"It's okay to ...... like this" Shigeharu Takenaka thought for a moment and quickly came up with an idea, "When His Royal Highness Yoshiryu was alive, a lot of iron cannons were added, and later, although Saito Ryuko lost his authority, for the sake of defense, there were still some gunpowder reserves in the city, and the specific location was clear to His Majesty. So, we might as well detonate the powder magazine first......"

"And then take advantage of the chaos to attack it? By the way, notify the troops under the mountain to attack? Kinoshita Hideyoshi nodded, "What a great idea!" ”

"In that case, Saito Ryuko might escape first! I won't be able to achieve my goal. I reminded.

"Exactly. So after we detonated the powder magazine, we still hid it, making Ryuxing think that it was just a few ninjas making trouble, so we lost our vigilance...... Then, seeing the sudden and large-scale attack at the foot of the mountain, he must have sent some people to reinforcements! We can take advantage of the fact that there are few people here to quickly take the Thousand Stacks Terrace, so that Long Xing has no chance to escape. Shigeharu Takenaka explained.

"The way to re-cure is good!" I exclaimed, and turned to look at Kinoshita Hideyoshi, "How?" This time you are the commander-in-chief, and the order should be given by you. ”

"Then do it!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi immediately made up his mind.

So, he selected a dozen clever people and found a position under the guidance of Shigeharu Takenaka. Taking advantage of the enemy's slack in the early morning, they quietly killed several guards. Then enter the warehouse, use the fire rope in the warehouse as the gunpowder lead, ignite and quickly withdraw.

In order to avoid accidents as much as possible, they set the pre-detonation time to be quite short, and only then did they return to their hiding place, when a loud explosion was heard behind them. In an instant, the entire Inabayama Castle was alarmed, first of all, the Saito family ashigaru on the top of the mountain was alarmed, and they ran out of the outpost or yashiki one after another, and a few attendants in the Senjodaikan also ran out and called people to investigate. After a while, there was a sudden sound of iron cannons at the foot of the mountain, and it was obvious that our side had launched an all-out attack. At this time, the mountain was a little more settled, and I guess I thought I had figured out the situation. Through the gaps in the leaves on the side of the rocks, I could see two attendants returning to the Senjodaikan, and soon ran out again, tidying up more than 100 ashigaru and heading down the mountain.

Everything was as Shigeharu Takenaka had predicted.

When the figure of the ashigaru completely disappeared into the bend of the mountain road, I thought, it was almost time.

Without the aid of Mino and the three people, the defenders in the city were originally less than a thousand, and most of them were deployed at the bottom of the mountain, and there were only more than 200 people stationed on the top of the mountain. Seeing the fierce attack under the mountain just now, Long Xing sent dozens of his closest warriors to help and supervise the formation on the one hand, and the mountain was empty at this time.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was on the side, also retracted his head, he looked at me, nodded to each other, and then he gave the order:

"Attack!"

The three hundred ashigaru immediately jumped onto the rocks one after another, screaming and rushing in the direction of the Senjotai Pavilion, and everything that stood in their way was stabbed or cut down by them mercilessly. My guards didn't move, until I pulled out of the sea and jumped out, escorting me and Shigeharu Takenaka forward.

Suddenly, a large group of enemy troops without a flag appeared, and the Saito family ashigaru at the top of the mountain was very flustered and unable to organize at all. Some instinctively stayed away from this group of murderous enemy troops, some ran towards the Senjotai Pavilion where Ryuxing was located, and some loyal samurai led a few people to meet them, but they were quickly drowned in the crowd.

I led people to follow Kinoshita Hideyoshi's team closely, but there were forty or fifty enemy troops behind me. They have been broken up and follow us, probably trying to take advantage of the opportunity. However, the equipment of the people in my family has always been very well-equipped, and these guards are even dressed in full sets of helmets, which can be compared to the general ashigaru generals, and they can be seen as elite people who are not easy to mess with. A few samurai who believed that they had some skills stepped forward to provoke, and they were immediately cut down. Seeing their fate, the actions of others inevitably became more hesitant.

Until we retreated into the Senjotai Pavilion, no one dared to come near us.

Rushigeji commanded by the door, and I walked to the upper floor of the residence hall with a dozen or so attendants. Two samurai on the stairs tried to swing their swords, and they were instantly killed.

"How?" As soon as I stepped into the upper floors of the building, I immediately asked, and looked around the room - oh, I don't need to ask.

