Chapter 35: The Battle of the Ape (3)

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(The text was first published in the reading cabinet biquge.info) Sarukake Castle Honmaru, Minoru Suida was lying on the desk, the faint candlelight, tightly clenching the documents in his hand, and standing next to him were his two cronies Hoida Konmasa and Sakata Shinobu, both of whom were retainers who had been following Minoru Suida for a long time**bubble! Book * Minoru Suiida is only in his forties in recent years, and he is in the prime of life, but his beard is already gray, his thick eyebrows are long and pressed on his eyelids, Minoru Suiida's eyes are nearly half squinted, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes are like deep ravines, and his dark face is full of wrinkles, as if it is a field that has dried up for a long time, and his face is calm and normal, and he does not see anything unusual, but his tightly pursed lips have revealed the irritability in his heart

Minoru Hontetsu blushed, raised his head, and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, is the information of the chaotic wave really accurate, the Date family has really completely defeated Hosokawa Tsufumi in Yashan City, I didn't expect the children of the Date family to suddenly launch an attack during spring ploughing, so the military rations of the Date family are very sufficient" When he talked about the military rations, his tone was really a little jealous, yes, jealousy, the food in the Ape Hanging City is now strictly scarce, and it is difficult to spend a month, if there is no other food source, In a month's time, Sarukake Castle will be completely empty

Suiida Konmasa's face is not very good-looking, he is in his thirties, his face is bruised, his body is short and fat, only a pair of small eyes narrowed into a line, it looks yin, he is the younger brother of Suiida Minoru, he has always been the shadow identity of Suida Minoru who lives behind the scenes and remotely commands the chaotic wave organization and people's livelihood of Saruhang City, nodded slightly and said: "The situation is the news I just got, the lord of Yashan Castle, Hosokawa Tsufumi, left Bei China by boat under the coercion of thousands of Date troops and fled to Shikoku, he is really a coward, Afraid of the intimidation of thousands of Date troops, "Hosoida Konmasa cowardly fled to Shikoku without a single shot for Hosokawa Tsufumi, who was standing in fertile Kamoyama Castle, and verbally humiliated Hosokawa Tsuma, if it weren't for Hosoida Konmasa, but Horoda Minoru's brother, such a brainless guy would not be in an important position

Sakata Shinobu's face was pale, he had just returned from Kurashiki Koyama Castle, his face was full of anger, obviously he didn't get what he wanted, he felt quite humiliated, hearing Hoida Konmasa's almost brainless words, he didn't speak, but his eyes were full of disdain when he lowered his head He looked up and said: "My lord, the food in the city is scarce, and it is difficult to survive April, and Ishikawa Hisachi of Koyama Castle refused to give food to rescue us for various reasons, and Ishikawa of Takamatsu Castle did not have a good face for us for a long time, which is really hateful, If it weren't for the persuasion of the adults before leaving, I would really be unwilling."

As soon as Hoida Konmasa heard this, his face was angry and he said angrily: "If you lose Sarukake Castle, you will lose the last line of defense of Kurashiki, what do they think, they are so stingy" Yes, his mood is very bad The lack of food in Sarukake Castle has severely restricted the morale of the guards of Sarukake Castle, if it weren't for the fact that Suaida Minoru withheld some food when the Zhuang army retreated last year, it might be difficult to survive the winter, The main culprit of this was the burning of farmland by the three village families and Zhuang for each other's capital last year, and as a result, the grain income was almost none, and the families of the peasants and soldiers in the city lived in great poverty, and there were incidents of people living in other places in order to survive

Suiida's face was gloomy, last year, that is, the crops of the 20th year of astronomy were not only not waiting for the good guide zhì crop harvest was very bad, coupled with the burning of farmland and burning and looting by both sides without a lower limit, so that the city of ape first tasted the evil consequences of burning farmland, and the guards in the city cut again and again, and the food was still unsustainable. If it weren't for the winter, a batch of food from Yukiyama Castle might still be difficult to get by, this cold winter is just that the rise of the Date army and the defeat of the Mimura family completely shocked the two castles of Yukiyama Castle and Takamatsu Castle and the people under the city, in order to clear up the relationship with Sarukake Castle, completely cut off the food supply of Sarukake Castle, Fang Cai Guide zhì Sarukake Castle is now unable to survive the autumn harvest even if he eats wild vegetables, Suida Shijin did not make a sound, and only said after a long time: "Has the people changed?" ”

