"Your Highness, what are your plans?" Before the attack, Amano Keitoku asked in a low voice to Yu Qiuping.

"What's going on?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.

"Are you going to..."Masayuki Sanada, who was walking aside, took over, "A few hasty shots... Or..."

Yu Qiuping frowned, and glanced at Chang Panbei who was following him. The battle in the morning did not bring many casualties to them. Only six were killed and twenty-five wounded. Now everyone's state, there should be no problem. Yu Qiuping understood that Amano Keitoku and Sanada Masayuki felt that Yu Qiuping might be selfish, and did not want to be ruthless to his former colleagues, nor did he want his subordinates to pay too many meaningless casualties.

Yu Qiuping looked at the castle tower that was shouting and screaming, and sighed. The Urindo Changzhao had been resisting inside for several hours, but he had no intention of surrendering. Yu Qiuping already understood that he would be loyal to the Imagawa family until the last moment, as he had done in the history of his previous life.

"Let's take down the castle tower," Yu Qiuping shook his head slightly, "at least... We can make His Highness die a little more decently. ”

Amano Keitoku and Sanada Masayuki glanced at each other and were silent.

"I know what you're thinking," Yu Qiuping turned around, "of course I won't pay for this, and I'm not a fool." ”

"It's Oda Nobunaga's direct troops that are attacking now," Yu Qiuhei called his lord's name without much respect, "they have just started to attack, and they will definitely not retreat easily, but will continue to fight for a while." ”

"Do you remember how the Hojo family attacked me when I was trapped in the Imami Miyagi Castle Tower?" Yu Qiuping suddenly smiled.

"What does His Highness mean..."Sanada Masayuki frowned, "Use the cloud ladder to directly attack the upper echelons of the castle tower?" ”

"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded, "Go ahead, let everyone carry the ladder over." ”

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Oda Nobunaga's direct troops were indeed unwilling to withdraw so soon, as Yu Qiuping expected. Yu Qiuping also took advantage of them to attract the attention of the castle tower, and carried a ladder through the residential areas of the castle to obscure the view. When the distance was about the same, Tsunebanbei suddenly appeared from the four directions of the castle tower carrying a ladder. The Imagawa samurai ashigaru stationed on the second floor are busy fighting with the Oda family ashigaru on the bottom floor, while the samurai ashigaru of the Imagawa family on the third floor have been fighting for a long time and are resting. They were too tired to be too vigilant about the ladders that appeared. It wasn't until Tokiwabei's troops rushed to the front that they realized that something was wrong.

"Your Highness!" A general vigilantly reported to the chief of the pelican hall: "Yu Qiuping's rebellious subordinates seem to have moved!" ”

He had been fighting for almost half an hour, and the bloodied Pelican Hall Changzhao was leaning against the corner of the three-story room to rest. As soon as he heard something unusual, he immediately lifted it up and walked down the hallway. When he reached the hallway, he immediately froze in place. The Momiji soldiers who were always in the boat had already rushed to the four directions of the castle tower with a ladder. They've stopped and are setting up a ladder up the corridor on the third floor of the castle tower!

The chief of the pelican hall swallowed his saliva and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. He didn't say much, and immediately called the samurai ashigaru, who had been exhausted and had been replaced to rest, and hurried to the open-air corridor to defend.

Moments later, four ladders were slapped against the outer wall of the hallway. The Urinjeon chief immediately commanded his subordinates to try to push the ladder out of the wall. However, since everyone almost had no strength, they just retreated the ladder to the south. In the east, west, and north directions, the Red Leaf Soldiers had already jumped onto the ladder, and the huge weight made it impractical to push the ladder out.

At the same time, the Oda army next to him also realized Yu Qiuping's attack intention, and Ikeda Hengxing and other Oda generals who had a good relationship with Yu Qiupei also immediately gathered their subordinates to shoot bows and arrows at the third floor of the castle tower. The Imagawa family, who originally did not expect the battle to turn out like this, did not prepare bows and arrows at all, and it was difficult to resist the suppression of the Oda family's bows and arrows. And with Honda Tadakatsu, Yoshioka Katsumasa, and Fukushima Yasunari leading Tokiwa Biashigaru to the third floor, the already exhausted Imagawa family samurai could not resist, and were shot down or cut down in the corridor in large numbers, and the remaining people retreated to the three-story room under the leadership of Uden Nagasho. And the Imagawa family Ashigaru samurai, who were still resisting on the second floor, also lost their way out, and were all annihilated on the second floor under the enemy.

After ensuring safety in the corridor on the third floor, Yu Qiuping personally ascended the corridor through the ladder. The door to the conference room on the third floor of the castle tower is closed, and you can vaguely see the situation inside through the flickering of human figures.

"There are about seven or eight people left." Yasunari Fukushima walked up to Yu Qiuhei's side and reported to him. "Does Your Highness have any instructions? But to command the assault? ”

"Did we have any casualties during the attack just now?" Yu Qiuping asked.

