Under the Castle of Enoe Kunino, the Battle of Cage Castle is about to begin.

Compared with the offensive and defensive sides, the number of troops was 5,000 to 3,000, and it was obvious that the army of Okabe Motonobu on the besieging side had the advantage, so Okabe Motoshin simply put on a forced attack formation. Of course, there are also his own considerations in this.

The Art of War: Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Okabe Motonobu is confident that he also knows himself and his opponent, although Imagawa Burial Zero has not stayed in the Imagawa family for too long before, and even only knows that Imagawa Burial Zero is the second son of the previous family governor Imagawa Yoshimoto, and now after Imagawa Yoshimoto's death, he suddenly jumped out to compete for the position of family governor.

It can be seen that Imagawa Burial Zero's ability to command operations is almost zero, and it is really inexperienced, although the army of Imagawa Burial Zero has occupied a large area of Enoe Country all the way, but that is also because at this time, due to the death of the former family governor Imagawa Yoshimoto, a large number of Imagawa retainers were killed or seriously injured, and even some were still on the way back to their respective family territories, a large number of soldiers fled, which led to the emptiness of various places such as Mikawa Country and Enoe Country, which made Imagawa Burial Zero have an opportunity. Broke through such a frightening feat.

This point, from the fact that he was lightly blocked by the prepared Asahina family in Kagawa Castle, and even more quickly retreated with the arrival of Okabe Motoshin himself, we can fully see the other party's problems (poor Okabe Motoshin, at this time he didn't know that the Imagawa burial was just a cover for the Luo family to control the Yuanjiang region, and the real behind-the-scenes commanders were the Luo family!). ）。

So, without knowing the real facts, with the confidence of victory, Motonobu Okabe commanded the army and began to attack. Under his command. More and more troops against the Imagawa family's red bird pattern banner appeared under the castle.

Dozens of red bird-patterned flags swayed in the wind. Among them are the family crest flags of some wealthy families of Suruga Province and Enoe Province. It seemed that the momentum was very strong, in such a scene, the army under the castle suddenly separated in the crowd, and a group of people came out, and in the center of the crowd was the general of the battle, Okabe Motonobu himself, I saw him cough twice, and Lang Sheng shouted: "Imagawa burial zero come out quickly!" ”

Hearing the shouts from under the city, Imagawa Fuling glanced at Luo Shinra next to him. After both of them showed a look of "sure enough", Imagawa Burial Zero walked from the second front to the city wall of the first front, and after inserting the naginata knife in his hand into the haystack of the city wall, he immediately shouted: "I am Imagawa Burial Zero, who are you?" "Imagawa Burying Zero actually knows Okabe Motonobu, but now that the other party is not good, he is naturally too lazy to be polite.

After seeing Imagawa's burial zero appear, Okabe Motoshin immediately raised his voice and shouted, "Down there is Okabe Goroubei Tanba Morunshin." Imagawa is buried zero, you, as the son of the Imagawa family, actually made a mess at such a special moment in the Imagawa family. I am really ashamed of the ancestors of the Imagawa family, and I don't want to give up the darkness and turn to the light quickly. Kaecheng surrendered, and he could act as a guarantor to intercede with the governor for you to avoid the death penalty. ”

"Hahaha......" Faced with Okabe Motonobu's deliberate scolding before the war, in order to reduce the morale of the defenders, Imagawa Burial Zero first burst out laughing, and then his face turned grim, and he shouted fiercely, "A piece of nonsense! In the hands of the next has the blood will of the father.,It's the assignment to inherit the position of the family governor.,I don't want the Imagawa clan to take advantage of the danger of others.,Take advantage of the fact that the next hasn't returned to Suruga.,It's really despicable.。 However, the heavens were also dissatisfied with it, and deliberately sent a fire to punish him. I also want to ask, since my father died in battle, the Imagawa clan has really made no achievements, how can He De be able to snatch the position of family governor? For the sake of the Imagawa family, in the name of the tenth governor of the Imagawa family, I persuade Your Excellency to surrender quickly. ”

"You? You? You? Okabe Motoshin really didn't expect that Imagawa Burial Zero would be so sharp-toothed, and the Imagawa clan that Imagawa Burial Zero said was really helpless in the face of the situation of the Imagawa family at this time, and in the face of such a fact, he couldn't respond for a while, and finally had to scold fiercely "A piece of nonsense", and then returned to the main formation.

For Okabe Motonobu's wolf bèi fled, under the leadership of Imagawa Fuzero, the defenders immediately burst into laughter, and the morale of the defenders immediately rose a lot. Subsequently, Imagawa Burial Zero raised his hands and shot an arrow with a "whoosh". From the head of the city to the bottom of the city is a full distance of three or four hundred meters, it is obviously impossible to shoot Okabe Motonobu, after all, the arrow is a long distance on the way, but because the number of siege troops is too dense, an unlucky man was immediately shot in the neck, and fell to the ground with white eyes.