A pale young man was surrounded by ashigaru people in Monomidai, and his outfit was very elegant, obviously Saito Ryuxing. An elderly samurai was guarding him with a sword. Judging from his age, I guess it should be Longxing's most trusted retainer.

Long Xing apparently inherited the height of his father Yilong, almost 1.7 meters, about the same as me. However, at this moment, his body is rickety, although it is obviously higher than the ashigaru people around him, giving people a very humble feeling. This is really strange, after all, he is the nominal guardian of Mino Province, and he is the head of the Saito family, so logically speaking, how can he not be like this.

"His Royal Highness Xuanjing, this is Saito Ryuxing!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi replied in a loud voice, the excitement in his tone that could not be concealed. In addition to Oda Nobunaga, this is another guardian lord he has seen! But now, the other party is under his control, waiting for his disposal.

"Dare to ask the names of the two adults?" Saito Ryuxing spoke, his posture very low.

"In the Shimo-Oda family Kinoshita Hideyoshi! I've seen adults! Hideyoshi replied loudly.

"Kira Xuanjing," I replied simply, nodding to him, "What are the plans of His Highness Saito now?" Is it [***], or is it seppuku? ”

"Can you let me go? I promise that I will never fight Oda Danmasa again. Long Xing said in a low voice, with a hint of begging in his words.

"Lord!" Hearing his words, Hiroshi Neno shouted angrily, probably angry at Long Xing's cowardice, or extremely indignant at our attitude towards Long Xing. According to the convention, unless it is a fight within the family, even if a national guardian is captured, he should not be harmed, at most he is exiled.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi shook his head: "His Royal Highness Danmasa will not let the adults defect to the Asai family. ”

"I would never go to the Asai house. I've had enough of being used as a puppet! Saito Ryuxing hurriedly said.

At this time, a low-ranking samurai came over with a few ashigaru, walked up to Kinoshita Hideyoshi and me, bowed down and reported: "Two highnesses! The subordinates found Mrs. Saito upstairs! ”

"Bring it with you." I nodded.

Before the words fell, a middle-aged beautiful woman in a smock had been helped to us by two maids, she was the main room of Saito Yoshiryu, the daughter of Asai Ryomasa, and the Omi Bureau who married to Mino as the adopted daughter of Asai Hisasa.

Because he was startled in a hurry, Omi's clothes were a little untidy, a large piece of white skin was exposed between his neck, and his long black hair was scattered like this, exuding a strange lazy style, which made Kinoshita Hideyoshi's pair of monkey eyes suddenly stare into two cylinders.

Seeing Long Xing surrounded by Monomidai, she immediately broke free from the support of the maids, and called "Kitaro" to rush to Long Xing's side in small steps.

"Mother!" Long Xing exclaimed sadly.

"Forget it! We don't want Inabayama Castle! Let's go back to Kita-Omi with my mother! Omi Bureau comforted.

Long Xing shook his head: "I won't go to North Omi." ”

"Why, that's my mother's house! Moreover, your cousin has already won the land of the Three Counties for you......"

Before her words fell, Long Xing had already pulled out the threat and stabbed her right chest.

"Kitaro ......" Omi Bureau screamed sadly, stretched out his right hand hard, and finally touched his son's face, and then fell down weakly. Her big beautiful eyes were wide open, and two tears slowly poured out, which fell silently on the floor.

Suddenly seeing this tragic situation, let alone two maids, even Kinoshita Hideyoshi, even me, couldn't help but exclaim.

Saito Ryuko crouched down and closed his mother's eyes. Then he looked up at me and Kinoshita Hideyoshi, with no sadness or joy on his face: "How? Are such guarantees sufficient? ”

“…… Be my guest! Kinoshita Hideyoshi still hadn't recovered from the shock and casually agreed. However, after realizing that something was wrong, he hurriedly opened his mouth, ready to order the ashigaru to block Long Xing, who was walking out.

"Forget it!" I sighed, "That's enough!" ”

Killing his own mother with his own hands, not to mention how much determination it takes, but the most important thing is to represent a break with the Asai family. If he was going to go to the Asai family, one can imagine how he would be treated as a result of this act - he was already merciful to be elevated and placed under house arrest until death, as the former guardian of Kita-Omi guarded Kyogoku Takanobu.

For our side, it is more advantageous for Long Xing to do this than to kill him. After all, it was Long Xing who took the initiative to refuse to go to Asai's house. In this way, the clause in the covenant that the Asai family retains the three counties for Longxing is meaningless, and the Asai family has nothing to say about it.

