Pillars of the Wu family

() The Maori samurai guarded by him suddenly hugged Hojo Takahiro in surprise and fell backwards. The fall almost knocked him into a daze. When he got up cursing, he found that the samurai who threw him had died. At some point, Zhi Gongya pierced his armor and pierced into the back of his neck. Looking carefully, even the throat chakra in front was pierced. Yin Hong's blood flowed down the gleaming cast iron arrow to his body, killing the feather weave. Stained a piece of blood red.

"So much strength, such a strong bow and arrow!" How could Hojo Takahiro not be frightened by such an archery skill? Looking back on the short moment carefully, he seemed to recall that he saw a black spot flying towards him just now, and he didn't pay attention to this small detail at the time. , At this time in retrospect, I feel the real horror.

The arrow chasing the soul like a god of death was like a nightmare replaying in his mind non-stop, as if that sharp arrow had penetrated into his head and took his life away, the blood in his whole body seemed to be still flowing, unknowingly I felt my back was drenched with sweat.

"This is the back fear! I was so scared that I trembled all over. This is the first time!" He took a deep breath to relieve his over-stressed mood. It was not the first time he had experienced fighting on the battlefield. Using the method of killing several enemies together, he will always be the one who wins in the end. Every time he tries his best, he wins with a slight injury. Until now, he has never missed a shot.

But this time he suddenly felt that his courage and luck seemed to be a bit ineffective, and in the panic followed by endless shame and anger, Hojo Takahiro jumped up and yelled frantically: "Counterattack! Definitely!" I want to repel the Kira army! Don't stand still for me, shoot!"

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." The shrill conch sounded. It was the horn of the charge from the Yamashita Kira army, and the military taiko drum also sounded. The rhythmic drumbeat seemed to urge the warriors to fight. With the superiority of the armor, standing outside the range of the arrows and sculls, you wantonly shoot and kill Maori warriors who dare to stand out.

The civilian husbands who had no sense of protection were immediately devastated by xing, dozens of unlucky ghosts were killed in Huangquan in an instant, and a small number of civilian husbands did not know whether they were lucky or unlucky and were not shot to death. They clutched their chests and cried out for help: "I I've been hit by an arrow! Come and save me! I think I can still be healed! Don't give up on me!"

"Bastard!" Hojo Takahiro finally remembered his responsibilities, recovered from the shock, and immediately gave orders: "Let the civilians withdraw, don't waste time! Throw those injured directly!"

"Yes!" After receiving the order from the house governor, these warriors did not hesitate any longer, and kicked off the acquaintance who was joking just now. He fell down and stopped moving after a few struggles, making the civilian husband who had already fled to the city tremble.

"Fight back!" With an order, hundreds of arrows shot out. Compared with Kira's army attacking them with their heads up, they have the advantage of height difference. They accurately flew to the red armored cavalry below the city.

"Ding, ding, ding..." The warriors on horseback who carried the two flags of Ashikaga on their backs laughed loudly. After listening carefully, they realized that it was the sound of iron armor and arrows colliding. When the Maori warriors in the city did not react With a whistle, all the knights on horseback dispersed and left in different directions.

The three warriors standing on the arrow scull were taken aback for a moment, and one of the young warriors wondered, "How did they escape?"

Another older warrior sighed, "Stop talking! Just look at what's right in front of you and you'll know it all."

At this time, teams of black armored warriors had already arrived at the city. They did not rush to launch an attack, but scattered in all directions to half surround Hojo Castle. Seeing this formation, even Takahiro Hojo began to panic. The siege of the city did not follow the routine at all, and no one knew what trick he would use next. This kind of fear from the unknown made him feel very powerless.

Soon he also noticed the terrified expressions of the warriors under him, so he quickly changed his expression and cursed: "What are you afraid of? Don't forget that Hojo City has never been breached for a hundred years! Give me a boost!" Come!"

"My lord! You go back first! This place is too dangerous!" Hojo Takahiro did not continue to insist, the main song wheel and his relatives were still there, and he hurriedly left after a few more words.

At this time, Nanjo Castle was also attacked at the same time. Nagao Jingren led 300 foot light and [-] cavalry as the main branch of this sub-city with only [-] people. He knew that his duty was to contain it. He is the same, neither side has a strong willingness to attack, and they stop and confront each other after a few waves of testing. Before the main battlefield is decided, it is meaningless for them to fight fiercely.

