Yuanming Temple, the fierce battle of residence attack and defense between the Xinjin army and the Matsugami army is in full swing at this moment.

Stimulated by the generous reward, the Shinzu side began to have a strong desire to win, and the archers, under the command of Sajiro Doi, began to uproot the Matsugami archers on the high ground in Matsugami Yoshiyuki's residence, while the spearmen took the opportunity to storm the gate of the residence under the leadership of the fierce general of the family, Ryozo Tsuki.

Although the Matsugami side lacked troops, they were also fierce and fearless of death under the stimulation of the desire to survive, and they were not at all defeated by a single blow after a loss as in the past. Under the arrangement of Matsugami and his party, a few people on the Matsugami side held the gate of the residence, while most of the men used bows and arrows to block the attack of the Shinjin army at the height of the residence. In this battle, Songshang occupied a favorable position, and the Xinjin side was in an advantageous position in terms of troops, and the two sides came and went, almost exchanging lives for lives, and the battle situation was also in a stalemate stage for a while.

However, the number of people on the Matsugami side is too small after all, and no matter how brave they are, they are gradually at a disadvantage under this life-for-life style of play. What is even more unfortunate is that the gate of the solid residence began to loosen under the fierce impact of the Xinjin army, and it was seen that the gate was about to be breached after a few more impacts. At this time, both the Shinjin family and the Matsugami family understood that this residence would not be able to be kept.

Outside Matsugami Yoshiyuki's residence.

Ryozo Tsuki, who was in charge of attacking the gate of the residence, immediately ecstatic when he saw the gate loosened. "Ladies and gentlemen, if we work harder, the gate is about to be breached by our family. The rear of the Matsugami army that destroyed this place was rewarded heavily. ”

"Haha." Victory was in sight, the morale of the Xinjin army was even higher, and the offensive was more fierce.

On the other side, inside the Matsugami Yoshiyuki residence.

At this time, after a hard battle, there were only 5 or 6 ashigaru left on the Matsugami side. Looking at the gradually loosening defense, they are all in vain, and this battle is bound to lose. It's just that the Matsugami side is still fighting to the death, just because they don't want to die in vain.

Samurai Ono was exhausted at this time because he was resisting the attack of the Shinjin army, and the katana in his hand was also curled. However, the Shintsu family's offensive did not slow down in the slightest, but became more and more fierce, and Ono knew that his side had lost this battle.

Looking at the gate of the residence, which was creaking and loosening more and more, Ono suddenly gave up killing the enemy and ran to Matsugami Yoshiyuki to grit his teeth and said. "Lord, you cut your stomach."

"What!" The incident happened suddenly, and Matsugami Yoshiyuki was a little dazed by Ono's request.

Ono further admonished. "Lord, this place is about to be untenable, and the reinforcements from the Xinjin Pavilion of this family are obviously too late. As the head of the Matsugami family, the lord cannot fall into the hands of the Shintsu family, otherwise the prestige of the Matsugami family will be difficult to preserve. Now that the Xinjin army will have to wait a while before it can attack, please take the opportunity to cut your stomach to preserve your reputation. In the next and then arrived. ”

For death, Matsugami Yoshiyuki is afraid. But compared to the humiliation that the Matsugami family was about to face after being captured, it was nothing. Besides, even if he is captured, he is afraid that it will be difficult to save his life, so why shame the Matsugami family? Now there is only hope that Yoshishin will avenge himself.

After Matsugami Yoshiyuki had the consciousness of seeking death, he took a long breath and said to Ono, who was looking at him. "Ono! The main hall got it! I'll leave it all to you. With that, Matsugami Yoshiyuki turned around and walked towards his residence.

"Haha." Ono understood that Matsugami Yoshiyuki was asking him to help him buy time for seppuku, so he answered heavily and went to block the attack of the Shinjin army.

The interior of Matsugami Yoshiyuki's residence.

After returning to his residence, Matsugami Yoshiyuki tidied up his appearance, which had been disorganized by the fighting, and then he knelt on the ground and wiped the knot knife he was carrying, preparing to commit suicide by seppuku.

"My lord, if you don't govern benevolently, exploit the people, and humiliate your retainers, I'm afraid something will happen. ......" At this time, Matsugami Yoshiyuki's ears couldn't help but ring Matsugami Yoshimitsu's words of advice to himself that day, if he had adopted his advice that day, I am afraid that there would not be today's defeat.

Thinking of this, Matsugami Yoshiyuki couldn't help but chant his own death poem with remorse.

"Mountaineering is missing one of the nine thousands,

Hateful deeds collapsed in the middle of the road.

