Matsudaira Motoyasu didn't like to be pointed at in his early years, whether it was under the care of his weak father Matsudaira Hirotada, or when he was forced to spend a short childhood with Oda Nobunaga in Katsuhata Castle, no one pointed him at him and taught him what to do, and when he tried to do it, he changed to a mocking tone to mock him that he couldn't do it well, after all, he was the son of a country man who had never seen the world.

This is the first time in his life that he hates a person so much, that person is Kira Yoshiyasu who is struggling in Saijo Castle, and he knows very well that this noble son of the Kira family does not mean to make enemies with him, but out of some sense of crisis that Matsudaira Ieyasu is valued by Imagawa Yoshimoto, or simply disgusted by jealousy, he can't help but think of that unpleasant experience.

Listening carefully to the Matsudaira army in front of him slamming the door with the suggested battering ram, Matsudaira Motoyasu frowned and thought: "Echigo's Kira family is a huge hidden danger, and it is amazing to crisscross the eastern end of Hokuriku Pass, but this bowl of rice must be eaten by this family, and I can't give up the great opportunity to unify the three rivers because of choking on food, and let the Kira Mikawa guard in the west Mikawa make trouble for my Matsudaira family, that is the dereliction of duty of my Ieyasu, the family governor!" ”

He didn't know the discord between the Kira family, and he didn't know that the connection between Kira Yoshian and Kira Yoshitoki was not as harmonious as he imagined, and in his cognition, both brothers of the same clan must support each other, and this time the Kira clan of Saijo Castle chose to support Kira Yoshiyasu, who was defeated by Tojo Castle, is the best example, which shows that Kira Yoshitoki intends to support his brother as the lord of Mikawa Province, which has a serious difference of interest with Matsudaira Ieyasu.

These three rivers are so large in total. But he, Matsudaira Ieyasu, also wants to be the lord of Mikawa. If you miss this opportunity to unify the Three Rivers Country, you may not have the next chance. So when considering the collision of practical interests and long-term interests, he still insisted on choosing to defeat the Mikawa Kira family, even if he would bow his head and apologize with a shy face in the future, there is nothing more attractive than being the head of a country.

Matsudaira Ieyasu is very confident that he can control the situation in Mikawa Province, he only needs Kira Yoshiyasu to bow his head at the right time to be his worthy retainer, or to be a caged canary who keeps to himself, he asked himself that what he did would only be better than Oda Nobunaga to Spo Yoshigin, as long as Kira Yoshiyasu was willing to give in and everything could be discussed.

As long as the Matsudaira family can take Saijo Castle and force Kira Yoshiyasu to surrender. Even if he faces Kira Yoshishi's angry rebuke and questioning in the future, he has the confidence to defend himself, after all, Kira Yoshian is the governor of the Mikawa Kira family, and he is the Mikawa Shou who was hand-picked and pardoned by the imperial court, as long as the Mikawa Kira family is willing to submit to his Matsudaira family, what can Kira Yoshitoki, an outsider who has been away from the country for many years, do?

When the news of the victory of the Matsudaira family came, Matsudaira Ieyasu stood in front of the battle with his toes on his horse, and secretly encouraged himself: "Today is finally the moment when my family Yasu raises his eyebrows!" The family is going to storm Saijo Castle and capture His Royal Highness Kira Mikawa Mamoru Yoshian who gave me endless humiliation, and the family will stand on the horse and look down on your panicked movements, and then generously forgive your guilt. I would like to warn you to be loyal to the Matsudaira family and be a strong arm of my Ieyasu. That's the beauty of fighting back with real actions! ”

At this time, the attack of the Matsudaira army made a breakthrough, and the Otemon Gate, which had been holding on for a long time, finally disintegrated under the impact of the surging army, and the Matsudaira samurai who rushed in raised their swords to slash the defenders who tried to obstruct them, but after a while, they saw the Mitsuha Aoi banner break through the core area of the city beyond Sannomaru, and no matter how strong the city was, it could not sustain itself without defenders.

The Matsudaira family tree listened to the cheers of the samurai in the city, and knew that the Saijo Castle, which had been trapped for a long time, was going to be taken after all, and many samurai happily discussed the reward for the merits after the war, and the elders of the Matsudai family also showed a faint smile, and the loss of Saijo Castle would restore the entire territory of Mikawa Province, which would be a great boost to the morale of the Matsudaira family.

