Chapter XXXIX

After killing the samurai of the Asai family who were still resisting, Burning Sky and Fushiwa Akijiro said to the other Asai family samurai and ashigaru: "You better surrender quickly, if you continue to fight, it will only be an attempt to increase the killing." Afterwards, other generals such as Takenaka Hanbei also shouted to those who resisted, and after a while, except for those samurai who would rather die than surrender, the other ashigaru and peasant soldiers accepted the persuasion of the Oda army to surrender.

Later, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie also appeared in the battle formation with their attendants, and Takenaka Hanbei and Yakora and others hurriedly bowed their heads and saluted when they saw the general Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie, who came to support. After bowing his head, he stepped forward and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "Kinoshita-sama, these Ashigaru and peasant soldiers of the Asai family are willing to surrender!" ”

At this time, Shibata Katsuya said to the burning sky: "Mingshamen, do you know how the main guild will deal with these ashigaru and peasant soldiers? Burning Sky heard the words of Shibata Katsuie, and suddenly soaked his whole body in cold sweat, of course Oda Nobunaga would kill these surrendered people, although Kinoshita Hideyoshi's idea is good, but I am afraid that good intentions will do bad things!

Kinoshita Hideyoshi on the side also heard the words of Shibata Katsuie, and hurriedly said to this Takenaka half-soldier: "Half-soldier, quickly repair a book, and send someone to hand it over to the lord!" Then Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to Shibata Katsuya: "Shibata-sama, I hope that the adults will help me in the next one!" ”

After hearing this, Shibata Katsuya laughed and said, "Then please give me the monkey a lot of work in this battle!" ”

After hearing this, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and the samurai of Yokoyama Castle were immediately filled with righteous indignation, and when they saw this, they had to play the role of peacemaker, first glanced at the Takenaka half-guard, and then said to Shibata Katsuie: "Shibata-sama has come to support us, and we are naturally grateful, but we have been fighting for a long time, if Shibata-sama wins a success, will I wait for the previous battle..."

"Needless to say, monkey, these people will be killed if they are killed, why do you plead for them, have you seen their murderous appearance when they attacked the samurai of their own family?" Shibata Katsuya interrupted the words of the burning sky with a loud remark, and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who had a difficult face.

The Takenaka half-guard on the side calmed the mood of the Yokoyama Castle samurai and whispered something to Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

Then Kinoshita Hideyoshi bowed his head and said to Shibata Katsuie: "Shibata-sama, I have always adhered to the principle that useful people can be used by me, although these people have been enemies of us, but if they become our subordinates, what a huge power it will be, and the people we have adopted have weakened the power of the Asai family, so why not?" ”

Shibata Katsuya was a little disdainful after hearing this, and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "Killing these people can not only make the surrounding daimyo feel afraid, but also greatly weaken the strength of the Asai family, after the battle of Sister River, Asai Nagamasa said that he still has thousands of horsemen (here should refer to soldiers) to fight with his family, and now we have captured so much, how can we easily take it for our own use, if these people surrender and then defect and return to the Asai family, then we will not lose more than we gain!" ”

At this time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi suddenly burst out, and said to Shibata Katsuie: "I am the general general, I will wait for the April 12th to gather under the Nagahama Castle, but why do you know that today April 18 only came to support us, I do not report to the lord for your sin of losing time, that is, I respect you is the head of the family, I Kinoshita Hideyoshi is inferior to you in terms of seniority, but I am the general in this battle, you disobey the command and arrive overdue, and dare to make a big statement in front of me, do you take the lord in your eyes?" ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi's words not only stunned Shibata Katsuie, but also Takenaka Hanbei and Burning Sky and others. The half-guard of Takenaka immediately bowed down and said to Shibata Katsuie: "The lord is not choosing what to say today, I hope Shibata-sama will forgive me!" But Shibata Katsuie only glanced at Kinoshita Hideyoshi viciously and strode away with the sword at his waist.

Looking at the scene in front of him, he suddenly thought of the major disagreement between the two of them ten years later, and it was this disagreement that directly led to the demise of the descendants of Oda Nobunaga, and the Oda family, which was prosperous in the early years of Edo, was left with only the side line Toe to survive in Owari.

With the phrase "Mingshamen, you did a great job!" The burning sky was pulled back to reality by Kinoshita Hideyoshi in front of him. Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to Burning Sky with a hint of shame on his face: "I'm really sorry that I have bothered you this time!" If it weren't for the fact that Burning Sky came from a later life, he knew the performance of the drama spirit well, and he was really moved by Kinoshita Hideyoshi's sincere expression and sincere words.

After thinking about it, Sakaku said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "Kinoshita-sama, there is an old saying in the Ming Kingdom, 'killing prisoners is unknown', although it is the idea of my Ming Kingdom to flaunt the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, but I think that if I kill these people again, I am afraid that I will suffer more serious consequences than arson and burn Mt. Eei, and the hostile daimyo will also use this to warn his subordinates, I am afraid that in the future, my family will be stubbornly resisted when attacking the city and plundering the land, and with the wisdom of the lord, I think I will definitely agree with Kinoshita-sama's idea." ”

After listening to the words of the burning sky, Kinoshita Hideyoshi seemed to have a lot of foundation in his heart, and after bowing his head to the burning sky, he summoned all the generals of the Oda army. Kinoshita Hideyoshi first counted their kills and casualties, and after sorting out the battlefield, he ordered the generals to escort the captured Asai army back to Yokoyama Castle. As for the attack on Nagahama Castle, it was a pretext, and besides, the Oda army did not carry siege equipment, so they had to retreat to the sphere of influence controlled by the Oda family first.

After returning to Yokoyama Castle, Kinku was called by Kinoshita Hideyoshi to help guard the captives, and drove the captives to build shelter for themselves. Burning Sky had no choice but to let the fighting iron cannon Ashigaru and Fushiwa Akijiro's men repair in the Yokoyama Fortress, and he himself took Kaiba Yoshike and Koyama Peasant Soldiers to carry out this mission. After a day of repairs, Kawajiri Hidetaka also returned to Gifu with the remnants of his riding caravan.

A few days later, he was monitoring the burning of the grass hut that the captives had built for them according to the sword, and saw a horse with two flags on his back like himself and Hui Hui beating horses into Hengshan City.

Because the hollowed out naginata blade shaft was damaged, and it was made by Seshu Village, the blacksmith of Yokoyama Castle decided to find a good piece of material to repair the knife after careful consideration. Therefore, there is one less item of "wind-pulling costume" in the sky, which also makes the samurai guarding the door not react at once.

After recognizing the Burning Sky, the samurai guarding the gate hurriedly put the Burning Sky into the city, and the Burning Sky asked him, "Is that warrior the horse of the family?" ”

After hearing this, the samurai guarding the gate respectfully said to Burning Sky, "Lord Hieiyama, it was Mahui-sama from Gifu Castle who just entered the city. After receiving an affirmative answer, Burning Sky bowed his head and thanked the samurai, and turned to run in the direction of the castle tower.