On February 9, 1555, under the command of Miyoshi Minoru Miyoshi, the sound of gongs and drums once again sounded earth-shattering in Miki Castle Shino, and it seemed that in the next moment, the entire castle complex would collapse to the sound of war drums. Everything on the battlefield around them was shrouded in this earth-shattering shouting and killing.

When Iwanari Yutong Dai Sin Li led the army of his headquarters to Miki Castle less than thirty paces in front of Miki Castle, more than 400 archers holding wooden bows suddenly stood up on the originally quiet Miki Castle with military orders, and they all mounted feather arrows and pointed the cold arrows out of the city.

The samurai of the Wa Kingdom have always been known for their katanas, and it is common for samurai to practice bows and arrows, but it is much more difficult to maintain a good bow than to maintain a knife, and it is obviously impossible for the peasants who bring their own weapons to have a good bow and arrow, and the bows and arrows provided by Miki Castle are all simple maruki bows, and the limit distance of shooting is more than 100 steps, but at that time it was a range that could only be obtained with light arrows without armor piercing ability. If you throw a feather arrow with a certain amount of lethality from the battle formation, it will be lethal within 50 steps, but it will still be difficult to break through the armor of the samurai.

There was a clinking sound, and the feather arrows falling from the sky landed on the bamboo bundles held by the Miyoshi Sho in the front row, only splashing some sparks, which didn't seem to cause much damage, only the two unlucky eggs were shot by the stray arrows and fell to the ground, and they were quickly dragged behind, and the gap was filled again. Iwanari Yutong was also hit by an arrow, and the feather arrow was inserted into the gap in the armor and hung on his body, but there was no pain, which made him pout.

After entering the distance of twenty steps, Iwanari raised his right hand. A fist clenched. The bamboo bundle fell to the ground with a thud. A bamboo wall of more than 100 meters long has been formed. In the gap between the bamboo bundles, black holes of iron cannons stretched out, and a familiar iron gunner began the final preparations before shooting, and with the sound of reports, waiting for Iwanari Yutong's attack order.

"Knock knock!" The small drum sounded, and Iwanari Tomotsu's order finally came. The gunner lit the arquebus, and as the roar of the iron cannon rang out, the smoke from the burning black powder enveloped the front of the battle. Iron projectiles fired from hundreds of iron cannons shot at Miki Castle.

The sound of thumping sounded at the head of Miki Castle, most of them fell on the planks at the head of the city, and many of them shot into the bodies of the defenders hiding behind through the planks, and the sound of iron bullets hitting the flesh continued to sound, and the wounded soldiers who kept falling to the ground while covering their wounds and blood continued to fall to the ground occurred from time to time.

With only three volleys, there was no longer a single defender on Miki Castle who dared to stand head-on, and even the armor-clad Bessho samurai had fallen more than a dozen of them, not to mention the poorly protected peasant soldiers, and Miki Castle lost nearly fifty fighters at once.

The rest were also apprehensive, and did not dare to raise their heads easily.

Iwanari Tomotsu stood in the middle of the formation. Satisfied with the wonderful performance of his soldiers, he said loudly to the herald standing behind him: "Order the iron artillery troops." Keep shooting. Then he turned to the trumpeter and shouted: "Blow the trumpet, order the front army, approach the wall, and storm!" ”

During the Warring States period of the Japanese Kingdom for more than 100 years, mountain castles were popular, and siege and defense of cities were all a kind of science, and they were all important knowledge that samurai needed to learn.

Bessho Anji, who escaped the catastrophe, saw the Miyoshi army rushing up, and shouted loudly: "The enemy is rushing up, if you don't fight hard, once the castle is breached, you will all be killed by the Miyoshi army, and your wives and children will be sold by him!" ”

If it had been before that fire, Bessho Yasuharu would have been regarded as a fault for shouting like this, but now no one would laugh at him and think that he was talking nonsense, and after learning that the Miyoshi army was carrying out indiscriminate arrests, no matter who the men, women, and children in Miki Castle were, no matter how low their morale was, they knew that once the walls of Miki Castle were gone, they would either be killed or sold, and the end would be miserable. Murder and arson have little deterrent effect on the enemy, but it is easy to arouse hatred against the enemy.

Bessho Yasuji's younger brother Bessho Kasangxiang saw that although his own side had a morale rise from the same enemy, he still didn't dare to raise his head under the suppression of the iron cannon, he glanced at his brother who was pretending to be calm not far away, and then raised his head to look at the Miyoshi army that was advancing rapidly under the city.

Bessho He took advantage of the gap between the iron cannons, stretched out his head and prepared to look outside the city wall, only to show his head, he was caught by an oncoming arrow and flew over, obviously mixed with iron cannons, and the Miyoshi army began to use bows and arrows. Bessoho Xiang was so frightened that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to move.

The front army of the Miyoshi Army finally approached the city wall, and the soldiers put the bamboo bundles on their heads, and quickly straightened the ladder and erected it on the city wall, the iron hook on the ladder was firmly nailed to the wooden wall, and the heel of the ladder was deeply inserted into the soil, which was obviously more solid than putting it on the ground, and it was not easy to be pushed down by the soldiers defending the city.