At this time, Saijo Castle was already in a state of chaos, and the retainers and samurai who could run had already run away, and those who remained were not the generations of the great favor of the Kira family, or some people with small surnames and other people who had no backbone at all, and the Otemon Gate was breached, and Sannomaru was captured, and Ninomaru was also captured, and Honmaru was like a leaf hanging on the treetops was also swaying in the wind and rain.

Kira Yoshiyasu sat in the castle tower in a daze with his hair scattered, deaf to the shouts and cries from His Excellency the castle tower, and after only a few days of kung fu, Kira Yoshian seemed to be much older, and a few strands of white hair grew on his sideburns, which were very eye-catching, and it looked a bit like a night of sadness and white hair.

Wearing a helmet and armor, Nobutada Okochi walked into the castle tower and said to Kira Yoshiyasu, "We are defeated!" Please leave the temple quickly! Leaving here and heading north into the territory of the Oda family, Oda Danmasaden is an ally of His Royal Highness the Princess, and with his protection, he will definitely preserve the bloodline of the Mikawa Kira family. ”

Kira Yoshian muttered, "Uncle and uncle are still reluctant to go? ”

Okochi Nobutada gasped a few times and said: "The two highnesses said that they have nothing to worry about in this world, and they are willing to hold on to my Kira family in Saijo Castle until the last moment, and the two highnesses hope that the Mikawa Shouden can keep the other bloodline of my Mikawa Kira family, and leave early with Mrs. Imagawa and His Royal Highness Mantakemaru!" ”

Kira Yoshiyasu suddenly opened his eyes wide and yelled at Okochi Nobuta: "This family is the governor of the Mikawa Kira family, and the royal family hand-picked by the dignified shogunate will be reduced to the point of being killed by a dog of the Ise family, and the family does not want to live a life of exile, just like the righteousness of the year was unwilling to accept the shame of surrender, the family does not plan to leave!" The family wants to stay here and fight for Saijo Castle until the last moment! ”

"Three Rivers Guarding the Temple! You must not break the family line of the Mikawa Kira family because of the impulse! Okochi Nobutada was both shocked and angry, he had never seen such a stubborn and stupid governor, but as a Saijo Castle Dai, he also persuaded him bitterly: "It is because Mikawa Shouden is a famous family of the shogunate that he can't die, you represent the governor of the Mikawa Kira clan, you must be respected wherever you go, as long as you escape, Matsudaira Ieyasu will never dare to attack you!" ”

"Most of them are undoubtedly determined not to leave!" Kira Yoshian waved his sleeves and showed rare courage. Ordered: "Let Tsuruhime and Manchimaru go first!" But if you want to go, go as soon as possible! By the way, take Tsuruhime and Mantakemaru together. The family didn't want the two to follow the family to hell and suffer...... All right. The family should stay quietly for a while to prepare for the most anticipated, do you want to have a happy dance? ”

Okochi Nobusada looked at the stubborn Kira Yoshiyasu who was still thinking about how he should commit suicide in the first place, and suddenly found that his insistence in Mikawa would be so ridiculous, a super cultural and artistic Mikawa Kira family governor, a group of retainers with different minds and ideas, could live in this troubled world for ten years without perishing, he suddenly regretted his decision when he didn't insist on following Kira Yoshi, maybe he really missed a lot of things.

Walk quickly out of the castle tower. Okochi Nobusada called his sixteen-year-old sister-in-law, Okochi Hidetsuna, and instructed him to come to the Okochi family with a few words of loyal samurai to take Okochi Hidetsuna away, and then convened a meeting of the Genealogy retainers of the Kira family, at which he expressed his determination to live and die with Saijo Castle, and soon won the unanimous approval of the elders of the remaining Gendai family, even if they gradually became greedy or even slowly faint, but their sincerity towards the Kira family has never changed.

At this time, the Matsudaira army had already killed through the defense force of Honmaru, and the shouts of killing gradually appeared in the square inside Honmaru, and from time to time there were young samurai who hurriedly blocked the attack screaming and falling in a pool of blood, and several old ministers knelt in the large wide room with a white silk wrapped in their lower abdomen. He bowed his head to the northeast of Kasugayama Castle and shouted, "Your Highness! I'm sorry that I can only serve you here! Your Majesty has gone first! ”

In the next moment, blood splattered in the dark vast. Several old ministers cut open their abdomen and died on the spot, and the dead soldiers grievedly lit the firewood and grass that had been prepared for a long time in Ohiroma, and witnessed a burst of flames rising up, and then jumped into the fire pit without hesitation, and the ninja was in severe pain and cut his abdomen, and at the same time, Kira Yoshiyasu's Yuwakamai was only halfway through the dance, and he fell to death in the castle tower with his mouth spurting black blood, and the little surnames dutifully lit the flames, and with tears in their eyes, they drew their swords and slashed each other's companions.

