Outside the gate of the West City, ten ladders were carried toward the city wall surrounded by hundreds of auxiliary soldiers. The auxiliary soldiers shouted neat chants and marched quickly in the face of the sun.
"Ten ladders were made at once, what a huge gesture." Yu Qiuping, who was standing on the top floor of the castle tower, couldn't help but sweat as he looked at the progress outside the West City. "Wave the flag and let Charlie start shooting."
More than thirty archers could pose little obstacle to such a huge formation. Soon, six ladders were set up on the city wall, and the soldiers began to climb the ladders. The archers of the Oda family also quickly approached the city wall.
Down, the watchtower was also pushed up. However, the expected exchange of fire by the Oda family did not occur, and the archers of the Imagawa family on the city wall quickly withdrew before they could shoot their bows and arrows.
At the same time, Mori Katsari and Takigawa Kazumas from North City and South City were also confused.
The troops in Nancheng are basically under the direct control of Oda Nobunaga, and Takigawa Kazumasuke only takes command on his behalf. However, at this moment, there is no one on the city wall in front of him. The archers are at a loss as they look at the ladders that are already moving without resistance.
He was put on top of the city.
"What does this mean? Is it yesterday's trick again!" Takigawa Kazumas thought of what happened to Sasa Masaji's team yesterday, and couldn't help but feel nervous. He glanced in the direction of the west city gate, and there seemed to be archers approaching.
Impeding the main force of the Oda family from ascending the city.
"Is that so? Do you want to let me board the city first, and then attack the south first?" Takigawa Kazumas thought he had figured out the joints, "Retreat! Don't attack immediately!" Takigawa Kazumasuki waved the flag, and was about to
The Oda troops who were preparing to climb the ladder paused. "We will not climb the city until we have made progress in the west city. Send a messenger to report to the lord!"
At this time, Sen Kecheng in Beicheng also had the same concerns, and the troops of the Sen family in Beicheng also stopped attacking.
Yu Qiuping inside the city felt even more baffled than Mori Katsari and Takigawa Kazumasu outside the city.
"What does this mean? The attacks in Nancheng and Beicheng have stopped?" Yu Qiuping listened to the report of the messenger in surprise, "Originally, I planned to repel the Xicheng troops first, but I was still worried that Nancheng and Beicheng would quickly extinguish our flames and bring about
As for the threat, didn’t they do me a big favor by not attacking?”
"I think it may be the commander of the Oda army in the southern city and the northern city. He felt that there was no resistance in front of him and suspected that we were deliberately letting them go up the city wall, so he postponed the offensive." Amano Keitoku speculated.
"That's right!" Yu Qiuping suddenly reacted, "If we want to let the Xicheng troops go to the city first, shouldn't we first let the archers block the South City and the North City? Why did I send the archers to the Xicheng? I went, the command was wrong
ah."
"The blind cat has encountered a dead mouse, Mr. Yuqiu!" Nakahide Omaezaki laughed loudly, "Now the troops in Nancheng and Beicheng do not dare to attack."
"Do both Sanzaemon and Hikoemon make this judgment?" Oda Nobunaga listened to the report of Mori Katsunari and Takigawa Kazumassu's messengers, "This is the routine used by the Imagawa army to defeat the Sasa family yesterday.
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"Then tell them to wait for Yu to ascend the city before starting to attack." Oda Nobunaga waved his folding fan and sent the messengers away. He frowned slightly and suddenly thought of something.
"Send the order for the archers to quickly board the city." Oda Nobunaga watched the other 200 ashigaru preparing to board the city, and stopped them from climbing the ladder. "Let Kanamori Nagakon lead the archers, and the second group boarded the city. The Imagawa family again
They want to repeat the same trick and block us at the city gate."
At this time, the first group of Oda troops had climbed onto the city wall. However, they unexpectedly found that there was no one on the wall. However, there were a large number of Ashigaru on the ladder behind them, waiting for them to make way for them on the wall.
, had no choice but to be rushed down the stairs and rushed down the tower.
