The castle tower of Guofeng Castle, in the castle lord's living room, the samurai of the Takeda family looked at each other, and the pair of girls in front of them hugged each other and hid behind the door crying, looking at the age of one was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and the other was thirteen or fourteen years old. The two guessed that it should be Kohata Keijun's daughter in the past.

Looking at this pair of beautiful girls, many people present were full of compassion, and everyone looked at each other's katana and the blood that was still dripping on the tip of the gun, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Their families, the maids they served, the retainers of the lineage, and the samurai of the family, all lay down under their swords, and none of them were killed.

From the Tsutemon Gate to the Honmaru Castle Tower, corpses are everywhere along the way.

Li Xiao looked at the expressions of several samurai under his command and guessed a few points, these samurai can be ruthless when they kill people, but when they see the beautiful women crying, their mood will change. is really worthy of being a beauty, and when she cried in the city, she suddenly turned into a soft finger.

Just like the famous story Morimori in the Noh drama Kowakamai, during the battle of Genpei, when Genji's fierce general Kumagai Naomi was waiting to hold down the enemy general Taira Atsumori and wanted to cut off his head, he lifted the opponent's helmet and suddenly found that he was such a beautiful young man, and immediately felt compassion and wanted to let him live regardless of the hostility between them.

But for Taira Atsumori to refuse, Naomi Kumagai finally took his head, and burst into tears for a while. Then he left the battlefield and left home. Since then, the martyrdom of Dunmori and the renunciation of Kumagai have been passed down as a sad story among the people and sung everywhere. (As we all know, Oda Nobunaga is a huge fan of the show)

But this concept has not been understood by modern people, and Kumagai Naomi and Hei Mori are both men, and fortunately, if this description in the dance seems to be a little emotional, or it was a normal thing at the time.

Li Xiao saw that the two weak girls were not lethal, and motioned to his samurai to put away their swords, and it was always best to capture Kohata Jingchun's family alive.

Li Xiao opened his mouth and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The woman who looked like her sister was standing on the outside of her sister, with her arms around her and a look of protecting her. The other party wore a yellow jacket made of silk cloth unique to aristocratic women of this era and a single coat lined with white lining, and had long straight hair.

I saw her close her lips, and in the face of Li Xiao's inquiry, she stopped her tears, and said after a long time: "We are already prisoners now, what's the use of knowing that I don't know the name?" I only hope that you can treat us well, and who in the world can be lucky for a long time? Maybe what we have happened today will happen tomorrow as well. ”

The other party's words are quite reasonable, and it seems that he is also a person who understands things.

"Since it's a subordinate prisoner, there must be a name, forget it, I'll ask a few people from the Kohata family later." Li Xiao waved his hand and motioned for his warriors to step forward and grab the two people, but the movements should not be too rough.

In the early days of the Takeda Army's attack on Shinano, they treated prisoners of war more cruelly after breaking through the castle. When Takeda Shingen attacked Shinano-Shiga Castle, the defenders were ready to surrender, but he refused. After the Takeda army stormed Shiga Castle, they began a massacre, killing all the men in the city, and the women and children being transferred to the Kai Nuggets as slaves.

But as it turned out, Takeda Shingen was quickly retributed, and in one of the only two fiascos in his life, the Battle of Uedawara, Murakami Yoshikiyo told his men: "If you don't fight hard, you will be killed by the Takeda army, and then your wife and children will be sold to Kai to dig for gold mountain." ”

As a result, the Murakami soldiers worked hard, and the Takeda army was not only defeated, but Takeda Shingen lost two heavy generals, Itagaki Nobukata and Ganli Hutai. After that, Takeda Shingen was much more restrained, and there were many fewer massacres after the city was broken.

When the soldiers of the Takeda Army stepped forward to arrest the two girls, no one saw the woman who looked like an older sister, and secretly hid a dagger between her sleeves.

At this moment, there was the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs behind the big room, and there was a sound of armor colliding.

"Yes, Childe."