The maids hiding in all corners of Saijo Castle saw the flames of the castle tower, suddenly stopped screaming and fled in all directions, they held each other's small hands and rushed into the burning room tremblingly, several samurai of the Matsudaira family were stunned to see a group of white-clothed maids throwing themselves into the fire in groups, and sat on the ground in fright and shouted: "The Kira family is finished!" ”

Just as the samurai were happily discussing the victory, they suddenly found that the Matsudaira army in the castle was in a big mess and let out a frightened cry for help, and then the castle tower of Saijo Castle rose with billowing black smoke, but in a moment the bright red flames burst out, and there was a hoarse scream and mournful cry from the Honmaru, and the Matsudaira army panicked and didn't know what to do.

Several samurai of the Matsudaira family ran to the front of the main camp in embarrassment and shouted, "Kira Mikawa guards the temple and harms themselves!" Nishijira's Kira Yoshifu Hall and Kira Yoshiaki Hall are self-harming...... Okochi Tajimoru Tachimamoru , Mamoru Yamaoka Awaji Mamoru , Ehara Tanba Mamoru and Takahashi Dewa Mamoru are self-harming...... Mrs. Imagawa, the main room of the Mikawa Moriden, escaped from the Te Gate with Manchikumaru! All the small surnames of Saijo Castle killed themselves, and the Kira family was finished...... It's all over! ”

"Finished? Finished! It's all over! How so! Matsudaira Ieyasu's face turned blue for a while, and he clutched the reins and didn't want to fall, but he still couldn't hold on, and as soon as his eyes were dark, he raised his head and fell off the horse.

The quick-eyed Honda Heihachiro rushed out to act as a meat pad to support the lord, and the Matsudaira samurai, who was a little slower, helped Matsudaira Ieyasu up with all hands and feet, and fed water to untie the armor and worked for a long time, which could frighten the retainers of the spectrum, and even the polite Ishikawa Shumasa was also anxious to jump to his feet.

"A herd of red deer! What are you doing in a daze! Hurry up and put out the fire! The pioneer general Sakai Tadaji was furious, and a group of people with a group of people shouted and shouted panicked Ashigaru to quickly fetch water to extinguish the fire, and the Ashigaru people carried three guns and didn't know how to put out the fire, and were kicked and scolded by the leading samurai and threw away all their weapons, and searched around for barrels and tubs in the castle and castle towns to put out the fire.

The scene of the whole Saijo Castle has become very strange, the Matsudaira army, which was originally besieging the city, turned into a city firefighting team, carrying pots and pans collected everywhere to extinguish the fire, some people who carried water from the well and some chose to go to great lengths to get water from the Yasaku River, and thousands of old and young masters of Mikawa ran like crazy with water, splashing the pitiful little water on the wooden buildings with thick smoke, and then continued to carry water without looking back.

Later, the residents of Saijo Castle Town also spontaneously joined the rescue team. Matsudaira Ieyasu, who woke up, hurriedly ordered the little pack to send out all the carriages. Carrying buckets and tanks full of river water to put out fires. The so-called high flame of everyone collecting firewood, on the other hand, means that everyone extinguishes the fire quickly, and tens of thousands of people are desperately watering around a volcanic purgatory-like fire city, and gradually stabilize the fire.

Taking advantage of the warm and humid monsoon, this fire spread from Honmaru to Ninomaru, and if it weren't for the rescue of the Matsudaira family, it was really hard to say when it would be finished, and it took most of the day for the fire to burn to extinguish. The last embers were not extinguished until the next morning, and Saijo Castle had already been burned beyond recognition, and the magnificent castle tower was reduced to ruins, and the beautiful garden was turned into a white field under the fire.

The news of the destruction of the Kira family and the destruction of the Kira family, and the fact that a group of maids of the Kira family committed suicide by throwing themselves into the fire hand in hand was so shocking that it did not take long for it to spread throughout the Matsudaira Army and even the townspeople of Saijo Castle, and it is said that the samurai who witnessed everything that night were frightened crazy, and always said that there were many white-clothed women holding hands standing on their sides and smiling at themselves, and this riot made the hearts of the Matsudaira Army so flustered that no one dared to approach Saijo Castle for half a step.