When they were walking on the stairs, a burst of arrows suddenly shot from the side. Seven people were shot at once, and a samurai was killed by a direct hit in the door. They hurriedly looked in the direction of the arrows -
- Castle Tower. On the short 50-meter road from the castle tower to the city wall, there are several wooden fences and barriers placed horizontally and vertically, and two trenches have been dug. The paths between the surrounding houses have also been set up.
Various roadblocks. In the defense line on the road, they saw dozens of Imagawa troops defending. These were Yoshioka Katsumasa's troops. And Ogawa Yufuyu's troops were arranged in the northwest and southwest of the city.
in the house area and alleys, preparing to take advantage of the familiar terrain to attack the Oda army. The troops of Fukushima Yasunari and Gomaezaki Nakahide stayed in the castle tower as a reserve team. The Kanbei led ten harpooneers to ambush
In a three-story coaching inn in the southwest house.
While the Oda Army was hesitating, another hail of arrows struck. Several Oda Army soldiers fell to the ground in pain again, and another samurai was killed directly in the face.
"Thompson, you shot well." Yu Qiuping waved his fist excitedly, "Just shoot at those with good armor! They are all knights in the formation."
"Why are you standing there in a daze! Go and open the city gate first!" A warrior who was squeezed on the stairs shouted angrily, "Open the city gate and let the lord and the others in!"
The Ashigaru who had recovered their senses were urged to rush down the stairs and meet under the city gate. However, they found that the city gate had been blocked tightly with large stones and various stone bricks and wood.
"Nani!" The samurai who directed everyone to open the door was at a loss. Before he could say the next word, another arrow hit the front door. Several more ashigaru were shot around him.
"Don't be shot in vain here!" Asai Masaki, who was appointed as the commander of the advance force, shouted, "Go and attack the castle tower!" Asai Masaki directed a steady stream of ashigaru who climbed onto the city to kill the Imagawa family in the castle.
The defense line on the road. He had discovered that the opponent seemed to have a powerful archer who kept sniping at his own warriors, so he took a shield and protected it in front of him. More than two hundred vanguard ashigaru had basically climbed onto the city wall.
The next group to board the city were 50 archers.
As soon as the Oda family's ashigaru began to attack the defense line, the attention of the archers was attracted. The Oda family's ashigaru on the stairs relaxed their pressure and immediately joined the battle quickly. The few Oda army ashigaru who were at the front were
I found that the Imagawa family's defense line seemed to be poorly repaired. It was crooked horizontally and vertically, and it was not completely sealed. You could always find a narrow gap and go around it. However, usually one such gap is on the far left, and the next one will appear.
On the far right, the Oda army was winding through obstacles, with a large number of ashigaru blocked on the road.
The few ashigaru walking in the front would all be hit by the Imagawa family's archers. Therefore, the ashigaru in the back row were unwilling to rush to the front to die. They pushed each other to squeeze in behind their companions. The entire team was bloated.
The road squirmed and finally reached the front of the trench. Across the trench was Yoshioka Katsumasa's team. They used the fence and trench as cover and kept stabbing the Oda army on the opposite side with their bamboo spears.
The team was crooked and unable to form a formation. The first few people often had to face the attack of more than a dozen people on the opposite side and fell one after another. The archers of the Imagawa family on the castle tower kept attacking the Oda army on the road, giving them a heavy blow.
They caused a lot of casualties. The wounded were squeezed into the team and unable to retreat. Once the arrow shaft inserted into the body was squeezed by a companion, they would howl in pain like a slaughtering pig.
At the same time, the Oda Army in the South City and North City also began to resume their offensive. Waiting by the stairs, the Imagawa Ashigaru holding a torch patiently observed their progress.
"Are you fools?" After discovering that the team was actually willing to go around the other side's wooden fences and fences instead of destroying this simple fortification, Asai Masaki stomped angrily, "Tear down those fences! Don't do that.
What a detour! How can a bunch of people fight in such a crowded place?"
