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Volume 1 Chapter 1667 It¡¯s too late

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    ?That tall building, like a mountain, pressed in front of Togo Shigekata, and also in the hearts of everyone who invaded the city.  They were sent to this city and fought fiercely with the enemy. They didn't know how much pain and casualties they endured, and they didn't know how much they paid, just to attack and win there.  Dongxiang Shigekata looked at the blurry figure of the building, and suddenly felt that it was like the moon. It seemed to be right in front of him, but it seemed to be thousands of miles away.  He quickly lowered his head, gave up such meaningless thoughts, and turned his thoughts back to reality.  At this time, the hunger in the abdomen seemed to become more severe. The entire abdomen seemed to be burning with fire, and even the throat was burning with thirst. It felt too uncomfortable.  He turned his head slightly and looked around, trying to find something to eat to relieve his hunger, but he couldn't see anything except the ruins of the walls, the blazing fire, and the diffuse smoke.  He looked at the subordinates behind him. Most of these people also had injuries on their bodies, and their faces were dyed black because of the smoke. They looked almost ridiculous.  "Youdo you have anything to eat?" he asked in a low voice.  "Take it all out." After hearing his order, the people around him stared at each other silently, and then some people took out some food from their arms.  This is a dry food pancake commonly used by the Han army. It is used in large quantities because it is easy to carry and easy to eat. After the Han army began to advance towards Kinki, these dry food were also transported by sea ships from Goryeo to Honshu Island, and then distributed as supplies.  They killed the Japanese who joined the Han army.  Although these things are very filling, the taste of Togo Shigekata is not flattering. He still misses the white rice at home.  But now he doesn't care about so much, he just wants to fill his stomach first.  He gathered all the food together, then divided it into more than a dozen portions, and distributed them to everyone evenly. This seemed to be their last meal before they ran out of food.  I don¡¯t know if I can still eat the white rice from my hometown again?  Such a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.  Then, Dongxiang Shigekata ignored the dense dust on the dough and put it directly into his mouth, chewed it casually for a few times and swallowed it.  When the food fell into his stomach, he suddenly felt as if the fire in his belly had suddenly stopped, and his originally weak and weak limbs seemed to have regained their strength.  Along with the rising blood, a strange feeling of happiness rose from the abdomen. Everything around him was isolated. The non-stop sounds of fighting and the roar of guns seemed to be coming from another world.  It sounds totally unreal.  But this feeling of happiness soon faded, and the burning in his throat became even worse. He wanted to drink water.  Dongxiang Shigekata wiped the water bag on his waist and found that it was empty, and the others seemed to be the same, no one was there anymore.  His throat seemed to be split, and he had lost the mood and strength to even give orders to his subordinates.  His eyes were blurry, and the sound of running water filled his head, but his remaining sense told him that there couldn't be anyone nearby.  Vaguely, he thought of the pond he encountered when he first entered the city.  On the path in the pond, he and his men encountered fierce resistance from the enemy. Many people were killed, and many others fell into the water of the pond and drowned.  They must not be restrained by anyone now, and they might as well stay at the bottom of the pond and be swollen quietly.  But now, the pond that has been dyed red with blood seems so kind and charming in Togo Shigekata's mind, and it is like some fairyland calling him.  There is water there, there is water there As if by some strange mistake, he suddenly moved his steps unconsciously, but this time he did not rush forward but walked backward.  None of his subordinates asked him what he wanted to do, and they all followed him blankly.  And at this moment, there was a burst of dense footsteps coming from the front.  Togo Shigekata immediately stopped, then tightly grasped the handle of the knife in his hand, and his whole body was as ready as before.  But he is much weaker now than before.  Fortunately, when he saw clearly who was coming from the other side, Togo Shigekata finally breathed a sigh of relief.  Judging from the patterns on each other's clothes, they were soldiers of the imperial court.  Since the Heian period, after the deliberate restrictions of successive shogunates, the imperial court itself has no troops available. The current army was re-recruited during this period.  In order to distinguish themselves among the various armies, they imitated the feudal armies of each feudal clan.The practice of tattooing family crests on clothes involves tattooing chrysanthemums representing the imperial court on their own clothes.  So when he saw the crooked chrysanthemum pattern embroidered with yellow silk thread on their clothes, Togo Shigekata also knew that friendly troops were coming, so he finally felt at ease.  When these people saw Dongxiang Shigekata and others, they were also frightened by their ferocious appearance. They did not feel relieved until they saw the patterns on their clothes, and they came towards this group of people.  However, even though they were friendly forces, the way they looked at Togo Shigekata was very strange, as if they had seen some monster.  Togo Shigekata is also aware of his current image, but he has no time to care about these issues now.  "Water" He opened his almost dry lips, and then used his last strength to say to the other party.  These soldiers were obviously panicked when they heard his words, but after understanding, they carefully handed the water to Togo Shigekata and others.  