Tokugawa Ieyasu - is still called Matsudaira Motoyasu, who is it, and he has some impression of Hira, but as for Yoshiaki Kira, he can only guess based on rumors. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ashikaga has no son Kiraji, and Kira has no son Imagawa tsuji. If the adults in Kyoto heard this, they would probably laugh at it as just nonsense from the wealthy families of the East China Sea. However, from the side, it also shows that the blood relationship between these two families is indeed rare.

The current head of the family, Yoshiaki Kira, is not the slightest famous in later generations, but he still has some prestige at the moment. There were even rumors that the Owari guardian Yoshigin, who had been set up as a puppet by Oda Nobunaga, had conspired with the Kira family to seize Owari - this was just a joke in the eyes of the Oda family, but it gave Nobunaga the truth about how to deal with Spo Yoshigin, and Hikawa even suspected that this rumor was created by Nobunaga at all. The main enemies in Owari have all been surrendered, so the puppet guards are naturally useless.

However, this is enough to show that this neighbor and the Oda family are not very good. Although it is expected to succeed in attacking the opponent's generals and then seizing the castle, it will definitely face the pressure of the whole of Owari in the future, and some of the gains will outweigh the losses - if we can contact some wealthy families in the eastern part of Owari who still have doubts about Oda Nobunaga, and then persuade Mino Saito and Ise Kitada to support each other, then it is of course another story. But if Yoshiaki Kira could have such a method, would he still be unknown in history?

Pingshou Fanxiu thought about it for a while, and then felt that the answer was not so certain.

When future generations look at history, most of them only remember to look at those who look up to the mountains, which have become cultural symbols, and add all kinds of exaggerated halos and titles to those people. Their opponents, those who have made mistakes in major historical events, have countless people holding a magnifying glass to look at the small stains on their bodies, and can only associate them with words such as weak or dull hundreds of years later, and become the object of negative comparison in countless literary and artistic works.

However, in real history, geniuses and fools are a minority, and most of the companions are mortals who move forward with the general trend, a person with normal talents, after proper training, it is not difficult to complete those tasks that others can complete, but it is not ordinary people who can have the skills or vision to transcend the times and regions. These participants are the backbone of all groups and organizations, but they are also the ones that are most easily overlooked.

For example, the founders of several small families who rose up along the weaving Fengde system, with their talents that were not too outstanding, and were quite lucky, finally obtained tens of thousands or more of them and became wives and sons. And more people similar to it died on the battlefield in obscurity and became a handful of loess.

When he was outside the spirit, he suddenly heard an argument outside the door.

"I have a military intelligence return, it's too late to pass it on!"

"This is the order of Your Highness, you have crossed the line."

"Who are you who dare to stop in front of me?"

"I don't have the authority to let you in."

The obedient voice seems to be like Hattori Koheita and Ning Ning arguing.

Has it already hit the city?

Fanxiu's heart tightened, and he reached out to push the door open.

I saw that Hattori Koheita pushed Ning Ning away and was about to break into the corridor, but the latter was stubbornly blocking the front.

"Your Highness, I really ......"

"We've found out about the enemy!"

Fanxiu couldn't help frowning.

"If the rules I make lead to bad results, it is my responsibility as the governor, but if someone violates the rules, even if there is no negative impact, they should be held accountable."

Although it was not emotional, but vaguely with accusations, the small platform immediately changed color, and after a moment, he bowed down a little reluctantly.

"Please, the Lord condemn the sin. But I'm afraid the troops of the Kira family will arrive in a quarter of an hour! ”

Hattori Kohei Taiharuan, although he has always been loyal and has no second intentions, but he has always regarded himself as the first retainer to join Fanxiu, and even to Matsui Yukan and Kawada Changqin, he may not be very respectful, let alone a maid? The sovereign's vague accusation surprised him and made him a little disappointed.

Fan Xiu is also dissatisfied in his heart, ordinary people have never had a good impression of those courtiers or maids in literary and artistic works, but when they really do that position, they will find that these people can represent their authority better than useful subordinates. If the eunuchs and palace maids can't straighten up in front of the ministers of civil and military affairs, then the imperial power is probably also the time when it is thinned by hundreds of officials.

But now is not the time to think about that.

"Within a quarter of an hour?"