Suddenly enlightened, the Oda Ashigaru began to dismantle the fences mixed in with the team, and threw the dismantled things to the side. Yu Qiupei sighed, and his little trick was quickly seen through.
After dismantling the roadblock, the Oda army adjusted their formation and began to attack the Imagawa family again. This time they were no longer behind. The troops that followed were arranged by Asai Masaki to bypass the castle tower through the paths of the houses on both sides.
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At this time, the Oda family troops from the south city and the north city also boarded the city. The first few people were injured by the bumpy front without paying attention. The following troops laboriously began to clear the obstacles. Then, they discovered
, there seems to be a lot of sticky liquid on the city wall.
However, before the Oda army cheered when they saw the friendly troops ascending to the city, the sound of burning flames suddenly sounded from both sides. Only two walls of fire were seen rising into the sky, suddenly killing several people who had already climbed up the city walls on both sides.
The burning pain was excruciating, and the follow-up troops hurriedly retreated on the ladder to avoid the flames. The few unlucky ones at the front rushed towards the ladder quickly, and several people unfortunately fell off the city wall. Their feet and calves were stained with oil.
It kept burning. After taking down the city wall, I threw off my shoes and pants and rolled on the spot, but both legs were extremely badly burned.
These two walls of fire suddenly hindered the Oda family's attack, and Oda Nobunaga outside the city was also shocked. "Are you burning your own city wall?" He smiled in disbelief, "This boy named Yu Qiupei is very nice to me.
Appetite!"
At this moment, the archers of the Oda family also quickly boarded the city, stood in a row on the city wall, and began to shoot at the Imagawa Army in the defense line. The morale of the Oda Army, which had been passively shot for a long time, was boosted.
, a few brave ashigaru jumped directly into the ditch and began to work hard to dismantle the fence.
At this moment, the guards on the third floor of the post station suddenly rushed to the roof with their harpooners. After aiming at the archers at the top of the city, they quickly and vigorously threw the bamboo spear in their hands. The bamboo spear quickly stabbed towards the top of the city, except for two
One was thrown too high and flew directly over their heads, and one was thrown too low and hit outside the city wall. The other seven bamboo spears all hit the Oda family archers who were only twenty meters away. In the Oda family
Before the archers could react, they quickly fired two more rounds of bamboo spears. The Oda family archers who were the first to reach the city suffered heavy casualties. They hid behind the wall and did not dare to continue shooting. In fact, they did not know
, the Kanbei only have a total of fifty javelins, and most of them have been used.
At this time, the Imagawa Ashigaru, who were ambushing in alleys and houses, took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain and began to ambush the Oda family's outflanking troops. The advantages of street fighting on the defensive side began to show.
After learning that the offensive was not going well and that the Imagawa family was blocking him in all aspects, Oda Nobunaga swung his folding fan angrily, ignored the obstruction of the surrounding horsemen, and climbed the ladder himself to the city wall with the second group of archers and 100 ashigaru.
The two soldiers on horseback carefully protected their lord with wooden boards and shields they found from nowhere.
Oda Nobunaga took a general glance at the battlefield. The walls of the South City and North City were burning with blazing fire, while the Imagawa family used street fighting to block the progress of the Oda family. The archers on the castle tower were condescending and kept shooting.
The first batch of 200 Oda troops who entered the city suffered nearly 20% casualties. At this moment, they were retreating steadily and retreated towards the city wall. If you want to withdraw these troops who are unable to fight anymore, you must occupy the ladder, and the subsequent attacking troops will also
We can no longer climb the city.
"Good boy, you have some tricks." Oda Nobunaga glanced at the castle tower opposite and the ashigaru with red leaves, "Do you like to set fires? You reminded me!" Oda Nobunaga sneered, "Send the order.
, let Asai Masaki take his people to withdraw from the city first, and stop attacking blindly."
"The next attack," Oda Nobunaga glanced coldly at the young man with the red leaves on the third floor of the castle tower, "will kill your entire army."