On the afternoon of May 10, the tenth year of the Astronomical Tenth, after a morning of fighting, the Tsugawa family and the forces of the combined army finally ushered in a precious rest. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Yamada family's Ashigaru had already lost more than half of their losses in successive battles, and almost everyone of the rest was wounded. Although Yamada Yoshiyasu is stupid, he can at least understand the fact that his family's troops can no longer continue fighting.

"Lord Ryohei, the strength of the family has been heavily damaged, and I am afraid that I will not be able to continue fighting at the moment" Yamada Yoshiyasu said tentatively, "I don't know, can I ask Lord Ryohei to dispatch the elite of the Ryohei family next, and when I capture this mountain castle, my family will be grateful."

After listening to Yoshiyasu Yamada's words, Yoshimitsu Ryohei stood up and said with his back to Yoshiyasu what he was thinking.

"Although the Yamada family did not capture the castle tower of Motoyama Castle in the morning, it did suffer a lot of losses. We can't continue to force them, otherwise it will inevitably lead to mutiny. However, the situation of the Tsugawa family in the castle is not much better, and if the family sends troops at this time, it should be easy to capture the castle."

After thinking about it again, Ryohei Yoshimitsu turned his head and said to Yamada Yoshiyasu: "Well, Yoshiyasu-sama has worked hard, and your ashigaru has indeed suffered a lot of losses. I'll leave the rest of the battle to my family."

When Yamada Yoshiyasu heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, Lord Ryohei, with Lord Ryohei, I will definitely be able to break through this mountain castle in one fell swoop." ”

Yoshimitsu Ryohei nodded with a smile and didn't speak, agreeing with Yoshiyasu Yamada.

Then, Ryohei Yoshimitsu said to the flag ashigaru beside him, "Order, gather in front of the ashigaru formation of the family, and prepare to attack" "Hi" Hachimoto Ashigaru went as promised.

For a while, the ashigaru people of the Ryohei family stood up one after another and lined up.

After a while, Yoshimitsu Ryohei, who was riding a tall horse, appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Tsugawa family in Motoyama Castle is just a rabble, and they can only take advantage of the waste of the cowardly Yamada family. However, the strength of our Ryohei family's troops, what an elite division (Zongzhi said that I will laugh and see you pretending not to speak), and the Tsugawa family is not enough to worry about. Then, Yoshimitsu Ryohei continued: "After taking the castle, the women in the castle are still chosen, and everything in the castle can be snatched at will. ”

"Huh" Ryohei Yoshimitsu's voice did not fall, and the ashigaru of the Ryohei family suddenly became agitated, and their morale instantly rose. Lord Liangping is still relying on us to plunder? The ashigaru people were all excited, looking at Tsugawa Castle not far away, as if they were not looking at a castle, but at a person whose clothes had been stripped naked....... Ahem!

Yamada Yoshiyasu was unhappy when he heard the reward promised by Yoshimitsu Ryohei in the back. But I really don't dare to argue with Yoshimitsu Ryohei. "Eh, as long as you can recapture Motoyama Castle and destroy the Tsugawa family and avenge your father, this loss is nothing. It's just a few untouchables who die, as long as my Ju Ji... Hehe" A graceful figure appeared in Yamada's mind again, smiling obscenely.

And in the main camp of the Yamada family, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family also heard the movement outside. Regarding Ryohei Yoshimitsu's behavior, Yoshikawa Hiroke was already extremely angry in his heart. The younger brother died tragically, and Yoshimitsu Ryohei put cold arrows behind the back of friendly troops, is such a person also worthy of being called a samurai? As for Yoshiyasu Yamada, Hiroya Yoshikawa has been completely disappointed.

"Everyone, get closer, I have something to say," Hiroya Yoshikawa said to Ashigaru, who was resting around him.

