Early the next morning, Gao Xianda ordered 2,000 infantry, took his 1,000 guards cavalry, and rushed to Ertiao City with Meng Yan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although Nijo Castle was the residence of the shogun, because it was under the protection of the Miyoshi family before, the Miyoshi family must not allow too many soldiers to remain in Nijo Castle, only a few dozen guards to maintain daily security.

When they saw Gao Xianda coming with a large group of men and horses, they were all like facing a great enemy, and they didn't know what the other party wanted to do.

However, the guard, who was startled by Gao Xianda yesterday, immediately recognized Gao Xianda, who was at the forefront, and hurriedly greeted him out of the city, saying, "Lord Imagawa, it's you who are here, and it's really a long way to go." Is there something you can do? ”

Gao Xianda smiled and said, "Open the door, we are here to report to the general." ”

"Your Majesty, you're kidding." The guard said, "Didn't I report to you yesterday?" The general is not in the city. ”

Gao Xianda said: "But you also said it yourself yesterday that you didn't see the general go out." Just because someone else tells you that the general is not in the city doesn't mean that the general has really gone out. ”

"What are you talking about, my lord?" The guard looked confused.

Gao Xianda said: "If this matter has nothing to do with you, you can get out of the way quickly." If there is a real fight in a while, I am afraid that your life will not be saved. ”

Gao Xianda lightly threatened him, but no one dared to doubt the truth of what Gao Xianda said. Because on such a small matter, there is absolutely no need for him to lie.

Gao Xianda now led 3,000 men and horses to Nijo Castle, which is dozens of times the guards of Nijo Castle. These guards are not contractors, how dare they fight with so many people?

So the guard who guarded the door looked at Gao Xianda and decisively decided to get out of the way.

But he is not the captain of the guard after all, and he has no authority to decide whether to open the door or not. The gates of Nijo Castle were still closed.

The captain of the guard saw the situation below above the city walls and told himself to be calm in his heart. He took a deep breath and shouted down from the wall, "Who is down there?" What are you going to do? This is the general's residence, and you can't make a mistake! ”

Gao Xianda said: "I don't want to answer the same question too many times. I'm here to report to the general! I'll count to three, and if you don't open the door, don't blame me for the siege! ”

The captain of the guard shouted above the city walls: "The general is out, not in the city." ”

Gao Xianda smiled slightly and said, "Siege!" ”

"Yes!" His soldiers replied in unison. So the back of the ashigaru began to line up and took out the ladder for climbing the wall. The soldiers in the front row carried their spears on their backs and were ready to climb the wall.

The archers on both wings bent their bows and pointed their arrows at the top of the wall. Although they do not have a high degree of superiority, they at least have a numerical superiority.

Even with only five hundred archers, a salvo is five hundred arrows. Even if these guards on the city wall were pierced into cacti one by one, they would not be enough.

Moreover, Gao Xianda's current siege behavior cannot be regarded as disrespectful to the general. He had already informed him in advance that he had come to report to the general. Although the guards decided that the general was not in the city, no one knew where the general had actually gone.

On the other hand, because the shogun is the nominal co-lord of the world, all the daimyo in various places actually belong to the retainer of the shogun. And the shogun is controlled by the Miyoshi family, so there are no retainers of the shogun in Nijo Castle.

For a time, there was no one in these two castles who could be the master.

Gao Xianda decided that the general was still in the city, what could these guards do?

Thinking of the "demon" below that burned the 50,000 elite soldiers in the city of Guanyin Temple, the courage that the captain of the guard had finally mustered up dissipated at once.

So he hurriedly shouted, "My lord, don't attack the city!" Let's open the door! ”

Gao Xianda actually didn't really want to attack the city, he saw that the captain of the guard was instigated, smiled slightly, and raised his hand, and the soldiers of the Imagawa family immediately stopped the siege.

The captain of the guard had no choice but to open the gates and let the soldiers of the Imagawa family in.

But this behavior is no different from surrender, except that it eliminates the process of besieging the city. Gozenda had no intention of letting them go.

"Gather everyone together!" Gao Xianda ordered.

Nijo Castle was not a big city, so the soldiers patrolled around Nijo Castle and gathered all the people they could see, including the guards on the walls, which numbered less than a hundred.

Gao Xianda glanced at it, it seems that this sword general is really a general who wants to work hard. At least in his city, there are very few female dependents, only a little maid and two old mothers. Of course, in view of the quirky habits that Japanese daimyo often have, Gao Xianda carefully checked again, and Ashikaga Yoshiki didn't even have a small surname around him, which is enough to show that he doesn't have that kind of fetish either.

Only those who devote all their energy to kendo except official affairs can become a sword general.

Gao Xianda nodded, and asked these family members and guards to be detained separately and then interrogated. The main thing is about the specifics of the general's departure.

But about the departure of the general, no one even knew what was going on!

In other words, everyone felt that the shogun had indeed left Nijo Castle, but no one had seen the shogun leave, or that the shogun had told anyone where he was going.

But everyone felt that the general had left.

You pass on to me, and he passes on to him. Anyway, they are all sources of hearsay, and Gao Xianda pursued the sources one by one, and finally the route was able to circulate. Let them confront them face to face, but they still don't admit it, and say that the other party told them.

"What the hell is going on?" The more Gao Xianda asked, the more he felt that there was a problem.

"Illusion." Meng Yan said, "It's likely that they have fallen for illusion. ”

Meng Yan has gone through an illusion show that deceived 50,000 people, and now he can be called a master of illusion. Since he said it was an illusion, it is likely that it was.

"How did they do it?" Gao Xianda Road.

"I don't know." Meng Yan said, "It doesn't matter how they do it, what matters is what they want to do?" ”

"What do they want to do?" Gao Xianda asked.

"I don't know." Meng Yan shook his head.

Meng Yan, who claimed to be "Sai Zhuge ", didn't even know the reason for the incident, and Gao Xianda had no clue for a while.

"I can only start searching in Nijo Castle first." Gao Xianda said, "Another person will be sent to search for the whereabouts of Matsunaga Xiu." ”

So Gao Xianda ordered a thorough search of Nijo Castle to see if he could find any clues.

"My lord, come and see what this is?" Not long after the order was given, a foot rushed over to report to Gao Xianda.