Murakami Takeyoshi saw a large number of stones roaring down from the sky, the stones the size of a human head hit the hull of the flagship, the heavy stones hit a huge pit, fortunately the stones were stuck in the pit and did not rebound, but the flagship is so, other ships are not so lucky, the ships close to Kokushijo and Yama Kanzaki were all baptized by the stones, and some unlucky ships were actually hit and jumped into the river to escape, which shows the power of the stones thrown by the catapult.

Some stones directly smashed people's heads, bursting out of sparse clumps that could not be seen in their original colors, and some smashed on people's bodies, either disabled or seriously injured, and the morale of the army, which had fallen greatly, suddenly fell to the bottom.

The catapult has always been a militaristic heavy weapon that Date Masatoshi relied on to become famous, don't look at it as ancient, as long as it is practical.

Murakami Takeyoshi Tetsu is standing at the bow of the flagship ship with a blue face, and his right hand is tightly holding the sword Heavenly Kingdom that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Noshima Murakami clan, which is the Heian period Taira Sadamori because of the merit of conquering Fujiwara Juntomo, was rewarded by the imperial court with this knife, the arc of the knife is extremely curved, and more than half of the blade is in the shape of two blades, which is a rare treasure sword. After the battle of Genpei, it was spread and finally passed into the hands of the Murakami clan and fell into the hands of Murakami Takeyoshi, who chased and killed Murakami Yoshiki in order to seize this treasure knife that symbolized the glory of Murakami on Noshima Island.

At this moment, Murakami Takeshi really wanted to slash people with the Heavenly Treasure Knife. Since inheriting the Noshima Murakami clan, Murakami Takeyoshi has never been so wolf as he is today, nor has he been in such a desperate situation as he is today, which suddenly reminded him of the situation of the Higo Kikuchi clan when he escaped.

The fleet was retreating towards the center of Kojima Bay, and the sound of hurried footsteps rang out. Deputy General Takanobu Murakami hurriedly walked over. Stop at a distance of one foot from Murakami's Bukit. He said, "My lord, the fleet has successfully escaped from the enemy's catapult camp. ”

Murakami Takekichi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What is the situation of the boats?" ”

Takanobu Murakami shook his head and said with a solemn expression: "The fleets are stepping up the counting of battle damage, although the results have not yet come out, but I think the casualty figures will probably not be less, and there are no less than ten large and small ships damaged." More importantly, it is difficult to break through the Kojima Strait. ”

The wet Murakami Yoshihide was lying on the board of the boat shivering, and suddenly his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he hurriedly climbed next to Murakami Takeyoshi and Takanobu Murakami, and bowed: "Lord, the sea is out, the sea is out, the sea is out, the sea is out. ”

Regardless of Murakami's words, Takanobu Murakami suddenly realized the crisis when he heard it, and looked at the sea hurriedly, and it seemed that there was not much change. But for him, who has been immersed in the sea water all year round, the sea water has changed slightly. let him know that what Yoshihide Murakami said was true, and his face was equally sad.

Murakami Takeyoshi Tetsushi's face became more gloomy and solemn, he understood that once the tide receded, the size of the fleet would be more crowded, and it would be even more impossible to break out of the narrow Kojima Strait, Murakami Takeshi suddenly turned his head and ordered sharply: "Murakami Yoshihide, you immediately lead ten ships and five hundred sailors to storm Okushi Island, suppress the catapults on Kokushi Island for me, and the rest of the people will break out along Kokushima Island with me, and the Kohaya boat will open the way, and use a long knife to chop the iron cable, fast." ”

Murakami Bukit is still quite calm, he didn't lose his square inch even when he was attacked, and he reacted even faster. Judging from the number of catapults, there are more catapults arranged in Yama Kanzaki, which means that the number of Date troops on Yama Kanzaki is more, once Yama Kanzaki is attacked, the aid of the Date family will continue to arrive, and once entangled, it can only be delusional to want to break out quickly, and Kokushima is different. From a topographical point of view, Kokushima Island is located in the center of the eastern side of the Kojima Strait, and as long as the catapults on Kokushi Island are suppressed, the fleet will be able to break through along Kokushima Island, and the Date Army will not be able to rescue Kokushima Island in a short time.

On Kokushima Island, in Hayashima Castle, he blocked Mori Takakei, who was still called Kobayakawa Takakei at the time, and Hirai Shogun, who became famous in the battle with Murakami Buji. Hirai sat on the maza for a long time and looked at the retreating Noshima Murakami Water Army, he has always been the object of worship of Date Mashiro, and even his sitting posture imitates Mashiro, wanting to maintain a calm appearance, but only he knows that the sweat on his body has already soaked his body, his body is wet up and down, and his body is still shaking himself.

Last year, Hirai HD opened Hayashima Castle with a modest effort to attack thousands of soldiers and horses of Kobayakawa Takakei and Murakami Takeyoshi, and in the end, if it weren't for the arrival of Date Sango, Kiyokawa, Matsushima, and Iwase, I am afraid that I would have ended up in a different place.

Among the people who stayed behind in China, only Hirai HD went out of the city to fight to the death, which made him rise to prominence after the war, although he could not be compared with those who followed the Date family in the morning, but he was able to take on the heavy responsibility of the small string of castles, which shows the importance of Zhengheng to him.

