A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

It stands to reason that soldiers need speed, but Peishi City is in danger and is surrounded and attacked by more than thirty times the enemy force. Why is Xiaopingtai walking so slowly.

It was only because Xiao Pingtai brought the Continental Army's Type 1776 three-pound bronze cannon that took up to a year to imitate!

Abandoning the handymen who could not keep up with the team, as well as the excess supplies, Xiaopingtai traveled hundreds of miles and spent five days crossing Si'ashan and finally reached the north of Peishi City.

The castle well shielded the situation in Shiashan. The futile and continuous siege of the city for eleven days also caused the Takeda army to neglect the surrounding security. The direction of Si'ashan, which was not the focus of investigation in the first place, was even more ignored.

Xiao Pingtai only brought five days' worth of dry food before setting off. Fortunately, he replenished it for two more days in Haijin City. Otherwise, the entire army might have run out of food when they reached Diishi City. A person may be okay if he works hard all day, but if a horse doesn't eat for a day, it won't even think about going to the battlefield.

That is to say, Takanashi Masayori occupied a fertile plain like Kawanaka Island. Later, when Morinagako transferred the seal to Kaijin, he had as much as 200,000 koku. Xiaoping Tai blackmailed him into ordering rice and beans, which was no big deal. He was very wealthy.

"Can you try to contact Dr. Suda in the city?" Xiaoping put up the awning with his hands and looked at the Toishi Castle in the distance.

"It's not good. There are mountains and plains in the southeast of the city. Along the Saikawa River, there are Takeda troops, with a total of 17,800 soldiers. The other two sides are completely cliffs, which are impossible to climb." Takanashi Hidemasa shook his head.

"Pay thirty taels of gold, recruit warriors, and climb the cliff with bare hands! We must send news of the arrival of reinforcements to the city even if we die!"

"You have to swim in Xichuan first, and then hang up the mountain wall with a straw rope. I'm afraid it won't be easy!"

"Ask before you ask, and if it doesn't work, think of other ways!"

It is of course difficult to enter the city, otherwise the Takeda army would not have had such a difficult attack. If it were simple, nothing would have happened to Xiao Ping.

"Sure! Let me go!" Aji suddenly appeared. As the captain of the flag division, he also joined the army.

"You? Are you sure?"

"Do your best!"

"Okay! I'll write a letter, and you can put it in a tripe bag and take it into the city, and give it to the city general, Dr. Suda! If it's done, let's put three long, two short, and five streaks of smoke in the smoke tomorrow morning!"

"Let's go!" Aji packed up Xiao Pingtai's letters, and then tied the bag around his body with a cowhide rope. The leather rope was so tight that there were even blood marks on it.

Watching Aji, who was only wearing a pair of calf pants, leaping through the mountains and forests, and finally disappeared.

A strong attack is not enough to completely destroy the morale of the Takeda army. Only if they can cooperate internally and externally, then it is possible to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Inside Toishi Castle are all the relatives and friends of the soldiers and civilians of Saku County who were massacred by the Takeda Army, and they have a sworn hatred against Takeda Shingen. If they leave the city, they will definitely be the sharpest knives, and they will never stop until the Takeda army is wiped out.

With Takeda Shingen's ability, the formation of troops must be airtight, and it would be easy to deal with an incoming enemy army. Koheita was not sure that he could break the Takeda Army's frontal defense with just one encounter. He needed Toishi Castle to attack from both sides.

In ancient and modern times, no matter what kind of army it is, no matter how strong its commander is, it will inevitably panic when attacked from two sides. As long as the team is in chaos, it's Xiaopingtai's chance to win.

All that's left is to wait!

Autumn nights are always so cold and deep. Fortunately, Si'a Mountain is undulating, and Qianyue is 3,068 meters above sea level. Not to mention the smoke from the fire in the valley, if you set a fire directly in the valley, no one may be able to see it. So even if there are hundreds of small fires for heating, no one outside the mountain can see them. Otherwise, just this autumn wind could make a large number of people catch a cold.

Since we didn't bring any cooking utensils, everyone just chewed the fried rice with cold water, which was too coarse to swallow. Xiaoping's stomach was really weak, and he was afraid that he would get sick again if he ate it, so he just picked up a few wild chestnuts in the mountains and roasted them in a pile of firewood until they cracked open, barely covering them up.

Qi Gui, holding his gun, kept staring at Peishi City, hoping for a message from Peishi City.

The morning sun is not warm at all, and many people are warming themselves up by the fire to keep their hands and feet numb after being blown by the wind all night. If you don't move your body, you can't even swing the knife.

"At the right moment, there is smoke rising from the city of Peishi."

Hearing Qi Gui's shouting, Koheita and Hatamoto and other generals stood up one after another and looked towards the Toishi City in the distance. The Toishi City on the cliff was particularly clear in the morning sun.

Dozens of smoke curled up from cooking stoves, indicating that the city was making rice balls to feed five hundred people a day. There is still firewood in the city now. If the city is besieged for more than three months and the fuel in the city runs out, even if it is not possible, we will have to eat uncooked rice and drink cold water.

Everyone looked at the smoke carefully, and finally there was a break in the smoke behind the city!

One long!

One long!

One long!

One short!

One short!

Everyone was silent, staring at the smoke quietly, and one could hear a needle drop.

Three long and two short!

Done! Aggie is in town! Suda Mitsurui in Toishi Castle received the news that the Yamauchi Army was coming for reinforcements, and he was willing to cooperate with the Yamauchi Army to launch a desperate attack on the Takeda Army!

"Play it right! Aji succeeded! Play it right!" Qi Gui said with great joy.

"Yes! Aji has entered the city!" Xiaoping Tai had tears in his eyes before he knew it. After more than ten years of hard work and fighting, today finally ushered in the moment of the final decisive battle.

All the banner generals returned to the team one after another, shouting at the soldiers to prepare their horses, put on their armor, and eat their dry food. The samurai sharpened the tips of their swords and spears, tightened their bows, and lit the matches of their iron cannons.

Ready!

Qi Gui tied Xiao Pingtai's golden bamboo leaf horse flag tightly to his body, and two small flags held him on the left and right with long ropes. Today's horse mark is made of bamboo and is extra high, just to allow Toishi Castle and the Takeda Army to see clearly.

I, Fujiwara, have arrived!

Nanosuke and Yu Kamemaru took out the Nanman's carcass and hung it up for Heita. The two little boys suddenly looked like adults, with soft down even coming out of their mouths. He is twelve years old, and at this age, he is already old enough to go into battle.

"Nanosuke, Yugui, today is the first battle for the two of you. You will join me in the battle later, you know?"

"Yes, my lord!"

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The Takeda army outside the mountain began a completely useless siege day after day. The cannon fodder-like Shinano ashigaru warriors climbed up the steep slope with wooden poles and planted the wooden poles on the mountainside. The bows and feet of the Suruga people rushed up the slope again and fired fire arrows into the city.

The generals of the Takeda Army under Yamashita no longer have any hope of completely conquering Toishi Castle in a short time, but Toishi City is so important. After a few more days of fierce attack, when the troops in the city are exhausted, they can try to send people into the city to persuade them to surrender. This can be considered a great victory.

Once Toishi Castle was captured, the entire small county fell into the hands of the Takeda family, and Ueno was also watching!