Five hundred and twentieth chapters help in a timely manner
Just when he was about to make a plan, Maeda Toshiie came. He brought the cotton clothes and military rations that the Kinoshita Army needed most from his own territory, which relieved Tokichiro's urgent need.
"Inuchiyo!" Kinoshita Tokichiro held his hand tightly and said with a trembling voice: "If you hadn't arrived in time, then I would..."
"I've known for a long time that you're going to be in trouble. Coming to Omi Province to fight at this time without preparing cotton-padded clothes would be fatal!" Maeda Toshiie had been stationed with Shibata Katsuie in Omi Province for a long time, and he was very worried about the situation in Kita Omi Province.
familiar.
"It's good now! We don't have any worries anymore and can go on fighting with them!" Kinoshita Tokichiro shouted excitedly to the soldiers: "Don't be discouraged, everyone! Do you see? My Kinoshita family is now blessed with Dedodosuke!"
But Maeda Toshiie quietly tugged on his sleeve: "Fujikiro! Take a step to speak."
Arriving at the commander's camp, Maeda Toshiie looked around and said, "Fujikiro, how long have we known each other?"
"Yes, so many years have passed in such a flash." Kinoshita Tokichiro touched his bald head, wondering why Maeda Toshiie suddenly asked this.
"Then I'll just tell you my opinion." Maeda Toshiie hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "I told you not to get excited. I think the loss of people like you and Goshang Ryu no Sword is not worth the gain."
"What?! Do you mean to make me give up? Impossible!" Tokichiro's face turned very ugly as expected: "This guy has made me lose face! I must attack this city! Kill those swordsmen who are causing trouble.
Hang one by one!"
"Look, you're here again!" Maeda Toshikana shook his head: "You have this temper! Do you still remember what happened when you and Shibata Katsuie resisted Uesugi Renxin in Kitanojo Castle?
The impulse almost killed you! If Uesugi Yushin hadn't been unlucky enough to get injured in the end, you would have been buried in the ground by now."
Tokichiro couldn't help but lower his head after hearing these words. Maeda Toshiie probably knew him better than himself, and he had already understood that whether to attack or not to attack here did not have much to do with the overall situation.
There are more important enemies waiting for him to deal with.
But he couldn't convince himself because the oath he swore in public made him unwilling to retreat.
At that time, just when he insisted on attacking the city again, bad news came from the Eastern Front war situation: the Eastern Front Crusade Army led by Sakuma Katsunobu and Niwa Nagahide were defeated by the Takeda Army when confronting Sasanagi Masa of Iwamura Castle.
The Sanada Legion attacked, suffered heavy casualties, and was completely defeated!
"This" Tokichiro was so angry that he couldn't speak when he saw this fatal news. He never thought that such strong troops as Sakuma Moronobu and Niwa Nagahide would be defeated by the Sanada Legion!
"Hurry up and have peace talks with the defenders in the city. I guess they are not willing to face off like this for a long time!" Maeda Toshiie advised again. At this time, Tokichiro's think tanks Takenaka Hanbei and Kuroda Kanbei also advised him.
"Okay!" Tokichiro said with difficulty as if his flesh was being cut again: "I will go and negotiate with the defenders right now!"
In this way, Goshang Ryuuzuki and Kinoshita Tokichiro met for peace talks in front of the gate of Otani Castle.
The two agreed that each could only bring one guard.
Goshang Ryu no Sword brought his own military advisor Yagyu Sonan (a disciple of the Yagyu clan), while Tokichiro took his own military advisor Kuroda Kanbei.
"It's really unexpected." Goshang Ryuuzhijian said to Tokichiro in an annoying tone with a trace of air: "I didn't expect that the noble Lord Tokichiro Kinoshita would negotiate for peace with a mob like me. I'm really flattered!"
Fujiyoshiro's face suddenly changed with anger, but years of experience have taught him when to hold back: "We should actually sit down and talk a long time ago. In fact, there is no major conflict of interest between us, right? Our conflicts and disputes boil down to the final analysis.
It is caused by lack of communication and understanding. You must know that when Abeno controlled Otani Castle, he claimed that he was the real overlord of Kinki. This is something that all Oda retainers cannot forgive!"