Sakata Shishin smiled bitterly and responded: "My lord, the situation is very bad, since last autumn's harvest grain was insufficient, the people began to move towards Kawakami County and Tsukami County, after all, there are only a few places in China that have not been affected by disasters, but more than seventy percent of the people who went to Kawakami County have been soaked in *book* (Now more than fifty percent of the fertile fields near Sarukake Castle are all deserted, and the people left behind are also starving, even if they dig wild vegetables, it is difficult to survive until the autumn Date family is so strong, it is obviously impossible to stop their steps, They have now obtained control of Yashan City, the next step is our Ape Hanging City, once there is a war in Ape Hanging City, even if we can defend it, the people under the city are afraid that they will all run out and there is a little more, there are less than eighty stone of food left in the city, if you save a little frugality, you can still spend about a month, but once you open it to eat, it will be difficult to spend even ten days, my lord, please think about how to get enough food, whether to go to Matsuyama City, although the three brothers are in civil strife, But now that they are suffering from internal and external troubles, please stop the internal strife and unite with the outside world, and maybe they can still get through the crisis."

Suiida Shijin scolded himself viciously and scolded the three brothers of Zhuang Gaozi for fooling around, but there was no way to persuade the three brothers to fight infighting, now the three brothers have been angry, if you go to dissuade now, I am afraid that you will get into trouble, although he is Zhuang Weizi's cousin, the only old man who is still alive in the wings, but there is no way to take Matsuyama City, who let him sit in Ape Hanging City for a long time, if it is not for the need to rely on Matsuyama City for a long time for blood transfusion, maybe it has already been divided into two families, he once again secretly scolded a fool, smiled bitterly and said a headless sentence: "It seems that the wind is rising"

When Hoida Konmasa and Sakata Shinobu were confused and wanted to ask, a general of Ashigaru ran in with heavy steps, and there was still a panic in the depths of his eyes, he knelt on the ground, handed over a book, and reported: "Your Highness, Date Masahiro has exhausted his army of 5,000 and has come to the Yokotani area three miles outside the city to station, send, send, sent a letter of persuasion to surrender, asking the ape to surrender in Kakajo, otherwise the chickens and dogs will not stay"

Minoru Suiida took a letter of submission and laughed with a sneer: "Five thousand troops? Not to mention the 5,000-strong army, I'm afraid it's a team of only more than 1,000 people" with the ensuing sneer, which clearly showed the suspicion and disdain in his heart, but there was no Huang Luang on his face, but he didn't think about it, and his calm and calm appearance shot out a cold silence in the depths of his eyes, so that Hoida Konmasa and Sakata Shinobu beside him hurriedly lowered their heads, and the general Ashigaru who came to report the news had a chill behind him, and he didn't speak but bowed his head deeply and didn't dare to raise his head

Sakata Shixin is actually not unfamiliar with military affairs, he has been guarding the ape for many years, and he has been tested for a long time, even if it is a pig, he can see one or two, Fang just heard the advice of the general Ashigaru and his face was a little flustered, but now he calmed down, but he also saw the nonsense in the book, his voice was slightly affected with a trill, and said: "My lord, now that the spring ploughing is imminent, the Date family can bring out more than a thousand elites, and it is not easy to deal with, especially the kind of catapult is unbearable, once the city is attacked, I'm afraid that the ape hanging city is difficult to resist."

Obviously, he is not optimistic about the original magic weapon of the Ape Hanging City to resist the attack of the three village relatives, but now it has become an obstacle, and there is no use for it, although most of the Ape Hanging City is built with stones, and it also attracts the river water as a moat to surround it, but it is still difficult to resist the crazy projection of the catapult, especially when the food in the Ape Hanging City is strictly scarce, once the cage city war occurs, the food in the city will be reduced twice as fast as usual, and it only takes more than ten days to let the defenders in the Ape Hanging City fight on an empty stomach, At that time, there is only one way to fail, and all other roads will be a dead end

