"Your Highness, what are your plans?" Before the attack, Amano Jingde asked Yu Qiuping in a low voice.
"What are your plans?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.
"Are you planning to..." Masayuki Sanada, who was walking aside, took over, "do you want to do something hasty and quick...or..."
Yu Qiuping frowned and glanced at Tokiwa Bei who was following him. The battle in the morning did not bring many casualties to them who had experienced hundreds of battles. Only six people were killed and twenty-five were injured. Now everyone's
There should be no problem with the situation. Yu Qiuping understood that Amano Keitoku and Sanada Masayuki felt that Yu Qiuping might be selfish, and did not want to be cruel to their former colleagues, nor did they want their subordinates to pay too many meaningless casualties.
Yu Qiuping looked at the castle tower where the shouts of killing continued and sighed. Uden Changzhao had been resisting inside for several hours, but he had no intention of surrendering. Yu Qiuping already understood that he would be like what he had done in his previous life.
Be loyal to the Imagawa family until the very end.
"It's better for us to take down the castle tower," Yu Qiuping shook his head gently, "At least... we can make His Highness Uden die a more dignified death."
Amano Keitoku and Sanada Masayuki looked at each other in silence.
"I know what you are thinking," Yu Qiuping turned around, "Of course I will not pay heavy casualties for this, and I am not a fool."
"The troops directly under Oda Nobunaga are attacking now," Yu Qiuping called his lord by name without much respect. "They have just started attacking. They will definitely not retreat easily, but will continue to fight for a while."
time."
"Do you still remember how the Hojo family attacked me when I was trapped in Imamiya Castle Castle?" Yu Qiuping suddenly smiled.
"What do you mean by His Highness..." Sanada Masayuki frowned, "Use a ladder to directly attack the upper levels of the castle tower?"
"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded, "Go ahead and let everyone bring the ladder over."
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As expected, the troops directly under Oda Nobunaga were not willing to withdraw so quickly. Yu Qiupei also took advantage of them to attract the attention of the castle tower and shuttled through the residential areas in the city with ladders.
Block the line of sight. When the distance was about the same, Tokiwabi suddenly appeared from the four directions of the castle tower carrying a ladder. The Imagawa family samurai ashigaru stationed on the second floor were busy fighting with the Oda family ashigaru on the bottom floor, and the samurai ashigaru of the third floor
The Imagawa family samurai Ashigaru Nori had been fighting for a long time and had come to rest. They were exhausted and did not pay too much attention to the ladder that appeared. It was not until Tokiwabei's troops rushed forward that they realized that something was wrong.
"Your Highness!" A general reported to Yudian Changzhao vigilantly: "There seems to be something strange about Yu Qiuping's rebellious subordinates!"
Having been fighting for almost half an hour, Uden Changzhao, who was covered in blood, was leaning in the corner of the three-story house to rest. As soon as he heard something strange, he immediately picked it up and walked towards the corridor. Waiting until he
After walking to the corridor, they were immediately stunned. Tokiwabei's red leaf soldiers had already rushed to the four directions of the castle tower carrying ladders. They had stopped and were moving the ladders to the corridor on the third floor of the castle tower.
Install it!
Uden Nagateru swallowed his saliva and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. Without saying much, he immediately called up the exhausted samurai ashigaru who had been replaced to rest, and hurriedly came to the open-air corridor to defend themselves.
A moment later, four ladders were photographed one after another on the outer wall of the corridor. Uden Nagasho immediately ordered his subordinates to try to push the ladder out of the wall. However, since everyone had almost no strength, they just retreated the southern ladder.
.In the three directions of east, west, north and west, red leaf soldiers have jumped onto the ladder. The huge weight makes it impractical to push the ladder out.
At the same time, the Oda army nearby also realized Yu Qiupei's intention to attack. Ikeda Tsuneaki and other Oda family generals who had a good relationship with Yu Qiupei also immediately summoned their subordinates to shoot bows and arrows at the third floor of the castle tower. They did not expect a battle at first.