At this time, the indifferent expression on Goshang Ryuuzuki's face was slowly receding, and he began to listen to Tokichiro's words seriously.
At this time, Tokichiro winked at Kuroda Kanbei beside him. Kuroda Kanbei quickly unfolded the map in his hand, and saw that the area around Otani Castle was marked with a red circle. Kuroda Kanbei pointed at the red circle.
Quan said: "The situation is not clear yet, but the two of us can put the dispute aside for the time being, temporarily demarcate nearly one-third of the land of the North Omi Kingdom centered on Otani Castle as your territory, and agree not to invade each other.
.I wonder what you think?"
"Stop it for now? Then what next?" Goshang Ryuuzhijian said with a smile: "I know what will happen in the future. I am not blind. It is an indisputable fact that your strength is getting stronger now. I guess once you figure it out.
We, the opponents, and all the territory occupied by the Oda retainers will all surrender to you, and then you will be the real overlord of Kinki, right?"
""Teng Yoshiro, who has always been eloquent, was suddenly speechless at this moment. He didn't expect that the swordsman Gosho Ryūno Sword, who was born as a swordsman, was so optimistic!
Yushang Longzhijian continued: "Then, you will use a force several times stronger to wipe out those of us who are stubbornly resisting without any doubt, right?"
Kuroda Kanbei saw that the atmosphere suddenly became tense and quickly smoothed things over: "Mr. Goshang, you are overthinking it!"
"Kanbei!" But Kinoshita Tokichiro stretched out his hand fiercely, with a strange grin on his face, and approached Goshang Ryu's Sword: "What you said is actually the truth!"
Yu Shang Longzhijian's face suddenly darkened! He didn't expect that the guess he casually talked about turned out to be true! At this moment, he couldn't help but worry about his future.
I saw Kinoshita Tokichiro suddenly stood up: "Since you have guessed it, then I will open the door and tell the truth. If you surrender now, you can rest easy and get a large territory around Kotani Castle. I will admit your existence at any time. I think,
As a swordsman, it is really not easy for you to reach this point today. I will run Xiaogu City as a paradise for swordsmen. Of course, the specific management person is you, and the position can also be hereditary. However, you must open the city and surrender immediately! And!
Deploy some soldiers to accompany me on my eastern expedition!"
"Your Highness" Kuroda Kanbei was stunned by Tokichiro's unexpected move, but when he thought about it, he had been fighting for nearly two months, and there was no point in pretending like this.
Maybe it will have a miraculous effect
As expected, Yushang Longzhijian's face became solemn. It was not that he had no plans for the future. Several of the swordsmen who came to help him had already been killed or injured. If the battle continued, although his city was strong and his army had sufficient supplies, the determined Muxia Army
In front of you, there will always be a day when you will be breached.
"I'll give you an answer tomorrow!" Yushang Longzhijian hurriedly dropped these words and returned to the city.
Kuroda Kanbei looked at Kinoshita Tokichiro with an unbelievable look. He did not expect that his lord was actually a master of psychological warfare and negotiation, which made him useless as a strategist!
After returning to the city, Yushang Ryuuzhijian couldn't help sighing. In the original words of his military advisor Yagyu Sonan: His Highness seemed to have lost his soul.
Yu Shanglongzhijian locked himself in the room and meditated hard. He never expected that he clearly had the upper hand, but was intimidated into silence by his opponent during the negotiation!
There were no lights in his room, and he always liked to think about problems like this, immersed in darkness alone.
The next day, Tokichiro took Maeda Toshiie and his generals and waited eagerly in front of Otani Castle.
Kuroda Kanbei asked quietly: "Will His Highness Gosho come down?"
But Kinoshita Tokichiro seemed to have no reaction at all, just looking straight at the city.
The sun was rising higher and higher, and it was almost noon. Everyone's legs were sore from standing there, but there still seemed to be no movement at the top of the city.
Maeda Toshiie was also looking at Kinoshita Tokichiro at this time. He saw that Tokichiro's expression was extremely serious at this time, just like the stubborn ice on Matsueda Lake in Kitaomi Province that had not melted for many years.
"He will definitely come." After a while, I heard Tokichiro say these words slowly but firmly.