Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Seven

The shouting and killing sounded for a while, and the peasant soldiers recruited by Li Xiaoxin lowered their heads behind the wheel of Waimaru.

From time to time, arrows flew over the curved wheel and shot into the outer pill in the city.

Unfortunately, an arrow caught fire, and it happened to be shot into the pile of wood left over from the outer pill, and it started to ignite.

"It's on fire, put out the fire soon."

Following an order from a warrior, several Zuqing rushed up, raised their feet and stomped on the burning place. The rescue was immediate and the fire was stifled early.

"Fuck! Didn't you ask you to put away this flammable thing? Why is it still piled up here."

The samurai cursed.

Immediately there was another round of arrow shots and flew into the curved wheel. While speaking, the samurai shot an arrow on the right shoulder, and a peasant soldier who dodged in time also shot an arrow on the foot.

After the arrow was hit, the peasant soldier started crying and crying.

The warrior who hit the arrow turned his beard straight up with anger and cursed: "You can't die, don't scream, uncle, I didn't even utter an arrow."

When the samurai finished speaking, he kicked the farm soldier's **** fiercely.

The peasants stopped crying, and they were so scared that they crawled and hid here.

Li Xiao watched the battle from Gaimaru's arrow scull.

Relatively speaking, these temporarily recruited peasants are still not strong enough. If it weren't for a few samurai to carry there, it is likely that they had collapsed in collective morale after several rounds of arrows from the sister Xiaolu family and fled everywhere. NS.

It has been two days since the city was besieged, and Sister Xiaolu Lianglai didn't intend to attack directly. His purpose was to waste and prevent Li Xiao from building the city and delay this period of time.

If Li Xiao cannot complete the fortification task before the first snow this year, it means that the fortification has failed.

Time is very precious to Li Xiao now.

Thinking of this, the Sister Xiaolu Army launched another round of arrow attacks. The Takeda Army's foot soldiers can only hide behind the crank wheel, and they can't fight back.

Of the 700 troops brought by Yoshikoji Ryorai this time, 200 of them were bow-footed.

The overwhelming coverage of the two hundred arched feet lightly shot, and kept pressing the iron cannon on Li Xiao's side so lightly that arched feet could not lift his head, so it caused the passive situation of only being beaten and unable to fight back.

Over the past two days, more than a dozen people on Li Xiao's side were injured by arrows, and two of them were killed.

After a day, as sister Xiaolu's family retreated lightly, and the second day of fighting temporarily stayed overnight, Li Xiao's men could not fight back because they were only beaten, and he took a sigh of relief in his heart.

It can't be delayed any longer.

Li Xiao secretly made a decision and said to the samurai beside him: "Immediately summon all the samurai in the city and ask them to come here to discuss matters."

In the arrow of Outmaru.

After Shigang Yiyu and Shiokaichiyu and the others sat down, they had a prison break. These days, they were suppressed by the opponent's bow and arrow and couldn't fight back. This was really a waste of money.

After they finished complaining, Li Xiaojing said: "Everyone, complaining is nothing. There is no way to defeat the current enemy army. You must know that Hida's first snow of this year will soon fall. The cold weather on Ranwen Novel Network means that we will never succeed in building a city within this year."

The generals hesitated, Shioka Kazuha said: "Master, if we are out of the city to fight, our army will be short of personnel, and most of them are newly recruited peasants. These peasants are not even prepared for armor, if they are barely one. I'm afraid the odds of winning are not high."

"Not necessarily." Xiaoban Xiaoxian said suddenly. He had the lowest qualifications, so he shouldn't be gnawing at this time.

Li Xiao glanced at Xiaoban Xiaoxian and motioned him to continue.

Xiaoxian Xiaoba turned his head and looked around, and said: "Master, at this time, the strongest combat power of the sister Xiaolu family is the two hundred bows and feet he carries this time. We can only find a way to get his Two hundred arched feet are enough to fail slightly."

All the retainers sneered when they heard it, making the two hundred bows feel invalid. How could this be done so easily? The children were whimsical.

When Li Xiao heard it, he had already guessed the meaning of eight points in Xiaoban Xiaoxian's words, and nodded in encouragement and said, "Go on."

Seeing Li Xiao's encouragement, Xiaoxian Xiaoxian cried out and said: "What I mean is to carry out a night attack on the little road army. The night is dark, and the two hundred bows of the little road army are light, naturally. It's useless."

