After the incident of the accidental murder of the son of Toast, the Dawn Source came to the island country with the smuggling ship, and was already full of disappointment in life. But I didn't expect that the small leader www.biquge.info of the Kuroda family on the island country would continue to express his incomparable trust in himself in two months, from the young lord who admired the Central Plains culture called Koji Zhigao, to the lord who entrusted the army to himself, and the city lord with extraordinary martial arts, and a colleague with the same strength as himself, he still had a lot of gratitude in his heart, at least he would be full of energy for a while in the future.

Because he had seen the strength of the Iate Yushi clan during the last battle, Urakami Sokei decided to go to the streets of Tofu Ako this time. This time, Urakami Sokei didn't need to pit any of his subordinates, and the army advanced at full speed, starting from Tenjin Mountain Castle in just one day, heading south through Eikyu County, and entering the territory of Harima Province.

It is worth mentioning that there are more than 30 mercenaries in the Urakami family's army this time, and they are the iron artillery team from Saga that Otawara has been paying heavily for a long time. The leader is called Suzuki Shigenari, and this person is a cousin of the Suzuki family of the Kii Province Saga Clan, and Suzuki Sata is a cousin, and he is Suzuki Shigehide's cousin. He believed in the Rinzai sect since he was a child, and because he was dissatisfied with his family's joining the Ichijo sect, he led some people who did not agree with the Ichijo sect to form a new iron cannon mercenary group and serve as mercenaries in various countries. It just so happened that after Suzuki Shigenari came to the western country, he caught up with the Urakami family's second Harima country raider, and was hired by Otawara for a long time as a force to fight against the Kuroda family remotely.

After entering Harima Country, when the last invasion came, Urakami remembered that there were several small towns of wealthy families along the road, but now they are all gone, all of them have been demolished, and they have been replaced by patches of green rice ears, except for farmland, there is nothing nearby, not even the villages passing by, and there is not a single pot and pan. Urakami regarded all of this land as his own, so he didn't destroy the farmland.

After entering Harima Province, the Urakami army walked a long way before they saw Nikoyama Castle. When the Urakami army saw Nizishan Castle, they thought it would experience a hard battle, but there was no one in the city, but the gate of Nizishan Castle was closed, and the Urakami army did not dare to step forward, for fear that it was a ploy by the Kuroda family. The Kuroda family likes to use intrigue and intrigue and doesn't like the reputation of going head-to-head, but it has spread throughout the neighboring countries.

Urakami Sokei ordered the army to advance, but everyone didn't leave, so he could only let a few brave Ashigaru go over and check it out. The men went to the front and came under the gates, but there was no sound in the city. One of the ashigaru leaned his ear against the city gate, and there seemed to be no sound in the city, and these men had the courage to push the gate open. As a result, there was no one in the city at all, except for the leaves that fluttered when the wind blew, and the city was completely empty, and there was nothing else in the city except for the houses.

Similarly, there was not a single common person in the villages around Niziyama Castle, and the Kuroda family, with the advantage of information obtained from the Tongxin people, prepared for the arrival of the Urakami army in advance.

The Urakami family rested for the night at Nikoyama Castle and began to march to Murozu Castle early the next morning, and the Kuroda family arranged 300 crossbows in Murozu Castle this time, 1,500 standing guards, 1,000 peasant soldiers, and 200 concentric people scattered out of the castle. Most of the other troops were transferred to the direction of Kamigetsu Castle, and the others were guarded everywhere to avoid an attack by other forces, or a sudden division of troops by the Urakami family.

Last time, the Urakami family was 10,000 against 2,000 Kuroda families, and this time the Kuroda family has more people, and the crossbow is light this time, and it can basically shoot infinitely, unlike last time, it has to be used sparingly, and the combat effectiveness has actually increased a lot. The Kuroda family also built three new small turrets in Murozu Castle, and the number of small turrets increased, and more crossbows could be accommodated on the castle walls, further increasing the long-range strike capability of Murozu Castle.

As soon as the Urakami family arrived at Murozu Castle, they immediately began to line up and prepare to attack the castle, officially opening the prelude to the Second Battle of Murozu Castle. Under the urging of the generals, group leaders, and small leaders, the Urakami soldiers began to advance slowly, knowing that the Kuroda family's crossbows were powerful, so the Urakami family's ashigaru and peasant soldiers did not gather together, but scattered forward.

When the Urakami family entered the eighty-step distance, the Kuroda family began to shoot freely, and the more than 30 people on the oars all shot by themselves, and the 260 people in the castle shot in two stages. Although only about 20 people fell to the ground, and the hit rate was only less than 10%, after all, the distance was far away.

When the Urakami army entered the 60-step range, the second salvo of about 140 people of the Kuroda family knocked down more than 30 Urakami troops. Three seconds later, in the third salvo, more than 40 people fell to the ground. The closer the distance became, the Kuroda family's crossbow Ashigaru's hit rate began to increase significantly and slowly, and finally remained at about 50 percent. Almost every once in a while, a wave of Urakami's troops was shot to the ground like wheat harvesting, either directly to death, or trampled to death by their companions who could not stop.

As a mercenary, Suzuki Shigenari and his subordinates were originally mixed in the middle of the crowd, and when they saw that the situation was not right, the difference between the long-range strength of the Kuroda family described by Otawara was too huge, and if they went out to attack now, they would only be attacked by the Kuroda family, and the whole army would be annihilated. Thirty-six plans to go, Suzuki Shigenari quickly led people to retreat.

Otawara was the military commissioner and front-line commander of the Urakami family for a long time, and when he saw Suzuki Shigenari fleeing back with people, he was very angry, holding his own katana, and said to Suzuki Shigenari: "Bastard, why did you retreat, why didn't you attack the Kuroda family's bow and arrow reserve?" ”

"My lord, you said that there are only 100 people in the Kuroda family's bow and arrow reserve, and they will come to help in the future, but now the Kuroda family has 300 archers, and the bows of the Kuroda family's archers seem to be unusually sharp. Suzuki Shigenari said, not afraid of Otawara Nagasaki, his subordinates can't deal with the large number of Kuroda bow and arrow reserves, can't they deal with your Urakami family's miscellaneous soldiers.

"Forget it, you can step back first!" Otawara was quite calm for a long time, he knew that once it was unfavorable to Suzuki Shigenari, his subordinates would inevitably return fire with iron cannons, and when there was chaos in the army, it would only harm the Urakami family in the end, so he could only helplessly let Suzuki Shigenari go to rest first.

"Hey!" Suzuki Shigenari did not hesitate to take people back.

This time, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru poured crossbow arrows like no money, and the soldiers of the Urakami family kept falling to the ground, but with the experience of the last Murozu Castle battle, the Urakami army knew that they couldn't retreat, and the hundreds of companions who died before retreating died in vain. You can't stop where you are, and if you stay where you are, you're just waiting for death. So they can only move forward, and the ashigaru people all bow their heads and use the array to fend off possible attacks, but in fact, except for the samurai's iron helmets, which may be somewhat useful, these array hats are not really useful at all. But at least keep your head down, and you'll feel safer.

It didn't take long for the Urakami army to begin attacking the city wall, and no one dared to lift the bumper wood for a long time, and whoever lifted the bumper wood would become a priority target, and after the thirty or so people who carried the bumper wood died, they were discarded on the ground. After coming into contact with the city wall, a cloud ladder was erected on the city wall, and the Urakami army began to attack the city, and it was about to start a white-knuckle battle.