The castle of Xinjin Pavilion is high and strong,

Poor mirror flower water moon. ”

Then Matsugami Yoshiyuki stabbed the knot knife into the lower abdomen, and then slashed to the right with all his might, and soon died of hatred.

"Bang~~~Bang~~~Bang~~~~~." Soon after Matsugami Yoshiyuki seppuku, the gate of this residence was breached by the Shinjin army.

"Kill." Seeing this, the morale of the Xinjin side increased greatly, and immediately killed the Matsugami army in the residence. At this time, the Matsugami army was at the end of the crossbow and was quickly killed, and Ono was also besieged to death.

"Quick, search here, don't let Matsugami Yoshiyuki go." When Sajiro Doi saw that the Matsugami family in his residence had been killed, he immediately ordered the Ashigaru to search for Matsugami Yoshiyuki, and if Matsugami escaped, then his plan would be in vain.

"Haha." The ashigaru of the Shinzu family soon searched around the residence for traces of Matsugami Yoshiyuki.

"Report to Doi-sama, Matsugami Yoshiyuki has committed suicide by seppuku in the middle of his residence." After the search of the Shintsu family, Matsugami Yoshiyuki's body was soon found in the residence.

"What?" Sajiro Doi was overjoyed and quickly ran to the inner room of the residence, followed by samurai such as Tsuchiki Ryozo.

"Great, great." Sajiro Doi let out a long sigh of relief when he saw that Matsugami Yoshiyuki was indeed dead, and then he slashed off Matsugami Yoshiyuki's head with a katana and handed it to a ashigaru on the side.

After doing this, Sajiro Doi looked at Matsugami Yoshiyuki's headless corpse and sighed. "Yoshiko was able to commit suicide to protect his reputation as a samurai, and he really deserves to be a true samurai."

"Yes, Matsugami Yoshiyuki's move can be called a model for my generation."

"It's really worthy of the Lord of Matsugami."

"The Matsugami family is really different." ......

The other samurai in the interior of the residence looked at Matsukami's corpse and sighed at his courage. As a samurai, even if you are in a different camp between your closest relatives, you have to draw your sword with tears. However, no matter how hostile they were during their lifetime, the samurai also had respect for their opponents who adhered to the honor of the samurai. This is probably the reason why Matsugami Yoshiyuki had the courage to commit suicide.

After a while, the retainers of the Shintsu family decided to hold a temporary military council in this residence to decide on the next battle plan.

At this time, a ashiki ran over and asked Doi Sajiro to say. Doi-sama, what to do with Matsugami Yoshiyuki's body. ”

"This ......," Sajiro Doi said after a moment's silence. Let's bury him, Matsugami Yoshiyuki is a real samurai after all, so don't humiliate his corpse. ”

"Haha." Soon, a few ashigaru came in and carried Matsugami Yoshiyuki's body away.

At this time, Doi Sajiro took out a map and said. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main plan of the Xinjin Pavilion, let's discuss how to recapture the Xinjin Pavilion next."

"Doi-sama, you just command, I don't have any opinions."

"That's right, it must be easy for Doi-sama to recapture the Shinjin Pavilion."

"Matsugami Yoshinobu, how can that kid be Doi-sama's opponent." ......

Doi Sajiro succeeded in rescuing Shinzu Yoshisada and won Matsugami Yoshiyuki in one fell swoop, and the rest of the samurai in the residence admired him and expressed their willingness to obey him.

"In this case, it would be disrespectful down there." Sajiro Doi didn't shirk it, and directly commanded the Shintsu Pavilion to get up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are still about 150 members of the Matsugami Army in the Shintsukan, but the Matsugami family has scattered them all over the museum in order to completely control the Shintsukan. Therefore, although the family is short of troops, there is still hope to recapture the Shinjin Pavilion.

Nowadays, there are still many retainers in the family who are in a neutral position, so when you attack the Shinjin Pavilion later, you should not use your own family crest except for the family crest of the Shinjin family. At that time, the Matsugami army will inevitably think that the entire Nitsu family will attack them, and the neutral Shinzu retainers who are difficult to distinguish between friend and foe will be forced to fall to us.

In addition, after attacking the Xinjin Pavilion, you must not drain the water around the city gate, and you must give the Matsugami army a chance to escape, after all, the family is short of troops, and everything is mainly to recapture the Xinjin Pavilion. ”

"Haha." After receiving the order, a group of Xinjin retainers quickly arranged for the capture of Xinjin Pavilion.

Sajiro Doi muttered to himself at this time when he remembered Mrs. Yuno at the Shintsukan. "I hope Mrs. Yuno can successfully poison Matsugami Yoshinobu, or ......"