As soon as Xiaoxian Oba's proposal came out, everyone's eyes lit up. This is indeed a good strategy.

That night, Sister Xiaolu Lianglai had just fallen asleep when she was suddenly awakened by the sound of iron cannons ringing around.

"Night attack?"

Sister Xiaolu Lianglai turned over and sat up, and suddenly came up with this idea, thinking that it was ridiculous, because Li Xiao had such a talented force and had not trained for a few days, so he dared to take the initiative to play.

As soon as Sister Koji Ryorai put on the armor, his subordinates entered the military account to report the news, saying: "The lord, the iron artillery team of the Takeda army, the bow-footed light team went out of the city and shot our army."

"What?" Sister Xiaolu Ryorai thought for a while and asked, "Then where is their light team?"

"Not sure."

Sister Koji Ryorai picked up the samurai sword and ran out of the camp.

In addition to the sound of iron cannons, many arrows continued to fly into the camp of our army, in all directions, and the situation looked as if the Takeda army had surrounded them.

Sister Xiaolu Lianglai looked around, and there was already a group in the camp.

Suddenly the sound of several bars of iron cannons resounding from the east, the samurai in charge of the command, pointed his sword to the east, and said loudly: "The enemy is in the east, attacking."

More than 30 guns made a soft sound and ran to the east together with their guns, but after only a few steps, they were fired by the Takeda Army's bows and arrows in the west of the camp.

The samurai suddenly didn't know what to do, so he could only order the gunmen to stop, and pursued to the west again.

But at this time, there was another shouting and fighting from the north, as if the enemy army was about to attack the camp.

The Zuqings of the family, holding the array hats and spears, ran around the camp tents like headless flies.

Because this camp was only temporarily built, its defenses were not strong, and people in the camp were constantly being shot into bows and arrows, and iron cannons were knocked down.

The four fields are all black and light, and the enemy can’t be seen where the enemy is. However, the place where the Sister Xiaolu Barracks is located is brightly lit, so the soldiers of Sister Xiaolu’s family can only stand here and be beaten for nothing.

The two hundred bow feet of our army simply couldn't see where the enemy's men and horses were. They could only shoot around with a bow and arrow aimlessly and aimlessly.

This hit rate is almost zero.

Asshole, it can't go on like this.

Sister Xiaolu Lianglai yelled and shouted at the horseback riding team of his own army, and the gunfoot light team shouted: "Go out to search for the enemy to determine the victory."

After the Sister Xiaolu Army got the news, the horse riding team and the guns were paired up to sort out the army, and then attacked outside the military tent.

Looking at a brightly lit area, the Sister Xiaolu Jun saw the opposing horse riding team and the gunfoot light team attacking from all directions.

Dao Sheng Meng, Shioka Kazuyu's spear-footed light team, apparently had already waited a long time in ambush.

Dao Shengmeng gave an order, and Li Xiaojun's side, standing on the spear foot light team, greeted the sister road army to intercept.

Since both sides are in the dark, it is easy to accidentally injure themselves in the fierce battle, so they dare not be too involved in each other's hands.

The purpose of the Sister Xiaolu Army is to stop the bows and arrows and iron cannons from shooting at the base camp on the Takeda Army’s side, and the Takeda Army’s side only needs to protect its bow and iron cannons to ensure safety.

So they are all very tacitly, just passing by, and there is no too fierce hands, so although the screams are loud, the casualties on both sides are not large.

When the two sides fought until dawn, seeing the sky brighten up immediately, Li Xiao ordered the troops to be returned to the camp.

In this night battle, Li Xiaojun did not take advantage, and the battle between the two armies became a tie.

However, in the daytime, the civilian husbands on the side of the Takeda Army began to bang and build Kamoka Castle again.

On the other hand, the sister Xiaolu Army fought hard all night, and now it's daytime, they simply can't fight again.

Therefore, Sister Koji Yoshiro can only watch the Takeda Army continue to build the city during the day without delay.

On the third day and night of the siege, the Takeda Army repeated its old skills and launched a night attack again. The two sides fought ping-pong for another night. The bows and arrows and iron cannons were fired. Li Xiaojun several times pretended to attack the base camp of the Sister Xiaolu Army. Resolve under the command of Sister Koji Yoshiro.

At the end of the day, the two armies were exhausted, so they stopped work and went home to sleep.

Immediately after the day of the fourth day, Yoshikoji Ryorai saw again that the civilians of the Takeda Army continued to work and began to build Kamoka Castle, while Li Xiao's subordinates fell to Waimaru with guns, and fell asleep in their clothes.

