Katsuzaburo spoke, and it was quite prestigious, so everyone agreed and went down to rest. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at the army of the Kobayakawa family outside the city, Katsuzaburo shook his head, I don't know if I can go back alive this time! At this time, Katsuzaburo thought to himself.

Many, many years later, Katsuzaburo, who has been resting at home with peace of mind, every time he thinks of this experience in Nogami Castle, he can't help but say this sentence, I don't know if I can go back alive!

"Order the whole army, line up the queue, Ikuguchi Takahei and Oka Jingzhong, the two of you, as the vanguard to prepare for the attack. After the first team, it is the righteous brother (Sugihara Takamori) who is a centaur, and the bravery of your Sugihara family soldiers is famous for the future country! Don't let me down! Alright guys, let's take Wild Castle in one battle! Soon, Kobayakawa Takakei, who was among the shogunates in the main camp, pointed at Nogami Castle with a military match, and shouted loudly.

"Hey!" The people of the Maori family, or mainly the people of the Kobayakawa family, shouted loudly, which can be regarded as boosting their morale!

According to Kobayakawa Takakei's arrangement, the two teams of Ikuguchi Takahei and Oka Keitaka quickly entered the state of siege, but fortunately, there was only one gate in Nogami Castle, plus it was a mountain castle, as long as the city gate was guarded, which virtually reduced the pressure of Yoshida Nagatoshi to defend the city.

The soldiers of the Maori family were also well-trained, and the more than 300 people of the two pioneer teams quickly lowered their heads and entered the effective range of the Kuroda family's crossbow at 80 paces.

Although the Kuroda family's crossbow is not as powerful as the Ming Kingdom's firearms, after being improved, the power cannot be underestimated. There are only a few soldiers of the Hao clan who have a hat, and most of the miscellaneous soldiers are running forward bareheaded, and they are only asking for comfort at most when they lower their heads.

However, this is also the case, after Katsuzaburo gave the order to shoot, the twenty crossbowmen in the front row shot their own crossbow arrows together, and after the crossbow arrows were off the string, they pointed straight at their own targets at a gallop. Twenty crossbow bolts hit exactly ten enemies, which is quite a good result at a distance of eighty paces, especially with a lot of newcomers.

However, the two teams of Ryuhei Ikuguchi and Oka Keitaka continued to move forward at a rapid pace without any pause, but just a few seconds after the first round of crossbow attacks, the Kuroda family's second round of crossbows followed. "Puff puff" was another sound of crossbow bolts into the flesh, and another ten Maori wealthy soldiers fell to the ground.

These miscellaneous soldiers also include the previous miscellaneous soldiers, maybe the lucky ones are not dead, but the companions behind can't see the situation in front when they are advancing, so they basically can't escape the trampling of their companions.

After the third round of salvos, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru hit rate had risen to sixty percent, and after forty or fifty dead, the two reserves of the Maori family finally showed some signs of disorder. You must know that they are still more than forty paces away from Nogami Castle, and according to the speed of the Kuroda family's crossbow before, their side will be shot four more times, and then there will be another fifty or sixty casualties, and no one wants to be one of these fifty or sixty people, so they finally began to wander a little.

"Lord Sugihara, it's time for you to step forward, be sure to urge the two teams of Takahei Ikuguchi and Oka Keitaka to move forward while moving forward yourself, and not to retreat." Takakei Kobayakawa said.

"Hey!" Sugihara Takamori immediately left his marching Maza, saluted Kobayakawa, and then left the shogunate.

Sugihara Takamori was a native of Kireshiso in Bigo Province, and the famous samurai Sugihara Morishige of the same clan also participated in the battle, and his two sons, Sugihara Motokei and Sugihara Norizhen, as well as the two children of his adopted ancestor Koyama Naori and Sugihara Naoshi, were also in the battle at this time.

This Sugihara Takamori was first a prisoner in the Niko family for more than ten years, and then was rescued by Ouchi Yoshitaka, and after the Ouchi family was replaced by Mori Moto, Sugihara Takamori was subordinate to Kobayakawa Takakei, because this person's ability was very good, and in the 21st year of Astronomy (1552), he and Kobayakawa Takakei became righteous brothers.

In addition to Sugihara Takamori's own strength, the Sugihara clan itself is also considered a famous family in Bigo Province, such as this time to send troops, the Sugihara family contributed a team of five hundred people, which is very fancy to Kobayakawa Takakei.

After Sugihara Takamori brought his relatives and his own reserve to press up, he gave Kobayakawa Takakei an order to Ikuguchi Takahei and Oka Keitakada, although the two of them had suffered a lot of losses, but Kobayakawa Takakei's order The two still did not dare to disobey, so they could only urge the men and horses to continue the attack.

When Yoshida Nagatoshi came to Nogami Castle, he had already begun to reorganize the outer defense system of Nogami Castle in accordance with the castle building method taught by Professor Yasui Doton. So when the soldiers of the Maori family happily came to the castle, thinking that they could finally attack the castle, they found that the huge sharpened logs were inserted in the ground, and there was a one-meter-deep Hori waiting for them behind them. But Shangfeng had already given the order, and they could only go up hard.

A soldier of the Sugihara family had just arrived in front of the castle and was about to move the logs, when a crossbow bolt shot at him quickly, and the accuracy and power of this crossbow arrow could be imagined when the distance was only three or five meters in a straight line. This miscellaneous soldier was directly pierced through the head by the crossbow arrow, and even some of the brains were brought out by the huge force of the crossbow arrow, and finally was firmly nailed to the ground.

"If you don't want to die, hurry up and clear the obstacles, so that you can enter the white-knuckle battle." Takamori Sugihara shouted loudly.

It is true that the soldiers on the Maori side cannot retreat now, after all, it was the main hall Kobayakawa Takakei who gave the death order. In this case, in order not to be nailed to the ground, he can only act according to Sugihara Takamori's instructions.

Soon, the soldiers of the three teams worked together to clear the logs and horses outside Nogami Castle, but they were really unprepared for Hori, and Sugihara Takamori had to order the return of the army first. The Maori side left behind more than 80 corpses and retreated to their camp without even touching the castle.

"Brother Yi, I see that you have already gone to the city, why are you retreating at this time?" After Kobayakawa Takashi saw Sugihara Takamori returning, he asked with some displeasure. ”

"My lord doesn't know, the defenders of the Kuroda family have dug a one-meter-deep Hori under Nogami Castle, and we have cleared the logs in front of the castle wall and rejected horses, but if Hori doesn't fill it in, we won't be able to attack the castle!" Takamori Sugihara said. (To be continued.) )