Chapter 415: Fierce Battle at Yamahonkan (Part II)
Seeing this, Shi Tashi was immediately shocked, and immediately shouted loudly at the surrounding ashiko, "Retreat!" ”
After receiving the retreat order from Shita Shiko, the Tsugawa family on the castle tower suddenly began to flee outside the castle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoHowever, in the process of escaping, one after another Ashigaru died in a dense rain of arrows.
The height of the platform is still very high, and it is condescending, even if part of the Tsugawa family has been withdrawn from the castle tower, but it still does not escape the range of the archers. Even many of the Tsugawa family, who had not yet had time to climb the castle tower, were shot to death.
Outside the city, Tozawa Moritsuna also discovered this situation at this time, and immediately said loudly, "Archers, hurry up and release arrows to the platform in the city to suppress the enemy archers!" Fast! ”
As soon as Tozawa Moritsuna finished speaking, the 50-life archers of the 4th Squadron outside the city began to shoot at the platform on the Yamamoto Pavilion with their bows and arrows. Otaka Castle is rich in timber and is also a place for bow and arrow production in the Tsugawa family, and there are currently three bow and arrow workshops in the city, which can produce 120 Maruki bows and 1,100 feather arrows per month.
For these reasons, the archers of Otaka Castle are among the best in the Tsugawa clan in terms of archery skills and proficiency. In just half a minute, three volleys were fired.
As the archers of the 4th Squadron fired, the archers of the Anton's family on the platform gradually received an impact. Although the bow and arrow in this year are extremely powerful and the accuracy is impressive, so many arrows are shooting at you, even if you miss, you will subconsciously dodge it. As a result, the design speed of Anton's archers on the masturbation table dropped significantly.
This also gave the Tsugawa family, who had been evacuated from the castle tower, a chance to breathe.
Seeing that the Tsugawa family's Ashigaru had begun to retreat, Kitewa Hirotake immediately said to the ashigaru around him, "Everyone! The Tsugawa family has already begun to retreat, so let's drive the enemy out of the city in one go! Kill! ”
"Kill!" The beating of water dogs is something that every peasant soldier is very happy to see. Seeing that the Tsugawa family's ashigaru was defeated by the fire of his own archers, the farmers of the Andong family couldn't hold back. With the order of Kitewa Hirotake, hundreds of peasant soldiers began to rush towards the defeated Tsugawa Ieashi.
With the addition of the Kitewa Guangwu team, Musashi Kojiro and the others on the platform did not dare to shoot at the castle tower anymore, so as to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. As a result, the Tsugawa family outside the city suffered a disaster, and before they had time to enjoy the joy of a successful retreat, they ushered in the "surprise" of dozens of archers from the Andong family.
"Ahh Screams and cries of pain came from time to time, and more than a dozen of the Tsugawa family's Ashigaru were killed by arrows.
The originally crowded scene was moved from the castle tower to the outside of the castle, and the narrow terrain to the south of the Yamamoto Building caused endless trouble for the Tsugawa family. Hundreds of Ashigaru gathered here, even if Tozawa Moritsuna had the intention to command Ashigaru to retreat, but he couldn't all withdraw in a short time.
The longer the time drags on, the more casualties there will be.
The situation in the north of the castle was similar to that in the south of the castle, and the Tozawa Masashige team was also caught off guard by the sudden appearance of dozens of archers. However, compared to the archers in the south of the castle, the number of archers in the north of Yamamotokan was relatively small, so the casualties of Tozawa Masashige's army were fewer.
Kojiro has also been a permanent ashigaru of the Tsugawa family for more than a year, and as a cousin of Koran and Miki Naogo, Kojiro is not complacent because of his identity. Even with the extra care of Masashige Tozawa and the assignment of Kojiro to the fourth squadron (archers) with a relatively small mortality rate, Kojiro didn't care either. Kojiro has always wanted to be a samurai like his brother Miki Naogo, so he is extremely brave in battle. However, due to the peculiarities of the archers, the chances of taking the enemy Ashigaru are also very small, let alone samurai. For more than a year, Kojiro also participated in several big battles with Masashige Tozawa, but he only won 2 ashigaru.
Today, when the archers of the Anto family on the upper floor of Yamahonkan Castle suddenly appeared, the fourth squadron was also sent out by Tozawa Masashige to suppress the enemy archers on the platform. Kojiro also used to brave the arrows that kept flying from the castle tower and shot at the masturbation platform on the castle tower.
"If you ask for three more people, you can become a samurai, Kojiro, you can do it!" Kojiro, who was half-squatting behind a huge wooden tree outside the city, thought to himself.
Suddenly, Kojiro stood up suddenly, aimed at a masturbation platform on the castle tower, and shot an arrow. Not long after, one of the Anton archers on the platform fell and fell off the platform.
"My lord, I have obtained an enemy archer!" Kojiro excitedly said to the samurai, the leader of the second squad of the fourth squadron beside him.
The samurai glanced at Kojiro approvingly, and the samurai also learned about Kojiro's identity from the mouth of Tozawa Masashige, and the samurai also valued Kojiro very much.
"Well done Kojiro, remember the merits for the time being, and I'll show it to Lord Tozawa when this battle is over!" The samurai said loudly.
"Hah!" There was no room for much talk on the battlefield, and after a short exchange, Kojiro quickly turned his head and stared at the masturbation platform not far away again. Wait for the next round of arrows from the enemy to shoot at the table again.
Compared to the battle on the north and south sides of Yamamotokan, the situation of Hideji Igme and the others who attacked the east side of the castle was much better. Although the east side was also in a bitter battle, at least there were no archers in the way, so the casualties of Hideji Igme and the others were not large.
Half an hour later, the Tozawa Moritsuna team and the Tozawa Masashige team finally withdrew and withdrew towards the main camp. Hideji Igme and Moriki Miura, who were commanding the siege of Ashigaru, saw that Masashige Tozawa had begun to retreat, and they also hurriedly commanded Ashigaru to start retreating.
Even if Hideji Fiftyme and the others don't retreat, it's meaningless, before Tozawa Moritsuna and Tozawa Masashiro contained half of the Anto family, and Hideji Fiftyme and the others were only able to draw with the Shimizu Masayoshi team guarding the main gate. Now that both of them have retreated, if Hideharu Fiftyme and the others don't retreat, they will face an attack by all the troops in the Yamamoto Building, and the casualties will be as huge as on the first day.
Wise light fidgeted for a long time in the main formation, and although he had never seen the battle in front of him, he also knew about it in the mouth of the detective. When Masashige Tozawa and the others returned to their main camp in despair, Akechi Mitsuhisa couldn't wait to ask, "How is the battle?" ”
"Alas!" As soon as Tozawa Moritsuna sat down, he couldn't help but let out a sigh, "Lord Akechi, if I hadn't retreated quickly just now, the ashigaru under my command would have suffered heavy damage." ”
"yes!" Tozawa Masashige on the side also said in disappointment, "Originally, the battle went smoothly, and the ashigaru of the main family has gradually taken control of the castle tower. Just as I was about to give the order to Ashigaru to press further and further expand the victory, a large number of archers suddenly appeared on the platform of the Yamamotokan castle tower, which caught me off guard. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen archers were lost, and if it hadn't been for the quick withdrawal, the casualties would have been unknown to anyone! ”
"How so?" Wise Mitsuhisa muttered.