After shooting the bow and arrow, Imagawa Bury Ling suddenly pulled out the naginata knife in the haystack, held it high above the top, and shouted: "I hereby announce that all the people who have become the lords in the lower territory will prepare grain and copper farming tools for them next year, and they will be distributed to the lords for free when spring plowing begins next year, and the agricultural tax will be reduced to six gongs and four farmers!" As for the nobles who surrendered to the subordinates, they hereby declare that their territories will not be reduced, and even the tribute paid each year will be reduced, and the sooner they surrender to the subordinates, the less tribute will be paid! ”

"Wow!" With the burial of Imagawa, it not only caused the enthusiasm of the defenders in the castle, but also caused a riot in the siege army under the castle.

"Guys, kill me for what you've got!" Seeing this, Imagawa immediately remembered the instructions of Yamamoto Kansuke, the military advisor in charge of sitting in the rear in the city, and immediately drank loudly.

So, the surrounding defenders followed him closely, raising their arms and shouting: "Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Okabe Motonobu under the castle saw that not only was the previous persuasion hopeless, but also made the morale of the other party high, but the soldiers on his side were affected a lot and even caused a little riot, so it can only be said that there is no room for maneuver in the next except for a strong attack. So, not long after, under the leadership of Okabe Motonobu, groups of Imagawa soldiers began to move, and they slowly moved towards the royal castle with various weapons in their hands.

The castle gradually quieted down at this time, boiling hot water was bubbling in the copper pot, and Imagawa Furi, who was supposed to stay on the second front, also stood in front of the first front because he needed to continue to boost the morale of the defenders, but at this time he heard a slight chatter of teeth. He turned his head and looked softly at the young man beside him, who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, his face was still childish, and he held a short gun tightly in his hand, and his hands were trembling slightly.

Imagawa patted the young man on the shoulder and said indifferently: "Don't be afraid, just follow me later." After saying that, he ignored the boy, scraped the blade with the tip of his thumb, squinted his eyes and carefully felt the sensation coming from his fingers. Although he is not very old, because when he was a hostage in the Luo family in the past, he not only participated in all the courses of the War Academy of the Luo Academy, but also personally followed the lord Zhengliang to participate in several battles, so he is used to war.

The young man next to him was called Matsushima Yashiro, a leader of a village on the shore of Lake Matsuko in Enoe Province, and he had learned that he would be able to earn a lot of food and money for his family after participating in the Imagawa funeral, so he followed the rest of the village. Previously, due to his youth, he had been working as a logistics staff to help the Imagawa burial army transport supplies, but now due to the need to defend the city, he was also transferred to the city wall. Since it was the first time he had actually faced the battlefield, he naturally felt nervous and scared.

And after calming the nervous Matsushima Yashiro, Imagawa Burial Zero suddenly shouted: "The enemy is coming to the city gate, the enemy is coming to the city gate, let them see the strength of the samurai in Bichu, ready, big spoon, yes, big spoon, give them a bath!" In the midst of the shouting. Imagawa kept walking in front of the city wall with a naginata, encouraging the soldiers who were trembling in their hands and feet. At the same time, Takahashi Shaoyun, Hyakkutake Kenkane, Narimatsu Nobukatsu, Shimazo Kon, Maeda Toshiie, and others in the first front were doing the same thing.

Imagawa Fu Ling looked back at the wall, the boiling water in the copper pot was steaming white, as long as a few buckets were poured on the Okabe Motoshin army outside the city, it was enough to make those Okabe Motoshin troops who dared to take the royal city blister, rolling all over the ground, and no gods and Buddhas could save them.

Imagawa Burial Zero climbed the watchtower, then stood on the top of the tower, and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby declare once again that in this family, only military merit is supreme, and beheading one can be exchanged for a stone of land." If you behead five, you will become a flag samurai, and if you behead fifteen, you will be given a long sword and become a full-fledged samurai. Regardless of background, only in terms of military merits, some of you are from a ronin background, some are from a peasant, and even some are from a mountain people, as long as you get enough military merits, everyone can become a samurai. ”

Some of the defender soldiers who were still trembling were red-eyed when they heard about the military merit system of Imagawa's burial, and they looked at the Okabe Motonobu army outside the city, and the strength was no longer the strong Imagawa family soldiers, but the treasure mountains.

Imagawa's voice was loud, and his voice could be heard from far and wide. There was an immediate "coaxing" sound around them, and such an incentive policy immediately had an effect, and even the eyes of the recruits, who were originally very nervous, flashed with excitement. The samurai class, respected and of high social status, was the ruling class of the time.

Seeing that everyone was looking left and right excitedly, and talking to each other, Imagawa Fuji came down from the watchtower satisfied, it was still quite cold on it, and he sat on a wooden bench near the gate, quietly waiting for the battle to begin. (Want to know more exciting news about "Warring States Eagle"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update! qdread) (to be continued......)