Fukushima Yasunari was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Four people were killed." ”

"Then don't fight..."Yu Qiuping felt a pain in his heart, "You are all good subordinates who are willing to break the house and follow me, and I feel uncomfortable every time I fall." ”

"Your Highness..."Fukushima Yasunari said with some uneasiness, "retreating like this... It's not a big deal. It may leave the impression that the Oda Hall retains your strength and still has a nostalgia for the Imagawa family. ”

Yu Qiuping sighed, he suddenly found that he had sighed a lot recently. He shook his head at Fukushima Yasunari, then waved his hand and made another silent gesture to signal Tokiwabei's subordinates in the corridor to calm down.

When the environment in the corridor gradually quieted down, Yu Qiuping took a step forward and kept a safe distance from the door of the assessment room. Then, in a somewhat odd tone, he said, "Your Highness." ”

He paused, but still chose to salute the gate with his fists, "Yu Qiuping asks to see." ”

The voice was not high, but Yu Qiuping believed that the long photo of the pelican hall inside the door must be audible.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a scolding sounded inside the door. "Rebellion! And the face to speak! "Momiji traitor! Come in and fight to the death! The scolding was endless, and the red leaf soldiers in the corridor could hear it clearly, and everyone was angry. Honda Tadakatsu and Yoshioka Katsumasa frowned even more, and they were about to go up desperately with their knives in their hands, but Naoe Tadahei and Sanada Masayuki hurriedly stopped the two.

After a long time, the scolding gradually stopped, and the third floor returned to calm. The troops directly under the Oda family on the second floor seemed to be very dissatisfied with Yu Qiuping's delay, and had already sent people to urge Yu Qiuping to speed up the attack, otherwise they would be willing to do it for them.

A moment later, a somewhat tired voice sounded from inside the door.

"Open the door." Urinjeon Changzhao said in a low voice.

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The door slammed open, and the inside of the house was clear. There were only seven samurai left standing, and two more samurai in the room were lying in pools of blood, presumably not long after they died. The Pelican Hall Changzhao's feet were covered in blood, and the armor on his right arm had been removed, and he was hastily surrounded by the bandages that had been dyed red. A large cut was made in the corner of his eye, and blood was still flowing slowly. The bun of the hair was also a little disheveled, and the black hair was casually placed on the face with the clotted blood. There were several feathered arrows stuck in the armor in front of him, which were probably shot just now. His left hand, which held the knife, was also bloodstained, and blood kept flowing down his sleeve. And the few people beside him are probably his flag warriors, and everyone is injured. Obviously they were dying, but there was no compassion and despair in their eyes, but they were full of pride and resentment towards Yu Qiuping.

"Your Highness." Yu Qiuping saw the tragic situation in front of him, and his heart trembled. The few samurai beside him, and the two who received him when he and Asahina Taihyung ran to the castle at that time, made his conscience even more uncomfortable.

"Between friends and enemies, just call the Pelican Hall for a long time." The pelican hall chief said coldly.

Yu Qiuping's Adam's apple squirmed violently, and he lowered his head slightly, "Out of respect for His Highness, I..."

"But I don't respect rebellion." The Urindo Changzhao interrupted unceremoniously.

"Your Highness!" Yu Qiuping's emotions also suddenly became excited, "I'm not rebellious!" I'm really not rebellious! The death of His Royal Highness the Governor has nothing to do with me! If not banishment! I'm too..."

Akihei wanted to say out loud, "I will not join the enemy Oda family either", but suddenly realized that the second floor and outside the castle tower were full of samurai from the Oda family. If this is said, it will probably be over. The words had already reached his mouth, but he swallowed them back.

"Won't it be anything?" The Urindo Changzhao obviously understood what Yu Qiuping swallowed back. He snorted disdainfully, shook his head, and said coldly: "What is it to join the enemy, not rebellion?" ”

Yu Qiuping froze in place, wanting to open his mouth to refute, but he didn't know what to say.

"His Royal Highness the Governor of the Family's bones are not cold, and His Royal Highness Sena will exchange death for your life." Uden Nagasho suddenly broke out, and said sharply in a demonic tone: "First abandon Owari and provoke a civil war!" And then in exchange for support by making the Matsudaira family independent, Mikawa was lost! In the end, there was a big fight in the territory of Yuanjiang! After being defeated, he immediately threw himself into the enemy, which was the enemy who killed the Governor's Palace, and then led the enemy to attack the Imagawa family! What the hell do you want to do to the Imagawa family! You treat your two late Highnesses like this? Are you worthy of the Imagawa family? Are you worthy of Princess Kaede? Are you worthy of the heavenly spirits of the two Highnesses? Brute! ”

The pelican hall has never talked much, and Yu Qiuping has never seen the pelican hall say such a long sentence in one breath, which shows that he is extremely angry.

