When the second bullet was fired, Yoshida Masanari, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately ordered the death squads to charge and seize the tiger's mouth, and the death squads were mostly composed of the elite of Date Army. Due to the policies adopted by Date Mashiro, these sub-daredevils are in a sense quasi-samurai of the Date family, and after a battle, they are often rewarded for their exploits to become official samurai, and then leave the daredevils.

Nowadays, the Date family is not the same as when it was poor and weak, but there is still a shortcut to become the ruling class from a peasant, that is, the death squad with a very high mortality rate, as long as you participate in the death squad, and then go through two or three battles, you can break away from the death squad and become a member of the ruling class, of course, the lowest samurai.

In the troubled times of the Warring States, life was the least valuable thing, and if you want to get out of the dire situation of the ruled class and become a member of the ruling class with a knife, the death squad has become the most enthusiastic unit for many soldiers, and it is not easy to join the death squad.

When hundreds of death squads armed with swords quickly approached the tiger's mouth, the city did not want to fight back, but once it appeared, it would be targeted and fired by the iron artillery team, and in the Date army, there were not only iron cannons that fired salvos, but also iron cannons that were specially used for sniping.

Compared with the iron cannon used for salvo fire, this kind of iron cannon has a longer barrel and is much larger, and it is loaded with more gunpowder, indicating that the firing range is longer, coupled with the use of sights, so that this iron cannon is specially used for sniping, due to manufacturing difficulties, it has not been installed in the army.

Nagao Jingli ordered six iron cannon masters, one to aim and one to fix the iron cannon, and aimed and shot at the brave who dared to stand out on the city. It's not a one-shot hit, though. But often three large iron cannons are capable of killing one person per shot. Give the defenders a great deterrent.

The gunshots rang out, and the defending troops did not dare to raise their heads, but the fallen comrades stimulated the feelings of some young people who hated the same enemy, and the smoke from the muzzles of the guns under the city aroused the anger in their hearts, making people eager to open the city gate and kill the soldiers who shot them.

Some soldiers defending the city. In this mood, he stood up and wanted to return fire with his bow and arrow, becoming the target of the bullet, and when the brave men who dared to stand up died under the bullet, only the cowards were left in the city.

The daredevils quickly approached the walls of the city with their swords, began to wave the rope in their hands, threw one end of the rope up the city, and the hook made a plank and pulled it up. So he climbed up the rope, for the city members of the death squad. Climbing walls is commonplace.

The defenders who remained in the city were fighting one by one, and the bows and knives in their hands were not stable, and it was obviously impossible for them to go and cut the ropes hanging from the city. As the first death squad member rushed to the top of the city, with a hula, the defenders retreated to Nimaru.

More and more death squad members rushed to the top of the city, followed the fleeing defenders towards the open Nimaru gate, and then slashed back, shouting and chasing after the defenders to flee back, so that the wooden door of Nimaru could not be closed, and the death squad took Nimaru of Odaka Castle in one go.

Where did Niko Keihisa think that the Date army would be so brave that they would capture most of the castle in one fell swoop, and now only the castle tower and the southern end of the pavilion are left unguarded, and if this momentum continues, it is obviously impossible to defend it.

More than 100 Shingu members who retreated to the castle tower shouted, "Your Highness, let's break through from the building at the southern end!" These words caused a chord of echoes among the crowd.

As the main point of the mountain vagina of the Xiboqi Kingdom, although it is a flat mountain castle, the level of the city defense fortifications has always been second only to Yonago Castle, and it is one of the most important castles in the Xiboqi Kingdom.

But under the attack of the Date army, Otaka Castle was a battle, only the Honmaru and the southern pavilion remained, and the garrison in the city was unimaginably fragile, and more than 100 death squads of the Date army conquered the three and two pills all the way, seized the warehouse in the city, and approached the Honmaru.

Since Otaka Castle did not have a castle tower in the first place, a three-story castle tower was built within Honmaru after Niko Keihisa moved in, compressing the space of Honmaru, and for Date Jun, Honmaru was not much different from the castle tower.

For the defenders, there is still a way to break out, and that is to abandon the castle tower, use the narrow mountain path to the southern end of the building, and then break through from the building with ropes, and there is still a chance of survival, once the mountain road is captured, then there is only a dead end.

Niko Keihisa did not have the courage to die with the city, he originally hoped to be able to block the first wave of the Date army's attack, as long as it could be delayed until the evening, he would be able to send his cronies out of the city to offer the surrender table, but he did not expect that he would not be able to stop a wave. If he couldn't stop it, he wouldn't be qualified to bargain at all.