However, Hoida Konmasa looked at the contents of the book, his face was ugly, and he waved his hand to let the Ashigaru General leave, and the Ashigaru General had no reason to leave, but now of course he ran out after saluting, it was too depressing, he watched the Ashigaru General leave, wiped the sweat beads on his head, thought for a moment, hesitated for a long time and then deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Brother, this is our opportunity?" As he spoke, he shook the book in his hand and whispered the plan in his heart

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At noon on April 8, 1552, the twenty-first year of astronomy, it was sunny, cloudless, and the camp was originally a village in Henggu, but the village had already been empty, and the thatched hut had collapsed, and there was a ruined fence on the side of the hill at the edge of the village. I don't know what kind of way you'll break the game of Ape Hanging City."

Just when Masahiro was full of emotion, Atsutaro Kiyokawa appeared in front of him and reported: "The messenger who went to deliver the petition has returned, someone from Sarukake Castle has come, it is Hoida Minoru's brother Hoida Konmasa, it seems that the lack of food in Sarukake Castle makes it difficult for them to hold it, and they want to surrender"

Ape Hanging City surrendered, the corners of Zhengheng's mouth curled slightly, shook his head, and said, "Impossible? If the city of Ape Hanging is so easy to open the city and surrender, I am afraid that it will be destroyed a long time ago, and it will make the three village families repeatedly break the halberd and sink into the sand, blocking the outside, I am afraid that the person who comes is not good, go, go and see him, see what excuse he will have" After a little tidying up, he came to the main tent

As soon as I entered the tent, I saw the messenger of Sarukake Castle, Suiida Konmasa, kneeling on one side, and when he saw Masahiro coming, his eyes shrank slightly, although it was subtle, but he was still noticed by Masahiro that something was a little inappropriate, and he had already been labeled as distrustful in his heart, but he didn't tear up the lie, walked to the main seat, and said: "Suiida Konmasa, I don't know if Sarukake City is surrendering or fighting?" As soon as he opened his mouth, he directly pointed out the theme, he didn't have any leisure and elegance to play with your rings, and he pointed out the theme straight to the point

Suiida Konmasa's face changed slightly, looking at the faces of everyone, he knew that the one-eyed young man in front of him should be Date Masahiro, the head of the Date family, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "To be honest, my brother doesn't want to open the city and surrender, but there is a shortage of food in the city, and the people under the city are displaced, and I heard that your army is here and is terrified, if there is another dispute in the ape hanging city, the people around will suffer, for the sake of the people, the brother thought a lot, originally had the old lord for the great righteousness of the capital, but I heard that the three sons were in turmoil, and it was really unbearable to be loyal, so I specially sent me to pay tribute to you." , willing to move the city to the Date family and ask Itahou to agree, the only additional condition is to be able to let the people in the city survive the famine year"

For the sake of the people, to put it nicely, in the troubled times of the Warring States, which samurai lord is really comfortable for the sake of the people, if it is really for the sake of the people, there will not be so many tragedies Zhengheng did not expect that the other party would take the initiative to surrender The strength of the Date army is about more than a thousand people, and there are still five or six hundred people up and down the ape hanging city, which is enough to fight, who wins and who loses, it is difficult to say who will come and surrender at this time with the courage of Suida Shijin, impossible, it seems that there is another premeditated Ah Zhengheng The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and an excited smile appeared on his face, hurriedly said: "Lord Suiida is well aware of righteousness, for the sake of the people, it is really a model for my generation, since this is the case Suiida-sama's heart we have received, I don't know what to do in the city of Ape Hanging?" ”

Hoida Konmasa felt a little unworthy of the name of the famous Masahiro outside, and he felt happy in his heart, and it seemed that the task had been completed well, and he pretended to be sincere and fearful: "Thank you for the praise of the Marquis of Ita, my brother is really ashamed, if you accept our surrender, my brother will personally lead a family of relatives and retainers to come to Yokoya to meet your lord, I don't know what your lordship wants?" ”

Zheng Heng shrank his focus slightly, nodded and laughed, and said, "That's it, I don't know when Kaecheng will surrender?" As he spoke, his tone became more and more arrogant, as if he had already triumphed

Hoida Konmasa hurriedly said the date and said, "How about tomorrow morning?" My brother wanted to come today, but there are still a lot of diehards in the city who need to be cleaned up, and I ask Idahou to forgive me."

