บท 200: Tunnels

"Red Feather men, to the eastwards wall!" Jikouji commanded, reciprocating the Matsudaira's change of position.

"Hah!" They lowered their weapons and began towards the eastern facing wall immediately, filling up from the furthest end first, before turning, and proceeding to stare intimidatingly at the sprawling mass that was Matsudaira's army.

"Hm… We're hung up on little games like this." Gengyo mused, stroking his chin, looking back towards the cannons. They had wheels and were moveable, but the effort and time required to do so made giving that order that much more difficult. For now, he simply waited to see how Matsudaira might conjure a new attack.

Even when commanding eight thousand men, a siege like this was still difficult. The enemy appeared to have the advantage of weaponry, and should they wish to push forward to use their own, then they would have to offer up plenty of men as sacrifices.