After seeing that the ashigaru people were already around him, Yoshikawa Hiroke said, "Next, no matter what I say, everyone will be quiet. Do you understand? After seeing that the ashigaru people all nodded, Yoshikawa Hiroke looked back at Ryohei Yoshimitsu in the distance and did not notice the movement here, and then continued: "Everyone also saw what happened in the morning. The people of the Ryohei family don't treat us as human beings at all. Not only let us go to death, but also put cold arrows in our backs. My brother's in-laws have left me almost forever to save me, think about your partners, relatives, you say, what should we do? ”

One Ashigaru couldn't help it a long time ago, and said to Yoshikawa Hiroka: "Yoshikawa-sama, the villain's brother has also died in battle in the morning, the damned Ryohei family!" But now the lord doesn't care whether we live or die, my lord, you say, we will do whatever you let us do" "Yes, yes, we all listen to you" The ashigaru agreed.

Yoshikawa Hiroke saw that the Ashigaru people were willing to listen to him, and hurriedly said, "Since the lord only listens to outsiders, he doesn't care about our life or death. Then such a master is not worthy of our allegiance. That's why I decided to .....," Hiroke Yoshikawa said, looking around at the ashigaru that surrounded him, as if he had made a great determination, before continuing: "When the Ryohei family starts to attack the castle, we will not move, although the Ashigaru of the Ryohei family has good combat strength, but in my opinion, they may not be able to capture Motoyama Castle......"

"So what do we do next?" A foot light pressed the anger in his heart, and said excitedly.

Yoshikawa Hiroya signaled him not to worry, and then said: "The siege battle is bound to stalemate until the evening, and then the Ryohei family, who are sleepy and tired, will have to repair for one night and continue the attack tomorrow." And we're going to take advantage of the rest of Ryohei's house tonight. What do you think of uniting with the Tsugawa family, killing Yoshimitsu Ryohira, and avenging our relatives and friends? ”

After listening to Yoshikawa Hiroka's words, the ashigaru people began to talk in whispers.

After a long time, a few bold ashigaru finally came out and supported the decision of the Yoshikawa Hiroka. With the first, there is the second. Next, the ashigaru people successively decided to support Yoshikawa Hiroka's proposal. Yoshikawa Hiroke clenched his fists, "This time you must let Ryohei Yoshimitsu know that we are not easy to mess with!! ”

A few hours later, inside Tsugawa Castle.

"Mabei, how many waves of enemy attacks are there this afternoon?" Soji Tsugawa looked at the sword in his hand that had seen the gap, and said breathlessly to Kuroda Iekane beside him.

"Your Highness, it's already the sixth wave, and the Ashigaru of the Ryohei family is really difficult to deal with, and the casualties of the Ashigaru family are very large." Kuroda Iekane looked at the few Ashigaru around him and said to Soji worriedly.

"I think this is the last wave of attacks today, the sun is going down soon, let the ashigaru retreat and rest, and the injured should be treated urgently. In the next battle, let the Taidao team come" Soji Tsugawa looked at Ashigaru, who was already exhausted, and turned his head sideways to Kuroda Iekane.

"My lord, although the enemy has been repulsed, he has to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on him at night." Yoshikai Komura suggested.

"Well, what Komura-sama said is right, and His Majesty agrees," Kuroda Iekane, who was on the side, responded.

Tsugawa Soji thought about it, and was not sure whether the Ryohei family would launch a night attack tonight, so he said: "In that case, let the seriously injured go down to rest, and rest in place if they are lightly injured or uninjured." In addition, he was instructed to go down and give each person double the rice balls tonight. ”

"Hi" Kuroda said with a promise, dragging his tired body and directing the ashigaru to carry the seriously injured down the castle tower to heal their injuries. Soji struggled to his feet and watched the night creep in. "Let's hope it's okay tonight"

Outside Tsugawa Castle, the Ryohei family is in the main camp.

With a pop, a figure flew out of Ryohei Yoshimitsu's base camp. "It's all rubbish, rubbish!" Ryohei Yoshimitsu kicked a flag away, and said angrily, "200 people attacked a small city, but they couldn't beat it." What use do I want from you?"

For a while, the atmosphere in the camp was quiet, and no one dared to provoke the angry Yoshimitsu of Ryohei. When Yoshimitsu Ryohira knocked over several flags in a row, he finally stopped. "Forget it, that's it for today. Let the ashigaru rest well and continue the offensive tomorrow. I still don't believe it, a small mountain city can still be made of iron."

