Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 28

The Maori army, which was a hundred and ten cloth away, attacked for two rounds and was killed and injured more than 20 people by the iron cannon team, and was reprimanded to stop their progress.

Looking at the burning tent, Hachiro could vaguely see that the Maori army in the dark seemed to be arguing, and finally the first general persuaded the samurai below, and gradually left towards the night.

As it was still very late, and the Japanese generally lacked night vision capabilities at this time, Hachiro did not dare to send troops to carry out the emergency, so he could only continue to order the troops to guard the camp and not attack.

However, the wailing of the ashigaru and samurai who were knocked down in the front and rear camps was always like a sharp knife stabbing Ukita Jun's heart.Many of the samurai who fell to the ground in front were fellow villagers and fellow-robes.

As a last resort, Hachiro ordered Toyama Bei to dispatch two centurions to rescue the injured ashigaru and the samurai, and the others continued to stand firm.

The filling in the west began to gradually turn white, and the east began to appear red, and the sky gradually brightened. Only then did Hachiro and Ukita Tadada's family dare to send people to the camp last night to rescue them, and sent Muzuki and Panqi to investigate the enemy's situation. .

Kamei Ziji cooperated with Zhongjia's old Jiang Yuan Jingzong to count the casualties last night.After last night's battle, only a little over 7000 of Ukita's original 4000-strong army remained, and none of the remaining Haozu troops of Zhitou and Yashang were left.

Hearing the statistics on personnel and supplies, Hachiro felt extremely heavy in his heart. He knew that this was all caused by insufficient training of the army. If a tool could be used to quickly regroup the army after the battalion roar last night, the army would not be chaotic.

Hachiro needed a tool that could respond quickly and transmit information easily, and could also express different meanings with different sounds. Hachiro soon thought of whistle.

Hachiro silently wrote the word "whistle" on the small pad he usually used to remember things, and was going to try to give birth by himself after going back.

"My lord, the adults are back." A samurai from the Zhong family ran into the shogunate and reported to the Zhong family.

Not long after, there was the sound of armor scraping outside the curtain, and several high-level warriors in distinctive armor filed in, and they were precisely those who had abandoned the army and fled last night.

"Lord Zuo Jingliang, Your Highness Hachiro." The people who entered the curtain saluted Hachiro and Zhongjia who were sitting inside, and Zhongjia motioned for everyone to sit down.

"My lords, I was shocked last night." Hachiro held back his anger, and really wanted to yell at the group of guys who abandoned the team and ran away alone.

However, after the Maruyama siege last time, the Zhong family approached Hachiro, and seriously told the way of survival of the powerful in the Warring States Period, and also reminded Hachiro not to push these wealthy families too hastily. Hachiro also knew that in this feudal society, the people underneath The wealthy family is the foundation of Yuxi's family. Before the retainers are reformed, they really shouldn't be forced too much.

"Last night, Yoshioka Dingsheng led more than a hundred cavalry to attack the back village of our family at night with Maoli relying on the flag. You can resist without checking for a while, and buy time for the main force to gather. I am very grateful."

While rescuing the soldiers of the same family last night, the Ukita Army rescued several "Mori families". After questioning, it turned out that it was not the Mori who attacked at night, but the Yoshioka army with the Mori flag.

"This is what the ministers should do. It's just that it's really difficult to gather troops at night, isn't it? In the face of disorderly soldiers, the ministers' ability is limited, which leads to the army's collapse. It's really embarrassing to see His Highness Bizen." The speaker was Takeuchi Yoshimichi, Takeuchi Hisamori's third son, this time he led the army of Ichinose Castle to support Inaba.

"Yes, yes, the ministers are really unable to cope with the declining situation. Unlike Zuo Jingliang and His Royal Highness Hachiro, it is really a blessing for the Yuxi family to have such a young master."

Hachiro really couldn't listen to the bullshit of the rich family, so he decided to take some medicine for his eyes and said, "After gathering the rebels last night, there were more than 2000 people. It's just that the organization was in a hurry last night, and we didn't separate them from each other. Here, I would like to apologize to everyone."

"It's okay, it's okay, His Highness Hachiro gathered the people for the ministers, and the ministers should thank His Highness. As for the division of the tribes, I can do it myself when I go back."

"I'm afraid there is no time for this." Hachiro directly rejected their request to take the troops back.

"Yesterday's defeat is really a disgrace to my Yuxi family. More than 7000 people were almost defeated by more than 100 people. Today, after daybreak, we will organize a siege. We must go down with a drum and no retreat." Balang said firmly
"The soldiers are afraid of being exhausted due to the sudden night attack. Do you want to rest up and fight another day, so that the ministers can use this time to retrieve our troops?" Goto Juntong asked.

"Yamatosuke, what you said has some truth. It's just that after the night battle, the enemy's fatigue should no longer be inferior to ours. Our army still has 4000 people attacking the city with wheels. A team of 400 people can rest first. The enemy army Only 100 can't rest, and it's in the best interest of our family to fight until the end." Hachiro rejected Goto's suggestion

"Then who will be the first team?" Hachiro glanced at the generals in the tent, and found that no one answered, "It's okay, the 2000 teams that were formed last night, regardless of family, are all led by Toyama Bei samurai, and they will attack the city six times in turn. , the fan team who fell into the city will be rewarded with 6 guan, and the warrior will give 2000 stones for Zhixing. Let it go."

