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Volume 1: The Newborn Eagle Chapter 1111: Invitation to Battle with the Sagami Lion

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    "The insidious Sagami Lion!" As soon as Takahashi Shoun heard Hojo Ujiyasu's words, he immediately screamed inwardly that it was terrible.  Sure enough, as soon as Hojo Ujiyasu's words came out, there was silence in Edo Castle. Basically, except for the few retainers from the Luo family, including Ota Yasushi, everyone from Toe Standing was stunned.  They all stood still, looking at Gao Qiao Shaoyun with complicated expressions, but said nothing.  "Damn it, Hojo Ujiyasu, with one word he resolved the morale of the defenders. What Hojo Ujiyasu said meant that all the responsibility for the defenders being trapped in the siege was placed on me. In this way, the defenders  How will the superiors and subordinates view me? " Takahashi Shaoyun secretly blamed himself for accidentally falling into the trap.  Right now, Hojo Ujiyasu wants to take advantage of his fledgling years to cut himself off, so as not to threaten the Hojo family by assisting the Toe-Imagawa family in the future.  Hojo Uyasu openly wants to surrender to Takahashi Shoun. It would be best if Takahashi Shoun agrees.  "It's a pity that Takahashi Shoun would not be able to agree to Hojo Ujiyasu, not to mention in full view of the defenders.  It was he who had seriously injured the Hojo family's general Toyama Tsunakage, and had already formed a great feud with the Hojo family.  After the surrender, even though Hojo Ujiyasu would accept him, the generals of the Hojo family would not be able to break up with him easily.  Besides, with the current strength of the Hojo family, how can it compare with the Luo family?  How does Hojo Ujiyasu's ability compare with that of his own lord, Raji Masarasu?  Therefore, Takahashi Shaoyun's choice, $¡Ó, www¡éw., is definitely not agreed to, but what Hojo Ujiyasu said has put Takahashi Shaoyun in a very unfavorable situation. How to resolve this?  If you explain it to the defending generals in vain, it will give others the opportunity to provide excuses and excuses.  This caused more mutual suspicion within the coalition forces.  So.  After thinking hard for a while.  Takahashi Shoun suddenly raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha Mr. Sakyo, Doctor, it is my honor that you think so highly of me, Takahashi Shoun. It is not impossible for me to surrender to you." Hojo Ujiyasu listened.  After that, he said "Oh" and then asked in surprise: "Are there other conditions that are not met?" "Not bad!" Takahashi Shaoyun pointed at Hojo Ujiyasu and said.  "I've heard for a long time that Dr. Sakyo is a master of martial arts, and Takahashi Shoun has always wanted to ask for advice. If Mr. Sakyo, Dr. Sakyo, wins the contest with Takahashi Shoun, Takahashi Shoun is willing to lead Dr. Sakyo's horse. If he fails, I beg you.  How about Dr. Sakyo withdrawing his troops?¡± Finally, Takahashi Shoun added: ¡°Sir, Dr. Sakyo, do you dare to fight with me, Takahashi Shoun?¡±  Introduced by Ujiyasu Hojo.  And in the ears of the Hojo family generals behind him.  Although the generals of the Hojo family are not very clear about Takahashi Shoun's bravery, it was not long ago.  Takahashi Shouncai severely injured the Hojo family's fierce general Tsunakage Toyama head-on, and the latter's life and death are still uncertain.  In comparison, his lord Hojo Uyasu was only a general, but not a master of martial arts.  Therefore, the lord Hojo Uyasu absolutely cannot accept the challenge. If the lord agrees to Takahashi Shaoun's invitation to fight, then all the retainers of the Hojo family will definitely come forward to dissuade him.  Logically speaking, Takahashi Shoun provoked Hojo Ujiyasu to challenge him. Hojo Ujiyasu could refuse due to the disparity in status, but now he wanted to recruit Takahashi Shoun as his subordinate, so he did not dare to agree to a mere challenge.  This is too cowardly, and worthy of the name of Sagami Lion.  Similarly, if Hojo Uyasu agrees, Takahashi Shaoyun will naturally want it. If he doesn't agree, no matter how suitable the reason he makes up, his own face will be damaged.  Since Hojo Uyasu can force Takahashi Shoun into a dilemma, Takahashi Shoun is not willing to be outdone. He will attack with a counterattack and simply make you unable to get off the stage.  In the end, Hojo Ujiyasu laughed, raised his whip, pointed at Takahashi Shoun on the arrow and said: "You are indeed a fierce general, Takahashi Shoun. If I were just an ordinary samurai, then I would definitely fight with you."  It's a matter of life and death. Unfortunately, I have a heavy responsibility and the expectations of tens of thousands of Hojo family members, so I can't personally take risks. So, please forgive me for not agreeing to it." Listening to Hojo Ujiyasu's explanation,  Takahashi Shaoyun secretly praised in his heart, nodded at the same time, and said: "Dr. Sakyo, you are right. Since you have important responsibilities, you will definitely understand my thoughts. As a samurai, you must fulfill your duties.  