After Kai Hokusuna became intimate with him, Oda Nobunaga immediately went to arrest people from the surrendering army and use them to create defense plans. However, the samurai and senior officers refused, and even though Oda Nobunaga threatened to die, he remained unwavering.
"I am ashamed of my lord by surrendering. My lord has treated me like this, how can I repay him with kindness?" Another samurai who committed suicide under the force of the Oda army replied before his death.
Since the samurai are all hard-nosed, Oda Nobunaga started with the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands. Who would have thought that these people who are usually the weakest and most vulnerable to bullying would reject the Oda family's requests one by one. However, in the face of
When the Oda family was tortured and threatened with death, many people could no longer bear it any longer and drew random drawings on paper. None of the defense plans drawn by dozens of auxiliary soldiers and civilians were the same - obviously they were all in the same place.
Fool the Oda family.
When Oda Nobunaga saw this, he was furious and ordered all the civilians who drew the pictures to be executed. These people who surrendered originally had the best of the Asai family in mind, and felt very guilty for surrendering in an ignoble way. Now it was clear that they could not survive even if they surrendered.
Anger arose in their hearts, and they all resisted. However, because they did not bring weapons when they surrendered, the uprising of the surrendering soldiers was quickly suppressed. Even so, no one was willing to leak the information about Xiaodani City.
"These are just surrendering troops, yet they are so loyal to the Asai family." Niwa Nagahide and Amakihei were ordered by Oda Nobunaga to appease the remaining people. Seeing so many surrendering troops who would rather die than say anything, Niwa Nagahide
I couldn't help but sigh, "How determined must those people in the city be who are determined to fight to the end?"
"A righteous warrior like Nagamasa, any passionate man would want to risk his life to follow him." Yu Qiuping looked at the white eagle flag flying high at the top of Otani Castle and couldn't help but sigh: "Although the Asai family is so disparate,
Facing the quantitative difference, we are doomed to fail, but the price paid by the Oda family will definitely not be small."
"Your Highness Nagahide, my lord still has no intention of persuading you to surrender?" Thinking of this, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but sigh and asked Niwa Nagahide softly.
"No, we old guys have tried to persuade me several times, but the lord has not relented at all. Instead, he got angry. Even Princess Ashi, the lord's favorite, writes letters every day to persuade her, but she ignores them. It seems that the lord has made up his mind.
Now." Niwa Nagahide shook his head and whispered, "You have also seen how my lord dealt with the Asakura family's red leaves, I guess..."
"I guess the Asai family is also in trouble..." Yu Qiuping heard the second half of Niwa Nagahide's words and whispered helplessly.
"Furthermore, Kitaomi River is a strategic location for the Oda family, ensuring smooth communication between Kinki and Ono's base. My lord will never tolerate this life channel being controlled by others." Niwa Nagahide thought for a moment.
, whispered again, "Even if the lord is willing to persuade the Asai family to surrender, he must require the Asai family to hand over all their territories, and the Asai family's history as a daimyo will come to an end. Hongye, you are the most familiar with His Highness Asai, and with his temperament, you
Do you think you will accept such conditions?"
"No." Yu Qiuping said with some difficulty the answer he didn't want not to hear. "That idiot will definitely choose to die." At this time, he suddenly felt a little emotional. He had always thought about giving Oda
Nobunaga made it clear and asked him to forgive Asai Nagamasa. As everyone knows, such a result may be against Asai Nagamasa's own wishes. According to his wishes, even if he died as a martyr, he would never surrender, right? Yu Qiupei's thoughts in the past three years
, maybe it’s just wishful thinking.
"I'm wondering if the casualties caused by the attack on Xiaogu City are too large, will the lord change his mind and start thinking about peace?
." Niwa Nagahide suddenly said, and then he shook his head, "But with my lord's temperament, if he can't come to the stage, he will definitely not be willing to negotiate for peace."
"The casualties will definitely not be small." Yu Qiuping nodded and looked at the white eagle flag at the top of Xiaogu City again, "With Changzheng here and the eagle at the ready, we will not fall easily no matter what."
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As Yu Qiuping expected, the Oda family's attack was met with resolute resistance. The strong gate of Otani Castle made the city ram completely powerless, forcing the Oda army to use ants to attack the city as a method of attack. And the iron at the top of the city
Cannons and bows and arrows caused huge casualties to the Oda army who ascended the city. The Oda army attacked fiercely for a whole morning, but still failed to reach the top of the city.
In the afternoon, the Oda army finally made a breakthrough on several sections of the city wall. However, the Oda army that climbed the city was beaten to pieces by the Eagles, and there was no way to make any progress. Oda Nobunaga, who got angry, ordered the iron cannon
He and the archers launched an indiscriminate attack on the city head, attacking both themselves and the Asai family members, causing huge casualties to the city head. The piles of corpses on the city wall were almost as high as the battlements. However,
The Asai family's eagle was prepared to fight to the death and pushed back the Oda army again.
The next day, Oda Nobunaga personally rushed to the city to supervise the formation and ordered the supervising team to draw a line outside the city. Anyone who retreated beyond this line would be killed. Oda Nobunaga's urging measures achieved a certain effect.
Led by fierce generals such as Katsuie and Takigawa Kazumasushi, they launched a frenzied attack on Otani Castle. However, Nagamasa Asai led Hatamoto to appear at the top of the city in person at the critical juncture, taking the lead in fighting on the front line and defeating him alone.
