Chapter 53: Night Attack
What made Takeda Takanshin strange was that after Matsui Shigetaka's army set up camp, he rested outside the city for two days, but there was no sign of siege. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć In this case, Takeda Takanobu and everyone in his family, after two days of tension, unanimously felt that Matsui Shigetaka should wait for the arrival of Kodera Shigetaka's army before attacking the city. So on the same day, Takeda Takanbu handed over the city defense to one of his samurai, and at this time he had already returned to the backyard of the imperial palace and fell asleep with his concubine.
That night, the moonlight was not very bright, and from time to time clouds drifted by, and it would also cover the faint moonlight, just when the moon was dark and windy, and the people were killed and set on fire. Suddenly, there was a loud shout outside the city, and it turned out that the Kuroda family had attacked the city at night.
"What's going on?" Takeda Takashin quickly got up from his bed, but no one outside responded to him.
He put on his cloak with the help of his concubine, and at this time, Matasaburo Takeda, who was also fully armed, walked in and said anxiously: "Brother, it's not good, the Kuroda family has already entered the city." ā
"What? Already in town? How is this possible? Takeda Takanobu said in surprise, you must know that Matsui Shigetaka only has a thousand people, and in the face of Pelican Tail City with 400 people, he is the side of Cage City, and he is still very confident. But now Takeda Matazaburo said that the Kuroda family has entered the city, which is really unacceptable to Takeda Takashin for a while.
"Someone opened the city gate for the Kuroda family, the Kuroda family had long been ambushed outside the city, as soon as the city gate was opened, all poured in, the city gate has been lost, and the granary has been occupied by the Kuroda family." Takeda Matazaburo said anxiously.
"This ...... We can't delay anymore, quickly gather the elite in the city to break through with me, as long as we can break through, there is still hope. Takanobu Takeda said decisively.
"What about the others?" Takeda Matazaburo asked.
"Miscellaneous soldiers can be recruited anywhere." Takeda Takanobu said coldly.
"Don't leave me, sir! I heard that the Kuroda family is extremely cruel to women. Takeda Takanobu's concubine heard their conversation and pleaded with Takeda Takanobu, apparently hearing rumors about the atrocities committed by the Kuroda Army in Kojima-gun.
Unexpectedly, Takeda Takashin suddenly drew a knife and stabbed her to death, "Women can be obtained anywhere, okay, Saburo, hurry up and gather people." ā
"Hey!" Takeda Matasaburo hurried down to gather his men.
After Takeda Takanbu entangled dozens of people, he used his knowledge of the terrain in the city to quickly come to the city gate. But he found that the gate of the castle had been guarded by nearly three hundred Kuroda troops, and even the samurai of the Kuroda family's Matsui Shigetaka army were here, as if they were waiting for him.
Takeda Takashin Lerma was in place, looking at the Kuroda army opposite, all of them were fully armed, spears were like a forest, and they all looked like they were facing a great enemy, as if they were the besieging party, and the Kuroda family was the defender of the city.
Now that the Kuroda family is prepared, the hope of breaking through by himself is extremely small. The last time I was able to escape from Tottori, I can only say that Yamana Yusushi was not prepared, otherwise he would have been dead for a few days. This time, the Kuroda family is completely prepared, and Takeda Takanbu asks himself if he doesn't have the ability to break through, even if Gen Yoshitsune and Kusunoki Masanari are reincarnated, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape, so everything can only be resigned to fate.
"I'm the old Matsui Shigetaka of the Kuroda family, and I'm Lord Takeda Takanshin in front of me." At this time, in the military formation of the Kuroda family, Matsui Shigetaka shouted loudly.
"It's right down, I don't know what Matsui-sama has to say!" Takanobu Takeda said.
"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, my Kuroda family has always been reluctant to kill, if Lord Takeda is willing to surrender, this family will give Lord 6,000 stones of territory to block, I don't know what Lord Takeda thinks?" Shigetaka Matsui asked.
"Cut the territory in half? This is the land that three generations of the family have fought to the death, if you lose half of it in your hands, you will have no shame to see your grandfather and father under Jiuquan, so Hugh will mention the surrender again. Takanobu Takeda flatly refused.
"Don't you have to think about it, adults? Why make a decision so quickly? One of your decisions is related to the lives of dozens of people, as well as the inheritance of the family name of the Inaba Takeda family! Matsui Shigetaka shouted loudly, apparently hoping that Takeda Takanshin could surrender directly.
"Brother, kill! Rushing out, we took refuge in the Nizi family, and it was a big deal to start all over again. Takeda Matazaburo said.
"Yes! Lord, there is hope when you kill it. A samurai on horseback advised.
"Kill" Takeda Takanobu made up his mind, and no longer listened to Matsui Shigetaka's words of persuasion, but drew his sword out of its sheath and pointed in the direction of the city gate.
All the Ashigaru spears of the Kuroda family were lowered and faced with the Takeda soldiers who rushed up. The soldiers of the Kuroda family were used to seeing such a scene of life and death, so they looked indifferently ahead, no one spoke, their expressions were indifferent, and even three hundred people gathered an invisible pressure on the opponent, maybe it was the so-called murderous aura!
"All Thrust!" When the Takeda side was very close, Matsui Shigetaka shouted loudly.
"Puff, puff, puff" The sound of a series of weapons entering the body sounded in front of the formation, and nearly twenty people in the Takeda family fell in an instant. Three samurai on horseback, including Takeda Takanbu and Takeda Matasaburo, relied on their height advantage to frequently swing their swords to resist the attack of spears, while waiting for an opportunity to slash and kill the Ashigaru of the Kuroda family.
A samurai had just slashed a Kuroda family's Ashigaru to death with a sword when three spears stabbed him. He unhurriedly used his knife to block all three spears, but he didn't let go of his breath, and five or six spears were stabbed on each side, because there were fewer and fewer miscellaneous soldiers, and the Ashigaru of the Kuroda family could attack several samurai led by Takeda Takanobu wholeheartedly. His martial arts are still very exquisite, blocking left and right, blocking most of the attacks with all his strength, but he was still stabbed in the abdomen.
He grabbed the spear with his hand and slashed it with his katana, and the Kuroda ashiki was stunned for a moment before being hacked to death by the samurai who covered the wound with one hand and the knife in the other. Immediately after more than a dozen spears stabbed him, he couldn't avoid it, he was shot more than ten times, he still wanted to swing a knife to kill, but the spear was against him, he couldn't move at all, and finally all the shots were lightly drawn, he spat blood from his mouth and fell to the ground.
Nobuhara Keineng took the initiative to find Takeda Takanobu, one was the general of Bizen Kuni, and the other was the lord of Inhata country, and the two did not report each other's names, because both of them felt that the dead did not need to report their names. Nobuhara Keineng slashed out, Takeda Takashin blocked, and at the same time, the side of his body quickly took two steps to the right of Nobuhara Keineng, came to Nobuhara Keineng's side, and slashed at his abdomen. Noonhara hurriedly dodged to the left, just dodging the blade.