Prime Minister Bizen

Everyone was surprised by the Hide family's order, and the Hide family's direct son Toyotomi Teruya even asked the Hide family, "Father, didn't Uenosuke Honda of Hamamatsu Castle already agree to open the city?
You also promised him a high official and rich salary, and he also said that he would persuade His Highness to surrender Okazaki in return for His Highness!Now that the peace negotiation has been completed, why do you want to let Sado attack the city instead? "

As his words fell, there were many echoes in the shogunate, obviously they all didn't understand the Xiu family's order.

Now that the Xiu family is in a fit of anger, if other retainers raise objections, the Xiu family may explain to him.But when he heard the question from Toyotomi Huijia, his chosen successor, a kind of unknown fire rushed into the Xiu family's heart.

This son is good at everything, he is very knowledgeable, and his conduct is also very good. He has always been a gentleman who has both loyalty, benevolence, filial piety and courtesy in the mouths of his retainers, teachers, and elders. It's not a star.

With myself as a reference, and comparing it with the Toyotomi Hui family who still has an elm head, the Xiu family will not be angry at all.

The Xiu family actually reprimanded Toyotomi Hui's family in front of so many family members and foreign daimyo, "If you don't understand it, go back and continue thinking about it. You don't understand such a simple and easy-to-understand principle. How can I feel at ease in the future? Is the Fengchun family handed over to you?"

The Xiu family's sudden reprimand to Toyotomi Teru's family directly changed the cheerful atmosphere of the formation to awe-inspiring.As the teacher of Toyotomi Teru's family, Todo Takatora, who was also the commander of this battle just appointed by Hideo, hurried forward to block Hide's anger on behalf of Toyotomi Teru's family and said, "Your servant will arrange the siege."

After finishing speaking, he ordered to Tatsuya Tokawa, who was still in a daze, "Higou Mamoru, your army array was the best preserved in the previous battle, and you will be responsible for the Raiders of Hamamatsu Castle today. I will prepare the firearms 800 iron cannons will be handed over to you, and then 500 iron cannons will be mobilized from other military formations, and they will be responsible for attacking the city after the artillery is ready."

"Ah! Yes!" Togawa Tatsuya got the order and left the shogunate in a hurry. He wanted to get out of this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

As the son of the former Uki family's former writer, Tatsuya Togawa's political status in the Uki family has always been awkward.

Perhaps due to the influence of previous history, the Xiu family has always had a grudge against him.Togawa Tatsuan couldn't figure out why his father could become the boss of the writing family, but he just couldn't get it.

Therefore, he especially grasps any opportunity, and has been doing some auxiliary work before, including sticking to Tanaka Castle's defensive counterattack and not having the opportunity to perform.

This time he finally got the opportunity to attack the city. Although there were 2 Tokugawa troops in the city, and he only had 4500 in his hands, he still accepted the task without hesitation, fearing that Todo Takatora would regret it.

From the time the order was issued to when everything was ready, another hour passed. With the sound of the drums and the sound of the conch horn, under the shocked eyes of Hamamatsu Castle, the Fengchun Army began the siege battle.

“轰轰轰！”随着36门6磅小金炮，10门12磅大金炮和3门18磅神威大炮的怒吼，户川达安进攻的命令下达，数千丰春士卒在各自武士头和足轻头的指挥下抱着竹束和木楯缓缓向浜松城而去。

The key points of the city defense of Hamamatsu Castle are inclined to the northwest. The Honmaru Palace and Ninomaru are all in the northwest direction, and the Sannomaru is divided into east and south directions.

There is also a city wall at the northeast corner of Sannomaru on the east side, which is the old city of Hikima Castle. When Tokugawa built Hamamatsu Castle, he did not demolish the city wall here, but instead made it an important part of Hamamatsu Castle's defense.

With the popularity of iron cannons, although they have not learned the Western concept of fortification, the Japanese daimyos have realized that they need to shoot from multiple angles to supplement firepower as much as possible.

The old city of Yima and the main city of Hamamatsu, Sannomaru Oteguchi, just formed a 90° corner. Whether attacking the old city from the south or attacking the Oteguchi of Hamamatsu Castle from the east, they would face fire from another line of defense.

It was this kind of three-dimensional city defense that gave Honda the courage to stand firm and resist Hideka.

Because of the artillery, Hideka didn't think he would spend too much time under Hamamatsu Castle, so Togawa Tatsuyasu's main attack direction was Oteguchi.

