Chapter 363: Extinction of the Clan
In a few moments, a group of iron cannons wearing black hats, wrapped around early closing, and with the fingers of the Wuqi Tong Banner on their backs, entered lightly, lined up along both sides of the cave door, kneeling on the ground, aiming in one go. Immediately afterwards, under the escort of several razor warriors, a middle-aged man wearing a golden helmet walked into the garden, saw Honda Tadahiro holding a sword, looked at the "Honda Aoi" on his chest, snorted disdainfully, and said with a smile: "You Yi here (the priest of the shrine, whose status is second to the palace division) came to Shinagawa to report that the rebellion of the Tokugawa family was hidden in the shrine, but I didn't expect it to be a gate of Hondasa Watari Mamoru , it seems that it is really a big gain." ”
This middle-aged man is the lord of Kii Toriya Castle who went on the expedition with the Horiuchi clan, and Jimbo Izuba Shou Xiangshige, Zhixing 6,000 stones, Toyotomi Hidechu has been working for the Yamato Toyotomi clan since a long time, and is the representative of the Kii Hao clan, and it is also an important and powerful force for Hidebo to control Kii.
Seeing that Honda Tadahiro had no intention of laying down his arms, Jimbo Xiangshige persuaded him with kind words: "Now that the Tokugawa family is in its last years, Edo Castle is now surrounded on three sides, and it is difficult for Edo Nayan to fly. ”
Honda Tadahiro was unmoved, held the sword tightly with both hands, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "If I knew today, I shouldn't have stayed here...... The adults on the other side, I am Honda but Ma Shou Zhonghiro, I don't know the name of the honorable person. ”
"Under the command of His Royal Highness Shimoyoufu, the lord of Toriya Castle is Kamito Izumo. It turned out to be Honda Danma Mamori, who admired the daimyo for a long time. Seeing that Honda Tadahiro took the initiative to talk, Jimbo Xiangmao felt that there was an opportunity, and his tone softened: "But Mamoru is an important minister of the Sado Mamoru family, and it is a great honor to meet your lordship here." I've already said what I should say, so please put down your arms for the sake of Sado, and go to Shinagawa with everyone in the palace, and when the matter in Edo is resolved, you can be introduced to meet the right house, and I hope that I can protect the name of one more family. ”
"Your Excellency is kind, and you have received it." Honda Tadahiro's tone was easy-going, but he still stared at Jimbo Xiangshige, not allowing his sergeant to take a step forward.
At this moment, the door of the temple behind Tadahiro was suddenly opened, and the three retainers of the Honda clan rushed to Tadahiro in an instant, brandishing their swords, roaring and killing Jimbo Xiangshige with a hideous expression.
"Put!" Under the order of Shenbao Xiangmao, the iron cannon lit the fire rope lightly, only to hear the sound of a gunshot, a burst of green smoke rose, and the three retainers who were still showing their teeth and claws instantly fell into a pool of blood.
Honda Tadahiro was completely stunned by the scene in front of him, but before he could react, five more retainers passed by him, and while the smoke had not yet cleared, they rushed straight to Jimbo Soshige.
It was only then that Tadahiro realized that this was originally a ploy by his retainers, who first sent three people to exchange their own deaths for the shot of the iron cannon Ashigaru, and then took advantage of the gap in the Ashigaru to fill the bullets and kill the enemy general. Although this method of warfare is cruel, it is not unprecedented, and the Takeda clan has used this tactic in the Battle of Changhua before, but he didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to his own side, to his relatives and friends.
Seeing that the five people were holding swords and rushing towards him viciously, Jimbo Aishige subconsciously took a few steps back, and the razor warrior next to him also threw away the razor when he saw this, pulled out the sword and started a melee battle with the enemy. 、
I have to say that the swordsmanship of these retainers of the Honda family is far above that of the razor samurai, and after a while, five of them fell in front of Jimbo Soshige. However, in the face of the participation of more than a dozen samurai who rushed outside the cave gate, these retainers gradually lost their support, and their bodies were also covered with bruises.
"Everyone, come with me to kill the enemy!" Suddenly, Honda Masashige led the remaining eight samurai to rush out of the temple and take advantage of the chaos to kill Jimbo Soshige, Honda Tadahiro just wanted to stop him, but several people had already run past him.
"Iron Artillery Team, what are you doing in a daze?!" Jimbo Aishige looked at the menacing Honda samurai and hurriedly ordered.