At the foot of the mountain, in the main formation of Kira's army, Yoshitoki Kira repelled the retainers who were trying to put down the line, waved the military equipment in his hand, and shouted: "Now, the whole army is attacking! Break through Hojo Castle!"

Takikawa Masushige led five hundred iron cannons to walk in the front, stopped at a distance of [-] ken outside the Hojo Castle, and took out the rifles they carried on their backs. The defense of this kind of wooden board must be worse than that of the Fujiki shield. It's an order of magnitude more, but the advantage is that it can be done a lot. With the groove on the rifle and two sticks to support it, it can be used as a simple bunker. It is the best defense against archers without iron cannons.

Ashgaru Nomura Naotaka stood at the forefront. He was the first samurai loaded with lead ammunition. His team was also the fastest team in the iron cannon competition, ranking top ten in 20-second round shots. When he, the last iron cannon in his hand, was only two seconds away from his time, he aimed at the arrows on both sides of Otemon, and shouted loudly: "Target arrows, shoot!" !"

"Bang bang bang..."

The crackling sound of the iron cannon brought billowing white gunpowder smoke, which shocked the Maori warriors on the top of the city. Echigo had never seen such a thing like a fire stick in the backcountry, and there was a sudden explosion The smoke made them think it was a new type of firecracker.

In the next moment, they paid a heavy price for their stupidity and ignorance. One hundred lead bullets locked on two small arrow sculls, and covered them with unimaginable firepower at a distance of 50 meters. All the wooden planks were smashed, and the broken pieces of wood flew everywhere. The whole building was under fire from nearly fifty rounds of bullets.

This group of Maori warriors, who had never seen an iron cannon, expected to hide in the arrows and sculls to withstand the attack of the Kira family. They didn't realize how terrifying the iron cannon was, and they fell to the ground before they had time to react. Dead, a group of warriors hiding under the arrow scull could only watch helplessly as their companions were beaten into tattered blood gourds.

Some unlucky ghosts were directly blown to the head, blood mist soared high all over their bodies, and the tattered corpses fell from a high altitude, and not long after they hit the ground, a pool of dark red bloody blood stains formed.

"Wan victorious!" The iron artillery team in front erupted into enthusiastic cheers. This round of unison shot killed more than a dozen warriors, and also shattered two important arrows and sculls. Such a brilliant record also greatly boosted morale .

"The iron cannon team is on standby, and the bow and arrow team is responsible for suppressing the Maori army on the soil!" Orders were issued quickly, and the person in charge of the pen was Nobuyuki Matsui. It is reasonable for Yoshiki Kira to be in charge of Yubi in the future.

Another group of unrepentant warriors climbed into the arrow scull in Hojo City, and then the iron cannons that had been waiting for a long time exploded, and a burst of smoke cleared. Qing hurriedly shot an arrow to fight back, but the distance was too far to reach the iron cannon team.

Not to mention that there are muskets in front of them, which are completely unsolvable, and the archers standing on both sides of the Iron Cannon team also showed their power, and called the ashigaru who dared to show their names one by one, and dozens of people were killed or injured within two rounds. The other side was also so pressed that he couldn't lift his head.

"Have you got those things ready?"

"Everything is ready!" Ben Duoshi said in a low voice.

"Then use it, quick fix, there is still a tail to clean up."

"Yes!" A few people from the side got on their horses and passed his general.

After a while, a group of men in black armor rushed out of the formation pushing a flatbed cart. The flatbed cart was covered with a layer of straw mats, making the defenders on the top of the city unclear what they were going to do, but they still hurriedly ordered an immediate counterattack , For a moment, the arrows splashed down as if they didn't want money, and landed on the pair of ashigaru armors, vine shields and straw mats.

Of course, the Kira family was not unprepared. The 50 Iron Cannon Team and the [-] Heavy Rattan Bow Team were divided into five teams to take turns to shoot. None of the Maori soldiers who dared to take the lead survived. The earthen walls on both sides were full of bullets. Kong and Arrow, in the less than half an hour of the confrontation, more than [-] Maori warriors died on the front line, and hundreds of people were killed and injured. For the entire Maori Hojo family, it was equivalent to one-third of the death. His retainers, this loss is not insignificant.

