Chikumo-gun, inside the castle tower of Hiki Castle

Nobushige Oyamada read the news of the strike, took the case, and shouted, "Good kill!" Well done! It's a pity that we couldn't slaughter all these rebellious ministers and thieves! The implication is that he regrets that Gao Shisheng failed to slaughter the city like himself, and used cruel methods to deter the rest of the people in the county.

It was quiet in the assessment room, and the charcoal in the stove was burning. If you listen carefully, there are shouts, shouts, runs, and chases outside the attic window.

The expressions of the generals in the room were also different, and the Kai samurai were mostly echoing, and the Shinano ancestors were a little more sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

A cool breeze came in through the window, bringing in the smoke and fire from outside the city.

Nobushige Oyamada and others are living in the castle tower. Under the dark iron curtain, the intricate laneways of longhouses, tulou, and thatched houses are divided into patches, and at this time, there are infinite differences, flickering torches everywhere, groups of ashigaru, and occasionally a few samurai on horseback can be seen roaring past, and billowing fireworks rise from the castle town, hovering over the rich flat castle in Tsukuma Prefecture.

In particular, in the longhouse area, where wealthy townspeople live, many places have been burned to the ground, and you can see the corpses lying in the rubble after the fire.

In the distance, several ashigaru spears kicked open a merchant house, dragged a young mother and daughter out of it, laughed and grabbed their hands and feet, and held them high. The two weak women twisted their bodies, struggled and cried, and the messy figures turned a corner and disappeared behind the house.

A few samurai on horseback who had arrived late were holding sake jugs, laughing and cursing at each other, galloping past three blocks away from the castle tower, each with a cloth bag next to his saddle, stuffed with bulging bags, and I don't know what it contained.

Eating ashes behind their horses' hooves, everyone was more or less gained, and stopped a little to look at the streets near the castle tower, still feeling sorry, but they also knew that it was the territory of the flag team, not a place where miscellaneous soldiers like them could go.

Nobushige Oyamada touched the time for a moment and asked, "How long has it been since you washed the city?" ”

Washing the city is slaughtering the city, and sealing the knife means the end of the slaughter. The defenders of Hiki Castle put up a desperate resistance, inflicting heavy casualties on the besieging Takeda Army, and immediately after the castle was broken, it was slaughtered in retaliation.

Both Gao Shisheng's murder of prisoners and Oyamada Nobushige's slaughter of the castle were intended to deter the rest of the people in the county and let them know the tragic fate of daring to resist

"By daybreak, it's exactly five hours." Seeing that no one was willing to reply, Yashiro Masakoku sighed and replied.

This kind of thing is common in Shinano in recent years. Both the Long Tail and Takeda armies have never done less after breaking the city, and after seeing more, they have become accustomed to it.

"Seal the knife after dawn, and if you violate the order after the knife is sealed, die! Rest for two days and then start pulling! Nobushige Oyamada said.

"Obey military orders!" The generals glanced at each other and agreed in unison.

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Gao Shisheng rested for a day in Baima, buried the dead, treated the wounded, took prisoners, counted the seizures plundered from the city, and ordered Lai Qing to come forward to appease the thieves and the people, and scattered all the battle-resistant Hida soldiers among them to fill the vacant soldiers of each team.

In the evening, Asahina Shinji's military order was delivered, and there were only five words: 'Attack the Thousand Nations Castle', and along with this military order, there were 500 ashigaru.

Asahina Shinji sent Gao Shisheng to enter Anyun County first, in fact, he did not expect Gao Shisheng to attack the city with only 800 people, his original plan was to divide the troops into two routes, Gao Shisheng led 800 tours, slowly pushed north, cut off the Nagao family's heavy supply to the Mori Castle Zhongrenke Army, seize the advantageous position, build a camp and wait for the army, and he himself led the main force to the round after pacifying the county, and then led the army to the round to plan the siege.

It's just that he didn't expect Gao Shisheng to go to Jiancheng in the first battle, so he simply changed his plan. No longer personally attacking Qianguo City, Gao Shisheng will be in charge of the strategy, and he will lead the main force to take Sencheng directly.

Gao Shisheng received the military order, and let his men rest for the night again, and the next morning, he transferred half of the 500 ashigaru sent to him by Asahina Shinji, and ordered them to be stationed at Hakuma to take care of the wounded soldiers and take care of the prisoners.

Then he took the rest of the army to encircle the young men among the captives, totaling more than 1,300 people, and conquered the city of a thousand countries.

Qianguo City is in the northwest direction of Baimaqi, more than 20 miles apart, it is a mountain temple originally, called Anyun Temple. In the early years of the opening of Muromachi, the monks of the temple assisted the shogunate to protect the Ogasawara clan against the invasion of the Echigo Shinta army, and was promoted to a gunbranch temple.

In the process of transforming from a temple family to a samurai family, this mountain castle changed hands several times, and the descendants of the monks in the temple had long been scattered in the war rebellion.

