Chapter 337: Showdown between the two parties
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The purpose of Sanada Masayuki's trip, Komatsu thinks that it is nothing more than two points, one is to take the opportunity to see his grandson, after all, after Sanada Nobuyuki went on the expedition, Masayuki only saw Gentaro once, and he was "sneaking" outside the city to see, and he was reluctant, so he found an excuse to enter the city, if so, it was nothing. But at this moment, she vaguely felt that things were not so simple - there had been no news of Sanada Nobuyuki in the city for many days, although a few days ago the Tokugawa envoy came to say that Nobuyuki was unharmed, and he was very respected by Ieyasu, and he was leading an army to fight against the Toyotomi coalition army, and he would be able to triumph in a few days. However, unlike in the past, the envoy did not bring back the letter from Shinyuki, and although the envoy explained that the war was fierce and could not be taken into account, it still made Komatsu suspicious. In addition, Chang Yuki has the match of Shin Yuki, and he must know some inside information, which made Komatsu finally decide to let him enter the city.
Numata Castle was originally the residence of the Numata clan, and it has been one of the most important castles in Kitano since it was built by Numata Kentai, a native of Notone-gun, and is home to the Numata Street that connects Aizu and the Mikuni Street that connects Echigo. Since the Yamauchi Sugi period, Numata Castle was a key point that the Tokoku Daimyo had to control, and whether it was Sugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, or Hojo Clan, they all showed great importance to this castle, so it changed hands several times, and it was not until ten years ago that it was finally acquired by the Sanada clan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu sent envoys several times to inform Komatsu to defend the castle, and even in the face of the defeat of Hibara and the shortage of personnel, he still sent people to pay close attention to every move here, which shows the importance he attached to the castle. Of course, as the head of the Sanada clan, Sanada Masayuki attaches great importance to Numata Castle far from Ieyasuyuki, and his actions are more effective. The previous tentative attacks were just for outsiders to see, in his words, "How can your own city be conquered by your own home?" "Besides, Chang Xing has always insisted on being good at scheming, and this time is the same. As the authority of the family, how can Komatsu be able to obtain the prestige he has established in Numata Castle over the years? On the way to the palace, Chang Xing was greeting everyone on the surface, but in fact, he secretly communicated with each other, which was one of the reasons why he dared to enter the city alone.
"The fortified city was conquered from within." Masayuki rode on his horse, staring calmly ahead as he muttered to himself.
"Father, what did you just say?" Komatsu seemed to hear a few words, and turned his head to confirm with Masayuki.
Masayuki smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, I just want to see Gentaro." ”
Although he was a little skeptical, Komatsu didn't think much about it, but replied respectfully, "I have already asked the nurse to inform the nurse, and she will bring Gentaro to the palace later." ”
"It's so hard for you." Chang Xing bowed slightly, and stopped talking. Although Gentaro is the first child of Nobuyuki and Komatsu, he is not Nobuyuki's eldest son. Before Komatsu, Nobuyuki had already married the daughter of Sanada Nobutsuna, who had a son for him, and Gentaro was born two years earlier. However, Masayuki and Nobuyuki still have Komatsu as the main room because of the relationship between Komatsu and the Tokugawa family behind him, so the boy was born as a side room and did not inherit the young name of the Sanada clan's successive sons-in-law "Gentaro", but was given the name "Gennosuke" by Masayuki, and the status of the two can be seen from this.
Although there are factors such as the jealousy of the Tokugawa clan in the main room of Komatsu, Masayuki does love Gentaro very much, and he once said to his retainers: "Gentaro is a son-in-law, but the three generations of the Zhenda clan are worry-free." (The "three generations" here refer to Gentaro, Gentaro's father, and Gentaro's son, which means that Gentaro will be respectful and filial to his father, teach his son well, and ensure the stability of the Sanada family)
After a while, the group arrived at the palace, and the nurse was waiting in the palace with Gentaro in her arms. Masayuki hurriedly dismounted, excitedly ran into the palace and hugged Gentaro in his arms. It's strange to say, Gentaro, who was already asleep, woke up in Masayuki's arms, his eyes revealed the purity that only children have, a small face smiled, his eyes were bent into a crescent moon, and he excitedly pulled up Masayuki's beard, which was really cute.