Duty, if you betray your loyalty in order to survive, it is absolutely impossible. And all the people in our garrison are willing to die for their own families. If they betray their families in order to survive, then it will be unacceptable.  I absolutely refuse!" Takahashi Shoun's words echoed throughout the city of Edo Castle, and every garrison officer heard them.  One or two soldiers took the lead in shouting, and then all the soldiers in the city responded.  "That's right, Takahashi Shaoyun." "That's well said."nbsp; "We are all willing to stay with Master Takahashi Shaoyun." The crowd of defenders on the city was excited, and the shouts became louder and louder.  "Successful!" Takahashi Shaoyun was overjoyed. At this moment, he suddenly felt someone tap on his shoulder.  It turned out to be Ota Yasushi. This guy reached out and patted Takahashi Shaoyun on the shoulder, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Takahashi, that's well said." The other generals of the garrison also tightened their grip.  fist, and looked at Takahashi Shaoyun with support and trust.  Takahashi Shaoyun's heart felt relieved. He pointed towards Hojo Ujiyasu at the foot of the city and said, "Dr. Sakyo, do you hear it? This is the cry from the top and bottom of our defenders. If you want to break through our Edo Castle,  , please be prepared to trade 10,000 lives. This will be a mountain of corpses and a sea of ??blood for the Hojo army. It is useless to say more. Doctor Sakyo, please come back! Otherwise, our army's iron cannons will fire." " Hojo Ujiyasu.  He stared blankly at the top of the city, nodded and said: "Takahashi Shaoyun, you are indeed the person that I, Hojo Ujiyasu, value. But one day, you will be my retainer of the Hojo family. Hahaha" Finished  Later, Hojo Uyasu turned his horse's head and galloped towards the rear. At this time, the defender Ashigaru Iron Artillery Team transferred from Takahashi Shoun just arrived on the curved wheel.  Hojo Ujiyasu returned to the Hojo family army formation, and the Hojo family generals surrounded him one after another.  Hojo Ujiyasu looked directly at a veteran with a gray beard and elegant temperament.  Said: "Uncle, your plan has failed. Not only has the opponent's military morale not been broken, but it has become more solidified. Tomorrow's siege seems to be another bloody battle."  He is Hojo Genan, the third younger brother of Hojo Ujiyasu's father, Hojo Uzuna.  Hojo Genan chuckled, pinched his long beard and said: "It's not that there is no gain at all, my lord, when we meet today, this Takahashi Shaoyun is indeed a powerful enemy with both wisdom and courage. It will strengthen our determination to eradicate him, won't it? Otherwise, we will wait  He returned to the Toe-Imagawa family. With the enmity between our family and the Toe-Imagawa family this time, the two families are naturally enemies. In this case, this person must be eliminated! What's more, our army is besieging Edo Castle this time.  What can Qiao Shaoyun do if he is unparalleled? He will definitely not be able to get out of here alive despite all his resourcefulness." After saying this, Hojo Ujiyasu raised his whip and rode on his horse.  He went back to the camp, and the generals of the Hojo family followed suit.  Only Hojo Genan stayed at the end, looking back at Edo Castle.  He said in a low voice: "Master Nobuira, Takahashi Shoun, Onibai Wuxianjie, these people of the Toe Imagawa family, I am afraid that they will be the strong enemies of my Hojo family in the future!" The next morning, Edo Castle was immersed in the sky.  In the fog, the taiko drums of the Hojo family army were already beating.  The Cage War at Edo Castle has officially begun!  With an absolutely superior force of 10,000 troops, the Hojo family besieged Edo Castle heavily, making it difficult for birds to enter.  At this moment, the first division of the Hojo family to attack Edo Castle was built on a small hill only five hundred meters away from the city. Here are the remains of what was once the castle town of Edo Castle. Now the charred remains have been  It was reorganized and used as a forward position for the Hojo family army to attack the city.  The water vapor in the rivers and seas near Edo Castle is constantly evaporating, and in front of you is a thick fog that covers the sky, like a giant curtain hanging down.  Looking from the main formation of the Hojo Army 1st Division, everything was completely white. Not even the vague outlines of Edo Castle's Tengu Maru earthen fortress, stone walls, and Horikiri could be seen.  "Such thick fog always reminds me of the bloody battle of the Kawagoe night attack." The general in charge of the first division's attack was Shimizu Yasuhide, a famous general of the Hojo family and a member of the Izu clan.  