"Your Highness, these are our troops." A samurai whom Hachiro didn't know couldn't help but said.

Hachiro looked at the face and thought he was not a high-level samurai. Fortunately, Kenjiro whispered in his ear, it turned out to be Osaki Iwasaku, the famous master of the 5000-stone masterpiece of Osaki Castle. This time he led a small team of 100 people and was organized in Takeuchi .

"Master Osaki, when you abandoned your reserve team and left in the first battle last night, why didn't you remember that it was your reserve team, your leader? Are you talking about whether your reserve team is still under the city of Fangjiwei at this moment? Not sure yet."

"But one thing, my lord is right. The reorganized Meizuo Legion is indeed your leader. But similarly, they are also the leader of the Uki family. I am the heir of the Uki family. Don't I have the right to command them? Or Have no right to command you?"

Most of the people sitting here are wealthy families who abandoned the army last night, and now it is difficult to argue after being directly pointed out by Hachiro, so he let Hachiro assign tasks to attack the city.

Although Fangjio Castle is a small town, it has been the residence of the Yoshioka family for several generations. The earthen walls in the city have been renovated and are far flatter and steeper than Maruyama. The walls on the earthen walls are not made of temporary fences, but decent screen panels. Used as Zhuge, its outside is coated with wet mud, which can effectively prevent rocket shooting.

Moreover, according to the news from the Miyabe Army, there are still obstacles under the castle to climb Mizubori, no wonder the Miyabe Army has nothing to do with this city.

But Hachiro already had some ideas in his mind. At dawn, he ordered people to cut down trees around, and made a bridge that was big enough to cross the water hole. The crossbar is improved, and the flat end is sharpened to increase the impact.

Of course, all this takes time, and Hachiro was unwilling to let the defenders in the city rest, so he ordered the backup team to attack the city one by one while making the siege equipment.

The first few backup teams were a little helpless when facing Sokio Castle. Facing the 3-meter-wide Mizubori, Ashgaru blocked the opportunity to climb up the earthen wall, so they had to go the Oteguchi route.Limiting the strength advantage of the Ukita Army, a large number of troops can only shoot at each other through Mizuhori and the Yoshioka Army in the screen.

好在快到中午时分，已经攻到第4备队的时候后方准备器械的终于完成了。八郎随即将它们交给后面5、6备队并解释如何使用。等待4备队退下来后就一次铺上两个备队700人（6备队不满员），以雷霆之势攻城。

At the same time, Nagahama Beitie Pao Fan was ordered to prepare in advance and carry out fire suppression.

As the time approached noon, Hachiro asked the 4th reserve team to withdraw for a temporary rest, but he did not send out the 56th reserve force in rotation, making the defenders in the city mistakenly think that the Ukita army also retreated to rest.

After a night and a half day of fighting, the defenders in the city were extremely exhausted, and they just slept together in twos and threes after eating the rice balls handed over by the family members in the city.

Hachiro sat in the main formation eating rice balls, looked at the sky and calculated the time, and estimated that the city should have rested for about an hour. At this time, he should be extremely tired after lunch.

Hachiro kicked Maza down and pulled out Yukimi from his waist, "Charge! Go down to defend Jiwei City!"

"Hai!" The samurai in the formation led away, and quickly rested for half a day. The energetic 5th and 6th divisions began to approach Fangjio Castle. Arrange the bamboo bundles and planks.Some ashigaru began to lay water bridges.Nagahama's iron artillery team felt that the city was starting to load ammunition.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The samurai standing on the turret in the city screamed, reminding his companions in the city that the Ukita Army is coming, but it is difficult to wake up once the body is too tired to relax.

The anxious ashigaru and the samurai who hadn't rested had to use various methods to wake up their sleeping companions, and the city was in chaos for a while.

"The enemy is coming up! They crossed the water hole and climbed up...!" The samurai of the oar tower reminded here, but the words stopped abruptly. It turned out that the iron artillery team under the city began to spray flames.

[Crackling! 】The projectiles of the iron cannon penetrated the screen made of wood and shot into the city. The ashigaru and samurai who came to the screen in advance to defend were shot to the end one after another, wailing all over the place.

"That's it! Siege!" Hachiro saw that someone had climbed up and entered the city, and he couldn't help but shouted, "Uncle, let Toyama Bei prepare, enter directly from Otekou, and go down to defend Kio Castle!"

"Yes, Hachiro." Ukita Tadaka accepted Hachiro's proposal and ordered Jiang Yuan Jingzong beside him to go to prepare.

Shouts and roars resounded in the city.The already extremely exhausted garrison gradually faced a disadvantage in the face of the energetic reorganization.

"Woo~" With the friction of the crown wooden door, the gate of Oteguchi opened, and Toyama Bei walked straight into the city along the long slope to join the fight.

After all, Fangjio Castle is a small town, and the Yoshioka family is also a small family. When the elite Toyama entered, Hachiro knew that the victory was no longer in suspense.

But Jirun Miyabe, who came late in a hurry, looked at Ukita, who had already entered the city, with an extremely ugly expression. He couldn't believe that Ukita's army, which had gone through a night attack last night, could still have such combat power, and immediately went down to defend Kiwei Castle .

Hachiro looked at Miyabe Jirun's livid face, raised his head high, and looked at him with proud eyes as if saying [Did you see, Xianyu, this is my army! 】

(End of this chapter)