There are 500 defenders in the Thousand Kingdoms City, although there are few soldiers, but compared to the hundreds of thousands of people in the other branch cities, they are the most elite, all from the army under the command of Murakami Yoshikiyo, and the Shaoda Shigetaka who is in charge of the garrison talks about bravery, which is slightly inferior to Otani Munenao, but it is quite resourceful.

When the news came that Hakuma had been captured by the Imagawa army in half a day, Shaotian Shigetaka was shocked.

In his mind, no matter how poor the defenders in the White Horse Fortress were, relying on the garrison of the mountain castle, it was completely possible to drag it out until the food was exhausted, so he deliberately sent the Hida soldiers over, hoping that Otani Muenao and others could hold on for as long as possible, so that he could have enough time to unite the troops.

When the time came, whether it was to lead troops to rescue, or to let people hurry up to plunder grain and straw in the countryside, or build more fortifications to deal with the siege of the enemy, they did not expect to surrender so soon.

He summoned all the warriors of the city and told them about it, and the people present were horrified.

Shimazaki Keiganobu said, "The thieves of the Gao clan were brave and good at fighting, and with only 800 people, they broke through the 2,000 troops of Otani Bizen and forced the surrender of Hakuba Castle. Now that Asahina Shinji has given him another 500 troops, plus the coerced surrender army, it is impossible to say that he has nearly 2,000 people, but there are only 500 defenders in my city, and they are definitely not his opponents. Qianbei, let's hurry up and send the defenders of the Black House and the Left Hidden Houses to assemble in the city! ”

Although the three of Murakami Yoshikiyo were forced to denounce by Ashigaru and did not dare to execute all the leaders, they didn't need to think about the affairs of the Echigo Exite, and were sent to Yasuun County from afar to join the remnants of the Nishina family against the Takeda Army.

In fact, most of the Murakami troops in the city were the group of ashigaru who made trouble at the beginning, and it is no wonder that Shoda Tsunekisuke was reluctant to come over to lead under the pretext of bereavement.

Shao Tian frowned, and replied, "How could I not know that there are few soldiers in the city, and I am afraid that they are not their opponents?" In the eyes of the people of all countries, they only care about their own selfish interests, and there is a document of 'encircling but not forgiving', and it would be good if they didn't take the initiative to ask for surrender, how could they come to rescue us? ”

All the warriors were indignant and said angrily, "If we are defeated, what good will they do?" ”

Shaotian Chonggao also had nothing to do, and said, "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to close the city gate tightly, and you can't hold it out." ”

The samurai of the Murakami army in the city were speechless, and Shigetaka Shoda was known for his resourcefulness in the Murakami army, since there was no better way, he had to accept his method, and went to each team to gather Ashigaru to go to the castle and strictly garrison it.

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Gao Shisheng led the troops out of the White Horse and entered the city of a thousand countries.

Because of the lack of pedestrians, there are few pedestrians on the road, and occasionally there are mostly homeless people who have avoided the army, unclothed and unkempt, and when they pass by, they either kneel on the side of the road with a sluggish expression, or flee far away.

After nearly ten miles of troops, they reached a junction, from which a fork in the road turned westward. Lai Qing, who led the way, pointed the way to the west and said, "Keep moving along this main road, walk for more than ten miles to the Black House Pavilion, and then turn east and walk for more than ten miles."

Ono Tadaaki glanced at the fork in the road to the west and asked, "Where does this road lead?" ”

Lai Qing hesitated for a moment, and reluctantly replied, "This road leads to my Lianzhao Temple..."

Gao Shi Sheng Lema stopped, looked at the nearby terrain, and there were indeed a few black spots on the mountain in the distance, and said, "Huh? This road originally led to the senior brother's palace? ”

Lai Qing hurriedly replied respectfully, "Yes, not far from the west, there is my Lianzhao Temple." ”

He said in his heart, "When you get down to the Thousand Kingdoms City, if you have the opportunity, you have to go to Lianzhao Temple to pay homage." ”

Renshoji Temple is a famous temple in Shinano, and the presiding officer of the temple is revered, and it is the eighth generation of Honganji Temple, after Renru. In addition to the Shimoma clan, there is also the Fugashi clan, and the two families alternately control the secular affairs in the temple.

Tomigashi was born into the Fujiwara Ukeiryu samurai family, and was appointed as the guardian of Kaga Province because of his meritorious service in following the Ashikaga clan. After the two years of long enjoyment, after the Tomigashi clan was wiped out, many of the rebellious families changed to the position of the official of Kanazawa Gobo, and it is said that one of them came to Shinano. Renshoji Temple is a famous temple in Shinano, and the presiding officer of the temple is revered, and it is the eighth generation of Honganji Temple, after Renru. In addition to the Shimoma clan, there is also the Fugashi clan, and the two families alternately control the secular affairs in the temple.

According to Hamana Nobumitsu's plan, he beheaded Otani Muenao, and then adopted Ono Tadaaki's advice to slaughter all the captured Hokushin clans.

Sure enough, after seeing the hundreds of broken human heads raised on the flagpole, the villagers and wild villages along the road realized that the slaughter of the city was not a lie, and they all led the crowd to surrender, begging to return to the umbrella of the Takeda family.