At this moment, Shimizu Yasuhide is sitting on the mazaar, holding military equipment, and sitting next to him, who is also assisting the attack of the first team, Izu Nougasahara Nobuhiro is talking.  These two people are both from the Izu clan, and they are both veterans of the Hojo family. During the night attack in Kawagoe, the two of them also fought side by side with Hojo Ujiyasu, and both performed bravely and were awarded the blood-stained feeling by Hojo Ujiyasu.  Now they are jointly entrusted by Hojo Ujiyasu with the important task of attacking the Edo Castle First Division.  Kasahara Nobuyuki nodded and said: "The bloody battle of Kawagoe's night attack is still vivid in my mind. I have been fighting for half my life, and I have never seen so many people die. Many heroes of the Hojo family were lost in this battle."  During the Kawagoe Night Raid, he was a brave general in the first line of the Hojo family's army that unexpectedly attacked the two Uesugi army base camps in Yamauchi and Ogidani.  After a pause, Kasahara Nobuyuki continued: "Judging from the previous defeat and serious injury of Toyama Tsunakage, we must not underestimate the combat power of Edo Castle just because there are few soldiers in Edo Castle. This time we need to attack the city.  "You are ready to sacrifice." After hearing this, Shimizu Yasuhide laughed and said, "If you are afraid of sacrifice, you are not worthy of being called a samurai of the Hojo family."  After finishing speaking, Shimizu Yasuei suddenly stood up and shouted to the foot of the mountain: "Where are the warriors of my Hojo family?" "Oh!" A shout like a tsunami came from under the hill.  Shimizu Yasuhide's face was solemn, he pressed down the metal military equipment in his hand, and two words came out of his mouth: "Get out of the formation!" "Oh!" There was a sound of flags clattering from the bottom of the mountain, and then the taiko drums banged and banged.  The ground was pounding, and in the heavy fog, the troops could not be seen coming out of battle. They could only hear the footsteps of countless soldiers, as if they were rustling in everyone's heart.  At this moment, countless Hojo soldiers gathered at the gate of Edo Castle.  The road up the mountain is not wide, and the Hojo family army's small team is working hard to widen it so that the follow-up troops can be fully deployed.  The first sequence of the siege was dominated by a large number of soldiers. They carried arrow shields on their shoulders, carried bags of sand and earth on their backs, and walked in front of the large wooden stakes for the siege gate.  Followed by the Hojo family army samurai, spear ashigaru, bow ashigaru, iron cannon ashigaru, advancing in order.  As the Hojo family army advanced, the outline of Edo Castle gradually became clear.  The front of the mountain road leads to the Demaru Tengu Maru of Edo Castle, behind a Horikiri.  It is a stone wall four rooms high.  Above the stone wall is a curved wheel covered with a layer of wood.  Every other section of the curved wheel has a dark narrow space for shooting.  On the left and right sides of the stone wall.  There is also a tall arrow scull each, and several defenders are stationed above with iron cannons and bows and arrows.  At the tiger's mouth in the center of the stone wall is Otemon, which is also the destination of the siege army.  The heavy fog still shrouds Edo Castle.  On the mountain road, a steady stream of black-clad and black-armored Hojo troops were advancing. The beginning and end could not be seen. They were advancing cautiously, with the flags behind them swaying in the mountain wind.  It was shaking wildly.  The fifth from the left is an ordinary Ashigaru of the Hojo family, a native of the Sagami country of the Hojo family. Because the lord responded to Lord Hojo Ujiyasu's expedition to Edo Castle, he was drafted into the army under the military service order issued.  At this time, he was wearing a bamboo outfit, holding a spear, and staring anxiously at the Edo Castle shrouded in white mist.  Before going out into battle, Lord Shimizu Yasuhide had ordered that any Ashigaru soldiers of Ichiban gun who invaded Edo Castle.  Zhixing will be given a hundred stone territory and officially become a samurai.  For the fifth from the left.  This is a great opportunity for an ordinary citizen to be promoted to a warrior in one fell swoop, like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate.  He longed to make great achievements, but deep down he couldn't help but be afraid of losing his life in the battle.  Thinking of the few acres of thin farmland at home and his wife who, although not outstanding in appearance, had a gentle temperament, he still felt that it would be great if he could save his life.  "Zuo Wu, what are you thinking about?" Then he punched Zuo Wu hard on the head. Although his head was wrapped in a formation, Zuo Wu was still dizzy from the punch.  The one punching the fifth one from the left was Rokurobei, the leader of the ashigaru-gumi of the team. He was a rude samurai who always beat and scolded them, the lower-level ashigaru.  The fifth person from the left, like many Ashigaru soldiers, disliked this man very much.  "We're about to go into battle. You'll die if you think too wildly. Do you understand? Teach you young brats a lesson. How much saliva will you waste on my uncle Rokuro!" Rokurobei roared rudely and cursed with his fists and feet.  Zuo Wuyi, the foggy weather, and the feeling of having to face life and death when going out into battle, all made his originally violent temper even more irritable.  After Zuo Wu was beaten and scolded, he continued to swallow his anger and move forward silently.  Within a distance of thirty kan in front of the Otemon gate, the cross-section of the mountain road suddenly shrank, leaving only 20 kan in width.  One side of the mountain road is faced with cliffs, and the other side is the Ninomaru of Edo Castle.  There are earthen ramparts and stone walls built at the bottom of Ninomaru to prevent enemy troops from climbing up.  At the same time, the narrow space opened on the Ninomaru curved wheel and the narrow space at the main entrance of Tengumaru formed a crossfire, which made it easier for the defenders to use bows and arrows and iron cannons to kill the enemy troops attacking the city from the front.  The fifth person on the left looked at the miscellaneous soldiers who were not wearing any armor. First, he put the arrow shield wrapped in straw and solid wood on the side facing Otemon, and put Ninomaru down.  According to Rokurobei, such an arrow shield could not only protect against bows and arrows, but also protect against iron cannon fire.  After each arrow shield was placed, Rokurobei immediately ordered several Hojo Ashigaru to hide behind it.  Then the various soldiers of the Hojo family continued to move forward. They carried earth bags on their backs, trotted all the way, lowered their bodies, and began to fill the Horikiri in front of the Tengu Maru.  And at this moment, the defender's iron cannon opened fire in the narrow space of the Tengu Maru curved wheel.  The roar of the iron cannon made Zuo Wu, who was out in battle for the first time, tremble uncontrollably. He threw his spear aside and curled his body tightly behind the arrow shield.  He cried out in panic.  "You bastard, what's your name!" Rokurobei covered his left side with another palm.On his face, he shouted angrily and put his hand on the katana at his waist.  Zuo Wu looked at his expression and had no doubt that if he screamed again, he would kill him with a knife.  Zuo Wu immediately nodded, saying that he would keep to himself, but his legs were still shaking like a rocker.  At this time, I heard the occasional sound of iron cannons, and a muffled sound came from behind. Zuo Wu quietly looked sideways from the edge of the arrow shield, and saw the Hojo soldiers who rushed forward firing bows and arrows from the iron cannons.  Under the shooting, people were hit by bullets or arrows and threw the soil bags in their hands on the ground.  The combat effectiveness of these miscellaneous soldiers, let alone samurai, is not even as good as that of the ashigaru. After a few rounds of shooting by the defenders, these miscellaneous soldiers began to flee.  "A bunch of cowards," Rokurobei yelled, and he waved his hand back to signal his ashigaru soldiers to move out.  Just after the miscellaneous soldiers retreated, a large number of Hojo family troops wearing black armor with small flags on their backs, and the following Ashigaru soldiers were dispatched.  They dropped their spears one after another, rushed forward to pick up the dirt bags dropped in front of them, and then braved the bullets of the defenders to fill Horikiri.  The Hojo family's ashigaru were immediately hit by the defenders' volleys of guns and arrows, and then fell to the ground, but they still moved forward bravely.  At this time, Zuo Wu heard another burst of iron cannons. The iron cannons located above their heads in the narrow room of the defender Ninomaru also fired, with arrows and projectiles falling.  Suddenly, the Hojo family troops before and after were killed and injured again.  (Thanks to "I love you so much!" for the reward support of 588 points; thanks to "Fenghua Xuewu, cap, Shenluan" for the reward support of 100 points. The "Light of the Great God" medal for this book can already be collected.  Book lovers who have the conditions, please go there to get it. Note, but those who don¡¯t have the conditions, please don¡¯t force it. The way to get it is to directly click on the five-star mark next to the author¡¯s name on the homepage, and the redemption page will pop up.)  .
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