Kathiryuji Castle. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Akechi Mitsuhide stood on a high platform and watched out of the castle when the defenders of Katryuji Castle, under his command, once again repelled the attack of the shogunate army. It is no longer known how many times he repelled the shogunate army's attack, and after receiving reinforcements from the Tamba forces, the shogunate army attacking Katsuryuji Castle reached 50,000 men. In the past, even the two major forces of Hosokawa and Miyoshi were probably difficult to resist this huge army.

It's just that in the face of Shenglong Temple City, in the face of Wise Mitsuhide, this huge army was forcibly blocked out of the city. Three days had passed, and the castle of Shenglong Temple was still standing in front of them.

"My lord." A samurai slowly walked up to Akechi Mitsuhide's side, his name was Saito Rizo, and he was a relative of Akechi Mitsuhide. After the Saito family was defeated by the Oda family, he became a retainer of the Oda family, and served Oda Nobunaga and Inaba Ichitetsu successively.

"What about the losses?" Akechi Mitsuhide asked lightly.

"It's not big, although the enemy's offensive is fierce, but judging from the situation in the past few days, if the enemy army has no other way, it will not be difficult to defend Shenglong Temple City." Saito Rizo said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Akechi Mitsuhide nodded, "Very good, what about Hanoi Country?" ”

"According to the intelligence, the three Ikeda adults repelled the allied forces such as Miyoshi and Kii Kuni Saga outside Takaya Castle, but the enemy's losses were not large." Toshizo Saito said again.

"Hmm...... And what about Matsunaga Hide? Hasn't he sent troops yet? Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't help frowning at the end. From the beginning of the war, he sent an envoy to ask for help from Yamato, but to this, Matsunaga Shu only replied with one sentence, "I will act when I see the opportunity." ”

But the problem is that three days have passed, and neither the side of Shenglong Temple Castle nor the battlefield of Hanoi Country have seen the shadow of the Matsunaga family. In this regard, Akechi Mitsuhide really doesn't know what the hell Matsunaga wants to do. "Perhaps, he wants to send troops when we can't resist it?" Thinking about it, Akechi Mitsuhide can only think of such a result.

The other side.

"Lord Akai, isn't there any other way to capture Katsuryuji Castle in a short period of time?" Shimoma Lai Lian asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Akai Naomasa shook his head helplessly, "Katsuryu Temple Castle is stuck at the entrance of the Mountain City Country, as long as we want to attack the Mountain City Country, Katsuryu Temple City must be captured." In fact, he is really helpless, although he is known as Tanba's ghost Akai, but in the current situation, he has no way at all.

Katsuryuji Castle had an army of 30,000, but it was only 20,000 less than the shogunate coalition army, so that with its strong fortress, it could at least draw with the shogunate coalition army. If you want to take it, unless the shogunate army piles up human lives, it may be possible to do it. But how is this possible? Not to mention that it is impossible for all the forces in the coalition to let their troops be cannon fodder, even if they are all willing, after taking Shenglong Temple City, how can they capture the mountain city country with heavy losses?

Speaking of which, Akai Naomasa also considered diverting to cooperate with the Miyoshi family to attack Hanoi. It's just that this idea was thrown out of his mind after a lap in his mind. It seems that this is a good idea, since Shenglong Temple City can't be captured, it is better to start with Hanoi Province and see if you can take the opportunity to break the gap. But in reality, this is a very bad idea.

Because Akechi Mitsuhide has an army of 30,000 under his command, if there are more troops going to Hanoi, once Akechi Mitsuhide goes out of the city to attack, the troops here may not be able to stop the attack of Oda's army. Once defeated, Akechi Mitsuhide could directly lead his army into Settsu, or divert to the Oda army of Kawachi Province to flank the Shogunate coalition forces. And most importantly, Yamato Country's Matsunaga Show has not sent troops yet.

"Looks like we'll have to think about a way out...... "Akai thought to himself. Speaking of which, he was really not optimistic about the battlefields on the two sides of Omi and Hanoi, and the Katryuji Castle that he thought he could take was also impregnable, and the expected Takeda Army was nowhere to be seen. In this way, although he is unwilling, he can only think about the future. After all, he didn't care about the shogunate or anything, what he did was just the future of the Akai family.

Well, leaving aside the Hanoi side for the time being, at least for the situation in Omi, Akai Naomasa judged very accurately.

In the face of the continuous attacks of the Oda army day and night, finally on the night of the third day of the siege of Kotani Castle, "Boom! With a bang, the city was broken. The Oda army swarmed in and fought with the Asai army, and Shibata Katsuie, Takigawa Ichiyi and others took the lead, without the slightest appearance of a half-silk Oda family retainer.

"Warriors of the Endo family, it's time to show our loyalty!" Naokyo Endo shouted, leading the Endo family's banner to kill the influx of the Oda army, and he had to create a retreat for the others. It's just that it didn't take long for him to be killed by Shibata Katsuie, who rushed in front of him. Hawkers, for Shibata Katsuie, who wants to go crazy with credit, Endo's distinctive armor is too obvious.

Naokori Endo was killed in battle, but he did create some opportunities for the Asai army to retreat into the inner city. It's just that this kind of opportunity is just a delay in the demise of the Asai family. This point, whether it is Hai Chiyu Sanechen or Asai father and son, is very clear.

In the castle tower, Asai Nagamasa listened to the earth-shattering shouts and saw the fire under the castle bright, turned his head and quietly looked at his father Asai Hisamasa and said, "Father, we have failed......"

"yes...... In the end, it failed......" Asai Hisamasa sighed, in fact, from the moment Asakura and Ichijo Sect abandoned them, they already understood their end.

"What about you...... Hate me? Asai Hisamasa looked at Asai Nagamasa and asked in a low voice, his tone trembling a little.

Hearing this, Asai Nagamasa smiled and shook his head, "Father is also for the sake of the family, but we didn't expect the Oda family to be so strong." ”

Looking at Asai Nagamasa's sincere gaze, Asai Hisamasa shook his head and muttered to himself, "Really? Then he got up and left.

Seeing this, Asai Nagamasa turned around again and came to the observation deck, looked at the Oda army in the distance, and whispered to himself, "Inu......"

Under the onslaught of the Oda army, the sky was not light, and the inner city was broken. Hai Chiyu led the army to resist, but in the end he was killed on the spot. From beginning to end, the Asai father and son never appeared.

Slowly, the day dawned......

"My lord! Kotani Castle has been taken! Asai's father and son committed suicide by seppuku. Kinoshita Hideyoshi ran back and shouted excitedly.