Chapter 748 29. Big Explosion on the Missile Platform

Everyone's eyes were focused on Danshodai. Although the search for Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu was still going on, it was obvious that the five or six thousand Oda troops who were resisting on Danshodai were more worrying.

The defeated and fleeing soldiers were not soldiers at all, and those who were still resisting still needed to be dealt with with 100% of their attention.

"Saemon-sama has attacked Shitarahara!" Murakami Yoshimitsu, who was guarding Ashikaga Yoshiaki on the side, pointed at Danshodai.

"It's done!" Zen Master Jingkong also nodded.

After the resistance of Danshodai was flattened, there was no more resistance in the entire Shitarahara, and the battle was also a success.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki also stared at Danshodai. After all, this battle was the first major battle on the way to Kyoto. Almost 100,000 people from both sides crowded in a narrow valley and fought fiercely for about four hours. Now the winner was finally decided.

"Boom!"

Suddenly there was a terrifying explosion, followed by a series of explosions. The two-headed geese horse mark on the bomb platform, centered on Shibata Katsuie, was completely wiped out from the world in a short moment.

"Shibata repaired and ignited the gunpowder!" Isshiki Yoshiyou was a little surprised.

This man was too fierce, he actually blew himself up. And what Isshiki Yoshiyou was amazed at was not the way he died, but his generosity. Each small barrel of gunpowder, less than 20 kilograms, required several taels of gold. At least hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder were destroyed in this round of explosions, which means hundreds or even thousands of taels of gold were buried with it.

Somehow, I was a little envious!

Shibata Katsuie was of course following Oda Nobunaga's order. Even if it was blown up and destroyed, he could not leave the two Kofilin long-barreled cannons to the Yamauchi family. And seeing the collapse of the war situation, with enemy troops everywhere, he couldn't rush out at all, so he simply used gunpowder to take away a few more Yamauchi troops.

Another general of the rear army, "Retreat Sakuma" Sakuma Nobumori took advantage of the huge shock wave generated by the explosion, and when the Yamanouchi army attacking the mountain was staggering, he jumped out of Taihara with a hundred or so confidants.

Whether he can escape depends on whether his two legs can outrun the four legs of the Echigo cavalry. Wish him good luck.

"Go and check if Saemon is okay?" Ashikaga Yoshiaki had already killed two generals, Koheita and Kanai Meigoro. If he lost another uncle Tsunayoshi, this battle would be a loss.

"Anesokōji Saemon, ask Shibata for repairs!" Someone suddenly shouted on Taihara.

Uncle Tsunayoshi led his troops to attack Tanshodai, so naturally the military merit was counted on him. Now hearing someone shouting that Shibata Katsuie was killed, the generals were relieved. If Uncle Tsunayoshi was also killed in the explosion, he would definitely not be so excited to rush down Tanshodai to report the good news.

"Saemon has made a great contribution!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki was relieved after hearing this.

As an old retainer of the Oda clan, Shibata Katsuie is one of the most important heads taken on the battlefield at this moment. To put it simply, it is worth at least 500 kan of Chigyo.

"Present Shibata Katsuie's head to His Highness!" Three envoys ran all the way from Tanshōdai, holding a dead man's head.

After such a great contribution, it must be shown off. Ashikaga Yoshiaki also turned around and sat down, waiting to inspect Shibata Katsuie's head, and then commend Uncle Tsunayoshi.

"Stop him! This is not Saemon's envoy!"

The three envoys ran and reached the periphery of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's main camp. Suddenly someone shouted.

Then there were two gunshots. The man who shouted that this person was not Uncle Tsunayoshi's envoy took out two hand tubes and fired two shots at the envoy holding the head.

If it's not Heiroku, who is it!

The battle was basically over, and Heiroku brought the small pack carts to clean up the battlefield, mainly to treat the wounded soldiers of the Yamanouchi army. Those who were slightly injured would be well bandaged, and those who were seriously injured could only be moved to the ox cart to see if they were strong enough.

Heiroku had done this job many times and was very skilled. He sent the treated wounded soldiers to the main team. Ashikaga Yoshiaki's main team also brought doctors with them, who would take a look and save those who could be saved, and at least give those who could not be saved a straw bundle to lie down.

Just after unloading the wounded, Heiroku heard someone shouting that Uncle Tsunayoshi had asked for Shibata Katsuie. He stopped for a while and prepared to take a look, after all, he had met Shibata Katsuie before.

When he was an attendant to Koheita, Heiroku had also talked and laughed with Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie.

But the messenger ran closer and closer, and others thought he was Uncle Tsunayoshi's subordinates, and no one stopped him, but Heiroku looked at him more and more familiarly.

That man was Sasa Narimasa!

Heiroku's first reaction was to pull out his gun. He was a latecomer, a soy sauce shop clerk, and his martial arts skills were not good, but as a middle-level samurai like Hamamatsu Sobukyo, he had a knowledge of 500 kan, so it was no big deal to be equipped with a few matchlock guns.

While shouting, he took out his hand tube. At such a close distance, at most seven or eight meters, he shot one shot in the lower abdomen and one shot in the right thigh. Sasa Narimasa didn't even groan, and fell to the ground directly.

The two warriors who followed rushed up and wanted to chop at Heiroku, but they were in the thousands of Yamauchi main force. Even if these were miscellaneous soldiers, there were still thousands of people.

Since Heiroku said that these three people were not Yamauchi soldiers, someone immediately drew his sword and chopped them up, and another was beaten half to death by five or six sticks that were thrown at him.

"Ubei! What's going on!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki stood up again after hearing the shouts and gunshots.

"Ah! Your Highness, this man is Sasauchi Kuransuke Narimasa, the mother general of Gifu Dansho! He must have rushed here to surprise your Highness!"

"Sasauchi Kuransuke!"

Murakami Yoshimitsu stepped forward immediately. He had seen Sasa Narimasa, who served as the general of the iron cannon, when he attacked the central horse fence before. He turned the man over. Although he was covered with mud and blood, it was indeed Sasa Narimasa.

"Your Highness, it is indeed Sasa Narimasa!"

"He is a brave and strategic man... Ubei, you did a good job!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki praised Sasa Narimasa, but he was still a little scared.

This man was so bold and careful. He could come up with such a strategy in such a situation. He almost rushed into the Yamanouchi main force and attacked Ashikaga Yoshiaki who was almost unprepared.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, that is not the envoy sent by me!" This time it was really Uncle Tsunayoshi.

He was originally on the hillside of Taihara. There was a big explosion, and the person was overturned by the air wave. He rolled down Taihara. He was just dazed, and suddenly heard someone calling him to ask for Shibata Katsuie.

He thought someone had rushed to the terrace and cut off Shibata Katsuie's head first, and was about to reward this fearless person, but he found that it was not the people around him who were shouting.

Then he saw that the "envoy" shouted to report his merit and sent the head to the main team. Uncle Tsunayoshi immediately reacted, led the horse and ran to the main team to stop the three people from rushing into the main team.

"It's okay, Ubei has killed him!"

"That's good! That's good!" Uncle Tsunayoshi was relieved.