Takeda Yoshinobu was dressed in armor and led his samurai to the second floor of the castle tower. The soldiers of the Takeda family on the side retreated and saluted.

After coming to the city lord's apartment, looking at the corpses along the way and the traces of bloody battles, Takeda Yoshinobu smiled slightly at everyone present and said, "You have worked hard. ”

Immediately, Takeda Yoshinobu glanced at Kohata Keijun's two daughters, stared at them carefully for a while, then nodded, and said: "You are Kohata Keisune's daughter Kohata Yumi, Kohata Yusada, very good, I have a very important military situation to ask you." ”

When Yoshinobu Takeda said this, most of the people present showed ambiguous expressions that understood between men. As the son-in-law of the Takeda family, the people present naturally did not have the idea of competing with him, but they just watched this pair of sisters fall into the hands of Takeda Yoshinobu with pity.

Just as Yoshinobu Takeda's subordinates brutally moved to catch Yumi Kohata, who was his sister. Suddenly, she flipped her wrist, and a dagger fell out of her sleeve, slashing the soldier's wrist. This change came suddenly, and everyone didn't react for a while, and Yumi Kohata moved very quickly, only to see her approach Takeda Yoshinobu's side in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, Lord Takeda Yoshinobu, the sister-in-law of the Takeda family, was held there by a weak woman of the Kohata family with a dagger against her throat.

This change surprised everyone, and the soldiers of the Takeda family who were present immediately pulled out their katana swords that were all in the scabbard.

"Let go of Childe." The most nervous is Takeda Yoshinobu's entourage samurai, and if Takeda Yoshinobu hangs, they will all be unable to escape the fate of seppuku.

But Yumi Kohata was resolute and said loudly: "You quickly retreat, as long as you let our sisters go, Yoshinobu-sama, you will be safe and sound." After saying that, the dagger in Yumi Kohata's hand tightened, and a bloody mark was cut on Takeda Yoshinobu's neck.

These retinue warriors of Takeda Yoshinobu were suddenly unable to advance or retreat, holding katanas in their hands, but they did not dare to step forward, which was really embarrassing.

Li Xiao looked very nervous and concerned on his face, but he secretly said in his heart, Yumi Kohata, hurry, use a little more force, put this bit of blood, Takeda Yoshinobu can't die, and then go down three centimeters to the arteries.

Of course, Li Xiao wished that Yumi Kohata killed Takeda Yoshinobu with one sword, so that Takeda Katsuyori would naturally become the first heir of the Takeda family, and he could easily ascend to the throne. In this way, Li Xiao's future in the Takeda family is much brighter.

Of course, if something happens to Takeda Yoshinobu, as the general of the Ashigaru who is responsible for the siege of the city on the Takeda Katsuyori side, Li Xiao is not without responsibility, and if he is punished, it will definitely not be light, and the worst plan is to be dismissed as a samurai of the Takeda family.

At present, Li Xiao decided not to act rashly for the time being, and first saw the situation on the field clearly, and the soldiers on Shima Katsutoshi, Shioka Kazuyu and Takeda Katsuyori's side didn't know what Li Xiao planned in his heart, and they were anxiously thinking about how to save Takeda Yoshinobu at the moment.

Overall, Takeda Yoshinobu's performance is normal now, he didn't scream in fright, his whole body was paralyzed and weak, but he also saved the face of the Takeda family's sister-in-law, but it can be seen from the frightened look in his eyes that he is really uncomfortable at the moment.

At this time, Takeda Yoshinobu's subordinates made an action. The sons of the two Kohata Keijun, who had just been captured downstairs, were carried up to the second floor like chickens by two samurai, and then the sharp swords were also placed on the back of their necks.

And Yumi Kohata's younger sister, Yusada Kohata, was also taken down by a samurai, holding her hands behind her back and pressing the ground, and a sword resting on the side of her snow-white neck.

"Hurry up and release the son, otherwise your four sisters and brothers will all be buried together." The samurai who was leading Yoshinobu Takeda's side shouted loudly.