A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Oishi Uteru had already understood the intentions of the Yamauchi army, and he also realized that his seemingly sturdy Edo Castle was actually shaken by people's hearts and was not a golden city.

The glory of the old era has long since ended, and the cannon of the new era has shredded authority. Everything is completely different from the past!

I felt anxious and angry, and a sweet taste came to my throat. In the current situation, once the earthen platform is built, the destruction of Edo Castle is imminent. Looking around at the land of Kanto, just for a moment, my mind flashed, and Oishi took charge of his plan. Alas, he fell to the ground, blood flowing out of his throat.

A group of generals rushed forward. Naturally, they didn't know that Oishi Shiteru had made a plan. As long as this white jade pillar holding the sky collapsed, everything would be over.

In public, the news could not be concealed, and it only took a moment for the whole city to realize that the death knell was tolling and death was imminent. And this is exactly what Oishi Shiteru hopes. The fear of death may turn into the courage to live in the end.

He pretended to be unconscious and was carried into the Honmaru Imperial Palace. The other samurai generals naturally turned away the rest of the crowd and hurriedly summoned military doctors to treat Oishi. Seeing that only the loyal retainer samurai of the Hojo clan was left in Sakon, the Oishi clan Teru "wake up" from his coma.

Like this, like this, Oishi Shiteru quickly made the generals present understand what he meant. Now Edo can no longer hold on, and the coalition forces may no longer be willing to agree to the request that Edo Castle be opened unharmed and the city soldiers return to Sagami with their lives saved.

Rather than asking for help from others, it is better to ask for help from yourself!

First, the samurai were asked to act nervous outside, and even accidentally let slip something, creating the illusion that Oishi was in critical condition or even died of a sudden illness. Then he relaxed the security at the city gate and deliberately allowed a few weak-minded people to escape.

This is not a life of death, but a genuine world of human beings. Let a few people who were originally greedy for life and afraid of death send a message to the coalition forces that the people in the city had collapsed and were about to be defeated.

No matter whether it can make the coalition forces outside the city become careless and lax, at least the cowards inside the city should be eliminated first. In this way, it is possible for the minds in the city to be unified and become better commanded.

Let’s fight for survival together!

Oishi told the generals that they would fight at night with fire. As long as they rushed out of the city, they would be able to earn a way out. (What a pity for those who have not seen the Edo situation map!) Anyway, the only thing blocking the door was a detachment of no more than a thousand soldiers from the Yamauchi Army. In the dark night, the coalition forces with different commands would never raise large troops to fight.

Now there is only one Pingchuan Bridge on Shangping River, and there is no time to build any floating bridge. Kanai Meigoro could only face the enemy and could not retreat. Once they retreated, the Pingchuan Bridge was narrow and it was dark, making it difficult for thousands of people to retreat quickly, and the entire army would immediately be annihilated. And the order he received was to block the gate of Edo to ensure that the coalition forces could completely annihilate the defenders.

The narrow land between Edo Castle and Kamihiraikawa can accommodate up to 2,000 to 3,000 people for battle. In the case of a fire-fighting night battle, the Hojo Army can risk its life to find a way to survive, but what the Yamauchi Army wants is just a battle to capture the river. The victory of the household.

One is seeking to survive, the other is seeking to win!

Self-explanatory!

Oishi Shizhao is not gambling, but using it! He is taking advantage of his soldiers' fear of death. When the fear continues to accumulate, it eventually turns into endless courage for survival.

After thinking about it, I felt that the threat from the Yamauchi Army was not enough to completely make the Hojo Army soldiers' fear of survival overcome everything. In accordance with the order, Oishi gathered the city defense materials such as gunpowder, sulfur, wood, firewood, and kerosene in the city to Honmaru for centralized storage, and then asked the generals of each team to go back and inform the soldiers who were still willing to stay in the city to follow Hojo.

Whether you live or die, it depends on tonight!

I left and went back to my hometown in Sagami. If we can't break out, let's stick to the original pill together, and we will be crushed together!

Compared with death, everyone will choose to live! The Hojo Army finally unified its thinking, recalling the illustrious martial arts in the Kagotsu night battle, and the generals also radiated fighting spirit.

The Nakayama family took the lead and rushed out of Edo Castle. It was inconvenient to use bows and horses at night, but the spear was still agile. Moreover, Fan Yong of Zhongshan family was well-known, which could inspire military morale.

The Hojo Army, dominated by the desire to survive, violently began to attack the Yamauchi Army blocking the city gate. Everyone seemed to be tireless, rushing forward one after another. The Yamauchi clan, which was originally not weaker than the Hojo army, had its own ashigaru banner. However, due to the favorable weather, location and people, it was unable to resist in the end.

The Yamauchi army, which came to support from the rear, did not even cross the Hirakawa Bridge, and was crowded on one side of the bridge by the rebels. When the soldiers of the Jinjing team saw that the bridge was difficult to cross, they jumped into the water to survive. They were attacked and killed by the Hojo Army in the rear, and even the reinforcements could only be forced to run away.

As a key point connecting the two sides of the Pingchuan River, the Pingchuan Bridge flowed into a river of blood, filled with the blood of Yamauchi Army soldiers. On the Shangping River, countless dead people were floating and sinking.

The Hojo Army, who had fought a bloody path with their lives, was finally surprised to find that all the enemy soldiers in front of them had fallen to the ground, and there was no one standing with a knife at them. The vigorous courage and the roaring victory inspired the Hojo soldiers who rushed out of Edo.

Oishi Shiteru, who did not put any obvious signs, looked back at the Edo Castle that he ordered to be burned. Although it was a pity, he still gathered his energy. Rather than leaving enemies behind, it would be better to burn it to a white ground. What he was considering now was whether to continue to attack the Yamauchi army on the Hongo platform, or to stop as soon as possible, turn the horse's head and run towards Sagami.

Of course, due to the huge fear turned into infinite courage, a considerable part of the Hojo Army no longer obeyed his command and was violently attacking the Hosokawa Saime Division who came down the mountain to fight.

Whether to advance or retreat, there is no hesitation!

The situation on the scene was actually extremely favorable to the Hojo Army. The coalition forces numbered 50,000, but they surrounded Edo from all sides and were scattered over a wide area. And there is no central commanding general, who comes from eight or nine sub-countries. The language barrier makes scheduling difficult. It was late at night which was inconvenient for fighting. There were still at least four hours before dawn.

These four hours were not only enough to escape, but also enough to create a brilliant victory.

Done!

Oishi Shiteru commanded all the forces at hand to rush forward, and at the same time notified all other generals who could be contacted that there was only one order! Make a desperate attempt, and if you succeed, you will have the opportunity to devour the Eastern Kingdom!

We agreed to fight for only half an hour! If you can break through the defense on Hongo Terrace, keep charging. If you can't break through, everyone will run back to Sagami. Let's meet again at Odawara Castle!

After passing the order and putting on his helmet, Oishi Shiteru mounted the war horse that he had finally brought out, commanding hundreds of Hojo soldiers to attack Hosokawa Saimei who was blocking him in front of him.

The change in the battle situation is not over yet!