Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Chapter 186

The Ataka ship is huge, full of holes for shooting and firing guns, and can even be loaded with cannons.Akechi Mitsuhide gave the order to bombard the city gate precisely because the cannons were already deployed on the ship.

The lead wire in the bamboo tube was burning, and the medicine thread was ignited one step later. In a few seconds, this tiny burning sound could be easily overwhelmed by the voices of Ashigaru. Immediately afterwards, the shell was pushed out of the muzzle, and the loud noise resounded throughout the world.

The hull of the ship was strong and sturdy, and it only shook slightly when the shells popped out, and fine sprays were pressed out from the bottom.But the city on land had to face this blow.The city gate and the city wall made an overwhelmed clicking sound amidst the continuous bombardment, but the Yikui army in the city didn't know what to do, and they were in a mess. In the end, they could only lie quietly on the ground, resigned to their fate, and many people were collapsed The planks and stones were smashed.

The equipment of the Yikui Army is too crude.During this period of Ise activities, they have not obtained nothing, and they even have a good stock of swords.It's just that compared to their number, this inventory is difficult to supply all the First Kui Army, so some people still use weapons made from farm tools.The same is true for armor. Most of those good armors are made of iron or copper. When equipment is scarce nowadays, many of them are collected by temples for their own use or recast as weapons.The remaining leather armor and cloth armor are also allocated to young and strong people - this kind of defensive equipment can still be effective when facing the enemy or facing the arrow, but at this time the defense must be taken from the sky. The fallen wood and gravel are obviously wishful thinking.

What can be considered barely useful at this time and can also be used for counterattacks are the few iron cannons they captured.

The Anzhai boat moves slowly, and the range of the cannon is limited, so the Anzhai boat is not far from the shore, and because of the size of the river, it is more than two hundred meters away from the Anzhai boat in the two cities, and the closer one is even less than [-] meters away. One hundred meters, barely within the shooting range of the iron cannon.No matter how good a cannon is, it needs manpower to operate it, and the Anzhai Ship is a ship that can be manipulated freely by dozens of people. It is not impossible to eliminate the threat of cannon.

...Unfortunately, this is not a solution that the Ichikui Army can think of.

The most important thing to use an iron cannon is not the iron cannon itself, but the projectiles.Many of these farmers have never even heard of iron cannons. It is difficult to find out how to use iron cannons without knowing anything, and it is often accompanied by the risk of bombing. It is very difficult for the samurai to eat enough when they are fighting, and the temple may not necessarily contribute money, and it is even more impossible to have spare money to buy projectiles.Iron cannons are expensive, and the armies that fought them before used swords and swords. No one has ever used weapons that are more... lethal than iron cannons against them!

In this sudden attack, they were already panicked to the extreme, how could they still think about how to counterattack

They can only take the most stupid method, using heavy objects to hold the city gate.However, the target of the shells is not just the city gate. The increase in heavy objects directly leads to more serious casualties after being hit. Hiding to the side, so I don't know what the situation in the city is, but the morale of the Yikui army in the city was indeed hit. Even after the artillery stopped, the city was not unable to continue to resist the enemy, and all of them were sluggish. Think about fighting again.

Because Xiaoqiao Castle is close to Oshifu Castle, the Ichikui army inside is not unable to survive, and the island where it is located is narrow. Due to Hashiba Hideyoshi, Oda Nobutada and others who are attacking Xiaoqiao Castle, although the navy army there is in accordance with Akechi Mitsuhide ordered to fire at Xiaoqiao Castle after hearing the sound of the cannon, but after all, he was afraid and did not go too far. Therefore, for the Ichikui Army in Xiaoqiao Castle, the more terrifying thing was that they were still fighting day and night. The Oda army attacking one's own castle.But Otorii Castle is different-the Oda family general who besieged the city there was the brave and experienced Shibata Katsuie.

After Mitsuhide Akechi revealed his intention to fire and conveyed it to Katsuie Shibata, the veteran grasped the timing precisely, and the time to retreat to a safe place happened just before the fire.There is no worry of accidentally injuring friendly troops, and because Akechi Mitsuhide is on the ship Antaka near Otorii Castle, the Oda family is merciless towards this castle!

——Such a fierce method, while breaking down the fighting spirit of the Yikui army in the city, also inevitably surprised Shibata Katsuie secretly.

He had previously suspected that Mitsuhide Akechi was leading the navy and was entrusted with important tasks this time. It was not just that he was favored by Saburo to get the opportunity to get credit, but it was more likely that Mitsuhide Akechi became a scapegoat to cover up Saburo's vicious heart.After he heard that Akechi Mitsuhide was accused by Saburo and deprived of his territory before he came, this feeling became even stronger.

But now, not only did Akechi Mitsuhide not be prudent in his words and deeds, but he also sternly refused the surrender of the Yikui army, and even used cannons to defeat this group of Yikui army!