Now that the first wave of the offensive can't be stopped, the three pills and the second pills have been lost one after another, looking at the remaining hundred or so Shingu party members, Nizi Jingjiu knows that there is only one way to break through, and once the city falls, as the city guard, there is only one way to go.

Niko Keihisa gave up his intention to hold the castle tower, he had already made preparations to escape, and commanded the remaining Shingu party members who were surrounding him to shout loudly: "Retreat, go to the south hall from the narrow road, and burn the castle tower to delay the enemy's attack." ”

The burning of the castle tower delayed the attack of the Date army, allowing the remnants of the army to break through smoothly and have more time. Nizi Jingjiu wants to withdraw, obviously it is impossible to take everyone away, and the remaining Shingu party members are the capital of his comeback, and it has obviously become the first choice.

He didn't take away his sixteen-year-old concubine, after all, when his life was dying, he didn't have the heart to talk about women. His concubine dragged her long tail skirt and grabbed Nizi Jingjiu's arm, and said with the most begging eyes: "Your Highness, take me away." ”

"Get out!" Nizi Jingjiu's bloodshot evil eyes glared at the concubine, kicked the person away, and then took the lead with his men to escape to the narrow passage, shouting loudly while fleeing to the south hall at a very fast speed. All that remained was the sound of noisy footsteps and the crying of a woman.

At the position outside the castle, Yoshida Masanari saw the smoke billowing from the castle of Otaka, and the first thing that came to his mind was that Otaka Castle had been lost, and the enemy had set fire to the castle tower as a last resistance, and the second thing that came to mind was that the enemy wanted to escape.

Yoshida Masanari looked at the South Building, which had not yet been lost. Suddenly, Nagao Keori, who was starting to pack up the iron cannon, shouted, "Shiro Saemon." You immediately lead the team outside the South Pavilion. As soon as he saw the enemy fleeing from the museum, he was forced back. ”

Yoshida Masasari's judgment was obviously correct, when Nagao Keiji led the iron artillery team to the outside of the South Hall, Niko Keihisa had just passed through the narrow passage to prepare a rope escape, and Niko Keisa knew that there was no way out for him to escape alone, and only by bringing enough people could he have a chance to make a comeback.

Nagao Keili was originally a little indignant, thinking that Yoshida Masanari was trying to rob him of his credit. As soon as he came to the South Pavilion, he saw that there were many people in the South Pavilion, and he knew that Yoshida Masari's judgment was quite accurate, so he immediately changed his face and called him wise.

Nagao Keori commanded in a low voice: "Conceal, the first squad prepares, wait for the enemy to hang halfway before shooting, and the second squad, wait until the first squad finishes shooting, and immediately shoot at the head of the city." Push the enemy back. "A squad of ten iron cannons.

Five ropes lowered the head of the building, and five figures hung from it. Before waiting for the bottom, five more impatiently climbed down, and the five below shouted viciously: "Look for death, the rope can't help it, wait for us to go down and come down"

In response to them, there were bursts of iron cannons, and in the light of fire and smoke, several iron cannons hit the body of the defender who was hanging in mid-air, and because of the escape, in order to reduce the weight, the body had already been thrown somewhere, and how could the flesh block the shot of the bullet, and a huge bloody hole was punched in his body.

In the scream, he let go of the rope and fell, receiving a second injury, and fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, his eyes full of disbelief. Ten iron cannons killed three people, and two others fell from the city in fright, broke their legs and feet, and fell to their knees screaming.

The five people who originally wanted to climb down from the city saw the roar of fire and smoke under the city, and they were so frightened that they dared to climb down again, and immediately wanted to climb up, but they were shot by the second team, and two more people were hit and fell down at once.

In order to win people's hearts, Nizi Jingjiu was not the first to escape, and stayed behind, allowing him to escape, and the power of the iron cannon shot deeply deterred them. He glanced around, and the remnants of the defeated generals who followed him had a look of hesitation and fear on their faces.

Where did Nizi Jingjiu think that Otaka City would be breached so easily, and he didn't expect that he would not be left a way to live, and he cut off his escape route, knowing in his heart that there were only two roads left to go, and he thought in his heart: "I can only surrender, I hope to read on the past and let me live." ”

Nizi Jingjiu once negotiated with Date Zhengheng, although there is no friendship, but there is also a relationship, I hope that for the sake of this fate, let him live, even if he is escorted to prepare for China, it is better than killing on the spot.

