切支丹御退治記 49巻. [8] - 翻刻

翻刻

　然共長次猶城下に在而敵兵之出扁可らさる事
　を見切而暫阿りて後陣尓津らな類
別本小笠原譜曰二月廿七日鍋島信濃守手勢
　賊城江責入然處に右近太夫同信濃守陣
　場之前に備江居る寺沢兵庫助歟竹束を押
　破り直に二丸に打而入賊徒敗走して本陣に
　引入所追鑓而本陣之出丸を乗賊徒是を
　防く右近太夫信濃守此時先手に馳進而本陣
　大手之木戸口を破る諸軍数万人此口に懸り
　集り翌廿八日賊徒悉己斗敗没春

鍋島家書上曰信濃守下知を仕持場江三け
　所大勢樓を構江石火矢大鉄砲をつ累へ打
　に繁く為打候に付賊徒溜り兼出丸之土手捨
　退き二丸之土手を持固候様子に相見江候
　右に付出丸之塀を取囲仕寄を付可相分由
　二月廿七日信濃守ゟ伊豆守殿左門殿江相
　伺候處則日両　上使幷諸将不残右勢樓に
　上り見繕連候得者賊徒出丸を退候様子相見
　候依之信濃守如申達候塀を取楯を押寄柵
　を付可然る候城攻は明廿八日諸手一同可取掛

現代語訳

しかし長次はなおも城下にいて、敵兵が出てくるのを防ぐべきことを見極めて、しばらく留まった後、後陣に退いた。

別本小笠原譜によれば、二月二十七日、鍋島信濃守の手勢が賊城へ攻め入った。その時、右近太夫は同じく信濃守の陣場の前に備えていた寺沢兵庫助の竹束を押し破り、直ちに二丸に打って入った。賊徒は敗走して本陣に引き入ったところを追い討ちして、本陣の出丸を占拠した。賊徒はこれを防ごうとしたが、右近太夫と信濃守はこの時先手に駆け進んで本陣大手の木戸口を破った。諸軍数万人がこの口に駆け集まり、翌二十八日、賊徒はことごとく自滅して敗没した。

鍋島家の書上によれば、信濃守は指示を出して持ち場三ヶ所に大勢楼を構築し、石火矢や大鉄砲を据えて頻繁に撃ったため、賊徒は持ちこたえることができず、出丸の土手を捨てて退き、二丸の土手を堅固に守る様子が見えた。そこで出丸の塀を取り囲んで寄せ場を付けて攻略すべきと、二月二十七日に信濃守から伊豆守殿と左門殿に相談したところ、即日、両上使並びに諸将が残らず右の勢楼に上って見回したところ、賊徒が出丸を退く様子が見えた。そこで信濃守が申し上げた通り、塀を取り囲み楯を押し寄せ柵を付けるのがよろしく、城攻めは明日二十八日に諸手一同で取り掛かることとなった。

英語訳

However, Chotsugu remained in the castle town, determining that he should prevent the enemy troops from advancing, and after staying for a while, he withdrew to the rear formation.

According to a separate text, the Ogasawara genealogy, on February 27th, Nabeshima Shinano-no-kami's forces attacked the rebel castle. At that time, Ukon-no-taiyu broke through the bamboo bundles of Terasawa Hyogo-no-suke, who was positioned in front of Shinano-no-kami's camp, and immediately entered the second bailey. The rebels fled in defeat and retreated to the main camp, where they were pursued, and the outer bailey of the main camp was captured. The rebels tried to defend against this, but Ukon-no-taiyu and Shinano-no-kami rushed to the vanguard at this time and broke through the main gate of the main camp's front entrance. Tens of thousands of troops gathered at this entrance, and on the following 28th, the rebels all perished in defeat.

According to the Nabeshima family records, Shinano-no-kami gave orders to construct large observation towers at three positions in his assigned area, equipped with stone mortars and large firearms, which were fired frequently. As a result, the rebels could not hold their position and abandoned the earthworks of the outer bailey, retreating to fortify the earthworks of the second bailey. Therefore, on February 27th, Shinano-no-kami consulted with Lord Izu-no-kami and Lord Samon about surrounding the walls of the outer bailey and constructing approach works for an attack. Immediately that day, both commissioners and all the generals climbed the observation towers to survey the situation and observed that the rebels appeared to be withdrawing from the outer bailey. Accordingly, as Shinano-no-kami had proposed, it was decided to surround the walls, advance shields, and construct palisades, with the castle assault to begin the next day, the 28th, with all forces attacking simultaneously.