The next day, it was light. The townspeople of Saijo Castle Town gathered in groups to discuss what they had seen yesterday, and there were many stories about Kira Mikawa Mori Yoshian setting fire to the castle tower. There are also rumors of samurai such as Okochi Tajima Nobusada and Yamaoka Awaji Mamoru Momoto who are familiar and loved by the townspeople who collectively killed themselves, and the townspeople of Saijo Town have changed from fear and disgust to disgust and alienation when they look at the Matsudaira army again, and when they see all the strange Matsudaira samurai hiding far away on the street, it is not much better than the rats crossing the street and everyone shouting and beating them.

Matsudaira Ieyasu didn't sleep all night, standing in a daze among the smoke-emitting rubble with two big black circles under his eyes, he was not afraid of the fierce gods, he was afraid of the big Louzi who broke the sky, and he stood here from dawn and wandered repeatedly, muttering repeatedly: "Why is it here? My family has no intention of killing people at all, as long as you surrender to your family and give your family a decent place, this family will return the right to govern the land of your Saijo Territory, so why do you want to go to the family to kill yourself in the end...... How much you hate your family! ”

Sakai Tadaji picked up a simple cloth robe and draped it over his body, and persuaded him in a low voice: "People can't be resurrected after death, and the lord doesn't have to be too sad, presumably Kira Mikawa Shouden also has his own reasons for being forced to do so!" But in any case, the lord has successfully completed the great cause of the unification of the Three Rivers Kingdom, and completed the dream of unifying the three rivers beyond the thirty years old of Qingkang Gong, and the future achievements of the lord are limitless! ”

"There is no need to comfort the family, the family knows how terrible the catastrophe is." Matsudaira Ieyasu shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "The Kira family is completely destroyed, only the widow and orphan of the Mikawa Shouden took advantage of the chaos to escape, and Iyasu has offended the town government to death!" With this great enemy here, I, the lord of the Three Rivers Country, am not at ease! ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu took the initiative to talk about the name of Kira Yoshishi, saying that his mental pressure at this time had gradually overflowed, but unfortunately the Matsudaira family's genealogy retainers did not have this mind, and they couldn't guess the subtle change in the governor's thoughts, so they followed his words and sighed to block Matsudaira Ieyasu's heartache.

Ishikawa Shumasa's brand-new plain shirt was burned out of seven or eight holes by the flames, and he didn't know where to throw his black hat, and his face was full of gray marks that destroyed his neat appearance, and when he saw Matsudaira Ieyasu kneeling down and begging, "My lord! Let's figure it out! This fire may have been spread by the townspeople of Saijo Castle all over the country, and it won't be long before the whole of Mikawa will know that we killed Kira Mikawa and guarded the temple! ”

The retainers of the Matsudaira family were panicked: "How can this be good......"

"Don't mess around! Stabilization! "Honda Takashi and Hondo reminded the samurai of the Matsudaira family to calm down, Matsudaira Ieyasu's painstaking management in recent years has shown good results, at least it can prove that their discipline is very strong, but silence can not hide the anxiety in their hearts, even if the eyebrows are low, it will not help relieve the tense nerves, and the hearts of the generations of the Matsudaira family tree have been messed up.

Matsudaira Ieyasu knew that it was useless to repeat it at this time, so he could only sigh: "Only by finding Mrs. Imagawa and Wantakemaru as soon as possible can we make up for everything in front of us, as long as the widow and orphan of Mikawa Shouden are willing to return to Saijo Castle, there is still room for change in the current bad situation, and the family is willing to hand over the Saijo Collar to Wantakemaru, and is willing to recognize Wantakemaru as a child, and will marry the daughter of the family to him in the future...... As long as he is willing to come back, the family can agree to anything! ”

When the Matsudaira family wanted to capture Saijo Castle and surrender and control Kira Yoshiyasu, it brought them a painful blow, forcing them to choose to keep Kira Yoshiyasu's widow and orphan in exchange for Kira Yoshi's forgiveness, but where did Imagawa Tsuruhime and Mantakemaru dare to stay in Mikawa Country, Matsudaira Absolute Love This abacus is destined to lose. (To be continued......)