Taking off his helmet and untying the sword in his waist, Niko's spirit and spirit were shattered along with his illusions, hanging his head and shoulders, and he thought to himself: "I can only look at luck, luck, and I can also see the benefits of mixing in front of Date Zhengheng in the past." ”

The fact that Niko Keihisa and Date Masahiro once had a relationship was only circulated at the top level, and for the people of the death squads, Niko Keihisa's head was a huge battle achievement, and the fire in the castle tower delayed the attack of the death squads and annoyed them.

More than 100 death squads rushed through the narrow road of thirty or forty steps, Nizi Jingjiu just wanted to shout and surrender, but he saw that a member of the death squad would let him shout out, once he shouted out, it was not easy to start, and he was busy using the knife in his hand as a flying knife, and shouted loudly and threw it hard. The knife is flying in the air, more than thirty steps, there is no longer power, in fact, Nizi Jingjiu can dodge as long as he dodges a little, but fate should be like this, Nizi Jingjiu rushed forward in a trance, one before and one after the effect of the two forces happened to be shot in the head by the knife, and half of the brain was chopped off.

The remnants of the defeated generals who had been surrounding Nizi for a long time were stunned, looking at the knives that fell from the head of their lord, and at the same time, half of the flesh and blood that fell were blurred, and their minds were blank. The mind of the death squad member was also blank, and the rest of his companions had envious and jealous eyes in their eyes, and they rushed over to chop melons and vegetables with their knives.

An hour later, the fire in the castle tower was finally extinguished, and Yoshida Masanari made a bow outside the castle, and the death squad soldier put the head of Niko Keihisa, who had been cleaned and tied up with ropes, in the first place, and he looked at the mutilated head, shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect Niko Keihisa to be so brave and die with the city." ”

This battle can be said to be a complete victory, if it were not for the sweep of the defenders in the city, in the process of wounding a dozen unlucky eggs, not a single one died, and no one was seriously injured, those dozen unlucky eggs only need to recuperate for ten days and half a month before they can go to the battlefield again.

Kawasaki Yorihiro, who went to Hino River to set up a formation, also rushed to Otaka Castle after hearing the news of the fall of Otaka Castle in the First Battle, and heard that the marching army was counting various data, and making a summary of this battle, and couldn't help but say: "I never thought that the iron cannon would be so useful?" ”

Obviously, the iron artillery played the most important role in the battle of Odaka Castle, first killing the living forces of the defenders, then covering the death squads to rush to the head of the city, and then forcing the defenders to break through the retreat, and in one fell swoop to destroy all the morale of the defenders.

Yoshida Masanari shook his head and said: "Although the iron artillery team has played an important role, if there are enough defenders in the city, if the door is opened and attacked when the battle starts, it will inevitably suffer some damage, but we have won a complete victory in this battle, and now it depends on the movements of Yonago City, Gassan Tomita Castle, and White Deer City." ”

Kawasaki Yorihiro said to Yoshida Masanari: "Otaka Castle broke the city in a battle, and the surrounding castles were severely shocked, now is not the time for the Lian War, it is a good time to send messengers to make them surrender immediately, well, also send a letter of persuasion to Yonago Castle Niko Seihisa." ”

Yoshida Masanari also said relaxedly: "That's right, of course, it can't give Yonago Castle time to mobilize the people under the city to enter the city, well, it's better to cross the Hino River and put the position outside Yonago Castle, and use a strong momentum to force it to open the city and surrender." ”

In this battle, the Date army, which directly participated in the attack on Otaka Castle, was only in their early 500s, in order to further deter the people of the Boqi Kingdom and give enough confidence to the soldiers of the Date army. Seeing that the Date army broke through Otaka Castle without much effort, coupled with the zero casualties after the war, the awe of Edao Castle's lord Beetsuka Uemon Captain and other cadres for Date Masahiro was several times heavier.

The fall of Otaka Castle also shocked the surrounding castles, the owners of these castles thought that the castle was not as strong as Otaka Castle, and the defenders were not as elite as Otaka Castle, so they were frightened and surrendered one after another, and led their troops to come.

When Niko Seihisa of Yonago City heard the news of the fall of Ozaka Castle and the death of Niko Jingjiu in battle, he was frightened and did not have the slightest sense of schadenfreude, but was deeply saddened by the death of the rabbit and the fox. (To be continued......)