Chapter 918: White River City
Shirakawa Castle.
When the battle in the Yaita Valley was decided.
The battle here also suddenly became fierce.
After the continuous bombardment of Shirakawa Castle, Oda Yamazawa and Mori Arikatsu chose to send their soldiers to attack the city with ladders.
"Mr. Dong An, we want to capture Shirakawa Castle ourselves to prove our loyalty to His Royal Highness the King of Yan." Oda Yamazawa looked at his soldiers who were charging with a firm look.
Mori Arikatsu nodded, "We know that your army is invincible, but once he arrives, we can no longer reflect our value. This time, we have to defeat the Watanabe case ourselves."
After saying that, he also looked at his soldiers.
Dong An's eyes swept over Oda Yamazawa and Mori Arikatsu, and his expression was satisfied.
Although the two spoke grandly, he knew their little tricks in their hearts.
After recovering the southern part of Japan, the next step must be to divide the southern territory.
And how to divide it is not up to them, but the King of Yan will decide.
Therefore, they must use all their strength to add some glory to themselves in this war and win the favor of the King of Yan.
In this way, they can get the greatest benefit.
"I will tell His Royal Highness the King of Yan about your heroic deeds on the battlefield." Dong An showed a gentle smile to the two.
No matter what the two are thinking, it is naturally the best to be able to leave the strength of the army in Yanzhou.
Oda Yamazawa and Mori Arikatsu heard this, and they were like chicken blood.
Riding back and forth on the battlefield, the soldiers will only attack the city.
The densely packed soldiers of the two clans rushed to Shirakawa City like a tide.
At the same time.
The defenders in Shirakawa City were miserable.
In order to stop the King of Yan's army, Watanabe An sent out 20,000 cavalry and his most elite infantry.
This weakened the defense of Shirakawa City by more than half.
Now, facing the same number of northern coalition forces, they felt that the fight was extremely difficult, and casualties soared.
After all, if they were in a similar situation before, they would not be afraid of defending the city.
Even if Oda and Mori came with 400,000 troops, they could hold on.
But now, the gap between their firearms is too big.
In the battle, they can only be beaten, and they can't even fight back.
"You must hold on for me, Kukii and the others will be back soon." On the city wall, Watanabe ordered the generals defending the city.
As soon as the alliance soldiers charged, he climbed the city wall to encourage the soldiers.
He knew very well that it was the critical moment of victory.
"Yes, General." The Japanese general closest to Watanabe bowed, turned around and went to command the soldiers to carry stones.
But just after taking two steps, a ball of blood suddenly burst out of his head, and then he slowly fell down.
Watanabe was shocked and angry. This was done by the scattered soldiers lying outside the city.
Since these scattered soldiers came to the foot of Shirakawa City, many soldiers guarding the city wall have been shot and killed, causing panic.
Perhaps because of his excitement, the general forgot to lower his body for a moment, and ended up like this.
"Damn it, Oda Yamazawa, Mori Arikatsu, when I win this war, I will definitely pull out your tendons, peel off your skin, and throw your meat to feed the dogs." Watanabe An gritted his teeth and said.
He had never fought such a frustrating battle.
The most important thing was that the two people outside the city were still defeated by his men.
As he was thinking, the sound of the soldiers charging outside the city was getting closer and closer.
Then, he heard the sound of the ladder approaching the city wall.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall could no longer hide under the parapet.
The artillery raised the torch and lit the fuse.
The musketeers stood up and aimed at the allied soldiers under the city, and some soldiers threw stones and rolling logs below.
But just as they fought back, they were immediately attacked by the musketeers outside the city.
"Bang, bang, bang..." dense gunfire rang out outside the city.
He saw the exposed Japanese soldiers falling down continuously.
Especially the artillery, they seemed to be targeted, one by one, they were killed before they even had time to put the shells into the barrel.
Seeing this scene, Watanabe An was anxious and angry, but he had no way out.
He could only let the soldiers below climb the city to replenish the lost troops.
It was just at this interval that the coalition soldiers climbed the city wall.
They looked at Watanabe An's soldiers, shouted, and rushed over with bayoneted muzzle-loading rifles.
Relying on the bayonet skills taught by General Da Song, they fought with Watanabe An's soldiers.
These coalition soldiers who climbed the city wall further hindered the defense on the city wall, making it impossible for the defenders to attack the soldiers under the city.
The coalition soldiers below continued to climb the city wall from the cloud ladder.
As the first point was breached, the second point and the third point were breached.
Soon, the city wall was full of soldiers from both sides fighting each other.
The moment the coalition soldiers climbed the city wall, Watanabe An was escorted down the city wall by the guards.
Standing in the city, he anxiously watched the battle on the city wall.
From the beginning to the end, he never thought that the city he personally guarded would be breached by the Oda family and the Mori family.
This made him feel humiliated and a little scared at the same time.
He finally realized that their firearms were far inferior to those of the King of Yan.
The Oda clan and the Mori clan were no longer as vulnerable as before.
On the contrary, they received the muskets and artillery of the King of Yan and were trained by the generals of the King of Yan.
Even if the two clans were not as good as the King of Yan’s army, they were much stronger than the army under his command.
Thinking of this, he became more and more confused.
But he could do nothing but watch the battlefield.
One hour passed, and then another hour passed.
In the evening, the situation on the battlefield finally became clear.
The allied soldiers completely occupied the city wall and seized the city gate.
A large number of allied soldiers came down from high places and kept shooting the southern soldiers in the city.
"General, retreat! We lost." Ogawa Tiger was covered in blood, his helmet fell off, and his hair was messy like weeds.
He covered his left shoulder, which was still bleeding.
Not long ago, an allied soldier stabbed here with a bayonet.
"How is it possible, how is it possible..." Watanabe An stood on the avenue in the middle of Shirakawa Castle, his eyes were dazed, and he kept muttering to himself.
All his pride was destroyed in this war.
At this moment, he realized that all his confidence was just stupid arrogance.
He couldn't even beat the Oda clan and the Mori clan, so how could he fight the King of Yan?
"General!" Seeing that Watanabe An was indifferent, Xiaochuanhu became more and more anxious.
More coalition soldiers had already rushed in from the city gate, and it would be too late if they didn't leave now.
Seeing that Watanabe An was still dumbfounded, he threw Watanabe An directly on his horse and rode towards the South Gate.
When he fled, the soldiers in the city had collapsed.
A large number of soldiers rushed to the South Gate, trying to escape, blocking the place.
"The general is here, get out of the way! Get out of the way!" When he came to the South Gate and saw this situation, Xiaochuanhu raised his whip and whipped the soldiers, shouting.
At this time, the soldiers who were originally blocking the city gate dispersed, as if they had made way for Xiaochuanhu.
Seeing this, he rode his horse to gallop out of the gate.
But in an instant, he was stunned.
Less than 500 meters away from them, an army was coming towards them.
This army was wearing dark green uniforms.
It turned out that the army of King Yan had arrived!