When the sun was about to set on the seventh day of the seventh month of the 23rd year of astronomy (that is, 1554), outside Takayama Castle, Shido Motoho appeared again, and soon reported to Miyazawa Heihachitoku, who was patrolling the city, and Miyazawa Heihachi looked back in amazement and said, "Is he sick?" But no one answered his question, according to false information, there should still be seven or eight hundred soldiers and horses in Gaoshan City, ten besieged it, five attacked it, and with a few hundred people, they dared to come and attack a strong city, not because they were sick or something.

Miyazawa Heihachi was actually just talking to himself, and seeing that no one responded, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go and meet this arrogant guy for a while, give him a small lesson, it's not very interesting to act too suspiciously." After speaking, he licked his lips, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, obviously thinking about how to concoct Shidao Motoho's idea, which made everyone who was with him shudder suddenly, and secretly looked at Miyazawa Heipachide, and his eyes were instantly full of awe.

Afraid or respectful, Miyazawa Heihachi was not moved at all, he took the lead and walked towards the hand door, obviously wanting to meet Shido Motoho in person, so that Shido Motoho knew that Miyazawa Heihachi's name as a butcher was not boasted, but piled up one by one.

Zhidao Yuanbao is full of courage and courage, but it does not mean that the group of people under his command are willing to hit stones with eggs and use flesh and blood to attack the strong mountain city, and some people immediately raised objections to Zhidao Yuanbao. In order not to collapse the team immediately, Shido Motoho had to retreat and promise not to attack Takayama Castle, but only drove the team to the end of the Numata River and stationed on the opposite bank of Takayama Castle, once Takayama Castle was out of the castle to face the battle. You have to cross the river. When the time comes, it will be half-crossed. Who wins and who loses is yet to be decided.

Seeing that Zhidao Yuanbao still knew a little bit of the art of war, the people under his command stopped clamoring and quietly waited for Takayama Castle to make a move. In this way, it made Miyazawa Heihachi blushing for a while, and almost ordered Iwagen Kanbei to expose his whereabouts and attack Shido Motoho from behind.

One of the leaders of the Ashigaru squad who was surrounding Miyazawa Heihachi saw that Joshiro had a headache, so he whispered: "Joshiro, can you let the main bus give our iron cannon team a try, Isaishi Sosaemon is also a yellow reserve under the lord's command." Iron cannon technology is quite good. ”

As soon as Ishishi Sosaemon heard this, he immediately stepped forward to ask for help, this Ishishi Sosaemon was originally a retainer of Ishikawa Kusage in Koyama Castle, and after the fall of Ishikawa Kuchi, he took refuge in Takamatsu Castle, and after Ishikawa Kutaka said that Xiang became a direct minister of Date Masaki, he had a strong interest in the iron cannon technical table, and with this technology, he entered the yellow preparation of the Date family and served as the head of the ashigaru general. He was also conscientious, although he didn't have a big credit, but he also had a lot of small credits, and this time it was when Miyazawa Heihachi went to Tsurushou Castle to report on his work. I came to the aid of Heihachi Miyazawa on the orders of Masaki. The Iron Artillery Team, who had made important achievements outside Sakurayama Castle, was also a member of Isaishi's Saemon team.

Miyazawa Heihachi heard Ishishi's request from Saemon and immediately agreed. The door opened, and three hundred soldiers rushed out of Takayama Castle with Hulala, and confronted Shido Motoho across a twenty or thirty meter-wide Numata River, which made Shido Motoho startled.

Seeing that his subordinates were in a panic again, Zhidao Motobao hurriedly shouted: "Don't panic, they don't dare to cross the river, once they cross the river, shoot me, it is a taboo for soldiers to attack half-crossing, no matter how bad it is, there is Numata River separating them, they want to catch up with us, it is also delusional." ”

What Shido Motoho said was not only a placation to his subordinates, but also a warning to Miyazawa Heihachi, obviously he was subconsciously very jealous of Miyazawa Heipachi.

Miyazawa Heihachi on the other side heard Zhi Daoyuan's lack of confidence, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a cruel smile, and said: "This son is not my opponent, Shengshijun, let them see the strength of the iron cannon first, and the others, after the iron cannon is shot, cross the river with us, I want to see if the skills under his hands are as powerful as he boasts." ”

The Numata River is about twenty or thirty meters wide, the iron cannon shooting distance is about one hundred and fifty meters, and the killing distance is only thirty or forty meters. ”

"Boom!" Under the roar of the iron cannon, the team of Shido Motoho was in chaos, and Shido Motoho obviously did not expect that Miyazawa Heihachi would have an iron cannon, which is still a weapon for ordinary people today, if it has been put away after twenty years, it has taken off the veil of mystery, and almost every wealthy family, whether it is a big wealthy family or a small wealthy family, has this kind of weapon, and it will also become a necessary weapon for battle. However, it is now the twenty-third year of astronomy, and it has been less than ten years since the iron cannon was introduced to the Wa Kingdom.

In the 23rd year of Astronomy (i.e., 1554), the iron cannon was expensive, and Date Masaki paid great attention to the manufacture of iron cannons from the beginning, believing that it was a weapon that changed the course of the times, and at the same time, the Date family captured Mimasaka Province and acquired the largest iron mine in the western country, which provided a source of iron ore for the Date family to manufacture iron cannons.