In such a situation, the Imagawa family did not prepare bows and arrows at all, and it was difficult to resist the suppression of the Oda family's bows and arrows. With Honda Tadakatsu, Yoshioka Katsumasa, and Fukushima Yasunari leading the Joban Bei Ashgaru boarded the three
Building, the exhausted Imagawa family samurai were unable to resist, and were shot down or chopped down in large numbers in the corridor. The remaining people, led by Uden Nagateru, retreated to the interior of the third floor. However, those on the second floor were still resisting.
The Imagawa family's Ashigaru samurai also lost their way of retreat. They were attacked from both sides and were wiped out on the second floor.
After Yu Qiuping ensured safety in the corridor on the third floor, he climbed up the corridor himself through the ladder. The door of the conference room on the third floor of the castle tower was tightly closed, and the situation inside could be seen vaguely through the flickering figures.
"There are about seven or eight people left." Fukushima Yasunari walked to Yu Qiupei and reported to him. "Do you have any instructions from His Highness? But do you want me to command a strong attack?"
"Did we have any casualties during the attack just now?" Yu Qiuping asked.
Fukushima Yasunari was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Four people were killed."
"Then stop fighting..." Yu Qiuping felt a pain in his heart, "You are all good subordinates who are willing to break up your family and follow me. I feel bad every time one of you falls."
"Then Your Highness..." Fukushima Yasunari said with some uneasiness: "It's not good to retreat like this... It may give the Oda Palace the impression that you retain your strength and still have old feelings for the Imagawa family."
Yu Qiuping sighed. He suddenly realized that he had sighed a lot recently. He shook his head at Fukushima Yasunari, then waved his hand and made a silent gesture to signal to Tokiwa Bei's subordinates in the corridor.
calm down.
When the environment in the corridor gradually became quiet, Yu Qiuping took a step forward and kept a safe distance from the door of the assessment room. Then, he said in a strange tone: "Your Highness, Your Highness."
He paused, then chose to salute the door with clasped fists, "Yu Qiuping, please see me."
The voice was not loud, but Yu Qiuping believed that Udian Changzhao inside the door could definitely hear it.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of curses inside the door. "Rebellion! You still have the nerve to talk!" "Hongye traitor! Come in and fight to the death!" The curses continued, and the Hongye soldiers in the corridor could hear them clearly.
, everyone was filled with anger. Honda Tadakatsu and Yoshioka Katsumasa even frowned. They drew their knives in their hands and were about to go up and fight. Naoe Tadahira and Sanada Masayuki hurriedly stopped them.
After a long time, the scolding gradually subsided, and calm returned to the third floor. The troops directly under the Oda family on the second floor seemed to be very dissatisfied with Yu Qiuping's procrastination, and had already sent people up to urge Yu Qiuping to speed up the attack, otherwise they would be willing to do it for them.
After a while, a tired voice sounded from the door.
"Open the door." Uden Changzhao whispered.
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The door was opened with a bang, and the situation inside the room was clear. Only seven samurai were still standing, and two samurai were lying in a pool of blood in the room. They probably died not long ago. Uden Nagasho's body was covered with blood.
It was blood. The armor on his right arm had been removed and was surrounded by a bandage that had been dyed red. There was a big cut at the corner of the eye, and the blood was still flowing slowly. There was also some hair in the bun.
His black hair was scattered casually on his face covered with coagulated blood. There were several arrows stuck in the armor in front of him, probably from those he had just been shot at. His left hand holding the knife was also stained with blood.
There was blood flowing down his sleeves. The few people beside him, probably his Hatamoto samurai, were all injured. Even though they were about to die, there was no compassion or despair in their eyes, but instead they were full of pride.
and resentment towards Yu Qiuping.
"Your Highness Udono." Yu Qiuping's heart trembled when he saw the tragic situation in front of him. The few samurai beside Udono Changsho and the other two were the ones who received them when he and Asahina Taehyung ran to Takake Castle.
, which made his conscience feel uncomfortable even more.
