I did not look forward to the relief of others or the good fortune that fell from heaven, but my will was tempered and strengthened, and the life of suffering made me stronger and wiser. I knew early on that people grow up in the struggle of difficult circumstances.

- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

The hostility of Yusei Rokuta to the Mogami family determined that it was impossible for the generals of the Mogami Army in the military tent to pretend to him, and what the Mogami family did to the four families including the Rokuta family back then determined that it was even more impossible for Yunari Rokuta to let go of his heart and forgive the Mogami family.

As the only link that can connect the Mogami army with the Rokuta family, Shimura Mitsuyasu, who had already had a detailed plan, quickly changed the topic and said: "After the fiasco during the day yesterday, the available strength of the Uesugi army is less than 30,000, this is a great time for us!"

"Lord Shimura, although the Uesugi army lost 20,000 troops in yesterday's attack, they are still stronger than us, and more importantly, our families are still in their hands, which is the key to not daring any of us to act rashly. ”

"Your Excellency the General......

"Shimura-sama, my name is Tendo Trust. The lead Ashigaru Shogun introduced himself.

"General Tendo, after yesterday's battle, the Uesugi army guarding your family has been sharply reduced from the original 5,000 ashigaru to 2,000, and Lord Rokuta has about 500 family guards hidden in the castle, and they can help you rescue your family from the Uesugi army. ”

"Lord Shimura, it's not that I don't believe Lord Rokuta, it's just that we have our own concerns. Tendo trusted the other generals who wanted to speak not to speak for the time being, and he himself said on behalf of the generals, "After all, the Uesugi army is four times the number of guards of the Rokuta family. ”

"The general. Knowing the other party's name, but deliberately pretending not to know, Rokuta Yusei, said confidently: "Of the five hundred guards of our Rokuta family, the lowest strength is all mid-level samurai, and the ordinary ashigaru of the two thousand Uesugi army is not to worry about at all!"

"A guard team of five hundred mid-level samurai?!" The generals looked at each other, and the shock in their hearts was self-evident.

"It's not a guard team of five hundred mid-level samurai, but the weakest of the guards are all mid-level samurai. Rokuta Yunari said proudly: "In our family's guards, there are four hundred and fifty mid-level samurai, fifty high-level samurai, and one special samurai. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only the generals in the military tent were shocked, but even Shimura Mitsuyasu was not spared, you must know that among the generals of the most advanced army present, the strongest Tiantong Trust was only an intermediate samurai who was about to be promoted to a high-level samurai!

Generally speaking, the armies of the various families in the empire are made up of low-level samurai as the head of the ashigaru group, mid-level samurai as the ashigaru general, high-ranking samurai as the general of the squire, and special samurai as the subordinate general.

Tendo, who was born in the Tendo family, trusted that he had seen the world, and he was the first to come back to his senses and said, "Lord Shimura, even if the family guards of Lord Rokuta can help us rescue our family, we are not sure that we will expel the Uesugi army from the city. ”

"Even if we can expel the Uesugi Army, we can't do that. The other leading Ashigaru Shogun said solemnly, "Once we lose the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Uesugi Keitor, we will not be able to hold Hasedo Castle with our own strength alone. ”

"Why do we have to defend Hasedo Castle?" asked Yunari Rokuta with a look of indifference.

"Because we are the army of the Supreme Family!" said Tendo Trust, "and Hasedo Castle is the castle of the Supreme Family. ”

"Hmph, it's ridiculous!" Yunari Rokuta, who was haunted by the events of the year, couldn't help but snort coldly.

"General Tiantong, generals, can't you still see the current situation clearly?" Shimura Mitsuyasu, who felt that he was about to become a peacemaker, could only try his best to persuade the generals in order to avoid the collapse of the talks between the two sides: "Actually, there are really not many options left for us. ”

"There are only two choices before us now: first, let go of all the problems and estrangements with the Uesugi army, and defend our Hasedo Castle with the Uesugi army, and finally the whole army will be annihilated in Hasedo Castle, and of course, it may also be destroyed on the way to the breakthrough of the whole army. ”

"But I need to remind you that with the personality and methods of the above Sugi Jinghu, whether it is to defend the city or break through to the death, the army of our Mogami family will be cannon fodder in his hands, so none of you want to live until the end of the war. ”

"I'm not afraid to exchange our death for the life of our family!" said an Ashigaru general in a firm tone.

"Do you really think that if you die in battle, your family will have a chance to live?" Shimura Mitsuyasu tore their illusions with his own hands: "Putting aside whether Uesugi Jinghu will let your family go for the time being, as far as the Yanhuang Army outside the city is concerned, your death battle will inevitably cause them some casualties, and when the city is broken, do you think they will let your family go?"

"This ......" At this moment, no one dares to say that they will fight to the death, and they will definitely be able to exchange for a chance for their family to live.

"Our second option is to find a way to rescue our family from the Uesugi army, and then quickly open the city gate to let the Yan and Huang troops outside the city enter the city, and use our voluntary surrender and this Hasedo Castle in exchange for our own survival and our family's chances of survival. ”

"Lord Shimura, you are betraying the family!" Tiantong's trusted voice was already filled with irrepressible anger.

"Tiantong trusts, right, since you are a member of the Tiantong family, then you should know something about the disintegration of the Eight Shields family more than a hundred years ago;

"Nearly two hundred years have passed since the events of that year, who can tell clearly whether it is right or wrong?" Tiantong, who really knew a lot of inside information, said in a depressed tone: "Perhaps, the governor of the Supreme Family back then also had his own difficulties." ”

"Fart!" Rokuta Yusei, who was still sneering at his face, said angrily: "Tell me, what kind of hardship needs his Mogami family, and take the lives !!of more than 1,200 people up and down my Rokuta family overnight!

Looking at Yunari Rokuta, whose eyes were red like a mad tiger, Tiantong trusted but was speechless; it wasn't that he didn't want to defend the Mogami family that his family was loyal to, but that the Mogami family did too much in that matter, and even almost caused an internal mutiny in the Mogami family.

"Liutian-kun, don't mention the past, the Liutian family was not destroyed back then, and I believe that the current Liutian family is still impossible to destroy. After persuading Yunari Rokuta, Shimura Mitsuyasu turned his head and asked the generals in the tent: "Either follow Uesugi Jinghu and take his family to be loyal to the Mogami family, or rescue his family and surrender to the Yanhuang Army, you can choose for yourself." ”