"Hi" The flags in the camp replied one after another.

At night, both inside Tsugawa Castle and outside the camp of the Ryohei family, it is extraordinarily quiet. However, in the camp of the Yamada family, a different scene happened.

"You... You're going to do it. What are you doing" Yoshiyasu Yamada retreated while looking at the ashigaru of the Yamada family in front of him. A few ashigaru raised their bamboo spears and surrounded Yamada Yoshiyasu. "Come on, someone, someone is rebelling" Yoshiyasu Yamada was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and collapsed to the ground all of a sudden.

"Don't bother talking, no one will come to your rescue," a voice came. Yoshiyasu Yamada looked at the visitor in disbelief, "Yoshikawa-sama, what do you mean by this?" Don't you .....?"

Yoshikawa Hiroya snorted and said: "Yamada Yoshiyasu, how could the old lord give birth to a waste like you, the wolf ambition of the Ryohei family, intending to use the hands of the Tsugawa family to consume the strength of the family, once the Tsugawa family is wiped out, the Ryohei family, which was still an ally a moment ago, will immediately become an enemy, and the foundation of my Yamada family for decades will be buried in your hands."

Yamada Yoshiyasu didn't believe it, "Lord Yoshikawa, don't talk nonsense, the Ryohei family is an ally of the family, and besides, I married the princess of the Ryohei family, why would the Ryohei family treat the family like this?"

"What a fool, can't you see such an obvious problem?" Yoshikawa Hiroshi hated iron and said: "The Ryohei family has long been greedy for Iwatani Castle and Motoyama Castle. In the past, when the old lord was there, even though the power of the family was not as good as the Liangping family, it was always possible to protect himself, but now the old lord was killed, and the power of the family was greatly damaged. Of course, the Ryohei family will attack the family. ”

General Yoshiyasu Yamada was suspicious: "Then why don't you just do it, but instead go to great lengths to join forces with our army to attack the Tsugawa family?" ”

Yoshikawa Hiroke said: "Although the strength of the main family is damaged, if the Ryohei family directly acts, it is inevitable that there will be casualties. Moreover, if the Ryohei family directly attacks the main family, the Ryohei family will inevitably be infamous for betraying their allies, so in Nansenbei County, will there still be a foothold for the Ryohei family? Looking at Yamada Yoshiyasu, who was still confused, Yoshikawa Hiroya sighed and continued: "Therefore, in order to avoid casualties and directly attack the main family, the Ryohei family let the main family attack the main mountain castle first, which will not only consume the defenders of the Tsugawa family in the city, but also cause heavy damage to the main family. What happens at that time, it's not up to the Ryohei family to decide? ”

"Ahh After listening to Yoshikawa Hiroya's words, Yoshiyasu Yamada finally became scared. "Yoshikawa-sama, in that case, let's escape back to Iwatani Castle." Yoshikawa Hiroya said angrily: "Only then did you think of running away at this time? It's late! I've decided to leave the Yamada family and join the Tsugawa family with the ashigaru."

Yoshiyasu Yamada said, "Yoshikawa-sama, you can't do this." When my father was here, I didn't treat you well."

Yoshikawa Hiroshi snorted, "The kindness of the old lord, today my Yoshikawa family died in battle, and it has been repaid, from now on, my Yoshikawa family and your Yamada family will break off their righteousness, and the two will not owe each other." After speaking, Yoshikawa Hiroya summoned two ashigaru and said, "Tie up Yoshiyasu Yamada and watch it."

"Yes," the two ashigaru replied.

"Let go of me, let go of me. , I'm the head of the Yamada family, you can't do this to me"

"Ah.....h Yoshikawa thief, hateful, hateful" As Yamada Yoshiyasu was dragged away, Yoshikawa Hiroya said to an ashigaru next to him: "The time has come, no matter what method you use." You immediately take advantage of the night to deliver this letter to the castle of Benshan" "Hi" Ashigaru promised. After receiving the letter from Yoshikawa Hiroka, Ashigaru disappeared into the night.