Chapter 19: Feints
At noon that day, when the soldiers of the Kusakari family were just about to prepare for lunch, Shigeharu Takenaka had already ordered people to start preparing for the siege. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć InfoA group of Kuroda soldiers walked out of the camp and came to the castle and set up an attack formation.
"Father, look, the Kuroda family seems to be preparing to start attacking the city." After seeing Kusakari Heng Zhao ascend the city wall, his sister-in-law Kusakari An Ze immediately saw him, so he immediately pointed in the direction of the city and said to Kusakari Heng Hui.
Kusakari Heng looked in the direction of Kusakari Anxi, and it was indeed the same as he said, at this time, the army of the Kuroda family had indeed lined up in a neat formation and was ready to attack.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please be sure to fight bravely in the battle of the waiting meeting, in the name of the martial arts of the Zhang I grass house. Please be sure to gamble on your martial arts, and know that the soldiers of the Kuroda family are also human beings, and they are not invincible. I believe that as long as everyone in the family is united, they will be able to defeat the Kuroda family smoothly. Kusakari Heng drew his saber and shouted loudly.
"Hey!" The crowd shouted in response.
Fifty crossbowmen of Shigeharu Takenaka's army lined up at the front of the line at this time and began to move forward. The crossbowmen walked on the mountain path with their heads all bowed, and used the hats on their heads to face the direction of Takayama Castle, just moving quickly with steady steps.
After entering the range of the Kusakari family, the Kusakari family's bow ashigaru immediately attacked the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru under the order of Kusakari Hengshi. All of the Kusakari family's bows were old-fashioned Maruki bows, and although the number of people reached thirty, it was unfortunate that the more than thirty arrows fired in one salvo did not cause any loss to the Kuroda family. Most of the arrows fell directly on the ground in front of the Kuroda family's crossbow, and a few two or three arrows were shot at the Nakakuroda family's soldiers, but the weak bow and arrows didn't cause any damage in the first place, just smashed on the hat and bounced to the ground.
At this time, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru also smoothly entered his own range, and after the Kusakari family's bow ashigaru had just completed the salvo, and was about to draw the bow again, the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru immediately aimed and fired back.
A "whoosh" sound sounded through the air, and fifty crossbow arrows shot straight towards the walls of Takayama Castle, and before the Kusakari soldiers, especially the main target, had already shot down the ten or so Kusakari defenders on the city wall.
"Damn, what's the situation, what kind of bow and arrow is the Kuroda family using, it has such power, it's impossible, it's impossible......" Kusakari Hengji saw his soldiers, and nearly ten people fell down in an instant, and it was still mainly a precious bow and footlight, so he immediately said viciously.
"It seems to be the Kuroda family's crossbow arrow." Kusakari seemed to have thought of something at this time, so he replied immediately.
"Crossbow bolts?" Kusakari asked suspiciously, because he had never heard of such a thing before.
"Hey! Father, it is the crossbow arrow of the Kuroda family, and it is said that this crossbow arrow is something that the Kuroda family relies on very much, and every major battle of the Kuroda family before basically has the shadow of a crossbow. This crossbow is very powerful and easy to use, and it does not require long training to become proficient. Kusakari explained.
"What? And such weapons. It seems that this Kuroda family, who sells eye medicine, is really from a pariah, and has reached the point of unscrupulous means for victory. This is a weapon that does not conform to the spirit of bushido, and the Kuroda family still uses it frequently, which is really a shame for the samurai, no, the roots of the Kuroda family are not worthy of the name of samurai. Even if the Kuroda family is a million-stone daimyo, our samurai will definitely disdain to be in the company of them. Kusakari Hengji shouted excitedly at this time.
But Kusakari Hengji's words are at most angry to the point of having a heart attack, so the soldiers of the Kuroda family won't care what he says! Indeed, as Kusaka Heng said, as long as they can win, they really don't care about the rest!
The Kuroda family's crossbows were light and they were shooting arrows upwards as they moved forward, and slowly they had advanced to a position only fifty paces away from the city gate. At this time, under another volley of the Kuroda family, the Kusakari family's bow is light, and it has basically been cleaned up by the Kuroda family.
After losing the countermeasures of the bow foot light, in fact, as a key target, after the Kusakari family had no long-range attack means, all the samurai and soldiers could only hide behind the city wall to avoid the attack of the Kuroda family's crossbows.
At this time, a wealthy team of the Kuroda family, under the leadership of Kosai Zhennao, pressed towards Takayama Castle.
The soldiers of the Hao clan were all excited to see that the enemy at the head of Takayama Castle was completely suppressed by the Kuroda family's crossbow.
It turned out that when the city was attacked, it was shot into a hedgehog by the side defending the city under the city, but I didn't expect the Kuroda family's strong bow to be so powerful, and the city wall was cleaned up in three or two clicks.
The soldiers of the Kusakari family did not dare to raise their heads at this time, what does this mean? It shows that the threat faced by ants has become correspondingly smaller. This is definitely good news for these soldiers of the three hundred Hao clans who are preparing to attack, after all, before the war, Takenaka Shigeharu had promised a heavy reward (nothing more than one or two hundred stones of land), maybe this time he can really hit Takayama City with one blow!
Under the pressure of the crossbow, and under the leadership of the fierce general Xiao Sai Zhenzhi, the soldiers of the Hao clan did climb the city wall relatively easily, and after successfully climbing the city, they saw that the Kuroda family had landed on the city so easily, and everyone in the Kusakari family pounced together, Kusakari Anji and Kusakari joined forces to attack Kosai Zhenzhi, although Kosai Zhenzhi's strength is good, even if it is the Kuroda family with many fierce generals, Kosai Zhenzhi can also have a place.
But it is indeed difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, and Xiao Sai Zhenzhi will soon be able to block the left and right branches under the joint efforts of Kusakari Anji and Kusakari Weizhi.
"Retreat" saw that the play was almost done, and Xiao Sakai Zhenzhi katana slashed horizontally, forcing Kusakari Ansu and Kusakari Weiji to retreat, shouting, and taking the lead in retreating.
After defeating the Kuroda family's first attack, the Kusakari family stood on the castle wall and began to cheer and celebrate.
And the people of the Kuroda family just collected their troops and returned to the camp, maybe the wealthy families still regretted that they did not capture Takayama Castle, but the Kuroda family, as the besieging party this time, exchanged more than 20 people for 40 people of the Kusakari family, which is already a victory in itself. In any case, the people of the wealthy country who accompany the acting but don't know it will definitely get some benefits from Takenaka Shigeji in the end. (To be continued.) )