After sending Urakami Munekage away, Yamana Yutoyo coughed twice, and Kuroda Takako, who had been waiting in the inner room, slowly walked out.
"Kuroda-sama, everything will be done as you wish." Yamana Yutaka signaled to Kuroda Takaka.
"Your Highness Koyamana." Kuroda Takagao slowly closed the door to the inner room, pulled the brim of his cloak, and better hid his face in the shadows, "The Oda family will remember your contribution.
Your income will not be less."
"Sir Kuroda, don't blame me for talking too much." Yamana Yutaka suddenly raised his hand and called out to Kuroda Takataka who was about to go out. Kuroda Takataka turned around and could only see the outline of his face under the hood.
"Whether we attack the city directly or wait for us to surrender, it will only take a few days." As Yamana Yutaka spoke, another burst of cannon fire came, as if to prove what Yamana Yutaka said. Yamana Yutaka paused.
He rubbed his rough and old cheeks with his hands and sighed, "I am naturally willing to cooperate with the Oda family for the sake of the survival of the Yamano family. But what is the purpose of all this hard work? Is there any meaning?"
"Do you need to know this?" Kuroda Takaka responded coldly.
"If you don't know, there are many things of varying importance. It will be difficult to contact you at that time. If something went wrong and delayed the Oda family's affairs, I can't bear it." Yamana Yutaka smiled bitterly twice, with a voice unique to the elderly.
He was hoarse, and the questions the old man asked were hard to refuse.
"The Ukita Nao family, Niko Katsuhisa, and Urakami Munekage must all die in the city." Kuroda Takataka gave a very brief reply, and then a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Your Highness Yamana, is this reply okay?"
"That's enough." Yamana Yutaka's eyelids trembled for a moment, then he raised his trembling hand and waved, "Send Kuroda-sama out of the city."
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Soon after, the Uki family welcomed a secret visitor to the barracks on the west side of Ninomaru.
"Lord, are you here?" Ukita Naoie watched his men welcome Urakami Munekage into the camp. He immediately showed a frightened smile and stepped forward to greet him. "How dare I bother you to come here in person? I'm not far away.
Welcome, I’m really ashamed.”
"Did you go crazy after your son's death?" Urakami Munekage squinted his eyes and looked at Ukita Naoie, whose expression management was almost abnormal, "It's been too permeable these days."
"Huh? My lord, you said I'm crazy?" Ukita Naoie laughed exaggeratedly, and then suddenly sat down on the horse, "Then tell me, am I right? Has Yutaka Yamana and Akechi already met?
Guangxiu has colluded and is ready to surrender to Kaesong and sell us?"
"It's you, not us." Urakami Munekage coldly put his hands behind his back and glared condescendingly at the Ukita Nao family, "The Urakami family has already obtained His Highness Yamana's permission to ask His Highness Akechi to surrender together with him.
The only one who needs to be eliminated is you, the Ukita Nao family."
"If the lord really believed it, why would he come to me?" Ukita Naoka sneered twice to himself, then straightened up and stared at Urakami Munekage, "You always want to kill me in your dreams, right?
To be able to force you to come and cooperate with me means that His Highness Yamana cannot trust you at all."
"Ukita Naoie, remember that you have such a villainous face." Urakami Munekage raised his chin and snorted coldly, and whispered in a sinister tone, "Sooner or later I will tear that face of yours to pieces.
"
"Then at least it will have to wait until we get out of Tottori Castle alive, right?" Ukita Naoie stood up holding his knees and stretched out his hand to Urakami Munekage.
"What are you going to do?" Urakami Munekage ignored Ukita Naoie's extended hand and asked simply.
"The Akechi Army will probably enter the city tonight." Ukita Naoie licked his chapped lips and murmured, "Before that, seize Tottori Castle and kidnap Yamana Yutoyo."
"Then what? Where can you escape from the Oda family's dragnet?"
"Don't run away, negotiate, use Yamana Yutaka's life as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Oda family." The Ukita Nao family took out a bracelet from somewhere and kept spinning it leisurely on his index finger.
"I'm afraid the people of the Oda family want us to die together. Who will negotiate with you?" Urakami Munekage laughed sarcastically, "I think you are really losing your mind and going crazy."
"Hashiba Hideyoshi definitely wants to kill us all, but Akechi Mitsuhide doesn't necessarily want to. He values ​​​​bloodline, and he will most likely want to keep the famous Yamana clan. We will not make excessive demands, but we just want to survive. Compared to
The safety of the entire Yamana clan is in danger, so it doesn’t matter if we accept these trivial wishes, right?”
"Survive? How can you survive if you hand over your military power and have no territory? Are you pointing out that everyone in the Oda family is a good person?" Urakami Munekage sarcastically said again.
"There really is such a person in the Oda family." Ukita Naoie's eyes flashed, and he tightly grasped the bracelet on his finger, "Ameki Momiji... As long as he is present in the negotiation, the agreement reached will be abided by.
, our lives are guaranteed.”
"How boring is Yuqiu Hongye, trying to save the lives of those of us who are of no use to him? Not to mention that you twice designed to kill him?" Urakami Munekage's tone became more and more sarcastic, while using soft words
Keeping your heels on the ground and stepping on your toes back and forth, you said sarcastically.