Even if the Anzhai ship could indeed carry cannons, but Kuki Yoshitaka was able to bring the cannons along, how could he be so hasty if he hadn't received Saburo's prior instruction!

His lord, the governor of the Oda family, Oda Nobunaga... It seems that he is really determined to let these Yikui soldiers die without a place to bury them.

Shibata Katsuie's already serious face became even more gloomy.Although he has been rumored to be the "Oni Shibata", he is usually just a serious and rigid middle-aged man. He maintains a good relationship with other generals of the Oda family, and he is even affectionately and respectfully called by Maeda Toshiie and others. "Daddy".But after he consciously figured out what Saburo was thinking, his aura also changed, he was so heavy that he couldn't breathe, and just one person brought a sense of solemnity that was about to come.

It was getting dark, and it was really raining outside.Affected by the lessons learned by General Oda when he attacked Imakawa Yoshimoto, and by Saburo’s practice of making surprise attacks in the rain from time to time, the Oda family’s army was not in a hurry to take shelter from the rain, and was still waiting for Shibata Katsuya to give orders.The rain slid down their armor and leather armor drop by drop. Without lighting many torches, each soldier stood upright and silent like a tree rooted here.

"The people of Otorii Castle didn't rush to build the city wall, did they?"

After a while, Shibata Katsuie asked his valet.

"Yes. The report from the scouts is that there is no movement in Otorii City, and the city walls and gates are still as if they were bombarded by cannons." His valet replied fluently.

"It seems that he intends to abandon the city and flee."

In just a split second, the veteran of the Oda family made a judgment.

He fought many battles, not to mention unprecedented in the Oda family, there are very few people like him.Rich experience brings precise judgment. If the opponent is a tactical master like Takeda Shingen, Shibata Katsuie may still have scruples, worrying that the opponent is setting up suspicious positions.But the Yikui Army was only an organization born under the instigation of Yi Xiangzong. Compared with his army, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mess.Therefore, the other party's thoughts can't be hidden from Shibata Katsue's eyes.

Troops that don't even know how to deal with shells, their combat methods are also quite crude.Not building the city in time is not because of neglect, but because it has been deemed unnecessary—the Ichiku army in Otorii Castle was completely frightened by Akechi Mitsuhide's cannon, and only thought about how to escape.

It's just that they saw that Shibata Katsuie didn't immediately surround him again, thinking that this was an opportunity to escape, but they didn't know that it wasn't that Shibata Katsuie had planned in his mind, and they were just waiting for them to seek their own death

The choices that the Yikui Army can make are to stay in the city or leave the Otorii Castle.With both ammunition and food running out first and Akechi Mitsuhide's threat behind them, their life and death have long been in the hands of Shibata Katsuie, and it depends on how the veteran chooses—and now, consciously understanding Saburo's deep meaning, Shibata Katsuie no longer has any scruples.

"Two teams were counted out and ambushed near the city gate." The middle-aged man with a serious face said, "The rest will prepare later. Once the Yikui army opens the city gate and intends to escape, the ambushing people hold up torches as a sign, The others turned into a siege. As long as the Yikui army walks enough distance, they will gather the army and surround them—"

"Then, don't let anyone go."

Now that he understands the deep meaning of Oda Nobunaga, there is no reason to pretend to be ignorant!

If the lord meant to kill everything, then as a retainer, he would naturally be willing to fulfill the lord's wish!Besides, since the Ichikui Army in Ise Nagashima dared to force Oda Nobuoki to cut his belly and take away Ogie Castle back then, it is nothing but evil with evil!

Under the candlelight, Shibata Katsuie's face became more and more serious, and his tone was extremely cold.When his valet opened the curtain and went out to deliver his order, the wind and rain came in and blew on the candle. The flickering candle light was inconstant, forcibly illuminating his fairly normal-featured face a little more strangely. The taste is actually somewhat similar to the nickname "Ghost Shibata".

The general under the command of the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven should have been an evil ghost who caused harm to the world.

"Yes!" Shibata Katsuya's valet shuddered, hurriedly put down the tent, and left without looking back in the wind and rain.

This night, the defenders of Otorii Castle really planned to abandon the city and flee, but in the end they were directly surrounded by the army led by Katsuya Shibata. The Oda Army resisted.And because there are men, women, old and young in the Ichikui Army, and the soldiers under Shibata Katsuya are brave and good at fighting, the morale of the two sides is also different from heaven to earth. Tian Nobunaga wished"... beheaded.

This chapter...is also edited by me hahaha.

It is said in history that the defenders of Otorii Castle planned to abandon the city and flee, and then they were discovered by the Oda Army, and they were chased and killed by Katsuya Shibata, beheading more than a thousand people.

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