldn't even defeat a small governor with only more than 200 slaves? And they were defeated!" Oda Nobunaga yelled, "What shame do you have? You shouted before the war.
We must defeat Okazaki!"
"Lord, calm down! I deserve death for my crime!" The generals of the Oda family did not dare to get up, and they fell to the ground to apologize and kowtowed to the ground. Oda Nobunaga, however, was still full of ideas and continued to curse: "You guys! I defeated them.
There are 1,500 people in the Matsudaira family, but I have less than 100 casualties. You are good! You are good!" Oda Nobunaga laughed angrily, picked up the scabbard with his backhand, and slapped Takigawa Ichimasu hard on the back.
He kicked Hidetaka Kawajiri and Naomasa Najiri again, "First there was an intelligence error! They had obviously repaired the city wall, but they insisted on saying that they didn't need to bring siege equipment! Then they attacked the city without waiting for the siege equipment! After that, they even brought siege equipment with them.
Others killed them all in pieces!"
"Ah! You are very capable!" Oda Nobunaga laughed loudly. "After a long fight, almost 200 people were killed or injured, and we still didn't capture Chirit! You might as well just stand at the foot of the city and watch. The result is the same anyway, so there's no need.
dead!"
Everyone was so scolded by Oda Nobunaga that they couldn't even lift their heads, and they just kowtowed. Oda Nobunaga took a few deep breaths and calmed down, "Forget it! Everyone, get up!"
Oda Nobunaga finally lost his temper, and everyone stood up with relief.
"Naizangsuke?" Oda Nobunaga looked around and saw no shadow of Sasaki Narimasa.
"Sasa-sama seems to be in a very unstable mood..." Hidetaka Kawajiri hesitated on how to word it, "He is...resting in the back tent. Do you want to call him over?"
"Forget it," Oda Nobunaga shook his head, "I will tell him later that he will be the next head of the Sasa family and tell him to cheer up quickly."
"Where is Masaji's body? Where is it?" Oda Nobunaga asked again.
"We are trapped in the city." Sen Kecheng said with a gloomy face, "My subordinates are incompetent."
"Is that so?" Oda Nobunaga glanced at Chiri Castle. A forest of red leaves on the wall was particularly eye-catching. "What's going on with those Imagawa troops? Why don't they put up flags with red leaves?"
Everyone looked at each other, no one could answer Oda Nobunaga's question.
"Presumably they have also seen Yu's army." Oda Nobunaga snorted disdainfully, "Send someone to persuade them to surrender. Those who know the current situation should surrender."
"Lord, they have killed so many of our brothers and Lord Sazu, and now they can be suppressed at once, how can we let them go!" Hiroyuki Hiroyuki said with some excitement.
"There is not enough time." Takigawa Kazumasu dissuaded, "The soldiers are constantly on the road and need to rest. It is getting late now, and it is estimated that they will not be able to take it down before nightfall. They will have to move back by then, and they will not be able to fall into the city tomorrow."
"If it is to persuade us to surrender, we can continue to move forward early tomorrow morning. We don't have much time, and reinforcements from the Imagawa family are expected to arrive soon." Takigawa Kazumasu continued to explain.
"And that man, who can defend the city for two days in your hands, is indeed a talent." Oda Nobunaga smiled slightly.
"Lord, I can stay behind to monitor Zhili City and protect the retreat." Sen Kecheng suddenly said, "Lord, please don't waste time on the small town and attack Anxiang City quickly."
"Mori-sama, this is too dangerous." Naomasa Namasa interjected, "Narumi and Takake also have many Imagawa troops. Shibata-sama and Sakuma-sama who are left behind to guard Okehazama do not have an advantage in strength. If they are here again,
Hidden dangers are buried here, and the consequences will be endless.”
Sen Kecheng did not continue to talk, but began to think.
"No matter what, let's send someone to persuade him to surrender first." Oda Nobunaga picked up the folding fan on the ground and nodded at Maeda Toshiie among the horsemen. "Inuchiyo, go there. When you get there, take a look. If it's
If it's Sena Ujitoshi, there's no need to persuade him to surrender. If it's someone else, ask him clearly about his official position first, and then tell him that the Oda family is willing to let him lead the old tribe and give him a fief of 1,000 koku, while his official position remains unchanged."
"If he doesn't surrender." Oda Nobunaga's brows flashed with a trace of sinisterness, "We will find a way to directly hold him hostage and force him to open the door. If that doesn't work, we will lure him to the city wall and we will snipe him with the iron artillery team.
After this is completed, you should immediately escape on your own, and our army will attack the city."
"Be serious." Oda Nobunaga reminded him when he saw that Maeda Toshiie was still looking playful and smiling.