Chapter 148: Weapons for Defending the City
Seeing that the Otomo family has so much long-range power, although it is only a Maruki bow, the Kuroda family has always had the habit of suppressing other people's long-range forces, how can they tolerate a long-range attack on their side?
So the four Kuroda family's fire team and crossbow ashigaru mixed teams, numbering about 800, under the orders of Kuroda Vocational High School, led by their respective leading samurai, slowly lined up, mixed behind the team that had fought before, and walked towards Takase Castle.
The Kuroda family's ranged team had lost nearly thirty ranged soldiers in just one volley, and this was the result of many projectiles and crossbows being fired at the fence, which was the difference between the Maruki Bow's attack and other sharp weapons.
When the Kuroda family's long-range soldiers were preparing for the second round of shooting, the Otomo family's men and horses immediately erected some wooden planks prepared in advance, which was the method that the Otomo family learned to guard against the Kuroda family's long-range weapons when they fought with the Kuroda family before. The planks erected by the Otomo family had to be lifted by at least two people, because each plank was two people wide and more than one person high, and it seemed that the fence of Takase Castle was filled with these planks in an instant.
All the projectiles and bolts were fired at the planks, and both the bolts and the iron cannons were rendered useless. Seeing this, Kuroda immediately ordered the crossbowfoot light team to step forward and burn the wooden planks with oil fire arrows, but the Kuroda family would use mud to prevent fire, and the Otomo family would too.
The oil fire was burning on the planks, but they quickly extinguished themselves, and it was not a high-tech thing, but a thick layer of dirt was smeared on the outside of the planks. The Otomo family really wants to be thankful that there was no intellectual property protection or anything like that in that era, otherwise, not only would they need to pay a patent fee to the Kuroda family, but they would also need to be subject to many restrictions on use, and the troubled times of the Warring States period can be regarded as a good era!
As long as there is such a fire prevention method mentioned in the intelligence, then others can imitate it, it is something that does not have any technical barriers at all, and the soil is everywhere, it is really a cost-effective fortification material, smeared on the wall, it can effectively protect the wall from being burned by fire.
After the Otomo family erected such planks, the Kuroda family's long-range attack was almost completely halted, and the Kuroda family's firepower was only able to play a slight role occasionally, killing and injuring a few unlucky people.
Although it was difficult for the soldiers of the Otomo family to attack the Kuroda family themselves after the planks were erected, their goal this time was to defend the Kuroda family, not to attack the Kuroda family. As long as they can delay the Kuroda family's offensive, then everything they have done will be worth it.
In such a situation, not only can you defend Takase Castle under the attack of the Kuroda family, but also greatly reduce the intensity of the Kuroda family's attack, reduce the loss of your own side, and delay the time of defense, which is a very worthwhile thing.
After Kuroda Vocational High School organized several attacks, he found that the invincible army under his command was of little use in the face of this small man, who was only used as a defense.
Even if the Kuroda family sent many powerful samurai, they couldn't change this, at most they killed three or five more people, but they couldn't change the current situation at all, because those planks were indeed not easy to break through.
After all, the opponent occupies the advantage of the terrain, and there is also the protection of the castle fence, and the defender of the city has a great advantage in defense, and it also erects a plank that is convenient for defense, which makes the Kuroda family even more unable to speak.
Kuroda Vocational High School tried his best to maintain his composure at this time, but he was still a little uneasy, not for anything else, because he was worried about his two younger brothers.
Kuroda Ritaka and Kuroda Toshinori are on the other side of Takase Castle at this time, and there are Kuroda Vocational High School extremely optimistic about Kuriyama Riyasu, Shima Fierce Victory, and Aoki Ichishige.
All right! This is somewhat exaggerated, but you must know that the Kuroda family does not have too many historical generals, and the island is in the Kuroda family, which can be regarded as a very powerful historical general. In addition to Kuroda Kanwei, the most famous is of course Kobayakawa Takakei, and below it may still be Otani Yoshitsugu, Shima Takekatsu, Konishi Yukinaga, etc., and the rest of the Kuroda Eight Tigers, to be honest, have no status at all in history, let alone receive the lunch box Itetomo clan early in history.
Now Kuroda Ritaka and they only have a thousand people under their command, and they are in the sphere of influence of the castle town, and it is also the most dangerous castle valley. There are nearly 3,000 people on the other side! Coupled with the martial arts of the castle and his eldest son, the castle of the castle, and their knowledge of the terrain, Kuroda is estimated to be in danger!
Although it is the most ruthless imperial family, these two younger brothers grew up by themselves, Kuroda Needless to say, it is his own half-brother, who has been very close to himself since he was a child, and his personality is more similar to Kotera Takahisa, gentle and frugal, calm personality, decisive in trouble, able to understand the general situation, is one of the future three royal families of the Kuroda family that Kuroda Vocational High School has booked early.
Another Kuroda Toshinori, although he has been a child since he was a child, no matter where he is, has always been a naughty and mischievous person, and he is the most naughty one. But according to the intelligence of the Tongxin people, Kuroda Toshinori's experience in Nagato Province and Bunzen Country in the past few years has made him change a lot, especially with the assistance of the three samurai under his command, and even his personality has begun to change a little, which is definitely a good thing for the Kuroda family.
The territory after the Kuroda family will be very large, and if it really gets to that position, there must be a large number of Kuroda family members who are loyal enough to the main family and have a certain ability to serve the main family and assist the Kuroda family to suppress the development of the party.
There are sixty-six countries in the world, which provides more people from the Kuroda family to go to the place, and their task is to stabilize the places, which requires these Kuroda Ritaka, Kuroda Toshinori, Kuroda Naotoshi and other Kuroda core members of the Kuroda family, even if they have some shortcomings, such as Kuroda Toshinori, but the rise of the Kuroda family forces them to constantly improve their abilities to meet the Kuroda family's requirements for them, which is something they can't choose, and it is also their helplessness to be born in the Kuroda family.