Chapter 723 6. The Rise and Fall of Tokugawa Depends on This Battle!

"Your Highness, Nagashino is only a matter of days..." Torii Kyouemon Katsusho, who was kneeling under the tent, had a bloody face, small wounds on his face and hands, and his robes looked tattered.

"What has it come to!" Tokugawa Ieyasu was fully armed and sat quietly on a stool, indeed ready for battle.

"The Hattori Kakurin under the castle has been broken, Mizuhori has only been defended for two days, and Sannomaru was already in danger before I came!"

The offensive of the Yamauchi army was fierce. After Suganuma Masasada retreated, Anayama Meiyuki led the Shimoyama people to continue the battle. His Shimoyama people did not suffer too much loss when the Takeda clan was destroyed. By surrendering to the Yamauchi clan, he preserved the territory and a fairly complete samurai group.

In the current situation where the Kai clan is generally weak, it can be regarded as a corps that has inherited the combat power of the Kai Takeda clan.

Then, if they fight, they will naturally be stronger than the Yama clan Sankata clan. Due to the problem of the attack surface under the city, although Anayama Baixue had more than 2,000 people, only 400 to 500 people could go into battle.

Under the command of the retainer Baba Hachiemon, the Shimoyama people also shouted and rushed to the moat of Nagashino Castle with bags of sand and grass.

The 2,000 people were divided into five groups and rushed for more than two hours, filling up four corridors. Most of the day had passed, and in the afternoon, the Shimoyama people who had fallen dozens of people would not be allowed to rush again, and they continued to change people.

Matsushita Magarusuke Ichiki, the lord of Touda Temple of the Totomi people, brought his own people to make the first round of test attacks. But Matsushita Ichisei was a foreigner, and secondly, he was Matsushita Toramatsu's father. In the future, the Matsushita people would become the armed forces of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's close friends, and they could not be consumed too much.

So the hatamoto regulars also selected 200 iron artillerymen, holding wooden shields and bamboo bundles, to accompany the Matsushita group to attack Nagashino Castle. With the suppression of firepower, the lead bullets pouring down from the top of the city mountain were much less. Matsushita Ichiqing knew that this was a key battle for the future of their Matsushita family, and he was very dedicated.

He personally led people to attack the hand gate fiercely, and several warriors who were known for their bravery in the family also climbed up the city with their hands and feet, encouraging the soldiers to attack Sannomaru.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Yamanouchi family will definitely not let the Yama family Sanfang group idle. Now there is firepower cover and people who are willing to take the lead. You can carry a sandbag to fill the trench and add a corridor. It’s okay.

The first day of the attack ended in the evening. There were too few corridors that could pass through the moat, and only dozens of soldiers could be deployed at a time. Although some of the Matsushita group attacked the top of the city, they were weak and were soon beaten down.

The attack on the hand-holding gate was not smooth. Okudaira Sadamasa seemed to be ready to completely siege the city and piled up all kinds of heavy objects behind the city gate, so the city gate could not be opened at all.

Everything was expected and there was nothing strange about it. No one in the Yamanouchi Army, including Kodaira, thought that such a mountain city could be conquered in one day. It was not surprising that it took three or five days for Nagashino.

However, at the military meeting that night, everyone still expressed their opinions. After all, the sooner the city was broken, the better. In that way, the fewer defensive forces of Okazaki Castle would be gathered, and the easier it would be to conquer Okazaki.

The old trick, the first one was to send the gold diggers to prepare for the earth dragon attack. Anyway, there was no rocky mountain under Nagashino Castle, and it would not be too difficult to dig. If it could be done, they would directly attack the main castle and break the city immediately.

The other one was also an old trick, driving the miscellaneous formation workers to build a small platform in the demaru. It didn't need to be too big, as long as two cannons could be pulled up. Nagashino Castle is so small that it doesn't need many artillery to cover the firepower.

Earthwork is a bit tiring, but it is safe and basically no one will die, and the bronze cannon can also adjust the firing angle. According to the small platform, if you want to break into the Ninomaru, you only need to be about ten meters high.

Everyone also expressed their approval. Anyway, relying on Yamauchi's 40,000 people, 80 times more than the castle, they will do anything to him.

On the second day, the Yamauchi army finally filled up the water hole completely. The biggest reliance of Nagashino Castle Sannomaru was quickly broken under the almost endless military advantage of the Yamauchi army.

By dusk, the city wall collapsed in many places under the repeated baptism of iron cannons and fire arrows. The original plank wall could not withstand such a strong offensive and was on the verge of collapse.

It was also on this night that Torii Kyouemon tied a rope down from the cliff, swam across the Toyokawa River, ran all the way, and arrived at Okazaki Castle in a day and a night.

"Maybe San-no-maru has been broken today!"

"..." Tokugawa Ieyasu did not answer Torii Kyoemon, but stood up and paced back and forth in a somewhat irritable manner.

Generals such as Okubo Tadayo, Sakai Tadatsugu, Ishikawa Ienari, Torii Mototada, Osuga Yasutaka, Mizuno Tadashige, Ishikawa Sumosho, and many other common samurai of the Mikawa Matsudaira clan were surrounded by him.

Unlike other daimyo who were facing a catastrophe, their retainers were scattered and the powerful families left, the retainers of the Tokugawa clan showed considerable unity. This was due to Tokugawa Ieyasu's years of winning over (the disobedient Mikawa Ikki was basically killed), and because everyone knew that Oda Nobunaga had more than 100,000 soldiers by his side, and he would definitely raise troops to rescue Tokugawa as long as the time was right.

Saving Tokugawa was saving Owari, and saving Owari was saving Nobunaga himself!

"Your Highness! Your Highness!" Joyful cheers came from outside the tent.

Tokugawa Ieyasu and his samurai all looked outside. The ones who ran into the shogunate regardless of their posture were naturally Okudaira Sadanobu and Oguri Tadatsune.

"How is it! How is it! What does Gifu Danjo say!" Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly took two steps outside and met Oguri Tadatsune and the others.

"His Majesty Gifu has promised that within four or five days, he will mobilize 50,000 soldiers and 5,000 cannons to come to rescue!" Oguri Tadatsune knelt on one knee excitedly and reported loudly to the generals in the tent.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! That's great!" Sakai Tadatsugu was also inexplicably excited.

"As long as His Majesty Gifu's army arrives, there is no need to fear Yamauchi anymore!" Okubo Tadayo also nodded repeatedly.

Calculating the time with his fingers, Oguri Tadatsune will need a day and a half to run back to Okazaki, which means that Oda Nobunaga can reach Okazaki in three days at the fastest, and it is only two days' journey from Okazaki to Nagashino.

"Kyoemon! Go back and tell Hataro! Gifu Dansho will come to Nagashino in two or three days!"

"Okay! I understand!" Torii Kyoemon did not rest and immediately turned around and ran to Nagashino Castle.

"Your Highness, His Highness Gifu requires you to prepare 10,000 logs as thick as an arm, and ropes to tie the logs." Oguri Tadatsune also told Tokugawa Ieyasu Nobunaga's instructions.

After hearing this order, Tokugawa Ieyasu thought about it for a while, and seemed to understand it a little, and smiled slightly.

"The rise and fall of Tokugawa depends on this battle! Everyone, work hard!"