It's just that with such an ending, the Omi Bureau, which is full of plans for his son, is really pitiful...... In this way, Saito Ryuxing slowly left the Monomi Terrace of the Senjodaikan. Hiroshi Rooto, who was together, looked at the Omi Bureau in the pool of blood with a complicated face, sighed, and finally followed.

"I would like to ask, where is His Highness Saito going?" I asked, looking at his back.

"Prepare to go down the Nagara River to Nagashima. In the past, it was said that there was a period of incense with the Wish Witness Temple. He replied without looking back, his back straight.

"Then I wish Saito all the best!" I say.

"I hope I don't meet the Guardian again!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi added.

This time, Saito Ryuko didn't respond and slowly went downstairs.

"Fujiyoshiro, why did you just say that?" I asked, turning my head.

"I was thinking that in order to survive, I could actually kill my mother, who loved me...... If you make it difficult to deal with your own family with such determination, it will be very difficult to deal with! ”

"yes." I nodded.

He certainly did not know that such expectations were destined to be disappointed. After Saito Ryuko left Mino, he became enemies of Nobunaga everywhere, from the Rokujo Battle that followed the Miyoshi family to attack Yoshiaki, to the defeat of Nobunaga's Noda-Fukushima battle, to the Nagashima Rinse, who made Nobunaga disgraced, and then to the encirclement network that almost strangled Nobunaga, he was everywhere.

However, this is all for later, and it is for Nobunaga. Now that I insist on dealing with his words, Nobunaga will not only not be grateful, but will blame me for being self-defeating.

Hey, what's going on...... "Lord! The enemy outside is trying to set fire to the house! "One of my attendants stumbled upstairs to report.

"Let them burn! It's just a send-off for Mrs. Saito's cremation. I sighed.

"However, the safety of the two highnesses ......"

"I can't burn for a while!" I suddenly found that my heart was very depressed, and I couldn't help but yell, "When the fire burns, go out and kill those bastards who set the fire, you don't need to guard this place anymore!" ”

"Yes!" The innocent yelled attendant replied respectfully, then stood up and ran downstairs again.

"Alright, Fujiyoshiro, and all of you, let's get out!" I greeted.

"His Royal Highness Xuanjing, how can you burn this Thousand Stacks of Taiwan Pavilion, how can you communicate with the main bus? What a good house......" Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was walking beside me, questioned, with a look of pain on his face.

"The lord won't care. Maybe praise us for helping him. I said.

"So?" He was stunned.

"Do you think that a person like the lord would be willing to use other people's rotten things? Especially if the enemy is sick and dies in it, and the son of the enemy becomes a puppet in it? Even if it is not burned, the lord will tear it down and rebuild his new city! I explained.

"Not bad! His Royal Highness Xuanjing Mingjian! Kinoshita Hideyoshi couldn't agree more.

"The rest of the matter is all for you. Cleared all the enemies on the mountain...... As for the bottom of the mountain, seeing that Longxing's favorite residence was on fire, the people of the Saito family would definitely not be able to continue to resist, and presumably the lord's army would soon be killed on the mountain. ”

"Then I'll go." Kinoshita Hideyoshi owes a debt.

These are all ready-made merits, and if he doesn't get them for nothing, he still has to rely on the merits to get more rewarded territory.

……，…… The first to attack the mountain was Shibata Katsuya with the banner of the two geese on a black background. Although it doesn't get along very well, this guy's bravery really didn't say anything, and this time it was in the first line, and it was really natural to be able to go to the city first.

"What about the enemy! Where is the enemy? Bastards, look everywhere! Can't let one go! He commanded loudly, wielding his sword.

"Oops! It's His Highness Shibata! I'm really sorry, it's still a little late, and the mountain has been cleared down! Kinoshita Hideyoshi smiled and led people to greet him.

"Humph!" Shibata Katsuie ignored it and still ordered his subordinates to split up.

"Hey, His Highness Shibata. Didn't you say it below? The mountain has been cleared, and the warehouses and everything have been occupied below! Under the master, you won't allow anything to rob the credit! ”

"Monkey!"

"Who is it? Who is it! Don't call me that! Kinoshita Hideyoshi was just when he was complacent, and he shouted without thinking about it. Suddenly, his body froze, probably realizing whose voice it was, so he slowly turned around and prostrated respectfully on the ground.

That's right, it's Nobunaga, who came to the castle immediately after Shibata Katsuie's preparation.

(To be continued)