Seeing the situation, Sister Xiaolu Lianglai angrily threw his horse whip on the grass. If he couldn't interrupt Li Xiaojun's construction of the city, it would be useless to bring his troops here.

So Sister Xiaolu Ryorai stared at Kamioka Castle fiercely for a day.

By the night of the fifth day, Yoshikoji Ryorai was fully prepared. In the camp, only a few people were left to garrison. Instead, ambushes were arranged around, waiting for the Takeda army to come and attack at night.

However, contrary to Sister Koji Ryorai's expectation, he waited for most of the night, but the Takeda army did not kill him, and no one could be seen.

Until it was about to dawn, the sky was already bright.

Sister Koji Ryorai thought that the Takeda army would not come, so when he was about to order people to return the ambushes in the periphery, he suddenly heard killings from outside the tent.

Sister Xiaolu Lianglai suddenly got a sudden body, and said silently, "No, we are in the middle."

The sudden appearance of the Takeda Army, and was killed from all sides, but the sister Xiaolu Army, who was worried and prepared for the night, was already exhausted.

The first to fight with Takeda was an ambush in the grass for the night. Under the battle between the two sides, the Sister Xiaolu Army immediately retreated.

Sister Kolu Ryorai was unwilling to fail like this, so she took up a long spear and went into battle, and personally led the horse back to the camp to meet the Takeda army.

The two armies fought hard for half an hour, and finally Sister Xiaolu Ryorai collected the defeated army on all sides, and retreated after the battle, until the whole army was finally defeated.

Sister Koji Ryorai finally led some of the Sister Koji Army to retreat in the place of the deadly battle, but at a great price, he could no longer attack the Takeda Army in Kamoka Castle, and finally had to retreat to Sakura City.

Back to Sakura City's sister Koji Ryorai, facing the inquiry of his son and sister Rikaizuna.

Sister Xiaolu Ryorai could only sigh up to the sky and said, "General Li Xiaozhi of the Takeda Army is by no means inferior to Shingen and Shin Fan. My sister Xiaolu's family has such a big enemy, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Hida country."

Sister Xiaolu Lai Gang asked, "Father, can we really stop Li Xiao from building a city in Hida?"

Sister Xiaolu Ryorai shook his head and said, "It may not be necessary. I have delayed him enough time. Whether he can finish the work before the heavy snowfall in Hida country ahead of schedule depends on his luck.

In September, after Li Xiaojun repelled the offensive of the sister Xiaolu family, the biggest external crisis was finally resolved.

Now the construction work of Shengang Castle can finally continue.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, everything went smoothly during the construction period.

However, there were unforeseen circumstances. In September, a torrential rain came suddenly. The mountain torrents and the plateau rivers soared. Not to mention the destruction of the castle town, it also rushed into the wood accumulation area needed for the construction of the city.

Suddenly the wood will be washed away by flash floods, and the loss will be exhausted.

The heavy rain continued for several days, and the six hundred people could only build the city in the heavy rain.

The heavy rain was cold and freezing, and the people were miserable.

Even Li Xiao went to the front line to supervise the work.

Watching this downpour, Li Xiaotu asked Xiaoban Xiaoxian next to him: "What do you think of this heavy rain?"

Xiaoxian Oba thought for a while and replied: "It's a good thing, Lord, this heavy rain is just to check whether the house we have built is strong and solid, and if there are any shortcomings, we should correct it immediately."

Li Xiao laughed, admiring Xiaoban Xiaoxian's attitude, nodded and said: "It's just a person who has worked hard in the rain."

At this moment, Dao Shengmeng, Shioka Kazuha and Changan, Kinoshita Koichiro and other Li Xiao's retainers, also braved the rain to rush to the place where Li Xiao was.

Shima Katsu said fiercely: "Master, this rain is estimated to not stop for several days. I heard that there have been complaints among the people who threatened us to stop work."

Shigang Yiyu said coldly: "If they dare to do this, kill some of them and warn them."

"This won't work."

Li Xiao shook his head. He knew that the patience and obedience of the Japanese people were strong. If they hadn't been bī to the minimum, they would never rise up to resist.

Both in Changan and Koichiro Kinoshita came from humble backgrounds, so they can all empathize with the pain of ordinary people building a city in the rain, so they also echo Li Xiao's point of view.

Shigang Yiyu shook his head and said, "If this is not the case, what better way can we do?"