Of course, in order to cooperate with Togawa Tatsuan's siege, Yoshishige Satake was responsible for the attack on the old city of Hikima, and Hidemasa Nakagawa was responsible for the attack on the Sannomaru on the south side, also known as the curved wheel of the torii curved wheel, in order to alleviate the attack. Togawa Tatsuya's pressure.

Originally, Honda Zhengchun was still thinking hard in the city about what reason he would use to deceive Xiujia next, so as to delay the time as much as possible.

But with the sound of cannons outside the city, Honda Masazumi, who was in charge of guarding the city, exclaimed what had happened, and soon a retainer samurai came to report, "The Fengchun army has begun to attack the city."

"How is it possible! Didn't You Fu already agree?" Honda asked in disbelief, but he soon realized that he was thinking too much.

It is reasonable for the Xiu family to be called the unparalleled wise general, how could he be fooled so easily?
Now that the Fengchun army started to attack the city, it was obvious that the Xiu family had already reacted and thought that they had no sincerity to surrender, so they rushed to attack the city in order to regain the lost time as soon as possible.

"Ask Zuobei Monchu to take someone to the front line for support, and I'll be there later."

Japan Duo Zhengchun has been patrolling the loopholes in the city defense for the past few days, waiting for this moment, so although he was a little flustered by the sudden attack on the Xiu family, he still quickly made arrangements.

But he didn't know that the battle in the cage city he was facing now was completely different from what he had imagined.

With the sound of rumbling cannons, the cannons equipped with iron bullets for the siege poured firepower on the left and right walls of Oteguchi. Even the most common 6-pound iron bullets can easily smash the walls of the stone screen and take them away. The lives of the guards behind.

Correspondingly, the 12-pound gun and the 18-pound gun have greater deterrence. Although the turning head may not be accurate, the 18-pound gun can easily smash the stone wall. This heavy blow hit the stone wall of Sannomaru , and even the entire ground was shaking.

As for the 12-pound cannon, a piece of the gate tower on the gate of Oteguchi was lifted by a single gun. I really don't know how many rounds of shelling this gate tower can withstand.

Seeing how strong the force on his side was, even the Satake army, who was acting as a feint, was extremely excited, and even had the urge to turn the feint into the main attack.

By the time Honda Masazumi came to Sannomaru, Toyoharu's army had already begun to attack the city. The walls that were less than 200 meters from north to south were in emergency.

And here at the city gate of Otekou, Otekou, which lost its gate tower, is being rammed into the gate by Fengchun army's vanguard, and the gate of the city is about to crumble.

"Reinforce the city gate! Pile up bricks, stones and wooden pillars behind Otekou. Even if the city gate is blocked, the Toyoharu army must not be allowed in!" Honda Masazumi roared with all his might, directing the soldiers to defend the city.

But not long after his words fell, with the sound of [Boom], the fragile Oteguchi city gate was announced to be broken, and only a moment later, the pioneer samurai of the Toyoharu Army poured into the city from here with their ashigaru.

"Kakubei, take the samurai from the headquarters to block them." Seeing the situation in Kinki, the ashigaru who were carrying sundries were quickly killed, and Honda had no choice but to send his valet to bring a few retainers The samurai rushed to the front line.

Then he said to the left and right, "Sanzhimaru must not fall! After the fall, the old city will become a chicken rib. Send troops from behind, and we must kill the Toyoharu army!"

But before he finished speaking, a stone bullet fell beside him, and the gravel was mixed with dust and injured several people around him.

His retainers had to guard him in the middle, and shouted in a panic, "Guard the lord back to the city."

This is because as the Fengchun army arrived at the city gate and began to attack the city, the artillery outside the city did not stop, but they all raised the muzzle as much as possible, changed the iron bullets into stone bullets and fired at In the city.

Of course, they are not specialized mortars, and the angle of shelling is severely limited.It is not so easy to shell the Sannomaru, which is not very high, so it is not so easy to shell the inner city.

Honda Masazumi was not injured, but he returned to Ninomaru under the escort of his retainers.Standing on the turret platform of Ninomaru overlooking the whole city and commanding the battle situation.

It can only be said that the collapse of the situation exceeded his expectations. Sannomaru and the old city's defense line, which were the most important in the cage city concept, were torn open so easily.

Looking at the densely packed Fengchun family soldiers who were about to pour into the city outside the city, he felt somewhat desperate.

After Sannomaru is removed, the remaining Ninomaru and Honomaru will definitely not be able to hold 2 people. Even if the torii warwheel that has not yet fallen is counted, it is the limit to be able to hold 6000 people, which means that he does not need to give up most of them. people, and even ordered them to charge to the death.

This is a very difficult decision, but it must be done, and the orders must be given without telling the people below.