The gold, silver and copper mines of the Wa Kingdom are abundant, especially the gold and silver ores are abundant, but there is only a lack of iron ore, only a few iron mines, and the rest of the iron ore mining has to wait until hundreds of years later in modern times to be able to mine from the depths of the earth, and the iron ore is scarce, which is also an important reason why the large barrel cannot be popularized and the iron cannon is prevalent.

In the sound of iron cannons, more than ten enemy soldiers standing on the bank of the river fell backwards in unison, and the rest of the people did not dare to stay on the shore and retreated one after another.

Miyazawa Heihachi shouted loudly with a spear in his hand: "The iron cannon continues to shoot and cover our crossing of the river!" As he spoke, he jumped into the Numata River, which was just over his knee, and walked towards the opposite bank, and the rest of the people saw that the general was the first to attack, and jumped into the river one after another.

Ikuishi Sozaemon had already refilled the gunpowder and projectiles when Miyazawa Heihachi jumped into the river, and his best rapid-fire rate could reach six rounds per minute, of course, this was almost without aim, and the gunpowder and projectiles did not need to be compacted. The hundred-man team led by him has a total of only fifty iron cannons, fifty people operate, and the other fifty people are ready to use the whole strip to compact gunpowder and projectiles at any time, which also speeds up the firing speed, the rate is generally about two rounds per minute, but the iron cannon can only be fired ten times in a row, and the iron pipe will be red and hot after ten times, and it is necessary to wait for the cold before it can be used again.

Seeing that Miyazawa Heiba crossed the river and came, where did Zhidao Yuanbao still have the heart to attack halfway at this moment, the gang of old hats under his command had all begun to collapse and fled without a trace, and several cronies under his command advised one after another: "Hurry up, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!" Then he pulled Zhidao Yuanbao to turn the horse's head and took the lead in escaping for his life.

What Shido Motoho said before the war, the first half of the sentence was exhausted in the roar of the iron cannon, but the second half of the sentence was very correct, it was not easy to escape with the Numata River apart, and when Miyazawa Heihachi climbed onto the shore wet, he could only watch Shimichi Motoho flee and eat a stomach of dust.

Miyazawa Heihachi spat and cursed secretly: "Bad luck! ”

In Tozaki Castle, Mori Takakei heard the return of the spies sent by Shido Motoho, and the smile on his face became even bigger, and while sending someone to Yamaguchikan to inform Ouchi Yoshicho that Sakurayama Castle had fallen, he sent several fast horses to various places in Aki Province to preach the victory.

Who would have thought that the front had just sent all kinds of fast horses out of the city, and the back Zhidao Yuan Bao wolf bèi fled back to the city unbearable, and the more than 300 soldiers and horses who climbed out finally gathered back only more than 30 people, and the rest of the people all ran back to their hometown as deserters.

Maori Longjing saw Shido Motoho who had fled back, and he was so angry that he really wanted to go forward and kill him with a knife, but he couldn't do it now, he could do things that were quick for his relatives and enemies, and more importantly, Maori Motoji was the only one who committed suicide and martyred him after his death.

After Shido Hirora's death, he provided excellent material for Mori Takakei's thoughts on loyalty, calling him a model of the world and a loyal servant of the country, and building a shrine for him, and burying him with Mori Moto, making it deified. Now, the grandson of Zhidao Guangliang was beheaded by Maori Longjing for his crime, isn't this a slap in the face and a shadow of the momentum he created.

While reprimanding Shido Motoho for making him guilty and meritorious service, Mori Takakei also learned about the specific situation of Miyazawa Heihachi from Shido Motoho and the soldiers who escaped, knew the existence of the iron cannon team, and also knew what happened to the thunder in Sakurayama Castle last night, which must have been caused by the Iwane Kanbei when he went to attack.

At the same time, knowing that Takayama Castle had hundreds of iron cannons, he also gave Mori Takakei a reason to confront him, and while moving his troops forward, he gave Kumagai Takanao and Nomi Munekatsu of Sakurayama Castle support from the flanks, while at the same time stepping up urging Ouchi Yoshinaga to send troops.

Ouchi Yoshinaga did not send troops, and Mori Takakei only fought in the periphery and gave Sakurayama Castle some support, and Miyazawa Heihachi obviously could not rely on the strength of the pursuit alone to go out of the castle without relying on the strong Takayama Castle, so the battle of Numatanoso became a protracted battle.

On the 11th day of the seventh month, Noyama Yoshitomo of Kamibian Castle brought 1,000 soldiers, 200 archers and a large amount of rations to Takayama Castle, apparently wanting to hold on to Takayama Castle. Whether it is for Mori Takakei of Tozaki Castle or Yoshicho Ouchi, who is ready to send troops at any time, this force in Takayama Castle is tantamount to a thorn in the eye.

It is not easy to lure Date Masatohiro out of China, but the only way to uproot Takayama Castle may be to put Takayama Castle in a desperate situation. On the 15th of July, Ouchi Yoshinaga finally gathered 12,000 elites at the urging of Mori Takakei and three letters a day, read out a letter on the spot against Fujiwara no Masahiro, and ordered Yoshimi Masashi of Tsuwano to come and join him. (To be continued......)