In other words, the investigation has completely failed. However, it is indeed much more difficult to detect moving targets than fixed targets, especially if their own strength is weak!

"Yes. The Kira family did not take the main road, but appeared from the path to the north, and I only found out when I took someone to inspect it just now, so I hurriedly rode back to report first! ”

"How many people?"

"It's probably a front team of two or three hundred, and there should be this team behind you."

It is speculated that there should be about 1,000 people, which is consistent with the previous statement.

There wasn't much time left for consideration, and Fanxiu pondered for a moment before beginning to order.

"Let Hashimoto, Hirata, and Ichikawa guard the door first, concentrate our people as much as possible in Honmaru, and when the enemy attacks, I will personally lead people to rush out."

"Yes!"

…………

About fifteen minutes later, Hirate and a group of retainers appeared in a towering Yakura to inspect the situation outside. The Hattori brothers and Hirano Jinemon each led a team of men, and Kawada Naga himself and Hitamate Ji Yin stood on the left and right of Fanxiu.

In the construction of the castle, the Honmaru was surrounded by a four-sided wall, while the Ninomaru was a small courtyard overhanging from the corner, blocking the side of the gate.

Dozens of meters away, about 300 troops scattered, surrounded Ninomaru who was blocking the door from a distance, but they were not in a hurry to attack, and dozens of defenders only tentatively or occasionally fired with bows and arrows and iron cannons, as if they were safe. The two sides confronted each other for a while, but slogans sounded on the front line.

"What's that shouting?"

Fanxiu subconsciously asked, and Ji Yin took the order away. Ran to the front and listened for a while, and then returned:

"Some people on the other side say that the city lord is dead, and if he withdraws from the city, he can not be hunted down."

The unknown guards burst into laughter. However, according to the rules of this era, if the castle lord dies in battle, the people under him often lose the desire to fight, and they will generally not be punished if they voluntarily withdraw from the battle. After all, this is a feudal era, and the lords of various places are fighting for their own land, not the magistrates who manage the land for the central power, and if the immediate boss dies and there is no one to inherit, then the samurai can only find a new owner.

"It seems that His Highness's plan has succeeded."

Kawada himself stepped forward and proposed.

"It's better to pretend to let them in and ambush them at the door!"

This idea is very bold, but it coincides with Fanxiu's idea. If the enemy is suddenly attacked by an ambush inside the city gate when crossing the bridge, he will definitely be in a hurry to retreat, but will rush to disrupt the formation behind him.

"Is this possible?"

Fanxiu asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Looks too risky, isn't it?" Tieshou Ji Yin was dumbfounded, seeing that someone was looking at him, and then hurriedly added: "But I don't know anything about the military at all, so I just talk about it casually......"

"I think it's good!"

Hirano Shiemon said suddenly.

"I'm also in favor of ambushing them while they're on the bridge."

Hattori Koheita said.

Fanxiu thought for a moment, nodded and shook his head.

"Arrange the flag team I have formed on both sides of the door, and the others will gather first, and this plan will wait for the other party's team to come. In addition, I notify Hashimoto of the front town guard and keep the tentative attack unchanged. ”

They each took their orders and left, and Fanxiu continued to pay attention to the front.

The "political propaganda" was fruitless, and the three hundred people gathered again and gathered in the positive direction, it seemed that preparations were made for the siege of the city.

On the outside of Ninomaru, a trench was dug but it was not filled with water, and the depth was not enough to completely stop the enemy, and the door and wall were only half-wood and half-stone, so there was a possibility of fire.

While waiting for the main force, the enemy did not storm the city gate, but first concentrated the archers to shoot at the front, and at the same time sent people to break under the wall and try to set fire. The soldiers in the city were still attacking only through firing ports.

After a confrontation, less than ten corpses lay down under the city, but the attack had gradually stopped. The three hundred pioneers gradually retreated, away from the city walls.

"Your Highness, it seems that they are going to wait for the main force to arrive." Hattori Koheita spoke, "How about killing them while they are resting?" ”

Fanxiu shook his head.

"The other side is just trying to consume our arrows, not really retreating. The so-called one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, there is only one opportunity to counterattack, and it cannot be easily wasted. ”

Kawada then proposed:

"It is better to deliberately stop the firing of iron cannons and bows and arrows, so that the enemy mistakenly thinks that we ......"

was still vetoed by Fanxiu.