"Between us and the enemy, just call Uden Changzhao." Uden Changzhao said coldly.
Yu Qiuping's Adam's apple squirmed violently, and he lowered his head slightly, "Out of respect for His Highness, I..."
"But I don't respect rebellion." Uden Changteru interrupted unceremoniously.
"Your Highness!" Yu Qiuping suddenly became excited, "I'm not a rebel! I'm really not a rebel! The death of Your Highness the Governor has nothing to do with me! If I hadn't been exiled! I would also..."
Yu Qiuping was about to say out loud, "I will not join the enemy Oda family", but suddenly realized that the second floor and outside the castle tower were full of Oda family samurai. If he said this, he would probably be finished.
It had reached his mouth, but he swallowed it back forcefully.
"You know nothing?" Yudian Changzhao obviously understood what Yu Qiuping swallowed back. He snorted disdainfully, shook his head, and said coldly: "Joining the enemy, what is it if it's not rebellion?"
Yu Qiuping was stunned on the spot and wanted to retort, but didn't know what to say.
"Your Highness, the Governor of the House, is still alive. Your Highness, Sena, is willing to die in exchange for your life." Uden Nagatera suddenly exploded, and said sternly in a devil-like tone: "First, abandon Owari and start a civil war! Then, let the Matsudaira family live.
In exchange for support in an independent way, Mikawa was lost! In the end, there was a big fight in the Yuanjiang territory! After being defeated, he immediately turned to the enemy, the enemy who killed the family governor's hall, and then led the enemy to attack the Imagawa family! What do you want to do to the Imagawa family?
Like this! Are you treating the two deceased highnesses like this? Are you worthy of the Imagawa family? Are you worthy of Princess Feng? Are you worthy of the spirits of the two highnesses in heaven? Beasts!"
Uden Changzhao never spoke much. Yu Qiuping had never seen Udian Changzhao say such a long sentence in one breath. It was obvious that he was extremely angry.
"With the capture of Otaka Castle, you are now completely cut off from the Imagawa family." Uden Nagasaki's eyes were filled with blood. He looked past the place where Yu Qiuping was and looked straight out the door to the open space outside the castle tower.
.There stands Yu Qiuping’s horse print—the maple bird flag.
"You're still worthy..." Uden Nagataru was about to raise his knife and point it at Maple Bird Flag. The severe pain in his left hand made him take a breath, and the knife fell weakly. He paused and took a deep breath.
With a tone of voice, as if he was exerting all his strength, he raised his bloody hand and pointed with two fingers at the maple bird flag outside the castle tower. "Are you worthy of using the flag given to you by the Governor of the House? Are you worthy of the Governor of the House?
Your Highness is so kind to you! You are not worthy of being a retainer of the Imagawa family!"
Yu Qiuping stood there blankly, unable to say a word. Facing the awe-inspiring righteousness of Uden Changteru, who was truly a loyal retainer of the Imagawa family, Yu Qiuping was truly ashamed. Yes, he could commit seppuku, too.
He could die as a martyr, but he couldn't do it...
I want to avenge His Highness the Governor!
How Yu Qiuping wished that he could shout these words loudly, tell Uden Nagataru, and tell these loyal ministers and good generals of the Imagawa family that he was not a traitor! He had not failed the family governor! He had not failed the kindness of the Imagawa family! What he was thinking about
They are all avenging His Highness the Governor!
However, among so many subordinates of the Oda family, he couldn't speak out.
Or... he didn't dare to say it. Because maybe revenge is just an excuse for him to live an ignoble existence? Is it an excuse for him to be afraid of death?
Every word Udono Changteru said cut into his heart like a knife. The angry expression of Tokiwa Bei Shigaru behind him gradually faded away, replaced by deep powerlessness and sadness.
Looking at Yu Qiuping's expression, Yudian Changzhao shook his head disdainfully. He took off his waistband in two or two movements, slowly knelt down, and awkwardly pulled out the ribs from his waist with his scarred left hand.
To be continued...