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Chapter 55 Battle of Village Village

The violent storms are constantly attacking the fleet, and dozens of large ships are rising and falling with the waves, as if they are about to be capsized at any time.

But fortunately, there was no danger during this hour's sea journey, and the fleet reached the sea near Chita County safely.

Oda Nobunaga pulled the captain of the ship and asked, "Do you know where we are?"

The captain of the ship carefully identified it and said: "Oda-den, we have passed the Teramoto Castle."

"Okay, this is it, come ashore!"

Oda Nobunaga waved his hand and was about to board the small morning boat.

Niwa Nagahide who was beside him said in surprise: "Master, aren't we going to attack the temple castle?"

Oda Nobunaga shook his head and said: "Don't ask so many questions, just follow my orders."

Niwa Nagahide was used to it. He didn't ask any questions and followed the others off the boat.

The Oda army boarded a small morning boat, and it took them several times to get all ashore.

After Oda Nobunaga reorganized his team, he said: "Now we bypass Teramoto Castle and head to Ogawa Castle of the Mizuno family."

Everyone had just experienced a storm, and they didn't care about it. They just wanted to find a place to rest and dry their clothes. The weather was really too cold.

Nobuhu was soaked all over, and now that the cold wind was blowing, he couldn't help but tremble all over, and his nose was dripping with mucus.

Fortunately, it was not too far from the shore to Ogawa Castle. The group arrived at Ogawa Castle after walking for more than an hour. The Lord of Ogawa Castle, Mizuno Tadaki, quickly welcomed Oda Nobunaga and his entourage into the city.

After freshening up, Oda Nobunaga held a military meeting in the Ogawa Castle Hall.

Oda Nobunaga said directly: "This time we must take down the village and we will not give up until we achieve our goal!
Xinyuan, what's going on with the Yamaguchi family in the north and Chongyuan City in the east? "

Mizuno Shingen immediately reported: "There is currently no change in Chongyuan Castle. As for the direction of the Yamaguchi family, the main purpose is to guard against the Naguye Castle where you, the head of the family, are."

"Okay, since the enemy doesn't know yet, it's easy to handle. Uncle Xinguang, you send troops and horses to block the water and land channels of Cunmu Village. You must not let Cunmu Village ask for help from outside."

Oda Nobumitsu nodded.

Oda Nobunaga took out the map and ordered: "Tomorrow, our army will launch an attack on Muramuzhai. First, I will lead the main force of my headquarters to set up a formation on the south side of Muramuzhai. Secondly, Uncle Nobumitsu will lead the troops to feint attack from the west. Finally, Lord Mizuno will Lead the troops to attack from the east, do you understand?"

"what!"

To the north of Muramuzhai is the Ishise River, a tributary of the Mirror River. Therefore, Nobunaga's army only needs to be deployed in three directions.

There was a wide trench on the south side where Oda Nobunaga led the attack. If he wanted to get close to the village village, he would have to pay a high price, but he still chose the most difficult place.

In the early morning, Oda Nobunaga dressed neatly and gave the order to go out into battle.

At this moment, there are only three hundred defenders in the village.

The Imagawa Army didn't know that the Oda Army was marching here, and the soldiers in the village were happily eating breakfast, talking and laughing.

Ashigaru, who was standing guard on the sentry tower, was still thinking about having a big meal and a good night's sleep after his shift.

He counted the time and yawned. When he opened his eyes and looked outside, he saw a large number of Oda family flags.

"Enemy...enemy attack!"

"The enemy is coming!"

"It's the Oda family!"

The Ashigaru not far away heard the shouting and looked up at the sentry who leaned out half of his body and shouted.

He heard the word enemy attack.

"Enemy attack!"

He jumped up and beat the drum beside him. The Imagawa soldiers who were still eating immediately heard the sound, picked up the weapons around them and rushed towards the city wall.

The guard hurriedly climbed up the city wall to take a look, and shouted: "The archers are in position, two teams of gun ashigaru will go up to the city wall to defend, and one team of gun ashigaru will go to the city gate to defend!"

"The enemy will fire arrows when they get close to the trench, and they must not be allowed to fill it!"

"Someone, rush out and call for help immediately!"

Inside the stockade, all three hundred Imagawa troops were on the move, preparing to resist the Oda family's attack. The Oda army outside the city was approaching the trench on the south side of the village village in an orderly manner.

Nobutora shouted: "Scratch the front row, push forward!"

A row of ashigaru moved forward carrying their armpits, and some raised their hand shields to cover the top.

Soon, the iron artillery team advanced to the edge of the trench.

"Duoduoduo..."

"what!"

The enemy's arrows fell intensively, and there were casualties in the front row.

Nobutora looked at it and saw that the distance from the trench to the walled city was less than fifteen meters. He then ordered: "Iron artillery team, fire freely, suppress the enemy archers, and aim at the opponent's Yamaguchi!"

Warriors at all levels issued Nobutora's orders.

Sasanagi Masa ordered his centurions to focus on suppressing the enemy's archers, while Takigawa Kazumasa ordered his men to attack the Yamaguchi on the enemy's wall.

Nobuhu directed his team to fight in one direction of the city gate.

As the iron cannon opened fire, the archers in the village suffered heavy losses and no longer dared to shoot arrows.

"Come on!"

After the iron artillery team, Arakawa Kiemon and Mori Katsukiyuki led a team of ashigaru to launch a charge. The ashigaru carried a wooden ladder and rushed into the trench.

"Shhhhhh..."

In the village village, a large number of arrows were thrown into the trench, and the ashigaru who launched the charge suffered casualties. However, there were samurai urging them behind, so they did not dare to stop and could only bite the bullet and attack.

When Nobuhu saw his uncle's figure, he immediately took off his iron cannon and shouted: "Cover, suppress the enemy archers!"

He hid behind the scratch, quickly loaded the iron cannon, and then took aim at an archer who stood up after the scratch.

"boom!"

"what!"

The archer fell down at the sound and fell off the tower.

With the cover of the iron artillery team, the Ashigaru team quickly rushed to the foot of the village wall. They set up a ladder and began to climb.

The Tiepao Ashigaru were worried about accidentally injuring their teammates and basically stopped firing. They could only watch the Ashigaru team climb up.

Without the suppression of the iron cannon, the Ashigaru who had just climbed up were pushed down by the Imagawa troops who got up. An hour later, the Ashigaru troops retreated in defeat, leaving several corpses behind.

Oda Nobunaga was angry and sent another group of ashigaru to charge forward. This time they were also defeated after an hour and a half.

Nobutora immediately dispatched an envoy to report to Nobunaga: "Master of the family, the iron artillery team will have to stop after five more rounds at most."

Oda Nobunaga said angrily: "Can't we defeat just three hundred people? I'll go and see for myself!"

Niwa Nagahide hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master, please don't be impulsive. I will lead an attack with my men."

Sakuma Nobumori also advised: "Master, please think twice!"

"Master Patriarch!"

Oda Nobunaga didn't listen to the advice at all. He roared angrily: "I said, this battle can only be won but not defeated. Since you can't win, then I will see for myself how powerful the opponent is!"

The retainers had no choice but to let it go, but the surnames and mothers who followed Oda Nobunaga were ready to sacrifice for Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga led the final reserve team to the iron artillery team's defense line.

He said to Nobutora: "Cover me to attack the city!"

Nobutora was shocked. He quickly grabbed Oda Nobunaga and said, "Master, don't be impulsive. I have a plan to defeat the enemy!"

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