"After defeating the Great High City, you can be regarded as a cut off from the Imagawa family." Uden Nagatoru's eyes were full of blood, and he looked straight out of the door, at the open space outside the castle tower, over where Yuakihei was. There stands the horse seal of rain and autumn - the maple bird flag.

"You're still worthy..."The Pelican Hall Changzhao was just about to raise the knife and point at the Maple Bird Banner, when the sharp pain in his left hand made him gasp, and the knife fell weakly. He paused, took a deep breath, and with all his strength, raised his bloody hand, and pointed with two fingers at the maple bird flag outside the castle tower. "Are you still worthy of the banner that His Highness gave you? Are you worthy of the great kindness of His Royal Highness the Governor? You don't deserve to be a retainer of the Imagawa family at all! ”

Yu Qiuping stood stunned and couldn't say a word. In the face of the awe-inspiring righteousness of the Uden Nagasho, who is really a loyal retainer of the Imagawa family, Yu Qiuping is really self-conscious. Yes, he can also cut his stomach, and he can also die as a martyr. But he couldn't...

I'm here to avenge His Highness the Governor!

How Yu Qiuping wished that he could shout this sentence loudly, tell the Udana Nagato, and tell these loyal ministers and good generals of the Imagawa family that he is not a rebel! I didn't feel sorry for His Royal Highness the Governor! There is no grace to be sorry for the Imagawa family! All I think about is avenging His Royal Highness!

However, among so many subordinates of the Oda family, he couldn't say anything.

Or is it... He didn't dare to say it. Because, maybe revenge is just an excuse for him to make a living? Is it an excuse for him to be afraid of death?

Every word of Pelican Hall Changzhao was cut on his heart like a knife. The anger behind him gradually faded, and was replaced by a deep sense of powerlessness and sadness.

The pelican hall chief looked at Yu Qiuping's face and shook his head contemptuously. He untied his feet in three or two, knelt down slowly, and with his already scarred left hand, awkwardly pulled out the ribs around his waist and aimed them at his abdomen.

"Your Highness—" The chief of the pelican hall said this sentence as if in a dream, looking at the sky.

"There is nothing you can do in the lower part of the city, and you can't hold the big high city. If you fail to fulfill your order, you will be pleaded guilty to yourself. ”

With that, he slowly closed his eyes and stabbed his ribs into his abdomen. As he slid horizontally, blood flowed out along with the blade. His facial features were constantly distorted by pain, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his cheeks.

"Your Highness," Yu Qiuping couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't bear to let him endure the pain any longer, and finally spoke, "I'll help you make a mistake." ”

With that, he took out the thousand birds given by Imagawa Yoshimoto and walked forward slowly.

Suddenly, as if sensing the approach of footsteps, the pelican hall Changzhao immediately stopped the movement of his hand and widened his eyes suddenly. The bloodstained eyes were full of hatred and contempt, staring at Yu Qiuping deadly.

"Rebellion! You don't deserve it! The pelican hall shone lowly. I saw that he pulled out the rib difference that was pierced into the abdomen, and hatefully pierced the rib difference above the cross-shaped "one" wound. Aimed at the wound of the word "one", it was fiercely drawn vertically.

Ten word cuts.

Internal organs and blood burst out of his abdomen, and the pelican hall Changzhao endured the severe pain, but he didn't shout, and the blood continued to flow down the corners of his mouth. He shook a little, and when he saw that he couldn't hold it anymore, he fell to the side.

At the last moment of his life, he looked at Yu Qiuping, and it was like facing the maple bird flag behind Yu Qiuping, and at the red bird horse print upside down on the maple bird flag, and shouted loudly:

"For the Imagawa family!"

Yu Qiuping's tears burst out of his eyes instantly, and the whole person knelt in front of the pelican hall at once.

The six samurai around saw that the Uden Nagasho had already died of seppuku, and they also untied their armor, knelt on the ground, faced the direction of the Ubana Nagator, and cut in the same cruel ten characters, and understood their own lives.

"For the Imagawa family!" The samurai who had received Akihei shouted.

"For the Imagawa family!" Another samurai, who had broken a hand, shouted.

"For the Imagawa family!" One by one, they roared hoarsely, shouted out their last oath in this life, and shouted out the name of the martial artist who had resounded all over the world since the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

"For the Imagawa family!" One by one, a heart-rending shout, it seemed to rise to the sky, proudly proving his unswerving loyalty to the late governor.

"For the Imagawa family!" That was the slogan he could also shout proudly, that was the three words that haunted him, and that was his proud belonging. Now, every roar is like a sledgehammer, hammering heavily into Yu Qiuping's heart.

"For the Imagawa family!" Until the last blow, Yu Qiuping, who was crying bitterly, passed out directly.

For the Imagawa family.