Zhengheng laughed and said: "Okay, early tomorrow morning, early tomorrow morning, someone will come, a set of tea appreciation utensils, and send it to Lord Hoida Konmasa" The tea utensils were picked up from the five porcelain ships of Tsuda Zongda and left, and it is not unusual to give away a set now, anyway, he is not bad for tea utensils

As soon as Suiida Konmasa left, Masahiro's face became gloomy, and he shouted: "When I am a fool, for the people, hehe, if it is really for the people, the surroundings of Ape Hanging City will not be so desolate, look at other places are busy with spring ploughing, what about Ape Hanging City?" Suiida is close to anyone, he will value the life and death of the people, it is simply a scam, a scam to let us neglect to guard against it, come to surrender tomorrow, hehe, I'm afraid that some stories will happen tonight that I don't want to happen Since I already know that they will launch a night attack tonight, then let them have no return"

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As the saying goes, the moon is dark and the wind is high to kill the night, tonight the moon is not dark and bright, and the wind is not strong, obviously not a good time to kill, but it is not so that people can not see clearly the direction and take the wrong road, the poor people in this world are malnourished, many people have night blindness, and they can't see anything clearly at night, the heavenly kingdom generally has such a problem, and the country of Wa is no exception, at this moment, there are more than 300 people quietly coming out of the ape city and moving towards the direction of Henggu

A team of more than 300 people quietly walked out of the back door of Sarukake Castle, swaying slowly and slowly moving towards Yokotani, one by one, slowly advancing towards Yokotani, Hoida Minoru was walking in front and whispered to Hoida Konmasa behind him: "Konmasa, you said that they were excited to celebrate when they heard that Sarukake Castle had surrendered, and they were ready to return home for spring ploughing after occupying Sarukake Castle."

Suiida Konmasa's face was a little excited, the plan to surrender was his, he believed that no one would not believe in his performance, and it could even be said that his performance could deceive anyone, if he could achieve this decisive victory, he Hoida Konmasa would definitely be able to make a name for himself and obtain the lord of a city and a land, as soon as he thought of this, his face became more and more ruddy, and when he heard his brother Suiida Minoru open his mouth for the second time, he hurriedly replied: "Yes, according to the information obtained from the reconnaissance later, there were frequent cheers in the Date army, And I'm getting ready to go home."

Suiida Minoru smiled slightly and didn't make a sound, although Date Mashiro has made a great reputation, he has never looked down on Date Mashiro, and said that Date Mashiro is a child who opened his mouth and closed his mouth, and naturally thought that Date Mashiro was nothing more than this

"Arrived" and "Come" The main generals of both sides were all excited, looking at the affairs under the moonlight, Minoru Suida looked at the camp close at hand, and felt a burst of excitement in his heart, licked his chapped lips, and shouted loudly towards the camp in front of him with a sword: "Kill in, set fire to burn, kill, rob me"

The three hundred elites immediately let out a roar before the battle, each holding a weapon, with Hoida Minoru as the central arrow, and killed the camp that loomed in the field of vision, but rushed into the camp but did not find a person to fight back, Hoida Minoru suddenly felt a palpitation, and shouted loudly: "In the ambush, hurry, quickly exit"

This was the first reaction of all the Suiida army who rushed in and had not yet had time to rush into the camp, they did not expect that the camp was empty, not even a single lost bait, but scattered some food, what a waste, such a sudden change, suddenly made them think that there must be an enemy ambush here, they all stopped, and began to set up

Qinghe Atsutaro behind the camp looked excitedly at the burning camp and shouted loudly: "The front archery team shoots freely, and the rear iron cannon volley, give me a damn blow" Under the order of Qinghe Atsutaro, the thunder of more than 100 iron cannons "snapped" sounded, and the Suiida army that rushed into the camp suffered heavy losses, who let you set up the formation, and it was really looking for death in front of the iron cannon to line up a dense formation, and killed more than 30 people on the spot, which shocked everyone in the Suiida army at once, In the sound of iron cannons, the lunges continued to pull the strings and shoot arrows, and the losses immediately increased, and the panic became a mess (to be continued)

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