Togo Shigekata grabbed the water bag, then forced it into his hand, then lifted it up and poured it into his mouth.  When these life-saving sweet springs fell from the throat into the stomach, Togo Shigekata felt that it was so sweet that it was like drinking some fine wine.  He regained his strength and spirit, then suddenly raised his head and handed the water bag in his hand to the person who gave it to him.  Being stared at by him, the other party was obviously panicked.  "What's going on outside the city now?" Togo Shigekata asked impatiently.  After several days of fighting in isolation from the world, what he wants to know most now is the news outside the city. Regardless of whether it is good news or not, it can at least make him feel that he has not been abandoned by the whole world.  "We have been attacking this city in the past few days and have been sending troops in Lord Youfu has been urging us to capture this place quickly." The young officer was obviously a little afraid of Togo Shigekata and immediately answered him, "The fighting in the city is very tragic.  , we will send troops in for reinforcements after a while, I was sent in yesterday" "How about the fighting in the city, do you still need to tell me?  Togo Shigekata sneered in his heart.  The group of officers and soldiers in front of them were obviously recently recruited into the army. Not to mention their experience, they didn't even have enough courage.  If nothing else happens, I'm afraid they will soon become one of the piles of corpses in this city.  He did not hide his disdain, and the young officer opposite him naturally felt it, but he did not feel angry. On the contrary, he respected the other party.  He unconsciously felt a sense of awe and fear for this kind of people who had been fighting in the city for several days.  "You should go back and rest for a while. You have been fighting for long enough these days." He said to Togo Shigekata, "Now Nishinomaru is almost captured by our army. You can do it in the city."  Rest." "Nishinomaru has been captured?" Togo Shigekata was a little surprised when he heard what the other party said. ?????????????????????? But this surprise disappeared quickly. I had already reached here, and the other friendly forces should have already reached far away. At least the Nishinomaru that broke in at the beginning should have been captured. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from home for a while is normal.  When he thought about his experience of fighting in blood and fire these past few days, Togo Shigekata suddenly felt as if he was in another world.  "Yes, they have been taken down." The young officer nodded, "The master from the Celestial Empire has given an order. As long as we take down all the Nishinomaru and clear out the enemy troops here, we will bring in the cannons.  Then bombard the castle tower and other fortresses in the city, so that everyone can use artillery fire to attack other places! " "Cannon?" Togo Shigekata repeated blankly, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.  Soon we can continue the siege with the help of artillery bombardment.  After witnessing the overwhelming and devastating artillery fire when the Han army began to attack the city, he had become a fanatical admirer of artillery fire. During this period of fierce fighting in the city, every time he encountered insurmountable obstacles,  , he missed the cannons of the Han army very much.  But he also knows that there is no way to transport cannons into the city now, and everyone can only rely on their own flesh and blood to attack and fight their way out.  But if there could be as strong artillery fire as before, these obstacles would surely be destroyed.  Dongxiang Shigefang was extremely afraid of the Han army with these artillery fire, but he was extremely eager to get their help.  "Yes, cannons! Those siege cannons!" The young officer next to him obviously shared the same idea as him, "With these cannons from the big man, we will be able to defeat the enemy soon!" I can now  Take a break.  ? ?Xiang Zhongfang suddenly felt extremely tired and seemed to be unable to stand firmly.  In the past few days, he has been fighting endlessly. He only sleeps for a short period of time every day and even has no leisure time at all. He relies on his strength to hold on. Now he has enough food and drink, and he has such a good life.  The news was encouraging, and the tense spirit finally relaxed, and I was extremely eager to rest.  "You guys, go and help him up!" Seeing his shaky appearance, the officer quickly called his men to help Togo Shigekata up.  "Take him back to rest!" The soldiers on both sides immediately followed the order and set up Togo Shigekata, and then led Togo Shigekata back towards the direction where he had been fighting all the way.  Togo Shigekata was a little dizzy and could hardly see anything clearly, but he could still see the eyes of these people looking at him.  Respect, fear, and a little bit of envy.  It¡¯s likelooking at a hero.  "I can probably be considered a hero now." Togo Shigekata thought to himself.  Then, scenes suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, including those of his subordinates when he first entered the city, and the comrades he met while attacking the city, and finally settled on the young man who fell to the ground with his back to the sky.  The young man¡¯s unblinking eyes seemed to be looking at him.  His eyes suddenly became sore, and tears flowed down on their own.  So many people have died, but I am still alive.  You can be a hero this way.  It turns out that this is called making contributions.  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ After several days of fighting, and through the efforts of batches of soldiers who filled the battlefield, the siege army finally opened up a stable occupied area in the city and withstood the attack.  After several counterattacks in the city, they finally gave up on the idea of ??driving the siege army out of the city amid heavy casualties.  