"Not yet. It's all too obvious now. ”

……

In an instant, the enemy's main team also slowly arrived, and the troops of more than 1,000 people were displayed on the battlefield less than 30 meters wide, which was still quite scary. And the quality of the attack immediately improved dramatically.

A hundred archers began to shoot at the defenders near the city gates, and the rain of arrows covered them, and the defenders immediately began to suffer casualties. Under the cover of the ranged troops, a dozen people who were not afraid of death rushed towards the city gate.

Immediately afterward, a loud noise was heard in the distance, followed by a cloud of black smoke and dust.

Is it gunpowder?

In this era, this can be regarded as an advanced method of warfare. However, the lethality is not large enough, and the user's lack of knowledge of structure and blasting methods means that this alone is not enough to destroy the gates.

Sure enough, after the black clouds dispersed, the city gate did not waver, but the attackers threw dozens of corpses behind.

However, the front of the city wall, the shield near the city gate has been damaged.

"Let our archers go up to support!"

Fanxiu ordered so, as for those carefully prepared advanced iron cannons, he was reluctant to let them appear at this moment.

After another unsuccessful blasting, a new tactic began to be adopted outside the city, in which gunpowder was mixed with white phosphorus and other flammable materials that can be burned in the air, placed in a pottery vessel, tied with a rope around the mouth, and thrown into it with a chain ball. This is what the samurai learned from the "baked jade" of the water army.

Although it is not professional and the success rate is not high, it still plays a role in throwing a few baking pieces, and the exploded porcelain pieces can play a certain role in shrapnel killing, and it is easy to catch fire in wooden buildings.

When Ninomaru's Yakura began to light fireworks, Hirate felt that he could start withdrawing.

"Let Hashimoto withdraw them and give them Ninomaru."

It didn't take long for the Kira family to smash open the empty door. As expected, after occupying Ninomaru, they did not attack immediately, but stopped again to make a propaganda message to the castle.

Fanxiu's eyes roamed in front of the retainer for a while.

"Go and tell them that you can give the city to them as long as you let the ladies leave through the side gate."

"Is there really still an ambush?"

Kawada was a little excited.

"Your Highness, you might as well let me go out to meet them."

Matsui Yukan, who had been silent, suddenly interjected.

"It's too dangerous, the enemy will definitely kill you if they find out."

"Just tell them that I'm the chosen representative of the city, and that I'll have to go back and talk to someone else, and that's it."

Matsui perversely insisted on his opinion.

"So...... If you are really confident, wait for another attack! Or let the enemy come after him. It can also be played a little more likely. ”

"Yes."

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It didn't take much effort to attack Ninomaru, and the casualties were all within an acceptable range, Yoshiaki Kira was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the troops who had just fought to come down and recuperate, while the squad that did not participate in the battle entered Ninomaru.

"Lord, I'm afraid the other party's general has been seriously injured and died!"

Tominaga Tadagen suddenly walked up to Kira and said.

"I think so too, the defenders are not many in number, their combat effectiveness is also weak, and they easily gave up the perimeter to us."

Kira also nodded.

"But the number of dead in my family ......"

"How?"

"More than 70 people have already been damaged, and I think it is better to negotiate with the defenders of the city."

Kira Yoshiaki pondered for a moment and nodded.

"There's Matsudaira to deal with next, and there's really no need to lose too much for a must-win joint battle...... Then let's talk to them! As for the conditions...... Leave everyone free by exiting the city. ”

"The lord is wise!"

Then he called the pen of the army, took pen and ink, and wrote a letter, which made people shoot an arrow into the city.

…………

"Your Highness!"

A bold guy picked up the letter and sent it to Fanxiu.

But he is a man who knows a lot about etiquette.

Fanxiu thought so and opened the letterhead.

"The emperor is above, and he is ...... Jiliang"

First of all, it's a bit of nonsense, perhaps a habit peculiar to famous families.

"If all the jade is burned, wouldn't it be ......"

Then came intimidation.

“…… then there will be no pursuit. ”

The signature is Yoshiaki Kira.

However, interestingly, the letter revealed that the murderer who "killed" Hirate Fanxiu was Matsudaira Motoyasu.

It's getting more and more interesting.

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