Those two arrow sculls standing on both sides of the Otemon Gate have become a veritable place of death. Anyone who dares to climb up will be killed without exception. The baffle behind the arrow scull was also smashed, and the other side could be seen from outside the city.

The Maori warriors in Hojo Castle did not expect the Kira Army to have such a powerful firepower. They were shocked, including Hojo Takahiro. One is called the iron cannon, is this the iron cannon of the Nanban? It's really scary."

"Using this kind of weapon will be spurned by the gods and Buddhas! It's too cruel!" Hojo Gaoding couldn't help it anymore, watching his relatives and friends die under the iron cannon one by one, and when they died in a miserable state, Red and yellow sprayed everywhere, such a barbaric weapon is more terrifying than beheading, no wonder he wanted to curse indiscriminately.

"What should we do? Can we hold on if we fight like this?" Everyone looked at Hojo Takahiro, but he was still silent at this moment, and Hojo Takahiro anxiously pulled his brother, "The samurai will not be able to withstand this kind of fight." , the ashigaru will also hide, but the morale will be completely gone! You should think of a way!"

"Wait!"

"Wait?" Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words.

"Yes! Just wait! Wait for Odagiri's reinforcements! That's all! I'll leave the rest to everyone!" Hojo Takahiro had lost the courage to rush out of Otemon and fight to the death, leaving the evaluation room with a few words in a hurry.

His negative attitude immediately attracted a burst of dissatisfaction and complaints: "It was agreed at the beginning that everyone joined hands to fight against the long tail, and then jointly sent troops to carve up the entire Echigo, but how did it end up like this! What about the rebellious allies? Didn’t Usami Sadaman promise to be good? Why is there no sound?”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, another samurai said angrily: "Why did we die so many people? The main hall is not mean to our Maori family, so why rebel? Wasn't it good before?"

"Don't talk about it! My Mori family has already received 200 taels of gold from the Takeda family, and everyone has no way out!" Hojo Gaoding gritted his teeth and said: "There is only one war! The army that survives Odagiri's bullets will come to rescue us! "

An envoy with tattered armor stumbled in and shouted for help when he saw everyone, "It's not good! The Otemon is on fire! The fire is so big that we can't put it out!"

"What?" A dozen or so warriors all jumped up at the same time, rushing out anxiously, only to see thick smoke billowing in the direction of Otemon, and red flames leaping high. The fire not only burned Otemon, but also The arrows and sculls on both sides and the nearby wooden structures were all ignited. Hundreds of ashigaru didn't care about defending the city, and hurriedly carried wooden barrels to the well to fetch water to put out the fire.

But what they did was doomed to have no effect. The dry firewood covered with rosin, grease, sulfur, and saltpeter piled up outside Dashoumen had already turned into a ball of burning flames. Even a small bucket of water can't extinguish such a big fire even if it's useless.

"Oops, if the Otemon gate is burned, wouldn't we have no danger to defend?" The tiger's mouth in front of the main song wheel in Hojo Castle couldn't stop the onslaught of Kira's army. Take it to the door and smash it, and they will all die here without staying up until evening.

"The morale of the army has been messed up! What should we do?"

"Yeah! What should we do?" Hojo Gaoding and Hojo Takamasa looked at each other, and said with a wry smile, "I can only go to my brother to make a decision."

At the same time, Kira's army has clearly seen all these changes, and Honda said in a very relaxed tone: "The samurai can't hold back Ashgaru, they have already started to mess up, and it won't take long for them to Should Kaesong surrender?"

"Report!" An Iga ninja in charge of scouting rushed to the front of the formation, bowed and saluted, "Lord Master! Two quarters of an hour ago, an army of more than 500 people appeared on two sides of the northeast. Li away, they are currently rushing towards Hojo Castle, and it is estimated that they will be here within a quarter of an hour, so it seems that Qiyin is not a native of Echigo."

"Oh? It came so fast?" Yoshiki Kira smiled slightly, estimated the time, marching speed, and marching route, and then ordered: "Let them hurry up, and don't delay until the end and be robbed by the cavalry! Let Jing Lian The palace dispatched two hundred cavalry to assist our cavalry in attacking."

"Yes!" Iga Ninja backed away quietly. (To be continued.)