They killed more than a dozen samurai of the Oda family, which greatly boosted their morale. Under Asai Nagamasa's counterattack, the Oda army's attack on the second day still failed. The Oda family looked at the gate of Kotani Castle, as if they were watching
It is as despairing as facing an impenetrable natural moat.
That night, that is, the night of May 7, the impregnable city gate suddenly opened. After receiving the report, Oda Nobunaga immediately led a group of retainers to ride horses to the camp in person, wanting to see what happened.
What. I saw at the city gate in the distance, three maids each holding a little girl, walking quickly towards the Oda family's camp. The three little girls were lying on the shoulders of the maids, struggling constantly, thinking
They wanted to jump off the maid's shoulders and run back to Xiaodani City. But as the gate of Xiaodani City slowly closed, the three little girls also realized that they could never go back.
I can't go back to Xiaogu City, I can't go back to their home, I can't go back to their happy and warm life.
"Does Nagamasa mean to fight to the death..." When Yu Qiuping saw Asai Nagamasa giving away Chacha, Achu, and Ajiang, the three daughters he had with Ashi, he knew that he had given up his life.
The idea of ​​​​going down was that he planned to die to express his ambition.
"But where is Ah Shi?" Yu Qiuping glanced at the three women who came with children in their arms. They were all Ah Shi's maids. Ah Shi himself did not come out with the children.
"Where's Aichi?" Oda Nobunaga, who had loved Aichi the most since childhood, asked in a low voice, somewhat anxiously, when the three maids walked to the camp gate with the crying girl in their arms.
"Reporting to Your Highness, Your Highness Asai also wants to send Princess Ashi out together, but Princess Ashi firmly refuses." A maid held the child in her arms and bowed very apologetically, "Princess Ashi asked the slave to tell His Highness that she has already
I am determined to live and die with His Highness Asai. If His Highness refuses to forgive His Highness Asai, Princess Ashi will be buried for His Highness Asai."
"Tah..." Oda Nobunaga snorted fiercely when he heard this, and the hand holding the folding fan also moved violently.
With all his strength, he held out the folding fan and made a "crunching" sound. However, when he saw the three little princesses he had liked very much before, his anger also subsided a lot. He took a deep breath and adjusted it.
The expression on his face showed a kind smile, and he took Chacha from the maid's arms with a smile, and comforted him in a low voice: "Chacha, don't be afraid, uncle is here."
"Let me go!" Who would have thought that after all, Chacha is still a little girl who is almost 10 years old. She has a little strength, and she actually breaks free from Oda Nobunaga's arms, jumps to the ground, and immediately turns her head towards the way she came.
——Running in the direction of Xiaogucheng, sobbing and crying: "I want daddy, I want mommy!"
Oda Nobunaga's face turned dark instantly - it was already very difficult for him, who was usually moody and violent, to calm down and coax his children. However, Chacha actually made a toast and refused to eat as a penalty, and dumped him in front of so many people.
The look on Oda Nobunaga's face. He immediately shouted: "Stop her!"
Upon hearing this, a dozen guards at the gate of the camp immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths, and pointed a dozen sharp samurai swords at the helpless girl. Chacha looked at the sharp swords and was so frightened that she fell to the ground.
The bright sword blocked her way, and she could only look helplessly at the brightly lit Xiaogu City in the distance, the direction of her parents, and the home she could never return to. The girl tried hard to stop
He held back his tears, but still burst into tears after a moment.
Although she is still young, she is already sensible. In the past three years, the Asai family has been deteriorating. Although her parents did not say it, she has already seen the clues in everyone's reactions. Now that the army is approaching, her two younger sisters still don't understand.
, but Chacha already knew in her heart that the Asai family was going to perish. And when Asai Nagamasa and Ashi sent the three sisters out, they probably wanted to die.
Asai Nagamasa and Ashi lied to the three of them, saying that they would go to their uncle's house to eat delicious food, and their parents would come to see them after a while. Achu and Ajiang were still young and did not understand this, but they just vaguely understood it in the atmosphere.
She noticed a hint of uneasiness. Only Chacha knew in her heart that this farewell might be an eternity. Before she left, she hugged her father and kissed her mother on the cheek again and again. Every time, she thought because this might be the last time.
She burst into tears, and then repeated it again. But she was worried about scaring her two younger sisters, so she kept silent from beginning to end, hiding all her grief in her heart. At this moment, she finally couldn't help it.
"Dad...Mom! Don't leave me...I want to go home! I want to go home! I want..." She cried and stood up, and even threw herself towards the katana regardless. There were more than a dozen guards at the door.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, a small figure flashed across the gap between Katana and Chacha. He hugged Chacha, who was rushing towards her, and stopped her. However, even though it was a hug, the hug was a bit weak——
Because there was only one arm holding the girl's back.
"Well."
Chacha was stunned for a moment, and her right hand that rushed out suddenly touched the empty sleeve, and she suddenly realized who was in front of her.
"Brother Shang..." She tried hard to stop crying, but the tears still leaked out of her mouth, and her tears wet the clothes on Yu Qiu Shang's chest, "I'm so scared..."
"Don't be afraid." Yu Qiu Shang, who subconsciously blocked her, was just a clumsy, taciturn boy. He didn't know how to make a girl cry. He just whispered in a dull voice: "I'm here."
Chapter completed!