Iwashiro saw more than ten ladders on the top of the city, and with a wave of his big hand again, the first batch of 200 siege soldiers poured up like a tide under the command of the sound of the horn. They roared wildly, swords in hand, and rushed towards the ten ladders.

At that time, the siege was not an overnight battle, but an attack on one city and one place, and the same was true of Miki Castle, where the swift and powerful attacks of the Miyoshi army, regardless of the iron artillery and casualties, forced the defenders to retreat and had to retreat to the second line of defense.

The first line of defense in Mimaru was handed over, and Iwanari Tomotsu won the attack on the first day, and with the banner of the Miyoshi Army planted on Mimaru, the first day of siege finally came to an end, and both sides were preparing for the next day's battle.

Bessho obviously didn't expect Miki Castle to be breached so easily for a while, he couldn't cry anymore now, and he was paralyzed and supported by people to stand at the head of Nimaru's city, watching a team of soldiers of the Miyoshi Army show off their might in Mimaru.

The suzerain of the Bessho family in Miki Castle did not expect that Miyoshi Minoru would go and return so quickly, and he launched a strong attack as soon as he arrived, and under the strong attack, he not only lost his troops and generals, but also lost several castles of Mimaru, and Miki Castle was in danger.

Bessho only had two words left in his heart at this time, he knew that there would be today, he shouldn't have let the Date army enter the city in the first place, and thousands of Date troops would be mixed into the battlefield of Miki Castle once they entered the city, once Miki Castle was attacked, Date Army would definitely not watch Miki Castle fall.

It would be very beneficial for the Date army to sit back and watch the fall of Miki Castle and then fight the Miyoshi army elsewhere, or wait for the Miyoshi army to be exhausted before launching a counterattack. The Date army can wait, but it can't wait any longer.

Once the Miyoshi Army breaks through Miki City, no matter what happens to others, the father and son of their other clan will definitely not survive. Besho Zhizhi cried and stomped his feet with hatred, his family was about to be wiped out, when will the reinforcements of the Date Army arrive.

Standing on a high hill on the side of the road, Miyoshi Minoru can see the appearance of Miki Castle.

Soon!

Miyoshi Minoru thought in his heart that as long as he broke through Miki Castle and put three or five thousand people in the city, it would be enough to resist five or six times more enemies, which would be an extremely beneficial thing for the Miyoshi army, and once this strategy was achieved, then the Miyoshi family would be able to talk to the Date family about Harima Province.

Unlike many of the radicals in Miyoshi's family, who wanted to completely eliminate Date Mashiro, he believed that as long as Date Mashiro's development was stifled and he gave up his strategy of eastward expansion, it would be a very favorable situation for the Miyoshi family, which was vying for hegemony in Kinai.

The population and wealth of Kinai are incomparable to the barren mountains of China, and if the eastward expansion plan is abandoned, Date Masaki will only be able to spend time competing for the mountains with the Niko and Ouchi families, as well as Kyushu with the Otomo family, which is beneficial to the Miyoshi family.

Having a firm grip on the Miyoshi clan in Kinai was enough to form a standing army of more than 50,000 people, and then it was able to expand in all directions, defeat the old enemy Rokkaku clan, seize the Omi Plain, and advance the battle line to the Nobi Plain, which was the direction of the Miyoshi Army.

Miyoshi Minoru strodged his beard proudly, his brother Miyoshi Nagakei was obviously misled by his acting officials, and the direction of expansion should be in Kinai, not to come to fight for the barren western country, even if all Harima was taken, the Date family did not hurt a single hair.

Once the two sides really do not fight to the death, in the case of weak sea power. The Miyoshi family needs to devote tens of thousands of soldiers who can fight well into a long-term war with the Date family, and the Miyoshi family's territory in Shikoku will also be invaded by the Date family, so what's the use?

Miyoshi Shixiu sighed softly, and felt a slight chill on his forehead, and subconsciously reached out to touch it, only to feel a little chill on his fingers, and then his forehead and cheeks were three or four points cold, and when he looked up, the sky was getting darker and darker.

Suddenly, some noisy voices came from the formation: "It's snowing!" It's snowing! ”

Miyoshi Minoru clenched his fists, there was a faint disappointment in his eyes, and he sighed: "Hey, if you have to go down tomorrow, it's time to retreat." The winter rain was already falling with broken snow, and in an instant there were two blurred wet stains on his shoulders.

Obviously, let Miyoshi Shixiu say it was accurate, this rain and snow fell for five days and five nights, and the Miyoshi army had to stop the attack, not only stopped the pace of attack, but withdrew from the city and slowly withdrew from the battlefield.

This joint battle started by the Miyoshi family, which caused the Bessho family to suffer heavy losses, finally ended with the help of God, and due to the participation of the Date family, this joint battle that was called the Miki Castle Cage Battle by the Bessho family was called the first Miki Castle Battle of the Date family. (To be continued......)