The Imagawa army can be called a triumphant advance all the way, and Gao Shisheng will pardon all the previous sins for these 'good people' who took the initiative to surrender, regardless of whether they attacked and killed the acting officials before or raised troops to cause chaos.

In addition to paying the 'system money' to Gao Shisheng, each village also had to provide corresponding miscellaneous soldiers and soldiers in strict accordance with the military service order as the precursor for the Imagawa army to attack Senkoku Castle.

Unwilling to submit to the might of the Imagawa army, the crowd also abandoned and fled, fled into the mountains and forests to continue to act against the rule of the Takeda family, but the defenders in the Black House Pavilion were quite ambitious, and after dispersing the old and weak people, only about 200 young men were left to resist stubbornly in the city.

The Black House Pavilion is just a small bar, the slab is not high, only two rooms up and down, and it is not a mountain city with steep terrain, and there is not even a trench to protect the city, so people can't tell whether the defenders in the city are brave or stupid.

However, in the eyes of the Imagawa army, there is no difference between the two, anyway, after the city is broken, it is a group of dead people, and the dead people don't care if they are brave or stupid.

After successively absorbing the miscellaneous troops from various towns in Anyun County, Gao Shisheng's army had increased to more than 2,000 people, and it was just right to use the heads of the defenders in the city to deter this wavering group of Shinano people, and let them know that the only way to survive was to serve the Imagawa army with peace of mind.

Gao Shisheng lined up outside the two towns outside the city, waved his army, and the drummer beside him urged the army to go out of the battle, and the order was mainly based on the flag team, supplemented by thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, and launched a comprehensive attack, and thousands of people advanced to the city, carrying the temporary ladder and piling drum to bravely attach to the city.

Originally, it was just a parade of miscellaneous soldiers full of mixed formations, but under the constraints of Gao Shisheng's strict military law, it already had the appearance of a somewhat standing army, and the army attacking the city was half Imagawa Army, and half was Shinano's miscellaneous army.

Compared with the weakness of Shinano's miscellaneous soldiers, the high morale of the Imagawa army is particularly highlighted.

Two days ago, after a battle, today marched more than 20 miles, after a little rest, under the order of the main general, hundreds of ashigaru can still be selected to attack the city, this may be the standing army under the command of the Sengoku daimyo, the most ordinary ashigaru can easily do, but in the eyes of the defenders of the city and Shinano, who are composed of ordinary people, can only be described as brave and good at fighting.

Ono Tadaaki offered a plan to kill the prisoners, so that the white horse was bloodless to open the city, and the number of merits should be a shot, Naito Mitsuhide captured the enemy in the second time, Hasegawa Hayato went into battle and killed several samurai in a row but did not have any weight, so he could only be relegated to third.

Seeing that the other two easily got a large bounty, and he only had a pitiful thirty yuan of money, this made Hasegawa Hayabusa depressed in his heart, he secretly gritted his teeth, this time he must come out on top, this unlucky Hirayama Party samurai was wearing big armor, lined with leather armor, and took his team to join the city first.

Ono Tadaaki, Oi Mori and other generals led by Shinano Yorikei gathered in the front line, and the entourage watched the battle, and Takashi Mori dismounted and held a sword to personally supervise the battle.

The sound of the drums was high and excited, invigorating the morale of the army. Hasegawa Hayabusa took the lead, facing the arrows of the defenders at the head of the castle, climbing the ladder and climbing the sword, protected by two layers of armor inside and outside, and the arrows fired by the enemy did not have any effect on him at all.

There was just a group of people in the Black House Pavilion, who didn't have much experience in joint battles, and didn't know how to defend the city.

Hayabusa Hayabusa and a few other bannermen turned over and jumped onto the castle, shouting loudly, slashing and slashing, killing several people in a row with their swords, invincible, protecting the slab that built the cloud ladder, and receiving the ashigaru people below to enter the castle.

After receiving dozens of people, half of them were left to continue to take care of the ladder, and the remaining twenty or so people were killed at the door of the museum. The defenders in the city are only more than 200 people, but the Itako has four sides to guard, and the side that was attacked by the Hasegawa Hayato is because it is the main gate, and the defenders are relatively more, but there are less than 100 people, how can they resist.

More than 20 people under the leadership of Hasegawa Hayato directly went to the castle, helping the friendly troops who were still carrying wooden stakes outside the hall to open the wooden door.

Nagata Mori, Naito Mitsuhide, and Kitazhuang Moritada each led their troops and swarmed in, and the defenders of the city either surrendered on their knees or abandoned the city and fled, the former was directly executed on the spot by the Imagawa army who was ordered to slaughter the city, and the latter was killed by random arrows as soon as he left the city.

Those who were lucky enough not to be hit by an arrow and escaped a hundred and ten steps were also intercepted and killed by the horseback envoys, and were dragged alive on the ground after being roped to death.

The people of the Shinano family who had asked for surrender early were all frightened, starting from the siege of the Black House Pavilion to breaking down the door, but it was only a moment, and the killing was half an hour.

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