The Tibetan Changan suggested: "Master, we can divide the six hundred people into two groups like this. If the two groups take turns to build the city, they will not have any complaints."

"But in this way, the progress is much slower." Koichiro Kinoshita asked questions from the side.

At this time, Shima Katsumou said: "It won't be slow. Anyway, it is impossible for the sister road army to attack this city. Our standing equipment can also be used to build the city. This way, there will be not two groups of people, but three groups of people. "

After listening to Dao Shengmeng's opinion, Da Zang Chang'an immediately excited and said: "It's great to be like this, Master Dao Shengmeng, is it really okay?"

"No problem." Dao Shengmeng nodded, expressing affirmation.

Li Xiao listened to the opinions of the people, and apparently he was all thinking about his family, and couldn't help being very happy.

So Li Xiao finally said: "Then it is so decided, we will be divided into three groups, each time we divide into two groups to build the city, and the other group to rest. At the same time, we must prepare a place to rest and shelter from the rain and boil the hot soup to keep away the cold. , Let everyone who participated in the fortification in the rain drink it. And everyone in this city, including me, must participate in the fortification, there can be no exception."

When everyone heard that Li Xiao had personally participated in the building of the city, they felt surprised for a while.

The Tibetan Chang'an exclaimed with joy: "If the lord joins, even no matter how hard and tired these folks are, they won't have any more complaints."

In the sixth year of Yonglu, in early October, the first heavy snowfall of Hida finally fell.

This first snowfall was ten days earlier than the first snowfall in Yonglu five years ago, and the arrival was not small. It lasted three days and piled up footless snow.

Not to mention Hida, it is Yuezhong and Echi, the entire Bei 6 is covered under this winter snow.

After the heavy snow fell, the temperature dropped sharply, and the sky suddenly froze.

In the heavy snow, Li Xiao wore a white bear cloak, a thick hat, and a samurai sword in his hand.

"See the lord!"

"See the lord!"

The cruising Zuqings stepped forward to pay homage.

Li Xiao waved his hand and walked along the horse road from Outer Maru to Hon Maru on the snow.

Amidst the fluttering snowflakes, the triple heavens of Shengang City stood there quietly, with ice hanging on all sides of the eaves, hanging down one by one.

Da Zang Changan, Kinoshita Koichiro, and several craftsmen stood aside, looking up at the triple castle pavilion.

When Da Zang Changan saw Li Xiao rushing over, he bowed and asked for a reward. He said: "Master, under this heavy snow, everything is intact in my Kamoka City. The samurai's light house is all right. No one is frostbited. ."

"I know, thanks to your plan. If it weren't for the rainy days of work, how could we have had time to build the city before the first snow." Li Xiao smiled and patted Dazang Chang'an on the shoulder.

The great Zang Chang An felt agitated. Originally, he was dissatisfied when he moved from Takeda Katsura to Li Xiao's servant. Now he saw that he was under Li Xiao's hand to be able to wave. He suddenly felt that this was the place where he could show his skills. .

Xiaoxian Oba smiled to Chang'an on the sidelines and said, "I don't know who was worried that the city would not stand the test of heavy snow a few days ago, and he was worried all day long."

The Tibetan Changan laughed, his old face turned red, and he also felt a little embarrassed.

All the retainers and Li Xiao looked at the three-tiered castle tower standing upright, and the hardships of returning to build the city for several months, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Dao Shengmeng couldn't help but said with emotion: "Who knows that this first snow will fall so early, or it will be a heavy snowfall. If it weren't for our previous rush work, the construction of this city must have failed."

Koichiro Kinoshita also said at this time: "Master, thanks to the folks~www.wuxiamtl.com~ If they are working day and night, our city would never have been built so quickly."

The rest of the retainers also spoke passionately.

"Anyway, we succeeded in building the city."

"Yes, we finally got our foothold and built a city of our own."

"We did it."

Li Xiao smiled slightly, his eyes turned from everyone's faces one by one, and he said: "From the high-rise building on the ground, in the past few months, thanks to everyone's concerted efforts, I would like to express my gratitude."

"Oh!"

All the retainers agreed in unison, and morale rose for a while.

Then Li Xiao's vassals came to the third floor of the Tianshou Tower together, and looked down from a condescending manner, and the scenery was infinite for a while.

The entire plateau river was already at their feet, and in the midst of the heavy snow, the Hida country, surrounded by mountains, suddenly became clear in their eyes.