"It's a family, after all." The nurse knelt beside Komatsu, looked at this warm picture, and whispered in Komatsu's ear.
Xiao Song sighed slightly, and said softly with both joy and helplessness: "If there was no war, this scene should have appeared often." ”
"It's going to happen more often in the future." Masayuki didn't look up, but said while teasing Gentaro, as if talking to himself, and as if to tell everyone present.
"What do you mean by that?" Komatsu heard the clue and asked with a little puzzlement.
Masayuki did not answer her directly, but returned Gentaro to the nurse's arms, signaling her and a group of attendants to retreat outside the hall, and after the temple door closed, the expression on his face instantly returned from joy to calm.
"Look at it, you can recognize it." Masayuki handed the distribution to Komatsu.
Komatsu looked at the matching, the expression on her face also changed from doubt to surprise, and after confirming that it was Shinyuki's matching, she nervously asked Masayuki, "Father, where did you get this?!" ”
Komatsu was so in such a hurry, and he replied calmly: "In the evening, the ninja of the Youfu family sent it to Tiancheng, and after asking the truth, I and Genjiro hurried here without any delay. ”
Hearing this, Komatsu became more and more nervous, and she leaned over to Masayuki, wanting to hear more about Nobuyuki.
"Actually, two days ago, the Tokugawa army had already defeated Aizu Castle, 80,000 troops were killed or more than 50,000 were killed, and the remaining part attacked here along the Numata streets, and about 2,000 people fled to Shimono along the Aizu West Street, and the general of this defeated army was Genzaburo... As for this match, it was found when cleaning the battlefield that day. Masayuki said very calmly, even a little frighteningly, and he didn't feel his concern about Nobuyuki's situation at all. But in Komatsu's opinion, it was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, and the Tokugawa army, which was unparalleled in the eastern country, would be defeated and withdraw from the battle in less than a day, which she could not accept, but at this moment she had more important information to ask.
"What about my father? Could it be that it has been ......" Komatsu really didn't have the courage to ask, now her husband's life and death are uncertain, if her father also died on the battlefield, it would be really a collapse for her. Besides, with Honda's loyal temper, he must be charging into battle, if it is really as Changxing said, it is really more auspicious.
"It seems that Wu Daifu has temporarily evacuated while guarding the inner house, but it is Minomori, and unfortunately he died in Hibara as the commander of the palace army." Masamu Mino of Masakatsu was the eldest son of Honda Tadashi of Honda Tadashikatsu, and before him, another son of Tadashi Katsu, Honda Tadasa, died in the battle of Korea, so that the Honda line of Tadakatsu was completely severed.
"Heihachiro also died in battle...... Komatsu, as the eldest daughter of Tadakatsu, is two years older than Tadamasa, and when she heard that her brother died on the battlefield, she almost collapsed to the side, but fortunately she was supported by Shinshiba.
"It seems that my father is here to persuade him to surrender." Thinking of all the strange things before, Komatsu was already convinced of Masayuki's words, she sighed and barely straightened up, staring blankly at the match on the side.
Chang Xing shook his head and said, "How can the family persuade me to surrender, it's just that the matter has come to this point, and you have no need to insist." ”
"But I heard that the daimyo on the Shinshu side has also been mobilized, and will attack Tajo in the near future, and if it is true, as you said, the Tokugawa army retreats west along the Numata streets, then it should arrive at the castle by tomorrow evening at the latest, and by then, 27,000 troops, how can we deal with it?" Although she has accepted Changxing's words, she still intends to shirk and wait for change.
The scheming Changxing saw through Komatsu's trick at a glance, and said bluntly: "Since I'm here, you don't have to worry about these problems." What you need to consider now is the comfort of your husband and my son, and I won't hide it from you, before the war, the right government promised me that no matter what the result is, he will not embarrass Genzaburo and you, and this time when he sent someone to Tiancheng, he reiterated this matter, you may not know, the daimyo of the pro-Tokugawa in the Shimono area were cleaned up long before the attack on Aizu, and Genzaburo broke through to Shimono, except for the defeat and capture, there is no other possibility. But you, think about it, are you willing to continue to be the daughter-in-law of the Sanada family, or do you want to tie me up and dedicate me to the upcoming Tokugawa army? ”
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