Seeing that the villagers of Gamusang Lai led the horses to come to support, the Gamusheng army, which had just been defeated and retreated, immediately came to the spirit, and several group leaders also took the opportunity to shout excitedly in the crowd: "Beizhong Shou has come to support, we are saved!" As a result, the soldiers rekindled their fighting spirit, and not only stopped retreating, but also gradually contained the offensive of the Ishikawa army.

It was too late, and when the Ishikawa army was surprised by such a change in the Gamo army, Yorigo took the lead, roared and rushed into the flank of the Ishikawa army, and smashed the enemy general with one shot and one life. Although the Ishikawa army was in charge of the siege, although he tried his best to stabilize the formation, he was picked under the horse by a sudden shot from Yorigo, and the Ishikawa army panicked when he saw this, and fled in all directions, and the Gamo defenders immediately launched a counterattack, and with the cooperation of the Ma Dai people, the Ishikawa army that invaded Ninomaru was finally repulsed, and the battle killed more than 300 enemy troops, but the Gamo army also lost nearly 100 troops, Yorigo thought to himself, this is probably his last victory.

Surprised that the siege commander was so easily killed by Yorigo that he immediately ordered the army to suspend the attack and sent his younger brother Ishikawa Yasuji to take over as the commander in front of the battle, and to take a short rest before continuing the attack, making sure to completely occupy Ninomaru before evening.

But at this moment, only listening to the sound of "boom", the west gate of Haijin Castle was finally broken under the onslaught of the 8000 Hori family army, and the army with the banner of "Sansheng Tortoise Shell Flower Ling" on its back shouted and poured into Ninomaru like a tide, like an autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, clearing the Kamo rout army encountered along the way. Seeing this scene, Yasunaga Ishikawa slapped his head fiercely and said in frustration: "It's late, it's still a step late after all." ”

Lai Xiang obviously also noticed Fang Cai's loud noise, and at this moment, a premonition of not wanting to come to his heart, he immediately ordered the envoy to go and investigate. However, it didn't take long for the envoy to withdraw to the south gate along with the defeated army of the West Gate, and Lai Xiang realized that the general trend had gone, and immediately ordered the rest of the troops to withdraw to Honmaru and continue to cage the city.

Ishikawa Yasunaga looked at Kaizu Castle from afar, and saw that Ninomaru's Gamo army was wiped out by the Horike family, and he didn't care so much, so he immediately ordered the reserve that had just withdrawn from Ninomaru to start attacking again, and Ishikawa Yasuji also entered the battle without a little rest.

Due to the voluntary retreat of the Gamo army, the south gate was soon occupied by the Ishikawa army, and Horihide Shige saw this and ordered the siege force to attack Honmaru directly, and could not give the first credit for breaking the castle to Ishikawa Yasunaga. So far, the Hori family has also suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, especially when forcibly crossing the Chikuma River, many important ministers, including Hori Naomasa's eldest son, Hori Naokiyo, have died on the beach, and Hori Hideshige has repeatedly increased the force to 3,000 before barely holding on to a foothold, and finally forced the Gamo army into the castle. In order to boost morale, but also to help avenge the eldest son, Hori Naomasa resolutely rushed to Ninomaru and directly commanded the attack on Honmaru.

Unlike Ninomaru, Honmaru's fortifications were relatively weak, and when Yorigo led the last 200 Gamo soldiers to retreat, he had already expected that he would not be able to return to the sky, and the two armies outside the pill had no intention of resting, and seemed determined to end the battle before dark.

"Shinjiuro, is there any movement in the south?" Yorigo asked the samurai on the castle tower as he rode his horse and raised his head.

The samurai just shook his head, but he broke off the last bit of Yorigo's thoughts: "It seems that Anfang Shou's side is also a fierce battle." ”

"My lord, the enemy army has mobilized several large cylinders to bombard Honmaru, and several places are almost unstoppable......" One of the envoys knelt down in front of Lai Xiang and said with a sad expression.