After achieving such a staged victory, Nijo Yasudou and Hashimoto Mimura began to request Zhou Pu to increase support for the siege army - now the main force of the siege army was their subordinates, and the tragic losses really made them heartbroken.  No matter what, they desperately hope to receive support to reduce their casualties.  Although Zhou Pu wanted to consume them, he did not want the war to be affected after all. Therefore, after sizing up the situation, he decided to support them and asked the artillery to transport the cannon into the city, and then bombard the enemy from the commanding heights of the occupied area.  military.  When they heard Zhou Pu¡¯s decision, Nijo Yasudo and others were of course overjoyed and quickly ordered their subordinates to pave all the roads outside and inside the city to clear the way for the cannon.  With the efforts of the Han artillery, these heavy cannons were slowly pushed forward and finally moved to the Nishinomaru in Himeji Castle.  While the cannons were being transported into Himeji Castle, the siege troops in the city were also resting and preparing, waiting for the next opportunity to attack.  This time they had another group of reinforcements - under Zhou Pu's order, his deputy general Tachibana Muneshige led his men to escort the Han artillery into the city, and also served as reinforcements in the city, preparing to join the next round of siege.  .  After these days of offensive, especially after several fruitless counterattacks by the defenders in the city, Zhou Pu judged that the defenders in the city were at the end of their strength, and as long as they were hit a few more times, they would be unable to hold on.  Under such circumstances, he decided to let Tachibana Muneshige lead his troops on the field, end the battle early and collect the military merits at the same time.  ??Besides, if you don't let your trusted troops go to the battlefield, I'm afraid the other armies will complain in their hearts, which will be very detrimental to internal unity.  In this way, when Togo Shigekata finally got some rest, Tachibana Muneshige came to the city with his subordinates and the cannons of the Han army.  During this period, the siege army also reduced the intensity of its attack, and then made intensive preparations during the rare gaps between battles.  And this strange period of calm also gave the defenders a temporary chance to breathe.  But this opportunity to breathe did not allow them to feel at ease.  At least, itakura Shigemune, the Kyoto governor who was responsible for the full command of the war, could not be thankful at all.  At this time, he was staying in the main castle tower, just like before, overlooking the city along the window edge.  But the current Himeji Castle is completely different from the one he had just now.  The side of the Western Kingdom in front of you has been destroyed to the point where you can no longer see its original appearance.  The original city walls have collapsed everywhere, with bricks and ruins everywhere. Fires are still burning in some places. The smoke has spread into the sky and the ground cannot be seen clearly. Everywhere is covered in smoke and dust. The originally beautiful egrets have turned into ashes.  heron.  In the past few days, heUnder his gaze, these flames slowly spread forward like terrifying poisonous snakes, from the city wall to Nishinomaru, and then to the depths of the city. They even came to the foot of the city several times and to the big castle tower far away from him.  Not far away.  It is conceivable that if the fighting continues, other places in the city will suffer the same fate, and eventually the entire city will become a ruin.  In the past few days, although the war had calmed down slightly, he also knew that the other party was definitely not retreating or having internal strife, but was shrinking its troops, reorganizing its troops, and preparing to launch a new round of attack - and that attack  This round of offense will definitely put tremendous pressure on them again.  In recent days, he has been mobilizing reinforcements from outside the city to reinforce the defenders inside the city.  However, the defenders in the city suffered huge casualties, and the arrival of reinforcements could not keep up with the casualties, so they had to retreat slowly under the front of the siege army.  The enemy's occupation area in the city is also getting larger and larger.  Although he knew that the siege army's losses must be greater than theirs, they seemed to be determined and pushed forward inch by inch without any regard for casualties. God knows how the generals on the opposite side could bear to face such losses.  .  If the fight continues, how long can the city sustain it?  He could no longer answer the question.  "Takagi." He suddenly spoke while standing by the window.  Gao Muqing in the room was a little surprised, and it took him a moment to realize that he was being called.  "Sir?" "Let's find a way to contact the Han invaders and see if we can talk about it again" Itakura Shigemune said in an almost painful tone, "By the way, what is the bottom line that Mr. Laozhong gave you?  What is it? You can tell it to the Han invaders now while the city can still support it" "Sir" Gao Muqing was stunned now.  He did not expect that Lord Itakura, who was originally very ambitious, would actually say such words at this time.  This is already a hint that he will try his best to negotiate peace.  But how can peace talks be so easy?  If we go to negotiate now, it is tantamount to asking for peace. How can the Han invaders give in?  "Sir, the Han invaders are at the height of their arrogance right now. If we go for peace talks, they maymay not listen!" Itakura Shigemune's face turned pale, and his eyes wandered between the outside of the city and Gao Muqing.  "If the fight continueswe may not" At this moment, the ground suddenly shook.  ¡°Boom!¡± Then, like thunder coming from nine days away, a loud bang came into the castle tower.  
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