But his eyes scanned around behind him, and looked all over the retainers around him, but he couldn't find a person who could take on this important job.

While he was thinking, Sannomaru's defenders showed signs of breaking down, and the soldiers standing at the end were already fleeing towards Ninomaru.

After all, the main force responsible for defending Hamamatsu Castle is the original Hamamatsu garrison and Kakegawa garrison. The total number of these two sides is no more than 5000, and the rest are temporarily recruited by him from various places in Yuanjiang and Dongsanhe.

They belonged to the category of "peasant soldiers" in the past, and their combat effectiveness and fighting will were not strong. However, during the Warring States period, these "peasant soldiers" thought about fleeing back to the inner city whenever they broke the city. The basic idea of ​​human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

But this time, Honda Masazumi did not let them escape. He also ordered the gates of Ninomaru to be closed, and let the soldiers guarding Ninomaru shoot the deserters.

The subsequent movements naturally affected the psychology of the soldiers who were still fighting in Ninomaru, and Masakazu Honda also gave the answer, "Now it is not time to retreat, I closed the city gate just to prevent deserters from entering the city. Please continue Fight hard, and when you can't do it, you will lead the old guards back to Ninomaru."

As Tokugawa's important minister, Honda Masazumi, his words are still very credible.His act of closing the city gate and shooting the deserters was invisibly equivalent to setting up a Jedi for Sannomaru's defenders and letting them fight with their backs.

Not to mention, the effect is really good. The originally shaky army formation gradually stabilized. More than ten thousand soldiers in Sannomaru cooperated with thousands of defenders in the old city to attack the Fengchun army who entered the city. Iron guns, bows and arrows, and stone throwing took turns. In battle, the entire Sannomaru became a bloody field.

Of course, they are also under pressure, because Fengchun soldiers continue to climb up the eastern city wall and enter the city through the broken stone screen.

The stone bullets fired from the cannon roared above their heads, and the lives of the soldiers were killed in a very metaphysical random roll call.

How can a human skull be as hard as a stone bullet?Even wearing an iron pocket is just psychological comfort. These stone bullets can often take the lives of several people. If there is a fragmentation, the damage caused by the crushed stone will be even greater.

There is an upper limit to the psychological assumptions of the soldiers. As more and more soldiers climbed up from the stone screen in the east, and even the iron cannons began to appear, the Tokugawa army fled again.

They hoped that their city lord, Ben Duo Zhengchun, would keep his promise and open the city to let them in if he was unable to do so, but the cold city gate was still tightly closed, and the only response to them was to order them to turn around and kill the enemy The sound of whirring and the sound of iron cannons and bows and arrows.

Togawa Tatsuan informed Xiujia about the siege of the inner city, and told Xiujia that there were too many Tokugawa soldiers in Sannomaru, and they had no intention of retreating to Ninomaru. big.

The Xiu family who heard the news did not forget to say to a warrior beside him, "Zuo Bingwei, don't tell me, your brother is really good at defending the city. A group of mobs recruited temporarily have the same awareness of defending the city." Resolute as an elite."

The person talking to the Hide family was called Masaki Sahei. His original surname was Kurahashi. He was the adopted son of Kurahashi Choemon, a retainer of the Tokugawa family, and also the eldest son of Honda Masanobu.

However, in the 2nd year of Keicho (1597), Kawamura Hachi (Okabe Shohachi), the son of Tokugawa Hidetada's wet nurse, was suspected of killing Tokugawa Hidetada's nurse, and ran away to Hide's house, and was recognized by Todo Takatora and accepted as a retainer.

During the siege of Hamamatsu Castle, Fujido Takatora suddenly remembered such a retainer as himself, and thought it might be useful, so he introduced him to the Toyotomi Hide family.

Masaki Sahei, who met Hideka for the first time, was still a little nervous, and couldn't answer Hideka's question for a while.

The Xiu family saw that he did not reply for a long time, and the Xiu family said: "It's just a pity that his talent can't be used by me. From now on, the Ben family will need to see you!"

Xiujia's words were equivalent to promising him to return to his original surname, Masaki Sahei was so excited that he knelt directly in front of Xiujia to thank and couldn't help showing his loyalty to Xiujia.

The Xiu family also simply made an addition and bestowed their own family name, naming him Honda Zuobingwei Jiazheng.

Of course, Xiujia also expressed to him, "It is up to you whether you will continue to stay in the Tokugawa family as a minister after the war, or stay under the command of Sado Shou, or become my direct minister. You should think carefully about your whereabouts before the fall of the Ben family. After the fall of the city, you have to restrain those thorns for me!"