Hirai HD, seeing that the Murakami Water Army on the island retreated, he was not happy but worried, he grew up on the shore of Kojima Bay all the year round, his eyes were fixed, and he turned back to the deputy general and said: "Look at the time, the tide is about to recede, Murakami Takeshi is going to be desperate, tell the sù catapult general Kamashu to defend the front, let him be ready at all times, waiting for my order." ”

The adjutant general replied and retreated, and Kamashu Chikumae Shou Shigeri was one of the three people who led the way when Masahiro broke through from Aga, Tetsuta and attacked Tsurushou Castle at night, and after Masahiro became the lord of Bei China, he became a general of a thousand koku in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, as he expected, although Murakami Yoshihide knew that attacking Kokushima Island would be another Manabejima-style nightmare, but when he saw Murakami Takeshi's cannibalistic gaze and saw the heavenly treasure sword in Murakami's hand, he knew that there was no way back but to move forward.

Ten Sekibunes and more than fifty Kozawa boats attacked at the same time, and when they approached Kokushima, they suddenly turned, and ten Sekibunes and twenty Kozawa boats were led by Murakami Yoshihide to lay down the rocks on the side close to Kokushima, and five or six hundred sailors began to jump off the boats and rowed towards Kokushima, while the remaining thirty or so Kozawa boats rowed towards the small boats floating on the sea, and at the bow of each ship there were two or three people with long-handled knives and guns staring at the sea, apparently to open the waterway for coming to cut the copper cable.

The adjutant general replied: "The Kamisu Tsukumi guard asked if he had used a catapult to throw stones to stop the enemy ship from breaking the copper cable. ”

Hirai HD shook his head and said: "Not now, the enemy just wants to suppress the catapult battalion of Kokushima, so that the enemy fleet can break out before the tide recess, and now is not the time, the Ako Navy led by Lord Katsura Shichiro Saemon will greet them fiercely, we are ready, take a good look at the Murakami Navy who came to attack Kokushi Island, and give Katsuto-sama a signal." ”

A beacon fire lit up on the top of the mountain, and then a cloud of black smoke rose up.

In modern times, Kokushima has become one with nearby Kojima for various reasons, and at the moment it can barely maintain the true character of an island at high tide, but the strait between Kojima and Kojima is too shallow and there are many reefs to sail large ships, so only small boats can be driven.

Umehara Island, which is further away, has long been connected to Kojima, but at high tide it forms a small harbor at the junction, where the Ako Navy led by Katsuro Hengxin is hiding, and when you wait for the beacon fire on Kokushi Island, you know that your mission is coming.

Ge Long Hengxin shouted loudly: "Go! ”

Turning back to Kokushima, Hirai went into battle and took a delicate wisteria bow and appeased it on the bow, which was given to him by Masahiro after the war last year, and it is said that at the beginning it was a trophy that Masahiro received from Shinmi Sadatsune.

Hirai looked at the enemy troops who poured into Kokushima, his eyes jumped with excited flames, and he pulled out two long arrows from the quiver, put them on the bow, and pulled them apart, the copper wrench on his thumb flashed back and forth, and the silky linen bowstring with the thickness of his little finger became a phantom.

The strings sounded, and two cold rays shot towards the Noh Island sailors who surged up on the beachhead, and a sailor was stunned for a while, not knowing that it was silk hemp, and subconsciously wanted to catch it, he grabbed it, a long arrow that shot into his chest. Then he felt a sharp pain in his heart, opened his mouth wide in pain, let out a scream, and fell to the shallows, splashing a puddle of water. Another long arrow struck the arm of the other sailor, and the long arrow hanging on the arm trembled violently with the trembling of his body, and the sailor tried to pull the long arrow but did not dare, and howled in pain in the shallows.

There was a thunderous cheer on Kokushima, no one thought that Hirai HD had such a skill, but the party Hirai HD was also stunned for a while, he originally just wanted to deter the enemy, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good, and if he wanted to get such a good effect again, I am afraid that it will never be again.

Hirai HD no longer used two long arrows, waved his big hand, and shouted: "Shoot me!" As he spoke, he took out a long arrow again and aimed it at the enemy who was pouring into the shallows, but he could no longer find the feeling he had just made, and he didn't know where the arrow had hit.

Murakami Yoshihide also landed on the shore, and when he saw that all the sailors under his command were suppressed and did not dare to raise his head, he drew his sword and pointed at the head of the city, and shouted: "Kill! With a roar, Murakami Yoshihide led his sailors to launch a fierce attack on Kokushi Castle.

Before the battle, Murakami Takeshi gave a death order, everyone is only allowed to move forward and not retreat, no matter how much it costs, they must suppress the small string of castles and open the way to break out, and this is at sea, once it collapses, there is no ship to respond, and there is also death and no life.

Hirai HD and others also understood this truth, and kept suppressing the attack of the Noshima Murakami Navy with bows and arrows, and the screams echoed endlessly among the sailors, but the Noshima Murakami Navy still moved forward, and no one stopped, only the forward side had a glimmer of life, and a completely incomprehensible battle loss ratio broke out. (To be continued......)