Lai Xiang raised his head, frowned and looked at the sun in the sky, and said calmly: "It seems that it will not last until evening...... Before you go to the battle, you send a message to Ishikawa Kii Mamoru and say that Yorigo wants to give him a gift, and ask him to accept it. ”

"Yes!" The envoy immediately went to the South Gate Ishikawa Army to spread the word, Ishikawa Yasuji heard that Yorigo wanted to see him, and he was puzzled, and when he was hesitating, Ishikawa Yasunaga suddenly walked into the formation.

"It's a bit confusing to give me a gift at this time." Ishikawa Yasuji said.

I didn't think that Ishikawa Yasunaga laughed and soothed, "In my opinion, this is a good thing. Now that we've come to this, I'd like to see what kind of gift Bichumori can come up with. ”

Surrounded by many samurai, Ishikawa Yasunaga and Yasuji came to the Honmaru Formation and looked at Yorigo sitting on the platform, and were really surprised.

"The city is about to be broken, I don't know what gifts to be given to the guard?" Ishikawa asked.

Lai Xiang pointed to his head and smiled: "The head of the Xiang of Pusheng Lai Township, that's all. ”

When the Ishikawa brothers heard this, they were all shocked: "What does this mean by Beizhong Shou?" ”

"If Xuan Fan and Ji Yishou can spare these more than 100 Gamo soldiers in the city, I am willing to sacrifice the head to the two; Otherwise, the first credit for this destruction of the city is the Hori family. Lai Xiang's tone was easy-going, and he didn't feel the slightest fear of death.

Ishikawa Yasunaga knew that the area around Honmaru near the West Gate was the weakest, and he also understood that with a strong attack like the Hori family, he could attack Honmaru in half an hour at most and seize the first credit. Although he was desperate for this victory, he still had doubts about Lai Xiang's sudden appearance: "I have no friendship with Beizhong Shousu, why would I give up such a credit to my subordinates?" ”

"First, because Xuanfan is a faithful person, he can not forget the old master after leaving the Tokugawa family for more than ten years, and he is willing to do his best for the hegemony of the inner government, and he can rest assured that he will make deals with you; Second, the eldest son of Hori Warden died at the hands of our army, and with his character, he would not allow anyone in the city to survive, so he took the liberty of proposing a dialogue with you. ”

Hearing Lai Xiang's words, Ishikawa Yasunaga's doubts in his heart were also relieved, and he expressed his respect for Lai Xiang's calm attitude towards life and death, and immediately swore in front of everyone to ensure that the soldiers in the castle would not die. Seeing this, Lai Xiang nodded with satisfaction, and then pulled out the rib gap and stabbed it horizontally in the abdomen, he gritted his teeth, and lifted the handle of the knife up, and Shinkuro behind him immediately raised the knife when he saw this, and Lai Xiang's head then rolled into the soil garden outside the main pill, and his body collapsed on the platform.

"Open the gates!" Shinkuro endured his grief and shouted loudly.

The gate of Honmaru slowly opened, but the Ishikawa brothers did not rush into the castle, but led their retainers to bow deeply to the head of Yorigo, and then got up and got on their horses, and entered Honmaru Kaizu Castle in the kneeling of the soldiers on both sides of the road. At this point, the three-day defense of Kaizu Castle came to an end, and Ishikawa Yasunaga also kept his promise to Yorigo to stop Hori Naomasa's massacre, and disarmed the Gamo army and dismissed it on the spot. As for Yorigo's body, it was handed over by the Ishikawa army to Shinkuro for burial, and the head was packed in a lacquer box and sent to Minowa Castle as soon as possible.

As the sun set, in the Honmaru Palace of Kaizu Castle, Horihide sat in the center, and Hori Naomasa and the Ishikawa brothers sat on both sides, and the expressions of both sides were cold, and there was no trace of tacit understanding and harmony between allies.

"Ishikawa Genfan, this time you took the lead in attacking Honmaru, and you also took the head of Gamo Beizhong, which can be regarded as taking advantage of it!" Hori Naomasa said coldly: "And my Hori family lost a few generals and more than a thousand troops, but in the end they gained nothing, it's really embarrassing." ”

"The prisoner is not right." Ishikawa Yasunaga smiled and said respectfully: "You and I both work for His Royal Highness the Inner Palace, and this credit is inseparable from all of you here, so instead of discussing these here, it is better to think carefully about how to deal with that big trouble in Ueda Castle." ”