"Because he has a good reputation for making promises worth a thousand dollars. We, the desperate ants, are not worth it for him to give up this reputation. This good reputation must be saved for a more critical and fatal opportunity of betrayal in the future." Ukita Naoie suddenly said
He laughed ferociously, making Urakami Munekage feel a little embarrassed.
"In the final analysis, the probability of success of this plan is too low. Not only must we succeed in capturing Yutoyo Yamana before Akechi's army enters the city, but we must also hope that both Akechi Mitsuhide and Ua Qiupei want to negotiate rather than use force to solve the problem, and finally
I hope we can get good terms from the negotiations." Urakami Munekage sighed, and his face became a little gloomy, "This is simply a fool's errand. It's better to surrender directly and ask Mitsuhide Akechi to save a way out."
"If you don't want to do it, I won't force you. Just leave quickly and don't hinder me." Naoka Ukita took a few steps forward and walked to Urakami Munekage. He said almost face to face, "I don't have it right now.
I'll kill you in vain, my lord, hurry up and leave."
"Why are you so persistent?" Urakami Munekage swallowed and asked in a deep voice.
"I can't accept the ending of begging for mercy and then being exiled to some island alone. If I can't preserve my strength, how can I avenge Hachiro?" Ukita Naoie's eyes were empty and dark, a bit scary.
"This is the last meaning of my survival..."
"My people have roughly found out. That is the information that countless people died before being sent to the city during the siege." The corners of Ukita Naoya's mouth twitched and grinned in an exaggerated arc, "The person who killed Hachiro should be
That Kuroda Takataka who served Hideyoshi Hashiba. Even if he dies, even if he goes to the eighteenth level of hell, I will take him away."
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"Madman." Urakami Munekage walked out of the Uki family barracks and kept muttering this word in a low voice.
Before Urakami Munekage returned, the Ukita Nao family had already persuaded Nizi Katsuhisa to go forward and retreat with him. Nizi Katsuhisa and Yamana Yutoyo had an old grudge about being betrayed, so they naturally applauded the attack on Yamana Yutoyo. Moreover, Nizi Katsuhisa also
Understandably, there is still a glimmer of hope for the Nao family Ukita and Munekage Urakami to surrender directly. However, as a traitor from the Oda family, Katsuhisa, his wife, would definitely die if he surrendered.
According to the plan of the Ukita Nao family, Urakami Munekage's task is to keep an eye on the north gate of Tottori Castle where the Ukita family's barracks are located - the Nizi family's barracks are also here. The two families must work together to prevent the Akechi army from entering the city. A mutiny is launched at the Ukita Nao family.
After attacking Tottori Castle Honmaru, the two families must immediately respond and seize the north gate of Tottori Castle to prevent the Akechi Army from entering the city. After that, they only need to wait until the Ukita Nao family's troops seize control of Tottori Castle.
Already.
Urakami Munekage looked back at the castle tower of Tottori Castle - it had been bombed to pieces. Even at this time, Yamana Yutaka still didn't trust Urakami Munekage and refused to tell Urakami Munekage the specific action arrangements.
It was the reason that prompted Urakami Munekage to eventually fall to the Ukita Nao family - God knows whether in the agreement reached by Yamana Yutaka and Akechi Mitsuhide, all three of their daimyo from Sanyodo were sold. Urakami Munekage couldn't think of it anyway, Yamana
The reason why Youfeng deliberately left himself a way to survive.
"It just so happens that the arrangement given to me by Yamana Yutaka is also to focus on the Nizi family, so I will not make Yamana Yutaka suspicious for the time being at the north gate..." Just as Urakami Munekage was thinking about his little ninety-nine, he suddenly heard something behind him.
There was a burst of noise from the direction, followed by shouts of death and panic.
"What's going on?" Urakami Munekage hurriedly turned around and saw that there was a chaos under the west gate of Tottori Castle. The sky was already dark and it was difficult to see clearly from a distance. Urakami Munekage climbed up with the help of the guards.
I climbed up to the second floor of a house and hurriedly looked over there, only to see large numbers of Hashiba troops pouring in from the west city gate.
"Hashiba Army..." Urakami Munekage was so stunned that he couldn't recover for a while. After a long time, he stiffly turned his head and turned his attention to the north gate, "Didn't it mean that the wise army entered the city from the north gate...how to enter?
It’s Yu Chai’s army from Xicheng who is in charge of the city…”
However, it did not give Urakami Munekage much time to think. The Ukita army, which was caught off guard, was quickly defeated by the sudden attack of the Hashiba army and the flanking attack of the Yamana army. Urakami Munekage's facial expression gradually solidified, and he looked around at the guards around him.
Then he said helplessly: "Put down your weapons and please surrender. Send an envoy and we will surrender."
However, what Urakami Munekage waited for was not the envoys who came to accept the surrender, but the surging Hashiba army. They did not give Urakami Munekage any chance to defend themselves, and indiscriminately killed everyone in the Urakami family. After noticing
The same Nizi army tried to break through the north gate and escape, but failed. The Hashiba army that was rushed to them was all wiped out. That night, Tottori Castle was successfully suppressed.
Chapter completed!