Toyotomi's iron artillery team used the "early entry" technique, making ammunition and gunpowder into "early closing" in advance, and completing the loading at one time, eliminating many steps and saving a lot of time. While the samurai were fighting, the iron artillery team had already finished loading, and when they heard the order from Jimbo Aishige, they immediately raised their guns and aimed at the Honda samurai to shoot.
Another volley was fired, and the same scene was repeated again, and the eight samurai fell to the ground in unison, only four or five steps forward from where the previous three samurai had fallen. Long look at the first release of Chinese network.
Honda Masashi suffered multiple injuries in the shoulder, thigh, and abdomen, but he still struggled to get up from the pool of blood, dragging his bloody left leg, holding a sword, and moving step by step towards the five retainers who were surrounded.
"Your Highness!" Seeing this, Honda Tadahiro's heart ached, and he rushed to Honda Masahiro regardless of the danger, but he still didn't have time. A razor warrior saw the scarred Honda Masashige, and with a swing of his sword, the head of Masashige drew an arc and fell in front of Honda Tadahiro.
Honda Masashige's body also collapsed to the ground with the gushing of blood, and several retainers saw this tragic situation, all of them were like heart-to-heart pain, regardless of the trauma on their bodies, desperately rushed to Jimbo Xiangmao, but the number of people was too disparity, until the last retainer was hacked to death with a knife, there was no one, and no one could hurt Jimbo Xiangmao at all.
"Enough!" Honda Tadashi roared, threw away the sword in his hand, leaned over to pick up the head of Honda Masashi, and tore off a piece of clothing to wrap it. His lips trembled, his expression depressed, and he slowly walked to Masashige's corpse and whispered, "Deyu Mamoru, the old man is willing to go to Shinagawa with you, but there is one thing to ask for." ”
"But Ma Shou, please speak." Although Honda Masashige is dead, as long as Tadahiro is still alive, it is worth the trip.
"Haosheng buried these retainers of my own family, as for the head of the second highness, I want to be buried in Jade Rope City afterwards." Tadahiro Honda stroked the blood-soaked "baggage" in his hand and said calmly.
"That's natural, although the swords and soldiers meet each other, but I admire their bravery." As he spoke, Jimbo Soshige motioned for everyone to make a way and let Tadahiro Honda take the head and take the first step.
Honda Tadahiro nodded towards Jimbo Xiangshige and walked slowly towards the cave door, and everyone was also moved when they saw this scene, and many soldiers lowered their heads and couldn't help shedding a few tears.
"Dewa Mamoru ah," Walking up to Jimbo Aishige's side, Tadahiro Honda suddenly stopped.
"What's the matter, my lord?" Jimbo asked.
Honda Tadahiro laughed without saying a word, and suddenly threw his head into the arms of Jimbo Xiangmao, saying that it was too late and that was fast, just when Jimbo was confused, Tadahiro quickly pulled out the ribs from his waist and stabbed them into Jimbo's left abdomen!
Hearing a scream of "ah", Jimbo fell to the ground. Honda Tadahiro pulled out the ribs and aimed at Jibo's heart and stabbed him several times. Seeing this, the samurai immediately stepped forward to slash Honda Tadahiro, but Tadahiro seemed to have no pain at the moment, completely ignoring the pain in his body, and stabbed Jimbo Aishige with a knife and a knife, and Jimbo was powerless to fight back, spitting blood.
"Bastard!" Finally, a samurai roared and beheaded Tadahiro Honda with a single sword, which stopped his madness. Zhongguang was paralyzed on the body of Jimbo Xiangmao, and Jimbo was already out of breath at the moment.
"Dog, Izumi guards you a way to live, but you will take revenge and deserve to be exterminated!" The samurai then ordered the bodies of Tadahiro and others to be taken out of the garden and burned, and the heads were divided among the samurai so that they could return to Shinagawa to receive their rewards. As for Jimbo Aishige, he was pulled back to Shinagawa Minato, waiting for Ogasawara Tadakiyoshi and Horiuchi Clanzen, who arrived later, to arrange the aftermath.
In this way, except for Honda Masanbu and Honda Masamune, all the Hondo families of Jade Rope Castle were destroyed, which was only half a day before Cannon Ogasawara Chungsei landed on Jade Rope Castle.
An hour later, Ogasawara Tadashiyoshi and Horiuchi Zenzen led their troops across the Tama River, and finally arrived at the intended location for the attack on Edo, Shinagawa Minato, and Asano Nagamasa had already led 12,000 men across the Arakawa River and stationed in the northwest of Edo Castle, so that the Toyotomi coalition army had completely completed the siege of Edo Castle.